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Established 1882 Use Want Ads If you have anythin* to aell ft Want Ad will find you a buyer, quickly, cheaply. Sell Your Tobacco in Smithfield VOLUME 46—NO. 61 * * SMITHFIELI). N. t'.. TUESDAY MORNING. JULY U. 1928 * $2.00 YEAR—5c SINGLE COPY By Arthur Brisbane ,)/ VANISHED BUG ABOO SOME REAL CALVINISTS— JAILERS AN1) CRIMINALS— THE TALKING MOVIES— Dread of big business fades. Ras kob, financial head of the four bil lion dollar General Motors Com pany, is Democratic National Chairman. Owen D. Young, chair man of the Board of the General Electric Company, one of the big gest corporations in America, is asked to run for Governor by Dem ocrats in New York. William Jennings Bryan, where he dwells in bliss, doubtless shud ders at all this. But these are prac tical days; big business is practi cal, and it is well to recognize things as they are. Some Calvinists, it seems, are 5|H11 Calvinists like old John. Queen wUhelmina, of Holland, will not attend the Olympic games. Calvin ists in Holland are urged to stay away from what stern preachers call “a carnival of the flesh.” Dutch Calvinists say the Olym pic games turn men away from Golgotha to Greco-Roman pagan A majority of human beings have abandoned the John Calvin theory, which included the burning alive of Dr. Servetus on slight provo cation, believing that the good Lord wants people to enjoy them selves occasionally. Crime organization seems to reach almost everywhere. One Sun day morning two dangerous man killing gunmen escaped from Sing Sing Prison. The same morning two Sing Sing Prison guards were arrested, accused of blackmailing motorists on the highway. No wonder prisoners escape, .jrhen the jailers by night are high way blackmailers by day. A fine ex ample to the prisoners, in ‘’reform ing prison atmosphere. Jeritza will talk and sing in a “talking movie.” “These Talkies” make a good start with this ar tist. The singer will get $10,000 a week or more. And while she rests the film will go on singing, mil lions hearing it. Wonderful inven tion, time and labor saving. Dr. Ira S. Wile says the popu lation is “growing older.” It lives longer, the birth rate is lower. But old people, he says, are no longer proud of their age and little rev erence is paid it. Today the num ber of those past fifty is fifty per cent greater than in 1S70. Age is nothing to be proud of. Since we grow’ old in spite of our selves. But to be hard at work when you are old, and KPMCI ENTLY at work, is something. Young ladies that “don’t seem to get any proposals" will marvel *on hearing that our Peggy Joyce is about to be married again. This will be her fifth husbanc and her second nobleman. Onci Miss Joyce was the Countess Gosta Moerner, but she gave tha up. The Commoners had “goot money.” Happy No. 5, if every TURN TO PAGE .r>, PLEASE Tantalizer There are exactly enough let ters in the line below to spell the name of a person in Smith field or Johnston county, and if the right one deciphers his name and will present it to the Herald office, we will present him with a free ticket to the Victory Theatre. Tickets must be called for before the follow ing issue. Charles Richard Royall re cognized his name last issue. Today** TantalTzer: anelrmancighennoba Continues Story Of Trip To Canada Kev. S. L. Morgan Tells ol‘ Motor Trip Through North ern States to Niagara Falls (111 Our Journey To Niagara) By S. L. MORGAN Alter Philadelphia our next stop ol importance was Princeton, fam ous lor its university and for hav ing been the home of such im mortals as Grover Cleveland and \\ oodrovv Wilson. We had a look about the beautiful grounds and buildings. Information received a1 re led us to change our course northward, and we took highway number 1(5 to Somerville, memora ble for the largest strawberries I -ver saw. They seemed to grow abundantly in the vicinity. We ■ bought two quarts for dinner—for 25c. By the end of the next day in our journey north the straw jerry season was only beginning, nid the price was more than iouble. We inquired at several places, but could never afford the price 25c to 35c a quart. This introduces one of the marvels of :he journey—the wonderful vari ety of climate in our vast country. I left corn in my garden nearly is high as my head. From New York on northward the cornfields were uniformly from two to six inches high. In North Carolina and Virginia we saw farmers cutting wheat. In New York and Canada ‘he wheat, had only lately headed, with not the slightest sign of rip j r roii) Somerville our course was lorthwest through Clinton. N. J.. ■vhere the landscape becomes de cidedly hilly. Soon we were going hrough low mountain ranges, in ; he vicinity of Washington and ! Oxford. Soon afterwards we reach - I d the Delaware River, which al j -*eady is a great, noble river, but ■vill be much enlarged before •caching Philadelphia. For many niles our highway lay along this iver amid the grandest mountain -.cener.v, often the sheer cliffs ris ng above us. Far in the distance