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OUR SLOGAN: “Sell Johnston County Tobacco In Johnston” Smithfield wants a hotel —But it also wants to es tablish a Livestock Sta tion Yard. 47TH YEAR THE HOME NEWSPAPER SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 22, 1929 SIX PAGES TODAY NUMBER 60 Co. Commissioners Suggest Budget Cut Propose Cut of $25,275.62 In Operating Accounts of School Fund At the meeting uf the school committeemen of the county called by the Board of County Commis sioners on July 12, the Board of Education was requested to re consider the school budget to see if it could be reduced without making the school children the vic tims. The last issue of this paper carried an account of the recon sideration of the budget by the board of education. It was pointed out that a substantial saving cou’j be effected by paying for insur ance for only one instead of three years and also by reorganization of several schools so as to reduce the teachers salaries about $8, 000.00 The board of county commis sioners has notified the board ot education that it proposed to make a cut of $25,275.02 in the budget. It is understood that the board of education cannot accept th s i cut without materially cripplin', the schools since all of the cue comes from the operating ac counts. It is pointed out that the operating accounts of the budget I approved one year ago were $410.- j 016.93 and that the same ac counts in the present budget call i for only $416,476.37. The increase an the budget comes about in the debt service over which the board of education has no control. (Turn to page four) NEGRO BOY DROWNS WHILE IN BATHING Buster Sanders, 13-year-old son cf Bubba Sanders, colored, lost his life while in bathing yester day afternoon about 3:30 o’clock. Along with a crowd of young col ored boys, he was bathing in the river near the cemetery here, using an inflated automobile tire to keep him above water. By ac cident he lost his balance ani hung to the tire with his feet, this keeping his head under the water. The small boys saw him struggling in the water but he was drowned before he could be rescued. The tragic accident at tracted a large crowd, but heln reached him too late. DE SOTO CARAVAN TO BE HERE THURSDAY Thursday afternoon a caravan of De Soto automobiles will be n Smithfield and a brief program will be given. Mr. B. .1. Holle man, of the Holleman Motor com pany of Raleigh is sponsoring the caravan which will visit all points of any size in his territory. Several member’s of the De Soto organization, including Sales Man ager G. W. Sandridge and Rep* resentative Marion Holly, will be along. A complete line, of De Sot i cars will be carried. The Negra Wash Board band of Raleigh or the Midnight Ramblers will fur nish music. LOCAL BOYS IN AUTO ACCIDENT IN NEW YORK News has reached here of an automobile accident which occurr ed in New York City last Wed nesday when a motorcycle driven by Bernice Fitzgerald of this city collided with a taxi. Mr. Fitzger ald, thrown from the motorcycle, sustained severe bruises and was taken to a hospital where he re mained two or three days. Mr. Fitzgerald and Mr. Norwood Stan cil had been in New York only a short time, having gone there several days ago for a two weeks visit. Tantalizer There are exactly enough let ,ers in the line below to spe l the name of a person In Smith leld or Johnston County, and a the one deciphering them name and presenting a copy of this tinner to the Herald efllce, we'wni present a free ticket to the Victory Theatre. Tickets must be called for before the following Issue. Lyndon Hinton decipherer his name last issue. TODAY’S TANTALIZER rilblechradno Bowlers Hu- oldest .tod votiugest AtllCI ic .it tiowlns t.. talitt part ill the- (t in i.o rm-nt at Swctie-i tur tilt* Aim ra ti cup are Joseph Tlitir.,. 11, of \,„ York.,7and Kiidclpli Gebitr |r 17 ot Glendale Falls, N. Y. Citizens Invited To Mass Meeting Friday Evening at the Court House Citizens Will Discuss Plans For Hoard of Trade To Boost Tobacco Market With such pleasing results as were experienced here last year in the increase in number cf pounds sold on the local tobacco market, with so many new friends made and with so many friends who had been lost in other years returning to the fold, the Smith field Kiwanis club just couldn’t resist the opportunity to make a move to enroll 'the 100 per cent, cooperation of every man, woman and child in town and tlTat’s the central idea Ibehind the mass meeting which has been called f>»r *ight o’clock Friday night in the courthouse At this meeting tile Kiwanis club will present to the Smith-field citizenry a plan it has worked out (and the Herald knows hat they have worked hard on it) for the further betterment of bnithfield and Johnston county’s .oibacco market. An article last Friday reviewed pretty thoroughly, it is believed, what took place here last year, the increased number of pounds