Use Want Ads it you have anything to Bell ■ ^ ant Ad will find you a buyer, quickly, cheaply. VOLUME 46—NO. 59 Sell Your Tobacco in Smithfield $2.00 YEAR—5c SINGLE COPY SHOT BY SON, IS NOW IN HOSPITAL -♦- *___ Cleve Norton Is Being Held Without Bond For Shooting His Father Following A Quarrel .. JJi 1 A warrant was issued Sunday against Cleve Norton of Elevation township, for assaulting his fath er, Zeb Norton, with a shot-gun Sunday about noon, and in default of a $10,000 bond the defendant was placed in jail pending the re sult of the wounds of his father, who is now in the Johnston Coun ty Hospital. It was reported here that Charles Wallace, in an intoxicated condi tion, went to the Norton home Sunday, and the older Norton or dered him to leave. Cleve Norton took the part of Wallace and a quarrel followed. After borrowing shells from a neighbor, young Norton shot his father, the load taking effect in Zeb Norton’s eyes, mouth and chest. He was brought to the local hospital where it was found that he was in a serious condition. Physicians yesterday were doubtful of his recovery. A warrant has been sworn out against Wallace, who was charg ed with being drunk and disorder ly, but he disappeared soon after the shooting and officers have not yet been able to apprehend him. A preliminary hearing will be; held in the office of Justice of the Peace J. H. Kirkman when the ex terft of Zeb Norton's injuries is known. In the meantime, Cleve Norton is now being held without bond. HELD FOR COURT ON CHARGE OF ASSAULT Four Oaks Man Said To Have ■ Struck Woman With Bot tie Crate. Reed Adams, Four Oaks white man, was bound over to Record er’s court here Friday, by Justice1 J. H. Kirkman, under a $300.00 bond, on charges of assault upon Mrs. Margaret Mills and Mtjs. Jerry Davis, both of Goldsboro. The alleged assault occurred dur ing the early hours of Monday, July 9, at Sidney Allen’s service station at Four Oaks, when the two women, en route to Fayette ville, stopped at the station for cold drinks. It is alleged that Adams, after making insulting remarks to the women, which were resented, struck them with a soft drink crate. Mrs. Mills, it is said, was , confined tin a Fayetteville hos pital several days as a result of . the attack. Both women appeared in Justice Kirkman’s court here on Friday against the defendant. They were represented by Attorney Fai son Thompson, of Goldsboro, while j Attorneys Loftin and Outlaw ap- ' peared for Adams. -+ Mrs. Cole Undergoes Operation. The friends of Mrs. Alice Y. Cole will be glad to learn that she is getting along nicely following an operation in the Davis Fisher Sanatorium at Atlanta, Ga. The operation was performed last Fri day, and it will probably be three weeks before Mrs. Cole will be able to return home. Teacher: “Surely you know what the word ‘mirror’ means, Tommy. After you’ve washed, what do you look at to see if your face is clean ?” Tommy: “The towel, sir.” 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. Frank Johnson recognized his name last issue. Today’* TanralTzer: neasonlhtywhaa Phantom Radio Man! smssi £31^ W Davidson, railroad tele graph operator of Reading, Pa., who has just discovered a means, to talk between two radio sets, over the carrier wave of a broad casting station. Davidson has mys-' nfied many by his -phantom radio’ ' baffling experts by broadcasting through his own loudspeaker. State And Nation News Paragraphs Clyde lluey To Open Demo cratic Campaign in Stale; Leaders Wish to Win Con trol in Congress The Democratic 1928 campaign will get under way this evening when Clyde K. Hoey will make an address in the Shelby courthouse, rhe opening speech, staged in the home town of the Democratic can Jidate for governor, O. Max Gard ner, and also the home town of the mew state chairman, O. M. Mull, is expected to draw one of the largest political gatherings in recent years. Shelby draws another honor in furnishing the new president of the North Carolina Press Associa tion. Mi-. Lee 13. Weathers, pub lisher of the Shelby Star, was the unanimous choice at the recent meeting held at Sedgefield Inn, near Greensboro. Mr. Weathers’s | paper is a thrice-a-week