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VOLUME 46.
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SMITH FIELD, N. (’.. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 1028
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Regular Session
Recorder’s Court
Quite a Number of Criminal
Cases Tried In Local Court
This Week
The following criminal cases
were disposed of in Recorder’s
court here this week:
It appearing on July 17, 1928
that Jofcn W. Tomlinson was plac
ed under a six months suspended
road sentence and it appearing to
the court from the evidence that
the defendant had violated the
terms of the suspended sentence
and the court so found, it was or
dered that capias issue and the
defendant ordered to serve the sen
tence of six months in full.
W. A. Powell was in court on
three counts for giving worthless
cheeks. In each ease he plead nolo
contendre, and prayer for judg
ment was continued upon the pay
ment of the costs.
Julius Baker was found guilty of
possession and transportation. A
thirty-day road sentence was sus
pended upon condition that he does
not drink, possess, transport, or
manuiacture any intoxicant ol any
kind during the next twelve
months and pay the costs.
Howard Baker was convicted of
possession and transportation. A j
thirty-day road sentence was sus-i
pended upon condition that he j
does not drink, possess, transport, i
or manufacture any intoxicant of
ay kind during the next twelve j
months and pay the cost.
For violating the prohibition j
law, E. It. Beasley was fined $l"j
and taxed with the cost.
Buck Barbour was fined $10 and
taxed with the cost for violating
the prohibition law.
Howard Atkinson was given a
60-day road sentence for violating]
the prohibition laws. The sentence .
■was suspended upon condition that
he does not violate the prohibition
law during the next two years and
that he pay a fine of $50 and the
cost.
Luther Pearce, age 29, colored,
was in court charged on three
counts for false pretense—giving
bad checks. The court retains jur
isdiction in these cases until Aug
ust 22.
Jasper Wallace was charged
with larceny of automobile. Prob
able cause was found and the de
fendant was bound over to Super
ior court.
Willie Hudson was found guilty
of being drunk and disorderly and
assault, and was given 60 days on
the roads. The sentence was sus
pended upon condition that he
doe3 not drink, possess, transport,
or manufacture any intoxicant of
any kind during the next two years
and pay a fine of $50 and the cost,
and on further condition that he
is a peaceful, law-abiding citizen
during the next two years.
Gary Lee was in court charged
with assault on female and tres
pass. Before the introduction of
the evidence the solicitor made a
motion that Jesse Simms and Julia
Simms be included in the warrant.
The motion was allowed and the
defendants were placed on trial
charged with assault upon Gary]
Lee. Jesse Simms was not con- \
victed. Julia Simms was found
guilty of assault, but judgment
was suspended upon the payment
of half the cost. Gary Lee was con
victed of assault on female and
trespass. He was sentenced to the
roads for 60 days, but the sentence
was suspended upon condition that
he is of good behavior during the
next two years and pay a fine of
$50 and half the cost.
The modern girl doesn’t want a
chaperone; she wants a chap alone.
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.
“Shy” Ypung recognized his
name last issue. I
Today’s Tantalizer: .
chslluenkoo
Insane Asylum Burns; Thirteen Missing
Administration building of the Central Hospital for the Insnno at Nashville, Tenn., after the recent
tire ilmt swept through the institution. More than a thousand inmates were released to save them from
the flames and thirteen were missing.
Pythian Home Is
Scene Of Picnic
Pythians Gather From Over
the State at Clayton For
Picnic; Grand Chancellor
B. I’, Gore Makes Address
Tlic state-wide invitation to
Knights of Pythias to attend a
celebration of Pythian Home Pay
at the Pythian Home at Clayton
yesterday resulted in an attend
ance of between 300 and 400. Each
member was requested to carry
his family and a basket lunch to
lve spread on the grounds in pic
nic fashion.
Mr. and Mrs. I). W. Knowles,
who arc in charge of the home,
extended a cordial greeting to
their guests as they arrived, and
at twelve o’clock the program
which had been planned began.
