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Use Want Ads If you hive anything to sell a Want Ad will find you ' a buyer, quickly, cheaply. VOLUME,46—NO. 22 John* ton County’s Oldest and Beit Newspaper $ $ ' SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 16, 1928 | } $2.00 PER YEAR Murder Cases In Court Here ■4* Two Defendants Plead Guilt; of Manslaughter — On Found Guilty of Man slaughter; Other Cases Three murder cases featured Superior court in session here this week, in two instances the defendants % pleading guilty to manslaughter, and the other - case the defandant was found guilty of manslaughter. The first of these cases came up Tuesday, the defendant being Wade Hampton, a negro who killed Wil lie Cox, another negro, on the night of February 18, near Tilgh man’s logging camp in Bentonville township. The two men had been tc a dance and in an altercation that followed, Cox was stabbed to death. Hampton made his getaway at the time but a short time afterwards was apprehended at Whiteville. In court Tuesday, Hampton entered a plea of guilty of manslaughter and was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. Another case in which the de fendant plead guilty of manslaugh ter was that of the State vs. Joab Baker. The case as docketed charg ed Jethro Baker, Joab Baker, How ard Baker and Thenabelle Baker with the killing of Malcolm Den ning in Meadow township. The case in regard to all the defend ants except Joab Baker was nol proseed. Joab Baker entered a plea of guilty to manslaughter and was given a sentence of one year’s hard labor in the penitentiary, with sentence to begin May 1. Wit nesses were heard on both sides in this csae. The proseuction was as sisted by Abell & Shepard, while James Raynor and C. L. Guy ap peared for the defendant. Charlie Merritt, a negro, charg ed with the killing of a negro boy on highway No. 10 near Graytown, was found guilty of manslaughter and was sentenced to four months on the roads. Willie Wright, a 17-year-old negro boy, charged with assault with intent to kill, was sentenced to twelve months in jail to be hired out on account of his age. This was the boy who fired at the officers who attempted to move Sarah Wright from a log cabin ip W’hich she was living in O’Neals township some time in February, and from which she had been noti fied by the owner to move. . John Dave Phillips and Nathan Allen were in court under violation of a suspended sentence. These men had been previously convicted in Superior court for violation of the prohibtion law, but had been given a suspended sentence upon condition that they not violate the prohibition law for a given length of time. Since that time, they had been arrested and a case was pend ing in Recorder’s court. These men were ordered to serve the sentence that was formerly imposed, two years on the roads of Johnston county. ♦ American Legion Meeting. The regular meeting of the Pou Parrish Post No. 132 of the Ameri can Legion will be held in the commissioners room of the court house tonight at eight o’clock. Every member is requested to be present. S. E. HOGWOOD, Adjutant. “Your tailor hired me to collect this bill from you.” “You are to be congratulated on obtaining a permanent posi tion.” Tantalizer There are exactly enough let ters in the line below to spell the name of a person in Smith field or Johnston county, and if the right one deciphers his name and will present it to the Herald office, we will present him with a free ticket to the Victory Theatre. Tickets must be called for before the follow ing issue. Mack Ennis recognized his name last issue. Today's Tantalizer: m.r^adrmanscsos In Death's Shadow Julia Palmer McDonald, fonr.et Mount Vernon, N. Y., debutante, is under sentence of death together with her husband, George McDon ald, for the murder of a Montreal taxi driver. They are awaiting the gallows in the Canadian city. Negro Boy Is Killed —*— Hubert Williams I s Pinned Under Bale of Cotton When It Falls From Truck FOUR OAKS, March 15.