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Use Want Ads If yon have anything to sell a Want Ad will Bnd yon a boyar, quickly, cheaply. Johnston C o u n ty’s Oldest and Best Newspaper - - Established 1882 SMITHFIELD. N. C.. TUESDAY MOliMNC, SEPTEMBER 4, 1928 * Sell Your Tobacco in Smithfield VOLUME Hi—NO. 71 * PRICE 10c * By Arthur Brisbane i THANKS FOR BLESSINGS— BIG BRAINS BETTER— CARNEGIE’S FIRST $100— A $500,000,000 BABY— Mount Rokatinda, on the Island of Paloweh, Dutch East Indies, blew up in a volcanic eruption. Half the island, six villages were de stroyed, a thousand killed. Recently news came that three mere villages were wiped out by a tidal wave caused by a submarine earthquake. We pay little attention to these deaths far away, a thousand or fifty thousand, little difference. But we ought to observe with gratitude how many things might happen to us that do not happen. jg|jf Raditch. Croatian statesman, murdered leader of peasants, is found to have a brain of abnormal ■weight, 1,450 grammes. The average for eleven thousand human brains was 1.361 grammes. All things being equal, a heav ier brain is better than a light er brain. But one of the heaviest brains ever weighed, that of Cuvier, the great naturalist, was lighter than that of a man who died in a Brit ish poorhouse. Possibly the man in the poor house was also a genius, but never had a chance. “Andrew Carnegie made his first $400 without spending a cent.” That’s how big “fortunes often start. Carnegie bought $100 of insur ance stock, gave his note in pay ment. paid for the stock with it* dividends, owned it for nothing. Joseph P. Day, learned land sci entist, says the three greatest let ters in the alphabet are “O. P. ^1.”—Meaning “Other People’s Money.” A quicker way to make money without capital is to have a good idea and push it. A way to plate metallic surfaces with aluminum, something hitherto found impossi ble, is discovered and involves ac tually billions of dollars to be Turn to page four Kill Tobacco Stalks When Priming is Over KALKUill, Sept. lint -1 the things that proves a man to be a good tobacco farmer is that he destroys his stalks when priming is over. “Tobacco growers all over North Carolina should adopt this good practice,” advises C. II. Brannon, extension entomologist at State College. “The damage from in sects through the following year is greatly lessened where this prac tice is followed. It is well estab lished that various tobacco in sects breed in tremendous num bers on the suckers which grow on the stalks left in the lie Id after priming. The pests go into winter quarters well fattened and are thus able to live through the win ter. They come out in the spring and are ready to attack the grow ing tobacco.” Such attacks cause considerable TURN TO PAGE 4, PLEASE j Tantalizer j There are exactly enough let- j tors in the line below to spell the name of a person in Smith field or Johnston county, anil 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 Victorv Theatre. Tickets must be called for before the follow ing issue. 7,eke C'roeeh recognized his name last issue. Today’s Tantalizer: torcecenth Railroad Comes to the Rescue of Motorists rs* . ./MUMWMwaw.. .>c 'llic railroad came to the rescue of tho automobile driver down in Arkansas recently in a novel service, when llie UoeU Island operated a shuttle train of ton flat cars over its lines, on which the automobiles ami their occupants were transported for a distance of fifteen miles between Brinkley and heYall's Bluff, through the section where tin.* s^tate highways were flooded hv heavy rainfalls. Monday Opening Day For Schools Three Nine-Month Schools In County System — Smith* field. -Selma and Clayton Open Same Day PERSONNEL OF FACULTY Next Monday, September 10, the nine-month schools in the county system, Smithfield, Selma and v 'ayton will open and the facul ties for these schools will be ar riving in the respective towns the latter part of the week. The same superintendents were te-elected to go back to each of these schools, namely: N. ('. Shuford at Smith hold, !■. M. W aters at Selma, and lb F. Has.sel at Clayton. Smithfield Faculty. Associated with Superintendent Shuford in tiie Smithfield school for the year 1P28-1021) will lie the following1: High School: Mrs. Harvey Honey, of Rose Hill, principal; Mi.