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EXTRA DIVIDENDS IN THE SHAPE OP SALES RE SULTS DEPEND LARGELY ON SHREWD INVESTMENT IN AD VERTISING. OUR EXPERIENCE WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR MARKET. CAN GO PAR TOWARD CREATING PROFIT ABLE RETURNS. Newspaper-Established 1882 Johnston County’s Oldest and Best DOES YOUR BUSINESS HUM? ADVERTISERS SHOULD NOTE THAT THE MOSQUITO. WHICH DOES A HUMMING BUSINESS, IS NOT SATISFIED WITH ONE INSERTION. HE LIKES WHAT HE BITES AND GOES AFTER IT AGAIN. 48TH YEAR THE HOME NEWSPAPER SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 1930 SIX PAGES TODAY NUMBER 23 CREDIT COMPANY IS FORMED HERE J. V. Ogburn Heads Company Organized For the Purpose of Financing Farm Operations For 1930. At a meeting held on Monday / night in Smithfield the Johnston County Agricultural Credit com pany was formed for the purpose of lending funds to the farmers of Johnston county for the pur pose of enabling them to finance their farm operations for the year 1930. This money is avail able to good reliable farmers of' this county on agricultural liens and chattel mortgages on their crops to be raised during the year 1930. The officers chosen to head this credit organization for John ston county are: J. V. Ogburn, president; Roger A. Smith, Jr„ secretary-treasurer; J. H. Strick land, of Four Oaks, R. P. Hold ing, Smithfield, Roger A. Smith, Jr„ Smithfield, J. V. Ogburn. Smithfield, and J. W. Hobbs ol Smithfield, were chosen as direc tors. The board of directors unan imously elected John A. Narron as attorney for the organization. Applications can now be made to Mr. Roger A. Smith, Jr„ for loans. I FUNERAL MR. JONES ' IS WELL ATTENDED The funeral of Mr. Lee B. Jones who died at his home here Monday afternoon was held at the residence Tuesday afternoon at three-thirty o’clock. A large crowd was present to pay a last tribute of respect to a citizen who had spent his entire life in and nea* this city. Elder Jesse Barnes, pastor of the Primitive Baptist church here, conducted the serv ices, assisted by Elder T. F. Ad ams of Willow Springs, and Rev. S. L. Morgan, pastor of the Mis sionary Baptist church of this city. Interment was made in the city cemetery. The pall bearers were W. T. Holland, E. S. Ed mundson. W. J. Huntley. Jim Underwood, Lester Underwood, R. C. Gillett, Dr. L. A. Westbrook and John Hamilton. The deceased is survived by his wife, who was Miss Maizie John son, by his mother, Mrs. Burkett Jones, and by one brother. Simon * B. Jones. Entertain at Bridge. Four Oaks, March 20.—Miss Sarah Patterson delightfully en tertained at three tables of bridge Monday evening at the teachcrage Tables were arrang ed in the reception hall, carry ing out the St. Patrick motif in tallies and score pads. After several progressions the tallies were collected and Mrs. William Adams was presented high score prize. At the conclusion of the games the hostess served a salad course. Those playing were: Misses Mattie Lassiter, Eloise Lide, Mar garet Tabor, Jessie Hines, Kath erine Noel, Elsie Myrick. Sarah Patterson, Mrs. J. T. Hatcher. Mrs. B. B. Adams, Mrs. William Adams, Mrs. Carl Lewis and Mrs. W. P. Sanders. No man ever exposed himself to trouble without getting more than he expected. Fiddler's Convention, Courthouse. The best fiddlers of the coun try will be on hand here in the courthouse Friday night, March 21 at 1:30: J. L. Cook, J. A. Du pree, P. A. Clifton, R. G. Thorn ton, M. L. Bryan, Claude West brook and others. There will be a short program of about 15 minutes in which Master Carlton Munden. age 8. will play a few selections on the violin and gui tar. The following prizes will be given: best violin, $10.00; sec ond, $7.50; third, $5.00. Also gui tar prizes will be given. Admission: children, 15c; adults —35c. OTHA MUNDEN AND T. J. WRIGHT, Managers. TANTALIZEU Decipher your name below and receive a ticket good at our plant for 75c in trade. ’ Please call at Herald office. Today’s free ticket goes to freasdamd Ticket must be used within a week from publication date. Smithfleld Dry Cleaning Co. “Doug.” Driver Phone 131) BENSON CLUB FOR HOME MERCHANTS B. & P. W. Club Stages Debate; Club President Reads Paper on Trade At Home and Thereby Fight Chain Stores. I HENSON, March 20.