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Sell Your Tobacco in Smithfield mm&m VOLUME 46—NO. 62 SMITH FI ELI). N. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST :!. 1928 $2.00 YEAR—5c SINGLE COPY Heavy Docket In Recorder’s Court Large Number of Criminal Cases Tried in Local Court This Week The following criminal cases ■4ere disposed of in Recorder’s court on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. The state took a nol pros with leave against E. It. Hudson, charg ed with false pretense; E. II. Hud son, charged with giving worthless check; Isaac Ray, charged with vi olation of the prohibition law; M. r. Sullivan, disposing of mortgag ed property; and Hillard Jernigan, violating the prohibition law. Clara Jernigan was in couct charged with vagrancy. She was found guilty and committed to the care and custody of Mrs. D, J. j Thurston, county welfare officer. | The county is to pay the cost of [ I the action. IO. b. Bizzell entered a plea of guilty to a warrant charging giv ing worthless check. Prayer for I judgment is to be continued upon the payment of the cost. Leon Johnson and Pals,ton Stc niicnson were cnarged with larceny |of^ears of corn. Nol pros as to Stephenson. Leon Johnson being under sixteen years of age the case was remanded to the Juvenile court. Lester Pace pled guilty to al lowing stock to run at large. Pray er for judgment was continued upon condition that he does not al low his stock to run at large again | in two years and that he pay the Prayer for judgment was con ; tinued upon the payment of the | cost in the case aginast B. B. Wal i lace, charged with giving a worth I less check. I Mordica Pearce, age 33, a white farmer, pled guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. A six months road sentence was sus pended upon condition that the de fendant does not operate a motor vehicle again’ in North Carolina during the next six months, and that he does not drink any intoxi cant, possess or transport, or in any way violate the prohibition law during the next two years, and on -further condition that he pay a fine of $50 and the cost. P. W. Grimes and Y. I. Lee were found guilty of assault wit| dead ly weapon. Prayer for judgment was continued upon the payment of half the cost each. They gave notice of appeal and were bound over to Superior court' under $100 bond each. Isaac Ray, charged with violating the prohibition law, was called and failed. Judgment ni si sci la. J. S. Stephenson, 21, a white farmer, was convicted of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. A four months road sentence w'as suspended upon condition that the defendant does not operate a mo tor vehicle again in North (. aro lina during the next 90 days; and j that the defendant does not violate the prohibition law in any form j or manner whatsoever either by J possessing, drinking, transporting, j or in any way during the next two years, and that the defendant pay a fine of $50 and the cost. J. U. Edwards, charged with giving worthless check, was called and failed. Capias to issue. Capias is to issue for W. A. Powell, who was called and failed. J. Willie Parrish, 28, a white farmer, J. T. Parrish and.Hoy Mc Lamb were charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. J. Willie Parrish pled guilty. J. T. Parrish and Me Lamb were charged with possession and both TURN TO PAGE SEVEN 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 Miss Annie Blanche Morgan deciphered her name. Todar*» Tantalizer: wilbhnrsnoujo _? Tolilual Babes In The IToods —- - - —- By Albert T Held U :& s ■ 6C''J I «!?Ljr ^ \ < m Vacation Schools In Kenly Churches Certificates Awarded To 2) At Close of School; Misses I tare lay and Holton In Charge KK.N'LY, Aug. 2.—Tlu* Daily Va* •aiton Bible Schools conducted in he Kenly group of churches this rear were unusually successful. I’he schools at Center Ridge and Spring Hill were supervised by Misses Julia Barclay and Frances Underwood. At Kenly, Misses Bar clay and Fmelyn Ho'uon were in charge. The instructors are all graduates of the General Assem bly’s Training School” at Rich mond, Va. They are employed by Granville Presbytery. This work was made lighter and more effec tive by the assistance of several high school and college students who are home for vacation. One of the best features of the work was the beautiful way in which they entertained. The enter tainment committees at all the churches did splendid work and the young ladies spoke in highest terms of the hospitality of the Johnston county people. They found the kind of welcome that only comes from a grateful heart. The enrollment at Kenly was •!."