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VOLUME 46—NO. 54
Johnston Co u nt y ’•
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SMITHFIELD, N. C„ FRIDAY MORNING, Jl'LY fi. 1928
$2.00 YEAR—5c SINGLE COPY
Arrest Two White
Men Near Holt Lake
Local Officers Called
I Out When Drunken
Men Frighten Worn
| fn From Her Home
Deputy Sheriff T. E. Taiton was
tailed to the home of Mr. Evans
at Holt Lake Tuesday night when
two white men, W. N. Dewberry,
■ f Wildon, and Tom Carpenter, of
Jackson, in a drunken condition,
i ailed at the Evans home and
frightened Mrs. Evans and her
ihildren away from home by their
nsulting remarks.
Mr. Taiton soon appeared on the
scene and arrested Dewberry but
Carpenter escaped through the
woods. Dewberry was brought here
to jail and after securing the as
sistance of Deputy W. W. Stew
art, Mr. Taiton returned to the
Evans home to make another
search for Carpenter who, it is
said, had threatened to shoot down
the first officer that tried to arrest
him. Hiding themselves between
the house and the car which the
men had left parked near the
Titans home, the officers waited
forNhe appearance of the escaped
man wrho after a time returned to
the car. After running him^ for
150 or 200 yards and after a live
ly tussle they succeeded in arrest
ing the man, and brought him to
the county jail.
Both men were tried in the
justice’s court Wednesday befrye 1
Mr. J. H. Kirkman, and Carpen
ter was sentenced to the roads for
thirty days. Dewberry is still in
jail in default of $16 fine and cost.
Cemetery Dues Payable Now.
All those who have not paid their
cemetery dues of $2.00 for the up
keep of cemetery, please send eith
er to Mrs. H. L. Skinner and Mrs.
S. T. Honeycutt.
J. C. LASSITER TO HAVE
CHARGE GRADING ROOM
Mr. John C. Lassiter, who lives
near town, will have charge of the
grading room of the Planters ware
house here this season. Mr. Lassi
ter is a successful tobacco far
mer and is well qualified for this
work. He has been growing the
golden weed for several years,
and knows how it should be handl
ed.
Brain Work.
Brain work is a wonderful thing.
Did you ever think about it? Brain
control is one of the most import
ant things in this life. Some great
psychologist discovered years ago
that the average man uses only
about one-tenth of his brain pow
er. Most of the brain cells refuse
to work when commanded to do so.
The cells which deliver the extra
service, the overtime work, the un
expected effort—(Are asleep at the
switch in a majority of cases. A
great skyscraper rises in massive
beauty. But somewhere is a man
bigger than the building; the man
who conceived and built this mir
acle of architecture. A great ship
plows through the waves. It is a
marvelous thing but. the man’s
brain which is responsible for the
ship is much more marvelous.
There are certain things which
must be right before any man can
S^art counting the mile posts on
the road to distinctiveness. His
friends must be right—his reading
must bo rigtht—h^ must have the
eight attitude toward life in gen
eral. And above all he must be
right with his Creator to reach
the highest pinnacle of success,
*nd bring into reality the vision
in his brain.—Old Hurrygraph.
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
he called for before the follow
ing issua.
Bill Bradley recognized his
name last igsue.
Today** Tantalizer:
thomlhroiasaeodc
Proposes Smith
L
i noma* L Hickey, San Fran
'■lr,cc lawyer, and an ardent sun
porter of Alfred E Smith, wit,
made the speech nommntinc Smith
for president at the Democratic
ivational Convention at Houston
Congressman Pou
Galled To Washington
Is Asked By Chairman Old
field To Assist In Organiz-,
intf For National Campaign)
This Fall
Congressman K. W. Pou was
called to Washington this week by
W. A. Oldfield, chairman of the
Democratic National Congression- j
al Committee, to assist in the work I
of organizing for the campaign
this fall. The next of Mr. Oldfield’s
letter to Mr. Pou is as follows:
"I am leaving for Arkansas on
next Monday and will be gone sev
eral weeks. My primary, as you
know, is on the 14th of August. In
the meantime, if it is possible for
you to come to Washington and
look after committee affairs until
I get back or as long as you can,
I shall greatly appreciate it. I
firmly believe we are going to win
in November and we must leave
nothing undone that we can do to
win. The Republican party has dis
graced the nation enough. It is
too corrupt to remain in power a
single day after March 4, 1929.