i is one approaches it he sees the ofty range of the Kittantinny Mountains cut sharply in two, and 1 s delighted as lie drives on to ind that he is following the noble iver into the-great gap in the j mountain. What he sees before him s the noted “Delaware Water .lap,” and the scenery as you pass hrough the gap is some of the inest I have seen on the conti lent. .Not tar beyond it we came i ate in the day to the splendid lit- j .le city of Stroudsburg, just a lit-] le way over the New Jersey line n Pennsylvania. I must pause to I •ay a tribute to this city for a un- 1 »jue idea in its provision for the ' •umfort and convenience of the 'teat traveling public. These articles are hardly worth while unless they have an educa tional value, and unless the data riven suggests lessons for our >wn community. How many have noticed that on each of the great highways in Smithfield may be read the sign “Ladies Rest Room”? All the community owes a debt of grat tude to the filling stations that have generously made this provis :on for the comfort of the thous inds who pass through our county ieat. It gives the community a rood advertisement. It costs a city >r town so little to buy the good will and the grateful memory of those who pass through it! It pays i community to invest something for the convenience and comfort of the thousands who pass along our highways annually. In fact the rest room is a great new in stitution brought into being by the needs of the vast multitudes who are always moving along our high ways. Nearly all of them are the free contribution offered by the best filling stations to the travel ing public. The best rest rooms are a delight to the wayfarer, with running water for drinking or bathing, a clean lavatory, soap und towels—now and then clean linen towels, and a mirror even for me. Only one in all our travels suggested pay for all this. Pres cott, Canada, met you at the door with a curt, “Pay here.” It is sin j gular how pleasant and grateful i the memory carried by each of u of Stroudsburg and other places I TURN TO PACE 5, PLEASE i I___ Tree Eats Oysters Melville Clark of Syracuse, N. Y., feeds his sand tree a month ly ration of clams and oysters. It may sound fishy, hut it's said that the tree derives its jiiain susten ance from, devouring sea food. Farm Meeting Is Though :!0(> Below The Reg istration of Last Year. More Than 1000 Attend Raleigh, July ISO.—Despite a lower attendance than in previous years, tile 26th an nual State Farmer’s and Farm Women’s convention held at state College during the week of July 2d was a great sue ■ess. Total registration for rooms was about 300 below that for last summer due largely to delayed crops, the tobacco harvest a n d low prices for early truck crops in eastern Carolina. However, on Thursday, a few over 1000 persons had registered and hundreds of others had driven in for some part >f the program and did not desire rooms. The men were greatly outnumbered by the rural women, many of whom left their husbands it home with the crops and child ren, so that advantage might be taken of the annual short course for farm women which was a part of the convention exercises this In fact, some of the main feat ures of the program were arrang 'd for the ladies. Five were hon >red with the title of Master Farm Homemaker. These were Mrs. J. F. Corriher, of China drove; Mrs. YV. B. Lamb, Garland; Mrs. A. R. Poyner, Moyock; Mrs. \\\ T. Whitsett, Whitsett and Mrs. W. D. Graham, Ml. Ulla. Four ithers were awarded certificates for having attended four short courses. These were Mrs. Henry Middleton of Warsaw; Mrs. S. B. Nash, Franklinton; Mrs. Martha lackson. Cooper and Mrs. C. M. Rhodes, Zebulon. Excellent programs were provid 'd in each of the sectional meet ings. The general meetings held •ach day at eleven o’clock carried -lie principal addresses of the con trition. Questions pertaining to di phases of farm life were dis cussed from feeding children to forming state organizations ol' farmers. The program was al so featured by the larger number j >f practical farmers and farm wo men having part in the proceed .ngs than in past years. .MKS. W. W. GORDON PASSES AWAY AT LOCAL HOSPITAL Mrs. Blanche B. Gordon, wife of Mr. \Y. W. Gordon, of Smithfield, route 1, died in the Johnston County Hospital Saturday after noon at 5:15 o’clock following an illness of about eight weeks. Mrs. Gordon was born in Wake county on May 10, 1803, and was thirty five years, two months and 18 days old. The funeral was held Sunda> afternoon at two o'clock at Under wood’s Undertaking shop, conduct ed by Rev. S. L. Morgan, pastor ol the Baptist church, and interment took place in Oakland cemetery The pallbearers were Messrs. F L. Pittman, Paul Gardner, Ira Og burn, Lee Ogburn, M. A. Wallace and Milton Ogburn. The deceased leaves a husbani and four small children, three son: and a daughter. Want High School In Pleasant Grove Citizens Met Here Saturday to Study School Situation; Expect to Call Election About twenty men and women from Pleasant Grove