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Do You Know Of A Vacant Lot in Smithfleld lhat need beautify ing? Enter it in the Yard and Garden Contest, Then Beautify! Smithfield wants a hotel —But it also wants to es tablish a Livestock Sta tion Yard. 47TH YEAR THE HOME NEWSPAPER SMITHFIELD, N. C„ FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 5, 1929 SIX PAGES TODAY NUMBER 55 Storm Does Much Damage To Crops Twenty-Three Acres of Fine Tobacco on Farm of C. L. San ders Total Loss - Lightnting Strik< House Jno. Kemple Monday afternoon and night, one of the severest storms in re cent years visited this section. The first storm came up late in the afternoon. This cloud was followe ! by others at brief intervals until after midnight. The air seemed charged with electricity ,the light ning being almost constant. The weather disturbance was general over the county, that at some place, it was mor esevertf than t others. Here in Smithlield there was no particular damage done, though there was a heavy down pour of rain and some wind. The tobacco crop of Mr. Claude L. Sanders, who lives five mlies north of Smithlield near Elizabeth church, represents the greatest loss yet reported. The storm in that section was attended by hail which completely destroyed 2a acres of fine tobacco. Stalks < x hibited at the Herald office Tues day showed the leaves riddled. The tobacco was so badly dam aged that Mr. Sanders is plowing it all under and is planting corn. Mr. Sanders estimates his damage at about $0,000. He carried n; hail insurance. Mr. A. L. Faulkner, who lives in the same neighborhood, suf fered considerable damage. The crops of J. A. Batten, 0. P. Bar bour, John Kennedy and Everett Adams near Clayton are all re ported to be damaged. LIGHTNING STRIKES NEAR PRINCETON PRINCETON, July 4.—One of the heaviest rainstorms ever re membered by the oldest men here came Monday night. Rain com menced to Tail about seven o’clock and for about three hours it poured down. The thunder and lightning was very heavy. Two places have been reported wheie the lightning struck the house. One of these was the home of Mr. John Kemple. The clock wa? knocked off the mantle, and the mantlepiece was torn to pieces. Mr. and Mrs. Kemple were in the room within a few feet of th; fireplace, but were not injured. Mr Kemple stated that the shock raised him clear of the bed. Presbyterian Services. .Smithfield Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Sermon by pastor. A . Progress, 3 o'clock. Union service Methodist church at 8 o’clock, Rev. Chester Alexander preaching. Sunday school and Bible classes 10 o’clock. Public cordially invilau. A Tongue Twister. A tongue-twister for those who like such exercise: “If a Hotten tot taught a Hottentot to talk ere the tot could totter, ought the Hottentot tot be taught to say aught, or naught, or what ought not to be taught her? If t.> hoot and to toot a Hottentot tot be taught by a Hottentot tutor, should the tutor get hot if the Hottentot tot hoot and toot at the Hottentot tutor?” Just pass this up without complaint if you don’t like it.—N. C. Christian Ad vocate. Four hundred and eighty-onc men attended twelve meeting held at sweet clover, pasture am small grain demonstrations it Catawba county recently. 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 io the one deciphering their same and presenting a copy^ of this paper to the Herald office, we will present a free ticket to the Victory Theatre. Tickets must be called for befoie the following issue. Miss Annie Blanche Morgan deciphered her name. TODAY’S TANTALIZER u[B38}OWdo£_ Jacqueline Morct, in jail at Can- | t>n City, Col., is an unusual in j niate. This girl bandit says shc.toa; never in her life worn skirts', al . .. ir.