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Use Want Ads it you have anything to sell a Want Ad will find you a buyer, quickly, cheaply. VOLUME 46—NO, 69 Sell Your Tobacco in Smithfield _ R n Sjinn-la Pon Sale Of Interest To Dairy Farmers -4 Registered Jersey Bulls Will Be Soid at Clinton Sept. 13; Benson Branch East Caro lina Chamber of Commerce ' Cooperates BENSON, Aug. 27.—The North Carolina Jersey Breeders Associa tion will hold a sale of registered Jersey bulls at Clinton on Thurs day, September 13. The sale will be held at the stables of Mr. J. I. This will be a red letter day for the farmers of this section for it will give them an opportunity to buy some of the best breeding stock in the state. These bulls are being consigned to this sale by breeders the most of whom, live in Catawba and Iredell counties which is some times spoken of as the Jersey stronghold in North Carolina. The range in age of these bulls will be from six to eighteen months. This sale as stated above, is be ing put on by the North Carolina Jersey Breeders Association, with the office of Dairy Extension, Raleigh, the Benson office of the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Com merce, the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and others cooperating. The following was taken from a recent letter from A. C. Kimery, Extension Dairy Specialist, to J. Slack, manager, Benson office of the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce in regard to these bulls. “I was in Catawba and Iredell counties last week with Mr. Mor- ! row, secretary the North Car olina Jersey Breeders Association, | and looked over the bulls that will ! go into the sale at Clinton. Sen tember 13. These are young: bulls i of good quality and the farmers in ■ our section who want good bulls i will not go wrong in buying them.” Everyone who is interested in buying a good registered bull is urged to attend this sale. This is an opportunity that farmers in this section who are interested in dairying should not pass up. MR. JOHN A. BREWER DIES SUDDENLY Mr. John A. Brewer died sud denly at his home in Princeton last Thursday morning at the age of eighty years. He was in his us ual health and his death came as a shock to relatives and friends. Mr. Brewer married fifty, years ago. For about forty years he had been a member of the Methodist church. The funeral was conducted at the residence Friday afternoon at four o’clock conducted by Rev. D. H. Tuttle, assisted by Rev. E. \V. Glass. Interment took place in the Princeton cemetery. The deceased is survived by his j wife and two children: Miss Lena j Brewer and Mrs. H. A. Watson, j He also leaves two grandchildren, i MERRY-GO-ROUND FOR THE CHILDREN The Mansefield company is in Smithfield to operate a merry-go-round and ferris wheel every afternoon and eve ning this week, and a part of the proceeds will go to the treasury of the Sanders-Holt Chapter of the U. D. C. Mr. Mansefield, whose mother was a member of the U. D. C.. makes it a rule to have this organization sponsor his ap pearance in the towns he vis its. The merry-g'o-round and ferris wheel will be located on the corner of Market and Fourth street, across from Sam’s Filling station. Tantalizer There are exactly enough let ters in the line below to sphll 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 issu« Leon Stevens, Jr., recognized his name last issue. Today’s TantaHzer: flenroagdcatlis SUCCEEDS F. M. SIMMONS NEW COMMITTEEM.-TN.-j-Oamerdh Morrison, former gov ernor nl North Carolina, has been named by the state demo cratic executive committee as national committeeman from the state, succeeding’ Senator F. M. Simmons, who resigned the post after the nomination ol' A1 Smith for president. NAME MORRISON TO SUCCEED SIMMONS 45 COMMITTEEMAN Flying to Film l ame mm , to .. i m %*s Photo shows Ruth Elder, firs ir! to fly across the Atlantic, si acting gowns for her wardrobe it er first motion picture, in whicl he will plly opposite Richard Dix Visit Chicago On Return Trip Home Judgo Brooks and Party Pass Through Agricultural Sec tion of West; Fine Crops By H. H. BltOOKS We entered Iowa near Sioux City, crossing the Missouri River on one of the highest and longest bridges we had seen on our trip. This is one of the most fertile and productive agricultural states we passed through on our entire trip. Wheat, corn, and alfalfa fields on every side—and such crops! Corn seemed to be about ten to twelve feet high and the wheat higher than the fences. Sioux City on the west and Cedar Rapids in the east were the two principal cities of Iowa which we passed through. We drove into Chicago Friday , morning and found our way into Tom Crocker’s office. Now, let me ; tell you, Chicago is no small