North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME 46—NO. 68 Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper ¥ * Established 1882 * * » Tobacco in Smithfield SMITHl'IELD, N. C„ FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24, 1928 $2.00 YEAR—5c SINGLE COPY Governor Smith Delivers His Acceptance Speech Proposes Consti t tutional Changes |t Permitting Sale of :| Whiskey Where Plan Is Approved a Reiterating once more opposition ' to features of the Eighteenth fp Amendment and the Volstead Act, J| Governor Alfred E. Smith has ae ■_'Jj cepted the nomination for the lit presidency of the United States . I at the hands of the Democratic party. i The acceptance ceremonies were 1 IS held at Albany, N. Y., but a steady 1 >!;Jpour of rain from earJy morning pf Wednesday until the time set for pM, the event in the evening, prevent m ed the original plans from being carried out. Scarcely two thousand _pof the veritable army of people iJf'who had traveled hundreds of miles to be present at the Albany ceremony, were able to get into the assembly chamber of the New York S\£tate Capitol to hear the speeches. Radio connections made possible the broadcasting of the program, but if the static was as bad over the country as It was here, many of the millions of listeners-in had to depend upon the newspapers for the text of the speeches. Senator Key Pittman of Nevada made the notification speech, and Governor Smith responded in an address that took an hour to do- j v liver, covering the chief issues’ of the campaign. The public has perhaps mani fested greater interest in the atti tude of the (presidential candi date:T~upon the matters of prohi- * bition land farm relief, and there- 1 fore we are giving extracts con- i cerning these issues from Gover nor Smith’s speech: ] TURN TO PAGE 3. PLEASE. * MISS FLORA SMITH SPEAKS I AT CIRCLE MEETING Members of Circle No. 3 of the Methodist Missionary Society were entertained Monday evening .. at the home of Mrs. C. B. Wil liamson, Mrs. Williamson and Mrs. L. T. Royal 1 being hostesses. Mrs. A. M. Noble, leader of the circle, f conducted a brief business session i in which it was reported that $01 * was in the treasury of the circle. c Reports of visits made to the sick and strangers and of needy cases £ assisted were given, after which c the topic, “Ways of Helping the c Needy,” was discussed. Mrs. E. W. ' Glass talked on the topic, after ( which Miss Flora Smith, who has 1 just completed a course in training < at George Washington Hospital, • was introduced and made a talk ' concerning her work. Miss Smith ' is a local young woman who be- ' came interested in welfare work 1 some years ago. The Woman’s Missionary Society of the Metho dist church and other friends made it possible for her to take a 1 course in nursing. She has already 1 accepted a position at Samarcand ' where she will have charge of the infirmary. Her new duties begin September 1. Miss Smith in the course of her remarks expressed '^b.lier appreciation for the support given her by the local organization. Among those present at the cir cle meeting Monday afternoon were Mrs. J. R. Walton and Miss Eliza Powell, of Cullowhee. Mrs. Walton formerly lived in this city and was at one time president of the Missionary Society. Refreshments were served dur ing a social hour that followed the program. / 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 Wilmer Johnson recognized his name last issue. Today’s TantaTlier: lejr.snsntevoe \ CHALLENGE TO W A TEH M ELO N G HOW EHS ("From Haleigh News & Observer) Henry )|. Britt, route five, Tarboro, will be at the office of the News and Observer on Saturday to meet all challen gers from Johnston county wa termelon growers. Johnston ians have been braggin so much about their big water melons that the Edgecombe man could stand it no longer. He is willing to wager his melons for the size against the world, but more particular ly against Johnston county. After hearing so much about these Johnston watermelons, Mr. Britt took his pen in hand. He wrote Josephus Daniels, editor of the News and Observ er, that the biggest melons to be found anywhere were in Edgecombe county. “Seeing is believing.” and Mr. Daniels suggested that the best way to determine the size of melons was comparison in neutral ter ritory. Wake county is noted for many things, but it isn’t in the class of Johnston and Edgecombe when it comes to big watermelons. “Will accept challenge of Johnston county for Saturday, August 2"),” wired Mr. Britt yesterday. So there it is. The place is the office of the News and Ob server. and