hat were sold here, the loyalty of be people of the town and coun ty as a whole. The article also covered what it took to accom plish those ends. The Kiwanis club started that movement but they have never claimed credit for it. Its membership believes to this ilay that their efforts were small r.nd insists that due credit be given to the local people who co operated in giving their time, their interest and their attention to this vital unae ruining. So agan it is this club which is starting the movement. After it : gets under way they are through , as an organization but they pledge j their 1110 per cent support as in- j dividuals. The plan this year, as stated briefly in last week's is sue is to organize a board of trade. Local business and profes sional men and women will be ell-' gible for membership. If there are any dues at all they will be so small that not even a farmer would miss the cash if cotton were selling for ten cents a pound again. A board of directois will have change along with a presi dent, vice-president and secretary and treasurer. As things now stand there will in all probability be a separate finance committee. This will complete the organiza tion. | It is the earnest desire of those interested in this movement that there be a large gathering at this mass meeting. Nothing, or rather little can ibe done in this work without the solid support of al! people here of responsible age and interests. Last year there was a splendid showing of cooperation and harmony. People never be fore known to be interested in lo cal civic movements contributed of their time and money, and these same things are wanted and sore ]y needed again. Last year it was I a cry of: ‘‘If something isn’t done I we are going to lose our tobacc I Gives Flomers To i National Museum Miss Mabel Gower of Clayton Has Found Over GOO Va rieties of Mountain Flowers I r . i , RIDGECREST, July 22.-A. letter from the Smithsonian In stitute in Washington, 1). to j'Miss Mabel Gower of (’Layton, , who is compiling a collection oi I wild flowers uf ^Vestern North Carolina, states that in the last 'specimens sent for identification i to the United State National Mu seum, there was one specimen j which was not recognized and is I being kept for the museum col , let lions in Washington. Miss Gower had sent 5(3 plant specimens for identification, and the following letter from the as sistant secretary, A. Wetmore, is of interest to those who are proud of the number of wild flowers found in these mountains: “Dear Madam: The material which you forwarded on June 27, consisting of 5(3 specimens, has been ident* • fied by Mr. ('. V. Morton, aide in the Division of Plants, a fid is be ing re tinned to you by mail. A single specimen in the lot received represents an unusual form of Solidago which is not recognized, and is being retained for the Mu seum collections. It is being re recorded as a gift from you, for which please accept my thanks.” The Solidago is one of the Gol den Rods, many of which are found in the mountains around .Ridgecrest. Miss Gower has in her collec tion now over (300 varieties of mountain flowers, and is adding to the list steadily. ROLLED STOCKINGS CONVULSE COLORED ROYS The other day two negro girls were promenading on one of the principal streets of Smith field and one of them was taking the stroll in very modern attire which included rolled stockings down to her ankles. Parked in front of one of the barber shops before which the two girls passed were three swains as black as rows. No sooner than they saw the girls coming ■ than they began to chuckle at the audacity of the one who had roped her stockings, and about the time the girls passed these boys their mirth got the better of them and they let loose into an old fashioned nigger ‘haw-haw’ and one of the young men holloaed, “Gal. git dem bow laigs offen dis front street and take ‘em down in some back alley and put some stockin’s on 'em, quick!” But the two girls, nothing daunted, paid no more attention to their tantalizers than to give a backward glance at them and hoist their faces and pass on. :AR STOLEN SATURDAY i AFTERNOON RECOVERED A Dodge sedan belonging to D LJ. Thompson was stolen from the streets here Saturday afternoon and was recovered by Deputy Sheriff J. O. Hinton in Selma Saturday night about eleven o’clock. The gasoline tank was empty but the ear was not dam aged. The automobile had been abandoned before it was found, and there was no clue as to the identity of the thief. It was re ported that a white youth, appar ently about sixteen years of age, had been seen in the car while parked on the streets of Smith field, but there is no proof that he drove it out of town. Revival at Pine Level. A revival meeting will beg;n at the Missionary Baptist church in Pine Level on Sunday night, July 28. The pastor, Rev. Charles A. Madrey, will do the preach ing. The public is cordially invit ed to attend. maiket,” and