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Smithfield Tobacco Warehouses are selling tobacco as high or higher than any warehouse in the state. Johnston C ty s Oldest and Best Newspaper-Established 1882 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 EIGHT PAGES TODAY SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 26, 1928 EIGHT PAGES TODAY NUMBER 86 Twelve Thousand Expected At Selma Celebration for Veterans o i Three Wars To Draw Crow —All Day Program SELMA, Oct. 25.-—'Twelve thous and people are expected in Selma on the 12th of November when the veterans of the Civil, Spanish- j American and World Wars will be honor guests of Johnston county at ! an elaborate barbecue dinner and a program which will last the entire day. Among the things that will be on the program will be an address by a well known war veteran, foot ball game and boxing bout. The Fort Bragg band, merry-go-round and a ferris wheel have already been secured for the occasion. Practically all the money need ed to put on this celebration has hettti raised. Mr. Joe Darden, of the Consumer’s Milling company of Kenly, has donated all the meal necessary to make the covnbread. Anyone desiring to put up re freshment stands are requested to >, consult Wade Brown or J. .V ^ Wigg.-vpf Selma, in regard to se curing a si pace. C. P. Harper, General Chairman, has announced the following offi cers and committees: Secretary, A. E. Hofmeister; Treasurer, A. J. Holliday; Arrangement Committee, W. \V. Hare, Jesse Johnson, W. H. Adams, C. B. Fulghum, \V. F. Tol ley and Clyde Jones; Finance Com mittee. C. A. Jacobs. I)r. 1. W. Mayerberg, ('. L. Richardson, Lu ther Etheridge and Ralph Burgess; Program Committee, Fred Waters, Dr. George 1). V ick. H. Bueck. A J. Holliday and Gordon Whitaker; Advertising Committee, A. E. Hof meister. II. B. Marrow and C. L. Richardson; Concession Commit tee. J. N. Wiggs, Dr. J. B. Person and Wade Brown; Registration Committee. Miss Esther Ilofmeis ter, Mrs. L. G. Darden and L. G. Brown; Dinner Committee. \\ . T. Kil by and E. J. Sasser; \\ oman - Auxiliary. Mis. L. D. Debnam, Mrs. George I). Vick, Mrs. George M. Norwood and Mrs. II. Bueck. BAPTISTS TO HOLD CON FERENCE IN R ALEIGH A call is being issued to Bap tists of all Eastern Carolina to at tend an all-day conference in Ral eigh next Monday, October -0, to be adressed by two of the ablest Baptist leaders of the south, Dr. George W. Truett. of Texas, and Dr. Arch C. Cree. of Georgia. The meetings will he held in the First Baptist church at ten o’clock a. m., 2:30 p. m. At 7:30 there will be a general inspirational address by I>r. Truett to which the public is invited. All pastors and church leaders and Baptists in general are invited. Dr. Truett is presi dent of the Southern Baptist Con vention, and Dr. Cree is Acting Executive Secretary of the Home M i.- si on Board, both of them na tive North Carolinians. COLORED VETERANS AT ARMISTICE RARliECTE All colored veterans of the late World War who live in Johnston county are invited to a big: barbe cue dinner in Selma November 12. ^ Send in your name at once to Mr. C. P. Harper, chairman. Selma, and bring your identification card on the above date. If you have your uniform, please wear it. We are hoping that all the veterans of the World War will be present and .witness the greatest occasion ever held in the county. We appreciate the good spirit shown us by the white people of our county. We believe that our county is the leading county in the state. Q. C. WALL. Tantalizer There are exactly enough let ters in th© line below to spell the name of a person in Smith field or Johnston county, and if the right one deciphers his name and will present it to the Herald office, we will present him with a free ticket to the Victory Theatre. Tickets must be called for before the follow t ing issue. Miss Luella Stanley deciph ered her name last issue. Today’s TantalTzer: acalaturrhis SMITH’S NAME IN AIR 82»K§kk& ?. M. f>v.ard of Cl ca;;o, pilot and !