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48TH YEAR THE HOME NEWSPAPER SMITHFIELD, N. C„ TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 14,1930 SIX PAGES TODAY
NUMBER t
Simmons Enters
Senatorial Race
States That He Will Not Make
Campaign But Leave Outcome
In Hands of friends
ji Formal announcement w„s.
iin Washington Saturday or
the camdiidacy of F. M. Sim
mons to succeed himself as son
altar from North 'Carolina. In the j
statement made public Ihe s*iu
that this campaign would be oia
last far the senate. The veteirm
Senator 'stated that he would not
imake an active primary contest
but would leave the outcome in
the hands of hiifs friends. The
ebat&merit of Senator Simmons in
full was as follows:
“Metre than a year ago I «n
notunced that I would1 be a candi
dte foa* (re-election to the United
States senate and, pursuant to
that declanatiion, I shall, iin due
tint©, file notice of my candidacy
for the democratic ncindnation in
the primary of June 7, 1930. ir
offering for renommation I fen it
is due my friends and supper>
ers to adviise them of the reason*
why I shall not be able personal
ly to conduct or finance an active
(primary camp align.
|L “Ira the first place, the congress.
\which is now tin session, will n. t
its work until af ter (the pr
nxarty\*bintest is over. The party
and my democratic colleagues in
the senate have honored me wi.ir
(important nespomslilbilitfies, anj I
(regard it as imperative that no
personal considerations shall be
allowed to interfere with ‘ho
proper dfechartge of these of filial
duties Iin the interest's of my con -
stilbuenits, party, and country.
i TO LOAD I’OILTRY
CAR AT SELMA
! iSELMiA, J • }. n.—A poultry
j car will be loaded at Selma next
: Saturday, Januar y 18, a>nd t! *
loading will be anode at the A.
diaimtiic Coast Line freight dep-*t.
Thiiisi change was made because o*
the ccnveir.'icnccs in baJ weather
These poultry cans were started
in this county by the -Selma Ki
iwanis club four year's ago, and Oi't
tannage has gradually incr eased tu
the, point that $30,000.00 was paid
out 'here last year for poultry.
This .tremendous outlay of money
fear cue year was due to the fuli
eofc'peratticin. of the Kiwanis ciuo,
and merchants of Selma with the i
State Division of Markets and I
Rfeser & Rabinowitz, buyers of !
the poultry.
Cash pi ices which will be pail
sit the car door next Saturday are
as follows: colored hens, 22c per
pound; Leghorn hems, 19c; color
ed chicks, 20c; Leghorn chicks,
15c; ducks and geese, 12c; st rgs,
ioc; roosters, 10c; turkeys (young)
25c; turkeys (old) 18c; guineas.
15 cents each.
Annual Meeting
B&L Association
Report of Secretary Shows Asso
ciation to Be In Excellent Shape
—Choose Directors For YTear
Tiro annual meeting of th:
shareholder.? of the Smith
field Building and I>can Asso
ciation was held yesterday
morning at ten o’clock in the
Commissioners r oom of t’r i
ctooirthic'u&e. Wli.'Lliam Li. Wc1.
3'cns wns made temlpoirary
cha’rir.lan.
Local Bank Adds
Trust Feature
First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co.,
Starts New Department Jan. 1,
With C. G. Dahlgren in Charge;
3 New Directors
Severn.!' outstanding futures
w :<rc included in rnc reperi,
ar.ad-e by R. P. Holding, vice
president of the First-Citizens'
Bank and Trust Company, at
the annual stockholders meet
ing held, yesterday afternoon
at 1:30 o’clock, which had
2,68-1 shares out of a total of
4,000 represented either in
person or by proxy. Mr. Ho'cl
ing’s report showed that th ?
bank had enjoyed or.e of its
mes-t successful years. On- -
April 26, 1029 the title of the '
bank was changed' from Fir-4,
and Citizens National Bank tj |
First-Citizens Bank and Trust j
Company. On May 9, the bank j
opened a branch in the town i
of Dunn, the growth and bus- I
in ess oif which has greatly ex- |
cccded the expectations. Op.
