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OUR SLOGAN: “Sell Johnston County Tobacco In Johnston” Welcome to Smithfield, Mr. Tobacco Farmer Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper — — Established 1882 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, OC TOBER 29, 1929 EIGHT PAGES TODAY IN U iViJDC<r>. Une Killed, Four injured In Automobile Accident Rufus Swain Killec Instantly Sunday Af ternoon In C r a s I That Put Four Oth ers In Hospital; Twc Other Casualties From Other Wrecks —Train Hits Car Al Selma Rufus Swain is dead and four others lie wounded in the Johnston County Hospital as the result of an automo bile accident which occurred Sunday afternoon on highway number 22 about a mile north of Selma. The wounded are Mrs. Rufus Swain, wife of the dead man, Albert Gardner, brother of Mrs. Swain, Mrs. Lina Creech Sasser, and Miss Elsie Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. Swain, their three y ear-old son, and Mr. Gardner were returning to their home near iSmithiield from Plymouth where they had attended the funeral o-f Mr. Swain's brother, Edgar Swain. Mrs. Sasser, Miss Meyers, and H. M. Flight, all of Rocky Mount, were going tow a id R. eky Mount. The Rocky Mount car at tempted to pass a big truck when it crashed into the automohil > ■headed toward Smithfieid. The impact of the cars hurled one of the cars in front of the big truck which struck it before, it could come to a stop. Mr. Swain was killed instantly. Mrs. Swain, Mr Gardner, Mrs. Sasser, and Mi - Meyers were all found to be in jured and they were rushed im mediately to the Johnston County Hospital. The little boy of Mr. and Mrs. Swain sustained minor cuts and bruises which were dressed by a nhvsician in Selma. An ex uni nation of the wounded rtifrealed that Mrs. Swain had sustained a ji umber of lacerations and bruises and there is fear of internal in juries. Mr. Gardner was lacerat ni 'about t.he face and legs. He also suffered concussion of the brain. Mrs. Sasser was found to have a fracture of the left leg, a frac ture of the right arm, and a probable racture of the right ankle. Mrs. Sasser is a sister of Mr. J. Rufus Creech of the San ders Chapel section. Miss Mey ers sustained lacerated eyelids, abrasions on the face and punc tured wounds on both legs. Mr. Hig.ht was only slightly injured and was able to leave the hospital (Sunday night. The other patient •were resting as well as could be expected yesterday afternoon. Mr. -Swain, who was killed cat right in the accident, came to Johnston county from Plymouth four years ago. He married t’ •: daughter of Mr. Ben Gardner and •they, with their little son, were living on a part of the Burkett Jones farm which they had pur chased. Two brothers of the de ceased, A. W. Swain and A. L. Swain, of Raleigh, arrived here as soon as they had received news of th e tragic occurrence. The deceased is survived by one other brother, J. B. Swain, of Marion, Ohio, and by five sisters: Mrs. Ella Reynolds and Mrs. Emma Bacher, of Richmond, Va.; Mrs. Mattie Ohesson, of Roper; Mrs. Rosamond Latham, of Bath; and Mrs. Josephine Hudnell, of Roy all. The funeral will be held .11 is morning at eleven o’clock at Jv; Baptist church in this city. The deceased was a member of the (Turn to page four) 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 oame and presenting a copy of this paper to the Herald ortlce, we will present a free ticket to the Victory Theatre. Tickets must be called for before the following issue. Miss Emma Strickland de ciphered her name. TODAY’S TANTAU7.RU rdailaby May Succeed Huggins Eddie Collins, one of the coaches Df the Philadelphia Athletics, ttho, according to the latest rumof, i? scheduled for Miller Huggins’ job is leader of the New York Yankees Negro Woman Dies By Band Of Son Boy Attempts To De fend His Mother in Family Brawl And Accidently Shoots Her Fatally In an attempt to prevent Hi3 «tep-father from beating his mother, George Jones, a 16-year old negro shot and fatally wound ed his mother, Bessie Jones, Sun day at sunrise at their home near town. The dead woman and her hus band, Henry Jones, had been in a dispute over the week’s earnings of the family and the dispute had reached a point of blows. Jones was getting the better of the fight when the woman’s son George, ran to a nearby huso and borrowed a gun which he un derstood to be unloaded. Return ing to the scene of the fight be tween his mother and step-father he threatened to shoot the otcler man if he did not desist fiui.i abusing his mother and in th: scuffle the gun was discharged and the lead buried itself in the right side of the woman. Death follow ed in a little while. The family of negroes moved from Pennsylvania about Septem ber 1 and settled down on the |farm of Percy Smith, about three miles south of Smithfield, where I they have since been engaged .r: I picking cotton. The tragic death of