48TH YEAR
Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper-Established 1882
THE HOME NEWSPAPER SMITHFIELD, N. C„ TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 11, 1930 SIX PAGES TODAY
NUMBER 12
H, D, CLUB LEADER
MEET SPECIALS
Nine CIubR Represented 1
Conference Here With Mi;
Mary E. Thomas, Nutritio
Specialist of Slate College
i •.! Saturday morning, represents
p lives from nine of the eleven Wt
Linen’s home demonstration club
~ in Johnston county, met her
with Miss Minnie Lee Garrisoi:
county home agent and Mis
Mary E. Thomas, nutrition spec
ialist of State College Extensioi
department, in the first of a se
ries of meetings with leaders whi
will go back into their coinmun
ities and help put on the nutri
tion program which the clubs se
lected as their major project foi
the year. The only clubs not rep
resented were Corbett-Hatchei
and Poplar Springs.
Foods and Nutrition, as the
study for the year, is most ap
propriate when a live-at-homi
program is being promoted in the
state.
The leaders present Saturday
were as follows:
Carter-Massey: Mrs. O. L. Boy
ette. Mrs. W. H. Creech. Mrs.
M. D. Williams, and Miss Alberta
Boyette.
Meadow: Mrs. J. H. Marsh
burn and Mrs. A. G. Parker.
Pisgah: Mrs. Ira C. Whitley.
Mrs. A. J. Whitley, Jr., and Mrs
C. D. Phillips.
Pleasant Grove: Mrs. Clarence
1 and Mrs. G. Willie Lee.
Cleveland: Mrs. T. W. Ives.
\ Selma: Mrs. J. T. Hughes.
V Progress: Mrs. J. R. Howell.
Mrs. Dock Woodard, and Mrs. A.
H. Woodard.
Bentonvile: Mrs. Norman
Langston and Mrs. Allie Barfield.
Pomona-Creech: Mrs. Jas. C.
Creech, Mrs. Will H. Creech. Mrs.
Jas. L. Peedin and Mrs. Harold
Peedin.
THIEVES ENTER LOCAL
FREIGHT DEPOT SAT.
Thieves entered the A. C. L.
freight depot here Saturday night
and took two cases of cigarettes
valued at $64 per case. Mr. E. O.
Matthews, an employe of the A.
C. L., discovered the theft when
he went to the station Sunday
morning. An entrance was ef
fected through the office door.
AN EGG WITHIN AN EGG
Mr. D. T. Creech, of near Pine
Level, was in town Friday. Mr.
Creech reported an unusual hen
egg belonging to Mr. Cyrus M.
Johnson of near Goldsboro. The
egg measured nine and a half
inches around the long way and
spven and a half around the oth
Kr way. When the egg was brok
en a well developed egg of the
usual size was found within the
large one.
SEI.MA KIYVANIANS BEGIN
ATTENDANCE DECORD
SELMA, Feb. 10.—For the sec
ond time within a month Ihe
entire membership of the Ki
wanis ciub was present at the
weekly luncheon held last, Thurs
day evening. This was a good
start for the month of February
as the club is making a special
effort to lead the Carolines dis
trict in attendance for the
month.
Andrew Holliday delighted the
club with two beautiful solos
after which Star Harper briefly
outlined some of the things the
Kiwanis club could aid in such
as settling the paving question
here, opening a rest room for the
visiting ladies, drawing business
to Selma from a wider territory
and changing or partly changing
the system of county govern
ment.
It was announced that on next
Thursday evening the Kiwanis
. club would help further Gover
^Yior Gardner's “Live-at-Home"
campaign by having a menu
which will consist of nothing but
what is raised in North Carolina.
Reports from the committee
chairman were made for the
month of January.
Next Friday the district meet
ing will be held at Fayetteville
and a big percentage of the club
will be present.
Some time during this month if
is hoped to have Dr. Coker, large
cotton grower of South Carolina,
and Governor Gardner here to
make a talk to the farmers ol
three counties.
Dr. Booker, newcomer to Selma
was present at the luncheon.
