North Carolina Newspapers

s VOLUME 4G—NO. 57 County *s Oldest and Best Newspaper - - Established 1882 SMITHFIELD. N. C..TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 17. 1928 Sell Your Tobacco in Smithfield $2.00 YEAR—5c SINGLE COPY County Tax Levy Remains Same Annual Audit Nears Com pletion; Kate For New Fis cal Year Will be $1.86 The annual audit of the affairs cf Johnston county by A. M. Pullen & company under the supervision of Mr. R. E. Wiggins, C. P. A., is nearing completion, and when the work is finished their reports will show the financial condition of the county at the end of the fiscal year on June 30th, 1928, and details of operations for the fiscal year from July 1st, 1927 to June 30th, 1928. j Work on the budgets of the va rious departments of the county government has progressed enough that it is now certain that the county-wide tax levy for the new fiscal year will not be increased, but will be the same as last year which was $1.86. The County Board of Commissioners and the county Board oi Education have gone over the budgets carefully having been in session several days of each week during the month, and the figures are now i about complete. The contemplated j •tax levy for the County General fund, is fifteen cents on the hun- j dred dollars worth of property; ^the levy for the Road and Bridge ^fund, thirty cents on each hundred dollars valuation; the levy for the Debt Service fund, thirty-three cents on each hundred dollars val uation. The county-wide levy for a six- j months school term will be $1.08, j the same as last year, though some ! cuts from the amounts granted on July 3 and 4 when the committees | appeared before the board, will be made in order to keep it the same. An added item, that of carrying ' the expense of the $750,000 school j building bond issue is included in j the $1.08 levy. The amounts needed for the va rious funds not including the schools are: County General Fund. County Auditor’s office, $6,580.00. Treasurer’s office, $4,035.00. Sheriff’s office, $13,315.00. Register of Deed's office, $7, 860.00. Clerk of Superior Court's of fice, $9,550.00. Courts and Jurors. $18,950.00. Welfare dept., 1,760.00. 1 it Health dept., $3,710.00. Home Demonstration* Depart- 1 ment, $1,610.00. Charities and Correction’s De- ; partment, $7,546.90. Courthouse and grounds, $5,745.- j 00. County Home and 360.00 Hospital, $0,- i County jail, $7,665.00. Tax Collector’s office, $6,500.00. Tax Listing- Department, $3,875. 00. General Government, $9,775.00. TOTAL, $117,836.90. Road and Bridge Fund. For maintenance of roads and bridges, $113,400.00. Debt. Service Fund. Serial Bonds, sinking fund and interest, $129,109.00. Prize String of Fish. Last Wednesday Mr. Howard Mitchiner and Dr. A. H. Rose caught the prize string of fish of the season from Holt Lake. These disciples of Isaack Walton landed about ten pounds of white perch. PROVIDENCE S. S. HAS DELIGHTFUL PICNIC The Sunday school at Providence Presbyterian church enjoyed a pic nic at Holt Lake last Saturday. About forty were present. Boating, bathing and a sumptuous lunch were features of the day’s pro 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 his name last issue. I Today’* Tantalizer: ' .lhhotokserj t Blind Golfer Barton Cooper, 13 year old blind >on of Lieut, and Mrs. VV. S. Cooper of the Navy, plays golf. He plays with a caddy and gets his sense of direction from him. He has done some exceptional play *»g Simmons Will Not Bolt Party Friends Say lie Will Vote For A1 Smith; Mexican (iood Will Flier Meets Death Friends of Senator Simmons in Washington say that the senior North Carolina senator will not bolt the party in November. They declare that he will vote all of the Democratic ticket including A1 Smith. Mr. Simmons has kept Quiet on the subject so far. The Washington correspondent of a New York paper says that Sim mons is preparing to formally de clare hin;self for Smith, but Frank Hampton, the senator’s secretary, denied this. Simmons is now in a hospital near Washington. Captain Kmilo Carranza, who last month attempted a non-stop flight from Mexico to Washington ami failed when he was forced down near Mooresville, was killed last Thursday night when his plane crashed in a storm near Burlington, New Jersey. The avia tor, often called the “Mexican Lindbergh,” an hour before he met his death, took off from Roosevelt Field, New York, against the ad vice of veteran