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Welcome to Smithfield, Mr. Tobacco Farmer OUR SLOGAN; Sell Johnston County Tobacco In Johnston” Johnston County’s Oldeit and Best Newspaper - - Established 1882 Smithfield wants a hotel —But it also wants to es tablish a Livestock Sta tion Yard. - -- -- • - w.vv-.i oiiu newspaper - - titab 471 II ^ LAK _—£HE HOME NEWSPAPER SMITHFIELD, N. C.. TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1929 EIGHT PAGES TODAY NUMBER 76 Sales Here Beyond Million And Hali Fourth As Much To bacco Already Sole As Total Sales Las Season; Prices Im proved HereMondaj Nine tobacco sales brought the total number of pounds sold or the Smithfield market to a mil lion and a half. September 3, the market opened and last Friday saw the record reached. Practical ly a fourth of the total amount sold during the entire season last year has already been sold. Good sales featured the mai ket here yesterday. There was not such a big break, but the prices were considerably better. Tobacn sold as high as $60 per hundred, and a good many farmers aver aged over $30. Common tobacco is still showing up on this mar ket but a greater percentage of good grades is in evidence. Far mers who sold here yesterday’ were in a much better frame of mind over the increase in prices. The averages since the open ing' in Eastern North Carolina have been far too low. and busi ness men and farmers throughout this section have been greatly dis turbed over the situation. The Eastern Carolina chamber of com merce which most of the t-obacc towns including Smithfield sup ports, called a meeting of mer chants and bankers in Kinstji last Friday night and passed resolutions designed to help con ditions. The text of the resold tions is as follows: “Whereas, the low prices now being paid for the 1929 crop ci Eastern Carolina Bright Leaf to bacco, if no improvement is ha^i, wi 11 seriously affect the economi • life of Eastern Carolina, in that the growers will not by any mean* be able to pay for the expens. incurred in growing this crop; And whereas, this will make i difficult for the merchants an< banks to finance a normal crop in 1930; And whereas, in the opinion o these merchants and bankers, rep resenting 50,000 acres of bright tobacco, or about one-sixth of a!, of the bright tobacco of Eastern Carolina this season, these prices now being paid will result in ac tual hardships to the grower^ ol this section; And whereas, in view of the fact that in many sections there is a greatly decreased yield and a steadily increasing consumption oi tobacco throughout the world, there is not now any more to bacco than is needed; Be it resolved, first, that the tobacco companies now buying Eastern Carolina tobacco be urg pH nav more for this crop than indications suggest at this time; second, That the tobacco growers be urged not to rush the markets too fast at this time, thereby giving the companies time to handle their purchases without gluts at the factories; third, That every tobacco grower be gin now to make plans to get | more livestock, more food and feed crops on his farm for an other year, fourth, That unless within the imme diate future there is an improve ment in the prices now being paid for bright tobacco, a committee be appointed ,by the Eastern Caro lina chamber of commerce to go to Washington and lay the matter before Congress with the sugges tion that some relief be made available at once that will affe- ' this crop; fifth, That the tobacco growers be urged not to sell any more to bacco that does not bring as much as two cents per pound. Mrs. Clifton's Father Dies Mrs. Ila F. Clifton and chil dren were called to Angier or Thursday on» account of thi death of Mrs. Clifton’s father Mr. C. K. Pleasant. They returns home Sunday. lliey have t:u sympathy of friends here in then bereavement. (HAVE PLAN TO HELP TOBACCO GROWER I I KINSTON, Sept. 12.