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s Smithfield Tobacco Warehouses are selling tobacco as high or higher than any warehouse in the state. Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper - -Established 188 2 46TH YEAR EIGHT PAGES TODAYSMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 4, 1928 Don’t Join the Army, of Unemployed If you are looking for work don’t be discouraged. Advertise for tbe position you want in our Want Ad columns. EIGHT PAGES TODAY NUMBER 96 By Arthur Brisbane A RECORD IN POLITICS— A STATUE TO PASTEUR— THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE PRAISE FOR THE MOVIES— The President cast his first vote in Northampton, was elected coun oilman there, long ago, and has been steadily in office ever since, nominated nineteen or twenty times—never beaten. A record in politics as good as Cromwell’s in war. Cromwell never lost a bat tle. The old farmers would observe with pleasure that being; President, with $75,000 a year salary, a White House and a big yacht have not spoiled Calvin Coolid^e. Next March he will move from the White House to Northampton and resume life in a small house which he rents for $32.50 a month. ^ Such a man is not dependent on money. But the President could save plenty of it. More than one law firm would be glad to guar antee him three times his Presi dential salary. And he would not have to work hard. Perhaps the President chooses to wait awhile, look around, and possibly take a second elective term in the White House, eight years hence. The erection of a fine statue to the great Frenchman, Pasteur, honors Chicago. Excepting the Lincoln statue, none in Chicago is erected to so noble and useful a man. Dr. Leopold Stieglitz, of New York, able scientist and brilliant diagnotician, brother of Professor Julius Stieglitz, wh oteaches chem istry at Chicago University, says. “We need a Pasteur to solve the cancer problem. That task calls for a man free of preconceived no-! tions and prejudice; not a man of medical training seeking to ex plain cancer according to old meth The ignorant sometimes ask “of what real use is science?” Bis marck taking five billion francs from France, after the war of 1870, thought he had reached the limit. Dr. Stieglitz reminds you that the cash value to France of Pasteur’s discoveries far exceeds llv ebi'llion francs, to say nothing of his work against human disease and suffering. What Dr. Stieglitz says of Pas teur and the cancer problem, en courages men of no special train ing. Clear thought and accurate observation work wonders. The inventor of the sewing machine did not know how to sew. Had he known, it would not have oc curred to him to put the eye of the sewing machine needle in the point of the needle, rather than in the old place, fartherest from the point. That one idea made the sewing machine possible. Mussolini, wiser than superficial critics in America, has only praise for moving pictures. Quite accu rately, he classes them among the greatest agencies for the education of mankind. The other two are moveable type and photography. 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 issue. Leon Whitehurst deciphered his name last issue. Today's Tantalizer: eyuyellblg Congress Convene For Short Session Resumes Work After Recess 1'or National Political Con ventions and Campaign— News Paragraphs The Seventieth Congress met yesterday at noon to resume its work and clear the way for the ad vent of the new Hoover adminis tration March 4. The main task of this session is the appropriation of money to carry the government through the fiscal year -beginning next July 1. The Boulder Dam and iN avail Cruiser hills which have passed the House, are to be dis posed of, and the Senate is to ratify the Kellogg anti-war treaty. This meeting of Congress is a re sumption of the work which was interrupted last May when Con gress recessed for the national po litical conventions and the cam paign. Weakening of the heart of King George as reported by his physi cians has caused grow nig anxiety throughout England, althugh the same report told of favorable prog ress in the lung infection. The two ■medical bulletins on the King’s condition issued Sunday only serv ed t‘> increase distress in the pub lic mind. King George was taken ill nearly two