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IW THE JOHNSTONIAN-SUN \OLUME 15. THE JOHNSTONIAN AM) JOHNSTON COUNTY SUN CONSOLIDATED SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY. APRIL 2cS. I9;i2. Interesting News Items From The County Seat NUMBER 17 Proceedings of County J. M. Byrd Nominated Recorder’s Court For Congress In 7th Value of Kivvanis Club To a Town % Hsime of Robert G. Sanders Burned Sunday—Hail Stonns Do Damage In County—Mr. lohn A. King Passes Almost Suddenly. Tobaeco Plants Badly Damaged Smithliold, April 27.—Mr. and ^ llobert G. Sanders had the -'fortune to lo.-^e their home by Sunilay about one o’clock in ■ afternoon. The family was at • .'ner and when Mrs. Sanders went r the kitchen for some ice cream heard a crackling noise and ’ -ked up and saw the flames a.- und the -stove flue. When dis- rr ered, the flames appeared to be cr fined to .a small section around r “ flue. Mr. Sanders went up on '. ' roof, ripped off some shingles, i-; poured in several buckets of -•.er in the hope of saving the ding, but soon discovered that 1 flames were rapidly .'preading a: he came down and began try- 1 r to save his .household goods; u-* the whole building was soon ini ■les and very little wa.s saved, lie home was just outside of the | ' 1 limits. The fire company re- ' ided to the alarm but no water W-- available. It was a one-story ■s -room frame building, construct- ■■ of pine lumber, and it burned r.:. dly. Several members of the r.- -dy lost all their clothing except .it they were wearing at the t-"c of the fire. The loss is under- s;- .d to be partially covered by ir.i sance as to the house,' but that iw insurance was in force on the r .s-drold furnishings at the time of 1' fi re. ne family has moved to the I" e of Dr A. H. Rose on North • "il Street, where Dr. and Mrs. •1 lived ujitil recenthn Specialist Find.s After Survey That Lack of Plants May Cut tire .'Vci-eage 35 Per Cent. , .'cveral reports of damage from A ds and hail have reached Smith- r : this v.mek. 'unday night between eight and n. ' 0 clock a nice and much need- rain fell in Smithfield and the i ■ ■ was accompanied by a lib- . sprinkling of hail. Soon after tl:; .'torm cloud had passed over a tfc r phone message was received fr:m the Crantock Farm of Mr. Wdiiam Sanders stating that the .u- -uml there was three inches deep w'n hail. Mr. Daniel Jones got on hi- car and drove out to the farm w. i.'h is about 7 miles west of Lhfield, arriving there about an Jv.r after the storm had passed. 5'- Jones reported that when he '^-.ched the farm the ground looked a- if there had been a snowstorm, t-,.;, his automobile tires sank down ir the ice about the distance of the . ckness of the tires, and that on th' porch of the house where Mr. •J. 5. Baker lives the hail had dotted up until it was 5 inches he worst of this .•-■torm appears 1C have closely followed down Mid-- Creek. It was said that at the heme of Mr. Andrew Johnson on th. south side of the creek, bas kets of hail could have been raked up the next day. Jn this .section tobacco plants, early garden vegetables and froitj crop.s are said to be almost a com- ' plete loss. Considerjible damage was renorted from Pleasant Grove town- •ship by the same storm. Another storm which is said to have reaciied the proportions of a s..iall cyclone, passed through the uentonville section, between 3 and 4 o’clock Tuesday morning. This Sbc/m, which was said to have been accompanied by a great roaring prise passed near the home of Post master J. M. Beasley at Bentonville. : - uprooted trees and scattered th.ngs generally in its path. While the blue mold disease con tinues to spread in tobacco plant beds throughout eastern North Car olina, the early April cold snap and the pre-ent epidemic of' flea bugs have done more damage to the young plants than anything else, .-■ays F. Y. Floyd, tobacco specialist at State Colleg’e. Mr. Floy^l return ed to the college Sunday after a week in the field aiding tobacco farmers in trying to save their present su|)ply of plants. Jhe specialist stickle to his^-earlier estimate that lack of plants will not reduce the tobacco acreage of North Carolina more than 3.5, per cent of what it was in li)31. He I say.s that the earlier beds which .were properly sprayed have a good cjuality of plants. A large number of growers report that they did not get control by spraying with the Bordeaux mixture. In most ca es, however, this was due to not pre- parjng the mixture properly an.i not getting good coverage of the plants. It is absolutely necessary to .get thorough coverage of the plants an.i to keep all the new growth covered as it appears. The recent dry weather has con trolled the disease, to some extent; however, the early morning dews have been heavy enough to keej) the disease spreading.. Mr. Floyd found a number of- fine beds last week in which there was no cold' injury nor any trouble from either flea bugs or blue mold. Such beds were on a rich loamy soil, that wa.s well drained. The-e beds have nice, healthy plants particularly where they were protected from the north and west winds. This indicates, says Mr. r loyd, that growers must plan to put their bed.s in the wood.