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THE JOHNSTONIAN-SUN THE JOHNSTONIAN AND JOHNSTON COUNTY SUN CONSOLIDATED VOLUME 13. SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 26 1930, NUMBER 26. Kiwanis Urge “Sane Optimism” in Aiding Economic Recovery Star Harper Is Chief Speaker At Kiwanis Meeting Resolutions sugg’esting that all Kiwanis clubs in the Carolinas dis trict hold special meeting’s in Aug ust to consider what can be 'done toward helping improve general eco nomic conditions were adopted by past governors of the district in a conference held Friday, June IS, with Governor Alison W. Honeycutt ■at Fayetteville, Governor Honeycutt revealed here today. Present at the conference and com prising a district advisory commit tee, were C. Felix Harvey of Kin ston, W. B. Merrimon of Greens boro, James M. Lynch of Florence, and the chairman, Tim W. Crews of ' Spartanburg. Letters were re ceived from Alva M. Lumpkin and Dr. E. W. Sikes, who were unable to attend. The resolutions emphasize part'ctt- larly the necessity of improving the mental attitude of the public gener ally regarding economic tonditions. The feeling prevailed while condi tions are not satisfactory they could be much worse, and that same, con structive optimism, and hard work will aid greatly. In a letter to the conference. Dr. Sikes said: “I think the Kiwanis club should give more publicity to plans for facilitating the -economic recovery of the Carolinas. with a view to changing the mental attitude, to eliminating pessimism and substituting optimism.” The conference of past governors preceded an inter-city meeting of clubs in division 4, including Aber deen, Benson, Fayetteville, I,umber- ton, Raeford, Smithfield, Sanford and Selma. Lieut.-Gov Robert N Page presided, and each club gave a 10-minute program. The Fay etteville club presented the be.nefits of the development of Cape Fear river as a means of water communi cation in reducing frieg’ht charges. In bringing the ideals of Kiw'anis to the clubs present. Governor Ho,ney- cutt paid tribute to Lieut.-Gov. Page for his accomplishments in division 4, and brought to mind the ap preciation in the Carolinas of the life and work of Robert N. Page’s brother, Walter Hines Page, “a true KJwanian in the spirit of fearless ness, vigor and courage.” Governor Honeycutt urged the value of hard work and sane optimism which he first recommended as a district ob jective in his acceptance speech at Greenville last fall. A barbecue dinner, served cafe teria style, preceded the program. Registrations at the meeting totaled 150. Those from Selma attending' the Kiwanis meeting in Fayetteville were Mr. and Mrs. Chas. A. Jacobs', Mr. and Mrs. Cj W. Scales, Mr. and Mrs. Linwood Richardson and Mr. A. J. Holliday. Star Harper, local Druggist, was the' speaker at the v/eekly Kiwanis luncheon last Thursday evening. Mr Harper spoke on the present day conditions and some of the reasons why these comditiAns exist. He stressed the necessity of the farm ers poisoning the boll weevil this year possibly more than ever be fore. Miss Lillian Louise Woodard ren dered two vocal numbers, accom panied on the piano by Miss Louise Stallings. This was followed by a reading by Miss Catherine Ayccck. Charlie Jacobs and Charlie Scales made a report on the District meet ing held in Fayetteville last week. Preliminary work has begun on the quarter million dollar project by the Carolina Powier & Light Co. The Atlantic Coast Line Railway Co. has already run a sidetrack from the main line of the railroad to the ^ite where the construction work will be done. Several poles have also been set. NSW READERS TUSCARORA COUNCIL JAMBOREE, JUNE 27TH The Tuscarora Council Boy Scouts of Amerifa is having 'a Council Jamboree at Camp Tuscarora, Fri- d9,y afternoon, June 27th, at 3 o’clock. This wdll be a field and water meet in which each troop in the Council will compete. The Troop having the most number of points will be awarded a beautiful loving cup. After the meet there will be a -camp fire program at which time each troop will be given TEN (10) MINUTES for its program. Each boy requested • to bring his own eats—something that can be- prepared in a few minutes. ■ Games for Field Meet Fine building, by flint and steel, or friction. Tug-0-War. Knot tying. Dressing and undressing. Signaling. Boat race. Each troop to furnish