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Use Want Ads if you have anything to sell a Want Ad will find you a buyer, quickly, cheaply. VOLUME 46—NO. 51 Sell Your Tobacco in Smithfield $2.00 YEAR—5c SINGLE COPY Happenings In Town Of Clayton Mr. and Mrs. Swade E. Bar bour Attend Convention o Rotary International; Oth er Going and Coming' -+■ CLAYTON, June 21.—Rev. anti Mrs. A. O. Moore, of Salisbury, visited friends here last week. Swade E\ Barbour, president of the Clayton Rotary clujb, with Mrs. Barbour, left Friday night for Minneapolis, Minn., to attend the annual convention of Rotary,„4n ternational June 18-22*.- -Returning, Mr. and Mrs. Barbour will visit the Great Lakes and points in Canada, arriving home about June 28th. Mr. Roy Atkinson has accepted a position with Piggly-Wiggly. Mr. A. M. Noble, of Smithfield, was in Clayton a few days ago. Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Austin, of Wildwood, visited relatives here Sunday. Mrs. Ed L. Robertson, of Da mascus, Va., is spending some time with Mrs. Sam Musgrave. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. I^ee, of Smithfield, spent Sunday afternoon in Clayton with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Gattis, of Enfield, were recent visitors to rel atives here. Miss Margaret Lee Jones, who has been teaching at Rich Square, returned home a few days ago. Mr. I). J. Chadwick, of Rich mond, Va., spent some time recent ly with friends in Clayton. Miss Martha Hassell has return ed from Roanoke Rapids where she taught this season. Miss Jane Kennon Forte is vis iting friends in Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. John Jeffrys, of Selma, visited Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Williams here a few days ago. Mr. John H. Parrish, of Lilling ton, visited his cousin, Miss An nie Cook, here last week. Sheriff and Mrs. John M. Tur ley went to Sanatorium a few days ago to take a county prison er there for treatment. Mr. C. II. Beddingfield is at tending the pharmaceutical asso- , ciation at Morehead City this Mr. Earl Card who has been working in New York for the past year is at home for a short while. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Atkinson, Mrs. Bedie A. Stephenson and Mr. John S. Barnes motored to Sana torium last 'Tuesday. Mrs. Elizabeth Avery and Mrs. Clyde Hunt, of Durham, spent a short while here recently with Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Pleasant. Mr. Kemp Nixon, of Lincolnton, returned home last Tuesday after spending several days here with his sister, Mrs. J. M. Turley. Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Wall, Mrs. E. L. O’Neil and Messrs. Hugh Ferrell and Cedric O’Neil motored to Winston-Salem last Sunday to visit relatives. Mr. Vann Stringfield, principal of Clayton high school, after vis iting some time in Asheville, re turned to Clayton last Monday. Mr. and Mrs. John I. Barnes and children have gone to Freeport, 111., where Mr. Barnes has purchased a handsome hearse for use in his undertaking business here. Messrs. C. W. Carter, J. R. Wil liams and C. H. Beddingfield at tended the state convention at Raleigh last Tuesday, going as del egates from Clayton. Mrs. Elizabeth Wiiggs, of Wild ers township, is visiting her daugh ter, Mrs. Martha Spence. Mr. George Booker, of Bristol, Tenn., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Sam Musgrave at their home in West Clayton. TURN TO PAGE 5. PLEASE 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 Lunette Barber recog nized her name last issue. Today** Tantalizer: weelrserallst Herbert Hoover, His Family And Birihplace llhh’lihKl HOOVER, Republican candidate 1 i»r the Presidency, was born in a small Iowa village, above pictures show Secretary Hoover, now and at the age of lf>, his father, mother, brother sister and Mi's. Herbert Hoover. As a child of nine Secretary Hoover became an orphan and brought up by relatives in Oregon. The AI Smith Forces Are Confident Of Victory J Minority Group Refuses To Concede Smith Nomina tion; Kf'fort To Be Made To Prevent Platform Dis agreements Today, June 26, the 1,100 dele gates to the Democratic National convention are gathereJ ;n Hous ton to nominate a candidate for president. Supporters of A1 Smith are confident that he will be the nominee. However, a minority group still refused to concede Smith's nomination, hut there is little argument over the matter. An Associated Press dispatch makes the following: statement: ‘‘But it was noticeable every where that whatever bitterness might be fermenting in Democratic ranks still was carefully kept un der control. The Smith people, mus tering the greater convention strength, were doing little boast ing. They seemed to be well satis fied with the situationg as they found it in Houston and express ed that satisfaction to