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OUR SLOGAN: “Sell Johnston County Tobacco In Johnston” Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper - Established 188 2 Smithfield wants a hotel | —But it aisp wants to es tablish a Livestock Sta tion Yard. 47TH YEAR THE HOME NEWSPAPER SMJTHFIELD, N C.. TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 3 1,929 EIGHT PAGES TOD AY NUMBER 98 State Pres. Talks To Benson P. T.A. Mrs. Raymond Hinford Talks on “United Effort"; Social Events In Benson BENSON, Dec. 2.—The Parent Teacher Association held the No vember meeting in the school au ditorium. Re-ports from various committees were heard, and were gratifying. Plans were laid for the year which shows the association has a vision of the work such an organization should do. The pro gram was featured by an address by Mrs. Raymond Binford of Guil ford College, State President. She spoke on “United Effort.” x'he speaker was introduced fby Mrs. W. T. Martin. The attendance •prize went to Mrs. A. P. Robert son’s grade which was a basket of fruit derated by Mrs. Ezra Pac ker. The association with Mrs. E. H. Houston as presdient, has re cently had -grass sowed on the front of the building, and three walks made on all sides of the school -building. The Tip Top Bridge club acid a tournament at the North State Hotel Thursday evening. Eighteen tables were made up for the game. Twenty prizes were donated by the various business houses of the town. Ladies high score prize went to Mrs. Leon Talt-on and the mens -prize to Mr. Booker Law horn. Congealed salad with sand wiches and hot tea was served. Mrs. Leon Talto-n was hostess to -the Twentieth Century club and several especial guests at their regular meeting Thursday eve ning at her home on Main street. Mesdames W. B. Woodall and -Sherrill Utley gave a most interesting program. Miss Clara Woodall -gave a Thanksgiving reading. At the close of the pro gram each one told what she thought -the one next to her should 'be thankful far. A Thanks giving menu was served. Lovely hrysanthenvums were used in the decorations. Mrs. W. T. Martin was presented a gift by the hos tess. Mrs. W. M. Smith was hostess to her bridge club Tuesday evening. Mrs. L. L. Levinson making top score was presented an attractive prize. After a number of progressions refreshments were served. (Special Thanksgiving services were held at the Baptist church Wednesday evening. A Thanksgiv ing (program was given at the Methodist Sunday school Sunday morning. “Listen Lady,” a musical cjni ody staged under the auspices of the B. &, P. W. club, was an in oisually •interesting- play. It was a -success from every standpoint. Each Character played his part well. A nice sum was realized for -the club. Mr. W. H. Royal entertained the directors of the Kiwanis club ibis week. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Flowers, of iWdlson, s-pen-t the week end in the city with friends. Mesdames E. M. Hall, A. S. Oliver, J. L. Hall of Raleigh, ar.J John Lovell, of Franklin, Pa., were the guests of Mrs. J. H. Rose on a recent afternoon. Dr. and Mrs. W. T. Martin spent Wednesday in Kinston. uovernmeiu uraaca louacco. The twelfth week of the tobacco market in Smithfield which closed November 23, found thirty per cent of the offerings for that week government graded. The average price of government graded tobacco for the week was $23.07 per hundred. 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 tame and presenting a copy of this paper to the Herald orfice, i we will present a free ticket to the Victory Theatre. Tickets must be called for before the following issue. Miss Nellie Thompson re cognized her name/ I TODAY’S TANTACfZER | duleacitpheenso-n Mystery Woman Mrs. Gladys Parks Baker, wh< ;almly told police at Newark, N. J, how she disposed of the bodies oi [he little boy and girl entrusted t< ner care by their father, Allen Rog crs of Woodbury, N! J. She insist^ Uie children died by accideut< Annual Seal Sale Nation-Wide Program Has For Its Object Reduction of Tuberculosis; Large Per Cent Used Locally “The annual sale of Tuberculosis Christmas Seals which began .