—A j tragic accident happened about two miles south of this city Wednes day afternoon when Hubert Wil liams, a colored boy about fifteen years of age, was killed instantly when a bale of cotton fell on him from a truck. The boy together with another negro was loading cotton at the home of John D. Stanley. These men were employ ed by Austin & Strickland, and had been aent to Mr. Stanley’s to get I some cotton which that firm had 'purchased. The boy’s neck was broken, death occurring instantan eously. The body was carried to the undertaking shop in Four Oaks. Missionary Society Meets. The missionary society of the Methodist church held its regular 'monthly meeting Tuesday after noon at the church with Mrs. B. B. | Adams as hostess. The president, Mrs. Albert Keen, presided and had charge of the program. During | the business session, a committee of three, Mesdames B. I. Tart, R. i B. Strickland and C. W. Bandy |were appointed to work with the I Baptist committee in beautifying-; I the plots at the A. C. L. station. I The topic for study was China., 'Mrs. J. T. Hatcher, Mrs. B. B. | Adams and Mrs. Albert Keen made. very interesting talks on this sub- j ject. During the social hour, the j hostess served delicious refresh- J Iments consisting of congealed grapefruit, chicken patties, cheese balls, beaten biscuits and hot tea. UM limaj i onj. Mrs. Shade Lassiter gave a de lightful birthday party Saturday afternoon in honor of her little 'daughter, Marjorie. About thirty I guests were there to enjoy the 'games and stories furnished by the hostess! The children were amused by popping corn and roasting marshmallows until they were in vited into the dining room where ice cream and cake were served, 'cake was cut from the birthday 'cake which held three candles. The (little hostess received many gifts. Personal Mention. Miss Belle Southerland, a train ed nurse, has located here and has rooms at Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Up church’s. Miss Southerland will be glad for any one who needs a nurse to call her at phone number 2303. Mrs. Floyd Allen and Miss Flor ence Stanly have rented ^the store next to the postoffice and opened a sewing shop. They do aill kinds of sewing. Miss Stanly has taken a special course in dressmaking • and invites the public to call .on her. | A B. Y. P. U. study course is being h$ld at the Baptist church (this week. The several classes are taught by capable teachers and a light supper is served each night by the ladies of the church. Fills Regular Appointments. Kenly, Mar. 157—Rev. C. L. Ran drum, of Richmond, Va., spent the ,week end in town with friends, and filled his regular appointments in -Ithe country on Sunday, Faison Trial In Richmond Starts H. C. Robinson Strongly De pended On By Defense Shows Up In Time To Tes tify; Work of Getting Jury Tedious RICHMOND, Va,, March 14.— H. C. Robing on, of Front Royal, Va., known as the key witness for the defense in the case of John Wesley Faison, charged with the murder of his affinity, Mrs. Elsie Holt Snipes, formerly of Prince ton, N. C., turned up unexpectedly in .Hustings Court today as the te dious work of procuring a jury for the second trial of Faison was under way and announced that he was ready to testify again for the defense when he was heeded. It turns out that he had gone to Florida on a business trip and did not show up sooner because he was several days to get a jury and that confident that it would take he would not' be needed right away. He testified at the first trial that while lunching at the Hermi tage club on November 4 last, eleven days before Mrs. Snipes was fatally shot in her apartment here, he heard Mrs. Snipes remark to a young woman friend seated with her at a nearby table that she in tended to kill herself if Mrs. Fai son got her husband back. Ac cording to other testimony, Faison at the time was planning to give up Mrs. Snipes and return to his family. His defense is that she shot herself while despondent at the thought of losing him. The prosecution contends that he shot her in a fit of jealous rage. Robinson said tonight that two negro porters who recall seeing him at the club on the day in question had been subpoenaed by the de fense and -will testify 'that he was there. It was reported tonight that the Commonwealth has abandoned hope of locating the telephone op- \ erator who was counted on to cor- i rob orate the testimony of another operator who claimed to have i heard Faison taking Mrs. Snipes j to task over the phone the night j of the tragedy for inviting him to j a “roughhouse party” in her apart- j ment that evening. The testimony j of the latter operator was ruled out as “too indefinite” at the first trial. RICHMOND, Va., March 13.