Use Want Ads If yon hire anything to sell ■ Want Ad will find yon a bnyer, quickly, cheaply. Johnston County *s Oldest and B e»t Newspaper — VOLUME 46—NO. 45 * ¥ SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1928 Tell Your Friends It they don't read the Herald they won’t see all the Johnston County happenings. $2.00 YEAR—5c SINGLE COPY Prominent Dunn Physician Passes Dr. Wallace E. Coltraine Dies In Local Hospital; Funeral And Burial Here Sunday. Friend's here and in Dunn were chocked Saturday to learn of the death of Dr. Wallace E. Coletrane, who passed’ away aibout one o’clock at the Johnston County Hospital. Dr. Coletrane who was a promi nent Dunn physician, had been suf fering with cancer for several weeks and had been taken to a Fayetteville hospital for treatment. WTiile his condition was serious his death was not expected. Last Friday he wras brought to the Johnston County Hospital and his family had come to this city in or der to be near him. The disease had gained a stronger hold than was realized and the end came as somewhat a surprise to friends and relatives. The funeral was held Sunday aft ernoon at four o’clock at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Thel Hooks, and interment was made in the city cemetery here. Rev. G. B. Starling, pastor of Divine Street Methodist church, Dunn, of which the deceas ed was a member, had charge of the service. He was assisted by Rev. E. N. Johnson, pastor of the Dunn Baptist church by Rev. D. H. Tuttle of this city, and Rev. A. S. Barnes of the Methodist Orphan age, Raleigh. Ur. Coletrane was a Mason and the Masonic Lodge of Dunn led (by Mr. Z. V. Snipes had charge of the service at the grave. Quite a large crowd was present and the service was very impressive. The honorary pallbearers were as follows: Dr. J. R. Butler, Dr. Chas. Highsmith, Dr. C. F. Sexton, Dr. C .D. Bain, Dr. Jernigan, Dr. S. P. J. Lee, Dr. Martin, Dr. I. F. Hicks, Messrs. Will H. Newberry, Paul Newfberry, Ben Brewer, Carl Fitchett, C. L. Wilson, P. A. Lee, G. K. Grantham, Thos. Ruffin Hood, James Starling, Shetp Bryan, Lewis Strickland, Ralph Parker, C. F. Wood, Chas. Guy, Hannibal God win, Mack Jernigan, Herbert Tay Ir, O. R. Pierce, N. B. Lee, D. H. Hood, of Dunn; Dr. Odell, of Fay etteville; Dr. B. J. Lawrence, of Raleigh; Drs. Barbee, Flowers, and McDowell, of Zebu Ion; Dr. Stacey Duncan, of Coats; J. N. Cobb, L. G. Stevens, A. M. Noble, C. S. Pugh, E. L. Woodall, T. C. Young, Dr. A. H. Rose, Dr. W. J. B. Orr, and Dr. J. H. Fitzgerald, of Scmithfleld. The active pall bearers were: Messrs. Paul Hood, Hugh W. Prince, James Davis, J. Oliver Warren, James Best, of Dunn, and Seth W. Myatt, of Durham. The floral offering was superb. The flower bearers were: Mrs. Raymon Cromartie, Mrs. Jim Da vis, Miss Doris Gardner, Mrs. C. F. Wood, Mrs. Lewis Strickland, Mrs. O. R. Pierce, of Dunn; Mrs. Eunice Adams Davenport, of San ford; Mrs. R. L. Tomlinson, of Wilson; Mrs. Thos. A. Wadden, of Smithfield and Washington; Miss Ava Myatt, Miss lone Abell, Mrs. Howard Gray and Mrs. C. S. Pugh, of Smithfield. Mrs. John Hodges of Dunn pre sided at the piano while Mrs. Har per Holliday of Williamston sang “Thou Art Near,” and a quartet composed of Mrs. Paul C. Hood, Mrs. Harper Holliday, Mr. Robert Denning and Mr. Z. V. Snipes ren dered special selections. Dr. Coletrane, who was about forty years of age, was the young est son of Rev. and Mrs. N. E, Coletrane, nowr of Greensborc where they have lived since Mr. Coletrane was superannuated bj the North Carolina Methodist con TURN TO PAGE 8, COLUMN 3 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. Winfield Talton deciphered his name last issue. Today’s Tantaliser: nrn.innnsokhf J. N. COBB. Nominated in Saturday's primary for Auditor. Second Primary May Decide Nominees Senate And Sheriff Member* of Present School Board Nomi nated By Big Majiri ty; Two New Repre sentatives; Cobb Is Winner Over Wat son. -4 According; to the returns from Saturday’s primary, a second pri mary will probably be necessary to determine the nominee for two places on the Democratic