October 14 at the regular I
monthly meeting of the beard i
of directors it was decided t.' j
instal a trust department, |
which hdepartmenit began j
functioning cn January 1, !
1930. C. G. DaWgreni is asso I
ciatcd with this department, j
He was with a bank in Erwin
for five years and spent two j<
years with a bank in New !
York City. There is every rer
son to believe that this depart- '
ment will prove most hclpfvl j
to the communities served by j«
the bank and should enable j
the institution to make mere ji
rapid development than here
tofore;
One item txf interest to the
steckhcCders was the consider- 4
able urairo in the number or
| Dr. Atkinson Sends
Gift From Abroad
Has Made In Italy Book in Whici
to Keep Record of Winners ir
Speaking Contests at Corbett
Hatcher
By Nome Johnson.
The boys and girls cf mur s.hc'.J
vcie recently very much pleasc-o
upon receiving a gift from Dr.
Wude H. Atkin's on. For several
yeans 'he lias given menials at the
oioise cf •school for -the best ree. •
‘at ion and declamation. \V>iiie
traveling m Europe, he had nude
in Florence, Italy especially for
cm school, a beautiful book in
which a permanent record is to
te kept of each pupil who ru*
wen 'Oti* will win a miedai in uie
ccuteisit. Or.a unique feature of
th.e book is that it >is pefovtioed
with a lock and key. This gif:
has caused an unusual interest in
the annual spring contest. In or
der ito give the 'boys and girls ad- j
L’tiOnal practice in public speak
; ig, a contest iis also being plan • j
'cd for Friday evening, Fobvu-!
iry 7.
W hen the pupils were weighed!
*t the end of last month, a con- f
>iderablc gain in weight was r.-J
.:ced. The following pupils w.re
uinial in weight: Person Jones,
;"lulus Johnson, and Robert Hafch
»r Jr., from the first grade; Jas.
( hnson, George VV. Capps, Sa-u
Jari,ish, Junior Stall im-g and
rl etcher Lamm, from the second; ;
. erna Stallings, in the sixth, and i
ihanie Stallings and Lola Mao,
ohi?son from itho seventh grade. •
ihose gaining a's much as three !
•cimds when underweight or ios-j,
r g three when overweight', were:!
'* Hard Johnson, Earl Stan til, j
s'.va Bailey, Vetrnen Stand 1, Vi
la 'Parrish, Turner Stalling and J
volta Mae Johnson. The rcscioaxl of
Farmers Bank Has
GoodYear In 1929
I Add New Director, D. W. Parker.
| ^ at Stockholders’ Meeting Held
I Yesterday
T h e a mu a 1 stockli old J v &
(meeting cf the Farmers Bank
j a-iVl Tins: Company was li*M
■ ycssterday afternoon at three
!, <> deck with 303 shares out of
i ■' total of 412 represen'el in
person or by proxy.
I The bank has shown growth
1 during the past year. On De
i cerriber 31, 1929 the r^ounes
were shown to be $368,033 71 ,
as compared with $215,2o *.6? <
on December 31, 1928. The
capital stock and' surplus to
tal $32,600. The bank showed
earnings during the year of
•28 per cent on its capital
■stock. Two semi-annual divi
dends of four per cent each
were paid stockholders during
the year.
At the meeting yesterday
afternoon the number of di
rectors was increased from
ten to eleven, D. W. Parket
halving been added to the list
of those who served last yea:.
The ether directors are as fol
lows: R. C. Giilcitt, W. T.
'Holland. J. E. Woodall, J. E.
Gregory, W. J. Huntley, W
H. Flowers, C. M. Johnson 1
D. W. Peterson, George f
iScctt and Dr. J. H. Fitzger
ald. I
Birth Announcement.
