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VOLUME 46—NO. 47
SMITHFIELD, N. C„ TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE 12, 1928
$2.00 YEAR—5c SINGLE COPY
Discuss Local
Tobacco Market
Mass Meeting: of Business
Men and Women Held In
Court House In Interest of
Improving Market
The meeting of Smithfield bus
iness men and women held at the
courthouse Thursday evening was
characterized not so much by en
thusiasm as by practical, thought
ful suggestions as to how a to
bacco market may be built in
Smithfield that will sell more of
the 14,500,000 pounds raised in
Johnston county each year.
The call issued by the Kiwanis
club met with a fine response,
there being a goodly number pres
ent not only from Smithfield, but
a few from Selma who are inter
ested in seeing a good tobacco
market here.
Dr. W. J. B. Orr, president of
the- Kiwanis club, presided over
the meeting and Called upon sev- :
eral men who are familiar with
conditions here, to present some
vital facts concerning the market.
Mr. O. C. Cauley, with the Smith- j
eld Tobacco company, gave fig- j
comparing the sales on the
local market with other markets in
Eastern Carolina, using a black
board to show the relative loca
tions of these markets. It was
brought out that Smithfield is
ideally located with reference to
other markets and also with refer,
ence to where tobacco is grown in
quantity. At the same time it was
pointed out that the market here
does not sell the tobacco that it
ought, a comparison with Farmville
showing that Farmville sells near
ly six times as much tobacco as
Smithfield.
These facts were supplemented
with further information given by
(Mr. Willis Glass and Mr. R. S. '
Scott, proprietors of the two re-1
drying plants of this city. At least'
one of these companies lost money
last year by maintaining a redry
ing plant at a market that did not
furnish all the tolbacco that was !
needed by them.
The Glass-Staples company of 1
which R. J. Reynolds is president i
has orders for the next year’s |
^prop that will require quite a lot j
flp of the golden weed. This redrying i
company will operate here next
year, but unless considerably more |
tobacco is sold on this market than !
in the past few years, the com- ;
pany states, that it will be neces- |
sary for them to move their plant
to a market that can fill their
needs. It was brought to the atten
tion of those present that the
Smithfield market is at a crisis.
Unless it improves considerably
there is danger of losing the to
bacco payroll which amounts to
about $100,000 annually. Warsaw
was cited as a tobacco market
that lost out because it did not
realize its value until too late.
Mr. T. C. Young was called
upon for a few remarks and also
Mr. R. P. Holding. Mr. Holding
stated that one characteristic of
Smithfield is that she is satisfied
with nothing less than the best.
Good streets, good electric light
system, good water system, good
schools, have been the aim of this
city, and there are other things
worth while such as food inspec
ts tion, a health nurse and other
' things that the town would like to
have if it were only able. One way
of making these things possible,
said Mr. Holding, is to increase
the taxable property in Smithfield
bo that the burden will not fell
too heavy on the few. It was pre
dicted that if six or seven million
pounds of tobacco could be sold on
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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.
Dixon Henry recognized
his name last issue.
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Today's tantalizer:
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Where the Democrats Will Flock June 26 and Make History
I-—
Here’s the outsdie of the great new coliseum built at Houston for the
attend the Democratic National Convention.
delegates who wil
This is the interior of the Houston, Texas, hall where the Democratic Party will
its Presidential Candidate and evolve its platform.
name
Decide Sheriff
In 2nd Primary
Chas. A. Creech and J. M.
Turley Two High Men;
Brooks Concedes Nomina
tion To Canaday
There will be a second primary
in Johnston county on June 30
which will decide the nomiation
for sheriff. The two high men in
the primary on June 2 were J. M.
Tnrlev, the present incumbent, and
Chas. A. Creech. There were four
other men in the race as follows:
John O. Ellington, W. W. Hare,
John \V. Blackman and J. J. Wil
liams.
