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SMITHFIELD, N. C„ TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 22, 1929 EIGHT PAGES TOD AY
NUMBER 86
Town Shocked By
Tragic Accident
“I)ouf-” Smith, 11 Year-Old-;
Son Mr. and Mrs. Farqu
hard Smith Is Fatally In
jured In Auto Accident j
All Smithfield was shocked late |
Saturday afternoon when news
spread abroad of the tragic ac
eidemt which caused the death of j
little Douglas Smith ,eleven-year- j
old son of Mr. an:l Mrs. Farqu- j
hard' Smith of this city. The
tragedy occurred on North Third j
street about five o’clock when an j
automobile driven by Clifton j
Whitehurst, young son of Mr. and |
Mrs. .R. E. Whitehurst, struck
“Doug,” ais he was familiarly
called, causing almost instant
death. The car evidently ran over
ihis hotly, for his neck was broken
anti one leg was broken. He also
sustained a fractured skull. A
group of boys was playing foot
ball /in the street when the acci
dent took place. Mr. Howard
Olive, who was the fin-st to reach
the .scene, picked up the injured!
hoy and rushed him to the John-•
i&ton County Hospital. He w is I
dead, however, when the hospi+al j
w«i» ivcn-iivru. i . ti.ii'u in OIII.LU |
were .summoned in the briefest
time possible, but the spirit of the 1
little fellow had already gene to ! '
Him who gave it when they reach- j
ed the hospital.
Young Whitehurst, who v. as* \ '■
driving the car when the fatal uc- j
ckient occurred, was only slight - ■
ly hunt, though the car was con- j '
siderably damaged as he drove it 1
against a tree. He, together with '
his parents, are much grieved 5
over the occurrence. The symna- i I
thy of the entire community goes j
out to both families which have ':
been touched by this tragic hap- ‘ t
pen i Jig. |l
The funeral was held Sunday |<
afternoon at three o’clock at the i
home of Mr. and Mrs. Smith or. j1
Oakland Heights, after which the 11
body was taken to Dunn for in
terment. A large crowd, including <
numbers of the little fellow’s j!
school mat eis, was present. Rev. j \
Chester Alexander, pastor of thcjl
Presbyterian church, conducted 1
the simple service. A quartette j 1
composed of Mrs. W. J. B. On* I'
Mrs. J. O. Ellington, Dr. E. E.1!
Nelms and Dr. A. H. Rose sang p
“O Come Ye Disconsolate” air! •
“Jesus, Savior Pilot Me.” When !
the .service was finished, a gr<*un 11
of boys and girls bore from the p
home the many lovely floral ox- j s
ferings. The flowers bearers 1
were: Sydney Douglas Smith,.*
Slocumb Davis, Ida and
of Duir.m, William Norman Holt, | -
Jir., Jack Broadhurst, Jr., and.;
Edward Edmund son.
At the giave a quartette from''
Bunn suing “Safe in the Arms
of Jesus." The pall bearers were,
Zo LeMay and Thornton Patter
son.
“Doug,” a bright, happy boy
full of the exuberance of child
hood, and being the youngest,
fvas the life of the home, and a
favorite with his playmates. He
was in the fifth grade at school,
and was a faithful attendant upon
the Presbyterin Sunday school.
■Left in the home besides his.
mother and- father are two sis
ters, Mii&s Emily Davis Smith, a
student at Peace Institute, Ral-1
eigh, and Patsy Smith, and one
brother, Buck Smith. |
Among those from out of town
here for the funeral were: Mr. I
and Mrs. T. C. Young, Corbin and
Shy Youoig, cf Pickens, S. C.;
Miss Emily B. Young, of Burling
ton; Miss Elizabeth Young, of
Princeton; Miss Carrie Young, of
■Conterntnea; Miss Daisy Young, of
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Tantalizer
There are exactly enough let
ters in the line below to spell
the name of a person in Smith
field or Johnston County, and
to the one deciphering their
aame and presenting a copy of
this paper to the Herald orfice,
we will present a free ticket to
the Victory Theatre. Tickets
must be called fbr before the
following issue.
Wilmer Johnson recognized
his name last issue.
