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THE HOME NEWSPAPER SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 16, 1929
SIX PAGES TODAY
Dumber 58
Re-Submit School
Budget To Boards
Conference Between County
Commissioners and School
Committeemen Results In
Asking Board Education
and Commissioners to Con
sider Budget Jointly
The school budget, which wa:
the subject of a special confer
ence here Friday between the
county board of commissioners
and members of the school board?
of the various districts in the
county, will be referred again to
the consideration V of the county
commissioners in joint session
with the county board of educa
tion and the county superintend
ent of schools, in order that an
other effort may be made to re
duce the amount put down for the
operation of schools in Johnston
county in 1929-’30.
This decision was reached aftar
Dr. George D. Yrick of Selma had
made a motion that the budget
be re-su'bmitted to the board of
education for the purpose of re
ducing the figures if possible and
if not possible without impairing
the efficiency of the schools, that
the child be not made the victim
of a tax cut. Discussion of the
motion led to a substitute mc
tion which called for the joint
consideration of the budget by the
two boards, to the end that t;ie
school tax rate be kept the same,
if not lower, than that of last
year, which was $1.08. The two
boards will meet next Thursday.
The conference Friday held in
the commissioners room of the
courthouse, was presided over by
J. T. Edgerton, chairman of the
county board of commissioners,
who explained that the meeting
had been called at the suggestion
of C. M. Johnson of Raloign, sec
retary to the State Advisory
Board of County Government, who
had previously conferred with the
county commissioners. Januis
Raynor, county attorney, was call
ed upon to state the position of
the commissioners as to Die
school budget.
Mr. Raynor stated that the
budget calls for an appropriation
of $572,653.31, as compared with
$547,900.84 of last year, an in
crease of about $24,000. He enum
erated a /number of items of cur
rent expense, the most of which
were shown to be the same or
less than the appropriation for
the same items last year, tnus
leading up to the conclusion reach
ed by Mr. Raynor that the or.iy
way to irvver the tax rata would
be to cut t’na teachers’ salaries,
which is the big item in the ex
pense of running the schoo’s. He
declared that it was not th•; in
tention of the county commission
ers to slash the salaries of
teachers, as the Greensboro Daily
News had emblazoned on its
front page Friday; nor, he de
clared, is it their purpose to hun
the efficiency of the schools. The
tax rate must be cut and there
fore the appropriation for tnc
teachers’ salaries must be cut.
His plan for reducing the ap
propriation is that seasoned, ex
perienced teachers should be re
placed with Johnston county boys
and girls who are just out of nor
mal school or college and whose
certificates naturally command
less money. Mr. Raynor stated
that the only teaching experience
one needs is the watching o!
teachers through the ten or eleven
years that arc spent in elemen
tary and high school. He also
stated that, in his opinion, a
teacher does h’\s best work during
the first two or three years
that he teaches, at which time he
Turn to page five
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TODAY'S TANTARIZER
mavcetrieknlssfvalsand
Good Attendance
Henry Lee, aye 11, son oi
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Lee, of th<
sixth grade at Rock Hi]
■school, who has been neither
absent nor tardy for five
yearn.
J. J. Williams Hurt
In Auto Accident
; Has Five Ribs Broken When
His Car Crashes Into Trail
er of Truck Parked by
H ig h way
Mr. J. J. Williams of Wilders
township is in the Johnston Coun
ty Hospital as a result of an au
tomobile accident which occurred
Saturday evening about eight
o’clock on highway No.,22 between
Smithfield and Princeton.
Mr. Williams was coming to
wards Smithfield and ran Ids
car into a trailer attached to a
truck which was parked by the
roadside. The trailer is said to
have carried a red light, but t:i?
lights of a car which was going
towards Mr. Williams blinded him
so that he was unable to see the
signal. Mr. Williams had five ribs
broken and was bruised internal
ly. He was brought to the John
ston County Hospital here and yes
terday no complications having de
veloped, he was reported as rest
ing fairly well.
Mr. Williams is well known in
the county. He was a candidate
for sheriff in the Democratic pri
mary prior to the last election.
THE NATIONAL GRANGE
AND ITS ACHIEVEMENTS
The Grange is unique among
farm organizations. There is tu
other institution quite like it ir.
any part of the world. It is at
once a fraternity with a beautiful
ritual; an educational institutior.
a cooperative organization, and a
force for social betterment. For
two generations it has also been
an outstanding spOkeman in public
affairs for the people of rura.
America.
io mane a list oi tne measures
which the Grange has supported
would he to enumerate practically
every forward tep which has been
taken for agricultural welfare in
the past sixty years.
