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' V Smithfield Tobacco Warehouses are selling; lobacco as high 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 ba discouraged. Advertise for the position you want in our Want Ad columns. 46TH YEAR EIGHT PAGES TODAY SMITHFIELD, N. C„ TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER IS, 1928 EIGHT PAGES TODAY NUMBER 75 Hurricane Hits Florida 250 Known Dead y In Porto Rico\ Million Left Home less in Storm’s Wake —Chairman Local Chapter Reel Cross Makes Appeal For Donations GREENSBORO, Sept. 17.— After leaving a trail of de struction in the West Indies and shrouding the Bahama is lands in ominous silence, a tropical hurricane last night 'blew into the east coast of Florida somewhere between Jupiter and Fort Lauderdale. Communications rapidlyw H^were broken and a few details the severity of the storm were available. Terrific winds hit the area nearest the storms center. It was not known whether any one was injured and reports of proper ty damaged were lacking.— Associated Press. OVER 200 DEAD IN PORTO RICO SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Sept. 16.—(A-P)—More than 250 persons have been report ed dead up to 0 o’clock tonight in nine of the island's 77 towns, as the result of the hurricane of Thursday. Other towns have reported no loss of life while communication with many others still is lacking. No continental Americans have been- reported either killed or injured. Mow than <0 per cent ol the almost 2,000,000 population live in rural weeks before accu rate reports are received. The known dead in the va rious towns follows: Cayeys ^r75, Guayama 00, Humacao 50, r Ponce 25, Arecibo 15, Aguadil la 10, Naguabo 10, Las Piedras 5, Fajardo 3; total 253. LOCAL CHAIRMAN RED CROSS MAKES APPEAL One thousand dead, one million hungry and homeless, and property damage running into millions like in wake of great autumnal storm as it sweeps across the island of Porto Rico and hits Florida coast. Famine and disease are inevitable unless relief can be immediate. President Coolidge has issued his cal to the American Red Cross chapters throughout the nation asking for immediate donations for relief of sufferers The Smithficld Chapter calls upon the citizens of Johnston coun ty for help. The responses to be material should be liberal imme diate. This call begins with $5.00 collected. Who will be the first to forward donations? All donations sent to the under ^ signed will be immediately sent to Rational headquarters at Washing H. V. ROSE, Chairman Smithfield Chapter of the American Red Cross. A Good Floor Polish. A small quantity of kerosene ap plied to hardwood floors and rub bed with a woolen cloth makes a ■very good and lasting polish. This may also be used for furniture. 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 he called for before the follow ing issue. Today’s Tantalizer: visnnarea t Benjamin Grimes recogniz- ' his name last issue. Filipino Volcano That Is in Eruption BA'S WS&T3S*WX»1 mwnww i.zmfXOSJEja T!k> volcano Mayon, In the western Alhay province, of tiie Philippines ;i:at is in violent erupt inn. pouring vast rivers of lava over tlie* countryside ami terrifying the natives. The town of Lihog, near the loot of the mountain, was virtually destroyed. i Wreck Discloses Identity Of Thief Geo. Bryant Wrecks Stolen Car And Offi cers Find G o o d s Taken From J. W. Woodard’s Store An automobile wreck involving three cars, which took place yes terday morning about 4;30 o’clock three and a half miles this side «»f Clayton, proved to be the key 1 to a robbery which had taken | place in the Glendale section on i Sunday night. I Early yesterday morning it was I reported to the sheriff’s office that i the country store of Mr. J. W. Woodard of Glendale had been en ! tered and a lot of merchandise, together with $-00 in cash, sixty ! dollars of which was in gold, had been stolen. It seems that Mr. Woodard had gone to his safe on Sunday afternoon to get a key and had left the safe unlocked. Mr. i Woodard is a member of the county board of education. Later yesterday morning officers i were calle dto the scene of the wreck near Clayton where it was | found that three cars had been disabled and one or two persons painfully hurt, when a Ford coupe [driven by George Bryant, colored, i had run into a Chevrolet, driven [by Mr. Pierce, of Raleigh, and Mr. [Carroll, of Raleigh, driving an ! Kssex, had run into the wreck age of the two cars. Bryant was cut and bruised, and Mr. Carroll also sustained some cuts in which I it was necessary to take stitches. Deputy T. K. Talton upon arriv ing at the scene made some in vestigation