«st week, is a part of a nation-wide program,” states Mrs. J. J. Broadhurst, chairman of the *om mittee in Smithfield, “and his for .iits abject the raising of funds to carry on a campaign for the reduction of tuberculosis.” The work is conducted through a national association and coop erating state associations. One im portant phase of the national work is that of research. The associa tions working together are able to conduct studies to determine the nature and behavior of the tubercle germ and the value of various methods employed to com bat its ravages. The associations as a part of their educational work, also, publish and distribute numerous journals, books, and pamphlets, and plan exhibits and public meeting's. The demonstration work in cludes the fostering of clinics, sanatoria, nursing service, nutri tion programs, open-air schools, and other preventive measures. The greater per cent of th.o funds derived from the sale of the Christmas seals, however, is used in I hr* cnnvnimiil ioc vlioco In the sales are conducted. Sixty per cent is used locally for tu bercular work, while the remain ing forty per cent is expended by the state and national associations ar.d is indirectly beneficial to the j local community. I In different parts of Johnston county the tuberculosis Christ mas seal sale is being eon-clue ted. A letter sent to the Herald by Miss hlgie Woodard of Princeton from Governor Gardner to Dr. I.. B. McBrayer, managing dive • tor North Carolina Tuberculosis Association, indicates the regard the' Govemor has for this impor tant work. The Governor writes as follows: “It should be matter of state pride to every patriotic North Carolinian to know that the tu berculosis death rate in this state lias gradually decreased, alo ig with the decline in the United States at large, during the last 23 years. I feel sure that the great National Tuberculosis As sociation, with the North Caro lina Tuberculosis Association af f-iliatng with the former as it has through your able service during these many years, has contributed materially to the decline in suf fering, sickness, and deaths froj this terrible disease. “As your fine organization is financed exclusively through vie sale cf Christmas Seals, 1 wish to commend this work to the peo ple of the state, and ! hope that the sales -this year will exceed in number the records of any pre vious year.” House of Negro Burned. The house belonging to Will's Sanders, colored, located near the site of the old cotton mill, was burned Friday afternoon. There was no one at home when the house caught and the contents M .the house burned also. Sandei\ had about. S000 insurance. Regular Session Recorders Court Many Criminal Cases Tried on Tuesday and Wednesdaj of Last Week Reecdcr’s court was in session Tuesday and Wednesday of last week and the following cases were tried and disposed of: Rufus Joyner entered a plea of guilty to removing crops. Prayer for judgment was continued upon the payment of the cost. Will Peacock pleaded guilty to possession and transportation and was fined $15 and taxed with the cost. 1 Bill Wiggs was convicted of ; abandonment and non-support. (Prayer for judgment was continu ed upon the payment of the cpst (and on condition that he pay into 'court the sum of $10 per month 'for the maintenance and support ! of his iwife and child, i Luther Marie r entered a plea of guilty to careless and reckless I driving and of assault with car. Prayer for judgment was continu | cd for a term of two years upon the payment of the cost including hospital bill of M. Dixon and on further condition that he does r.ot I operate a motor vehicle again it. North Carolina during the next two years. John Sloan was sentenced to :he roads for 12 months and taxed with the cost. He is to be dis charged at the end of six months ■provided the cost is paid. Millard Norris received a 90-day road sentence for carrying con cealed weapon. He is to be dis charged at the end of 60 days pro vided the cost is paid. The en tire sentence is to be suspended upon the payment of a $50 fine and the cost. Ollic Renfrew was found guilty of assault with deadly weapon and of possession and transporta tion. He was given twelve months on the reads but is to be dis charged at the end of eight months provided the cost is paid. James R. Knowles pleaded guil ty to abandonment and non-sup port. Prayer for judgment was continued upon the payment of tlu* cc^t. Ina Harper received a 90 day sentence for the larceny of cot ton in the value of $9. The de fendant is to be discharged at the end of GO days provided the cost is paid. Henry Pollard was found guilty of the larceny of cotton in the value of $9. He was sentenced t3 the roads for a term of 90 days, to be discharged