Mr. ai d Mrs. Andrew Hill o; <
i'our Oaks loute 4, announce the <
Jnlih of a daughter, Carrie Lee 1
Hi1! on January 4. Mrs. Hill I
•as btifoiie her marriage Miss <
'bowr-ilc Masseng'ill'.
!
State And Nation
News Paragraphs
Edward Bok Dies at His Florida
Home; Wake County To Vote
on Eight Months County Wide
Term
Edvtand Bctk, for years edit r
of the Ladies llcme Jeumal’, dieu
at his Mountain Lake home ’ri
| Florida Thursday following only
| four days'* i'Mneiss with a heart at
tack. Bok, a poor Dutch immi
grant boy, came to uhis ccunti"
ait the age of 13. He became i
successful journalist, working his j
way to the top. He retired *.ei
years ago as ediitca* of the Ladi \s I
Home Journal. He is well known
for his philanthropy particularly
in Philadelphia where il*e spent
moit of hiiS life. He set ut> u
•? 10.000 annual award for the nu.i
cr woman who performed the best
act for the city. He became wii ?•
ly known for his donation cf a
?100,000 fund for a plan by wrick
tihe United States might cocpet ,:f
with other nations' for the atti.i
nont ‘and preservation of pea^'j.
tie is ailsio well known for his au
:oh'.cgraphy, “The Americanizj
dem cf Edward Bok.” The body c:
ihe fambus author, editor a i i
/nilantheicpist was placed in
special crypt at the base of the
;lihig;ng tower at Lake Waih,
'lorida, which tower with its
lariilon of 71 be'llis, Bok gave to
America as a gift because of the
uccess which this country
►rought to him.
The voters cf Wake county
utsidc of Raleigh and Wrake For
est will cn February 13 vote on
he question. cf a special tax not
o exceed 45 cants on the hundred
Do Hal's wort- of property for the
lurpose of providing a count'. -
ride eight months school!1. If car
ied, hire election will mark tir
n!d cf it he co.nsicilida.ticn prcjgiraa
ARMORY IS OFFERED
AS A SKATING \l\ sK
Yesterday: Captain Horace
L. Johnson came into our of
fice and gave us an announce*
ment that is sure to be hailed
with delight by the children
of Smithfield. He offers the
armory to the boys and girls
I of this city on Saturdays as
■ a skating rink. From nine m
j the morning until, seven, at
night on Saturdays they will
be allowed the use of this
commodious building. The
Moor is cemented, and Cap*
tain Johnson states that the
floor space will easily accom
modate a hundred couples at
one time.
The town board recently '
passed an ordinance forbidding
skitinr oji the streets, •-•nd
this offer is particularly tint*?
ly*
Unique Still Is
Found In Beulah
Deputy Jesse Yelverton, Single
Handed Takes Copper Outfit
Equipped With Oil Burner;
Brings Man to Jail
What was considered by
connoisseurs as a rather per
fect specimen of a mode* n ,
whiskey still wais broug1 t to
the courthouse here yesterday ^
by Deputy Jesse Yelverton of «
Beulah township. It was brand
new, had never been fired up,
but ten barrels of beer wer.v .
found, by the officer, waiting
to be distilled, and sevc.i J
dozen fruit jars in whicu to ,*
dispense the finished product. j
The outfit wais brought in
complete—an eighty gallon ,
copper affair to be fired with *
an oil burner. Quite a crowd z
•gathered around to see the
officers hammer .it to pieces
South Natural Home
For All Livestock
! Speakers At Meeting of Southern
Livestock Association at Stnl
College Pleads For More Live
stock
| Uecause of its mild winii •
| long growing season, ease of p.v
dating forage and feed crops, »r,:
■atk of need! for expensive ho-: •
inu. North Carolina and the ar."
is the natural home for all class<
of livestock. No other section ■ :
•-he world can compete wit'- tin
south if fanners will take tl>
.natter seriously and go into th
business.
