■rehouses
fig tobacco
■f^n or higher
rhan any warehouse
in the state.
7TH YEAR
Johnston County’s Oldest and
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.
SIX PAGES TODAY
SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 1. 1929
SIX PAGES TODAY NUMBER 1
By Arthur Brisbane
CEP SKA FISH AND MEN
K WISE—KEEP PREPARED
IHE SOCIALIST VOTE—
IN.MERU A S FIVE BIG MEN
Scientists study fishes that live
i mile 'below the ocean surface.
Bring them to the top, removing
the water pressure, they burst
Human beings live at the bot
om of an atmospheric ocean, 500
niles deep. If you took us to
the top we probably should burst,
and we should surely die. Man
cannot live even ten mile* up, to
say nothing of 500 miles.
We pity the poor, submerged
deep sea fish, leading such dull
1ivcs. They would pity the poor
ubmerged poor among human
goings.
Science says all of earth’s life
|uas once in the ocfcan. Some an
climbed on the land, (level
led lungs in place of the fish’s
Ider, ears in place of gills,
were included in that mi
on to land. Other animals
more ambitious, learned to
the birds.
\mong human beings a few,
[il’ike, fly above the level of
• itv to the realms of wealth,
they get there, they, like
I birds are safe. Rut, like the
they don't do much think
They don’t have to think.
Mr. Broun, known the world
as the recalcitrant stormy
the
be
fif
bctrel of thought, quarrels
’resident Coolidge because
■ddent speaks of gi»od wil
u nations, then asks for
cruisers.
I halt’s not inconsistent.
>ther nations know that we
get the fifteen cruisers, and fifty
if we want them. And that cre
ates the “good will.”
The
can
b -
Broun asks, “Is a man who
goes out into the world armed
only with faith more timid than
e who carries weapons ?” Of
Iourse he is. Look at the rabbit. \
4e cai*ries no weapon, and is
aore timid than tie lion or the
wolf, that has a mouthful of
| .voapons.i
You can't he truly courageous
f mless yon are wise. And if you
L ire wise, you keep prepared.
A Socialists of the country dis
over with grief and surprise
hat their presidential candidate.
Norman Thomas, polled only
100,000 \Mes, against more than
35.000. 000 for Governor Smith and
22.000. 000 for Herbert Hoover.
Debs, in 1012, got nearly 900,
I H)0 votes.
However,
i'C downcast,
i. hard time,
iroaperity
lity, the “v
. When pool
t. they ha^
>out Socialid
ialists nee<l not
i* candidate had
running; against
,0t>0 Coolidgc plu
e'.-dry” question,
c are as busy as
1't time to think
ogers selects an “All
n Team’' of ability, as fol
us A. Edison, Henry Ford.
Hoover, John I). Rocke
•lr., and Lindbergh.
Jh*n to page five, please
Tantalizer
^iere 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
1 name and will present it to the
Herald office, we will present
him with a free ticket to the
Victory Theatre. Tickets must
kbe called for before the follow
ng issue.
^ ck Brady deciphered his
name last issue.
Today’s Tantalizer:
e epet oners
Rumor Of Salary
Cuts Co. Officers
Practically Every Office In
Court House May Feel Ef
fect; Same Officials Dis
persed With
The county board of commis
sioners met here last Friday and
from what can be learned, a
number of drastic changes in the
courthouse salary schedule were
agreed upon. Rumor has it that
every office in the courthouse will
feel the effects of salary reduc
tion, and rum to also has it that
some of the officeholders are none
to complacent over it. The regis
ter of deeds, the sheriff and
some of the office help are among
those who have been mentioned
to come in for salary cuts. It is
talked that other offices that have
not yet been notified of a cut will
share the general wage slashing.
Details of the wage reductions at
this time are not available.
The commissioners at their
meeting here Friday are said to
have reversed an action taken
recently in the appointment of G.
E. Weeks as special prohibition
officer. Mr. Weeks was given this
position a short time ago after
the presentation of a petition
signed by a number of his friends
and neighbors. The original res
olution carried the recommenda
tion for three such officers in or
der that prohibition enforcement
might he more effective but only
one at that time was approved,
and now it is said the decision has
been made to dispense with the
services of this one prohibition
Anotner oruciai in me person
rf Mr. F. C. Fitzgerald, brother
of Sheriff A. J. Fitzgerald, is
said to have been dropped. Mr.
Fitzgerald has been serving as
deputy since the Republicans went
into office on first Monday and
mote recently as traffic cop.
