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EIGHT PAGES TODAY SMITHFIELD, N. C„ FRIDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 9, 1928
EIGHT PAGES TODAY
NUMBER 90
Herbert Hoover Elected
President United States
Receives 444
Electoral Votes;
Smith Gets 81
Four States Breal
Away From Solic
South; North Caro
lina Gives Hoove
25,000 Majority
SMITH TO (H IT 1'OMTIC:
As the returns of the nation
wide election held Tuesday are tab
ulated, an immense Republican
sweep is indicated. Herbert Hoover,
Republican candidate for Presi
dent, is shown leading in f rty
states, having 144 electoral v« es,
leaving eight states with 87 elec
toral votes, in which the Demo
cratic candidate, Alfred K. Smith,
is ahead.
The solid south is broken and
North Carolina is one of the slates
to leave the Democratic column.
Othgr southern states that have al
ways heretofore been Democratic
but which in this election went for
Hoover, are Virginia, Florida and
Texas. Hoover’s majority in
North Carolina with incomplete
returns Wednesday night was ap
proximately 25,000. Only Alabama,
Georgia, South Carolina, Missis
sippi, Arkansas and Louisana in
me soutn remains uenniieiy un
der the Democratic banner. Two
eastern states, Massachusetts and
Rhode Island, went for Smith.
New York State where the bat
tle was waged militantly, Gover
nor Smith lost by approximately
100,000 votes. New York, however,
elected a Democratic governor,
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Governor Smith polled in the na
tion the greatest Democratic pop
ular vote but the smallest elee
Hoover broke Harding’s record
for the popular vote and exceeded
Wilson’s record of 435 electoral
Aim*u r-. .>1111111 ueciarcs inai
his stormy political career is at an
end. He says he has fought his
last political fight, and1 from now
on he will be a private in the
ranks of American citizens. John
J. Raskolb, Democratic National
chairman, refuses to be totally dis
couraged, taking comfort in the
heavy popular vote for Smith.
Raskolb announces that he will con
tinue as national chairman for his
four year term.
Herbert Hoover, in his first pub
lic' statement after his election
said that his election was “a vindi
cation of great issues and a de
termination of the true road tc
progress.” He further stated: “Ir
this hour there can be for me nc
feeling of victory or exultation.
Rather it imposes a test of sol
emn responsibility on the future
and of complete dependence upor
Divine guidance as for the past
which the greatest honor in the
world imposes.”
‘‘I can only succeed in my pari
by the cooperation and unity ol
spirit of all leaders of opinion ant
of action for common service
of our country.”
Four solid cars of apples wen
shipped by farmers of Swaii
county last week.
Tantalizer
There are exactly enough let
ters in the line below to spell
the name of a person in Smith
field or Johnston county, and
if the right one deciphers his
name and will present it to the
Herald office, we will present
him with a free ticket to the
Victory Theatre. Tickets must
be called for before the follow
ing issua
Buster Creech deciphered his
name last issue.
Today’s Tantalizer:
ghustiahnu
Receives Record-Breaking Vote
IIEKI5EKT CLARK HOOVER
Goldsboro Men
Murray Borden and K. E. Fin
ley Drowned in Five Feet
of Water When Auto (Joes
Over Rail of Toler Bridge;
Mr. Borden Brother of
Mrs. .1. .1. Broadhurst
GOLDSBORO, Nov. 8.—Murray
Borden, assistant cashier of the
Wayne National Bank and one of
the city’s most popular men, and
K. E. Finlay, well liked' and wide
1 iy Known and owner-operator of
the Opera 1 louse, were drowned in
five feet of water in Ne-use river
late yesterday afternoon when their
automobile crashed through the
rail of the Toler bridge, six miles
west of the city on the Stevens
Mill road.
The accident happened1 about
four o’clock in the afternoon and
I Mr. Borden’s body was recovered
about 5:45. Mr. Finlay's body was
! recovered about thirty minutes
i later.
The men were traveling in the
| direction of Goldsboro and appar
I ently their car skidded as it took
the curve approaching the bridge,
throwing it slightly into the right
hand rail. The rail gave way and
the car staggered to the left hand
i rail 20 feet further down the
I bridge, struck it and crashed
through lumber support to the
j river twenty-five feet below.
