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Smithfield wants a hotel —But it also wsp^s to es tablish a Livestock Sta tion Yard. 17TH YEAR THE HOME NEWSPAPER SMITHFIELD, N. C. FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 22, 1929 EIGHT PAGES TODAY NUMBER 95 Market Exceeds Record Of 1928 Tobacco Market Here Ha? Sold Up To Yesterday 5, 786,548 Pounds; Govern ment Grading Helpful The Smitliftekl' tobacco market ihasi passed the five and a half mtiillion (pound mark of last sea son, the total number of pounds ^pold here up to yesterday being 5,786,548. With a month sti.lil to sell before thje market ■will close for the Ohriistmais holidayis, tne sales should mount well .above six million pounds,1 The warehouses here will close after the sale next Wednesday for the Thanksgiving holidays, re opening the following Monday. The government tobacco grading work done at Smith field this year has proved to be popular and valuable. Farmers from ether counties have come to S math field to observe the government gra ing wiith the idea of requesting it for their loc-alatie®, if it was prov mg 'helpful, and the indications are that the scope of this worl will be ex'tended anotluw year If state and federal funds are avail able. a aeiegaxiom 01 iarmma* iro.ni the Spring Hope section of Nash , county is expected' here today to Selves ti gate for themselves. ■A recent report of the govern nvent grading here, in the News and Observer, estimated the work as follows: “This work has proven to he advantageous to buyers, ware housemen and' farmers alike. It relieves the buyers oil much gues-j work and responsibility. Till is min imizing of risk or chance insures maximum price instead of mini mum. Thus all parties benefit b/ elimiinating the bit and1 mi&i present grades which are net sys tematized but rather as each far mer may see fit to assort his piles. “The government graders at Smithfiekl are Messrs. Wood and Ricks. They do net attempt to regrade thie pule® but rat her to label them with their official rJasisitfiicaiion. They often detect [mixed piles as in the case of a tenant who had his graded. The top of the pile (after dividing) soldi at 19Ms cents ami the bot tom ait 37 cents. Thus he saved $30 by spending 20 cents for the grading work.” BENSON, Nov. 20.—Jesse Den ning, vocational agricultural stu dent in Ben-son high school made a rather unusual record with his com project this year. After planning the fertilizer to use, the time to plant, etc., Jesse bought what lie thought was enough La tham’s Double to plant all the project. At planting time however he found1 that he had only about iwo-thirdsi enough to plant the field. He decided to finish the field with the seed corn used by his father and do a little testing for Dpmself. Both were given ex actly the same chance. At first it looked like Latham’s Double was not equall to the local corn. It wasn’t long before things began to look mo-re even. Later on La tham's began to look the best. Last week the results was checked Sand be found that his local variety produced 74.5 bushels per acre -am the Latham’s Double had produc ed 100.25 bushels per acre. A dif ference of nearly 26 bushels pci acre due to the difference in tin yield. Young Denning is planning U figure up all cost and sumjnariz the results/ of Ibis com project One lesson he has- learned is th \ ■ it pays to use good seed. I Tantalizer 1 1 i There art exactly enough let ters in tlie line below to spell the name of a person in Smith field or Johnston County, an I to the one deciphering theii tame and presenting a copy of this paper to the Herald orftee, we will present a free ticket to the Victory Theatre. Tickets must be called for before the following issue. Miss Ada M linden decipher ed her name, laist issue. TODAY7 t < v-n ■» e-lw>ttlsie^,o ’ f £ j RED CROSS ROU, r\! 