inquiries. But that was about all they had to say. Cite Precedent. * Some workers for- the minority claimed to have assurances that they could hold a sufficient num ber of supports to veto the Smith nomination by registering more than one-third of the convention ; votes again him. Others in the1 Anti-Smith camp were not so sure.. The Smith managers, recalling al most unbroken precedent, asserted the convention would riever turn down a candidate who registered a majority and that many of the opposition votes would be in their column after the favorite sons had I had their fling. There were indications that an I effort would be made to prevent i platform disagreements revolving around prohibition and farm relief from breaking on the floor of the convention and bringing discord such as that which marked* thy gathering in New York four years ago. Speculation was concerned chief ly with what kind of an enforce ment plank Smith’s supporters would want him to stand on, should he win the nomination. Platform Outbreak. To those, who merely wished the convention to place the party on record as favoring enforcement of ! all laws, there appeared to be no difficult task ahead. Put there seemed to be quite a formidable element insistent on matching the j action of the Republicans in Kan sas City last week in specifically | naming the 18th Amendment as |'one which should be made effec tive. Whether these divergent views • would be harnionied in committee j remained to be determined. Likewise, in the case of farm , relief, delegates were arriving to j night with demands that the party i go further than the Republicans J TURN TO BACK PAGE, PLEASE INK I UNCERTAINTY OF LIFE CHICAtiO, June 2.").—(Auto- | castor)—Calvin Wasson, 45, in- / surance statistician, was lector- I in** insurance employes on the j uncertainty of life. In the midst I of the lecture he collapsed and j Criminal Court Gets Under Way Several Cases Disposed of Vesterday; Leon (J. West brook Foreman Grand Jury A one week term of Criminal Superior court convened here yes erday with Judge R. A. Nunn of Mew Bern presiding and Solicitor Llawson L. Williams of Sanford in •harge of the docket. A grand jury was selected with Leon (I. Westbrook of this city as foreman. Other members of the and jury are: L. A. Allen, J. A. Allen, ,1. W. Dodd, B. Harrison, C. K. Kornegay. A. J, Hall, J. T. Pope, Walter A. Thompson, A. E. Surles, [>. T. Surles, W. C. Hardee, Way Ion Bailey, T. R. Hamilton, J. L. Johnson, Ellington Tart, Henry B. Sullivan, J. C. Parrish. After a brief charge by Judge Nunn the members of the grand jury retired to the grand jury room to investigate the cases which are to come before them. A number of cases were disposed of before noon, some of these be ing continued until the August term of court. Charlie Pilkington, in cuurt for violation of the prohibition law, plead guilty, but at this writing judgment has not been pronounc ed. He appealed from the Record er’s court where he was given a six-months sentence. G. H. Parrish, Tom Rogers and Willie Parrish were before the court on a question of appeal from a bill of cost taxed against Geo. H. Parrish, prosecution witness. The court found that the prosecu tion was frivolous, and Geo. H. I arrish. the prosecuting witness, is liable for the cost. Buck Phillips, charged with op erating a car while intoxicated, en tered a plea of guilty and was fined $50 and cost. The privilege of op erating a motor vehicle was sus pended for 00 days. It was agreed that $100 shall be taxed in the bill of cost for the use of Troy Hughes the defendant to give a $500 bond for the payment of cost at or be fore the August term of court. Back From Hot Springs Mr. E. Grant, who lives neai Selma, returned home last wee! , from Hot Springs, Ar., where lit : took treatment' for rheumatism foi 1 several weeks. Tobacco Is At Crucial Stage N. L. Perkins Who Knows Tobacco Thinks Soda Used Rightly In Next Few Days W ill Bring Fine Results -♦ Props in Johnston county arc two or three weeks late, but the hot weather of last week brought some improvement to cotton. Corn and tobacco are said to be in not so good condition as cotton, but right weather conditions will no doubt bring about a change for the better. Mr. X. L. l’erkins, auctioneer for the Banner warehouse, who during the past fifteen days has visited practically every section of John ston county and parts of Wake. Wilson and Wayne counties, states that he finds a very small per cent of the crops up to standard. Speak ing specifically of the tobacco crop, he makes the following statement: “Due to the excessive rains the latter part of May and the first two weeks of June, lots of tobacco was almost drowned. The continued cool nights have also taken their toll. There is lots of hard-legged and yellow tobacco in nearly every crop that 1 have seen