Smithfield
Tobacco Warehouses
are selling \obaeco
as high or higher
than any warehouse
in the state.
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SMITHFIELD, N. C„ FRIDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 7, 1928
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NUMBER 72
Further Cut In
School Budget
Kate Must Not Be Increased
And $6100 Must Be Taken
Out Of Budget Rules, Coun
ty Commissioners.
At a meeting of the County
Board of Commissioners held here
yesterday, the school budget was
presented by Supt. H. B. Marrow.
The board, after careful consider
ation, decided that the school rate |
must not exceed the rate for last '
year which was $1.08. The budget
had been trimmed already, hut i
when presented to the commission
ers it was still $0,100 more than
a $1.08 rate would allow. Mr.
Marrow was instructed to make
further cuts until the budget can j
be taken care of without an in
crease in the rate.
In order to do this, Mr. Mar- I
row explained to the board that
the cut would have to be in the i
number of teachers allowed. Since 1
large schools have already been cut. (
from one to three teachers each, it |
looks as if the small school will |
have to stand the other part of
me lui. .nr. marrow siaieu mat
there are a number of instances
where teachers in small schools
are teaching' on the average only
about twenty pupils, while all of
►the teachers in the larger schools
are teaching from 35 to 45 pupils.
For this reason it would seem fair
that the teachers in the small |
schools should be required to teach j
nearer the same number as the !
teachers in the large schools. Mr. 1
Marrow pointed out that a saving
could be effected by trucking a j
small school of say forty pupils
but which requires two teachers,
to a large school which would ab
sorb the entire forty in the va
rious grades without any addition
al teaching force.
Both the county board of com
missioners and the board of edu
cation had previously expressed
the opinion that the taxpayers of
the county would approve such
cuts rather than have the tax rate
increased.
The hoard of commissioners at
its session yesterday canvassed the
returns from two school elections
held recently in the county.
An election called in the Glen
dale district to include the Price
school in the Glendale district,
thus giving the pupils of that
school an eight-months term in
stead of six, failed to carry. Those |
who registered for the election j
numbered 217. Ninety-three votes j
were cast for the election, while I
81 were cast against. It. required
109 votes to carry it.
The election called to make the
Corbett-Hatcher school a part of j
the Selma district passed. This
school which teaches through the
. seventh grade will be taught as
it is now except it will run eight
months, and will be a permanent
part of the Selma district. The
registration for this election num
bered 84. Forty-three votes for
the election were required to carry
it, and sixty cast their vote in this
way. Twenty-four were cast again
st it.
The commissioners were in ses
sion on Wednesday of this week,
but the business transacted was
routine.
Return From Camping Trip.
Messrs. Herman Lawrence and
Zo LeMay arrived Monday from
a trip to Washington, New York.
Buffalo, Kansas City and other
points in the Middle West. They
made the trip on a Ford car and
carried a tent with them.
A woman’s mission on this earth
is to convince some young: man
that he ought to get married.
| 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 issu«
Tom Creech recognized his
name last issue.
Today** Tantalizer:
mijrosgee
PRICES ON LOCAL TOBACCO
MART COMPARE FAVORABLY
Offering On Opening Day About Third Of
Last Years’ First Sale; Suggestion To De
stroy 40 Million Pounds Of Sorry Grades.
Due to the rainy weather, at th<
opening tobacco sale here Tues
day. with a total offering; on hot?
warehouse floors of about lOO.OtH
pounds, only approximately one
thinl of the amount was sold as or
opening; day last year. The con
tinued rains since Tuesday have
made for light sales, and it car
hardly be said that the toibaccc
market is fairly underway as yet
•Much of the tobacco marketed
this week has been of the pooi
grades, but notwithstanding this,
the prices have compared wel
with those of other markets. The
prices the first day averaged be
tween Id and 14 cents, according
to warehousemen, and the far
mers went home well pleased with
tin- way the market opened. A
number were here Tuesday who
did not bring any tobacco to sell,
hut who came to watch the mar.
ket. Some of these stated that the
price was better than they had
expected in view of the decrease
in price over last year on markets
further south. Some indicated that
they expected to keep in touch with '
the market here, and would bring
t( uaeeo here this season.
