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VOLUME 46—NO. 49
Johntton Count y’« Oldest and Beit Newspaper -
* * SMITHFIELD, N. C„ TUESDAiY MORNING, JUNE 19, 1928
Sell Your
Tobacco in
Smithfield
$2.00 YEAR—5c SINGLE COPY
By Arthur Brisbane
COUNTRY WEEKLIES VITAL
SCHOOL FOR PARENTS—
THE PYGMIES LEARN HOW—
FIJI ISLANDERS—
H. Z. Mitchell’s "Sentinel” at
Bermidji, Minn., wins a prize as
best weekly in the National Edi
torial contest. This is a good time
to remind the public in general,
and national advertisers in particu
lar, that country weekly newspap
ers are the most important organs
of public opinion and protectors of
public welfare.
And; their advertising line value,
per mill line, is not excelled by any
publication of any kind.
The reader of a country weekly
buys everything, from shingles on
the roof to cement in the cellar
floor, and' every advertiser has in
him a possible customer.
What is the matter with our chil
dren? Not much, but a great deal
is the matter with some parents.
The police are hunting for a lit
tle girl, ten years old, invited to
go to a party by a plausible man,
fifty-eight years old. The child did
not know the man, the parents did
not know him. But the parents
said, "Certainly.” Off she went in
the stranger’s car, and that’s the
last seen of her.
Every public school should have
an annex with the sign over the
“Primary Common Sense for
‘Parents."
Miss O’Brien, adventurous young
explorer, returns to St. Paul, Minn,
disappointed in the African pyg
mies. She shot all kinds of game,
endured all kinds of hardship and
says Africa is all right for a wo
man, but a little too rough for a
“The pygmies are darling little
creatures,” says she, "but I had
to teach them to act wild." She
wanted moving pictures of them.
Many American girls could
teach any pygmy to act wild, and
do so.
Fiji Islanders, bushy haired, ac
tive, gave a warm welcome to the
monoplane Southern Cross, landed
at Suva.
Those Fijians once had an an
noying habit of eating white men.
This time they only cheered thent.
The fliers have beaten all rec
ords, including Lindbergh’s long
distance flight over water. It is
6,£38 miles of ocean from Oak
land, California, to Suva, Fiji Is
lands, via Hawaii.
The next hop, 1,700 miles, will
take the fliers to Brisbane, Aus
tralia, on the way to Sydney. The
world is really flying.
The 250 Fiji Island's, about eigh
ty of them inhabited, belong to
old grandmother Britannia. She
rarely overlooks anything.
When young people that now
read this column get their around
the-world flying machines they may
find chances to grow up with the
country on some of those unin
habited, unexplored Fiji Islands.
Crops in the corn belt have tak
en an upward turn. The Arkansas
River Valley reports, “Wheat wil
make thirty-five bushels to tlu
All that is cheeerful for the Re
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.
Miss Leli& Talton deciphertd
her name last issue.
Today’s Tantalizer:
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Republican Nominee For President
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(For sketch of life, see page eight)
Add Two Schools
Accredited List
Archer Lodge and Corinth*
Holders Brings the Total
Number In Johnston Coun
ty To Thirteen
County Superintendent 11. B.
Marrow has received official notice
from the State Department of
Education that the Archer Lodge
high school and the Corinth-IIold
j ers high school have been placed
I on the accredited list of high
schools as of June 1, 1028. All
I pupils graduating from these high
j schools this year are given full
credit for their work.
The following thirteen schools
in Johnston county are now on the
accredited list: Meadow, Benson,
l our Oaks, Smithfield, Princeton,
Selma, Micro, lvenly, Glendale, Wil
son’s Mills, Clayton, Archer Lodge,
anil Corinth-Holders.
Pine Level and Cleveland are the
only other schools in Johnston
county where high school work is
taught. These schools have not a
sufficient number of high school
students yet to do fully accredit
ed work, however, they are both
rapidly gaining in number of high
school students.
Bentonville was recently assured
by the Board of Education that '
they would get their high school i
building ready for use one year [
from this September.
Pleasant Grove will doubtlessly
be asking for a high school build- ,
ing soon. This will complete the i
buildings in the county, and when i
a'l of them become accredited
there will be seventeen accredited
high schools in Johnston county.
SCHOLARSHIP TO A
MICHIGAN COLLEGE
County Superintendent II. B.
Marrow is in receipt of a letter
from State Superintendent A. T.
Allen, offering to a deserving boy
a scholarship valued at $75 a year
for four years at Michigan Col
lege of Mining and Technology
i at Houghton, Michigan. Any boy
interested should communicate with
, Mr. Marrow.