that will never make more than fifty per cent of a crop unless it is nursed faithfully and given every atten tino possible within the next few days. Lots of people have already used from 35 to 50 pounds of soda per acre on these dwarfed and yel low spots in their fields, and with fine results, but one should be very careful not to use an overdose of this powerful stuff.” It is reported on good authori ty that the crops in Georgia and South Carolina are not so good as last year due to the same condi tions that existed here. That being the case, there will be a large per cent of the crop in the common grades. Therefore no stone should be left unturned to make Johnston county tobacco as good as possible if the farmers are to realize much for it. The Big Guns in the tobacco bus iness meet this week to set the opening dates for this season. It is earnestly hoped that this section will get an earlier opening than in the past, but Mr. Perkins fears that it will not come this year. How ever, it will be known by the last of this week. Watch the paper for the report of their meeting. WOMAN LESS WEDDINO IS DECIDED SUCCESS The womanless wedding given at the courthouse Friday evening by Circle No. 2 of the Methodist Mis sionary Society was entirely a suc cess. The courthouse was well fill ed to see the wonderful costumes of the bridal party. A musical pro gram preceded the ceremony, two violinists. Mr. J. A. Campbell and Mr. Sol Bane, being on the pro gram. Mr. Marvin Woodall sang Annie Laurie. Mr. W. H. Lyon, wearing a gorgeous red costume, presided at the piano. Over seven ty dollars was realized for the treasury of Circle'No. 2. State And Nation News Paragrahics Daniels Drafts Dry L a v Plank; President Coolidgt Enjoys Vacation; Woman Aviator Crosses Atlantic Josephus Daniels, enroute to Houston, writes from New Orleans | that North Carolina will be solid j lor a strong pr h" :f n plank in the Democratic platform. While I the North Carolina vote will be di I vided between Smith and Hull, the j vote on a prohibition plank will be j solid. Mr. Daniels has drawn a . tentative plank which is as fol lows: I "Recognizing intemperance as i the chief foe of mankind, the Dem j ocratic party solemnly pledges it I self to the sacred and honest en forcement of the Eighteenth I Amendment to the Constitution and to the enactment of concurrent . legislal. in to secure such enforee | ment. ".Such responsibility wa„ assum : id when our party furnished one half of the Congressional votes I necessary to submit the prohibition amendment for the action of the sovereign states and when every commonwealth controlled by the Democrats voted to ratify that amendment.” President Coolidge is now en joying a vacation near Superior, Wisconsin. Saturday he with an In dian guide went fishing in a canoe up Brule River. The Indian chose the best spots to fish in and the president did the fishing. It was roporied that he made a heavy catch. The rough waters of the Atlan tic, that last summer claimed the lives of so many aviaors attempt ing a non-stop flight across the perilous deep, now has been con quered by a woman. This distinc tion of being the first woman to span the Atlantic has been attain ed by Miss Amelia Earhart, of Boston. Miss Earhart has explained to the world the possible fate of those who disappeared last sum mer. She attributes the cause of their death to not being able to keep up with their position in the flight at night. She praised her pilot, saying that it was because of his capability that they succeeded in spanning the Atlantic. General Umberto Nobile, and an other member of his expedition, castaways since May 25, when the dirigible Italia was wrecked on the Arctic ice, have been rescued, but the five other members of the party are still marooned, according to brief official reports reaching Rome by radio Sunday. Others of the group who remain unheard of are the seven carried away with the bag of the Italia, the three who started to walk to land on May 30, and the six would-be rescuers in the French seaplane which car ried Roald Amundsen on a rescue expedition. The rescue of Nobile was made by Swedish aviators, and the dispatch stated that No bile and his companion, probably Natale Ciccioni, motor chief of the dirigible, were both injured. A n o TAOS ON SALE HALF PRICE THIS WEEK Boginning this week, State Com missioner of Revenue R. A. Doughton has informed branch of fices throughout the state which are issuing State automobile li cense, to do so at one-half of the regular fee to all applicants. When an applicant has purchas ed a motor vehicle before June 20, and has operated it prior to the same date, Commissioner Dough ton advised bureaus to collect the full yearly fee. However, if an ap plicant purchased a motor vehicle before June 20 and did not operate it before that date, the commis sioner said the applicant should make a statement to this effect on his aplication. He would then pay the bureau one half of the an nual fee for his license tag.