pilots. The body and the plane were not discovered until late Friday. A man wander ing about, picking blackberries, came across the smashed plane and reported the crash to the Burling ton police headquarters. A tele gram revealed the identity of the man. Captain Carranza was a dar ing aviator, his record as an air pilot consisting of many remark able flights. After failing in his first attempt to make a non-stop flight from his native country to Washington, he decided to try again. A triumphal welcome at Mexico City had been planned on his return. A Duke University student for the last several days has been the center of much newspaper talk. The youth is Judy Rayford of Mo bile, Ala., and will enter the soph omore class at Duke this fall. Young: Rayford learned at his Al abama home that the famous sculptor Gutzon Borglum, was in search of him. So Rayford set out to “bum” his way to Durham to meet Borglum. For many years Rayford has been writing poems and making drawings. His poems have been published in some of the nation’s leading magazine^. When he decided to become a sculptor, he “bummed” his way to San An tonio, Texas to visit Gutzon Borg lum. He left several sketches and a poem with Borglum. Borglum did not take much notice of the young artist’s work until after Rayford had left and then he discovered him to be a genius. It is expected that the two will confer in Durham in a few days. Borglum plans to take Rayford into his studio as his protege. Between three and four thous and people were in Brule, Wiscon sin, Sunday to catch a glimpse of the presidential party going into the little church. This was the lar gest crowd yet to attend the serv ices at the little church since the Coolidge’s arrived. Cars were parked in front of every house in [the village and in fields nearby, j The blind pastor of the church ! preached on Mose's delivery of Is rael from Egypt. At the close of the service John Coolidge, the | president’s son, was introduced to the pastor. | Speed ahead—-Ibut lose not your 1 head. 1 Brief Summary Welfare Office Welfare Superintendent Rea lizes Rig Objective—Tu berculosis Annex at Coun ty Home The duties of the County Wel fare superintendent are so numer | ous and varied that it is impossi | 'ole to tabulate much of the serv ice which she renders, such as or i ganization, investigation, and aid to state agencies, but a survey of the year’s work finds certain things outstanding. Mrs. D. J. Thurston, the county welfare superintendent in Johns ton county states that she has seen one of the objectives for which she has worked materialize, and that is a tuberculosis home at the coun TURN TO PAGE 4. Four Men Break Out County Jail Kadford and Morlow Have Returned Hut Reward Still Offered For Other Two Friday night about 9:30 o’clock, four men broke out of the John ston County jail arid made good their escape. The men were James Parker, aged about 20 years, John Parker, about 18 years of age, John Radford, about 18 years of age, and Matthew Marlow, about IT years old, all of whom were im prisoned for automobile thefts. Radford and Marlow lived in the vicinity of Selma but the two Par kers claimed to be from New York. Sunday afternoon Radford and Marlow were returned to jail, but the other two are still at large. Marlow’s father brought him back and gave him up to the sheriff, while Deputy Ellis apprehended Radford and placed him behind the bars again. These men state that the quartet went as far as Dan ville. Va. They claim to have sep arated in Selma, Radford and Mar low boat ding a freight. They seem ed to have run up with each other again in Danville but Marlow and Radford deny any knowledge of the whereabouts of the Parkers. A twenty-five dollar reward has been offered by Sheriff Turley for their apprehension. The men made their escape Fr i day night when Jailer R. E. Holt left his office and went into the jail to lock the prisoners in their night cells. The men were confined in the lobby of the cell No. 1, and they broke through the ceiling and got to one of the ventilators which they prized open and went through to the roof of the courthouse. They evidently watched the jailer through the window of his office and knew when he went to lock the prisoners up, for while he was away they jumped through his window, made their way to the el evator and let themselves down to the first floor. In checking up the prisoners. Jailer Holt discovered the missing men