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If You Want Results The difference between the Or dinary and the Extraordinary is only a few cents. Your Adver tising deserves to bring Results. Try the Herald columns. -----Johnston 47TH YEAR THE HOME NEWSPAPER C ounty’s Oldest and Best Newspaper-Established 188 2 For Smifhfield "One thing at a time and that done well la a very good rale aa man can tell.” In ’29 let’s concentrate On a hotel, new and np-to-date. SMITH FIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 30, 1929 EIGHT PAGES TODAY NUMBER 27 R. A. Doughton Highway Ch’m. A. J. Maxwell Is Hevenut Commissioner and I. M Kailev Corporation Com missioner; Nat Townsend Executive Assistant HALKICII, March tfs—A week '>* relaxation after the strenuous days of the legislative session was tilled with speculation as to the results of the work of the soions. However, the entire week "as not given ,,v,,r to speculat ing for there were soon- definite developments. After Uie legisla ture adjourned, Rufe A. Hoiijfh ton assumed the post of ehiel’ highway com missioner, Allre) Max a ell went iatr, the revenue coitniiissioiiership and I. M. Bailey u iui|jui«uiun vmomissjon <'!• succeeding; Mr. Maxwell. Nat iownsend was named as executive assistant to the governor, the school teachers gathered in con vention and flayed the legislature for neglect of the school system, the governor made two or three other appointments and numer ous other matters occupied tin attention of official Raleigh. Mr. Doughton was sworn in the middle of the week, .succeed ing Frank Page as chairman of the highway commission. At the first meeting of the commission not named hut it is the general after this event his salary was impression that he will he paid $10,000 a year, an increase of about $2,500 over his salary as commissioner of revenue. He had served as revenue head since A. H. Watts was dismissed by Gov emor Morrison for personal de linquencies about six years ago. Allen Maxwell immediately assum ed the post of revenue commis sioner after serving the state for a number of years .on the corpor ation commission, while f. M. Bailey, who was an attorney in the employ of the cor while I. M. Bailey, who was an atorney in the employ of thf- cor poration commission, became a member of the organization suc ceeding Mr. Maxwell. The post of executive assist ant to the governor, created as a new job replacing that of pardon commissioner and at a much higher salary finally was accept ed by Nat Townsend of Dunn, after lengthy negotiations with the governor. Mi-. Townsend is now a superior court judge and his place on the bench was filled by appointment of Senator T. L. Gardner also announced the ap pointment of (i. Vernon Cowper Johnson of Lumberton. Governor of Kinston as a special judge of the superior court and added that John Sprunt Hill would be re appointed state highway com missioner of the fourth district, this comprising the cities of Ral eigh and Durham and surround ing territory. With the end of the legislature there is a great deal of interest ing talk about the candidate for governor in 1932 and again in 1936. There seems to he some feel ing that Lieut. Gov. Fountain would like to run in 1932 as the favorite of the Democratic party, but there is a feeling in other circles that Mr. Fountain lost considerable prestige by his more or less open hostility to the se cret ballot system, he having ex pressed the idea that the change might not be wise. There is also mention of Sandy Graham, the speaker of the house, who is a smart young chap with a great personal following. Some seem to believe that he was more or loss TURN TO I'AGK f> 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 to the one deciphering their name and presenting a copy of this paper to the Herald oiVice, we will present a free ticket to the Victory Theatre. Tickets must be called for before the following issue. Murphey Fillyaw deciphered his name last issue. TODAY’S TANTALIZER arlObisentgsall | DEATH MR. EDWIN SMITH OCCURS TUESDAY, RAKEORI) Mr. and Mrs. T. Young and Mr. and Mrs. Farquhard Smith j were called to Raeford Tuesday afternoon on account of the I death of Mr. Edwin Sanders Smith, brother of Mrs. Young and Mr. Smith. The deceased died j of a heart attack shortly after ' noon Tuesday as he was preparing ; to