TODAY’S TANTAL1ZEK I
breebweruer I
May Succeed Mellon
Henry M.. Robinson, Los Angele:
►anker and for years an intimate o
President Hoover, who, it is be
tieved; will succeed Andrew Melloi
when the latter retires on reachinj
ki4 75th birthday in March.
Award Prizes For
Neatest Premiums
'ontost at Selma Mill Village
Culminates In Public Pro
gram at the Mill Chapel;!
Annual Occasion
S10 L M A, Oc t. 21.— Sa t u i d a y
right, October 19 was the climax
:.o weeks of eager anticipation
vhc*n, at the Selma mill chapel,
nazes were awarded to the keep
?rs of the neatest premises, pret
est flower yards, and best veg
etable gardens. It has become an
mnual event since Mr. Geo. F.
liie.tz, superintendent of the
5 elm a Cotton Mills, offered a
lumber of prizes to-the people of
he mill village. The chapel was j
Ir. cciated with a profusion of
ovely flowers grown by the mill
eopie.
The exercises opened at seven
’deck with a splendid play en
itled “An Irish Stew.” The young
eople acquitted themselves with
rtdit, showing decided historic
bility. A black-faced comedian
,-a? very cleverly in personated by
'err.cn Kemp.
Mr. S. W. Armitage was in
barge of ceremonies and invitea
lav. L). M. Sharpe to present the
i sizes as follows: Mrs. V. C. Tar
os ough, first priae on neatest
irenviscs, $10; Mrs. William Ste
iher.scn, second, $5.00; Mrs. J. V.
.’inner, third, $3.00; for best
lowers, Mrs. R. H. Parrish, first,
10; Miss Martha Broadwell, sen
r 1, $5.00; Mrs. G. F. Fi-her.
hi.d, $3.00; for best vegetable
-miens, Mrs. M. L). Blackburn,
irst, $10; Mrs. J. M. Adcock,
ccond, $5.00; Mrs. Walter Kepp- j
;r. third, $3.00. There were
’even others who get honorable (
nention and smaller prizes. Miss
ilarga.et Etheridge’s sew.ing class'
lad an Interesting display and
d.ll'.vn Blackburn and Carlee Mae J
Strickland each received prizes, i
ce cream cones were served to
he entire crowd.
SEI.MA KIWANIS HOLDS
INTERESTING MEETING
SELMA, Oct. 21.—The Kiwanii
luh held a very interesting nioet
r.g last Thin":-lay evening w:. 1
lid Creech. Edgar Branch and W.
It Aye: ck present, as guests of
die dull. Percy Pittman .playir,;.
.lie saxapheno and Edgar Stancil
playing the piano, delighted the
dub with several musical nun-1
Inrs. Thumas Stancil, dub mas-,
cit, and whom the dub recently
agreed to pay for his music let
sons, entertained his audience with
two vocal numbers.
The clu!) voted to have two Ki
wanis welcome signs erected, om
on the north side a,nd one on the
south side of Selma. These signs
will be erected immediately.
In a world series contest. Star
Harper was the winner of the
prize. He presented the prize to
Ed Creech, guest, runner-up in
the Of ntest.
II. Bueck aiid I. W. May ‘brig
made shirt talks which were
very goo I.
OLD TIME SPELLING HEE .
AT COKBETT-HATCHEK
j There will be an old time spoil
ing m-atcih at Corbett-Haleher
next Friday evening, October 25,
'at o’clock. Everybody invited
; both young and old. Come, take
part in the spelling and let’s have
a good time. Special music. Re
freshments will be sold. Proceed
for the school.
Fine Livestock
At State Fair
Exhibits Indicate New Inter
est in This Class of Farm
ing; Was Really a National
Sillfvr
RALEIGH, Oct. 21.—The ex
hibits of livestock at the Nor‘h
Car; lina State Fair last wed;
indicate a new interest in this
class of fanning 'throughout' the j
state.
