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VOLUME 46—NO. 66
SMITH FI ELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17, 1928
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$2.00 YEAR—5c SINGLE COPY
Mr. Morgan Tells
Of Dominion Day
Corresponds To Our Fourth of
July; Union of Churches In
Canada Said To Be Proving
Satisfactory
By REV. S. L. MORGAN
We arrived in Montreal July 2.
All Canada was celebrating on
that day its great national holiday, i
which is called Dominion Day. It
is the Canadian Fourth of July, i
celebrating the union of all the
provinces of Canada under one |
government. They celebrate it |
more enthusiastically and religi
ously than we do July 4.
I may pause here for general
comments on Canada. A group of
my more thoughtful readers will
thank me for drawing on reliable
authorities for data to furnish a
solid background for the observa
tions of my recent journey. Words
of appreciation from such readers
are sufficient encouragement to
draw out these articles beyond the
limit I had first set for them. To
widen a bit the horizon and to !
enlarge in any measure the sym
pathies of a group of readers I
would well repay the few hours of
time and effort devoted to these!
notes. Clearly the editor realizes i
the need for injecting some sort i
of diversion here and there
from the dreary and almost sick
ening monotony of politics. |
Canada’s “Dominion Day” fell j
this /ear on Sunday. It found us
in Press’ott. I had never attended
Mass in a Catholic church, and
went to the service at 8 a. m., in
the beautiful Catholic church. I
marvelled that a town of S,000
should have so magnificent a choir
as I heard. I learned after the
service that I had listened to a
great choir from Montreal, which
had come up by boat. We went
later to the wharf and were shown
through the palatial steamer. At
11 I went to morning worship in
the “United Church of Canada,” a
church which is found in almost
every Canadian town. It is a very
interesting departure in Canadian
church life. A few years ago three
denominations in Canada united,
the Methodist, Presbyterians and
Congregational. I was much inter
ested to come in touch with the
new church and to get some first
hand information of its working.
The pastor celebrated Dominion
Day by preaching a very helpful
and patriotic sermon and by choos
ing patriotic hymns. He talked to
me for some time after the serv
ice about the United Church. With
hardly any exception the Metho
dist and Congregational churches
had come into the United Church,
but many of the Presbyterian
churches had refused to give up
their identity, resulting often in
division. A block away stood the
splendid Presbyterian church, with
its service going on at the same
hour. But many of its members
had gone into the United Church,
and it struggled on apart, and the
feeling was not the best. The rule
agreed upon was that the building
remained the property of the ma
jority in all cases. One practical
problem had been to place the
many hundreds of pastors who
were not needed after the union
was effected. Altogether the
change was proving satisfactory,
this thoughtful pastor said and
the tendency is toward complete
adjustment of difficulties.
Dominion Day brought to the
surface the fine spirit of patriotism
felt by Canadians everywhere. If
we of the U. S. are proud of out
country and our government, the
Canadians seem quite as much so
of theirs. The British government
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flint he is the Presidential nominee of the Democratic party
Buildings Burned
At Lumber Plant
Loss of Shaving and Boiler
Room at Herring’s Plant
Estimated at
Tuesday afternoon about 2:30
o’clock the fire company was call
ed to the Herring Lumber plant
where a blaze had been discover
l ed, which entailed a loss of about
$300.
It was thought that the fire
i started from a spark in the shav
! ing house, and this building and
1 the boiler house, which was con
[ nected with it, were burned. The
i machinery was not damaged,
j The Lumber Plant being outside
j the town limits, the firemen were
; unable to connect the hose with
the water system, but by use of
| chemicals and water from a well
at the plant, they soon had the
fire under control. Without their
aid, the entire plant would prob
ably have been burned.
The loss was partly covered by
insurance.
LIONS ( LI B HAS AN
IN T E K ESI IN (I M E ETI NO
The regular meeting of .the lo
cal Lions club was held last Mon
day night wti'h a majority of the
members present. However, due to
vacation of some and necessitated
absence from town of others, there
were several members absent. Vis
itors at this meeting were Messrs.