Mr. F. G Gower, mayor of ('lay
ton, delivered a welcome address,
after which the state grand chan
cellor, B. F. Gore of Weldon, made
an address in which he stressed
the meaning of the Pythian Home
in North Carolina. This mstitution
he declared, is the nucleus for the
activities of Pythians in this state.
At one o’clock a delicious picnic
dinner was spread on tables ar
ranged on the grounds, and the
fifty-two children who live at the
home were invited to share the re
past which Pythians from over the
state had brought.
At two o’clock the children gave
a most enjoyable program includ
ing songs and readings that was
an evidence of the splendid train
ing wTiich they are receiving at the
home. At four o’clock a watermelon
feast was enjoyed by all present.
The Pythian Home at Clayton
is an institution to be proud of.
It is located on 188 acres of fine
land on the edge of Clayton, which
was donated by Ashley Horne over
fifteen years ago. There are two
buildings which have a capacity of
seventy-five or eighty, besides
buildings which house the laun
dry and other conveniences lor
carrying on the work at the Home.
The office of Grand Keeper of Rec
ords and Seals was moved some
time ago to the Home at Clayton,
thus making; this institution head
quarters for the order in North
Carolina.
The trustees of the Home are:
R. S. McCoin, W. T. Rainey, C. W.
Horne, J. I). Pridgen, K. I. Flem
Iming, C. W. Coghill, C. F. Gore,
\V. A. Self and J. Fred Brown, Jr.
Called To Virginia.
Kenlv. Aug. 9.—Mr. and Mrs
Harry Simmons were called to Vir
ginia last week on account of the
death of Mr. Simmon’s sister. The>
returned home Sunday.
Presbyterian Services.
Preaching services at 11 o’clock
Sunday mornnig. Union service al
the Freewill Baptist church Sun
day night at eight o’clock, wit!
Rev. S. L. Morgan preaching. The
public cordially invited.
All the world loves to laugt
with or at a lover.
Returns Home
After Mysterious
Disappearance
Johnston county officers
were spared the job of clean
ing out Ben McKeel's well
yesterday to ascertain w hether
or not his body reposed at the
bottom when they found him
calmly sitting on his porch
after a sojourn of five weeks
away from his family.
Me Keel disappeared from
his home between Bine Level
and Brinceton five weeks ago
Wednesday, and his where
abouts were unknown during
that time. His wife and chil
dren became uneasy about him
and officers went to the place
yesterday to investigate a sus
picion that he might be in an
old well on the place.
Me Keel stated that he had
been down about Weldon but
he gave the officers no inti
mation as to why he so mys
i teriously disappeared.
Cotton Crop 70
Per Cent Normal
Mr. Wright Edmundson Com
ments On Crop In Texas;
Crop In North Carolina Es
timated 75 Per Cent Normal
Mr. Wright Edmundson left
Wednesday night for his home at
Waco, Texas, after spending a
week or two here with his mother.
Mr. Edmundson travels over the
entire state of Texas and his com
ments on the cotton crop are al
ways of interest.
In speaking of the crop just be
l'or his departure for Texas, Mr.
Edmundson states that in lexas
this year the cotton acreage was.
increased about ten per cent, and
indications now are that the Lone
Star state will produce not less
than five million bales. “How
ever,” says Mr. Edmundson, “al
most anything may happen before
the cotton crop is housed in Texas.”
There are three sections in Texas
with conditions varying in each
i section. In the southern part of
I the state, the crop is now being
harvested, possibly half of it at
'this time being out of the fields.
In the central part of the state,
harvesting is just beginning and
on the plains, it will be September
| 1st or probably the fifteenth be
| fore farmers will begin to gather
1 the crop. On the plains, the
weather is so dry that harvesting
some times goes on until as late
as February.
