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Johnston Count y’» Oldest an d Best Newspaper - - Established
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SMITH FIELD, N. C„ FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 13, 1928
$2.00 YEAR—5c SINGLE COPY
Heavy Docket In
Recorder's Court
Number of Criminal Cases
Tried In Loral Court On
Tuesday and Wednesday
j At the regular session of Re
corder’s court held here this week
the following cases were tried:
The state took a nol pros with
leave in the case against Sam
Colie, charged with assault. The
prosecuting witness was taxed with
the cost.
Joe Blackman, charged with giv
ing worthless check, was called
and failed. Judgment ni si sci fa
and capias.
Jim Robinson was found guilty
of possession and transportation,
and was fined $25 and cost.
Jesse Temple, charged with
housebreaking and larceny, w-aiv
was uouna
over to Superior court.
Lemmie Cox was sent to the
roads for 60 days and taxed with
the cost for carrying concealed
weapon.
R. E. Howell, charged with as
sault, was found guilty of being
.drunk and disorderly. He was fined
*10 and taxed with the cost.
Charley Dudley and Willie Par
ker were convicted of possession.
Dudley was fined $10 and Parker
$25. Both were required to pay half
the cost each.
Arthur McLanrb was charged
with intent to kill. Probable cause
was found and the defendant was
bound over to Superior court un
der a $300 bond.
W. J. McLamb and P. L. Bare
foot, both charged with assault
with deadly weapon, were not con
victed.
Chas. H. Benson plead guilty to
bastardy. Prayer for judgment
was continued upon the payment
of the cost.
Dan Young was in court charg
ed with violation of the prohibi
tion law. It was found that the
offense was committed in Harnett
county and it was ordered that the
the case be removed to the Record
ers court of Harnett county at
J. L. Pleasant, age 19, a white
farmer, was charged with operat
ing a motor vehicle while intoxi
cated, being drunk and disorderly
and trespass. Not guilty of tres
pass and being drunk and disorder
ly. Guilty of operating a car while
intoxicated. He was sentenced to
the roads for six months and fined
$50 and the cost. The road sentence
is to be suspended on condition
that he does not violate the pro
hibition law in any form or man
ner whatsoever during the next
two years and on further condition
that he does not operate a motor
vehicle during the next six months.
Road sentence to be suspended on
further condition that the defend
ant is a law abiding citizen during
the next two years.
It was found that Alex Atkin
son, charged with disturbing church
services, was under sixteen years
ui age, aiiu ins i-n.A- »cio »mu
to the Juvenile court for trial.
J. C. Crowder was convicted of
possession of still and beer. He was
fined $50 and taxed with the cost.
Jesse House, 25, a white farmer,
was charged with operating a mo
tor vehicle while intoxicated, driv
ing in a careless and reckless man
ner and operating a car without
proper lights. He wras found guil
ty on all three counts and was
fined $50 and taxed w'ith the cost,
and is not to operate a motor ve
hicle again in North Carolina dur
ing the next 00 days on the chargi
of operating while intoxicated. Or
the other two charges, judgment
was suspended upon the payment
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Tantalizer
There are exactly enough let
ters in the line below to spell
the name of a person in Smith
field or Johnston county, and
if the right one deciphers his
name and will present it to the
Herald office, we will present
him with a free ticket to the
Victory Theatre. Tickets must
be called for before the follow
ing issue.
George Hathaway recognized
hjs name last issue.
Today’a TantaTlzer:
.lhhotokserj
Rents Bobby Jones
Johnny larrell, professional of
Mamaroneck. N. Y„ who won tb«
i Rational Open Golf Championship
j Lor, ,t',e ^rst time by defeating
j '??bbv Jones, the Atlanta, G*..
| wizard. The tensity and excite
I ment of the game can best be illus
trated by the score: 143 to 144!
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J. D. Underwood
Pres. Of New Co.
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Stockholders Of Mechanical
Painting Machine Company
Inc. Meet And Elect Offi
cers And A Hoard Of Di
rectors. i
The stockholders of the Mechan
ical Painting Machine company,!
