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VOLUME 46—NO. 48
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 15, 1928
Tell Your Friends
If ther don’t read the Herald they
won't aee all the Johnaton County
happenlnga.
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By Arthur Brisbane
„ THIS WEEK
ft A NEW, PLAN
SINGING AND HEALTH
NO RAIN IN FOUR YEARS—
THE VICE-PRESIDENCY—
H. G. Wells has a plan for man.
agement and government of this
earth, with one board of directors
running the whole thing.
Religions, says Wells, have run
their course. Christianity, which
began with “the completest com
munism,” has become the complet
est capitalism.
“Take all thou hast and give to
the poor,” has been changed to
“get all thou canst, and Devil take
the hindmost.”
Buddhism began in complete re
munication. Buddha let the hun
gry tigress eat his body. Now vilest
superstitution replaces Buddha’s
Jy^Jieachings—and so it goes.
Mr. Wells’ plan is interesting,
like those of Plato, in his “Repub
lic,” Moore in his "Utopia,” and
Karl Marx, in his book that be
I came the foundation of modern so-'
cialism.
Each one would work as well as I
the other, that is to say, not at |
all. Yet each is useful, for it makes I
men think, and that is important. |
The human race is an individual
on a bigger scale, and it is in its i
infancy. It is useless to contem
plate a baby two years old and
plan to make a man of it in six
months. %
You must observe how and at j
what rate your race or individual I
can grow, then do what you can i
to direct and promote good growth. |
The most important work now j
is to encourage thought and dis- j
tribute knowledge. And the
greatest agency is the public i
school.
“Give light, and the people will j
find their own Way.” Give good j
public schools and you give light, j
Madame Reggio, opera singer, j
climbed the 1,358 steps of New !
York’s Woolworth building in 13 ;
minutes and 4 seconds, beating !
previous records.
Thirty-eight years old, weight
104 pounds, the lady earned $3,000
by the climb and did a useful thing
by in^oressing the health value
of singing. Nothing develops the |
lungs as singing does. Sing at your
work and avoid consumption. Teach
your children to sing. Imitate the
British, who always sing, whether
they CAN sing or not.
Farmers in the Little Karoo and
other parts of Cape Province are
disturbed by the worst drought in
South Africa’s recorded history, j
No rain has fallen in four years, |
fertile lands turn to deserts, farm j
houses are falling into ruins, the
last green leaf has disappeared, j
We have all cause for thankful
k. ness. Lack of rainfall would make
jjjjjlife impossible. A tilting of the
fearth. spilling the oceans, would
sweep this continent with a tidal
wave a mile high. A change in
water from H20 to H202 would
change that water into peroxide
of hydrogen. And if, like other
substances, water contracted with
Turn to page five, please
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
he called for before the follow
ing issu*.
Sam Coley deciphered his
name last issue.
Today’s Tantatiser:
ttlaoallien
Tantalizer
Dr. Milliard T. Hill
DR. HILL graduated on May 28
in medicine at Richmond Medical
College, and on July 1 goes to
Memorial Hospital, Richmond,
where he will serve for a year as
interne. Dr. Hill had three years
of college work at Wake Forest
College before going to Richmond
Medical College where he spent
two years. He was prepared for
college at Trinity Park High
School, Durham. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Hill of the San
ders Chapel section.
Bus Catches Fire
But No One Hurt
Chevrolet Coupe Strikes 5:30
Bus Headed For Fayette
ville and Bus Turns Over;
Only One Passenger
An automobile accident that
caused the city fire department to
be called out occurred Monday
afternoon on highway 22 near the
home of Mr. John A. Johnson on
the edge of town. The bus which
leaves here at 5:30 in the after
noon headed for Fayetteville was
struck by a Chevrolet coupe, the
bus turning over and catching
fir
Mr. A. C. Watts, of Dunn, was
driver of the bus, and there was
only one passenger who was going
to Dunn. Three young men, Messrs
Kelly, Griswold and Hamer
in a Chevrolet coupe
attempted to pass the bus
and in doing so drove off the pave
ment on the shoulders of the road.