at the end of 60 days provided the cost is paid. I. N. Strickland entered a plea of guilty to simple assault. He vwj-) ui.wiaigt'u upyu uu-u mem of the ■cost. Tim Jones was convicted of re moving crops. Prayer far judg ment was continued until Feb. 1, 1930 upon the payment of the cost. Probable cause was found in the case against Jonas McAllister, who was charged with house breaking and larceny, and he was bound over to Superior court. His bond was fixed at $400. Roy Medl.in was charged with cursing on highway, careless and reckless driving, and assault with car. Not 'guilty of assault with car. Guilty of cursing on high | way and careless and reckless ; driving. He was fined one cent and I taxed with the cost. The defendant [took an appeal and his bond was | fixed a'. $100. I ---- SMITH FIELD TOWNSHIP ! S. S. CONVENTION Smitbfield township Sunday School Convention will be held on |next Sunday morning ’at eleven o’clock at Sanders Chapel Meth j odist church. The program will include sev jeral interesting addresses b> J prominent Sunday school tea ch iefs and officers of several de ' nominations and a good crowd is i expected to be present, i Devotional: J. A. Keen. ; Methods With Primary Chil | dren, Mrs. D. F. Waddell. ! Intermediate-Senior Work, Mrs i T. J. Lassiter. j Superintendents Suggestions, F ‘ II. Hrooks. I lodaj and omorrow tty Frank Parker Stock bridge. i Reports from England arc that Flight Leader A. II. Or lobar, who flew 368 miles an .hour for jhe ISdhneidor Cui]>, has achievad a I speed of 500 miles an hour in. a private trial. At that rate a man ’could staut westward around thi j world in the latitude of Ivondm and r.evcr get out from' under the All human progress has arisen .from the effort to expand time jand compress space. Think that over. With flight at. 500 in" "i jan hour possible, space will mean j nothing, time everything. : 'Many who read this will live t > Ion seme such time-schedule. Speed. sun. see airplanes running regaiavy 1 nne. | “Time is money,” said Poor j Richard. Few understand just I what that means. I The new lacquer process of jpainting motor cars takes one day ; in the paint shop instead of a month. Paint sihcp floor space is saved. Money tied up in unde livered cars is released thirty days earlier, and capital is turn ed over faster; result, cheaper cars. A young railway clerk asked a Cleveland bank to let him prove he could save them $25,000 a year iby rerouting their mail ex changes with other banks. The first year the savings amounted to nearly $100,000 interest on uncollected items in transit. Railroads run fast freight tra/ns 'today on passenger schedules. Merchants can get goods in a week that used to take a month in transit. They do not have to carry such large stocks, hence have less capital tied up, lower interest charges and can sell cheaper. Every invention which moves men or merchandise faster cuts down the cost of living in this complex machine age. Teachers. Public education will never be as good as it ought to be so long as most school teachers never get outside of their home coun ties, says Edward A. Filenc, Bo.v ten merchant and philanthropist. Teachers cannot present a true view of the world to their pupils unless they know something about the world out of their own exper ience. That is true for others besides teachers. The only really educated persons are those who have seen other countries besides their own. It is getting easier and easier to do that. A trip to Europe with a week in London and another week in Paris can be had for $250 from New York. (Mr. Filene is working cn a plan to rcdiuce this to $150 for teachers and the next stop, lie thinks, will be to have such trips made compulsory for every teach or above the primary grades. »neat. The most important news that has come out of Russia is the reported discovery iby Russian botanists of a new hybrid grain, a cross between wheat and rye. It is said to combine the food quali ties of wheat with the cold re sistance of rye and to yield three ■times as many bushels to the acre as ordinary wheat. ! Not all the news that comes out of Russia can be credited, and this may be exaggerated. It must be remembered, however, that Russia gave the world new grains before the war. Durum wheat originated in that country as well as other valuable varieties. If this latest report is true, this discovery may have revolu | tfonary consequences for the whole world. Color. Men's