and instituted a search at once. All nearby towns were telephoned to and notices of j a twenty-five dollar reward were j put out. MEMBERS COTTON ASSO. TO MEET HERE THURSDAY Members of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Association are re quested to meet in the commission ers room of the courthouse here Thursday morning: at 10:30 o’clock for an important meeting;. Dr. U. B. Blalock, general manager of the association, will be present to make an address and the checks for the final settlement of the past year’s cotton crop will be given out. All [ members are asked to attend this j meeting. -* I Ding: ‘‘This tonic is no good.” | Dong: “What’s the matter?” Ding: “All the directions it j gives are for adults and I never ! had them.”—Nebraska Awgwan. Teacher: “Tommy, tell me what the prefix ‘mag’ means.” Tommy: “Big.” Teacher: “Then give me an il lustration.” Tommy: “I like magpies.”— Junior C. E. World. Shooting Affair In Meadow Township -♦ Sunday night about nine o’clock Mr. Ben Massengill of Meadow township was shot with a shot gun as he stood on the entry in front of his house. The load took effect in both feet and legs but unless complications set in the in juries are not considered serious. Mr. iviassengiii did not even call a physician. ** Bloodhounds were taken down by Sheriff Turley yeserday morn ■ ing and they trailed to the home of Paul Massengill, where details were learned concerning the party thought to have done the shooting. The injured man is a good citi zen of Meadow and he thinks that he was shot because it was thought that he had reported block ade stills. The shooting took place in front of a room where a child of Mr. Massengill was very ill with typhoid fever. Government Makes Study Of Cotton W. M. Sanders Will Cooperate In Study of Grade and Staple Produced in South William Page, of Wilson, repre senting the Government in the U. S. Department of Agriculture, was in the city yesterday. Mr. Page' stated that W. M. Sanders of this city will cooperate with the gov ernment in making a study of the grade and staple of the cotton pro duced in the South. A study will be made of the cotton at three of Mr. Sanders’s gins, one located here, one at Four Oaks and the other at Crantock Farm. Congress has authorized and di rected the Secretary of Agricul-1 ture to make and publish three or more estimates of the grade, sta ple length, and tenderability of the cotton crop as it is ginned. This work is being conducted by the Bureau of Agricultural Eco nomics, United States Department of Agriculture, through its Divis ion of Cotton Marketing. Estimates of the grade, staple, and tenderability of the cotton produced were made last year for the State of Georgia and a select ed area farther west, including 27 adjacent counties in Texas and Ok lahoma. This year the work is be ing expanded to cover the entire cotton belt, following the satisfac tory outcome of last year’s experi ence in reporting the grade and staple length for the areas men i tinned. The service will be con ducted in cooperating with the land-grant colleges, the agricul tural experiment stations, and the ! extension services of the cotton | producing states. The reports will be issued monthly, as was the case last sea son—beginning in October and ending in April. These reports will show the percentages of the vari ous grades and staple lengths pro duced. The amount of cotton of qualities tenderable and untender able on future contrasts will also be determined. The data secured last year show ed that the cotton examined from Georgia and the Texas-Oklahoma area was of high grade but that a considerable proportion of it was below average mill requirements in staple length. Studies of Geor gia mill consumption show that Georgia mills consumed approxi mately 288,000 bales of 7-8 inch cotton but that Georgia produced approximately three times the quantity of short cctton required by Georgia mills. Georgia mills consumed over 000,000 bales of 15-16 inch cotton last year, but Georgia produced ' only 172,000 bales of that length. Of 1,110,923 bales sampled from Georgia, ap proximately three per cent was less than 7-8 inch in length, and of 1,034,431 bales sampled in Texas and Oklahoma, 22 Vi per cent was less than 7-8 inch in length. The samples will be shipped from the cooperating gins to field offices in Atlanta, Memphis, Dallas, Aus tin and El Paso, where they will be classed. Field men have