It was tactily agreed, aecordfng
to Mr. Creech, before the first
primary that the two high men ■
would run in the second primary, •
for it was generally conceded that
with six candidates no one would
get a majority. Candidates have,
five days after the canvass of the j
vote to decide whether they will
run in a second primary or not,
and Saturday Mr. Creech made his
decision which was filed with the
chairman of the county board of
elections, J. A. Narron.
In the senatorial race no one of j
the candidates had a majority, C. I
C. Canaday, present senator, hav-1
jng the lead over F. H. Brooks j
with 99 votes. The other candi- j
date was C. II. Grady. Mr. Brooks
decided to concede the nomination J
to the high man, Mr. Canaday, and
-will not go into the second pri
mary. In filing his decision with
the chairman of the hoard op elec
tions, Mr. Brooks makes tin fol
lowing statement:
“After considerable hesitancy,
though after mature consideration,
I announced my candidacy for state
senator from Johnston county sev
eral weeks after Senator Canaday
and Mr. Grady had filed their no
tices for the same position, and
then did not wage a very vigor
ous campaign. From the returns
filed with the canvassing hoard
last Monday, it appears that Sen
I ator Canaday has a lead on me of
99 votes. My hands are clean, my
conscience clear, and I bear no ill
will towards any one, but am deep
ly grateful to my staunch friends
over ihe county who loyally stood
(by me and voted and worked for
me in the primary lasf, Saturday.
“It is against my nature and I
don’t know haw to wage a fight
agairfst my Democratic friends,
though I am ever ready to fight to
the bitter end our Jtepublican op
ponents. Therefore, in the interest
of harmony in the party, and to
save to the taxpayers of Johnston
county the expense and my friends
the worry and work during the hot
days of June that lie ahead of the
second primary, after careful and
prayerful consideration, I have de
i cided to waive a second primary
i and yield the nomination to Sen
j ator Canaday.
“I have always tried to be a
! good sport and never lay down or
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Delegation Of 32 Goes To The
State Convention Uninstructed
Hull Forces Claim a
Majority of Dele
gates Selected At
County Convention
Held Here Saturday
The court room was. well filled
with delegates from every town
ship in .Johnston county Saturday
morning; at eleven o'clock when
Chairman Benton called the Dem
ocratic county convention to order.
The convention was opened with
prayer by Rev. E. D. Dodd of
Four Oaks, after which D. Carlton
Stephenson placed in nomination as
permanent chairman of the con
vention T. C. Young. This nomi
nation was seconded by C. A.
Jacobs of Selma. S. T. Honeycutt
rose to a point of order as to
whether it were necessary nrst to
select a temporary chairman be
fore a permanent chairman was
chosen, but he was overruled and
the motion naming Mr. Young as
permanent chairman was carried.
Before calling Mr. Young to the
chair, J. B. Benton made a brief
talk concerning his stewardship as
chairman ol‘ the Democratic Exe
cutive committee for the past two
years.
Following Mr. Benton’s speech,
the chair recognized A. M. Noble
who made a stirring speech in
favor of Cordell Hull, presidential
candidate, and who placed in nom
ination thirty-two delegates to rep
resent Johnston county in the
state convention. C. A. Jacobs of
Selma seconded the nomination of
the delegates and the motion was
tin own open for discussion. S. T.
Honeycutt grew eloquent as he
urged that nothing be done in the
convention that would disturb the
harmony of the Democratic party.
He spoke of his pride in the forty
years of Democratic rule in North
Carolina. In the interest of har
mony, he offered an amendment to
Mr. Noble’s motion providing that
each township meet separately and
elect delegates and alternates ac
cording to the township’s strength,
which delegates when elected by
the townships should be the dele
gates from Johnston county to
1 the state convention. Others who
discussed the motion were: C. A.
Jacobs, A. M. Johnson and J. \Y\
Wiood. Mr. Noble accepted the
amendment and the motion was
; carried as amended. The townships
repaired to various places in the
courthouse to select delegates and
alternates. The following delegates
and alternates were elected:
Pine Level: Delegates, W. A
Herring; alternate, C. H. Brown
Banner: delegates, J. W. Par
rish, Preston Woodall, Parlia Hud
.son; alternates, J. F. WoodaW, Dr
W. T. Martin, Alonzo Parrish.
' Meadow: delegates, A. B. Hood
E. A. Tart; alternates, W. V
Blackman and J. Mang Wood.