-s Flor ence Boyette, of Lucama, science; Miss Maude Creech, of Denmark, S. C., French and English; Miss Constance Harrelson, of Temple, Texas, English; Miss Gertrude Taylor, of Black Mountain, Math ematics; H. L. Blankenship, of Er win, Tenn., History, coach; ,J. I). Moore, of Siler City, Civics. Grammar Grades: Mrs. L. G. Patterson and Miss Caroline Av era, seventh grade; Miss Annie McGoogan and Miss F.lizabeth l’z zle, of Wilson's Mills, sixth grade; Mrs. A. F. Joyner, of Greenville, and Miss Hattie Hanks, of Man ning, S. C.. fifth grade; Mis Lu eilc Lee and Miss Margaret Wel lons, fourth grade. Primary Grades: Miss Alice Ed mundson and Miss Ethel Sprinkle, of Winston-Salem, third grade; Miss Ruth Poindexter, of Frank lin, and Miss Susan Bryan, of Ox ford. second grade; Mrs. L. T. Royal, Miss Clyda Woodard, of Glendale, and Miss Nell Joyner, of Woodland, first grade. Mrs. Chester Alexander will teach piano, and Miss Tla Hensley will teach public school music and Clayton Faculty. The* Clayton faculty will include the following: High School—Misses Gladys Faker, Bessie Noble. Helen As kew. Jessie Baxley, Mary K. I)a vi and Mr. Van B. Stringfield. Grammar Grades—Misses Gladys I Pierce, seventh grade; Bobbie Claud and Alice Mitchell, sixth | grade; Lucile Woodall and Mil 1 dred Davis, fifth grade; Mrs. Y. | M. Holland and Miss Matilda Mayo fourth grade. Primary Grades—Mrs. R. D. Jen kins and Miss Leila Mae Sitterson third grade; Misses Kloise Spar ger and Loma Herring, ; econc grade; Janie M. Gulley, Thelmi Wiiliamson, and I.eota Alien, firs j grade. Miss Florence H. Winstead wil ' teach public school music. Selina School Faculty. Assisting Superintendent F. M Waters at Selma will be the fol lowing teachers: High School—Messrs. H. Buecl and Raleigh IT. Griffin, Mrs. Clel B. Bueck. Mrs. Rena P. Blackhurr Misses thoi Corn, Myrtle Smitl land Mildred Perkins. Turn to page four CORONER’S HEARING IN I.AWHON CASE A thorough examination of the body of Tyson I.awhon, which was found in the field of Needham Dunn near Four Oaks .last week, was made Sat urday by Coroner Kirk man and and I)r. C. C. .Massey, county ealth Officer, but the results have not yet been made pub lic. Another hearing of the ease will be held before the coroner this morning at ten o'clock in the coroner’s office. At this time a good many witnesses will be examined and the findings of the examina tion will be presented before the jury. I he death of I.awhon is the second mysterious death that has occurred in the county within the last two weeks. The other mysterious death was that of a negro in Selma who was thought to have been pois Annual Meeting Of Ginners Association < HJ Officers Are Ke-Elccted; SOI To He Charged For 500 Found Hale Cotton The annual meeting of the John ston County dinners Association was held at Holt Take Friday aft ; ernoon at six o'clock. About fifty ■ ginners were present. After a short discussion, the election of officers took place and the old officers were unanimously | re-elected. .Mr. J. W. Stephenson 1 is president and Mr. \Y. M. San i dors, secretary-treasurer. It was decided that $.450 will | charged for ginning 500-pound bales t)f cotton this season. There are eighty-five cotton gins in Johnston county, arid practically ! all were represented at the mcet After the business meeting de j licious barbecue was served. .11 MORS ARE TO HAVE BIRTHDAY PARTY Thu officers, teachers and pupils 1 of the Junior department of the Methodist Sunday school are re ! qiu stud to meet in the basement of j the church Tuesday evening at 7:"0 for an hour of fun and pleas 1 are. The occasion is a birthday party. All are asked to bring a j penny for each year they have passed. HINTS FOR THE HOME In almost every home there is an old treasure or two, but, proud as we are of those possessions, they do not always have a place of honor in the home. Bookshelves always welcome bits of colorful old glass or pottery | among the books. Oil the sideboard or console a piece of old silver gives a suggestion of luxury that is subtly convincing. Old print; either side of the secretary; oh pewter plates for the mantel shell —such well,chosen ornaments oft en give more atmosphere and in : di vidua lily to a room than man) dollars spent on new furnishings : The second herd improvemen 11 association has been organized ii . eastern Carolina with 22 dairymei , owning 02ft cows as members. Thi is the eighth such organization ii , the state. 