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W. ^ % I SELMA HAS A $20,000 WEEKLY PAY-ROLL THE JOHNSTONIAN SELMA OFFERS YOU MANY OPPORTUNITIES THE JOHNSTONIAN AND JOHNSTON GOUN TY SUN CONSOLIDATED VOL. 16 SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1933. NUMBER 20 Baseball League Has Been Organized Pine Level, Selma, Smithfield, Princeton, Kenly and Clayton To Have Bfaseball During the Summer Months—C. A. Bai ley Elected League President The season sltarts on May 31. Selma plays at Pine Level, ^mithiield at Clayton and Kenly ^t Princeton All games will be called at 4 o’clock. A baseball league composed of Selina, Smithfield, Pine Level, Pi-inceton, Kenly and Clayton has been organized to play two game- each week throughout the summer months. The sea.son will probably begin Tuesday May 30th and will end I.abor Day with a double-head er, Each town in the league can get players within a radius of .seven miles but will not be allowed to pay any player for his services. The names of eighteen players from each team wil 1 be submitted to the Pi-esident and directors for approval After these names have been ap proved no other names will be added during the entire season. The sea son will be divided. Mr. C. A. Bailey, of Selma, has been elected president of the league and Mr. Lovill, of Clayton, Vice- . President. Much interest has been manifest ed in each of the town.s and a hot race is anticipated. Program For Commencement The closing events of the Selma School will take place as follows: Sunday morning, May 21st at 11 o’clock—Baccalaureate Sermon, by Rev. C. K. Proctor, Superintend ent of Oxford Orphanage, and form er pastor of the local Methodist Church. Tuesday afternoon—Declamation and Recitation Contests. 2 o’clock Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock—De bate and Essay Contest. Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock—Seventh Grade exercises. Perfect attendance certificates will be awarded at this time. Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock, Class Day Exerci.es. Graduation exercises, Friday night. May 26th. The commencement ad dress will be delivered by Dr. Albert Coates, member of the faculty of Law of the University of North Carolina, and head of the Institute of Government which was held in Chapel Hill last summer. Dr. Coates i.s a native of Johnston County, and everyone is looking forward to hi- address. Interesting Items From Smithfield Mammoth Male Chorus Concert A meeting of all the baseball players of the town and other in- lerested citizens wa.s held at the office of Ed Creech on Friday even- .irg. It was announced that Selma had entered the Johnston County League, which will be composed of Princeton, Pine Level, Smithfield, Selma, and Kenly. Ed Creech was unanimously elected field manager of the team and “Jit” Younger business manager and director. A practice was held at the school building Monday afternoon and it looked as thoug-h Selma will have a team as good as any town in the league. A grand stand will be erect ed at the ball park at the high school building next week. The players will all be dolled up in new uniforms. These suits are contribut ed by the following business firms of Selma: Telephone Company, Mac’s Service Station, Worley’s, Selma Drug Com pany, Walt Godwin, Clean-M-Right, iDunn Furniture Co., Woddard’s Drug Store, V-C-Company, Supreme Service Station, Selma Clothing & Shoe Co., Selma Cotton and Oil Co., Gaskill-Bailey Co., The Catch-Me- ' Eye Inn, G. N. Siler, C. A. Jacob.-, C" A.. Bailey, Selma Motor Service "Co., The Doctors, Farmer’s Ex change. Clarence A. Bailey is president of the league and Mr. Lovill, of Clay- ten, vice-president. Local citizens have cooperated wholeheartedly in making it possible for Selma to en-1 ler the league. The following citizens have con tributed toward the grandstand: Herbert Ward, Tom Colonas, G. F. Prietz, Raleigh Grffin, Freckle.s Tal- •tcn, M. R. Wall, Bill Spivey, C. E. Johnson, Walter Worrell, L. George, C. E. Denning, Andy Creech,' E. V. "Deans, Dick Broadwell, Sanitary Grocery, Julian Avery, A. L. Lang ley, Andrew Worrell, J. H. Talton, ' B. H Cooke, Exclusive Shoe Shop, Jones & Deans, Lee Store, Mr. Sut- terlow, H. H. Lowry, Julius Corbett, Odell Strickland, Roy Driver, Tal- mage Corbett, Dan Hayes, G. C. Hinton, Willie Hill, W. H. Adams, Noble Peedin, 0. A. Tuttle, Herbert Screws, Judge Aycock, J. H. Grif- jin. Travelers Inn , E. G. Hobbs, ii^anders Theatre. Sponsoring Flower Show. the The Civics Department of "Woman’s Club are sponsoring a T^ower Show, Friday, in building ^iext to Modem Cash Grocery. Doors open at 10:30 a. m. A “Curiosity •Shop” will be an interesting feature; also hand work of every description Prizes will be given for best dis play of flowers of dilferent descrip tions—cut flowers and potted plants. The Ways and Means committee will serve sandwiches and tea. Every resident of Selma is invit ed to enter their flowers, fancy ^ork and antiques. Smithfield, May 17.