\iKir> and a cau Reuben Lee Is Drowned In N. Y. Body Was Brought To His Home Near Four Burial —Funeral Held Monday j Afternoon The funeral of Mr. Roulben Loo. who was drowned Monday, Juno 24 in a large laundry reservoir at Greystone Park Hospital, Morris town, N. J., was held last Monday afternoon at Shiloh church, Rev. S. S. McGreggor conducting tin. The young man, who was the son of Mr. J. R. Lee who lives near Four Oaks, had been in Morristown, N. J., for about three months. He was an employe of the (Jreystone Park Hospital. At noon on June 24. he went :n swimming in the large reservoir, and .being overheated was taken with cramp and sank to the bot tom almost as soon as he was in the water. All efforts to save him were useless. Mr. Lee lacked only a few months of being twenty one years of age* The father of the young man was communicated with, and a message was sent requesting th1 body to be sent to Johnston coun ty for burial. The body reached ■Selma Sunday afternoon about six-thirty, and was taken to his home near Four Oaks. The fun eral and interment took place the next day at three o’clock. A large crowd was present. KIWAMANS HEAR ABOUT Ml I AN A l K K E CON YENTION (By Dr. Massey) Rev. Chester Alexander gave the local Kiwanians Wednesday a vivid description of things seen, heard and felt at the Milwaukee convention of Kiwanis Interna tional. Mr. Alexander was the delegate representing the Smith field club. In the rush of affairs with 5,000 delegates representing all parts of the United States ar.C Canada, the parson was success ful in absorbing quite a lot to | bring back to the homefolks. Problems with which any K'. wanis club is confronted, and in which it is most interested suci as helping the under-privileged children, with the correction of their physical defects; vocational guidance, which tends to place | youth in a gainful occupation; and inspirational programs are some of the things which evolved tlm attention of the delegates at this j convention. Inspiration, fellowship, and friendship prevailed and Kiwau’s hospitality was in evidence at all i times and places. Hundreds were ' entertained in transient i:i the city of Chicago, giving one a dif ferent conception of that great city than is gained by reading ho newspapers. It was a fine trip f_*r the local club's delegate, and much lasting good is to • redound to fellow Kiwanians. Mr. Uavidian, a skilled surgeon who is relieving Dr. W. J. H. Orr at the Johnston County Hospital for a few weeks this summer, was guest of the club. Mr. Gard ner Morgan, recent graduate of i the medical school of the Univer Recorder’s Courl Takes Two Days liiief Session Previous Weei Accounts For Large Num l)er of Cases This Week Recorder’s C’-ourt was held har«: Tuesday and Wednesday and t number of eases tried. Only a brief court was held last week on ac count of Superior court and ‘he docket was full. Thu, follow in;; cases were disposed of: State vs. Robert A. Johnson and Ella Mae I^ee charged with bigamy. Examination was waived, iind the defendants were bound over to Superior court under a $300 'bond. State vs. Alton Tart, white, charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and with :>eing publicly drunk. The defend ant was found guilty on both ,‘ounts and was sentenced to jail for a term of 00 days and assi;*n E-d to work the county roads and :o pay cost. Jail sentence is to bo suspended upon payment of $.">U !ine and cost and upon furt.hc* E-omlition that defendant does not (Turn to page four) Mrs. J. L. Blackman Found Dead In Bed Marly Tuesday morning, Mrs. Amanda Blackman, widow of the ate J. I,. Blackman, was found lead in bed at her home he a. Mrs. Bk-kman lived with her son, Mr. W. M. Blackman, and when le went to her room Tuesday Horning; to awaken her he found hat she had passed away, in her deep. The deceased had been suf Bering with heart trouble for some time, but was apparently well as usual when sl.e retired Monday night. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon at* three o’clock at the Freewill Baptist church of which he deceased was a member. Rev. [[. R. haircloth, pastor of the diurch, assisted by Rev. S. L. Morgan, pastor of the Missionary Hap list church, conducted the service. Interment was made in Oakland cemetery, beautiful flow *rs covering the new-made grave, rhe pallbearers were: S. C. Turn ige, II. A. Grumpier, Albert smith, F. C. Fitzgerald, R. K. kVhitehujst and A. J. Fitzgerald. Mrs. Blackman, who was Miss \mamia Thain before her inar iage, was preceded to the grave )V her husband who died three .ears ago. She was born and eared in Johnston county and liv 'd in Bentonville township before iioving to Smithfield seven years vgo. The deceased was 04 years >f age. Six children survive as follows: Mrs. Carl Little, Mrs. W. A. Wil iams, and W. A. Blackman, of Smithlield; S. B. Blackman, of Newport News, Va.; Mrs. Snow