— From a special venire of 125 Rich mond men summoned yesterday to appear in Hustings Court this morning fot examination as to their qualifications for service as jurors in the case of John Wesley Faison, ex-manager of the Hermi tage Country Club, charged with j the murder of his affinity, Mrs. j Elsie Holt Snipes, winsome and attractive young music teacher and divoraee from Princeton, N: (X, | only six jurors were obtained to- • Hav When the venire was exhausted '■ this afternoon, Judge Wells direct ed that another venire of 150 men were summoned to report in court tomorrow morning. A large ma jority of those examined today had fixed opinions from reading news paper accounts of the former trial of Faison in December which re sulted in a hung jury. Some were opposed to capital punishment. Others were excused because they belongd to the mili tary. It developed that one man in cluded in the venire had been kill ed in a railroad accident several years ago. It will be necessary to obtain twenty qualified jurors to complete the panel. From this num ber, the commonwealth will strike four names and the defense four, leaving a jury of 12 to try the case. Before the court got down to work this morning, Faison busied himself for a time reading a north ern newspaper containing a pro fusely illustrated write-up of the case. He was described in the story as a wealthy club man. Through out the day he followed attentively the questioning of the many ve niremen named for service. A short distance behind him sat Mr. and Mrs. Calvin A. Holt, of Prince ton, parents of Mrs. Snipes. They, too, evinced deep interest in the proceedings, remaining in TURN TO PAGE 8, COLUMN J Clubs Sponsor Art Exhibition —•—— Women’s Clubs of the Count}' Will Assemble Art Exhibit | Here April 18-22; First Tc i Be Held Representatives from the various Woman’s clubs of Johnston county met at the home of Mrs. W. H. Lyon in Smithfield Thursday at 3:30 o’clock to discuss an art ex hibit for Johnston county. The meeting was presided over by the county chairman, Miss Margaret Etheridge of Selma. It was unani mously decided to put on this ex hibit April 18 and continue it through Sunday. Friday afternoon and Saturday will be designated children’s day. ft will be held in Smithfield, the place to “be announc ed later. Smithfield was selected as the place on account of it being more centrally located. The object of this exhibit wiH be to inspire the young people. Four prizes of five dollars each j will be given as follows: to the boy or girl in high school that has the best free hand drawing; to the boy or girl in high school that has the best original free hand drawing; to the junior boy or girl, that is,' between the ages of 16 and 25, that has the best original drawing, and $5.00 for the best exhibit in man- J ual training. The five towns fn the. county having federated clubs will donate \ $5 00 each to be used for the prizes i and expenses of putting on the ex- j hibit. There will also be an exhibit! of Johnston county pottery. The! committee will be glad to have any; old paintings that are worthy of j being put in, but there will be no! prize given for it. All the representatives at this j meeting were asked to act on the( committee to bring the exhibit ;o j Smithfield on Monday, April 16, at ten o’clock. If the representative cannot go, she is asked to send a representative. . Each club 'in the county will have charge of the ex hibit one day. Selma will have charge Wednesday; Clayton, Thurs day; Kenly, Friday; Benson, Satur day; Smithfield, Sunday. As many from the clubs as can go are ask ed to be there Sunday. The following committees were appointed: publicity, Mrs. A. J. Broughton, Kenly; Mrs. W. T. Mar- j tin, Benson; Mrs. W. T. Woodard, Selma; Mrs. H. B. Marrow, Smith- j field; Mrs. Paul West, Clayton. The: arrangement committee is compos ed of Mesdames W. H. Lyon, W. D. j Hood and J. J. Broadhurst of! Smithfield. The chairmen for get-j ting together this exhibit are: Mrs. j Paul West, Clayton; Miss Netal Turlington, Benson; Mrs. Paul j Grady, Kenly; Miss Margaret Eth eridge, Selma, and Mrs. W. H. Lyon, Smithfield. Each club will ap point a committee to assist the! town chairman in getting the ex-j hibit together. Space will be al- j lotted each club. This is the first art exhibit1 Johnston county has put on and it is hoped that every one will., co operate in every way possible to make it the very best possible, one that will be a credit to the county. Those present at this meeting were: Mrs. L. D. Debnam, Mrs. E. V. Woodard and Miss Margaret Etheridge, of Selma; Mrs. Paul Wallace, John I. Barnes, and John Turley, of Clayton; Mrs. E. L. Eth eridge, and Mrs. A. J. Broughton, of Kenly; Mrs. W. H. Lyon and Mrs. J. J. Broadhurst, of Smith field; Mr*. A. S. Oliver, Mrs. W. T. Martin, Mrs. Paul Johnson, Mrs. C. C. Canaday, Mrs. J. H. Rose and Mrs. W. B. Woodall, of Benson. AUTOMOBILE WRECK OCCURS NEAR MICRO | MICRO, March 15.