leave on a trip to the eastern ! part of the state. Funeral serv j ices were held Wednesday aft ernoon at four o'clock at Bethel / church near Raeford and inter | rrent was made in the church (cemetery. Rev. A. R. McQueen, 1 n -ibyterian minister of Dunn, * conducted the service. Mr. Smith was regarded as one I of the ablest lawyers in the state. He was a graduate of the State University. Since 11)14, he has practiced his profession :n Raeford where he had built up a large practice. He is survived by | his second wife and five chi 1 Destructive Hre Mrs. Duck Thornton Loses Ham and Stables. Two Mules. Lord Car and Other Things In lila/e Monday A <!r>:metive fire occurred in 1 ten I on v i 1 !c town-hill cully Mon (lay morning about two o’clock, when the tarn and statics he-, longing to .Mrs. Duck Thornton went up in flames. Two mules, which were in the stable.s were burned to death. Also a Ford au-1 to mobile, a wagon, and a lot. of farming- impiimi nts were destroy-;. «‘d. A quantity of feed, stuff in- i eluding forty or fifty barrels of ■ corn was burned. The burned buildings were lo cated across the road from the . dwelling of Mrs. Thornton, and), it is not known how the lire originated. The family did not , awaken until aroused by a neigh bor, Mr. George Weeks, who lives about two miles away. Mr. Weeks bad heard an explosion and in- 1 vesiigation revealed the fire. The |' explosion is thought to have been . an old bomb shell, a relic of ; the battle of Bentonville which! was near the burning building. j* Kven this explosion, however, did ' not awaken Mrs. Thornton’s fam- j ily. The fire represents a total loss, j' there being no insurance on the i buildings or contents. PLANT MILLET, AS EMERGENCY HAY CROP RALEIGH, March 28.—The |1 shortage of hay caused by the!' unfavorable season last fall isj' sending many farmers to feed stores who haven’t been there in 1 years. e nnu tnat our oat and bar ley crops came through the win- 1 ter with little damage and that spring seeding of oats has been large,” says S. J. Kirby, pasture specialist at State College. ‘‘How ever, the feed requirements on 1 many farms will be expensive be tween now and oat harvest un less some emergency crop can be grown. Barnyard millet, Billion dollar grass or Japanese millet, as the crop is variously known, will make a good emergency hay ' crop. A number of farmers in Edgecombe county have tried it and find it valuable.” However, this crop requires a fertile soil, says Mr. Kirby. lt| grows best in cool weather and should be .seeded in late March or early April. Planting broadcast using 20 to 25 pounds of seed pet acre on a well-prepared seed bed with liberal applications "f fer tilizer is necessary. A top dress-j ing of some nitrogen n aterial, \ such as nitrate of soda, will help to give a heavy yield of fine , quality hay. In 55 days from time of seeding, the crop will be nia-1 tuie and ready for harvesting. It is easily cured and makes a fin 3 j feed. This millet will be of value in the piedmont section also at a slightly later seeding time. Mr. Kirby suggests Sudan grass as another quickgrowing hay crop, l! also requires a fertile soil, lib eral fertilization and top-dressing such as is recommended for mil let. It is usually seeded in late | joe Mahler Tells Of Alabama Flood Was At Brewton, Ala., VVher Waters Swept Town; Fif teen Drowned at Brewton Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Mahler havt redeive<| an interesting letter fron their son, Joe Mahler, who write of tiie flood in Alabama. Mr, Mahler was with a show at Brew ton, Ala., when the Hood water. swept the‘ town, and he tells of the disaster in the following let ter: ‘‘I don’t know when I will he able to get this off, but f will write a few lines anyway. This makes five letters I have written hut I couldn’t mail them, so 1 tore them up. Reports are that an airplane will he here tomorrow to get all mail, so maybe 1 will “Well, folks, 1 guess you have heard of floods. This is the worst 1 have ever been through! It started a week ago Monday in Brew ton. We showed Monday night, but it was raining the worst I have ever seen. When I started home after the show wa ter was banking up in the streets. I went to bed, not dreaming that it was a flood. They waked me ‘bout three o'clock in the morn ing and the water was already n the rooms downstairs. They iad a boat and took everybody tbnut a mile down the country to i high hill, and that i.