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SMITHFIELD. N. ('.. FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 7, 1930
SIX PAGES TODAY
NTTlYTRUR Id
FIRST LOT HOGS
SHIPPED MONDAY
Twenty-two Farmers Receive s';
667.24 For 162 Head Solti in
Richmond; Hogs Were Loaded
in Smithfield
Monday of this week saw the
first shipment of hogs to leave
• Johnston county this season.
These hogs were loaded in Smith -
field and came from various
sections of the county. This
shipment consisted of 163 head
weighing 32.750 pounds and be
longing to twenty-two different
farmers. These hogs were sold
in Richmond Tuesday and
brought a total of $3,667.24.
which is the net sum received by
the farmers for these hogs. j.
B. Slack, county agent, went to
Richmond and attended to the
selling of these hogs.
This is the first of several ship- .
ments that will be made from
the county this spring. Another j
shipment will be made within i
the next two or three weeks.
Most, of tile hogs being shipped
are demonstration fed and a
complete record is being kepi of
the amount of feed used and the
gains made. These records show
liiat most of tile men who are
feeding hogs will receive a profit
of from four to six dollars for
every 100 pounds gain that
these hogs put on. At the pres
ent. price of hogs those farmers
feeding hogs in this way are re
ceiving a little more than $1.50
per bushel for their corn.
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V
ACTIVE DURING
PAST YEAR
The Smithfield Woman’s club !
held its annual business session
at the club room Wednesday j
afternoon with a good attend- j
ance. Annual reports were made ,
by the chairmen of the various I
departments and oy the treasurer I
which show that the club is an !
active force in the community, j
The treasurer’s report showed j
that $615.09 was expended by the j
club during the past year. $411.25
of which was invested in Build
ing and Loan. The amount shown
to be in the tuberculosis seal sale
fund on March 4. was $54.46. Of
the total amount in the fund.
$26.89 had been previously sent
to Dr. McBrayer for state and
national work, and $50 had been
spent locally. The club has on
^deposit in a savings aatount
$429.67. The club during the year
increased its shares in building
and loan from 25 to 40. Among
the expenditures for the year was
for a set of reference books do
nated to the school library.
The report of the civics depart
ment was outstanding for its
work in the two cemeteries, and
also for conducting a yard and
garden contest.
The membership of the club for
1929-30 totaled about eighty.
After the reports were heard.
Mrs. H. B. Marrow, chairman of
the nominating committee, took
the chair, and the following offi
cers for the ensuing year were
elected:
President, Mrs. IT. L. Skinner:
vice-president, Mrs. A. H. Rose:
recording secretary. Mrs. W. Ryal
Woodall; corresponding secretary.
Mrs. E. S. Stevens; treasurer.
Mrs. T. J. Lassiter; chairman
literary department. Mrs. D. II.
Creech; Library. Mrs. S. T. Hon
\ eycutt; civics, Mrs. Kirby Rose,
American Home. Mrs. W. H.
Lyon; social service, Mrs. T. S.
Ragsdale; social committee, Mrs.
./■ E. J. Wellons.
Before the club adjourned, Mrs.
|§ D. H. Jones gave a demonstration
|§ of a special type can opener, and
p a scissors and knife sharpener.
m The club voted to purchase a
if can-opener.
■| St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.
There will be services at St.
Paul's church Sunday morning
ij at eleven o’clock and Sunday
$ evening at 7:30.
f Rev. Duncan Thomas, rector.
I Public cordially, invited to at
I tend.
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I
Shop-Girl Pee
?ress
baity Duria l.uis l’elham-t lintoii
J "lie, .laughter of the Duke ol
Manchester, worked f„r several
months behind the counter m a NYw
Vorfc store* without disclosing her
Identity.
CO. BASKET BALL
TOURNAMENT HERE
l our Oaks Hoys Win Over Selma
Irt ( lass A. Wilson’s Mills Boys
Defeat Cleveland In ( lass B:
Corinth-Holder (iirls Win Over
l'rineeton
The Johnston county basket
ball tournament participated in
3y teams from the long term
schools of the county ran off in
a smooth and efficient manner
ut uie armory nere last week, the
final Karnes being played Satur
day night in the presence of a
large crowd. County Superintend
ent H. B. Marrow presented lov
ing cups on Saturday night to
the championship teams. Pour
Oaks boys winning over Selma
in Class A with a score of 34-21,
Wilson’s Mills boys winning over
Cleveland in Class B, and Cor
inth-Holders girls wining over
Princeton.