When the car cut back in, it cut
straight across the road, the rear
right of the Chevrolet striking the
left front of the bus. The has
turned over into the ditch. No one
was hurt except the driver of the
bus. whose right leg was slightly
cut. The Chevrolet was not dam
aged.
Several minutes passed after the
accident before the gasoline which
had run into the ditch caught fire.
The fire department was soon on I
the scene and the fire was extin
guished. The body of the bus was
badly damaged but the motor was
said to be in good condition.
The bus driver, Mr. Watts, and
his passenger came back to Smith
field and Mr. Watts went to the
Johnston County Hospital where
the cut on his leg was dressed.
SELMA MAN TO PRACTICE
MEDICINE IN DUNN
SELMA, June 14.-—Dr. Clarence ■
L. Corbett, son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. A. Corbett, will be associated I
with Dr. I. F. Hicks in Dunn after
the 15th of June. Dr. Corbett was j
graduated from Wake Forest Col-;
lege in June, 1925, receiving the
A. B. Degree in medicine. During
the year 1924-25 he interned at
the Wake Forest College Hospital.
In June, 1927, he received the M.
D. degree at Emory University and
in that same month successfully
passed the Georgia and North
Carolina Medical Boards. He has
had one year’s internship in a 160
Ibed class A private hospital in
Atlanta and during the month of
June will complete one year’s ro
tating internship in the Emory Di
vision of the city hospital of At
lanta.
The citizens of Dunn are to be
congratulated in getting Dr. Cor
bett for, besides being well pre
pared in his profession, he is one
of Selma’s finest young men.
Organize Another
Civic Club Here
Lions Organization Perfected
With Wm. B. Wellons As
President; Lion Robbins of
Chicago at Initial Meeting
In an organization meeting fea
tured with enthusiasm and antici
pation, the Smithfield Lions club
came into being here Monday
night in the basement of the Meth
odist church, thus giving to Smith
field an outstanding civic organi
zation whose national reputation is
that of constructiveness.
Twenty-two prospective Lions
were present at this, the initial
meeting of the new club, which
was presided over by a temporary
chairman, L. E. Watson, Jr., until
the election of officers. The pro
gram was started with the singing
of “America,” followed by a quar
tette number rendered by M. E.
Woodall, Luby F. Royal], Paul
Eason and Joe Royall.
Lion Wilson Robbins, assistant
secretary of Lions International,
Chicago, coached the meeting in
the Lion’s roar, after which the
song, “I’d Rather Belong to the
Lions” was sung by those present,
and the invocation was pronounc
ed by Lion W. H. Lyon.
The new club is ushered in with
unusually bright prospects for ser
vice to Smithfield and Johnston
county, strengthened by a strong
personnel of officers composed of
the following: Wm. B. Wellons,
president; W. J. Massey, Jr., vice
president; J. N. Cobb, second vice
president; K. L. Rose, third vice
president; L. E. Watson, Jr., sec
retary; L. K. Jordan, treasurer;
W. G. Debnam, Lion tamer; D.
Carlton Stephenson, tail twister.
The following were elected to the
board of directors: W. H. Lyon,
Neil Barnes, R. E. Whitehurst, H.
L. Knight, and Luby F. Royall.
The officers and directors were
elected by unanimous vote of the
meeting.
Upon vote of the members pres
ent, Lion President Wiellons, and
Lion Secretary Watson were unan
imously elected delegates to attend
the state convention to be held in
Statesville Thursday and Friday,
June 14 and 15.
After the election of officers and
directors, the club was addressed
by Lion Wilson Robbins, of Chica
ga. Lion Robbins, in an enthusias
tic and inspiring address, related
the history of Lionism, and gave
an outline of its functions and rec
ord of the many various sendees
that Lions clubs are rendering all
over the country. It was also
brought out that the Lions Inter
national is the present fastest
growing civic organization, having
established more new clubs by far
than any other organization. In
closing, Lion Robbins admonished
the new club members to seek at
all times the many channels of
service to the community and to
make use of these channels through
cooperation. He expressed his de
light in being here to participate
in the birth of the new club, and
expressed also, his great anticipa
tion of seeing the Smithfield club
effect great growth and progress
through a program of usefulness.