- where I lave been up until today. Water va.s thirty feet deep in some daces. It came up over every »it of the business district, judg 'd to he twelve feet deep in the nain street. We could not get iny food all day Tuesday and .Vednesday—nothing except a few anned goods that the country leople had. They got first aid out, nd airplanes have been coming rom everywhere. They fly ovei ls here and drbp provisions, ■!.‘it ! clothes, etc., so we are atting along n. k. They haw* nit up a Western Union and tel-< phone out here, and that is how ; wired you. The whole show outfit was lost. , guess it floated down the river. Vc are going to look for it as oon as the water goes down. To lay is the ninth day the town ins been under water. There are io trains and none of the roads an he traveled. The loss here is estimated at three million dol ars, business alone. Fifteen poo >le, mostly negroes, were drown 'd. Two bodies were washed up rom the cemetery and floated lown to the station. Elba, ten ■ niles from here, was totally de itroyed and Pollard, about five niles from* here, was also de troyed. Every house in the town wenty thousand people out here m this hill now, and airplanes are Iropping on the average of two ons of food per hour. There are wenty-three planes flying over is now. I saw ten from Fort Iragg, N. C., yesterday. They an’t land because the ground is oo wet." More Old Coins. Mr. E. L. Holly, of Four Oaks •oute 1, was in town Tuesday and ihowed several old coins. One was in English? coin in the inscription \V. S. Hancock and \V. H. Eng ish” and a rooster on one side, tnd an English half-penny dated 912. He also showed an Italian en centesmi made in 1X00. Among he other coins he had were a ive-cent piece of United States noney dated 1829, a five-cent >iece dated 1840, a one-cent piece luted 1803, and a three-eont piece vith the date worn off. Yesterday Mr.* T. B. Tyner, of !'our Oaks, route 4, brought some French and British money to this diice. One was a French coin ,’alued at about two francs and mother was a British coin worth lb out two cents. He showed two urge pennies with the date worn >ff and a two-cent piece dated 1890. A thin half-dime has been in his possession for twenty-seven April or May with about 25 to 10 pounds of seed per acre. Su dan grass is a relative of John son grass but is not a pest. It is killed by the first autumn frost. TO SING AT EXPOSITION Johnny Marvin, fmnous Vicmr recording artist who will ni)' at tin- Kastorn Carolina, Fanm illo, N. April 8-1.‘5. .!. W. Stephenson Leads Dis cussion at Kiwanis Lunch eon; ( iuh Thinks I a i m A g en I Would Pay l»y l)K. <’. C. MASSEY. The question of employing i farm agent for .Johnston eounty to lu^iri work in July was fully discussed in a spirited meet ing of the Kiwanis dull yesterday. Mr. J. \Y. Stephenson, a sue cessful famur of unquestioned in tegrity, guest of tile dull, lej the discussion, lie pointed oni. th it the life of this community rests with the Tanning interest; that when the fanner,s fail or succeed, so do the rest of us; that farm ing in the sense of raising cot ton and tobacco is incomplete, and that more attention should be devoted to the raising of live stock. l ows, hogs, and chickens particularly should be included ia every farmer’s program. He point ed to the shipment of six cav loads of chickens to northern maikets during the past year, as a fine example of a business that will supplement the farming in dustry, and the* recent shipment of a car load of hogs to a Ku:: niond market, all of which brought money to the home people. This business should he developed mi a bigger scale, declared '.he speaker, as he strongly enjoined the members of the club to en courage the farmers to organize their efforts along the lines of raising more livestock. Business of financing a farm agent was discussed at some length, and ijt was ascertained that the Federal Government pays half of the amount necessary to carry on this work in a county. The manner of procuring a farm agent for the county met with the hearty approval of the club. Appreciation was expressed on the part of the club for what J. B. Slack, of Benson, has done iii aiding the farmers in tie shipment of car lots of chickens and hogs during the past year, it being the sense of the club that without the expert, guidance of stock, could not have been put Mr. Slack this marketing of live over. It also presents the idea t'> an agricultural community that it does not necessarily need to rely altogether upon the busi ness of raising farm produce for a livelihood; that the production 1 of livestock in this community 1 bird Alan To I faro I Ten Shot While Stealing in Prince ton: Makes Getaway l>Rl.