! -♦
j Mid-Summer Sale Goes Well.
) Among the mid-summer sales in
Smithfield is the one now on at
Vara L. and Alma C. Smith’s.
The sale opened Friday morning
and will continue for about another
week. Mr. Walker of Littleton was
the sales manager. Attractive bar
gains are being shown in their en
tire stock of ready-to-wear, piece
goods and notions. The proprietors
of the store state that the sale is
. going well.
Former Citizen
Becomes Author
Edgar Turlington Author of
Hook Entitled “Foreign
Debt of Mexico” To lie Pub
lished This Summer; Other
Writings
The people of Smithfield and
Johnston county will be interest- ,
ed to learn that Mr. Edgar Tur- j
lington, of Washington, D. C., the 1
younger son of the late Prof. Ira
T. Turlington and Mrs. Turling
ton, is Incoming a writer of note. '
In a recent issue of the “Washing- j
ton Times” the statement was j
made that the Foreign Service has j
proved an excellent training school .
for writers. It will be recalled thai ,
Mr. Turlington formerly held a )
position in this department of the j
government, but resigned to do
research work for Columbia Uni
versity. “The Times” cites Mr.
Turlington as an instance of those
who have been in the Foreign
Service and who are now becom
ing known for their literary pro
ductions. This paper says:
“Edgar Turlington, whose ‘For
eign Debt of Mexico’ is to be pub
volume, ‘America and the Near
East/ scheduled for publication in
the fall. This was written in col
laboration with Prof. Edward Earl, ;
of Columbia University. Mr. Tur
lington once was acting chief of.
the State Department’s Division of
Near Eastern Affairs, and before
that had been in the solicitor’s of
fice. More recently he has been do
ing research work for Columbia
University. He has a definitely in
ternational background, for he
was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford
University, was a member of the
American delegation to the Lau
sanne conference, which negotiat
ed the treaty turned down by the
Senate, and spent some time in
Constantinople on a Government,
mission.”
Mr. Turlington has a ten-page
treatise in the July issue of ‘‘For
eign Affairs” on Persian Finance.
| Also in the ‘‘New York Times”
about three weeks ago he had an
article on the ‘‘Re-organization of
the State Department.” Along this
same line of thought he also had
an article recently in the “New
York World.”
PICNIC AT 1IOLT LAKE
The members of the Junior De
partment of the Methodist Sunday
school will hold their annual pic
nic at Holt Lake this afternoon.
Parents are requested to send their
children to the church at three
o’clock with well-filled baskets.
New Store Open*
Up In Smithfielc
—*—
Abdalla-Vinson Store Co., o
Selma Opens Branch Hen
To Handle Ladies’ Ready
To-Wear; Opening Las
Saturday
The trading public will welcome
the announcement of the opening
of a new store in Smithfield. The
Albdalla-Vinson Store Company,
which has enjoyed a good patron
age in Selma for a number of
years, has opened a branch store
in this city, the opening taking
place last Saturday.
Before nine o’clock Saturday
morning, the time set for the doors
to open, the sidewalk in front of
the new store located near the
First and Citizens National Bank
on Market street and formerly oc
cupied by the Smithfield Shoe store,
was thronged with men and wo
men, waiting to get into the store.
The first twenty-five ladies to en
ter the store were allowed to pur
chase a nice piece of aluminum
ware for twenty-five cents. But
not all of the throng were there to
buy only the aluminum ware.
Many stayed to look over the la
dies ready to wear, and to pur
chase the attractive bargains.
Mr. Tom Abdalla, manager of
(lie store, has had twenty-one
years experience in this sort of
merchandising, and he went to
northern markets just before open
ing the store here and bought hun
dreds of ladies dresses and” hats
for mid-summer.
A millinery department will be
a fiature of the new store, Miss
Lillian Wyche, already well known
here as a competent milliner, is to
have charge of this department.
Mr. Abdalla purchased the stock
of goods of the Smithfield Shoe
Store which was in bankruptcy,
and this stock is now offered for
sale at reduced prices. A stock oi
shoes will, however, he carried in
connection tt-ith the other lines. Mr.
Abdalla states that it is his in
tention to carry a stock from which
any woman in this community car
fit out her wardrobe complete from
head to foot at reasonable prices.
STATE LOANS $210,500 TO
12 C OUNTIES IN N. C.
Johnston, Harnett and Lee Coun
ties (iet Total of
$79,000
Loans aggregating §240,500 from
the 1925 and 1927 special building
funds and the State Literary Fund
tv ere approved and made by the
State Board of Education in exe
cutive session Friday afternoon,
Dr. A. T. Allen, State Superintend
ent of Public Instruction, announc
ed Saturday.