1 Deputy Talton Arrests Eleven Drivers of Motor Vehicle* and Wagons Without Prop er Lights Are Hefore W. I) Avera, .lustice of the l’eacf Deputy T. E. Talton, traffic offi cer, made eleven arrest!? last 'I hursday night of persons oper ating motor vehicles and wagons on the public highway without proper lights. It seems that services had been held at a colored church in Cleveland township, and the ar rests were made as the church goers were going back home. All of the defendants were negroes. The cases were called before Squire W. D. Avera, who was kept busy both Friday and Satur day. Suspended sentences upon the payment of cost were given in each instance. Without exception, the negroes summoned to appear before Squire Avera were on hand to settle the matter. One of the defendants, Offie Sanders, after being given a sus pended sentence, was in Smithfield Saturday evening again without lights on his wagon, and ran into an automobile. He was again ar rested, but the case will be dis posed of in mayor’s court. K EM, Y HOY DIES IN HOCK FORI), ILL. KENLY, Sept. —News has been received here of the death of Haul Peacock at his home in Rock ford. 111. He was the son of Mrs. Floss Peacock Watkins and a brother of Mrs. II. R. Renfrow and Mr. Percy Peacock here. Mr. Pea cock left Tuesday night for Illinois to attend the burial. Farewell Sermon. On Tuesday, September 9, Rev. S. N. Lamb, of Wake Forest, will pleach his last sermon in the W iUcn’s Mills Baptist church. The services will he at eleven and eight o’clock. The public is cordially in vited; He leaves for Louisville, Ky., to enter the Seminary on Sep tember 10. -- .1. \\. Wood Improving. Friends of Mr. J. W. Wood of Meadow township, who has been critically ill for several days, will be glad to know that he is improv ing. Mr. Wood was stricken abou’ a week ago and for a few days his life was despaired of. Pays Tribute To Andrew Johnson 'Raleigh Does Honor ! To the 17th Presi dent of the U.S. Who Was Born in That City TABLET MARKS IIIS BIRTHPLACE After the lapse of 120 years, with time wiping out the bitterness of war an.l political differences and bringing a clearer light of ap preciation and understanding, Ral eigh Monday did honor to the memory of Andrew Johnson, sev enteenth president of the United States. the site of whose birthplace was marked by a granite boulder and bronze tablet on Fayetteville street. Labor Day was chosen as the occasion for the unveiling of this marker and the exercises attending it in recognition of President John son's career as a tailor and his pride in his trade before he en tered political life in Fast Tonnes In Hall of H*jusc. Attended by many representa ! live citizens of North Carolina and ! by representatives o Greenville ! Tennessee, the home o the presi dent, exercises were held in the ‘ Hall of theHouse of Rcpresenta 1 lives at 10 o'clock, followed by the unveiling1 of the marker, plac j ed near the Mechanics Savings | Hank, and a luncheon at the Sir ! Walter Hotel tendered by the mem j bers of the commission on erection [ o£.the marker in honor of the visi I tors from Greenville. Daniels Presides. Josephus Daniels, chairman of the committee presided and Dr. R. T. Vann offered the invoca 1 tion. John A. Park led the audi ence in the singing of America. Reminiscences of President i-Johnson prepared by Andrew John son Patterson. of Greenville, i grandson of the president, were l read by his daughter. Miss Mar ; garet Johnson Patterson, and a 1 review of the president’s life, pre I pared by his recent biograher, j * dge R. W. Winston, was read i b;. Judge Winston’s brother Gov ! ei nor Francis I). Winston, j Owing to the threatening rain the presentation of the market, 'by Dr. Oscar Haywood, president I of the Andrew Johnson Memorial j Association, and the acceptance by j Mayor K. F. Culbreth, took place j also in the Hall of the House of i Representatives, the audience re pairing at the conclusion of these | exercises to Fayetteville street where the stone and tablet wore ; unveiled by Miss Margaret John 1 son Patterson, of Greenville, great ; grand ddughter of the president, land by Miss Dorothy Beddingfield, of Raleigh, a relative of the pres | blent. Old Bitterness Gone. It is well, Mr. Daniels said in j an introductory review of Andrew i Johnson and the connection of the jJohnson family with Raleigh, that the marking of the birthplace of the president has waited until the bitterness of war and of politic? 