town. We entered on Roosevelt Road from DeKalb and crossed into Washington Boulevard, and drove for 30 or 40 miles to Mr. Crco-k er‘s office, which is way down, neai •Lake Michigan. He was not there but we got some mail that hati been forwarded there, and got hb j Smithfield Herald and caught uj ' with some of the happenings al ; home. Mr. (’rocker's secretary (t 1 pleasant and accommodating younj; | lady) helped to locate us at the | Windemere Hotel on the soutl side of the city, convenient to oui | road out east and near the lake i HI course, we saw considerable o | Chicago coming in and going t< lour hotel, but we took one of tin busses and got on the upper deel TURN TO PAGE 4, PLEASE -■» — Charlotte Man Elect ed By Acclamation To Serve As N. C. M ember Democratic National Committee RAI.KtGH. Aug. 24. F„rmer Governor Cameron Morrison was elected democratic national com mitteemen tonight by the state executive committee here to suc ceed Senator F. M. Simmons, who recently resigned. Morrison was tho only nominee and was elected by acclamation. No other business was transacted by the meeting, which produced no discussion. Congressman Lindsay ^Varren, from the first district, placed the name of the former governor be fore the meeting which was at tended by 110 of its 120 members, either in person or by proxy. Never Fails. "While I regret the occasion for this meeting,” Representative War ren said, "the democratic party in North Carolina has never yet fail ed to meet any problem or any "The selection of Cameron Mor rison will thrill democrats from Manteo to Murphy. It will pro claim more eloquently than could any resolution that the militant democracy is aroused and this warrior of a thousand battles will lead us on to further victories. It will serve notice that there will be no temporarizing, and that a vig ; orous campaign will be waged for all candidates of the party, amf it will bring dismay to enemies of the party. It means harmony will prevail, bickering cease, and the ranks of the party will be closed.” Past Victories. In seconding the nomination, .W. L. Parsons, of Rockingham, said the seventh district was "proud of ; this opportunity for advancement ' and service in the national organ ization.” which came to Morrison, who, he said, “thirty years ago led us to a victory in our section of the state in one of the most bril liant and spectacular of cam paigns.” By his “brilliant, conservative and forward looking,” administra I tion as governor, Morrison furthei | “entrenched himself in the affec tion and esteem,” of the party Parsons said. j J. A. Bell, of Charlotte, who wa: | TURN TO PAGE 4, C. P. Ellis Host To Hundred Friends Champion Cotton Grower of State Gives Barbecue at His Home; Occasion Char acterized by Speeches and Good Eats { C. P. Ellis of Clayton was host to about a hundred farmers and their wives at his country home west of Clayton Saturday after noon of last week. Mr. Ellis, who won national fame last year as the champion cotton grower of North Carolina, had invited his neighbors to see the results of lib eral applications of nitrate of soda to cotton. He is conducting a cot ton growing demonstration in co operation with the Chilean Nitrate Educational Bureau and the N. C.! Agricultural Extension Service. Bain prevented a thorough in- j I spection of the tield but the far i me is were impressed with the full crop of bolls which have already j been set. Present indications are j that he will make considerably j more than a bale per acre in spite of the adverse weather conditions which we have had. When the guests had assembled in the house, Mr. Ellis presented who is agronomist for the Chilean Nitrate of Soda Educational Bu reau. Mr. Boyd gave an interest ing talk on the growing of cotton. He told of a recent trip through West Texas where “sledding” is practiced and where a farmer can grow 100 acres under that system while the North Carolina farmer can grow only 25 with the same amount of labor. Calling atten tion to the fact that from five to twelve million acres of this wes tern prairie land are waiting to be turned into cotton, he pointed out the necessity of our learning to produce an average of more than a bale of cotton per acre. He stated that the bureau which he repre sents and other agencies are doing their dead level best to find the one best fertilizer for cotton and that the fertilizer mixture which Mr. Ellis is using is the best one discovered so far. Mr. Boyd explained that, in ad dition to the complete fertilizer used at planting time, Mr. Ellis applied 200 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre when the cotton was thirty-five days old. Mr. Boyd reviewed the work which has been done to determine the width of spacing of