In the early days of the organ
ization it lead the fight against
the excesses of the railroads,
which led to the establishment of
the Interstate Commerce Gomrnb
sion and the control of public util
ities. It fostered rural free mai
delivery, the parcel post, and the
establishment of institutions for
teaching and research in agricul
ture. It played a prominent part
in the helping to establish tie
North Carolina Agriculture Ex
| periment Station.
I The movement for the establish
ment of the Federal Farm Loan
! System and other progressive leg
I islation passed during recent years
! was largely the result cf work
• by the Grange.
The Grange has always stood
for a fair distribution of the
burdens of taxation, for legisla
tive safeguards for American ag
riculture, for a better marketing
system, and for every movement
to promote farm prosperity.
But probably the greatest ac
complishment of the Grange has
been something that is not meas
urable, viz., the great good it
has rendered and still renders
to hundreds of thousands of ru
ay A.rthvr Btirbant
■ THE BOON OK SLEEP—
! EGO STATISTICS—
I WONDERFUL LANDS—
I EIGHT “BIG MEN”—
If you have .sound sleep, do.V:
envy any man his millions.
| An American, very rich
! knighted by King George because
of the American money he spen
in London, was taken, to a hos
pital, suffering from insomnia.
In the morning he was founr
dead, clutching a piece of pa
per on which he had written that
as sleep was impossible, he could
endure life no longer. He had
poisoned himself.
A majority of us go through
life, not appreciating our grea.
est blessings, especially the
“Sleep that knits up the ravell’d
sleave of care,
The death of each day’s life, sore
labour’s bath,
1 Halm of hurt minds, great na
| lure’s second course,
i Chief nourisher in life’s feast.”
Until sleep goes, you do not
! know life’s greatest physical mis
I fortune.
Every year two thousand mil
lion American eggs are confided
to hens and 'incubator.;. Every
year 800,000,000 of them don’t
hatch.
Much lost possible wealth, at
least $200,000,000, at 25 cents
per chick.
The Department of Agriculture
owns one hen, laying eggs of
which 90 per cent hatch, and che
transmits her qualities to daugh
ters and granddaughters.
This interests millions of wo
men in the United States.
The government has thrown
open to settlement government
lands these are, low, level, deep.
Mississippi River. Wonderful
lands these are, lew, level, deep,
heavy black loam.
As the “wind bloweth where it
dsteth,” so the Mississippi flows
where it listeth, covering and un
covering land, washing millions
upon millions of cubic yards of
fertile soil into the Gulf of Mex
ico.
When will man’s intelligence
control “Old Man River” and
make him an obedient part of Tie
national machine?
President Hoover, whose busi
ness is engineering, will attend to
that, was “cut out” for that job.
The President seeks eight “big
men” to put on the Farm Board.
The big eight and the Secre
tary of the Treasury will admin
ister funds for farm relief, spend
ing the people’s money as intelli
gently as they know how.
How can you tell “a bi^; man”
when you see him, and how cm
you be sure that your big man
understands farm problems?
It would be interesting to put
the eight big men, after they a *3
chosen, in charge of some typicai
American farm to see what they
could make of it.
The President signs the Boui
dcr Dam proclamation, thus mak
ing operative the Boulder Canyn
Dam bill.
And now, perhaps, the able en
gineer elected President, will he
able to do what he wants to do.
some able engineering.
ral men, women and children in
its regular community meeting'-.
These meetings are fraternal, so
cial, and educational gatherings
in which farm neighbors and
friends join hands and minds in
seeking enjoyment and cnlight
oment, and in promoting “Bet
ter Farming, Better Business, Bet
ter Living” in rural America.
| Tiere’s Pittsburg’s 111? Pitching Ace (i
grimes*
ONE OF THE 0U5
REASONS WH-V THE PlRAtrt
SWVE BEEN ABLE to STRiKJB
A 1929 WINNING
6>TRipe APTEP
POOR START /
7-Year Old Boy
Breaks His Neck
PRINCETON, Jujy 15.—
Saturday afternoon Ihc seven
year-old boy of Major Pilk
j ington fell from the top poles
in a tobacco barn and was in
stantly killed. The boy, to
gether with other children,
j was trying to catch a rat. He
climbed the top pole in
the barn and lost his balance.
His neck was broken, and
| also his shoulder blades. The
i funeral and burial took place
near the boy’s home Sunday
afternoon.