's past. In the city cemetery, he recalled, there stands a monument erected by the grateful people of the community to the fsther of Turn lo page four Local Minister Writes A Prayer Appropriate Opening Of Tobacco Sale liy REV. II. H. TUTTLE O, God^ our Heavenly Father, grant unto everybody this day the spirit of “praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise Him, all creatures here below; praise Him above, ye heavenly host; praise Fath er. Son, and Holy Ghost.” In ! every warehouse everywhere | may there be a spirit of j brotherhood that says as one ! buys or sells, “Help us to help each other, Each othc-r’s cross to bear; Let each his friendly aid af ford j And feel his brother’s care.” May hearts of love and eyes of faith see the Golden Rule written on every pile of to bacco. May there be no greed of craving covetousness among either sellers or buyers. May every conscience be made to feel just what God is requir ing of every man; that is, “to do justly, to love mere;-, ard to walk humbly with God." And 1 pray thee, ph God that a spirit of restraint from thee •be upon every farmer w)\o is tempted to waste his money, money earned by sweat, of brow, blistered hands, and ach Continuod on page four. Miss Ruth Jones Has Coin 205 Years Ole -+ One of the most interesting collections of old coins seen here was one brought »o this office yesterday by Miss Ruth ! Jones, of this city. One large [ copper coin which was found in her yard several years ago hears on one side the words, “Georgius Rex” around the edge and a man's head in the | center,, and on the other side the lettering, “Brittannia, 172.V’ The coin is 205 years i old. A French piece of money which she exhibited is too bad ly worn to see the date on it but it had the appearance of being very old. Other interest ing pieces of money were an | English coin dated 1871; I French, dated 11)1.}. Philippine, dated 1001; German, dated 1018; Porto Rican, dated 1800; end a Canadian coin dated 1888. -> I Tobacco Began To Roll In Yesterday For Opening Sale Leaden skies and frequent showers for three days prev ious to the tobacco opening will doubtless have affect upon tlie offerings on the auc tion floors of the Smithfield i tobacco warehouses here today, but a considerable amount of tobacco will be sold anyway. La'te yesterday, the Banner ■ reported between forty and fifty thousand pounds on the TTbor, and the Planters had | thirty thousand pounds or i more. The most of the tobacco ! was brought from Johnston I county, though there were loads from Wayne, Harnett, Sampson and Cumberland counties. Representatives of both warehouses stated yester day that they were not expect ing as big opening sale as there would have been if the weather conditions were fav orable, but it remains yet to be seen what today will bring forth. The buyers are here; the auctioneers are tuned up; the warehousemen are alert; the farmers are on tip-toe; the merchants are looking for bus iness to pick up. The open ing tobacco sale is usually the | signal for the fall trading to | begin. Paragraphic* to Farmers.— Farmers in Burke county have j become interested in the Guern sey breed of dairy cattle and have commissioned their county agent to buy some cows for them. Twenty-two farmers from Jack son county and thirteen from ■Swain recently made a week’s trip through Virginia to Washington and return. Tom Tarheel says he always plows under his tobacco stalks as soon as priming is over. It saves fighting insects next spring. It. was hard to find a field of cotton standing in Surry county following the recent heavy rains. Over 1,000 farmers of Asht county attended the celebration featuring the formal opening of the Kraft cheese factory at West Jefferson on August 23. The mountain section of wes tern North Carolina is destined tr become one of the great dairy regions of the United States. Slow ly and surely the farmers of thai section are bringing this to pass. Colvard Brothers of Ashe coun ty will secure 0,000 bushels o! certified Irish potato seed froir 30 acres of land according t( present estimates. Not only is sweet clover a goo( soil improving plant but it als< is one of the best honey yielding plants available in the state. -+ Birth Announcement, j Princeton, Sept. 3.—Mr. and Mr? Bradley Norwood Hinton announc the birth of a daughter, I.ossi Marie, on August 28, at thei home, Merryland Farm. DOOMED TO DEATH Mrs. Kill a Elrod Thompson, twen ty lour, who, with her husband and n negro servant, Jim Moss, were condemned hy a Murray county (Georgia) court, to die for the mur | dor of Coleman Oslmrne, a mer j chant, near (’hutsworth. Tablet Unveiled To Christian Reid North Carolina Novelist Who Wrote “The Land of the Sky” Is Honored; Lived All Her Life at Salisbury -.■» | SALISBURY, Sept. 2.