Drop me; a line and tell me whether
or not you can conic here and be
in touch with the committee dur
ing my absence.”
While Mr. Pou expects to be in
Washington for several weeks, he
will return homo before the cam
paign opens in North Carolina, and
“be in the thick of the fight until
the election,” he stated.
"1 wish the people of the dis
trict to know that as I have help
ed the Congressional committee in
former campaigns, that 1 shall he
glad to devote the period before
the opening of our campaign in
North Carolina to the work of the
committee up here as requested by |
Mr. Oldfield,” stated Mr. Pou in
a letter to this paper Wednesday.
Mr. Pou was accompanied to
Washington by Mrs. Pou who will
remain there until he returns to
Smithfield. Mrs. Thos. A. Wadden,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pou, I
who was spending the summer,
with them, will remain in their
home here while they are away.
Oakgrove Presbyterian Church.
We are looking forward with
pleasure to the coming of Rev. Mr.
Davenport to hold a series of meet
ings beginning next Sunday night.
Rev. Mr. Davenport is well known
in this community and loved by
all. Of course this is a busy time
but lot us all lay aside our work
and come out for a good old time
revival meeting. We count our
selves fortunate in getting Mr.
Davenport for this series of meet
ings. This is a day in which we
ought to face the world in a solid
front for Christ. He is counting
op us. Let us all be out Sunday
night to praise Him in song and
service.
D. F. WADDELL, Pastor.
Think of your work and your
! boss will he thinking of a better
[job for you.
Historic Hotel Is
Destroyed By Fire
Famous Yarborough Hous<
At Raleigh Goes Up ii
Smoke; Local Fire Com
pany Called
Early Tuesday afternoon the
local fire company was called to
Raleigh to assist other fire com
panies in extinguishing a disas
trous blaze which originated there
in the historic Yarborough Hotel
about 1:30 o’clock. A dispatch sent
out by the Associated Press Tues
day night descries the fire as fol
lows:
“The Yarorough House one of
hostolries, tonight was a smoulder
ing shell gutted by fire,
ing shell gutted y fire.
“blames believed to have origi
nated from defective electrical ma
chinery that threw a spark into
the grease of the elevator shaft
swept the hotel this afternoon
causing almost complete loss, es
timated at $200,000, of the build
ing and furnishings.
Children Rescued.
“The fire was discovered about
1:30 o’clock and all guests reach
ed safety, although some of them
lost part of their proptrty. Mrs.
It. C. Powell, wife of the manager,
was trapped by smoke and flames
in her third floor apartment, but
made her way to a window over
looking Fayetteville street with her
two children, aged six months and
six years, where they were res
cued by firemen with ladders.
“Several stores occupying the
lower floor of the hotel building
had their stocks badly damaged by
water and smoke.
“The fire was discovered by a
negro employe who, with R. C.
Powell, manager, attempted to sub
due the blaze with hand extin
guishers. It got beyond control,
however, and sweeping up the ele
vator shaft soon engulfed the en
tire building.
“Harry Hartzell, former football
coach at North Carolina State col
lege. had a narrow escape when
he entered the building structure
in search of his wife and baby, un
aware that they had escaped al
ready.
Durham Lends Aid.
“A truck with a squad of fire
men came from Durham to assist
the Raleigh department . Chief
Holland, of the local department,
was out of town on his way to a
firemen's convention, but he re
turned with the Durham equipment
when he learned of the blaze.
“The fire raged for more than
three hours before it was brought
under control.
Once Political Center.