Four counties received loans to
taling §147,000 from the 1925 spec
ial building fund. They were Dav
idson, $30,000; Harnett, $9,000;
Leo, $00,000, and Sampson, $48,
000.
Loans aggregating $02,000 were
made to four counties from the
1927 special building fund. The
money went to the following: An
son, $5,000; Gates, $4,000; Madi
son, $37,500; and Pasquotank, $12,
000.
Four counties shared $31,500 in
loans from the State Literary
Fund. They were: Cleveland, $10,
000; Gates, $4,000; Johnston, $10,.
000; and Mitchell, $7,500.—Raleigh
Times.
CAPTURE 55-GALLON STILL
AT BENTONVILLE
Officers captured a 55-gallon
gasoline drum whiskey still on the
, old Bentonville battlefield Sunday.
The still which was located in tlie
woods back of the monument had
the appearance of having been op
erated for about three months.
Four barrels of beer and two gal
lons of whiskey were found and de
stroyed. The still was not in opera
tion and no arrests were made.
J. C. CROW DER ARRESTED
AT WHISKEY STILI.
Chief J. H. Griffin of Selma ant
Deputy T. E. Talton captured a
35-gallon whiskey still in Wilders
township Sunday. The still hat
just been set up and a white man
J. C. Crowder, was arrested. He
gave a $300 bond for his appear
ance in Recorder’s court here to
day.
' | Women Take Active Part In C. O. P. Conclave
! ==^aaifliliiSE-='..- T"~
lltfRl-McIOWM
Among the many women playing active roles at the
tional Convention are Mrs. Ruth Ilanna McCormick
Congressman from Illinois; .Mrs, Webster Knight* o
daughter of Senator Curtis; Mrs. Alvin T. Hert, of
chairman of Republican National Committee; Mrs
Longworth. and Mrs. Charles Sabin of New York.
Republican Na
recently elected
f Rhode Island,
Kentucky, vice
Alice Roosevelt
Plan To Market
Painting Machine
.Meeting Tonight To Perfect
Organization of Mechanical
Painting Machine Co.—
Plant May Be Located Here
•Kihnston county ami North Car
Mina State* Board of Health are
offering protection by free vacci
nation against typhoid fever and
diphtheria to every man, woman
and child in the county, and Dr.
Massey, county health officer, will
start his campaign next Monday.
Three innoculations, at. weekly in
tervals, with typhoid vaccine af
fords protection for a period of
three years. What is true relative
to preventing typhoid fever is
equally as true in the prevention
of diphtheria. Three innoculations
at weekly intervals with diphtheria
raceine is strongly recommended
by Dr. Massey for children from
six months to six years of age.
The health officer stated today
that it is largely a matter of
choice whether or not one has ty
phoid fever, or their children have
diphtheria. “Our present knowl
edge of means of prevention bear
out the truth of this statement.
Those who have not been vaccinat
'd for typhoid fever within the
past three years should take the
innoculations this summer. It is
better to prevent typhoid fever
than to regret its results. There
is nothing to be feared and much
to be gained in taking these pre
ventative treatments, which are
given daily at different places in
the county.”
Dr. Massey urges the bringing
the entire family, servants and
tenants, old and young, white and
black, to the nearest schedule
point. Schedule of time a*id place
may be found in the current is
The Second Best Sellar.
The Bible continues to be the
best seller among: books. It will be
news and of interest that the ‘‘Boy
Scout Handbook” is said to be now
ranking: next in volume of sales.
A copy of the handbook in its lat
est revision was presented to Pres
ident Coolidge one day last week
as an addition to the White House
library.
No volume of outdoor activities
can compare in interest with the
“Boy Scout Handbook.” Within its
pages are the secrets of woodcraft,
t.he lore of the hills and the heav
ens, together with interpretations
of signs and symbols to be found
in a universal language in the
great out of doors. It inspires
youth to action and the elderly tc
retrospection as the winding trail;
are explained and their mysteries
The “Boy Scout Handbook” is i
throwback to youth in the hands ol
every reader. Primarily of interes
as a guide to young folks, th<
handbook holds charm as its page;
revive play days long gone ant
brings pictures from past season:
when youthful campers-out follow
od no standardized customs no
kept step in the progress to wart
the high ideals to which the Bo;
Scout organization is dedicated.—
Kansas City Post.