—An out standing feature of the meeting [of the Business and Professional I Woman’s club Monday evening was a paper read by Mrs. Ethel Turlington, president of the club, on the subject, “Trade at Home, and in So Doing Fight Chai'.i Stores." The meeting which was a dinner meeting held at the Hotel LaBelle, was also featured by a debate upon the following query. Resolved that it is more prof itable for me as an individual to trade in Benson than elsewhere. The debaters w'ere Miss Kate Johnson and Mrs. Erskine Honey cutt. The program with Miss Neta Turlington in charge closed with an appropriate song, “Co operate." Among the business items transacted was the chang ing of the time of meeting from Monday night to Thursday night. The paper read by -Mrs. Tur lington was as follows: Several months ago the coun try was surprised by a campaign started against the outside chain stores in our states, and this campaign was started by W. K. Henderson, owner of radio sta tion KWKH at Shreveport. La. At first this was purely a radio campaign or just a radio pro gram or entertainment and the people took it all as a big joke, thinking that it was an outburst that would soon dwindle away and be forgotten, but it seems that the small fire that was kindled has spread, and has grown into a great forest fire that is sweeping the country.ev erywhere. What the outcome of this is going to be. we do not know but we hope it will be for the betterment of our commun ity or home town, for our state and for the whole nation. We need to study this fight against the chain stores, though we are unable to change the sit uation. The majority of the peo ple trade more or less with the chain stores and as long as they are in our communities, some of us will trade, some ol the time with them, else they could not keep their doors open very long. Most of what I shall say on this subject is taken from litera ture that I have read and not from personal experience. I have and do trade some at the chain stores, but if I have ever received short weights or short lengths or short change, I have never found it out. But from the experience of others, things like that are said to have happened in our community as well as in other places. But we do not want to dwell on that part, as that may or may not be an er ror on the part of the salesman, as all of us are subject to mis takes. , We want to consider the chain stores, owners and not so much their employees. Look back on our town as far back as you can remember and as far back as your parents have told you. Who has helped to build our town and community? Who have in vested their money in making the town what it is; probably they made money for themselves in the investments, which is all right, but where would the town be if the home town people, the home town merchants of today and 20 years ago had not put their money, their time and their whole life into building up this community and making it a good place in which to live? There would be no town, only a few di lapidated houses, a few mud holes and just a few people going about their farm work. If the chain stores had come here and put in a business when Benson was first chartered and had helped to make the town what it is, we would be under obligation to stand by them at this time. But no. they do not go to a place un til it is a thriving town and a good prospect in which to make money. They claim to sell cheap er, and suppose they do, what then? Their money does not do our community ar any] more than the small sal ..es that their employees receive. The oth er is sent entirely out of our state, into larger banks else where. Follow the course of $1.00 spent with an independent or local merchant. The farmer sells his produce to a local merchant; the merchant in turn buys medicine from his independent drug store; the druggist buys shoes from the shoe store; the shoe store buys a • battery for his car from the local battery dealer; the battery ■. *t. Just Out of Jail Dr. Frederick A. Cook, who clainrcc ;o have discovered the North Pole ia» been paroled from Leavenworth penitentiary where he was serving 14 years for oil-stock frauds. SERIES BAPTIST MISSION RALLIES Rally In Smithfield Monday, March 31; Two Johnston Coun ty Ministers On Team Of Speakers. Dr. Charles E. Maddry, Ral eigh, General Secretary of the Baptist State