cotton to produce the highest yields. He rec ommended rows 30 inches apart and two plants in the hill 18 inche? between hills. James M. Gray, state agent in farm demonstration work, spoke briefly of the work which is being done by the different agencies to find the best fertilizers for crops. Dr. B. W. Kilgore, president of the [ North Carolina Cotton Growers ! Association reviewed briefly the work which has been done to in crease crop production during the thirty years or more when he was I an agricultural leader in the state cither as director of experiment stations or as director of agricul tural extension work. Dr. Kilgore injected a new idea into the meet ing though when he said that the biggest crops do not always bring the most money to the farmers’ pockets ami that the cash income from the crop is the important thing after all. He declared that we must have farm relief legis lation which will prevent our being forced to take ruinous prices for our crops every year when we are blessed with favorable conditions for making the crop. When the speaking was finished j Mr. Ellis and his daughter took | charge of the most enjoyable part of the program. Those who were sitting near the doors had noticed I considerable activity around the! kitchen and when it came to Mr.; Ellis’ turn to take charge of the! program his daughter asked the; guests to form in line, cafeteria style, and march through the din ing room. Each guest vyas given a plate heaped with pork barbecue, sandwiches, salads and iced tea. This was followed by orange sher bet and eake and then after the rain had stopped Mr. Ellis invited the guests out to a picnic table in the yard where everyone who had any room left for more eats tall truck ladder rarsrr~7T—— The tallest fin* I rin k ladder in America being tested in Milwaukee. The ladder, which was made in Germany, rises, to a height of loo feet in about thirty seconds. Writes Of Last Lap Of journey Rhode Island and Roger Wil liams; New York City As Viewed From Various Angles By REV. S. I,. MORGAN Long; ago I desired to conclude this series, but I have looked for ward to Boston, with its Faneuil Hal! and its Hunker Hill, and to Providence, IF 1.. with its Roger Williams, to furnish the text from which I wished to preach a bit before concluding. This done, 1 shall be content. Boston and Prov idence have the same important lesson for this day of license and lawlessness,, namely, that the foundations of our nation were \ id in religion and soul liberty. •Mini Winthrop came over and founded Boston because, as he -aid, the persecuted Puritans had “no place to fly unto, but the wil lerness.” We need to be reminded both that they came to found a nation dedicated to God and liber ty of conscience, and that it was ‘the very flower of the English Puritans” who settled at Boston and along the coast near by. Many were high-born men and women, with graduates of Oxford anti Gambridge. The descendants of such men and women defended their rights against England in their town meetings in Faneuil Hall, and at Bunker Hill poured out their blood to win liberty for us. who often treat it lightly, or turn it into license and lawlessness. We owe something to their mem ory. We owe the greatness of our nation in the past to their sturdy But “soul liberty” was yet un known anywhere in the world. These Puritans founded their gov ernment on the theory that. only those holding their own religious views could be citizens. The law required that every man must at tend public worship and pay for its support. Only their church members were allowed to vote. An excluded church member lost his citizenship. Sermons were often two hours long, the prayer an hour. If one went to sleep in church, the beadle with his long rod prodded him awake. One preacher came over from England who could not believe as the Puritans did about a number of things, Roger Williams. He was a scholar, the master of half a TURN to PAGE TWO was given his fill of nice juicy watermelon. It began to get dark and the crowd realized for the first tim< that they had been there for hours and as they left each one wa: handed a nitrate of soda pencil 'In Mr. Boyd as a souvenir with tin request that they' use it to figure | their profits. j State And Nation News Paragraphs Representatives of Fifteen World Powers Meet in Paris To Sign Peace Pact; Six teen Killed in Subway As cident * ft,If §4 .