When asked concerning the boll
j weevil this year, Mr. Edmundson
replied that the weevil has not
been causing any great trouble
this year, so far. Farmers in
J Texas do not bother to poison the
weevil. Conditions throughout the
southeastern states, however, seem
J to indicate that the cotton crop
this year is below normal, accord
ing to reports made by eommis
Isioners of agriculture of the cotton
Dr. Whitehead Is
Kiwanis Speaker
Local Dentist Makes Inter
esting Talk on Infected
Teeth.a Cause of Disease
The program of the Kiwanis
club ytfrterdav was featured by a
talk by Dr. J. W. Whitehead, lo
cal dentist and a member of the
Kiwanis club, on “Focal Infection."
A week ago, Dr. E. A. Branch, a
specialist in children’s dentistry, of
Kaleigh, addressed the club, using
slides to illustrate his talk on the
formation of this health program.
Dr. Whitehead spoke briefly of
the state program being put on
by the North Carolina Dental As
sociation for the benefit of its
members, one hundred forty mem
bers of the State Dental Society
University of North Carolina and
Northwestern University. Among
the specialists who have delivered
lectures during the past ten weeks
in each of the five districts of the
state was Dr. Black, dean of North
western University, who spoke on
“Focal Infection,” and it was a
message from this renowned den
tist that Dr. Whitehead brought to
the Kiwanians yesterday.
Dr. Whitehead gave a bit of his
tory concerning dental research,
telling how old records have re
vealed the fact that 2,500 years
ago physicians knew that infect
ed teeth caused rheumatic dis
eases. He spoke briefly of the ex
perimentation of Dr. Hunter, a
London physician, who found that
many of his patients became well
after their infected teeth had been
extracted. Dr Hunter’s experi
ments were not scientific but later
scientific study was made along
this line. After thorough research
during a period of ten or fifteen
years, articles and books were
written on this subject, and it is
now generally accepted by the pro
fession and the laity that dental
infection causes disease.
Dr. Whitehead told of an exper
iment made by Dr. Black of North- j
western University, which showed
that out of COO apparently well
persons examined, 78 per cent had
either pyorrhea or abscessed roots. |
Dr. Whitehead closed his re-j
marks by calling attention to the
death of Senator Brennan, who
died this week of septic poisoning
, caused by an infected tooth.
| Dr. W. J. B. Orr, president of
the club, presided over the meet
ing yesterday. A report of the di
rectors meeting held recently was
made in which it was announced
that Dr. C. C. Massey has been
chosen secretary and treasurer to
fill the vacancy of Mr. B. J. Hol
lleman who is leaving to make his
home in Raleigh. Mr. W. N- Holt
succeeds Mr. Holleman as a dircc
• tor. Mr. N. T. Bailey is also a new
director.
states in session at Atlanta, (la.
It was estimated that not more
than seventy per cent of normal
crop would be harvested this year.
| Commissioner Graham of North
I Carolina estimates the North Car
olina crop as being seventy-five
I per cent normal.
To Notify Smith
At Albany Aug 22
Elaborate Plans In Progress
For Advising Democratic
( andidate of His Presiden
tial Nominate f
Nh\\ ^ ORK, Aug. 1*.—Arrange
ments are rapidly nearing com
pletion for the formal notification
ceremonies of Governor Smith, as
the Democratic nominee for Presi
dent, at Albany, August 22, and
of Senator Robinson, as Vice
President, at Hot Springs, Ark.,
August 30.
Because of the expected crowds,
platforms at not a notifications will
be larger than originally antici
pated. The specir.• guests from dif
ferent parts of the country have
for the most part signified their
intention of attending the celebra
tions. In addition, information re
ceived at Democratic National
Headquarters indicates special
trains and automobile parties will1
be at both Albany and Hot. Springs
greatly increasing the crowds.
Workmen will start on the plat- j
form at Albany very soon. It is to
be constructed in front of the
State Captial Building at the foot
of the broad front stairway which
leads to the second floor of the
structure. Throughout Capitol Park
and the streets adjacent an addi
tional number of amplifiers will
be installed so that the crowds can
hear the address.
