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> ) Smithfield Tobacco Warehouses are selling tobacco as high or higher than any warehouse in the state. 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., TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1982 EIGHT PAGES TODAY NUMBER 98 Big Fire In The Business District 'A m e v i c an Dollai Store’s Stock Mer chandise and Build ing Owned By E. P. Lore Burned Satur A fire loss variously estimated at between twenty and twenty five thousand dollars was sustain ed here Saturday night when the store occupied by the American Dollar Store was destroyed. The store closed at ten o’clock, and twenty-five or thirty minutes later when the fire alarm was turned in the fire was well under way. The fire, whicn originated in the sec ond story of the building, proved to be quite stubborn and it was about one o’clock before it was fin ally subdued. The heroic work of the local fire company and the Selma company which came to help fight the flames, prevented the fire from spreading to any other building, though at times it looked as if the Capitol cafe, next doojt, might ttatch. There was some water dam Wtfe to the Capitol cafe, but with tins exception, the wreckage wras confined to the one building. Lo cated in the center of the business district, it might have been a more disastrous fire, but for the effic ient fire-fighting apparatus of both Smithfield and Selma and their firemen. The stock of goods, including considerable Christmas merchan dise, of the American Dollar store, was a total loss, and nothing re mains of the building except the brick walls. The building belonged to Mr. E. P. Lore, whose loss is partly covered with insurance in the amount of $10,000. Mr. .Sol Bane, proprietor of the American Dollar store had $3,500 insurance, and the proprietor of a shoe de partment had his stock of shoes insured for $1,000. A BD ALL A-VINSON STORE HERE TO BE DISCONTINUED After a six-months’ stay in Smithfield the Abdalla-Vinson store Jrcompany will discontinue its store here and its proprietor, Tom Ab dalla, will devote his time and energy to the Selma store which operates under the same firm name. In the early fall, Mr. Abcfalla leas ed the store belonging to Mr. J. D. Spiers on the corner of Market and Third streets, and he says he has done good, business. Not being able to conduct the two stores con veniently, the lease of the Spiers building has been disposed of, and Nassiff Bros., of Wagram will take charge by the first of the year. It is not known at this time what kind of merchandise the new firm will carry. METHODIST LADIES SERVING A TURKEY DINNER The Missionary Society of the Methodist church will serve a tur key dinner in the church dining; room today (Tuesday) from twelve until two o’clock. The usual annual bazaar will not be held. A liberal patronage will be appreciated. ^I)R. HOOKS IMPROVES AFTER SECOND OPERATION Friends of Dr. Thel Hooks will be glad to learn that he is im improving again after a second op eration on his foot. lie was taken back to the Johnston County Hos pital Friday evening and a toe \vas amputated. i 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. (Miss) Neta Ennis deciph ered her name last issue. Today’* Tantalizer: eaudsoaehnlmv Engaged to Joie Ray Pretty and shapely Alice Eld famous Boston swimmer,' las become engaged to Joie Kay, ainous marathon runner <*— ~ i Local Unit Cotton Association Meets T. 15. Webster Addresses the/1 Members on “Trend of the f Market; Other Talks Made j by Messrs Curry and Slack -♦- l The regular monthly meeting of 1 the Johnston county members of j the North Carolina Cotton Crow- • ers Association was held in the courthouse Friday afternoon at 2:JO o’clock. Mr. A. J. Whitley, 1 Jr., chairman of the local organ- 1 ization, presided over the meet- ^ ing. Mr. F. B. Webster, of the j 1 Raleigh office, was introduced and j1 he made a most interesting talk jc on the “trend of the market.” P Each of the fifty or more members r present received information from I * Mr. Webster that will help him j in marketing his cotton. Mr. Currie, of the Government ‘ Experiment Station in Edgecombe * county, made