This was the tenor of all dis
cussions at the 17th annual race' -
ir. g of the Southern livestock As ■
siKit.liioni toeW at State College on
January 7, 8 and 9. Homier Han
:.-ek, president of the associath i
rnd former commissioner of Ag
riculture for Tennessee, ddiverc !
-he keynote address. He plead U>
■he production of more livestock t;
vuse the profits from southern
'time, to make the soils more ter
ile and to ultimately raise toe
far,cards of living in rural see
inns. He gave as his own exper
encc that a livestock program ha: i
men followed for more than 80
ears on the farm that he now
wns anti as yet no morfcgtage ha I
vet been placed upon the land.
Commissioner W. A. Graham
nd others speaking before ;h»
ssoeiatiioai pointedl out that the
outhem farmers must continue t,
row the caish crops1 with which
tey are acquainted but that also
vestock is needed to furnish r.
larket for surplus feed and to
rovade a 'better living.
Neither would my physical
strength, which must be (conserv
ed dfoir the effectual discharge of
my duties in the senate, be suf
ficient to cany, at the same
time, the added burden of an
adt'ive campaign .on my part.
1 ‘Furthermore, having spent the j
best years of my life (in the public
service, I now 'haive no money to
fftnarccc ai state-wide campaign. In |
tihefse circumstances and for these'
aeaiscns, I aim obliged, but quite
content to leave my candidacy in
the hands of my friends and the'
pedpi-oi? Nor til Carolina.
' With profound .gratV.udc to my
state, I enter this, any last pri
mary contest, promising oily
consecrated -senvice, guided and
directed by conscientious devo
tiion to duty an earnestly indulg •
ing the hope that nothing ma\
occur (in this campaign which
might create or revive division
or (discords tin the ranks of th
democratic party in North Caro
lina;
4*I have been fin active political
life for the past 40 odd years
My record during those year-,
is an open book and 'is known
to the people of North Caro
lina, and I am entirely ©atrisfed
thus to leave it to them' to s?y
■whether or not they vvo-h me to
remain in this senate longer th? n
my present term.”
apathy and to the pcopio of my
jo&ian w » Dane) ui “<*■
digh, who announced his can
didacy for the senate c.n Jun
iviairy 2 made tuo coninnortt uipon
(hearing c:f the announcemer: t
ictf Senator Sim moms Saturday
%J,ght. rIJh -stated Saturday
that Avithin a few weeks he
would appoint a manager and
id'evortte hiawsdlf to canvass!". *
dho state. He 'has .not decided
whether or net he will wake
many speeches during the
coming campaign.
MISS ORACH LEE II.1.
WITH MENINGil.t'
Mfe Grace Lee, lC-yc®rol<l
daughter of Mir. W. N. Leo of
Fatal, -was brought to the
Johnston County Hospi tal here
Sunday evening seriously ill.
She has developed meningitis
amid tiis ncit expected to live. At
heir besie are W. N. Lee, her
fa|tiber; Mi’s. J. R- Harper, of
Enfield, Mrs. R. E. Fuller, of
Tarthoro, 'Miss Florence 'Lee,
:of Fayetteville, isistcrs; and
Mt. Frank Lee of near .Four
Oaks. -Mias SmMue Leo n
, etude!’-t -nurse ui the hospital
'heir©, nursed 'hear .uniter for a
few days (prior to her earning
■to ths fcosj$?»J.
l iic sci .ti-ii ry, Vrti l r. \»or
•diem, was called upon fe-r a re
port and he tokl' the itweriby
iflijve or more sharehold-iivi
.present that their association
its in excellent shape. Every
loan is secured by a first
(mortgage, worth a hundrel
cents cm the dollar, all loan j
■htfyvijnig been made after the most
careful appraisal an d pains
taking cx miration of title by
the asKtoolation attorney, L.