no bones were male of it. But from now on it’s go ing to be: “Where do we go from hare?" 0. D. Hinnant Gives Kis Annual Barbecue Entertains Friends at Tobac co Barn Party on His Farm Near Micro Mr. 0. L>. Hinnant, one of John stun county’s lending farmers Who lives on his goodly acres two miles from the thriving city df Micro, not only knows his onions hut he knows his tobacco and every other herb that grows or. ] the farm as well. Mr. Hinnant is ' a successful tobacco grower anti 'each year at this season he cn ! tertains a number of his friends | at a tobacco barn party out on his farm. i His annual party was hel.l this j .Year on Friday night, July 19 i 10very feature that enters into a joyous outdoor picnic did its full share to make this year’s tobacco barn party a success for Mr. Hin nant. The weather was ideal ana the occasion brought many warm friends together around a board i laden with that matchless south ern food—barbecue. The following invited guests were present to participate in Mr. Hinnant’s gen erous hospitality: From Micro: C. A. Fitzgerald, H. B. Wellons, H. \V< lions, R. L. Moore, C. W. Pearce, R. C. Pearce, G F. Bag Icy, J. R. Atkinson. .1. A. PppIp Dr. M. Hinnant, Mrs. C. A. Fitz gerald, and Mr. and Mrs Preston Muzingo; from Kenly: Jim Alford, P. Godwin, D. T. Godwin, and P. A. Boyette; from Princeton: J. W. Massey and II. M. Fitzgerald; from Selma: W. P. Aycock and Mr. and Mrs. E. W. O'Neil; from Rocky Mount: Mr. W. T. Hin nant, accompanied by a friend; from Smith-field: W. M. Gaskin and H. V. Rose. ri he congenial party spent some two hours together in friendly conversation about life’s var'od topics and, when all were invited to eat, Mr. Hinnant made a very cordial speecn of welcome to his friends in which he stated that he was much happier in having his friends with him than they L-ould possibly be on the occasion and then he bade everyone eat as much as they desired. In addition to the barbecue which was serv ed his feast included barbecued, chicken with slaw and bread. Iced tea was also served. The baibecue had been prepared from choicest pigs raised on Mr. Hinnant’s farm under the supervision of old “Uncle” John Whitfield, a dark\ of 89 years of age. It was gen erally agreed that the barbecue was the best and most delicious that had ever been eaten except other barbecues which had been served and prepared by this ante bellum darky. These annual tobacco barn feasts to which Mr. Hinnant invites his friends are more than mere pic nics and chances for indiscrimi nate people to come together and enjoy a serving of barbecue. They bring his own friends to his own doorsil ami again assure them that life is more than meat and drink—that it is in a broader sense a fraternity and a comradeship as well, and that farming is’ and has eve nbeen amd will ever be one ct the most dignified callings among men. Mr. Hinnant’s guests departed at ten o’clock after having had a most enjoyable evening with him and with each other. _ REVIVAL TO BEGIN AT WILSON’S MILLS A series of meetings will be gin at the Christian Disciple church at Wilson’s Mills on the i fourth Sunday night, July 28. C. B. Mashiburn, of Rotoersonvillo, will do the preaching. The public is cordially invited 'to attend. Sunday, August 4, will be ob served as Home Coming Day. All members, former members and friends are invited to come aid biing baskets. Dinner will be serv ed on the church grounds. Grows Large Cabbage. ! Mr. R. G._ Sanders brought to this office yesterday a large [cabbage which was grown by Mr. I Will Creech of Sniithfield, route 2.* The vegetable was of the Early Jersey Wakefield variety and | weighed twelve pounds. Social Activities In City Benson ■Parties, Picnics and Attrac tive Dinners Given By Clubs and Individuals 1 BKX'SON, July fu.—Mrs. O. A. Barbour was hostess to the John C harles Book club and a numlber tol special quests at a social meet- j big of the cl mb. A special &-uest ) of the hostess was Mrs. J. H. j Barbour of Hamlet, founder ox the club and efficient president for nine years. Mrs. M. T. Britt, president, preside.1 and paid a beautiful tribute to Mrs. Badbour founder and guest of the club. Mrs. Barbour responded in a very beautiful manner. I The hostess had prepared a I number of attractive and inter esting contests for the entertain ment of her guests. Among them was an art gallery. Each guest had been previously asked to bring a baby picture of herself. This caused a great deal of laugh ter. The winners in the contest? j were Mesdames Parlia Hudson and B. H. Houston. Mrs. J. ft. Baibour was presented a lovely gift. Uni<iue minutes of the meet-1 ing were read by the hostess, the | guests supplying the adjectives. When put together this caused a roar of laughter. I The hostess served an ice course with homemade cake and mints rink and white, the club colors, predominated. The house was deco rated in dahlias, roses, verbena, gladiolii, zinnias, and