ticket. The vote in the senatorial race resulted in no one of the three candidates having a majority, and the two high men, C. C. Canaday | and F. H. Brooks will doubtless go into a second primary along with | J. M. Turley and Chas. A. Creech, I the two high men for sheriff. The o cial returns are not complete as we go to press, O’Neals township not having filed with the board of elections. The vote without O'Neals stood as follows for senator: Can aday 172f>; Brooks 1546; Grady 546. Of the six candidates seeking the nomination for sheriff, J. M. Turley and Chas. A. Creech poll ed the biggest vote which, without the returns from O’Neals, stands as follows: Turley 1,133; Creech, 958. Considerable interest was mani fested in the board of education, four men coming out in opposition : to the present board, which is composed of seven members. The opposition was shown to be of no considerable strength, the mem bers of the present board being nominated by an overwhelming majority. The men nominated are Dr. J. J. Young, of Clayton; W. H. Call, of Selma; B. B. Adams, of Four Oaks; P. B. Charmblee, of O’Neals; W. G. Wilson, of Wilson’s Mills; C. G. Holt, of Princeton, and J. W. Woodard, of Beulah. Fourteen candidates for places on the county board of commis sioners were in the primary Sat urday and the vote resulted in three of the present members being r-nominated and two new men. The members of the old board re nominated are: C. A. Fitzgerald, of Micro, present chairman of the board; R. U. Barbour, of Benson; K. H. Richardson, of Wilders. The new nominees are D. B. Oliver, of Pine Level, who has served on the board, and J. Rufus Creech, of Smith-field, route 2. Two new representatives in the general assembly were nominated, these being Sam T. Honycutt of this city, and Preston Woodall of Benson. There were five candi dates for the house, H. R. Jones and J. W. Wood, who represented Johnston in the last legislature, J. W. Barnes, and the two successful TURN TO PAGE 4, Dr. Carver Preaches To Young Graduates Tells Them In His Baccalaur eate Sermon To Make Place In Their Lives For Prayer. In spite of the heavy downpour of rain Sunday evening the Meth odist church was practically filled to hear the baccaiarcate sermon preached by Dr. W. O. Carver, in-; ; stretor in Bible at the Baptist Seminary at Louisville, Ky. Dr. Carver spoke especially to the young people of the gradua tng class, and preached a spler.l did sermon on Christian living. At the beginning of his sermon he paid a tribute to teachers, and told the boys and girls that if they were thinking of taking up teaching as a vocation they must be prepar ed to pay the price in servee. Dr. Carver also spoke of the strides North Carolina is making in edu cation, stating that this state is now leading all the rest in school building and progress. lhe speaker reviewed the life of Chrst and' told of how he grew into the strongest character the world has ever known. Jesus’ re sponsibility for the support of his younger brothers and sisters help ed him to develop a dependable character, and his habit of daily communication with his heavenly Father through prayer helped him to make right decisions at every turn in his life. “.Wlh-at are you going to do with your life?” Dr. Carver asked the mem bers of the graduatng class. “You cannot build a great life without the habit of prayer. If you will take your problems to Jesus, just as he took his to his heavenly father, he will lead you into right decisions.” He urged the young people to make time for prayer in their lives, and always seek God’s counsel when problems confront The speaker was introduced by Rev. S. L. Morgan, pastor of the Baptist church. Rev. D. H. Tuttle offered prayer for the class and 1 Rev. Chester Alexander of the Presbyterian church read the Scripture lesson. Features of the service were a violin solo, “Simple j Aveu,” by Miss Agnes Johnson, a i vocal solo, “Open the Gates of the Temple,” by Mr. A. M. Calais, and an anthem, “Recessional” by the choir. The benediction was pro nounced by Rev. D. E. Earnhardt of the Methodist church. Miss • Margaret Rogers presided at the organ. Poultry growers of Lincoln county have sold 80,866 pounds of culled poultry since the first of ' the season this year. 1 'KIWANIS CLUB CALLS A PUBLIC MEETING The Kiwanis club is asking all the Merchants and business and professional men and wo men of Smithfield to -meet in the courthouse Thursday eve ning at eight -o’clock to dis cuss the tobacco market here. Two warehouses will operate here next season, the Banner and the Planters, and it is the desire of some /of our citizens to back their efforts to build a better market for Johnston county. Seniors Present Class Exercises » School Finals Began Friday night; Recitation-Declam ation Contest; Awarded Letters In Athletics. The class day exercises of the graduating class of the local higb school were held in the school au ditorium Friday evening, a large crowd of parents, relatives and friends being present. The stage was representative of a salon on hoard a ship, and the exercises were given in nautical style. Just before the curtain opened the class sang the school song. Then the members wrere revealed grouped informally about the sa lon. Herman Jones, president of the class, wras “captain” of the oc casion, and the program was in troduced with the history of the clavss by Thomas- J. Lassiter. John A. Wallace read the last will and testament. Miss Eula Mae Coates, dressed as a prophetess, then dip ped into the future and told in a charming manner w’hat she saw for each member of her class. Ed mund F. Ward, in a pirate’s garb, then came on the stage and pre sented each classmate and- the high school faculty with “treas ures” which he had found. The va rious gifts were supposed to fill a special need of the recipient. Charles M. Rhodes, class poet, re cited a poem of his own composi tion, at this point in the program, and then the seniors sang their class song which was composed and arranged to music by Misses Jean nette Holland and Lottie Mae Biggs. The mascot of the class, little Miss Frances Glass, was oi , the stage during the entire exer cises and w'on all present with her demure manner. At the conclusion of the class day program, H. L. Blankenship, who has coached athletics during the past year, presented letters to those in the high school w'ho had done outstanding work in ath letics. The boys receiving letters were: Albert Stallings, Bill Nor ton. Will Ragsdale, Bill Avera, Dumvard Creech, Frank Morgan, Julian Booker, James Wellons, Ed mund Ward, Tom Lassiter, Wal ter Lassiter, Harold Fuller, Nor wood Stancil, Joseph Stancil, Rus sell Parrish, Rufus Woodard. Win field Jordan, Earl Creech, Buster Creech, Thornton Patterson, Maur ice Hamilton, and Clifton Rags dale, the mascot. The girls award ed letters were: Misses Mary Ragsdale, Nell Broadburst, Mary Pierce, E. Deans Holland, Lottie I Mae Biggs, Elizabeth Coates and i Daisy Young. A feature of Friday evening's | program was a recitation and dec- | lamation contest. Mrs. W. M. San- j ders gives a medal for the best j recitation, and Hood Bros., for the I best declamation. Though the' school has had no expression teacher during the past year, there were five contestants, all of whom acquitted themselves well. Miss Vestal Byrd rendered the “Tele phone Girl”. Miss Virginia San ders, “Grandma Kulor”; Miss Dixie Johnson, “The Sober Hat”; Win field Jordan, “The Constitution”, and Corbin Young, “The Home in the Government.” The decision of the judges was reserved until the final commencement exercises on Monday evening. Marshals for the commencement exercises this year were as fol lows: Miss Margaret Aycock, chief, Misses Lily Koonce Patterson, Cor inne Ellington, and Louise Biggs, and Winfield Jordan and Donald Ward. Fourteen farmers of Martin county report damage from cut worms and wire worms in their tobacco fields. Boy Is Killed By Auto Jimmie Beasley, Nine Year Old Son Of Mr. Fletcher Beasley Killed In Goldsboro. Jimmie Beasley, nine years old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Beas ley of 39 Wayne street, Goldsiboro, was killed Thursday afternoon, May 31 at