tv. Smithfield Tobacco Warehouses are selling lobacco as high or higher than any warehouse in the state. 46TH YEAR Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper-Established 1 8 8 2 EIGHT PAGES TODAY 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. SMITHFIELD, N. C„ FRIDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 19, 1928 EIGHT PAGES TODAY 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 I TURN TO PAGE 8. COLUMN 1 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— | TURN TO PACE 3, PLEASE, 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 jTURN TO PAGE 8, COLUMN 2 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. TURN TO PAGE 4, PLEASE 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 TI RN TO PAGE 8, COLUMN 3 Aunt Roxie Opines By Me— | Colleges didn’t use ter be jedged i by de size uv shot used on stu dents.

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