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OUR SLOGAN: “Sell Johnston County Tobacco In Johnston” _ Johnston County’s Oldest and Rest Newspaper - - Established 1882 Smithfield wapts a hotel J —But it also wants to es tablish a Livestock Sta tion Yard. 17TH YEAR THE HOME NEWSPAPER SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1929 EIGHT PAGES TODAY NUMBER 99 lax Notices Have Been Mailed Oul Tax Collector Parker Bus; Receiving Tax Money Summary of What Ta: Money Goes For The tax collector, D. W. Par ker, has sent out tax notices to property owners in the county, these notices having been mailed mt the last days of November The collector has il.een busy since receiving tax funds. The notices bear the tax levy rates which for county purposes total $1,95. An additional levy is made where there is an ex tended school term, which varies in the several districts. The coun ty-wide levy includes 15 cents fQr general county fund; 30 cents .for roads and bridges; 35 cents for debt service; and $1.15 for schools. It may be of interest to the taxpayers to know how their tax money is expended, and this in formation may be obtained from the following funds wthich have been set up by county officials and which show other sources of revenue besides taxes, as well as the items of expense. Co. General Fund Estimated I Revenues: Tax levy $41,500,000 at 15 cents: i less ten per cent for losses, $50, j kJs.oo. Poll tax at 50c ---$3,000.0C Back taxes 1928 and prior levies ..- 2,500.00! Clerk of court fees_12,000.00: Register of Deeds fees and marriage licenses 7,85C.Q0 Sheriff’s office fees 1,900,00: Schedule B license tax 2,000.00 i Mothers Aid from state .1,100.00 Miscellaneous sources 580.00 Commissions for listing and collecting taxes from other funds ....—. 18,000.00 Penalties on taxes .... 2,472.00: TOTAL ..... $107,487 50 Estimated Expenses. General government 6,300.00! Auditor’s office ... — 5,425 00 Treasurer’s office - 3,990.00 Sheriff’s office ...... 11,315.00 Register Deeds office.. 7,335 00 £lcrk court's office .. 9,100.00 Courts & juries —. 17,150.00 Welfare office-... 1,680.00. Health Dept. ---- — 3,650 00 Charities & Corrections 7,795.00 Courthouse, grounds .. 5,260.00 County Home and Hos pital .. 9,812.50 County jail .......... 5,400.00 Tax Collector’s office .. 8,950.00 Tax listing expense, sal aries and records — ... 4,025.00 TOTAL _ J___'. $107,487.50 Road and Bridge Fund. Estimated Revenue: Tax levy $41,500,000 val uation at 30c less ten per cent for losses .- 122,050.00 Back taxes 1928 and prior levies ...3,08164 TOTAL .... T 25,131.04 Estimated Expenses. - Admin i stra ti on Ma in ten a nee and Construction —- 108,000.00 Emergency Bridge Fund 12,050.00 Fund deficit June 30, 1929 .....- 3,081.04 Commission for listing and collecting taxes .- 2^000.00 TOTA-L .. $125,131.04 Debt Service Fund. Estimated Revenue. Tax levy on §41,500,000 valuation at 35c less ten percent __— 130,225.00 Back taxes 1928 and prior tax&r -. 9,275.00 State gasoline tax ... 53,550.00 TOTAL _ $193,050.00 Estimated Expenses. Interest on temporary loans ._r.. . 24,000.00 Interest on lyonds — .i 99,282.5(1 Maturing Serial Bonds 3,000.00 Sinking Fund- Installa tions _„.v._19,238,45 Tax listing, and Collec tions .... 2,500 Oi. Slinking fund and def icit on June 3, 1929 .. 45,029 0£ |TOTAL . $193,050.0': County School Fund. For Consti tutional Six Months Term: Estimated Revenues! ; Tax levy on $41,500,000 |f\t, $1.15 less 10 per cent I for losses . 429,525.01 I !