seven o’clock when he was struck hy an automobile driv en by Charles Hammond of 1608 Chestnut street, Wilmington, a re tired army officer. The little boy had darted across the street in play, started back and as he did so Mr. Hammond sound ed his horn. This seemed to un nerve the lad and he turned when partly across the street and made for the other side again. The big car struck him and he was knock ed to the pavement. His skull was fractured and several limibs brok en. The driver of the car picked the stricken lad up and with the boy’s father rushed him to a hospital, but he died before reaching it. The remains of the little boy were taken to Parrish Memorial church near Pine Level and buried under a profusion of beautiful flowers. The funeral services were conducted by Captain Young of the Salvation Army of Goldsiboro. Jimmie Beasley is survived by his parents, four brothers and three sisters. Mr. Beasley, father of the deceased, who lived here until about a year ago, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Beasley of this city. METHODISTS RECEIVE MANY NEW MEMBERS. The local Methodist church has received seventeen members since the Presbyterian-Methodist reviv al began here three weeks ago. The names of those who have joined are as follows: by certifi cate, Albert C. Stallings, Miss Onita Stallings, Miss Mildred Maultsby, Mr. Jack Hamilton, Mr. J. W. Poole, Mr. L. C. Baker, Mrs. L. C. Baker, Hugh Baker, Ethel Baker, Ben Baker, Lucy Baker. On profession of faith and by res tatement, Mr. H. L. Knight, Mrs. Jack Hamilton, Mr. Kenneth L. Parrish, Joyce Ella Montieth, Mr. Edward D. Grantham and Col. E. S. Abell. This brings the total for this year up to thirty-three. There are others who have given their names for membership who will probably be received later. The present total membership of Centenary iMethodist church is i 529. Of this number 473 live in i and around Smithfield. HAS ANY ONE SEEN OH HEARD OF DAVID CAPPS? David Capps, a young white boy about 16 years of age, left ,the> parental roof of his father, Pres ton Capps, of Wilson’s Mills, route 2, two months ago, and his par ents are much concerned about him. During this time they have neither seen nor heard from him, and they would apprecate any in formation concerning this boy, either direct or reported to the superintendent of public welfare. M1RS. D. J. THURSTON, Supt. Public Welfare. MRS. NARRON WINS PRIZE I NCLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN Mrs. J. A. Narron, Sr., was the Kinner of the |2.50 prize offered for the cleanest yard ampng fhe white residents of Smithfiejd during clean up week, according to announce ment by the judges who in spected the yards Saturday. “Uncle” Jim Morgan was the winner among the colored peo ple. The judges stated that every yard in town was visit ed and that it was very diffi cult to decide the jwinners be cause tall the lots were" bo spotlessly clean. The town of ficials appreciate the splendid cooperation of the citizens in making the town peat and clean. Last year there were (six who tied for first prize for the cleanest premises, and Mrs. Narron was one of the pix. Dr. Noble Addresses Kenly Senior Class Urges Fifteen Seniors To Con tinue Their Education In Higher Institutions; Sever al Awards Given. KENLY, June 4.—The com mencement exercises of the Kenly school came to a close on Friday morning with the graduating ad dress delivered by Dr. M. C. S. Noble, Jr., of the State Department of Education, and with the pre sentation of the diplomas to the following members of the gradu ating class by Chairman Paul D. Grady of the school board: Hazel Juanita Askerw, Charles Winstead Alford, Katherine Eliza Askew, Lela Blanche Cook, Henry Darden Edgerton, Autry Haws Hales, Bes sie Warren Lawrence, Frederick Grondincourt Kannan, Mildred Out land, Mary Elizabeth Pittman, Robert Alvin Rowe, Frank LaFor ?st Skinner, Cretta Mae Sullivan, Grace Olivia Watson, William Les ter Wratson. The Charles William Edgerton memorial award went to Mary Elizabeth Pittman for having rank ed highest in scholarship during the four