Convention, has planned a series of 45 mission rallies to be held at central points throughout the state during March and April. The meetings are open for everybody and it is expected that hundreds of lead ers in the Baptist churches, men and women, will attend them. For the past few years there has been a steady decline in re ceipts for the missionary enter prise throughout the whole coun try. This fact has given those who are in charge of denomina tional affairs great concern. The purpose of these rallies, Dr. Mad ary explains, is to carry iresn information to the people, there by inspiring and stimulating them to greater missionary activity. The causes of the so-called “slump in missions” and the remedy will be discussed at these meetings. Forty or more of the leading pastors of the state have volun teered their services to help in conducting these, which will be gin in each case at ten o’clock in the ' morning and continue till about four o’clock in the after noon. The following is the itinerary for the week of March $1—April 4, which will be of interest to many readers of this paper: Smithfield. Monday, March 31, 10 a. m.; Buie’s Creek. Tuesday, April 1; Raleigh, Wednesday, April 2; Sanford. Thursday, April 3: Mt. Gilead, Friday, April 4. The following team of speak ers will make this series of en gagements: Dr. A. Paul Bagby, Wilson. Dr. R. J. Smith. Golds boro: Dr. Hugh A. Ellis, Hender son: Rev. S. L. Morgan, Smith field: Rev. W. J. Crain, Selina; Rev. R. E. Brickhouse, Warren ton; Rev. Walter M. Gilmore, Raleigh. Most of us can fool ourselves without half trying. Reward should be in proportion to usefulness. dealer buys a shirt from the lo cal clothing merchant. He in turn pays his doctor’s bill, the doctor buys his dinner at a local cafe, the cafe pays his bill to the jobber. The jobber deposits in bank', and is applied on his loan. The banker then lends the mon ey to someone probably' to build a house and that gives employ ment to lumber dealers, carpen ters, painters, brick layers, plas terers, plumbers, electricians, etc. Thus you can see the good that money does spent with your home town merchant, thus assuring you that your dollar will always be available at home. The greatest thing that hurts a small town is not so much the chain store in our town, but the fact that our people go out of town to the larger town or cities and buy the tery things that your home merchant sells. Counting the cost from every side, you do not save one penny in doing so, and in all probabil ity it will cost more. We need to think seriously about trading away from our town, as when the money goes out, it does-not come back through the different chan nels that are a help to our com munity. Therefore patronize your local merchant. Boost home enterpris es for better business; and above all do not go out of your home town to buy things that can be bought at home. Trade in your home town with your home mer dhant, which will make for a better town and community in Iwhich to live. A. C. L. CONTEST AGAIN THIS YEAR Number of Johnston County Far mers Planning to Enter; Rules and Regulations of Contest. Word has just been received that the five acre corn contest sponsored by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad last year will be | put on in this county again this year. Also there will be a county . contest similar to the one last year. It will be recalled that J. L. Lee. Meadow, won first prizes amounting to $125.00 in these two contests last year. According to J. B. Slack, coun ty agent, there is already a great deal of interest being manifested in this contest. Many farmers I are planning to enter, who did not enter last year. These con tests are put on unde.:' the sup ervision of the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service in cooperation with the county agent. The rules and recommen jdations governing all contests I are as follows: Eligibility. 1. Except when otherwise spec ified by the donor of prize money, any farmer who is regularly en gaged in farming as a business will be eligible to enter the con test by complying with the entry requirements. Any member of a farm family will qualify as a farmer. 