An associated press dispatch
sent out from Raleigh stated that
around six million pounds of to- '
bacco were sold on the markets |
of the Eastern Carolina ,bright
belt, and that while official figures ;
were not available, it was calcu
lated that the average price was !
not a great deal more than twelve i
cents through the belt as a whole. !
The suggestion is said to have j
been advanced in Kinston that the'
farmers voluntarily destroy forty
million pounds of their poorest1
grades in an effort to reduce the :
supply, and help the price of the
better grades.
Headquarters For
Democrats Open
Offices Of Chairman I . H.
If rooks Selected; Miss Mat
tie Pou Offers Services
Free As Secretary.
Democratic headquarters will be
located during the campaign in the
oliices of County Chairman F. H
Frocks at the rear of the court
house. Miss Mattie Pou, sister of
Congressman F. VY. Pou, has vol
unteered her services' free of
charge as secretary to the chair
man and beginning next Monday
Miss Pou will be at headquarters
ready to render any assistance
needed. It has been the rule to
employ a secretary. Miss Pou is
well qualified for this position.
Besides being a trained stenogra
pher, she knows Johnston county
well. She has been a lifelong,
staunch Democrat, and will render
valuable service to the party by
being connected with the county
organization. She was chairman of
the Woman's Committee in Smith
fiek. township during the last
campaign, and her efficient service
helped to bring out a good vote in
Smithfield township.
Chairman Brooks is calling a
meeting of the County Executive
Committee to be held in the com
missioners room of the courthouse
this afternoon at four o’clock to
perfect the plan of organization in
Johnston county. The election is
less than two months away, and
the campaign will soon be under
full swing.
<. j. Godwin wins
TRIP TO CANADA
('. I. Godwin, who has repre
sented the* Atlantic Life Insurance
company in this section since 11)14,
has earned a trip to Canada for
himself and Mrs, Godwin, offered
by the Atlantic Life Insurance
company of Richmond. The annual
meeting of the Atlantic Life rep
resentatives will he held at Cha
teau Frontenac, Quebec, Septem
ber 3-(>. While in the north Mr.
and Mrs. Godwin will visit a num
ber of points of interest.—Raleigh
Times.
Mr. Godwin formerly lived in
Johnston county at Pine Level. He
Is the son of Mr. Berry Godwin.
MAKES TRIP IN
INTEREST OF INVENTION
Mr. Jas. H. Kirkmch, justice of
the peace and county coroner, will
be absent from his office here on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
• Anyone desiring to see him on le
gal business may leave their mes
1 sages with Mr. H. V. Rose, clerk
. of the court. Mr. Kirkman will be
1 in Washington and Baltimore next
1 week in the interest of his inven
tion, a highway painting machine,
which will be put on the market
in the near future.
, There are two kinds of parties in
this country—political and pet
ting. Both need watching.
Miss Wells Chosen
To Fill Vacancy
Mrs. Joe Davis Resigns As
President Of 15. &. P. W.
('tub; Not To Hold Trade
At Home Fashion Show.
At a call meeting of the Bus
iness and Professional \\ oman’s i
:du'b held last week, the resignation
: f Mrs. Joe Davis as president was
reluctantly accepted, the resigna
tion having been occasioned by the
fact that Mrs. Davis is leaving
Smithfield to make her home in
Washington, D. C.
At a meeting held Wednesday
utternoon. Miss Mary K. Wells,
former president, was chosen to
succeed Mrs. Davis. Miss Wells
was president last year, and her
efficient service caused the club to
urn to her again when the vacan
At this session of the club, it
was decided to drop at least for
this fall the “Trade at Home Fash
ion Show,” which had been plan
ned for September 14. Mrs. Davis,
who was familiar with the plan
for this trade event, as president,
was in charge of arranging the
program and her unexpected de
parture from the town makes it
impracticable t<> stage the fashion
show at thisOtime.