paper, but a daily is now under considera-! tion. Democratic leaders are making plans to wrest the control of Con- ! gross from the opposing party. J Thirty-five senatorial seats are at I stake in the November election, of which the Democrats hold twenty. Party leaders are hoping to pick up seats in some of the states where Republican senators are up for re-election. A fight will be made to upset a minority of thir ty-nine in the House. At the recent meeting of news paper editors and publishers, res olutions were passed endorsing the eight months school as a mini mum term, and endorsing the en actment of a modern election law which has the principle of the Aus tralian ballot. The resolutions passed with scarcely any discus sion, indicating that sentiment for these two moves among the North Carolina newspaper people is practically unanimous. About 200 persons, mostly chil dren, were stricken with food pois oning at a picnic on the Potomoc River last Friday. Fifty were rushed back to hospitals in Wash ington. A squad of physicians and nurses rushed to the scene of the picnic and gave first aid treatment to some 150 children left on the grounds. Barefoot Family Reunion. The annual family reunion of the descendants and friends of Miles, John and Noah Barefoot, deceased, will he held at the John Barefoot homestead place on Friday, Aug ust 3. All descendants and friends are invited to attend this reunion to carry well filled baskets and en joy the day together. N. G. BAREFOOT. There is no use to explain the budget system to a man who pays $3.00 for getting his car washed while his wife is doing the family I wash at home. Big Improvement In Tobacco Crop ♦ N. I.. Perkins Thinks Tips Will Sell Unusually Well— Must Keep Down Suckers and Insects Mr. N. L. Perkins, who is con nected with one of the tobacco warehouses here, is very optimis- j tic over the tobacco crop in John stun county this year. He believes a good crop will be made and that it will sell at an attractive price. ; After visiting many of the fields j in the county last week, Mr. Per- j kins says: “Tobacco continues to improve in 1 the fields and many have excep- : tionally fine lugs, though the ma- 1 jority of these will not be of as I good quality as last season. It j will be well for everyone to re- j member that primings should be ! taken from the barn in a dry state I and kept that way until they are I ready to be graded for market. “Insects of everyf descriptior have been unusually numerous this j year and every tobacco farmer should be making preparations now to poison the well known August worms, often jokingly referred to as “green hail." and truly I have known them to do more damage j than a hail storm. seems that tips will sell better than for the past several seasons. Keep them clear of suckers and j five them a chance and you will be greatly surprised when you put them on the market. It seems that Smithfield is to have the best year in its history as a tobacco market. Many good substantial far mers who have not patronized the Smithfield market for several years have assured me that they intend to sell their tobacco at home this year. They have learned that Smithfield is paying as much for tobacco as other markets in this belt and that it is an advantage :o them in many ways to patron ize their home market. “Let us all be thankful for this fact and do everything within our power to make them feel at home when they come here.” [)LD FOLKS 1)AV TO BE HELD AT MASSEY SCHOOL The annual Old Folks Day cel ebration will be held at Massey school next Friday, July 27. Many old-fashioned games and contests will be engaged in, and singing will be enjoyed during the day. The public is cordially invited to at tend, and everyone is asked to ?arry a well filled basket. This is expected to be a big day for the people of the Massey community. All who have moved away are cor dially invited to go back to spend the day and have a general good This does not mean that only old folks are invited to Massey’s Chapel every year on the last Friday in July, so if your age comes between one and a hundred you are included in this invitation. There will be