been selected to work in connection with each office, to make arrangements with representative gins for sam ples, and to maintain contacts with TURN TO PAGE 4. Judge F. H. Brooks Writes Of Trip Hrief Comment on the Con vention; truest of Major Currish In San Antonio, l'e\; Arrive In San Diego. California ; -Judge and Mrs. F. H. Brooks; , uml daughter. Miss Ruth Brooks, who have been touring the South and West enroute to San Diego, ( ;,1- to visit relatives, have reach ed their destination. Judge Brooks writes another letter to the Herald, dated July t». “Well, things tumbled at Hous ton when the fall started and I’ve been on a rush since. I haven’t taken time to write you about the convention and our trip. »' 10m the first meeting- of the convention I saw the end—the nomination of Governor Smith on the first or second ballot, and it happened on the first ballot. Guess y<»u got full report from the daily papers and I will not,-go into de tails. I’ll say, however, that old j North Carolina stood true to her! colors till the last. Until Governor! Smith was nominated we would 1 not let the bforth Carolina ban- ] ner go into the Smith demonstra- ^ tions. \\ e had two scuffles and | tore the banner from its post rath- ] er than let it be carried in the Smith demonstration before the: nomination. Of course after the nomination all delegates were for Governor Smith and let the ban- ; Tier join the parade. “In traveling across the United i States from Houston and talking i with folks in various towns i find j the sentiment mixed. A Republican ■ hotel man at Socora, N. M., I think, i said he was going to vote for ; Smith. Another in Arizona said i Smith would carry Arizona. Some in California seem to think Hoover will carry the state by a big ma- 1 jority, while some individuals thing Smith will carry the*state. ; “We left Houston, Texas, and ’ went to San Antonio, Texas. We i got there about twelve o’clock. We j called up Major Robt. E. Parrish • and he helped us locate at St. An thony Hotel, then got his wife and i gave us lunch at the Country club.! Afterwards we attended a picture , show and drove over the city as j *:heir guests. That night we had them to dinner with us at the St. Anthony Roof Garden where Ma jor Parrish, his wife and Ruth danced a while, then driving back to the Country club for the dance. San Antonio is a beautiful city, and we enjoyed looking over the city and the hospitality of Major and Mrs. Parrish. “We next drove to El Paso, Texas. This is quite a large city but not so nice a place as San Antonio—so many Mexicans and is rather a dirty place. We went over to Jourez (Wourez) Mexico, where we visited the old Spanish cathe dral and the market place. Every other place, almost, was a bar room. We didn’t like this place and didn’t tarry long. We then drove on through Texas to Socoro, N. M., where we spent the night. We drove over to Grand Canyon National Park and spent part of the day. It is a won derful place, beyond human de scription. I wish I could give a pen picture or this wonderful canyon three to eighteen miles across at places. We drove around the rim fur several miles.. I picked up a small stone at a point 7,050 feet above sea level. I forgot to say that we passed through the petrified forest of Arizona and got some of the petri fied pieces of trees. “We then drove to Ashford, Ari zona, and spent the night. Next day we drove to Kingman, Ariz., where we rested and slept until 8 o clock Friday night when we started across the desert. From Kingman to Oat man we drove Iacross some high mountains and along narrow roads and deep gor ues. Mrs. Brooks got quite disturb ed at first. However, we all soon became reconciled to the journey before us and settled down to an all night drive. The roads for most part were good, and the weather reasonably cool. We went by way of Needles on to Riverside, Cal., and down inland roads to San Diego via San Bamardino, Cal. We reached San Diego about three p. ! Make Longest Flight in History ^ Major IA1 1’iete and Captain lenaim, whose flight from Rome to .Hutu America was c ne. of 4,(>UU milts, the longest flight made thus t.ir m the hist..rv of aviation. 