a brief talk concern ing the kind of seed to plant, 1 spacing and fertilizers. It is sig- c nificant that only through the as- * sociation, or from the government ' test farms, can the best informa- ^ tion along this line be obtained in ^ North Carolina. Mr. J. B. Slack, county agent A for Johnston. Sampson and Har nett counties was present anil spoko briefly on the value of raising live- * stock. lie announced that on Tues- ^ day evening (this evening) Mr. W. 1 W. Shay, swine specialist of State College, would deliver a public ad- * dress in the Benson school audi toriu m. The next meeting of the local ' organization of the cotton associa- 5 tion will be held on Friday, Janu- * ary 11. Fertilizers will be the special topic for this meeting. Mr. Stallings Loses Mule. ' Mr. B. E. Stallings, of Smith- - field, route 2. had the misfortune ! to have a $300 mule die yesterday. 1 The mule was taken sick Sunday. ( BEN. I). C. JOHNSON BREACH < AT WILSON’S MILLS i Rev. 1). C. Johnson, pastor of St. Mary’s Grove Freewill church, will preach Sunday afternoon at two o’clock at the Baptist church in Wilson’s Mills. The public is cor dially invited. SHARK PLUG RAMBIERS TO BROADCAST AT WPTF The Spark Plug Ramblers of this city, led by Tub’ Watson, will broadcast over Station WPTF in Raleigh tonight between six and eight o’clock. The program will consist of a number of negro .spirituals anj melodies. BOX PARTY There will be a hex party at Rehobeth school Friday night, De cember 14. Everybody is invited. LILY B. DAUGHTRY, MARY G. HOLLAND, Teachers. Negro Is Caught With The Goods Constable Talton On Way To Answer Call In Selma Comes On Thief With Auto Tire and Small Change T. E. Talton, constable for Smithfield township with county wide jurisdiction, was called to Selma early Sunday morning about three o’clock, and incidentally kill ed two birds with one stone, mak- ! ing two arrests. The call to Selma proved to have been issued by Vick j Brown, who gave a fictitious name i ind the result was that Brown himself was placed under arrest. Before Constable Talton reached Selma, however, he came upon an other offender of the law, who is low in jail in default of bond iwaiting trial in Superior court. Vs the officer neared' the overhead nidge near Selma he met a negro vith an automobile tire around his leek and with bulging pockets. Hhe negro presented a suspicious ooking figure and Constable Tal on turned back to investigate. I'he negro proved to be James I'homas of Smithfield. In his lockets were found several inner ' ubes. Forty pennies and a dime Iso fell out, and the officer sug ;ested that he robbed a cash reg stor. The negro, caught with the ;oods, confessed to having broken pen the filling station of the •elma Motor company, located in ront of the Selma Baptist church. A preliminary hearing was giv n him before It. W. Etheridge, [elma magistrate. Probable cause •‘as found and he was hound over o Superior court under a $500 IKS. W. 1{. SNEAI) PASSES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER The death of Mrs. W. R. Snead ccurrcd at the home of her daugh er, Mrs. Ransom Mtissengill in •entonville township Saturday ight about nine-thirty o’clock, fter a lingering illness. The de based, who was. 59 years of age, ?aves a husband1 and seven chil ren. as follows: Mrs. Massengill, Irs. Willis Stuart, Walter Snead nd Hubert Snead, of Bentonville; Irs. Pryor Dark and Howard nead, of Sanford; and Wayland nead of this city. The funeral was held Sunday fternoon at Antioch Methodist hurch and interment was made in he church cemetery. The services •ere conducted by Rev. Chas. ohnson, pastor of Stuart's Chapel Teewill church. Mrs. Snead was a tember of the Freewill church at lew Hope. Mr. anil Mrs. Snead lived in this ity for a number of years, but a ew months ago on account of ad health, they went to live with heir daughter. Those from this city who attend d the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. . W. Keen, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. ohnson, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wel ms, Mrs. Neva A Royall who is sister of the deceased, Miss Bet ie Lee