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NUMBER 84
Appeal Is Taken
In Garner Case
Recorder’s C o u r 1
Foun d Defendam
guilty of Trepass;
d Fined One Cent ant
Cost
Recorder’s court was featured
Tuesday afternoon by the trial of
R. C. Garner, alleged preacher,
charged with trespassing on Sun
day, October 7, upon the lands of
Mrs. M. C. Benson in the town of
Benson. The court room was prac
tically full by the time the trial
reached its climax, when Judge
Aycock pronounced the defendant
guilty and imposed a line of one
cent and the cost in the case.
The defendant was represented
'by James Raynor and Ezra Par
ker of Benson, and W. II. Lyon of
this city, while Solicitor Wood was
assisted by L. L. Levinson of
Benson.
The state put on the stand four
^witnesses, Mrs. M. C. Benson. S.
^i^Honeycutt. Chief of Police Stcv
ens^nd Charlie Collins. From the
evidence of these witnesses it was
disclosed that on the fifth Sunday
in September at a Primitive Bap
tist Association, Garner, who had
been holding meetings in Erwir.
and Coats, approached members
of Mrs. Benson’s family concern
ing the renting of the grove known
as Benson’s Grove. Mrs. Benson
was not satisfied to let Garner
have the use of the Grove and
authorized a letter to be sent to
him to that effect so that he
would not advertise any meeting
there. Also Mrs. Benson caused no
tices to be posted on the lot and'
called upon the chief of police of
Benson to protect her property
from trespass. Notwithstanding.
Garner held a meeting in the grove
on Sunday afternoon, October 7.
with about 2000 persons present,
after which Sheriff Turley served
a warrant charging trespass.
When the state had put on its
witnesses, Ezra Parker pounced
upon the defense, made a motion
for a non-suit, explaining his
grinds at some length. The court
Hailed to grant a non-suit and ren
dered a judgment of guilty. The
judge characterized the offense as
of no grave importance and fined
the defendant only one cent and
taxed him with the cost.
1 he trial was not wiinoui
tense moments when points of law
were involved, nor was it with
out moments of relaxation, espec
ially when the chief witness, Mrs.
Benson, was on the stand. Mrs.
Benson is 70 years of age and she
stated that she had been in pos
session of the grove in question
foir 50 years. It was for he hus
band that the town of Benson was
named. Mrs. Benson’s answers on
cross-examination were given with
the assurance of age speaking to
youth and often the court room
was convulsed with laughter.
The defendant, a man of good
physique, foreign-looking with
rather long coal-black hair curling
at the ends, sat stolidly by his
counsel during the trial. No at
tempt was made by his counsel to
V^ut him on the witness stand, the
(jjfcense offering no evidence what
ever. Notice of an appeal was g*'*
cn and bond -for $1011 was made for
his appearance in Superior court.
Among other eases tried in Re
corder’s court this week was one
in which a woman was indicted
and found guilty of possession of
| whiskey for the purpose of sale.
L The defendant in this ease was
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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, anu
if the right one deciphers his
name and will present it to th*
Herald office, we will present
him with a free ticket to the
Victory Theatre. Tickets must 1
be called for before the follow
ing issue
Walter Sellers recognized
his name last issue.
Today’s TantaTTzerr
illcnsooihnjl
KKi DEMOCRATIC RALLY
IN O’NEALS TOWNSHIP
Hon John II. Small, for
mer congressman from first
district, twill he principal
speaker at the big democratic
rails and barbecue, at Stan
ce's t Impel school in O’Neals
township Saturday, October 20
at 11 o’clock. Mr. Small will
he introduced |,y his old c,lass
mate. Col. Ed S. Abell. After
the speaking, there will be
an old-fashioned barbecue din
ner served. All of the demo
cratic candidates will be pres
ent. and after dinner some of
these will have something to
say. Possibly Congressman E.
'V. Pou will make a few re
marks. 1 his rally is intended
for the democratic voters of
O Neals, Beu.Iah, Micro. and
upper Selma townships. There
are other similar rallies being
planned lor other sections of
the (counties.
Four Oaks School
Has 35 Teachers
Thriving City Has Airport;
Surprise Marriage, (kit I
.Meetings and Parties Feat
ure Social Life
By MRS. R. t. ( ANADAY
1' 0U R 0 A ICS, Oct. 18.—The
Four Oaks high school opened last
Wednesday with a faculty of 22j
..teachers. The opeiiijaguaUendance
was good. Four Oaks is very proud j
of its school, which has the larg- j
est enrollment in the county.
