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47TH YEAR
EIGHT PAGES TODAY
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 8, 1929
EIGHT PAGES TODAY
NUMBER 12
Farmers Meeting
To Be In Selma
Selma Kiwanians and Farm
Agencies Sponsor Insti
tute For Discussion of Ag
ricultural Development In
This Section Feb. Ft and 15
FRONT FARMER MKETIN IN j
SELMA, Feb. 7.- The Selma
Kiwanis chib, Mr. .1. II. Slack, tri
county farm agent for Johnston, j
Harnett and Sampson, Miss Min- i
nie Lee Garrison, county home j
agent, and North Carolina State j
College are sponsoring a farmers' j
meeting to he held in Selma on i
February 14 and 15. The meet-!
ings will he in the nature of an
institute in the interest of im
proved agriculture in this section.
The first day will he known
as Livestock Day and the dis
cussions will deal with hogs, dairy
cows and chickens. State College I
will he represented by a special- I
ist in each of these subjects and i
a general discussion will he in
order at all times.
The second day will he known j
as L rap Day and will deal with
tobacco, cotton and other crops. A
portion of the afternoon will be
given to a study of fertilizers.
Motion pictures ’will he shown
covering livestock and crop pro
duction. These will beyond a
doubt be very instructive and in
teresting. These pictures have |
been secured by State College
from the Federal government for
this occasion.
The program worked out for
the women covers home garden
ing, foods and how to prepare
them, home decoration and home |
beautification. Discussions. in
these topics will be led by spec
ialists working under direction of
State College assisted by women j
of this community.
The program which will be j
held in the Selma high school, i
in detail is as follows:
Thursday, Feb. M.
10:00 a. m. Cash Crop Farming,
E. W. Gaither, District Agent.
11:00 Dairying as a Side Line
to (b op Farming, J. A. Arey, (
Dairy Specialist.
Program For Women.
10:00—12:00 Clothing, Spring
iStylles, including dresses, hats, I
and shoes, Miss Willie Hunter.
Clothing Specialist.
12:00 Joint meeting, men and >
women. Talk by F. II. Jeter, Ag- j
ricuilitural Editor, State College.
Intermission.
V. I
Afternoon Program—Men, Women
2:00 p. m. Poultry. Management
of the farm flock, C. F. Parrish,
Poultry Specialist.
8:00 Swine, W. W. Shay, Swine
Extension Specialist.
Friday, Feb. 15.
Program For Men.
10:00 a. m. Tobacco,
Floyd, Tobacco Specialist.
11:00 Cotton, P. II. Kime, North
Carolina Experiment Station.
Program For Women.
10:00 Beautifying the Home
Grounds, Mrs. Cornelia Mor
ris, District Agent.
12:00 Joint Meeting, Men and
Women. Rural Standards of Liv
ing, Dr. Carl C. Taylor, State
C allege.
Intermission.
2:00 p. m. Fertilizers,
W. F.
Pate, Agronomist
tiJizer Association.
National Fe
Program For Women.
2:00 p. m. Home Gardening,
Robert Schmidt, N. C. Experiment
Station.
3:00 Joint Meeting, Men and
Miss Mary Jones, of Raleigh,
was a visitor in the ety Wed
nesday evenng.
Tantalizer
There are exactly enough let
ters in the line below to spell
I he name of a person in Sinith
lield or Johnston County, and
to the one deciphering their
name and presenting a copy of
this paper to the Herald ollico,
we will present a free ticket to
the Victory Theatre. Tickets
must be called for before the
following issue.
Zola Mae Lynch deciphered
her name last issue.
TODAY’S TANTALIZER
rtihlsuiwno
A FRIENDLY PAIR
Mr. II. R. Renfrow, of Kenly, is relieved of a morning and oven ins; j
chore that is not entirely unwelcome in these “around hog days,” and
skives him more time to work liis insurance husiness. Mr. .Renfrew,
until a few days ago milked each morning, his Jersey cow and fed i
Lhe milk to a Roland China pig which had been domiciled in the cow
i t. Last week, Mrs. Renfrew discovered the pig appeasing his him |
_>ei' himself, and now Mr. Renfrow allows the pig to milk the co\v for
dm morning and evening. Strange to say the mooley cow raises no
ihjetions. Mr. Renfrew, as he appears above with his congenial i
barnyard animals, was snapped with a kodak on Sunday, dan. 27. Mr. j
[.’inflow is agent for the National Life Insurance Co.
