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Smithfield Tobacco Warehouses are selling tobacco as high or higher than any warehouse in the state. 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 YEAR SIX PAGES TODAY SMITHFIELD, N. C„ TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 16. 1928 SIX PAGES TODAY NUMBER 83 By Arthur Brisbane ERIC, THE IJonOT— HE I'OI.ITK TO OCA IT— A HI MAN TIME CLOCK — NITROOEN KEPI,ACINI. COLD— An exhibition in London intro duces “Eric, the Robot/’ a man shaped wooden and metallic ma chine that rises to its feet, stretches out an arm to command silence and makes a speech. The shiny, metallic man-ma chine its slanting yellow eyes lighted by electricity, frightens spectators. Some workers will dread the possibilities of competition by ma chine men. But there is no dan ger. When modern cloth-making I machinery was first used England : built forts to protect the mu- i chinery from enraged! workers, | convinced that it would starve! them. ► _ Those machines employed more men than ever at better wages. Every efficient new machine in creases prosperity, especially that of workers, by increasing man value. With an ox team a man was worth $1 a day. With a locomo tive he is worth $10. Mr. Ouafi, French Arab who beat all runners of the world in the Olympic marathon, is here. Nature, producing him, seems to have had a greyhound in mind. His legs are almost as thin as a greyhound’s, and, quite tall, he weighs only 124 pounds. Ouafi is a citizen of the French Republic, and, although many sporting Americans that see him run will not know it, his ances tors of ancient Arabia are ances tors whom our civilization and its science owe a great deal. Those ol«l Arabs were learned in science, mathematics, and many lines when our ancestors in Eng- | land were hilling in swamps and | our ancestors in Ireland were run- I ning over hills and bogs not much I dressed, their great king putting j aside his cloak of raw bull hide in the presence of a French visitor, i revealing a king with nothing on him. Many words that we use every day, sofa, alcohol, many terms in chemistry, come from the Arabic, j Raymond S. Blunt of Chicago, is called the human time clock. Hr remembers where he was, what happened every hour, every min ute of the last ten years. In four months of this year, for instance, he spent 908 hours in sleep, 2.> hours in church, 303 hours at meals 48 hours on pleasure, etc. That’s interesting, but keeping track of time, hours and minutes, is not as important as putting something into the hours and minutes. For instance, the minute in which Thomas A. Edison decid ed that two messages, as well as one, might be sent over the same wire at the same time, was more important to the world that all the well regulated hours in the lives of ten thousand other men. Gold has been the unit' of value since men first found strum go heavy little yellow grains washed Continued on page four. Tantalizer There are exactly enough let ters in the line below to sped! 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. Rayford Hamilton deciphered his name last issue. Today’s Tantalizer: weralslserlet J. Ransome Creech Candida! c for Trm.urc!', will be one of the speakers at (Ilendiile Thursday nigdit. Young Democrats Now Organizing Mrs. A. \V. Francis Is Made Chairman of the Young Women With Miss Mildred Young, Vice-Chairman With the election twenty days hence and the issues of the cam paign being thoroughly assimilat ed by the democracy of Johnston county, the younger democracy of i our county is organized into a i well functioning organization.. Township chairmen have been ap-, pointed in every j-t own ship of ! .Johm ten county and each town-1 ship chairman has organized a working committee of the younger democrats of their respective town ships. The issues of the campaign are /being intelligently present 'd to the electorate of the county by this organization and its mem bers which is composed of active democrats throughout Johnston county. The young ladies are 11 • i! ough 1 y organized also, having Mrs. A. W. Francis, chairman. | The chairmen of the respective township organizations of the young ladies division will be made' known shortly .Below is given a li.