2. When two or more prizes are offered in the same territory, en tries may be made in all contests in which the entrant is eligible under the terms of the donation! of prize money, s 3. All land on which corn is to i be grown must be in one single i block of the area as designated' under the terms of the contest, j Such land areas must be desig-1 nated under the terms of the j contest. Such land areas must be j designated and described in the I entry blank not later than four ! months before the closing date | for the contest. 4. All entries in those contests; must be filed with county agent, or with a vocational teacher where there is no county agent; residing in the county, by June j 1 of the crop year in which the contest is to be conducted. 5. All yields must be certified i to by three witnesses on the! following basis. If weighed in the j shuck 73 pounds to count as one \ bushel. If in ear, shuck removed. I 70 pounds ,to count, as one bush- 1 el. if shelled 56 pounds to cdunt as one bushel. The full yield of the entire area must be weighed or measured on standard scales or in standard container. 6. Judges will reserve the right to call for samples of the com reported and to make mois ture tests in case the margin be tween contestants is close enough j to require that this be done in j order to determine the winner. 7. All records and reports of yields must be in the hands of the local county agent or the vo cational teacher where there is no county agent, not later than noon December 15. These reports must conform to the terms of the contest. 8. Score cards and record blanks governing each contest will be furnished by the county agent or vocertional teachers. 9. Since good farming demands that the farmer look constantly to the improvements of his soil for future crops, and since plant ing soy beans with corn is one of the best means of doing this: It is recommended that every contestant plant soy beans with his com. However, this is not compulsory for entry into the contest. Score Card for Corn Contest. Yield per acre. 40 points. Cost per bushel, 20 points. Cover crop or legume crop pre ceding corn 8 points. Soy beans planted in corn 8 points. Fertilizer methods, 8 points. Implements used, 8 points. Completeness of records and report. 8 points. Total 100 points. Anyone desiring to enter this contest can receive application blanks and record sheets from J. B. Slack, county agent, Smith Held. The prizes donated by the Coast Line are as follows: First prize—$100.00. Second prize—$75.00. Third prize—$50.00. Fourth prize—$25.00. CEMETERY DUES ARE NOW DUE Mrs. S. T. Honeycutt, who is treasurer of the Cemetery Fund of the Woman's club, wishes to urge all those who have plots in the cemetrey and who have not paid to pay their dues for up keep as soon as possible. The club is anxious to begin work in the cemetery. HEAVY DOCKET IN ■ RECORDERS COURT Many Criminal Cases Tried In Local Court On Tuesday and Wednesday of This Week. A heavy docket of criminal cases was disposed of in Record er’s court here on Tuesday and Wednesday' of this week. The following cases were tried: Mrs. Dance Strickland entered a piea of guilty to a warrant charging assault with deadly weapon. Prayer for judgment was continued upon the payment of the cast. Allen Denning pleaded guilty to simple assault. Prayer for judg ment was continued upon the payment of the cost, j Lonnie Wiggins, charged with 'violation, of the prohibition laws, was sentenced to four months on the roads. The sentence is to be suspended upon the payment of a $25 fine and the cost. Stonewall Allen pleaded guilty to the larceny of meat valued at $9.00. He was sentenced to the roads for a term of six months, to be discharged at the end of foyr months provided the cost is paid. Jerry Stancil entered a plea of nolo contendre to a charge of violation of the prohibition laws. He was found guilty of posses sion and transportation and was fined $10 and taxed with the cost. Coy Joyner was sentenced to the loads for a period of 60 days for trespass. He is to be dis charged at the end of 30 days if the cost is paid. Hope Marrow, Leroy Wilson, and Sylvester McDaniel, were found guilty of beating ride on train and each was sent to the county roads for 30 days. Edwin Batten was fined $10 and taxed with the cost for dis posing of crops before paying rents. Tom Capps and Daniel Steph enson entered pleas of guilty to being publicly