-»is passengers Mrs. 1. L). Milling onn ;■ V~t*Gnyly Mdlit's: me ;.hovn standing by their plane “The Altrcc j ; • , iuch they arc touring the country in the interest of the Demo Dr. A. J. Barton Prominent Baptist to Deliver Anti-Smith Speech at thr Courthouse Here Monel Afternoon The Anti-Smith headquarters at ; Ralcifeh have advised that Dr. A. i J. Burton will speak in Smithfiohl j i n next Monday afternoon at 2:d0 j o'clock. Those who know the abil ity of this man will ho delighted to hear this. Some of the local cit izens who have heard most of the campaign speeches that have been delivered in this part of the state say that Dr. Barton is by far the most gifted sjpoaker they have heard. He is equipped with a deep rich voice, a splendid appearance, a burning zeal, and a wholesome sense of humor. Speak Here I)r.. Barton is among- the most prominent Southern Baptist 1 preachers. He holds the position of secretary for the Board of Temper ance of the Southern Baptist church. To him belongs a great part of the credit for prohibition in this country. Dr. Barton and Bishop Cannon have worked as co-laborers for years. Bi.-hop Cannon holds the position of chairman of the Board of Temperance in the Methodist ‘church. These two men are cam paigning against Govemor Smith chiefly because of his opposition 1 to the prohibition laws, i The public is cordially invited I to hear Dr. Barton at the court I house at Smithfield at 2:30 o’clock 1 Monday afternoon. made in this campaign in regard to both candidates were laid end to end it would take ‘cm over two hours to pass a given point. If all the denials were heaped in a pile an aviator couldn’t fly over them. It is a funny thing about a denial. It takes twice as many words to deny it as it did to make it. While Smith was heaving charges at him, Hoover just pulled down the blinds and shut the windows and started communing with Work. Through close •association .with Coo liege iho has become practical ly speechless. There is nothing gets you quite so sore as to have •somebody ignore you. A1 is asking questions but he is not even get ting a minority report on them. A woman in Virginia sent out a scenario saying that the Catholics wouldn’t make good postmasters so Hcibert paid enough attention to her to have a padlock put on her typewriter. Mr. Work prompt j ly isaid tlhat he didn’t Hell that Al i aonman to produce any pamphlet I about Ay’s religion. Work said he 1 was “exceedingly scv.ry” but didn’t j say whether bis tears was caused | by the insult to AT’s religion or the | fact that the story leaked out in inert hern papers. I So (that’s the way things have 'drifted along. Just from one ! scandal to another. But as the j candidate of the Anti-Bunk Party I have just gone and have not Colion kszn Will Buy Cooperatively i he Cotton Growers Supply Company Is Subsidiary Cor poration to Cotton Grower Cooperative Association BA LEIGH. Oct. 25. With the ,iirtr this week of a charter for the Cotton Growers Supply C >n - pany. V. B. Blalock, general man ager of the North Carolina Cotton (In \vi :Ci, perative Association, makes the following1 antruncc “The Cotton Growers Supply company is a subsidiary corpora tion cf the Cotton Growers Co op c i a t i v e A s s oe i at ion. “Its charter gives the corpora t:on very wide latitude but it is the purpose of the organization at present only to engage in the 'hand ling of improved cotton seed -and other field seeds, commercial fer tilizers, and fertilizer materials for the members of the association “A certain amount of the re serve funds of the cotton associa tion, not ito exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) will be set aside for this subsidiary as capital stock. ‘•Seeds, fertilizers, and fertilizer materials will be handled1 only on a cash basis. “The directors and the manage ment of the association have been cf the opinion for quite some time that they should engage in other activities for the benefit of their members besides that of handling cotton for the members of the as sociation. For some years past oth er cotton cooperative associations, either through subsidiary or through Farm Bureau organiza tions, have been handling field seeds, fertilizers, and fertilizer ma terials, and other merchandise in a very successful manner for their membership. The Alabama Cotton Association has been remarkably successful along Jjthis .line and handled over one hundred thous and tons of fertilizer the past season. “The combined purchasing pow er of our membership gives us an advantage that we feel we should capitalize on. “The first step in the promotion of cooperative (marketing is the introduction o,f improved cotton seed, thereby producing a better quality of cotton than that grown by the average cotton producer. We are already assured that our first