Urn Vernen, of Rock Mart, Cia.; :md Miss Ida Blackman, of Ral cigh. MRS. THURSTON TO ATT EM i WELFARE MEET Mrs. D. J. Thurston, superin tendent of public welfare of John ston county, will attend the wel fare institute in Chapel H .11 next week, July K to 12. The public welfare institute is sponsored by the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare and the Univer sity of North Carolina. It is a short training- course for social workers. This year the interest will cen ter around two topics: The Ju venile Court and Mental Hygiene. Aimong the speakers will be Dr. Geo. H. Preston, of Baltimore, who will address the conference on Tuesday on “The Mental Hy giene Approach to Juvenile Prob lems." Dr. Preston will make a:i address also on Wednesday and will lead round table uiscussion> on both these days. On Wednes day evening Francis H. Hiller, ol New York City, will lecture or “Social Work in the Criminal Courts." Mr. Hiller is also on tlu program Thursday and Friday | In addition to these speakers North Carolina social workers wii i be present to discuss the loca I situation. isity of North Carolina, who i: [spending the summer in servici 'at the local hospital, was also ; guest of the club. j ROBERT SANDERS (JOES TO DURHAM WITH TEX AC ( Mr. Robert Sanders, who for th i past nine years has been with tht First-Citizens Bank and Trus company, left yesterday for l)u [ham where he has accepted a p<>. ■ | sition with the Texas Oil con: puny. Mr. Sanders was assistan; I cashier of the bank here, having been employed in the bank sine. I his graduation from Trinity Co! liege. His friends extend best wishes for continued success in j his new lield of endeavor. __ De Priest Flings Charges At South ! Calls Southern Legislators A Lot of Cowards; Says Dem ocrat Holilieians Seek To Win Hack Solid South The White House tea party, a-, which the wife of the negro c.n I gressman, Oscar DePriest, was a guest, has been followed by strong talk from DePriest. The Assoc iated Press reports a speech made (by DePriest in Cleveland, Oho ■ Monday night as follows: [ < -LEV BLAND, 0., July 2. [ Charges of cowardice and hypoc I ri/y were flung by Congressman I Oscar De Priest, Negro, of Chi cago. last night at members at the Ijegislatures of Southern sta'cs which recently passed resolution. censuring Mrs. Herbert Hoover for inviting De Priest’s wife to a White House reception. Congress num De Priest was speaking oe fore 2,000 persons at a mass meeting of the national associa tion for the advancement of col ored people. “They’re just a lot of cowards,” the Illinois Congressman called1 [ the Southern Legislators. “This is my country and your country. I’ve been elected to Congress the same as any other Congressman and I’m going to have the rights of every other . Congressman—n) more and no less—if it’s in the Congressional barber shop or at White House tea. Seek To Win South. De Priest said the criticism of Mrs. Hoover’s receiving M»s. De Priest at the White House tea was an incident used by Southern Democrat politicians, seeking to win the Solid South back into the Democratic party.. However, he added, “all preju dice is not confined to any one party or to any one church. They are all tinged with it.” Turning to the subject of pro hibition, De Priest said: “The gov ernment is preparing to spend millions for enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment. A few millions ought to be spent to en force the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth which guarantee* the* Negro his civil and political rights. "I do not propose to vote In appropriate a penny to enforce .the Eighteenth Amendment until similar sums are voted to en force these other amendments now being violated all through the South.” De Priest said that as a Con gressman he will pay as much at tention to the needs of his white constituents as to those who are black. “Only in one respect will I in sist on favoring Negroes, and that is in my recommendations for appointments to West Point and Annapolis. As long as I am in Congress I’ll appoint en-y Negroes to those two schools, or ! EARLY COTTON BLOOMS KEEP COMING I> Colton blooms which have bec< received since the last issue art as follows: B. J. Benson, of Elc Ivation, a bloom on June MO; E. T Pittman, of Princeton, July 1 Robert W. Barbour, Snvithfield , route 1. reports that he found » bloom on June 21; Joel B. Leo Four Oaks, route 4, June 30 Clarence Blackman, Four Oaks route 2, July 1, a red bloom (Pa•’ rish variety of cotton); F. Y j Stephenson, of Anyier, route 1 ‘June 25; Cullen Jones, blooms or j July 1 (Woodard variety); Jobr W. Blackman, Selma, route 2 July 2. W. Y. Strickland,4 Smith i Held, route 2, July 2. Baptists To Put OnS. S. Campaign County-Wide Movement To Cut Sunday School Work or New Basis; Initial Confer ence Here Tomorrow Tomorrow afternoon at 3:50 Baptist church workers from u'l over the Johnston association will meet at the Baptist church here fur the initial conference in a campaign to -put the Sunday school work all over the associa tion on a new basis. Thits associa tion has been chosen as one of those in the state for such .» campaign conducted under the auspices of the Sunday School Board of the Baptist denomina tion. This board will bring from over the south a corps of perhaps 25 to 40 workers, all of them Sun day school specialists, who wiil assist the churches in the associ ation during all of next week in a campaign of enlistment and training. One or more workers will he assigned to each of the churches taking part in the move ment. These workers will help the churches first to make a religion; census and learn all the possibiL ties for each Sunday school, and then during the week to direct a course of training for ti'.e workers in each church. Und» :• the direction of Perry Morgar and Miss Gladys H. Beck, of Ral eigh, State Sunday School Sec ret "."y and Elementary Superin te: V nt respectively, the initial meeting in the campaign will lu held here tomorrow afternoon. The large corps of workers furnished by the Sunday School Board are all expected to be present at this (Turn to page four) until some white Congressman appoints a Negro. “1 want to thank the Democrats of the South for one thing—they were so barbaric they drove my parents to the North. If it hadn’t been for that I wouldn’t be in Congress today. “I’ve been Jim Crowed, segre gated, persecuted, and I think ! know how best the Negro can put a stop to being imposed upon. It is through the ballot, through organization, through fighting eternally for his rights.” De Priest’s reference to ‘‘driv ing his parents to the North,” hearkened back to his childhood in Northern Alabama. There he wit nessed the lynching of three Ne groes near his home, and afte. that his parents moved to Kan sas and later to Chicago. While the 2,000 persons in the. hall where the Congressman spoke cheered him loudly and long, an j other 1,000 stood outside, unable 1 to gain admittance. BOY CATCHES TWO HERONS AND A TURTLE Vernon Woodard, fifteen-year old son of Mr. R. D. Woodard >f Four Oaks, route 2, had an ex citing and unusual expeience last week in catching a couple of her ons. The boy saw a flock of these graceful, white birds which haunt the shores of streams looking foi food, go down in a pond near hi home. He asked his mother foi the gun to shoot at them, bu‘ she did not let him have it. How ever, he went on down to the 1'ond to watch the flock. He • picked up a rock and threw it a 'them, and all except one wen1 swiftly awray. The boy though he had wounded the one left be hind and went to it to investi gate. Instead of being wounded bj the rock, the heron was held fa~: by the foot by a turtle. Vernor prized the turtle out of the mur and water capturing both tin turtle and the heron. The heron appeared lonely, an Vernon decided a companion woulc cheer it up; so he set a stee trap In the pond and the nex day he had another heron. Tin two birds now occupy a cagi and the children of the neighbor hood get a great deal of pleasur. i in watching them. Boon Hill School Election Carries _ ! All of Boon Hill Township h i i Now Consolidated Into tht Same School District; Ta> Rate Will Re Lower The school election which wi held at Princeton Tuesday, July 2, carried with a good majority ' The proposition which was vote I on was to consolidate Hoyall (Boon Hill), Progress and the old i Massey district, with Boon Hill i district No. 1. This places all of j Boon Hill township in this dis trict. The election calls for a tax rate not to exceed fifty cents on the hundred dollars worth of property, but it will not be nec essary to levy the full