1® .UTOOAtTCR County S.S. Ass’n At Pine Level Pennant Will He Presented the Sunday School Having Largest Representation Over lti Years of Age The officers of the Johnston Co. Sunday School Association an nounce that the annual county Sun day school convention will be held on Thursday and Friday, Aug. 23 and 24 with the Freewill Baptist church, Pine Level. Outside speakers helping in the convention will be Miss Ditisy Ma gee, Children’s Division Superin tendent of the North Carolina Sunday School Association of Ral eigh, and Miss Freda Bose, for the past four years educational direc tor of the New Orleans, La., coun cil of Religious Education, Louis ville, Ky. Also helping on the program will be several of the best known Sunday 'school workers in the county. The convention is inter denominational, and workers from all Sunday schools in the county are invited to participate in the work. In charge of the arrangements for the convention are Prof. CL T. Whitley and Miss Ruth Wilson, President and Secretary of the County Sunday School Associa tion. rl hose officers are requesting the cooperation of all pastors, su perintendents and other Sunday school leaders in the effort to make the convention a success. The officers have announced that ajrain this year a pennant will be ! presented to the Sunday school J having: in the convention the larg- i est number of representatives, six- ' teen years of age and over ac- | cording to the number of miles traveled. It is expected that there i will be much friendly competition for the pennant among the Sunday schools of the county. -» Baptist Minister and Family Back Kev. and Mrs. S. L. Morgan, Mr. Louis Morgan, Miss Isabel Morgan, David and Neill, arrived at home Thursday from Toronto, Canada, where they attended a meeting of the World Alliance. They were gone for about a month, making the trip by automobile and camping on the way. Mr. Morgan has consented to write some arti cles concerning his trip for the Herald, the first of which will probably appear in Friday’s issue. Em mitt Johnson With Motor Co. Mr. Eminitt A. Johnson, who has been with the Colt [fighting company for some time, has ac cepted a position with the Britton Hill Motor company as automobile salesman. This company sells the Oakland and Pontiac cars. REVIVAL IN PROGRESS AT OLI) COTTON MILL The Holiness denomination is conducting a revival at the Bap tist church at the old cotton mill site. Mrs. L. L- Poole and Rev. G. P. Stargell of Selma are doing the preaching. m. Saturday and found our hosts, Mr. and Mrs. James A. Parker and family well. I attended Sun day school at the First Baptist church, LaMesa, and we went to the First Presbyterian church Sun day for the eleven o’clock service. “Sunday afternoon we went out to Mission Beach where we had a picnic dinner with some friends, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Burnett, brother and sister-in-law of Mrs. Parker. “We are all well and are having a nice trip.” Celebrates 88th Birth Anniversary Mrs. Susan P. Tomlinson Is (iuest of Honor at Birthday Dinner (iiven by Daughter, Miss Emma Tomlinson The eighty-eighth birthday an niversary of Mrs. Susan P. Tom linson. was the occasion for a gath ering of friends and relatives at the lovely Tomlinson country home—“Tanglewood”—eight miles west of Smithfield on last Thurs day afternoon. The guests were invited from six until nine o’clock, and the hostess, Miss Emma Tom linson, was assisted in receiving by her sister. Mrs. G. I>. Smith. Upon arrvial, the guests were ushered into the living room were the sil ver haired honoreo sat amid o profusion of lovely garden flow ers. The happy expression of Mrs. Tomlinson as she read without glasses the names on the cards that accompanied the numerous gifts that were laid in her lap, made each one glad to be in her presence. The topic of conversation was old times, and old time songs sung by Miss Lizzie A. Lee of Raleigh and musical numbers popular in the long ago played on the piano by Mrs. A. M. Sanders of Smith field and Mrs. Parker Rand of darner added much to the enjoy infni oi me evening. At the appointed time, the hos tess led the guest of honor to her seat at the head of the table in the beautifully decorated dining room, and a veritable feast of good things to eat was enjoyed. Plates were laid for thirty guests. The centerpiece, a huge birthday cake surrounded by yellow and white daisies and with 88 lighted can dles, made a beautiful picture. Grace was offered by Mr. C. W. Pender, after which the dinner was served in three courses. Fried chicken, old country ham, potato chips, vegetables, hot rolls, pickles, iced tea, peach and vanilla ice cream with pound cake and choco