—Detai Nof a new plan to help the tobace growers of the county have bee i given Representative C. L. Abel ' nethy, uf the Third District, an J. Stone, of the I ederal h-urn JE-urd, liy the originators hero [ I’^an has not been divulged ( Ahernethy is said to have declar ed ho will make it the basis i'oi ; a bill in Congress. Coder the plan methods nl taxing tobacco would be changed The government might be a nomi nal loser under it and the manu facturers would lose slightly while growers would benefit materially The originators, whose names are being withheld pending an nouncement of the details claim it might mean the “return of 50 cent tobacco.” $774 Subscribed For Extra Term Patrons of (Jorinth-Holders School Raise Money to Keep High School and 7th Cirade Eight Months Patrons of the Corinth-Holders , •rhool are much encouraged over :he response to the call for funds 1 0 «P<-'rate the sevenh grade and he high school two monhs b - I •ond the constitutional six months term in that district.! rwelve hundred dollars is the1 1 mount required to provide tfio ! xtra term .and .$714 in cash was • aised Friday evening when nound fifty patrons met at the i ehool house to express in a tan-1 fible way their desire for this ed ucational advantage for their boys ind girls. The finance committee compos 'd of Albert Whitley, B. W. Hi iant, and Walter K. Eason, was n town Saturday and stated that mless something unforeseen hap >ened, there would be no troubl? n raising the balance of the sum leeded. This committee selected it a recent mass meeting of e t zens, has charge of raising and landling the money needed. The amount raised Friday night eaves a balance needed of $153, vhich must be in hand by Sep ember 20. Because of this fact he commitee is calling another neeting for Friday night when it is hoped that those present last Friday night as well as those >arents who were not present, will le on hand. This meeting wid be leld at the school house at 7:30 /clock. .o be meeting with little opposi tion, although a school election held in the spring was lost. Some )f those who opposed the election are falling in line with the move Just how many children will ben efit from the extra term not known at this time. Last year the enrollment in the high school and seventh grade totaled 147. Baptist Church. Regular Sunday morning wo: ship at eleven o’clock and evening service at 7:30 at the Baptist church. The pastor, Rev. S. L. Morgan, having returned after conducting a revival near Rocky Mount will preach both morning land evening. Tantalizer There are exactly enough let ters in the line below to spell the name of a person in Smith 1 field or Johnston County, and ;o the one deciphering their an me and presenting a copy of this paper to the Herald ortlee, we will present a free ticket to the Victory Theatre. Tickets must be called for befoie the following issue. Emma Woody deciphered her name last issue. TODAYS T * VTA TT7.ER hiogslljetsltian 1 American Legion 2 Elects Officer ( hallos Parks of Sniilhfieh Chosen Commander; Plan ' Made Armistice Day The legionnaires of Jnhnsto: county met in the courthouse o: Friday night, September i->, an, elected a corps of officers for tin 1 ensuing year. Charles Ku'ks 0: Smithlield, was inade con.man it*: ar.d Allen W. Johnson, of Foui Oaks, was made vice commander J. W. Whitehead was elected adjutant and other officers elect ed were as follows: W. M. Ga - kin, finance officer; Ira c A’hit *v.\. cjiapu.m; n. Ku<v. s?rvic I officer; and Waylon Jgijni, scr geant-at-arms. There was a great deal of i>-, terest taken in thi.s me-.-!irg, am the new year for the America Region in Johnston county now promises to be a good one Smoke and sandwiches and cofi.-o were served, the compliments of the retiring commander of the po ! and several matters of business were disposed of during the eve ning. The most important matter dis cussed after the election and in stallation of officers was plan tor the armistice dinner on No vember 11. Following the custom of rotation from town to town, it happens that Four Oaks this year is the town which will have the reunion and barbecue dinner. It was estimated that about a thousand former service men, in cluding veterans of "Wh the Spanish-American and Civil War, as well as those who participated in the World War, would atten 1 the Four Oak. reunion; and the post will call upon the several mayors of the towns of the coun ty and others who are interested in putting over this annual din ner for the veterans to take i hand in raising the necessar;. funds for the dinner. UFA it WOMAN KVANOEUSI IN RALEICH SI'NI)AV Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Brooks, Mrs. C. 1. Pierce and Mrs. J. A. Wellons were in Raleigh Sunday ind heard Mrs. Victoria Booth Oemareat, granddaughter of tilt ate William Booth, who, together »vith her husband is conducting in evangelistic campaign at l-Menton Street Methodist church. Wednesday afternoon at 3:30, Mr-. Oemarest "ill speak to women ind 'girls at the Raleigh city au litorium on the subject: “Womau ind Love.” Next Sunday after loon she will deliver a message it the same place which she re vived in a dream. 