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Smithfield Tobacco Warehouses are selling Tobacco as hijxh or higher than any warehouse in the state. Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper - - Established 1882 Don’t Join the Army of Unemployed If you are looking for work don’t be discouraged. Advertise for the position you want in our Want Ad columns. 46TH EIGHT PAGES TODAY SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 11,1928 EIGHT PAGES TODAY NUMBER 73 Heavy Docket In Recorders Cour - ——«— Three Days Devoted to Tri of Criminal Cases; Nun ber of Whiskey Cases Recorder’s court was in sessio Tuesday, Wednesday and Thur: Alay of last week, and the follov ** ing cases were tried and dispose of: Prayer for judgment was coi tinued upon the payment of co^ in the case against Raynor Hortoi convicted of beating hoard bill. Jack Clemmons was given thii ty days on the roads for possessio and transportation. A. G. Manning was found gut ty of trespass and eavesdropping Prayer for judgment was contin ued upon condition that the dc fendant is not convicted of an criminal law again in North Cai olina during the next two years an1 upon the payment of cost. E. A. Tart was convicted o giving worthless check. Praye for judgment was continued upo; the payment of the cost and th check. Treston Coats was charged wit! ^violation of the prohibition lav mid "'as found guilty of possess ion of whiskey for the purpose o sale. He was sentenced to th« county roads for ‘JO days and tax ed with the cost. The road sen tence was suspended upon the fol lowing condition: that the defend ant does not drink, possess, trans port, manufacture any intoxican of any kind, or violate the prohi bition law in any form or manne: whatsoever during the next tw< years, and the defendant shall no possess any spiritous drink ex cept by order and prescription o reputable physician. He is also t< pay a fine of SI00 and the cost. Sherman Moore was convicted o possession of wine. Prayer fo: judgment w'as continued upon tin condition that the defendant doe: not violate the prohibition lav again in the next twelve month: and pay the cost. Prayer for judgment was con tinued upon the payment of thi cost in the case against Georgi Green for assault upon female. Mack Young was given thirty days on the roads and fined $1 ( ;^tnd taxed with the cost for pos. session and transportation. He tool an appeal. Albert Holt and Bill Edwards charged with assault, were callet and failed. Judgment ni si sci fi and capias. Capias is also to issu< for the prosecuting or state wit Julius Stanley and Hillard Jer nigan were in court charged wit! operating, car while intoxicated, a sault with car, violation of the prohibition law, and careless am reckless driving. Not con victed of operating car while in toxicated. Stanley was found guil ty of careless and reckless driv ing and of assault with car. Jer nigan was convicted of possess key. He was assigned work on th reads for a term of GO days an; taxed with half the cost. The roa< sentence is to be suspended upoi the payment of half the cost am a $50 fine. Stanley was assigns work on the county roads for ; term of 00 days and taxed wit! .half the cost. John Clegg was sentenced t the county roads for GO days fo possession and transportation. H gave notice of appeal. Bud iludson, charged with tres pass and disorderly conduct, wa found guilty of simple assaul1 and was fined $10 and cost. Robert Hines, a 40-year-old eo Turn to page four 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 Joe Grimes Recognized his name last issue. Today’s TnnfaTlzer: lndgsgtoaeyred Democrats In County will t Open Campaign Next Week »i J. A. Narron Elected Chairman of Young People’s Clubs; Plan Big Speaking For Opening Campaign; Headquarters Open The joint meeting of the Demo - cratic Executive Committee and all d Democratic, candidates for county offices called by County Chairman I'. H. Brooks on Friday afternoon ^ at four o’clock in the county com missioners room of the courthouse was characterized by marked en thusiasm. Chairman Brooks called the roll 1 of the different township commit tees and most of the townships - were represented. Nearly all the . candidates were in attendance, all . of whom were imbued with the - I spirit of battle. They expressed 1 themselves as ready to go into the - different parts of the county wher 1 ever duty demands to sound the call for nomocracy’s hosts to rally ’ to the forefront and to stay the . comm; n enemy. The meeting was j marked by great harmony and , much work was mapped out. •John A. Narron was unanimous ly elected by the committee as chairman of the young peoples clubs of Johnston county and he was in tructi-d to begin immediate ly to form these clubs in the Other plans were inaugurated