Inc., of Smithficld, held their first
meeting in the courthouse Wednes- [
day night and elected officers and
a board of directors. J. D. Under
wood was made president of the
company with W. M. Gaskin as
vice-president. James H. Kirkman
was elected secretary and T R.
Hood treasurer. A. M. Noble will
be attorney for the company, while
E. L. Thompson will be general
manager. The board of directors i
include the following: J. D. Un
derwood, E. L. Thompson, W. M.
Gaskin, J. H. Kirkman. A. M. No
ble, T. R. Hood and B. J. Holleman.
The following stockholders were
present, either in person or repre
sented by proxy: E. L. Thompson,
J. D. Underwood, D. JI. Hood, Dr.
W. J. B. Orr, H. N. Morgan, B. J.
Holleman, T. R. Hood, L. G. John- j
son, W. M. Gaskin, J. C. Hood, L.
H. Hauss, C. V. Johnson, G. A.
Allen, Jas. H. Kirkman, A. M. No
ble, 1. W. Medlin.
This company was charted on
July 10 with a capital stock of
$12,250, for the purpose of con
tracting industrial and government j
painting and the manufacturing of
Kirkman’s highway mowing and
painting machine, spray gun, street
markers, paint, lead and oil. Mr.
E. L. Thompson, of Greenville, has
interested himself to a considerable
extent financially in this new en
terprise for Smithficld and will
soon move his family here. The
promotion of this new and unique
j enterprise, the only one of its kind
| in existence, will no doubt receive
| the full cooperation of Smithficld.
LOCAL LIONS HOLD THEIK
MEETING MONDAY NIGHT
The Smitlilicld Linns Club hel l
its regular meeting last Monday
night in the basement of the M.
L. Church. The majority of the
membership was present at this
meeting. J
After dinner was served by the
ladies of the church, an excellent
musical program was rendered by
Miss Jeannette Bane at the piano
and Mr. Sol Bane on the violin.
Routine business was taken up,
ibis being featured by the appoint
ment of a committee of six to at
tend the joint meeting of the
jsmithticld and Selma Kiwanis clubs
and the local Lions club here in
Ismithtield next Thursday noon.
The committee appointed is com
posed of: president, Wm. B. Wel
kins; secretary, L. K. Watson, Jr.;
R. E. Wihitehurst, Kirby L. Rose,
I). Carlton Stephenson and Herbert
L. Knight.
The joint meeting of the clubs
next Thursday, it is understood, is
sponsored hv the Smithfield Ki
l wanis club which will have the
' Selma club as their guests. The
I local tobacco market situation will
i be further discussed at this meet
Dr. Atkinson Will
Give Free Clinic
Tonsil-Adenoid Clinic Will He
Held In August In Oneals
Township; Health Officer
Gives Report
At a meeting of the County
Health Board held here last Tues
day, Dr. C. C. Massey, county
health officer, presented a letter
from Dr. Wade II. Atkinson, from
Washington, D. C., formerly of
the Corbett-Hatcher section of
Johnston county, stating that he
would tender his services to the
county free to hold a tonsil-ado- :
void clinic in O’Neals township :
some time during the month of
August. Dr. Atkinson, who is a
specialist in this line, stated that
he felt that he owed a debt of j
gratitude to Johnston county in i
that the board of county commis
sioners had recommended him for
a scholarship when he was getting;
his education, and as a token of
his appreciation and love for the
people of Johnston eounty he makes
this offer subject to the approval
of the county board of health and
the Johnston County Medical As
sociation. The board had discussed
the matter of a free adenoid and
tonsil clinic, but it was the sense
of the board that while this would
be very beneficial to the county,
owing to the cost, it w’as deemed
not best to undertake it at this
time; therefore the tendering of
Dr. Atkinson’s services was es
pecially appreciated at this time.
Dr. Massey was instructed to com
municate with Dr. Atkinson, toll
ing him that the board was of the
opinion that his offer was most
magnanimous. Dr. Massey together
with Dr. Atkinson will work out
the details of this clinic so that it
may be held some time during the
latter part of the summer at Dr.