151 l.l.IK DOVE APPEARS AT SANDERS THEATRE Billie Dove, the beautiful Firs'. National star who has advanced so rapidly in popularity during* the past two years, scores an other cinematic triumph at the Sanders theatre this week in her latest stellar vehicle “Careers.' Again a foreign locale is pro vided for this talented actress, the action taking place in Indo china. among the natural beau ties of the Orient. The story deals with the ambi tious wife of a young magistrate, who seeks to obtain his ad vane? in the diplomatic service by inter ceding with his superior officers, The startling events that follow this determination make up a plot that is novel and thorough’: interesting throughout. Antonio Moreno, who was seer (opposite Miss Dove in “Adorn tion,” her former stellar vehicle is again the leading man in “Ca reels.” He plays the husband in j thoroughly artistic manner. Oth ers of the large cast who deserv special mention for their work ar Noah Berry, as the governor; Car mol Myers, Thelma Todd. Roiber Frazer, Robert Schablo, Robe T. Haines. Holmes Herbert ;\n Sojin. Mrs. A. H. Rose. Mrs. W. ?. Sandres, Jr., and Mr. and Mr Chas. Park, of this city and Mr jW. R. Sanders and Mrs. Alfn Williams, of Raleigh, are spen ■ ing this week in New York f'it .The trip was made by autorqolr.l GEO. R. ROSS TO ADDRESS FARMERS AT PRINCETO I Through the efforts of J. ?j Slack, county farm agent. and ,A. Smith, county fieid represent1 live of the Cotton Associatio: 1, George R. Ross of Raleigh, fo; s merly chief of the Division c Markets, has been secured to a< dress farmers at Princeton Thun day night concerning the goverr ment grading of tobacco. This government grading i 1 provided on the Smithfield mat I ket, the only market in Nort : Carolina offering this service. I order that the farmers aroum : Prim eton may understand bette !government grading, the meeting I has been arranged for Thursday evening. The meeting will be belt i ;|t the school house at eight | O'clock. The public is invited tc ; attend, particularly farmers and j business men. Two Escape From County Jail Here Allowed To Sleep Outside v eils. Will Wiggs and C. H. ( ook Find Way to Freedom N<> clue has yet been found a' to the whereabouts of Will Wiggs ami (. II. Cook, white men who escaped from the Johnston coun ty jail here in the early morning j hours of Friday. The jail is lo cated on top of the courthouse an(j during the hot weather, pris oners are said to have been al lowed to sleep near windows out side of the cells. The two men j who made their getaway took ad vantage of the liberty accorded ; them and mounted the cells wh:ch | put them in close touch with an j 'overhead wall. Through this wall a hole was made with some sort j cf metallic tool, and thus a foot* | hold on the roof of the jail was gained. By means of a rope made from sheets and bed sacks they descended from the top of the! building to the ground. Will Wiggs was in jail awaiting trial for an assault at the De cember term of Superior court | upon Baldy Beasley and Jasper j Beasley, white men of Pleasant i Grove township. Bail for him had i been fixed at $10,000 which he had not been able to give. Cook; was tried here on Tuesday of last , week in the Recorders court and, given a short road sentence from : which he had appealed to the su-' perior court but had not given , bond. Sheriff Fitzgerald and -sev- j ei al of his deputies have been] in vsearch of the escaped men but no trace of them has been found. There were other men in the same compartment from which the escape was made but they made no effort to free themselves ami each one of them has refrained from making any comment as to the time Wiggs and his companion left the jail. — NO CHANGE IN TEXT HOOKS THIS YE All I llAiLElOH, Sept. 10.