to start the ball rolling for the cam paign. Johnston county’s Demo cratic majority two years ago of about eight hundred is proof of just how Democratic Johnston county really is. but it is predict ed that this year an even greater majority will be rolled up on elec tion day which is November <5. The Democrats of Johnston county are keenly interested in their county ticket this year, and the indication is that greater work will be done by individuals this year than ever has been done before They are acute to the accomplishments of their party during the past two years and of it several admin is- ; trative departments. They realize ' that economy has been practiced , and not preached in the different county offices; and they stand ; ready to back their standard bear- 1 Turn to page four Blye Gulley Is Now Eagle Scout Fusses Test ut Court of Honor .Meeting Which Brini’s Hi* Total Merit Badges To 2] ; Others Bet Badges At a Court of Honor meeting of , i tho I»oy Scouts held in the Mctho i (list church basement Friday eve ning by Scout Executive \V. W. River,, of Goldsboro. »lye Gulley completed the requisites for be coming an Eagle Scout. and Sniithfield now boasts of two Eagle Scout*. Some time ago. James J Sellers attained this distinction. Scout Gulley passed tests on the following subjects Friday eve ning: Fil’d study, swimming, au ; tonv biiing. camping, pioneering, 1 physical development, life-saving, [cooking, journalism, reptile study ; and firemanship. He has been at j work on these subjects for some time which, when passed, brought j his number of merit badges to 21, the number required to he an I Eagle Scout. Scout Gulley, who .was a student at the State Uni versity last year, was affiliated with the Scout work at Chapel J Hill as assistant scoutmaster. Dur ing the past summer he was on j the camp staff of the Cherokee (’ouncil Scout camp which was conducted for a month, seven miles ’ frem Keidsville. At the Court of Honor meeting I Friday evening, a total of thirty ■ merit badges were awarded, those . receiving badges besides Scout ■ Gulley being as follows: Lewis ■ | Morgan, bin! study, swimming, ‘ handicraft, first-aid and autumn. M Idling; James Staneil, handicraft; 1 ! Richard Noble, handicraft, fire ! man.-hip. and personal health; MChas. Hroadhurst, cycling, poultry • j keeping and firemanship; Elmer 1 i W'ellons, Jr., cycling; Donald 1 I Ward, public health and hiking; Chevrolet Agency Changes Hands T. E. Hurts and i). Stanley Mitchell. New Proprietors, Impressed With Progres sive Spirit of Smithfield The Hulleman Motor company j which has had the Chevrolet agen- I cy in this city for the past sev- j oral years, gives place to a new j concern this week which is known i as the Southern Chevrolet Com- I pany. Inc. Mr. 1?. .J. Hulleman, pro prietor of the Holleman Motor i company, has returned to Raleigh ! where he will still be in the auto-1 mobile business, and Messrs. T. j K. Burts and 1). Stanley Mitchell,! of Sarasota, Fla., are his success-1 Ihe transaction was completed! last Friday and on Saturday the new proprietors were in charge, j Both Mr. Burts and Mr. Mitchell are experienced in tlje automobile ' business, Mr. Burts having been j engaged in it for fifteen years. As ! yet there has been no change in the organization as left by Mr. Hulleman. It is the plan to op erate an up to date Chevrolet i place. Everything in the way of parts and accessories will be car- j ried in stock, and the service <le- ! partment will be equipped to ren- j dor real Chevrolet service, stated Mr. Burts yesterday. Mr. Burts and Mr. Mitchell come to Smithfield from Sarasota, Fla.,, where they were both active in the civic life of the town. They j were Kivvanians, and took and ac- j live part in the work of the chain- [ her of commerce. They belong to ! the Masonic Order and both are Shrim'rs. Mr. Mitchell has already TERN TO FACE 4. PLEASE Paul Johnston, firomanship; ( has. Royall, firomanship. GOVERNMENT FORECAST IS 14,439,000 BALES OF COTTON " WASHINGTON, Sept. 8,—The ’ department of agriculture announc ed today that a cotton crop of l l. 100,000 equivalent 500 pound bales is indicated for this year and that the condition <>f the crop on September 1 was On.5 per cent of a normal. '1 he September 1 condition of 1 the crop which compares with 50.1 I per cent a yea • ago; 51).0 per cent in 1020 and 50.2 per cent in 11)25 indicated an approx* mate yield of 15::.!) pounds per acre compared with 151.5 in 11*27; 182.0 in 11*20 and 150.0 the ten year average 11*17-11)20. i On the basis of September 1 reports of abandonment after July 1, the preliminary estimate of total abandonment after July 1 is placed at 8.8 per cent of the 40,005,000 acres in cultivation in thi‘ United States on that date, leaving an indicated area of 44, 5*1*5.000 fur harvest. The indicated production by states in bales was: Virginia 4(5,000; North Carolina 1*70,000; South Carolina 800,000; Georgia 1.100,000. Florida 10,000; Missouri 105,000; Tennessee 441, 000; Alabama 1*70,000; Misissippi 1.25,000; Louisiana 500,000; Texas 5,100,000; Oklahoma 1.800,000; Arkansas 1250,000. New Mexico 80,000; Arizona 188.000; Califor nia 140,000; Lower California 1*5. 