1 is SUCCESS fJ he )U*d Cross i(ol| (all in Smithfield ha; passed the hundred mark. According t o Rev. I). H. Tuttle, who heads the drive again (his year, $108 is in hand with Mil mem bers enrolled. Tuesday and Wednesday of this week were set apart for an intensive campaign, though the drive will he continued until Thanks giving day. Rev. D. If. Tut tle has been aided in the work by Mrs. Jesse Coates and Judge F. II. Brooks. Half of the $1.00 membership fee is kept in the local treasury to be used for local work. Glendale School Number Enrolled In I'irst Grade Alone Exceeds That of Entire Hijfh School KENLY, Nov. 20.—Notwith standing tb? fact that there are now three times as many pupita enrolled i,n the high school grades in Glendale district as there were five years ago, the number in the first grade alone this year ex ceeds that of the entire high school grades combined by about one-dh.ird, according to the rec ords in the office of the prin There are more children in either one of the first three grade, than there are in all of the high so hoot grades; the enrollment of the high school being 97, and tiiat of the first, second and third grades, 127, 100 and 109 respec tively. Not only has the high school enrol foment trebled in tlje last few years, hut there have been large increas'es in all otln-r g: o des especially in the lower grades as a result of co-nsolid i ti:ns. However, cons oil Jatio s have not caused all of it, because no new territory has stalled to ending children to school in this district during the past three years. Tho enrollment keeps grow ing 'because some are coming h. •vho'C’l who have never attended school before. There are two schools in this district, Glendale and Chapel, and the consolidation program was completed last spring, but that had to do with matters of taxa tion only, as all the territory had already been patronizing these schools by sending their children six months to the yean: for the past three years, and the high school pupils from all the territory now comprising the dis trict have been coming to Glen dale ever since the present school was built. Judging from the hundreds ir. the primary grades it seems that the growth ini-the grammar grades and -high school will even he greater in the future tlh,an it has been.' in the past. Thanksgiving Service. | There will be a Thanksgiving j service at New Light Second A d~ ! vcrJt, Christian church in Snnh ; field at 11 a. m. {*nd 7 p. m. Everybody is cordially invited to attend. !ELDER J. V. MOORE, Pastor. Presbyterian Services. Oakland Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Smiithfield! Sunday night at 17:30. Sunday 'school and Bibk icijaases at 10 o’clock. Public cor diaillly invited. JOHNSTON TRAIN I NO SCHOOL TO PLAY CAM I The JcCmston County Negr. Training School football loan will play the Wilming! ' hlgt '£th';;l on the local eoarr't F.id'a (tlv'.s) evening at 4:15 c’clocl Tih’s game wlltfii Wrilmington wi determine the ea stern Carol in i championship. ■ St. Paul’s Episcopal church. j There will he services at S Paul’s Episcopal olyirch Sunda night ait 7:30 o’clock, Rev. Dun Ican Thomas, tree tor. The pub! is cordially invitee I. Princeton Home Damaged By Fire Flames Discovered In Dwell ing of Jarvis Hines In Time lo Save House Furnishings and Building PRINT! KiTON', N„v. 21.—Run day night about six o’clock the ! h mo -;f Mr. mid Mrs. Jarvis ) I lint's was discover oil to be on fire. Mis. Hiiv.s Iraki Inen away from pi'h.2i k He hen a ishorft time with the <!< i*rs all eiltased. It us. suppo*ed (-lv.it. I hi* fire {started from the oil , slave and burned up the ceiling into the overhead very rapidly. In a ft\v minutes after the cry of fire a large number of citizen's were < n Ike scene arid they quickly car riid all hoirsiehold goods out to safety and they •savesd the house. Sire citizens h:'.night in two or three ehem-ica'l flue extinguisher? and they crnitiiibuted largely to the ’saving of the -house. The cit izens cf the town always respond quickly to the alarm of fire ar.d many houses have been, saved by their prompt and willing ais si st ance. Mr. amid Mia. Hines wish to thank every one very sin cerely who helped them .in this1 in.