—“Chris tian Reid,” in whose memory a tablet was unveiled and dedicated today at Calvary Episcopal church, pletchers, was a native of Salis bury. She was born and died in the same home on Fulton street which several years ago gave way for a modern residence. This noted writer of fiction was Frances Caldwell Fisher Tiernan. Her mother was a daughter of Judge Caldwell and married the writer’s father, Charles F. Fletch er, against the wishes of Mrs* Caldwell. On account of this ob lection the wedding was perform ed at the home of a friend, Mrs. Hoyden, the present home of Col. A. II. Boyden. Frances Caldwell was the oldest child, two others being Annie and Fred, twins. Colonel Fisher was a great in dustrial captain of North Caro lina. He was president of the North Carolina Railroad and by his -i mbit ion and ability he projected the building of a railroad west ; roni Salisbury to Asheville. 1 he War Between the States caught this road in the building and Col >ncl I*'isher organized a regiment d' soldiers which he equipped largely out of his personal ac count. This regiment arrived on the battlefield, in time to turn the tide at Manassas and give the Con federates one of their most decisive victories of the war. But in this >:ittlo Col. Fisher lost his life. Frances received most of her education from a maiden aunt, Miss Christian Fisher, who acted as her coach and secretary during he period of her early writings. \fter doing some magazine writ ng, Frances was taken on a trip through Western North Carolina, he beauties of which were un known to the outside world. The :rip was proposed by an uncle, Vter Hairston, who saw that she had a carriage and horses and also .a saddle horse which she used n making trips across the un known mountains After this trip Frances, whose pen name was ’Christian Reid” wrote a wonder ful account of her visit This was published in book form and called “The Land of the Sky” This bools more than anything else introduc ed Asheville and that section tc :he country at large and gave il i permanent name, “The Land ol the Sky” “Christian Reid” wrot< many books and magazine storie: but the one her home town p^o, pie think of when her name i mentioned is “The Land of th Sky.” » “Christian Reid” was born ii » Salisbury July 5. 1826, lived her r practically all her life, and passe away March 24, 1020. F. M. Simmons Endorses Anti Smith Move Promises Aid To Mc Ninch In N. C. Cru I sade; Says Opposi ! tion to New York Governor Uncom - promising WIDE INFLUENCE ' (From (he Charlotte Observer) Declaring his position still is one | of uncompromising opposition .to , Governor Smith, Senator F. M. i Simmons Saturday regstered hs unqualified endorsement of the 1 movement “to organize and con solidate anti-Smith sentiment” •among North Carolina democrats. I The senior member of the Unit ed States senate from North Car olina gave expression to his sen timents in a telegram received by Frank R. McNinch, recognized ; leader of the anti-Smith forces within the democratic party in the state. The sen ator, who for more than 30 years i has been recognized as leader of , the democratic forces in North Carolina, declared in his telegram: “I am profoundly convinced thstt the election of Governor Smith would be unfortunate alike to the party and the country.” McNfnch Optimistic j In making public Senator Sim mons’ telegram, Mr. McNinch is j sued a brief statement in which i he predicted that it would infhx ence “many thousands of demo crats who have not heretofore de cided what is their duty in this ! party crisis.” Mr. McNinch also announced that I organization plans for a state wide campaign to defeat Governor Smith in North Carolina* were I nearing completion and that for ! mal organization of the anti-Smith j 'democratic committee, to direct the fight, has been scheduled to take place this week. Senator Simmons’ telegram fol “New Bern, N. C. “Sept. 1, 1928 “Honorable Frank R. MeNinch, “Charlotte, N. C. “Pursuant to our phone conver sation, I wish to assure you of my | full sympathy with the movement | to organize and consolidate anti Smith sentiment. Shall be glad to j cooperate in this behalf. My posi 1 tion is one of uncompromising op position to Governor Smith. It is clear to my mind that since hi3 I nomination he has repudiated the i platform not in one but in several ! particulars, turned the party over j to Tammany Hall and certain big j interests hostile to democratic pol 1 icios and principled and that i through his, its and their actions, i affiliations and connections, the major principles of the party have been either compromised, traded or bartered off for expediency sake, leaving but little of democ racy except its name. To me the principles of the party mean more than its name. Under these cir cumstances I am profoundly con vinced that the election of Gover TURN TO PAGE FOUR Aunt Roxie Opines By Me— - “A1 Smith will help de cotton 1 farmers by makin' dem wet Con gressmen slide down cellar door*.'*