000; other states 10,000. Cotton of this year growth gin ned prior to September 1 totalled 956,480 bales counting round bales as half bales, the census bureau announced. This compares with 1, 588,577 for 11*27 and 090,550 for 11*26. AL SMITH MAY SPEAK IN GREENSBORO GREENSBORO, Sept. 10.— Greensboro is under considera tion as one of the cities in whieh Governor Alfred E. Smith, of New York, demo cratic nominee for president, may speak during his cam paign. it was indicated in a letter received here today by Erie W. Rodgers, editor of The Greensboro Daily Record, from Charles A. Greathouse, secretary of the democratic national committee. it has been shown that for several weeks leading demo crats of this section have been trying to have Governor Smith include Greensboro in his cam paign tour and the letter from Mr. Greathouse said: "At the present time final arrangements have not been made in regard to the gover nors’ itinerary, but I may say to you that a visit to Greens boro is under consideration.” —A s s cciat c d Press. Hearty Approval Gardner’s Speech Brief Extracts From Comments Made By State Officers and Others on Opening' Campaign Speech I KALKICH, S. -; . in. -Heart.! and unanimous approval of the opening- campaign speech of Hon. 0. Max Gardner. Democratic nom inee for Governor, at Boone last Monday, is given by Democratic leaders and state officials in Ral eigh. Especially do the leading Democratic leaders endorse the itand taken by Mr. Gardner on tin* support he is giving the Na if nal. as well as the state and lo ral Democratic tickets. His state ment that he will support Gover ip r Smith for President as his parly’s nominee, and his reason ing and logic in presenting the Na ;;on:il Democratic cause met with 'oiid and complete' support among : h e De m oc rat ie leado rs. Former Governor Cameron Mor rison. now National Committee man and Mr. Gardner’s opponent for the nomination for Chief Exe cutive eight years ago, was one of die first to approve Mr. Gardner’s >poning speech. “It was manly and loyal, yet shot through with kind ness and tolerance,” said the for Governor A. W. McLean refer red to it as a “thought-stirring, •onstructive, and convincing speech,” saying it was “an admir able presentation of the duties ■if the Democrats of North Caro lina in this campaign.” He added lhat lie thought it would do much toward “showing the way for mailt- of the members of our party who may not agree entirely with Governor Smith’s views.” Josephus Daniels, former Na tional Commtiteeman and former Secretary of the Navy, Raleigh editor, referred to i* as “frank and free from vituperation” and spok en “clearly and courageously." “While sincerely supporting the National ticket," Mr. Daniels ex presses pleasure that he is stress ing the importance of keeping the rudder true in North Carolina mat ters. lie recalls his support of wo men suffrage in li>20 and his stand for the Australian ballot, saying that “his speech will sol idify support for Gardner and the Democratic state ticket and gain votes for the National ticket.” Brief extracts from comments made by state officers and others on Mr. Gardner’s speech are as follows: William A. Graham, Commis sioner of Agriculture: “A clear cut and definite presentation of the ideals for which our North Carolina Democracy stsfnds As was expected, he is supporting the National as well as the State tick et. He could not pursue any other course.” Dr. Charles O’H. Laughinhouse, State Health Officer: “As it re lates to party loyalty, his speech was entirely sound, and his posi tion with reference to the Nation al ticket equally so. He is to be Turn to page four School Opens With Enrollment Of 700 (oach Blankenship Begin:* Second Year With Prospect of (iood Football Team; Over 2o Report For First Practice ; SC HOOL F E A T 1 It E S 1 in* opening day of school here 1 ye>:erday found TOD pupils regis ter.ny in the various grades, as compared with G50 on opening day la.