Four Oaks now has an airport, i
The location is on highway num
ber 22, east of Four Oaks near !
II. E. Williams’ filling station, j
Two airplanes have been here for
the past two weeks.
Surprise Marriage.
Friends here and elsewhere will
be surprised to learn of the mar
riage of -Miss I.ueile Strickland of
Four Oaks and Mr. Ed Johnson of I
jjear Smithfield, which took place:
last Sunday afternoon at two-thir- j
ty o'clock at the Methodist par- I
sonage in Benson. Mrs. Johnson is
the youngest daughter of Mrs. I
Evelyn Strickland, and Mr. John
son is the son of Mr. and Mr.-.
Lee Johnson of near Smithfield.
They are at home at: Four Oaks.
Surprise Shower.
Mrs. Palma Upchurch entertain
ed at her home on Friday evening
wirh a surprise shower in honor
of her -Iter, Mrs. Ed Johnson,
a recent bride. The home was at
tractively decorated in the Hallo
we’en motif. Miss Margaret Smith
dress as a witch entered with a
| clothes ba.-ket filled with gifts, and
! presented it to Mrs. Johnson.
As the surprised bride unwrapped
the many different packages, she!
soon found lovely and useful arti
cles front those present. The i
| hostess served eskimo pies.
Birthday Party.
Miss Dorcas Grey Stanley entcr
i tallied a number of her little
I friends Tuesday afternoon at the
j home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Stanley, in honor of her fifth
birthday. The home was effective
ly arranged for the occasion, a
color scheme of black and orange
i bring carried out. The dining table
! was centered with a birthday cake
bearing five candles, which was
surrounded by ivy and autumn
i flowers. After many games were
1 played, the guests were invited
! into the dining room where the
cake was cut and served with ice
• cream. The favors were miniature
hats.
Birthday Dinner.
Mr. Walton Alford of near
j Smithfield gave his father, Mr. J.
W. Alford who lives in Smithfield,
\ a surprise birthday dinner last
Saturday evening in honor of his
72nd birthday. A delicious menu
consisting of barbecue, slaw,
chicken salad, pickles, saltines,
[bread, cake, pies, iced tea and cof
fee was served. The centerpiece for
the dining table was a large white
birthday cake with the figures—
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Democratic Nominee Register of Deeds
.1. DOUBIN BAILEY
Mr. Johnson Finds
Hogs Profitable
Johnston County Farmer
Sells 20 Hogs At Net Profit
of $181.56
Johnston county can well be
proud of sucli .a farmer as Mr. G.
R. Johnson, of BentcnviMe, route
2. He is playing: no small part in
furthering: the agricultural pro
gram of the county as well as fur
thering his own financial gains in
the interest he is taking in hog
raising. Shipping hogs on foot is
a new thing in this county, though
cooperative poultry shipments have
proved successful!. Hut it now
looks as if the experience of Mr.
Johnson with hogs will break the
way for more hog-raising for car
lot shipping.
Mr. Johnson, in September sold
twenty hogs which he fed syste
matically for 117 days, at a net
profit of SI SI.of. The initial weight
of these hogs on May 10 when the
demonstration feeding began was
112-1 pounds. On September 1*. one
hundred seventeen days later,
these hogs weighed 52-10, the to
tal gain for the period being 411f»
pounds. This was an average gain
per pig of 2Of, pounds or an av
erage daily gain per pig of 1.70
The hogs, during this time wore
fed 1100 pounds of fish meal, -100
pounds of lbd Dog and 14.840
pounds of corn at a total cost of
s2.lt). Deducting the actual cost of
purchased feed—wheat mill feed
ind fish meal—$54 from the value
'f gains at 12.10 cents per pound
1110 at 12.10 cents. $500.50, there
remains $440.50 as returns for the
14,840 pounds or 20,5 bushels of
corn or $1.0t) per bushel. If it
•osts seventy-five cents to pro
luce a bushel of corn the profit
would be $247.81. This does not
ake into consideration the fertil
y.er, or plant food value of the
ihovo feeds, which remains on the
.’arm, valued at $00.04.