Arrests Youth In Act Of Stealing
Kenly Chief Has t ussle With Armed Thief
Money From Cash Register In Store
—Tin.' linn
KKNI.Y, IV!.. 7
Darden and Sellars, a local yp’o
•ery. lias for some time been
mis.-in# money and pTnceries from
Lhe store. It was reported to po
lice and last Saturday nipht Chief
Clinton S. Pulley hid himself in
Lhe store after closing: hour to
watch for the burglar. A hold two
o'clock Sunday morning the bur
glar entered from the side door
and immediately went to the cash
repPter, and was in the act ni*
taking money when Chief Pulley
advanced toward him. The robber
drew his gun and at once Pulley
tfiaitbed his hand and held it
while the robber shot twice, and
attempted the third time hut th“
S*u n became locked. Fortunately
tin- shuts went wil.l ami neither
were hurt except.Mr. l'uliey was
hunieil nil the liaml .from the
firing of the pistol. Finally the
robber -was overpowered by Pul
ley anil put under arrest. It was
then found that the rubber was
Oliver Dail u.f Kenly, a young;
man eighteen years old. He was
placed ih tlu* lockup and remained
there until Sunday afternoon at
2:20 o’clock when he was given
a preliminary hearing, bound over
to Superior court under $2,500.00.
Hail was carried to Smithfield
jail to be held until the next
tel oi of court.
Chief Pulley deserves much
credit for the fine piece of work
he did in apprehending tlu* rob
ber by himself in the dark.
Bills Of Interest
To Johnston Co,
Representatives From Johns
ton Introduce Fills in The
Mouse To Fleet Johnston
County’s Supt. of Schools
and Members Hoard Edu
cation by Popular Vote
Twu hills of special interest to
.lolmston county were introtluceti
in the House Wednesday when
.Johnston county’s representatives,
.lames Raynor and Elder Hutchins,
placed in the hopper measures to
provide tor the election ot the
County Hoard of Education and
the county superintendent of
schools otf Johnston county by
popular vote.
The bill in regard to the coun
ty board of education would re
duce the number of members of
that hoard from seven to three
and provides a per diem of live
dollars, no member to receive
more than $100 per annum. This
hill would also change the term
of oil ice from July 1, the begin
ning of the fiscal year, to the
first Monday in December.
The bill concerning the election
of the county superintendent of
schools would also change t i. • •
term of office from July 1 to tiie
first Monday in December, and
would make the length of term
two years.
Both of these lolls provide that
the county board of commission
ers and the board of education in
joint session till any vacancies
caused by death, resignation, or
inability to perform duties.
Tin so bills which were intro
duced in- the House Wednesday
will likely he referred to the com
mittee on education.
I
To Load Poultry
Cars Feb. 9, 13
Second Poultry Shipment To
I>e Made From Selma Sat
urday; Fist of Prices
SELMA, Feb. 7.—The second
j» id try car of the year will he*
loaded in Selma Saturday, Febru
ary bth and the next ear will
• h* hauled February loth. The
noiiltry will be loaded at. the
Southern Railway freight station
and the ear will begin receiving
poultry at eight o’clock. Il is
imped that even more cash will
be paid to farmers Saturday than
wa-. paid I’chruary when ap
proximately $.1000.00 was (paid out
The following cash prices will
be paid at the car door Saturday
for poultry:
Colored hens and chicks, 23c
I er pound; Leghorn hens and
chicks, 21c per pound; broilers,
2Se per pound, stags, 20c per
pound; roosters, 12c per pound;
capons, 7 pounds and up, 28c
p<*r pound; capons under seven
P minis, 22c per pound; ducks, 18c
per pound; geese, 1 be per pound;
y.urg turkeys, 2 be per pound;
old toms, 20 per pound; guineas,
3'»r each.
Centenary Methodist Church.