fifty The numiber of voters who reg istered for the election was 4<>J. The number of ^»t?'S cast for the proposition totalled 290, whi'o only 51 were cast again it. To carry an election requires that a majority of the registered voters cast their vote for the propoo - tion. In this election 236 would have been a majority. The ejec tion was carried by a majority -f 60. C. C. Gilliard Dies After Long Illness Mr. ('. C. Gilliard, after a lin gering illness, passed away he/e Wednesday afternoon about 2:‘h o’clock at the home of his daugh ter, Mrs. W. L. Ellis, with whom he had lived for the past year. Mr. Gilliard had been in failing health for the past five years having been afflicted with Bright’s 'disease. For seven weeks prior to j his death, he was confined to his : bed. The deceased, who was 77 years of age ,was a native of South Carolina. He lived for i number of years in Dunn, moving to this city about fifteen yeais I ago. He was twice married, and is survived by his last wife, who j was Mrs. Mollie Goodwin, of Ral jeigh. He Ls also survived by two I children of his first marriage, | Mrs. W. L. Ellis of this city and j Mr. J. E. Gilliard of Wilmington. | Another son. Mr. Luther Gilliard, j died a few years ago. Mr. Gilliard was a member of the Methodist church from nis | youth, and his godly, Christian i life was a constant example f >r i those with whom he came in contact. He was active in hi*; | church as long as his health per- | mitted. 1 he luneral was held yesterday afternoon at four o’clock at the "home of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis. By' request of the deceased, Rev. 1). ; H. Tuttle conducted the service, j He was assisted by Rev. J. 1>. Bundy, pastor of the Methodic i church here, and by Rev. J. E. ■ Heiibert, of Central M. E. Church,) Raleigh, where the deceased held his membership at the time of his j death. Interment was made in jthe city cemetery. A lovely flora: [offering attested the esteem in I which the deceased was held. The I pallbearers were John Hamilton, Paul Eason, J. W. Setzer, J. W. Keen, W. F. Grimes and N. T. bailey. Among those from a distance here to attend the funeral were Mrs. N. W. Herring and Miss Nannie Herring,. of LaGrange; Henry Loftin, of Richmond, Va.; Mrs. S. II. Poole, Mr. J. H. Poole, Mrs. C. E. Poole, Mrs. K. C. Poole, Mr. J. E. Rudy, and Mr. and Mis. J. W. Poole, Mrs. C. T. Wheeler, J. W. Goodwin, B. S. Baker, of Raleigh; Geo. Gardner, of Dunn; G. A. Parker, of Durham; J. E Gilliard and son, Harry, of Wil mington; Ml$. Z. A. Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Pool, Mrs. W. T. Brown, Mrs. C. B. Moore, Mrs H. C. Brown, Mrs. W. B. Jones, Mrs. E. M. Stanton, of Raleigh; Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Lindsay, Mrs. Jesse T. Webb and daughters. Evelyn and Lois, of Wilson; Mr. M. V. Sanderford, and Mrs. W. K. Ellis, of Raleigh. Another Cotton Bloom. Mr. C. H. Graham of Dunn, route 2, presented to us a red i cotton bloom which opened Ju y 2. To Conduct Revival The annual revival at Stewart s I Chapel Freewill Baptist church of | Johnston county, a few miles east of Four Oaks, will begin the first I Sunday night, July 7. The preach ing will be done by Rev. H. H. Goff of Falcon, assisted by hi\ wife, Mrs. H. H. Goff. The meet- ! ing will continue for two weeks | j with services each -night at eight o’clock and on Sundays at eleven J a. m. The public is cordially in-j | vited to attend. Will Have Course For Club Members _ i Six Hundred 4H Club Girls! and Club Hoys Expected to Attend Short Course At ltnieigh July 29-Aug. 3 A LEIGH, July 4.—Wlhen the bOO selected farm boys and girls Irc-m .all parts of North Carolina meet at State College during the week of July 29 to Augusit 3 fo.4 their annual short course they will find an interesting program < f work and play planned for them. “There will hardly be an idla moment from the time the club members register at the Y. M. C. A. building on Monday until they leave for their homes on the fol lowing Saturday,” says L. R.'Har rill, state club leader. “The course will be less expensive than usual this year as we shall charge only $5 for board during the week. Rooms, equipment and instruction will be provided free by the col lege. The rising whistle will blow at 6:30 o’clock in the morning and the program will be