The feeding demonstration was
■onducted under the direction ot
Mr. J. 15. Slack, a pent for the
hree counties of Johnstw*, Ilar
'.ett and Sampson. A report was
c-nt to \Y. V. Hays, field agent,
• Alice Swine Kxtension. who com
uents as follows upon Mr. John
on's feeding; demonstration:
“We are enclosing: final report
n your feeding demonstration ami
! am glad to say this is one of the
•>o.-t, demonstrations on feeding
hat we have had this year, and
ve have had a good many. The
unount of feed required per 100
>ounds gain is high enough hut
lot too high. The amount of fish
nea! consumed per 100 pounds
rain is right in line with all ex
nerimentnl findings and in every
way this is a tip-top demonstra
tion. The only fault with this was
due to Mr. Slack and myself not
Presbytery To
Meet At Oakland
Regular Fall Session of Gran
ville Presbytery Compris
ing Representatives From
Eight Counties Will Be
Present
Presbyterian ministers and eld
er from churches in the eight
counties, which comprise Gran
ville Presbytery, will meet at •
Oakland church next Tuesday at
eleven o’clock a. m., and will re- '
main in session until Wednesday :
night at nine p. m. About forty :
delegates are expected to attend i
this meeting which is the regular I
Pall session of the Presbytery. j
One of the features of the meet-1
irg will he the Harvest Day of the I
Oakland congregation, at which j
time t’ne members of the church
will present first-fruits unto the:
Lord. During the year about six;
acres of cotton known as • the I
“church acres” have been under;
•cultivation by the men of the i
chinch, and the ladies have pledg-j
ed chickens by the score. To these '
pledges of produce, other members i
of the congregation will add five j
hundred dollars in cash pledges forj
the church budget. This Harvest j
Day program, which is the first to ,
be put on in Granville Presbytery,
was adopted last March by the of
ficers of the church, and the con-!
grogation has given it its hearty j
The sessions of Presbytery are |
open to the public. There will be |
two sermons delivered, one by!
Lev. Coyle Hunter of Raleigh, at
eleven o’clock Tueday morning, and.
one by Rev. Hugh Pradloy of Roa
noke Rapids at eight Wednesday
1*1.A NT NET SR H ARDWOOD
COM 1WNY lU'RXS
The ]> 1 ant of the Neuse River
Hard-wood company, located south
of the city limits, was burned to
the ground Wednesday morning
about 1 :•'*() o'clock. The plant be
ing beyond the fire districts no
alarm was turned in. Then, t.oo,
the buildings were falling in when
the blaze "was discovered.
This company manufactured
broom handles, rug poles, etc., and
the loss is estimated at $15,000
partly covered by insurance. The
• president of the company is Mr.
J. L. York.
getting enough more hogs to
gether to make a good shipment.
This ran your marketing expenses
up to double what they should
have been. We are surely proud
of this demonstration and I am
sure that some of your neighbors
will be greatly benefited.”
Secure Band For
Armistice Day
Oilier I’lans For Celebration
At Selma On Nov. 12 In
elude Foot Hall (lame, Bov
ins Bout. Speaking and
Barbecue
SELMA. Oct. IK.- • pre go
ing forward rapidly for the Armis
tice Day celebration which will be
held in Selma this year on Novem
ber 12. At this celebration, John
ston county will have as their
honor quests veterans of the Civil
Mar, Spanish-American War and
\\ orld A\ ar of the county, at a
sumptuous barbecue dinner and an
elaborate program which will last
th(i entire day. C. P. Harper is gen
eral chairman, A. E. Hofmeister,
secretary, and C. A. Jacobs, treas
urer. These gentlemen will he ably
assisted by committees from all
over the county. It is planned to
make this celebration the best that
has ever been held in honor of our
war veterans.
A twenty-six band has already
been secured from Fort Bragg and
will entertain the immense crowd,
which is expected, with music.
Plans are underway for a foot
ball game between the Fort Bragg
eleven and the second team from
tne l niversity of North Carolina.
A well known speaker will be se
cured for this occasion and a fight
between two well known boxers
will be on the program for the
n:ght as well as a number of'j’frc
liminary bouts. By the time the
program is completed there will
not be a dull moment during the
occasion.
Baptist Ministers
Elect Officers
Dr. Andrews Chosen Presi
dent Baptist Ministerial
Association of Johnston
County; Discuss Paper
Bead by Local Pastor
The Baptist Ministerial Associa
tion of Johnston county met Mon
Way morning at the Baptist church
here, with a pood attendance. One
new member was added, Rev. W.
J. Crain, who has just accepted
the pastorate of the Selma Baptist
church. The session was devoted
largely to hearing and discussing
a paper prepared by Rev. S. L.
Morgan on “Sound Church Fi
nance,” in which he outlined a
plan of handling church moneys
that would be altogether business
like, and that would provide as
nearly as possible a system of
checking up on those handling
church funds, which would guar
antee the contributors against
loss from carelessness or misap
propriation. It was felt that in the
light of the calamity to the Bap
tist Home Mission Board, due to
the dishonesty of the Treasurer,
every church ought to adopt the
most business-like system that can
he devised. Favorable comments
were made on the plan as outlined
in the paper.