-t of the township chairmen of I J. hnston county and precinct com- j mi t icemen: Smith field township: William lb W cdli.ns. Selma, Bill Creech. Clayton, Ernest I.. Hinton, Jr. | Ingrams, W. Jesse Stanley. Wilson’s Mills, A. A. Corbett. O’Neals. N. M. Narron, Millard j Godwin. Harvey Corbett. Beulah, HI ton V. Neighbors. Bine Level, C. If. Brown. B. Hill, N. C. Holt. Banner, William Woodall. Elevation, Cecil Johnson. Pleasant Grove, J. H. Ogburn. Cleveland .J. V. Tomlinson. Micro, O. I). Hinnant. Meadow, Lawrence Peacock. HEBE IN I ME BEST OF DE.MOCBATIC ( LFB Mrs. it. L. Thompson, Jr., and Miss Storr, of Raleigh, were in the city Saturday in the interest of the organization of democratic clubs among young women in this county. Mrs. Thompson is the vice chairman of the fourth con gressional district. While here they conferred with Mrs. A. W. Francis, who is county chairman of the young women’s work. Scries Meetings At Wilson's Mills. There will be a series of meet ings in Wilson’s Mills Christian church beginning October 15, con tinuing through the week. You are cordially invited. The program is as follows: Monday: President Hilley, “Workers Together.” Tuesday: J. T. Forrest, “Jesus ar.d His Mission.” Wednesday: Clyde Braden, “The Church—Us Mission.” Thursday: William Minshew, “The Plan of Salvation.” Friday: Professor Grim, “The Cross—Its Meaning.”. Saturday: Bill Wiegman, “Chris tian Living.” Sunday: Hillery Bowen, “Serv ice.”—11:00 a. m. “The Challenge”—7:00 p. m. Special music by choir from A. C. College eath service. | Democrats Plan Big Rally Nov. 5 -- Speakings Arranged For Various Points in the County This Week; Jno. H. Small To Speak in Oneals Saturday i lie Democrats are planning: to l-'und up the campaign in John .,;;n county with one of the big .'.;t rallies seen in many a day. ; Monday, November r», the day be the election day. Smiithfield i '•'• ill be the inecca for Johnston county democracy. Speakers, both men and women, from out of the i ci unty will be on hand and the j p ans are in the making for an enthusiastic old-time democratic ; nutting. Announcement will be ■ ai.uia late.r concerning the speak ers and further plans. This week will be featured by jpcliitical speakings in various | parts of the county. This evening f'iuesday) all of the candidates will meet at Thanksgiving for a j ially. Speeches will be short and | snappy but to the point, and men land women throughout this com munity are invited to be in at Thursday evening meetings have j i ei n arranged at Mill Creek, Ben i iiMivilk* township; at Glendale in Beulah; at Marshall Lassiter’s store in Elevation; and at Brog den school in Boon Hill. Speakers at Mill Geek will be: H. V. Rose, Larry F. Wood, and Jas. A. Wei-1 I. ns. Speakers at Glendale will be: II. G. Connor of Wilson, Raul D. Grady, J. W. Woodard, J. Ransom Creech, and J. Dobbin Bailey, j Speakers at Marshall Lassiter’s store will be C. C. Canaday, S. T. Honeycutt and Preston Woodall.! At Brogden, Mr. Chas. Ross, as sistant attorney general, Col. E. S. Abell. .1. Rufus Creech and L. G. Steven- will be on hand, Mr. Ross to make the principal address. Four speaking engagements have . been arranged for Friday evening, namely, at Baptist Center, Archer! Li dge. and Stewart’s school house I in Ingram’s township, and at j Piinceton. The speakers at Bap tist Center will be S. T. Honeycutt and F. S. Abell. A't Archer Lodge j the speakers will he lion. E. \\ . ' Puu and I)r. .1. J. Young. Those to | be at Stewart’s school house are | Paul D. Grady, J. A. Wellons, and j .1. M. Turley. At Princeton. R. M. ' McMillan of Raleigh, and Senator C. C. Canaday will be the speak-1 Saturday will be a big day with | a rally at Stancil’s Chapel in O’Neals township. This will be an | all day occasoin, a barbecue din- j nor featuring the program. Hon. John II. Small, of Washington, N. former congressman from first' i district, will he on hand for a I speech. Col. E. S. Abell will intro I duce him. Men and women are in-I viied on this occasion. All of the ; county candidates are expected to; he present. CAST SELECTED FOR “HERE COMES A It A HELL A*' | The cast of characters has been j selected for the musical comedy ! entitled “Here Comes Arabella,” which will be given here on Fri day evening, November 2. The leading lady will be Miss Constance Harrelson while the , leading man will be Mr. James ' Davis. Three flappers, Mrs. C. W. Bone, Mrs. Jesse Coates and Miss j Lucy Rhodes; two old maids, Miss , Hanks and Miss Wells; three town gossipers, Miss Mildred Young, Miss Lucile Lee, and Mrs. T. J. Lassiter will figure in the play. Also Messrs. Theron Johnson, Luby I Royal, Raymond Woodall. Jack Russell and Ed Ward will have important parts. Among the chorus girls will be Miss Clyda Woodard and Miss Vernie Phillips. There will be a number of choruses, which will bring the total number in the cast of characters to around forty per LITTI.E-ASKEW WEDDINd. Kenly, Oct. 15.