something of in terest for everyone to do from the old fashioned games of round town, bull pen and leap frog to any games of interest to the younger set. Now get busy and brush some of the cobwebs from your brain and vie with your friends in the Spelling Bee that is essential to the fun of the day. But coming without a well filled basket would be like starting a long trip on the Ford with an empty gas tank. And remember this is the time and the place to shake hands with that friend you see but once a year, so pack up your troubles in the old tin trunk at home and lose the key on the way, and come prepar ed to get enough fun to last until next July. BAND TO (JIVE CONCERT AT COURTHOUSE ! A band composed of sixteen boys j ranging in age from ten to sixteen years from the Georgia Industrial Home, Macon, Ga., will be here on Tuesday evening to give a free concert at the courthouse at 8:30 o’clock. The Georgia Industrial Home, sometimes called the Mum ford Home, is a home for depend ent boys and girls. It is maintain ed entirely by voluntary contribu tions. No charge will be made for the concert Tuesday evening but a collection will be taken during the program. The public is cordially invited to attend the concert. By Arthur Brisbane THE CREATES!’ MAGNET— KOUKEEU.EK SEES KIND NESS WAR DOES NOT RAY STONE ACE MUMMIES— Mammoths, extinct thousands of years, have been found preserved, skin, hair, flesh, in Northern ice. Hoping that men of the Stone Age might be similarly preserved, an expedition was sent to look. On an island, far north in cold Alaska, scientists discovered at the ;op of an almost inaccessible cliff .he grave of an ancient Stone Age •hief. His coffin was lined with well ■ured skins of the sea otter. His ;hirt was of bird skins, his cloth ng made of the finest furs. A 'avorite child, a seamstress to sew ‘or him, a servant and hunter to ret. game for him, had been kill ’d and buried with hini to accom >any him on his death journey. This mummified family from the stone Age will enlighten scien ists. It interests us all, illustrat ng the unconquerable belief in a uture life so deeply planted in he human brain. Why was the belief put there if >nly to be disappointed? The French Government builds i gigantic magnet several thou^s ind times as powerful as.•'•Tiny milt thus far. It will be used in scientific ex periments in connection with the nolecula and atomic constuction »f matter, etc. The magnet even ually will be of great use in in lusty. Here the steel companies use nagnets picking up tons of steel •ails and loading them on cars, Iropping them down, lifting them ip, as a boy lifts tacks with his oy magnet. Man is an intelligent animal, iving on a gigantic combination lower wheel and magnet—the •arth. He constructs his own lit le power plant, builds his own ■lectric and magnetic power. In the north day before yester lay, man’s electric work felt an dectric storm, and an amazing au rora borealis, stretching all across die northern part of the continent. It* men could borrow and use the nexhaustible electric power of the .‘arth, they need not turn coal or .vaterfalls into electric current. John D. Rockefeller, beginning lis ninetieth year, said: “I never worry, and I am amazed at the tindness of people generally.” Eighty years ago, from his father’s cottage doorway, in the Catskill foothills, he watched his uncle drive off, to trade horses— and saw him come back with bet ter horses. Now his ships go out to every harbor of the world, his scientists are fighting disease in every part of the earth. And looking at his right hand, now wrinkled, he knows it has made gifts to educa tion and human progress totaling hundreds of millions. A good deal in one life time. Thomas W. Lamont, partner of J. P. Morgan, and an able citizen, tells business men they can be a distinct factor in preventing fu ture w'ars. They can and will be, for they have discovered that war, in the past often promoted by business, DOES NOT PAY. Another big war would mean not merely sixty per cent income tax but confiscation of principal, on t gigantic scale. Young men woulc not again consent to have theii bodies sent to war, unless th< rich