The ministers present expressed
their purpose to attend the annual
meeting of the Woman’s Mission
ary Union at Clyde’s Chapel next
Friday, and a tentative program
was read of the meeting of the
Johnston Association alt. Trinity
church November 7. 8.
New officers of the Ministerial
Association were elected as fol
lows: l)r. Ira E. I). Andrews, pres
ident; Rev. W. J. Crain, vice-pres
ident; and Rev. S. L. Morgan, sec
retary.
Mr. Parker With Kline & Lazarus
Mr. D. \V. Parker, who has been
i with the Quality Clothing Store
for several years, has accepted n
position with Kline & Lazarus and
I will assist in the bankrupt sale
j which begins on October 20. Mr
| Parker is an experienced clothing
salesman. He will be glad to have
bis many friends call on him at
the Quality Clothing store locatior
during the bankrupt sale.
Mr. Parker will have charge ol
che gents furnishings and :<hocs.
I
Democratic Nominee For County Auditor
.1. n. com?
COL LANGSTON IN CAMPAIGN
SPEECH HERE MONDAY NIGHT
Reviews Record of
Democratic Govern
I
; ment in North Caro
lina and Lauds Qual
ifications of Presi
dential Nominee
Col. John I). Langston of Golds- !
boro, made one of the most en-!
thusiastic campaign speeches yet j
I delivered in Johnston county at the I
courthouse here Monday evening.!
| The Democratic Women’s club now '
I numbering more than a hundred
members was represented by a
goodly number who marched in a i
body into the court room. F. II.
Brooks, chairman of the Democrat
ic Executive Committee of the I
county, introduced the speaker, and 1
for an hour Col. Langston held I
the close attention of his audi
Col. Langston briefly reviewed I
the outstanding achievements in i
North Carolina, calling attention !
to rank in the tobacco industry, j
textile activities, good roads, and '
institutions that care for defee-1
tives. “North Carolina democracy'
has made such a record possible,” j
declared the speaker, “and the
party is putting out a leadership
that, means a continuance of these ;
things.” lie referred to Max Gard
iner as a great leader, and char-1
i acterized the entire state ticket as1
ja strong ticket.
He then turned his attention to
the national campaign, stating
that this is not the first timt
that there has been dissatisfaction
in the democratic party. There
were democrats who said that they
could not support Grover Cleve
land. He said they did not know
hat within two years a change of
■date government would take placi
that was to become a stench in
the nostrils of decent society. He
spoke of non-support of the pres
idential candidate as an entering
wedge, and warned against demo
crats persisting in letting just one
issue keep them from perpetuating
the present good government in
North Craolina.
In his discussion of the national
campaign. Col. Langston spoke of
the opposition to A1 Smith because
he is a Catholic. He emphaticalh
-tated that he had respect for con
stituted authority. He denounced a
certain book which has been cir
culated attacking the private life
of a deceased president. lie em
phasized that everybody should re
spect the constitution that says
there shall be no religious test He
appealed to the veterans to tight
for liberty again. He appealed to
the intelligence of the people in
this religious matter. He stated
that there is a higher issue in
the campaign than “drive the ras
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LOCAL MARKET PASSES
THREE MILLION MARK
The Smith field Tobacco mar
ket had sold up to Wednesday
night nearly three million and
a half pounds of tobacco. To
be exact. 3,319,311)5 pounds
have been marketed here. The
price is still holding up, and
farmers who bring their to
bacco here go home as a rule
well pleased.
The totaj number of pounds
sold here last year was 4,189,
308.
Arrange Schedule
Public Speakings
Democrats Plan To Discuss
T he Issues of the Campaign
In Practically Every Town
ship Next Week
A schedule of democratic pub
lic speakings that practically cov
ers the county has been arranged
for the coming week. Men and
women are invited to attend these
••pea kings.
On Monday night, October 22,
beginning at 7:.'U) J. M. Turley, J.
A. Wellons, Preston Woodall will
be at Poplar Springs school house
in Manner township. At Massey
school house in Bentonville town
diip, W. F. Grimes, J. N. Cobb,
Larry Wood. W. P. Aycock, and
William Wellons will make brief
.pecdies. At Royal school house in
Boon 11:11 township, H. V. Rose,
W. X. Holt, 1). B. Oliver,VJ. R.
Creech, C. A. Fitzgerald and X. C. i
Shepard will be the speakers. At
William Wilder’s store in O'Xeals
township, C. ('. Canaday, P. B.