, Bentonville: delegate, W. H
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i
Tobacco Crop Now
Has Fine Prospect
('. W. Adams, In Travels Over
County, Sees Conditions
Improving; Predicts 15,
000,000 Pounds
‘‘It now looks as if Johnston
county is going* to raise around
15,000,000 pounds of tobacco,” de
clared C. W. Adams, manager of
the Planters Warehouse, who has
been traveling over Johnston coun
ty taking stock of the tobacco sit
uation. Conditions the past week
have been vrey favorable to the
growing crop. Practically all the
tobacco planted has a good stand
and since the rains have let up all
crops are growing rapidly. li
some sections crops are reported
from ten days to two weeks late
■but Mr. Adams thinks that John
stun county crop is well along and
unless there is more rain it is be
lieved that the crop will be about
as early as last year. Sunshine
and warm nights for a while, Mr
Adams thinks, will mean for John
ston county one of the best crops
in its history.
Mr. Adams thinks that it is tc
the interest of the farmers to sel
their tobacco in their own county
The only market in the county
which is Smithfield, has facilities
to handle every pound of this to
bacco, and he believes that if the>
will sell it at home that it will ma
terially decrease taxes and in
crease the value of real estate
things that should be done ir
Johnston county.
CLEVELAND MAN HAS
CHASE WITH MAD DOC
I). M. Wood, of Cleveland, ha<
a chase with a mad dog yesterdaj
morning and finally succeeded ii
killing the dog after a narrow es
cape from being bitten by him. Thi
mad dog had attacked another dog
and both were killed. Mr. Woo<
and a negro ran the dog about i
mile before they could kill him.
STORM DOES DAMAGE IN
CLEYELA N D TC)\VN S11H
Early yesterday morning be
tween three and four o’clock
storm did damage to fruit am
shade trees in Cleveland township
Thebarn of Ransom Sanders, col
ored, was blown down and his oi
chard considerably damaged. Sev
eral shade trees at the home o
Mr. Percy Barbour were blow
down. Hail fell in Pleasant Grov
township, and a tenant house o
the farm of Mr. E. S. Coates wa
blown from its pillars.
Prevents Tarnish.
If a lump of camphor is put i
the chest or drawer where silve
is kept it will prevent the silve
from tarnishing.
| Rev. W. W. Barnes
! At Baptist Church
1 Proiessor of Church History
In Southwestern Seminary
Speaks on Life of John
Bunyon
The life of John Bunyon was
the subject of a sermon delivered
Sunday night at the Baptist church
'by l)r. W. W. Barnes, native of
E.hn City, but at present professor
^ of Church History in the South
western Seminary at Fort Worth,
Texas. Dr. Barnes is one of the
teachers in the Baptist Preachers’
summer school now in progress at
Meredith College, Raleigh, and
(Was invited to preach here by
Rev. S. L. Morgan, pastor of the
local church, who has been attend
ing the school.
The Baptists of the world are
this year celebrating the three
hundredth anniversary of the birth
of John Bunyan, a great Baptist
leader of England in the seven
teenth century and Dr. Barnes
stated that it was appropriate that
he should talk concerning his life.
He began by reading the Beati
tudes found in Matthew 5. He de
clared that any one of the Beauti
tudes summed up the life of Buny
an. He continued his talk by giv
ing a sketch of the life of John
Bunyan and showing where Chris
tians today could profit by the
high ideals of this great character.
In the course of his sermon Dr.