late cake formed the delicious Those present to offer felicita tions on this happy occasion were Mr. aird Mrs. \V. D. Tomlinson and children, Charles, Dell and Joseph, Mr. and Mrs. Garland B. Smith, George and Jasper Wall of Wake Forest, Mr. and Mrs. Parker Rand if Garner, Mr. and Mrs. Harris Robertson and little daughter, Mary Alexander of near Smith field, Mrs. C. R. Lee anil daugh ters, Misses Nancy D. and Lizzie 11. Lee of Raleigh, Miss Elizabeth Holding, Wake Forest, Mrs. A. M. Sani’<?rs, Mrs. T. W. LeMay, Miss Bettie Lee Sanders, Miss Minnie Lee Garrison, Dr. and Mrs. G. A. McLemore, and Mr. H. D. Elling ton of Smithfield, Mrs. A. M. Bar ber. Mr. P. W. Barber, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Pender of near Clay ton. Picnic At Holt Lake. Kenly, July 10.—On Friday aft ernoon, July 13, Miss Virginia Kirby gave a picnic at Holt Lake in j honor of her house guest, Miss | Daphney Parker of Farmville. ! After a delightful afternoon of! I boating and bathing, supper was I ' served. The young people were 1 ! chaperoned by Mesdames J. H. Barnes, E. V. Neighbors and H. ! M. Grizzard. Made Division Manager, j Mr. W. C. Ryals, who has been in the lightning rod business, has recently been appointed manager of the eastern district of North 1 Carolina of the Deleo-Light com | Pany. .... Many Enjoy Fine Birthday Occasion -4 Relatives and Friends Gather at the Home of Mr. Rufus A. Coates In Elevation To Celebrate 51st Birthday So pleasurable was the fiftieth birthday occasion of Mr. Rufus A. ( nates which was celebrated a year ago at his lovely country home in Elevation township, that this year his relatives and friends gathered again last Friday to honor their neighbor and friend on his fifty first birthday. The fine old oak. grove was a fitting setting for such a meeting, and seats were arranged to accommodate the two hundred or more who were pres ent on this occasion. By eleven o'clock, the guests had about all arrived, and the festivi ties of the day began. It was a distinct pleasure to hear the Phil lips quintet sing a number of gos pel hymns. The*e singers were Mr. and Mrs. G. 1). Phillips and their three sons, Messrs. Chester, Milton and Lathan Phillips, and they sang as though inspired. Everybody present enjoyed their music and after the songs, Rev. Cadmus Coates, the oldest son of the hos tess and host, who is a Freewill Baptist minister, preached a ser mon. By this time the noon hour had arrived, and it was time to spread dinner. A long table had been built un der the trees, and when the ladies were through placing th e good things to eat thereon, together with the handsome birthday cake studded with candles, and the vases of vari-colored perrennial peas, it was a sight to please the eyes of any connoisseur. But the viiinds were just as pleasing to the palate as they were to the eye, as everybody was soon able to tes tify. The dinner was a splendid evidence that the men in that sec tion are good providers, and the women are all good cooks. A shower of rain interrupted for a time the program of the day, but nothing marred the friendly inter course of neighbors and friends as they gathered on the spacious porches of the Coates home to get out of the rain. The Phillips choir sang again, and after the shower was over, Rev. D. C. Johnson, de livered a timely message which came from his heart. Mr. Coates is one of the most prosperous farmers of Elevation township. He has a fine plantation of two hundred acres, a hundred and fifty of which are cleared. He raises cotton, having forty-five acres this year; tobacco, his pres ent acreage being fifteen; corn that yields a hundred barrels each year; besides all his feedstuffs and other things that makes a farmer the most independent person in the world. He is a patron of the Smithfield tobacco market, and states that prices received here last year were better than usual. Mr. and Mrs. Coates have rear ed a fine family and present at the birthday celebration Friday were eight of their nine sons and daugh ters. They are as follows: Rev. Cadmus Coates, of Benson; Mr. Cyrus Coates, of Four Oaks; Mrs. Nellie Langdon and Mrs. Velma Woodall, of Pleasant Grove town ship; Misses Zilla, Vertle, Ethel and Fannie Coates, who live with their parents. A daughter, Mrs. Eva Roberts, of Pine Level, was sick and unable to be present. Aunt Roxie Opines By Me— A! Smith thinks he kin rock in tolerance in de cradle of tolera tion.