It was known for some weeks j
that the livestock show would b* i
good but extension specialists at ,
State College were not prepared |
for »the wonderful display which j
was made. A count of the pens
showed 212 blooded dairy ar.i- '
mals, about lot) beef animals, (>72
begs, 200 sheep, and a few over
2,000 chickens. Specialists of tn?
college were in charge of each o’r
partment and in some cases acted
as judges. Probably the hardest
worked judge at the fair was Lad
Hostetler, swine expert, who had
the job of placing the 072 h es.j
it was the* most dimcult ta-K
1 o ver lvad,” said Mr, Iloste4':,.
“The show was really a .national
show. In addition to fi.no hoys
from North Caroliinn, \vp had
prize winning herds from all
parts of the United States nr 1
Each animal had to be carefully
studied that no mistake mig’i. be
made m placing it.
Three judges were used with
;he poultry. Over 65 varieti*« :iv.
strains were exhibited. Most < f
the dairy cattle were from Norte
Carolina. Fifty-six calves wetv- <x
libited by 4-H club members with
lSi of these being from the fan
3us 'Jersey calf club of Alamance
lounty. Iredell county elm mem
bers had 16 Jersey calves an J i.’uv
dson counity had eight ex.c’lnv.
John E. Foster, super in tor ^*nt i
rf the beef and sheep sho •• raid ;
that 1- cars cf exhibit animus
Tad to be refused entry bo .wane
.here was no place to put them. <
\ large tent was used in this do*- j
lartmont to care for the m < • -
'low from the regular linr.
He (’heated Himself.
A striking story is tol l of a J,
rich man who wanted to help a ;
>ocr carpenter and his family.
lie hired the carpenter t : build ;
,i house on a hillside ar. l then ;
x;• r t away on a long journey. The ,
•ar pen tor said to himself: “My ;
jcsts is away and’ I can use shod- (
ly materials and neglect the sup- j
r or ting work that does mot shew, i
rhe hoyse will be weak, but no
3ocly will know it.” So he built a .
ramshackle house. i
:.he carpenter said: “Here is your L
tvcur.E'.” “Thank you,” said the!]
rich m^n, “here is the deed and j.,
;he key. I’m giving it to you.”
And the carpenter .grieved that j
lie bad robbed himself of a good '■
We reap what we sow. We1
have to live in the house of life
we build. If we do shoddy work,
if we “soldier” on the boss, we
pinch ourselves, shrivel up and ;
lose our ability to discern be-'
t wot n right and wrc ng. W e h a vp ' -
to live in such a house without ,
character. It is a 11 emendcus fact'
that each one of us is building to
day the house we must live hi
tomorrow. We can build a palace
or ft hovel, a mansion or a jail or (
a pigpeln, but we must live in
it.—The Masonic News.
COLORED 150 Y INJURED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
i
'(bar Lie McNeil, eight-year-old
son of James McNeil, colored, was
knocked down and seriously hurt
Sunday afternoon about six
o’clock when -Donzelle Smith, co1
ored, ran over him on the
street. The accident occurred near
the boy’s home, but details as to
•how the accident happened were
not learned.
I The injured boy was imme
diately carried to the Johnston
(County Hospital, but he is not, ex
pected to recover. All the ribs
on his left side were broken and
he has suffered hemorrhages o:
the lungs.
'_
Miss Frances White, of Scot
land Neck, spent the week end
here with Miss Cora Belle Ives.
Heads Bank Body
tsmttrjs’wtfi..'*. '’.wsassssssssfsf:..jwsikEtsh^
Joint G. Lonsdale, head of the
dercantile-Cbmmerce Bank and
frust Co^ of St. Louis, who ha?
ieen elected president of the Ameis
Bankers Association.
6-Month School
To Open Monday
Twenty-Two White Schools in
County Operate For Six
Months; Twenty-Six Negro
Schools; Teachers Meetings
Si.-urcay
The six months schools of the
*ounty will open next Monday,
October 28. Teachers meetings will
>e held on Saturday, the teachers
rf the white schools meeting at
:en o’clock in the courthouse, the
cachers of the negro schools med
rtg at’two o’clock in the after-:
toon at the Johnston County j
rraining school.
There are twenty-two six
ni nths schools for white children -
n the county us follows: Poplar
Springs, Allen, Beasley’s Grove,
ill in Banner township; Plain- !