\'i’KTO.\, March :;v—WV.I r.esilay morning- a* two o'clock some unknown man was shot while he vva stealing teas from the county tank which is located in; front. of S. (]. Fail's hardware store, For several weeks some' person has been breaking- the lock on this tank ami stealing: from -0 to in gallons of gas each trip, j There were two men in the car uni they have been coming- in different cars, usually getting;; here about two o’clock in the morning-. They were headed to ward Smithfield after the shoot ing-. For the past month or more the tank has been watched every nig-ht in an effort to catch the thief. The load of shot from a -hot-gun evidently hit this man on his left side. The man at the wheel never stopped the engine of the car, and the man gave one scream when shot, but managed to get into the car. These two men were said to have gone to an other gas tank here in town be fore they came to this one. This Jank was much ea-ier to get into. These same thieves have robbed this tank at least on two other occasions—on Sunday mornings just after daylight. .'hot while stealing in this town and the other two were buried shortly after the shooting:. There are yet a few thieves around here who have not been caught. Wednesday morning around two-thirty o’clock, a negro who had been shot, was brought to the Johnston County Hospital. He had been shot in the arm and it was necessary to amputate it. The negro was uncommunicative as to how he was injured. As to whether the negro carried to the hospital had any connection with the Princeton shooting is not known, but it is rather a coinci dence that the two events hap pened one close upon the other. Presbyterian Services. Smithfield, Preaching by pastor | 11 a. m. Night hour will hear Master Cantata Methodist church. Sunday school and Biible classes lb a. m. Public cordially invited. is a gainful piece of business. Dixon Wallace was accepted as a new member in Kiwanis, and Cray Staples was given the usual welcome on his return from for eign markets when* he lias been in the interest of his tobacco business. Judge T. D. Bryson Speaks Wednesday Galaxy of Fine Speakers To He Here During Methodist Conference Wide S. S. Meeting Next Week DURHAM, March 28.—Judge T. 1). Bryson, of the Duke Law School, will address the Metho dist Conference-wide Sunday school conference at Smithfield Wednesday, April 3. His subject will he “The Task of the Church School: Christianizing the Com monwealth,” and will be discussed on the morning of the second day of the two day conference of Sunday school leaders, who will gather from the approximately 700 Sunday schools of the North Carolina conference. The confer ence is being promoted by the | Sunday School Board of which I Professor H. E. Spence, Durham, is chairman, and L. L. Gobbel, wjiix iii‘iiiii|uaruMS m ininiaui, ex ecutive secretary. Other speakers of the confer ence, the general theme of which r will be “Thy Kingdom Come,” in clude I)r. Fennell P. Turner, sup erintendent of missionary educa tion of the General Sunday school Board. Methodist Episcopal Church, South; Dr. Frank S. . Hickman, of the Duke School of j Religion; Miss Lucy Foreman, of j the department of leadership! training, General Sunday School Board; Rev. E. L. Hillman, pas tor of Jarvis Memorial Church, Greenville; Miss Jennie Milton,! specialist in Vacation church. school work of the General Board; ' Rev. D. H. Tuttle, of Smith-field; j Professor II. E. Spence, chairman of the conference Sunday school board. L. L. Gobbel, conference! superintendent; Miss Georgia i Keene, conference elementary su perintendent; Rev. J. O. Long, conference extension secretary; Professor B. G. Childs, of Duke ' University; Dr. Harry M. North, , presiding eld£r of the Wilming-j ton district; Rev. F. S. Love, i. pastor of Edenton Street church, ‘ Raleigh; Dr. W. A. S-tanbury. j