KENLY CLUB LEADING
IN CENTRAL CAROLINA
KENLY, July 15.—The Ken'/
baseball club under the leadership
of Manager Jack Hooks, hard hii
ting first baseman, has played
bang up ball this season, having
chalked up twelve victories and
have lost half as many. The local
outfit is well out in front in the ,
Central Carolina League, fast
semi-pro circuit composed of for
mer college and high school stars.
The league is a four club affair
with Bailey, Kenly, Middlesex and i
Clayton all having clubs in the
loop. The Kenly success has been
made possible by the great hurl
ing of Buck Smith, right-hander
from Wilmington who has won
! six' games without a loss along
with the heavy hitting of Aden
Lassiter, former Wake Forest
outfielder who is leading Ken'.»
abat with a percentage of 400.
Other leading hitters of the local
nine or Harvey Pittman, Carl
Watson, Jack Hooks and Earl
Edgerton. Pittman and Neighbors
have also hurled some good ball
this season. Carl Bailey, of Elm
City, is president of the league
| this year and succeeds Dr. Walter
' P. Wlhitted of this city who has
1 been at the helm for four year?.
! Fred Harris is the Bailey mana
jger; Bill Massey, Clayton, skip
pe. Jack Hooks, Kenly and Clua
I lie Overman is the Middlesex
I pilot. At a meeting of the league
directors held here last week it
was decided that the schedule he
played straight through and the
two top teams to play a series
to determine the championship.
The next games to be played o i
Wednesday, July 17, finds Ken.y
playing at Clayton while Middlesex
will be at Bailey.
: Tomato Weighs Pound Six Ounces.
iMr. J. H. Woodall has got
•everybody beat on raising toma
j toes. Saturday, he presented the
| Herald with six of the finest we
' have ever seen. Three weighed as
| much as a pound ami six ounces
each. They are the Ponderosa va
riety, and the smooth pink skin
ned tomatoes are just as luscious
I as they looked. Thanks to Mr.
(Woodall for sharing with the
Herald.
Mr. and Mrs. N. M. Lawrence
and Miss Mary Ellen Lawrence
spent Sunday in Smithfield.
1
To Load Poultry
Car In Selma Sat.
Will Be Sixteenth Car Loaded
This Season; Shipments To
Date Have Netted Farmers
$26*280.70
SELMA, July 15.—The sixteenth j
poultry car of this season wil’ ■
be loaded in Selma at the South
ern freight station next Satur
day, July 20, and a good load
ing is expected as this is the sec
ond car of the summer. Poultry
loadings this season, thus far,
have been 108,384 pounds whicn
has netted the farmers $20,280.70.
In the short time poultry ship
ments have been made from
Selma, tonnage has increased rap
idly, and by next season it is
hoped that the farmers will real
ize that there is a living in more
than cotton and tobacco and will
\> into the poultry game on a
bigger scale, and thereby double
the shipments of poultry from
this county.
Cash prices at the car door
next Saturday, July 20, are as
follows: colored hens, 22 cents
per pound; Leghorn hens, 18 cents
per pound; colored broilers, 1 Vi
pounds and up, 26 cents per
pound; Leghorn broilers, 22 cents
per pound- roosters, 12 cents per
pound; guineas, 30 cents each.
Brogden
S&UTHMBLJ), Route !i, July 1J.
•Mr. Ben A. Daughtry and little
daughter, Iola, of Enfield, visited
Mr. J. T. Overbee Sunday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Langley
and little Miss Vivian of Wilsou,
spent last Thursday with relative<
in this section.
Mr. Leslie Langley, Miss Laura
Overibee, Mr. Cecil Strickland and j
Miss ltosa Thompson went to
Crescent Lake Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Silas Summerlin,* of near
Goldsboro, is visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Jesse Grant.
Mr. and Mrs. Luby Royall, of j
Smithfield, recently visited their!
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Roy
all.
Miss Rosa Thompson, of Dur
ham, spent last week with rela
tives in' this community.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Rose ani
family, of Wilson, visited relatives
in this section recently.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Overbee
and children and Mr. Young ci
Princeton, spent Thursday night
in this section.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Grimes,
‘of Raleigh, and Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Godwin, of Smithfield were
the guests of their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Gardner Sunday.
Miss Edith Thompson, of Dur
ham, was the week end guest of
M i ss I .a u ra Ove nbee.
Dr. A. G. Woodard, of Golds
boro, and Mr. Buck Joyner, of
! Princeton, were in our section on
Sunday afternoon.
, Mr. and Mrs. Janies H. Daugh
Two Are Hurt
In Auto Crash
Three Cars Collide on
Street Corner I n
Selma; Mr. and Mrs.
