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OUR SLOGAN: “Sell Johnston County Tobacco In Johnston” Smithfield nr^nts a hotel —But it also wants to es tablish a Livestock Sta tion Yard. 47TH YEAR the home newspaper SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1929 EIGHT PAGES TODAY NUMBER 93 Interest Centers About Attendance Improved School and Hoad Facilities Should Mean Bet ter Attendance Much interest centers now (about the problem of improving school attendance in ifche state. Newspa ^ pens 'have often repeated the fact that one-fourth of the children en rolled An school are absent each day. Th'e economic waste has been ! stressed; and the serious loss of j educational opportunities to the ! child has been emphasized. North j Carolina ranks low in comparison •wiith the other states in school j attendance. In addition to the ! large number who are absent each ! day, but who are actually enroll- j ed, there are others whose names have never been on a teacher’s roilbook. While North ! through its Adult Literary Com mission, seeks to stamp out illit eracy among grown people, num bers of children of school age V3 madn out of school. With ou : improved school and road facili- j tiles, this should not be the case, i The County iSuperintendent ol | Public Welfare is the chief school ■attendance officer. The law makes this his prime responsibility. But ( one individual, who has numerous other duties, cannot enforce the j law alone in the county. He is|! dependent upon the cooperation' of the school official's, the teach- . ■ens, and the local organizations, * such as Parent-Teacher Associa-; ‘ tiPon', which frequently undertakes 1 as a special project, the improve. 1 ment of school attendance in the 1 community. The law' requires the 1 teacher to notify the superintend-1' ent of public welfare when an it 1 legal absence occurs. For this re i T sen, the school official shares 1 largely in the responsibility when / a child is out of school and no * effort is made to learn why, or to't return him to the school room, r The State Board of Charities11 and Public Welfare now has a 1 ✓ special Division of School Attend-!! ance for the purpose of stimu- 1 lating interest in the state-wide ' problem of school attendance. This ,! division will cooperate with both 1 the schools and the welfare de- ‘ ipartments in the effort to pr - 1 mote better attendance.—Educa- 1 tional Publication No. 142. 1 REV. D. H. TUTTLE TO PREACH STEVENS CHAPEL : Rev. D. H. Tuttle will preach ]' Sunday morning at eleven o’clock i1 at Steven’s Chapel Rev. J. D. { Stott, the pastor, extends a cor-.; dial invitation to the public to j; filttcnd the service's. Birth Announcement. 'Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lundy/ Parker of Four Oaks, route J, i1 Sunday, November 10, at dr.11 Johnston County Hospital, a; daughter. Preaches in Henderson. 'Rev. and Mrs. J. D. Bundy went j to Henderson Tuesday returning Wednesday. Rev. Mr. Bun.iy | preached Tuesday night at the new Methodist church there which ' was used for the first time Sun day. During the first part of the week, former pastors were asked to preach in turn in the new1 church. Attend Meeting County Agents. Mr. J. B. Slack, county farm 1 agent for Johnston, left Tuesday for Laurinburg to attend a spec ial meeting of county agents, call-; edi by the district agent. C. L.1 Chambers of the Federal Agricul tural Department, Washington, addressed the county agents. 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 name 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. •Glenn Grier, jr., deciphered his name last issue. TODAY’S TANTALIZER mtrs. kltheoreha German Flying Boat Carries 169 Passcn vers■ I'vjr v.'fw shows some of the passengers in the giant flying boat wit aloifr with 168 passengers for an hour’s flight over Lake" Geneva, DC-:: a3 i ^i he outside of the giant boat is also shown in this photo. The 12-motoVed cratt broke ill records for carrying capacity when it lifted a load estimated at over fifty tons. Kiwanians Hear Co!. W. T. Joyner President Raleigh Kiwanis Club Speaks On "Arma ment; 'Would Do Away With Horrors of War Col. William T. Joyner, Presi dent of RaDeigh Kiwanis club, ad ressed the local Kiwanians yes erdiay cn the subject of “Arma ment.” The colonel spoke at some Er.gth on the devastation wrought y the recent world war, the cost it lives and money to the United states, as one of the many par icipants, as well as the cost to ail he belligerent nations. He re minded his hearers that the pri mary object of war was the Laughtering of men; that the umber cf deaths as a result of he world war. direct and prox: . mate, numbered more than twei: • I ,r-two millions; that from the time he United States entered until ho Armistice was signed, she lene spent a't the rate of ri - million per hour; that the actual ost to all the nations at war > more than 