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SELMA. N. C.. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 9, 19;];5.
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Meet Your Friends In Selma Saturday
Program For Saturday
Armistice Day, Nov. 11
Beginning at 11 A. M.
10:59—Bugle sound attention—(Requested by Mr. Harper)
11:00—One Minute of Silence—(Tribute to the fallen Heroes)
11:01—America^—(Played., by Wendell Band and sung by all)
11:03—Invocation—Rev. D. F. Waddell.
11:07—Quartett—(Selma quantett)
11:10—Reading “FLANDERS FIELD”—Mr. I. W. Medlin
11:15—Star Spangled Banner—Wendell Band
11:18—Introductory—Mr. C. P. Harper
11:20—Mr. W. I. Godwin—Mayor of Selma
11:25—Mr. Hugh M. Austin—Commander American Legion
Pou-Parrish Post
11:30—Dr. J. W. Whitehead—Vice Commander of North Caro
lina Legionnaires
11:35—Judge F. H. Brooks—Smithfield
Introduction of Speaker—E. G. Hobbs
11:40—Address—Mr. Silas Lucas, Wilson
11:55—Quartett—(Smithfield colored Quartett)
12:00—Adjourn for Dinner
(Public Address Amplifier Will Be Used On Platform)
IN ADDITION AND FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
8:30 to noon—Registration of Legionnaires
10:30—Parade to start
12:00—Dinner for Veterans
l:30^Band Concert by Wendell Band
3:00—Football Game—Stantonsburg C.C.C. and Selma All Stars
7:00—^Boxing bouts in City Auditorium
8:00—Street dancing
Agricultural Exhibits
MIDWAY ATTRACTIONS ALL DAY
Extracts From Selma Paper
Published 25 Years Ago
T ime moves steadily onward. Hardly
seems like 15 years since the greatest
conflict of all history was brought to a
victorious conclusion by the Allied
Armies. Yes, and in those 15 years,
many of us have had . . and some still have . . .
dark days when it seemed the battle of Life was
turning against us. But - -
Our personal trials and tribulations are as
nothing compared to sacrifices so valiantly made
by the heroes of ’17 and ’18 in defense of the
Peace and Security of the world. Many of those
brave lads gave their lives. Many still patiently
bear the wounds of war, both in our hospitals
and in private life. For many of the latter, the
war will never be over.
So to them . . . yes, to all veterans . . . and in
memory of the honored dead, our salute. And a
silent prayer of thanks as we FACE THE
EAST at 11 a. m. ARMISTICE DAY!
Stote Votes to Retain
the 18th Amendment
Kiwanis Hosts To
Wives and Teachers
Johnston Man Hit
By Brick And Killed
frcm a copy of The Selma News,
dated Thursday, October 29, 1908,
twenty-five years ago. This old
paper was 'brought to our office by
Mr. C. L. Richardson.
In this old paper appears a
picture of the Selma Band. The
D. Vick, at the other, and to tre
he following- extracts are takej^eat%.in8.'fof.'Lohengrins wedding-march
beautifully rendered by Mz-s. "W. H
Call, marched to the altar where
the Rev. W. H, Puckett performed
the ceremony making- them one.
Before the bridal party entered
Miss Mag-g-ie Whitley, one of Selma’.--
charming- daughters, sang a beauti-
Measure For Repeal Is Defeated by
.-Vbout 150,000 Majority—Drys Are
Jubilant Over Great Victory—Re
sult May Have Folitical Signifi
cance In Future Elections.
The Selma Kiwanis Club was host
to the wives of the members and
the faculty of the Selma schools at
a Baikiu'et held Friday night.
Misunderstanding Between Two .Mc;n
Results in Quarrel and Homicide.
only members of the band now liv- j ushers were Messrs,
iiig in Selma are Mr. R. E. Suber | Maurice Waddell, H. A. Pearce, E.
and Mrs. E. W. O’Neal. There is | j Spiers. The
also a picture of the late C. W. | flower girls were little Misses Mary
Richardson, father of our towns- j Mitchener and Neppie Jone.s.
man, Mr. C. L .Richard-on, and Mrs. j j^j^ig, Waddell Spiers was the ring
~W. W. Har§. Mr. Richardson was ^ i^g3,.g,. Miss Blanche Mitchener, sis-
ch^rman of the Democratic Execu-| ^g,. ^.j^g i,,.j^ie was maid of honor.
tive Committee.