man’s dollars also went. Wist business men will oppose wai and demand preparation for it. Officers Probe Death C. J. Hall l ind That the End Came Af ter Attack of Af-ute Indi gestion ( oroner J. H. Kirkman was call ed to Cleveland township Sunday afternoon to investigate the death "t Charlie J. Hall, who died after an acute illness at his home near Shiloh church, about live o’clock. According to reports reaching here, Mr. Hall, in company with a neighbor, Mr. Howard Barbour, had been away from home and he had just returned when death came suddenly. Coroner Kirkman was called and when there was sus picion that the dead man had drunk j poison wine, I)r. C. C. Massey, •ounty health officer, was summon-1 ed to make a post mortem exami nation. After an examination, Dr. Massey was of the opinion that death had come as a result of acute indigestion. Coroner Kirkman examined two witnesses, but the inquest will be completed in the coroner’s office in the courthouse here Saturday aft ernoon at three o’clock. Witnesses to be examined are: Howard Bar bour. Willie Denning, Fred Flow ers, Buck Lewis, Mrs. C. J. Hall, Mrs. L. D. Hall, Mrs. Annie Breed love, and Mrs. Ivey Breedlove. The coroner’s jury is composed of P. L. Wood, K. B. Hatcher, T. E. Suitt, L. C. Breedlove, Bud Stewart, and C. A. Williams. Mr. Hall was forty-one years of age. He leaves a wife and three children. The funeral was held yes terday afternoon and interment took place in the family cemetery in the Shiloh section. FORMER SMITH FIELD GIRL TAKES A TRIP Mrs. J. R. Edwards, of Auburn, Ala., nee Miss Mattie Hudson of this city, in communication with friends here tells of a recent trip which she and her husband, Rev. J. R. Edwards, have taken. They attended the Baptist World Alli ance at Toronto, Canada, after which they took a boat trip across Lake Ontario through the Thous and Islands, the Rapids of the ,St. Lawrence, and up the Saguenay River as far as St. Alphonse or Bagotville. A day and night were spent each at Montreal and Que bec, and a day at Plattsburg, N. V. The return trip was made across Lake Champlain and Lake George, and they took the boat from New York to .Savannah. Rev. and Mrs. Edwards have been living in Auburn, Ala., for several years where Mr. Edwards is pastor of the First Baptist church. Auburn is a college town, and members of the First Baptist church last Thursday laid the cor nerstone for a new church which is to cost $100,000. MR. TOM ALLEN DIES AT HOME NEAR FOUR OAKS Mr. Tom G. Allen died at his home about two miles south of Four Oaks last Thursday afternoon at four o’clock. Mr. Allen had been jin bad health for eight months and had been confined to his bed for two months before his death. He I was afflicted with heart dropsy. | Mr. Allen was seventy-four | | years of age. He was one of John-! ston county’s most successful far mers, never having to buy anything that could be grown on his farm. The funeral was held Friday aft ernoon conducted by Elder Xure Lee of Dunn and interment was made in the cemetery at Hannah’s Creek Primitive Baptist church. The grave was covered with beau tiful floral designs. The deceased is survived by a wife and seven children: Mrs. Lindsay Blackman, Mrs. Ed Allen, Mr. Rob Allen, of Four Oaks; Mrs. Albert Hall, of Benson; Mrs. J. A. Hobbs, of near Smithfield; Mrs. John Stewart and Mr. Darry Allen of Four Oaks. PURCHASES INTEREST IN' JOHNSTON CO. LAUNDRY Mr. Jesse H. Capps, who for two years has been with the City Dry Cleaning1 company, has purchased an interest in the Johnston County Laundry and will be associated with this business in the capacity of manager. This firm does all kinds of laundry work, also press ing and cleaning. Spend Week at Camp Hollow Rock Members oi the Johnston (’minty home demonstration clubs as they leave Smilhfield Tor week’s outing at Camp Hollow Rock near Durham. All report a very enjoyable trip. Monthly Report Of Hignway Commission Record of Operations F o i June Filed With Road Hoard By Superintendent Lodor The following report of opera tions during the month of June has been filed with the Johnston Coun ty Highway Commission by Mr. J. B. Lodor, superintendent of