Barnes declared that the world to
day needed a sense of sin as John
Bunyan had. He went on to pic
ture the years Bunyan spent in
nri<;nn .nml loi/t cniu>i<il Dmnkaois
upon the fact that he could have
walked out of the prison any day
that he promised not to preach.
| vjHe also mentioned the place
that Bunyan holds today as a lit
i erary genius. He stated that
Bunyan’s motive in writing “Pil
grim’s Progress’ was solely a re
ligious one but he unknowingly
produced one of the literary class
ics of the world. In concluding his
I talk, Dr. Barnes recommended
that all read the book “Pilgrim’s
Progress.”
At the morning hour Rev. R. E.
j Powell, pastor of the Baptist
church at Burnsville, preached.
I Mr. Powell is also attending the
► reachers’ school at Meredith.
I MRS. W. F. WRIGHT DIES
AFTER A LONG ILLNESS
Mrs. W. F. Wright passed away
at the home of her mother, Mrs.
E. F. Crump, last Friday morning
between three and four o’clock.
Mrs. Wright had been in ill health
for several months, having been
confined to her bed since December.
She sought relief in Raleigh and
in Baltimore but her malady seem
ed incurable, and the end came last
Friday.
The funeral was held Saturday
afternoon at two o’clock at the
home conducted by Rev. Mr. An
drews of Wake Forest, assisted by
Rev. S. L. Morgan, pastor of the
Baptist church of this city city. In
terment was made in Oakland cem
etery. A profusion of flowers cov
ered the new made grave.
Mrs. Wright was only thirty
three years of age at the time of
her death. She was married four
teen and a half years ago to Mr.
W. F. Wright, and they made their
home near Princeton. She leaves
her husband and three children,
, William Lamont, Fred and Frank,
i She is also survived by her moth
er, Mrs. E. F. Crump, and one sis
ter, Miss Ila Mae Crump.
The deceased was a member of
the Princeton Baptist church.
MISS SMITH A GRADUATE
t OF UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
* Friends here will be interested
* to learn that Miss Flora Elizabeth
Smith of this city graduated last
* Saturday, June 9, as ,a nurse from
■ the George Washington Universit>
1 Hospital at Washington, D. C
1 Miss Smith who formerly lived ai
L‘ the Ivanhoe cotton mill became in
1 terested in preparing herself to b<
* a nurse and through the aid oi
missionary society of the Metho
dist church here she completed th<
course at Brevard Institute, doin*
1 four years’ work in three. She thei
r entered George Washington Uni.
r versity Hospital and is now a full
fledged graduate.
Houston Will Give
Delegates Welcome
Colisieum Built For
Event Will Be Perm
anent; City All Set
For Meeting of Dem
ocrats on June 26
Written Specially for The Herald
By ROBERT FULLER
! HOUSTON, Texas, Jnue 11.— j
[ Houston is all set for the great
j Democratic National Convention, i
which will convene here on June ;
26. And while Houston has been *
bending every effort toward per- j.
fecting plans for the convention, j
civic leaders have not been over,
looking the opportunity so to
shape this work that it will tit into
the solid foundation of a still
greater Houston. Although the
movement and' actual construction
of the convention coliseum has
been somewhat of an overnight
project, all workers seemingly I
have been impressed with the idea 11
that they are not building a tem
porary structure.
The city of Houston was laid
out according to a well defined city
nlan by it’s pioneers. Leaders of ,1
civic life in villages, towns and
cities throughout the nation are
expected to absorb some concrete j
ideas on city-building when they
are in Houston for the convention.
These local leaders are pioneers
and it is to them that future gen
erations will point when their
The coliseum is placed in the
center of what is destined to be a
‘civic center,” an area in which ,
many future public buildings are
planned. In this there is a good 1
idea in city building. No convmun- :
ity is too small to start planning
for the future, and a sound foun- (
dation provides for later phenom
enal growth. In its early days
Houston was a small, secluded 1
town. It has become large and
powerful because of the wise plan
ning of its pioneers.
An arrangement program for
the convention has been perfected
that is considered adequate to care
for another 100,000 overnight ad
dition to the population.
Special arrangements are being
made by convention committees to
care for all visitors to Houston at
and about the time of the party j
gathering.