clothes are becoming more colorful. Blue, green and | red shoes are the latest. Wlhy not? In a -world of color why ■should man’s apparel strike the only somber note? Our ancestors 'dressed as airy as their purses. ! permitted. When George Wash | ington went courting in a red 'coat, to wear plain clothes meant jtha' the wearer -was a Quaker or j else too poor to buy gay gar ments. i .Anyone who doubts that men like to wear bright colors need 'only visit a fashionable country | | youngest President cars old, as he appeared -at the "remonv of his installation as Pres* lent of the University of Chicago. IS NAMED ASSOCIATE C AM PAIGN DIR EC TOR HIGH POINT, Dec. 2.—Rev. Herman T. Stevens, pastor of the Green Street Baptist church, has been appointed associate director cf the Baptist Centennial can pai'gn in North Carolina, it was learned here today. Asked whether he would accept the appointment, Mr. Stevens stated that he had the matter under consideration and would reach a decision in a few days. Acceptance of the post would ne cessitate resignation of the krai pastorate. If he accepts the position, Mr. Stevens will relieve Dr. Charles E. Maddrey, of Raleigh, of much of the field wor in connection with the drive. Mr. Stevens was formerly •. > rector of evangelism with the state mission board, but resigned the post to become pastor of the local church four years ago. Dur ing his ministry here the con gregation has erected a $150,000 church, one of the finest in the state. NOTE—Rev. Mr. Stevens is a native of Johnston county, his home being at Wilson’s Mills. He is a brother of Mrs. Claire Wil son of Wilson’s Mills. THINNING PINES ADDS TO INCOME RALEIGH, Dec. 2.—By thinning out an acre of pines, G. M. Hat ley of Hudson in Caldwell county, has found it possible to sell stove wood at a profit, occupy himself at gainful labor, and leave his field < f pine trees in better shape than before the thinning. The field of pines used in the demonstration .was located on poor, gullied, hill land. The tim ber would average about twent y - nine years of age. As a demon* stratum’ with County Agent P. M. Hendricks, Mr. Hatley thinned out one acre of the pines accord ing to instructions given him by extension forester, R. W. Grab ber of State College. From the acre, ten cords of fuel wood was cut leaving 283 trees standing. Mr. Hatley had the wood saw ed and split and then sold it in town lor *Y.bU a cord. The total cost of converting the trees into stove wood amounted to $5.25 a cord. Mr. Hatley did most of the work himself. The wood brought $2.25 a cord net profit above la bor costs or $22.50 for the t?n cords. However, the only hired la bor was $10 for sawing; there fore, as a matter of fact, Mr. Hatley secured $65 net income from both the stum page and the payment for his labor. In com menting on this demonstration Mr. Graeber says that $G5 in come from an acre of pine trees on badly washed hill land is rut to be despised. Not only this, but the standing trees were left in much better condition to develop and grow to full maturity. Thece will be harvested for lumber la ter. The demonstration also shows, says Mr. Graeber, that trees may be farmed like any other crop and ; that proper thinning will fur nish fuel wood and promote bet ter timber growth. Betty iwas playing in the yard with her wagon. Her mother hap pened by, stooped and kissed her. Quickly she wiped the kiss off. “Don’t kiss me, mam/ma,” she said. “I’m the garbage man.’’— club. Women subdue their coio. schemes for sport, men get more generous. With everything else becoming more colorful, men’s wear will follow, in, time. State And Nation News Paragraphs Commander Byrd Makes Sue eessful Flight Over Soutl Pole; Congress Convenes Ir Regular Session Commander Richard E. Byrd the first man ever to fiy over the North Pole, made a successful flight over the South Pole lac week, according to a dispat *h from the New York Times. He flew over the North Pole in May, 1926, and is the second man ever to have visited both Poles. Cap tain Roald Amundsen, who dis covered the South Pole Dec. 14, j 1911, crossed the North Pole by !dirigible three days after Byrd [did. Byrd’s new achievement is his fourth great adventure. Twice he has flown across the Arctic wastes, including his North Polar flignt, and he has crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a non-stop flight. In an effort to reduce automo bile thefts in North Carolina, all