> and 23 received certificates. The certificates were given for regular attendance. The commencement ex erases I* nday evening shower something of what was accomplish ed during the two weeks. One ol the outstanding features was i pageant representing the Kgyptiar Princess finding the habv Moses nr the banks of the Nile. Bible drill: and songs were also given ami tin handwork was exhibited. At tin close of the service, Testament: were presented to all who ha< earned certificates. Daily Vacation Bible school worl is no longer an experiment. Th 1). V. B. S. is being given the sup port which it, as an educations institution, rightly deserves. Th children find it, not only an ex eel lent way to spend the long sun nier days profitably but also a wa to become better acquainted wit the Bible and to prepare for Chris tian citizenship. The people r Kenly and the surrounding con munities consider themselves foi tunate in having had those school They express their gratitude 1 Granville Presbytery and tho> who conducted the schools. Presbyterian Services. Preaching next Sunday mornir only at eleven o’clock. Sundi school at 9:50 o’clock. Public co dially invited. Benson Kiwanians And Meadow Clubs (iet-to-gcther Meeting of til and Kural Organizations Featured by Address of Koy Thomas BENSON, Route 2, Aug. 1.—The ' Benson Kiwanians at their regu lar luncheon last Thursday were hosts to the Meadow girls and beys 1 11 clubs. The parents of each club member were also invited. Members of the visiting clubs were 1 appropriately welcomed by the song—“How Do You I)o, Benson K i wanians ? ” Immediately after the welcome, i a picnic supper was served on the j Meadow school campus, which was enjoyed by everyone present. •J. B. Slack, farm demonstration agent, had charge of the meeting. Several familiar club songs were given by the girls and boys at the opening of the program. Mr. \V. V. Blackman of this community made the welcome address to the Ki wanians. Kiwanian C. C. Canaday made the reply. Mr. J. Paul Shaw, agriculture instructor of Benson, introduced the speaker of the eve ning, Roy Thomas, state superin tendent of vocational agriculture. Mr. Thomas made a very interest ing talk on “What Vocational Ag riculture Is.” lie stressed the im portance of having an agricultural department in each high school. Certainly with the enthusiasm evidenced in Thursday’s meeting, the local farmers and Benson Ki wanians are going to work to gether because their interests are the same. Farming is the tiling that is most interesting to us at With Miss Minnie Lee Garrison, home demonstration agent, as lead er of the girls and Mr. J. B. Slack, farm demonstration agent, as ‘ leader of the boys the meeting I was very nicely arranged and ear; To Celebrate Birthday Sunday. On account of my 53rd birthdaj /land in memory thereof, my friend: i ; and neighbors are invited to conn - to my home on Sunday, August 5 f and bring their dinner with them - Let’s spend the day together an< _ have a good time.—J. Q. Baker. o Visitors To Wilmington Beach. e Visitors from Kenly to th j Breakers Hotel. Wilmington Bead' | for a few days last week were I M rs. J. F. Hill and son, Fredei g ick, Mrs. W. H. Pierce and sor y ‘ Glenn, Clement Grumpier, Messrs ■- Norwood Woodard, Cleon Wood i ard and Bennie Jones. I Raleigh Dentist Kiwanis Speaker Dr. Branch Talks on Teel! 1 ormation and I'ses Slides To Illustrate; Dr. White head In Charge Program Tile Kiwani.s luncheon yesterday was featured by an illustrated talk made by Dr. E. A. Branch, dentist of Raleigh. The meeting was held in the Methodist church dining room, one of the missionary cir cles serving the delicious menu. Dr. J. \Y. Whitehead, who had charge of the program, introduced Dr. Branch as an outstanding man in his profession. For six years he was a part of the Wake County Health Department. Leaving that "work he opened an ofliee Tn ‘Ral eigh for private practice special izing in children’s dentistry. For the past four years he has been on each program of the North Carolina Medical Society to dis cuss some phase of dentistry. Dr. Branch stated in his open ing remarks that he usually talk ed to mothers’ clubs only twice having presented his illustrated lecture to an entirely male audi ence. However, lie found the Ki wanians very attentive as he show ed with slides, the whole process of the formation of teeth, and as he made suggestions concerning diet and what should be done at various stages of growth. He rec ommended as the best tooth paste, “elbow grease,’’ or in other words 1 a vigorous rubbing of the teeth and gums for at least three min utes at each washing. His.