—An accident occurred near here last week when la bus ran into a wagon on high |way 22 and killed two fine mules jbelonging to Mr. H. J. Corbett. The wagon was badly damaged. Another accident occurred on the main road leading out of Micro when Mr. Sanford Aycock’s horse became frightened at a calf near the road and ran into a car driven by fljr. Jesse Batten. The wind shield of the car was broken out and Mr. Aycock was painfully hurt. The horse was badly cut by the glass from the windshield. Surviving Miners and Children Get Loaves of Bread . Pennsylvania miners and their children receiving loaves of bread at Cecil, where the New Era t‘heyJr ,Pit.ts,b“.rgfl? broug.,'t ‘he first relief shipment. Deputy constable E. Phillips is in chare* the relief distribution m the Cecil dutrict. * Judge Lectures; Gets Lectured ARBOR DAY IN LOCAL SCHOOL Today is Arbor Day in the lo cal school. The civics depart ment of the Woman’s club head ed by its new chairman, Mrs. J. A. Wei Ions, is cooperating with the school in the planting of trees and shrubs on the school grounds. The town is also aiding in the putting out of trees. At three-thirty this afternoon, the Boy Scouts will be at the school ready to help plant any shrubs that may be donated by persons interested in beautifying the grounds. The planting will not interfere with the playgrounds but will add to the attractive ness to the surroundings. Mrs. Wellons requests the announce ment that if shrubs are not ready to be donated today, they will be accepted and planted later by a committee. The school will plant trees this morning* each class putting out a tree with appropriate ex ercises. This program will start at 10:45. Chevrolet Breaks Former Records —♦ Expect To Celebrate On March 19 With A Radio Program Broadcast Over 32 Stations , — .. “Surpassing all its former man ufacturing achievements, the Chev rolet Motor company in the first three months of the year will build more than 330,000 cars and trucks, exceeding by many thousand the aest previous quarterly perform ance in the long history of the or ganization.” This is the statement of; B. J. Holleman, local Chevrolet dealer, who recently returned from Char lotte where he attended the huge North Carolina Chevrolet dealer meeting at the Carolina theatre. More than 600 Chevrolet dealers heard M. D. Douglas, assistant gen eral sales manager, and other ex ecutives from the Detroit office out line the sales program for the year, calling for the sale of another mil lion in 1928. Mr. Holleman states that all past sales records for any new model of any car have been broken by Chevrolet with the sale and deliv ery of 250,000 cars since January 1. According to word received from the company’s headquarters in De troit the event is to be celebrated on Monday evening, March 19, with a big radio party, broadcast over 32 stations extending from Bostor to San Antonio and including the territory as far south as Jackson ville, Fla., and as far west as Omaha, Neb. The Chevrolet divis ion will thus toe host, not only tc the General Motors “family” but'tc several million listeners. A radio program of unusual dis tinction is announced for th< “party.” It will be a “Romberg Hour,” similar to the “Friml Hour’ which was presented by the sami sponsors a month ago/and enthu siastically received by the radic audience. Sigmund Romberg, com poser of the* “Student Prince,1 “Desert Song,” “Blossom Time' and other popular light operas, wil be heard on the air for the firs t TURN TO PAGE 8, COLUMN 3 Old Couple Makes Effort to Defend Violation prohibi tion Law in Recorder’s Court ff a prson is not too old to break the law, he is not too old to be punished, thinks Judge W. P. Aycock, who issued a warning to Nathan Lee, age 78, and his sis ter, Martha Lee, age 09, of Ingrams j township