The regular meeting of the club
will be held Tuesday evening.
MR. MILLIE HOLMS DIES
AT HIS HOME NEAR HERE
Mr. Millie Hobbs was strick
en with apoplexy yesterday
afternoon about seven o’clock
at bis home near town and
died almost immediately. He j
was in a.lmost perfect health
and lhis death icame as a great
shock. He had gone to the barn
when he was taken. The fun
eral Mill be held this after
noon at the home at two
o’clock and interment will be
made at Clemont church.
TAKEN SICK WITH PTOMAIN
POISON WHILE AT PICNIC
Mr. Jesse C. Barbour and daugh
ter, Miss Blanche, were taken
quite ill with ptomain poison last
Thursday while attending a picnic
at Hopewell. It is thought their
illness was caused frorp something
they had eaten for breakfast. A
physician was called and they are
now improving. They wish to re
turn thanks to friends who minis
tered to them while they were sick
at the church.
LIONS CLUB MEETS
MONDAY EVENING
The Lions club will hold its reg
ular meeting Monday evening at
7:30 o’clock in the basement of
the Methodist church. Mr. Lester
Rose of Wilson, deputy district
governor, and Mr. Ed Stalling--,
also of Wilson, will be present.
Mr. Rose will be the speaker of
the evening. A musical program
will he a feature of the meeting.
All the members are urged to be
present.
Club Girls Enjoy
Four Days Camp
Thirty Members Of The 111
Club (iirls Of Johnston
County At Fort Monroe
Near Fayetteville; Splendid
Program.
I!y MISS nil.I)A KKKN
Thirty members of the 4-H club
girls of Johnston county spent
four delightful days at Camp Mon
roe near Fayetteville last week.
Miss Minnie Lee Garrison, John
ston county Home Demonstration
agent was our leader. We left
Smithfield at 2:110 o’clock on Tues
day, August 28, on two school
trucks to carry our baggage and
supplies. After a little tire trouble
and getting on the wrong road
going several miles we finally ar
rived at camp at nine o’clock. We 1
spread our picnic supper and play- j
ed several games, then fixed our |
cots and retired.
The rising whistle sounded at J
0:20 o’clock each morning. We j
went below the dam for a shower j
bath under the falls. After break- i
fast we helped prepare food for
dinner and wrote letters. Miss
Garrison had a surprise trip for j
us. We rude over to Fort Kragg i
and saw many interesting things,
such as firing the huge cannons.
We were taken around to see the
lifferent buildings and out to see |
use large aeroplanes. \v v west* .
:.)ack at Camp .Monroe for lunch j
and after a rest period we went
swimming in the lake. For a while
we played games until time for
•supper. After supper we were lis
tening to a lecture on correct pos
ture by l)r. Hareen of Fayette
ville. when some one looked out
the window and saw the house in
which the light plant was stored,
burning in full blaze. We were all
frightened and ran out to our
rooms to get our belongings and
take to the woods. We were thank
ful the light house was all that
was burned. We had no lights then
except flashlights and lanterns.
After the blaze died down we toast
ed marshmallows over the coals
trying to get over our fright be
On Thursday morning after our
routine of duties, Miss Garrison
took us on another trip. We went
to Southern Fines and saw the
large pencil orchards, but only a
few peaches. We went to the San
atorium and then to Pinehurst and
saw tin* many beautiful homes
there, but the one most admired
was the little log cabin. We bad
our picnic lunch near this cabin.
We got back to Camp Monroe by
four o’clock, had a swim in the
lake, and played games.
Thursday night we had a party
with varied programs given by the
girls and Miss Garrison which we
all enjoyed.
Miss Garrison appointed a com
mittee to nominate new officers on
Friday morning and the following
were elected: president. Miss
Gladys Davis, Middlesex; vice
president, Mabel Adams, Four
Daks; secretary-treasurer, Bessie
Narron; corresponding secretary.
Hilda Keen, Four Oaks.
We left for home on Friday aft- |
ernoon, sorry that we could not
stay another week. We wish to ex
press our thanks to our chaperones.