’iekl and Mill Creek in Benton
•ilie; Pleasr-.it Hill, Spilora, |
Smith, Rehobeth and Barbour’s in
elevation; Stewart, New Hope
nj Stanley, in Ingrams; Hoi!.;
drove and Poplar Grove in
deadow; Pleasant Grove, Ogburn
irovc, Hightowner, Sunnynook,
Mnty Grove and Wildwood in
:kz:-ant Grove; Hopewell, in
■ mitlii ield. These schools have
i:.m cr.e tc three teachers each.
T w e. r. t y- .* i x c cio red s c boo Is w i!!
■:.o Monday. There are only
h cc negio schools in the county
*lth an extended term. Smithfield
r.l Selma have an eight months
um, and Clayton has a sever, -
r rlhs term. The Selma and
Imithfk-ld colored schools open-:
d October 7, ar.d the other twen-1
y-iiix in the county will begin
;crk Monday.
With the opening of these
ebook, the entire school system
.ill he in •operation! and an effort
idll be made by school officials to !
c cure better robeel attendance;
hail ever. The State Department
f Public Instruction has issued1
new pamphlet entitled ‘‘Com- j
misery School Attendance” which
aw, the rules and regulations ,
cumulated .some years ago by the
State Superintendent of Public
r truction and the Child Welfare
mission and approved and
idopted by the State Board of
education, the law giving the du
!:v of 'the chief sc ho cl at lend
tnce officer of the county, and a
t.itunc-nt by Mrs. Kate Burr
John sen, Commissioner of the
State Board of Charities and Pub-,
Welfare.
In her statement Mrs. Johnson
joints out the necessity of the co
; pc ration of the welfare officer
and school officials in the en
forcement of the law requiring
that all children between the
ages of seven and fourteen shall
attend school continuously for a
period equal to time which the
public school in the district in
which the child resides shall be
in session.
(HAS. DIN CAN MEM15EK
OF “DEACON" BAND
Thirty men comprise the Wake
Forest College band this year
with W. L. Warfford as director.
Among these is a Johnston coun
ty man, Chas. Duncan, of Clay
ton. who plays trumpet.
i Mrs. A. R. Maynard and Mrs
T. V. Smith and children, of
Dunn, were guests of Mrs. Will
H. Johnson last Thursday after
State And Nation
News Paragraphs
iiig Liquor Raid off New
York Coast; Dedicate New
Library at the University
of North Carolina
What has been characterized
a a the mi st spectacular rum
round-up since the Unit-’.!
went, dry was staged along the!
coa-t of New York Wednesday
• ght. when the Federal govern- !
nunt with a battalion of raiders 1
disc ended an some 35 points a
t : k a quantity of liquor vjyi- !
< usly estimated at being worth j
from So,000 to SI 00.000 dollars
and arrested 32 men. It was first
ported that 150 men had been
an a s ted but after all the facts
wi re in, it seems that what the
government ha& in its possession i
includes a quantity of liquor, 32 j
men. and $15,000 radio sending j
set, a three-story country home
at Atlantic Highlands, N. J., a
large number of machine guns,
pistols, and tear gas bombs. The!
i bluer ring is said n-ot to be dis
ui!bed in the least over the mam-,
noth raid and some think that'
the only severe consequence of
the affair will be a boost in the
price of liquor in New York. It
was reported that the rum syn
dicate knew of the expected fed
eral raid several hours before 1
it took place, and William J.
Calhoun, prohibition administra
te ;• for New Jersey and director
Lif Wednesday night’s sortie, has
made the statement that his hand
was forced and the raids were
premature.
The evidence is all in in the
Ader'holt murder triad at Char
cite, and the lawyers’ speeches .
rave beta made. Judge M. V.