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When Hunger Conquers Fear
| Severe cold Coupled with heavy snow sends the deer to the farms in quest
ri of food front the haystacks. 'l itis doe, which Almina and Rose Rogers of
Speculator. N. V., are feeding while Rover looks on suspiciously, has
I overcome its fear of people and dogs, driven by the stronger urge of hunger.
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J, THOMPSON KIRB\
TO BE ON PROGRAM
i . -
Live-At-Home Farmer T c
Speak At Mass Meeting ir
Kenly Friday Night; Othei
Speakers On Program Ar
ranged by School
KENLY. Feb. 10.—Extensive
Plans for the observance of live
at-home week have been made in
the Kenly school. The study of
conditions and remedies for the
situation will culminate in a
mass meeting Friday evening in
the school auditorium at which
time various speakers will dis
cuss the live-at-home problem.
Mr. J. Thompson Kirby, a suc
cessful farmer of Beulah town
ship, who practices “living at
home”, will be one of the
speakers. Also Mr. ,J. B. Slack,
county farm agent. Miss Minnie
Lee Garrison, county home dem
onstration agent, and Miss Mary
E. Wells, supervisor of schools,
will be present and make talks.
Mr. G. T. Whitley, superintendent
I of the Kenly school, desires that
J every home in the school district
j be represented in the audience
Friday evening.
! A short program will be given
'by pupils of the school in con
jnection with the speech-making.
The program of the evening be
gins at seven o'clock.
PREPARE FOR
WEEVIL EARLY
Cotton growers arc beginning
to realize that control of the boll
weevil is a regular part, of the
routine in growing cotton and
that to continue growing the crop
at a profit, provision must be
made for this work.
“We are receiving hundreds of
requests from all* parts of the
cotton growing sections asking for
definite information about the
boll weevil," says C. H. Brannon,
extension entomologist at State
College. “Manufacturers of dust
ing machinery and calcium ar
senate tell us that they are re
ceiving orders and indications
are that a number of dusting out
fits ‘will be sold throughout the
state this season. Those who bu.y
ihese expensive implements must
keep in mind one important fact
Dusting must be clone exactly
right or no results will be ob
tained.”
Mr. Brannon says mat in most
farm operations there is no exact
way of doing things. One musl
use his own judgment withir
certain limits about how he shal
plow; cultivate, apply fertilizers oi
harvest; but. when it comes tc
: poisoning the boll weevil by dust
ing, there is only r y anc
i growers should r.jt ip intc
; weevil control without being ad
equately equipped and fully in
, formed. Much money has beei
wasted in the past because pois
oning has not been done right
Yet the methods have been stand
ardized since 1917 and are botl
r practical and efficient,
t There are a number of Nort]
Carolina cotton growers who hav
poisoned successfully and hav
• produced good crops of cotto:
3 despite ravages by the weevi
Mr. Brannan offers to send de
tailed information about how thi
'* is done to any grower who wi
0* write him for the information.
LIVE AT HOME
ESSAY PRIZES
ANNOUNCE!
Governor Gardner Offers Lov
injf Gup; Others Will Givi
Valuable Prizes to Whifi
and Colored Contestants
RALEIGH. Feb. 10.—Th;; list
of prizes offered school children
competing in the Live-at-Home
essay and poster contests, was
announced at the end of last week
by State Superintendent A. T.
Allen. There are separate prizes
for white and negro school chil
dren.
The Governor's cup is offered
to the white, rural high- school
student who writes the best es
say, between 800 to 1500 words
long, one some phase of the live
at-home idea. The second prize
in this contest is a gold medal
and the third a silver medal, both
given by the Progressive Farmer.
The J. Y. Joyner loving cup
goes to the white rural pupil of
the fifth, sixth, or seventh grade,
who writes the best essay be
tween 500 and 1000 words on
some phase of the live-at-home
idea. The North Carolina Educa
tion Association offers cash pri
zes of $25. $15. and $10 for the
best poster or booklet prepared
by pupils of the first, second,
third or fourth grades in a white
rural school.