Misses Christine Dodd, Minnie
Bailey, Lillie Daught-y, Mesdames
Clarence Lee and Joyce Wheeler,
and to our leader, Miss Minnie
Lee Garrison, for the splendid
trips which they gave us. We arc
looking forward to another next
year, hoping we may have the same
leaders with ns.
SELMA BOVS ENLIST
Among: the thirteen men who
enlisted on Sept.. 1 at the Ral
eigh V. S. Navy Recruiting; Sta
tion were two boys from Selma
namely: Everett J. Spencer and
Charles R. Kirks. They were im
mediately transferred to Hampton
Roads Ya.
Baptist Church.
; Sunday school 0:45, F.'II. Brooks
superintendent. Morning: worship
at 11. with sermon by the pastor,
["North Carolina’s Place in the
Kingdom of God.” 7:15 p. m., in
termediate B. Y. P. U. 8:00 eve
ning worship, with sermon by the
pastor. 3:30 p. m. service at the
jail.
Youths Touring Europe by Sea and Land
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'I'liis iilinln-ntph show* 1 ho arrival a! I-'I«»r*
l.uru;t(» !ty sea a!nl land in (In* «i»i<*<• r oonlrapinni soon
Id.UOO mi I os.
of 1 liror vnani: i on who :• i-o making a lour of
liio pinurr. Tiioy I,ad alivndv Ira'dod more Ilian
Building Is Sign
Progressive Town
I'our Oaks Is Scene Of Build
in" .Vlivities; Number Of
New Hesidenees. Brick
Slur. School Houses.
FOUR OAKS. Sept. f>.—With
evidences of much material prog
ress and growth. Four Oaks again
comes to the front, when it comes
to new and modern buildings.
Mr. L. ('. Keene, who lives near
town, has recently completed and
occupied a very attractive seven
itein, modern i'oriek bungalow
which any city resident- would be
proud to own.
The six-room addition to the al
ready commodious school building
is nearing completion. It will be
ready for occupancy by the time
school begins, probably October 10.
T^hjLJ^jdition is surely a sign of
progress" from two * Aslandpoints.
One of these is educational as
shown by the increased school en
rollment of last year, making the
total around a thousand and thus
musing congestion on every hand.
A few weeks ago Mr. Edgar
Denning occupied his unusually at
tractive bungalow which is admired
l\v everyone. Its location and sur
roundings already show Mgns of '
it* being one of the most beautiful
homes in town in the near future.
Excavation has already been
started for a large two-story brick
building on Main street next door
to B. T. Barbour’s store. The low
er front section will he occupied
by the Four Oaks Bank which now
has its headquarters near the de
pot. At tile rear of this lower
section an up to date barber shop
will be installed and equipped. The
entire upstairs will be used for
various kinds of offices. Nothing
preventing, this building will be
ready for use by the middle of No
vember. This now addition to the
business interests of our town is
being erected by Mr. R. ('. (’ana
day. one of our most prominent
and progressive citizens.
The new negro school building,
which is located in a pretty forest
out on the Smithfield highway, is
being rapidly completed. It is
modern in every respect, as ample
room for any moderately large
school, and available space for rec
reation. It is a structure that its
occupants should be grateful for
and justly proud of.
MISS TITTLE IS MADE
DEAN <)E WOMEN
Miss Lelia Tuttle, sister of Rev.
D. II. Tuttle, who has been a mis
sionary in China for a number of
years, has recently been elected
dean of women in Soochow Uni
versity. Miss Tuttle has been a
teacher of English in McTyeire
College at Sanghai. and also in
the Laura Haygood Normal School
in Soochow. Miss Tuttle will be
pleasantly remembered here,
where she visited when on a fur
lough her brother, who was pas
tor of the Methodist church at that
time.
S. S. Picnic at Fellowship
There will be a Sunday school
P'cnic at Fellowship Methodist
church which is on the Princeton
circuit Friday, Sept. 7. Rev. I).
H. Tuttle has been invited to make
a talk during the morning. Mr. W.