—News and Observer. Volunteer Wesley Class To Meet. Friday evening at eight o’clock the Volunteer Wesley class will hold a business and social meeting with Mrs. Eliza Williamson. The members are urged to be pres ent. Seven Johnston Co. Boys In Camp I Over a Thousand Young Men From North and South Carolina at Fort Bragg For a Month’s Training FORT BRAGG, June 25.—The C. M. T. C. commenced last Sun day and by evening over one thous and young men had journeyed to Fort Bragg, N. C., from every part of North Carolina and South Car olina to take part in the month’s training. After satisfying the Med ical officers that they were physi cally fit to stand the month’s work, soldier uniforms were issued, civil ian clothing turned in, money was given them for the expenses of their trip, and after telling their parents and friends who came with them good-bye the camp was asleep before “taps” was sounded. The ceremony of induction took place \\ ednesday afternoon and presented an inspiring sight of more than one thousand young men drawn up into a V formation facing the reviewing stand on which were Colonel II. W. But ner, Commands of Fort Bragg, I General Albert C -\. State Com i mander of the American Region, and Lieutenant-Colonel C. Cox, ! Commander of the C. M. T. C. csmp | at Fort Bragg. General Cox spoke j briefly calling attention to work and meaning of the splendid train ing that they were enjoying, stress ing the fact that this training: strengthened the characteristics .hat go to make real manhood and i the need for courtesy on the Dart1 of everyone. After the address the regiment jf field artillery consisting of six batteries was called to attention :tlld the oath of enrollment admin istered in a most impressive man ner. The colors were presented, the escort being the K. O. T. C. unit of Virginia Military Institute. The ceremonies were closed by a re view which showed the splendid work accomplished in two days. Afternoons will be spent in ath letics under the supervision of of ficers and includes boxing, baseball, volleyball, horseshoe pitching, ten nis, track and swimming. The bat tery winning the highest number of points will be given a weekly award. Swimming is stressed very strongly due to the number of ponds and a pool near the camp. Each man is taught swimming and those who are proficient are given instructions in life saving by of ficers and enlisted men who are fully qualified by the Red Cross course at Camp Saphiro, Brevard. The evening entertainments are offered by local talent and Sun day is devoted to religious cere monies, Sunday school and lectures. The following young mep from Johnston county are enrolled in C. Battery, C. M. T. C., for the month’s training: Eugene R. Thornton, Noel T. Farmer, Howard Radford, Jr., Wade II. Royall, Jr.. Preston B. Chamblee, Autrey H. Hales, William H. Snead. DR. WILSON OWNS RARE OLD VOLUMES Dr. W. G. Wilson has recently come into possession of a very interesting old book entitled "Buch an’s Domestic Medicine.” The book, which is a copy of the eigh teenth edition, was printed in Lon don in 1803. The work itself was written in 1783. The volume deals with the treatment of quite a number of diseases being in the nature of a home doctor’s book. From the introduction, one infers that when the book was published there was some opposition among members of the medical profes sion to putting such knowledge into the hands of the general pub lic. This only goes to show the change that has come about in re gard to public health. The volume is bound in brown calfskin. It is rather difficult to peruse rapidly on account of the ,s’s being likt modern f’s. Dr. Wilson found the book recently in an old library be longing to his wife’s father. Dr. Wilson also owns anothei rare book which he prizes verj highly. It is the “Map of the Coun try of the Confederate Indians' by Evans printed in 1755 by Ben jamin Franklin. - 4 Even the seconds work for th« man who organizes his work. 15,000 People At Benson For Sing Doris Lucile Jones 18-MONTH-OL!) adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I). II. Jones. (Story on page six.) Albert Coates Weds Miss Gladys Hall —*■— Ceremony Performed Satur day Evening in Beautiful Church Wedding at Ports mouth. Va. -* PORTSMOUTH, Va., June 25.