--tair.ee. Without this help they, would certainly tyivc lost their Wednesday night the 13th,; about eleven o’clock the 1ioul?«: belonging: to James Meow, a negro, was burned. The household ! goods had been moved out that evening. It is reported that there' was $500 insurance cn the house and there is said to be some evi dence that the house wats ei’td and f ired. On the same night a few min utes later the house which wu - formerly the old Turner Johnson heme, was destroyed by fire. The woman and clyldiren were away from the house that night. The house was occupied by John Tur ner Jchns'on and he wats at fyome when the house burned. He says that seme unknown negro rush ed out of ore room when he started to enter, almost knocking him down and at. that rime one ■room was in full blaze. Regular meeting of the Girls’ Auxiliary of the Baptist church was held! Monday evening. Am in teresting program was given. Ml girl S' between nine and seventeen years of age are especially invited to attend. Regular meeting of the W. M. U. of the Baptist church was he'd Tuesday evening at the home of MG*. J. P. Rains. After the usual fcusiniE'rs and a duet by Misses A ma Pearce and Teneissia Holt, refreshments were served. Mr. Ed Young wa!s married lasi week to Mrs. Mamie Farmer, of Wilson. Mr. Young has only been married three times and has nine children! by his former wives, and a host of grandchildren. He is alb cut 05 years old and is a young man1 for his age. Mr. Young has three children by a former mar riage anti -its a young woman i Ficm the reports which are com I jag there are a good ma.ny cases where load's of tobacco have been [stalen from farmers. At least two of the men who are charged with seme of this stealing have been caught in the last few days. Re ports of sit calling cotton, and corn •have beem m|ade. Farmers who have their farm produce housed should ceirtaimily lock it up 'se curely and save it. MRS. G. <;. BEATY WINS IN NATIONAL CONTES! ’ Mrs. G. G. Beaty, of Wilson’.1 . Mills, route 1, was among’ th< i successful contestants in a ua i lion-wide canning contest put 0.1 > recently by Sears Roebuck Four . rial?cn. She was awarded $5.0' 1 for a can of snap beam.'. 'Jnl; i seven successful contestants wer from North Carolina, and' Mr. Beaty was t'hia only one fror Jchnut gw ciounty. 'Mrs. Beaty received her car ning training from Mrs. D. , •v’ Wei Ions, who was the first, hom l“ demonstration! agent in John:iu c couty, hack in live days, when Ui ik-nw.ra>ira.t;o-r made her rnum j wiit-li a hors-e and bu^gy. SECRETARY OP WAR COOK PASSES AWAA | Fiiiaiai! services for Jame-s W Good, Sam?rctary of War, who pass ed away in the Wailter Rml HW piial in Washington Mom:1ay, were held in the Hast, Room of Liu White House Wednesday in the pi.nsr.nce of President. Hoover a:.'! i a di: l ing ui>hed company. /The of the Presbyterian church i wore conducted by Rev. Jo«cph jR.it haul Si zoo, pastor of the Me a j Yo-i k Avenue Pieabytsrian chut | at t-flevan o’clock. 1 ii,e body vv-.s j laUT taken to the train ai d jto Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where the bui.al will take place today. |Mir. fraud's (hath was • .e first «.*' a member -oL* the 1 \.h.iie n office -since ..'.ah in 1 id, of |C. Wallace, Sxrc-il...y . Ag.\. j! jtiue in t.’.» H : ding ..al C .,'i ::;e | U-•'ni; n I: i j a:': r.-a, He ws w es t * i n 'manage.' fa Pro »:it Hoover re. j the last campaign. His death came if om hkod-poisoning which set in following an operation for gangren oils perforating appendicitis a'’it th‘ mere than a week ago. Johnston Co. Man Goes On Rampage Edgar Richardson Jailed In Sniifhfield After Terrozing Neighborhood; Wounds Slightly Small Roy WENDELL, Nbv. 19.