C. Rowe is superintendent of the
Sunday school.
SIX SUCCESSIVE RAINY DAYS
CAUSE OVERFLOW STREAMS
M KI.FAKK EXTENSION
]>y Mrs 1). .1. Thurston, Supt.
“The race moves forward on
(he feet of little children.”
Children are natural imita
tors, and we have often ob
served them playing the role
of mother or (teacher. The
other day a number of little
hoys were busy at play in a
ditch of water, and after a
careful observation it was dis
covered that with old tin buck
ets, reeds and wires, they had
several complete stills in op
eration. On the bank were
the outposts armed with air
rifles, watching: for the ofli
Who were they imitating;,
and where are we marching?
Baptists Organize
Mens Brotherhood
Hon R. M. Simms, of Raleigh.
And Rev. I . Bunn Olive.
Missionary -To C hina Ad
dress Initial Meeting At
Baptist Parsonage.
Last Tuesday evening some
twenty men dined at a banquet at
the Baptist parsonage in Smith
field, ami after a number of ad
dresses, organized a Men's Broth
erhood. The Brotherhood is the
name given to the men’s organi
zation auxiliary to the Southern
Baptist Convention, succeeding the
Laymen’s Missionary Movement.
The name was changed a year or
two ago to enlarge the scope of
the organization so as to include
mere definitely the general activ
ities of men in their local church
life, and to invite fuller play of
the men’s club idea, but the mis
sionary idea remains specially
prominent. »
The meeting at the parsonage
was featured by very strong ad
dresses by Hon. It. N. Simms, one
of the leading attorneys of Ral
eigh, and teacher of the no-ted
Simms class of men in the Ral
eigh Baptist Tabernacle and by
Rev. L. Bunn Olive, a missionary
to China, soon to return to his
,\urw iiii'U'. ivt/v. o. 1 j. .vioigciu,
pastor of the Smithfield Baptist
church, acted as toastmaster, in
troducing the speakers and leading
in the organization of the Brother
hood. It was pointed out that the
two prominent conditions of mem
bership are active support of the
local church and its program, and
interest in Missions with financial
support of the missionary bud
get. A constitution and by-laws
was adopted, and 17 names were !
enrolled as members of the new I
organization, with Mr. 0. C. Caw
ley as president; B. M. Brannan,
vice-president, and James H.
Davis, secretary. A fine spirit of
enthusiasm was shown by all
pre=ent, and it was felt that the
organization gives promise of be
coming a very influential factor
in promoting a new era of activ
ity in the church.
The organization of the Brother
hood was effected largely as a re
sult of an appeal coming to the
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Meuse River Is Out Of
Banks And Was Still
Rising Yesterday;
Total Rain For Six
Days Nearly Seven
Inches.
•- x successive rainy days have
Irenehed Johnston county and have
wrought the streams above the
’h.od stage, some of which have
)ecomo impassable. Early yester
lay morning the total rainfall since
September 1 was 6.85 inches.
\'euse River measured 20.7 feet
In the afternoon about 4 o’clock
ind was still rising. Fourteen feet
,s the flood stage, and the extra
dx feet of water is spread over
the lowgrounds along the river
hanks. At the bridge on highway
lumber 10 at this city overflow
waters have almost reached the
>riek yard.
The nearly seven inches of rain
all measured at the local weather
>ureau station was distributed over
he six days as follows: September
I. .86 inches: September 2, 2.32;
September 3, .30. September 4, .16;
mptember 5. 2.13; September 6,
l.<*8. The figures for September
> were reported about nine o’clock
yesterday morning. Clouds contin
u'd to lower and a drizzle of rain
ontinued during the day which
•aised the rainfall for yesterday
dtove the figures quoted.
Among* the streams that are
mpassable is Swift Creek. Water
vas reported running over the em
•ankment at the bridge near the
dullom place, and traffic was be
ing routed around by Turner’s
>ridge. It is said that Richardson’s
iridge in the lower part of the
•ounty may be endangered, though
no definite report was available
vesterday. At this writing the high
uak of the flood waters has prob
.h]y not been reached. There will
ikely be some damage to crops
planted in the lowgrounds, though
the steady rainfall has given
warning and farmers have likely
rescued cattle from flood areas.