Atkinson’s convenience.
The report of the health officer,
Dr. C. C. Massey, was received and
discussed at length. Dr. Massey’s
report was as follows:
“.Since April 1, 257 contagious
diseases have been reported to this
office. About 90 per cent of this
number were measles, the preval
ence of which at this time is not
so great. As yet medical science
has nothing practical and effective
for immunizing children against
measles as it has against small
pox, typhoid fever and diphtheria.
“Thirty-two cases of smallpox
developing over this period made
it necessary to vaccinate 1,053.
Among this number were some
very malignant cases. People gen
erally have come to realize that
smallpox vaccination is an estab
lished scientific fact, a safe pro
cedure and sure protection against
smallpox, and that protection cen
tered by successful vaccination last
for a very long time. The indif
ference of the masses and the anti
vaccination propaganda of the
prejudiced and misinformed is fast
i n .i ♦ in it;
being accepted, not alone as an in
dividual precaution, but as a com
munity and social obligation as
well.
“Six cases of typhoid fever de
veloped simultanuously in three
different section of the county ;
during June. The prevalence of
this disease is greater in the sum
mer and autumn months, and with
an unusal amount of rain during
the early summer is likely to be
productive of a high typhoid rate
this year. A continued fever last
ing three weeks is in the majority
of cases typhoid, especially during
summer and autumn months. Wa
ter and food contaminated with the
bacillus, and especially the former
is the most common source of ty
phoid infection. Flies also play a
role in its spread. Consumption of
clean water and food, screening
against flies and general measures
of sanitation, coupled with whole
sale vaccination of all the popula
tion will keep the typhoid rate
down, and it is commendable that
thousands are receiving the vacci
nation this season. Three doses of
typhoid vaccine at weekly inter
vals, repeated every three years is
the procedure urged by this de
partment.
; ‘Meantime, many children from
j six years old down are receiving
’he three preventative diphtheria
treatments at weekly intervals.
Administered in this manner to
children the diphtheria rate for
Stallings Installs Automobile Lift
At a cost of several hundred,
dollars, Mr. Sam Stallings has im
proved the equipment at his serv
ice station on the corner of Mar
keand Fourth streets. He has re
cently installed an electrically- i
driven automobile lift, which en- I
ables the service man to attend <
to the needs of a car while stand
ing up under it. This means bet- 1
ter service and quicker service. i
Mr. Stallings who has been
erving the automobile public in
Jmithfield for about eight years
s an enterprising young man, and
s constantly on the alert to give
he most up to date service possi
ble. His service station is located
•n both highways numbers 22 and
0. He has an advertisement else
where in this issue. Look it up and
Dr. B. R. Lacy To
Be At Oakland
President I nion Seminary of
Richmond Will Hogin 12
Day Revival Tuesday Night
—Former Pastor at Oak
land
Rev. Ben R. Lacy, Jr., noted
Presbyterian minister, now Presi
dent of Union Seminary, Richmond,
Va., will begin a “twelve-day revival
meeting at Oakland church next
Tuesday night, July 17, at eight
o’clock.
Dr. Lacy is one of the best known
and best loved ministers in the
Southern Presbyterian church. A
son of Hon. B. R. Lacy, for many
years treasurer of North Carolina,
he has distinguished himself as a
preacher, a scholar, a soldier and
an educator. While at Davidson
College he was awarded the Cecil
Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford.
After his training at Oxford Uni
versity for three years, he entered
Union Seminary at Richmond and
after graduation there he served
a group of churches in Wake and
Johnston counties. Oakland church
was among the churches in this
group which he served for three
years. His grandparents, Dr. Bur
well, and Rev. Drury Lacy, both
served Oakland church in the early
years of its organization and Dr.
Lacy followed these distinguished
divines as he said, “to help finish
their work.”