The machine—-Mr. Finlay’s Hud
son coach—came to rest on its
side at the bottom of the river
and with the car under water. Th<
! men were injured in the fall or the
' pressure of the water was rueh
that they were unable to open the
door of the machine and escape
Both died while trapped in the ms
“I was inside my house,” sail
Mrs. Margaret Grumpier, who live.1
just east of the bridge, “am
j heard a noise. I looked out tin
window and saw a great cloud o:
I d'ust just above the bridge am
saw the car go over the rail.”
Mrs. Grumpier rushed to tin
j bridge only about a hundred yard.
II away, and saw that the machim
I was already submerged. The rail
ing, torn from the bridge,
• i Continued on page four.
Dr. Frank Crane
Dead In France
Muted Syndicate Writer Pass
ed Away Monday; His Ar
ticles Have Heen Features
of I tie Herald For Two
eVars or More
MALDI-fX, Mass.. Ns, it.—(UP)
- Dr. Frank Crane, journalist and
author, died Monday at Nice,
France, of cerebral hemorrhage,
according to a message received
here today by Mrs. Henry II.
Crane, his niece. Ilis wife was at
his bedside when he died.
The body will be cremated and
sent to New York.
Dr. and Mrs. Crane went abroad
early in September.
Dr. Crane, besides his widow,
leaves a son, James L. Crane of
Los Angeles, and a daughter, Mrs.
Alfred F. Drake, of New York.
Dr. Crane was an inspirational
writer tvhose advices on success in
his syndicated writings in the
daily press and books had made
his name familiar in his own field.
lie was born in Urbana, Illinois,
May 12, 1-861. Before he entered
journalism, he was a Methodnst
I minister and occupied pulpits in
C hicago from 1896 to 1903. From
! 1904 to 1909 he was pastor of the
j Union Congregational Church in
Worcester, Mass.
He was editor of “Current Opin
ion” and author of a number of
books including “Adventures in
Common Sense,” “The Crane Clas
sics,” “Just Human” and “War
and World Government,” and “Why
I 1 Am a Christian.” His daily
writings were syndicated in 50
newspapers.
He maintained a home and of
fice in New York City.
For two years or more Dr,
Frank Crane’s articles have beer
features in the Herald, and many
of our readers have enjoyed his
I advice and comment on current is
sues and topics.
SMITH FIELD MOTOK CO..
HAS NEW MECHANIC
Mr. K. II. Edmond's has aeceptec
1 a position with the Smithfield Mo
ld- company as head service me.
1 ehanic. Mr. Edmonds has been witl
the Buick dealers for several years
Red Cross Roll
Call Here Nov. 14
Cooperating With Local Wei
I iare Agencies, Red Cros:
Will Sponsor Correction o
Eye Delects In Cnderpriv
ileged Child
The annual Roll Call of the
! American Red Cross will be held
, this year under the general chair
manship of .Mrs. W. H. Lyon, as
sisted by the members of the Ki
wanis club and the members of
the Woman’s club. Dr. W. J. B.
Orr. president of the Kiwanis, will
have charge of the men's division
who will canvass the business sec
The objective will be for the
expense entailed in the curing of
common eye defects in the under
pnvileged child and the procuring
of eye glasses. This will he kept
solely in charge of Dr. C. C. Mas
sey, county health officer, who is
intensely interested in the subject
and welcomes this very necessary
assistance. This activity is essen
tially one of the principal services
rendered by the Red Cross, among
its many health activities, and the '
Rea 1 chapter is most happy to co
operate along these constructive j
lints. There are already at least
ten children waiting for such a ;
treatment, with no funds available.
The Kiwanis club which is so vi
tally interested in the welfare of
the child, will give this service |
its heartiest backing, and it is i
hoped to make this a permanent I
activity of the Red Cross in
Kmithfield.
.Mrs. iMise .VI nil ikon, special
Field Supervisor for the Red Cross (
from Washing-ton, I). is a visi- {
tor in the city, and was a guest j
of honor of the Kivvanis luncheon j
Thursday. She spoke of the disas
ter service and praised very high
ly the work of the local chapter
under the chairmanship of Mr. H
V. Rose, and his board, and brought
a message of appreciation from
N^ional Headquarters for 'the1
generous response to the West In
dies disaster fund from the cit
izens of Smith-field, and for all of
their wonderful work in the past.