—Edgar Rickardscn, young white man of Jchnstcrt county, about two miles from Wendell, went on a ram page yc "Urelay afternoon that ended with his arrest on a charge o.f attempted! murder and the wounding of a small 'boy. Accruing to reports coming to Wendell, Richardson went Ivome y.etc-relay aftemcm under the in f’.uonco cf whiskey and urged hi > wife to go to ride with him. When she refused he went for his pitot and threatened her life. In manner she managed to weest the pistol away from him, ar. 1 fled to the home of Ruffin Haider, a neighbor. After she had h-ft Richardson went to the homo cf M: Annie Nowell, 'his mother in-law, seeking his wife. When told that she. had not been the. 3 ho became so boisterous that Mro Newell sent for her son, Ralph, who was only a short distance away. When he arrived he order ed Richardson off the place. Richard-on then went home, and sccuiing a shotgun and bringing his small son with him, returned to the Nowell home. Seeing Miss Ac.n'e Milton Nowell and mistak ing her fer his wife in the gathering du.-k, he fired at her with the shotgun, but due to bad aim cr too great distance none of ti e ; hot took effect. Then seeing a small son of the family through tr ? window ho shot at him, wounding him slightly in the leg. In the meantime Ralph Nowell h ■. 1 secured his shotgun and rush ed out with th.e intention of re turning Richardson’s fire, but clue to the fact that Richardson’s son \\ as in the front seat of the car wl'.h him was unable to fire for fur. r of injuring the dip Id, ami Richardson made his escape. A 1 . ;e was quickly organicod to search for him, and some time la ter in the evening he was ap prehend'd and taken to the Smithfiel,! jail. Richardson has a police record Laving been convicted of dba’iny in whiskey and sentenced to tin i roads flcr this offense, j .According to latest reports tin child is not badly hurt. Makes Money From Turnips. Mr. W. P. Thomas, of ne*a . Wilsctn’s brought two Jar# turnips to this office Wednesday ’ Olio was :cf the Purple Top vari 1 ety and weighed seven' ami one 'half pounds. The other, a Whit Globe, weighed six and three • quarter pounds. 1 Mr. Thomas stated that li j sawed a patch .'100 yards* squai • in hfs tobacco field after housm • his tobacco crop, -with the ihtei p •ti-an of feeding the turnips to h a iRigs. From this patch Mir. Thoaiu e has already sold about $20 won s *cf turnips and haw others 1 well. Compares School | Costs In County Four Oaks and Royall Typica Illustration Big School Bet ler at Less Cost 1 The county supermtendoint of isk hooks 'bits been «<t work recently dh.tkint*- up on eironoillmieint' and at itt'J.Wi* in -tihic* school*‘olf Johnston cciuvty. The survey j'ewai,i sa.n-j fuT/i (hat should be of ' nteres* •to vhe public. A companis.\*v, foi •>.1 'tarteo, of on noli merit and at* ter..!i:noe in* a large school and a i mail ischool shows thalt the ra»’go i. .J. i.d goilu better results- at less 1 expense. j fPhe Four Oaks and Rovall (schools operate for the same kftgth of twin and in the i,-»n«e f!r ‘<!_r.ioL These .schools are a typU eM illustration of the i.ncmi?ed cent and decrearsed efficiency of the small ischool as compared wiili •t'ho lange 'school. Each lenten er at ' he 1* our Oaks school is (tea 'hing 43 children on the average and feach teacher in the Roya.ll smeo1 I i's teaching 21 pupils on dhe av erage, .therefore, the cost of the Royall school is more than twice that of the Four Oaks scho A per pupil for 'teachers’ salaries, in 'tihe Four Oaks school the attend ance is 02 per cent of hile enroll, meant while in the Royall school it its 75 per cent. A thorough ;e>: of the achievement of the pupils in 'the two school's will inidi‘ate a corresponding discrepancy of the children of the Royall school. The enrollment and attendance by grades in the Four Oaks and Royall schools an November I'd tirade Enrollment Attendance 1 185 IG2 2 153 137 3 133 321 4 149 131 5 140 132 0 158 15*1 7 123 118 Tctajl Ed'ememt. 