the time is noon. All Johnston county growers with good-sized melons are in vited to have them on hand .ocal Advantages 7or Industries uwanians Led By R. P. Hold ing Discuss Possibilities of Smith field As A{h Indus trial City By I)R. C. C. MASSEY, Sec. It is pre-supposed as a matter f fact thao Johnston county is n agricultural section. This is a act with which we are all both Dncerned anti familiar. Ways, means and advantages of etting industry for Johnston ounty and Smithfield were gen rally discussed by the Kiwanians t their regular luncheon yester ay. R. I’. Holding contrasted the ossibilities of Smithfield enter rises with other towns of similar ize. The development of Burling, on and Wadesboro enterprises , ere discussed at some length. In ine with the thought of the meet rig. Kiwanian Holding read an ar icle from the current issue of Manufacturer’s Record in which it vas established, that whenever an i!d agricultural town, like Smith ic*Id, breaks into the class of ln lustrial towns, like Wadesboro, for example, is due largely to the ef ‘orts that come from within, that ocal capital and brains, coupled vith progressiveness are vital tae ;ors. The fact that this is an ag ricultural center should offer in lucement, rather than retard the ievelopmcnt of industries. Accord ng to the speaker’s statement, [here is an increasing tendency for lorthern industry to move 'south. A number of southern advantage? were mentioned to explain thi? tendency. g V 11 V I <11 UISIU.'.'IWII |</*IWT»VW . • which Kiwanians H. B. Marrow Rev. U. »I. Tuttle, R. ('. Ciillett and others entered freely. The lesson so convincing;!} conveyed was that, if Smithfieh is to break into the class of in dustrial cities it must do so large ly of its own iniative, capital am The meeting was presided ove by President W. J. B. On*. The club enjoyed a number o piano selections by Miss Rut' Brooks. Miss Sue Bullock and Messrs Henry and Edward Bullock, of Eu quay Springs, spent Monday in th city the guests of Mrs. W. L. Fu! ler. Accepts Presidential Nomination HOY. ALIKE!) E. SMITH BELIEVE NEGRO WAS POISONED TO DEATE Young Selma Negro is Dead and Negress Is In County Jail On Suspicion Geneva Benjamin, a young ne gress of Winston-Salem, is in the Johnston county jail held without bond on suspicion that she is con nected with the death of Way mond Smith, 21-year-old negro man of Selma. Smith died almost' suddenly at his home in Selma on Tuesday morning. According to evidence brought out at the inquest by Coroner J. II. Kirkman, the negro woman was on a visit in Selma and on Mon day evening she had sent for Smith, who was said to be a for- ! mer sweetheart, to come to see her. Their love affair had been broken up and some time ago Smith married another girl. After having visited the negro woman and after he had reached his home he was taken violently ill. Dr. J. B. Person was sent for but the man died before the physician arrived. Poisoning was suspected and the j Benjamin woman was immediately arrested. A coroner’s inquest was held, the following men having been im paneled as a jury: H. E. Harp, M. J. Cameron, W. W. Hare, W. L. Eaton, W. W. Stewart and Dr. R. J. Noble. Fourteen witnesses were examined. Dr. C. C. Massey, county health officer, made an autopsy on the body and the contents have been sent to Raleigh for analysis. When a report from the analysis is in hand there will be another hearing before the coroner’s jury, the time of which will probably be an nounced in Tuesday’s issue of the Herald. JUNIOR OF SMITH FEU) INVITED TO HOPEWKL! All Juniors of Smith-field Coun cil No. 102 are invited to bo pres ent at Ilopcwell Freewill Baptist church Sunday, August 20, at the yearly meeting of the church. Ai this time a revival meeting wil begin. Dinner will be served to the Juniors. -- ♦. --- A Family Reunion. There will be a family reunioi at the H. W. Tart old home plan on Sunday, September 2. Every body is cordially invited to atten< and bring well filled baskets. A 11 o’clock there will be preachinj by Rev. D. C. Johnson. MRS. E. W. FREEMAN. SCHOOL OPENS SEPT. 10 Some time ago announce ment was made that the Smithfield, Selma and'Clayton schools will open on Sept. 10. 