C. W. Beaman and W. Ryal Wood
all. Mr. Beaman is a young at
torney just located in Smithfield.
A very Interesting program was
rendered under the direction of
Program Chairman Marvin Wood
all. The regular business was trans
acted. Lion President Wm. B. Wel
lons announced a tentative plan
for the club to bring to Smithfield
during the coming fall, some very
prominent speakers to address the
club, and there is a possibility of
some of these meetings being open
to the public including a Ladies
Night at the club.
PIS (; A H I) E M O N ST K A TIO N
CU B HAS PICNIC
On Thursday afternoon of last ,
week, members of the Pisgah
Horn eDemonstration club and
their families gathered at the home
of the president, Mrs. Ira C.
Whitley, near town, and enjoyed a
delightful picnic. Miss Minnie Lee j
Garrison, county home agent, was (
present and directed a number of
games in which-both children and
grown-ups took part.
After the games, Mr. R. P. Hold
ing, of the First and Citizens Na
tional Hank, made an interesting
talk appropriate to the occasion.
His words of encouragement to
succeed in any undertaking were
calculated to inspire the members
to greater effort.
After listening to Mr. Holding,
those present were invited down
to the spring where a delectable
picnic supper was spread on a
table beneath the large elm trees
which bordered the path to the
spring.
The occasion was well attended
and was enjoyed by all.
Mother: “Junior, you didn't wash
your face this morning.”
Efficiency Expert’s Little Boy:
“No, Mother—T heard you say
we were going to have grapefruit
for breakfast.”—Life.
Kiwanians Hear
George T. Whitley
Mr. Whitley Makes Fine Talk
On the Subject: “Service in
Material Things”: Club En
dorses Trade - At - Home
Show
The regular luncheon of the Ki
wanis club was featured by an ad
dress by Lion George T. Whitley, '
superintendent of the Kenly •
schools. His subject was “Service I
in Material Things.” The speaker
developed fully and completely the :
trade-at-home idea, and insisted on \
patronage of home industry. By |
trading at home, we both increase j
our material wealth and decrease |
our tax rate. Whereas, by trading |
in another county, we decrease the
tax rate in that place, by putting
money into their coffers, and in
crease our home tax rate by the
same reason, namely: by taking j
our money away, said the speaker, i
This is a fact too often overlooked
by the average person, continued
the speaker. Convincing illustra
tions of the home patronage idea
were given in a number of cases.
The Johnston County Hospital,
which fills a long felt need in this
community, the Benson Creamery,
and the Pottery by the riverside,
were mentioned as specifies.
A successful business should
serve the other fellow in a big
ger and better way, and at the
same time meet his competitors
terms. Fellowship and courtesy are
vital factors in the trade at home
idea. Commonplace cordiality
should be displayed the year round
by every business man. All John
ston county towns should cooperate
in making a bigger and better
community; border towns should
not be forgotten or neglected, con
tinued the speaker.
A word of warning was sounded
against the too prevalent custom
of time-pricing trading. The sound
financial condition of the Pied
mont section of Carolina was con
trasted with the state of indebt
edness of some of the eastern sec
I he possibilities ol local service
clubs were discussed by the speak
er, and delight was expressed over
the achievements of the Smithfield
civic clubs.
Turning from the material to
the spiritual things, Mr. Whitley
stated that our Sunday schools
were not as well attended as they
should be, and that civic clubs
should stand always ready to im
prove this condition.
This was one of the most time,
ly and instructive addresses heard
by the local club in some time.
The club went on record heartily
indorsing the Trade at Home Fash- I
ion Show which is being arranged '
by the local Business and Profes- I
sional Woman’s club for the near |
future.
Miss Ruth Brooks, recently re- ]
turned from an extended western j
trip, delighted the club with scv- |
eral music selections.
All Explained.