Breitz Enntertain at
Fish Fry
SELMA. July 15.—Sunday
night three cars collided at the
intersection of Green and Wad
dell streets about eight o'clock,
causing a crash that was heard
for blocks and resulting in the n
jury of two persons. Blame was
attached to a negro, Zoe LeMay
Tillman, who was driving a Ford
belonging to Mr. J. Ransome
Creech, and said to be without
lights or with very dim lights.
Th’s car was almost completely
demolished and the negro cut on
the leg and painfully hurt in his
side. The Studebaker, into which
the Ford crashed, was occupied by
.Air. and Mrs. C. O. Morris. It
had the windshield broken and
one wheel and fender damaged.
Mrs. Morris was cut and was
profusely bleeding when Dr. Ge >.
D. Vick arrived on the scene. She
was taken to his office where
several stitches were necessary
but it is hoped that her injuries
are not serious. The third car, a
Ford, driven by Milton Bridge’,
was close behind Mr. Morris and
was in the mix-up but escaped
with only bent fenders. None of
the occupants were injured, fne
negro was not drinking and bea-s,
a good reputation. He was grea,
ly distressed over the accident.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Brietz
entertained the members of th?
Alma Edgerton Bible class, th*:.
wives, the superintendent of the
Kdgerton Memorial Sunday scho.J,
the teachers of all classes in all
departments and the official mom
bers on Friday evening at a most
enjoyable fish fry. Plans had beer
made to have the supper on the
lawn, but when rain interfered the
spacious home was thrown open
and 58 laughing, chattering p o- I
pie swarmed into the dining room,:
porches and kitchen and wero
served 50 pounds of fish cooked j
to the queen’s taste, along wih
bread, coffee, lemonade and other
accessories. Mr. and Mrs. Brht'. j
are noted for their hospitality j
and unique entertainments ard
this is only another added to
numerous delightful affairs given
by this genial couple.
CENTRAL CAROLINA LEAGUE
CLUB STANDING
Club W. L. Pet.
Kenly . -12 6 .666
Middlesex -11 7 .600
Bailey ..10 9 .540
Clayton .. 9 10 .441
Wednesday, July 17: Kenly at
Clayton; Middlesex at Bailey.
'Friday, July 19: Bailey at Mid
dlesex; Clayton at Kenly.
Saturday, July 20: Middlesex
at Kenly; Bailey at Clayton.
Lovely Zinnias and Dahlias.
The Herald office is again th.»
recipient of some lovely flowers
Saturday afternoon little Misses
Bettie Rose and Carrie Lee Myatt,
young daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Myatt of the Polenta sec
tion. brought us two bunches of
flowers, one of zinnias and one of
pink and white pom pom dah*
liahs. The zinnias are among the
finest that we have seen. We have
been enjoying their beauty, and
we wish to thank our young
friends.
Revival At Bizzell’s Grove.
A revival began at Bizzell’s
Grove Saturday night and will
continue through this week. The
pastor, Rev. T. M. Bizzell, is be
ing assisted by Mrs. R. D. Noble,
of Kinston, a wide-awake evange
list, and the public is cordially
invited to attend the services.
try and children, of Knfield, spent
the week end with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Grant.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Corbett
made a business trip to Smithfield
Wednesday.
Little Miss Myrtle Mae Johnson
of near Smithfield is spending
some time with her grandparents,
I Mr. and Mrs. Zefo Ingram.
Rock Hill Student
Hilda Massengill 11-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Massengill, who was
neither absent nor tardy for
three years. She is in the
sixth grade.
July 1929 Crop
Report For N. C.
One Per Cent Increase In
Cotton Acreage; Five Per
Cent in Tobacco; Tobacco
Condition in State Report
ed 3 Per Cent Poorer Than
Last Year
By FRANK PARKER, Statistician
RALEIGH, July 12.—-The first
important crop report of the year
was released on July 10 by tin
National Crop Reporting Boar l.
The Raleigh office, however, has
much detailed county and districc
data not available from the Wash
ington Bureau. The cotton report
released the 10th shows one per
cent increase in acreage; tobacco
released the 11th shows 5 per
cent increase; small grains show
variable increases. In fact, the
area under cultivation this year
shows a 1 per cent increase in to
tal crop area.