the woman and the incarcera tion of her husband and her son who slew her, left a family of four small children without means I of any support. The county wel fare officer will have charge of | them. Dr. George E. Parker, coroner, completed his inquest by noon Sunday and both men, the slayer of Bessie Jones and her husband were committed to jail in default 1 of a $500.00 band. Negro Garden Contest. Prizes will be awarded to the j following persons for the best 'gardens showing a continuous [supply of vegetables during the spring and summer: J. W. Mueh [iner Jr., cf Smithfield, first prize; William Kirby, of Kenly, second; ■Frances McNeill, Smithfield, third; I Gallic Sanders, Smithfield, fourth; | Candace Sanders Clayton, route 3, fifth. j These gradens were judged by Prof. C. R. Hudson, of State Col lege, Raleigh, in August. The prizes will be awarded Friday at noon at the Johnston county col ored fair, and all winners are re quested to he present on !h. , grounds. ' McKAY McNIEIL, Local Agt State And Nation News Paragraphs Albert 15, Fall Is Convicted ol Bribery in Oil Scandal: First Conviction of Fclor.; By Cabinet Oliicer In His tory Albert B. Fall, secretary of i!.e interior during President Ha.d ing’s administration, charged with accepting a bribe in awarding a lease to the Elks Hill naval o;l reserve in 1921, was convicted by a Federal jury Friday. It was the first conviction for felony by a cabinet officer in history, as well aus the first of the cases that have to do with the oil scandals oi Harding’s administration. The transaction involved a $100,000. Defense counsel filed a motion for a new trial four hours after j the jury had reported its findings If the verdict stands, P’all is liable j to a fine up to $300,000, and to imprisonment up to three years. ! Fall is sixty-eight years old. He I is now broken in health, and at tended the trial in a wheel chair Edward L. Doheny, with whom his | name was linked in the famous Dome oil scandal, was present | when the jury returned the ver- J diet against Fall. The grand jury of Gaston coun ty last week failed to find a true 'bill against the defendants in the j mob outrages which took pla:. near Gastonia a few weeks ago. Under investigation were the cases against alleged members of two anti-communistic mobs, one of which shot and killed Mrs. Ella ! Mae Wiggins, a mother of five J children, on the highway in broaci daylight, and the other was tha: in which three textile union or-1 ganizers were kidnapped and ar- , lied about 40 miles for a flog- t g ng near Concord. There were sixteen defendants in the two cases and all were released, th.i j ending the cases without the fer- | malities of a trial. Judge H. ^ Hoyle Sink, who was presiding , over the court and who was un- [ der the misapprehension that a j true bill had been returned, ap peared amazed when Major A. L 1 Bulwinkle, attorney for the de- | fendants, asked that the bonds < i a>ll the defendants be dis.’ha.'gcd. t The judge sent for the fo.emar. and told him that the grand jury had “not ended its duty m this matter.” He ordered the entire f body to continue its inves igrtion until the killing is ferretej out. 1 Friday night Governor O. Max Gardner offered a reward of $400 ^ each, the maximum allowe i b> | law, for information leading to the convictions of the guilty par ties. The governor also calie 1 up r the citizenship and legai anthuri-1 ties for aid in the discove.y ol the guilty. TWO WEEKS TERM CIVIL COURT BEGINS A special term of the Superior count was opened here yesterday morning and will continue for two weeks. Judge C. C. Lyon of Eliz abethtown, was present and pre siding. The longest calendar ever prepared for a civil term of court was on the judge’s desk when he opened court here at this term, there being more than a hundred cases cm the Motion Docket alone. The entire day yesterday was de voted to hearing motions and or de . s, ar.d many cases went off the calendar in this manner. The court opens tdoay with trial cases, and ,there are a sufficient number of 'cases set for trial to keep the , court busy for the entire term of two weeks, which has been called at the instance of the governor. I NEW USE FOR S UM, Johnston county off'-.n 'S have found a better use Cor at '.•‘‘art a part of a whiskey still thru mak ing liquor. Deputy Je_ - • 'Wivn ton of Beulah township hiouglt i: a seventy-five or eighty gallon copper still Friday, and a par* o? the contraption was of sufficient size and shape as to make an a h can, so instead of allow.ng it t be hammered to pieces. ;t w serves a useful pui-pom? on the courthouse square. Tor • r.cgrocs were at the still when officers ap peared on the seen:?, bat they made their escape. Poultry judging Team Wins Prize Thadt&is Johnson, Marvin Johnson. Rufus Johnson and Garland Smitu, 4—H Club Boys of Meadow who won prize of $15 in Poultry Judging Contest at the State Fair. To Fay Tribute To Chas. Aycock Wayne County To Dedicate Tablet in Goldsboro on 70th Anniversary; Exercises At Memorial Community Bldg. November 1st GOLDSBORO, Oct. 28.