The News and Observer offers
a loving cup to the white city
high school student who writes
j the best essay. For the best es
say written by a white pupil in
! the fifth, sixth or seventh grade
! in a city school, the American
| Legion gives $25 in gold. For the
best poster or booklet prepared by
one of the first four grades of a
city white school the North Caro
lina Education Association offers
$25. $15. and $10 cash prizes.
The list of prizes offered to
the Negro children are:
Rural high school students’ es
say. prizes given by the Grand
United Order of Odd Fellows,
i City high school students’ essay
leash prizes of $25. $15 and $10
| given by the Grand Lodge of
Masons (colored.)
Rural upper grade school es
say contest, prizes of $25. $15
and $10 donated by the Negro
Teachers” Association. City up
per grade essay contest prize oi
prizes offered by the Elks (col
ored ).
Rural poster or booklet contest
cash prizes of $25. $15 and $1(
given by the North Carolina Mu
tual Life Insurance company
| City poster or booklet contest
prize or prizes offered by the
Royal Kings of King David.
HEALTH OFFICER
URGES VACCINATUM
The only effective contro
measure for smallpox is success
ful vaccination. We would urg<
11 that every one who has not pre
I viously been successfully vacci
' nated do so at once, because i
1 survey of the county’s popula
■ tion shows that less than one
' third of the people have beei
■ successfully vaccinated agains
i smallpox, leaving a vast num
ber open for an attack. Severs
i cases were reported during las
? | week, and it will continue t
? spread until the people* are sue
ljcessfully vaccinated.
This treatment may be had a
1 the office of the health depart
slment any day in the week.
1| DR. C. C. MASSEY.
Health Officer.
FARM TAX BURDEN
MUCH TOO HEAVY
I)r. G. W. Forster, Agricullur
j al Economist, Says Farmers
| Are Carrying Chief Durden
of Taxes Today
i Farmers are carrying the chief
burden of taxes today because
! taxing systems are based mainly
i on an antiquated property tax.
The only hope the farmer has for
, permanent tax relief is through a
complete and thorough revision
! of the present tax system in
j North Carolina and the estab
lishment of an effective tax ad
ministration. !
j i ms is the opinion of Dr. G
W. Forster, agricultural economist
| at Slate College, who made a
j thorough study of farm tar.es for
!lho State Tax Commission in
1928. As a result of these stud
ies. Dr. Forster believes the far
mer is unfairly taxed. He advo
cates a system including a per
sonal income tax designed to
reach all personal income deriv
ed from whatever source, empha
sizing especially the need for
reaching intangible personal prop
erty. which now in a large meas
ure escapes taxation.
The property tax should be
modified so as to relieve proper
ty owners and also to eliminate
[double and triple taxation which
is so common now and which is
(I the cause of so much dissatisfac
tion. Dr. Forster also advocates a
business tax or tax on the net
. income from business enterprises,
which is entirely separate and
apart from the personal income
' tax. Such a diversified system of
taxation efficiently and justly-ad
ministered would give farmers
real and permanent relief, he
says.
| Dr. Forster recently declared
that the administration of our
[tax laws is inadequate and needs
to be revised. The chief defects
I are irresponsibility of tax offic
ials. inefficient and dishonest per
sonnel. and unscientific methods
used in the assessment of prop
erty and in the levying and col
lecting of revenues. The remedy
! to this, he said, is the creation
[of a fiscal commission with broad
I powers to study tax problems and
J effect tlie necessary reforms.
HUNTING SEASON
IN NORTH STATE
TO CLOSE SOON
Less than two weeks remain to
the sportsmen of North Carolina
to hunt game birds and animals
during the current season.
On February 15 the hunting
seasons that are yet open will
close and nimrods will begin to
pack their guns until next fall.
Major seasons that will come to
an end on February 15 include
those for quail, wild turkey, and
The taking of fur-bearing ani
mals for the current season will
also end on the 15th in all parts
of the state simultaneously. The
species of furbearer.s which will
be protected during the closed
season after the middle of this
month include the mink, otter,
skunk, muskrat, raccoon, and
o'possum.
A number of hunting seasons
have ended until next fall. Dove
season closed on January 31,
While deer and bear have been
protected since the middle of
January.