weeks ago with pneu monia and grave fear has been felt for his life. His son, the Prince of Wales, is hastening to his bedside from Africa, where he had been on a hunting expedition. Anthony Fokker, who has built 11,000 airplanes since 1011, has designed a 32-passenger monoplane which will fly on a 30-hour sche dule between New York and the Pacific coast next year. These lux urious air liners, the first of which is now under construction, are to be similar to the Fokker planes used by Commander Byrd across the Atlantic, Lieutenants Maitland and Hegenberger to Hawaii, and the Southern Cross flight from California to Australia. They will be much larger and wil lbe pow ered with four engines. Commander Richard E. Byrd, who is on a voyage to the south pole, with an advance party of fifty, left Dunedin for the Anarctic early Sunday aboard the supply ship Eleanor Bolling, which had in town another supply ship. Com mander Byrd’s party will establish a base in the Bay of Whales and remain there until the Eleanor Boiling returns to Dunedin for the remainder of the personnel and equipment. Nearly 2,000 miles of ocean lie between Commander Byrd and the Ross Sea ice bar rier of the Anarctic continent, for which he is en route. Byrd and his companions are undertaking one of the most difficult voyages on the globe. More than a hundred persons were killed and many others were injured in a severe earthquake which shook southern Chile early Sunday morning, according to dis patches from the Associated Press. The city of Talca was virtually de stroyed and several other towns were greatly damaged. Talca was a city of 40,000 inhabitants and there was said to be only one undamaged building left, the chief government building. All the oth ers were destroyed or partly wrecked. The National Red Cross officers have charge of the relief work in the devastated sections. Communications have been cut off and it will probably be several days before the .number of dead will be known. FIRE DEPARTMENT REWARDED FOR SERVICE Mr. S. E. Hog-wood, chief of the local fire department, has received a letter from Mr. J. M. Pilking ton of Selma, enclosing a check for $26.00 in appreciation for services rendered by the Smith-field fire department during a fire in Selma on Saturday, November 29. Mr. Pilkington lives just outside the city limits of Selma but his house was endangered when two houses near him belonging to the Selma cotton mill were burned. Mr. Pilkington was warm in his praise of the local fire company for its promptness and service. ' Harding’s Father Dies§ [autocaste nil Ur George Harding, father of !he late President Harding died of l stroke of paralysis at Santa Ana, CaL, at the age of 85-jfrTo^tbe_last fcejwras^ap actiwermanj^''~ FourOaksWoman Has Barn Burned —*—i Mrs. Lina Strickland Loses Uarn, One Mule and Seven Hales of Cotton liy Lire— No Insurance Mrs Lina Strickland, cvlm lives near Four Oaxs, natf the misfortune to lose a rtarn, one mule, seven bales of cotton by lire Thursday night. The fire was discovered about eight o’clock, but was too well under way to save the barn or its contents. .All of her corn and other feedstuffs stored in the barn were burned. It is not known how (die fire started. There is said to have been no insurance. A l TO M () 151L E IN V ESTM E N TS EXCEEDS THAT K A IE HOADS DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 3.—In vestment in automobiles in Texas at the present time exceeds that of investments of railroads oper ating in the state by $250,000,000, according to data assembled by O. H. Bower, auditor for the Mis souri-Kansas-Texas railroad. Bower computed the automobile investment on a retail basis de rived from figures in the 1928 year hook of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. The av erage retail value of automobiles per unit was shown as $915. On this basis the 1927 regis tration of 1,112,314 units in Texas was valued at $1,017,707,310. Investments of railroads in the state up to Jan. 1 1927, the lat est figures available from the state railroad commission, was $757,051,783. Bower estimated that the investment ^o Jan. 1, 1928 was still well under $800,000,000. The automobile registration of Texas was made up of 990397 pas senger cars, 907 buses and 115.010 trucks.