SiaTr.ilii.il charged the jury Men- ,
Jay, the court having recessed at j
he conclusion of the appeal of i ,
Solicitor John G. ■ Carpenter Sat- C
uday. There were two days of ar-I^
iumer.t much of it very* dramatic, I',
fhe jury will decide the fate of j
.he seven men on trial for tr-e j :
hath of Chief Aderholt of Gas- | ‘
Gini-a in connection with the mil! r
trike at that city. ;
The new $625,000 library of the j ^
State University was dedicated)
it Chapel Hill Saturday with *ip-]^
vopmite ceremony. The dcdic i-|_
ion exercises, held in Memorial
•Iall Saturday morning, were at- .
ended by a notable assembly, in- ,
■hiding Home-comers who were ^
n North Carolina last week to I
.•tte»rwl the state fair. President
I. W. Chase presided at the cer
mciriies. Go ve r n o r G a rd nor p re
emeu the new duiki mg au.i
.‘hair man John Sprunt Hill ae-!
opted it on- behalf of the build-.,
m.tf committee. The dedication ad- ^
!ic= 3 was delivered by Andrew
Ccio-g-h, librarian of Yale Univ .-v
ity and president of the Ameri
an Library Association. Dr.
..ouvs Round Wilson has been li
Iranian at the State University
once 1901 and in a short address
luring the ceremonies he stated *
oat tap new library represented
he realization of a vision he had ^
'allowed for more than a quarter,
>f a century. He announced the
ist of gifts to the new library,
for which he was largely respon
sible, amounting to more than
£150,000 in cash and many rare1;
md notable collections of books!'
and papers. The library now con •
tains 210,000 volumes.
George Clemenceau, the “Tig< r .
of France,” and war-time Pre-I
micr, suffered a sudden stroke at
nine o’clock Sunday night and
tally yesterday morning was
thought to be near death in spite *
of the fight that physicians were j
making to keep him alive with in
jections of oxygen. Dr. Charles j
Laubry, heart specialist who at
tended Marshal Foch before he j
died, was summoned, and found
the 88-year-old statesman on the
verge of death. He stated that
(’kmenceau had suffered a heart
attack and his condition was most
critical. On September 28 the
‘‘Tiger” celebrated bis 88th birth
day and he told a friend that he
expected to die within the year.
Since that time, however, he has
been writing what he termed his
MRS. SALLIE STEVENS
DIES IN GOLDSBORO
GOLDSBORO, Oct. 21.—Mr?.
Sail fe Sanders Stevens, age 7U.
di:d at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. Gurney P. Hood, in this
cdy at 1:15 Friday afternoon
following an illness of many
months.
She was the daughter of Col.
John F. and Martha Edmundson
Sanders, and was horn and rear
ed near BentonviHe in Johnston
county, t^n miles from Smithfiewi.
She is survived by one son
Rufus Stevens, cne daughter,
Mrs. Hood; two brothers, Willis
Sanders, rf Raleigh, and '1'. F
Sanders of Clinton and a sister.
M:s. J. W. Wellers, of Smith field.
F oner a I sendees were conduct
cd from the home of her daugh
ter on Lionel street at J o'er- k
Sunday afternoon by her pastd",
Rev. W. V. McRae of St. Paul
Methodist church. Interment w s
nade in Willow dale cemetery by
die side of her late husband. Sarn
ie 1 Stevens.
SEED CORN IMPROVED
BY FIELD SELECTION
The ideal in selecting seed corn
s to get a high yielding ear from
i high yielding stalk and this if
>est done in the field. Crib se
ection may give an excellent ear
jut the grower does not know
.vhether the ear chosen was grown
)n a high yielding stalk of the
:ype that he wishes to grow.
"In a com variety test recently
•ondueted on the Experiment Sta
tion farm at State College, the
lighost yielding variety outyie!
.1 tlie lowest by 58.5 per cer.:,”
ays G. M. Garren, cereal agron
imist. “This means that a far
ncr in the vicinity of Ralegh
vho grew the lowest yielding va
•iety produced only 100 bushel-;
vhile his neighbor who grew the
vighest yielding variety produced
58.5 bushels. This assumption h
rased on the idea, that both crops
cere grown under identical con
lit-ions as was the case in the va- j
icty test.”
Tests made for five years gave j
.n average difference of 43.3 per j
ent between the high and low
hiding varieties and shows that \
ligh yielding strains of corn may
e developed. This is done b\ re
ecting the low producing stalks
nd using the high yielding one--,
'his selection can be done best in i
he field, says Mr. Garren.