478 billions, whirr. | > an amount more than twice the realt'h of the United States. lie ointed out that the cost of tie ecer.it world war, with amounts ur naticnail government is r.t i resent expending for /repared ess, is one of the measons f ~. resent high' rate taxes. The speaker indicated his ap •roval for preparedness tor r.a ic.nal defense, but asserted t.'at he buiden must be equal r’ libutcd so that the pinch will onmo to every one; declaring that ,11 men, materials and .mimey hoiild be drafted so as to :t ow lish this purpose. Cl; lug his remarks the speaker njoined the members of the club hat it is the duty of every man o keep ever alert to honors of car with the idea in mind that var should 'be no more. Col. Joyner is the son of Dr. . Y. Joyner the latter familiar o all as a pioneer in the field f North Carolina’s educational nognanm. rtULE LIVES TO BE 32 YEARS OLD It was mot the passing of a ‘Black Beauty” made famous in iteratur© by Anna Sewell, that caused grief to the family of J. r. ,Strickland in O’Neals town ship, but it was the passing of :« faithful old mule that for thirty* .iwo years bad plowed furrows for lev master and had even at times lone the work of two good mule-. ‘Molly” was what the family cau s'd her, and when on November 11 —Armistice Day—old “Molly” died, there was genuine regret that the faithful beast ho J given up the ghost. Theer was not mu eh regret that a work’ animal had given cut, for old Molly hai been feeding in green pasture: for two years or more withoui having to earn her board ani keep. It wais affection, pure anc simple, for a creature that har stood by through thick and thin. L. L. Strickland, brother of Mr Strickland who owned the mule stated that his brother still ha the collar airud bridle thiat hie u e to break the young mule with— relic that will no doubt, serve a a l©minder in the future o' -worthy beast. HE READY FOR THE REI) CROSS ROLL CALt I am out for not less than a one hundred dollar goal. I had to face eight-one men and i women to get last year’s $87, ! while a lady helper enrolled a lucky thirteen, making the $100. We really need more this year, and will pass the goal, if we can. I do not ex pect to beg, for we will face the fine folks who love to do good. Days for the Roll Call— Tuesday and Wednesday, No vember 19 and 20. D. H. TUTTLE, Chairman of Red Cross Roll Call. Dr. Hooks Head8 4th Medical Dis t Elected President at Meeting Held In Wilson Tuesday; Next Session To Re Held in Rocky Mount Dr. The! Hcoks was elected president cf the Fourth District Medical Society at the meeting held in WSteoni Tuesday evening. Dr. G. E. Bell of Wilson was chosen vice president and Dr. V'. B. Kir.law of Rocky Mount sec re *. ary-treaisurer. More than sixty physicians from ever northeastern! Carolina wore in attendance at the session winch was held at the Country club. A supper was served to the doctors before the ibusinoss session. Special speakers cn this occas ion was Dr. J. D. Willis ,of Roa noke, Va., who discussed “The U: • of Diver Extracts in ‘lie Ti ( itment. of High Blood IV. sure.” Papers were also read dur ing’ the evening by Dr. A. (i Woodard of Goldsboro and Dr. N. M. Sa'liba of Wilson. The next meeting of this modi Cell UlKd'IVlAXllllU'il' will uc UlCMi 1>I Rocky Mount on the second Tues day ini February. Among the physicians attending .the meeting Tuesday evening were the following from Johnston coun ty: Dr. J. B. Person, of Seims; Dr. J. C. Grady and Dr. W. P, Whitted, of Kesn'ly; Dr. W. G. Wil son, Dr Davidian and Dr. Ilo d;3 I of this city. MISS WELLS AUTHOR HISTORY WORK BOOK Seventh grade students ot Johnston county are using this | year for the first time, a “History 1 Wlork Book," written and arrang led by Miss Mary E. Wells, John ston county’s saipervisoir of rura j schools. This book is in line witl ; student’s work books that hav< j been in use in other subjects, bu is something distinctive for his : tory classes. The pamphlet com I prises forty pages with amp! space for home work to be don< J by the pupils. The subject matte I is presented in such a unique mv I interesting manner that hist or | pupils will find it as fascinating ■ i as cross-wo id puzzle fans fin . | c r css-word p u z z les. ' The book, bound in a neat brow 1: cover, is issued by -the Medli i! Printing company. No doubt th ’'book will be used in cither corn *. ties, as history teachers are a>. I qualrvted with its good points. Mandamus Case Before Barnhill i ('curt Decides Hoard of Edu cation Has Right Tempor arily To Transfer Children of Massey District to Four Oaks The case involving the County Beard of Education and patrons of L the Massey school district (Ben- -j tcnville) came up Wednesday be- t fore Judge M. V. Barnhill who t is holding court in Lillington, the < judge rendering a verdict in favor t ■of the board of education. c Recently, Mr. Tommie (Leech t and