OUR SLOGAN: “Sell Johnston County Tobacco In Johnston” jltj Johnston County’s Oldest and Beit Newspaper E s t a b 1 i • h e d 1 88 2 Smithfield wants a hotel —But it also wants to es tablish a Livestock Sta tion Yard. '.7TH YEAR THE HOME NEWSPAPER SMITHFIELD, N. C„ TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 26, 1929 EIGHT PAGES TODAY NUMBER 9 Business Meeting Baptist Church Treasurer Reported Total of $6,192.79 Raised For Mis sions and Benevolences During Past Year; Officers Are Elected The Smith field Baptist churcl I met last Wednesday might for theiir annual business meeting and election of -officers. A large num S* her of members was present and (beard reports of the year's work. The treasurer of current expenses reported that $3,560.60 had been given during the fiscal year for the local work, and the treasurer of flie .benevolent fund reported $2,632.13 for all missions and be-; nevoilemces, a total for the fiscal j year of $6,192.79. It had he«n a l year of unusual losses in mem bersihap by letter and removal, so t'b;at ithe net gain had been small [ in spite of 15 baptisms. The pres i «nt membership as reported1 to the association is 366. The main interest of the meet ing centered1 in the choice of a j large number of new officials of i the church. The church has twelve l members on its official beard, four l of them being women These are elected for a limited period, the terms of a number expiring every X ^ear> and these not being eligi ble for re-election except in rart cases until the expiration of one year. Four new deacons were chosen and two deaconesses: W. T. Dance J. T. Honeycutt, Dr. C. C. Massey and II. H. Johnson, these succeeding W. J. Huntley, | J. E. Coats, B. M. Brannan and R. S. Fleming, the deaconesses being Mrs. D. W. Peterson and Mra W. T. Dance, who succeeded | Mrs. D. Carlton Stephenson anu » Miss Ruth Wilson. The other officers chosen I were F. H. Brooks, superintendent of the 'Sunday school; W. II. Las siter, associate superintendent; Mi's. D. C. Stephenson, church clerk; D. II. Creech, treasurer of current expenses; M. A. Wallace, treasurer of benevolence; Mrs. Holt, treasurer of the Centenni.il Fund; W. J. Huntley, financial ! secretary; R. P. Holding, auditor; Mu si. S. L. Morgan, suipe r inter. J ent of missions; Miss Lucile Lee, B. Y. P. U. director; Isabella bnrar. • .M ? i rt'. .h ho *kh Stephen.cn, pianist, with • Mr?. M. A. Wallace, assistant, and Mi*s. Guy C. Lee. choir ui ? .rector; W, H. Lassitjr, J. A. Smith, J. W. S-etzer and J. D Underwood, door men. New officer® and teud'.e s for [ the Sunday school will shortly be \ nemvnated by the pastor and sup j erinter.d'&rvt and a committee, and these tog-ether with the officers l nominated by all the ether de partments c.f the church will be I preo^nted to the church for se lection and installation at a Sun day mc-rning service in the near future. UNION THANKSGIVING SERVICE THURSDAY. A union Thanksgiving serv ice will be held at the Bap tist church Thursday morning from 9:30 to 10:30 o’clock. Rev. J. D. Bundy will deliver the sermon. At this service an offering will be made for the differ ent orphanages of the state. Envelopes are being distribu ted by the denominations join ing in this service and those put in the collection plate Thun^day will be turned back to the various churches to be sent to the orphanage of that denomination. Tantalizer i There art 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 tame and presenting a copy of this paper to the Herald office, we will present a free ticket to the Victory Theatre. Tickets f must be called for before the following issue. Miss Elsie Boyette deciph ered her name. TODAY'S TANTALIZER Jemttgsibaoieg Harve st Day At Oakland Church MtmbtTs stage all-day meeting and bring gilts for year's work. (Second Harvest Day At Oakland r-v. C. .T. Hollandsworlh, of '"igh Makes Address; , c "s Work In ’i; >' P-o u e of Various Kinds The second annual Harvest Day of Oakland Presbyterian church in •Cleveland township was ceie b a ted at the church on Nov. 13. t h s tinve the members of t t o church brought in their gifts . c year’s work. Cotter. • .ck:r.'