other gar den flowers which made a beauti ful setting for the party. Entertains Bridge Club. Mrs. Paul Lee was hostess to her (bridge club on Tuesday after noon. Mrs. Chas. Wallace received high score prize. Mrs. J. B. Slack of Smithfield was presented a gift. A swreet course was served. Gives Porch Party. Mrs. Chas. Wallace entertained with a porch party Saturday eve ning in compliment to Mrs. J. B. Slack who has recently moved to Smithfield and Mrs. Festus Tur lington of Clinton. Bridge lamps and various colored cut flowers made the porch attractive. Bridge was played at six tables. iMrs. L. L. Levinson made top score and Mrs. E. A. Johnson won sc&ond prize The guests of honor were presented gifts A frozen salad course with sandwiches and iced tea was served Give Attractive Party. Miss Chellie Royall and Mrs. Ed Johnson gave one of the pret tiest parties of the season recent ly at the home of Miss Royall. Bridge and hearts were played at eleven tables Attractive tallies and favors were given. Cut flow ers and potted plants added to the decorations. Ice cream sodas, cake and mints were served. Entre Nous Club. Mrs. B. H. Houston entertained the Entre Nous club and several guests with a garden party re cently. The hostess met the guests in the garden which was lovely with blooming plants, cut flowers and potted plants. Celebrates Birthday, j Miss Lena Ruth Farmer cele brated her fifth birthday recently at the home of her parents. Mis; Phoebe Farmer directed the tot': in several interesting games. A’i ice course with wafers was sew Celebrates Eighth Birthday. | Master W. T. Martin, Jr., eii- j tertainej thirty of his boy friends i»n his eighth birthday. Dixie cups, liumemade cake and punch were! served after an hour of games led | by Mrs. Martin. ' Gives Dinner Party. Mrs. Geonge Holland gave a dinner party recently in honor of the eleventh birthday of her daughter, Miss Mary Lou. Covers were laid for six. Personal Mention Miss Wilhelmina Utley is at tending summer school at Peabody Conservatory. Miss Utley has had charge of the music department of the Benson school for the past two years. | Miss Margaret Benton enter tained with a picnic recently at Holt Lake in honor of Miss Ethel Benton's sixteenth birthday. There were about forty guests to enjoy boating, swimming and a picnic supper. What Will Big Bill Til Jen Do Next? »* y -'VORLD* 6ReATe5T,f TENNIS PL AV&R. - 66V ErN TIMB5|| M AT' OM AU f, CHAMPION / Winner of some victories at Wimbledon, Hug., Big Bill J ild ns retirement from international Vimbledon to be his last whirl? the international tennis tourney at en at the same time has announced tenn s. Is his br.lliant showing at W. N. Holt Injured In Auto Accident Six Hurt In Wreck Sunday Four Seriously Injured When Ford and Dodge Hun To gether Near on No. 22 i Six persons were injured in automobile wrecks near here Sun day and were taken to the John ston County Hospital for treat ment. J he most serious accident took place on highway No. 22 between I here and Holt Lake when a Ford car collided with a Dodge, pain j fully injuring the occupants of [both cars. Miss Nellie Penny, the (laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Penny of Coats, and Miss Alice Godwin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Godwin, also of Coats, were | in the Ford. Raeford Langdon and L. R. Langdon, of Benson, were riding in the Dodge. (Miss Godwin sustained a broken limb and a severe cut about her head. Miss Penny received pain ful bruises and cuts about the head. L. R. Langdon’s back was hurt and Raeford Langdon suffic ed cuts about his head and bruises on his body. All were taken to the Johnston County Hospital where they a'.*e reported to be resting as com fortaibly as could be expected. J. R. Williams, of Four Oaks who wag in an auto wreck Sunday afternoon and suffered fractured ribs, was able to be carried home late Sunday afternoon. Albert Massey, of Princeton, was carried to the hospital Sun day on account of a wound in his , ett leg received wnen someone »hot him as he was patching an automobile tire beside the road. It is said that no one was pass ing at the time and Mr. Massey did not know who fired the shot. The bullet is said to have come from a .32 pistol. Little Miss Louise Byrd, of Benson, route 1, received cuts about the head and minor injuries Sunday when she was run over iby an automobile. She was re ported improving yesterday. Miss Edith Powell in City Monday. Miss Edith Powell, home dem onstration agent of Carteret county, passed through Smith-field Monday afternoon enreute to Ral 'eigh, and with her were twenty four women of Carteret countv and five from Craven county, who jhave enrolled for the club wo men’s short course at the State I College. The delegation of ladies were traveling on #two of the [school trucks of Carteret county. Was Returning From Norfolk With H. P. Dortch of (io[IdslM)ro When Steering Wheel liecame Locked _ Car Left Road VV. N. Holt of this city and JI. !’