pastor of Memorial church, Dur- j ham; Mrs. John William Smith, . of Durham, and others. Pertinent and timely topics are listed for discussion, in which not I >nly the leaders but all delegates r are asked to participate. Among' the questions to be considered are ‘The Task of the Church School:'j Saving Souls”; What is Evange lism; the teacher a»s an evange list; the class as an agency cf,j evangelism; the attitude of adults ;oward child conversion; why con versions of the middle-aged are , tare, and how the church school * ;an help conserve the good ef-1 fects of the revival. Another group of questions to , >e discussed center about “The Task of the Church School: Win- | ning the World.” Such topics as the church school’s missionary program, the task of creating a missionary spirit among children and youth, and the support of definite missionary projects at home and abroad, will be consid Following Judge Bryson’s dis cussion of the question of Chris tianizing the social order, the con- ! ference will divide into three sec-: tions, elementary, adolescent and adult,—where such topics as how i the church can help create a spirit of law observance and en forcement, the attitude of the churchman toward bootlegging, how to “outlaw” the “respectable” buyer and user of liquor, the Christian’s attitude toward war,! youths respect for law and order,! and the church school’s new pro gram for training in citizenship, new graded lessons for elemen tary groups, week-day religious, education and vacation church schools, will be taken up. /T feature of the conference will be special song services each day under the direction of J. Foster Barnes, director of music at Duke University. Mrs. Lucy Hood Coletrane, who is chairman of the local music committee, has arranged for sev eral special musical numbers for the service Tuesday evening. The choir will render an anthem: “The Splendor of His Glory.” Mrs. W. ;J. B. Orr will sing a solo entitled MR. W. H. FLOWERS “(JIVES OUT’ ANOTHER The arithmetic problem re cently propounded by Mr. W. H. Flowers has proved so in teresting to both old and young that it has almost be come an “Ask Me Another” game. Quite a number of persons have worked on his problem who did not formal ly report to the Herald. The Herald asked Mr. Flow ers to “give out” another, which he consented to do. Sharpen your pencil and your wits and try Mr. Flowers’ second problem: “A farmer had three sons and he wanted to give them the value of a bale of cotton that sold for $b0 in the ratio one-half, one-third, one-fourth. What part of $*50 did each one get?” Easter Cantata By Music Club Congregations of Town Will! .Join in Union Service To Hear Aeolian Music Club! Present Easter Program at I Methodist Church “Victory” is the title of the [Caster acntata to be given next Sunday evening, March 31 by the Aeolian Music club of this city it the Methodist church. Accord ing to the custom on fifth Sun lay evenings, there will be a un on service of all the churches of .lie town at this time. The music talent of Smithfield ias presented some very fine pro grams during the past, and the program to be given Sunday eve ning promises to be unusually ?uod. The music was written by denry Wildermere. Mrs. C. V. fuhnson, who is president of the , Veolan Music club, is the or- i ranist. The following program will i legin at seven-thirty o’clock: Scripture Lessen and Prayer, < lev. Chester Alexander. Part 1: “From Gethsemane to ' 'alvary” (Opening chorus by the ; hoir and sporano solo by Mrs. ; jayton McGugan). Part 2: “Not What I Will,” ] Tenor solo by Mr. Marvin Wood- ] 11. ( Part 3: “Out of the Night of 1 )arkness”, (Chorus by the choir ■ nd bass solo by Mr. A. M. Ca- 1 *is). Part 4: “O Morn of Joy,” (So rano and Alto duet by Mrs. j ,ucy H. Coletrane and Miss Lu- i ile Johnson). c Part 5: “Angels Rolled the t done Away,” (Bass solo by Mr. c Tieron Johnson and choir). Part 6*. “Life Eternal”, (So- ( rano, Alto and Tenor trio by < flesdames J. W. Ives, D. C. Ste- ( henson and Mr. Marvin Wood- 3 H). ‘ Part 7: “The Song of Victory,”)] Bass Solo by Mr. Theron John- i J on and choir). ] i art »: Iheres No Night in leaven,” (Quartet by Mesdaraes -iuy C. Lee, L. V. Henderson and Messrs. Marvin Woodall and j rheron Johnson). Part 9: ‘‘In the Splendor of JLs Glory,” (Chorus by the