.» and canned go-ods Wore sold and some Lively bidding was ■..gage.1 in for the produce by visiters ar.J members present, with . .ugis.iate J. E. Jones acting as auctioneer. i hi devotional exe rcises were hold, in the church and were fea tured by an address by Rev. C. J. Hollingsworth of First Van guard Presbyterian church of Ral eigh and special songs by Rev. J Alston Boyd of Towncsville. A delightful dinner was served to the: e present by the ladies of the church. Oakland church held its first harvest day in October, 1928. The plan proved so satisfactory that t was tried again this year. The entire church budget of $900 was over-raised in 1928. This year because of a shortage of crop* the proceeds were several hun dred dollars less than last year, but was considered very satisfa. tory. The plan was put in oper ation by the officers of thj church who are, J. E. Yelvington Sum Bcoker, R, E. MassengiH. A. M. Johnson, H. T. Smith, J. E Jonc-s and Frank S. Wood. MRS. THURSTON CHAIRMAN CENTRAL DISTRICT Cn November 15 the Northeas tern district Welfare Conference .r.pt in Wik'on, and Johnston coun ty was represented by its welfare officer and Mi’S3 Joyce Montieth, office ascsLstant. They uport a very helpful an1 interesting meeting, The Juvenile Court being tlhe chief subject. Hon. H. C. Cock ranee, of the Juvenile count of Norfolk, made a very •Strong address, and told the con ference how Virginia deals with delinquency. Effective probation \\ erk was ably handled by Mr. For: 't Shu ford, probation officer cf High Point. Dr. H. W. Crane, State Bur.au Mf Mental Hygiene, gave a very interesting d! course on The Men tal Hygiene Conception cf J li ver :!e Court Work. Mrs. D. J. Thurston has beer mu !e eteirman of the central a is trict for another year, and thi -wfill mean that the conferenc next year will be held in John ston county. Church To He Dedicated Tiie church at, St. M "> : Orfe'e (Original) Freewill Ilaii' ist h.as pair) off the (hot against said church. We have arranged to ded icate the church “n the fi'st Sunday in December. We arc expecting some good singing by some of the best choir* in John ston county and the Rev. S. II. Styron of Pino Level will have charge of the services which will begin promptly at eleven o'clock. The public is invited to at tend and worship with us. KF.V. D. C. JOHNSON, Pastor. M. 0. Mann Speaks Explains Farm Relief Law Recently Passed by Con gress; Twenty Farmers SEJLMA, Nov. 23.—Decidedly the moist enth,u!?iiadfc:c farmers’ lrcG'.irg si nee tihe Kiwaniis club was organized five years, ago was heed Thurfidiay evening when the club had as its guests twenty rep resentative farmers throughout J hnston county to hear a talk by - . M. G. Mann of the North UuJ.oi.n law is to place fanming on an equal foot :ig v oh ether big business and to' give the farmer hope for a bet tor day. Mr. Mann spoke from ( his heart and his talk held bis au dience spoil bound until he finish ed. After Iris talk the meeting was thrown open for anyone who cared to to ask questions about the law j or.G cooperative marketing of с. ttcn, A number of the farmers hcJc advantage of this epportvn-i tty and they were anewered in-! telligently by Mr. Mann. In behalf of the Kiwanis dub S.a.r Harper welcomed the fur- j mens to the meeting. This was responded to by Monroe Pittman in behalf of the farmers. Hear Address TWO MEN HELD ON SUSPICION COTTON TilEIT Henry Pollard, of Elevation township, and Ira Harper, ot’ Snnithf iekl, are in jail and the sheriff has in in possession about 150 pounds of unidentified seed cotton, because these mje-m have not been able to explain satisfac torily how the cotton came to be in their possession on Thursday night of last week. Deputy Sheriff E. A. Johnson, while enroute to Four Oaks Thurs day night to serve some papers, -w iol’ard and Harper on the cau near the Lakeside filling sta tion ami became suspicious con cerning the sheet of cotton wbi 1) they had in their car. He askei questions concerning it, and wna told that a neighbor of Pollard’s Hem Heath, had given it to p.d lard on a debt. The deputy shevifj held tl\o men until two other ol fleers, J. O. Ilinton and Waite: Keen, could investigate the trutl of :his statement. Heath deu.c; letting Peilard have any cotton arc! tlhe two su: pec ted men wer placed in jail. The cotton sheet bears the in itia’s of J. D. C., but no one ha as yet claimed the cotton. Ilev. A. S. Barnes, super in tern ent of the Methodist Oi phanage i Raleigh, was in the city yesterda cnirnute from Goldsboro where 1 attended the funeral of Mr. M. , Best. Nextlmprovement Cheap Motor Fuel Autos Cause More Accidents | Than Any Other One Thing —Cc.;"tvy Hectors jarce —Climate Charges tty Frank Parker Storkhriclge. Next Improvement Cheap. The r.:xt big: improvement in r .. cm: bi!?nis valet, Albert, Inis chaui ft?