She told of the misunderstandings
in the minds of the people regard
ing its service. That every penny
of money collected for disaster
goes direct to disaster, the Na
tional bearing- all expense entail
ed for salaries of its trained per
sonnel. and due to its enormous
army of volunteers and the small
ness of its salaries, the overhead
is buj one-fourt hof one cent on
the dollar, so that each dollar
memibership is not expended for
anything else but the service in
behalf of stricken people and" those
unfortunate in other ways. The
accounts are audited by the War
Department so there cannot be
waste of money at any time, and
every penny is accounted for.
The President of the United
States who is also the President
of the Red Cross, has decreed for
the past eleven years that the Roll
Call shall be held from Armistice
Day until Thanksgiving, or be
tween those dates. In small places
a certain date is selected and the
campaign finished in one day.
Wednesday, Nov. 14, has been the
day chosen for the drive in Smith
j field. The ministers will be asked
j to make an announcement on Sun
days, and with such a worth ob
i
THANKS FOR
RADIO SERVIC1
The Herald wishes to return
thanks to the Radio Sales and
Service company and its man
ager, Mr. Oeorge E. Cherry,
lor installing one of their Ma
jestic radios in the Herald of
fice on election night with a
loud speaker arranged so that
the crowd on the courthouse
square could hear the elec
tion returns. There were a
number listening in until a
late hour.
State Democrats
Ticket fs Electee
Gardner Leads Sea
well By More Thar
48,000; One Seat Ir
Congress Is Lost
While North Carolina is counted
in the republican column national
ly. tlie democratic state ticket is
safe with the gubernatorial stand
ard bearer. 0. Max Gardner, lead
ing bis opponent, IT. F. Seawell,
by more than 48,000.
The rest of the state ticket
weathered the republican storm
safely, though there are some re
publican gains in the legislature.
A Raleigh dispatch states that the
next general assembly will include
40 republicans—15 in the senate
and .‘14 in the house—with the
democratic strength being 35 in
the senate and 75 in the house.
One county—Iredell—was still in
doubt and not included in above
tabulation. The republicans secur
ed two seats each in Gaston, Bun
combe, Rowan and Johnston. How
ever, the democrats carried such
normally republican icounties as
Alexander. Macon and Watauga,
compensating in part for the losses
sustained. Jonas, republican, was
victorious over Major A. L. Bul
winkle, democratic incumbent from
the ninth district. In the 10th,
Weaver, democratic incumbent, is
in a tight race with J. T. Pritch
ard. Congressman Stedman in the
fifth, democratic incumbent, is hav
ing a close race, and J. B. Clark
democrat, and W. C. Downing, re
publican, for the sixth district va
cancy, is also reported close.
AMENDMENTS FARE
BADLY IN JOHNSTON
All three of the constitution
al amendments fared badly in
Johnston county, each of them
.being lost. There had been lit
tle discussion of the proposed
amendments, and many left
them off entirely.
Leaves For New Mexico.
Mr. Harry Biggs left yesterday
fcr Greensboro to take a train
for New Mexico where he will
spend some time for his health.
JOHNSTON COUNTY
GOES FOR HOOVER
Along with the county ticket,
the republican Presidential
ticket polled a big majority.
Hoover received 7,696 votes
while Smith received 5,041.
Smith received his largest fol
lowing in Smithfield township
with 936 votes. Hoover was
most popular in Boon Hill
where he received 636 votes.
jeet in view as saving the eyes of
little children too poor to have the
treatment it is hoped that the com
munity will generously give as
they have always done.
AN ARMISTICE DAY MESSAGE
in. REV. G. ASHTON OLDHAM
Hisho|) Coadjutor of Albany
AMERICA FIRST—Not merely in matters material, but in
things of the spirit. Not merely in science, inventions, motors,
and skyscrapers, but also in ideals, principles, character. Not
merely in the calm asseition of rights, but in the glad as
sumption of duties. Not flaunting her strength as a giant,
hut bending in helpfulness over a sick and wounded world like
a Good Samaritan. Not in splendid isolation, but in Christ
like cooperation. Not in prie, arrogance, and disdain of other
laces and peoples, but in sympathy, love and understanding.