As one of the very first programs
of service here the Smithfield
Lions club went on record at its
meeting Monday night as heartily
endorsing the present movement to
boost and develop the local tobac
co market, and voted to cooperate
with the other civic organizations
of the town and county in execut
ing the plans to effect the local
market's growth. Lion D. Carlton
Stephenson was appointed a rep
resentative from the club to func
tion with the general committee,
which was appointed at a mass
meeting last Thursday night to
perfect working plans for the de
velopment of the market here this
season.
After the nomination, election
and installation of the officers the
business administration of the club
was taken up, and discussion of
the time and place of meeting, fees
and dues, etc., was had. It was
decided to hold the club meetings
every second and fourth Monday
nights at 7:30 o’clock in the base
ment of the Methodist church, and
the meetings will be featured by
dinners served by the Woman’s
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Johnston Young
People Graduate
State Schools Turn Out Good
ly Number From This
County This Spring; Other
Schools Represented
Johnston county is well repre
sented at most of the colleges in
North Carolina, and it is gratify
I ing that a greater number than
I ever before are not just going off
' to school for one or two years, but
are completing the full college
course and are receiving their di
plomas. At least a dozen graduat
ed this spring from N. C. C. W.,
at Greensboro, E. C. T. C., Green
ville, and the State University at
Chapel Hill. Figures are not avail
able for the other colleges, which
no doubt had some graduates from
Johnston county.
George Kenneth Cavenaugh, of
Benson, who is a member of the
Phi Beta Kappa scholarship honor
society—Bachelor of Arts.
Robert Deleon Oliver, Princeton
—Bachelor of Science in Medi
cine—member of the Alpa Kappa
Kappa Medical fraternity. Mr.
i Oliver plans to continue his medi
cal course next year at the Uni
versity of Maryland.
Benjamin Walton Booker, Clay
ton. He has obtained a degree as
a pharmaceutical chemist. Mr.
Booker is a graduate of Smithfield
high school in the class of 1924.
James Gilbert Boyette, Kenly,
Bachelor of Arts in Education.
Mr. Boyette is a graduate of the
Smithfield high school and is new
coach and teacher in the Prince
ton high school. (Degree conferred
in August, 1927.)
Miss Evelyn Wilson, a former
teacher in Smithfield high school,
received a degree of Master of
Arts. (Teacher of French at Salem
College.)
The following men are now at
I tending the University of North
Carolina summer school, and will
graduate at the close of the sum
mer: Joseph Edward Johnson, Ben
son; Claybourne Stanford King,
j Princeton; John Harrison Parker,
Selma; Stephen Clarence Woodard,
Kenly.
The following received diplomas
from E. C. T. C., at Greenville:
Misses Mary Elizabeth Hocutt,
! Bachelor of Arts- Mary Catherine
Benson, Rosa Lee Cuthrell, Eugen
ia Elizabeth Ferrell, Dorothy Ver
non Lee, Clara Fitzgerald, Clara
, Inez Oliver, Two-year Normal
I Course. Miss Lee of Smithfield,
| and Miss Oliver of Pine Level,
graduated from high school in
Smithfield.
Another graduate of the Smith
field high school received her di
! ploma this spring, this being Miss
Cornelia Powell of the Sanders
I Chapel section, who graduated
i from N. C. C. W., Greensboro,
1 Bachelor of Science in Home Eco
nomics.
A young man from this same
community, Dr. Millard D. Hill,
. graduated May 29 from Richmond
Medical College.
W. C. Whitley of the Thanks
giving section graduated with high
honors from Wake Forest College.
KftHKl IIM. I'LAM'S UI KIN TO
HANDLE MORE TOBACCO
It has been learned by Mr. Chas.
W. Adams, manager of the Plant
ers warehouse of this city, that
the two local redrying plants are
planning to handle more tobacco
the coming season .than ever be
fore on this market. It is very
evident now that more of the far
mers in the county are going to
support their won county and sell
their tobacco in Smithfield.
It has been brought out by Mr.
Adams that the farmers of this
county do not realize the import
ance of selling their tobacco in
their own county. In so doing all
taxes will be materially decreased
and all property values increased.
