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THE JOHNSTONIAM - SLJN, SELMA, N. C. — THURSDAY, SEPT. 5, 1940. '‘i r \‘t S' FOUR OAKS N, C. Progresses Under National Farm Program Miss Josephine Collier left Tues day for Asheville where she will enter Highland hospital for training. Mr. and Mrs. R .A. Bain, Mr. and Mrs. Hallie Bain and Mrs. Douglas Lucas visited Mrs. Emma Davis at Virginia Beach, Thursday and Fri day. Mrs. B. T. Batson and children and Mrs. A. V. Stroud, of Goldsboro Visited Mrs. W. J. Woodard, Thurs day. Miss Grace Parker, of Washing ton, D. C., is visiting her grand mother, Mrs. W. E. Strickland. . Mrs. Joe Austin, Mrs. Herman ■’Creech and Miss Nancy Austin spent Wednesday and Thursday in Rich mond, Va. Mrs. Pauline Harrington, of Dar lington, S. C., is visiting Mrs. Albert Keene. Mrs. J. L. Doggett is visiting i Lumber Bridge. Mrs. Ellen Howell, of Mt. Olive; ■visited Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Upchurch Sunday. Mrs. Carson Adams is visiting Mrs. Lacy Canaday in Raleigh. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Keene and W. M., Jr., of Coats, were guests of Mrs. W. E. Strickland, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Alton Johnson, Raleigh, visited Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Strickland, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Dock Ennis, of Wil on, visited here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Woodard and children visited Mrs. Ploreed Hard man in Kinston, Sunday. Mrs. B. T. Barbour and family, of Washington, D. C., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Barbour and other relatives here. Miss Nancy Ruth Massengill and Lewis Raynor visited friends in Fay etteville, Sunday. Miss Doris Berryman returned to her home in Durham Sunday, after spending several days with Miss Myrtle Honeycutt. FO Raynor-B arbour The marriage of Miss Marjorie Barbour, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Barbour, to James Raynor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Raynor, of Four Oaks, was solemnized on Sun day, June 23rd, in Dillion, S. C. F O Birth Announcement HE story of agriculture in North Carolina during the past seven years under the National Farm Program is a story of more income, more conservation, and more security, says Dr. I. of fhe State College Extension Service. Whats more important,” he declared, “is that it has been a ♦ democratic program, -with the Part-Time Doctors Needed In Army The expansion of the Army creates a need for about 600 civilian medical officers in various grades for tem porary and part-time service. The duties of full-time officers will be to act as doctors of medicine in ac tive practice in hospitals, in dispen saries, and in the field. The duty of part-time officers will be to report for sick call at a fixed hour each day and to be subject to emergency call at all times. The Civil Service Commission m making this announcement calls par ticular attention to the fact that part-time officers will be able to con tinue their regular practice. In order that this may be done, appointments to the part-time positions will be made of medical officers in the vicinity of the place of duty. Information concerning these posi tions may be obtained from the Secretary of the Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners at any first or second class post office, or from the United States Civil Service Com mission, Washington, D. C. Physicians are urged to apply at once. This work is of the greatest importance to the success of the National Defense. Mr. and Mrs. Blake Lassiter of ■Four Oaks, Route 3, announce the birth of a daughter, Linda Creech, on Saturday, August 24, 1940. FO Young People Meet At Kenly Church * The Young People’s Organization of the Baptist church attended the annual Young People’s meeting of the Johnston Association in Kenly Thursday. Those attending were: Mrs. B. B Creech, Mrs. R. C. Canaday, Mrs. Herman Creech and Miss Avis Keene, leaders, Worley Keene, J. Bryan Creech, Eugene Godwin, S. W. Brown, Billy Price, John Sanders. Donzie Thompson, Joe Thompson, Maurice Canaday, Wade Alton Mas sengill, Edward Lassiter, Rebecca Lee, Brookie Strickland, Toby and Kenneth Thompson, Dixie Denning. Emily Gattis, Fay McMillan, Ethel Stephenson, Josephine Lassiter, Mary Ann Strickland, Peggy Massengill, Joyce Grey Johnson, Pansy Jordan, H. M. Lee, Junius Lee, Sophia and Marie Thompson, Melba Adams, Imogene Brown, Mary Jean Barbour, Geraldine Coats, Leigh Strickland Upchurch, Willis Edgar Strickland. FO Junior Class past three years in the State schools. Mr. Allen, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Allen of Benson, attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. At present he is con nected with the post office depart ment in Benson. Following the ceremony the couple left for a ten-day trip to Canada. Upon their return they will be at home in Benson. FO Mrs. Godwin Entertains Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Godwin enter