season’s business in the hand ling of improved or pedigreed seeds will amount to several thou-1 sands of 'bushels. In fact, one or der for 10,000 bushels of pedi greed cotton seed has been placed with one of the south’s best known ’ seed breeders. “There will be comparatively little if any additional cost in operating this subsidiary as the1 same officers and employees who handle the affairs of the cotton association will operate the .sub-1 sidiary.” only kept clear of church but also of state matters. Our whole appeal is to the broadminded element and I doub\ if I receive even a hun dred votes. —Will Rogers. Show Windows Attract Notice Oive-Al-Home Idea Is ricd Out In Arrangement of Agricultural Produce In Windows of \Y. M. Sanders' Store J < i r1: : (1 COunt.V <.iid HOt huYC H fair this year; nor did any town ship in the county put on any *g ; icirltura] exhibit. Hut the show windows of W. M. Sanders store are telling the story of agricultur al progress to all who chance to pass that way. It was through the efforts of Mr. Rcrnice Jones, who h< las a position with \V. M. San ders, that this harvest time ex hibit was arranged which shows cor.clusi.vtly that Johnston county fa; mors can live at home and that without raising cotton. There is not a lock of cotton nor a cotton seed in the display even though Johnston county is the banner cot ton county in the state. Words fail when it conies to de -cribing this miniature exhibit hall with its pantry supplies, fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts, seeds, eggs, meat, tobacco and curios. Only a fancy work department is lacking: to make it a well rounded 1 loral hall. These products, all of which were raised in or near Smithfield, were contributed by various far mers. The colorful arrangement is atii active as is evidenced by the number of persons who stop in passing to see what it is all about. There is a pyramid stand adorned with the finest of canned fruits and vegetables, gleaming jellies and strained honey. Mrs. Charlie Hill of the Sanders Chapel section and Miss Ruth Jones being the donors of this display. There are red tomatoes, yellow pumpkins and green ker.-haws, from the farm of Hooper Sanders, of Smith field, route 2, blending their rich colors with the purplish red egg plants contributed by Robt. A. Sanders of Smithfield. route 1. Pearly white dried butterbeans from the Frost place of W. M. Sanders, golden pears from the oi chard of Nat Rand of the Pisgah section, red winesaps from the apple trees of Will Price, of \\ li mit's Mills, black walnuts furnish ed by John W. Ives contribute to the eloerful display, while sweet potatoes raised by Harvey Johnson, of Pisgah, and Irish potatoes fur nished by Bernice Jones, hickory nuts, pecans, and velvet beans .all have their place in the exhibit. Yellow ears of corn, and blue and white popcorn furnish a note of color to offset the neutral tints of piles of white Wyandotte and Leghorn eggs from the poultry yard of Roland Hayes and brown Rhode Island Red eggs laid by the hens of Miss Ruth Jones. A fine display of rye (seed) was don led by R. P. Holding. \\ indow number one could not hold a sample of all of the things a J hitston county farmer! can raise, so window number 2 forms a companion picture. Here too, a colorful effect is obtained with trays of red and green peppers fn ni the farm of J. M. Wallace, of Wilson’s Mills, citrons furnished by Dr. A. II. Rose, onions, Graham flour and corn meal from the Oantock mill, hams and sides. A put* oi umacco raised by ivi. k. Ward and CJ. A. Lancaster, of O’Neals township, shews what kind of tobacco can be grown with a certain type of fertilizer, and the prices, one lot selling at 57 cents per pound, another at 00 cents, and still another at 05 cents, is proof enough that it is a good grade. A handsomely decorated cake fresh from the Smithfield Bakery kitch en adorns the center of this win dow. It is here that the curios are exhibited, these consisting of a lot of old Confederate money and bonds, and a part of a collection of old coins, an old muzzle load ing pistol that has been in the Jones family for three genera tions, and a unique iron pot with old-fashioned pot hooks brought back from Paris Mountain, France by Bernice Jones. In fact all of these curios belong to Bernice Jones who was the moving spirit in arranging this “Live-at-IIome’’ window dis-play. I M SI VI. HOI.L OF