others of the Massey district ^ brcughlt a mandamus against the c board of education to compel it to a give to residents of the old Mas- s sey distiict a school at Pauline, c This was the action heard oetor? Judge Barnhill at Lillington Wee- t nesday. The court decided that the t beard of education had the right c temporarily to transfer the chil- it dren of the Massey district to i the Four Oaks school pending the i, elation of a building in Benton- a ville. i Several years ago the Benton- ■< Aiii!e No. 2 district which i- $ cc. mposed of Massey, Oak Grove, 1 : r.d a part of the Mill Creek dis i :rict, voted a fifty cent tax. For t the past two years, forty cent • 1 >c£ this tax has been levied to c give all of the children of these > districts the opportunity of at- f tending the Four Oaks school for t an eight months term. The Mas- t .-~y district elected to keep thc-»r 1 primary grades in the district 1 even though the term was only is six months. 1 VOLCANIC ERUPTION ( IN GUATAMALA 1 Santa Maria, a Id,000 foot vol canic mountain in Guatanrala, had Tk.m.vl.!,. «iv., In,. the destruction of the famous Pom : pci, aocc,rding to a United Press dispatch. An area of (twenty ; square miles lay devastated by lava and ashes, and the prelimi- ■ nary death toll was fixed at 300. ; It was thought that investigation ; would reveal many more deaths, r .V - ny of the settlers were asleep ' vhe nthe streams of iava began running down from the crater. Red C. >s officials and other rescue parties began work at once but it was said to be difficult to pen etrate into the danger zone. MRS. HODGES HONORED AT AFTERNOON TEA. Wednesday afternoon from five mil six o’clock Mrs. W. G. Wilson entertained at an informal tea honoring her mother, Mrs*. Hodges of Davidson, who is her guest. The home was very attractive1 • far the occasion, with a tastefu! arr angement of chrysanthemums! ■ ar.j other fall flowers. The roamj 1 1 were effectively lighted with can -1 s die?. 1 During the af.temkxm Mrs. L.1 I D. Wharton and Mi's. The! Hooks' poured tea. Sandwiches and stuff-1 : i 1 dates were passed by Miss Le 1 noia Patterson of Four Oaks and Miss Ava Myatt. i — Birth Announcement, e Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred - M. Ccates of Clayton on Wednes - day, November 13, a daughter, ; Mary Geraldine, Delivers Splendid Sermon On Liberty Rev. I). M. Sharp, Pastor Sel ma Church larges Hearers tc Break Loose From Bond i gc of Sin SEIMA, Nov. 14.—Rev. D. M. Shi ipe ha-s been returned to the Edge r ten Memorial Mtidicciid. church for the fourth consecutive year ami on Sunday morning', No vember 10 delivered a gripping me-sage, using as his -text Acts 4:23-24. His subject was “Testing Our Liberty.” Said he, “We fin, the first real opposition to Chris tianity in (the opening chapters of the book of Acts. The church could not always live under the personal supervision of Christ, but we find the early Christians stand mgr amid speaking boldly fjs Chrl'st. They lost -sight of them 'd ves and thecr own interests. When they were threatened and persecuted, they stood staunch, >ecause they had touched God and mbibed his spirit. Men felt that hese early Christians 'had been vith Christ. All through the age* ve have been convinced that hesc leaders and teachers had ome under the power of Christ, lien had1 Mt the touch of the )ivine. “It is easy to stand in the pul -i’t and proclaim the truth or be cre a class and teach a lesson, ut t he thing that puts a person to he test is when he is called to ome out and stand apart from he crowds a.nd stand for a prin ipile. Your real life is the thing hat is uppermost in1 your mind. When we conquer the evil things f -life and are in co-partnership •liitih God-—the light of Chris: bines through, and we are rec gnized as leaders. “We must meet our tests just hie same as the early church met heirs; we need training and dis ipline. In the time of s-tress, Kings develop or take ‘hold of s, which we never dreamed were i us. Liberty is a priceless as rell as a perilous thing. In the arden of E-Uen.' there were re trictions. Adam and Eve wetre iven an opportunity to choose igiht or wrong. They were then iiacle moral characters. The hings we Choose to do, either lake or mar our whole lives or haracters. God believes in us and /■ants to lift us and turn our aces -toward eternal things. The ime to make the struggle is in he quiet hour, struggle up from lediocrity, from sin, break loose rant the things that bind and tep out for Christ. May we in he quiet hour, hear the call to our nner soul and respond 'to that all to live a higher, nobler and reer life.” Visit Home Moravian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Brietz and on, Franklin, motored to Win ten Salem fcatumday to attena trie 50th anniversary of the organ i ation of the Moravian congrega km in Satani. The present church ras built in 1800 and has