-ur, Brabant, hi a won, Michel (Temienceau, his grandson Dr. Ar.dro Jacquiemaire, and the mm, I Sceur Theoneste, who had minis- j tored to him during- hi.s illness. The body was transported quietly, I according to the Tiger’s earnest j request, to Vendee, where he was j born, and placed in a grave which 1 mid been ope^ and waiting for yeans. Beside it are the graves of •Kis father and mother. He was bured in atn upright position. France wised to honor him with a state funeral with the highest honors the nation could bestow, but Ih.e stubbornly insisted until the end that he be buried simply i?i his old home in Vendee. Cle mtr.ceau was 88 years1 of age. President Hoover has appealed to the governors cf the states a id th®. heads of city governments to aid in an effort to revive the na tion’s business. In issuing his ap peal (he said that one of the lar gest factors that could be brough1 to bear for the absorption of any unemployment which might result from “present disturbed condi tions” was th.at t'he “energetic yet prudent pursuit of public works by the federal government and .'.ate, municipal and county au thorities.” He stated that the gov er: : rent would Cooperate, and he urg.d immediate expansion cf construction activities and the stabilization of wages. He sug gested that road, street, public building and other construction of .his type be speeded up and ad justed in order to further em ployment. The first cold wave of the season swept over the south last week. Turn to page seven side of the city has been appre ciably increased by the condenser water from the New York Ed.scn Company’s plants, flowing i»*c the East River. The southern end of Lake Michigan and ali the | towns that border it will have a perceptibly wanner climate when the new State Line plant gets into full operation. Accidens. Automobile accident cases cost he hospitals of the United Staley 'lore than $15,000,000 last year, or the care of the injured. More ban one-third of this was never oliected, because the persons re por.sible for the accidents cculj °t be compelled to pay for the hi mage they had done. Next to industrial accidents, air ,3 me biles send irjore individuals to the hospitals than any ofher :ne cause. The care of the vic tims is a charge on all the rest of us, to the extent that the deficit In hospital expenses has to be made up out of taxes. Almost every state makes in surance against industrial acci dents compulsory on employers. Only Massachusetts rquirs auto mobile owners to carry 1 iab‘1 ity insurance. If you are injured by a car with a Massachusetts li cense, t.lxe insurance company pays. If a car from any other state hits you, you can usually whistle for your hospital bill, or start a tedious and expensive law suit. Eventually every pfrogres&tvo state will adopt the Massachusetts system or something like it. I,OCAf. HIGHS TO PI,AY KORERSONVILLE WED. Having played eight games an'I last none, the strong RobcrsonviMe high team made an open c hall eng in tthe News and Observer of No j Venn her 20. The Orangemen of Snrifchfield saw the aitiele in that paper and prevailed upon Coach 'Blankenship to answer the chol ! lenge. Then it appears that m Nov'. 27 the fireworks; of a ma chine that hr,- represented the heal high sthorl in eight 'tests will be called oult. I The bunt if the attack will hinge 'around It. Cotier, Johnson jand Uzzte. Register, halfhaek who has been ratther good in two or Three games has not berri going 'so well of late, but no doubt he and E. Cotter will be on the fir ing line. Norton, local era! and Stallings, local center are making a strong hid for all state b n-ors. Stallings hmke into the limelight down at Aydcn while Norton has been rather consistar.'l all season. Social Events In i Town Of Benson^ Book Club Meetings, Bridge Parties and Service C 1 u b Meeting's; W. W. Rivers Talks To Kiwanians BENSON,, Nov. 22.