sand found in the Ford coupe new merchandise including trousers, hose, belts, children’s j shoes, and chewing gum. It devcl ■ ops that the negro who now hails j from Raleigh had formerly been emplocyd by Mr. J. W. Woodard i of the Glendale section. Knowing of the theft which had taken place on Sunday night, Deputy Talton continued his search and finally located two five dollar gold pieces in a package of cigarettes. Then it was that the negro confessed but stated that two accomplices who had made their return to Ral eigh were in possession of the remainder of the money. The offi cer went to Raleigh and reported the affair to police headquarters, and an effort is being made to apprehend the other two negroes. In the Ford driven by Bryant, were found rubber gloves and rubber shoes presumably for use in pre venting discovery'through finger prints or bloodhounds Bryant is in i the Clayton jail where he was I placed after Magistrate L T. Rose j had bound him over to Superior j After the discovery of the mer chandise in Bryant's car, Mr. J. \V. Woodard was communicated with and he immediately came to Smith field where he identified the goods as having been stolen from his store Further investigation revealed Turn to page four Triangle Case To Wind Up In Superior Conrt | WILL HOLERS AM Mil NK j CANDIDATE j In this issue the Herald is i starting to publish the campaign ) announcements of the world ( famous humorist W iI! Rogers. | who is running on an Anti- > I Hunk ticket Will Rogers knows nothing, so he says, except what he reads in the newspa pers, but he always has a rol licking comment upon current affairs His political talks will be published once a week in this paper. Watch for them at the bottom of the front page. W. T. Kirby Gives Barbecue Dinner Nearly Ninety Gather At His Home Near Kent} To En joy Spread On Friday, August 21, Mr W. T. Kirby gave his children and their families, his tenants and their fam ilies, and a few invited guests a baibecue dinner at his home near Kenly. The dinner was served in ■ the yard at the home and all thor oughly enjoyed the good things to eat and the iced tea and lemonade. The crowd numbered about S8. After dinner, Rev. .1. W. Alford, cne of the invited guests, made a picture of tho'se present. Mr. Kirby lives in Beulah town ship near Kenly. a place which he claims to ho “the garden spot of the world.” He was born where he now lives about sixty-six years ago and has been married three times. Mr. Kirby is known as a good far mer and as a good friend to many besides his own family and rela tives. He is a special friend to the widows and the fatherless. Mr. Kirby is not only a strnog prohi bitionist, but is a atotal abstainer TERN TO PAGE 1, PLEASE Husband Attempts to Poison Wife And Is Placed Under $2500 Bond For Appear ance Superior Court Jesse House, white man of Selma, is held under a $2500 bond for his appearance in Su perior court, charged with an attempt to poison his wife. House was tried before Mag istrate O. 1). Hinnant, and a brother of the defendant who lives near Micro, stood the bond iixed by the magistrate. According to information re ceived from Johnston county officials, Mrs. House was ill at the home of her father near Bagiev. Her husband gave her a dose of medicine which made her unusually sick. When he attempted to give her a ' second dose she suspected that something was wrong and when his back was turned in stead of taking it, she put it in a vial and later gave it to her attending physician. Upon examination it was found to be arsenate of lead. Treatment was given for the amount she had already taken and Mrs. House is now said to be all right. Yesterday a brother of Mrs. House who is pushing the the prosecution of her husband, brought a young woman from Mount Olive to Smithfield who will probably figure in the case when it comes up in Su perior court. It is said that the young woman expected to marry House, not knowing ho was a married man. -1 To Keep Bread Box Sweet. Bread molds quickly in hot weather, so keep containers free from scraps of stale bread, and scald at least twice a week in su mine i*. S SAYS:— I was kinder disappointed in Al’s speech of acceptance. 