—No change will be made in the text, books used in the public schools 'of the state during the school 'year 19.30-81, as a result of the juction of the State Textbook Com mission at a meeting held in Raleigh last week, j The commission, in notifying the State Board of Education of r u s decision make no change, 'stated that “it was the sense of all members present that they would prefer not to make ar.y re port on suggested changes new I in use in the elementary schools of the state for the year 1929 ” The State Board of Education at. a meeting held on September 10, approved the action of the text book commission and passed a resolution commending the men. : hers for their attitude in this matter. The action of the textbood body means, of course, that since they will make no report this fall, nt ■ii adoption will be made in Decern i her of this yfear, and consequently j there will be no change in text * I hooks the following school ye-.r •,1980-1981. (* ( Messrs. Norman Grantham am ‘■.Winfield Lyon left yesterday f> J Chapel Hill where they will en e. ter the State University. : $18,000 Fire Here Sunday ; Prize House Filled With Tobacco Goes? . Up In Flames; Some -! Insurance | A fire that is still smouldering as the Herald goes to press, wa? | di scovered early Sunday morning J about two o'clock in a prize hou^c j located on Fifth street. This large two-story building was filled with j tobacco, some of it good grades, | some of it lugs, and the loss i - estimated at approximately $18. jOOU. The building and its contents are practically destroyed though , the loss is partly covered wr.n insurance. who owned the building, and Skin ! The losers are: W. H. AusUu nor Patterson, and J. H. Harri son, who had tobacco stored in it. Others, whose names were noi learned, are said to have had to bacco stored in the prize house. The blaze was discovered by Elmer Woodard, colored, who was coming downtown from the depot about two o’clock Sunday morn ing. Fire was said to be pouring from the windows when he first saw it. The city fire department was soon working to extinguish it, and by 4:30 o’clock it was well under control. The great dies of tobacco continued tc smoulder throughout Sunday and yesterday, and at intervals, th lire company poured water on he burning debris. SAYS FARMERS MUST SELL ( O-OPKRATIVEM ROCKY MOUNT, Sept. 8.—The >nly method by which the tobacco armer in eastern Carolina car. tope to compete with the tobacc nanufacturer is through co-oper itive marketing, Josephus Daniels, >f Raleigh, told farmers at th': seventh annual field day at the Jpper Coastal Plains test farm >n Cokey road, several miles from he city. “There are only two ways foi he tobacco farmer to secure bet el* prices for his produce,” Mr. »:i Vs said. “One is to quit •aising tobacco, which means to •ut off his nose to spite his face; ind the other is to form a com >act. co-operative organization < m iracing all the growers of bright obacco, borrow money from Uncle Sam, agree on a price that is just ind refuse to sell it until those vho need it are willing to pa\ i fair price for it. This is no ■asy road to fair prices but is he only way to get aid from he new federal farm board, which a ill deal only with co-operatives,” VIr. Daniels pointed out. REVIVAL BEGINS AT STEVENS CHAPEL A revival began at Stevens I’hapel Methodist church Sundav with Rev. E. C. Koi'b, of Sumter, S. C., doing the preaching. The pastor, Rev. J. D. Stott, is lead ing the singing, and on Sunday morning he preached at eleven o’clock, Rev. Mr. Kolb not hav ing arrived. Mr. Kolb preached Sunday night. Through this week he will preach twice each day. The evening service will begin at 7:45 o’clock, and the day serv ice will be held at 7:30 in the' afternoon. Rev. Mr. Kolb is characterised by those who have heard him a ■ a splendid young preacher. He supplied during the summer at the First Baptist church in \V11 mington. The entire community is invited to attend these revival services. HISS WEI.LONS I ENTERTAINS. I The Wednesday Afternoon Bridge club was entertained last week with Mis-; Margaret Wellon as delightful hostess. The room1 in which five tables were arrang ed were charming in their decora tions, autumn flowers being use. in profusion. Mrs. W. G. Glas made top score and was awarded 1 an attractive desk set. After the cards were laid asid banana salad, ice cream and cak I were served. School Opening Here Yesterday | Nearly 700 Pupils Gather on Opening Day; New De partments Include Vocal and Expression Studio Yesterday morning fi?5 boys and girls of the Smithfield school district gathered up their books I and wended their way once more to the school house. A happy throng gathered in the chapel ot he grammar grade building io :he opening exercises