Sam Parker an Assyrian merchant,
has opened a clothing- store in the
building recently vacated by W. E.
Smith Co
Drug- Company.
The attendants were; M’ss Mann
with .T. B. Waddell, Mias Adams
with J. A. Mitchener, Jr., Miss
Sackie Mitshener w’th A. W. Mitch-
next to the Richardson ener, Miss Mary Mitchener with J.
S. Mitchener, Miss Roselie Mitchener
with Cha.s Mitchener.
‘-Peacetown” was presented in the
opera house Tuesday night to a fair | Mr. S. P. Wood spent a few days
sized crowd by the J. Early Hughes j in Enf eld last week with his
Company. The play was interesting i parents.
throughout and the crowd enjoyed it. | p^t^le A. Hocutt, of Clayton,
Rev. Geo. B. Starling, of Clayton,
has been as isting the Rev. Mr.
Puckett in a revival meeting- in the
Methodist church during the past
week and preaching some interest
ing and wholesome sermons.
Hon. T. W. Bickett, candidate for
attorney general of North Carolina,
-wili speak at Rehoboth church
grounds next Friday the 30th. There
■will be a big Democratic rally and
other speakers will be present. Free
barbecue dinner. Fine music by-
Selma band.
spent a day in Selma last
visiting friends.
Mr. R. L. Ray spoke to a repre
sentative c^owd of citizens at Sandy
Hill school house Friday night on
the issu^ .of the campaign.
The Johnston Baptist Association
' will hold its fifth annual session in
the new Baptist church here begin
ning Thursday ,November 5th. At
this meeting a memorial window in
memory of the organization in Selma
five years ago will be presented to
the church by the Association.
In the Selma Methodist church
last Thursday evening at sunset was
solemnized the marriage of Miss
Alice Enola Mitchener, the accom-
pHbhed daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jno. A. Mitchener, of Selma, and
Mr. Earnest Deans, a popular and
prominent young business man of
Wilson.
The church was beautifully deco
rated with evergreens, ferns and
potted plants and lighted with red
and green candleh.
The bride entered on the arm of
her father at one door and the
groom with his best man, Dr. Geo.
William H. Taft spent Sunday in
Washington.
President Roosevelt has signed a
contract to become associate editor
of the Outlook on his return from
his African trip.
Orville Wright, the aeroplanist
who narrowly' escaped death in the
accident to his aeroplane during a
flight at Fort Myer, Va., five weeks
ago, will soon be able to leave for
his home at Dayton,
The New York World, a Bryan
paper, gives Taft 205 vote.s sure and
credits Bryan with 178.
WILL MAKE GOVERNMENT
LOANS ON COTTON
Mr. R. C. Banks, representing
Alex Sprunt & Son, is giving notice
through an advertisement in this
paper that he is in position to make
government loans of 10c per pound
on cotton.
Money advanced on all hotton re
ceived at shipping point. See his ad
elsewhere in this issue. This plan
gives the farmers of Selma terri
tory the same advantage that any
other town has where they have
bonded warehouses, as all cotton de
livered to riiem' is bonded the same
as that stored in warehouses.
Mr. Banks has office over A. 'V.
Driver Store in Selma.
Raleigh, Nov. 8.—Jubilant over
their smashing victory. North Caro
lina drys today moved to keep their
organization intact and to carry on
their prohibition fight which they
hope ultimately will re.sult in repeal
of the state’s 3.2 per cent beer and
wine law.
Dr. W. L. Poteat, of Wake Forest
president of the United Dry Force ,
said the organization expected “to
secure the results of victory” and
joined other prohibition leaders in a
prediction that the next legi.slature
which meets in 1935 will repeal the
beer law enacted this year.
“North Carolina is dry and has
beeli consistently dry,” said Dr. Po
teat. ‘‘We expect the 1935 legi-la-
ture to be dry and to repeal the
beer law which never should have
been passed,”
Meanwhile, the vote that recorded
North Carolina as the first state
against repeal of the 18th amend
ment was steadily mounting in favor
of the drys who had a lead of ap
proximately 150,000 with most of
the state heard from.
With 1,448 of the state’s 1,831
precincts reported, the vote was:
For repeal, 109,668; against, 259,-
019.
