Smithfield
Tobacco Warehouses
are selling Tobacco
as hijxh or higher
than any warehouse
in the state.
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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
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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
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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
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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.’"