Man (searching through house
for his wife, to the maid): “Brid
get, do you know anything con
cerning my wife’s whereabouts?”
Bridget: “Yes, sir. T put them in
the wash.”—George Washington
Ghost.
Clayton To Stoge
Good Will Tour
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beginning Monday Night
Clayton Citizens Will Visit
Seven Sections of County;
Tour Last Year Success
CLAYTON, Aug. 16.—Clayton
will hold 3ts “Goodwill Tour”
again this year, this decision hav
ing been reached at a meeting last
Friday night at which were pres
ent more than thirty citizens, rep- ■
resentatives of the town’s leading
business houses and professional
men, all of whom were outspoken
in their desire to put on the tour !
again, which was so successful
last fall.
Clayton’s first venture of this
kind was inaugurated last August,
at which time a week was devoted
| to visiting the neighboring centers
in an effort to encourage and pro
mote and increase the spirit of
friendship, fellowship and co-op
! eration that has always existed
between the business men of the
town and their neighbors in the
! country.
So well did this venture mater
ialize last fall, and so outstanding
, were the results obtained, that it
needed but little effort to launch
the movement this year, and even
go into it on a little bigger scale.
Last year the tour lasted for a
week, or five nightly visits; this j
year it will be lengthened to in- !
elude seven visits, and will begin
on Monday night, August 20, clos
ing Tuesday night, August 28.
In making out a schedule of i
places to be visited, the only thing
that entered into the selection was
the desire to reach the greatest
number of people in the given
length of time. And acting on this
desire, the committee selected the
following places all of which have !
suitable school auditoriums for
giving the programs:
Monday night, August 20, Pleas
ant Grove.
Tuesday night, August 21, Ar
cher Lodge.
Wednesday night, August 22,
Oakland school.
Thursday night, August 23,
Sandy Ridge.
Friday night, August 24, Mt.
Auburn school.
Monday night, August 27, Cor
inth-Holders.
Tuesday night, August 28, Ele
vation school.
At each of these places the pro
gram will begin promptly at eight
o’clock, and will not last for more
than an hour.
Bo^tre this hour, however, the
visitors from Clayton will arrive
at the places designated, and a
short time will l>e spent in getting
acquainted with each bther, talk
over the interesting matters of the
times, and otherwise have a
good time.
*“ s to the programs that will be
given, we want to assure you that
they will be high class and enter
taining. Clayton has an abund
ance of musical talent that offers
a wide range of selection in get
ting up a program, and the best
the town has will be included on
these visits. There will be one or
two short talks by interesting
speakers, who will discuss with
the folks the things they want to
hear. Besides other things, they
will tell you that Clayton has al
ways been and still is the best cot
ton market in the state. They will
tell you that Clayton’s progressive
merchants are preparing for the
fall trade with clean new stocks of
high class merchandise and they
will maintain a scale of prices as
low or lower than elsewhere. They
will tell you that Clayton has a
modern system of schools and the
doors are wide open to the youth
of the land. They will tell you,
and tell you with all truth, that
Clayton was never in better posi
tion to serve the rural population
of this community than it is today,
and never has the town had a
more industrious, energetic and
j hard-working set of business men
than will cooperate with you when
! you come to Clayton to trade this
j fall.
i Bo, read the list of places and
' dates above, pick out the point
| nearest you, and meet the Clayton
! visitors when they come. They will
have a snappy, short and iuterest
! ing program, gotten up with the
I idea of pleasing men and women
| TRADE-AT-HOME
FASHION SHOW
I The Business «nd Profes
sional Woman’s club is iniat
ing an enterprise that prom
ises to be one of the big trade
events of /the fall season,
judging from the enthusiasm
with which the local merchants ]
are responding to the move- I
ment. A **Trade-at-Home |
Fashion Show” is being plan
ned for Friday evening, Sep
tember 1 1, in which every
merchant will be welcome to
advertise his wares in some
way. Various scenes will be ar
ranged affording opportunities
to display the latest in wear
ing apparel for men and wo
men for all occasions. The
event will be given wide pub
licity. I
Abdalla Store
Moves Location
.J. I). Spiers ( loses Out Furni
ture Business Here ;tnd Ab
daki Occupies Store Which
He Vacates
The Abdalla-Vinson Store com
pany of Selma, which recently
opened up a ladies ready to wear
and millinery store here, moved
this week to a new location, the
Uhre formerly occupied by the
Spiers Furniture company, on the
corner of Market and Third
streets.