a seat ing capacity of 1200. The main lU'di’torium was practically full for his service at eleven o’clock, fhese visitors also attended the >unday sc bool wihich has a meni >ersbip of 642, there being 109 n the men’s class alone. The Love ^east was held on Sunday after icon at three o’clock. Mr. and drs. Brietz wei*e struck with the lumber of young people and chil hen attending all these services. >elma Scouts Enjoy Oyster Roast. On last Wednesday evening im mediately after prayer service Rev. D. M. Sharpe, scoutmaster for the local troop, entertained the boy® at a most enjoyable oys ter roast at the 'parsonage. T^e spacious kitchen and back porch were turned over to the scouts and oysters wert served in almost every conceivable sityle. After an evening of fun and frolic the boys departed, voting their genial host tihe best 'scoutmaster ever. Returning to Selma. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Price and son, Walter, have returne to Selma and are now connecter with Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Gordj in operating the Brick Hotei They are experienced hotel peo pie and die traveling public wil welcome them to Selma as wed as heists of frieaids, who gave then I United Welfare Association Meets Recommends Establishment of Neighborhood Play Grounds: Also Advocates County Owning Entirely Johnston County Hospital The United Welfare Association of Smitihfield held a meeting Mon day evening at the home of Miss | Mattie Pou, the president, with a goodly number of members pres ent, and almost every organization in town ire presented. After the routine business war disposed of, the president stated that she had been requested to ask from the members, sugges tions of various methods to se cure greater safety for children. stated further that these plains wouild be put in the form of a petition, to the town commission ers. 'Several suggestions were made cine of which was1 to ask the town to renew its efforts to enforce the laws against fast driving, against driving by children under sixteen ^years of age, and against driving I while intoxicated. ! It was also suggested that the commissioners be asked to rent or to release from taxation sev eral vacant dots in different parts cif the town, which would be w»t apart, as playgrounds for the chil dren, these to be cleaned up by (Turn to page five) Marks New Day In Ginning Cotton Benson Certified Seed Asso-! ciation Have Special Days Set Aside by Dinner To Gin Its Cotton; Association Sells Cooperatively BENSON, Nov. 14.—On No vember 8 and 9 the members of the Benson Certified Seed Grow ers Als&ociaticn had their cotton ginned. No other cotton except Cleveland 884 strain 2, the cot ton grown by the association was gilnned at the local gin used by' the seed association members. The gin roll was removed and the see J caught on the floor to prevent any possible mixture. These seed will be graded and a germination run by the North Carolina Department of Agricul ture and then offered for sale to the local (farmers as certified seed. The lint is being handled on a joint contract made with the North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Marketing Associa tion. Every member delivered his cotton to be sold that way. This was probably the first day ever set apart by a local ginner to gin just one variety of cot ton. The ultimate goad of the local seed association under the leadership of J. Paul Shaw, local agricultural teacher, is to have a cne variety cotton growing community. A CARD OF THANKS The family of Mr. B. E. Gard ner acknowledge with grateful ap preciation all expressions of sym pathy extended in tihieir recent sorrow. Sweet Potato Weighs IOV2 Pounds; Mr. R. D. Sellers, who lives on | jSmitlhfield, route 2, saw im ‘he 1 Herald about some potatoes which | were or* display in our office. He 1 decided to show us seme real po tatoes, ®o Tuesday he brought us j one that tipped the scales at ten and a 'half pounds. It is a Po-rto Rico yam. Mr. Sellers states that he '.has a number that will weigh seven to eight pounds. up reluctantly when they went to Enfield some time ago to en gage in the hotel business there. I’. T. A. Meets Monday. The next meeting of the Selma Farent-Teaciher Association will be held on Monday evening, No vember 18 in the high school au ditorium at 7:30. Am interesting . meeting is ptromised and all mem . bens and friends are cordially in 1 vited to be preseqfo ^ _ ji a Highest in the World j I-"' ' - -71 Rising 68 stories and at least 808 feet from the ground and erected at a cost of over $15,000,000, the new Chrysler Building in the heart of New York at Lexington Avenue and 42nd Street is the tallest structure in the world. No Reduction In 16-Cent Advance New Low Price Levels Will Not Affect Loans Made by j Federal Farm Board In spite of the propaganda which is being: "widely circulated to the effect that the Federal Farm Board had reduced the first advance of 16 cents a pound on eotttcn delivered in the seasonal pool of the cotton associations, checks are being mailed out from j the Raleigh office this week for j the full amount and there is no foundation for the report that the amount of the first advance will be reduced. The Federal Farm Board Tues day issued a statement reassuring cotton farmers that the new low price of 16.17 cents a pound will net affect loan rates to cotton co operatives. The statement cx me from Carl Williams, cotton expert of the board, shortly afte.