—United Press. FIDDLES’ CONVENTION TO BE IN BENSON Next Friday night, December 7, the Benson Parent-Teachers As sociation will sponsor an old-time fiddlers’ convention which will be held in the high school auditori um. Mr. Simon P. Honeycutt is as sisting in arranging the program, ■ and he would like to communicate with fiddlers anywhere in the | state. The Westbrook orchestra of Newton Grove, has already signi jfied its intention of being on hand , and other musical organizations and individual fiddlers are ex pected to participate in the pro gram. The Parent-Teacher Association will offer prizes for the best play ! ing which will be determined by j competent judges. The first prize will be a loving cup and the sec i ond $10 in gold. ! COOPS STOKE MOKE COTTON | THAN ALL LAST YEAK ' The Cotton Cooperative Associa tion is handling considerable cot ton here this year. Already there has been stored in the Farmers Cotton Storage Warehouse here more cotton than was stored here all last year by the coops. The Cotton Association, according to Mr. John A. Smith, field manager for Johnston county, is advancing fourteen cents per pound on cot ton, an<i holding the product for tractive proposition. This advance higher prices becomes a more at l will enable many farmers to pay their debts and that without a 1 forced sale of {heir cotton. Man Knocked Down By Car Selma Man Sustains Serious Injuries When Hit By Car — Driver Drives O n Leaving1 Victim By Roadside Sunday afternoon, Boyd Hup, a i white man who recently moved to Selma, was knocked down by an automobile < n highway number 22 near the overhead bridge at Selma, and is in the Johnston County Hospital in a serious condition. About three o’clock Sunday aft ernoon, Mr. W. M. Gaskin driving toward Selma saw the man lying •beside the road and thinking that he might be intoxicated, drove into Selma and notified Night,po liceman W. G. Ricks. When they returned to the scene, they found the man not drunk, but apparently paralyzed. The man, who is about fifty years of age, stated that a Ford roadster in which three men wen* riding struck him as he walked along the road, knocking him down. He stated that they stopped, made the remark that they did their best to kill him but did not do it, then got back into the car and drove away toward Goldsboro. It was Mr. Hup’s im pression that the men were intox After a short time, Mr. Hug got up and walked for about fifty yards, when he collapsed and he seemed to be paralyzed. He was taken to the Johnston Gounty Hospital. Mr. Hup moved to Selma only last week. COTTON SEED STOLEN FROM OG BURN’S GIN Several bushels of cotton seed were stolen from the Ogburn gin about two miles west of here on Friday night, according to reports received here. From the tracks leading from the seed house to the road it is thought that the seed were taken from the seed house and carried to a truck or other vehicle parked on the road, and twenty-five or thirty bushels were missing the next morning. The thief has not been apprehend ed. Preaching Appointments Elder Samuel McMillan of High Point "ill preach at the following times and places: Angier, Saturday and first Sun day, Dec. 1 and 2. Bethel, Monday. Fellowship, Tuesday. Benson, Tuesday night. Hannah’s Creek, Wednesday. Union, Thursday. Bethany, Friday. Clement, Saturday. Middle Creek, Second Sunday. Sandy Grove, Monday. Willow Springs, Tuesday. Oak Grove, Wednesday. Raleigh, Thursday night. . There will be baptizing with the church at Clement the second Sun day morning at ten o’clock. We hope Elder McMillan will remain over with us for Sunday as well as Saturday. L. H. STEPHENSON. Death of Five Year Old Child. Little Dixie Ruth Edwards, the five-year-old daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Joe S. Edwards of Raines Cross Roads, died Friday follow ing an ill 1 ness wit hdiphtheria. The little girl was thought to be get ting along nicely, and her death t was somewhat a shock, j The funeral was held Saturday , at noon at Raines Cross Roads Freewill church, conducted by Rev. D. H. Tuttle of this city assisted I by Rev. Mr. Stott, pastor of the Princeton M. E. Church. Interment j was made in the cemetery at the | church. PRAYER SERVICE AT | WILSON’S MILLS CHURCH There will be regular, mid-week prayer service in the Missionary j Baptist church