1047 952 f.radc Enrollment Attendance 8 122 113 9 02 60 10 41 4 L 11 45 44 Toital High Sell. 273 258 Toita. School .. 1320 1210 Roy all School. Grade Enrollment Attendance 1 22 19 2 20 14 3 13 9 ■1 15 12 5 12 8 Total Royal! Scto. 82 # 62 Total Four Oaks District . 1402 1272 The ewrcllm eait an d ait tendance by teachers in these schools on November 18 was as follows* 'Mrs. William Adams first grade: enrollment, 53; attendance, 49. Mias Ix*'tha Pearl Reed-, first grade: emrollmenit, 53; attendance, 47. Mr*. Blan'chs Caudill, first grade: enrollment, 47; attendance, 40. ML.'S Nellie Lumeefcrd, first •gralde: enrollment, 32 • attendance, 27. ' Muss Mildred Brodie, second grade: enrollment 44; attendance, 37. ; Miss Louise Lide, second grade: cr:-I'me.nt, 54; attendance, 49. Mi sis Sarah Patterson, second TURN TO PAGE TWO Aunt Roxie Says s! “In every land and every ag M Temper hez done Outs part; o De fierces storms dat ever rage Are in de human heai-t.” Gambling Case Ii Recorders Courl Six Men Indicted In Connec J (ion With (lamlding; A 1-aJio Wendell; Other Case | Tried Tuesday , .. -*1.9 9 Six persons wera in Recorder’: | court Tuesday facing charges l»ha had to do with a gambling: raw made by .1 ohnstorn county office**: Sunday night, Nov. 10 at a la\< resort near the Wake county line The Johnston county shorliff, A •). Fitzgerald, states ithait report: ot •unilaiwifiu:! proceedi,ngs at Lak< Wer.'delH had come to his- office a diiflerent times, but it was not un 1if Sunday night, Nov. 10 thal his deputies bad <lefini',to evidence sufficient Ito make runty oinxvds On that nig,hit, about: 10:.*i0 o’clock Depu-tww ,1. O. Hinton, Tom Davi> and A. 1!. Morgan found (’. <’ Doan, Pejt oHoneycutt, R. R. Rich ardson. Red Todd and' S trad ley l Deans in the mill house at I<akt I WVndelil, Doan, Honeycutt, Rich aaxtaon and Todd -being cn the floor behind a table with $27.40 lying on the floor nleair. Deans wns found to have a quart of whis key, and the entire five were plac ed under arrest, the first four cn a charge of gambling an<d the lat ter on a: charge cf possession and transipic.rthion. Robert Barham, manager of the corporation wlrch cpcraites Lake Wendell resort, was ailso indicted for operating a gambling place. Alll six men were found guilty in Recorder's court here Tuesday, Dean, Honeycutt, RichardteJon, and Todd being fined $25 and one fourth costs each; Deans being fined $25 and octet, and Barham being fined $25 and cost. The latter -took an appeal. Later i<ho fines cf Honeycutt and Todd were remitted, and the fines of Doan and Richardson reduced to $15 each,. These men are Wake county men except R. R. Richardson. Sheriff Fitzgerald states that repents have come to him since the -raid, to the effect that the gambling and drinking is* still go ing on and his officers' are still on the alert. Other cases tried Tuesday in cluded : George Potter entered a plea of guilty to cursing on public, highway. Prayer for judgmen was continued upon the payment cf the cost. Stephen Murphy was fined $25 and taxed with the cost for pos session and transportation. Vance Barbour was in court for the larceny of two turkeys, valued at less than $20. He was sen tenced to the county roads for fcaur months, to be discharged at the end of 90 days provided the CC -ML liS . Millard Norris was fined $50 and taxed with the cost for ear - ryir.g concealed weapon. Clarence 0 ut’.'a.nd aged 21, a white laborer, was found guilty cf po-session and transportation of two and a half gallons of whiskey. He was sentenced to the i vaJ.