-'t year. Of that number 525 are in the elementary grades, and 175 in high school. The enrollment will likely grow during the coming week*--, the total enrollment during rhe year 1027-11*28 having reached around 000. Superintendent N. C. Shuford is well pleased over the prospects for the new session. Patrons are showing more interest in the sc hocI as well as the teachers, who will strive to make this the best year yc-t. Between forty and fifty patrons were present at the ele mentary school opening yesterday which lasted for about forty min utes. Messrs. C. A. Creech and J. A. Narron made brief talks. There '•'a no formal opening with all of the school together, the work of organization proceeding at once. Mr>. Harvey Boney. principal of the high school, had charge of the opening ii\ the high school build ing. Tiiis year will find several ad ditional features of the school one jf which is* an art department. Miss Nan McCullers, of McCull- i ei's, who has had an art class here! luriag the summer, will continue her work at the school. An attrac tive studio is being fitted up in the basement and during the first of rlrh* week the work of her pupils will be on exhibition. Also, there will be a teacher of I expression. Miss Mildred Smith, of Raleigh, has arranged to be here luring certain days of the week. Miss Smith was a former pupil >f Miss Lady C. Doles, of Raleigh, md graduated last year from the Marjorie Webster School of Ex pression of Washington, D. C. The commercial department, •vhich has been under the direction Mrs. Joe Davis, will he con ^ led, though a teacher has not .'el been definitely secured. Football training began at the Smithfield high school yesterday ifternoon with some thirty candi lates reporting to Coach Blanken ship. The squad went through only i light workout yesterday but will M'obably get down to real work '■day. Although quite a number of vet ■rans are back at their respective Mi.'ts this year, the team will miss ••really the services of Bill Rags lale and Ed Parrish. The former vas perhaps the best ground gain •r the team had last season. lie s lost to the eleven by grad un ion. Ragsdale was on hand yes erday ami went through the day’s work with the squad. Parrish call 'd signals last season anti his field I generalship will be missed. He was I ■xpoeted to return to school this /ear but decided to join the N'avy •mile time ago. However there i< still some ex •ellent material left and Coach Blankenship is expected to round out a good working machine. There are several aspirants who ire playing football for the first time and it is more than likely that some of these will be in the line-up when the first whistle This year’s team will pin its hopes on such men as Bill Norton and R. C. Parrish. Both of these players held down end berths last season, but it has been rumored that they will be used in the back field this fall. Other back field pos sibilities are Frank Morgan and YV. Lassiter. The former was a regular last season while the lat ter is reporting for the first time. From looks of things now there is going to he a big fight staged j for positions in the line. Prospec tive linemen are Fuller, Stallings, j .Jordan, I>. Creech. B. Creech, E. i-Johnson, J. Stancil, X. Stancil, | W oodard and Peedin. All but the 'a-1 of these have received train 1 ing on local squads of past years j while Peedin has had experience I TURN TO PAGE FOUR Athletic Director Smithfield High School II. I . m.ANKENSHll* Tobacco Sales Reach Million Pounds Big Breaks Here Fri day and Yesterday; Unloading- Blocks Traffic In Front of Warehouses PRICES COMPARE WELL The tobacco break here Friday and yesterday brought—t he num ber of pounds of tobacco sold on the jSmithfiel-d market since the opening day, September 1. well be yond the half million pound mark. Unfavorable weather during the first few days the market was open caused the offerings to be comparatively light, but Jast Fri day saw an old-time break with more than 200,000 pounds on the two warehouse floors Traffic was blocked for hours on the streets in front of the warehouses while the unloading was going on Mr. N. L. Perkins of the Banner and Mr Joe T. Bass f»f the Plant ers warehouse raffled off pile after pile of the golden weed to the well known auctioneer's tune, and the fanners went home with a check in their pocket that, if not as big as they would like, was satisfactory considering the price on all the eastern markets this year Yesterday’s sab* , even exceeded those of Friday. The floors of both warehouses were full and approx imately 250,000 pounds were sold. Prices on all the tobacco mar kets this year have not been as high as they should be, but it is Continued on page four. Ql ARTETTE WETKTHS 121 POUNDS Mr. .1. R. Jordan of Raleigh was in Smithficld yesterday en route to Henson on business. Mr. Jordan is a native John stonian his old home having been in Clayton township. Mr. Jordan stated that he has eight children, and a singular coincidence is the fact that his four youngest weigh exactly the same. They tip the scales at 10(» pounds each. Benson Kiwanians Hear Dr. Wright I tensor) School To Open Oct. 1; Will Have Agricultural Teacher; Henson Citizens Ship First Car of Hogs I'.K.VSON. S. pi. 10.