- whero the young plants will be pro tected rather than locating them in the open fields on light, sandy soils. II there is a continuation of the )3re.sent warm, spring weather, Mr. Floyd expects the tobae'eo plants to '■row off so that planting may be completed in Kastern Carolina by May 10. This will give plenty of time to produce a ([uality crop. He ■also find.s that farmers in the east especially are usin.g more precau tions this sea-on in taking care of their tobacco. He urges them to .s.et the plants in the open field in the ■ifternoon to help save the supply on hand. If there is a normal sea- -on’ from now on, the quality of the crop grown thi- year will show a considerable improvement over that of last year due to the careful precautions being taken, he sa.vs. Wednesday, .April (ith. State vs. Walter Iv. Fason, white farmer, aged 50, for a.ssaull - and profane and indecent language. Not guilty. State vs. Eddie Batchelor, white larmer, aged 28, for larceny of wagon wheel, etc., value less than 820. Not guilty. Larceny of 54 feet of lumber, value less than $20.00, .guilty, and fined $10 and co.-t. -Ap peal. State vs. Douglas Hobby, white clerk, aged 32, for careless and reckless driving. Guilty, and fined $26 and cost. State vs. Jack Capps, white la- boror, aged 36, and .Annie W’ig-gs, white female, aged 30, for fornica tion and adultery. Both guilty. De fendant Capp.-' given 3 months on roads. Defendant Wiggs sentenced to 6 months in jail and assigned to the care and custody of Mrs. D. J. Jhurston. Both appeal. Bond fixed I at $200.00. Cajjps committed to j county home Api-il 8th. State V.-. Joe O’Neal, colored la borer, a,gel 1!), ' for assault with deadly weapon. Not guilty. State vs. James .A. Sanders, col ored laborer, aged IS, for assault with deadly weapon, carr.ving con cealed weapon. Not guilty of assault with deadly weapon. Guilt.v of car- lyiiig concealed weapon (])ocket knife) $10 fine and cost. , State ■%'-;. J. W. Dujiree, whit" farmer, agel 57, for ahanrionment j and non-sui>port. Guilty. Continue i prayer for judgment upon condition ! that defendant pays to JIrs. D. J. I Ihurston, welfare officer, the sum of I $1.50 per week for the use anci ' benefit of Mr.s. J. W. Dupree, and | defendant ordered and directed to | fia.v cost of action. Said payments ; above mentiotied to continue until j further order of thi.-. court. ■ liepuhUcans , In Di.strict Convention | Gluh Provides Agency For -At Luniberton Look to Harnett | Working Out t'onimunity County -Man io .Make Race. Betterment Plans. j Lumberton, April 21.—John Mc- I Ka.y Byrd, of Coats, former repre- j sentative, sheriff and register of Deeds of Harnett county, was nom inated for CongTess in the seventh district by Republicans who gather ed here in convention today. .At first declining to run, Mr. Byrd placed in nomination Louis Good man, of Wilmington, but Byrd was elected by acclamation. He agTeed to take the matter under advise ment ami promised a definite an.-wer tomorrow. Louis Goodman was named pres idential elector. Irvin B. Tucker, of Whiteville, and J. H. Niggle, of New Hanover, were unanimously elected delegates to the national convention in Chicago, with Dr. L. Baggett ami Dennis Downing as al ternates. Member.s of the State executive committee were re-elected as fol low.-: Irvin E. Tuekr, Columbus; li. W. Herring, Cumberland; W. P. "Vrd, Harnett; Louis Goodman, New Hanover; A. L. Howard, Robeson. Following the convention, the dis trict executive committee, composed of chairmen of the several county committees, met and selected Den nis Downing chairman. Walter Byrd, of Harnett, lauded President Hoover. Business interests have confidence in the Republican jjarty—they have put the party ov er and will do it this time if it i.