State Game Warden C. H. Eng
land said that the current hunt
ing season has been the most
satisfactory in years. He said
that game has been more plenti
ful than at any time during the
past decade and that public' sen
timent for the enforcement of
the game regulations has grown
steadily.—Raleigh Times.
PRESIDENT HOOVER S TRAIN
PASSES THROW! CITY
The Havana Special which car
ried President Hoover's car with
the president and a party of
friends on board to Long Key,
Fla.. Sunday passed through
. Sunday morning about 8 o'clock.
. Mr. Hoover is said not to have
. left his car during the day. but
i Ml'S. Hoover got off at Florence.
. S. C., and walked up and down
. the station platform as a new
1 engine was attached to the train,
t Mr. Hoover has gone to Long
. Key for a week's fishing.
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TO ADDRESS KIWANIANS
Hon. Dennis G. Brummitt.
Attorney-General of North
Carolina, will address the lo
cal Kiwanis club at its next
meeting, Thursday, February
20. at 12:45 o’clock. Every Ki
wanian is urged to be pres
ent.
February Twelfth
By Albert T. Reid
Could Abraham Lincoln speak
to his countrymen todav
he probablvwould ask them
n°t to make a "Deity of him
hut to look upon him as
i ':"T ~ - -—'
a human being who had X
the most heartbreaking task/
our country ever gave
to any man
and who tried his best
to bring peace
to reunite his country
and to heal the wounds
I ///)/
R. R. CREECH DIES
AT ZEBULON HOME
Prominent Farmer and Busi
ness Man Called by Death;
Father ofMrs.Thos. Jordan
of This City
ZEBULON. Feb. 10.— R. R.
Creech, 64. died at his home here
Saturday night at 9:30 o’clock
after a week’s illness following
a year of failing health.
Mr. Creech came here from
Johnston county twenty years
ago when Zebulon was an infant
city. He was known throughout
this section of the state as a
prominent farmer and a busi
ness man. He helped many a
v ung business man through
ti.ing times by his kind and al
ways wise advice.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon
at his home at Antioch church
in Johnston county. Interment
will be in the church cemetery.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed by the Rev. Mr. Johnson, pas
tor: Rev. Arthur Creech, former
pastor, and Rev. R. H. Herring,
ol Zebulon.
Mr. Creech is survived by his
wife, four sons and six daugh
ters. Rev. Oscar Creech, of Ahos
kic; Arnold, of Knightdale; and
James and Charles, of Zebulon;
Mrs. R. E. Barham and Mrs. Jui
ius Williamson, of Wendell; Mrs.
Thomas Jordan, of Smithfield;
Mrs. T. A. Richardson, of Char
lotte; Mrs. Iscar Strickland and
Miss Ruby Creech, of Zebulon.
also 30 grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
LADIES NlfcHT AT
KIW AMS CLUB
| Thursday evening was observ
| ed by the Smithfield Kiwanians
as Ladies’ Night. Serious mat
ters were forgotten for the
time, and a great amount of fun
was crowded into the hour. In
I addition to a number of stunt
engaged in by certain members
of the club, the audience was de
lighted with a solo by Miss Ida
Privette of Spring Hope, and a
trio by Miss Privette and Messrs
James Davis and Theron John
son. accompanied at the pianc
by Mrs. Lucy Coltrane.
A quartette by the popular mu
sicians of the Raleigh club wa:
outstanding. Robert Richardson
Paige Williams. John Harney
and Walter Upchurch were in
troduced by George Y. Ragsdali
as the best talent in Raleigh, ant
their program ran true to th<
prediction.
Banks Arendall. president o
the Raleigh club, made the chie
speech of the evening, which wa
very pleasing to both the ladie
and the gentlemen. Mr. A. Wra:
White, of the Raleigh club, wa
a member of the party.
Elmer Wellons shared witl
George Ragsdale as toastmastei
and Norman C. Shepard, presi
dent of the local club, presidec
An excellent turkey dinner wa
served by a committee from th
Woman’s club under the directio;
of Mrs. F. H. Brooks.
'to LIST TAXES APRIL 1
INSTEAD OF MAY I.