its own flint and steel, and flags for sig naling. For the Water Meet Flag relay race. Rescue race. Egg and Spoon race. Swimming and diving. There will be a polo game be tween the Scoutmasters and the Scouts. The Selma troop is expected to at tend this Jamboree. The follo’wing new subscribers have been added to our growing ILt sinc6 our last issue: Myrtle Ricks, Selma, N, C. Mrs. W. W. Tucker, Selma, N. C. G H. Watson, Selma, N. C. Raifcrd Oliver, Smithfi-eld, N. C. W. F. Rose, Ken-ly, N. C,, R. F. D. 1. Simon Fail, Pine Level, N. C., R. F. D 1. A. M. Creech, Princeton, N. C. R -A.. Pearce, Princeton, N. C. W. T. Hodges, Benson, N. C. E, A. Johnson, Benson, N. C. A. L. Stephenson, Benson, N. C. N J. Dupree, Benson, N. C., R. F. D. 1. John C. Jernigan, Benson, N. C., R. F. D. 2. R. W. Smith, Benton-ville, N. C. W. A. Britt, Bentonville, N. C. J. L. Flowers, Bentonville, N. C. J. R. Weaver, Bentonville, N. C. Mrs. G. G. Edgerton, Kenly, N. C D. L. Godwin, Kenly, N. C. W. H. Edgerton, Kenly, N. C. W. S. Ellis, Kenly, N. C. C. M. Kirby, Kenly, N. C. •Jacob Daniel, Kenly, N. C, R. F., b. 4. J. T. Ballance, Kenly, N. C. E. 'V. Neighbors, Kenly, N. C. Mrs. E. L. Eldridge, Kenly, N. C. P. H. Etheridge, Kenly, N. C. N. B. Ballance, Kenly, N. C. Lillian Calais, Birmingham, Ala. Moses Creech, Selma, N. C. Rev. R. L. Shirley Receives Call To Perryvilie, Kentucky Rev. R. L. Shirley, local Baptist minister who has resided in Selma for the past four year, was unani mously called to - the pastorate of thfe Baptist Church of Perryvilie, Ky., on Sunday, June 8th. The call is highly complimentary not only because t^e church is a strong and active one but because it is within ten miles of the birthplace, and homes of both Rev. and Mrs. Shirley. Twenty-five years ago Mr. Shirley was a student in. Elmwood Academy, EVANGELIST JOHN W. HAM Revival meetings will begin at the Baptist church Sunday, June 29th. Evangelist John W. Ham will do the preaching, and Prof. A. E. Lynch, of Buie’s Creek will direct the music. Mr. Ham is to close his meeting in New York City next Sunday and is expected to arrive in Selma on Monday in time for the service Monday night, June 30th. Prof. Lynch is a successful teacher of music and a capable leader in revival meetings. The primary purpose of these meetings is to deepen the spiritual life of the Christian- people of our community and to lead the lost to Christ, then encourage the young Christians to unite with the churches of their choice. To this end we invite the sympathetic and prayerful co-operation of all the Christian people of Selma and ^ surrounding communities. There will be two services each day,^return to their native state and back the hour for the mrorning service, however, has not been de- in the sunshine of their “Old Ken- termined. The evening service will be at 8 o’clock. tuclyr Home.” a fine preparatory school located in Perryvilie and he is well kno-wn by the entire church and community. He and his -family wfil leave July 1st for a visit to their parents at Harrodsburg and Dan-ville, Ky., and he will occupy the pulpit at Perry- ville on Sunday July 6th at which time he will give his final answer to the church. Mr. Shirley .has spent twenty full years in the Baptist Mini.stry. during which time he has built nearly $100,000 worth of church and par sonage buildings. In addition to this he has held an hundred revival meet ings and Baptized nearly fifteen hundred converts. He is a full grad uate'of Georgetown College and also of the Southern Baptist Seminary, Louisville, Ky. He was pastor of the local Baptist Church for two years during which time extensive improvements were made. During the past two years he ha.s done general supply work and served as field representative of the Biblical Recorder of Raleigh, N. C., and at present is Southern Field Repre- .sentive of the Royal Arcanum, a fraternal order of New York City. He has jus.t returned from a four months engagement in Tampa, Fla. While there in addition to his or ganization work Mr. Shirley sup plied various pulpilts in and around Tampa. Should he continue in his present work his next assignment would be Savannah, Ga., with an increase in salary. In either event, however, Mr. Shirley and family will Mayor Hare Binds Shoe Thieves Over To Superior Court Southern Freight Car Broken Into On Selma Yard While in Transit