at ni v -'clock. There was no forma -pening featured by a lot oj speech-making, but a simple de .otional service marked the open • ng of the 1029-’30 term. Supt C. Shuford, back again for his tiftli year, conducted the opening service. Rev. S. S. McGregor, pastor of Pisgah Baptist church led in prayer. Mrs. Chas. G. Gui lty, of Clayton, sang a solo, ‘Sweet and Low.” Supt. Shuford made an appropriate talk extend ing a cordial welcome to the new pupils who were entering school H*re for the first time. A numbe: >f parents was present for the opening. T’he Smithfield school is to nave several new departments this year, and some of the teachers of these departments were intro- ! luced to the school. Mrs. Chas. G.! Gulley, well known for her mu-1 deal activities in Clayton, will open a vocal studio here which svill be located in the grammar jrade building. Miss Miriam Bundy, who com pleted a commercial course at Salem College in Winston-Salem A'ill have charge of the cominer-1 •ial department this year, and 1 twenty-four pupils enrolled in his department yesterday. Miss Bundy is the daughter of Rev. J. i>. Bundy, pastor of the Methodist “hurch here. Miss Nan McCullers, who has iud an art studio for the past two /ears, will have her art classes igain and in addition will teach expression. She wishes pupils n the rimry grades. Miss Vivian Burton, one of the grammar jrade teachers, will have a class n expression for older pupils. The music department this year A'ill be taught by Mrs. Chester Alexander and Miss Ethel Gaitley. VI is. Alexander is well known, mving taught here for several /ears. She is a graduate of Flora Macdonald College. Miss Gaitley. .vho is from Maxton, has studied n Raleigh, at the Southern Con servatory in Durham, and at Peu >ody Conservatory in Baltimore Athletics promise to bo into •sting this year, according to L’uach Blankenship, and football practice began yesterday after noon. About thirty are going put for football. The teachers, with the execu tion of Miss Gaitley who will st rive this week, were present for the opening yesterday. The out of town teachers are located for the present in the following homes Misses Louise Williams and Ger trude Taylor will be with Mrs. Harvey Boney at the Johnston apartment house; Miss Eunice McKay, with Mrs. L. K. Watson. Sr., Misses Florence Boyett, Ruth Poindexter and Clyda Woodard, with Mrs. Kirby Rose; Miss Maude Creech and Miss Sue Bry an, with Mrs. Everett S. Stevens; MissesMarie Tyson and Vivian Burton, with Mrs. F. II. Brooks; Mrs. E. A. Joyner, with Miss Annie Myatt; Hiss Hattie Hanks, with Miss Mattie Sanders. Misse^ Ethel Sprinkle and Nell Joyner with Mrs. Glenn Grier; Mr. II. I Blankenship, with W. II. Austin -- NEW STOKE HAS A SPLENDID OPENING Mr. O. II. Kay, manager of the Manufactures Outlet Store, was delighted with the opening cf his Lore here Saturday, and is mud gratified at the welcome extende; him by the people of Smith fieh and Johnston county. In spite o! the rainy weather throngs visit ■ ed the store and the sales ex ceeded expectations. This nev • store is located in the buildim > formerly occupied by Vara L. am Alma C. Smith. Makes Record .Miss Louise Biggs has gor. | to Greenville where she will en tc'r h. C. T. ('. Miss Biggs ha the distinction of having a per feet attendance record during tb eleven years she has attends school. She graduated from to ll igh school here last spring. County Medical Society Meets F \ Thel Hooks and Dr. A. S, Uoot of Raleigh Speakers at Meeting Held Friday at Holt’s Ponu Iloit’s Pond, pleasantly and dcturesquely situated, near Princeton, afforded a delightful setting: for an open air meeting if the Johnston County Medical society, Friday afternoon at 4:30 )’clock. I3r. Thel Hooks of this city, jresented an interesting discus ■ ' ti on the subject, “Diabetes.” >r. A. S. Hoot, Pediatrician, cf ialeigh, gave a discussion on toe ‘Emergencies of the Newly-Born.’ Jueh genera ldiscussion fol owed the speakers. After more than an hour had icen given to scientific discus ions, a delicious barbecue and Brunswick stew, with the usual iccessories, were enjoyed by those n attendance. Visitors consisted of Dr. A. S. toot, baby specialist of Raleigr, )r. G. A. Woodard, eye, ear, nose ind throat specialist of Gold? >oro, and Dr. J. N. Johnson, den ist, also of Goldsboro. The county medical society is ■omposed of the physicians and lentists of the county. Drs. R. S. Stevnes, F. M. Av ■ock and B, I.. Aycoqk, of Prince on, were hosts on his occasion. vU.ISBURY YOUTH IS ('HUSHED 1»Y CANNON SALISBURY, Sept. 12.