G. Stevens.
In view oif the unusually
it.figiht Mimes that have ohara
itC'f’ieid' the past year an 1
that have caused large deni an 1
for withdrawals1 of money paid’
in, .the secretary thSinks the
associlation has made a fine
(showing An reducing the bills'
payable account nearly $10,
000, after having met all de
mand's for withdrawals'. It
came out Am the discussion
which followed the re per.,
(that ith'e directors wisely de
cided, after interest (rates on
borrowed money went up, to
•stop 'borrowing money and to
close cut1 the bil)!sr payable ac
count. In a few months, this
is expected to bo entirely clos
ed cut and the association wi.l
be better prepared to advance
money for buiildiing purpose^
this year than last.
The assets and liabilities of
the association are shewn n
j follows:
Cash in Banks ..--$4,018.4
Mh lttgaige Loans _-221,747.05
Stock Loans .- 7,475,0
Real 'Estate' —-- 7,581.'h»
Furniture & Fixtures 401.40
Acccuir.its Receivable -- 42.:':
TOTAL __ $241,860.1m
Liabilities.
Imstffl-Hmienit Stock 131 ,310.3!
Full paid Stock . . 75,400 00
.Nioitos iPayabk_ 21,000 00
Accc unis PayaLUc __ 0125
P.rrfV.H) .. 14,058 3 >
TOTAL _ $241,866.3.)
A mciminaitmig ecimiiri’ti m
posed of W.' II. Lassiter, L
K. Jordan, O. A. Martin and
I}*. W. J. B. Orr was named
by the chairman and these
men 'retired and1 later brou'gh;
in the fcllowiing names for di
rectors': W. M. Sandetrs, W.
B. Welkins, J. E. Gregory, W.
D. Hood, H. B. Marrow, R.
R. Holt, J. P. Regers, C. F.
Gordon and R. C. GlPieit. The
report of the nominatiinig com
mittee way adopted uitani
moudy.
The directors. will hold a
mee'iug at an early date and
elect the officers for t&e com
stockholders*, .the percentage
gained <lu-i ing the past year
being in excess-' of 22 per cent
To't-vl cheeks drawn on
bank ill . ing 192'J amounted
to more than §10,500,000. The
capital ar.d surplus of the
bank was considerably increas
ed during the year, the capital
and Mil plus a.s of December
31, 1UC9 being §250,000, where
as’ live capital and surplus as |
of December 31, 1928 w;u j
1227,500. Tire undivided profi'.3 j
■account -was increased from. j
§0,414.34 to §15,722.88, and
during this .period .the bank
paid dividends totaling $13,
000.
At the meeting yesterday
the former hoard of directors
which numbered twelve wa *
increased to fifteen, the new
directors being: K. H. Holt cf
this oily, C. H. Pope and L.
A. Tart of Dunn. The forme:
diixetors who were re-ciocte 1
are: T. K. Ilood, It. P. Hold
ing, W. M. Grantham, J. T.
Brcadihurs't, F. H. Brooks, W.
F. Grimes, C. T. Hill, Will
H. Lassiter, W. M. anders, L
I). Wharton, C. M. Wilson, W.
J. B. Orr.
TO RE ORGANIZE PARENT
TEACHER ASSOCIATION
! Am crganizatiion meeting o;f the
j ParcinV-Teacher A'sisociation will be
I held thus (Tuesday) afternoon at
,3:30 o'clock in the grammar
I school huddling. This meeting is
called for the purpose oif re-or
ganizing the association and all
parents amid those ,interested ir.
the school are urged -to be pres
I cnt. A full attendance its desirco.
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Brief News Items.
j The business fide oif fanning
| under North Carolina conditions
1 Wul ibe dli'scusssied over .Station
, VVPTF at Raleigh each Friday
: rhemoon at two o’clock durine
January and February by ex
ports of the department of far it
ccono’rrJics at State Ceil liege.