— Cfcn the evening of Saturday, June 23, at eight o’clock Miss Gladys Hall was married to Albert Coates in Broad Street Methodist church, Portsmouth. In the dimness of the twilight illumined by candles, the altar formed a lovely background with its palm graduating from their height to the chancel, reveal ing two tall vases of calla lilies. At half after seven Prof. A. J. Lancaster began the wedding music, playing a blending of old songs: Annie Laurie, Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes, Believe Me if All Those Endearing Young j Charms, Last Night the Nightin gale Woke Me, Oh, the Time Is Long, Mavoureen, Londonderry Air, together with Meditation from Thais; Liszt’s Liebcstraum, and a Nocturne from Chopin. To strains of Lohengrin’s Wed ding March Miss Marjorie Hall, a 1 sister of the bride and maid of honor, entered wearing a gown of pastelle green chiffon and tulle. 1 She carried an arm bouquet of spring flowers in delicate shades. The bride entered on the arm of her father. Her gown was of white •hiffon fashioned with duchess and rosepoint lace at the neck. The Kirt was long ana run ami in two j tiers, falling in an uneven hem tine. Her train, embroidered in jearls, was fastened to the waist. Her veil of tulle was arranged from a coronet of rosepoint lace mil held by orange blossoms. Her flowers were a shower bouquet of bride’s roses, lilies of the valley ind orchids. The bride was met at the altar jy the bridegroom who had as his best man his brother, Kenneth Coates, of Smithfield, N. C. During the Episcopal marriage -service with the ring ceremony, lust a Song at Twilight was play it softly. I)r. W. D. Moss, of'* 'hapel Hill, and Rev. W. H. Dunk ley, pastor of the church, officiat ed. The ushers were William M. Hope and Alfred Hall, brother of the bride, both of Ports mouth, Va. Directly after the wedding there was a reception at the home of the bride’s parents on Mount Vernon avenue, after which Mr. and Mrs. Coates left on a motor trip. The'bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Alfred Hall, and s a graduate of Randolph-Macon Woman’s College. Mr. Coates is a son of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Coates, jf Smithfield, N. C., and is a graduate of the University of North Carolina and of the Har vard Law School. He is professor of law at the University of North Carolina where he and Mrs. TURN TO PAGE 5, PLEASE Ten Choirs Render 51 Selections During Day; Occasion Un marked by Acci dents or Disorder The crowd of fifteen thousand people that gathered in Benson Sunday for the eighth annual tri county Vocal Union was character ized by unusually fine order, there being no drinking, no automobile accidents nor any disorder of any kind. The event which draws at tendantk from all over North Car olina has grown considerably since its beginning eight years ago. The crowd at the first affair was es timated at 4,000 while those in at tendance Sunday have been con servatively estimated to be 15,000. There was no church service in the town, everybody taking in the vocal union. vvnat is known as the M. C. Benson grove was the center of the convention, but the crowd roved all over the city. All eating places, drink stands, etc., wvere open all day in order to serve the immense throng. In the grove, had been built a stage large enough to ac commodate the largest choir, the rear of the stage having been boarded up thus acting as a sort of sounding board to carry the voices of the singers. Ten choirs were present Sunday and when Mr. Simon P. Honeycutt, stage manager, called' upon the en tire group to sing the words of that thrilling old hymn, “All Hail the Power of Jesus Name,” it was an inspiring moment. Rev. P. J. Ma son, who for two weeks has been holding a revival in a warehouse in Benson, then, pronounced the invocation, after which the singing by choirs began. There were fifty one selections in all rendered dur ing the day from about eleven o’clock in the morning until about five in the afternoon, an intermis sion of an hour and a half being given at noontime. Not even did they stop for the storm which blew up soon after reassembling in the afternoon. They just removed the scene to the school auditorium where they sang until, at the in sistence of the crowd, they chang ed again to the grove, and sang on for two hours more. The choirs participating in the singing with their leaders were as follows: Hen derson, led by M. G. Prophet; Bur lington, H/ G. Easel; Elevation, Hector Creech; Alamance, J. M. Core; Princeton, D. A. Langley; Graham Quartette; Tees Chapel, H. E. Raynor; Union Center, Cum berland county, E. C. Harrison; Erwin, Mr. Wilson; and Wake For est, J. H. Underwood. During- the uay, Mr. N. G. Bart ett. secretary of the Eastern Car TURN TO PAGE 4, T _ NOTICE The second primary for the nomination of sheriff of John ston county will be conducted on Saturday. June 30, between the hours of sunrise and sun set. All registrars are hereby notified to appear in Smith field on Monday, July 2 at 11 a. m., to make their official returns to the Board of Elec tions of Johnston county. JNO. A. NAKRON, Chin., Board of Election Johnston Co. Aunt Roxie Opine* By Me— A little mistake kin spile a big future.