The Class A group for the
boys embraced six teams—Four
Oaks, Selma, Princeton, Micro,
Smithfield, and Corinth-Holders.
The loving cup which now goes
to Pour Oaks had been held for
two years by the Princeton team.
The school which holds the cup
for three years in succession is i
allowed to keep it. The boys |
constituting the winning teams I
which played in the finals for j
this group were: W. Massengill. I
Williams, R. Massengill, and ;
Bandy. Substitutes: Hockaday, i
Barbour, Upchurch. Allen. Stan- i
ley, Moore and Lewis.
Class B group for the boys in- !
eluded Cleveland, Pine Level.
Wilson’s Mills and Meadow.
It was the third season that
the Corinth-Holders - girls team
had gone to the finals. Princeton
was also the finals’ opponent last
year when Princeton won. Miss
Matilda Johnson coached the
Corinth-Holders championship
team this year which included:
Misses Rachell^ O’Neal. Swanna
noa Eason. Imogene Cooke. Sa
die Hocutt, Grace Richardson,
Viola Harris, Beatrice Eason and
Annie Milta Nowell.
The committee from the asso
ciation of school principals in
charge of the tournament was
composed of Harry Kellar of
Corinth-Holders, O. A. Tuttle of
Micro and H. Bueck of Selina. I
This committee commends very]
highly the work of the referees
for these games which were
played Thursday afternoon. Fri
day afternoon and night and
Saturday. The referees were: I
Delma Brown of Smithfield, No- j
ble Peedin of Selma, and Mr
Neighbors of Kenly.
DR. POTEAT TO BE
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
Dr. Hubert M. Poteat. of Wake
Forest College will speak at the
Baptist church here next Sunday
at 11 a. m.. and 7:30 p. m. He
comes on invitation of the church
to discuss churcn music and
[hymnology, a field in which he
is a recognized authority, having
written a book on the subject.
He is himself a finished musician
and a vocalist of a high order,
and it is expected ‘ will
sing at both services. I is un
derstood that the Methodist con
gregation will call in their eve
ning service in order to hear Dr.
Poteat, and a general invitation
is given to all the congregations
not having services to take part
in the service with a view to
boosting the cause of good music
in the churches. Church choirs
are specially invited.
It will be recalled that Dr. Po
teat delivered the commencement
address here last spring, and hr
is remembered as a speaker oi
1 uncommon ability.
SUPREME COURT
Rules In Favor Board of Educa
tion In Budget Controversy Ap
pealed From Superior Court
The Supreme court of North
Carolina handed down a decis
ion Wednesday in the case:
I Board of Education of Johnston
county vs. the Board of County
Ccmmissioners. upholding the de
cision of Judge N. A. Sinclair.
I who heard the case in Superior
court last fall and who ruled in
favor of the board of education.
This controversy between the
two county boards concerned the
amount needed to operate the six
months schools of the county. II.
V. Rose, clerk of the Superior
court of Johnston, first heard the
case, and decided in favor of the
board of education. An appeal
was taken to the Superior court,
where again the decision favor
ed the education board, and an
appeal was made to the Supreme
court. The case was heard in Su
preme court on February 19. and
its decision was rendered Wed
nesday of this week. Judge W. J.
Adams writing the opinion. This
I is the frist ease of^ the kind to
inane before the Supreme court.
I ami t he decision is therefore of
'• ■’ ■ interest.
j represented by Abell and Sliep
|ard, and Mr. Shepard, the junior
member of the firm argued the
case before the Supreme court.
The board of county commission
ers was represented by James
Raynor. Ezra Parker and W. II.
Lyon, and Mr. Lyon argued the
case before the Supreme court.
Since the case involved stale
funds, Dennis G. Brummitt. at
torney general, and Frank Nash,
assistant, attorney general, ap
peared as amici curiae. but
neither of these made any argu
ment in the Supreme court.