Firuiit fvom. a four acre orohar.
•nVJ at a roads-Ode stand by J irr
White off Caswell county netten
more cash than the 'same lane
planted to tobacco this pa'stt sea
son.
ing year.
The p-recent officers arc’
preihdenit, H. 15. Marrow;
. \ xe-erecidsrt, W. D. Heed,
aeoretaqy^treasurcr, C. F. Cor
! den. /
Lula Mae J ohnaoni was an unusual
j;» good cane. The month prior to
this she wa!s mine {pounds under
weight and! now she as noinmal.
The pupils of the upper grades
belong -to the modem headith cru
sade. Those who had a ipert'cci
leronxl for the 'ten daily health
chores fee 'the moult h were:
Highes Lamni (from the srx.h
g-iade, and Thame Stalling’s from
the seventh.
The following pupils had per
fect attendance for the month
I-hst Grade: Rudolph Bailey, Do
ris Creech, Adcll StamBung.
Second Grade: Keith Bailey,
Braxton Brown, Willard Corbett,
Cl if ten Creech, Theibent Oreecli,
Sam Piarnilsh, Sarah Lee Oneecr.
Elizabeth Baton, Mavis Hicks, Ha
zel Phillips.
Third Grade: Roland Bailey,
Willard Johnson, David Lamm,
W ilbert Philllips, Konnit Stailings.
Fourth Grade: Mary Grant
Ccilcy, Dorothy Creech, Rcrr
Creech, Ethel Stallings, Lester
Hicks, Junior Phhh:ps.
r’ifth Grade: Leone Johnson,
iMwe Sullivan, Thomas
Ci eeoh.
bix<t« Oracle: Leaanon Jtsrowa,
Paul Gamer, George Paiitish', Bth
e Bailey.
Seventh Grade: .Rbbetiit Bailey,
Naomiia Creech, Thame S tolling i.
In the fifth, sixth and seven*!:
grades the average attendance
was the same as the enrolil-imn*,
and 4n the first, second, third
and fifth lit varies only one poin^.
Gur schooll deeply mourns the
(’eath of Miss Julia Garner oft
| December 26. She helped the reg<
u’ar janitor in hi® work. She was
a conscientious worker who tool
a personal linteiest in the care oj
j the building.
! SWEETS NOT EATEN.
MONEY TO CHARITY
KINSTON, Jan. 8.—More thaj
j 20 women’s social organization:
i'hcie are £oregoing refreshment
| at their meeting®, diiverting th
j money that might be spent O’
, -salads and sweiet® to charity. T:i
funds aie being dispensed by
I charity league comprised by rep
rcsontaitivos of the clubs and 20
cieties.
Legion Meeting.
j There will be a meeting of th
I Amrbean Legion Post No. 132 i
ithc -of 'Selma on Frida
' ; January 17 at 7.30 o'cj.c'
I All ex-Ks'ervico mica, aire asked f
LITERARY WORK MRS.
HEDDEN IN 1930 VOLUME
I Mrs. Walter P. HedJen of New
•York, daugihltcir of -R'av. D. 11.
! Puttie of this city, has received a
| d - ii.net -honor in having been ask
ed • to allow heir .story, “The Na
: lave Bore,’' to be published1 in the
J1030 volume cf outstanding lit
A*, ary productions, compiled by
| ii-e Writers Club of Columbia
V.vvcnsiCy. “The Nature Bore”
’.Vc»s published ini “Harper's Month
'y Mags he.” A sketch oif the
.’ft: of each contribute,r wiill be in
'* A hea W.ho” of the appendix.
Missionary Society Meeting.
Selma, Jan. 9.—The first nM
j si on ary meeting- of the new yen*
j was (held with Mrs. D. M. Sharpe
| a t idle parsonage on last Momiay
afternoon. Mrs. G. F. Brietz, the
j rresident, conducted the devotion
j al af ter which the roll wtas called
; and dues amounting to §7.75 were
collected, §2.75 of that amount
, being (last year’s dues. It was de
cided to idevcite a portion of time
at each monthly missionary meet
ing 'to fbhe -study of “Roads to the
City of God” by Basil Matthew
i This will take the place of the
(regular mission study class. Mia.