Sunday school at 9:30 a. m.,
T. C. Young, superintendent.
Preaching services at 11 a. m.
and 7:1b p. m. Morning subject:
"How to Live a Christian.” Eve
ning subject: “Result of Covering
and Confessing Sin.”
Fpvvorth League at 0:30 p. m.,
Monday.
Prayer meeting 7:30 p. m., on
Wednesday.
A welcome to all who can at
! tend the-e services.
Definitely Launch
Building Program
Baptists Confer With Build
ing Evangelist of State
Convention and a $30,000
$35,000 New Church Seems
Likely
A movement to build a new
chinch was definitely launched at
the Baptist church in its quarter
ly business meeting last Wednes
day night. After encouraging re
ports were heard from the sev
eral departments of the church, a ;
report was presented from a con- j
feror.ee of the official board and
others last Monday night to con-[
sider the matter of a new build
ing. It was stated that Rev. J. J
M. Page of Raleigh, known as
tiie building evangelist of the
Baptist State Convention, was j
present at the conference with I
plans for a new church building,
ami that those present felt tin* J
time was ripe to launch a building I
movement, and recommended that j
the rhur.-h appoint a building;
community. This iccommeridation j
wit’ unanimously approved, and aj
ci.mmitloe war. appointed with in-!
, mictions to bring definite rec-}
ommrndatioiir. before the church I
Sunday morning, March Hi. The I
.a.mmittee runsis.tr, of b. II. |
I?rooks, .). W. Stephenson, R. P.j
Holding, W. T. Holland, W. .1.
Hunt ley, Mrs. .1. M. Beaty, Mrs.
\V. X. Holt aiul Miss Ruth W il
- u!i. The committee invite j
gestions nr advice from any mem
bers of the church with regard to
a site f«»r the new building or I
any other details. The entire '
matter is unsettled for the pres
ent. 1; is vet to he determined
whether the new building will be
< reeled on the present site or a
new one. The plans and cost of
the building are yet to be deter
mined, hut the church inolines in !
general to the view expressed by
Mr. Pago that an adequate build-J
ing may be erected at a cost of
front $30,000 to $35,000. As a'
whole considerable enthusiasm is
aid to he already felt by the j
congregation for the building en
terprise, and some of the leaders
expressed in the conference Wed
nesday night the feeling that j
plans may be matured for begin- '
ning work on the new building in
the fall.
Financial reports made in the j
quarterly conference Wednesday |
were significant of the progress!
the church lias made handling its1
finances. The treasurer of the 1
benevolence fund, M. A. Wallace,!
reported that in the first three
months of the fiscal year he had |
remitted to the state treasurer'
$702.10, and Mrs. 1.. V. Render-'
son, president of the W. M. U.,‘
reported that in 1928 the women
of the church contributed to be
nevolence $989.91. !(, is felt that
the immediate incentive to begin
t !i<‘ new n 111ui 1 iijl*: was largely • n !
tlu* fact that the church, mainly
through its weekly system of giv
ing, contributed last year more
than $3,000 to benevolent objects
supported by the denomination.
An interesting incident of the
reports before the conference was
the fact that the W. M. U. of
the church sent three friendship
school bags among the 30,000
sent by the children of the United
States to the children of Mexico—
i peace movement promoted by
Everyland Magazine—and that
this expression of friendship had
•so touched the heart of Mexico
that the government of Mexico
has indicated its purpose, as its.
reciprocal expression of friend
ship, to place in every state cap
ital of our nation a worthy sou
venir of Mexican art.
Another fact, which should he
of interest to all women’s organ
izations, was brought out in the
reports. It was that the W. M.
U. of the S-mithfield church is
among the few in the south to
maintain a proper grading
throughout its several divisions,
through a system of regular pro
motion. The usual tendency is to
wn d stagnation, through the re
luctance of the women to he pro
moted from the Young Woman’s
organization into the W. M. S.
Through its system of annual pro
motion the W. M. U. of the local
church secures a healthy flow of
m w life and interest into all the
A 'IKEAT FOR RADIO FANS
Mrs. Harper Holliday, for
merly of Dunn, will sing at
Radi<* Station VYTTF, Ral
‘‘ig'h. Monday night. Feb. 11,
from 7:.{() until eight o’clock.