The Yarborough House had held
a prominent place in the political
and social life of North Carolina
for nearly a century.
“Since before the Civil War it
had been a meeting place of legis
lature, governors and administra
tive heads. ‘More laws have been
passed in the Yarborough than in
the capitol building,' it has been
“For many years the Yarbor
ough was the social center of the
capital and of the state. In the
days before central heating plants,
the elite of the commonwealth
gathered around the huge fireplace
of its lobby. The brilliance of the
receptions held there the beauty of
its hall room were celebrated, but
it Was for its part in the political
history of the state that the house
was most famous. It was the
stamping ground on which were
fought out and devised innumer
able political feuds, plots and cam
paigns. Planters from eastern
Carolina met their brethren from
the west there and discussed
state’s rights, abolition, recon
struction and the fusionist niove
“The Yarborough had been the
home of several of North Caro
lina’s governors. Governor Vance,
Scales and Jarvis has lived there
as had many senators and con
gressmen.”
To Clean Up Little Creek Cemetery
All who have friends and rela
tives buried in the cemetery at Lit
tle Creek church are requested to
meet there Thursday, July. 12 and
bring tools to clear off and re
jpair same. Come early in the
|morning. J. A. BATTEN.
Texas Camentir.n
Among the women playing prominent parts in the Houston, Tex,
(Democratic National Convention are the following, pictured above:
1 Mrs Jesse W Nicholson of Maryland, the choice of 200.000 women
ivotcrs as the vice-presidential candidate. 2 Mrs William A. Du Pity
'of the District of Columbia; 3. Mrs James M. Thompson. National
Democratic Commit tee woman from Louisiana, 4 Mrs. Emilv Blair
Newell of Missouri, vice-chairman of the National Committee; 5. Mrs.
Jessie E Scott, of St Paul. Minn. Democratic National Committce
woman and official reporter for the 1028 national convention
Recorder’s Court
Has Light Docket
Only Few Criminal Cases Are
Tried In Local Court This
Week
Only a few criminal cases were'
tried in Recorder’s court here
Tuesday. The following were dis
posed of:
Luther Stancil, age 30, a white
farmer of Micro, was convicted of
violating the prohibition law and
was sentenced to the county roads
for GO days. The road sentence was
suspended Upon the payment of a
$2 fine and the cost.
Daniel Parker, a white farmer,
was in court charged with operat
ing a motor vehicle while intoxi
cated. Not guilty. He was convict
ed of disorderly conduct and was
fined $25 and taxed with the cost.
W. A. Powell, charged with giv
ing worthless check, entered a
plea of nolo contendere. Prayer
for judgment was continued upon
the payment of cost.
J. T. Hughes plead guilty to
trespass. Prayer for judgment was
continued upon the payment of the
cost.
Roibie Bryant, charged with lar
ceny, was not convcited.
Elbe F. Bryant, charged with
larceny and receiving (two hens)
was found guilty. Prayer for
judgment was continued until the
first Tuesday in December, at
which time judgment will be pass
ed.
W. S. Sherron was found guilty
of simple assault. A six-month jail
sentence was suspended v upon con
dition that the defendant does not
violate any criminal law during the
next two years.
The state took a nol pros in
-the case against J. J. Johnson,
charged with trespass.
Cap Raynor, Lovete Raynor and
Mrs. Lovctte Raynor were charged
with housebreaking and larceny.
Not probable cause as to Lovettc
Raynor. Probable cause was found
as to Cap Raynor and Mrs. Lov
ctte Raynor and they were bound
over to Superior court, Cap Ray
nor giving a $500 bond and Mrs.
Lovctte Raynor a $100 bond.
Another Cotton Bloom.
Mr. C. A. Raynor, who lives
about a mile this side of Four
Oaks, was in the city Tuesday, and
showed a cotton bloom which he
had picked from his cotton patch
that day. This is the third bloom
to be reported to this office. Mr.