tained their bridge club at their home here Wednesday. At the close of the games fruit juice and cock tail chasers were served to the fol lowing members: Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hatcher, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Gattis, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Denning, and Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Godwin. farmers helping to.run things.” Here are some of the facts and figures Dr. Schaub cited in reporting on the progress: The cash income of North Carolina farmers was 148 per cent high er in 1939 than in 1932; buying power increased 231 percent from 1932; farm real estate values in 1940 are 60 percent above those of 1933; 2,013 acres of 1940 wheat was protected by crop insurance; the Farm Credit Admin istration agencies loaned $78,366,676 from 1933 to 1939; debts of low- income farmers were reduced $970,- 707 under Farm Security Admin istration debt adjustment service; and 31,102,000 pounds of surplus foodstuffs were distributed to needy families in the last fiscal year. Under conservation, 288,400 North Carolina farmers participated in the 1939 AAA program, representing about 67 per cent of the State’s crop land. Participation is feven higher in 1940. In 1939 a total of 969,113 acres of North Carolina farm land was covered by 5-year agreements with the Soil Conservation Service. During 1939 a total of 1,175,800 trees were planted with Federal as sistance. Farmers are also more secure in their homes. From 1935 to 1940 15,- 824 farm families received rural rehabilitation ' loans totaling more than $7,670,000, and $461,730 in grants were made during the same period. Four hundred and nineteen tenant families started toward owner ship by loans for farm purchases, and 4,912 miles of rural electric lines to serve 20,878 farm families was made possible by allotments of the Rural Electrification Administra tion. “All this was in North Carolina, and such progress will continue,” Dr. Schaub asserted. KENLY NEWS ITEMS .MRS. M. E. DRAUGHON Rev. W. A. Wilkinson, of Durham, filled the pulpit at the Kenly Pres byterian church both morning and evening. Mr .and Mrs. Jas. H. Alford visited Mrs. Ida Raper in La Cross, Va., Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. McNeill, of Conway, S. C., visited Mrs. Katie M. Hooks, Sunday and Monday. Mrs. Velma Atkinson and little daughter. Dona Lou, of Florida, spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Atkinson. Mrs. Katie M. Hooks visited her daughter. Miss Beatrice Hooks at Sanatorium, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hooks and little daughter, Katheryn, spent the week end at Bayview. Mrs. Harry Simmons, Mrs. Passie E. Edgerton, and Mrs. C. D. Askew attended the funeral of Norman Tart in Princeton, Thursday. Mrs. J. A. Hodge and daughter. Miss Ida Hodge, attended the wed ding of Miss Louise Woodard in Selma, Thursdaw evening. Miss Geraldine Draughon is spend ing this week with relatives near Princeton. Mrs. Passie Edgerton, who has been a patient the last month at Whispering Cedars, Goldsboro, re turned home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Kirby have moved into their new home, recently finished on Second street. Mrs. Lewis Given Farewell Shower Members of the Missionary Bap tist church gave a farewell pantry shower Tuesday night at Mrs. Paul Marshburn’s, honoring Mrs. Carl Lewis. The guests enjoyed hearts dice. Mrs. Jack Stallings won high score. Entertains At Bridge Mrs. B. L. Woodard entertained at bridge at her home on Saturday night honoring Mrs. Carl Lewis. De licious refreshments were served. The hostess remembered Mrs. Lewis with a piece of silver in her pattern. K Breaks Toe While Playing Bill Watson, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Watson, had the misfortune Friday to break his toe while play ing football. He was given medical aid here and then entered a Wilson hospital for further treatment. K Birth Announcement Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Evett an nounce the birth of a daughter at their home, Sunday, September 1. Mrs. Lewis Honored At Bridge Supper Mrs. William Edgerton entertained at bridge supper August 29th, honor ing Mrs. Carl Lewis, who is leaving to make her home in South Carolina. A three-course supper was served, and bridge was played. Mrs. L. C. Wilkinson, Jr., received high score prize, and second prize by Murphy Zifbes. After the games, Mrs. Edger ton and guests presented Mrs. Lewis a handkerchief shower . K^ Entertains At \ Party and Shower Little Miss Emily Lou Barnes en tertained at a party and miscel laneous shower Wednesday afternoon for little Miss Ida Lewis, who will soon leave with her parents, Mrs. Carl Lewis. Outdoor games were played; later. Entertains At Shower Last Wednesday evening Miss Mary Peele and Miss Ida Hodge^en- ““5 .hThi i »»“ f T.