Senator Key Pittman, of Neva
da, who was chairman of the Res
olutions Committee at the Houston
Convention, will deliver the ad
dress notifying Governor Smith of
his nomination for President. The
high spot of the ceremony, of
course, will be the acceptance ad
dress of the nominee.
Will Deal With All Issues.
Great importance attaches t'
Governor Smith’s speech since it
will be his first complete public
utterance on campaign issues since
the Houston Convention. His posi
tion on farm relief is eagerly
awaited throughout the middle
west, and the farm states, where
reports have been pouring in of
elements dissatisfied with the Re
publican position and veto of the
relief measure. The address will
cover all other issues of the cam
paign.
The notification of Senator Rob
’..v-on is to be in front of the Ar
lington Hotel in Hot Springs. The
platform for the speakers and
special guests is to be built in
front of the hotel. The crowds will
be on the grounds surrounding.
Claude Bowers, of New York
City, who was the keynoter at tin
Houston Convention, will deliver
the address notifying Mr. Robin
son of his nomination for Vice
President. Mr. Robinson, like Gov
ernor Smith, will deliver the chiel
address on that occasion. He, too.
will discuss the issues of the cam
paign dealing to a great extent
with the farm problem with which
he is especially familiar because of
his home in Arkansas, a state both
South and West.
Adequate Hotel Accommodations.
While elaborate arrangements
have been made for broadcasting
both the Albany and Hot Springs
ceremonies, officials at Democratic
National headquarter?, in the C.en- j
oral Motors building, made it clear;
today that all persons who can
possibly do so intend to attend
personally. The radio, of course,
will give the text of the speeches
but will give no real impression
of the figures and notables involv
ed.
In both Albany and Hot Springs,
there are abundant rooms and the
prospects are that tourists will
take advantage of- that condition
and drive to the cities for the cel
ebrations. Automobile clubs re
port a tremendous number of in
quiries as to routes. In some in
stances they have mimeographed
the routes for the convenience of
the traveler. Special arrangements
have been made by committees in
both cities for adequate hotel ac
commodations with a wide range
i in price.
Attend Party in Wilson.
! Kenly, Aug. 1).—Little Misses
Ann Fulghum and Marie Darden
j attended the birthday party of lit
tle Miss Edna Gay Woodard at the
j home of her parents, Dr. and Mrs.
jG. B. Woodard in Wilson on Fri
Veteran Minister
Goes To Reward
Kev. G. 15. Perry, Methodist
Minister at Princeton Dies
With Apoplectic Stroke
Tuesday; Interment Here
Wednesday
Rev. G. B. Perry, pastor of the
Princeton charge, died at the par
sonage in Princeton Tuesday, Aug
ust 7, on his seventy-seventh birth
day. He arose Tuesday morning
apparently in his usual health, but
about 8:30 o’clock he was stricken
wit apoplexy while sitting on his
porch and died instantly.
The funeral was held at the
Princeton Methodist church Wed
nesday morning at ten o’clock. The
service was conducted by Dr. M.
Bradshaw, presiding elder of the
Raleigh district, assisted by Rev.
S. A. Cotton, presiding elder of the
Weldon district, Rev. J. II. Snore,
of Weldon, Rev. A. S. Barnes, su
perintendent of the Methodist Or
phanage at Raleigh, and Rev. D. E.
Earnhardt, of this city. Interment
was made in Oakland cemetery of
this city, his family laying him
to rest in the town where he serv
'd his first pastorate. The pastors
>f the Raleigh district were honor
iry pallbearers. A lovely floral of
fering covered the grave.
Mr. Perry was born August 7,
I Sol in Chatham county. On Aug
ust lH, 1873, he was married to.
Miss Josephine Pugh of Mt. Ver
non Springs. For several yearsj
after their marriage, Mr. Perry
taught school and preached in the!