Raynor has twenty-eight acres in
cotton planted about the middle of
April. He planted the Parrish va
riety. Mr. Raynor states that he
has plenty of boll weevil in his
cotton and the squares are already
falling.
LIONS CLUB TO MEET
NEXT MONDAY NIGHT.
A regular meeting of the
Smith field Lions club will be
held next Monday night, July
9 at seven-thirty o’clock in
the basement of the Metho
dist church. Several matters of
importance will come before
this meeting, and every mem
ber is urged to be present, and
on time.
Big Celebration
Staged In Clayton
Clayton Thronged With Visi
tors Prom the Opening Pa
rade Until After the Fire
works Wednesday
CLAYTON, July 5.—Visitors
from far and near, num
bering well into the hundreds came
to Clayton yesterday for the an
nual Fourth of July celebration,
giving a boost to the day’s pro
gram which began with a spectac
ular parade at ten in the morning
and closed with a brilliant display
of fireworks at night.
Interspersing these two events
in order came the patriotic pro
gram at the school auditorium, the
horseshoe tournament and athletic
contests on Horne square, the air
plane flying and parachute jump
at McCullers landing field, the
baseball game at Ellis Field, all of
these events being enlivened with
music by Clayton’s own band.
For several years past Clayton
has observed the fourth with an
an; ropriate celebration, -but the
pi 'gram staged this year and the
big crowd that attended marks the
day as the most successful yet
hold. The crowd was big and or
derly and everyone seemed to en
joy the program, and many ex
pressions of appreciation from vis
itors came as an encouragement to
the members of the comjmittccs
responsible for the day’s activi
ties.
KENLY MASONS ARE HOSTS
AT BARBECUE
KENLY, July 5.—Under the
oaks near the Masonic Hall the
Masons of Perfection Lodge No.
628 gave a barbecue with their
wives and sweethearts invited on
Tuesday evening, June 20, at seven
o’clock. Quite a number were pres
ent. Those from out of town pres
ent were Dr. and Mrs. G. B. Wood
ard, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. Wals
ton, Dr. Lei and Grady, Mr. and
Mrs. M. R. Revell, of Wilson; Sher
iff John M. Turley, of Clayton.
After supper the newly-elected of
ficors for the ensuing year were
duly installed with impressive cor
emonies. They are A. J. Broughton,
Worshipful Master; Clem Postom,
Senior Warden; J. F. Hill, Junior
Warden; J. W\ Hollowell, Secre
tary; P. H. Etheridge, Treasurer;
Percy Peacock and J. E. Jones,
Stewards; H. M. Grizzard, Tiler.
W-orshipful Master Broughton,
on assuming the duties of his of
fice, made a short talk in which he
asked the earnest support of all
of the members. Other speakers
were Mr. Drew, of Georgia, Mr.
John M. Turley, of Clayton, and
others. It was a very pleasant eve
ning for the members, wives and
sweethearts.
Moves Office.
Mr. J. H. Kirk man, coroner and
justice of the peace for Johnston
county, has moved his office from
the second floor of the courthouse
into the county commissioners
room on the first floor, where he
can be found at any time from 9
a. m. until 9 p. m.
State And Nation
News Paragraphs
Nations Joins America In
Celebrating: Fourth; Saun
ders Attacks Simmons and
Daniels in Address; Cool
idge Celebrates His 56th
Birthday
The nations of the world joined
the United States in celebrating
the American independence day
Wednesday. Over one thousand
Americans residing in London at
tended a dinner. Speeches were
made by both American and Eng
lish notables, one of whom was Irv
ing T. Bush, Now York financier,
who declared that “both countries
should honor the American inde
pendence day, because it had in
augurated a new conception of free
government.”
In Berlin at the American church
the Declaration of Independence
was read followed by an independ
ence day sermon by the pastor of
the church.
In Czecho-Slovakia a crowd gath
ered at Prague to dedicate a mon
ument to Woodrow Wilson. July
4 is also Czecho-Slovakia’s inde
pendence day.