Chanvblee, R. II. Richardson, .1.
Ransom Creech and P. I). Grady
will speak. At Wilson’s Mills, S
I’. Honeycutt, Ed S. Abell and J
Dobbin Bailey will speak.
On Tuesday night, October 23,
at 7:30 the following speakings I
have been arranged: at D. D.
Medlin’s store in Elevation speak
ers: C. C. Canaday, Larry Wood,
Dobbin Bailey, J. N. Cobb, and J.!
W. Stephenson. At Wildwood
school house in Pleasant Grove
township speakers: Preston Wood
all. R. U. Barbour, N. C. Shepard,
ind G. A. Martin. At Plainfield
school house in Bentonville town
hip, H. V. Rose, J. M. Turley, J.
Rufus Creech, 1). B. Oliver and S.
T. Honeycutt. At Sandy Ridge
school in Clayton township, speak
ers: J. A. Wellons, Dr. Geo. D.
Vick. C. A. Fitzgerald, William
Wellons, C. F. Kirby. At Sandy
Springs school house ii> O’Neals
township: J. Ransom Creech, P. B.
iChamblee, P. D. Grady and J. A.
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Benson P-T Ass’n
In Initial Meeting
Members of Faculty Intro
duced and Interesting Talks
Made
B FINIS ON, Oct. 18.—The Parent
Teacher Association held its initial
meeting of the year Tuesday night
in the school auditorium with Mrs.
W. T. Martin, president, presiding.
This meeting was in honor of the
faculty. Mr. Joe Temple, high
school teacher, introduced the fac
ulty in a unique manner in a pic
ture album arranged on the stage,
after which Mrs. C. C. Canaday
welcomed the faculty. Supt. N. G.
Woodlief gave an outline of his
school program for the year,
stressing the cooperation of the
parents in home study, regular at
tendance, etc. Mrs. A. S. Oliver
sang, “In the Garden of My
Heart.,f Miss Bessie Dean, who has
been a member of the faculty f6r
several years, made a wonderful
talk on “Why parents should visit
the school and what they should
observe.” It was considered so good
that it will be sent to the local
papers for publication. Mr. Bruce
Creech pleased the audience with
a vocal solo, “The Rosary.” Dur
ing the business session the presi
dent appointed the chairman of
the following committees for the
year: publicity, Mr. N. G. Wood
lief; social. Mrs. M. T. Britt;
grounds, Mrs. J. B. Benton; child
welfare, Mrs. J. F. Woodall; mem
bership, Mrs. Paul Brown; ways
and means, Miss Phillips, Miss
House, Mrs. Ezra Parker; pianist,
Mrs. Woodlief; director of music,
Mrs. Oliivor. Mrs. J. E. Kirk will
be chairman of the program
for November. The meeting was
very interesting and well attend
ed. During the social hour which
followed sandwiches and fruit
punch were served.
The Woman’s Missionary Soci
ety of the Methodist church met
Monday evening with Mrs. Alfred
Parker, president. Four new’ mem
bers were welcomed into the so
city. They were presented favors
made of yellow ribbon, which is
iru* juunee nmn. mrs. vv. duohb
conducted the devotional. The sub
ject for the evening was “Winning
My Community.” Mrs. J. R. Mc
Lamb and Mrs. W. M. Smith made
inspiring talks on the subject.
Splendid reports were given by the
various departments. A play, “The
Neighbors,” will be given by mem
bers of the society at an early
date, the proceeds to go toward
local work.
The Entre Nous club met Fri
day evening with Mrs. J. F. Wood
all. The subject was “So This is
Music.” Mrs. S. A. Duncan read a
paper on the “Origin and Present
Status of Jazz.” This was follow
ed with two jazz selections,
“Thinking of Me, Thinking of You”
and “That’s My Weakness Now,”
played by Miss Marie Johnson,
pianist and Miss Elizabeth Pat
terson. saxaphone. Mrs. J. E. Wall
read a paper on “Bluey Blues.”
Following this Miss Johnson play
ed “St. Louis Blues.” Each club
member responded to roll with the
name of her favorite popular song.
The program was concluded by all
ringing “My Blue Heaven.” Love
ly pink and white roses, nastur
tiums were used in the decorations.
The hostess served an ice course
with angel food cake and mints.
Pink and white were the predomi
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Aunt Roxie Opines
By Me—
| Colleges didn’t use ter be jedged
i by de size uv shot used on stu
dents.