1 he headline read Sept. 15, hut the date in the article was correct. Monday, September 10 will be the opening date of the schools in the three towns Proceedings Of Recorder’s Court I’oole I .and Case Decided In Favor of Mr. Poole; Other Cases Tried Tuesday and Wednesday Thf of Mr-. Auu Vk-torine C arver and George Brown, charg ed with forcible trespass on the lands of A. V. I’oole and Miss Vic toria Poole in Clayton township, was tried in Tuesday’s Recorders court, and the defendants were found guilty and a thirty day jai! sentence imposed. The jail sen tence however was suspended upon condition that the defendants keep otf the lands in question during the next two years. They were tax ed with the cost in the case of $'>8.47 which they were unable to pay. However, three of their at , torneys who. were from Raleigh, gave bond for their appearance | here next Tuesday at which time the amount will he paid. Neithei ! the defendants went on the i stand, but a man by the name ol Hunch, tenant on the Poole land j Wa'; a witness for the defendants Jt appears that Bunch has beei , promised 30 acres of land and hi: i sons ten acres each if the defend ants shall recover the land to whicl I they are laying claim. ! Other cases to come up Tuesday and Wednesday are as follows: State vs. Nathan ToTwnsend colored, charged with reckless driv ing, with operating car withou proper license plates, and withou j proper brakes. Defendant guilty o ;all counts, and sentenced to go t ijail for a term of GO days and as signed to work the roads of John ston county and pay the cost. Th ■ jail sentence is to be suspende upon payment of $00 fine and th i costs. John W. Pearce was found gui .ty of possession and transporta ! TURN TO PAGE 6, PLEASE I Theft Near | Four Oaks J Thieves Take Tires and Also Wheels From New Pontiac Coach Belonging; to Mr. Haskett FOUR OAKS, Aug. 23.—What seems to have been a rather bold act of stealing took place near here early last Saturday morning at approximately one o’clock when Mr. Haskett, a highway employee, who lives just in front of Mr. C. H. Grady’s home on the Smithfield highway, had his new Pontiac coach which was under Mr. Grady’s barn shelter, supposedly for safe keeping. robbed of wheels and tires. ! Mr. Haskett and his wife heard I an old Ford car stop just beyond their home on a deep fill about one o’clock but never paid any further attention to it. The thieves made their way to this bai n shelter and removed the spare tire, cover and wheel, and the left rear wheel and tire. They went on their way un caught and without any clue ex cept their tracks under the shel ter. From the tracks they were men who wore perhaps a number seven and a number nine shoe. No suspicions were aroused con cerning the stealing until about 8 o’clock Saturday morning when Al bert Wilson and Christine Grady found that the tires and wheels had been removed. Mr. Haskett, who was at work was notified as ■ were local officers who are working to locate the thieves. From all ev idence it certainly appears that the stealing was done by persons in or near town who knew Mr. . Fiaskctt had recently purchased a new car and kept it at Mr. Grady’s barn shelter. HERALD RETURNS THANKS FOR WATERMELONS The Herald wishes to return thanks to Mr. Geo. W. Hicks of Cleveland township, Johnston county's cha%nion watermelon grower, for two fine melons which he brought us this week. The larg er of the two tipped the scales at 72 pounds, while the other weigh e 1 06. The melons were cut dur ing the week at the Herald office and a number of friends had the opportunity to sample these lus cious melons. It was the unani mous comment that the melons were as fine as they had ever eat en and perhaps finer. Mr. Hicks recently sold forty two melons in Ralegih which net ted him $65. Another load of thir ty-five sold for $50. Death of Miss Helen McCall. In the death of Miss Helen Mc Call, which took place Monday, August 20, at her home on Selma, route 1, the community in which she had spent 60 years lost a fine Christian character. Miss McCall lived with a maiden sister near the home of a brother, Mr. J. H. Mc Call. She had been in bad health for about two months, but was critically ill for only about a week before her death. The deceased was a member of the Johnston Chapel Methodist church and was an excellent Chris tian worker. Funeral services were held at the church on Tuesday aft ernoon by Rev. \V. E. Glass, as sisted by Rev. I). II. Tuttle. Inter ment was made in the family bury ing ground not far distant. Another Old Piece of Money. Mr. 0. H. Barefoot was in the city Wednesday and showed us several pieces of very old money. He had in his possession a penny which was made in 1633. It was worn considerably and Lt took a magnifying glass to discipher the inscriptions. On one side there was the imprint of an eagle. On the other side was the usual garland with “One Cent" in the center. He also had a three-cent silver piece made in 1853. It is about two thirds the size of a