I lie program is sponsored by
the Johnson Cotton company
«>l Dunn, manufacturers of
**»«!» 1*rade No Filler Fertil
j/.ers. See the advertisement
<d this firm elsewhere in this
Two Deaths Occur
At Micro Sunday
. N. Harden Passes Alter
I.imjj Illness; Mrs. Hulls
Hies Suddenly AI Home of
Son
MICUII, K.J., 7. I’lie entire
(‘i mmunity was saddened Sunday
aitternoon when news spread that
the death angel had visited the
Hum- of Mrs. W. N. Harden and
’ad taken her husband. Mr. Kar
len was n man that, was held in
ugh esteem hy his many farmers,
le was Imrn and reared in
Wayne county, lie was 5*1 years
ild the Sth day of January. His
loath was not unexpected as he
I t RN TO PAH 13 FOUR
Recorder’s Court
Has Light Docket
Only Few Criminal (’uses
Come I p For Trial Here
This Week
Only a few eases were tried
in Recorder's court here this
week. Tin- following were disposed
if:
Russell Hodges was sentenced
to dO days on the county roads
tor being publicly drunk. The
sentence was suspended upon the
payment of the cost and on fur
ther condition that the defendant
loos not operate a car or motor
vehicle in North Carolina during
the next three months.
Alton Anderson was given six
months on the roads for assault.
George Day was found guilty
if manufacturing and possession
and was assigned work on the
county roads for four months.
T1 'i sentence is to be suspended
upon the payment of a $100 fine
and the cost.
Earl Gulhrcth, charged with
speeding, was discharged upon the
payment of the cost.
J. A. Norris, convicted of man
ufacturing and possession, w.is
sentenced to the roads for four
months, the sentence to be sus
pended upon the payment of a fine
< f $100 and the cost.
Millard Norris, who was found
guilty of manufacturing and pos
M-ssion, was sentenced to the roads
for four months. The sentence is
In be suspended upon the pay
ment of a $25 fine and cost.
C. W. Whaley, convicted of
Possession and transportation, re
ceived an eight-month road sen
tence. The sentence is to be sus
pended upon the payment of a
$25 fine and the cost.
Sam Merritt, Isaac Harris, Mal
Iit* Byrd, J. C. Wilson and J. L.
Murphey, who were charged with
larceny, were bound over to Su
perior court.
KOliS SAFE AM) (JET $0.00
Someone entered the place
of business of Pope Oil com
pany in Clayton Monday night
and broke open the safe, ac
cording to reports received
lure. Around six dollars in
cash was missed the next
morning by the proprietors of
this firm. No trace of the
thief had been found yester
g'udos. The result was expressed
recently by a lady who had felt
the contrast with the city church
of which she had been a mem
ber: "1 never before enjoyed the
work of the W. M. S.; it seemed
always before that the W. M. S.
was reserved for the old ladies
only. Here you make a ibid for
the young women, and your sys
tc m of promotion brings a new
atmosphere into it that is delight
ful.”
Compares Length
Of School Terms
State Superintendent*of Pub
lic Instruction Presents
Chart To Raleigh Croup
Showing What State lias
Done In School System
A brief review of the legisla- '
tivo acts accompanying the de- (
velopment of the public school j
1 system in North Carolina, the j
additional advantages to be de
I rived from an eight month school
term over the state as a whole,
and significant figures and facts
! showing that the percent of school
attendance and enrollment i<s di
rectly proportional to the length
of the term, were presented by
Dr. A. T. Allen, superintendent
of Public Instruction, in an ad
dress Tuesday before the Sir
Walter Cabinet.
<M- the total enrollment of HIS,
P>5 puspMs last year, 2N.0 per cent
were in nine months schools, !UU>
in seven and eight month schools,
and :tl.r» per cent in six months
schools. The children in the six
month schools art- widely scatter
ed over the stale, but if $1,000,
000 were available to be used ex
actly as needed, the term could
he extended to eight months in
every district for both white and
negro children, Dr. Allen stated.