The opinion as written by
Judge Adams is as follows:
“On July 10. 1929. the plaintiff
submitted to the defendant a
proposed budget of the necessary
expenses of operating the public,
schools of Johnston county for a
term of six months. The defend
ant rejected the budget in part
and suggested certain reductions.
The parties held a joint session
on August 6. 1929. the plaintiff
voting to adopt the budget and
the defendant to amend it. The
clerk of the Superior court was
called upon to act as arbitrator
of the issues raised by the dis
agreement. C. S. 5608. The clerk
held that the amount proposed
in the budget was essential to
the maintenance of the schools
and ordered the defendant to levy
a tax sufficient for this purpose.
The defendant appealed to the
Superior court and the jury un
der a directed instruction found
in response to the issue that $10,
175.00. the amount in controver
sy. was needed to maintain the
schools for a term of six months.
Judge Sinclair rendered judgment
that the defendant levy a tax
sufficient, with sums received
from other sources, to produce the
following amounts: for current
expenses $399,348.89: for capital
outlay $3,650.50; for debt service
$156,176.46. the three items ag
gregating $559,176.46. C. S. 5596.
The defendant excepted and ap
pealed to this court. To prevent
delay beyond a reasonable time
for levying the tax, the judge di
rected the defendant to levy a tax
for the ensuing year at. a rate
sufficient to raise $156,176.97 for
the debt service fund and an
amount, which with funds de
rived from other sources, would
total $405,541.15. which was the
current expense fund for the
previous year, me cieienciaiiL ex
cepted and appealed.
"The presiding judge made this
order pursuant to the authority
conferred by section 5609. In
consequence the defendant lev
ied a tax sufficient to produce a
debt service fund and current ex
pense fund in excess of the
amount which would have been
collected for these purposes un
der the budget. The tax. or a
large part of it, has been collect-!
ed and applied to the support of
! the schools and the term of six
months has almost expired. A
new trial or a reversal of the
judgment would not alter these
conditions. The appeal therefore
raises a question which is ab
stract or academic. It would be
useless to consider the bare ques
tion whether there was error in
ordering the levy of a school tax
which has been collected and paid
out. It is the custom of appellate
courts to disregard matters which
have no relation to concrete form.
Wikel v. Commrs., 120 N. C\. 451;
Harrison v. Bryan, 146 N. C., 315;
Pickier v. Bd. of Education. 149
N. C.. 221; Wallace v. Wilkesboro,
151, N. C.. 614; Moore v. Mon
ument Co.. 166 N. C., 11; Kil
REGULAR SESSION
CO. COMMISSIONERS
Routine Business Characterizes
First Monday Meeting; Rocky
Mount Auding Firm Selected to
Audit County Books
i The Johnston county board of
[commissioners met in regular
| session here Monday. March 3.
, with the following members pres
ent,; J. T. Edgerton. chairman;
J. T. Creech. M. B. Pleasant, j
L. D. Mitchell and E. R. Tern-|
, Pie.
j The session, was characterized
by routine business, consisting [
• mostly of tax releases, approving J
[of bills, and consideration of out-;
I side pauper calls.
! Among the tax releases were |
[the following:
| Ordered that Mrs. Jcr.sr C. El- 1
IIts be released of 350 valuation!
prior t.o May 1929. timber hav- j
ing been cut on the property, j
| Ordered that. D. H. Wallace, ini
'Boon Hill township be released of |
$■150 valuation for 1929 taxes,
the timber on the property hav- ;
ling been cut.
Ordered that D. C. Rhodes be j
allowed a release of $250 valua- j
l ion in 1929. timber having been ! *
cut on the land. 1
At the special meeting held on
* *«. UCIIUIII l.Ul i eCLlOIlS
in the listing of land belonging
to Miss Bet t ie E. Vinson were or
dered made. It, appearing to the
board that a tract on record as
being 231 acres, contains only
206'2 acres, and that a tract
listed as being 230 acres, con
sists of only 220 acres, it was
ordered that this property be
listed correctly and tax reduc
tion be made accordingly.
At this same meeting, it was
ordered that the Skinner ware
house be reduced $4,000 on ac
count of machinery being moved.
The auditing of the county
books was awarded to James M.
Williams and company of Rocky
Mount.
It was ordered that the county
auditor be instructed to have
auditor check out 1928 to delin
quent tax collector.