drunk. Prayer for judgment was continued in each case upon the payment of the cost. Fred Hawley pleaded guilty to larceny and prayer for judgment was continued upon the payment of the cost. Matthew Smith entered a plea of guilty to possession and trans portation. Prayer for judgment was continued upon the payment of the cost. Matthew Smith and George Guilford were charged with the larceny of lard valued at less than $20. Guilford not guilty. C uth was found guilty and was sentenced to the roads for four months and taxed with the cost. The defendant is to be discharge ed at the end of 90 days pro vided the cost is paid. Isaac Woodard, charged with larceny and receiving; Roosevelt Hayes, disposing of mortgaged property; and Ernest Watson, charged with the larceny of chickens valued at less than $20, were found not guilty and were discharged. Bryan Richardson was found guilty of parking a motor vehicle unlawfully on highway. Prayer for judgment was continued upon the payment of the cost. Joe Cox received a 90 day road sentence (for manufacture and possession of beer. The sentence is to be suspended upon the pay ment of a $50 fine and the cost. Rogers Young was sent to the roads for 90 days for larceny and receiving. He is to be discharged at the end of six months if the cost is paid. Douglas Richardson, charged with seduction; Ollie Renfrew and Marvin Horne, charged with assault with deadly weapon; and Enly Boykin, also charged with assault with deadly weapon, were called and failed. Judgment ni si sci fa and capias. Annie Godwin and Fab Godwin were charged with housebreak ing and larceny of meat valu ed at less than $20. It appearing to the court that Annie Godwin is under sixteen years of age, his case was remanded to Juvenile court. rroDaDie cause was iouna i as to Fab Godwin and he was bound over to Superior court un der a $500 bond. Talmadge Price was convicted of cur-sing orr public highway, be ing publicly drunk, and of as sault. He was sentenced to the roads for 90 days, the sentence to be suspended upon the pay ment of a $50 fine and the cost. He was given 30 days In [which to pay. 1 Sam Creech was sentenced to the county roads for four months I for assault with deadly weapon. | He is to be discharged at the end jof B0 days provided the cost Is |paid. He took an appeal. On an other count charging carrying j c oncealed weapon and assault on i MISS YOUNG HEADS LOCAL B&PW CLUB ,Rev. D. E. Earnhardt Speaks To j Club At Dinner Meeting; Six } Pioneer Business Women of j Smithfieid, Honor Guests. The dinner meeting of the ! Business and Professional Wo man's club Tuesday evening was featured by a talk by Rev. D. E. Earnhardt of Wilmington, and by the presence of six pioneer business women of Smithfield, who gave interesting reminiscen ces of their business career. The dinner was served at the Rose-Glenn Tea room, plates be ing laid for twenty-eight guests. After enjoying the two course dinner. Miss Sarah Turlington, the president of the club, called upon Miss Mary E. Wells to in troduce the speaker of the eve ning, Rev, Mr. Earnhardt. With characteristic humor. Miss Wells presented the speaker who, hav ing formerly been pastor of the Methodist church here, is no stranger. Mr. Earnhardt spoke for fifteen or twenty minutes on the “Ideal American," whom he described as hopeful, helpful and honest. He used George Wash ington as an example of the ideal American. Following Mr. Earnhardt’s talk, the business session was held, during which the electicjn of of ficers for the ensuing year, took place. Miss Mildred Young was elected president. Other officers chosen include: vice president, Mrs. T. J. Lassiter: treasurer. Miss Lucy Mathis; recording secretary. Mrs. Jesse Coats; cor responding secretary. Miss Elsie Boyette; membership chairman, Mrs. L. H. Hauss; emblem chair man, Miss Retta Martin; edu cation, Miss Mary E. Wells; pub licity, Miss Cora Belle Ives; leg islative, Miss Lula Batten; na tional convention, Mrs. Harvey aoney; personal research, Miss Ruth Wilson; health, Miss Joyce Montieth; public relations. Miss Sarah Turlington. The group leaders are'TWiss Luma McLamb, Miss Lucy Rhodes and Miss Ida Batten. After the business had been disposed of, the program was turned over to the group leader in charge, Mrs. Jesse Coates. Mrs. Coates with appropriate