Sanders and Mr. Zo LeMay. IN MEM OKI AM On Monday, November 7, the eath angel visited the home of fr. and Mrs. A. E. Deans and took rom them their darling baby, )avid Lee. He was born on De cmlher lb, 31)27, making his stay in earth ten months and twelve lays. It was hard to give him up >ut God knew best. He was sick or only a short while with pneu nunia. All was done for him that •ouId be done by doctor, friends md relatives. He leaves to mourn lis loss a heart-broken father and nother and a host of relatives and The funeral services were con lueted at the home of the grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Pitt man of near Pine Level on Thurs day afternoon by Rev. Johnnie Wei Ions of Micro. The little body was laid to rest in the Oliver cemetery beneath a mound of beautiful flowers in the presence of many sorrowing relatives and friends. Never will your memory fade. Gone but not. forgotten. Loving hearts will always linger. ‘Round the new made grave where you are laid. Written by a heart-broken aunt, OMEGA PITTMAN. Pi incoton, N. C. ED HUGH LEE, JR. INSTANTLY KILLED AUTOMOBILE WRECK Employe of Debnam Buick Co., Victim of Auto Accident Five Miles West of Town Kd Hugh Lee, Jr., employe of Dobnam Buiek company of this city, was instantly killed early Fiiday morning on highway num ber 10 about five miles west of here when an automobile which he was steering collided with a heavy truck parked on the road’. Mr. Lee was alone in a disabled car being towed toward Smithfield by another automobile. He. with his wife, had been in Raleigh Thursday and motor trouble de veloped on his return trip. He had made an early start Friday morn ing to bring the disabled car back to this city for repairs. The acci dent occurred shortly before day when the two machines approach 'd the parked truck around a curve. The driver of the front car swerv 'd suddenly out of the way of the »ig liuck, but Mr. Lee had no time io change the course of his car ;md his automobile plowed into | the rear of the truck. The impact of the car against the truck was so great that Mr. , Lee’s body was wedged between I the front seat and the hood. It was some time before the body j could be extricated. Mr. Lee was the son of Mr. Ed! Hugh Lee. city tax collector of ; Raleigh. He was only 24 years of age. He was recently married to I Miss Mildred Richardson, daugh- j ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Rich-I ardson of Wendell. Resides his widow, Mr. Lee leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I’.d Hugh Lee of Raleigh; his grandmother, Mrs. Ophelia Lee, of Wendell; a sister, Mrs. Earl'Letts, of Greensboro; and a brother, Mr. Walter Lee, of Raleigh. Funeral services were held Sat urday morning at eleven o’clock from the home of his parents on East Eden ton street. Kenly Man Hurt By Automobile Henry Watkins Brought To Hospital Alter Automobile Accident — Other Kenly News KENLY, Dec. 10.—Thursday ' .fternoon Henry Watkins, a white nan who lives in town on number 2 highway, was knocked down by . . passing automobile and is in the i ohnston County Hospital in a se ious condition. As Mr. Watkins topped from behind a wagon he ras struck by a car driven by esse Brantly, of near Selma. The ! ccident was said to be unavoid- , ble. Mr. Watkins was taken to 1 )r. J. C. Grady’s office and given medical assistance, then rushed to ! he hospital by Mr. Brantly. Birth Announcement. Mr. and Mrs. Will Pierce an ounce the birth of a son, William Libert, on Monday, November 20, t their home here. Mrs. Pierce efore her marriage was Miss Jladys Holland of Nahunta. Attend Game in Chapel Hill. Attending the football game in ’hapel Hill from here were: Miss | ’ranees Woodhouse, Mr. Solon R. | )otton, Miss Nolda Anderson, 1 -lisses Klouise and Elsie Grady, | liss Lois Culler, Miss Eleanor iatcher and Mrs. I.. E. Hooks. Miss Godwin At Home. Miss Frances Godwin is at home rom Louisburg until after Christ mas. The college will be closed un it after the holidays on account of he main building being partly de troyed by fire early Wednesday morning, December 0. Personals. Mr. and Mrs. I). W. Sasser and ittle Willie Gray, of Wilson, were he quests of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. I ill Tuesday evening;. Mrs. Hank R. Simmons and two ! laughters, of Goldsboro, spent Sat- j irda.v with Mrs. Simmons’s father, dr. R. A. Hales. Miss Nettie Harris and Miss dcWhorter spent the week end in dacon. Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Pulley, Mrs. C. Wilkinson and daughter, Mrs. j M. R. Winders, spent Saturday j norning in Goldsboro. Miss Mary Lee Hooks, who :eaches in the Micro school, spent he week end at home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Hooks. Mr. and Mrs. II. F. Edgerton have returned from Atlanta, Ga., where they spent several days with relatives. Mr. J. E. Jones and Miss Annie Aycock spent Tuesday in Golds Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hollowell and Miss Eulalia Darden went to Selma Tuesday night to see ‘King of Kings.’ Mr. Clarence Rae of Windsor was the guest of Mr. J. W. Darden Sunday. Miss Peggy Sherrod, of Raleigh, was the guest of Miss Mildred Darden last Sunday. Mrs. J. Fletcher Hill spent last Turn to page four Cotton Goes Down After Crop Report Government Estimates of 11,* 373,000 Bales About 300,- 1 000 More Than Expected NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—Cotton prices broke nearly $3 per bale, and recovered only slightly on the New York cotton exchange today when the government’s final crop estimate placed the yield at 14, 373.000 bales, or about 300,000 bales more than the trade had ex pected. Average of trade estimates had placed the yield at 14100,000 bales, while in some quarters a report of 14.200.000 was expected, with in dications of heavy liquidation if the actual figures approximated that total. The decline apparently was precipitated by selling orders from the south and unloading by houses with Wall street connec tions.—Associated Press. 1 i : t t 1 WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—The ! department of agriculture today t forecast the 1928 cotton crop at t 1-4,373,000 equivalent 500 pound bales in its final estimates of the - season. The census bureau at the same time reported total ginnings of the 1928 crop prior to December 1 at ? 12.501,618. Production in 1927 was 12,955,- c "iiii bales; in 192(i it was 17,977,- ’ 000 and in 1925 a total of 10,104, 000 bales was grown. The department in announcing the estimate said that “the final to- l lal ginnings for the season will 1 depend on whether the various in fluences, affecting the harvesting of the portion of the crop still in the field, will be more or less fav orable than usual.” The acreage for harvest was re ported as 45,320,00 acres and the per cent of abandonment since ! July 1, was given as 3.4 per cent and the indicated yield per acre of lint cotton was placed at 151.8 pounds. The department said that on July 1, the acreage in cultiva tion was 40,943,000 acres. The total yield of lint cotton per acre on the area for harvest of 151.8 pound's compared with 151.8 pounds in 1927 and 155.8 for the five year average 1922-1920, and with 156.3 pounds for the ten year average.—Associated Press. TOBACCO MARKET CLOSES DECEMBER 19 The Smithfield tobacco mar ket "ill close for the Christ mas holidays on Wednesday, December 19. This market has sold this year around five and a half million pounds of to bacco, or about a million and a quarter more than was sold here all last season. Tobacco, according to local warehouse men, is still selling well. 1 J. 0. Herring Passes Away In Durham Funeral Held Saturday In Raleigh; Deceased Came Here Five Years Ago and j Established 1.umber Busi ness The death of Mr. J. O. Herring:, of this city, occurred Friday morn ing- in Durham where he had gone to receive treatment for cancer of I the stomach. Mr. Herring had been sick for several months, and his death was not unexpected. The funeral service was con ducted from the home of his sis ters in Raleigh Saturday morning by Rev. F. S. Love, pastor of Eden ton Street Methodist church. In terment was made in Oakwood cemetery. Those attending the fun eral from here were Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Gillett, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. cordon, Mr. G. E. Thornton, Mr. ind