—Wayne county will pay tribute to its most illustrious son. Charles B. Aycock. on November 1, his 70th anniversary, with the dedication cf a tablet in his honor at the Wayne county Memorial Commun ity Building, according to an an nouncement by George C. Royall, chairman of the Ayccck memorial committee. The tablet wa«s presented to Wayne county by the memorial committee in recognition of the contributions made by the citizens of Wayne toward the erection ot the Aycock statue on Capital Square in Raleigh. The services will begin promptly at eleven o’clock and will be coudu?tea ’ '.he auditorium of tnc C-wmun *-y buih ;ng. Afterwa-d »he panel w:l! be permanently loc^tej on the . rth 'all of :h<: lobby. A cordial in \ ation has been extended to all of Governor Ay cock’s admirers, both in and out cf Wayne county, to attend the dedication. Judge Frank Daniel;, for years a law partner and as socia.e of Charles Aycock. will de liver the address of the occasion. Dr. J. Y. Joyner, chairman ol the Raleigh memorial committee, will present the tablet and W. A. Dees of Gold-boro will accept it on behalf of the citizens of Wayne county. Two of Governor Aycock s grandchildren, Lucile, daughter of W. I). Ayecck and Jean, son cf Mrs. Clarence Poe, formerly Alice Aycock, will unveil the tab let. The tablet was designed by Gutzon Belgium, famous sculptor, to represent Aycock’-s dream of universal education and of the goal of perfection for his people. On it we see Charles Ay cock, Wayne county farm hoy, looking into the future with the eyes o[ a seer, visioning the greater and finer state he later helped iO in'ake a reality. The boundary lines of North Carolina are sketched with the figure of Ay cock standing in the middle of the panel. Out of the mist that nide what is to be looms the picture of the Parthenon, representing the ideal of perfection which was his vision of his state’s destiny. At the bottom is etched the Great Seal of North Carolina. Accompanying the tablet is a plaque which explains the con ception of the designer. It says in part: “Young Charles Aycock dreams of a greater North Caro lina. The Wayne county farm boy sees a vision he later inspired his 'people to make a reality." This plaque will be placed on the waJl just beneath the tablet. | Goldsboro and Wayne county are preparing to make this occas ion an impressive one in keeping with the name of the man they honor. The governor has been in vited to attend, and many of the state’s most prominent citizens are expected to be present. The dedication committee urges all cit izens who revere the name ol Charles B. Ayccck to attend an thus show their gratitude for one of the i kail ion's outstanding states men. Johnston County Takes 1st Place — Hoys 1-11 Club of Meadow School Wins In Judging Poultry at State Fair During the state fair last week, Friday was known as 4-H dub day for the 4-H club boys and girls from all parts of the state. • Various counties sent judging and demonstration teams to represent < their county in the 4-H club day ! exercises. Johnston county was represent ed in these counties by a poultry judging team from the boys’ 4-H !. club at Meadow school. This team i ‘ in competition with other teams { from the various counties won first place in the judging of poul try. This gives the team a prize of fifteen dollars which was do nated (by the fair association. The members of the team composed of Thaddeus Johnson, Marvin John- 1 son, Rufus Johnson and Garland Smith, alternates, are to be con gratulated on the excellent work done in this contest. Quite a bit 1 cf time jvas taken before the con- 1 test to get the boys acquainted with the standard judging of poul try and this in itself was no easy task. J. B. Slack, county agent, coached the team and aceompan- ' ied 1! em to the contest, and this being the first time Johnston 1 county has been represented in any of these judging contests, he ! i: exceedingly proud of the rec- 1 erd made by this team. ItllftVCid I Ml I.UtAI, HOME CASH STOKE Yesterday morning when Millard Stallings went down to open up the Home Cash Store, he found that the store had been entered during the night from the rear. Inves tigation revealed that his pis tol. his fountain pen. about SI.80 in cash, and a 200 pound sack of sugar wei\i missing. Some pennies and a couple of checks were left in the cash drawer. The thief, or thieves, entered a door in a small storage room at the back of the store, and climbed up on some barrels and through the transom over the rear door of the main store managed to unbar the door, and thus made an entrance into the store. HEARING JUVENILE COURT FOR CLIFTON WHITEHURST Clifton Wthiite.humt, the 14-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Whitehurst