COTTON Mr. O. H. Fatterson brought interesting boll of cotton to us this office Wednesday. The boll contained ten locks of cotton, all perfectly formed and of good lint. Ibis boll was picked on his farm by Elmer Strickland, tin 1 :>-} ear-old son of Young Strickland. .Most bolls contain lour locks, five locks being considered rare. Mr. Fatterson stated that he intends to pick the seed from this cotton and plant them next year. lie hopes in this way to develop some improved seed. I his boll of cotton is of the ( oker No. variety and pro duces 1 1-S inch staple. Tonsil Clinic Is Great Success lima Parent-Teacher Asso ciation Holds First Kegu ular Meetinx; Fourth tirade (lives Health Play SKMMA. Oct. 25.—The tonsil adenoid clinic which is being con ducted at the school building un der the direction of Dr. Wade At kin.-on of Washington, D. C., and j Dr. ('. Massey, of Smithfield, is proving a great success. Already through Tuesday, Octo ber 2d, somewhere around sixty five patients have had their ton sils removed and are getting along splendidly. The clinic will continue through this week and part of next. The large number of pa tients shews the appreciation and confidence of the people for Dr. Atkin.-on’s services, for rarely does a community have such an oppor tu nity. SK'LMA, Oct 25.—The first •regular niecting of the Selma Parent-Teacher Association was held Monday night, October 15, at the school building with the presi dent, Mrs. George M. Norwood, presiding. The meeting was open ed by singing one verse of Ameri ca, after which Mr. George F. Krietz offered prayer. The pupils of the fourth grade of which Miss Miriam Brietz is teacher, present ed a health play, at the close of which Miss Kdna Marie O’Neal, keeper of the health store, threw samples of shredded wheat from the platform into the audience, •which act caused much fun. Miss Mthel Conn was elected secretary in the place of Mrs. S. J. Hood, who is unable to serve at this Reports were made from all the committees ami tin* following chairman were announced: mem bership, Mrs. Monroe Henry; ways and means. Mrs. .1. S. Flo we; house, Mrs. R. D. Blackburn; grounds, Mrs. W. 11. Poole- public welfare, Mrs. R. A. Ashworth; program, Mrs. D. F. Waddell; hospitality, Mrs. H. Bueck; public ity, Mrs. K. Y. Woodard. Announcement was made of the adenoid and tonsil clinic being held with Dr. Wade Atkinson in charge. The nurses and the equip ment for the clinic are in the school building, and Dr. C. I'. Massey, county health otfieer, ex planed fully how the clinic is be-] ing operated. At this time there are fifty-] nine paid members in the associa-j tion and the number is steadily in-! creasing. The fourth grade received the! prize, a lovely basket of flowers, for having the most parents pres SIX MONTHS SCHOOLS TO OPEN NEXT MONDAY | All of Hu* six-months schools j (both white and colored) of the county will open next Mon- j ception of the colored school j day, October 29, with the ex- j at Four Oaks. The building j tor Four Oaks colored school ' which is in course of construc tion is not quite completed which will delay the opening i of that school until Wednes- j day, October 31. SMITH FIELD NOW HAS A VETERINARY SURHEON Dr. K. E. Nelms has arrived in the city and is now ready to an swer any and all calls. day or night. At present he is located at the Hodges rooming house. I Faculty Guests Clayton Rotary •-♦ J lay ton Junior Woman’s (tub Brings Back Trophy From i Tarborc; Surprise Marriage j (T AY TON, October 25. On ■ last Thursday evening from , seven to nine o'clock, the Clayton ! Rotary club entertained the niem ■ hers of the Clayton school faculty j at the annual teachers night cele ! bration. The ladies were escorted i to Rctary Ilall by the Rotarians, couples having previously been (lesignated by drawing names and the couples were seated in order i of their arrival around the long ■ banquet tables, where a most en joyable banquet dinner was serv | ed by a committee from the Wo. 1 man’s club. Rotary Ilall was very i beautifully decorated in a color 1 scheme of blue and gold. At the ! head of the stairway leading to the nan. welcome 10 learners was spelled out in large letter of blue <*n a yellow background, and in I the hall the club’s motto, “Serv | ice Above Self” was similarly ar t ranged. During the meal and fol lowing it a program of songs, i stunts and contests were carried on under