The mounting- majority brought
little comment from hepealists. Rob
ert Lassiter, of Charlotte, president
of the United Council for Repeal,
announced the work of his organi
zation came t o an end with yes
terday’s vote.
“Our only purpose was to seek
to have i^orth Carolina line up with
the states that have voted to amend
the national prohibition act,” he
said.
Although Gale K. Burgess, cam
paign manager for the United Dry-
Forces, declared that organization
as a group would not sponsor any
man for political office, there was
speculation here as to the political
significance of the dry land.slide.
It was the concensus that the
stars of Cameron Morrison, former-
senator and former governor, and
of Clyde R. Hoey, former represen
tative and pro.spective gubernatori
al candidate in 1936, had risen con
siderably.
There was speculation as to the
effect the dry victory would have on
the future political careers of the
state’s two United States senators,
Josiah W. Bailey and Robert R.
Reynolds, both of whom advocated
repeal.
Reynolds,
Kiwanian C. P. Harper g-ave the
welcome address which was respond
ed to by Mi.'S Hash, mernber of the
school faculty. The toastmaster,
Charles Jacobs, then called on
Kiwanian George F. Brietz for a
talk. This was followed by vocal
music by Mrs. M. R. Wall and
Jimmie Woodard, accompanied by
Mi-s Ellen Singleton. Rev. L. T
Singleton and A. K. Eason delighted
those present with their wit and
humor. Mrs. D. F. Waddell present
ed paper and pencils and asked all
present to draw likenesses of the
teachers and Kiwanians, whos names
appeared on their papers. The
judges, Mrs. C. E. Kornegay, Miss
Mildred Perkins and H. H. Lowry,
awarded the prize to Miss Della
Stroupe, of Cherryville.
Lieutenant Governor Charles Scales
was introduced by the toa.stma;-ter.
Mr. Scales made a brief but very
interesting talk. He is president
elect of the Selma club.
Smithfield, Nov. 6.—Henry Hall
a whife man, fs in jail here and
Junius McLamb is dead, as the re
.sult of a misunderstanding alleged
to have g-rown out of the afrming
arrangements between the two men
this year.
Junius McLamb, aged 44 years
died Sunday morning as the result
of injuries received by being struck
by Hall, and was buried in the fam
ily bui-ial ground, near his home, in
Meadow township, Sunday evening.
The deceased was a very respectable
citizen of his community and leaves
widow and several children.
MR. R. J. SMITH
Our popular townsman, Mr. R. J.
Smith, has just been awarded a
beautiful gold medal for his thirty-
five year.s’ service with the Ameri
can Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany. Mr. Smith fir.st went to work
for the S. B. T. & T. Company in
Charlotte Nov. 2J 1898, as ground
man and worked in groups in tive
Carolinas until August 13, 1899,
when he was transferred to Durham
a.s plant foreman. Fron; Durham
e went to Raleigh, where he held
the same position until July 15, 1905.
Hall had been living with Mc-
Lanib thi.s year but moved away
and came back Sunday night a week
ago and called McLamb out of his
house, and an argument ensued,
which resulted in Hall throwing a
brick and striking McLamb on the
head.
The assailant is in jail, without
privilege of bail, awaiting action of
the coroner’s jury, which will hear
the matter Wedne.-day afternoon.
While in the latter-city he built the
Selma Exchange in the spring of
1903. The central office in Selma
was located in the rear of the bank,
in the building now occupied by
Millers Store. This was later moved
to a building- where Woodard’s Drug
store now stands. He was with A.
T. T. Company a few year.s, then
to Raleigh again and from there to
Port.smouth, 'Va., as head linesman.
He spent eig-ht years in the Old
Dominion, working most of the time
as construction foreman. He a.ssi.^t-
ed in building the lines to South
Boston, Danville, Lynchburg and
Roanoke, coming to Goldsboro in
1918. He has been in this district
ever .-ince. Mr. Smith has charge of
the plant department of Selma,
Wendell and Zebulon. He is 58 year.s
of age and still active, having lost
very little time on account of ill
ness and none for the past 10 years.
He has been twice married, has
three living children and four dead
by his first wife and two by his
last wife. He is a member of the
Junior Order, United American Me
chanics and the Methodist church.