■» Representatives of fifteen pow ers were gathered in Paris yes terday for the signing of a solemn declaration denouncing war as an instrument of national policy. Aristide Briantf and Secretary h rank D. Kellogg were said to he outstanding figures among the rep rosentatives. M. Briand, French minister of Foreign Affairs, brought into being the long con ceived idea of a pact which would banish military conflict. Through his office France offered such a treaty to bind the French and the people of the United States. Sec retary Kellogg saw the possibili ty of extending the treaty to oth er powers, and consequently the fifteen powers participating in the I Locarno treaty were eventually in fvited to be the first signers of a I document that will be extended for the consideration of every nation in the world. .No source attempts the treaty as an absolute guaran i by nearly every capital of the | world as the greatest step yet tak j on toward the peaceful settlement | "f any national disputes. Sixteen persons were killed and ; nearly one hundred injured Friday j afternoon a little after five o’clock j in New York City when a ten-car j express train in the west side sub- ' ! way split a stitch. The accident ; i happened at the height of New : ! York’s busiest hour and the crash ; threw thousands pouring into the i station into an uproar. W. G. i Baldwin, veteran 1. It. T., signal j boss, tentatively acidised of re sponsibility for the wreck, was held | ! Saturday in $10,000 bail on a [ charge, of homicide. Baldwin is the 1 focal point of three official inves In the air over Winston-Salem the wedding ceremony of Miss Ledbetter Coggins of Greensboro, land I. G. Prilliman of Charlotte, was performed Saturday after noon—the first of its kind ever to he performed in North Carolina. A big monoplane soaring at an alti tude of about 3,000 feet was the scene of the wedding. The pilot and his wife were attendants upon the nuptials. The officiating minis ter was Rev. C. T. Hackney, of Statesville. Another plane follow ed the one containing the wedding party and a newspaper man took a kodak picture of the couple as they plighted their troth. After j returning to earth they entered a prosaic automobile for a motor trip I to northern points. Rev. John Roach Stratton, pas j tor of Calvary Baptist church, New Iork City, has accepted the invi tation of Rev. C. A. Upchurch, su perintendent of North Carolina ' j Anti-Saloon League, to speak in • Raleigh on Labor Day. September j I 3. It will be recalled that Rev. Mr. Stratton recently provoked a con troversy with Governor Alfred E. Smith, Democratic presidential candiate. Family Reunion at Mr. Grant's. Friday was the occasion for a reunion of the family of Mr. Elisha Grant, who lives on route 1, Selma. The reunion was held at the home place where Mr. Grant resides with his son, Mr. Walter Grant. At the noon hour an old fashioned family picnic dinner with all kinds ot meats, salad, cakes and pies was served. Barbecued pig and barbecued chicken formed a part of the menu as well as plen ty of ice cold lemonade. Those of Mr. Grant’s children present were: Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Ward, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Grant, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Grant, Mr. FI. S. Grant, Misses Julia, Effie, Flora and Rena Grant. Those there from Smithfield were Mr. and Mrs. J. L). Underwood, Mrs. I). II. Creech and Mr. F. H. Brooks. Mrs. W. N. Holt, who has been spending several weeks with hei mother at Evergreen, Ala., has re turned home. Nothing To Rumor Says Judge Brooks NOT TIME TO III NT SQUIRRELS VET' I he season for hunting squirrels does not begin until <>et. 1. according to County Game Warden, W. 1). Avera, and those persons who are now hunting squirrels are li able to be caught and made to pay a luce of $f>0 and costs. Money is not so plentiful but that squirrels at $50 or StiO would be expensive meat. These same squirrels will be in the woods live weeks from now if the hunters let them alone, and the hunting will be just as profitable and more exciting unless there is some thing in the old saying that "stolen sweets are the sweet est." Dr. Oliver Heads E. C. Trade Body Well Known Henson Man I> < hosen President of Cham ber of Commerce DENSON, Aug. 27.—At a meet ing of the directors of the Eastern < arolina Chamber of Commerce held here last night, Dr. A. S. Oliver, of this place, was unani mously elected president of that organization to succeed C. F. Har vey, .Jr., of Kinston, who recently resigned. Dr. Oliver is-—- •widely known throughout eastern North l arolina and is a hard worker and booster for this section. He has been directly connected with the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce since its organization more than six years ago, and for the past several months has serv ed as first vice-president of the or ganization. He is a very active member of the Henson Kiwanis .