At the entrance of the united
States into the war, Dr. Laev
went overseas as chaplain of the
First N. ('. Field Artillery, later
the 113th Field Artillery, where he
won for himself the title of “the
fighting parson.” Upon the return
of the regiment after the war the
Virginian Pilot said of him, “he
was the most popular man in the
regiment, with a heroic record of
many-sided and unbelievably ver
satile service.” After the war, Dr.
Lacy served as pastor of the Cen
tral Presbyterian church of Atlan
ta, from which pastorate he was
called to the presidency of Union
Theological Seminary at Richmond.
Dr. Lacy will preach each night
after a song service led by Rev.
Chester Alexander. It is proposed
to have him speak in Smithfield
at some convenient hour during his
visit in the county. The public i
most cordially invited to all the
services of the revival.
the coming season will be notice
ably reduced.
“Generally speaking, people havt
come to realize that it is a wisei
policy to prevent a disease, wher
preventative measures are avail
able, than to take a chance and noi
j infrequently regret the results o
I what otherwise could have beer
avoided.
“This report also includes fre
quent visits to the County Home
i an(4 tuberculosis building, to th<
convict camps, and the jail, in ad
j di'tion to routine calls, visits, cx
|aminations, conferences, etc.’”
Curtis Pub. Co.
Honors Local Boy
Zt'ke Creech Sells More Mag
azines In Past Three
Months Than Any Other
Salesman in North Carolina
Master Ezekiel Creech, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. A. Creech, of
this city, has been awarded a cer
tificate by the Curtis Publishing
Company Ql^PJiiladclphia, Pa., for
selling m< re magazines in North
Carolina in the past three months
than ary other salesman, and ha
been given membership in the
League of Curtis Salesmen. The
League stands for efficiency, faith
fulness, and promptness and Eze
kiel is to be congratulated upon
winning membership in this or
ganization. One hundred twenty
live boys were in the contest in
'his state, the contest running
through April, May and June.
Ezekiel was the winner.
In April Ezekiel won a dollar
bill and a pin given by the Curtiv
Publishing Company and in May
iie was a" aided a watch charm,
^he certificate is the highest
award given by the Curtis Com
pany.
Ezekiel sell the Country Gen
tleman, Ladies’ Home Journal an 1
Saturday Evening Post. He also
•ells Good Housekeeping.
Presbyterian Services.
Smithfield Sunday morning at
| eleven o’clock. Sermon by pastor.
Bible classes and Sunday school at
ten o’clock. Men's Bible class will
meet at Hotel parlor at 10 o’clock.
Public cordially invited.
Johnson Reunion July 18.
There will he a reunion of the
family of the late Josephus John
son at the home of A. C. Johnson
in Elevation township, Wednesday,
July 18. Relatives, friends and
neighbors are cordiaRy invited to
come and spend the day. Bring a
well-filled basket.
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American Legion.
The regular monthly meeting
will be held on Friday, July 13 in
the commissioner’s room at eight
o’clock. Every member is expect
ed to be present.
S. E. HOG WOOD, Adjutant.
Another Cotton Bloom.
Another cotton bloom has been
reported to this office. This bloom
was found on July 8 in the cotton
field of Alfred Gordon on the land
of W. H. Brown. Wannamaker
seed were planted.
Freewill Baptist Church.
Sunday school Sunday morning
at 9:30 o’clock, F. C. Fitzgerald,
superintendent. Church service on
Sunday night at eight o’clock by
Rev. W. M. Ferrell. Prayer meet
ing Wednesday night at eight
o’clock. Freewill Baptist League,
Thursday night at eight o’clock.
Junior and Primary League Fri
day afternoon at three-thirty
o’clock. Everybody is invited to
attend these meetings.
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Two Deaths In
Town Four Oaks
David L. Ennis Dies Sudden
ly at Age of 77; Leaves
Bride of Less Than a Week
—Baby of Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Stanley Dies
FOUR OAKS, July 12.—Mr.
David L. Ennis, who recently
moved here from Selma to operate
a shoe shop, died suddenly Tues
day night from heart failure. He!
was seventy-seven years of age.
Mr. Ennis was married last Friday
afternoon in Smith field to Mrs. 1
Lillie Wheeler.