\Select Christmas Opportunities Nou , Charles Dickers said: “Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us hack to the delusions of our child ish days, recall to the old man . the pleasures of his youth, ana transport the traveler back to his 1 own fireside and quiet home!” These words bring to mind thoughts of the visits of Santa. Claus, home gatherings amid plenty and to spare. They sug gest nothing of desolate places [where not even, the necessities of life are to be had. They leaVe out of the picture little childrn to whom the Birthday of the King : means no more than any^ other day. They ignore those who have ; no home at all where loved ones may be brcug'ht back to celebiate a joyous occasion. Dickens might well have added: Happy, happy ; Christmas that makes those for- l tunate enough to have the joys ot i j a home and the blessing of pica- ! ty, overflow' with the spirit of j the Christ-chald until these bless- i f __ ings are shared with ethers. I is the sharing after all that makes a happy Christmas. If yoi have never tried giving to those ■who really need your gifts, begir now by selecting one or more oi the opportunities listed below. Mrs. D. J. Thurston, Johnston county’s welfare superintendent, is in a position to know the needs in the county and she has prepared this opportunity list. Mere opportunities will be publish ed later, and those taken will be droped from the list. The wel fare department will furnish names addresses, and any other infor mation desired. A telephone cal’ (Phone 129) will reserve an op portunity for you. 'Opportunity No. 1: A double 3eti and cover for family of nine with only two beds. Father dead, ?amj|ly very poor. Used bed very lcceptabie. Opportunity No. 2: Cover. (TURN TO PAGE THREE) Baptist S.S. Ass’n To Meet Here Sun. Hon. Robert N. Sims, of Ral eigh To Make Principal Ad dress; C. A. Jacobs, of Sel ma Is President of Ass’n Next Sunday afternoon at 2:30! the Baptist Sunday School Asso- 1 eiation of Johnston county wth) meet in the Smithfjeid Baptist church. It is expected that dele- j gat ions will be present fom! many of the -15 churches of tha j Jcdyiston Baptist Asociation. Re-; ports will be heard from all the churches indicating such facts as the enrollment a year ago as com pared with the present enrollment the relative average attendance, th progress the several Sunday schools are making toward be coming standard schools, what re sults are seen from the enlarge ment campaign conducted last j July by 17 of the churches, etc.' The meeting is arranged undo, the direction of C. A. Jacobs, of Selma, wbo is president of the i Johnston Sunday School Assoc? a •' tion, and Perry Morgan, of Eu!-. eigh, State Sunday School sec- i rotary of th6 Baptist State Con-1 vention. The principal address c f the afternoon will be made by! Hon. Robert N. Sims, a leading1 attorney of Raleigh, who is rec-1 ognized as one of the ablest ■ speaker in this section of the j state. “MUTT AND JEFF” TO ' Bl$ HERE TONIGHT What promises to be an event! extraordinary and one sur to: 'establish a new precedent in the | nay of genuine merriment sur prises, laughter, fun, revelry and all-round entertainment is the latest Mutt and Jeff sensation,' "Mutt and Jeff’s Honeymoon.” This brand new comedy with mu* sic, of which so much has been heard from during the past few weeks, comes to the Sanders the at re here for one evening per formance tonight, Friday, Dec. 6. It is in two acts and six scenes and written by Frank Cosgrove. Twenty-five exclusive and e*r compeliling song hits will be intro duced. This is said to be the best of the Mutt and Jeff senes of fered thus far, exceeding in point of humor and gayety any of the previous adventures and escapades of this beloved and famous twain. Fines and forfeitures .. 9,5G0'U Back taxes 1928 and prior levies ___ 18,890.27 Poll and dog taxes .... 9,950.00 .State Equalizing Fund 110,22i.4G TOT AX. .. $578,146.71 I Estimated Expenses. lOurrent expenses - 401,890 55 j Capital outlay .... 3,650.60 Debt service _156,17C.97 TOTAL . 8561,718.12 Fund * deficit June 30, 1929 .. 