choir). Part 10: “His Love Divine, ’ [Contralto solo by Mrs. W. J. B. Drr). Part 11: “Christ Hath Arisen/' [Finale by the choir). Benediction: Rev. S. L. Mor gan. LISTEN FOLKS You remember “Ramona”, well, you can’t afford to miss “Re venge” at Sanders theatre Mon lay and Tuesday, April 1 and 2, because Dolores Del Rio, the star of Ramona is at her best and she is sure to please you Miss Neta Ennis so dont forget our Easter Special Monday and Tues day,—'Dolores Del Rio in “Re venge.” “His Love Divine,” and Mr. Theron Johnson will sing as a solo, The Conqueror.” T. C. Young, gf Smithfield, is. chairman of the local committee; on arrangements, which has been j busy for weeks making ready to; care for the hundreds of dele gates and visitors expected from ( the 5C counties embraced by the Local Committee Handle Loan Fund Mr. R. E. Smith Will He In Rear Farmers Bank and Trust Co., Until April 20 To Assist With Application The Farmers Seed and Loan Fund, which is a part of tin 000,000 fund recently appropri ated by Congress to help farmers in Virginia, North and Sooth Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama in purchasing seed am fertilizer, is now available for Johnston county farmer?. A lo cal committe has been formed to pass on these loans. The com mittee includes R. C. Gillett of this city, B. B. Adams of Four Oaks, and R. L. Pittman of Kenly. Mr. R. E. Smith of this city, is secretary to the committee and he may be found until after April 20 at the rear of the Far mers Bank & Trust company. Ap plication blanks may be secured from Mr. Smith. In the issue of the Herald of March 22, full particulars were published as to how to get a fer tilizer, seed and feed loan. An interview with Mr. Smith at the Farmers Bank will give this same information. JUNIOR-SENIOR BANQUET CORINTH-HOLDER SSCHOOL ZEBUILON, Route 1, March 28. —The Junior-Senior banquet of -he Corinth-Hoiders high school A'as held in the library of the tigh school building on Friday tight, March 22. It was a very iappy occasion for all those talc ing part. This included besides juniors, seniors, and the presi dents of the sopho-more and fresh nan classes, the faculty, trustees md Board of Education. The fol owing toasts were given: The •lass of 29, Brantley Chamblee; )ur Boys, Viola Harris; Our Girls, Ceith Hinnant; Ourselves, Robert TNeal; Class of '31, Swann ora 2ason; the Freshmen, Lillie Ho utt; Our Success, Ercel Powell; )ur Athletes, Lizzie Price; Our trustees, Mae Belle Hinton. Our School, Mr. P. B. Chamblee; Our nstructors, Mary Hocutt; The uniors, Dallie Barham; Our Di do-mas, Howard Davis; Our Op lortunities, Mr. W. H. Kelle-; >ur Banquets, L. O’Neil. A ve-y •eautiful solo was sung by Mi«s toche-lle O’Neal and a stunt given y Messrs. Earle O’Neal and irantley Chamblee. The following was the menu: ;rapefruit cocktail, roast chioken rith dressing, green peas, can ied yams, celery, pickles, let uce and tomato salad, ice cream, ake. black coffee, mints, almonds. The members of the senior lass are: Misses Regina Boy tte, Lois Chamblee, Lois Eason, lladys Davis, Snowie Driver, Ha el Richardson, Lydia Smith, Ruth -mith, Prentice Smith, Messrs. )allie Barham, Howard Davis, Icbert Davis, Sylvester Eason, leith Hinnant, Earle O’Neal, L. J weal, Bruce lippett. The members of the junior class ire: Lizzie Batten, Vera Carpe-. er, Brantley Chamblee, Nicey Da ris, Beatrice Eason, Swannora Sason, Viola Harris, Mae Belle •Iinton, Lillie Hocutt, Mary Ho *utt, Lizzie Price, Rochelle O’Neal, irace Richardson. The toastmis :ress was Grace Richardson. The Dreside.it of the sophomore class s Robert O’Neal; of the fresh nan class, Ercell Powell. The following girls served from the sophomore class: Kate Creech, Sadie Hocutt, Bessie Narron and Neva Smith. Centenary Methodist Church. Sunday school 9:30 a. m. Preaching 11 a. m. and recep tion of new members. Subject: “Easter Lessons.” At 7:30 p. m. Easter Cantata by the music club of the different church choirs, Epw'orth League meeting at 7:30 p. m. Monday. The first session of the Annual Sunday School Conference begins at 10 a. m. Tuesday to continue through to adjournment Wednes day afternoon. The public generally is invited to all these service*. Week’s free ticket appears for someone in Sanders theatre reader.
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