From New York to Asheville. TIMES NOT SO HARD AS PICTURED TO BE Sales of wool at the pool held in western North Carolina by farm agents ’this spring amounted to 141,- 838 pounds. In a conversation with Ex-Senator Paul D. Grady of Kenly, on Mon day of this week, we were made to feely that the picture that has been painted of financial conditioAs in this country is not as dark as some would have us believe. Mr. and Mrs. Grady have just returned from a trip through the northern States and over into Can ada, Mr. Grady said that every- business conditions were over in Can ada, Mr. Grady said thata every thing seemed to be going along fairly smooth and that there was no great amount of complaint about the times. He said that on his trip through Pennsylvania, New York and other northern S’tates he talked with people along the route and the general expression heard was that business was pretty fair. Mr. Grady said that the belt of country where cotton and tobacco, is the chief money crop is about the only part of this country where the business depression ha,s reached anything like an acute stage, and he is of the opinion that times are not really hard here so long as people are able and willing to afford so many luxuries, such as the ever growing automobile industry. He does not think that times are really hard in this country so long as highways are congested -with auto mobiles, and we are very much in accord with Mm on this point. Of course times are pretty tight and money Is pretty hard to get, but when we consider the vast amount of money being spent on the auto mobile alone, to say nothing of soft drinks and other luxuries that we could get along without, we are about, like Mr. Grady—times are not really hard yet. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, SELMA, N. C. BOYS ORGANIZE CLUB Thirteen of the teen-age boys of Selma have organized a club to be called the “Lucky Thirteen” and building' where they will hold their meetings on Tuesday evening of each week. Franklin Brietz was elected president of the new organization; and Ernest Godwin secretary and treasurer. The members of the club are Franklin Brietz, Jimmie Wood ard, Roy Lane, Alton Stancil, Ernest Godwin, “Ozier” Stephens, BilUi^ Smith, . Eugene Terrell, Norman Screws, Walter Jones, Pat Jones and James Easom, Paul Jones. RECORDERS COURT JUNE 17TH 1930 SAMUEL BOOKER AC CEPTS POSITION WITH EQUITABLE COMPANY Mr. Samuel Booker, who recent ly graduated from Davidson college, spent the week-end here 'with Ms brother. Dr. Edwin N. Booker. Mr. Booker attended the June German, given by the N. C. Cotillion club, in- Rocky Mount Friday night. He has accepted a position with the Equitable Life Assuranae Society, of New York. Mr. Booker was one of two accepted out of 25 standing examination for this position. State vs. Lee Grissom. The de fendant was found guilty of a charge of assault on wife. He Is to go to jail for the term of 60 days and as signed to work roads of Johnston County and pay cost: State ■vs. Lee Grissom. Charged ■with Violation of Prohibition Law. The defendant was found guilty of .possession of 5 pints of whiskey. He is to go to jail for the term of 60 days and assigned to work roaMs of Johnston County and pay cost. Stae vs. Allen' Beasley. He was charged -with Violation of Prohibi tion Law. Continued prayer for judgment upon payment of cost. State vs. Colon Barefoot. He was found guilty on a charge of Viola tion of ProMbition Law as to poss ession of bfeer. He 'was given time to pay $10 fine and co.st. State vs. Walter McKe.sser and Johnie Smith. Charged with being drunk, disorderly and assault. Both were found guilty and are to go to jail for a term of 6 months and as signed to work roads of Johnston County and pay 1-2 cost each. Each defendant is to be discharged at end of 4 months if cost is paid. State vs. Bennie Long. He was acquitted on a charge of Latoeny. State vs. Paul Creech, David Creech, Hayden Parrish, and Rich ard Parrish. The defendants were charged -with House Breaking and Larceny. The probable cause was found and they were bound over to Superior Court under $300 bond each. State vs. Dewey Norris. On a charge of Violation of the Prohi bition Laws. He was found guilty of posse-ssion of stOl outfit and manufacturing. He is to pay a fine and cost. About 3:30 o’clock last Friday morning while a Southern