dime. It has the Roman figures “III” in the center of what appears to be i monogram “C". On the opposite side was a six-point star. He alsc had a quarter made in 1853, tha he stated is now worth abou $2.50. HERALD’S CONSTRUCTIVE EDITION TO TELL THE STORY ABOUT BUILDING JOHNSTON Tho dinosaur is dead, and with him also passed the mam moth and the mastodon and thousands of other “big game,” animals of pre-historic ages. The mounted skeletons of these kings of the jungle are all that is left of science to study and to speculate over as to the habits and possible causes of extinction of these land monsters. But the world is still pos sessed by “big game," men and women of super-intelli gence, industry and thrift. It was these faculties which en abled the human race to ad just itself to its environment, conquer untoward circumstan ces and avoid the paths to ob livion which the “big game” animals followed. The “Opportunities in John .stun County” edition which the | Smithficld Herald will issue next Friday, August 31,t is a worthwhile effort to assemble and present, in attractive : form, the throbbing, pulsat ing story of the lives and ac- 5 tivities of the men who go to make up the affairs of Johnston county. What is be ing done in education, banking, ; manufacturing, dairying, poul- 1 try, agricultural development ' and other fields of endeavor 1 will be graphically tojd and il- * lustrated in a manner worthy 5 of Johnston county. ‘ Let us revitalize our faith in every foot of Johnston coun ty and pledge anew allegiance to the traditions and inherent 1 possibilities of a splendid peo- * pie, confronted by greater op- ' poi tunities. i GOOD ROAD DELEG A TION FROM FIVE ST A TES MEET■ -«.- *_ f. C. Young Named Vice President of Organization To Boost Highways of the Southeast Fursuant to a call issued by Wade Stackhouse, chairman of the Coastal Commission of South Car olina; Jenkins M. Robertson, chair man Mid-Coastal Highway of South Carolina; T. C. Young, chair man of the Carolinas-Florida Short Route Association; E. E. Goodwyn, chairman of the Coastal Highway of Virginia, and Harvey Granger, chairman of the Board of the At lantic Coastal Highway Commis sion of Georgia, representatives from towns and cities located on these several routes, met at Flor ence, S. C., Thursday, August 9, at 11 o’clock a. m., for the pur pose of discussing ways and means of advertising this territory. Dr. Wade Stackhouse called the meeting to order and was elected permanent chairman; T. C. Young was elected vice-chairman. In view of the possibility that further de velopments might require a full time secretary, it was decided to elect a temporary secretary and C. C. Chadbourn of Fayetteville, N. C., was elected after the fol lowing named persons had asked that their names be withdrawn from the list of nominees, Coleman C. Martin of Charleston, S. C.; C. Messrs Meeks d. vvnuden or Marion, i^ouis 1. Moore of Wilmington, and Jack Gardiner of Brunswick. A set of resolutions was introduced by Mr. Neils Christiensen of Beaufort who made an address setting forth the desirability of adequately adver tising the section of the south tra versed by the roads whose propon ents had signed the call for the meeting and whose representatives were present at the meeting. Mr. Morris Fass of Dillon moved that the resolutions be discussed anci acted upon paragraph by para graph. This motion prevailed. The discussion centered on the first paragraph descriptive of the ter I ritory. After considerable discuss ion participated in by Wilkins, Young, Walker, Stoney, Coffin, McKoy, Fass, Cantwell, Whilden and oth ers, it became apparent that then was a marked unanimity of sen timent against the naming of an; roads at all, the prevailing ides being a desire to avoid direct inf sentiment that would be undul; favorable to any road or prejudici al to any road but rather to giv publicity to a section and adver tise by maps showing all the road: C. C. Martin of Charleston intro duccd a resolution describing th territory as follows: “All that tei ritory east of the capitols of Vii ginia, North Carolina and Bout Carolina and the coastal plain <: Georgia and Florida inclusive c the capitols.” The resolution wti passed and the full set of resoh | tions as finally adopted is as fo lows: [ Resolved, that we organize a association with the purpose of a< | TURN TO PAGE 6, PLEASE Boosts Good Roads : I. ^ Ol N(i of this cit\ who was elected vice-president of the (iood t * Uoads meeting recently held in ' Florence, S. C. Wonderful Nature Here In America - —♦ Judge Brooks Finds One Does Not Have To (Jo to