This building, which is two
stories high and has a mezzanine
floor, is commodious and well
lighted. It has been recently paint
ed throughout, and its fresh and
new-looking appearance will en
hance the arrangement of new
goods which Mr. Abdalla expects
to buy on northern market? in the
near future.
Mr. J. D. Spiers, who has oc
cupied the building since he erect
ed it in 1907, is closing out his
furniture store here and is moving
his stock of furniture to Erwin
where he has operated a branch
store for some time. Before going
into the furniture business, Mr.
Spiers conducted one of the best
dry goods stores in Johnston coun
ty. He came to Smithfleld in 1891
C; om Prince George county, Vir
ginia, a? agent for the A. C. L.
He has long been identified with
the business interests of Smithfleld,
and while he is closing out his
furniture store he will still have
an office here. He has secured the
rear end of the Abdalla store, and
this will be headquarters for his
business for some time.
MUSIC CLUB TO MEET
TUESDAY EVENING
The August meeting of the Aeo
lian Music dub will be held Tues
day evening with Mrs. L. T. Roy
al! and Mrs. T. J. Lassiter as hos
tesses. If the weather permits the
program will be given on the lawn.
In keeping with the warm
weather, the program committee,
composed of Mrs. H. C. Hood, Mrs.
L. V. Henderson and Mrs. T. J.
Lassiter, has arranged a brief
program. The topic will he “Negro
Music.” The program will open
with a group of old plantation
songs sung by the entire club,
after which Rev. Chester Alexan
der will give a talk on ‘‘The Negro
in Music.” Mr. Marvin Woodall
will sing “Lindy,” with banjo ac
companiment, and an old ‘Mammy’
lullaby will also be on the pro
gram.
Miss Mattie lou will read a
paper on the “Negro Spiritual,”
following which the local negro
quartette which has gained quite
a reputation, will sing a group of
spirituals. The negro quartette is
known as “Cub” Watson and his
Enterprise quartette.
Falcon Camp Meeting.
Announcements of the Falcon
Camp meeting are being sent out,
the camp meeting to begin next
Thursday, Aug. 2d. The meetings
will continue until September 2.
The preachers scheduled this year
are Rev. K. I). Reeves of Toronto,
Canada, and Rev. Chas. A. Shreve
of Washington, I). C.
This will be the twenty-ninth an
nual camp meeting held at Fal
con.
and children. And remember, that
any program is more enjoyable
when the crowd is large,
1
I
Board Education
Holds Meeting
Surplus From Last Year
Makes It Possible To Keep
Tax Rate Same and Also To
Take Care $750.000 Ronds
The Board of Education met
here Tuesday with all of its seven
members present as follows: W.
G. Wilson, chairman, J. W. Wood
ard, B. B. Adams, W. H. Call, P.
B. Chamblee, J. J. Young and C.
G. Holt.
At this meeting, the board sign
ed the statistical report for the
year. The auditor, Mr. J. T. Bagby,
of the A. M. Pullen Co., reported
on the expenditures for last year
as compared with the budget
adopted last year, and it was
found that the total expenditures
for the six-month schools was
$478,647.5'.) against the approved
budget of $506,123.70, thus leav
ing a surplus of $27,476.11. It is
this surplus together with a cut of
$10,000 from the regular budget
that will enable the board to carry
the $750,000 bond issue next year
without any increase in the tax
rate.