The last two months of an
eight-month term is 25 per cent of
the whole, Dr. Allen pointed out.,
and only 3.1.5 per cent of school
children were in six-month schools
last year. Multiplying the two
figures gives 7.875 per cent which
is the distance or amount the
state must increase its school ad
vantages to give all children an
eight-month term. Dr. Allen pre
sented this in graphic form on a
chart.
In 40 counties in the state,
there are only 0,059 white chil
dren left in six-month schools,
while in Wilkes county alone
there are 7,088 in six-anonth
schools, Dr. Allen said, pointing
to the wide diversity in educa
tonal opportunities.
Although many claim they are
opposed to a state-wide minimum
school term of eight months on
the grounds that rural children
could not attend, the figures pre
sented by Dr. Allen showed that
where one and two-teacher schools
were consolidated, the term
lengthened, and better opportun
ities provided, there is a corre
sponding increase not only in the
daily attendance of rural children,
but also in the number enrolled.
He mentioned the divided term
as one method of giving the chil
dren an eight-month school, and
at the same time leave them free
while duties on the farm are un
usually heavy.
“In many counties the richer
districts have pre-empted all the
railroad and other corporate
wealth, and they refuse to di
vide with their neighbors. Tie*
state is the only power that can
go into such places and equalize
the 'burden and the opportunity.
“Measure^ in terms of money
the task is not so great. Measur
ed in terms of democracy and
(•quality and 01 eternal justice—
it is one of the most fundamental
questions that was ever before
the people of this state for their
consideration and determination.
“Equalization on an eight
months basis would bring; about
a greater leveling of taxes and
educational opportunity than the
distribution on the six months
basis of any amount of money.
“Some objection has been raised
to the eight months school term
< n account of the supposed fact
'that children cannot attend for
that length of term. The evidence
(olleeted over three years in our
office shows that when one and
two-teacher schools finally decide
to come together and set up a
large consolidated school with
the prospect of high school train
ing, two results immediately fol
jl w:
“1. The enrollment in the large
school is increased from ten to
25 per cent over the enrollment
in the smaller schools.
“2. The per cent of attendance i
j in the eight months school is
1 greater than the per cent of at
tendance in the former six
Train Kills Man
Near Princeton
Mr. Jack Mitchell, aged
about 70, was struck anj fat
ally hurt yesterday afternoon
by the two-thirty train or.
the Southern Railway at Ger
ald's .siding, three miles west
of Princeton. The engineer
stated that he saw the old
man who appeared to be sit
ting on the end of a cross-tie,
and blew the danger signal.
•Mr. Mitchell rose up just be
fore the train reached him and
was hit on the shoulder.
The train picked him up but
lu* was considerably broken
up, and he died before the
train reached Selma. At
Seima, no one seemed to know
the cld man and Sheriff Fitz
gerald was called upon to aid
in identifying him. Sheriff
Fitzgerald soon found out who
he was ami it seems that Mr.
Mitchell, who lives with his
(laughter near Princeton, had
taken advantage of a bright
day to get out and walk. He
had been lu Princeton and
was apparently resting on his
return home when the train
came along and struck him.
Co. School Board
Opens Sealed Bids
\'tnv Method Handling' Sink
ing Funds Means Addi
tional Revenue; Education
Hoard Meets Jointly With
t onn I y Com m issioners
At the regular meeting of the
iourd of Education held here
Vlonday, sealed bids for sinking
’und money to be let to treasur
es, as advertised, were opened and
i wards made. This is the first
ime this plan of handling coun
y sinking funds has been used
uul the new way is expected to
r'ield an increase in revenue of
ibout $800. Considerable interest
vas manifested on the part of lo
■al institutions, there l>eing nine
sealed proposals in tbe hands of
he education board when three
•Vlt ck, the time for the opening
he bids, arrived.
The following bids were re
IE P. Holding and William M.
sunders bid 5 per cent on all,
>r any part, of the $74,272.28 ad
K. C. Gillett bid 4'4 per cent
m the amount in the Selma,
>nm.nneiu, lay ton and Kenly
linking funds and 5 per cent on
•lie amount in the Four Oaks
unking fund.