No market for its size can boast
of better facilities than Smithfield
and no market has more friends
working for the interest of John
ston county farmers than Smith
field. It is to the interest of every
farmer and business man in the
county to live up to the adopted
slogan of “Johnston county Sells
It’s Own.”
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Many things may be preserved
in alcohol, but law and order are
not on the list.
Committee Plans
To Boost Market
! Solicitation Of Funds Wil
He First Step Toward A
Worthwhile Advertising
Campaign.
Five of the nine members
of the committee from various
business and civic organiza
tions appointed at the recent
mass meeting to discuss the to
bacco situation here, met on
Tuesday night in the commis
sioners room of the courthouse.
Those present were: A. J.
Whitley, Jr., chairman, Hobt.
S. Scott, R. P. Holding, Bur
Jon Jones and T)r. I. W. May
erberg of Selma.
The committee agree upon only
two things at this meeting. It was
agreed that it will take funds to
advertise the tobacco market here
and accordingly the first step was
to appoint a committee of five to
solicit from the Smithfield business
firms and citizens an amount suf
ficient to finance an advertising
campaign worth while. It was
stated in the meeting that some
thing like $2,500 will be needed for
this purpose. The men named on
this committee are: Sam T. Hon
eycutt, T. C. Young, Willis Glass,
W. M. Sanders and Dr. W. J. B.
Orr. The chairman of the commit
tee, A. J. Whitley, Jr., was author
ized to select a committee of three
to handle the funds and who shall
be accountable for the expenditure.
Dr. I. W\ Mayerberg represent
ing Selma offered some good sug
gestions for boosting the tobacco
market in Johnston county. With
the purpose of extending the in
terest in the home market beyond
Smithfield it was decided to ask
the agricultural committees of the
Selma and Smithfield Kiwanis
clubs to consider some plan for a
get-together meeting of farmers
and merchants.
The committee was unanimous in
its opinion that the market in
Johnston county can sell around
6,000,000 pounds of tobacco next
season if the people of the county
will study the situation and will
lend their cooperation.
U1 ti DilllJ.
On Monday, June 4, the death
angel entered the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Wjaylon 1). Snead and bore
away the spirit of their darling
baby girl.
She only budded on earth to
bloom in Heaven. Jesus said, “Let
the little ones come unto me, and
forbid them not for of such is
the kingdom of heaven/’
She was laid to rest Tuesday
evening at Antioch beneath a
mound of beautiful flowers.
Weep not, loved ones, for she is
resting in the sunlight of that
Celestial city where death and
sorrow are unknown.
To Chapel Hill.
Kenly, June 14.—Mrs. Paul I).
Grady and children left Monday
morning for Chapel Hill where for
the next few weeks she will do
light housekeeping for her daugh
ters, Misses Elouise and Elsie
Grady, who will attend summer
school at the University. Mrs.
Grady and daughters will be great
ly missed in Kenly and their
many friends will be glad to wel
come them on their return home.
GET YOUR ORDER IN JSARLY.
EL PASO, Texas.—“The Hom
ed Toad Novelty company,” is El
Paso’s latest industry.
It has been started by J. R.
Eichelberger, who is preparing to
ship thousands of homed toads to
merchants all over the country,
selling the toads for $1. With each
bit of literature sent out, he re
lates the story of the famous East
land, Texas, horned toad.
Eicelhberger proposes to collect
his toads by paying five cents
each to anyone who will catch
them.— By United Press.
SMITH FIELD’S OLDEST
COLORED MAN PASSES
“Uncle” Reuben Sanders, said
t‘> be Smithfield’s oldest colored
citizen, died Tuesday afternoon at
his home here at two o’clock. He
was eighty-four years of age, and
was twenty-one years old when
the Yankees came through this
section.
Regular Session
Recorder’s Court
! Several Criminal Cases Tried
and Disposed of Tuesday
and Wednesday
The following: criminal cases
were disposed of in Recorder’s
court held here Tuesday and Wed
nesday of this week:
Buster Gray, a colored farmer,
j'vas found guilty of assault with
deadly weapon and was sent to
the roads for six months.