At this meeting also, a new
form of check was approved which
will greatly improve the bookkeep
ing system.
(Jonsiderable time wa^f spent
during the session, in approving
the awarding of bids for material
to be used in the construction of
the negro school building at Four 1
Oaks and the addition to the Four
Oaks building for the white chil- ,
dren.
I wo bids on lumber were con
sidered, one from the Guy C. Lee
Manufacturing company and one
from the Herring Lumber com
pany. Guy C. Lee was awarded the
bid at $25 per thousand, his bid
being two dollars lower than that
of the Herring Lumber company.
Three bids on brick were in
hand. Those of the Geo. M. Nor.
wood company and Borden Brick
and Tile company were identical,
their figures being $2,368.75. W.
M. Sanders bid slightly lower.
$2*359, and was given the con
tract.
The bids for structural stcele
were the same, Dewey Bros., of
Goldsboro, and Raleigh Iron Works
bidding each $495. Dewey Bros.,
was awarded the contract.
The mill work was figured on
by three concerns: C. M. and W.
G. Wilson at $875; Guy C. Lee
Mfg. Co., $940; and Star Mfg. Co.,
$900. C. M. and W. C,. Wilson
received the award.
W. M. Sanders & Son were given
the order for lime and nails, their
bid being slightly under those of
The Hardware Store of Selma.
Sanders' bid on lime was $11.75
per ton, and his bid on nails was
$3.72 per keg.
J. P. Rogers, local contractor,
has the supervision of these
buildings in charge, this plan of
construction having been found to
be considerably cheaper.
RE VIVA'I, TO BEGIN AT
CLAYTON M. E. CHURCH
On the first Sunday in Septem
ber a series f revival services
will begin in the Methodist church
in Clayton. The pastor will be as
sisted by Dr. Stanford, of Hick
ory, who will come on Monday,
September 3. Mrs. J. I.. Stiedly,
of Charlotte, will come on Aug
ust 29 and begin the meeting. An
invitation is extended to the peo
ple of Smithfield and Johnston
county to attend this meeting.
It will be remembered that Mrs.
Stiedly assisted Rev. *1). H. Tut
tle in a revival here when he was
pastor of the Centenary Metho
dist church. Her friends here will
welcome this opportunity to hear
i her again.
TOBACCO BUSINESS IS !
PICKING CP HERE I
The tobacco business is picking: i
up in Smithfield, in spite of the
fact that the market here has not
yet opened. The grading; rooms
have opened and a number are
kept busy getting tobacco in
shape to put on the warehouse
The Smithfield Tobacco Com
pany is receiving a good deal of
tobacco to redry from the Georgia
and South Carolina markets. On
Tuesday and Wednesday fo this
week this company received over
[a hundred thousand pounds.
Severe Storm In
Sandhill Section I
NEW PRIMATE
Most Rev. Cosmo Gordon Lang,
former nrchblshop of York, who
has been made archbishop of Can
terbury and primate of the Church
of England to succeed Archbishop
Davidson who resigned.
Floods Paralyze
Traffic In West
Highway No. 10 and Railroad
Track Blocked By Slide—
Other State News Items
Floods in the Western part of
North Carolina have paralyzed
traffic and the city of Asheville
has notified the people living be
low the huge Bee Tree dam to va
cate their property. Officers are
assisting people who dwell along
he river banks to get out. The
French Broad and Swananoah riv
ers were said yesterday to be ris
ing at the rate of one foot an
hour, and at many points they were
<ut of their banks. Highway num
ber ten between Asheville and Old
Fort is blocked by a slide which
look a portion of the highway 100
i'eet long and dropped it down on
he railroad, completely blocking
the track. No train service has
been 'possible between Asheville
and Salisbury and Asheville and
Spartanburg for several hours.
Mrs. N. E. Humphrey and little
-=on, Norman, Jr., who have been
pending some time at Henderson
ville, wired Mr. Humphrey yester
day that they were completely cut
off by washouts on the railroad
and by bridges being washed away.
