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Baptist Dedication Held Here ROBERT ERNEST SUBER ^ Selma Man Has Seen Much Progress Here Since 1906 r- ^ When R. E. Suber first came to Saeima to live in 1906, all of the homes' were lighted by kerosene lamps. On each corner was located a single oil lamp mounted on a pole. About dusk it became the hty of Policeman Batten to take 'Ae part of lamp lighter. Since that time citizens have seen im provements that have put an elec trie light on ever comer and four blocks of whiteway in, the main business section. Nond of Selma’s streets or sidewalks were pave 43 years ago. Mud holes were numerous and there were no Sir Walter Raleighs to lay their coats in water when the belle’s of the town came down the street in wet weather. Clarence “Star” Harper was druggist in Selma at the time and was ready to compliment any beautiful woman that might pass his place of business. It can now be told how Mr. Harper acquired the nickname “Star.” Every time he saw a. lovely woman he would say, “Gee, she is a star.” Harper got to passing out his compliment so frequently that the town people started to calling him “Star” Har per. Robert Ernest Suber was born at Ben Hill, Georgia in Fulton County, 10 miles from Atlanta January 11, 1887. His father, James Suber, tended a 160-acre farm and ran a grocery store in the community. The main farm crops were cotton, corn, wheat, potatoes and truck farming. The elder Suber also ran a small six- cow dairy. He died two years ago after living to be 90 years old. There are nine children in the family and all of them are living. Unon finishing his studies at Owl Rock school in Georgia, R. E. barbership. It Suber left bis father’s farm when Negro named Vick Whitley of Selma in Decern ber of 1908. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Whitley of Selma. At one time Mr. Whitley ran a livery stable and grocery store in Selmg and had a farm ift the country. Mr. and Mrs. Suber have four sons. Robert Ernest,'Jr. living ui Cary and connected with a Raleigh auto parts firm. Fuller Suber, now with tbe Selma post ifflce. James Suber, a teacher, til Central High School at Charlotte ind George Suber, a .student at he University of North Carolina n Chanel Hill. Mr. Suber has been a membe>- 'f the Methodist Church since 12 ■oars old. He served as secretary ■nd treasurer of the Edgertorjat Ihurch inUji Memorial Methodist Church >elma for 5 years. For 15 years he ■was a member of the board of stewards. During 1947 he was vice-president of the Selma Kiw- anis Club. He served as Town ommissionpr for eight years, holding office for four consecutive terms. When he came to Selma in 1906 the Selma Manufacturing Co., occupied the site now used by the Selma Drug Co. On the second floor of the building was located the ooera house. A large wooden building used to stand on the Branch Banking corner. This was used bv the Selma Supply Co. The business was under the manage ment of Robert Richardson. M. C. Win.ston and Co., operated a large store at the corner of Anderson and Raeford streets in 1906. The store was located about where the Ber.son professional building now stands. Selma used to have onlv one was operated by a Tom Edwards and 17 years old. His first work was with the Virginia-C a r o 1 i n a Chemical Co., in Dolnhan, Ala. Clarence, an older brother i^s was located at the corner of Rae ford and Railroad streets. The old structure has long since been re- imoyed. The same corner is now being promoted from bookkeep^ to foreman of the plant and Mr. Suber took his office .job. Mr. Suber’s knowledge of clerical work was acquired by experience and teaching from his older bro ther. After one year the two brothers were transferred to Selma by the V-C Chemical Co., to work in the firm’s Selma plant. Mr. Suber j was- assisted in the office work by lEugene Parker, who remained |with the company until his retire- |ment 30 years later. In 1912 Mr. Suber was trans- I feared to the V-C plant in Wil- Smingtotfl which was located on r.