Matthew Wiggins, age 27, a
white farmer, was in court charged
with operating a motor vehicle:
while intoxicated, possession and |
transportation of whiskey, and was I
1 sentenced to the roads for six J
months. Capias is not to issue upon j
i condition that he does not violate
i the prohibition law in any form or
' manner whatever during the next
[ two years, and the road sentence
is to be suspended upon condition
that he docs not operate a motor
vehicle in North Carolina during
the next two years and that he
pay a fine of $50 and the cost.
Luther Stephenson was charged
with assault with intent to kill.
Probable cause was found and the
defendant was bound over to Su
perior court.
Albert Holt received a 60-day
road sentence for assault with a
deadly weapon. He gave notice of
appeal.
P. B. Evans, white, entered a
plea of guilty to possession of
whiskey. He was sent to the county
roads for 30 days. It was also
found that he had violated a sus
pended sentence and was sent to
the roads to serve the former sen
tence of four months, this sen
j tence to run concurrently with the
30-day sentence above.
Pearl Creech entered a rdea rtf
guilty to a warrant charging pros- j
titution. She was sent to Samar- j
cand, the county to pay the cost
of the action.
The state took a nol pros
against Joe Bill McLamib and Jeff
Moore, and also against J. C. Par
ker, charged with trespass.
J. C. Parker and 1. A. McLamb
were charged with trespass. Mc
Lamb not guilty. Parker plead
guilty and prayer for judgment
was continued upon the payment
: of the cost.
Henry Monk was sentenced to I
the roads for 30 days, the road sen- j
tence to be suspended upon the i
payment of a $20 fine and the j
cost.
The court found Jack Cox guil- |
| ty of operating a motor vehicle
without proper lights, and proper
I license tags. Prayer for judgment
was continued upon the payment
of the cost and upon the purchase j
of proper tags.
Carl Hill was charged with aban- [
donment and non-support. It was I
shown by the defense that the de- j
fendant had not complied with a .
former judgment and he was or- !
dered to serve the term of 90 days j
on the county roads. He took an
appeal to Superior court.
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LANGSTON YIELDS TO
FOUNTAIN FOR LIEUT.GOV. |
There will be no state-wide pri
mary on June 30 since Col. John I
D. Langston of Goldsboro, second
man in the primary of June 2 in
the race for lieutenant governor,
has declined to enter a second pri
mary. Richard T. Fountain, of j
Rocky Mount, speaker of the house |
of Representatives for 1927, was
the high candidate in the primary
and he is now the Democratic nom
inee for lieutenant governor. He
declined to enter the second pri
mary on the grounds of a desire
for party harmony.
TO LOCATE PLANT HERE.
Mr. E. L. Thompson, of Green
ville, who has recently interested
himself 'both actively and financial
ly in the manufacture and distri
bution of Kirkman’s highway mow
ing and painting machine, spent
Tuesday and Wednesda yin town in
the interest of locating the as
sembling plant for this machine
here. It is hoped the citizens of the
town will give him their full co
operation in this new enterprise
for Smithfield.
The Japanese have forbidden the
ancient Korean custom of carving
a design on the neck of the girl
Mho has jilted her lover.
Tumultuous Session
State Dem. Convention
Elected Delegate
F. H. BROOKS
Who was chosen as one of the
delegates to the Democratic Na
tional Convention at Houston.
Secretary d & L
Resigns Position
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Carl Gordon Succeeds J. H.
Abell Who Heads New Firm
Home Insurance And Real
ty Co.
At a meeting of the board of di
rectors of the Smithfield Building
and Loan Association Monday
night, Mr. J. H. Abell, who for the
past two years has been secretary
of this organization, tendered his
resignation in order to devote his
full time to the Home Insurance
and Realty Company, Inc., of
which Mr. Abell is the head. Mr.
Carl F. Gordon, cashier of the
First and Citizens National Bank,
was chosen to succeed Mr. Abell
as secretary of the Building and
Loan Association. The o ce of the
association will still be for a time
in the office of Mr. Abell.