— Miss Hazel As kt w and Mr. Floyd Little, both of Kenly, were married in Smith field courthouse Saturday after r on five o’clock. TO PRESENT BLYK GULLEY EAGLE SCOUT BADGE At a recent court of honor held here Scout Blye Gulley, o! troop one, passed his Eagle Scout test, the highest rank in Boy Scouts of Amer ica. The badge has been award 1:1 by National Council and the presentation ceremony will be bed at the troop meeting on Friday night, October 19. Scout Commissioner I). S. Dart.--horn will be here to pre si nt the Eagle Scout badge to Scout Gulley. He will be ac companied by Mr. \Y. \Y. Rivers Scout Executive. The public is cordially invited to attend this meeting and cere mony. I he Benson troop has been invited to be present at the same time. The meeting "iii he held at 7:80 Friday iiigh( in the basement of the I Methodist church. Names of Presidential Electors; Democrat .'c State Officers; Representative I n Congress To Be Vot ed On November 6 Tin? election is just three weeks d!1'. On Tuesday, November «!. more voters perhaps than ever before m!1 wend their way to the polls to j •ast their ballots for Lhe nominees >f their choice. The folks of Johnston county .aturally know the names of the j tounty candidates. If any are in Joubt, as to the Democratic can-'j iidatc-s, a glance at the editorial aa^e will give this information, j . Other democrats to be voted on November fJ are as follows: Democratic National Ticket. President: Alfred K. Smith, of New York. Vice-President: Joseph T. Rob nson, of Arkansas. Democratic Presidential Electors. Electors at Large: Clyde R. Iloey. of Shelby; Terry A. Lyon. >f Fayetteville. District Electors. First Dictrice: Stanley Win •erne, of Murfressboro. Second District: W. II. S. Burg vvyn, of Northampton. Third District: George Ward, ol Wallace. fourth District: T. T. Thorne. >f Rocky Mount. Fifth District: Robert M. Gantt. if Durham. Sixth District: E. K. Bryan, of Wilmington. Seventh District: T. E. Battley, of Hamlet. Eighth District: W. R. Lovill, of Boone. Ninth District: Peyton McSvvain. i of Shelby. Tenth District: Robert R. Rey nolds. of Asheville. Democratic State Ticket. Governor: (). Max Gardnre. Lieutenant-Governor, R. T. Foun tain. Secretary of State: J. A. Hart State Auditor: Baxter Durham. State Treasurer: B. It. Lacy. Superintendent of Public In struction: A. T. Allen. Attorney-General, D. G. Brum mitt. Commissioner of Labor and Printing: Frank D. Grist. Qommissioner of Agriculture: W illiam A. Graham. ( ommissioner of Insurance: Dan C. Boney. Commissioner of Revenue: Ru fus A. Doughton. Corporation Commissioner: W. T. Lee. Associate Justices of Supreme Court: W. J. Brogden, George W. Connor. Representatives in Congress Fourth District: Edward W. Pou. BARBOl'R-H ILL WEDDING. Married at the courthouse Sat I urday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. I Miss Ola Corbett Hill and' :Mr. I James Thomas Barbour, both from Clayton. Rev. D. H. Tuttle per I formed the ceremony. Celebrates Her 91st Birthday Mrs. Rachel Roy all. Mother of Our Townsman, Mr. L. T. Iioyall, Has Interesting Descendants Mrs. Rachel Iioyall of Falcon, mother <’F our townsman, Mr. L. T. Iioyall. celebrated on Septem ber 2»* her thlsi hii today. Mrs-. Iioyall lias spent some time here with the family of her son and is pleasantly remembered by numcr The following- account of the de - emlants of Mrs. Iioyall will be »f interest, particularly from the ingle of education. Mrs. Royal is the widow of the ■ate I-ham Royal, for many years t’P-rintendent. of education of h.inp.Min county, and often called ‘the lather of schools" in that county. I There wore 11 children in the family, 10 of whom ate now liv ing. and all of whom hare taught school, some of tlu-m being still active in that capacity. tine son. Rev. Frank Royal!, is now in Europe on route for Rome tt' j Palestine, where he expects to pend the next several yea »s, and • lie has traveled extensively, having1 j spent some years as a missionary | In China. Rev. \ . A. Royal, after teaching, entered the ministry, and is to be superannuated minister of the M. F. Church. Rev. M. W. Royal preaches at Annapolis, and frequently has in his congregation cadets from the Naval Academy. Mr. L. T. Royal at one time superintendent of ed-j ucation in Johnston county. Three j of the four sons are college grad- j nates. Of the daughters, Mrs. Louise : Bullard, is a graduate of Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn.. having i obtained both A.B. and M.A., has ‘.aught at Caraleigh and at Duke summer school, and will teach again this year at Caraeleigh. Mrs. Evelyn Coward, of Oullow hee, has taught, is now taking j special work, and will teach again j at Cullowhee next year. Mrs. Katie Breece has attended: •ollege, and teaches at Wallace.I Mrs. Exum, of Fremont, has | aught music and high school sub- ' jects. Mrs. Berta Maxwell, of Falcon.' has taught for years, is now engaged to teach again at Falcon, and keeps up to date with her work in the primary grades. On one occasion when the representa tive- of the Public Welfare depart ment of the State visited the school in her capacity of investi gator regarding the inmates of the Falcon Orphanage, when she entered the schoolroom in Mrs. Maxwell’s charge, she thought, Well, here I shall see some old time, out-of-date methods,” but to her surprise she found conditions quite different, and commended the teacher for her efficiency—even if she is a great grandmother. Mrs. Mamie Martin, of Panama, formerly taught in Sampson coun ty. Lt seems a strange coincidence that all these daughters are widows. The educational characteristics continue in the grandchildren. A daughter of Mrs. Bullard was sec retary to President Few of Duke University, and on one occasion he remarked to a friend that “Miss Bullard is the one who keeps me straight when I am here.” She is I now married to a journalist, and is herself a journalist. Another daughter of Mrs. Bullard has taught school. Two children of Mrs. Exum, a son and daughter, have had col lege training. Two daughters of Rev. V. A. Royal have had college training. Rev. Frank has one daughter teaching and studying in Chicago University, and one in Paris, France, where she is em ployed. after having served in sec retarial work in Egypt for a mis sionary organization. Mrs. Breece’s son is auditor in the office of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Four of Mrs. Mar tin’s daughters are working for the U. S. Government in Panama. | Mrs. Maxwell's two sons have I taught school. One of her daugh | TURN TO PAGE 4, PLEASE 1 o Speak At Brogden and Princeton S.-m;itor r. ('. ('iiimday. '-andiilati' I'nr r.-li-t-lh>; Tonsil-Adenoid Clinic At Selma I)r. Wadi' Atkinson, of Wash ington. D. Native Johns tonian Dives 11 is Services; Operations Will lie-in Oil. 18th Some* time ago an interview be tween Supt. l’\ M. Waters of the Selma school district, and Dr. Wade Atkinson, tonsil and ade noid specialist of Washington, 1). and former .Johnstonian, shift td from topic to topic and finally centered on the subject of correct ing defects in school children. The question received the consideration and approval of the county health ottieer, local physicians, and other interested parties. Preliminary plans have begun and the indica tions are that a successful tonsil and adenoid clinic is a certainty. Beginning Thursday, October IS. Dr. Atkinson, with begin operating in the Selma school. In view of the fact that the school nonulation of lhe* county runs into tin* thous ands it has been decided to limit the work of this clinic to the smaller -children of the -Selma frhool district, comprising the schools of (’orbett-Hatcher, Live Oak, Thanksgiving and Selma. Th< county health officer, with Mr Waters, is making: examination ol the children in these schools, ir order to line up those to be recom mended for operation. The recom mendation for operation will In made on the basis of the child’s physical needs and the parent’? economic status. These two factors will guide chiefly in making the selections. There will be a charge of $5.00 per child which as a min mum will he required to defray incidental expenses. Dr. Atkinson iivos his service is. Instructions and agreement forms will be given parents three Jays prior to the date of the child’s operation. A few days will necessarily be lost from school by each child op erated on, but in the light of the benefit derived the convalescent period will be negligible. Dr. ('. C. Massey, county health officer, says that it is the hope of those in charge of this clinic that the public will grasp in full its purpose and intent- and that no unreasonable demand or special favors will be insisted on. Com mon sense reasoning will serve al to advantage. While many diseasec tonsils will be removed, by fai many more will remain for lad of time at this clinic, and when ever possible parents should no delay but move on and give thei: children the opportunity to de Tobe Holt Back On County Roads Escaped About Two Weeks Ago; Was Serving A Two Year Sentence for Violat ing Prohibition Law; Other Arrests Tobe Holt is back on the John son county roads after a sojourn, with friends of about two weeks, J according; to Deputy T. E. Talton; who together with Deputy W. W. j Stawer a faftme memecemtb ! She wart arrested Holt at the' home of Zaek Kadfor<] in Boon Hill township Sunday night. In the September term of Su- . perior Criminal court of 1927, j Tobe Holt was convicted of vio- j