^alk fa void of scientific terms, and the i veriest laymaYf was able to get a clearer knowledge of how the teeth FEDERAL OFFICERS CAPTURE STILI> Federal Officers J. W. Stafford 1J. J. Batten, G. E. Weeks an< Strickland captured a whiskey out J fit Wednesday near the Sampsor and Johnston county line. An Ho gallon capacity still, two mules ant ! a wagon, two hundred pounds o sugar and four men were taken ii 1 the raid. The men were taken be I fore Commissioner Johnson ii Dunn, and one man was releasee The other three gave a $300 bon I each for their appearance in Fe | eral court. On Tuesday these same officer got a complete 75-gallon still i ‘ Wayne county. Five barrels of bee , j and a quantity of brandy were dc : stroyed. A white man and a negr -1 were arrested, and were placed i , jail in default of bond after . hearing before Commissioner Ma> - sey in Selma. It is not know | whether they have yet given bon IW. D. Avera Tells Of Mountain Trip Visits Blowing Rock Sections an(i Makes Interesting Comment of What He Sec*. Squire W. D. Avera, who recent ly visited several points of inter est in Western North Carolina while visiting the family of his son, -Mr. John W. Avera, at his ( summer home near Blowing Rock, gives an account of his trip as “Leaving Smithfield for Blowing Rock on Friday, July 27, we were soon at Winston-Salem, North Car-1 olina’s largest and richest city. ! They are now talking 100,000 pop- j ulation there, and no doubt will j have that many in a few years, j \\ e went to see our son and put up with him for the night, finding1 j the doors open and waiting for j I us. The family were up near Blow- I j ing Rock at their summer camp. Mrs. John W. Avera bought this J I camp three years ago and erected a 1 I nice five room house or cabin, they call it. on this mountain and we | were headed for that. We had gone | from Johnston county through j Wake, Durham, Orange, Alamance, Guilt'****' and were then in For sythe. We went on highway num ! her 10 to Greensboro and on No. ! 60 from there to Winston-Salem. We enjoyed a good breakfast and after ;in early dinner we, five of us, left for Camp Me-Wa Cabin.) Near this is a girls camp for young ladies, Camp Yonahlossec, which is two and a half miles from Shulls Mills, five miles from Boone, and six miles from Blowing Rock. We lo 11 rorsyth county going on route <50 and passed through Yad kin and Wilkes counties. In going | through Wilkes we passed through j the Bushy Fork Mountains, the! foothills of the Blue Ridge. We ! ! passed through some precincts j whose voters were in primary con- j vcntions. At some little cross roads , places they were having a time— j open air conventions as we used j to have t"Hcm here years ago. There ‘ were about 100 people over on one j 'ide of a small Held, 75 on another side, 50 or 75 on another side, and; about 40 not having made up their ; minds—floating. The others were | veiling to them to join them and ’• te for their candidate. I noticed when I got back to Winston | Salem that there was a deadlock: j in the county—no nomination on , Saturday, July 28, and a run-off j primary will be held later. I sure- j j !y do like that old time convention ' and pep. j Leaving there we were already netting up in the air. We contin ued to climb, continuing on num ber <50, the Boone Trail. We went higher and higher till we reached Lookout Mountain. There we stop ped and got out of the car and looked and looked. You soon get tired of climbing, but never tired of looking up in Western North Carolina, the most beautiful spot in the world. Several years ago I was up in Surry near Allcghaney. When we crossed the Blue Ridge mountains I thought it one of the prettiest views in the United States. Well, I thought another time when Lwas up at Ridgecrest and on to Asheville that way was one of the prettiest views to be seen. Another time I was sure that up in Haywood county I had seen the place of places to get an eye full of looking, but on this trip there were several of the finest views 1 have ever seen. Leaving this place after eating delicious blackberries—they are hardly getting ripe up there, lots of green and half grown ones— we went on up the mountains till 1 we reached the top and started down to Boone in Watauga county 11 and on to our camp or cabin home. ! We found the atmosphere much i colder than down here. When wc • left here the temperature was 90 I and up there it was GO. We slept II well—the sleep of the weary—that night and were up early next 'j morning to see the sun rise. Wha* ija beautiful sight! After a delicious r I breakfast—everything was good— - we went up to Hound's Ears, ant 3 there we really saw wonders tha i we had never seen before. There i: * a great rock as big as a smal - hous shaped like a bell bottom up i wards resting on another rock 1 TURN TO PAGE 7, PLEASE INTEREST KEEN IN TOBACCO MARKET Committee Raises $2500 From Smithfield Business and Professional Men To Help Boost Market That the local interest in the tobacco market here is keen is evi denced by the fact that $2,500 has been contributed by local business and professional men for the pur pose of advertising the advantages of the Smithfield market. Some time ago, folTowing a mass meet ing of citizens, a comr.