The condition of crops shows
that grasses and allied crops have
very- good prospects. Small grabs'
showed yields appreciably above;
the average. Wheat was indicated
at 11.7 bushels per acre; oats 24 J;
barley, 24 and rye 13 bushels
yield. The quality of these was:
consistently good. Coni, with a
condition of 77 per cent, is better:
than last year. The best condi- j
tion of the crop is in the western ;
mountain counties and the poorest J
in the northeastern Coastal Bih
where excessive rains have oc
curred. The acreage of this crop
appears to be reduced about 2
per cent. Thus the increases in
other crops were largely at the
expense of the corn acreage.
The tobacco condition of 09 per
cent as of July 1 is 3 per cent
poorer than last year. In reality
the condition last year was nHicli
better than was reported. Many
argue that it is poorer this year
than it is reported. With an in
crease of 5 per cent in acreage
and with a record production of
500,000,000 pounds last year, it
will probably be to the farmers’
advantage to have a decrease in
the yield per acre this year. The
Bright Leaf tobacco is generally
reported at not over 71 per cent,
the lowest condition being 63 in
the Piedmont area. Curing has
started in many of our eastern
counties. The South Carolina Belt
! has been curing for some time,
i Fruit crops are generally short
I -peaches show an average of 51
per cent; apples 44 and pears 41
per cent o'f a full crop prospect
The average for pecans is 71 per
cent. Soy beans and cow' peas aro
both less than last year, the
present condition being respective
ly 81 and 74 per cent.
The early commercial Irish pj
tato crop was cut almost 50 per
cent in acreage, while the yield
was generally considered as be
ing very good. A yield of 115
bushels for the state’s early crop
and' 126 bushels for the commer
cial crop was reported. Prices
have been fairly satisfactory.
-Mrs. P. H. Kasey, of Greenville,
is the guest of Miss Mildrei
Young. _'
Contributions For
Home Agent Fund
About $300 in Cash In Hand
Besides Pledges That Have
Not Been Turned In; Miss
Garrison Back
lhe treasurer of the County
Council of Home Demonstration
Work, Miss Ruth Jones, reports
I recent cash contributions for con
tinuing the home demonstration
I work as follows:
I Dr. J. W. Fitzgerald, $500.
! W. G. Wilson, Sr., $5.00.
! W. C Beasley, $5.00
| E. W. Pou, $10.00.
I J. C. Stancil, $1.00.
I N. L. Perkins, $2.00.
| A friend, $3.50.
i Holt-Sanders Chapter U. D. C,
j $5.00.
Dr. W. J. B. Orr, $5.00.
These contributions total $41.50
which brings the amount donated
to date to $298.22. This amount
: does not include pledges whicJ
1 have been made by the various
clubs and not yet turned in.
Miss Minnie Lee Garrison, th*
county home agent, who has been
at her home near Rock Hill, S. C,
on account of the illness an!
death of her mother, has return? 1
to the county and is resuming
her work.
In Memory Henry Glen Crocker.
On June 7 the death angel
visited the home of Mr. and
Mrs. George Crocker and took
from them their darling baby. He
was born May 7, 1928 making hi*
stay on earth 13 months. Little
Glen was a very delicate baby al
most all of his life, but bore his
sickness with great patience, hari
j ly ever crying or fretting. All
Was done for him that kind hand?
could do but Jesus called him
home where there will be no me "a
pain or death, where all will bo
happiness and joy. He leaves to
mourn their loss a father, mother,
and one little brother, Ralph be
sides a great number of other
relatives.
The funeral was conducted by
Rev. Wm. Ferrell after which the
remains were laid to rest in tha
family cemetery. The little grave
was covered with flowers.
He is gone but not forgotten.
Never will his memory fade.
Sweetest thoughts will ever lingc*
’Round the grave where he wj 3
laid.
An Aunt,
MRS. WILLIE H. PITTMAN.
NEW CAFE TO OPEN
AROUND AUGUST 15.
Messrs. George Kallas of Selma
ami George Valaoras of Gol 15
boro, were in the city Thursday'
making arrangements for opening
a cafe here. They have secured*
the corner room of the old posv
office building which is now beir.;$
remodeled and they expect to
open up about August 15. They
are experienced in the cafe busi
ness.
A CARD OF THANKS
I wish to express my appreciat
ion to doctors and nurses of ,'.c
Johnston County Hospital for thei*
kindness to me wh;ie a patient
there; and also the the ladies who
sent flowers. May God’s riches:
blessings rest upon each and 9"
ery one.
MRS. H. C. COLE,
Smithifield, N. C., Route 1.
Aunt Roxie Opine*
By Me—
“Deya a lot sed ‘bout mistakot
uv prohibishun and ‘ol« ea.vn
lioker i* de cnuae uv It all’.”