Mrs. J. A. Johnson, Mrs. Bur- • on Jones, Miss Nell Wellons, • Messrs. Guy Lee, Chas. Grady and Marvin Woodall. Mr. Herring came to Smithfield Tom Sampson county about five rears ago and established the Her ing Lumber company and was one if the progressive business men of his city. He was a member of the viwanis club. About two years ago he was mar ried to Miss Lucy Herring, of 'linton, who survives him. He als0 eaves five sisters and two broth THE INTELLECTUAL LIFE It is refreshing to note that a nemorandum from the Student Council has been addressed to the i miversity authorities at Yale for nulating a series of reforms up olding the proposition that a ollege is primarily a place for tudy, and only incidentaly for so ial and athletic recreation. This will be refreshing to a umber of fathers who are dig ing in to pay the expenses of heir sons at school and hereto ore have been worried because hose sons seem to be more in vested in sports and in social ad antages than in intellectual im rovement. Of course every healthy hoy is iterested in athletics and is anx >us to form proper social connec ions. But the general impression revails among fathers that boys ught to go to school to improve 1 hemselves from the chin up and ot from the chin down. j It has been too often the case aat boys have attached a social tigma to those who get class . larks higher than C. Those whc o in for study have been char cterized as “sharks” or “grinds.” Reference to one’s studies in so- t ial life has been looked upon with , isdain and the only thing to be oasted is a place on the football earn or the rowing crew. Of course a boy is a health} nimal and he doesn’t care to be ubjected to intellectual snobbery ut at the same time, this New laven memorandum asserts, r ollege finds its reason for being nd its prestige in the achieve ments of the intellectual minority mong students. It has been generally presumed hat the youth of the country is omewhat wild and is out for r ;ood time only. Those who empha ize the things that are intellectua1 n any group of people must neces* arliy be in the minority, but it is efreshing to see that this minori- i y has been coming in to better •epute during the last fifteen .ears. There are probably quite \ is many serious-minded youths ir he country as there ever were. Vouth is not at all out for a wastrel l‘tfe. There still remain luite a number of the elect. And :>n the whole the prospect for a setter world in the future is very bright. This memorandum suggests that after the first two years the men who are assiduous in their stud ies are to be separated from those who are going in for a good time and barely enough study to get by. The honor men’s instructors should be largely tutorial and they should have the best men on the It is needless to say this pro posal of the undergraduates has the entire sympathy of the facul ty. First National Of Benson Is Closed Factory to Opera miss v_iaia jatyuo, lurincr laLior girl, soon to tn£ke her debut at th Metropolitan Opera House, Ne\ Vork, shown -singing and' playin; the piano while the pet dog listen Superior Court Utslev Pilkington Case Set For This Morning Will Pro bably Keep Court Busy For Two Days The December term of the Su erior court of Johnston county pened here Monday morning at 0 o’clock and will continue for wo weeks. Judge Frank A. Dan ds of Goldsboro, was presiding, nd Clawson L. Williams was here ) prosecute the docket. Court pened promptly at 10 o’clock and te business proceeded immediate r. Clifford Austin of Clayton was amed foreman of the grand jury, nd J. J. Batten of Smithfield was amed officer to the body. There are more than 100 cases ?t for trial during the two weeks, ad it is not generally thought lat all of the cases can be tried, he trial of the case, State v. Aus y Pilkington. in which the State larges the defendant with the under of Everett Eason during le latter part of August, was set )r Monday, but several minor ises came in for attention and lis case was continued until this orning. This is one of the most nportant cases on the docket and will probably consume fully two ays