drivers will be required to carry their automobile cards with them, according to Captain Chas. D. Parmer, director of the State Highway Patrol. Drivers of a'.l cars stopped by the highway pa trol for any reason will be re quested to show their registration cards, and failure to do so will result in the car’s being stored until the card is produced. Auto mobile thofts have increased at an alarming rate during the last :e\v weeks. Seventy-five cars were re ported stolen Saturday. Iceland S. Harris, head of the theft bureau, urges all owners to lock their cars, even when leaving them for a short while. Congress convened yesterday in regular session after a brief hol iday following the adjournment otf the special session and it will probably be hot weather before another adjournment. Both houses held perfunctory sessions yester day, adjourning out of respect for the late Senator Warren of Wyo ming. Today President Hoover will send his annual message in which it is understood he will discuss all problems now before the country* Tax reduction and -.lie seating of Senator-elect Vare, Re publican, of Pennsylvania, are said to be major matters for first conideration. The stock market crash is expected to be aired, and prohibition will be brought up trough a proposal to co-ordinate all federal agencies under the Jus tice Department, as well as by appropriation bills providing money for enforcement. MRS. T. W. BICKETT TO SPEAK HERE Mrs. T. W. Bickett will ad dress members of the Wo man’s club here at its meet ing tomorrow '(Wednesday) afternoon. The program is un der the direction of the social service department of which Mrs. T. S. Ragsdale is chair man. Mrs. Bickett is superin tendent of Public Welfare of Wake county, and her message will be from a full experi ence of social service work. All ladies whether club mem bers or not are invited to hear Mrs. Bickett. The club meets at three o’clock. A few | members have not paid their dues for this year, and since the state dues have been for warded, the treasury needs re imbursing. Princeton Girls Win. Princeton, Dec. 2.—The Prince ton high school girls opened their basketball season by defeating the Pine Level high school girls 17 to 7, on th.e Princeton floor, Wed nesday, Nov. 27. The Princeton team did not show up as well a.^ they did last year when they pull* ed through for the county cham pi on ship, on account of new play ers. Only one player, Miss Gurley returned from last year’s cham pionship team and she proved the star of the game by scoring more than half her team’s points. Miss Peedin featured for Pine Level. Eighteen-year-old Ruth Rockwell Philadelphia coljege girl, leapet from a plane at turtles Field whet R /ached an altitude of 2,000 fed He fuuSaT "0?* ,tre tho?g!l S.W. Parrot Killed | In Auto Accident | __ Wilson Tobacconist En Route to His Home In S. C., To Spend Thanksgiving Over turns Car Near Selma S. W. Parrott, of Georgetown, S. C\, was the victim of an au tomobile accident Wednesday aft ernoon when the Ruick which he was driving overturned just this side of Selma, pinning him be neath the steering wheel. Persona at a filling station nearby were at the car immediately, 'but Mr. Parrott was dead when he was taken from the car. Mr. Parrott, who held a po sition with a tobacco warehouse in WiiLsom, was enroute to bis home in Georgetown, S. C., to spend the Thanksgiving holidays, The accident apparently occurred 'When, after having run off the pavement where the Selma street ended, he struck deep ruts in the shoulder of the highway. In making the effort to get back on the highway, the car was over turned in the middle of the road Those who went to the wreck' ed car were at first unable to identify the man who was alone in his automobile. The sheriff’s office wa» communicated' with and officers examined the contents of the car and found, in some cloth ing, his name. The body was tak en to the Selma undertaker’s es tablishment. A sister of the dead man, Mrs. J. S. Byrd, of George town, S. C., was notified and rel atives arrived here Thursday and accompanied the body to George town where the funeral was held This was the second death in 3 week’s time in Johnston county, due to automobile accidents. “MUTT AND JEFF” COMING TO SANDERS THEATRE Entirely now adventures, new diversions, new features and an environment of originality, coupl ed with the merriest of tunes, gayety and laughter, are prom ised in the latest