Ii is understood that the tw-o
negro janitors, dim Jernigan and
“Uncle” Richmond Sanders, were*
hired, both of tbesc negroes being
efficient janitors. They served as
assistant janitors during the Re
publican administration four years
ago. and through the Democratic
administration of the past two
MRS. R. B. JOHNSON
BURIED AT FREMONT
GOLDSBORO, Dec. 28.—Fun
eral services for Mrs. R. B. John
son, who died suddenly of heart
failure at <1 o’clock Thursday eve
ning at the home of her son, G.
R. Johnson, on West Walnut
street of this city, were held from
the home at 2 o’clock Friday aft
ernoon by Elder J. ('. Griffin, of
the Freewill Baptist church, and
interment was made beside her
late husband in the Fremont cent
Mrs. Johnson is survived by
eleven children, three daughter
and eight suns. The daughters
are: Mrs. ( . E. ['ike. of New
Hope township; Mrs. (’. W. Ros
well. of Fremont, and Mrs. J
E. Aycock, of Kenly. The sons
are: E. A. Johnson, of Rocky
Mount; T. A. Johnson, of Fre
mont; R. E. Johnson, of Greens
boro. W. J. ami R. P. Johnson,
cf Fayetteville, and G. R. and
II. D. Johnson, of Goldsboro.
SHANNON PLAYERS
PLEASE P.Ki A1’I HENCE
The Shannon Players opened a
three day contract here last night
at the Sanders theatre with the
play, “In Self Defense,” which
was well received by quite a big
audience. The play presented last
night was a snappy comedy drama
, interspersed with a beautiful love
story. The vaudeville hits between
acts was quite a feature < f the
entertainment. This company car
ries its own orchestra. The Shan
non Players will play this the
atre tomorrow and Wednesday
night and the theatre-going pub
lic will do well to go out and en
joy an evening of fun and en
tertainment.
Mrs. N. H. Howell and Mr. E.
Roy Howell, of Norfolk, Va.,
spent the week end with Miss
J Lallah Rookh Stephenson.
VERY PROMISING
By'ALBERT T. REID |
What To Do With Influenza
Told By N. C. Health Chief
SMITH FIELD SCHOOL NOT
TO' OPEN UNTIL MONDAY
Hccause there has been an
increase in the number of
cases of influenza in this im
mediate section, it was de
cided yesterday not to open
the school here until Monday.
.January 7. So far as is known,
there are no serious cases,
and it is hoped that by next
week the disease will be on
the wane. Reports from the
Wilson’s .Mills and Four Oaks
schools which opened yester
day. stated that there was the
usual attendance indicating
that influenza was not so pre
valent in those sections.
Rules For Janitors
Of County Schools
In the meeting of the Board of
Education on October I, the fol
lowing order was passed:
The Board then discussed the
employment, payment, qualifica
tions, etc., of janitors for the sev
eral schools of the county. Con
sidering the fact that the county
pays for all of the repairs nec
essary to he done on all building?
of the county, and that the serv
ice? of the janitor in a large
manner determines the amount of
repairs necessary to be done, and
still further that in al] of the
eight-month schools the county
pays for three-fourths of the jan
itor's salary and the district one
fourth, and in all of the nine
mouth schools the county pays
for two-thirds and the district
one-third of the annual salary of
the janitor, it was the sense of
the hoard that janitors be consid
ered as county employees rather
than district employees, and the
superintendent was instructed to
work out rules and regulations
governing' the employment, pay
and duties of all janitors; and
further that he call a meeting of
the janitors and explain their du
ties to them.
Pursuant to this order and with
'the aid of the superintendent and
principals, County Superintendent
worked out a number of rules and
regulations concerning the quali
fications and duties of the jani
I tors which have been put into ef
fect. These rules which should
j prove a benefit both to fhe jani
I tors and to the county are as fol
lows :
1. All janitors are deemed coun
hV employees and not district em
ployees and are responsible di
rectly to the superintendent, or
[yincipal, of. the school of which
(Turn to page four)
Dr. Laughinhouse Ad
vises Going to Bed
at First Sign
How to avoid flu and what to
do if you fail tu avoid it. is
the text taken by Dr. Chas, O'H.
Laughinghouse, State Health Ofti
cer, for a series of epigrams on
tiu* malady which is sweeping tIn
state.
The Laughinghouse paragraphs
follow:
If you have flu, your family,
your friends, your customers, and
the public will feel grateful if you
stay at home and go to bed.
Flu hits over-tired people. It
strikes where resistance is low
through lack of sleep and over
work. It may not be easy to cut
down work or pleasure, but it is
easier than having Flu. Self-sac
Avoid crowds.
Stay out of doors.