—^Considerable interest is being shown here in the Mammoth Male Chorus Concert to be given at Goldsboro next Friday nig’ht. May 19th, when it is expected that 500 male voices of selected and trained vocalists from many coun ties wdll be heard in a great musi cal chorus The object of the or ganization, which is wide spread, is to create interest in home made mu sic, instead of depending on paid entertainers or the radio. In a num ber of counties throughout eastern North Carolina meetings are held each week, under the supervision of competent mu>icians who give the neces.sary instruction and training- free of charge. The Johnston County unit for sev eral -weeks has held meetings each Thursday night in the Smithfield Baptist church where those -who so desire may get training and prac tice under the supervision of Mrs. N. L. Perkins, who is a-^sisted by Mrs. Carl S. Pugh and Mrs. Guy C. Lee. Cards are being distributed in Smithfield, and elsewhere giving the program of the Musical Festival to be held in Goldsboro Friday and Friday night, which read as follows: PROG R A M Hundreds of trained Men’s voices from over 15 counties -will unite in this History Making Event. Wake Fore-t College Glee Club will sing Guest Numbers at Big Brick Warehouse, N. John Street at 8:30 P. M. This event will be preceded by Free All Day Mu.sic Festival. Singing Class Contest at 10:00 a ra, Male Quartette Contest at 2:00 p. m. Loving Cup and other prizes will be awarded -winners, at Wayne Memorial Community Building. Free Band Concert during day. A small admission will be charged for night concert to help defray actual expense of this gigantic event. One matter that needs to be more thoroughly understood by the people of this section is the liberality of the United States Government in providing for the draping of the caskets of dead soldiers with United States flags, and furnished tomb stones to mark the graves of all soldiers who foug-ht in any of our wars ,also tombstones to mark the graves of confederate soldiers, ’fhese laws were enacted a few years ago, but do not appear g'enerally under stood. The flags are kept at all county seat postoffices, and are furnished free of charge when application is made by either a member of the family or the undertaker. After the funeral the flag is retained by the family of the deceased soldier. The tombstones are shipped all charges prepaid to the nearest railroad sta tion, with the names of the soldier and his rank cut in the stone. Any one desiring a stone should write the Quartermaster General, Wash ington, D. C_, for an application blank. ProceedingsCounty Judge AyCOck Is Recorder’s Court * * i n i/' • • Heard Ky Kiwanians The SmitMield high school orches tra took journey to Raleigh Tues day afternoon where an interesting program of dinner mu.-ic was rend ered from 5:30 to 6:00 o’clock, the instrumezital music being interspers ed with songs by N. L. Perkins Jr., and Cullen Hooks, two memebers of the orchestra, who always give good account of themselves in programs of either vocal or instrumental Music. The whole program was broad cast over station WPTF and much favorable comment has been heard from those who were listening in at that time. The Smithfield elementary school was represented in the State-wide picture contest at Raleigh last Sat urday by St. Clair Pugh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl S. Pugh. This contest in which 01 high school studento and 44 stutlents represent ing elementary school participated, was held unuer the ausihees the State Department of Education and the State Federation of Woman’s Clubs. The contestants and their sponsors were guests of the Raleigh Women’s Club at luncheon and from 3:00 un til 4:00 in the afternoon they were guests of the Governor of the State at the man-ion. REV. MR. CRAIN GOES TO WASHINGTON CONVENTION Rev. Wm. J. Crain, pastor of Selma Baptist church, left this (Thursday) morning for Washing ton, D. C., to attend the Southern Baptist Convention, which opens Friday morning. May 19th, and will close Monday, May 22nd. Mr. Crain will remain in Washing