- done, he .said. Rev. L. T. Singleton CoiKlucts Program For Local Kiwanians Storm Causes Much Damage At Abendeen $500,000 Advertising Campaign Is Started ■-Jews has been received here of the death of Mr. John King, father ;.l Mrs. Kirby Rose of Smithfield. M.. King, who was a prominent farmer - of the Spilona section of this county, died yesterday at his home, almo.st suddenly, of angina pectoris, with which he had been a sufferer for some time. He wa.s said tc have began complaining early yesterday of severe pains in his arms and shoulders and later the pains spread through his body. He got in., bed and grew rapidly wor.-' -mtil death ended his .suffering.s. IL- -was said to have been conscious to ..he last, and to have said to -o member of the family about a min ute before he breathed his last that his sufferings were unexpressible. A_ four-year sendee plan, pro tecting the new purchaser of a Gen eral Electric refrigerator against all service costs on the refrigerating mechanism for four years^ was an nounced today by P. B. Zimmer man, general manager of the eom- pany’.s refrigeration department. Inaug'uration of the plan was ac companied by the launching of a special nation-wide $500,000 adver tising and sales promotion cam paign, according to L. W. Driscoll, president of the L. W. Driscoll, Inc., distributors in the North Carolina territory for the product. This cam paign is in addition to the huge ad vertising program scheduled for the year. “During the past' four years, the public ha.s invested more than $300,- 000,000 in General Electric refrig erators,” Zimmerman’s announce ment read, “and the outstanding performance record which our prod uct has established in' well over a million and a quarter kitchens ha- resulted in our inaugurating the four-year sendee plan. “General Electric research labora tory scientists and engineers labored for a decade and a half before the refrigerator Vi'as perfected and plac ed on the markpt. As a result of! performance in the homt.s of users, | General Electric offered two addi- ! tional years’ guarani-ee beyond the I standard one-year warranty upon its ! Tue-tlay. .April 12th. j State vs. Hubert Pilkington, white j farmer, a.ged IX, defemiant being in i court on capias for violation of sus- | pended sentence set out in former trial. Defendant admits the violation. Whereupon the defendant is ordered confineil in jail as set out in orig inal judgments. State vs. John Redd, colored la borer, aged 32, for violation of pro hibition law. Guilty of possession of 5 1-2 pints of whiske.v for purpose of .sale, and given 90 days on roail,-. State vs. Russell Hogin, white la borer, aged 20, for larceny of em- ory rock and stand, value les.s than $20. Defemiant pleads guilty, ami is given 6 months on roads. Slate \'s. L. Johnson, for larceny. Nol p-()S, with leave. State vs. Albert Eai'j), for house breaking and larceny. Nol pros with leave. State ,vs. Bennie Stanley, white laborer, for violation of prohibition law. Guilty of posse-sion of 1 pint of whiskey for purpose of sale, and sentenced to 60 days on roads. State vs. Red Stanley, white la borer, for violation of prohibition law. Guilty >f pos ession and trans portation of one-half gallon of whis key. Sentenced to 4 months on roads. Appeal, with $200 bond. State vs. Red Stanley, for store breaking and larceny. Probable cause found and defendant bound to Superior Court. Bond $1000.00. - State vs. Red Stanley, for lar ceny of car. Probable cause found and defendant bound to Superior Court. Bond fixed at $1000.00. State vs. William P. Hicks., for storebreaking and larceny. Probable cause found, and defendant bound to Superior Court. Bond $1000.00. Aberdeen, A])ril 25.—During' a violent electric .storm, accompanied b.v a heavy downpour of rain, the most destructive hail storm "in the memory of the oldest inhabitants visited this section-last Sunday aft ernoon. Some of the stones were as lari>-e as small apples, and fell in such profusion that the .s^Tound and hou.'