Keep away from people who
couch and snooze.
Wash your nostrils out well ev
Wash your hands before eating.
Use plenty of water inside and
Avoid over-heated rooms.
If you take flu, take it lying
down.
Take it to bed with you until
you conquer it.
Take no medicine excel t that
advised by your doctor.
Take the Flu lying do . n. (’all
the doctor. Keep calm.
Open schools in North Carolina
as usual after the holiday?.
Children should be sent home
from school as soon as fever is
evidenced, and they should be put
to bed.
Close contacts are unavoidable,
whether in school or out.
It is better for children to be in
school under supervision.
The surest single means ol
preventing serious cases of flue is
to go to bed the moment colds,
aching and fever develop. This
protects the individual from pneu
monia and other complications,
and it also protects the public
agaist contacts.
We are forced to placte our main
reliance in this epidemic upon
the co-operation of nature with
our individual common sense. Na
ture will do its part. We can help
first by avoiding infection and
second by not requiring nature to
attend to our business, our pleas
ure and our flu a'l at the same
time.
If you have flu, go t0 bed and
Clayton Citizen
Victim Influenza
Mr Clem Bryant Dies at Hex
Hospital; Funeral at Ben
son Sunday Afternoon
A victim of influenza, followed
by pneumonia. Mr. Clem Bryant
of near Clayton passed away at
Rex lld.-'pftal, Raloiyh, Saturday
morning. Mr. Bryant was taken
rick on Sunday, Dee. 2M and on
Friday he was carried to the hos
The body was taken to his home
near Clayton Saturday afternoon,
and Sunday afternoon it was
t: u..n to Benson, the old home of
the deceased, for burial. The
funeral was conducted by Rev. J.
A. Campbell, president of Camp
bell College, Buie’s Creek. A
Inrye crowd was present at the
Benson cemetery where the serv
ice was conducted to pay a last
tribute of respect to the depart
ed.
The pallbearers were Joe Hardy,
(’has. Gulley, C. H. Beddingfield,
P>. M. Robertson, Swadc Barbour,
Robbie Sanders and J. B. God
win.
The deceased leaves a wife,
who was before her marriage Miss
Idly Parrish of Benson. tw0 sons,
Mr. George Bryant, who lives
near Clayton, and Mr. Norvelle
Bryant, a member of the Clayton
school faculty.
Mrs. Bryant and both sons were
confined to their beds with influ
enza and were unable t(( attend
the funeral.
Selma Presbyterian Church.
We are now about to step out
into a new year, which has in
store for most of us what might
well be represented by X. But
whatever may come or go, let us
resolve to love Him better and
rhow it through service.
Come, let us worship together
next Sunday night .at 7:30.
I). F. WADDELL, Pastor.
let the restorative forces of your
body center themselves on your
own personal figst against flu.
Fever i< a sure sign the fight i >
on. Begin the light early, but
fight lying down.
Use common sense methods in
the light against flu. Be a sport;
don't give it to others.
The average man takes pride in
his own capacity to safeguard
himself. Soreness and fever are
nature’s warning. It is an invita
tion to assist, not to annoy.
Cooperate with nature’s mys
terious power of fighting disease
ty going to bed during this epi
demic of flu just as soon as you
ache or have fever.
\
V
Student Night At
Baptist Church
Young College Sludents Tell
of Activities In Speci.il
Service Sunday Night
“Student Night’’ was observed
at the Baptist church last Sunday
night, when college students from
several i»f the North Carolina col
lege made addresses. Julian Book
er, a student in Guilford College,
told of life in this Quaker col
lege, with about 300 students.
Mi: s Juanita Sorrell discussed es
pecially the religious influences
and activities in Meredith College,
surprising many of her n
by telling how varied are these
activities and how pronounced are
the religious influences. All stu
dents are required to take a Bi
ble course in Religious Education
during their four years. John Ar
thur Wallace and S. L. Morgan,
Jr., spoke of like in Wake Forest
College, together giving a com
posite picture of the college very
satisfactory to the hearers. All
the addresses weveconsidered ex
cellent for the young people, and
were much enjoyed. Other ad
dresses from students in this con
gregation were expected, hut for
various reasons several of them
were not present. These were
Miss Mattie Lassiter, of Meredith,
Messrs. Wm. C. and T. J. Lassi
ter, who were out of town, and
Miss Ann Elizabeth Radford, who
recently underwent an operation
for appendicitis, these last three
being students in Duke University.