musical tri umph, “Mutt and Jeff’s Honey moon,” which is to be the offer ing ait Sanders theatre, Smithfield, for one evening performance only. Friday night, December 6. The famous Bud Fisher car jtoon creations from all account? are at their best, providing the kind of fun and entertainment long sought by a public cravin'* for something different and ever welcome when it is served in wholesome and palatable fashion. This time little Jeff leads his pal and co-conspiraltor into a domes tic mess from which Mutt just barely manages to extricate him self. Sea Monkey a Curiosity. Miss Cornelia Powell, who teaches at Southport, spent the holidays with her parents in the Sanders Ohapel section. She hac as 'her guest Miss Irene Willis, a senior in the high school ai Southport. Miss Powell broughi with her a peculiar fish which u called a sea monkey. This un usual fish resembled a fowl more than a fish, having a beak lik< a duck and flat circular side* similar to the w’ings of a bat It had a long tail resembling that of a lizard, with narrow fins along the upper edge, Ji had no scales. | Legionnaires To Meet In Clay ten Pou-Parrish Post Win Meet fn City Hall on Thursy Evening; Bonus Will JJc Discussed Th« next meeting of the P' *• Parrish Post of the American I.» gion will meet in Clayton al : h > city hall on Thursday night, !*'• cemiber 5. The time of yen • 1; again at hand when the leg’ - imires are recruiting member *Yn for the ensuing year, and all . » men and women who wore the ' form during the World War r. J were honorably discharged the - • from are earnestly solicited f_. membership. The legionnaires are trying t > create interest in the disai.. ; veterans and those who h?v» claims based on the service < ‘ deceased veterans. One thing . f special importance at this tirno is the final call to former v i erans to see that they have m,v! .* applications for the Bonus. Th' privilege will expire on Decern l 31, 1929, and if there be any in the county who has not r.l ready filed application for t!i « benefit, this should 'be attend, to at once. For this purpose iii« I former service men are direct t«l !to see H. V. Rose, Service Office j Smithfield, N. C. Another feature of the ibonu? • f interest to the former service m is that it is expected that t' • next Congress will enact some leg islation making it possible for t’ • holders of the bonus certificai to cash them dn. The averr / tonus amounts to about $1,00» and under the -present condition -business in the country the ca?h jing in of these certificates wouij jhave a very fine effect. Mrs. T. H. Leneave Dead It is with a sad heart that I attempt to write the death of ir.v wife, Mrs. T. H. Leneave on K <• vember 12. She was taken to t’v Johnston County Hospital but h: . ase was not considered serious u > til it developed into heart drop.- . All was- done for that that lo ing hands could do, but non. could stay the enemy, death. S'1 was a kind mother and a lovir.-; wife. She was a member of Barbour ' Chapel Advent Christian chur. ' at which place interment wa ■ made. The funeral was conduct. I by Rev. Starling Massengitl. Sly* was buried beneath a mound beautiful flowers to await th • resurrection morn. The pall bea< ers were: H. H., J. W., J. U , L. E. and M. D. Underwood, and her nephew, Columbus Wood. She leaves to mourn their lo-: a husband, three sons and t.v • daughters, a mother, one sister, five brothers, and a host <1 friends and loved' ones. We miss her, yes, we miss he , But sleep on, dear one, and ta'c: thy rest In the quiet grave no more op - pressed. Hero you will sleep within the tomb And await the last trumpet’s sound; Then burst the clouds with swe. t surprise And in your Saviour’s image rise Written by her husband. Get 65-Gallon Still. Deputy T. 'M. Bizzell assisU.i by Wiaitus 'Bizzell ami Emmet r Cole took a 05-gallon copper stiil in Boon Hill township just be fore light Friday morning. Thv still, a complete outfit, was net in operation and no whiskey nor beer was found. Ten empty bar rels were destroyed. REMEDY PUT OUT BY LOCAL CHEMIST * Practically every year ruroo « of itch epidemic® in the school get raise*} abroad, ana those ex posed seek, a preventative o remedy. Local chemist® under tf. • name C. J. Chemical companv have discovered a preparation tb is said to be very effective. Th> firm has an ad in this issue of the Herald. Look it tip and read it.
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