—Mrs. W. M.. Smith gave a lovely bridge d nner recently a.t h'er home on Main street. Six able-s were made up fcr the game. Mrs. L. L. Lev .r on made top score. Low score prize went to Mrs. Howard Den ning. Guest prizes went to Mrs. Cooke and Mrs. A. S. Oliver of Raleigh. Mrs. \V. T. Martin, who leaves soon to make her home in Raleigh., was presented a gift Orchid decorations were used in the dining room, pink in the mucic roicm and yellow in the living room. Lcveily pink, white and yel low chrysanthemums were used in I’ve decora tions which made beautiful setting for the game Coming in for refreshments were Mrs. W. T. Martin and Mrs. E. M. Hall of Raleigh. Mr's. Hall also was presented a gift. Mrs. William Woodall was: hostess to her bridge club on a recent afternoon. After a number of spirited progressions, Miss i Clara Woodall was presented the* high score prize. The score cards' and decorations were in keeping wl'h the Thanksgiving season. A congealed salad course with hot coffee, sandwiches and mints was served. The B. & P. W. Club held its regular monthly meeting at the La Be lie Hotel this week. An un ■U-Ually attractive program was presented under the leadership of Mrs. Mather Dorman. A thre i course dinner was served by the management ctf the hotel. Mr. W. W. Rivers of Golds boro, was the after dinner speaker at the Kiwanis luncheon th:s w’tek at the North. State Hotel. He made a spirited talk on Scout Work. Mrs. Earl Bowman was .hostess to the T. E. L. class of the Bap tist choir oh at her home an Pai rls-h Drive this week. Mrs. J. F. Wccdiall, president, .presided over an 'interesting business session. Toe devcibional was conducted by Mas. R. C. Hockaday. Mrs. John Broughton gave a monologue on “Thanksgiving.’' A very attractive 23 W'tfM as an interesting playlet ■ was given. The characters wer_» Mesdames Otis Porter, W. H. Ad* air.'-', M. A. Peacock, L. A. Hodge. Parlia Hudson, Lilly Hamilton Frank Woodall, Clarence Brit and W. W. Hoickaday. The entire program was in keeping with the season and the work the class is doing. ^ ere were forty present. The hc&itess iserveid sandwiches and coffee. The John Charles McNeill Book cluib .held their regular motnttih.lv meeting at the ih.ome of Mrs. J. H. Rose on Church street. Mr \ Rase /received the members ana guests at 3:30. During the busi ness session several things erf im portance and interest to the club were d:!.:cussed. The c'ub answered to roll call with quotations in observance o.f “Book Week and Education Week.” The subject for the afternoon was “The New Homo Town,” a continuation of the Exonerate Parrish Of Negro’s Death _ Coroner’s Jury Decides Dcbro Mitchiner Came To Death! F5y A Unavoidable Accident ] The coroner’s inquest held here Saturday to investigate- the death of a negro man, Dcbro Mitdhiner, exonerated Durwand Parrish of Rr.lt !gh, whose automobile struck Mitch'r.er as he attempted, to crm highway No. 10 near the briek yard late Wednesday aft ernoon. The hearing was heil >w has an order for a shipment to be sent to the Bermuda Islands. Carry Fruit To County Home. The Methodist Sunday school .lore took its annual offering of fruit for the inmates of the rcur.ty home Sunday morning, anal n the afternoon, the intermso-; ate-seraior department carried it to he home and conducted a short I ; ervice. Staton Boyett led th:* >10gram. Rev. J. D. Bundy made • i talk; Miss Vivian Burton gave j » reading, and favorite songs o' the inmates were sung. year’s study “The New South.’’ Tbs paper was developed and' presented by Mrs.* M. T. Britt. Mr?. Gh>as. Johnson and Mrs. \V. O. Rack ley gave reading's ir, keeping with Thanksgiving. Dur ing the social hour which follow ed, Mrs. B. H. Houston was pre sented a plaque for being able to assemble a Thanksgiving post card in the shortest time. Mrs. W. T. Martin who will leave soon to make her home in Raleigh, was presented a lovely shower by the club. The presentation was made by Mrs. J. W. Whit teuton in a unique manner. Guest prizes wen presented Mesdia mes E. M. Hah A. S.. Oliver, J. L. Hail of Raleigl ar.J John Lovell of Franklin, Pa. Late in the evening a supper course was served by Miss Jack son, Mrs. L. L. 