Clayton Cotton Mills bid 414
let* cent on $21,000.00 Clayton
inking fund.
The Branch Banking and Trust
■’empany of Selma bid 4 per
•mil. on all, or any part, of the
imount advertised.
II. 1). Bateman, of Wilson, bid
> per cent on all, or not less
ban $50,000.00.
The First and Citizens National
Sank of Smith-field, bid 4 per
•en: on all, or any part of the
imount advertised.
The Planter’s Bank of Kenly,
jiil 4 1-8 per cent on the entire
imount advertised.
C. F. Gordon, for the Smith
kid Building and Loan Associa
ion, hid 5 per cent on $40,000.00
ȣ the amount advertised.
All of the above bidders agreed
'o furnish bonds payable to the
Board of Education in some sure
ly company doing business in
North Carolina.
TI KN TO PAGE 7. PLEASE
months schools.”—News anti Ob
NOTE: Participating on a
six months basis, Johnston
county receives now from the
Equalizing Board $74,000. If
the McLean bill is passed,
making the participation on
an eight months basis, John
ston county will receive for
the school year 1929-\30,
$100,224, and for the school
year 1930-’31, $184,402. John
ston county, then, will receive
in addition to the $74,000 now
received, at least $100,000
per year which is now pro
vided by a property tax.
ReguIar^Meeting
Commissioners
March Mettinj; Set As Time
For Discussion of Continu
ance of Appropriation For
National Guards Here
Smithfield may lose its National
Guard organization if the county
commissioners fail to continue the
appropriation of SGOO per year to
ward the rental of an armory. Ac
the meeting of the commissioners
here Monday, payment of the
quarterly sum of $150 was ap
proved, but the regular March
meeting was set as the time for
discussing the continuance of the
appropriation.
The national guard here, head
'd by Captain Horace L. Johnson,
is composed of fortyeight men
not only from Smithfield but oth
er sections of Johnston county. In
1923 Captain St. Julien L.
Springs organized the local bat
tery of the 117th Field Artillery,
but in 1024, Captain Johnson took
charge when Captain Springs
moved from the county. The
county has heretofore appropriat
ed $000 each year, the state of
North Carolina, $000, and the
city of Smithfield, $300 for the
maintenance of an armory. The
Federal government finances the
military unit which means that a
minimum of $10,000 comes. to
Johnston county each year and is
expended here. As an economic
proposition the national guard has
Is advantages to say nothing of
:he protection such an organiza
:ion offers to the community in
-vhich it is located. According to
Captain Johnson, there are fifteen
;owns in North Carolina ready
:o comply with the requirements
ue t
Lion a.s soon as Federal funds
may be available.
At the meeting of the commis
sioners Monday, it was ordered
Lhat the colored farm demonstra
:or, McKay McNeil be paid up
;o date and his services be dis
continued.
It was also ordered that R. L.
Fitzgerald and Miss Luma Mc
Lamb be authorized to pass on all
>ills properly endorsed.
A number of bills were approv
ed for payment at the meeting
Monday.
DR. CHAS. E. BREWER
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
SELMA. Feb. 7.—Dr. Chas. E.
Brewer, president of Meredith Col
ege, conducted services at the
Selma Baptist church Sunday
morning, using as his text- Luke
12:15, “For a man’s life consisteth
lot in the abundance of the things
ivhich he possesses.” Dr. Brew
er’s message was well received by
i large congregation. Evening
services were dispensde with ow
ing to the indisposition of the
pastor, Rev. W. J. Crain, follcrw
() N (; R ES S M A N ABERNATHY
TO SPEAK OVER RADIO SAT.
Congressman Charles L. Aber
nathy, of the Third North Caro
lina District, will be on the air
Saturday night, February 9 at X
o’clock. He will speak under the
auspices of the National Farm
News on matters o-f interest in
Congress. He will be heard from
Radio Station WJSV, Washing
ton, D. C. This station has a
wave length of 205.4 kilometers,
and the average radio can be
tuned in to get the station around
the figure five on the dial.
I Aunt Roxie Opines
By Me—
v**
“Mi man tried ter study music
onct and dey sade sump in' ‘bout
B sharp and be jest couldn’t."