! W. H. Call gave a very (interest
ing synopsis of the first tw j
chapters.
Plans were made for a social
meeting of all the circles of the
missionary society at an early
date. Alll the ladies of the church
will be invited.
Fiddlers’ Convention.
A fiddlers’ convention will
be held at Sandy Ridge school
i cn Thursday night, January
16, at seven o’clock. Attrac
. live prizes will be given and
! all musicians ate invited to'
j attend, and take part in the
program. The proceeds from
' the entertainment will be
j used for the benefit of the"
, | school.
Picnic at County Home.
We are requested to announc*
Grove will -give t'he inmates ai
j the county heme a picnic diinne
I next Sunday at one o’clock. A
j 2 p. an. C. H. Coats wild preaci
I and there will also be a seng serv
ice.
11 D. Brown Moves Shop.
1 j 'Mr. D. Brown 'hae mefred hi
•Uhc-p tbr<.& and z hilt anile* wes
i-itiv* % -Siiteari us*
REV. D. C. JOHNSON.
3
Baimcetcci to the G&oejro' Brow
-taited fine years ago by whicn
( no and two teacher schools hav.
j given place to modern buildings
Acccrdinp; to the News and Ob
| -enver, carrying the elect ion vv '.II
mean that the tax rate on mon
than three-fourths of the prop-*. \;
in Wake county will be reduced
I five cents.
An Associated Press dispatch
from China reports that half <-i
China fc.r days has been exper -
eyeing the severest cold in GM
years', and many have died fryo
expos me. The greater mortanr*
was repeated in the Suiyuan n.s
tfflict of northern Chans! and
nier Mongolia, where .it was e.d.i
mated that 15,000 undemouri bed
persons most of them aged an*
children, were dead from expos
sure. In the town of Fenigchen
2,500 were frozen to death.
Capture Still in Wilders.
'County <of-facers1 made a raid or
a whiskey still in WdldeVs town
ship Thursday afternoon, captur
ing the 35-gallon capacity copper
outfit and pouring out about a
hundred gallons cf' beer. Tibe ?till
was running at full blaistt, but
when the officers made <thei/r ;«p
pea ranee, no one wa s ait the s' .1.
Those making tine raid* were I\n
uties E. A. Johnson, C. E. Sam
dei^s, W. E. King, Chief L. A. Pol
lard' of Clayton, and Sam El i;
and 0. V. Garris of Clayton.
(LEVELAND SCHOOL
Second Grade: Louie Woo!,
L; uise Coats, Frances Hall, Myi
tic Jones, Ruth Johnson.
Third Grade: Elbert Jordai,
Cura Jones, A. T. Lasditer, L.
A Sandfcrd, D. F. Sasser, Gladys
Eaibour, Mdnlyn Barbour, Djiis
Coats, Edna Johnston, Mae John
son, Dorothy Overby, Elsie Tip
pett, Susie Weeks, Lucille Wood.
Seventh Grade: Flora Lassiter
Pet tie Lassiter, Maxine Lassi+-r
David Wood.
Ninth Grade: Sara Jones, Mar
tha Lamgdc.n.
Tenth Gidtde: Vivian Wirenn
Estelle VV-ililiams, Ezra Jones.
Most Improvement, 3rd Month
2nd Grade: Henry Person.
4th Grade: Eulta Langdon,
fth Grtrde: Wade W-MJhi'amS.
thili Grade: Charlos Tonilimscr
7 th Grade: Le!a» Jchnion.
3+Jh Gfe’idfe: Irene J'dh’si.'cn
?.} flitih Offtake: Irer# Jowefe
HONOR ROLL
on the courtyard square. A
<pholograph was taken before
and after destroying it.