ton for a joint meeting of the Northern and Southern Baptists on Tuesday, May 23rd, and will return home Wednesday, May 24th. MAN AND WIFE BURIED Funeral services were held Mon day afternoon at North Wilkesboro for W. T. Johnson and his wife, Edna Johnson, who died Saturday at their home near Roaring Gap. He was 81 years old, and she was 76. Mr. A. V. Driver, who has been ill at his home for a week is now improving. Farmers coming to Smithfield from different parts of Johnston report that all crops appear to (je getting a good start. The frequent showers which prevailed around the first of May supplied sufficient moisture to insure good stands of the early crops, and the unusually warm weather that has prevailed since ha- been beneficial to all crops and been just what was needed' for cotton; though in some sections it has been too dry during the last few days for small grain to make the best progress, and in some places this is causing premature ripening. It .=eems that the Legislature has gotten our school matters into some what of a muddle The full details of the new law have not yet been published but it is reported that all the school com mitteemen have been legislated out of office and that the state is to be redi.stricted by a school com mission, and that until the new districts are formed there can not be any more school committeemen appointed. All these matters must be arrang ed before any more teachers can be employed. SELMA BAPTISTS TO OPEN VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL The Selma Baptist church, under the direction of the pastor, will op en a Daily Vacation Bible School, Monday, June 5th, at 9:00 a. m. This school will be conducted for the benefit of the children of the chureh and Sunday school, and all other children of the community who wish to attend. The school will con tinue for a period of two weeks. ORDERS BEER RETURNED Judge. John S. Thomas, of the general county court of Alamance ordered the return of 379 bottles of beer to D. B. Bass Tuesday. The beer was taken in a- whiskey-beer raid by Burlington police .several weeks ago. State vs. Walter Smith, colored laborer, aged 52, for assault on fe male. Guilty, and given 60 days on the roads. State vs. Levi Smith, colored la borer, aged 22, for assault on fe male. Guilty, and given 60 days on the roads. State vs. George Buie, colored la borer, aged 21, for assault on fe male. Found guilty and given 6 months on the roads. State vs. Donelle Smith, colored laborer, aged 30, for violation of the prohibition law. Plea of Nolo Contendere. Guilty of pos.-ession of whiskey for purpose of sale, and given 12 months road sentenced, to be suspended upon payment of cost and on condition that defendant leaves Johnston County and North Carolina within 24 hours for a pe riod of two years. Capias to issue at request of Solicitor. State vs. John L. Murphy, colored labores, for housebreaking and lar ceny. Transferred to Superior Court. State vs. Joe Townsend, colored laborer, aged 20, and Willie Russ, colored laborer, aged 20, for larceny of chickens, value less than $20.00. Joe Townsend pleads guilty, and is given 60 days on the roads. Willie Russ not guilty and discharged. State vs. Albert Nordan, white farmer, aged 44, for violation of prohibition law. Guilty of possession of 3 quarts of whiskey for purpose of sale. Continue prayer for judg ment upon payment of $25.00 fine and cost. State vs. James Davis, white far mer, aged 43, for violation of prohi bition law. Guilty of possession of whi'key. Continue prayer for judg ment upon payment of $10.00 fine and cost. State vs. M. J. Little, white, aged 31, for violation of prohibition law. Continue prayer for judgment upon payment of $10.00 fine and cost. State vs. Bill App Barbour (W. A.), white fanner, aged 30, for violation of prohibition law. Guilty of possession of whiskey for purpose of sale and sale of whiskey. Defendant given 12 months on the roads. Appeal under $300 bond. State vs. Ravmond Sauls, white farmer, aged 23, and Alonzo Bare foot, white farmer, aged 18, for violation of prohibition law. Alonzo Barefoot not gnilty and discharged. Raymond Sauls gnilty of possession of one-half gallon of whiskey for purpose of sale. Continue prayer for judgment upon payment of $10.00 fine and cost. State vs. C. E. Young, white far mer, aged 55, and Mancey Beasley, white farmer, aged 29, for violation of prohibition law. C. E. Young not guilty and discharged. Mancey Beas ley guilty of possession of still out fit and manufacturing whiskey and possession