the direction of John Tal ton who acted as toastmaster. Con fetti and roles of serpentine were used in lavish profusion, adding i color to the occasion and providing rich fun for the club members and their guests. The Junior Woman’s club for the first time attended the meet ing of the loth district in Tarbonj Tuesday, October Id. The club had | twelve of its members present at j this meeting which made the larg. cs-t representation of club girls in the district and they are happy to report that they brought home the trophy cup offered by the district president, Mrs. 13. A. HociP*, to the junior club having the best at tendance. This is the first tiling the club has done to gain state recognition and of course Clayton is just as proud of it as can be. Another thing that caused all the other clubs to sit up and take no tice was a speech by the president, Miss Annie \. Ellis, “Why Junior Woman’s Clubs? Why Attend the State Federation?” Miss Iris Dun can, the secretary, gave a very complete outline of the work done by the club since its organization.! The young ladies attending the meeting were Misses Annie Fatten. I Annie V. Ellis, Pauline Helen Southall, Helen Atkinson, Clyde Ellis, Madeline Duncan, Louise Climes, Norma Cower. Every one enjoyed the trip and gained much valuable information and many: new ideas wnicn will be a great benefit in the future club work. Telegrams were received here! last Monday afternoon, announc ing the marriage of Mrs. Eva Hill and Mr. Ernest M. Moore, both of Clayton, the ceremony be ing performed at Hillsboro where the couple went by motor. Imme diately after the ceremony which was at. four-ithirty o’clock. 'Mr. and Mrs. Moore continued on to Asheville to spend a few days. Mrs. A. B. Baker, of Fairmont, spent last week here with her daughter. Mrs. Dewitt Johnson. Mrs. Bruce Reaves and little son, Otha, of Greenville, S. C., are spending some time here with her mother, Mrs. Dennis Gulley. Mr. Joseph Ferrell, of Raleigh, spent Saturday night and Sunday here with his parents, Mr. ' and Mrs. J. B. Ferrell. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Dennis and children from Henderson were re cent guests of Mrs. Duba E. Tur ley. Mr. L. E. Thompson, foreman of the Carolina Telephone and Tele graph company here, spent last Sunday at Tarboro with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hamilton and children visited relatives at Smith field and Rocky Mount Sunday. Mr. Marshall Branham, who re signed his position at Bedding field Drug store here Sept. 1, has recently accepted a position with the Person Street Pharmacy, Ral eigh. Mr. and Mrs. David Duncan and children of near Baptist Center, spent Sunday here the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ferrell. Miss Rosa Smith, of Raleigh, spent the week end here with her sister, Miss Bettie Smith. Finds Newspaper Advertising Pays Business of Frigidaire Corpora tion has approximately doubled aver the same period of last year following a widespread newspaper advertising campaign based upon ils new line of household refrig erating equipment, according to F. G. BU'chler, president and gen ural manager, who attributes much >f the increase to use of newspaper space. “The newspaper of today/ when used to promote a quality product is one of the greatest aids that business or industry can enlist, he said. ‘Tt obtains and retains public confidence fer any product bar. merits it " Presbytery At Oakland Church Oakland Church Celebrated Harvest Day Wednesday— Greetings Sent To Mrs. J I’. Kdmundsun. Oldest Member of Church Granville Presbytery, which is cr mposed of the ministers and elders of forty Presbyterian churches in Kastern North Caro lina met in Oakland Presbyterian church last Tuesday and Wednes- ■ day. lClder K. G. Hudson, presi- j dent of the Iltidson-Belk company | of Smith-field ami Italeigh, was j elected moderator and Ministers ^ 1). F. Waddell of Selma, and C. L. ] Landrum of Kenly were elected I clerks. Routine business engaged j the attention of Presbytery for most tif the two-day session, and interesting debates were held on I questions of church policy. Politics was not mentioned and the name of neither of the Presidential can didates was mentioned on the floor of Presbytery. On Wednesday morning1, Pres bytery took recess to allow Oak land church to celebrate their Harvest Festival. The speaker at this time was Hon. E. B. Crow