*f7ttee was appointed to consider ways and means of rallying Johnston coun ty tobacco growers to sell their product in Johnston county. Two special committees were then formed, one to solicit funds and the other to use the funds collect ed to the best advantage. The committee to solicit funds was composed of Dr. \V ~J. B. Orr, W. M. Sanders, W. G. Glass, S. T. Honeycutt and T. C. Young. The result of their efforts shows that Smithfield as a whole is support ing the move. The “spending” committee in cludes Dr. Orr, J. II. Abell, Adam Whitley. Jr., \V. II. Lassiter and K. • \ Holding. These men are study ing the tobacco "situation. They are going into various parts of John ston county each week. And once a week a meeting is held to plan for the wisest methods of arousing more and more interest in develop ing the home market. The opening of the market here is only a little more than three weeks off, the date having been set for Tuesday, August 28. Smith held with representatives of the l biggest tobacco companies will be in readiness for the opening sale, j Gives Pen Picture Large Crowd At Of Niagara Falls Vocal Union Sun. Rev. S. L. Morgan, In Conti.i uinjf Story of Trip to To ronto, Describes Heautil'ul falls Ity REV. S. I.. MORGAN (IV—Niagara) Niagara is the greatest natural wonder in America, and is annual ly visited by about 2,500,000 peo ple from all over the world. Be side me as I gazed on it stood a striking personage with brown skin, a bearded face, his eyes flashing from under his turban. He spoke with refined accents and in polished English. He was a high born gentleman from far away In dia. He told me of some of the world’s great waterfalls he had visited in northern India and in Africa, but said Niagara in sneer greatness and grandeur has no rival in the world. Ordinary language seems out of place when speaking of it. One feels be needs to turn to the inspired apostle’s description of the city let down from heaven to find language to convey any wor thy impression of this great im pression of this great work of the Creator. I had visited it twice be fore, but it never grows stale. Fa miliarity but serves to make it seem more majestic and sublime. We had less than a day to give it, but whenever possible the visitor should plan to give it several Many of my readers have seen it. Nearly all have read descrip tions of it, and to describe it would seem superfluous. What I say will aim nVtunly to create in some a desire to see it for themselves, and to prepare them to view it with re ligious reverence. One of the finest souls 1 ever knew described what is the normal impression, "when she said, “Ever since I saw Niagara it has been an appeal to me to a better life.” In the thunder of its roar and the trembling of the earth, in its immensity and its beauty, the devout soul feels God, and is awed into reverence. Over the precipice 1G2 feet high dashes with thunderous roar 280,000 cubic feet of water a second—500.00( tons a minute. Nine-tenths of il goes down on the Canadian side ir the beautiful Horseshoe Falls, thai in the center is 20 feet deep as ii plunges over the precipice. Thb rushing volume is so vast that i has plowed in the river bed i channel beneath the surface quiti as deep as the height of the falls And this great volume of water i now piled up in *the narrow gorg below £ho falls to a depth of fron 200 to 500 feet, and it goes rushinj down the steep bed of the gorge a the frightful speed of about 3 miles an hour, curving sharply sev oral miles down to form the fair ous whirlpool— swirling, roarinj rushing—all of it together a wor dor hardly less awe-inspiring tha the falls above. Whether above < TURN TO PAGE 7, PLEASE .1. B. Beasley After 12 Yeais Service Resigns as Presi dent; Simon I*. Honeycutt Succeeds Him T1k> Lower Johnston Vocal Un ion met with Tee’s Chapel church on July 2U. On account of the church being small and there be ing less room to accommodate the people, the singing was held at Brogden school house. The day was cool and pleasant, and there was a very large crowd present, esti mated at around fifteen hundred people. The singing was called to order at eleven o’clock by President J. I». Beasley. The service was open ed by two unison songs. Scripture was read from the 6th I chapter of Revelation by Mr. Beas- \ ley, followed by prayer by Rev. W. Ruffin Coats from Raleigh, also ai unison song was sung, after which the welcome address was made by Mr. Henry Royall. Rev. W. R. Coats then made some very inter- j esting and helpful remarks. Next, Mrs. Nolia Barbour also