—A Ger nan cannon, captured by the French during the world war, and jiven by that government to the ?ity of Salisbury, added another victim to its list of casualties when its 1,200-poupd barrel tilted under the weight of Taylor ('hand ler, 17,-year-old Salisbury boy, and crushed the life out of him. The youth, in a playful mood, caught around the cannon which is parked on the courthouse lawr and wrapped his legs around the barrel swinging under it. Other young folks have done this often but Taylor's weight was sufficient to trip the gun and the rear went into the air, the muzzel shot down ward and caught the boy beneath jit, crushing his, chest in such u manner as to cause death in a short while. Young (handler is a son ot Mrs. Emma S. ( handler and the late C. W. (’handler and lived with his mother, one brother and one sister at 428 North Main street. Coroner Brown and Sheriff Ly er-ly investigated the accident and pronounced it purely an accident brought on by the youth himself. The funeral services took place from Chandler’s Grove Methodist church, Montgomery county, Wed nesday morning at 11 o’clock. 1 Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Jones spent Sunday in Harrcllsville. j Clayton Church Closes Revival I Dr. John ( . Fatty of Atlanta 1 Concludes Evangelistic Scr vices at Horne Memorial | CLAYTON, Set. 14.—Dr. Join . 1 • Patty, of Atlanta, genera evangelist of the Methodist Epis copal Church, South, has cone hid ®d a series of thoughtful and in pressive sermons delivered in the evangelistic campaign conducted at the Horne Memorial Method: church. The pastor, Rev. David Dodd, assisted, and Dr. Patty was also aided in liis work by Miss I .Margaret Turner, of Statesvill e and Miss Clara Henly, of Char lotte. Miss Turner, a graduate .4 the Moody Bible College of Ch - cago, gave inspirational talks t the Bible every evening from 7 to eight o’clock, while Miss Henly, a graduate of Columbia Bif.it School, Columbia, S. C., instructed the young people from 7 to 7:."0 each evening and also directc 1 the singing for Dr. Patty’s serv ices. Miss Henly possesses a sweet clear soprano voice and her solo work was a beautiful fea ture of the morning and evening services. Her rendition of the "City Pour Square'' was, in the opinion of a number of her ad mirers, comparable to that of Marion Talley, who sang the famous hymn in Raleigh a few years ago. Dr. Patty in his 20 or more ser mons delivered before members of Horne Memorial church and many members of the Clayton Baptis church, was original in methods an* approach, arresting and pow erful in his attack on factors un dermining the life ami usefulness of church members, thus reducing the spiritual life of the ohurch t ■ a minimum. Dishonesty in bu-' ness, card playing, drinking and cheating the Lord of the reverence and financial offerings due him are, according to Dr. Patty, the chief defects of Methodism, es pecially in Clayton. The fnnr largely attended service was D’ Patty’s “Secend Coming of Jesus.’ a subject to which he has devote:, much time and thought for the past 25 years. Many who we-e privileged to hear this serin state that they had never heard such a clear and simple elucidation of the subject before. Ctyher ser mons that espccialy interested those in constant attendance o', the meeting were: “Ye Must-B': Born Again,” “The Eagle Sain! “The Palm Tree Christian” a -1 Dr. Patty’s sermon on “Tithing " A very touching service was too “Old Folks’ Service” when P . Patty delivered a message es pecially suited to the older mem bers of the community. The many friends Dr. Pat! - made were sorry to see h n leave and will miss his winning personality and the inspiration o his stirring and soul-thrill: r.g message. Miss Turner and M s Henly will also be missed, and t’.-e thoughts and prayers of the c >-n munity, where all three have ren dered such vital aid in the Lori’s work, will go with them in their next campaign. Mrs. S. L. Morgan was called to Red Springs last Thursday o» i~ count of the illness of her mother, Mrs. Robeson. Mrs. Robeson better and Mrs. Morgan has re turned home. \ Aunt Roxic Opiiw* By Me— “Dat government grader iz a wonderful aid—(bring backer t'* S'mithfield and don’t be aCra .l".