} for six months. The* de fendant is to be discharged a<: the end of four months provided the cost is paid. For giving worth 1:. is cheek be was sentenced t. t!ve roads for 30 days;, the sen tence to be suspended upon tin payment -of the cost and check This sentence i» to begin at tin expiration of it he one the defend ar.it is now sewing. Avery Norris and Randall Nor r‘.t3 were found guilty of assail 1 with deadly weapon. Prayer fo judgment was continued upon th. payment of the cost. Thomas Jordan was fined $1 for assault with deadly' weapoi Ho wasi also required to pay th cc£|t of the action. J. O. Beasley was convicted o o-perting a car while intoxicate and of assault with car. He wa fined $50 and taxed with the cois ire was ordered not to operate motor vehicle again in North. Can lina during the next 90 days. Jeff Allen was fined $10 ar cost for violation of the prohib tion ilaw. A. B. Lee plead guilty to givii ■*worthless check. Prayer for jud; ment wars continued upon the pa fluent of the cost. John Ray was fined $10 f TEN-WEEK DENTAL [ ( LINIC FOR JOHNSTO> Beginning next week and _ lasting for ten weeks the L service of a dentist will be available for the children in the schools of Johnston coun * ty from 13 years of age on | down. This service will be without charge to any child, ' as it comes from the Depart ment of Oral Hygiene of the State Board of Health. In structive talks and demonstra tions on the care of teeth, cleaning and treating them as I their needs require, will in the main be what this pro gram of dental hygiene will comprise. Dr. Wooten, who is an ex pert dentist in this particular work, will be in charge un der the direction of D Rranch, who will also be here to give illustrated talks to parents, teachers and chil dren. The clinic will lie held next week in the Smithfield school, and the schedule for the other schools will be announced at a later date. Colored Man Is ! Fatally Injured Debro Mitchiner Is Struck bv Two Cars Near Brick Yard and Dies Two Hours Later ' Debro Mitchiner, a collared man perhaps 60 yearns of age, who | lived just across the river neat* Graytowr, was fatally hurt on highway No. 10 near the br'ck i yard Wednesday afternoon, wnen ,an automobile struck him as bo attempted' to cross the highway. | It seems that a wagon was on i the side of the pavement, aud Mitchiner was crossing over to reach the wagon, wfluen a ear driven1 by D. H. Parrish of Ral eigh, hit him. The impact threw him back .into the road and another car coming from the opposite d: recti on driven by Mrs. Paul Gar rison of Goldsboro, struck him j also. Ma*. Parrish took t-he in-! jured man in his car to the negro! hospital here, ami it was found that ail of his Tibs cm one side were broken and one leg crushed1. The accident happened about four-! thirty in the afternoon, and two hoars -later he died. The negro was well thought of in the community where he li^ad spent his entire 'life. The accident is said to have been unavoidable, but those re j •tponsible .for the occu.rrence, ac |cording to Sheriff Fitzgerald, wish a bearing in the matter, and to j marrow, -Saturday, has been set as the time. S. S. Conventions Next Sunday. A Sunday school program will be /held 'at Prog ness church in Boon Hi 111 township urrud another at the Freewill Baptist church In Pine Level Sunday afternoon. All Sufnday stehiotol officers! arid teach e:t! in, both townships are expect ed to attend, and all others who arc interested in Sunday school wc.k are cordially invited. MISS HUDSON TO ADDRESS WOMAN’S AUXILIARY The Woman’s Auxiliary of the Presbyterian church will hold its ! December busiLnieissi meeting at the ehur'ch Monday aftemoom, Nov. 125 at three o’clock instead' of or ! December 2. This change is, niad< 1 in order thiat Miiss Irene Hop< Hudson, cif Richmond, Va., may b< present; to make an address or ‘, Ministerial Relief. A social houi ' wliill follow this meeting. Ailil th< i women of itihe church and thei: : friends are invited to be presen . | to hear and meet Miss Hudson. Box Party at Pomona. * The Sander3> ("hapel M’ethodis Sunday school will give a bo parity at Pomona school house c I Wednesday night, Nov. 27. Girl 3 will take boxes which will be an; ticned off, and boy’s are exjpecte 9 to be on hand to run the bids ui IA st ring band will furnish nvusi , for the occalsiou. d ^ —.