^etops were soon thickly covered. i he storm seemed to center in its violence around Aberdeen, though it dill considerable damage ^s far up as Candor and as far down as Montrose. The peach crop through out this section will doubtlessly pay a heavy toll as the result of this storm. Tobacco beds and small gardens also suffered greatly. MoT of the farmers are replanting their beans and tomotoes. The tops of' automobiles caught out in the storm look as thoug'h they had been through a heavy barrage of bullets and the leaves were literally stripped from plant- and trees. Selma Policeman Finds Stolen Truck refrigerator. Now, after 20 years of research, including the experience of four years of actual field service. General Electric offers a service contract protecting each buyer again.st all service and repair (harges on the Monitor Top mechan ism for three additional years be yond the standard one-year war ranty.” To better picture what the new plan means, the announcement point ed out that the average automobile is driven 60,000 miles, which at 30 miles an hour would mean 2,000 operating’ hours. In a. single year, an automatic refrigerator must op erate more than 3,000 hours, the announcement continued, and in four ypars the mechanism of the refrig erator will have to equal the aver age lifetime wear of more than six automobiles. Av; intensive sales campaign in the North Carolina territory will be launched immndiatelv, the local dis tributor said. -A Chevrolet truck, .stolen from -A. J. Whitley, Jr., last Monday night, wa.s recovered Tnc.^'day aft ernoon by Policeman J. L. Gurley, of Selma, and returned to the own er in good condition. The truck had been locked up in Mr. Whitley’s .garage but when Mr. Whitley went out at five o’clock 'Fuesday morn ing he fpund that the lock on the door of his garage had been broken, and that his truck had been taken away. He hurried over to Smithfield and reported the matter to Police man E. A. Johnson, who -notified Sheriff R. H. Richardson, and Chief Gurley of Selma. Policeman Gurley found the truck parked near the Selma school building with the .gasoline tank empty. Sheriff Rich ardson and Deputies Parker and Stewart arrested Alton Ander.son, L. Coats and a man by the name of Barbour on suspicion, and they were lodged in jail. The tracks found at the garage Tuesday are believed to have been made by these three men, as the shoe.s they wore were said to have fitted weil into th tracks. REV. CHESTER ALEXANDER EXPECTED TO HOLD REVIVAL We expect Rev. Chester Alexander of Tarboro to be with us for a .se ries of meetings near the first of June. Mr. Alexander is \vell known m Selma and Smithfield and'many are anxiou.-Iy looking forward to this- meeting. Exact date will be an nounced soon. The value of a Kiwanis Club or any other civic organization depends, to a large extent upon the willing- nes.s of a community in utilizing its opportunities. A Kiwanis Club gives to the in dividual member a wonderful op portunity of meeting around the luncheon table in a friendly sociable way his friemls and fellow towns men. Here he may lay aside his business cares and talk of communi ty welfore and betterment. He may share in the common progress of the town and individual success of his fellow member. Here he has an unhampered opportunity of con tributing his ideas, initiative, and enei'gy towards a common pooling of thought that eventually finds ac tion in a constantly growing pro- pressive citizenship. Here he has the opportunity of hearing John Doe g-ive expre.-sion to his opinion without prejudice or malice on what the school, the town, the churches, or any other factor that is of pub lic value. And out of this conglom erate mass of pooled thoughts comes cohe.sive action that is ever upliolding and maintaining the high est ideals of a community. Many of those who do not appre ciate the civic good of their com munity often wonder why just a handful of men in a small town rvill exert themselves to the extent of maintaining a Kiwaips Club. But if one would hut stop and give thought to the need, he- would soon lealize that the small town is in need of a civic organization of this Ivind far more than the larger town or city, where organizations of va rious kinds are found in caring for the various community needs and welfare. The opportunity of the in dividual in the small town to meet with his fellow townsmen in an unbiased round table dLscu.s.sion of I civic affairs is les.s than the indi vidual in the city. Therefore, if he ' does not iiave this opportunity he soon becomes isolated in interest of what is .going on around about him, and becomes indifferent to those ideals that make for civic progress and betterment. Thi.s mental atti tude inevitably develops into an in dividual who loses contact with his fellow townsman, which soon de velops into a decreasing- volume of business and ultimate failure. A sour disposition grows out of this condition of affairs, which means the loss of friemls and intimate associations with ft>lk, which bring to men many of the highest and noblest factors found in a day by day living. Then too, the Kiwanis Club af fords a piece of machinery through which public