crowded through the day until ten o’clock at night. Three class periods will be held edch forenoon with an assembly of all boys and girls at twelve o’clock. In the after noons, there will be conferences, sightseeing trips, games, recrea tion, swimming and other features. Each evening after supper, the impressive vesper services will be held.” Cluib members may look for. ward to interesting talks by Dr. K. C. Brooks, President of State College; Dean I. O. Schaub, head of the School of Agriculture; Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon, state home agent, and by those club members who have made trips to national camps and other events. The club banquet will be held on Friday evening as will the camp fire exercises. Thursday evening the King and Queen of Health will be crowned. At the assem bly on Friday, officers for the next year will be elected. Courses of study will follow a'ong the lines of projects now being studied by club members and competent instructors wifi be provided by the college authori ties. A CARD OF THANKS J. R. Lee of the Four Oaks vicinity wishes to thank every one who assisted him in any way and is greateful especially to friends who made up a purse en abling him to have the body of his son embalmed and shipped fo him from New Jersey. P. G: PERKINS PASSES *AT HOME GOLDSBORO Mr. P. G.i Perkins died at hi* home, Goldsboro, route 1, Tues day at 12:30 p. m. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon from the Friends church. The barley harvest of David son county was held during the first week in June with excellent yields recorded. Regular Session Co. Commissioner No Action Taken Regarding Budgets at This Meeting— Board Convenes Again Today The board of county commis sioners met in regular session he.*e last Monday, the first Monday in July, at which time the budget* of the various departments of county government were dtfe ;o come up for approval or disap proval. The school budget ha! been previously presented to the commissioners by the county board of education. This budget was some larger than for the previous year for reasons set forth already in these columns when a summary of the budget was published. The status otf the other departments is not known, since no action has been taken regarding any of them up to this time. The board transacted rou tine business Monday and ad journed to meet again today, when in all probability the bud gets will be considered with a view to fixing the tax rate for the county. Among the items of business transacted Monday were the fol lowing: Ordered that the 5 per cert commission on special privilege tax be raised to 10 per cent and the penalty extended for 30 days, August 1, 1929. Ordered that the town board of Benson be advised to meet r. joint session with the county commissioners next Monday at 3 p. m., for the purpose of appoint ing a cotton weigher for the towiv of Benson, said approval being rejected. The following resolution was adopted: Resolved, that the State Highway Commission of North Carolina apply such portion cf the allocation of funds due John ston county under the provisions uf Chapter 40 Section 6, subtrac tion D Public Laws of 1929 to the payment of bonds and inter est thereon heretofore issued by said county for the purpose cf road improvements. A canvass of three school elec tions was made: Meadow, Smith field and Archer Lodge. The elec tions in Meadow and Smithfield were lost, but the one in Archer Lodge carried. JOHNSTON WOMAN USES HOME CONVENIENCE In a recent issue of Capper s Parmer the experience of a John ston county woman with a me chanical refrigerator was publish ed. The article is as follows: Sunday—No Dinner To Get (By Bessie Radford) Johnston County, N. C. We bought a mechanical re frigerator last year. It burns on? quart of kerosene a day and re quires only a few minutes for operation. It ipermits us to^have iced tea and makes ideal storage space for milk and butter. With it I have to churn only twice a week. We cook Sunday dinner on Sat urday, store it..in the refrigerator and it is fine for Sunday. I co».i>d not do without it in summer. “I knowed a feller onct who married a gal name Polly ana after dat he jest went arcun’ PollygizinV’ Aunt Roxie Opines By Me— •'De ol’ Codger haiii’t tole u<t when ter take 'em off and Smiti tield is gettin’ hot.”