The day was observed in almost
every city and town of any size
in the United States. In this coun
ty celebrations were held at Clay
ton and Holt Lake. More than 50
deaths were reported during the
day from a score of the leading
cities in this country.
Another man conquered the
mighty Niagara Wednesday when
Jean Lussier of Springfield, Mass.,
went over Horseshoe Falls in a
rubber ball. It was the third time
that the daring feat has ever been
accomplished. Lussier plunged over
the falls at about three o’clock be
fore a vast throng of 150,000 peo
ple who cheered him. He was res
cued by a man alone in a row
boat at 3:20 p. in., after having
suffered minor injuries.
In an address Tuesday night be
fore the Elizabeth City Kiwanis
club, W. (). Saunders, editor of
the Elizabeth City Independent and
magazine contributor of note, de
clared that Senator Simmons and
Josephus Daniels betrayed the
North Carolina delegation at Hous
ton. Saunders was a Smith dele
gate to the convention', Saunders
said that when even Tennessee
went against Hull for Smith the
North Carolina delegates sat still.
He stated that the delegation was
misled by Daniels and Simmons.
Their purpose, he continued, was to
form a Southern bloc that would
stop Smith. Mr. Saunders declared
further that the dry plank in the
platform was a fake and no bet
ter than that of the republicans.
President Goolidge quietly cele
brated his 56th birthday and the
Fourth of July at the summer
White House near Superior, Wis
consin. Newspapermen and press
•photographers .accompanied the
chief executive on a fishing expo- I
dition led by the famous Indian j
gpide, John La rock. Mr. Goolidge
made a large catch while the
newspapermen looked on. On the
return to the summer home, a
birthday cake with 56 candles was
brought out and cut. Later, Mr.
Goolidge presented cigars to the
ARIZONA WOMAN CLAIMING
JOHNSTON COUNTY LANDS
Mrs. Ada Victorine Carver is
laying claim to some of the best
land in Johnston county. Mrs. Car
ver, who claims to hail from Ari
zona, arrived" in this section some
few days ago claiming that she
is the owner and legal possessor
of the Oneil Plantation, containing
1,400 acres of land. Contained in
the tract which Mrs. Carver claims
[are a number of fine farms belong
ing to land owners who have had
I the said land in their possession
for many years gone by, and they
appear to be unwilling to give over
this land to the claimant.
Mrs. Carver and her crowd have
posted notices on these farms in
which she signs herself as the
owner and legal possessor, and
warns everyone against trespass
ing on the property. One of these
signs is posted on the N. R. Poole
place above Clayton, one on the
School Tax Rate
Is Not Increased
SMITH REPUBLICAN
CLUB IS ORGANIZED
ALBANY. July 5.—(AP)—A
“Smith Republican” club has
advened headquarters in this
city in the office of William A.
Humphrey, a republican and a
close friend of Governor Smith.
Mr. Humphrey announced the
purpose of the organization as
the winning of independent or
republican votes for the gover
"I cannot tell whether we
shall try nation wide campaign
ing." he said, “but no campaign
will be made in conjunction
with democratic committees.
We are not interested in the
party; we are interested in the
This Week
By Arthur Brisbane
MACHINERY AND HR AIR
MAN Y MYSTERIES—
SCRUBERT'S UNFINISHED
WORK—
W. F. Knudsen, Chevrolet presi
dent, offers cheerful news on Gen
eral Motors. In May his company
turned out 140,700 Chevrolet cars.
On one day, May 28, the product
was 7,075 finished cars and trucks.
May, 1028, is 25,000 cars ahead of
May, 1927.
That’s good production, but high
General Motor officials should bear
in mind that the machinery in
their brains is more valuable than
any other asset of General Mo
tors. Men like President Sloan of
General Motors and Raskob, head
of General Motors finance, work
themselves as they • wouldn’t work
any piece of machinery.
They take the night train from
New York to Detroit, begin work
there at 8 in the morning, work
through the whole day, eating
sandwiches at noon, still working,
and take the night train back to
New York.