who were in Recorder’s .court Tuesday on citation rather jthan under a warrant for violation of the prohibition law. Natlian Lee .had been in court before, but this [was the first time that his sis ,ter had come in contact with a judge and she made use of the op portunity to express her opinion concerning the Eighteenth Amend ment. Deputy R. D. Marler had Mr. Lee cited to appear in court, charging him with the manufac fcure of whiskey, and it is supposed that Martha , Lee came along to see what was going to happen. [These two old folks live by them selves. Whether Mr. Lee had noth ing to say for himself in the mat ter, or whether he could not get [in a word edgewise is not certain, 1 hut at any rate the woman was 'the self-appointed spokesman for I the two and she did not quit until she had had her say. She did not hesitate to defend the making of liquor on the ground that it ie con sistent with the Biblei She said she had read her Bible on this subject, and no where did it say not to make whiskey. It admonishes one not to drink strong drink, but even at that she argued that folks ought to have whiskey for its medicinal qualities. She wound up hy declar ing that God put it here and man has no right to put it away. Judge Aycock listened to her ar gument for a while and then gave: ,them both to understand that re-1 gardless of their advanced age if ! TURN TO PAGE 8. COLUMN 1 GULL SWALLOWED DIAMOND RING VALUED AT $1,200 SANTA MONICA, Cal., Mar. | 15.—Somewhere in southern i California there is a seagull j worth $1,200. Mrs. Harriet Johnsno, ia visi i tor from Topeka, Kansas, was throwing popeorn to the sea gulls while standing on the pier. Her diamond ring valued at $1,200 slipped from her fin ger and fell into the water. A seagull dived for the sparkling | stone, swallowed it and flew | away.—Associated Press. — i ALTHEA BARFIELD DEAD. BENTON,VILLE, March 15.— The home of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Barfield was made sad when their little daughter, Althea, was called jto the great beyond on Tuesday, March 13. i Little Althea had been sick a week. All was done for her that (oving parents, kind friends and physicians could do but nthhing could stay the icy hand.o-f death. She leaves a father, mother and one sister to mourn their loss. The parents have the sympathy of the entire community. The funeral was conducted from I the home by Rev. W. O. Hender j son of Pleasant Union Christian church. Those attending the fun eral from a distance were: Mrs. Allen Lee and Mm. Jenkins, of Smithfield; Mr. Jasper Barfield and l son, of Greenville; Mr. and Mrs, : Sam Porter and Mrs. Sallie Porter and children, of Wayne counyt. s Johnston County Boys Wins Honor -•»■■■ W. C. Whitley of the Thanks giving Section Tapped Into the Order of the Golden Bough at Wake Forest Mr. W. C. Whitley of the Thanksgiving section, a member of the class of ‘24 of Selma high school who is a member of the senior class of Wake Forest Col lege was recently tapped into the order of the Golden Bough at its annual tapping ceremony on March 5th. This is the most distinctive honor Wake Forest College gives to any member of the student body during his four years of college life. The Golden Bough is the one honorary fraternity on the campus at Wake Forest whose membership is coveted by all but gained by only | a few. Prior to the recent annual tapping ceremony, which is V, al ways a public occasion of the widest interest, there were only twelve active members of the or der on the campus. The active membership can never exceed 25. The members are selected by the faculty and the active membership of the order. The triad of qualifi cations upon which the selection of its members depend are Chris tian Character, Leadership and Scholarship. Any school or any county may well be proud of the fact that one of its graduates or sons has won such distinction and honor. HICKMAN, UNDER DEATH SENTENCE, GIVEN LIFE FOR SECOND CRIME LOS ANGELES, Mar. 12.