1 thought he was smarter than lie is, I thought he would refuse. Just think how much bigger man A1 would have been if he had re fused. If he gets elected he will be only one out of thirty that’s held presidency. But if he had re fused he’d be the first in history to do that—and probably the last. A Democrat is naturally windier than a Republican. He is out of office more and he has more time to think up things to say. All a Republican has to say is “well, I am in, try and got me out.” While with a Democrat he has to say something that will get the Re publican out and also that will get A1 said he would take the nom ination because “this is the coun try that had raised him from ob scurity to the standard bearer of h:s party.” Now All didn’t have any monopoly on obscurity at birth. There is awful few babies very well known at weaning: time. The part of his speech that kinder hit mo was where he said that if he was elected he would have our government quit messing: around down in Latin America. In other words if a Marine went sight-seeing: he would have to pay his own way A1 is honest about farm relief, fie says lie don't know a corn stalk from a jimpson weed and ■that a tractor might be a mouth wash so far as he is concerned. All in all. A1 did a mighty fine job of promising. Now 1 think my plat form is more constructive. 1 will make mine up after I get in. No body knows what they might want by next March anyhow. —WILL ROGERS. Poultry And Live Stock Exposition ]Jenson Expects To Surpass Show of Last Year; Oct. 2 to .> Dates For I'oiks of This Section to Remember BLN SOX. Sept. 17.— Plans arc being whipped into shape here at this time for the second annual Livestock and Poultry Exposition, which opens its gates to the peo ple of this territory Tuesday, Oc tober 2. running through Friday night. October Unlc-s indications are extreme ly misleading, the event this fall will surpass the even*, of a year ago. Additional poultry houses have been erected during the past few weeks and many other build ings are under construction at this time in order that the many ex hibitors may have ample room in which to display their products. As a special feature of the an nual attraction, elaborate fireworks will be displayed each night of the exposition. Contracts have already been signed pertaining to this fea ture, which will be witnessed by thousands of interested persons throughout the event. Miller and Marshall's famous carnival will play here during the four days attraction. This is con sidered one of the leading carni vals on the road today and prom ises to attract thousands of people to the exposition. Clowns galore will be seen during the event and many other features essential to such an entertainment will be writ nessed. Sensational Frederick Dobell, who- actually carries electrical equipment attached to his body, will ^feature the exposition with fancy high wire performances. The amount of voltage attached to his body is said to amount to 2,300 volts with the current on. His aft ernoon acts are equally as sensa tional. You can’t afford to miss i his performances, which will be j staged every afternoon and night I during the exposition. Brass bands will furnish mod- | ern and entertaining music dur- , ing the exposition, according to an- ! nr.uncement made here recently. School children of the county, •v matter if they have whiskers on their faces, will be admitted to the exposition grounds on the opening day absolutely free of charge. They will be admitted free up until five o’clock in the after noon of the opening day, officials have announced. Schools of the county parading; a: 11 o’clock on the opening day 1 will furnish another undisputed' feature of the grand opening of the Livestock and Poultry exposition Tuesday, October 2. Persons desiring information pertaining to exhibits or any other information of the exposition are requested to communicate with J. B. Slack, Secretary and Treasurer, I )K SOTO A1'TO MO BILK AGENCY LOCATE HERE Mr. Carl A. Austin of Clayton was ill the city yesterday making arrangements for opening an au toin bile business here. Mr. Austin will sell De Soto cars and will op erate a service place. The stand of the Smithfield Motor company in the building with Sam’s Filling station has been secured by Mr. Austin and he expects to be ready for business as soon as the Smith field Motor company moves to its new home being erected on John ston street by Mr. W. M. Gaskin. Mr. Austin, the son of Mrs. \Y. M. Austin of Clayton, is a native Johnstonian and well known. For five years he war, with Paul H Waddill, Ford dealer in Clayton. Associational Notice. '1 he 99th session of the Little River Primitive Baptist Associa tion will meet with the church at Kehobeth on next Friday, Satur day and fourth Sunday in this month. This church is located on the old Raleigh and Wilmington road and is ten miles north of Benson, six miles west of Four Oaks, and 24 miles south of Raleigh. Those coming by rail will be niet at Benson and Four Oaks, j JESSE BARNES, Moderator, 1 K. F. SMITH, Clerk. TWO DEMOCRA TIC SPEAKINGS IN COUNTY NEXT THURSDAY