Not in treading again the old, worn, bloody pathway which
ends inevitably in chaos and disaster, but in blazing a new
trail, along which, please God, other nations will follow, into
the new Jerusalem where wars shall be no more. Some day
some nation must take that path—unless we are to lapse once
again into utter barbarism—and that honor I covet for my
beloved America. And so, inthat spirit and with these hopes,
1 say with all my heart and soul “America First.”
1
Meet Our Next Governor
<>. m \\ (jaudnkk
JOHNSTON COUNTY AGAIN
JOINS REPUBLICAN RANKS
Armistice Day
Plans Complete
Program of Day's Festivities
In Sefma; Col. John Hall
Manning Is Scheduled To
Speak in (he Morning
SELMA, Nov. S.—Everything is
in readiness for the twelve or fif
teen thousand people who are
| expected in Selma Monday, Novem
ber 12, to take part in the biggest
Armistice. Day celebration ever
held in Johnston county. Every
Civil, Spanish-American and World
j War veteran of Johnston county
! has a special invitation to the bar
becue dinner which will be served
• on the spacious lawn of Mrs. R.
A. Jones on the corner of Pollock
and Railroad streets. The ladies
rest room will be located in the
vacant building on Raeford street,
J formerly occupied by G. S. Tucker
' and company. There will be plenty
| of amusements here in the way of
I rides and shows. A number of
concessions have been sold to peo
ple who will have eating stand's,
I and the Fort Bragg twenty-six
1 piece band will be on hand to en
I tertain the crowd with music.
; The following is a complete pro
i gram for the day:
9:00 A. M. Registration of all
i veterans (headquarters on Rae
; ford street).
10:30 a. m. Parade leaves from
j school building—Halt of one min
I ute as parade reaches speaker’s
stand—silence and taps—everyone
| to remain silent.
11:00 Address of Welcome, by
Mayor W. W. Hare.
11:05 Introduction of Speaker,
('. P. Harper.
11:10 Memorial Address, Colonel
John Hall Manning, of Raleigh.
11:40 Memorial Service, Smith
field National Guard.
12:10 Form for Dinner.
12:30 Dinner for all veterans oi
all wars.
2:30 Football Game, Smithfiek
vs. Clayton high school at schoo
grounds; Exhibition Drill, Raefort
National Guards between halves.
1:30 Band concert at bandstand
Fort Bragg band.
Intermission.
i 7:30 Boxing, at Opera house; on<
main bout, two preliminaries, bat
1 tie royal.
9:30 Fireworks.
10:30 Close.
For Second Time In
■‘>7 Years Entire Re
publican Ticket Is
Elected In the Coun
ty With Around 1200
Majority
For the second time in 37 years,
•Johnston county has swung into
the Republican column, this time
| with a majority of around 1200.
Four years ago the Republican ma
jority ranged from 11G to 4G1. At
that time Congressman Pou was j
the only one on the Democratic
ticket who won in the county. This j
year, Mr. Pou’s election in the ,
Fourth Congressional District is j
assured but he failed for the first i
i time to carry Johnston county.;
Although Congressman Pou lost hisj
home county of Johnston in the
fourth by less than a thousand ma- I
jority, he had a majority of more
than 5,000 in Wake, over 2,000 in j
Vance, of about 300 in Franklin,]
and carried Chatham and Nash. I
When the board of canvassers
I met yesterday to make an official I
tabulation of the vote it took on
the proportions of a Republican!
landslide. It is impossible to print'
the tabulated vote in htis issue,.;
i but in Tuesday’s paper the usual
official tabulation by townships
| will appear.
A. J. Fitzgerald, candidate for
I sheriff led the Republican ticket
■ with 7,050 votes against 5,582 cast
| for his opponent, Sheriff Turley.
Miss Luma McLanib, candidate
for register of deeds, the first wo
man to be on a Johnston county
j ticket, polled a vote of 7,240 again
I st 6,081 for J. Dobbin Bailey.
Ezra Parker for judge of Re
corder's court received 7,272 votes
against 6,057 for W. P. Aycock.