No machine can stand that, and
no duty to stockholders justifies
it.
Dr. Walsh of Fordham Univer
sity. tells young men "The world is
confronted with more mysteries
than ever before. Science solves
only a few problems.
Yes, indeed. Why does the hy
drogen atom have a single proton
in the center, and a single electron
revolving around it, why does the
helium atom, first discovered on
the sun through the spectroscope
TURN TO PAGE 4, f
I). (). MeCullers property in the
fame neighborhood, and other
places located nearby have been
visited and claims made to the
land. Tenants farming these lands
have been quizzed and intimidat
ed. It is said that these same peo
ple have visited other nearby sec
tions and laid claims to various
lands. Just what their claims are,
no one seems to know exact
iy, nut we veniuie me gum tii«u
Mrs. Carver and her lawyers will
find themselves up against a
stiff fight before they ever got a
foot of land in Johnston county
through any such methods. And
further they are bordering on a
peck of trouble when they venture
on other people’s property and post
up notices of ownership, warning
the rightful owners to stay off.
Some of the men who own these
lands have had about enough of
[such foolishness and these appar
ent would-be claim jumpers are
liable to find themselves as de
fendants for trespassing in the lo
cal courts, if they persist in su:h
methods as have been practiced.—
Clayton News.
A Rate of $1.08 Will
Also Take Care of
Carrying Charges of
the $750,000 School
Building Bond Issue
A discussion of the general pol
icy of making the school budget
took place at the regular monthly
meeting of the County Board of
Education held here Monday, and
it was decided that the board would
set as its goal the operation of the
Schools next year as efficiently as
they have been operated the past
year, and at the same time take
into the budget the carrying
charges of the $750,000 school
building bond issue recently sold,
and not increase the general school
lax rate of $1.08.
Jne Hoard of Education met on
Monday for the transaction of rou
tine business, and on Tuesday and
Wednesday, this body was in joint
session with the Board of Com
missioners, on Tuesday conferring
with committeement of the six
months schools, and on Wednesday
with the committeemen of the long
term schools.
At the meeting Monday, the
sale of the old Massey school
house in Pine Level township was
confirmed at $1,002. It has been
sold at public auction on May 31
to Mr. C. A. Fitzgerald.
Mrs. D. J. Thurston appeared
before the board and presented her
annual report as attendance offi
cer. Her report contained a num
ber of interesting facts. She made,
during the school year 1927-1928,
eighty-six visits to the white
schools, and thirty-one to the col
ored schools, a total of 117. The
number of investigations of unex
cused absences totaled 407 in the
white schools and 62 in the color
ed schools. Three hundred thirty
six of these pupils were returned
to the white schools without pros
ecution as a result of the inves
tigations, and thirty-nine to the
colored schools. Fifty-one white
and seven colored cases had to
be prosecuted, and there were
forty-nine convictions of white chil
dren and six of negro children. All
who were found in need of cloth
ing or books were supplied mostly
with second hand clothing and
books.
Laura J. A. King, who has been
the rural supervisor for the negro
schools in Johnston county for a
number of years was re-elected to
this position at the meeting Mon
day at a salary of $1,020. Of this
amount, $250 comes from the
Jeans Fund, $595 from the county
and $475 from the state.
It was announced at the meet
ing Monday that word had been re
ceived from the State Department
that Johnston county had been al
lotted $10,000 from the Literary
Fund for the Negro school build
ing at Four Oaks. The board had
previously contemplated erecting
this building from the remainder
of the County Building Fund which
totaled about $18,000. The receiv
ing of the extra $10,000 caused the
board to consider again the possi
bility of erecting the Bentonville
school building, but this amount
being only about a third of what
will be required to give Bentonville
an adequate building, it was ftnal
TL’KN TO PAGE 4.
Aunt Roxie Opines
By Me—
) Pe frame law pervides no pat
ridge aigs fer hound dawgs and