at Wilson’s Mills on Wednesday evening at 7:15 o’clock when Judge W. P. Aycoek of Selma will speak. All are cordially invited to attend. | WORTH BOYETTE MAKES I’HI BETA KAPHA A distinct honor conies to j Mr. Worth Boyette of this city | who is a senior this year at Duke University, Durham. Mr. Boyette was among the six I teen named by the Duke chap ter of Phi Beta Kappa, honor j ary scholarship society, for I election into the organization i this fall. Only those who av erage ninety per cent and above on their courses for three years arc cli.rrihlo for a membership in this organiza tion. 1* riends of Mr. Boyette are not surprised that he is tak ing a high stand in college. Tie was an honor student in 'the Smithfield high school, re ceiving the Edwin Smith Don medal for scholarship during his four years in high school. Be is a son of Mrs. (Jeorge I). I.angston. Man Dies After Fall From Plane Charlie Dailey Falls About 100 Feet On Landing Field Near Micro; Skull Was Fractured and One Hip Broken A fatal accident took place Sun day afternoon at the airplane land ing field near Micro when Charlie Dailey of Wilson fell from a plane which was flying about one hun dred feet above the ground. Mr. Dailey had been accustomed to performing stunts from his air plane, one of which was to crawl from the seat and get underneath the plane swinging from it by his arms and catching his feet on a portion of the plane from whence he made his way back into the machine. Last week. Mr. Dailey had been sick with influenza, but he thought he was sufficiently re covered to perform his usual stunt. He made the attempt, swung down by his arms, but ap parently his weakened condition prevented him from lifting himself back up into the plane. The pilot. •» m Fritz, knew that something was wrong, yet he could tell by the swaying of the plane that Dailey was still hanging on. He was helpless to render assistance; if he landed it mean crushing the man beneath. He began to fly low er and lower, and when about a hundred feet above the ground, Dailey let go the plane and drop ped to the earth. The on-lookers were horrified as they saw him hang limply from the axle, and heard him say, “I’m gone, I can’t hold on.” Though falling in soft dirt, he was so badly hurt that he died a few hours later in the Johnston County Hospital where he was tak en following the accident. His skull was fractured and one hip was broken. He died about 2:30 yesterday morning. The plane from Wilson had been making flights at Micro every day for baout four <]a>s. Rev. Mr. Tuttle Purchases Home. Last week, Rev. D. H. Tuttle purchased the house and lot on Church street which formerly be longed to Mr. W. C. Pearce. He expects to move to his new home at an early date. Rev. Mr. Tuttle was placed on the superannuate list of the N. C. Methodist Con ference a year ago, and since that time he has lived in Smithfield. His many friends will learn with pleasure that he will make this city his permanent home. Birth Announcement. Born to Rev. and Mrs. J. R. Edwards of Auburn, Ala., on De cember 8, a son. Mrs. Edwards be fore her marriage was Miss Mat tie Hudson, of this city. Class in Dramatics. The extension class in modern draima being conducted by '(Mr. LaDu, of the extension department of State College will meet tomor row (Wednesday) afternoon at four o’clock in the commissioners room. This is the second meeting of the class and it is still not too late to enroll. The public is in* vited to attend the session. 4-H Club Council ! Holds Meeting Miss Maude Wallace, Assist ant State Agent Makes Talk Presenting Aims; "Foods” Chosen As 1928 Project --♦ The 4-H Club Council met in the farmers’ room Monday after noon, November 2G, at four o’clock with twenty-one club officers pres I ent. Miss Gladys Davis, president, l was in the chair and Miss Bessie | Narron was the secretary. The short business session was followed by a talk by Miss Maude E. Wallace, state leader for girls 4-H clubs. Miss Wallace, by the way, after seven years as assist ant home demonstration agent in this state has resigned her posi tion effective January 1 to be come state home demonstration agent in Virginia. Miss Wallace presented the aims of the 4-H , clubs which must have a grown person as sponsor and a leader se lected from among the