• Dortch of Goldsboro were so 'riously injured Thursday after noon about three o’clock in an automobile wreck near Cremo, and were taken to a hospital in Roa noke Rapids where they are still considered in a grave condition. iMr. Holt and Mr. Dortch had been to Norfolk on business and i were returning home. As they, were rounding a curve near Cremo ' the steering wheel of Mr. Dortch’s Buick is said to have become lock- j ed and the car left the road, strik- j ing a telephone pole, and turning over three tinies before it stopped, j Both occupants of the car were thrown about thirty feet through the top of the wrecked automo j bile. They were picked up in v\ j unconscious condition and carried i to a Roanoke Rapids hospital, where they remained unconscious for several hours. Neither of the injured men had • been able yesterday to undergo an X-ray examination and the extent of their injuries is not known. Mrs. Holt left immediately upon hearing of the accident to be with i her husband, and is still at his1 bedside. E. TALTON PLACED UNDER ARREST MONDAY T. E. Talton, former deputy sheriff of Johnston county and Smithfield township’s present constable, was placed under arrest here early Mon day morning by Chief of Po lice C. R. Cable. He is charg ed in the warrant with im moral relations with one Vira May Dixon, who was also ar rested. Doth were committed to jail but early yesterday Talton gave bond in the sum of $200 for his appearance to the Recorder’s court, on Tues day, Jujy 30. Mr. C. W. Beas ley signed Mr. Talton’s ap pearance bond. The woman, who has a court record al ready established in the coun ty, is still in jail. CAPTURE STILL IN BOON HILL TOWNSHIP Deputies J. O. Hinton, E. A. Johnson and Chief W. B. Braswell of Princeton captured a 35-gallot whiskey still complete in Both Hill township Sunday after an al< day search in the rain. Seventy five gallons of beer were found and poured out. The still was not in operation and no arrests were made. The officers stated that they had never been called out in more disagreeable weather. i Gardner Stresses Economy Program Governor Discusses Economi cal Administration Before Conferenc With Heads of State Institutions '-L 1 'RALEIGH, July 22.—“With a 'total estimated availability for this !biennium of $36,745,629 and appropriations totaling $38,704 - 394, you can see where the fig t ures bring us out at the end of the biennium,” said Governor O. Max Gardner to the heads of tin? state’s institutions and the mem bers of the Advisory Budget Com mission in their semi-annual con ference yesterday. An estimated deficit of practi cally $2,000,000 presents a real problem to the Governor, the Com missioner of Revenue, and the Heads of the State’s Institutions and departments, and we must find some way to prevent this ap parent deficit from becoming ac tual. Expressing a pleasure at hi? first opportunity to continue the policy established by Governor Mc Lean of holding a semi-annual co • ference with the heads of t^e state’s institutions, and the mem Turn to page five UNION MEETING AT FELLOWSHIP CHURCH The last session of the Primi tive Baptist union meeting of the Little River Association was hei.i at Fellowship church the fifth Sunday and Saturday before in June with the following preach ers, who preached during the meeting, present: Elder R. H. Boswell, of the Black Creek Association; Elder Roy Monk, of the Lower Country Line Association; Elder L. Ru ■ per, of the Kehukee Association; Elder Xure Lee, of the Seven Mile Association; Elder John 1‘. Tingle, Contentnae Association; Elders L. H. Stephenson, E. C Jones and T. F. Adams of tie Little River Association. SMITHFIELD BOYS BECOME EAGLE SCOUTS OAlMP TUSOAROBA, Mount Olive, July 22.—Scouts Be:i Grimes and Richard Noble be came Eagle Scouts at the Court of Honor Friday. Richard NobU was one of the two scouts elected to the Tribe of Kuinea, scout* ing’s honorary organization, la r. week. This honor ranks very high in scouting and we are extremeiy proud of the record which Scout Noble has made while at camp, as well as in scouting generally. The Smithfield scouts who have attended camp have made good in a big way while on camp, and they have set an example whicu has shown them to be real scout'. Those who have attended from thi Smithfield troop are: Ben Grimes, Richard Noble, Ohas,1 Royall, James Bundy, Ezekiel Creech, Jack Broadhurst and Pope Lyon. CABBAGE HEAD WEIGHS TWENTY-FIVE POUNDS Mr. George Beaty of Wilson’s Mills was in the city Saturday, Mr. Beaty is the champion cab bage raiser of this section lit plants the Flat Dutch variety, and he recently cut five heads which tipped the scales at 25 pounds each, a total of 125 pounds. Aunt Roxie Opine* By Me— “One advantage a preacher hai in preachin’ to empty bench**, dey don't find no fault of de sir ment.”
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