years of high school. Miss Mary E. Wells presented certifi cates of admission into high school to the members of the seventh grade who had passed the county 1 examinations, and G. T. Whitley, principal, read the scholarship j honor roll for the grades. Alberta : Radford and Mildred Howell were I presented with prizes for having j made the most improvement in music during the year. Dr. Noble was presented to the audience by Mr. Grady, and spoke on the opportunities of high school graduates. “Every boy and girl on this platform will be wasting real resources if they can continue their education and do not do so,” said he, speaking of the members of the graduating class. Dr. Noble is engaged in doing research work for the State Department of Edu cation and gave some interesting statistics showing the growth of the state school system within re recent years. The 5,000 white teachers in 1900 have become in 1928, 19,000 in number. In 1928, about 600,000 school children were enrolled against 200,000 in 1900. In this period of time school prop erty has increased from one mil lion dollars to over eight hundred millions. In 1914-1915, five vehi cles carried 130 pupils to consoli dated schools, while today three thousand auto trucks transport ap proximately one hundred thousand children to these schools. As proof that high school grad uates belong to a select group, he stated that out of every one thous and pupils entering school in the United States only 634 finished the elementary grades, and that only 139 graduate from hi£h school. Continuing he said that only elev en per cent go to college and only two per cent finish college courses. ubn^ .ii n in rixemsvs. Featuring the comfmencement program on Thursday evening were the class night exercises presented in play form. The popularity of | this type of exercises in the com | munity was attested by the fact that long before the beginning of the performance all standing room was taken. The play entitled, 1 ‘Youth’s Quest,” was written by | Mrs. J. M. Woolard, Jr. She was assisted in staging it by the mem bers of the school faculty and by Mrs. J. J. Edgerton, as accompan ist. These exercises with their beautiful stage effects, the rather elaborate costumes, and the con structive thought quite equalled if they did not surpass similar pre sentations in previous years. Wistaria and pink roses on on a background of Spanish moss and ferns carried out the class colors, orchid and pink, and made an es pecially prettv stage setting. Following the ro*e chain song by the juniors and sophomores, the response and the welcome in song by the seniors, Darden Edgerton as president of the class made his address. In act two, the Land of History, the Herald (Sherrill Jones) sum moned the Class Spriit (Lela Cook). She in turn called upon Wisdom (Mary Elizabeth Pitt man) to advise and aid Every Stu dent (Frank Skinner), who rep TURN TO PAGE 8, COLUMN 1 John A. Wallace V1R. WALLACE is the winner of ;he Edwin Smith Pou medal given ’ach year by Congressman and Mrs. E. W. Pou memlber of the senior class of the Smithfield high school who has made the highest iverage during four years of high school. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Wallace of this city. Miss Jessie Eason Weds C. W. Prigden Marriage Solemnized At Home Of Dr. And Mrs. B. A. Hocutt In Clayton. The home of Dr. and Mrs. B. A. Hocutt in Clayton was a scene of unusual beauty on Friday after noon of last week when their niece, Miss Jessie Ellington Eason, and Mr. Carl Waldo Pridgen, Jr., were united in holy matrimony. The attractive home was artis tically decorated throughout the lower floors with Doroth}- Perkins 'oses and Easter lilies, which ar rangement formed a lovely setting for the large company of persons Assembled for the solemn vows of this popular couple. The ceremony was performed by Dr. Ira E. D. Andrews, pastor of the Clayton Baptist church, assist ed by Rev. Mr. Hurley, Methodist minister. The wedding music was render ed by Mrs. Colonel Beddingfield at the piano. Miss Bessie Lou Poole sang "The Sweetest Story Ever Told.” During