com ment introduced each of the pio neer business women present, as follows: Miss Ellen Eldridge, Mrs. Jennie Wallace, Miss Ora V. Poole, Miss Alice Lindsay, Mrs. Mary W: Myatt and Miss Alice, Grantham. Those present gave close attention as these ladies I related the changes that have come to pass with the passing years in the lines of work in which they were engaged. The program closed with the singing of an old time song, "When You and I Were Young, Maggie.” Baptist Church. Sunday school 9:45, F. H. Brooks superintendent. Preaching by the pastor 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. B. Y. P. U. Monday at 7:30 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:30. A cordial welcome to all. female, he was found guilty of assault on female only. He was sentenced to the roads for four months on this count and is to be discharged at the end of 60 days if the cost is paid. He took an appeal to Superior court. Worth Ogburn was in court charged with trespass and curs ing on highway. He was found guilty of simple trespass only and was fined $10 and taxed with the cost. The state took a nol pros with leave in the case against Bob .McFatter, charged with larceny. Joseph Judkins was charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and of being ! publicly drunk. He was convicted of being publicly drunk only, and was fined $10 and taxed with the cost. He was given time in which to pay. J. W. Kennedy was fined $10; and required to pay the cost for j possession of intoxicating beer. | James Stephenson was fined | $25 and taxed with the cost for j peeping. Mack Bryant and Andrew I Skinner were found guilty of temporary larceny of an automo bile. They were sentenced to the roads for eight months each and required to pay half the cost leach. Each defendant will be dis charged At the end of six months provided the cost is paid. Joe Blackman was in court on three counts charging worthless check. In each case he was giv en 30 days on the roads, one sentence to begin at the expira tion of a previous sentence until 90 days have been served. Most Popular Girl Armine Dingilian, Armenian sin ilcnt at Hunter College, eame to America from Turkey six years ago She has been voted the most populai student and got the prize for persona! charm, broad culture and strength of rharactcr. HALLETS. WARD TO SPEAK HERE Will Discuss Tax Reduction At Nthe Courthouse Tomorrow Aft ernoon at Two o’clock. Hon. Hallet S. Ward, of Wash ington, has been secured as the speaker at the Tax League meet ing called here for tomorrow aft ernoon at two o’clock. Th« speak er, who because of his ardor in advocating tax relief has been dubbed ‘‘Hot Stuff” Ward, is ex pected to be up to his usual form and no doubt a large crowd will greet him here at the courthouse where the meeting will be held. On Saturday, March 8, a goodly crowd heard Fred Parker of Goldsboro, who presented the idea of a Johnston County Tax League. J. W. Stephenson was made president and W. P. Aycock of Selma, secretary. It was de cided at that time that two weeks hence, another meeting would be held when the organ ization would be completed and when suitable resolutions would be adopted concerning a tax re duction program for Johnston county in line with the other counties of Eastern North Caro lina. All interested in the tax sit uation are invited to be at the courthouse tomorrow afternoon at two o’clock. MISSIONARY HEADS HOLD MEET HERE A group meeting of the offi cers of the Women's Missionary Societies of the M. E. churches of Johnston county was held here at the Methodist church here on Monday afternoon. Miss Helen White of Oxford, secretary of the Raleigh district, was in charge of the meeting. The object of the coming together was to set forth to the officers of the local aux iliaries the ideals and aims for the year 1930. Mrs. H. B. Branch, of Raleigh, conference superintendent of young peoples work, led the de votional. Miss White made a re port of the year’s work of the auxiliaries in the Johnston coun ty group. She also read a letter from the president of the Rocky Mount auxiliary inviting a full delegation to the annual mis sionary conference which con venes in Rocky Mount April 29 to May 1. A period of instruction in the various phases of mis sionary work was then partici pated in by those