the Alps or Venice To See Beauty By F. H. BROOKS Well, here we are in Smithfield again after traveling 10,051 miles in our own Chrysler, into twenty two states, the Republic of Mex ico, and the District of Columbia. We burned 532 gallons of gasoline, 103 quarts of oil, and had nine punctures, thus averaging 100 miies on approximately 5.32 gal lons of gasoline, 193 quarts of oil, and less than one puncture to ev ery 1,000 miles. We were gone eight weeks to the day, having left Smithfield on Wednesday morning, June 20. and returned Tuesday night, August 14. We left within 100 miles of the Atlantic Ocean, dipped down into the Gulf of Mexico on the South, crossed to the Pacific Ocean at the lower end of California on the West, fol lowed the Pacific ('oast from San Diego, Cal., to Crescent City, Cal.. J ; and then crossed the northern por ' tion of the United States to the ■ great Lake Michigan at Chicago. * Our eyes have been opened in • amazement as we have driven these . i ten thousand miles over the Unit ■ J ed States. "Uncle Sam’’ rlues over - a great empire surely! We didn’t - realize that there was so much of - this country and so many people, ' or so many beautiful places to f see. We had thought of the Alps f i and Italy, Venice and the foreign s i countries of the earth as the - places to go to see the beautiful, - the wonderful in Nature, hut lo! ■here in America we have all that n one’s heart could desire in the way l-jof the beautiful, wonderful in Na i TURN TO PAGE 4, PLEASE Minister Returns Thru New England Lake Champlain Country Pic turesque; Boston Rich in Historical and Literary In terest Ity KEY. S. L. MORGAN As a preacher who has used up ill the thirty minutes, which per laps most people are yet willing o allow him for his sermon, feels t impossible to conclude without a ninute for a serious application, o I feel it impossible to conclude his series of articles without giv ng one or two largely as an ap ical to a worthy patriotism. Pro minently New England makes ueh an appeal. Almost every foot f its soil has been made sacred y the heroic struggles of those iho laid here the foundation of most that is good and great in our lation's life. Qur_j>olyglot popula ion contains millions of foreign rs who know little and care less or the sacred principles that lay ack of those struggles, and their nfluenee becomes ever greater, ’articularly our younger genera ion needs sorely to be reminded f those principles, “lest they for et," and lest our nation drift from :s moorings. »»v tame suutn miv milt's irnm Icntreal to Lake Champlain, the atural gateway to New England, leaning the lake we came to a imple sign on the roadside an ouncing that there Canada end d and the United States began, nd we felt a delightful thrill as e crossed the invisible line be ween the two countries. At Rouses *oint near the laTfe we were stop ped by the custom officer. It seem 'd little more than red tape. We vere required to report at two fficcs—at one of which we ex hanged our Canadian money for hat of the U. S. The officer show d no interest in looking at our aggage. He asked only what we ad bought in Canada, and if we ad any liquor. A word and a smile rom me seemed entirely sufficient, f I had had ten gallons in my ar, I suppose I could have got by. Jut no doubt experience has given im much knowledge of character. \e were allowed if we chose, to ring across the line free of tariff 100.00 worth of goods for our own ise. Our high tariff makes a suit if clothes about 50 per cent high r here than in Canada. T can only refer to the exquisite ►eauty of Lake Champlain. It is 15 miles long by from one to 13 niles wide. It forms about half the vestern border of Vermont. West ward one sees the lofty Adiron lacks in New York, and eastward he beautiful Green Mountains in Vermont. Of the three ways south ward we chose the one down the leart of the lake. Crossing by lorry from Chazy Landing a mile ind a half, we drove from island :o island a distance of 25 miles, reaching again the mainland near Burlington, the metropolis of Ver mont. This island drive is a dream land of beauty. But the main interest of this wonderful lake is historical. Dis covered by Champlain in 1609, and flowing north through the Riche lieu river into the St. Lawrence, it was the natural highway along which for nearly two centuries the French and British, with their Indian allies struggled for the mastery. At Fort Ticonderoga, where Lake George flows into TURN TO PAGE 5, PLEASE Aunt Roxie Opine* By Me— Itll. “I don’t think A1 Smith will kill prohibition fer de Republican* he* done done it.”