township who are interested in better school facilities for Pleasant Grove town ship met in the courthouse Satur day afternoon for the purpose of taking an inventory of the schools which are now located in Pleasant Grove, and for the purpose of lay ing- plans to get better schools. A map of tne county was studied and it was the concensus of opinion that somewhere near Johnson’s Cross Hoads, would be the proper place to locate one large school in stead of two schools, as had pre viously been discussed by some of * he citizens. most* present were assured that the hoard of-education is ready to request the county board of com missioners to call an election when ever the citizens of Pleasant Grove want this. However, the actual signing’ of the petition requesting an election was deferred until Thursday. August 2. at which time a meeting of all those interested will he held at the home of Mr. M. B. Pleasant in Pleasant Grove township. The meeting will be held at live o’clock. Those present Saturday felt that they should not sign a petition until they had talk el with more people in the town ship. It was agreed by all that if one school is built in the township it will become an accredited high school within from two to four years, whereas if two schools are built an accredited high school will be delayed longer. Those here Saturday afternoon in the interest of this proposition were as follows: H. M. Parrish. Mrs. II. M. Parrish, G. W. Lee, Mrs. G. W. Lee, Victor Penny, Mrs. Victor Penny, Leonard John son, I). N. Ennis, R. M. Pleasant, \Y. II. Jones, C. M. Ogburn. J. L. Oghurn. L. T. Ogburn, J. H. Og burn, .1. L. Johnson, Jr., B. J. Beasley, Claude Stephenson, Fred Honeycutt, 1). F. Lee, Miss Ruby Lee, .J. Clarence Hardee and Mrs. J. Clarence Hardee. Mistaken Shooting. Alkali Ike: “What happened to the tenderfoot stranger wot was here last month?” Texas Pete: "Poor feller. The second morning he wuz here, he wuz brushing his teeth with some of that foamy tooth paste, and one of the boys thought he had hy dropheby and shot him.” Mrs. Davis Returns Home. Mrs. Joe Davis has returned home after an absence of several weeks. While away she took a mo tor through thirteen states, the furtherest point west being Chi cago. She also went to Canada and Niagara Falls. The return trip was made through the Shenandoah Valley. Heads Lions BENJAMIN a. RUFFIN Mr. Ruffin was elected Presi dent of the Internation Associa tion of Lions Clubs at the last session of the twelfth annual con vention of the Association held ir l)es Moines, lowa, July 10-13 1028. Mr. Ruffin was born ant raised in Richmond, Virginia which has always been his home APPRECIATES COURTESIES OF SMITH FIELD ; “Honorable Mayor, j “Smithfield, C. “Dear Sir: “Me wish to thank you and the people of Smithfield for the wonderful reception accorded the motorcade on its recent visit to your good city. Every member of the motorcade has expressed their appreciation of the wonderful receptions ten dered by you and your good people and of the cold drinks, cijjars and souvenir:; :".t cheer fully furnislud them. “We hope that in the motor cade ot next year we will foe able to spend more time with you and learn to know you bet ter than we do now. We feel that we have missed many of the good things of life by not having known you as well in the past as we do at present. "Hoping that all the people of your county will be down here for our celebration, and assuring you that they will each and everyone have the biggest time of their lives, we beg to remain "Very truly yours, “ I he Feast of Pirates, Inc. “I>y M’Kean Mattitt, Sec.” Vesper Service Largely Attended Dr. B. |{. Lacy Preaches Im pressive Sermon on Court house Lawn Sunday Af ternoon The vesper service held on the courthouse lawn late Sunday aft ernoon was largely attended, and the earnest message delivered by Dr. B. . Lacy, Jr., president of Union Theological Seminary, Rich mond, made a deep impression upcn the assembled worshipers. At the beginning of the sermon, Dr. Lacy expressed his pleasure at being in the meeting, stating that the two counties holding first place in his affections are Wake and Johnston. He- was born and reared in Wake, his first work as a minister was done in Wake and Johnston counties. He also spoke of this vesper service as reminiscent of similar i -rvices held in Atlanta during the summer months of the seven years he was pastor of Central Presbyterian church in that city, and said it gave him peculiar pleas ure to participate in a service in which Christians of all denomina tions took part. After a scripture reading from the first verses of the fourteenth chapter of St. John, he announc ed his text as Job 14:14—“If a man die, shall he live again?” Dr. Lacy said that from time imme morial the universal mind of man has been groping after the eternal. This a universal question, one of interest to every person, regardless of race or nationality. By illustra tions and quotations which he wove into a beautiful sermon he led up to the answer to this