•luh and served as president of the •luh for two years. The directors passed resolutions 1 appreciation for the services rendered by the retiring presi .lont, C. F. Harvey. Jr., and ac cepted his resignation with re .rret. However, they feel that they have chosen a very able man in Dr. Oliver to carry on the work >f the organization. "• *-• ui vmi-uune, formerly second vice-president and Marshall Williams, of Faison, for n {-rly third vice-president, be -■onie first and second vice-presi dents, respectively, and A. S. Bowers, of Jackson, was newly dected third vice-president to suc ceed Mr. Williams. At the meeting- last night the directors decided to raise an ad vertising fund to be used in dis play advertising in the leading ‘extile journal of the country. The purpose of this advertising is to out the industrial possibilities of •astern North Carolina before the manufacturing world. J. W. Stephenson (lives Barbecue, Friday afternoon Mr. J. W. Ste phenson entertained the employees on his Riverside Farm and a num ber of other friends at his farm just across the river at a barbecue supper. About sixty gathered ir the new barn which replaced the me destroyed by lire not long agt to enjoy the splendid repast whicl had been prapared. It was an oc ?asion of fine fellowship betweei landlord and tenant, employer am employee, and neighbors urn friends. Mr. Stephenson gives sucl a barbecue every year. Johnston County Negro Fair. The Johnston County Negro Fai at Smithfield will be staged Octc her 31, Nov. 1. 2 and 3. John \\ Mitehiner, secretary and treasure: states that there will be four day this year with a larger prograi than usual, consisting of race free acts, athletic contests, fin works, demonstrations, speakini music, etc. An extra large, clea and beautiful midway has alreaii been booked. Everybody is be in urged to exhibit something at tl fair. * -+ (iives The Johnston Count) News Definite informatior Concerning Offices of Aud if or and County Accountanl There is nothing to the rumor that the auditor’s job in Johnston county is to be abolished, says Judge F. H. Brooks, county chair man of the Democratic Executive Committee, in a letter to the pub isher of the Johnston County News, and he cites Section 3, Chapter N(5 of the Public Laws of 1927 as positive proof. Last week the News in a front page article wondered if it were 'j hue that the County Finance Act had made a county accountant out • of the auditor, and whether the | last General Assembly had killed the office or nut. The News, ac cording to its statement, knows nothing of where the story origi nated, and is in the dark about the matter because it has been unable to locate a copy of the County Fi nance Act. But even if a copy of the act had been available, it was relerred to as “something dike a Chinese puzzle, anyway.” A; n mntluf F.w.f Watson, present auditor of John ston county, was named last April by the county commissioners in ac cordance with i he Fiscal Control Act to serve as county accountant. .When his time as auditor expires 1 his time as county accountant ex I pires, and the new auditor will J perform the duties of county ac I countant. The text of Mr. Brooks’ letter^ in which he quotes„theJaw is as follows: To the Editor of The Johnston County News. Smithfield, N. C., j “My dear sir: In your issue of I Thursday, August 23, 1928, in i large headlines on the front page, j you ask: ‘What is there to rumor Auditor’s job abolished?’ ‘Did last j General Assembly kill the office ! or not? In the body of the arti | cle you say: ‘We are wondering if | this is true. We have been unable t" locate a copy of the County Fi nance Act therefore are in the dark about this matter.’ I want to say that I am not i surprised that you were ‘in the , dark about this matter,’ as a great ; many of the people of North Caro | boa, lawyers included, are not fa Imitfar with all the bills passed by j any session of the Legislature, but j I am surprised that you should write such an article as the one referred to, or print such an arti I cle written by some one else, un jtil you were enlightened on the | matter. Senator C. C. Canaday who j helped make the laws of 1927 j lives in the city where your pa per is edited and no doubt he would have been glad to have look |ed up the law in question and ad jvised you. Or, you might have in quired of Mr. H. A. Watson the present auditor, or Mr. Jim Cobb, the next auditor, and have been put i straight on the matter. 1 want to say that the office was i n°t abolished by the last General Assembly and there is no ‘thrash ing out' necessary, as the County Finance Act makes it so plain that a wayfaring n.an need not be con fused about the matter. Section 3 1 Chapel 14t5 Public Laws of 1927 Aunt Roxie Opine* l!y Mr— Do candydates oil ter no dat hit y takes a hull lot mo’ ter clean up Jlde country dan dem sweep in' i statements.