16,428.61 TOTAL . $578,146.73 Robt. Smith Dies A. C. L. Hospital Funeral Will Be Held This Afternoon at Free Will Baptist Church; Death Came After Long Illness [ News readied here yesterday1 cf the death of Robert F. Smith which occurred at 5:30 o’clods yesterday morning at the A. C. ! L. hospital in Rocky Mount. Mr. i Smith lived in this city where he hold a position with the Atlantic Coast Line Railway. Last July he went to Washington, L). C., to visit his sister and while there was taken sick with appendicitis, tie was carried to the A. C. L. hospital in Rocky Mount on July where he underwent an opera ion. Complications set in and he was never well enough to leave the hospital. Last Friday menin gitis developed and the end came yesterday morning. The body was brought nere yesterday to the home of his iTother, Mr. L. A. Smith. The funeral will be conducted at the j Freewill Baptist church this aft ernoon at 2:30 o’clock. Interment "’ll be made in Oakland ceme tery. | The deceased is survived by his father, Britton Smith., of this city, two brothers and three sisters, as follows: Ralph Smith, of Wil mington; L. A. Smith, of this city; Mrs. Fred Edwards, of Wil mington; Mrs. H. A. Standi, of Kcnly; and Mrs. Herbert Pittman, j of Washington, D. C. . 'Mr. Smith was a most ?sli niaiblc young man. Only 35 years' c f age, he was in the prime of1 life. He was a member of the ■ Freewill Baptist church and took I a keen interest in its activities. This Family Prolific. Only 37 years old, the wife of a laborer at Ueberlos,heim, Ger many, has just given birth to her 18th child. The mother herself is the 18th chiild of her parents, and her 17 brothers and sister toast of 97 children. Her parents are still living, and recently cel ebrated their golden wedding an niversary surrounded by 113 children and grandchildren.—S. C. State. To Conduct Sale Tuesday. Circle No. 1 of the Won.an’ar Auxiliary of the Presbyterian church will hold a “Gifts Fro*m the Scrap Bag” sale at the store [of W. M. Sanders & Son next :Tuesday, December 10. Many at tractive articles will be on dis play. i -- ___ Tantalizer | There arc exactly enough let ters in the line below to spell L the name of a person in Smith I field or Johnston County, and j to the one deciphering their aame and presenting a copy of j this paper to the Herald office, l we will present a free ticket to I the Victory Theatre. Tickets , must be called for before the following issue. | Miss Lucile Stephenson re cognized her name. I ] TODAY’S TANTA L17.ER | whnsorilbujon j ''Hoover’s Message Is Comprehensive Russia Resents Intervention by United States; Governor Proclaims “Ljve-At-Homc Week i President Hoover in his mes sage to Congress Tuesday, e - - | ered practically every prcbLem j facing the country. He touched on ! jbctlr foreign and domestic pro- j jleins, expressing hope of success of tlic London naval conference. |He advocated the early adoption |of the $160,000,000 .ns loJud un iproposal. He made aa appeal :'>r strengthening the p : hi'iitit a He warned against the increase ■ 5. I lawlessness. In fact the two clout's iin the country's sky cf prosper.:/, according to the President, are: increase of crime and the stjwk market crash. His message as re gards tariff is regarded by som ? as inadequate since he failed to state specifically what kind of oil) he wants. The President stated that the agricultural situation is improv ing. He quoted estimates of the Department of Agriculture as to the gross farm income, and pointed out that the number of farmer bankruptcies is less than in previous years. He stated that of course not all sections of ag riculture have fared equally, bu* farm leaders have assured the President that confidence is re turning to agriculture. President Hoover thinks it de sirable that Congress should con sider the revision of some por tions of the banking law. “Th.e relinquishment of charters of na tional banks in great commcrJa: renters in favor of state char ters,” says the President, “indi cates that some conditions sur round the national banks which render them unable to compete with the state banks.” President Hoover prefaced hi; discussion of foreign relations with the statement: “We are not only at peace with all of the world, but the foundations for future peace are being substantial ly strengthened.” He stated that lie should direct the signature of the United States to b« affixed to the protocal of adherence to the International Court when it shall be submitted for the ap proval of the Senate. Th.e message was one of the most lengthy ever