question—“If a man believe in Jesus Christ, he shall live again.” The opening prayer was offered by Rev. D. H. Tuttle, and Rev. S. L. Morgan pronounced the bene diction. The singing was led by Rev. Chester Alexander, and a number of old familiar hymns add ed to the effectiveness of the serv Keveral from out of town were here to attend the first vesper service to be held here this sum mer. It is expected that others will he held later. NORTON HEARING TO BE HELD THIS AFTERNOON | Owing to the inability of Mr. | Zi*b Norton, who had his eye re moved last week, to attend trial Saturday afternoon, the case against his son, Cleve Norton, who shot him, was postponed until to day at two o’clock; also the case <>t Dock Wallace who was impli cated in the affair. Both these cases will be heard in Mr. Kirkman’s office this afternoon at two o’clock. Mr. and Mrs. Edgerton Go North. Kenly, July 30.—Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Edgerton have gone north tc purchase fall goods for Edgerton and Bros. Two Hurt In Auto Accident Here -+ Stanley Hunter And Dixon Henry Injuried Though Not Seriously When Roadster Crashes Into Coupe On River Bridge. An automobile accident that put two persons in the Johnston Coun ty Hospital took place here Friday night about nine o’clock on the Neuse River bridge. The injured persons were Stanley Hunter, son of Mr. and Mrs. V. V. Hunter, and Dixon Henry, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Henry, but both of the pa tients were able to leave the hos pital Sunday afternoon. Young Hunter and Henry were riding in a coupe with Atlas Johnson and \\ alter Sellers, having started across the river. The coupe was struck by a roadster driven by John Battle Robertson, of Clayton, Robertson, who was also going west, crashing into the rear of the coupe. Both cars were almost to tally wrecked, glass being scatter ed for quite a distance. Mayor J. D. Underwood was an eye-witness to the scene, and car ried the two injured boys in his car to the hospital. Johnson and Sellers, the other two occupants of the car, escaped injury. It is said that young Robertson was travel ing at a high rate of speed, and warrants have been sworn out charging with fast and reckless driving, exceeding the speed limit, and assault. CAR STOLEN AT OAKLAND CHURCH Mr. Alfred Taylor had the mis fortune to have his automobile stolen Sunday night. Mr. Taylor went to Oakland Presbyterian church and during the service his car disappeared. Methodist Prayer Meeting Conducted by the pastor. Sub ject “The Lord’s Prayer." 1. How many Old Testament quotations in this prayer? 2. When could you consider this prayer answered? Spends Sunday at Morehead City. Messrs. Norman Grantham, Fred Adams. Hugh Ragsdale, Willard Lawrence and Thel Hooks spent Sunday at Morehead City. How to Be Your Own Ancestor ..A man in a letter to the Har rodsburg Herald claims he is his own grandfather. His letter says: "I married a widow with a grown daughter. My father, a widower, married my stepdaughter, thus be coming my son-in-law and his wife, formerly my stepdaughter, became my stepmother also. My wife also became my grandmother, for she was the mother of my stepmother and as the husband of any one’s grandmother is called granddad. 1 must be my own grandfather”.— Lexington (Ky.) paper. Out of Range. An old negro who was with the army in France was beating it for the back areas as fast as he could go when he was stopped by a white officer. “Don’t delay me, suh," said the negro. “I’se gotta be on my way.” “Boy,” replied the officer, “do you know who I am? I'm a general.” “Go on, white man, you ain’t no “I certainly am,” insisted the of ficer, angrily. “Lordy!” exclaimed the negro taking a second look. “You sure is! I musta been traveling some, 'cause I didn’t think I’d got back that far yit.”—Exchange. A Gentle Hint. The advertisement offered for fifty cents a recipe by which to whiten the hands and soften them. Girls who sent the money received the following directions: “Soak the hands three times a day in dish water while mothei Funny Ain’t It? “So you do a good deed everj day?” asked an old lady of th< : youngest scout. “Yes, ma’am,” he answered earn | estly. “Yesterday I visited my aun in the country and she was ver; glad. Today I came bacflNiome, an< | she was very glad again.” Husbands Beware! Countess Joanne La Mar is the rlf-styled woman's boxing chain lion of the world and is at Los Kngeles giving a series of exhibi ions to stimulate boxing amongst /omen Husbands beware! Plain Talk By Local Minister Rev. i>. E. Earnhardt Tells| Methodist Congregation Conditions in Smithlield Should He Changed "If you people," declared Rev. I). K. Karnhardt, pastor of the Methodist church here, in his ser mon Sunday morning, “are look ing for a preacher that will side step or soft-pedal moral issues, you had better order you one from Sears Roebuck and company. I am not that kind.” This statement was made at tue conclusion of a sermon which the minister had preached from the text: “With what measure