luting the prohibition law and was i sentenced to two years on the j county roads. He took an appeal to the Supreme court but the ap- j peal was dismissed. On May 2, Holt was brought from a hospital in, (loldsbord where he was receiving ' treatment for a sore foot, and placed in the county jail. He was ' said to be unable to go to the : toads, anti was under the care of Dr. C. C. Massey, the county ealtb officer until September 24, vhen the doctor said he was suf iciently recovered to begin his , vork on the roads. He was made •rok at the camp, and it is sup >oscd was treated as a sort of rusty. About two weeks ago, he, lecided to leave, and his where ibouts were unknown to the ofli ers until Sunday night when he vas taken into custody, placed in 'ail for the night and yesterday j eturned to the roads. Other arrests made by local •ounty officers Saturday night in clude those of J. M. Talton, G. L. Wilkins, both white men, and Bud Morgan, a negro. J. M. TaLton, who lives at the old cotton mill here, was found with considerable amount of liquor and his condition showed that he had been imbibing rather freely himself. Nine pint bottles and two half-gallon fruit jars of whiskey were found in his possession. A carton of empty bottles was also discovered. Talton was placed in jail to await .'Trial this morning in Recorder’s court. G. L. Wilkins was also arrested Saturday night on a charge of pos session, he having been discover Turn to page five, please | velop physically and mentally bj removing these common defects | In this field of correcting defect: ‘, in school children much worl should continue to be done. 1 j Miss McCullers ! Writes Of Italy I —*— Colorful Glimpses of WorldFamous Cities ; Including Genoa, I Rome, Naples, Flor j ence and Venice By MARY' McCULI.ERS One of the remarkable things ! about traveling in Europe is that one can pass from one country to another in a few hours and en counter an entirely different peo ple, with different customs, lan guage, and habits. We noticed this especially in passing from France to Italy. After the nervous, excit able intensity of the artistic French people the very land of Italy ap peared to greet us with a lazy and indifferent but sunny smile. The only real objection we had to that smile was that it was too sunny, for we 'were in the hoot-shaped country during a season of the hottest weather they had experi enced in many years. (Or can it be that the California habit of apologizing for “unusual” weather is also a characteristic of these dark, romantic-looking people who practise so assiduously the doc trine of being pleasing?) Genoa, the birthplace of Colum bus, was our first stop in Italy. •Someone in our party remarked that she knew now why Columbus set out to find America: Genoa was too hot a place to live in, even if one did happen to be born there! Another weary member wondered \aguely if we’d find America right where Columbus discovered it on our return. My memory of Genoa is that it is a quaint little town of typical Italian narrow streets, lined with shops that seem to hold enough beads to go around the world! Our hotel was an old, rather dilapidat ed affair, but it held some of the most beautiful pieces of old Ital ian turniture we saw anywhere. And so one gets this inconsistency all through Italy. They fling beau tiful works of art—embroidery, paintings, jewelry, and furniture— at you from the most incongruous surroundings: An old Italian wo man whose early beauty has dis appeared behind dirty rolls of obe sity holds out a beautiful piece of embroidered linen for your inspec tion and implores you: “Buy, lady nise lady, buy!” It the French are noted for their artistic balance of form, line and color the Italians are known for tneir odd use of vivid coloring. This is seen immediately in their •dress, in the house decorations, even in the sparkle of their wines. One gets plenty of fruit to eat and a long list of choice wines is tendered at table, but the really triumphant traveler is the one who can get a glass of water without creating undue disturbance. It is safest to buy the bottled water to drink if one cares, to escape danger of possible illness in drinking just the ordinary kind served free of charge. A graceful courtesy was extended to us at Home, after a weary day on the train, when the hotel manager had iced wine serv ed us immediately upon our ar rival. We had a glimpse of the Lean ing Tower of Pisa, one of the won ders. of the world, one our way from Genoa to Rome. This eight TURN TO PAGE 6 Aunt Roxie Opines By Me— I After man had triad ter ruin pollyticks wid de root uv evil wim min’s tryin’ ter finish it wid a Iworl’ of iniquity.