submitted to Congress by a chief executive. It contained 12,000 words. iMoscow made peace with Muk den over the Chinese Eastern Railway dispute in Manchuria Tuesday without interference from other nations. The United States, through Secretary Stimson, to gether with other signers of the Kellogg Pact had sent China a. d Russia notes which were designed to bring about peace. The Soviet government regarded tl\e note as an unfriendly act, an attitude that is said to have provoked as tonishment among officials in Washington. Great Britain, France and Italy had addressed similar appeals to t Nanking and Moscow. •Governor Gardner, in formal proclamation, sets apart the week of December 15-21 as “Live at Heme Week.” He calls upon t-ie citizens of the state to cooperate in its observance. He points out that the people of North Carolina are sending out of this state ar nually for the purchase of food and foodstuffs more than $250 000,000, an amount nearly twice as much as North Carolina has spent on roads over a ten-year period. Lt amounts to more than $100 for the average family. As an encouragement to this “Live at Homs*” program, Governor and Mrs. Gardner have announced that they will give a luncheon on December 19 to the newspapers of the state, at which the menu will consist entirely of North Car olina grown products. Th,e Gover nor calls upon all civic and lunch eon during the week, confining the mentis as much as possible to products grown in the re spective counties. Misses Elizabeth and Annie Laurie Johnson spent last week end with liitle Frances Groyne Whittemfcon in 9°ats. ° 3)uke'<? nem Stadium and Captain /Je/vqv A'/s'tleq ° n Co. Commissioners 1 Meet This Week _ Transact Routine Business Including Number of Tax Releases and Exemptions; To Sell Revenue Anticipa tion Notes The; county commissioners in j regular session here Monday of | this week transacted the f »l!ow- i ng items of business: Ordered that Amos Allen of In- j ;irams township be exempted from ; poll tax. Ordered that R. L. Peele be re- | leased of $1285 valuation of taxes | in O'Neals township, Beulah lis- I trict No. 2 on account of house j burned. Ordered that notes of Fisher Raynor in the sum of $833.33, R. 13. Adams in the sum of $1000 and Mrs. W. C. Oliver in the sum )f $1,000 be released from tax ation for the year 1920 listed through error. Ordered that L. H. Hauss be released of $1000 tax valuation on ; count of error in listing. It appearing to the satisfaction j of the board of commissioner.', .hat those holding unsecured notes or due bills against the. Charlie Horae bankrupt estate vill j not be able to collect more than 20 j per cent of face value of same, therefore it is upon motion or- j iered that those holding either j due bills or notes pay taxes far j the years 1928 and 1929 on 20 per cent of said face value and J the residue be held in obey tnee ! pending further orders by the said I beard of county commissioners. Ordered that R. L. Fitzgerald | be authorized to' investigate the ! listing of Eric Lee's real estate j and give him the proper adjust • l ment as to valuation on said j property, as the records disclosed ! by reason of a division of the; land among the Heirs at law of! Jasper Lee, deceased. Ordered that E. D. Eudy be ex empted from privilege licenses for , the year 1930 so long as his serv-j ices are satisfactory to said board. Ordered that Mrs. E. F. Boy- j ette be released of $2,000 on: building in Selma township on ac- j count of house being burned. Ordered that Ashley Horne cor-; poration be permitted to pay j taxes on a tax valuation of real j estate amounting to 169,550.00 for the year 1928 and that the mat ter in controversy foa* any addi tional taxes due be continued for further investigation without pre-; judice to the county or to the .ax-! payer. Ordered that the county attor ney and clerk to the board pre pare notice and advertise $50,000 six months revenue anticipation SERVICES SUNDAY AT BENSON GROVE Rev. S. S. McGregor will preach at Benson Grove church Sunday afternoon, Dec. 8. at