ye mete, ! it shall be measured to you again.” With unusual force, the preached ; delivered his message, some of his < statements concerning local condi tions, being exceedingly frank. He hurled his anathemos against the liquor traffic exhibiting the cour age. that comes of having facts in his possession, and he sounded a note‘of warning that if local forces could not clean things up, he would call for the aid of Federal officers. Whiskey he denounced as the de stroyer of the home, the destroyer of the soul. He stated that John ston county courts are burdened with violators of the prohibition law. He stated that to his knowl edge whiskey was being bought and sold in Smithfield, that he could | l call names, and that while hereto-j fore he had spent his energies in j trying to get folks converted, he j was in future going a little further and report the violations that come to his knowledge. j The whiskey habit, if handed down from one generation to an- | 1 other virtually becomes a disease, ; and the victims, said the speaker, i ire unable to withstand the tem i ptations thrown in their way by j • hose liquor joints. ; The minister, always fearless in j j dealing with moral issues, was at j I his best Sunday, and many of his ! hearers have been commenting favorably upon this discourse. MRS. RASKOB WORKS FARM; HUSBAND STEERS DEMO. CENTREVILLE, Md., July 30.— While John J. Raskob is arranging to conduct Governor Smith’s pres idential campaign, his wife, an Eastern Shore Maryland woman and mother of thirteen children, has come back to old Queen Anne’s county to a country place which she is developing out of two worn out farms. With Theodore P. Haughey, John W. Chambers and Charles B. Ba ker, Mrs. Raskob entered into what was an experiment several years ago, but is now a definite indus try here, the raising of flax. After several years of experi menting they have their first real crop this season, 101 acres of what George Lowry, Irish flax au thority, terms “the finest flax he ever saw.” The problem now, they say, is to convince the cotton farmers and the textile manufacturers, wh< . have millions of dollars invested it land, machinery and equipment l that the growing of flax will no jeopardize their interests. Annual Meeting Of Cotton Warehouse .1. W Stephenson Re-elected President; W. R. Woodail, Warehouse Manager; Re duce Number Directors At the annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the Far mers Cotton Warehouse, Inc., held Friday afternoon in the commis sioners room of the courthouse, J. VV. Stephenson was re-elected as president and treasurer; R. C. Gil lett, vice-president; R. P. Holding, secretary, and W. Ryal Woodall, warehouse manager. The board decided to hold month ly meetings at least during the busy season, and beginning with September the meetings will be held on the third Monday night of each month through February, the secretary to give due notifica tion of the meeting. Immediately prior to the meet ing of the board of directors, the stockholders of the warehouse met. W. R. Woodall and J. E. Woodall were chosen judges of elections and it was found that 151 shares of stock were represented in person and 86 by proxy, making a total of 237. The minutes of the meet ing of July 22, 11)27 were read and approved. New by-laws were adopt ed providing for not less than seven members on the board of di rectors nor more than fifteen. Here' tol’ore there have been eighteen members of this board and it has been hard to have a quorum at the meetings. The presiding officer named a committee to nominate a board of directors, and the following report which was adopted was brought in: R. C. Gillett, R. P. Holding, J. Rufus Creech, R. A. Sanders, W. H. Flowers, J. D. Underwood and J. W. Stephenson. The stockholders heard the re port of the warehouse manager W. Ryal Woodall, for the year end ing June 30, 1928. His report was as follows: Bales on hand July 1, Asso. Non. Asso. 1927_492 Bales received during year.. 1,388 _ 4,711 Delivered during year __ 1,388 _ 5,203 Delivered during year __ 1,279 _ 4,075 Bales on hand June 30, 1928 109 _1,128 Average number days each bale remained in ware house __94 _ 109 R. P. Holding, secretary also made his report which was ap proved. This report showed that the storage collections for the year just ended totaled $8,355.74. The profits for the year amounted to approximately $1700, and ob ligations of the warehouse were reduced during the year in the amount of $1200. It was brought out during the discussion of the reports that it is an advantage to store cotton in the warehouse here, since the cot ton does not lose its identity. Mill men having cotton shipped from this warehouse know that it is Johnston county cotton, which they are getting. An effort will be made during the coming year to interest more farmers in patroniz ing the local warehouse. -<» The man who has no faith in hu man nature is not to be trusted. Aunt Roxie Opine* By Me— De Smithfield terb&eker markit doan’ need eny operashun ‘e#pt cooperashun.