the ceremony Mrs. E. C. Brooks of Raleigh played ‘Traumerei” on the violin. The bride wore a handsome en semble gown of midnight blue georgette with grey accessories. Her costume was enhanced by a lovely bouoiuet of bride’s roses*, showered by lilies of the valley. She was attended by Miss Isabell De V’lancing of Roxiboro, who wras gowned in flesh georgette, with oicture hat and varied roses, with lilies of the valley. The groom was Attended by Dr. W. G. Nimocks, >f Humbert on. Immediately after the ceremony, Mrs. Hocutt served a buffet sup per. Mr. and Mrs. Pridgen left on a bridal trip south. After the tenth xf June they will he at home at 123 Hillsboro street, Raleigh. The bride was a member of the faculty of the Smithtield graded school the past year and has a numiber of friends in this city who will be interested to learn of her marriage. The bridegroom, who is attorney for the Atlantic Joint Stock Land Bank, is a resident of Raleigh. E. W. POU SWAMPS HIS OPPONENTS Congressman E. W. Pou car ried /every precinct in the county Saturday by an over whelmingly majority. Smith field. his home town, gave him i every vote cast except ten which were /divided between his opponents, Paul W. Mack and W. H. Creekmore. Creek more polled a few more votes than Mack. Mr. Pou’s official vote with the exception of O’Neals which .township late yesterday afternon had not made returns, totaled 3,380. I Creekmore received 149 votes, and Mack, 60. The Mean Things. He: I’m going to see the next Dempsey-Tunney fight. She: Are those men still mad at each other. By Arthur Brisbane NOGUCHI BRAVE MAN LAND OF OPPORTUNITY— THE AUTOMATIC MACHINE— SHE WEIGHED 210 POUNDS— The death of Dr. Noguchi, a courageous Japanese scientist, is a great loss to the world. Backed by the Rockefeller In stitute, Noguchi was a leader in the war against disease, and pov erty and misery bom of disease. Yellow fever killed him at last, as he sought for more knowledge in the African yellow fever reg Some bronze bandit on horse back should give his high place to Noguchi, whose memory really de serves honor. America is the country of op portunity, and Milwaukee is on© of the best American cities. All over America are opportunities, visible to the majority when it is too late to seize them. What every body knows is not so valuable. For instance, consider the baby carriage business that C. J. Smith managed in Milwaukee up to 1887. Fifty thousand dollars would have bought it. A. O. Smith inherited it and made bicycle parts. In 1904, the A. O. Smith Cor poration was formed and L. R. Smith, grandson of C. J., took charge. His father put $>85,000 and others put $95,000 more into the corporation. L. R. Smith did new things, making frames for automobiles* keeping up with the times, and ahead of them. Time passed, and in 1923 J. E. Uihlein advised this writer and other friends, “buy stock in the A. O. Smith Corporation. A very able man, with new' ideas is run ning it.” The stock sold then at $13 a share. A little later it sold for $525 a share, and five shares were given for one. The baby carriage business that you could have bought in 1887 for $50,000, or in 1923 for $1,300,000, now sells on the Stock Exchange at $40,000,000. The ablest American manufac turers could learn about mass pro duction and labor saving in L. R. Smith’s plants. One of his mills, making 35,000 automobile frames a week for Chevrolet, using marvelous auto matic machinery, does with 200 , men work that requires 2,000 men i in other plants. One automatic machine, chang ! ing steel sheets into steel framies, i is 350 feet long. In one place ma ichinery and thirty-four men han dle 14,000 side bars and 30,000 | crossbars and drive 1,000.000 riv ets per day. Machines do the work, men look on. From the floor below, heavy | steel rivets are blown up through j thin pipes by air power, placed in TURN TO PAGE 8, COLUMN 4 Aunt Roxie Opine* By Me— “Prof. Marrow he* sho made ea uoashun in Johnston county safe fer democracy. Educashun in mjm Yokes hands I wouldn’t have no mo’ chanee dan i manners roun’ a ripe watermill ion.