three o'c’oek. The public is cordially invited to attend. Rev. Mr. McGregor will serve as pastor of the Bens cn Grove church during the coming year. HANDED ENGLISH SPARROW KILLED English sparrows in this section are usually consid ered a pest, but in other sec tions somebody evidently thinks enough of them to tag them. According to Mr. C. H. Holt of Princeton, an Eng lish sparrow was killed on the farm of Mr. R. F. Howell sev eral days ago with an alumi num band on one leg with the following—B65017— stamped on very distinctly. Kiwanians Elect Officers For 1930 Norman Shepard Is Chosen President ; Musical Program Features Luncheon Meeting Fallowing a .splendid music*? program sponsored by Miss Arab Hooks at yesterday’s luncheon, in which Mrs. Guy C. Lee sang scv ?ral choice selections accompanied it the piano by Mrs. Lucy Col“ trano, the local Kiwanians e’ect ■d the folio-wing officers to steer the destinies of the club through the year 1930: President, Norman Shepard; vice-president, Adam Whitley; dis trict trustee, Chester Alexander; directors, Glenn Grier, R. P. Holding, Dr. W. G. Wilson Jr., W. N. Holt, and Leon G. Stevens; Dr. C. C. Massey was re-elected sc v* retar y-trea su re r. Guests of the club for yester day included L. L. Levinson, pres ident of Benson Kiwands club, a id C. G. Dahlgren, who is with the First-Oitizens Bank and Tru.s* company. IGNCEKl JUiliNMUA LU. TRAINING SCHOOL Dr. E. E. Smith, president Fay etteville State Normal School, Fayetteville, will present his fam ous concert group to Johnston county public at 7:30 Friday eve ning, December 6, in the Johnston County Training School auditori um. They • were successful in satis fying an audience of several Hun dred white people in Fayettevilb Sunday in a special program. Dr. Smith promises to render that same program with additions for Johnston county in the hope of in teresting as many white friends as possible to witness the pto gram. •Principal Collins will be on the receiving end and will be pleased to make special reservations f >r white friends. In anticipation A their patronage, the complete ’eft side of the auditorium will be re served, with no advanced prices for reservation. •Patrons of the school are • rg to support this project as the net receipts will be used to purchase additional books for the school li brary, including elementary as well as high school books^ “Boy Preacher” Johnson Memorial. Rev. Willi© Carter, the “boy preacher” will preach Sunday morning and Sunday night at Johnson Memorial Freewill Bap tist church. The public is cordial ly invited to hear him sing and preach. * * ~ ~ --—A,., Local Club Hears Mrs. T. W. Bickett Wake Welfare Superintendent Speaks To Woman’s Club on Welfare Work; Business Session Precedes Talk Make your “Christmas oppor tunity” for welfare work last throughout the year, urged Mrs. T. W. Bickett, Superintendent of Public Welfare in Wake county as she addressed members of the Woman’s club here Wednesday aft ernoon. In keeping with the club pro gram for the year, which requires each department to. take turrs in providing the program which follows each business- meetnag the program Wednesday was undei the direction of Mrs. T. S. Rags dals, social service chairman. The topic: “How the club may cooper ate in wetlfaro work” was par ticularly appropriate as the Christmas season draws near, and M.rs. Bickett, the special speaker for this occasion, made timely suggestions along this line. ■First, Mrs. Bickett outlined what welfare work is. She clas sified it under two heads: remed ial and preventive. She told of le numerous activities over which the w'elfare superintendent is ex pected to have oversight. Old people with no means, babies left on one’s doorstep, delinquent chil dren under sixteen years of age, paroled prisoners and the famil ies of prisoners—these aro only u few of the phases of welfare work. The mother’s aid was com mended by Mrs. Bickett, and also the work which parent-teacher as sociations are doing in helping to secure better school attendance, this being one of the big jobs of a county welfare superintendent. In closing her remarks, the speaker suggested that one serv ice that clubs may render is to set the example of well managed homes, and then she urged that Christmas overflow' through the year in the giving of counsel, comfort and even material aid to those less fortunate. Mrs. D. J. Thurston, Jolumcn county*.