District No. 1. W. N. Holt. Commissioner. Culverts placed, 274 feet; bridges repaired, G; roads rebuilt, 11 7-12 miles; roads dragged 1143 miles; machine ditched 23G; hand ditch ed 145 yards; shoulders pulled, 213 miles; fill in place, 159 cubic District No. 2. L. Gilbert, Commissioner. Culverts placed 140 feet; bridges repaired, 20; roads rebuilt, 3¥> miles; roads built, 3 3-4 miles; reads dragged, 1180 miles; ma chine ditched, 1 mile; hand ditch ed, 100 yards; shoulders pulled, 3 miles; cutting right of way, 1045 yards; fill in place, 314 cubic yds.; bridges built, 10. District No. 3. S. E. Harbour, Commissioner. Clayed or graveled, 88 yards; bridges repaired, 2; roads dragged, 732 miles; machine ditched, 420 miles; hand ditched, 50 yards; shoulders pulled, 252 milesj cut ting right of way, 1000 yards. District No. 4. C. 1*. Harper, Commissioner. Clayed or graveled, 520 yards; clearing and grubbing, 55 yards; culverts placed, 358 feet; bridges repaired, 14 feet; roads rebuilt, 1314 miles; roads dragged, 1107 miles; machine ditched, 102 miles; hand ditched, 926 yards; shoulder. pulled, 89 miles; cutting right of way, 10,945 yards; fill in place 499 cubic yards. District No. 5. Dr. .1. C. Grady, Commissioner. Clayed or graveled, 175 yards: culverts placed, 218 feet; road? dragged, 1630 miles; machine ditched, 130 miles; hand ditched 5314 yards; shoulders pulled, 48( miles; cutting right of way, 152C yards; till in place, 297 cubic yards V IIIIMI IIIUUII I'Ullt V IIII.IVIO. Camp No. 4: Located in O’Neals township, working an average o' 12 prisoners, cleared or grubbec 1600 yards, placed 34 feet of cul verts, hand ditched 111 yards; cu 1650 yards of right of way, am put in 1505 cubic yards of fill. Camp No. 3: Located in Clay ton township, working an averag of 9 prisoners clayed or gravelei 200 yards; cleared and grubbe' 720 yards, placed 32 feet of cul verts; hand ditched 525 yards; cu 1030 yards of right of way, an put in 7446 cubic yards of fill. Camp No. 2: Located in Meat ow township, working an averag of 10 prisoners, clayed or grave ed 2450 yards, cleared and grul bed 1300 yards; dragged 2 mile: hand ditched 1476 yards, and pul ed 200 miles of shoulders. The bridge force, working coui ty-wide repaired 4 bridges, bui 6 (bridges, placed 544 feet of cu verts, hand ditched 30 yards, ar the rest of the month used painting bridges. Mrs. E. ]. Sasssr Dies At Home Here Passes Away After Long Illness of High Hlood Pres sure; Funeral Saturday Mrs. E. J. .Sasser died at her home here Friday about noon af ter a lingering illness. Mrs. Sas ser had suffered from high hlood pressure for months and more than a week ago she was taken criti cally ill. Little hope was held out for her recovery from the begin ning of her illness and her death was not unexpected. Before her marriage twenty-one years ago, Mrs. Sasser was Miss Ella Holland, of near Pikevillc, Wayne County. Mr. and Mrs. Sasser moved to Smithfield about hfteen years ago and have made many lasting friends since coming here. Mrs. Sasser was a true ..vwi ...a. _ w-i . was forty-one years of age. The funeral was held at the home Saturday afternoon at four o’clock, conducted by Rev. 1). E. Earnhardt.! and Rev. D. H. Tuttle of the Methodist church, and in terment took {dace in the city cem etery. A large crowd was in at tendance at the funeral and burial, and the floral offering was unus ually beautiful. The pall bearers were Messrs: S. 1). Jones, W. S. ■ 'Smith, T. 0. Young, W. S. Rags ! dale, G. R. Langston, J. II. Hin nant, X. T. Hailey, II. V. Rose, M. B. Strickland and \V. T. Holland. Among those trom out of town i to attend the funeral were: Mr. Leon Edwards, of Raleigh; Mr. ! Dave Holland and family, of near ■ Goldsboro; Mr. and Mrs. John Haws, of Pikcville; Mr. and Mrs. \Y. W. Rose, Mr. W. II. Sasser ; and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. \Y. Sasser, of near Kenly; Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Sasser of near Pre mium; Mrs. Marti Bass and Mr. John Cuddington, of Hickory X | Road-; Judge of Mrs. W. P. Ay cock of Selina; Dr. F. M. Aycock, if Princeton; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brown