of this city, who un fortunately ran over and killeo Douglass Smith, the small son of Mr. and Mrs. Earqtfhard Smith also of this place, was before the Clerk of the Superior count in a juvenile court hearing on Monday, October 21. The petition before the clerk in the hearing charged violation of the state law in that Clifton Whitehurst was under ■’x teen years of age and that the car was being operated in a reck less manner at the time the Smith child was killed. The hearing was baised upon a charge of man slaughter. The defendant was n »r represented in court and there war ■n«> counsel representing the st \^e. The examination of the witness was conducted by Mr. II. V. Rose, who presided at the hearing. Judgment in the matter was High School Hears Of Daniel Boone Hampton Rich Tells of Daniel Boone’s Wanderings Thru This Section of Country; Would Establish Marker on School Grounds At the high school yesterday morning, the student body heard Hampton Rich, of Winston-Salem, managing Director of the Boone Trail Highway Association, on Daniel Boone. It was new that Boone in hi- many wanderings had aided in building Fort Dobbs and then took his family eastward to tidewater, passing over the oid Trail described by Lawson in his early history. Mr. Rich recounted the story, 3s told in Lhwaite’s History «/f Daniel Boone, of Boone passing eastward then leaving tidewater ►vent up the James river where he 'topped at Fredericksburg where ie put up a blacksmith shop. The rail of Boone is a notable one is it carried with it the advance >f civilization. Boone carried skins o market at Cross Creek, now Fayetteville” said the speaker. “At we time he went with a com mi: ion in his pocket to Florida vhere he aided in settling that ountry.” The school heard with interest he account of Boone and the Eastern or "Tidewater Trail and oncluded the exercises with a ’cte to try to get a marker cn he school grounds in cooperation vlth the Boone Trail Association, dajor Rich expressed himself as lighly pleased with the reaction vhich he observed in the Smith ield high school and expressed limself to the principal that the choctl compared very favorably o the many he had visited across he continent in the work of the )ld Trails. Orangemen Defeat Garner. Starting cff by scoring in the irst minute cf play, the local high chool football team outplayed and •utfought the heavier Garner earn in a fashion that was pleas ng to the spectators. A long pass from R. Cotter to Mil Norton on the very first play ;ave the locals a six-point mar gin. Norton caught the pass on the hirty yard line and ran the re naming distance for a touchdown, n the second period Gamer had he ball deep in her own territory. V punt was attempted but the tall went high into the air. Srnith ield recovered on her own twen y-five yard line. Johnson and "otter made a first down on live days. Then Johnson made three 'arete through the line. E. Cotter idded two more, Register took the vail around right end for a touch lown. in i.nl* wuru period oarirei o receive. R. Cotter kicked for Smithfield, Bryant returned the >aLI to the thirty yard line. Four ,ries through the Smithfield line jave Garner a first down, but on he very next play an attempted >nd run was smashed for a ten ,ard loss. Garner punted to Regi ster, the latter being downed in lis tracks. A pass from Johnson to E. Cotter was good for a fo.ty ;ard gain. Four line plays gave :he locals a first down and one yard to go for a touchdown. Eric Gotten carried the ball over. For Smithfield there was no individual star. The team worked as a unit and each man must be given credit for the win. The line functioned splendidly. For Garner Bryant and Rar.; were outstanding. These two fel lows* made some nice gains foi the Garner team. reserved pending further invest: gatioms, and in the meantime th evidence will go out into the hands of the solicitor for his re view. Then if he so decides he can draw a bill and present the Whitehurst youth to the grand jury ait the December term. Th. boy was committed to the care and custody of his parents and was permitted to do so without bail. Popular Visitor lshbc! MacDonald, •daughter o Premier Ramsay ' MacDonald o England. Visiting the Unite< States with her father, Bhe is win ning high tributes for her person ality and charm. Resenwald Sives Six Trucks Negro Schools Wealthy Jewish Philanthro pist Makes New Contribu-| tion to Negro Education in’ Johnston County w ; Julius Rosemvald, Chicago mil lionaire and head of the Seais Roebuck company, has given John ston county six new school busses to be used in the negro schools. These trucks will be operated by by the county for the Princeton and Clayton negro schools. Mr. Rosemvald, who is Chica go’s leading Jewish philanthrop ist, has contributed large amounts j toward the erection of thirteen negro schools in Johnston coun ty. He contributes over a million