® welfare superintendent, was present at the meeting and presented, with appropriate re marks, the speaker of the after noon. During the business session (which preceded the talk by Mrs. : Bickett, various reports were ! heard. It was decided to send at (least nine Christmas stockings to 'Oteen, each circle to be responsi ble for filling ono stocking. Death of Mrs. Temple. | Mrs. Sylvester Temple, whose I homo was near Four Oaka, died at the Johnston County HoBpitai here Monday after an illness of li.yout ten days. Sl\e was about j forty years of age. She leaves a husband and two children. The funeral was held at the Freewill Baptist church near Four Oaks Tuesday, Rot. D. G Johnson conducting the service. Interment was made in the cjm 'otery at the church, . _ TwoDeathsQc( r In Town Of Sell a Mrs. A. W. Campbell and T v. J. D. Reynolds Pass Av r.y After Long Illness SELMA, Dec. 5.—'Mrs. A W. Campbell died early Thu. . *; morning, Nov. 28 at her ap ments on North, Green strc: . Mrs. Campbell, aocompanic l her mother, Mts. Alice Liles, c m to Selma two months ago i Plainfield, N. J. For seven y - s she has been a great sufferer anth-ritis and, had traveled r.o. south, east and west with t‘ o hope of finding relief. Kno. that she could not stand the ? • vere weather of the north, * came back to her old horn. - Selma—where she pa^ssed r • early Thanksgiving miming It wall be of interest to the o! i e.r residents of Selnra to kn ?. that she was a granddaughte" o' Mr. Henry Mullind&r, who v.:,> railroad agent for the South. before the Civil war and w;i among the first settlers of Sc l n i. Some of the family died and w?i-* buried here. The others me:., away. iMrs. Campbell was buried in i*ic family plot, fu/.ieral services b? ■ ing conducted by her pastor, K« W. A. Smith of the Episr r<* i church. She was 38 years «>t age. Surviving are her mo' Mrs. Alice Liles of Raleigh, l v > sisters, otic in Colorado and • in Florida, her husband, and 1:1 year-old, son of Cincinnati, Oh: •. Mrs. J. D. Reynolds Dead. On Wednesday, Nov. 27, Mr*. J. D. Reynolds passed away at her home here. She suffered . stroke of paralysis on Satu before from which she never . gained consciousness. For mo . than a year she had been in f:: ing health, a victim of Brig disease and other complicate Mrs. Reynolds was 64 years l ■■ She was a consecrated Chri* and faithful member of the B . - tist church. The family moved .o Selma from Wilmington fif. : * years ago. The deceased wn a good neighbor, • a loving mo*/V: and devotied wife. She leave" t • mourn their loss a husband .i' < five children, on* brother and 1 a. sisters. The funeral was conducted r •:' the home on Thursday morning b her pastor, Rev. W. J. Crain, i i the body was taken to the <. 1 home in Wilmington. Intern' took place in Fairvieiw comet cr: The floral offerings were many and beautiful. Death of J. E. Booker. Tho death of J. E. Booker curred at his home near Gva; town Tuesday after an ilines r • . two or three years. He was . : years of age. The body was taken to t - home of 'his daughter, Mrs. J. V. Fuller in Raleigh, where the r , < eral sen*ice was conducted V . nesday by Rev. Gibson Davis, pn tor of Tabernacle Baptist chi:: Interment was made near Ape::. Besides Mrs. Fuller, his dau ter, one son, who lives in Flo*: ’a survives, and also a brother. 0 V. Booker of this city and a ter who lives in Raleigh. Aunt Roxie Says Mista’ Fed© hez started in d* rit© direckshun ef he’d jest a shK down bout 10 years ago. A . I now ef de ile men wuld j©e’ cm a and lubricate de wheels uv p .v sperity de holders uv worth' • * stock* wouldn’t have to wtttc" i E& tears uv regret. .
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