Enjoys Early Radishes.
Mr. F. H. Brooks. one of
Smithfield's best gardeners, has
been enjoying early radishes from
his garden for several days. He
sowed the seed early and has
kept the young plants protected
by canvas. Mr. Brooks states that
he has lettuce up and it is grow
ing nicely. Some of his straw- j
berries are blooming, but he is1
afraid the recent cold snap has j
not been good for them. Al
though Mr. Brooks is one of;
Smithfield's foremost attorneys, j
he believes in a live-at-home
garden, and has one every year.
WELL KNOWN COLORED
MAN PASSES AWAY
'm
On February 10 Walter Lassi
ter. a well known negro mechan
ic and brick mason died at his,
home here at the age of 59. His
trade had brought him in con-'
tact with numbers of white peo
ple as well as those of his own
race, and he was highly respect
ed by those who knew him. He:
was sick about four months be
fore his death. He was a prom
inent member of the Piney i
Grove Baptist church, and he I
built the church of which he
was a member.
Prices on the tobacco markets
of Columbus county averaged four
cents a pound above the price
received last season and farmers
expressed satisfaction at the out
Patrick v. Harvey, 170 N. C.. GOB:
Glenn v. Culbreth, 197 N C
070,
We dp nut, mean to say thai I
Uirre was error in the judgment.1
In objecting to the budget the ■
defendant proposed reductions
amounting to $25,275.62. The
plaintiff agreed that this amount
should be reduced by deducting
$14,000 as the charge for fire in
surance; and the defendant
agreed that from its proposed re
ductions (he items of $500 and
$600.62 should be eliminated. The
iemaining question was whether
ihe difference < $10.175) was
needed to maintain the schools
for six months and it was de-1
termined under an issue which
was submitted to the .iurv. Under
the last clause of section 5606
ihe jury was permitted to con
sider "all papers and records re
lating to the case." including
, Hie verified budget. It is con
tended by the plaintiff that there
[is no exception to the admission
of the papers and records, no
.competent evidence to impeach
the items embraced in the issue,
and that the directed instruction
I was correct. In any view of the
record we find no error."
CLEAR CALENDAR
OF NUMBER CASES
Grand Jury Returns True Bills
Against Paul A. Creech For
Murder and Brad .Massengill for
Assault With Intent To Kill
The calendar of the criminal
term of Superior court in session
here this week and presided over
by Judge Clayton Moore has
been cleared of a number of
cases. Perhaps a dozen cases
have been nol-prcssed. and a!
number have come up for trial, j
In quite a number of cases the1
defendants have bten called and
'ailed.
Those cases that have been
:ried include the following:
State vs. Sylvester Horton, coi
ned. charged with larceny. Hor-!
on was found guilty and was
sentenced to jail for a term of
wo years and assigned to work
he roads of Johnston county.
State vs. Lonnie Bagley charg
'd with larceny of watch, prop-1
■rty of T, E. Talton. The de
endant was found guilty and was
ent to jail for six months and!
assigned to work the roads.
State vs. Lamp Matthews.!
harged with operating car while |
hunk. The defendant plead guil- j
y and was fined $50 and was J
' State vs. Jim Moore, colored j
man of Wilson's Mills, charged i
with assault with deadly weapon ;
on Remus Frazier. The jury re- I
turned a verdict of guilty and
the defendant was sentenced to |
jail for eight months to be as- !
signed to work the roads. This 1
judgment is to remain suspended
until the December 1930 term ofj
court, at which time the defend
ant. will be discharged provided
he shall have paid the cost of'
this action. His appearance bond
was fixed at $200.
State vs. Mrs. Rufus Allen and !
Herman Strickland, charged with j
false pretense. It appearing to |
the court that these actions grew !
out of a controversy over a
debt, the plaintiffs were per- i
mitted to enter a plea of guilty
as to trespass, which plea was:
accepted by the state, and the
defendants were discharged upon :
a payment of the debt.
State vs. Arthur McLamb, i
charged with assault with deadly 1
weapon. The defendant waived !
jury trial and submitted the case j
on the facts to the court. Prayer j
for judgment was continued upon
payment of cost.