Hon. J. C. B. Ehring haus Will S p e a k Hero In Afternoon And at Peacock s Cross Roads Thurs day Night Thursday, September 20, will be featured by two political speakings in Johnston county, one on Thurs day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in Smithfield when the democrats for mally open the campaign in John ston county and the other at Pea cock's Cross Roads on Thursday evening at 7:20 o'clock. Hon. J. C. B. Ehringhaus, of Elizabeth City, will be the speaker on both occasions. The issues of the political cam paign will be ably discussed by Mr. Ehringhaus, who besides be ing an orator, is well informed as to the political situation. F. H. Brooks, chairman of the County Democratic executive Committee, extends an invitation to the public to hear this address. Chairman Brooks expects to extend an in vitation to Congressman E. \Y. Pou, who arrived in the city Sun day night from Washington, I). C., to accompany the speaker to Peacock’s <’ross Roads and make an introductory speech. It is expected that some of the candidates will be present at this •peaking, which willjbe held in the mditorium of the school at Pea cock’s Cross Roads. HOME-COMING DAY AT BETH ESI) A CHURCH Home-coming day will be ob served at Bethesda Baptist church >n highway number ten between Smithfield and Clayton Thursday. September 20. An all day service will be held and all are requested to carry well-filled baskets. The pastor will preach and -good sing ing will be a feature of the day’s program. All the members and the general public are invited to at tend. MR. NORVEI.EE BRYAN AND MISS MITCHELL IN CONCERT. U has been said many times of late, and probably truthfully so, that Clayton has, living in the town, and sends out to other parts, of the State and surrounding -tales, more real artists in music than any other town of its size in North Carolina. Very proud is the town of its young pianist, John Norvelle Bryan who is appearing in concert in the Clayton auditorium Tuesday, Sep rember IX at X:.>() o clock p. m. Mr. Bryan has done intensive work in the study of piano at the .Southern Conservatory, Durham, and elsewhere, and has been di rector of music in the Clayton City Schools for the past several years. He brings to his home town a splendidly prepared program, which, those who have had the pleasure of hearing him, can guar antee he is capable of performing in a truly masterful way. Assisting on the program is an other young artist whom Clayton has sent out with pride and wel comes back with love in this, probably her first public concert in the home town, Miss Gwendo lyn Mitchell, of Greensboro. Miss Mitchell is assistant voice teacher in the Greensboro College for Women, has been soprano so loist in the Presbyterian church of Greensboro for a number of years and possesses a voice of rare sweetness and charm. The public is cordially invited j to hear this program of beauty and melody which will appeal not *>nly to the music lovers but to the public in general.—Clayton News. -1 [ S. S. CLASS j HAS PARTY. [ The St. Claire class of the Free j will Baptist Sunday school had an outdoor party at the home of Mr. | F. C. Fitzgerald Friday night. The yard was lighted and decorated in i the class colors—pink and white. After a number of enjoyable games were played, pink and white ice cream was served with cake of the same colors. Mcct^ Miss Trumbull Miss Florence Trumbull, (laughter of Governor Trumbull of Connecti cut and alleged fiancee of John Coolidge, the president’s son. as she appeared on her return from her re cent European trip. Hunting Licenses Now Neccessary Hunting Instructions Sent Out by State Dept. Conser vation and Development; County Game Warden Ar ranges For Sale Licenses The hunting season is now open, and County Game Warden W. D. Avera is hearing down on any who are hunting without license. He has arranged for some one to sell the licenses in the clerk of the court’s office here, and licenses may also be obtained from Mr. E. S. Turlington in Benson, and Mr. 1). H. Sanders at Four Oaks. The State Department of Con servation and Development has is sued instructions concerning hunt ing licenses from which the fol lowing paragraphs are reprinted: “County licenses cannot, under any circumstances, be exchanged for a state license. This regula tion must be complied with strict ly. “A hunter must have a state license to hunt in any county oth er than the one in which he per manently resides. A county license, therefore, is good only for the county in which the hunter perma nently resides and in no other. “No licenses are required from the following: the resident land owner to hunt on his own land, the