—I)r. J. B. Wright, of Raleigh, was speaker at the Kiwanis luncheon recently. Dr. Wright lias just returned from an extended trip through Egypt, Palestine and Athens. He told of fishing in the Sea of Galilee. He used a machine slide in giving this lecture, which was not only very interesting but educational as well. A detailed survey of the town of Benson will he made within the next few days. It is hoped this will be responsible for various in dustries locating here. It is hoped this move will mean much for the future of the town. The Benson school will open Oc tober 1, with seven new teachers SMITHFIELD KIWANIS CLUB HOST TO TOBACCONISTS HERE in unique and fitting style the I Smithfield Kiwanis club ontertain j ed Thursday evening at seven o’clock the buyers and warehouse men on the local market this sea son. Dr. J. W. Whitehead, presiding over the meeting, registered sen timent of delight on having the to bacconists as guests of the club. In this the president was corrobo rated by Mayor J. 1). Underwood. Friendly cooperation was assured the guests by representative busi ness men of this city. Kiwanian R. I\ Holding, prom inent local banker, had charge of the program. A number of respon sivi* talks were heard among: which were those by Gray Staples, of the Glass-Staples Tobacco com pany, and R. S. Scott of the Smith field Tobacco company. All big: tobacco firms are rep resented on the local market and buyers representing the Export T< baeco company, the lmperia Tobacco company. The Americar Tobacco company, Renyolds Tobac co company, Liggett-Myers Tobac co company, The Glass-Staples To baeco company, and the Smithfieh Tobacco company were among th< guests of the local Kiwanians. Prices on the local market com pare favorably with those on an; market in Eastern Carolina. Prominent Citizen Passes Suddenly | \V. B. Hobbs Drops Dead At His Home Near Smithfield at the Age of 71 Years A distinct shock to the commun ity was the death of Mr. W. B. Hobbs which occurred suddenly at his home near here last Thursday afternoon between seven and eight o’clock. Mr. Hobbs was apparent ly in his usual health and was un usually cheerful last week, and the news of his death was a shock to his family and friends. Late in the afternoon he had gone to the lot and was returning to the house when he dropped dead. His daugh ter, Miss Pearle Hobbs, who lived with him, found him lying in the yard soon after he fell, and call ed for help, but he had apparent ly passed away instantly. Mr. Hobbs was one of John ston county’s most successful and substantial farmers By his kindly and cheerful disposition he had made a wide circle of friends. He was a member of the Primitive Baptist church. On November 22, 1880. forty eight years ago, Mr. Hobbs mar ried Miss Louie Lassiter of near Four Oaks, and to this union were born five children. A little over four years ago his faithful com panion was taken away, and about a year later his oldest daughter, Mrs. J. C. Byrd, of near Erwin, passed away after a long illness. Mr. Hobbs was 71 years, seven months and twenty-one days old. The funeral was held at the home Friday afternoon at two o’clock, conducted by Elder Jesse Barnes, of this city, assisted by Rev. S. S. McGreggor. pastor of Pisgah Baptist church. The Pisgah choir sang several appropriate se | lections during , • ih I ment took place in family plot in the cemetery at Clement church near Four Oaks. The floral offer ing was very beautiful and grand daughters of the deceased acted as flower girls. The pall bearers w’ere Messrs. Milton, Ira. and Lee Og k...... w; n -- f_t. Smith, J. J. Johnson, Harvey John son and Walter Lee. An unusually large crowd attended the funeral, many being present from Smith field, Four Oaks, Benson, Clayton and Erwin. The deceased is survived by four children: Messrs. J. A., W. M., and J. W. Hobbs, and Miss Pearle Ilobbs, all of whom live near Smithfield. He also leaves two brothers, Messrs. John Hobbs and Matthew Hobbs, of Elevation i township, and several grandchil dren. ♦ BOY SCOUTS MEET FRIDAY EVENING Boy Scout Troops One and Two of this city are to be combined and j a joint meeting is being called for i Friday evening at the Methodist church. Mr. L. E. Watson, Jr., who has been the scoutmaster for Troop One will have charge of both Cook as many foods as possi ble while the oven is burning. Cooking half a dozen articles con sumes no more gas than it does to cook one. Rubbing door hinges with hard soap will stop their squeaking and is much better than greasing. This also applies to drawers that stick. Aunt Roxie Opines I!v Me— “Men aho have eazy times—in de country dey kin wait fer a pat ridge to fly agin de house and 1 town dey kin wait fer a office to hunt ’em.’"