dollars each year to negro edu cation in the south. One of the negro schools, Stony Hill, now being transported into Clayton, was erected partly through the Rosemvald fund. When Mr. Ros enwald was asked whether he would approve the giving of the ■ truck that would consolidate this school into a larger school he re plied that he was very much in favor of the consolidation an 1 would be glad to give the truck under those conditions. Mr. Rosemvald contributes to negro education under five he a is —(1) erection of buildings; (2) homes for teachers; (3) extend ing school term beyond six months; (4) new trucks; (5) op eration of trucks. Johnston coun ty elected to ask for new trucks instead c.f the operating cost since the county operates its trucks within the limit of cost set by the state, which cost is paid by the state. All of the Rosemvald trucks art marked, “Rosemvald Truck.” GINNING REPORT There were 14.789 bales of •-•( t tcn ginned in Johnston county from the crop of 1929 prior to October 18 as compared with 17, 417 bales ginned to October 3 8, 1928. E. G. HOLLAND, Gin Reporter. Aunt Roxie Says “Don’t think tie Publikans should have de wether burow and roads ter sperimeint wid at dl same time. 1 “P. S. I kaint tell whether Mias Mary’s old maid sister is got a spell uv nubbin histories or iz des a puLse-feeler.” Urges More Care In Ginning Cotton U. B. Blalock Warns Again:-! Ginning Good Boll Behind Inferior Bale; Suggests Growing One Variety In a Community RALEIGH, Oct. 23.—‘Tlie c ton crop in North Caroline i; c ing to be very short and our c ton .farmer® need every dollar the crop will bring. Regardless the short crop, however, our c . - ton producers are exercising verv poor judgment and are losing money every day through imprep er grinning methods,” states Ij. B Blalock, general manager of the North Carolina Cotton. Grown.-* Cooperative Association. ‘‘One of the most wasteful practices is the gining o 1 a be* ter grade or staple bale behind an inferior grade and stap’e l.-aic without “dropping the r»I.‘s. * Thousands of dolh’s were spent in North Carolina the pa spring for seed that would pro duce a better staple cotton. This wuiK varneo to puouc gmner i<?s. ginned behind the extreme!;, short varieties of cotton, and in this manner giving a two-sided bale of cotton. In classing cotton according U. S. Government standards :h - sale must always be classed . :he “low side.” A producer rr-.;, rave a bale of 1 1-16 inch stup: 'otton but if ginned behind a In'. >f 7-8 inch staple he gets a •oat on one side of his bale from his preceding bale of 7-8 i>v staple and his bale is then e’1.. - icoordingly. Almost all public ginneries n • operate on a flat per bale pri ■or ginning and on this basis it :o their advantage to rush thro:’: is many bales per day as porn o > rhis has caused them in many in stances not to reduce their spe n ginning cotton of extra It tuples as they should do. It would be profitable for pi - lucers growing the better lerm taples in any community to malm immgements with their pub!:*• tinner to gin for them on : ain days, having the ginner : drop the rolls” made up of i xtra short length staples. A better proposition still i- • frcwing of one variety cf i-m n a community. This avoids n inly the two-sided bales at ; n )ublic ginneries but would g • . ong way towards keeping i: ;eed pure according to tne vari ety in that community. The two-sided bale proposal n long staple cotton is so i • lounced that we have found irofitable for our members for a ;o rework (take off the hoops . •emove the thin coat of short - - >le) a large number of bales en. reason before classing out filing mis cotton. The two-sided bale loss ,'otton producers is far gr " :han that of gin cut lo-s, fh • most of our gin cut cotton o.r farly in the season while the e ;on is green or wet before fi ling, but the two-sided bale k continues throughout the sea- .. from start to finish. It is not time to plant cot1/ a ndw but most assuredly it is tin." Lo select and preserve in the bt manner possible our planting sr. for the coming season. Proft - - . P. H. Kime, assistant in pla. breeding, N. C. State College, some days since issued a noie o; warning along this line t! should be given due considerate . by all cotton producers. MEETING IN PROGRESS AT OAKLAND CHI K( M The annual revival meeting a. Oakland Presbyterian church be gan last night with Rev. J. P. Kennison of Black nail Mem ok i! Church of Durham, preaching, M \ Re unison conies from a busy i ; pastorate and is a strong g - pel preacher. Rev. Chester Ab • ander will have charge of the - service which will begin each right at 7:15 o’clock. A cordial invitation is extended to the pu lie to attend these services wh will hist a week or ten. day, . Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Coop;v spent the week end in Raleiga.
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