These are the words of Jesse H.
Jones, Houston capitalist and the
chairman of the arrangements com
mittee: “Come to Houston the city
is ready to care for you.”
Claude G. Bowers, New York;
editorial writer, historian and or- !
ator, will be the keynote speaker
at the convention. Mr. Bovvers at
tracted great attention by his ad
dress at the last Jackson Day Din
ner, which is considered a master
piece. It was beautifully written,
and most effectively spoken,
j It was Jesse H. Jones who led i
the fight for Houston when the!
| Democratic convention city was
! being chosen. Mr. Jones is the
publisher of the Houston Chroni
cle.
All the proceedings of the con- ;
vention—as in the case of the:
Kansas City conclave of the G. O. i
P.—will be broadcast over the ra
dio in a gigantic hook-up reaching i
into every nook and cranny of the
country. The most thorough “ra-1
dio picture” of a convention ever
made will be presented to the lis-;
teners, as microphones will be j
placed all about the convention 1
door and balconies and everything >
going on will be “picked up” and
transmitted.
NEW FIRM HERE.
Messrs. Abdalla and Vinson com
pany have purchased the bankrupt
stock of the Smithfield Shoe com
pany and are now preparing to
open a new store there Saturday,
and will carry a complete line of
all kinds of shoes for men, wo
men and children, ladies and
misses ready to wear garments,
and millinery. Smithfield extends a
cordial welcome to this hustling
new firm and the Herald also
wishes them success.
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1 Mother of Flag Day S
SW-fi^wtb as- -PSP' -a MM* VW " JHf
Mrs. Laura B. Prisk, mother of
l-'lag Day, is completing her plans
\>r this year’s tribute to Old Glorv.
Throughout the country patriotic
organizations will unite with civic
bodies to honor the stars and
-tripes on June 14.
H. Brooks Made
Democratic Chairman
— -*■ ■
)nly Action Taken at the
Meeting of Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee Satur
day Was Selection of Chair
man
At a meeting of the Democratic
Cxecutiv Committee held here Sat
irday immediately after the coun
y convention adjourned, F. K
3rooks was unanimously chosen as
hairman.
Those who had been nominated
in the county ticket were invited
o meet with the committee to of
cr any advice that they might see
it. Practically the only thing tak
■n up at this meeting, however,
vas tlie selection of the chairman.
Appreciation of the work done by
he retiring chairman, J. B. Ben
on, was expressed before the meet- ■
ng adjourned.
Members of the executive com
nittee are as follows: W. L. Mas
ongill, of Elevation; P. B. Cham
dee, O’Neals; Robert Barham,
-Vilders; Herbert Brown, Pine
l,fcvel; 1). H. Stephenson, Wilson’s
dills; J. F. Woodall, Banner; C.
:I. Holt, Boon Hill; R. A. Keen,
!n grams; J. Herman Oglburn,
Pleasant Grove; J. J. Young, Clay
on; Delmo Coates, Cleveland; Dr.
VI. Hinnant, Micro; C. A. Corbett,
£elma* T. C. Young, Smithfield,
rlenry Watson, Beulah; T. L. Hud
son, Meadow; J. H. Marshiburn,
dentonville.
[Will, PILKINGTON HELD
IN DEFAULT S5000 BOND
The coroner’s hearing in the
murder of Everett Eason
which took place a few' weeks
ago on highway No. 10 near
the Ivanhoe cotton mill, was
resumed yesterday and about
thirty witnesses were examin
ed. Paul Pinkington is stijl
held in jail in default of a
$5,000 bond. Ausley Pilking
ton is out under a $2,500 bond
and Wiley Grice and Herman
Eason are under a bond of
$250 each. James Narron, Ber
nice Narron and Polly Chil
ders, who were held for a
time as material witnesses,
have been released. This case
will be passed upon by the
grand jury of the next crimi
nal term of court which con
venes here on Monday, June
25th.
Abelj & Shepard have been
retained to assist the state in
the prosecution of the case.