members of his family under six teen years of age. lessees or ten ants in possession of the farm on which they desire to hunt. This applies only to that particular farm actually rented and tended for crops. License is required by ten ants to hunt on any other land even if a part of the same farm. “Hunting licenses may he re voked on conviction of any viola tion of the hunting laws.” MISS 1.0LA MAK JOHNSON' WEDS J. I.. JOHNSON On Friday evening a marriage of interest to the people of John ston and surounding counties took place at the home of Mrs. Mary .7. Johnson, when her daughter, Miss Lola Mae. became the bride of Mr. J. I.. Johnson, of Wendell. Elder O. S. Young, of Angior, performed the ceremony in the presence of the immediate mem bers of the family. The bride wore a frock of tan georgette with harmonizing ac Mrs. Johnson received her edu cation at Fast Carolina Teachers College, and the Smithfield Busi ness school, and taught for a num ber of years in the public schools of Johnston county. The groom comes from a prom inent family of Wendell and is a prosperous young farmer of that section. Immediately after the ceremony a wedding supper was served by the sisters of the bride. The young people are well known throughout Johnston and surrounding counties and have many friends who wish for them happiness and success. 1. 1). C. TO MEET WEDNESDAY. Mrs. W. II. Austin will be hostesss at the regular meeting of the Holt-Sanders Chapter of the 7 • D. ('. next Wednesday after noon at her home in Brooklyn. The meeting, which is the first of the fall season, will be held at four o’clock. Members are urged to be ! present to plan for the year’s | work. Investigating A Proverb Of Old “As Maine Goes, So Goes the Nation” Has Not AJwdys Proven Out; Republicans Win in Maine This Year - ■ - NEW YORK, Sept. 17.—“As Maine Goes, So Goes the Nation” —this catchword has become some thing; of a national proverb. The state of Maine has been regarded by many as the political barome ter. The party that succeeds in Maine always seems to expect “Fair and Warmer” weather throughout the country. In 1920 Maine elected a Republican gover nor by 05.000 votes, and in the national election gave Harding a majority of 05,000. In the Maine elections this year, William Tudor Gardiner was by an overwhelming vote elected Gov ernor of the state, defeating the Democratic candidate. Before the results were Known, leaders in both parties the country over breathlessly awaited the news. “As Maine Goes, So Goes the Nation’’—thus the old catchword is phrased. But is it true? Close investigation shows that Maine went Democratic only once since 1888. Three times during that period, a Democratic president was elected. Maine did not vote for Cleveland in 1892. Maine voted in 1912 for Wilson, but went Republican in 1916 when a Democrat, Woodrow Wilson, was again elected. Well, we shall find out whether the old catchword proves true this year. Just as nothing is as sure as death and taxes, nothing is as uncertain as political prophecy and weather reports. CONGRESSMAN ANI) MRS. POU ARE IN THE CITY Congressman E. W. Pou, who was called to Washington, D. C., some weeks ago for some com mittee work, has returned home. Mrs. Pou who accompanied flim to Washington is also here. They arrived Sunday night. ♦ Willing Workers Meet. Selma. Sept. 13.—The members of the Willing Workers class of the Methodist church held their regular monthly meeting on Tues day evening at the home of Mrs. J. T. Hughes, with Mr. Hughes and Mrs. Jesse Johnson as hos tesses. The meeting was opened with Scripture reading by Mrs. E. G. Richardson, followed by prayer, led by Mrs. A. K. Eason. Plans were perfected for a rummage sale to be held Saturday afternoon, Sept. 15, at the corner Anderson and Raeford streets, the proceeds to go toward furnishing the primary department of the new Sunday school rooms. During: the social hour a very unique contest, dressing dolls in crepe paper, was enjoyed. Mrs. Riley Renfrow was adjudged the winner in this, while Mrs. R. L. Ray received the consolation prize. Refreshments consisting of sand wiches, doughnuts and iced tea, were served by the hostesses. (inests of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Woodall Mr. and Mrs. Ed Woodall have as their guests this week, Mrs. Woodall’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. | I.. M. Schmick of Catawissa, Pa.. 1 and her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Schmick, of | (Jury, Ind. Aunt Roxie Opines By Me— “Men sho have eaxy times—in de country dey kin wait far a pat ridtfe to fly agin de house and i town dey kin wait fer a office to hunt ’em.’"