State vs. John McLain, colored, '
charged with larceny of an auto- I (
mobile on February 8, 1930, the
value of said car being $500. The
; iry could not agree on a ver
i :t and the court declared it a .
mistrial. He then entered a plea j |
of guilty of trespass which was .
accepted. He was discharged upon .
a suspended sentence.
State vs. Alonzo Parrish, David
Capps. Millard Pilkington and ,
Harvey Pendergraft, all of !
Selma, charged with larceny of j
tobacco. Parrish. Capps and Pen- ;
dergraft each appeared and en- I
tered a plea of guilty. Judgment |,
was deferred until the end of the j
term of court. Pilkington was not |
in custody. ,
State vs. Claud Evans, charged
with trespass. Jury trial was waiv- .
ed. Prayer for judgment was
continued upon payment of cost
and he was given until December
term to pay cost. The defendant •
is to reappear at said term un- l
der present bond.
State vs. Rob Stanley, charged |,
with forgery. The jury returned j
a verdict of guilty.
During the week, the Grand
jury returned true bills against i
Paul A. Creech for the murder of i
Garland Price on February 3.1
1930. and against Brad Massen
gill for assault with intent to',
kill O. H. Barefoot.
Preaching Appointments. j
Appointments for Elders W. H.,
Oaks and W. T. Osborne are as I
follows:
Angier, Monday. March 10. at. !
night.
Rehobefh. Tuesday. March 11 !
at 11 o’clock.
Salem. Wednesday. March 121
at 11 o’clock. '
Smithfield. Wednesday. March |
12 at night.
Four Oaks. Thursday, March j
13 at ll o'clock.
Benson. Thursday. March 13 at j
Bethel. Friday, March 14 at Hi
o'clock.
Fellowship. Saturday. March
15 at ll o’clock.
Angier. Sunday. March 1G at
11 o'clock.
Coats. Sunday. March 1G. at1
night.
Birth Announcement.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Lee of
! Four Oaks, route 4. announce
the birth of a son on February
27. Mrs. Lee was before her mar
triage Miss Lethea Coats.
AMERICA RICHEST
NATION OF WORLD
Average Wealth of Each Man,
Woman, and Child in United
States Is S3,000 In Actual
Property
By CALEB JOHNSON
We are the richest people in the
world.
Almost everybody knows that,
but few realize just how rich we
are and what our wealth consists
of.
The National Industrial Confer
ence Board has just figured it out.
The national wealth of the United
States is $360,100,000,000. Three
hundred and sixty billion, one,
hundred million! The figure is
Loo large for anyone to grasp. No
body ever saw that much money, j
There never was any such amount
as that in money anywhere in the
world at any time.
It would take a whole year for
a thousand regiments of a thou
sand men each, every man col-'
lecting a thousand dollars a day.'
lo gather so much money togeth- !
?r. even if it existed.
But the figure of the Confer-'
?nce Board leaves out money en- I
Lively. Wealth is one thing, money I
is another. Money is merely a
symbol ow wealth. Cnnntini/ nil
of ihe Treasury notes. Federal Re- 1
serve notes. National Bank notes,
gold certificates, silver certificates
and irold. silver and copper coins,
we have only about five billion
dollars of money in circulation in
America. That is all we need for
the purpose of exchanging one
form of wealth for another. The
rest of our business is carried on
by means of bank checks and
credits. But what makes our mon
ey worth its face value is the
wealth behind it, nearly $72 of
assets back of every dollar in cir
culation.
There are no very exact figures
of the wealth of other nations.
The total assets of the entire
British Empire, including Great
Britain and Ireland. Canada, Aus
tralia. South Africa, India and the
rest of the British possessions,
was estimated a few years ago at
about one half of the present
American figures, and no other
nation begins to compare with!
ours.
The biggest single item in the
list of things which make up our
national wealth is real estate.
Land and improvements in the
United States are valued at $198.
100.000.000, more than half of the
total wealth. That does not in
clude real estate owned by rail
roads and public utilities.
Those institutions, together
with shipping and canal facilities,,
account for another $4,900,000,000
of land value, with improvements
worth $22,100,000,000 and equip
ment which has a value of an ad
ditional $12,000,000,000.
Farms and factories, including,
all property and equipment, con- j
stitute $27,200,000,000 of our na-'
tional wealth, according to this!
latest survey.