!ocal churches. lie joined the North
Carolina Conference in 188(5. He
served as a minister 42 years. He
was a part of the time in the North j
Carolina Conference and part of1
he time in the Western Confer
ences. He was in the ministry at
the time of his death, and was
completing his fifth year as pas
tor of the Princeton Mefjhodist
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
i. B. Perry and eight children:
Mozella Perry Allen, Durham:
Mamie Perry Davis, Burlington:
I. Marvin Perry, Louisburg; A.
)lin Perry, Franklinton; Jennie
Cerry Moore, Bennettsville, S. C.;
I.ura Perry Mauney, Cherryville:
Josephine Perry Highsmith, Dunn;
Kena Perry Blackburn. Selma; oni
on, Carl Pugh Perry, died in 1912.
\. ZANDER DUNCAN
PASSES IN RICHMOND
I’ost.Master Of Clayton Dies Fol
lowing Several Months Of
Illness.
CLAYTON, Aug. 9.—A Zander
Duncan, postmaster and prominent
merchant of Clayton, died last ]
Monday at 8:30 o’clock in the John- j
son-Willis Hospital in Richmond.
V’a. Mr. Duncan had been in ill1
health for several months, having
gone through a serious operation j
some time past in the Johnston
County Hospital in Smithfield.
Upon his return to his home his
health was seemingly improved,
however,* a relapse set in and he
was sent to Richmond where he
underwent another operation.
Besides his widow, who was for
merly Miss Minnie Talton, he is
survived by the following chil
dren: Misses Iris, Madelyn and
Evelyn; two sons, Millard and
Zander; three sisters, Mrs. W. J.
Talton, of Benson, Mrs. John S.
Barnes and Mrs. W. I. Whitley,
of C|ayton, and three brothers,
Porter Duncan, of Clayton, Paul
Duncan of Columbus, Ga., and
Duke Duncan, of Clayton.
Mr. Duncan was a dew ted mem
ber of the Methodist church of
Clayton, besides belonging to the
Junior Order. He was always ac
tive in every movement that was
for the betterment of the town and
com m unity.
The body was brought to Clay
ton Monday afternoon where the
funeral was conducted at the
Methodist church Tuesday after
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ATTENTION SANDERS FAMILY
Don’t forget the reunion at the
; ancestral home of John Sanders
> seven miles west of Smithficld, now
• occupied by C. L. Sanders, Sun
' day, August 12. Come with a luncl
• and let all get to know each oth
j
PUBLICITY COMMITTEE.
DOOMED TO DEATH
Mir. IOula HIrorl Thompson, twen
ty-four, who, with her husband and
a nejjro servant, Jim Moss, were
condemned by a Murray county
(t.eorjrin) c«»urt, to die for the mur
der n| Coleman Osborne, a mer
chant, near Cbatsworlh.
Town Tax Rate
Reduced To $1.60
City Budget Totals $112,575;
Further Reduction in Rate
l’revented By Lower Prop
erty Valuation
The city Board of Commission
ers at its regular meeting Tuesday
oight adopted a budget for the new
fiscal year, which enables the tax
ate in Smithfield to be reduced
from $1.03 to $1.00 on the hun
lred dollars worth of property.
This reduction is made possible
>y the exercise of strict economy.
:,ast year for the first time the
board of commissioners required a
eport each month from each de
mrtment of the town government.
These reports were examined close
y, and the end of the year showed
hat most of the departments op
oated slightly under the amount
illotted in last year’s budget. In
• iew of this fact, the commission
's decided to make a reduction of
hree cents in the rate for 1928
929. A member of the board in
•ommenting upon the reduction,
•tated that further reduction could
lave been made but for the fact
hat the taxable property in Smith
ield is approximately $100,000 less
han it was last year.
During last year the town con
iderably reduced its obligations,
ctiring bonds in the amount of
'20,000, and reducing the current
bligations $10,000.
The budget which was adopted
■..t the meeting Tuesday night to
als $112,575. Sources of revenue
nelude water sales, $10,000; light
ales, $35,000; licenses, auto and
log taxes, cemetery lots, water
aps and paving, $7,575; anticipat
'd collection of property tax, $G0,
)00.