UNUSUAL EXPERIENCE
WITH A RABBIT
Mr. J. F. Thornton of Benton
ville was in town yesterday and
told us of an unusual experience
which he had with a rabbit last
Thursday afternoon. He said that
Jesse Martin Edwards was rabbit
hunting: near his place. The dogs
jumped a rabbit and the rabbit,
in order to evade capture ran
into Mr. Thornton’s tobacco barn.
M Thornton followed suit to
help bag the game, and when he
did the rabbit ran up one trouser
leg. Mr. Thorntoi\ said he grab
bed Br’or Rabbit by the head and
for a few minutes they had a
lively scuffle. Mr. Thornton was
victor and soon dangled the rab
bit by his hind legs.
1 . V. (OATES IS DEATH
VICTIM OF INFLUENZA
Mr. O. V. Coates passed away
at his home in Raleigh Sunday
afternoon following a brief ill
ness of influenza and pneumonia.
Mr. Coates was about thirty-five
years of age.
The funeral was held yester
day afternoon and interment took
place in the family burying
ground near his old home in
Cleveland township. The deceased
is survived by a wife and four
small children.
Buildings Being Remodeled.
AVork began yesterday on E. p.
Bore's store building on Market
street which was recently de
stroyed by fire. This building
which was burned just before the
Christmas holidays was occupied
by the American Dollar Store.
Rogers and Eowrimore have the
contract and the store is ex
pected to he ready for occupancy
again in about six weeks.
The building at the rear of the
old post office is also being remod
eled by Rogers and Eowrimore,
contractors. When completed this
building will be occupied by the
Western Union Telegraph com
pany. The property belongs to
Everett S. Stevens.
Public Demons!ration Today.
The Mechanical Painting Ma
chine Company, Inc., will give a
public demonstration of the oper
ation of Hickman's highway
marking and painting machine to
day and tomorrow on Second
street, two blocks north of the
courthouse. The public is invited
to attend this demonstration.
“Hear about the fellow who in
vented- a device for looking
through a brick wall?”
‘‘No: What does lie call it?”
“A window, sap!”
Three Johnston
Co. Men Killed
Marriage Licenses
issued in December
List of White C ouples Reach
es Sixty-Four. B e t o r e
Month Is Out
In December up to the ‘28th. the
Register of Deeds of Johnston
couiO.y issued sixty-four mariiage
licence? to white couples. The
lift is as follows:
Willie Homer Thompson and
Miss SaHie ’Black of Selma; Hugh
Milton Capps and Miss Christine
Lee of Selma; Arthur Clarence
West and Eva Thelma Jones of
Wilson’s Mills; Cornelius E. Jer
nigan of Ar.gier and Miss Lola
Mae Hardison of Benson; Percell
C. Brown of Wendell and Miss
Mattie Helen Gay of Clayton;
C'nas. T. Godwin and Miss Annie
Huth Hines of Clayton; Wade H.
Evans of Princeton and Miss Lil
lian Ferrell of Goldsboro; N. M.
Phillips and Miss Myrtle Lee of
Selina; Willis Hudson of Ben
lonville and Miss Eugenia Lee of
Dunn; Joseph I). Thomas of
Kenly and Miss Mary Eliza Hol
loman of Pine* Level; William
Major Jones of Micro and Miss
Myrtie Watson of Lucama; Row
land Howell of Wilson’s Mills and
-'iiss hunonie Johnson of hour
Oaks; Jasper L. Pittman of Kenly
and Miss Mary Louise Radford
of Lucama; Melvin Lynch and
Miss Susan Evelyn Barnes of
Selma; Walter Norris and Miss
Christine Hughes of Benson; IJ.
K. Byrd of Four Oaks and Miss
'ihelma Southerland of Smith
hold; Elijah Phillips of Selma and
Miss Ida Pittman of Kenly: Wil
liam Albert Crumplor of Prince
ton and Miss Ruth E. Durham
o' Kenly: Eugene E. Morgan and
Miss Vonnie May Allen of Ben
son. Rufus Phillips and Miss Vi
ola Starling of Selma; Ralph
Stephenson and Miss Alice Lang
dun of Four Oaks: Roy J. Lan
caster and Miss Venna L. God
win of Clayton; ('has. A. Daugh
try and Mrs. Eveline Langley;