opinion can be crys- talized and projected into action. In the city where the Chamber of Cominerce and other organizations are found, one - necessarily need not be so concerned about which or ganization gets behind a civic move ment. }>ut in the snialler town where these organizations are not found in large numbers, the Kiwanis Club acts as a clearing house for the various civic projects, and therein possesses much of its value to a community. A town without some similar org-anization can be likened to a ship without a ruddier. Not only does a Kiwanis Club inherently possess the above values lor the individual member and com munity as a whole. But reaching out further than this. Kiwanis is often found taking tho.se unfortu nate diseased and diabled boys and girls, and placing them in the care of an expert physician where they, are restored to health and happi ness—thus bringing sunshine and hope to lives that were dark and hopeless before. Oftentimes ambition and aspirations are kept alive by making' it possible for some boy or girl to continue in school and even through college. These activities may seem small and trivial in the eyes of the cynic, but who can judge the value of a cured body and" a trained and educate! boy or girl. The cynicism of the, unbelief ■would but visit a meeting oi one of these Kiwanis Clubs m a small town and find there lus; a handful of men carrying on m th:- worst depi’.'ssion the work: has ever known. These men hellers' so strong ly in the inherent value or v/hat Tviwam.s stands for rnar the' have I cameo on in- the lasr ..-vv:- years ! wh'- -: maintaining, an o'-gaaemtion 1 of this kind a personal sac- At the regular meeting of the local Kiwanis club Thursday night Rev. L. T. Singleton, chairman of the L'nderpriviledged Child commit tee, was in charge of the program. He introduced Mi.ss Margaret Creech who led in the singing of a number of new Kiwanis songs, accompanied at the piano by Miss Ellen Single- ton. After this feature the chair man took up the proposed work of his committee. In this he stre.ssed the need of financial help for ho.s- pitalization in a number of cases that have recently been brought to his notice. Rev. W. J. Crain, pastor of the local Baptist church, and also a member of the comittee, spoke briefly on the number of ca.ses that have recently been brought to his attention through his church activi ties. The financial condition of th-e club prevents the undertaking in many deserving cases and the mat ter of financial help was turned over to the board of directors and ■the comittee. It is felt in this way that some real g-ood can be ac- compl^^hed by developing this work one case at a time. The member ship of the club is very enthusiastic over tills work and the committee is working diligently in its interest. WITH THE WITS 'Trying to Start a War. “Some .say Europe gave us the saxophone.” “Why stir up any more grudges?” The Post’s Fault “What went wrong with car, girlie?” “A lamp po.st ran into it” your Swell “Boswell got $2,000 for his story. Wasn’t that splendid?” “Two grand for words.” Unofficial Examination “Doctor, what happens when a fellow sprains his ankle?” “He generally limps for a while.” Sign of Spring Son Eather, what is a garden plot ? Ps—The bugs and worms plan ning to eat up your stuff. .More I’han One “Which doll would you like?” 1 would like twins”—Politiken (Copenhagen). 'Too Expensive She—I’ll he a sister to you. He—Nothing doing—I’m buying ci.garettes for three ulready. The Test -- ^■le—I fell in love with you the first time I saw you. She—What wa.s I wearing Habit Lawyer—On what ground do yot decline to answer Witness—I am a telephone opera tor. Sileiiit and Married “He’s a man of very few words.” I didn’t know he was married.” —Cincinnati Enquirer. “N. S. F.” “Did you get my check?” “Yes, twice. Once from you and once from the bank.” Colorful Speech “Color can speak,” declares an artist. Sez hue!—Passing Show. Call the Town Crier , “Their engagement L' sld! a se cret.” “So everybouv i.s ” —Glien- dai Mangwrt ‘Tokyo). And Tl Jimmy—p-j you ? P:i V'es. hii English.—Grit, in Wh..''',-'r :cb 3: MO. V t-aik -fon :.>e broko-n “ Fifty now hri-k i.-,, m., Jinyi bc-m hmlt •' ,1-4 11, ' uu-i'" ...■•--•Ts in T.oi', 'A ‘f .h. 'tv 40'. Mr' typo and oapa, Ity a— the 0f.“- - mf . imt i.idit tl-,. Holy'- gxeai:' Arm, ,.ca, ai'. •'oe .The land ,-pf . -'-iii he ir*o.7'.Y t,,, -Ihs/heinikof’'’, a.i,. /:, if A,;>.-r>a ,'js th,, remaiat -B-ritt - jn ■ '0- c;, /hs
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