STEPHENSON’S (iIN
CATCHES FIRE WEI).
Wednesday afternoon about 2:30
•’clock the fire alarm called out
•he city fire department to ex
.inguish a blaze at J. W. Steph
en's gin just across the river. The
fire was put out by neighbors by
the time the fire company arrived,
uul the damage was slight.
Sherwood Carr Talton, grandson
-f Mr. Stephenson, had been out I
!o look after his cow after the L
ran, and as he passed the pin
smelled smoke. He went upstairs
to investigate and found a small
blaze. Lint in the gin house was
singed and some trash in the con
denser burned, causing consider
able smoke. The boy ran to the fill
ing station at the forks of the
road and the city fire department
was notified. In the meantime,
those living in the community be
gan to carry water in buckets and
the fire was put out when the fire
truck arrived. A small hole was
burned in the floor and the con
denser was somewhat damaged.
Mr. Stephenson suffered a se
vere loss some time ago when his
barn and stables were completely
destroyed.
Mr. Morgan Tells
Of Return Trip
Lake Ontario and The Thou
sand Islands, Wonders of
the Northeast; Historical
Interest of the St. Law
rence
By REV. S. L. MORGAN
Rather reluctantly we left our
camp- in Toronto—half a block
from Lake Ontario. In a week it
had come to be like our home. It
was Saturday morning. Many of
the thousands had been leaving for
several days. A great rain all day
Friday prevented our leaving. The
final program of the Baptist World
Alliance Friday night was a grand
climax, with many thousands pres
ent in spite of the torrent of rain.
It was as cold as an October
storm. Indeed, all through the
week, except for intervals of sun
smne, ine weamer naa oeen cloudy
and cold. Canadian summers for a
short period are as hot as ours,
but intense heat hardly comes be
fore July. Most of the time light
overcoats were comfortable, with
our two or three blankets at night.
Leaving camp under a heavy cloud
and mist, we drove till far into the
afternoon eastward along the gen
tly rolling coast of Lake Ontario
170 miles to the city of Kingston.
There the lake narrows to ten
miles to form the headwaters of
the great St. Lawrence River, and
to stage one of the wonders of the
world—The Thousand Islands. In
the first 40 miles of the river, with
an average width of five miles,
there are declared to be about 1,800
islands. Those who cannot afford
it usually take a boat ride through
the enchanting labyrinth of is
lands, islands of all shapes and
sizes, from a few yards in length
to several miles; some of them
a mere barren crag, most of them
clothed with beautiful foliage and
shaded with pines and cedars and
birches. Often from the shore an
island appeared to be a single
tree growing out of the water.
More often they were of good size,
covered with trees and grass and
flowers. Every now and then we
passed one with farm houses and
cultivated fields, with cattle graz
ing in smooth meadow or on a
craggy mound. All the way down
the great river to Montreal—335
miles from Toronto—we continued
to see islands at intervals, often
a lively debate leaving it unsettled
whether the land we saw was an
island or the opposite bank. From
Kingston on for 100 miles to gaze
across to the opposite shore was
for us to feel a strange tugging
at the heart, for it was to reflect
that that land across was New
York and our homeland. Scott’s
words recurred to me often:
“Breathes there the man with soul
so dead,
Who never to himself hath said.
This is my own, my native land!”
The St. Lawrence is one of the
most wonderful rivers in the
world, and one of the richest in
historical interest. Jacques Cartier
entered it in 1535, believing it
flowed out of the Indies. Along its
banks for nearly two centuries
France and Great Britain struggl
ed for the mastery knowing that
to control the river was to be
master of the vast continent north
and west. Four great inland seas
flow out of the interior of the
continent over Niagara Falls, and
this vast volume, greatly increased
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Aunt Roxie Opines
By Me—
I'm afraid Al Smith iz gwine
ter be followered by wet stove
wood and puny husbans.