The seven-months-old baby of
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Stanley died i
Tuesday night after being sick for |
a week with colitis.
Mrs. Sam Coward and children,
who have been visiting at the
home of Rev. and and Mrs. A. L.
Brown, left Friday to spend sev
eral weeks in New Bern.
Mr. ana Mrs. liruce Denning, ot
Benson, sipcnt Sunday with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Bare
foot.
Misses Mildred Allen and Mag
gie Tart spent Tuesday in Golds
boro.
Misses Minnie Belle and Victoria
Lee, of Havelock, are the guests
of Misses Ruby and Violet Kean.
Mr. John Bandy entertained a
number of his friends at his
home last Friday evening with a
private dance. The living room and
reception hall were beautifully
decorated in summer flowers and
potted plants. A color scheme of
red and green being carried out.
Those not dancing played bridge
and amused themselves with the
old “spinning wheel” which was
indeed a wonder for the yoilng
folk. Delicious refreshments were
served by Miss Florence Bandy.
TOBACCO ON RIDGE
MAKES BEST QUALITY
RALEIGH, July 12. Cultivation
of tobacco on a ridge as compared
with level or flat culture has
meant a difference of $50 an acre
on many farms in North Carolina
during the past four or five years.
“In all of our demonstrations,
the ridge method of cultivation has !
proven itself superior,” says K. Y.
Floyd, tobacco specialist at State i
College. “This system of cultiva- :
tion will make the hard, peaked I
tobacco that we now have on ac
count of tlie cold wet spring de
velops new roots. When the to
bacco is sided, if the grower will
put all the soil to the plant that it
will take and then scatter the
middles deeper than the siding
furrow, this will drain the water
from the tobacco and cause the
soil to warm up much faster. This
method of cult/ivation is best for
all tobacco but especially so if it
I is hard and is now running up to
button. Put all the soil to the
plant that it will stand and it will
soon begin to spread and look like
a new plant.”
Mr. Floyd states that on ac
count of the poor season this
spring, the cultivation of the to
bacco crop will be one of the main
factors in determining whether
good yields of quality leaf will be
made. Reasonably early tobacco
usually makes the best quality and
generally just as good a yield per
acre as any other planted during
the season.
For some five years now, Mr.
Floyd has been advocating the
ridge method of cultivating the
crop and lately he has prepared ex
tension folder number 27, which
describes this method in detail. The
folder is well illustrated with
drawings showing how to develop
the ridges. Copies of the publica
Miss I'ti.* K. Christofersio'n, dep»
Jty sheriii y i Portland, One., dem«
mstrated h*?r deadly accuracy witH
a revolver when she shot; a score
M 94 out of 100, tying t#ie New
Vork Police championship mark.
Sunday School
Survey In Beulah
Five Denominations Cooper
ating In Making the Sur
vey Next Sunday After
noon
Next Sunday the Sunday School
Association of Beulah Township
will put on a survey in that town
ship in order to ascertain who are
attending some Sunday School and
those who are not. Five denomi
nations are cooperating to put on
• his survey which will begin Sun
day afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. At
eight o’clock Sunday evening these
making this Sunday school censu
will report at the Kenly Metho
dist church.
Mr. E. G. Holland is chairman j
<>f the steering comnxtttee in
charge of this work, the othoi
membeis of the committee being:
J. P. Boykin, A. J. Broughton, L.1
0. B. Alford, Jack Southard, R. G. '
Little. A. F. Pittman, Ruffin -Wil
loughby, Jesse Yelverton, Henry
Holland, Paul Edwards and Bar
ney Carter. \
THE LUCKY RURALS I
A recent survey made in Mis
souri shows that every community
having a population of more than
700 in that state is provided with
electric lights and telephones.
There are 175 villages of but 250
population which have electric
service, and 211 with telephone
service.