— honoring Miss Idalene Ballance, w S Friday for Mars Hill school. , SOYBEANS Profitable maintenance of the soy bean industry at its present level of production may be materially aftect- ed by the rigid blockade surrounding warring European countries. A recent survey of a large group of companies showed that year y taxes equalled $283 for each com mon stockholder and $576 for each jobholder. NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL property Under power of sale confined m a certain mortgage deed executed by C. R. Gurley, Miss Pearl Toler, and Milton Toler to Dr. A. G. Wood ard and wife, Bessie Woodard, dated January 11, 1930 and duly recorded in the office of Register of Deeds of Johnston County in Book No. 243 page 210, default having been made in the principal and in terest, and demand having been made and payment refused, the undersigned, mortgagees, will offer for sale at public auction in front of the court house door in the town of Smithfield, at 12 M. o’clock, on Monday, September 16, 1940 the fol lowing described real property. Beginning at a stake, corner of First and Water Street; thence N. 55.5 W. 150 feet to Gurley’s corner; thence S. 34.55 W. 75 feet to Potter and Edward’s comer; thence S. 55.5 E. 150 feet to Water Street; thence N. 34.55 W. 75 feet to the begin ning, containing one-fourth of an acre, more or less. This August 16, 1940. Dr. A. G. Woodard and Bessie Joyner Woodard, Mortgagees. Parker and Lee, Attorneys. 8-22-4t FOURTH John Hudgens, Jr., a farmer of Plat Rock, has a Hampshire brood sow that ranked fourth in the Hamp shire Register of Merit for the en tire country in 1939, reports Hender son County Farm Agent G. D. White. Entertained Mrs. J. B. Surles entertained the Junior class of the Presbyterian church with a weiner roast at Holt Lake, Thursday. Those present were: Olivia Godwin, Mai^gurite Adams, Irene Harper, Rosalee Johnson, Benoy Godwin, S. W. Brown, Jr., George Collier, and Billy Price. FO Allen-Gradv The marriage of Miss Lelia Chris tine Grady of Four Oaks and Lawrence Milton Allen of Benson was solemnized Wednesday morning, August 28, at the Four Oaks Bap tist church. The Rev. Harley A 'Chester of Benson officiated, using the ring ceremony. The bride wore a copper costume I suit of feather-weight wool trimmed with brown dyed squirrel. Assec- sories were of brown faille and suede. y 'Ar bridal bouquet was a shoulder rsage of orchids. Mrs. Allen is e daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. ady of Four Oaks. She attended st Carolina Teachers’ college,* eenville, and has taught for thef HOLD EVERYTHING! Compliments of City Barber Shop SELMA, N. C. WE RECOGNIZE The fact that you are entitled to 'every possible protection against infection and contagion while in this shop, and we endeavor to discharge this responsibility by scrupulous adherence to all sanitary precautions. WE BELIEVE That you are entitled to the same courteous, careful and conscientious treatment from every barber in this shop, whether you wish all the services we have to offer or nothing more than a shave, and we sincerely try to carry out this principle. WE WANT YOU To feel that you are under no obligation whatso ever to buy tonics, or shampoos, you will re ceive the same treatment whether you do so or not. THE PREPARATIONS Dispensed in this shop and sold for home use are all standard merchandise of the highest quality, bearing the original manufacturer’s label, undi luted and guaranteed to be free from injurious ingredients. Pre-Remodeling Sale! Buy Now! . . . . Prices Cut To Remove Stock Thursday, Friday and Saturday WE REGARD The hair tonics for sale in our shop not as hair- growers or “baldness cures” but as legitimate aids to the preservation and beautification of hair and the proper care of the scalp. WE FEEL That we owe the responsibilities 'enumerated above to every patron of this shop, regardless of the frequency of his visits, and the owner would appreciate having called to his attention any laxness on his part or the part of his co workers. WE ALWAYS WELCOME YOU AND ARE GLAD, TO SEE YOU AT ANY TIME. N. V. SiTiith, Proprietor. KLEX (Super Suds) 4 31" SUPERFINE SNAP BEANS (Cut Green) 3 26" GORN FLAKES or Post Toasties 4 29" IVORY FLAKES 3 26" SUPERFINE LIMA BEANS (Fresh) 2 21" NAPKINS (100 to package) 2 15" SUPER SUDS (Blue Box) 3 26" BLISS TEA 1-2 lb. pkg. 26c Swans Down Gake FLOUR 26" SELOX (Small Box) 2 9" Liptons COFFEE 1 lb. can 14c MAXWELL HOUSE 1 lb. can 26'/2c Shredded Wheat 2 for 17c FLOUR 12 lbs 39c 24 lbs 75c LUX SOAP 4 25" IODIZED SALT OR PLAIN 3 19" Triangle SALT 1 lb., 8 oz. 3‘""10" Royal Grown Gola 6 for 23" PLUS DEPOSIT ON BOTTLE Large Ivory Soap 4 35" Medium Ivory Soap 6" Spiced Luncheon MEAT 2 45" Guest Ivory Soap 6 25" SPICES (All Kinds) 9" Dole Pineapple Juice 325" FAIRSEX SOAP 4 16" DOG FOOD 4 cans 17c Irish Potatoes 10 '•>* 19" P & G SOAP 4 for 15" MUSTARD QUART 2 for 27c Breakfast BACON iQn LOMA SOAP 3 10" PINT 3 for 2.5c Beef STEAK ... 22c & 27c PORK LIVER far SWEET PIGKLES PINT 12c BOILED HAM 40c NECK BONE, 4 lbs. 25c RIB ROAST ny,c L. GEORGE GROCERY Phone 78 : : Selma, N. C. i.
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