Free Vaccination
Against Typhoic
Dr. Massey, County Dealt I
Officer, Begins Campaigi
Next Monday; Three Inno
culations Necessary
Mr. .T. II. Kirkman, who ha:
perfected and patented a highway
mowing and painting machine, has
now secured Mr. E. L. Thompson
of Greenville, to undertake the
manufacture and marketing of this
device which promises to triple the
speed of marking the highway;
with half of the labor.
Mr. Thompson has. agreed t<
take one share of stock for every,
one taken by citizens of Smith
field, and a meeting has been call
ed for this evening at eight o’clocl
in the commissioners room of tin
courthouse to consider the proposi
tion in detail. Xo one will he ask
ed to take more than one share a
the par value of fifty dollars
Forty-one subscriptions have al
ready been secured, hut it wil
take quite a few more to put i
Mr. Thompson states that tht
office and assembling plant will b(
located in Smithfield if the coop
eration of the town can be secured
The style of the firm is the Me
chanical Painting Machine com
pany, Incorporated. Its organiza
tion will be completed at the meet
ing tonight.
Those interested in lending theii
support to a home enterprist
should be on hand in the commis
sioners room at eight o'clock.
Kiwanians Host
To 150 Farmers
About 150 farmers or Johnstoi
county were guests of the Smith
field Kivvanis club at a barbecu<
supper given at Holt’s pond nea
Princeton last Thursday evening
\V. \V. Shay, swine specialist o
State College, was present am
made a most interesting talk o:
the subject: “More Profit from th
Corn Crop.” lie quoted figures tha
show that the average profit on
bushel of corn after the cost o
production is calculated, is onl
eight cents. The same bushel o
corn fed to hogs and sold as por
will yield a profit of 80 cents. Th
speaker urged the raising of mor
! hogs in Johnston county nsin
I home grown feed to fatten them.
Dr. J. \V. Whitehead was i
i charge of the program Thursda
land introduced Mr. Shay.
1 The occasion, which was charai
terized by a genuine feeling c
good-will between the Smithfie!
citizens and the farmers who wei
present, was nut an occasion for
great deal of speech-making. Afti
Mr. Shay’s talk, the attention i
hosts and guests was center*
upon the barbecue supper with a
of the delicious accessories.
ATTEND PH A KM ECEUTIC A L
MEETING IN MOREHEA
f| Mr. W. D. Hood will leave t
■ day for Morehead City where 1
- f will attend a meeting of the Sta
Pharmaceutical Association.
Man Fatally Cut
Dies In Hospital
Lovely Wedding
In Pine Level
Miss Inez (ierald Becomes
The Bride of Mr. Ashton
Doyle of McKenney, Va.;
Church Wedding
PINK LEVEL, June 17.—Miss
Inez Gerald of Pine Level, became
the bride'of Mr. Ashton Doyle, of
McKenney, Ya., in a wedding of
I beauty solemnized last evening at
! the twilight hour in the Baptist
! church of Pine Level. Rev. Mr. S. j
H. Styron, pastor of the church, I
performed the ceremony which was
! witnessed by a vast number of!
! friends and relatives.
1 The church was adorned in nup- |
I j tial colors of green and white
masses of Madonna lillies banked j
! against a background of ferns. The 1
I altar was softly lighted by Cathe- i
I dral candles in tall branch candel- j
Iabra.
I As the wedding guests assembled 1
*j Miss Johnnie Watson, a sister of
I the bride, presided at the organ, j
I rendering, “Believe Me If Alii
j Those Endearing Young Charms”!
! and “I Loe You Truly.” Mr. Ben j
Earl Woodall, of Raleigh, sang
"At Dawning” and “The Sweetest
Story Ever Told” which was im
mediately followed by the Bridal
Chorus from Lohengrin which an
nounced the entry of the bridal
party.
Miss Marjie Walker, of Conyers, j
Ga., attended t/he bride as maid
of honor. She wore a soft gown of
orchid chiffon, orchid satin slip
pers and accessories and wore a
, picture hat of pink straw weave.
Grace was added to her costume
, by an arm bouquet of garden flow
ers in mixture of pink and orchid.
Little Miss Bobby Ruffin, daugh- 1
er of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ruf
fin, of Wilson, was ring bearer and
little Miss Elizabeth Flournoy, the i
small daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
L. B. Flournoy, of Raleigh, pre
ceded the bride as flower girl. The j
liminutive attendants wore dainty !
frocks of flesh pink georgette and j
little Miss Flournoy carried a
small basket of garden flowers.
Mr. Thomas Doyle, of McKenney, j
Ya., and Mr. Wilbur Baskerville, 1
jf Richmond, Ya., acted as ushers j
luring the ceremony. The groom ’
was attended by Mr. James Doyle, l
jf Petersburg, Ya., as best man.