of whiskey for purpose of sale. Sentenced 90 days on roads, to be suspended upon payment of $25.00 fine and cost. State vs. Willie P. Hayes, white farmer, aged 28, for operating mo tor vehicle while intoxicated. Not guilty and discharged. State vs. Pullie Parker, white far- inen, aged 45, for violation of pro hibition law. Guilty of possession of one quart of whiskey for purpose of sale. Continue prayer for judgment upon payment of $50.00 fine and cost. State vs. Frank McKay, colored laborer, aged 50, for violation of prohibition law. Guilty of possession of whiskey and transportation. Sen tence of GO days on roads to be sus pended upon payment of $10.00 fine and cost. State vs. Mrs. G. W. Adams, white, for violation of prohibition law. Not guilty and discharged. State vs. Hassie McNeil, colored laborer, for carrying concealed weapon. Not guilty and discharged. State vs. Mordecai Stevens, col ored laborer, aged 16; Jack Sanders, colored laborer and Isaiah Burgess, colored laborers, for assault with deadly weapon. Sanders and Burgess not guilty and discharged. Stevens guilty and sentenced to roads for 90 days, to be suspended upon pay ment of cost and on further condi tion that defendant does not violate any criminal law again during next two years. State vs. Lizzie Utley and Nellie Utley, colored, for housebreaking and larceny. Transferred to Super ior Court. Ju.stice having had preliminary hearing. Wednesday, May 10th. State vs. Carl Glover, white far- mer^ged 32, for assault with dead ly weapon. Plea of guilty. Continue prayer for judgment upon payment State Legislature Adjourned Monday! Having Remained In Session For 132 Days It Only Fell 9 Days Short of the Record-Breaking Session of 1931 Which Held For 141 Days. ‘Youth of Today” Is Subject of Splendid Address Delivered At Weekly Dinner Meeting— John Q. A. Jeffreys Was In Charge of Program. The State Legi>lature adjourned sine die at 5:29 Monday afternoon after holding continued sessions for 132 days, which is only 9 days less than the record breaking Legislat ure of 1931 which remained in ses sion for 141 days. There is said to have been over fourteen hundred bills enacted dur ing this session, most of which were of more or less of a local nature. However there were a number of bills passed affecting the state as a whole, some of which are as follows: Legalized the sale of beer effect ive as of May 1, 1933, which has already become a reality. Passed an act calling for a ref erendum on prohibition in the fall. Legalized race track gambling in six counties of the State. A bill to submit a hew Constitu tion in 1934. Amended the divorce laws of the State whereby the time for securing a divorce has been shortened from five years to two years. State to finance an eight months school term, with a provision in the law that counties and towns who desire an extended term may sup plement the eight months terra pro vided such counties or tqwns have not defaulted in payment of their obligations. An act to merge Highways and Prisons of the State. The acts of the 1933 General As sembly will vitally affect directly every citizen of the State—particu larly the general sales tax which will become effective on July 1, of this year. Raleigh Has Noon Hour Near Sunset Raleigh, May 15.—The sun was setting at “noon” here today. At least according to clocks in the general assembly that was the case. The legislature voted Saturday to adjourn at high noon. At noon a lot of work remained to be done and clocks in both houses were- stopped just before 12 o’clock * So, when the clocks finally reach ed noon—that happened when both houses were adjourned simultane ously—it was 5:29 o’clock Eastern Standard Time, and the day was nearly over. of cost and on further condition that defendant does not violate the prohibition law again in North Car olina during next two year.s. State vs. John Howell, colored farmer, aged 19; Richard Howell, colored farmer, aged 15; James H. Williams, colored farmer, aged 21; and Henry Steven.s, colored farmer, aged 20, for violation of prohibition law, possession and transportation of beer. Not gulty and discharged. State vs. John Howell, colored farmer, aged 19, and Richard How ell, colored farmer, aged 15, for in terfering with and resisting officer in discharge of duty, etc. Richard Howell under 16 years of age and case as to him transferred to Juve nile Court. John Howell guilty, and is given 60 days on roads. State vs. John Howell, colored farmer, aged 20; Richard Howell, aged 15; and James H. William.s, colored- farmer, aged 