At Selma right at the city limits
'>n highway 22 the road has been
Hooded, the water being across the
pavement deep enough to drown ar
engine in an automobile. The pave
ment was covered for a distance
id about a quarter of a mile, and
traffic was routed on anothei
v . r. loieiram or uiayton,
route 3, was in the city yesterday I
and reported that the Burkett i
Jones bridge over Swift Creek was j
washed away, and also a bridge
over a big ditch near the creek,
bridge. He stated that the mail
carrier had not been able to de
liver mail along that route since
M ondav.
This is the highest freshet that
has been in Neuse River and other
Johnston county streams since
11*24. In that year during the lat
ter part of September and the first
part of October two weeks of
rainy weather caused floods which
resulted in considerable damage to
bridges and crops. The high peak
for Neuse River at that time was
twenty-four feet, this record lack
ing two feet and five inches of
reaching the record of 1919 when
Neuse River was the highest with
in the memory of the oldest in
habitant.
Max Gardner Opens
Campaign in State
In Speech At Boone, Demo
cratic Nominee For Gover
nor Makes Strong Plea For
Party Unity; Endorses
Smith For President.
BOONiE, Se,pt. 3.—Before a
crowd that overflowed the spacious
lawn of the old Colonel Polk
homestead here, O. Max Gardner,
Democratic nominee for governor,
today opened his campaign with
a strong plea for party unity and
an equally strong indorsement of
Governor Alfred E. Smith for
President.
Vociferous cheers from the
great throng greeted the nominee’s
announcement that Governor Smith
is now the legally elected nominee
ot the tj^rty, and as such he is
the embodiment of the party and
will have the undivided support of
Mr. Gardner. The speaker admitted
that he differed with Smith on
prohibition, and that he would not
attempt to restrict anyone’s right
to cast his ballot as he wishes, but,
as an out and out party man, he
“could not follow wher^ others
talked ot dividing the Democratic
party.”
Houghton Presented.
John E. Brown, of Boone, chair
man of the Democratic executive
committee for the eighth district,
opened the program by introducing
Representative R. L. Doughten a-3
the man whom both Democrats
and Republicans of the eighth dis
trict want for their no#ct represen
tative. Mr. Doughton then intro
duced Mr. Gardner as the man best
qualified to carry on the work of
the recent progressive governors
of North Carolina. He said Mr.
Gardner was already elected in th»
hearts of the people.
Mr. Gardner then arose and told
a story quoted from Governor Ay
cock. “If you tell a pretty woman
that she is pretty, it doesn’t please
her much, because she knows it
already. But if you tell an ugly
woman she is pretty, then you
make her really happy. After
hearing Mr. Doughton's compli
ments paid to me. I feel like the
ugly woman who has been told she
is pretty.”
Mins His Audience.
Mr. Gardner had the audience
with him from the beginning, al
though it was composed of both
Republicans and Democrats. His
fine voice, £lear enunciation and
excellent stage appearance, aided
by his keen wit, kept the atten
tion of the crowd from start to
finish.
He began by contrasting the
trip from Shelby to Boone yester
day with the same trip in 1913,
when, because of the muddy roads,
it took two days and a half to
make the trip. “It was the Demo
cratic party,” he said, “that lifted
Boone out of the mud by building
our fine system of highways. No
Republican ever thought of the
mud of Boone when he was pro
posing road laws, because the Re
publicans never did anything to
lift Boone out of the mud.”
Reviews Accomplishments.
He then reviewed in detail the
accomplishments of the Democratic
administration in building the high
way system and making it self
supporting through the automo
bi!c and gasoline tax. Then he
added: "This work is not finish
ed. and under my administration it
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A.unt Roxie Opines
By Me—
“I bet either candydate would
nuke a good janitor ‘cause dey
lin make sich sweejiin’ atata
uents.”