Deputy Yeivertom stated (that i
he -get the still' along wlfc’i I
Ira Johnson at whose house
•he found) it about ten o’clock
Saturday night. He left Kenly’
after nine o’clock bound for
Johnson's place. On the way
he picked up Bright Fields, a
seventy-five year 'old man, but
did not tell him wh4ere he wr.5
going. In a short time the
deputy reached the house,
about four and a half mile*
from Kently between Kenly
and Princeton. As he entered
(the yard' fee caught the od r 1
of beer. He told Johnson
whom he found in bed, *wxw;
his business was. . Johnson
(gave am answer to the effect
that there was no bootlegging
going on there. The officer
suggested that there would,
then, be no objection to search.
.Deputy Yehrerton on his first
round found nothing suspicious.
Then he discovered a door into
another pan of the house, bit
the doer was fastened. John
son stated that the door wav
nailed up, and one could not
go into that part of the hous j
The officer indicated that
that part *otf the house was ex •
actly where he meant to go.
Deputy Yelvertpn thought
quickly. He was alone in the
| house with the man, his wife
and a child. The old man out
in Ms car was 75 years oH
He stepped to the door and
called: “You all stay out
there. I can handle the situ
ation In here by myself.” And
he proceeded to do it. He ef
fected an entrance through the
closed door, and found the
complete outfit already de
scribed.
Johnson is said to have ex
pressed great surprise at a
distillery having been found
in his house. He could noc ac
count for its being thci“
Deputy Y elver ton final/
summoned .Fields from the ca**
and managed to secure Jothn
sons gun. Johnson was then
ordered to dress and in a
■short time Deputy Yelverton
was on his way to his super* -
ioa* officer with his prisoner.
Johnson is u ono-handwi
man. his hand having been
'bicrom off by dynamite strwral
years ago. He rs saad to he un
* a -SiOC bjjjJ! fog 2^
oxvay oi uma aecaures' were tecn
n'caJ in nature but most of them
were of great interest to the av
erage farmer. Talks by Dr. Clar
ence Poe, R. L. Shysford, D. T.
Ly brook, H. B. Arbuckle, J. K.
McClain and others were direct \o
the point and given from the ac
tual experience of fanners.
The livestock meeting was at
tended by some 150 experts from
a!! sections of the south. The
farm agents and a number of vls
iting fanners swelled the aittenri
anee during the week and it was
declared one of the most success
ful met tangs in the history of the
bedy.
Aunt Roxie Says
“PeilMitiea® sense is lak a lot
of other kinds, it don't take emit
exercise. De ti-ubble wid de dip
mycnats iz dey tries out dey ui»
mundtiodi on one another so when
dey gits through testin’ dere
candy dates dey ain’t much lef;
to fight de 'Publicans wid. Now ei
Mi&ta Simmons an’ Mr. Bailey
would des git together an’ put
d<ey differences in a house and
burn de house an* not fro’ ton
many stones at to’thcrs 'house, fei
e£ do don’t mind de glass in dt;>
peaiitrcal houses iz gwine to give
out afo’ dey rocks does and au
wid sum peiiiticad edy cat wid dey
perlitical pie and dey gwine ic"
d*raip it night smack in some ’Pub
licans motif. Hit won’t be de fust
time ’Puiblikans hez sot on d'
fenCa amvn' djfmmyctat convex
shams and watched ‘em ™ dt/
camplaign fer ‘em. Dey oat tc*
make Norf OunLina safe fea* de
mocmcy iby jining ban’s over di
scalaes of dare burnt difference
and voices in dat gud ole
maltin' ©ong ‘Bill Bailey, Won't Yu
Please Cum Home.’” „
pcarancc «t coun t u> wjbvtjc .
chaeigea tjt violating (tic jr-}
Hrl»tion .H« is }5
40 ‘gr&rs of
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