of Raleigh. Mr. Crow brought a stir ring message on Stewardship, and then members presented their gifts for the church. More than eight hundred dollars was received by the church treasurer for the church budget. The official church year is only half over and ninety per cent of money for current ex penses and benevolences of the church for the whole year has al ready been paid. The pastor, Rev. Chester Alexander, believes that his people at Oakland church have in this matter set a good example in church finance. Cotton grown for the church and brought to the church on Harvest Day was sold to W. M. Sanders and Son of Smithficld, and chick ens raised for this Harvest Day were sold on the grounds by J. E. Jones, chairman of the Harvest Day committee. Before adjournent. Presbytery instructed the pastor of the church to convey its greetings to Mrs. J. P. Edmundson of Smithfield, who is the oldest living member of Oak land and a charter member of the church. Mrs. Edmundson who is past eighty years of age has three sons who are Presbyterian elders, and four daughters who are de voted church workers. ‘That’s My Weakness Now.* The Sammy: “Over in America we’ve got a lilac ibush fifty feet high.*’ The Tommy: “I wish I could lilac that.” Watch your label. • . -J. . . Proceedings Of Recorder’s Court Violations of Prohibition Laws Lead In Indictments In This Weeks’ Court Tuesday’s Recorder’s court dis posed of the following cases: State vs. Lillie Best Raynor, col ored, charged with violation of the prohibition lams. The defend ant was found guilty of possession for purpose of sale, and was sent to jail for a term of four months and assigned to work in jail of Johnston county as sheriff sees fit-, and pay costs. An appeal was tak en to Superior court, but the ap peal was withdrawn and the jail sentence was suspended upon the payment of $50 fine and cost and upon further condition that the defendant does not drink, possess, transport, manufacture any intoxi cant, or violate the prohibition law in any form or manner what soever during the next tiwo years. State vs. Milton Lee charged with violation of prohibition law. The defendant was found guilty of being publicly drunk and of possession of whiskey. He was sentenced to jail for a tern* of four months and assigned to work the roads of Johnston county and to pay cost. The jail sentence was suspended upon condition that the defendant docs not drink, possess, transport or manufacture any in toxicant of any kind including cider or wine during the next two years or violate the prohibition law in any form or manner whatsoever during the next two years and pay cost. State vs. Jack Brown charged with violation of the prohibition laws. The defendant was found guilty of possession for purpose of sale and was sent to jail for a term of sixty days and assigned to work roads of county and pay costs. An appeal was taken. State vs. Felton Stephenson, charged with violation of prohibi tion law. The defendant was found guilty of possession for the pur pose of sale and was sent to jail for a term of sixty days and as signed to work roads of county and pay cost. An appeal was taken. State vs. Ceo. A. Branch charg ed with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and assault with auto. The defendant entered a plea of guilty and was given a ninety day jail sentence assigned to work roads of county and pay cost. The jail sentence was sus pended upon payment of $50 fine and cost and upon further condi tion that the defendant does not drink, possess, transport, or manu l'acture any intoxicant of any kind including cider and wine, or vio late the prohibition law in any form during the next two years. The jail sentence is suspended upon further condition that the de fendant does not operate a motor vehicle again in North Carolina during the next ninety days. State vs. L. H. Moore charged with removing land marks, cor ners, stakes, etc. The defendant was found guilty and sentenced to jail for term of sixty days and assigned to work roads of county and pay cost. The jail sentence was suspended upon condition that the defendant does not interfere* Continued on page four. Aunt Roxie Opines By Me— “A good root to foller wid candy dates and husbans dat weah cream separators on dey upper lips iz to expect little and thou shalt (not he disapp'inted.” P. S. ‘‘Weather focaste is dat Must a Hoover iz ez wet ez fair week.”