V'rls. Among the aims presented were that each club have a representa tive at the State Short Course in July; increased membership, in creased attendance and interest; each club with a trained team; i plans for achievement day. The girls by an Australian bal lot chose “Foods” as the major project for 1920. Mrs. Clair Wilson and Mrs. j Pearl Pearce, who accompanied the girls of their clubs, assisted the , home agent in preparing refresh ments which were served by Miss j Edith Ausley and Miss Eula Mae Snipes, who wore 4-H caps. PLAY TO BE GIVEN FRIDAY NIGHT The Smithfield high school dra matic club will present a play en titled “The Dust of the Earth,” by Katherine Kavanaugh, Friday night, December 7. This play is ! a royalty play and is full of pep j and comic situations. The leading : lady is Mary Ellen Lawrence and the leading man is Walter Lassi ter. They are supported by a good i cast. Rufus Woodard, the old ne gro servant, and Mary Ragsdale, i the village gossipers, as well as | Dixie Johnson, the haughty so- ; city girl, make the play as humor- | ous as Corbin Young, the man ! who has lost his memory, makes ; the story pathetic. TWENTY-YEAR-OLD COPY OF THE HERALD Mr. W. Z. Benson and his son, Mr. Nathan Benson, of Benson, route 2 were here Tuesday and showed us an old copy of the Smith-field Herald. Mrs. Benson had found the paper in a trunk which had belonged to her brother Mr. N. W. McLamb, and the label on the paper bore his »name. The pa per is dated February 21, 1 ‘.>08 and Mr. McLamb died a few month after that time. The twenty-year-old copy is quite interesting. There is not an automobile advertisement in it a marked contrast to present day newspapers which carry a large volume of automobile advertising. There is however, an advertisement of a carload of mules by W. R. Long. A page ad of Preston Wood all at Benson attracts attention. Among the social items is an ac count of the wedding of Mr. J. E. Wall and Miss Bessie Duncan, who are still residents of Benson. A lo cal item in the Benson letter states that “M. T. Britt who is to be the cashier of the new bank, was in Benson on business pertaining to the bank.” These old newspapers are al ways interesting, and the one brought to our office by Mr. Ben son is no exception. MRS. W. H. JONES VICTIM OF POISON Mrs. W. H. Jones, of Pine Level, who was rushed to the Johnston County Hospital Satur day, November 2(5, after having taken poison in the form of bi chloride of mercury tablets, died at the hospital last Friday. Mrs. Jones had only recently moved to Pine Level, and the reason for at tempting to end ber life is not known. She was thirty-two years i °f age, and leaves several chil i dren. Republicans Take Charge Of Offices gvTOCASTfgl |f^ElizabethTM6rrow,* daughter of the United,States Ambassador to Mexico, is'ramored to be the in tended wife of Charles A Lind bergh.^ Persistent reports say that »he has but,to sayj'yes.”^ Republican Board Assumes Control Organizes As Previously Slated With J. T. Edgerton As Chairman; Accepts Res ignation of J. V. Penny As County Surveyor The Democratic board of county commissioners met here yesterday morning and turned the business r»f the county over to the new Re publican board which went into ex- ’ ecutive session immediately and begun the transaction of the busi ness before them. R. E. Wiggins, certified public accountant, was , here to assit in shaping up the affairs of the old board and he of fered his services in helping the new board to become familiar with details to be handled in the new future. This offer was accepted and another meeting will be held Wed nesday at which time Mr. Wiggins will be on hand. The new board effeetde an or. ganization with Mr. J. T. Edger- , ton. of Kenly, as chairman; Miss Luma McLamb, register of deeds, cials have arranged the personnel Benson, county attorney. Other members of the hoard besides Mr. Edgerton are: J. T. Creech, of Selma; E. R. Temple of Four Oaks; L. D. Mitchell of Prince ton; and M. B. Pleasant of Clay ton. Among the first acts of the new' hoard was the approval of the bonds for the following officials: S. W. Brown, treasurer; Miss Mc Lan/j, register of deeds; A. J. Fitzgerald, sheriff; R. L. Fitzger ald. auditor; Dr. G. E. Parker, coroner. J. V. Penny on account of his age and