Mrs. Humphrey expected to return
home Wednesday but traffic was
slopped before she could get
away.
Hon. Josephus Daniels was in
• inference with Governor Alfred
K. Smith at Albany this week.
Mr. Daniels told' the governor that
the solid south will go for Smith,
but that the usual Democratic ma
jority in the south will be cut
down if Governor Smith’s accept
ance speech is displeasing in the
matter of prohibition. He stated
to newspaper men that there was
more interest being manifested in
the governor’s forthcoming accept
ance speech than he had ever
known before.
Chairman Mull has issued a call
for the Democratic Executive Com
mittee to meet this evening at
which time a national committee
man will be chosen to succeed
Senator Simmons who recently re
igned apparently because of his
altitude toward the nomination of
Governor Smith, it is not antici
pated that any other business will
be transacted by the committee at
this time. The two persons most
prominently mentioned for the
place are Ex-Governor Cameron
Morrison and Hon. Josephus Dan
iels.
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Hring in New Fords.
Messrs. T. C. Young, Corbin
Young, Raymond Gower and Carl
Little s'pent Wednesday in Char
lotte. These men visited the Ford
distributing plant there and
brought back for the Young Mo
tor company, a tudor sedan, road
ster and phaeton.
W. H. Barrow Gets
News of Inn jury of
Brother- In - Law —
Number Reported
Killed, Wounded
and Missing
Mr. W. H. Barrow, who
holds a position at the local ice
plant here, received a distress
ing message yesterday after
noon telling of the injury of
his brother-in-law and wife in
a severe storm that swept a
section near Sanatorium yes
terday. Mr. and .Mrs. Ingram,
who live on a peach farm in
the Sandhill section, are the
injured persons, and they are
in a Fayetteville hospital. They
have four children, and one
of them late yesterday after
noon had not been found after
the storm.
A physician from the High
smith Hospital in Fayetteville
stated to Mr. Barrow yester
day that around forty wrere \
killed, wounded and missing as
a result of the storm.
'ABERDEEN, Aug. 16.—Two
persons were killed and a score of
others seriously hurt by a twister
which struck Ashley Heights, a
village five miles from here about
4:30 this morning.
The dead:
Unidentified white man, who had
stopped over to spend the night
with a friend, crushed to death.
J. W. Jones, died of injuries.
Those injured:
Mrs. J. W. Jones, not expected
to live.
A Mr. and Mrs. Ingram and
their five children. The parents are
not expected to live while the
children were badly cut and bruis
ed.
and
.ainod in that
" ust, dated Octo-1
. nd recorded in
506, Johnston
H. W. Dewar, badly cut
bruised. ~
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hardi'- REAL
both internally injured.
J. F. Bufkin, blown from \
ond story room about 50
juries undetermined.
Number of other pc
seriously hurt.
Dwellings Collapscand executed
The twister cut a path9 . lZ^?S
300 yards in width and trav * * *
northeast. It completely razed e.en made
cotton gin, garage, a brick storendebted“
and five dwellings, besides unroof
ing several more. The property
damage is estimated at $150,000.
The twister did considerable dam
age to tobacco barns before it hit
the village and after striking
there it traveled a short distance
and then seemed to rise.
BJushed to Hospitals.
The injured were rushed to
hospitals at Sanatorium and Fay
etteville and several hundred vol
unteers are at work clearing up
the debris.
Well Endowed.
An old man was standing on the
curb playing a one-string fiddle
outside a Ludgate Hill shop. An
acquaintance came up.
“Watcher doin’ down ‘ere, Bill?
I thought you worked the West
“Not now I don*t. I give that
to me son-in-law as a weddin’
i piasent.”—Northern Daily Tele
graph.
Aunt Roxie Opine*
By Me—
| I'm afraid A1 Smith iz gwlne
| ter be followered by wet itove
j wood and puny husbtM. _ __