The assets of the Building and
Loan Association, since Mr. Abell
became secretary, have grown
from a little over $100,000 to
$300,000. Mr. Abell states that
he is still interested in seeing the
association move forward and he
bespeaks the same hearty co-oper
ation that he has had for his suc
Mr. Gordon is well known in
Smithfield and Johnston county as
a young business man of ability.
He has been with the First and
Citizens National Bank for about
ten years and he will continue to
hold his position as cashier of this
institution.
Mr. Abell retains his collection
with the real estate firm known as
Abell and Gray, but he expects to
devote considerable time to his new
business which has been organiz
ed to build homes, lend money, and
carry on a bonding and insurance
business. Since the organization of
the Home Insurance and Realty
Company a short time ago, loans
in the amount of $50,000 have al
ready been approved. These loans
have a life insurance feature that
is rather unique. The insurance is
without cost to the borrower and
the borrower’s death automatical
ly cancels the loan.
The building that has been oc
cupied by Abell and Gray has been
remodeled and new furniture and
fixtures have been installed. Miss
Merle Allen has accepted a posi
tion as stenographer in this of
fice.
CLUB WOMEN TO LEAVE
TUESDAY JUNE 26TH.
The dub women of Johnston
county who will conduct a camp
at the Y. W. C. A., camp near Dur
ham June 26-30, will leave on Tues
day morning instead of Monday
afternoon as was announced. The
first day, Tuesday, will be spent
sight-seeing in the Capital city.
He who lives from hand t<
mouth must take small bites.
Delegates Elected By
Hull Forces To Cast
19Y2 of the 24 Votes
at Houston; F. H.
Brooks of Johnston
Chosen As Delegate
Six thousand Democrats
from every part of North Car
olina filled to overflowing the
big auditorium in Raleigh
Tuesday when one of the most
tumultous State Conventions
ever staged in the state con
At ten o’clock in the morning,
the district conventions W’ere held
at different places in the city. The
delegation from the fourth congres
sional district met in the Wake
county courthouse, the district be
ing well represented. There were
about seventy-five from Johnston
county including the thirty-two
delegates to the convention and
many of the alternates. The Hull
forces and the Smith forces were
lined up and from the beginning
of the session, this issue was not
lost sight of. With J. Y. Joyner as
permanent chairman of the meet
ing, Josephus Daniels led the Hull
strength and J. W. Bailey the
Smith strength. The vote to table
a motion made by the Smith forces
to test the strength of the presi
dential candidates resulted in 99.4
for tabling and 63.fi against. Four
Hull delegates to the National con
vention at Houston were elected
each to have a half vote, these
delegates being R. S. McCoin of
Vance, F. H. Brooks of Johnston,
J. O. W. Gravely of Nash and J.
R. Weatherspoon of Wake. The
average vote was 105.4 to 60.fi cast
for delegates nominated by the
When the various committees
were being chosen, A. M. Noble of
Johnston was placed on the com
mittee on platform.
Mr. Sam T. Honeycutt and Mrs.
T. J. Lassiter were named again
as members of the State Executive
Committee, from Johnston county.
The district meetings adjourned
about noon and at 12:25 the State
Convention was called to order
with Chairman Brummitt presid
ing. Mr. A. L. Brooks of Greens
boro wras the keynoter of the oc
casion and for forty-five minutes,
he gloried in the achievements of
Democracy.
Mrs. B. Frank Mebane, then,
presented Max Gardner who got
the grandest ovation of the day.
His speech was altogether one of
the best things of the convention.
He expressed his appreciation of
the high honor w'hich the people
of North Carolina have accorded
him in words that w^ere acceptable
to both Hull and Smith supporters.
With the formal speech making
over, the convention recessed un
til three-thirty, when the vast
crowd came together again for the
transaction of business. There was,
how'ever, only one test of strength
of the Smith and Hull forces and
that came when the delegates-at
large were 'elected. The roll of
counties was called, this taking
about three hours, and the Hull
slate won by an average vote of
1,073 to 880. The delegates chosen
were Senator F. M. Simmons, Jo
sephus Daniels, W. H. Wood, W. C.
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Aunt Roxie Opine*
By Me—
“Hit look lak de South has fraz
solid betwixt A1 Smith and da
White House.”