The bride was escorted to the .
altar by her father, Mr. H. R. Ger
ild. who pave her in marriace.
The bride, of dignified heighth and ;
jrunette type, was charming in a '
smart ensemble of white Elizabeth i
\ j crepe of exquisite design. She wore j
j i small hat of white stitched silk, '
.ippliqued with dainty taffeta flow
ers. Other accessories were in
white. She carried a shower bou
iuet of white bride’s roses and ‘
sprays of lillies of the valley.
• Immediately following the cere
? nony the bride and groom left for
[ Western North Carolina and they
( will be at home in McKenney, Va.,
it the close of the month.
t A wedding reception was held
'.'he evening prior to the wedding,
^ following the rehearsal when the
parents of the bride were hosts in
^ .o the bridal party ana out of
town guests.
Mrs. Doyle is the daughter of
’ Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Gerald, of
Frne Level. She was educated at
East Carolina Teachers’ College,
Greenville, where she was gradu
ated. For four years she has been
a member of faculties of the pub
lic schools of Raleigh and during
j the time she resided there became
j a popular figure in Capital city so
e dety
Mr. Doyle is the son of the late
* Mr. L. R. Doyle and Mrs. Mattie
^ Doyle, of McKenney, Va. He is a
^ prominent merchant of that place
jj and a young man of influence in
his community.
Attending the wedding from
Raleigh were Mr. and Mrs. L. B
I)
Flournoy and little daughter, Eliz
abeth, Mr. Ben Earl Woodall, Mr
and Mrs. Paul Webb and Mr. Leor
Hollander. Other out of town guest:
were Mr. and Mrs. Luther Davis
TURN TO PAGE 4.
te
Pink Rose Passes In
Goldsboro Hospital
A Week After Cut
ting Affray; Millard
Johnson in Wayne
County Jail
Mr. Pink Rose, who was fa
tally cut, near his home in the
edge of Wayne county Sunday,
June 10, by Millard Johnson,
died Saturday morning in a
Goldsboro hospital where he was
taken following the cutting af
fray. Millard Johnson gave
himself up to the sheriff and
is now in the Wayne county
jail without bail pending trial.
It seems that on Sunday aft
ernoon, June 10, about five o'clock,
Mr. Rose walked out in his fields
to look over the crops. As he came
to a road which divided his field
from a neighbor, Millard Johnson
and several others encountered
him, and Johnson is alleged to
have stated that he was going to
kill him. The report is that Rose
had testified against Johnson in a
case in court about a year ago, and
Johnson threatened to get even
with him. Johnson took out a long
pocket knife and slashed the ab
domen of Mr. Rose cutting vital
organs so that he fell before he
could reach his 'home.
It is said that Johnson after
wards came back to Rose’s home
and took him to a hospital in
Goldsboro, later giving himself up
to the sheriff.
The sad occurrence took place
near the line Johnston and Wayne
counties, and the deceased Tias a
number of relatives and friends in
Johnston county who were shock
ed to hear of the affair.
The funeral was held Sunday
afternoon at the home, a very
large crowd being present. Rev.
J. H. Saunders, pastor of Selah
Christian church of which Mr.
Rose was a member, conducted the
service.
A wife and four children are left
to mourn the loss of the deceased.
Among those from Smithfieid
w'ho attended the funeral Sunday
afternoon were: Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Keene, Miss Arah Keene, Mr. and
Mrs. W. F. Grimes, Mrs. Alice
Hood, Mr. and Mrs. Kirby Rose,
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Westbrook, Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Hamilton.
DOG SACRIFICES OWN FOOD
TO KEEP ANOTHER ALIVE
ELKHART, Ind.. Jun 18.—Auto
caster)—Doc a “common cur” own
by Homer Mercer has proven him
self a brave thoughtful dog.
Queen a German police dog own
ed by George Herril had been miss
ing for ten days and many search
ers had failed to find her.
Doc was observed to have ac
quired a new trick. Instead of eat
ing all his food, he carried some
away, presumably to bury it. When
Mercer heard Queen had disap
peared, he recalled having heard
a dog howl and investigated.
The alert Doc led his master to
a vine-colored wire fence under a
tree and there was Queen with one
hind foot caught in the wire. Doc
had kept Queen from starving by
carrying food to her.
Queen is hobbling about on three
legs, recovering from her ten days’
imprisonment.
Aunt Roxie Opines
By Me—
ZV Vi
Polly-ticka ain’t got no mo’ us*
fer my ole man dan dat new-fan
gled dance haz fer feat.