of Benson; Mr. \V. CL Rowe | md daughter, Ruth, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Raines, Mrs. Malton Baker, Mrs. Dalton Baker and Mrs. Gil bert Rowe, of near Princeton, ! Mrs. Pearl Holland and Mr. Zeno Dixon of Nahunta. Surviving are a husband, a sis I ter, Mrs. John Hales, of Pikevillt", I and a brother, Mr. Dave Holland, WILL CONTINUE TYPHOID DIPHTHERIA V ACC IN ATION Dr. C. C. Massey, county health ollicer, in the interest of having a complete anti-ty phoid and diphtheria campaign as possible, has decided to con tinue the vaccinations on Sat ' urday afternoons during July 1 and August. With the excep tion of the Saturday afternoon t schedule there are only two i more points to he covered in the campaign. The vaccine will be giiven at Thanksgiving e school Thursday, July 26 at 4 p. m., and at Corinth-Holders school Friday, the 27th, at the ; same hour. Reunion of Adams Family. - A family reunion will be hel t at the home of V. H. Adams nea I- Peacock’s Cross Roads on Satur d day, August 18. Everybody is in n vited to attend and carry well fill ed baskets. Bible Class Enjoys Picnic At Holt Lake -♦ I Many Other Social Events Take Place In Henson, Sev ' eral In Honor of Guests j BENSON, July 23.—The Men’s i Bible class of the Methodist Sun ! day school gave a barbecue supper at Holt Lake Friday evening in I compliment to the Indies Bible class. There were about 100 pres 1 ent. I The Presbyterian Sunday school ! held its annual picnic at Holt Lake | this week. j Mrs. W. M. Smith was hostess to the Entre Nous club Friday aft ernoon from four to six. A variety of summer flowers were used with pink and green predominating. In. two attractive contests Mesdames J. F. Woodall and John Turlington won the prizes. In a voting con test for the most attractive per son present, Mrs. Hiram Rose and Mrs. Lawrence Parrish tied. Miss Maud Johnson sang a solo, accom panied by Mrs. W. R. Strickland at the piano. Mrs. W. T. Martin gave a couple of readings. The hostess served an ice course in pink and green, the club colors. Mints in the shape of a rose, the club flower, were passed. Punch was served during the afternoon. The out of town guests included Mes dames Paul Starling, of Fayette ville; Busbee and Pope, of Dunn; Howard Weinges, of Raleigh. There were about forty guests Mrs. Howard Parrish entertain ed again Thursday morning with a porch party. On this occasion heart’s dice was played at three tables. Miniature fans were used as score cards. Lovely refresh ments consisting of chicken salad pickles, assorted sandwiches, iced tea, mints, followed by an ice course were served. Sachets were given as favors. The out of town guests were Mrs. P. H. Kime, of Raleigh, the guest of Mrs. John Parrish, and Mrs. Lawrence Creech of Norfolk, Va., the guest of Mrs. L. L. Levinson. Misses Edna Langdon and Clyde Hockaday entertained several of their friends at a picnic and swim ming party at Holt Lake Friday afternoon. Misses Lily Canaday and Sarah Turlington entertained their Sun day school classes recently at a picnic in the grove on South Main street. Games and story-telling were enjoyed after which a delici ous meal was spread. Miss Clara Woodall was hostess to the Twentieth Century club and a number of invited guests on Thursday evening from 8 to 11 Six tables were arranged for bridge amid profuse decorations of va rious colored garden flowers. Upon arrival the guests were presented colorful caps as favors. Mrs. Roy Smith was awarded high "scOTe prize, a boudoir pillow. Mr. Roy Smith received the gentlemen’s high score prize, a smoking set. The second high score prize for ladies went to Mrs. William Wood all, a sachet. Dr. A. S. Duncan won the second prize for the men, a tie. Chicken salad, potato chips, pickles, sandwiches, iced tea, home made cake and punch were serv ed during the evening. The out of town guests were Misses Sarah and Mary Turlington, of Moores | ville; Messrs. Larry Wood, of Smithfield, and Bill Turlington, of Clinton. Mrs. Howard Parrish entertain ed recently with two tables of TURN TO BACK PAGE, PLEASE Aunt Roxie Opines By Me— “Fokes usta look down on sun burn. Now dey looks up to it.”