present. Mrs. F. S. Love, of Raleigh, presented mission study: Miss Vara Her ring, of Raleigh, social service; Mrs. H. B. Branch, young peoples work; Miss White, the duties of the president and secretary. Every auxiliary in the John ston county group with the excep tion of Benson and Princeton was represented. M. E. Society Holds Meeting. Four Oaks, March 20:—The Woman’s Missionary Society of the Methodist church met Tues day afternoon at the church with Mrs. N. C. Yearby as hos tess. The president, Mrs. J. A. Keen, presided. . The program was made very interesting by talks on '“Marriage and the Family,” by Mrs. Laura Ford, Mrs. C. H. Wellons and Mrs. B. I. Tart. Mrs. Bert Lassiter told of "The Home as a school of Good Citizenship.” During a brief business session the society agreed to have two meetings a month the second to meet on Tuesday after the fourth Sunday. The hostess served chicken salad, potato chips, sandwiches and iced tea. DWELLING IN PINE* LEVEL IS BURNED D. B. Oliver Sustains $3,500 Loss; Also Filling Station Near Selma Razed To Ground, PINE LEVEL, March 20.—A disastrous fire occurred here early yesterday morning when a two-story dwelling known as the Parker place, be longing to Mr. D. B. Oliver was razed to the ground. The dwelling had just been re paired, the owner having spent about $800 in painting, plastering and fixing the place up, and Mr. B. L. Strickland expected to move in this week. The fire en tails a loss of about $3,500 part ly covered by insurance. The fire was discovered about | three o'clock yesterday morning, [ at the rear of the house. Several shots from a gun held in the hands of a faithful officer, P. D. Davis, chief of police, aroused the people of the town. Then soon came the cry from the same officer of 'Fire! 'Fire!' In a very short time several hundred peo ple from Pine Level and nearby places stood in the light of the burning building, each one re gretting that a residence which had graced the town for forty years would soon be in ashes. Selma and Smithfield fire com panies rushed to the scene but it was too late to extinguish the flames by the use of chemicals, and Pine Level not having sew erage the fire departments were unable to render any assistance. The home of E. S. Jones ap peared to be in great danger, but the skillful efforts of a number of Pine Level citizens using buckets saved this building. Dam age was done to the furniture as it was removed from the house. The fire is generally believed to have been of incendiary ori gin. As the Smithfield fire company was enroute to Pine Level, it was found that the filling station near the Overhead bridge at Selma op erated by Mr. Louis Ennis had | been burned. The fire had not entirely died down as they passed by. Detailed information concern ing this blaze is not available at this writing. It will be recalled that about a week ago Mr. Ennis was held up at his filling station and robbed of what cash he had in his pockets. SMITHFIELD SCHOOL BAND GETS STARTED The Smithfield high school band is getting under way with Mr. Johnson of Raleigh as the * teacher. Thirteen reported for the first practice held last week, and Mr. Johnson expressed de light at the way they worked. ■Mr. Johnson has seven bands and orchestras in Raleigh and one in Selma, and he is able to give only one evening a week to the Smithfield group, which for the present will be Wednesday evening. This practice will be held in the grammar school building at 7:30 o'clock. Mr. Johnson plans to bring his band from Raleigh here for a concert, the proceeds of which will be used for the local or ganization. ! The charge for each lesson is fifty cents per pupil and each pupil is expected to buy his mu #c. There is room for more in struments in the band, and any not attending school who have instruments and would like to join, will be welcome Those now constituting ' the band include: Stanley Hunter, Elmer Wellons, Jr., Thomas Ac riel Hood, William N. Holt, Jr., Richard Noble. Eric Cotter, Jack Broadhurst, Edwin Broadhurst, Cullen Hooks, Paul Johnston, Buck Smith, Charles Royall and Glenn W. Grier, Jr. Aunt Roxie Saya V s Sto'keepers uster cut white pine—now dey cuta prices; Of fices uster hunt de men and now dey is so mennie hunters fer ev ery office twell hit looks lack a skeeired rabbit* .