Com growers agree that the,
est stalk is one from eight to
en feet tall with two well dev
eloped, sound ears. The s-talks
hould be stocky, broad-leaved and
igorous. This broad leaf is an
npertant character, says Mr.
larren, because TO per cent of
he cern grain is starch and th:.s
tarch can be produced only in :he
reein leaf. The ears should bo
ound with medium-sized cobs and
■ilh at least 14 rows of smooth
apped grains of medium depth.
Mr. Garren says it is not too
:i*e now to select ears from pro
die stalks. If one-half of the
ars secured prove desirable, the
talk selection has been sueeess
ul.
iiant Violin Heard Over Radio.
S A N PR A N CISCO.— (AP)—A
iant redwood tree, said to have
ic:n 4,000 years old, has become
.•hut is believed to be the world’s
urgent radio violin.
Weighing 300 pounds, it stands
2 Va feet high. Six men arc
ieede<d to play the four strings,
,nd it has be i n heard in several
>rograms on the Pacific coast
s’ BC network.
The tree from which it was
m:;le was 20 feet in diameter and
500 feet high. The back of the
drlinr is seven feet long, foul
ed wide and four inches thick,:
vhile the neck is five and a half
’eet.lcng, 10 inches wide and lo
nches thick. Four men toiled 672
rears to build it.
The big fiddle is 216 pounds
leavier than the. ordinary violin.
When it is used over the* air,
Max Dolin, musical director, plays
one of the strings.
“DOLLAR BILL” COACH
ARRIVES IN CiTY
Miss Virginia Griffin, who is
to coach the local talent musical
comedy, “Dollar Bill,” arrived in
the city yesterday. The play will
be given next Tuesday night.
last book of memoirs which, it
is under stood, deals with his re
lations with Marshal Foch p.nc
Gtmeral Pershing.
I
War Mother
Mrs. Virgil McClure of l.cxing
Ion, Ky, who Wjis elected I’residcnl
it the American War Mothers sue
•ecdirtg Mrs Thomas. Spence ft
Milwaukee. Wia.
Happenings Sn
Town Of Benson
Social Clubs Hold
Parent-Teacher
Hegins Work
School Year
Meeting: I
Association
Tor New,
BENSON, del. 21. The Wo
main'? Mis sir. nary Society of the
Methodist church met this week
with Mrs. Sherrill Utley on Main
street. The subject was “Korea ”
It was presented in an attractive
way with a pageant. At the
close of the program the hostess
served i e fresh meats.
Mis. A. S. Duncan was ho«te-s
to her - bridge club recently at her
home cn Church street. Miss Mabel
Jehu's on made top score. Club
sandwiches, hot tea, cake and
mints were served.
Mi's. 8. A. Duncan was hostess<
to the Entre Nous club and a
number of especial guests. A
short business session was held
with Mrs. W.. T. Martin, presi
dent, in the chair. The subject
“Annie Oakley, Woman at Arms"
by Cooper, was very interesting
Papers were presented by Mes
d a me,a Alfred Parker, W. T
Mai.fin, and J. E. Wall. A spec
ial feature of the afternoon was
a couple of readings by Mi<5
Miss Margaret Duncan, guest and
sister of the hostess. A salad
course carrying out the Hallo
we'en idea was served. The meet
ing was held in a setting of love- j'
ly fall flowers. The favors were '
in keeping' with the season. 1 he
following were present besides 1
the club members: Mesdames Roy 1
Smith, W. B. Woodall, E. A.
Johnson, C. I. Johnson, Jr., M.
r. Biitt, L. L. Levinson, Shcr- ^
rill Utley, Decker Creech, Kyle
Stephenson, M. A. Peacock, Hov.
iii-il Deriving, Evette Denning, N. {
G. Woodlief, Meredith , Eidridge.
Paul Brow, Leon Talton, W. D. 1
Boone, J. H. Rose, Misses Clara
Woodall, Neta Turlington, Mary
Ley, Margaret Duncan, Dickinson '
and Britt.