Manufactured and natural pro
ducts total $40,600,000,000. This’
includes everything from carpet
tacks to gold in the mine blocked,
out but not yet mined.
Personal property constitutes
about one-ninth of the total
wealth. Furniture, clothing, jewel
ry and items of that sort owned
by the people of the United
States are worth $44,700,000,000.1
And that doesn't include automo-l
biles, which are a comparatively
small part of the whole. Less than
ten billion dollars covers the pres
ent value of the nation's automo
biles.
gold and silver which have not
been coined or made into jewelry,
tableware or other commodities—
held in the United States is worth
around $9,000,000,000. More than
half of that is gold held by the
United States Treasury, the Fed
eral Reserve Bank and other banks
as a reserve against currency. This
gold reserve alone constitutes the
largest amount of the precious
metal ever gathered under one
flag in the history of the world.
Out of the entire volume of
national wealth about one-six
leenth. or $23,000,000,000 worth,
is exempt from taxation. This in
cludes all property used for public
purposes by the Federal, state and
local governments, and the prop
erty of religious, charitable and
educational institutions exempt by
law. from taxation.
The lotal wealth of the country,
divided by the number of inhabi
tants. gives us the average per
capita wealth. And this is also
far in excess of that of any other
nation, amounting to around $3.
000 for every man, woman and
child.
The wealth is unequally distri
buted among the states, however.
Nevada has the greatest wealth
per person, not because it has the
smallest population, for there are
| seventeen states having fewer in
habitants, but because of the im
TO DISCUSS TAX REDUCTION
HERE SATURDAY.
Fred P. Parker. Jr., of
Goldsboro, prominent young
attorney, will speak in the
courthouse here Saturday af
ternoon immediately follow
ing an address by Dr. Clar
ence Poe. Mr. Parker, rep
resenting the Tax Reducing
League of Goldsboro, will dis
cuss tax reduction. It is the
aim of this league to organ
ize Eastern Carolina into a
protective association. A large
audience of men and women
and especially landowners is
desifed. The public is cordial
ly invited.
LIGHT DOCKET IN
RECORDERS COURT
Few Cases Tried This Week In
Local Court; Several Fines and
Road Sentences
A light docket was disposed of
in Recorder's court here on Tues
day of this week. The following !
cases came up for trial:
Andrew Sanders was found !
guilty of disposing of mortgaged '
property. Prayer for judgment j
was continued upon the payment !
of the cost.
eight months load sentence for
possession and transportation. He
is to be discharged at the end of
■six months if the cost is paid, i
H. P. Perry was fined $-50 and
taxed with the cost for operating
a car while intoxicated. The
defendant was ordered not to;
operate a motor vehicle again in
Nori.Ii Carolina during' the next:
90 days.
Marvin Stokes was found guil- j
ty of violatio nof the prohibition
laws and was fined $25 and!
taxed with the cost.
Oscar Creech, convicted of!
possession and transportation, re- !
ceived a 60 day road sentence.
Tlie sentence is to be suspended
upon the payment of a $25 fine
and the cost. He was given time 1
in which to pay.
Sam Clark was found guilty of
abandonment and non-support.
He was sentenced to the roads
for eight months, the sentence to
be suspended during good behav
ior and upon condition that lie
provide adequate support for his
family. He was given time in
which to pay.
Harvey Coley was sent to the
roads for 90 days for larceny of
license plate. He is to be dis
charged at the end of 60 days if
the cost is paid.
Jake Johnson was in court on
a capias for the non-payment of
tlie cost in a previous case. He
was ordered confined to jail for
a term of 60 days and assigned
to work the roads of Johnston
county.
Presbyterian Services.
Rev. A. G. Link of Raleigh,
will preach at the Presbyterian
church here Sunday morning at
ileven o'clock and at Oakland
church Sunday afternoon at 3
o’clock. The public is cordially
invited to attend these serve-* s
mense wealth in Nevada's mines
of gold, silver, copper and other
metals. Nevada's average wealth
is $7,338 per person.