The 1929 Machinery Act
which goes into effect March
1 this year, provides that all
property shall be listed for
taxation as of 1 day of Ap
I ril instead of as of 1 day of
May as heretofore,
i In accordance with this
i act, A. J. Maxwell, chairman
North Carolina State Board
of Assessment, has called the
attention of the county board
of commissioners to the fact
that on the first Monday in
March a county supervisor
of taxation shall be named,
unless some county officer is
delegated as supervisor. The
supervisor, then, with the ap
proval of the county com
missioners shall appoint list
takers for each township.
YOUNG PREACHER
TO BEGIN REVIVAL
PINE LEVEL, Feb. 10.—The
Freewill Baptist church of Pine
Level, will begin a revival meet
ing Sunday night, February 1G.
The pastor, Rev. W. H. Carter,
age 19, formerly of Selma but
now of Fayettevile, will be assist
ed by Rev. J. A. Wallace, pastor
of the First Freewill Baptist
church of Fayetteville, for two
weeks or more.
j Rev. J. A. Wallace is one of
the leading Freewill Bpatist min
j isters and has been preaching for
i about twenty-four years. He has
I traveled greatly in the evangelis
! tic fields, and he always has an
i interesting message for his hear
j ers. It will be a special treat to
i hear him.
Rev. W. H. Carter has not been
pastor of this church long but
has been in the evangelistic fields
for about eight years and during
this time has traveled extensively
in this state and others. He is also
a former student of the Holmes
Bible and Missionary Institute of
Greenville. S. C.
; Services will be held daily' at
• 7:15 and the day services will be
announced later. Every one is
i welcome to these services.
HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT.
' Mr. David Crocker of Selma,
.was taken to the Johnston Coun
! ty Hospital Sunday night follow
| ing an automobile accident which
| occurred on Third street, when
l two cars had a head-on collision,
j Mr. Crocker suffered a fracture
|of the nasal bone, had lacerations
on the right hand which severed
the tendons of the four and fifth
|fingers, and sustained abrasion
j below the knees. He was able
• I however, to leave the hospital
r I yesterday. Mr. Lee was driving
5 j the car which collided with Mr
Crocker.
i _
• j Everybody makes mistakes
■ j That’s why they put mats undei
• (the cuspidors.
s Thought for today: It won’t dc
? any good to spank a girl aftei
11 she is 16, but it must be lots oi
fun.
FIDDLERS TO MEET !
AT COURTHOUSE
Sponsored by County Council
On Friday Night, February
21 Funds For Home Dem
onstration Work
An old fashioned fiddlers con
vention will be held in the court
house here Friday evening of
next week. February 21. spon
sored by the County Council of
home demonstration work. Mrs.
Tra C. Whitley, president of the
county council, announces that
Mr. Simon P. Honeycutt of Ben
son. who has had experience in
putting on fiddlers conventions,
will have charge of the fiddling
contest, though various commit
tees from the home demonstra
tion clubs will assist in making
the occasion a success.
Mr. Honeycutt is desirous of
having as many fiddlers enter
the contest as possible, and at
tractive prizes are being offered
for the best fiddling. The first
prize will be $12.50; the second,
$7.50; and the third, $5.00. Fid
dlers not only from Johnston
county but from surrounding
counties are invited to enter the
contest.
Three judges will pass upon the
music rendered and will select
the winners. The program which
will start at 7:30 p. m. will be
varied by readings and other fea*
fares.
It has been some years since
Smithfield has had the oppor
tunity of hearing a program of
ihis kind, and the home demon
stration women hope that a large
crowd will be at the courthouse
Friday evening. February 21.
COL, BULLOCK TO
MAKE TALK HERE
Colonel Bullock, one of the na
tional directors of the Izaak
Walton League will speak in the
courthouse in Smithfield Wed
nesday, February 12 at 8 p. m.
Subject: Woods, Waters and Wild
Life, Col, Bullock Is an excep
tionally good talker and enter
tainer and there is no question
but that all will enjoy hearing
‘him. Everybody is invited. Sports
men are specially requested to be
there.
POULTRY CAR AT
SELMA SATURDAY
By J. 3. Slack.