freight train was detained in Selma yards for about an hour, a checkup of the cars just before pulling out for western North Carolina points, revealed the fact that the seals on three of the car doors had been, broken and the doors were left standing open, but it developed that only one of the cars had been rob bed of any of their contents, and tMs one was short one case of shoes containing 24 pairs and three cases of paraffine. This car was in transit from New York to Asheville, N. C. Before the Selma police or the Johnston County Sheriff had learned anything about the freight car hav ing been robbed, it was found that there were some negro shoe sales men in the' community and this lead the officers to suspicion that thei shoes had been stolen from some body. Upon this clue they went to- wprk and found some of the shoes which showed that the stock num ber had been cut out of them' In making inquiries about the matter it was learned that the Southern Railway had some shoes taken from one of its cars in transit here. Chief- Howell learned that some strange, negroes were stopping at a colored boarding house here operated by Tom Durham and went to the Dur ham hohse, accompanied by Deputy Sheriff E. A. Johnson. Fom Dur ham and a negro woman by name of Theresa Burrell were arrested. The others had gone over to Smith- field and Deputy Johnston immeiii- ately went to Smithfield where ( he soon located and arrested two ne(gro ^ m.en and one negro woman. VyKen first arrested, thgji-’i.£F--ji^nied/nny kno-wledg'e of the theft^ .'>4. Sate-r confessed going out witliV, iegro man by name of Charlie Reijf who was posing as a shoe salesman. 'The negroes under arrest were then tak en around to the homes ^^erfe they admitted shoes had bFen soli and in this way the office* succeese3 yn locating eleven pair.'-*if the stolen shoes and one exti^r shoe. Tie parties who bought the stolen shoes were asked to give them up, wMch they did. The price, .at which the. shoes were sold^j from $1.00 to $2.60 per pair., ■ Tlje three cases ? •ve not at-tMs writing. of paraffine have not , State vs. R. Bud Strickland. Charged with Violation of ProMbi tion Law and he was found guilty of possession of still outfit and man ufacturing. He was fined $25 and cdbt. State vs. C. P. Allen. Charged with Violation of ProMbition Law and found guilty of possession of still outfit and manufacturing. He was fined $50 and cost. State vs. Fred Layton. He was found guilty of Breaking jail, and is to go to jail for the term of 90 days and assigned to work roads of Johnston County and pay cost. This sentence is to begin at exnira- c exnir .'s jjiV, tion of sentence he is now r 'Sri ■ te ■'SSftvlocated^, 'i The case came to a hearing be fore Mayor Hare Tuesday night of this week, who questioned them about the theft arM as to where they were from, etc. Thomas Bur rell said he was from Hartsville, S. C., and was on a visit up here. Theresa Burrell, who poses as the wife of Thomas Burrell, claims -to be from Darlin.gton, S. C., Maynor Sams, another negro man, claims to be from Hartsville, S. C., Virginia Hines, who po.ses as a single negro girl, gave her home as Florence, S. C. When the four South Caro lina negroes were questioned as to what connection Toqi Durham, the Selma negro, had with the selling of the shoes, said that h'Oj was not along at the time and thiy all re frained from connecting him A KM but the two men and two women who are strangers here all Admitted going out with Charlie \R^id wMle he was disposing of the sJloes, wMch they also admitted .tliaUAhey believed to have bfen. -stolen. Tom Durham was released but the :^ther four were bound over to Crim''nal Court under $200 bond each, which none of them could give and they wiere ■'jdged in the Johnston County jail to await trial. Charlie Reid, -whi they claim is the leader of the gang, has not been ■ apprehended. , ' The mayor a-nd his staff and Depu ty Johnson are to be Mghly com mended in their work of rounding up these thieves, who, no doubt, would have tried for a still' bigger haul had they not been caught. m i! THE MAN WHO CAME BACK Mr. W. H. Cook, the “Man Who Came Back,” will be in Selma toy' mght, June 2ith, and at 7:00 o’cIogF will address the Selma -Kitanis ^ ^ • and at 8:00 o’clock -will speakr the Baptist church. Go out V ^ ' Mm, his record is interesting '( \ ■ J t froA ip-