'Levinson and Mrs. Hiram, Rose. Mrs. \v. M. Smith was a charm ing: hostess to the Ewtre Nous c’ub and about 25 special guests at t'h.eiir monthly meeting. The vice 3 resident, Mrs. C. C Canada y, presided over .the meeting. “Other Pcc.ples Daughters” was the sub ject i.r club study. Mrs. J. F. I WcrcT.all introduced the subject and . read a paper on “The Home Lif-3 | cf Other Pecple’s Daughters.”! Mrs. W. T. Martin discussed “The 1 Social Life,” concluding with two musical readings, “Dame Fash ion” and “Hats,” accompanied by Mrs. W. R. Strickland. Mrs V. M. Hall of Raleigih sang “Lift! Th-ine Eye*” by Logan, and “Eyes cif Irtish Blue” by Cooke. Miss W.ilheTimna Utley accompanied at the piano. Mrs. Hall was intro duced in a unique way by Mrs. C. C. Canaday. In a Thanksgi vmg contest Mirs. J. Ew Wall wen shoulder corsage. The refresh ments consisted 'of congealed salad, sandwiches, pickles, salitines, cot* fee, fruit cake and mints. A color scheme of pink, yellow and or |chid was carried out in the deco rations and refreshments. Mass Meeting Of Tobacco Farmers State-Wide -Meeting To T1: Held* at State College Do:. IS To Decide Whether C ■ Not Tobacco Cooperalh -. Association Will lie Orga nized RALEIGH, Ni.iv’. 2 5.—Toll a c c. growers from alii secttibns of Norl’ Carol inia ame asked to gather ’a state-wide mates meeting in P len Hall at State College on We ! nesday, December 18 ait elev< •o’clock to decide whether a coojv ative tobacco growers association will be organized in this state The call for such a meetP; • was issued by Dean I. 0. Schait . diiireietor of the agricultural e> tension service at State Col log . Hon. James C. Sltone, vice-oha; man of the Federal Farm Iioar i will attend and will outline tn • policy of the government toward cooperatives and towards the z;> [>acco growers in particular. Mr. Stone 'has wired his acceptance o; the invitation and a state-wM 1 representation of tobacco farmers •ihoulld be on hand to make a def rate decision as to what shall be lone, says Mir. Schauib. “The main purpose of the mec> mg is to discuss the advisability of attempting: to organize a to bacco association,” says Mr. Schaub. “It jls our p3a.ii to haw a secret ballot taken asking the growers to vote ‘yes’ or ‘no’ on the question. Should a favorab.e vote be taken we shall ask To the appointment of an organiza tion committee which 'Would hav * the responsibility of developing a plan and of carrying cn the ac tual organization of an associa tion.” Mr. Sohaiub makes it clear that 'tih© field workers and county agents will not be responsible for 'this organization work. This must be done by the growers, them selves. The extension workers caM and will retnider any hiuch aid possible in an educational way ahd will assist in making full in formation available but they will not do any of the real sign-up •work. The director stresses this in a recent letter to the county agents located in the tobacco growing counties. He has asked them, however, to let the people know about the meeting on Decem ber 18 and to urge a representa tive attendance. APPRECIATES PATRONAGE. I want to thank each a r..] every >ne who 'have taken the Smith Dield Herald with me. For five years I have beeii working for the Herald and I always feel proud to ask people to take it. Why? because it is our county paper and a reliable one. It ir one of the best smaller paper-, of the state and I feel thankful that we have it in our county, i love the name Herald and am still working for it. Those who do not take it, subscribe now and make it your paper as well us curs. MRS. CARSON ADAMS. Four Oaks, N. C. Aunt Roxie Says “While Mistah Hoover had hi’ hai(j turned to de old prosperity cyar whar it hit Wall Street kicked him right smack in il. conscience and hit Will Rogers t :i de funny bene. Right den Mistat Ford walks up wid his can high wage He and says, says In to Miss Prosperity dat had do; been knocked unconscious, *Wak... up, Miss Prosperity, .disk w... Henry.’ ”