I made some good remarks along the line of encouraging more real mu- I sic in the homes with the young j people, and the strength that mu- j sic has. After the dinner hour six ! choirs participated as follows: Tees Chapel, led by J. N. Royall; Tees Chapel Inf. led by I). A. Langley. Klevation, led by Hector Creech; Princeton, led by D. A. Langley; Yelvington's Grove, led by Geo. Coletrane; Variety, led by Bud Williams; Corinth, led by C. B. Thomas. I At 1:20. all choirs met in the house and sang several rounds, each rendering some very good music. During the latter part of ‘he singing there were several •juartetts sung by the Thomas boys and choir leaders, “I Got a Home in That Rock’T; “Precious Memor ies” and “Heaven.” The next vocal union will meet •vith Benson Grove near Benson, 'he fifth Sunday in September. After serving the vocal union work for the past twelve years and being absent only three times and late only three times, President L B. Ffasley when’ the vocal un ion was held with Elevation M. E. church on the fifth Sunday in Ap ril, offered his resignation as pres ident to take effect last Sunday at Brogden. Mr. Beasley has served in this TURN TO PAGE 7. PLEASE S. S. C onvention at Pauline. • On Sunday evening, August 12 t it two o’clock the Bentonvilh r township Sunday school conventioi t will meet at T’auline church. Th' ) following Sunday schools are ex - peeled to be present and take par - in the program: Mill Creek, Plain field, and Ebenezer. Messrs. F. I - Edmundson, C. H. Brown and t n B. Pate, of Goldsboro, will be o r hand and render a program i I singing.—H. W. Rhodes, Presiden Call Meeting To Advertise Route Carolina - Florida Short - Cut Road Will Re Talked At Meeting In Florence S. C. The Board Coastal Highway Commissioners is extending an in vitation to all towns, chambers of commerce, and newspapers along the coastal highway from Peters burg, Va., to Miami, Fla., to at tend a meeting in Florence, S. C., oil Thursday, August 9, at eleven o’clock, at the Y. M. C. A. auditor ium for the purpose of raising money to advertise the Coastal Highway, as well as the Carolina Florida Short-Cut road. This high way is said to be the shortest as well as the most nearly finished paved road extending from Cana da to Key West, Fla. Each town will be expected to contribute a lit tle money, but no town will be call ed upon for a 'heavy contribution. Mr. T. C. Young, chairman of the Carolina-Florida Short-Cut road, is among the five who are sending out invitations for this meeting, the others being Wade Stackhouse, Chairman Board Coas tal Highway Commission of South Carolina; Jenkins M. Robertson, chairman Mid-Coastal Highway, S. C.; E. E. Goodwin, chairman Coas tal Highway of Virginia; and Har vey Grainger, chairman Board .'Coastal Highway Cpmlnission, Georgia. J hese gentlemen in issuing the call make the following statement: “We are prepared to prove to the world that we have the short est as well as the most nearly fin ished paved road extending from Canada to Key West, Florida. Ex cepting about thirty miles of road in fi>ur section of South Carolina the entire length of the road is or will be paved $-r surfaced-trcatcd by October 1. These sections of road have good detours and we are promised by the Chief Highway Engineer in South Carolina that he will keep these detours in first class condition the coming winter. “We are inviting to this adve tising meeting all towns from Pet ersburg, Va., to Miami, Fla. We hope each town will contribute a little money—no town will be call ed on for a heavy contribution—but we feel a spirit of cooperation is more important than any money that may be given. It is a God send that we have certain cut-offs along the coastal highway. It will require all of these cut-offs to give us the shortest road. We need re member that the highway from Washington, D. C., via Lynchburg, Va., Charlotte, N. C., Columbia, S. C., Barnwell, Allendale to the new Savannah river bridge is about as near as the coastal highway. Also U. S. Route No. 1—via Ral eigh, N. C., Choraw, S. C., Colum bia, Barnwell and Allendale, S. C.— ;s nearly as short as our route. They hav'e some attractions super ior to ours. “Let us bury our local jealousies and remember that anything that will develop a portion of the coun try along tKo coastal highway will benefit the whole. Let us re member that the stream of travel will divide in "Washington and Pet ersburg, Va. Every car taking the above routes will be lost to the towns and cities along the coast. “The three states of North Car olina, South Carolina and Georgia TURN TO PAGE 7. PLEASE Aunt Roxie Opines By Me— I>ey iz one gal I’d shore love ter r\ see—I heahs so much about her n and she iz so differunt frum de others—dcy calls here Ninnie Mum.