- - ... „ i- possession and transportation. Harvey Pemlergraft was convic ged cf larceny in the value of Vj r-, than $20 and was sentenced to tl r .roads for 90 days. He is to 1 discharged at the end of 60 da: *1 provided the cost is paid. Stolen Cotton Recovered Here Victor Ogburn Does Little Detective Work and Finds Owners of Suspicious Lot of Cotton Which He Was About to Huy Victor Ogham, of tho firm of Austin >ain<| Ogham, turned detec tive Wednesday and ferrdted on I t.h<* detaib of a suspicious lot of cotlfcon which -ho was about to buy and which latter proven 1 to hiavo been stolen from a gin at Apex. Whletn Mr. Oghum Avont to his ■sJlore toro Wednesday morning, he found a negro man and two wh'te men wwajitLng his arrival. The utogro lba<j hronglUl to town eight bales of cotton which, bo stated belonged ito his mother, Emm;f Uos’s. He had reached Smiibhfk'H early and by 6:30 had been to tin* ocitibon; warehouse, hail had the ccitton AMellgihied, arid was ready to sell lit. Mu. Ogham made a bUI. The negro went to W. M. Sanders', another cotton buyer, and the bid avus raised. He returned to Mai. Ogbami A\ho Ihd again, arjii then back to Mr. Sanders I who refused to go any higher. The negro then closed the deni with Mr. Ogburn. In lihe course of the conversation as ito whs Emma Ross was, and. where sne lived, Mr. Ogburn became sus picious of the deal. He gaAre the negro a check, however, for some thing like $600, and promised himself that by the time the banks opened, she would have time Ito make further invesihgation ccm ceiming tliie cotton. lit lacked: forty-five minutes of nine when the sale Avas consum mated. Mr. Ogburn V first move~ Avais to go to the cotton ware • house and take a look at the ccitton. He found that the gin marks diid not correspond with the name in which the cotton was sold. He hurried to a phone and called the bank to stop payment of the check. It was rather a tense moment in the bank. Tho negro and the two white men who Imd hauled the coition to Smith field far tho negro, Avore at the window in the act of receding tho money when the bank tele phonic rang. The young lady am lowering the phone called to • he (teller to stop cashing the ch'ek, - and the metgrro broke into a run. The two white men who were waiting to receive their pay for hauling gave lhot pursuit, but: tho uejg.ro eluded them, and thaw not yet bear* apprehended in spite ot the faidt that a deputy isherriff spent the entire morning 'hunting for him'. The white men then told of lav ing gone to a gin at Apex about three o’clock Wadruec-day morning I and loading eight bales of colt u* for the negro and bringing it 1*) SmEthfiiekl. (Communicatiun with | the police depamtmeint at Apex e | vealed that the cotton haid been missed from the ig*m and steps had been taken to advertise the fact over the radio. The cotton Ava-s found to belong to J. Ei. Wall of Apex and J. M. Pate of Wilson*. j Deputy Sheriff d. II. Branch |of Wake county came to Smith ! field where the two white mm I were being held but after ques tioning the men, he released them. Mr. Ogburn, it is understood, got fin touch with the real own ers of the cotton and finally bought the eight hales. I --- Optimistic. In conversation -with Mr. Tom AibdaSUa, of Selma, si representa tive of the Herald asked him about business and what he . thought of conditions. Ho said , that an a white there was a lot 11 of complaining about dull busl , juess but that his business so far had been above the average. He 1 stated that- he 'had just returned from the New York and tlynt ev ’ enyano was had'ly .frightened over the big financial battle that was ■ being fought on Wall Street. Ho isaid that almlC'S-t everyone was - anxious to sell what Ik* hodt at ai s most any price and while there 9 he purchased something like 1200 e new silk dresses and about 1500 » new hats. He is advertising them at a ridiculously low price.
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