R. L. Fitzgerald, candidate for
I auditor, received 7.302 votes, as
i against G.074 for J. N. Cobb.
| J. Ira Lee, candidate for solic
itor, received 7,280 votes; Larry F.
j Wood, 6,104 votes.
Mr. Penny, candidate for sur
i veyor, received 7,284 votes; Jeff
Lambert, 6,103.
Dr. G. K. Parker, candidate for
I coroner, received a total of 7,293
I votes; J. H. Kirkman, G.073.
| S. W. Brown, for treasurer, re
ceived 7.244 votes; J. Ransom
JXreech, 5,135.
1 j The senatorial ticket was also
j lost, the Democratic candidates be
j big C. C. Canaday, of Johnston
; and Kenneth Rovall, of Wayne
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Miss McCullers
| Tells Of Europe
Continues Articles Coneern
; ing European Trip Taken
During Summer; Switzer*
land, German, Belgium and
Holland
By MARY McCUIAERS.
We did not realize how much we
had suffered from the heat of
Italy until we reached Switzer
land and felt the cool breezes and
saw the snow-capped mountains.
Switzerland was entered by way
of the Simplon Tunnel, the long
est tunnel in the world, taking thir
ty minutes to go through. The
approach on either side of our
train gave close views ol moun
tains, waterfalls, and glaciers. One
could go into articulate ecstasies
over the beautiful scenery that was
thrown around so lavishly, and
most of our party did just that,
but I felt curiously silent, with
a rather choky feeling Suddenly
it came to me why I wa« thus af
fected: The mountains of my na
tive state. North Carolina, were
being reproduced in this strange
country, right there before n:y
eyes! My feeling was shared by
another member of our party who
happens to live in western North
Carolina.
v/ur msi siop was at i*iuiim;u\
where we reveled in the softest
of beds (with a big feather-bed
which one is supposed" to use as
a coverlet), luxurious bath rooms,
and the most delicious foods—des
serts made of concoctions of whip
ped cream, for the dairying is
world known, and the palatable
Swiss cheese.
One couldn’t help but note the
“mob psychology” evidenced by
every member of our party be
coming seized with the craze for
buying Swiss musical plates. I
had all I could do not to yield to
the desire, but 1 finally convinced
myself that I didn’t know a soul
in the world who would ever use
one! Swiss watches and clocks, too,
were very alluring, but I recalled
just in time the advice of a jewel
er in a shop in Chicago before I
left: “Whatever you do, don’t
'bring back any of those Swiss
watches for me to try to keep in
working order!”
The chief spot of interest around
Montreux is the Castle of Chillon,
made famous by Lord Byron’s
poem, “The Prisoner of Chillon.”
The castle, now in ruins, is on a
tiny island jutting out into Lake
Geneva. It holds much of historic
and romantic interest.
From Montreux we made the
trip by steamer on Lake Geneva
down to the city of Geneva. The
journey was made leisurely, with
frequent stops at the little vil
lages along the lake shore, giving
us a chance to enjoy to the full
the beautiful mountain scenery on
each side and to view Mont Blanc
in the distance, raising its snow
white head regally above the other
peaks so charmingly spread out
oeiure us.
We reached Geneva on Swiss In
dependence Day, and had! this fact
impressed on us by the display of
fireworks in the evening.
Of course a visit was paid' to
the Palais des Nations, where the
League of Nations meets, with a
memorial to Woodrow Wilson in
front of the building. We sat in
one of the council rooms while a
very intelligent guide explained the
workings and methods of that
august body. The building itself
was formerly a hotel, not very im
pressive in appearance. A new
building is soon to be erected1.
We also visited the place where
the Red Cross was organized in
1864. It is interesting to know that
the symbol of the Red Cross or
ganization is a replica of the na
tional flag of Switzerland with the
exception that the colors are re
versed, the Swiss flag having a
white cross on a red background.
Interlaken was the next stop,
with a few hours’ stop at Berne,
the capital of Switzerland, on the
way. We had time at Berne for
only a hurried visit to the capitol
and one of the beautiful parks,
noted for its natural scenery.
Interlaken, as its name indicates,
lies between two lakes, Brientz
and Thun. No wonder that it it
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