The Parent-Teacher Association
held its initial meeting of the
school year this week in the
school auditorium with Mrs. B. |
H. Houston, new president, as the |
chairman. During the business,
session the various committees
were appointed. Mrs. Evette Den-,
ning was elected secretary and j
Mrs. J. E. Wall treasurer. The |
grounds committee is planning to (
plant grass and put out more (
shrubbery this fall. They have
recently laid a cement walk in'
front of the school building and
plan to put. down c-ther walks
around the school within the next
few weeks. A very attractive mu
sical program under the direction
of Miss Wilhelm Utley was
presented. In a uniue way fea
turing Hallowe’en the faculty was
introduced. This meeting was in
honor of the faculty and the
fathers of the community. Dur
ing the social hour refreshments'
were served by the social com
m ittee.
The following from Benson at
tended the state fair in Raleigh:
Dr. and Mrs. W. T. Martin aifd
sons, W. T. Jr. and Dan, Mrs. E.
E. Johnson, Miss Mary Lee, Mi j
Ruth Barbour, Mesdames Sher
rill Utley, C C. Canaday, Roy
J Smith, W. R. Strickland, Messrs.
N. G. Woodlief, and DeLeon Britt.
Miss Boykin fieri
fnWrecklmprovis
Auto Hits Wagon Loaded
With Cotton, Demolishes
Wagon and Throws O u t
Occupants
MICRO, October 21.—We j
glad to report that Miss K: • !
Boykin1 is g e t t i n p
ah.r.g- as well as can be expert
aftoj- being seriously injured in a
wreck Monday afternoon. Her r
te r, Claudia, has been grelt i.'.f
along fine, not having missed
school a day. A gash was cut
on her head. They were throve
from the vvago-n loaded with cot
ten on which they were riding,
when it was struck by a car driv
en by Spain Bailey of near Ko; iy.
T he three others on the wagon < - -
caped uninjured. The wagon v.: ^
completely demolished and t
car was badly damaged. The ac
cident happened just after .-un
set. They were meeting a car and
it seems that the lights of the
other car blinded Mr. Bailey
that he didn’t see the wagon un
til he was so near that he couU
not stop his car as he was going
-it a very rapid rate of speed.
Mesdames W. L. Wall, J. W.
Welloms and W. R. Stanley shop
ped in Smithfield Thursday.
Mr. Thurman Peele, of Golds
3oro, was in town Sunday.
Mr. Ira Batten, of Norfolk, V i.,
spent Tuesday night here. with
l.is brother, Mr. Walter Battel*.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Pearce.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Pearce and
Mr. and Mrs. R. I.. Moore went
,o Rocky Mount Sunday.
Dr. and Mrs. M. Hinnant an i
•hildren attended the state Ndr
it Raleigh Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Moor,
r d Misses Derucha Gay and
Flizabeth Howell attended : .
'air at Rocky Mount Wcdnc-s
light.
Mr. and Mrs. Carson Byrd and
rhildron, of Wilmington. sper:
iuesday night here with M .
Byrd’s sister, Mrs. R. C. Pear-.
Mesdames J. W. Wellons and
V. L. Wall visited friend's
hne Level Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smith, o
Yilmingtoffi, visited Mrs. Smith
at her, Rev. J. T. Collier hen
Sunday.
Miss Elizabeth Howell spent
he week end at her home near
Goldsboro.
Misses Fannye Mae Wellons and
Jerucha Gay attended the stale
r.ir at Raleigh Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Rae, of
'cnnsyl vania, are visiting their
augliter, Mrs. R. N. Hinnant.
;kange record drokkn
IN NORTH CAROLINA
In connection with the re
uganizaticn cf a State Grange n.
s’orth Carolina a new rec \ 1
n Grange history has been
ablished. One of the subordi:’\*
rnits, located in Rowan co-unty.
ud a charter list of 180 member
ncluding some of the best kiu v. r
armers in the county.
This is the largest Grange elm
,€T list ever assembled, in a:
state wher^ a State Grange h 1
tot been yet organized; and n
tiany of greater size have t.
men instituted in any state. K
m county already has 22 Grange .
»vhere not one existed two monri.
Aunt Roxie Says
“De farmer dat 'pends toe nineh
on government ade i% lak <le but ,
holder on a snipe hunt.”