Claiborne L. Massey and Miss
Eva Blackman of Selma; Robt
Johnson of Garner and Miss Pearl
E. Coats of Clayton; Jno. R.
Radford and Miss Lou Minnie
Wheeler of Selma; Walter Kep
pler of Selma and Miss Mildred
Price of Clayton; A. D. Howell
and Miss Catherine Norris of
Princeton: T.. E. Daughtry of Pine
Level and Miss Vara Worrells of
Smithtield; John Daniel Munden
01 Four Oaks and Miss Pauline
Pollard of Coats: Robt. Dauglas
Hinton of Wake Forest and Miss
Mary G. Wilder of Wendell; Jo
seph A. Hare and Miss Maude
Hinton of Middlesex: R. J. Jen
notto and Miss Finnic Niekles of
Selma; Rowland Boyette of Kenly
and Miss Alberta Johnson of Lu
cama; Wilburn Me Lamb and Miss
Gurtie Parker of Benson; J. Be
hind Gurley and Miss Ruth Mar
tin of Princeton; Braxton Bar
bour and Miss Margaret Roberts
of Willow Springs. Allen Kenne
dy of Middlesex and Miss Min
nie Ballance of Kenly; W. E.
Comer of Boone and Miss Ilabel
Blackman of Selma; Chester West
of Four Oaks and Miss Annie
Bunn of Clayton: Thel Baker of
Smithfield and Miss Elgie Price
of Wilson’s Mills; James Albert
Lee of Smith field and Miss Alene
Henson of ( lay ton; Samuel Thain
and Miss 1*'I on nit* T.x»e of Pour
Oaks; Leroy Batten and Miss
Nancy C. Wilkins of Smithfield;
Victor Harris of Angier and Miss
Verdin Barbour of Benson; L. II.
Lnnis and Miss Alma Johnson of
Angiei’j J. K. Ballard and Miss
N’ellie May Stewart of Erwin;
Alvin Williams of Kenl.v and Miss
Ada Dunn of Bentonville; J. S.
Moore and Miss Lula Adams of
Four Oaks; J. H. Creech of
Selma an<l Miss Annie Barbour
of Pine Level; I. K. Holly field of
Wendell and Miss Annie G. Dur
ham of Clayton; E. W. Creech
and Miss Lucy E. Godwin of Ben
son; Rudolph Murphy and 51.sp
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Automobile Accident
at Grade Crossing
Near S. C. Causes
Death Wilbur Phil
lips, C. W. and J. A.
Adams
The bodies, of three young
men, Wilbur Phillips, C. W. Ad
ams and J. A. Adams, who were
killed Saturday in an automobile
accident near Dillon, S. C., reach
ed Benson Sunday afternoon and
were taken to their respective
hemes near Benson. The accident
which caused their death occurred
at a grade crossing near Dillon
when a motor car train struck
the automobile in which they
were riding.
The funeral of C. W. and J. A.
Adams was held Sunday after
noon at the Wood cemetery in
Ingrams township near Black
man's Cross Roads.
The funeral of Mr. Phillips was
held yesterday afternoon at Han
nah's Creek Primitive Baptist
STOCK HOLDERS OF
FARMERS BANK MEET
The stockholders of the Far
mers Bank and Trust company
met the hanking rooms of
that institution Thursday after
noon, Dec. 27, at 0:30 o’clock.
This was the annual meeting and
at this time a board of directors
was chosen to sene the ensuing
year. The following board of di
rectors was selected: R. C. Gillett.
I). W. Peterson. W. T. Holland,
Geo. T. Scott. J. E. Woodall, W.
H. Flowers, Dr. J. H. Fitzger
ald, C. L. Sanders, H. V. Rose,
W. J. Huntley, J. P. Rogers, J.
F. Gregory and C. M. Johnson.
FORMER CITIZEN PAYS
SMITHFIELI) A VISIT
Mr. Henry I). Blake of Greens
boro was a visitor in Smithfiekl
Friday. Mr. Blake formerly lived
in this city and operated a gen
eral merchandise and time bus
iness here. He came here in 1881
and did business here for six
years. Until recently, Mr. Blake
lived in Delaware where he
was connected with a fertilizer
factory. He was interested in the
improvements in Smithfield. While
here he hunted up the cottage
where he brought his bride in
1888, this being the residence now
occupied by Rev. D. H. Tuttle on
Church street.
MISS NANCY HINTON DIES
Miss Nancy Hinton died at her
home near Middlesex on Friday,
December 7, after a lingering ill
ness. She had been sick for about
six months. The deceased was
fifty-six years of ag.e
Horse Hurt By Automobile.
A horse belonging to J. E. Wil
son was seriously injured yes
terday morning when it was
struck by an automobile on High
way No. 10 about two miles from
town. Harvey Hodge, colored, was
leading the horse behind a road
cart, when a Pontiac roadster,
with a Virginia license, struck
the horse. The car did not stop.
Aunt Roxie Opines
By Me—
“1 hopes 1929 prawsperety will
take effect on sumfpin’ besides
niillionarys aud crab grass.”
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