Contrasting the modern small
town with that of twenty-five
years ago and less, shows what}
American industrial initiative has
done to improve living conditions.
in’- utiy ui isumivu
living apart from the world of
ideas and affairs and action, is
past. Where once dwellers in rur- |
al sections had but the bare neces
sities, and none of the comforts
and luxuries of life, they are now'
provided with almost all that once
belonged exclusively to the cities.1
Now the small town citizen and
the modern farmer is as far re
moved from the life of his father
and grandfather's time as they
were from Neolithic man. Indus
try has given the county-dweller
a complete and enviable civiliza
tion.—Industrial News Bureau.
Presbyterian Services, July loth
11 a. m., Wildwood, sermon by j
the pastor, subject will be, “What!
the Fathers are Doing.” This is;
Father’s Day and all fathers are
invited.
4 p. m. Spench. Sermon by the
pastor, (Father’s Day.) All fath
I ers invited to attend.
7 p. m. Wildwood. Young Peo
ples Society.
8 p. m. Preaching. Subject: “The
Character of Those Who Shall Be
Condemned by Christ At His Com
ing.
1 often pause and wonder.
At Fate's peculiar ways,
For nearly all our famous men
Were born on holidays.— Ex.
tion may be had free of charge
as long as the supply lasts by
writing the agricultural editor at
State College.
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Political World
Gets A Surprise
General Motors Man To Di
rect Campaign Against Re
publicans; Mull May Re
Chairman State Democratic
Executive Committee
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John J. Raskob, chairman of the
finance committee of General Mo
tors, has been elected as chairman
of the Smith campaign. The Dem
ocratic National Committee in ses
sion in New York Wednesday is
said to have startled the political
world in placing Raskob at the
helm. Raskob is a Catholic and
has been an ardent advocate of the
modification of the prohibition law,
and what is most interesting of all
to many politicians he is listed in
“Who’s Who in America” as a Re
publican and his voting record re
veals that except to vote twice
for Woodrow’ Wilson he has sup
ported Republican candidates for
office. Politicians of both parties,
however, think that the Democrats
have obtained a man of rare busi
ness ability to direct their cam
paign. Raskob, like Smith, began
his career in the ranks. He rose
to power through association with
DuPonts.
1 ,lt- owue uemocratic Executive
committee has been called to meet
in Raleigh next Tuesday night to
select a chairman to succeed At
torney General Dennis G. Brum
mitt, who has resigned. O. Max
Gardner, Democratic candidate for
governor, in a statement made
Wednesday night recommended
Odus M. Mull, of Shelby, the gov
ernor-elect’s home town, for th<s
position. It. has been a political
custom for years for the guberna
torial candidate to recommend the
leader to conduct his and his par
ty’s campaign. Mr. Mull managed
Gardner’s campaign in 1920. He
was district manager for Senator
Simmons in 1912, Craig manager
• n 1908, Bickett manager in 1916
and McLean’s manager in 1924.
There has been much talk of
late concerning the universal adop
tion of a thirteen-months calendar.
The League of Nations some time
ago suggested to Secretary of
State Kellogg that he appoint a
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MR. PITTMAN AGAIN WITH
11ANNER WAREHOUSE
Mr. R. L. Pittman of Kenly, who
was connected with the Banner
warehouse here last year, wishes
to thank all his friends for their
patronage last season. Mr. Pitt
man will be with the Banner again
this year and will do his utmost to
please each customer. He will be
glad to have his friends call to
sec him at the Big Banner.
OFFICERS CAPTURE STILLS
Federal Officer J. J. Batten, as
sisted by W. D. Strickland of Ben
son and G. E. Weeks of Benton
ville, recently captured three stills.
Two 75-gallon stills were found on
the Johnston and Wayne county
line, and 1.000 gallons of beer, a
quantity of whiskey, fermenter
and other tools used in operating
stills were taken over by the offi
cers. Two men, Alkie Woodard and
David Scott, were arrested. A 50
gallon still and a quantity of beer
were also captured and Robert
Webb was arrestde. The defend
ants were carried before U. S.
Commissioner I. W. Massey of
Selma, where they gave bond for
their appearance in Federal court
in the fall.
Aunt Roxie Opines
By Me—
Li
Sometimes a step-daddy is a bad
sU,p