eyesight, tendered his resignation as county surveyor, which was accepted. J. L. Dupree, and W. T. Davis were chosen, according to previous slating, as keeper of the county home and jailor, respectively. The jailor takes charge at once. The keeper of the county home will take charge January 1. The selection of a janitor, court crier, superintendent of convict camps, speed cops, and bridge commissioners, was deferred until another meeting. A joint meeting will be held with the road board Wednesday afternoon. A motion was carried that Miss McLamb, clerk to the board, in spect each office and present to board in detail all expenses of each office as to salaries. BROWN-GAY WEDDING. Miss Mattie Helen Gay and Mr. Percell C. Brown, both of Clayton, were married at the courthouse here Saturday. The ceremony was performed by Mr. J. H. Kirkman, justice of the peace. EVANS-FEURELL NUPTIALS. Married «t the courthouse here Saturday, Miss Lillian Ferrell, of near Goldsboro, and Mr. Wade Hamilton Evans of near Prince ton. The ceremony was performed by J. H. Kirkman, justice of the Peace. , First Monday ' Was Busy Day As Offi cials Arranged De tails of Taking Reins —Sheriff Appoints Deputies With the exception of the clerk of the court’s office and two members of the county highway commission, the elective offices of Johnston county are now' in the hands of the Republican party which won in the recent election with a majority of around 1200. Yesterday, the first Monday in December, found the new officials with their friends crowding the courthouse busy with the details of taking over the reins of gov ernment for the next two years. For the most part, the new offi ials have arranged the personnel of their clerical help, though there are a few jobs still to be distrib uted. me register ot needs, Miss Luma McLamb, intends to demon strate the efficiency of women in public affairs, and she has named an entirely feminine staff in her office. Mrs. Helen W. Beasley of this city will be first deputy, and Mrs. Irene Whitaker, of Selma, second deputy. The treasurer, S. W. Brown, plans to look after his job him self with part time help from Miss Elsie Boyette who will also be in the office of R. L. Fitzgerald, auditor. The auditor has not com pleted the selection of his assist ants. Sheriff A. J. Fitzgerald met his deputies in the court room yes terday afternoon and after he had made a brief talk, delivered to them their credentials as deputies of Johnston county. Mr. Fitzger ald called the deputies his official family and from time to time ex pressed his pride in them. He told them they had been selected on trial and if they fell short of their duty as guardians of law and or der in Johnston county, he would have to call them in. He reminded them that folks in the last elec tion refused to vote for A1 Smith for a principle which he would not name, and he cautioned the deputies to be careful. “Christmas is coming,” said Sheriff Fitzgerald, “and if you boys do as I have done for the past 36 years, you will have your wits about you at all times.” He closed his remarks by admonish ing them not to be a fool about anything. fcherm Fitzgerald will have as his office deputy M. L. Stancil, of Selma, former register of deeds. A field deputy will be J. 0. Hin ton, of ONeals. The deputies in the several townships with the excep tion of Cleveland and Wilson’s Mills which at this time have not been chosen, are as follows: Banner: L. S. Parker. Boon Hill, Chas. E. Edward’s. Bentonville C. B. Lee. Beulah, W. T. Davis. Clayton, C. G. Cole. Elevation W. L. Langdon and J. Z. Clifton. Ingrams, Walter E. King. Meadow, Hannibal Godwin. Micro, Jasper Pittman. O'Neals J. H. Hocutt. Pleasant Grove, Wade Dupree. Pine Level, T. M. Oliver. Selma, J. I. Jeffreys. Smithfield, F. C. Fitzgerald. Wilders, J. H. Stancil. HONOR ROLL FOR NEW HOPE SCHOOL First grade, teacher, Miss Emma Strickland: Thurman Lee, Lessie Mae Lee, Hiram Johnson, Elmo Lee and Clennie Lee. Second grade teacher, Miss Emma Strickland: Emerson Coates and Hazel Sanders. Fourth grade, teacher, Mrs. Ma lissa Moore: Pauline Temple, Va die Lee and Everett Ford. Fifth grade, teacher, Mrs. Ma lissa Moore: Nina Upchurch, Rob ert Temple, Thomas Temple, Ruth Lee and Evelyn Sanders,
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