Alabama has the lowest per
capita rate of wealth distribution,
amounting to only $1,284 for each
Person. This is because Alabama’s
natural resources are compara
tively undeveloped and its indus
trial development, while large, has
not yet caught up with the
New York, richest of all the
states in total wealth, is only
about average in the'per capita
figures. The ten million inhabi
tants of the Empire state are
worth an average of $3,513 each.
The figures of the National
Industrial Conference Board are
for the year 1928. The nation is
probably richer now. but it takes
a year and more to compile the
figures, which will always be that
far behind. The last estimate
made by the United States Bu
reau of the Census was in 1922.
when the national wealth was
estimated at $320,800,000,000. In
1912 the Government figures were
only $186,300,000,000. In sixteen'
years, therefore, the wealth of;
America nearly doubled. And
even allowing for the fact that
a dollar today represents a small
er amount of wealth than it did
in 1912 nevertheless we have
made pretty good progress. Very
carefully worked out calculations
made by the United Sfaces De
partment of Labor continuously
kept up to date, show' that the
purchasing powder of the 1930 dol
lar is about 67 cents as compar
ed with the dollar of 1912. So
our actual increase in wealth in
sixteen years, as a nation, is
about 37 per cent.
And that is doing pretty well,
thank you!
Negro. Dean Gaffney, In Jail
Charged With Murder Meets
Death In Attemt to Escape
From Prison
Whether justice has been
meted out or not is a question,
but there is one case less on the
riminal docket of Johnston coun
ty Superior court because of the
tragic endnig of Dean Gaffney,
colored, who met death instant
ly sometime Monday night as he
attempted to break jail where he
had been confined pending trial
for the murder of a negro, John
son Hayes, in Selma, in Mav,
1927.
Tuesday- morning about five
Lhirty o'clock. J. W. Weaver, who
fires the furnace at the court
house, went out to empty some
ashes, when he found the dead
body on the courthouse square on
the east side of the building.
Blankets and .sheets tied to
gether three or four feet of
which dangled from a window
on the top floor of the court
house told the story. In an ef
fort to make his escape the rope
of blankets hnd pivpn
hf* had fallen a distance of about
forty feet, to a cement pave
ment below. A pool of blood in
dicated the spot where he hit
the pavement, but the body was
found a few feet away where
evidently, the negro had man
aged to crawl before he expired.
Mr. Weaver gave the alarm
and the coroner. Dr. G. E. Par
ker of Benson was sent for. An
inquest, however, was deemed
unnecessary, and the body was
turned over to the colored under
taker here to prepare for burial.
In accounting foV the attempt
ed jail breaking, the jailer. W.
T. Davis, stated that on Monday
the prisoners were released from
their cells and allowed to be
at large in the corridors of the
jail while the cells were being
scrubbed. When the prisoners
were re-confined, he failed to
check up on Gaffney who re
mained in hiding until night
when he planned to escape, in the
execution of which plan he met
iiis death.
Gaffney, who killed Hayes in
1927 had never been arrested un
til a few weeks ago when he
was apprehended in Richmond,
Va., and brought here to answer
to a charge of murder. One of
the last acts of the Grand Jury
before adjournment Monday
afternoon, was to return a true
sill against the negro charging
him with murder.
The occurrence created con
siderable interest among persons
who came to town Tuesday and
5ven Wednesday and crowds were
to be found at the scene of the
tragedy throughout those days.
JESSE ELLINGTON’S
COPY WINS AWARD.
Jesse Ellington, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John O. Ellington of htis
-ity. is given credit by "Editor &
Publisher” for writing advertis
ing copy that helped to win the
Harvard award for Cyrus Curtis.
According to this publication,
The Squibb advertisement which
won recognition for its effective
use of a display line was written
by Jesse Ellington of the Copy
Department of N. W. Ayer Son,
Advertising Agency, of Philadel
phia. The line ‘The cry that will
wake any mother’ is held to
contain great human appeal.”
Freewill Baptist Church.
Sunday school Sunday morning
it 9:30, F. C. Fitzgerald, super
intendent.
Preaching Sunday morning at
11 o'clock and at night at 7:30
by the pastor. Rev. J. W. .Alford.
Special music by male quartette
at night service.
Prayer meeting Wednesday
night at 7:30.
The public is cordially invited
to all of these services. •
Aunt Roxie Say«
“Some of dese movie gals have
a mighty reel look."