—A sen tence of life imprisonment for the murder fo C. Ivy Toms, druggist, today was passed on William Ed ward Hickman, already under a death sentence for the slaying of Marian Parker, * 12-year-old Los Angeles school girl. ✓ . Welby Hunt, Hickman’s 17 year old accomplice in the slaying of Toms, who was shot to death when the two youth staged a hold up in his drug store, will be sentenced tomorrow. The two prisoners were convict ed by the same jury last week. In each case the verdict was guilty of murder, with a recommendation of imprisonment for life. Hunt, be ing under the Idgal age for con finement in a penitentiary, will be held in a reformatory for a while. Later he will be resentenced and sent to San Quentin prison. County jail officials said Hick man probably would be removed-to the prison Friday. Indications about the jail were that secrecy would be observed in the removal of the slayer to death row in the state prison, to avoid any demonstrations against him. The death sentence which Hick man received for the Parker crime will bring him to the gallows April 27 unless a legal stay is obtained in the meantime. His attorney, Jer ome Walsh, has stated that he will carry Hickman’s case to the Su preme court of th£ United States to test the new California law, gov erning a plea of insanity. In the Parker case Hickman pleaded only “not guilty by reason of insanity.” He was found sane and forthwith sentenced to hang, In the Toons case he pleaded sim ilarly, adding a straight plea of ,“not guilty” as well.—Associated Press. j Judge: “Auto going fast?” I Officer: “Going so fast that the |bull dog on the seat beside him looked like a daschund.” Bones, Bones, Bones Subject Of Sermon ■■ ■ ♦ Kenly Pastor Divides Man kind Into Three Classes: Wishers, Talkers and Doers KENiLY, Mar. 14.—Last Sunday morning: Mr. Joyner, pastor of the Methodist church used as the sub ject of his sermon, “Bones, Bones, Bones.” The three bones to which he referred were wish-bones, jaw bones and back-bones. “The people of the earth can al most be divided into three classes,” he said, “the wishing crowd, the talking crowd, and the doing* crowd.” Mr. Joyner brought out the fact that though the members of the wishing crowd have high ideals and wish for great things, they are sat isfied to just wish and do nothing to bring their wishes to pass. Too many people are satisfied to be wish-bones. Too many people stop at wishing. Good wishes do not always bring good fortune. There is great truth is the old Chinese proverb, “Better go home and make a net than sit by the river wishing for fish.” Mr. Joyner urged his hearers to strive to make their wishes come true. The members of the jaw-bone crowd do little but talk about what they are going to do,” he contin ued. “If this group spent half the time doing something that they spend in talking about what they had to do, more things would be accomplished, and if they spent half the time doing something that they spent in talking about what they were going to do, the world could see the difference, and too, if this jaw-bone crowd di|d half the things they say they were going to do, earth would be more like heaven. He further emphasized the fact that the “jaw-bone” if wrongly used, contains much de structive power. “The tongue can injure what powder and gun cannot touch— reputation. The tongue can destroy the noblest of possessions—char acter. The tongue can tear down in a moment’s time that pure, in nocent, virtuous life which was years in the making. If there is anything to be dreaded it is a long, loose, sharp pointed tongue, one quick to talk, one easy to talk, and one which adds to what is repeat ed.” The back-bone folks, Mr. Joyner said, are dependable. They have courage. Defeat is not in their vo cabulary. They are found where the work is hardest, the battlb hottest. In conclusion Mr. Joyner stated, “there is nothing wrong in wish ing; there is nothing wrong in talk ing; but the wish-bone crowd stops with wishing, and the jaw-bone group stops with talking, while the back-bone crowd alone wishes, talks and works. To which group do you belong?” ATTEND TRAINING SCHOOL SMITHF1ELD THIS WEEK KENLY, Mar. 15.—Attending the Johnston County Standard Training school at the Methodist church in Smithfield this week are: Rev. F. B. Joyner, Mrs. C. F. Dar den, Mrs. H. F. Edgerton, Prof. G. T. Whitley, Mrs. J. W. Darden, Mrs. A. J. Broughton, Addie Flow ers, Mrs. F. A. Pike, Mrs. L. Z. Woodard, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Holland, Mrs. H. M. Grizzard, Mrs. R. T. Fulghum, and Misses Nettie Harris, Frances Hunter, Kate Fris bie and Pattie Hunter. Aunt Roxie Opines By Me— "You kin put biff idees in Xittl* huids.” ,__ _ _ __ ^
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