21, for assault with deadly weapon. Richard Howell under 16 years of age and his ca-e transferred to Juvenile Court. John Howell not guilty and discharged. Jas. H. Williams guilty and given 6 months on roads. Williams also charged with careless and reckless driving in this case, but is adjudg ed not guilty on that count. State vs. James H. Williams, col ored farmer, aged 21, for assault with deadly weapon. Guilty, and giv en 90 days on roads, this sentence J. H. Kirkman [do begin at expiration of above sen tence. State vs. t.uther Wilkins, -white farmer, aged 41, for disposing of crops before paying rents. Guilty and fined $10.00 and cost. Appea' under $100.00 bond. Judge W. P. Aycock, of Selma, was the principal speaker at the regular weekly meeting of the Selma Kiwanis Club on last Thursday night. He was introduced by the program chairman, John Q. A. Jef freys. “Youth is the most precious and also the most perilous of ones life,” said the speaker, “with its hopes, its unbounded possibilities, its freshness, its tendernes.s, its beauty; it is a time of momentous decisions, of strong passions, feverish desires, im pulses and fancies with its sensi tiveness and excitablness. The life of the human family is like a chain, each generation is Inked in the other and each genera tion is what the preceding genera tion has made it. A boys ambition is to become a man and that ambi tion is so forceful that the boy at an early age begins to inut^te men, that is to do what men are seen doing and what men say they do and more especially what father does. The boy does not curse, smoke, drink and do many other things that lead to crime and bad citizenship because it s inherently a part of his make up or because of any de sire of his, it is because he sees men doing those things and comes to the conclusion to do those things himself will hasten a recognition of him as a man and in his efforts to attain such recognition he un consciously creates a taste and a habit for the use of themi Too often the sons and daughters who are giving so much concern to the older people about the excessive drinking get the first drink in their own homes and at the hands of a parent. * “Each generation has experienced its anxiety about the youth, our parents worriei about us, that is the parents of today and those who are responsible for our government and the governments of the world. Pos sibly they were wiser than we now think as our generation has almost wrecked the finances of the world. One of the great concerns of the late William Brantley was the way wardness of the youth of his day. He as other great divines as also the masses throw water on the flame without any attention given to the source of the fire. “The youth that has been criticiz ed has always been exploited by the generation doing the criticizing, that when we constituted the youth of the land just as it is today. It is not the youth that invent new and wonderful candies, drinks, dres.-^es, dances, picture, compose the jazz and paint and post the attractive and vulgar advertisements to lure the youth into the older persos com mercial trap. The older person open the gates, invite the youth to enter, fleece them aqd then howl “What is going to become of the youth of today.” Considering the example set before the youth of today I think it is the mo.st promisng of any yet precedng. There are many t(ualifi- cations of the youth of today to give rise to hope for the future. All of us who live to become octo genarians will be pround of the youth of today; let us have faith in them!” J. C. Avery was received as a regular member of the club. Rev. Janies Andrew Talks NOf Adivee F-or Young Men “Run, Speak to That Young Man,” was the text from which Rev. James D. Andrew spoke in the re vival at the First Reformed church Thursday night. Mr. Andrew be lieves that the young people of to day are just as good as, if not ac tually better, than in the day when he was young. . “Who should ^peak to the young man?” Mr. Andrew asked. First, it should be young men, he declared. “But,” said he, “ you must ba genuine, clear through and through, if you are to win for Christ the young man who knows you.” Then, the yoimg woman should speak to the young man. “You had better win him for Christ before you be- come his wife,” was a solemn cau tion. It was an evening for the youth of the church, nearly half of the large congregation that filled the church being under 21 years of ige.—Greensboro Daily News. . -ii; i ’■r
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