Wilson’s Mill News
minister and prohibition leader, is-
.-ued a statement saying Bailey and
Reynolds “should resign and let the
state have fair and proper repre
sentation in the senate.”
Dry leadens credited their victory
to “moral forces” rather than to any
political factor, Burgess explaining
the United Dry Forces were a non
partisan and . inter-denomination
agencies.
Challenging the statement of Jake
Newell, Charlotte attorney and Re
publican .senatorial candidate last
year, that the vote was Republican
victory, John D. Langston, of Golds
boro, a Democratic leader who work
ed against repeal, said:
‘‘It was not a Democratic victory,
it was not a Republican victory nor
was it the victory of any other par
ty. * * * I would say that it was
a victory of the stalwart woman
hood and motherhood of the state.”
Although they consider their vic
tory a mandate for repeal of the
beer law. Dr. Poteat and Burges.^
said no effort would be made for a
special session of the legislature to
repeal that statute.
‘‘We expect the 1935 legislature
to follow the mandate .of the peo
ple and repeal the law,” Dr. Poteat
said. “It should never have been en
acted.
“North Carolina has been consist
ently dry since 1908 when prohibi
tion was voted by 44,000 majority.
In 1928 we demonstrated this state’s
Sues For $50,000 In
Highway Fatality
Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Massey spent
the week-end in Goldsboro with
their sister Mrs. J. H. Howell.
Miss Nancy Stephenson, of Wil
son, spent the week end with her
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davis, of
Goldsboro, Nov. 6.—Suit for $50,- j Oxford, were in town Sunday.
000 against Z. T. Brown has been Mesdames W. T. Wilson, Jim Lee
filed in Wayne Superior Court by j and Ellen Lee spent Tuesday in
Mrs. Alice, K. Hatch in connection i Durham.
with the death of her husband, At- |
torney J. J. Hatch, in an auto
mobile accident last January. The
plaintiff alleges that he came to his
death as the result of an automo
bile accident by the defendant
through his son, William Brown, in
a “careless, negligent, unlawful,
wilful and wanton manner.”
Mr. Hatch died in a hospital in
Richmond three days after the acci
dent, which occurred near Richmond.
In the car were Mr. and Mrs. Brown
their son, and Mr. Hatch, who were
on their way to enter William in
the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
The complaint says that Mr. Hatch
had been instrumental in getting
William into the Academy.
DINNERS REPORT
Mesdames H. D. Culbreth, Carl
Worley and C. G. Whitaker spent
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Mag
gie Bailey.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Waters, of Ral
eigh, spent Sunday with Mrs. Sally
Youngblood.
D. O. Uzzle and Wilson Uzzle, of
Auburn, visited relatives here Fri
day evening.
Miss Elizabeth Pierce, of Smith-
field, spent the week end in town.
Miss Mildred Todd spent the past
week in Goldsboro.
Misses Lucy Gunn and Ola Day
Uzzle, of Raleigh, visited their mo
ther, Mrs. Ola Uzzle, Sunday.
Mesdames Carl K. Parrish and
Maggie Bailey spent Sunday after
noon with Mrs. C. B. Fulghum, in
Selma.
That there were 31,256 bales of
cotton ginned in Johnston, County
frorh the crop of 1933 prior to Oct.
18, 1933, as compared with 25,956
bales ginned to October 18, 1932.
E. G. HOLLAND, Agt.
Mr. J. T. Wilkins made a busi
ness trip to W'ilson Tuesday.
I attitude by defeating A1 Smith in
who made a 57-county | what was a referendum on prohibi-
tour of the state, defeated Morrison ! tion.
in 1932. ' “We now have a 150,000 majori-
Dr. J. A. Barton, Wilmington ty.”
I
Detroit Has First
Snowfall of eSason
Mr.s. W. A. Nordan, Jr., of Hus
ton, Texas, is visiting in Selma 'at
the home of her mother, Mrs. W
H. Stallings and Mr. and Mrs. W.
A. Nordan, Sr. She will spend sev
eral weeks here before returning to
her home in Texas.
Detroit, Nov. 6.—The first snow
of the season greeted early rising
Detroiters this morning .whitening
roofs and automobile tops. The
Weather Bureau predicted more
Twenty herds of Guernsey cattle
represented in the third annual
Burke County Show at Morganton
recently.
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