before a verdict can be reach 1 Pilkington has been in jail nee the coroner’s inquest in de au 11 of $2,500 bond which was ! xed by the coroner at the time | f the inquest. No new matters were opened i Liring the morning session Mon- ; ay, nothing claiming the attention j t’ the court except several old ! ises that have been continued j *om term to term for various I ?asons. The following out-of-town law- 1 i*rs are here attending the ses- ! ion of the court: Oliver Rand, of Wilson; J. C. Clifford, J. E. Young, harles Guy and H. L. Godwin, of unn; W. H. Massey, of Prince mi James Raynor, of Benson, and .. L. Ray, of Selma. December ION OR ROLL FOR THE PRINCETON SCHOOL The following pupils of the Tinceton school were neither ab ent nor tardy during tJhe first lonlh of school and averaged above 0 on all subjects: Second Grade: Ertle Hewett, j larie Fitzgerald, Ruth Arline Holt. !arl Adams, Rudolph Hinnant, Ru- i olph Denning Francis Williamson, ' ’ermoti Edwards. Third Grade: Bertha Braswell, fcuby Lee Langley, Norman Tart, dyde Woodard, Irene Worley, rhelma Barden, Grace Aycock. Fourth Grade: Robert G. Wat on, Cleo Rains, Mattie Louise Ed vards, Inez Brewer, Loraine Wood Fifth Grade: Julia Holt, Edna Sarle Kirby, Margaret Sasser, Sleanor Young, Earl Capps. Sixth Grade: Annie Louise Suggs, Gracie Radford. “Jack told me he could live on 11 y kisses forevei.” “Are you going to let him?” “Not till I find out what I'm joing to live on!” * -• Several Causes Con tribute To Action Taken Saturday —Attorney’s Opin ion That Depositor’s Loss Will Be Small The First National Bank of Ben son closed its doors Saturday. A gradual withdrawal of deposits over a period of about sixty days is said to have been a factor in the closing of the bank, people having become disturbed since the bank failure some time ago in Dunn. The immediate cause of the closing was when notice was re ceived Saturday that the Federal Reserve Bank had refused to ex tend further credit. The bank in prosperous times not so far dis tant, erected a handsome building that cost around $170,000, since which time values have deflated and this also figured in the shut ting down of the bank. Mr. M. T. Britt, the president of [he bank, is said to be perhaps the heaviest loser, a big block of the stock belonging to him. Mr. L. L. Levinson, attorney for the bank, who was in the city yes terday, is of the opinion that de positors will get from 75 to 85 per cent of their deposits. Most of the notes held by the bank, he said, are collectible and that in a short time. Mr. Levinson also stated that the other Benson bank, the Citizens Bank and Trust company is in good shape and is expecting no trouble. NEGRO FREED AFTER CORONER S INQUEST Following the automobile acci dent Friday morning which result ed in the death of Mr. Ed Hugh Lee of this city, Erben Pooler, ne ?ro of Raleigh, who was the driver 3f the truck parked on the road was taken into custody under a 52500 bond to await the coroner’s investigation. Saturday the coro ner empaneled a jury as follows: E. F. Faircloth, C. R. Cable, H. R. Faircloth, R. E. Thomas, G. R. Adams and Charlie Bryant. The deliberations of the jury were com pleted yesterday, and the negro was freed. After examining ten witnesses, the jury found no viola tion of the law, but the death of the young man was found to have been caused by carelessness and negligence. The truck w-as owned by the Caviness Produce company and this company was represented by Attorney J. A. Narron of this city. John W. Hinsdale, Jr., of Raleigh, represented the prosecution. HOME H. P. BARNES. NEAR ARCHER LODGE, DESTROYED Mr. Hunter P. Barnes, who lives near Archer Lodge, lost his home by a fire Saturday night f ( out 0:30 o’clock, according to y _,orts received here. Everything was burned except a few articles of furniture which were saved after the fire was discovered. The loss is estimated at $3,000. Aunt Roxie Opines By Me— “Ef dis is what de ’Publikins calls prawsperity dey aont us, Pd like to see de fokes who rally got i it. j “P. S. I don’t think big feet is I as much a disgrace as de big i hade.” _ _
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