* he learned that the price of De :em ber cotton futures at New York dropped to 16.17. “The Federal Farm Board ii nct disturbed over the fall ir. the price of futures contracts for cot ton,’’ Mr. Williams said, “al though the low level reached Tues day is nearly one-half cent a pound below the amount whlcn deducting the costs of deliivei v to New York, the board is TeruiiiVr to cotton cooperatives of the south. ‘‘The board is lending to eo4tor. cooperatives at the rate of 1'* cents per pound, basis middling, seven-eighth inches staple at the ten designated spot market.-, wi*1 proper differentials off and on for grade and staple. “Less necessary freight and other Charges, these cotton coop eratives will pass the govern meat's loan to all of their sea sonal pool members, old and new at country markets, the amount which .the farmer wiiM get vary ing with his distance from ocer-m port points. In spite of thj de cline in price on futures markets and regardless of the dep h to which stock exchange ddstuioarces may carry that price, the board will continue to lend, as above •tated, and will not call for mar gins on the loans." Williams said that the bond “deplores" the possibility that any cotton farmer, ‘‘misled by I immediate quoted prices," would I sell his cotton at a price lower | than tire amount the Uir :c* l States government will lend him to help him carry the product of Heavy Docket In Recorder’s Court Large Number of Criminal Cases Tried on Tuesday and Wednesday A heavy docket was disposed of in Recorder’s court here on Tues day aind Wednesday of this week, the following cases being triea: Ralph Lee and Carl Strickland were in court charged with curs ing on highway. These cases hav ing been disposed of by a justice of the peace, the defendants were discharged. Cecil Lamm entered a plea of (guilty to possession and being publicly drunk. He was fined 815 and taxed with the cost. Moses Narrotn plead guilty to abandonment and non-support. Prayer foir judgment was con tinued upon the payment of th» L. P. Canaday was convicted; •: £ possession and being publicly drunk. A 60 day road sentence is to be suspended upon the pay ment of a $15 fine and the cost. Ross Stephenson plead guilty to the Larceny of three bushels of corn and a 90 day road sentence is to be suspended upon the payment of a $10 fine and the cost. Brock Johnson, who plead guil ty to the larceny of three bushel' of corn, received a 90 day road sentence. The .sentence is to be suspended upon the payment of a $10 fine and the cost. John Lewis Honeycutt was con victed of disorderly conduct and simple assault. Prayer for judg ment was continued upon the pay ment of the cost. Henry Capps, who plead gu’Vy of possession, was fined $25 and taxed with the cost. Thelbert Langston entered a plea of .guilty to trespass. Prayer for judgment was continued upon the payment of the cost. Exum Gower, guilty of assault with deadly weapon, was fined £10 and taxed with the cost He gave notice of appeal but the ap peal was withdrawn when the fin? was remitted. Manuel Robbins, convicted of disposing of crops before paying rents, was sentenced to the roads for four months. The sentence is to be suspended upon the pay ment of $201.87 to John W. Creech and the cost of the act'on. Leonard Capps and Mrs. Leon ard Capps were in court charged with malicious injury to personal property. Mrs. Capps not guilty. Leonard Capps guilty. Prayer for iud'gment was continued upon the payment of the cost. The defend ant took an appeal and his bond " IlACTi mb «pUU. Monroe McLainb plead guilty to possession and transportation and was fined $15 and cost. David Lee plead guilty as to possession of still and manufac ture. He was fined $50 and cost, and was given 30 days in wihuah to pay. Buddie Smith, who plead guilty to possession of still and manu facture, was fined $50 and taxed with the cost. He was given 30 days in which to pay. Cotton Ginning Report. The census report shows that there were 23,299 bales of cotton ginned in Johnston county from the crop of 1929 prior to Nov. 1 as compared with 27,401 bales gin ned to Nov. 1 crop of 1928. E. G. HOLLAND, Special Agent. Aunt Roxie Says r $$! Je gud teacher nocs where stand roun’ chi Mem &o ez not git betwixt clem and iivtellec lfW'
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