\V. H. Lyon will appear for
Paul and Ausley Filkington;
F. H. Brooks, for Childers,
Judge W. P. Aycock for Grice
and Eason.
Guests Mrs. B. G. Jonea.
Mrs. J. A. Pritchell, of Windsoi
| and Mrs. J. T. Page, of Claytor
spent yesterday here with Mrs. I
; G. Jones.
I
Report Of Highway
Work Done In May
J. B. Lodor, Supt. of High
ways, Gives Detailed Ac
count of the Five Districts
Mr. J. B. Lodor, superintendent
of highways of Johnston county,
submits the following report of
road work done in Johnston coun
ty during the month of May.
District (No. 1. )
C. I*. Harper, Commissioner'.;
Clayed or graveled, 702 yards;;
culverts placed, 182 feet; bridges
repaired, 2; roads rebuilt, 2 miles;
roads dragged, 1150 miles; roads,
built, 2 miles; machine ditched,
284 miles; hand ditched, 482 yards;
shoulders pulled, 190 miles; cut
ting right of way, 5255) yards;
fill in place, 92 cubic yards.
District No. 2.
L. Gilbert, Commissioner.
Culverts placed, 08 feet; bridges,
repaired, 10; roads built, 9; roads
built, 3V& miles; roads reibulit, 2
miles; roads dragged, 1123 miles;
machine ditched, 33 miles; hand
ditched, 135 yards; shoulders pull
ed, CO miles; cutting right of way,
800 yards; fill in place, 515 cubic
/District No. 3.
S. E. Barbour, Commissioner.
Clayed or graveled, 32 yards;
bridges repaired, 1; roads dragged,
!>2S miles; machine ditched, 217
miles; hand1 ditched, 327 yards;
shoulders pulled, 159 miles.
District No. 4.
C. P. Harper, Commissioner.
Clayed or graveled, 2702 yards;
clearing and grubbing, 40 yards;
culverts placed, 82 feet; bridges
repaired, 3; roads rebuilt, 15 and
three-quarter miles; roads built,
bi mile; roads dragged, 1415 miles;
machine ditched, 100 miles; hand
ditched, 1178 yards; shoulders pull
ed, 158 miles; cutting right of
way, 1284 yards- fill in place, 495
cubic yards.
District No. 5.
Dr. J. C. Grady, Commissioner.
Clayed or graveled, 70 yards *
culverts placed, 96 feet; bridges,
repaired, 7; roads dragged, 1L41
miles; machine ditched, 202 miles;
band ditched, 845 yards- shoulders
pulled, 340 miles; cutting right of
way, 3530 yards; fill in place, 240
an,bic yards.
Construction Done By Convicts.
• Camp No. 2: Located in Meadow
township, working: an average of*
ten prisoners, clayed and graveled
100 yards; cleared and grubbed
8834 yards; placed 68 feet of cul
verts; rebuilt 2 miles of road;
built 4l/2 miles of road; dragged
9 Vi miles of road, hand ditched
1720 yards; pulled 6 miles of
shoulders; put in 600 cubic yards
of fill.
Camjp No. 3: Located in Clayton,
township, working an average of
9 prisoners, clayed or graveled 50
yards; cleared and grubbed 3325
yards, placed 68 feet of culverts;
hand ditched 105 yards; cutt 1300
yards of >ight of way; put in
7185 cubic yards of fill.
Camp No. 4: Located in O’Neal’s
township, working an average of
12 prisoners, cleared and grubbed
5190 yards; placed 208 feet of
culverts; built 2 Ms miles of road;
machine ditched 2 miles; hand
ditched 2376 yards; cut 3530 yards
of right of way; placed 215 cubic
yards of fill, and built 1 bridge.
The Bridge Force working coun
ty-wide, rebuilt 28 bridges; built 1
bridge, an dthe rest of the month
used in painting bridges.
Aunt Roxie Opines
By Me—
, “Hit look lak de South has frez
. solid betwixt Al Smith and de
White House.”