There will be a poultry car
loaded in Selma Saturday. Feb
ruary 15. Prices are as follows:
Colored hens and chicks. 22c
per pound: Leghorn hens, 19c
per pound; Leghorn chicks, 15c
jper pound: stags, 15c per pound;
cocks, 10c per pound: capons,
seven pound and up, 25c per
:pound; slips and under seven
pounds, 20c per pound; ducks
and geese, 12c per pound; young
turkeys, 25c per pound; old toms,
18c per pound; guineas, 35c
each. _
DR. ATKINSON
TELLS OF VISIT
TO EGYPT
1 Believes Johnston County
Farmers Must Diversify in
Order To Compete With
Foreign Cotton Farmers
“These millions with this rich
valley land on the Nile through
the center of Egypt could supply
the world's need of cotton should
they put forth proper energy on
their farms," writes Dr. Wade H.
Atkinson, native Johnstonian, of
Washington, D. C., who is now
spending some time abroad. Dr.
Atkinson's letter will be of inter
est to many in Johnston county.
He writes as follows:
“Occasionally a Herald reaches
me, the last more than a month
old. I read every word in it, ex
cept the advertised land sales.
There is something wrong, or so
many farms would not be ad
vertised.
“Could I have taken my John
ston friends up the Nile river 500
miles through the rich delta and
shown them the natives, their
mode of living in mud huts or
straw shack, shabby coverings as
clothes, their wooden plows, their
work animals—an ox, donkey, or
camel, then explain what they
live on, all of which they raise,
the farmers could understand
why they cannot make even a
good living when they must
compete with such people In
raising cotton.
“They live from what we would
call the garden. Large radish and
bread made from their own pro
duced grain constitutes a meal
with a joint or two of sugar
cane. I have also seen them eat
ing a clover which is much like
clfalfa, with a thicker stalk. All
the animals live on this same
clover, it being their only food.
These people have nothing in
their mud hut homes. They
sleep on a straw mat, or sit on
the same or the ground. Often
they sleep in the fields where
their animals are hobbled and
staked out to graze.
i i une, education and labor
! moan nothing to them. Ninety
five per cent cannot read or
write; 99 per cent of the women
are illiterate. They are as con
servant to the men as the beasts
of the field. These millions with
this rich valley land on the Nila
through the center of Egypt
could supply the world's need
i of cotton should they put forth
proper energy on their farms.
Mow how can our people com
pete with such? Only by diver
sified farming, by raising grain,
chickens, stock, and a couple of
gardens—a grain garden for the
stock and a vegetable garden for
themselves. This kind of farming
will soon improve their land so
that a few acres of cotton and
tobacco would pay well.
“Leaving Egypt, we toured
Palestine, visiting the holy pla
ces of interest in the life of
Christ from his birthplace, the
places of his teachings and mir
acles. to the Mount of Olives,
seeing the traditional stone of
ascension. Our travel through the
Holy Land was most interesting
and instructive. We were advised
not to take this trip on account
of the Arab uprising against the
Jews but we were too near Jeru
salem. the Holy City, not to
visit it. While the feeling still
is bitter against the Hebrew by
the Arab, we saw the Wailing
Wall and all Jerusalem without
being molested. British soldiers
were stationed on every block
with guns and bayonets.
“We are taking a coastwise
steamer from Alexandria, Egypt,
along the northern shores of
Africa to Tunis, where we hope
to receive another Herald to give
us some news from home.
“WADE H. ATKINSON.
“Cairo, Egypt. Jan. 12. 1930.1'
COUNTY BOARD OF
WELFARE HOLDS 'MEET
On February 7 the board met
at the home of its chairman.
Miss Mattie Pou, for a discussion
of economic conditions. Relief
plans were considered and the
concensus of opinion was that
the emergency relief from the
county welfare department now
being administered with the help
from organizations in the larger
communities will adequately meet
the demand unless conditions
grow much worse. It is to be
hoped that the hardest of the
winter is over, and the backbone
of winter broken.
With the opening of spring ac
tivities the unemployed win find
work and normalcy be restored.
When the people learn to save
| Part of their earnings for a
rainy day and to raise food at
home, they will have learned to
live through financial depress