|,the Cape Fear River and the largest of th^’ whole chain at that {.' •iitime. He resigned in 1920 and re- |p '■''turned to Jbhnston County to take a bookkeeping job with the Southern CoPon Oil Co., in Selma. At that time the' plant was located in the building now used by the Gurley Milling Co., and formerly occupied by the Century Prefab ricating Co. W. H. Call retired as manager of the local branch of the Souther’'’ Cotton Oil Co., in 1936. Mr. Sub er was t’nen made manager and served in that capacity until the plant was closed and sold in 1944. "The firm then opened a cotton gin and trading post on Anderson street. Mr. Suber was given his preference to go to South Caro lina or remain in Selma at the p:,new pDnt. He took the latter job. Mr. Suber married Miss Ida gi^ced bv a brick building, being u^d at 'the o’-esent time bv Sul- 'ivln’s fruit store.' I The main auditorium qf the Selma Baptist Church was com fortably filled Sunday mornmg wjren Rev. J. L. Jones, pas.or cf the Pine Level Baptist Church brought the dedication message for the recently renovated Selma Church. The visiting pastor ‘used for his text a passage front Chronicles and the 29th'chapte’’*-r— “Who then offers himself wi'lipg today to the Lord?” Follow,ing responsive reading, which was led by Rev. H B' Land, Jr., church pastor, » Leon ■Woodruff, chairman of the bu Id- ing committee turned the. kev ‘■o the church over to Mr. Land. The pastor stated that members of the copamittee had scent as much as two 'nours a day assising in re pairing the church. Joe A. Creech, chairman of the finance commit tee was recognized. The pastor stated that the finance chairman’s plan of each member contribut'ng 50c a week to the building fund vould liquidate th^ debt in less than four years. The dedicatory nrayer was of fered by J. M. O’Neal. Since the ^hurch has been undergoing re-. Pairs, the congregation has been holding its Sunday morning ser vices in the Rudy Theatre, The pastor said the church was indebt ed to R. A. Howell for use of the ♦hreatre. The new carpet for the auditorium was given by the ’^hilathea Sunday School. class of the church. Rev. Jones’ scripture reading ■vas about building of the temple. Te emnhasi'^ed in the outset that ‘here were four characteristics in God’s plan ’for service. “First, the- service must be a ■villing service,” he stated. “Who ■'s hot willing to do the will of .God will nob accomplish mach. “The second requirement' Is consecratioh of sOryice. Gonse"ta-' ‘ion to live, OJi.d let the Lor.d' lise ps.as h® sees ‘fit. God is' ;calling ..-ivery persojv .whojs„. .awCi>.Ti§£ into some kind of active servi'’e “Thirdly, this is a nersopot c^l' •■p service. Who then is willing t'’ "onsecrate himself to the Lord. I is a personal service that oni' vou can fill. We need to give our selves personally to the Lord, ''^e are to dedicate our all to the lOrd. Not only our time, but ou-, coUectivis ehect • that ■The ■ i-nhtfuthi.'. of propaganda to--;,.,bhe, American ma)3U-facturi.;g com panies are owr4djloy. .men who-sit around cl^ibs an^oShks clipping coupons.'^asOovi'us b recentl'y r^leasoit'nahs-.i-js on the ^istributioh^O-'- w many of these firrfts. ' ij'f -' The fact is thaS'lkrhencan wom- 1 own ap"prox:^gtely half the Monroe Boy Forfstry Winner shares in the iqrger companies. The feminine i gfoup includes widows, girls faf whom trust funds have seen established, schoolteachers, ItBrSnans. and housewives. i One company re'vealed that hal“ of .’its shar'ehotSeTS owned 20 shares or less, th.at approxi mately 56 per cejStjof these share holders include-bbusewives, mer chants, farmors,p$erks, mechanics, bankers, teachejs---iti short, me” and women' in^n ^’6 economic areas of American'life,” the com pany said, adding: , “No such indji^idual owns as much as 1.5 pei;: cent of the out standing commoft st^k.” The railroad ind^try, it was announced, is 4& percent owned by women. Women .also own more than half of orfe of the nation’s largest'public ufilities, 40 per cent of one of the big el^trical goods manufacturers, and 40 per cent or more', of seWiral b|g chemicals companies. r' “'jyomeri'^qwn 7(5 ^6 cent of all orj^tely hqid wealm in the Uni ted., States,’*' said ^ne, spokes woman. “As- ' stdckheiders. ' they h.pve. plurality-oij ’ yptuvgi pov^r. That’a-Pne ,reason w|F> 5^men-are getting Jerry Price, a 16-year-old Future Farmer of the Wesley Chapel School hear Monroe, 'N. C., was named the state' forestry winner in theCooperative FFA forestry program it-was annou"c- ed today by. Roy .Thomas, State Supervisor of 'Vocational Agricul ture. ■ . ■ Y’ung Price’s forestry qr rjec included the thin.ning of fou acres -of farm woodlands, plann ing 2,000 nine and 300 -red cedar seedlings, a”d the construefon of 1.000 "eet of fire breaks. In ad d'^ion to his forestry enterpri'e, he ^ has three acres of corn, two acres of cotton, and two hevs. ir his supervised famiin,g program. As state teres‘r” "dan^r Pri will -eceive a S75 bond and o-y week's scholarship to the Nor‘h Carolina Forestrv Training Camr which is .sunervised bv persohne' of the State Forest Service. H” v'ill also be a guest of the Raleigh Lions Club on Monday, August 1". along with forestry winners fr-m Virginia, Soute Carblina, Geo g'a Alabama, and Flo-ida—at v h'”h time certificates of merit w'll be given these bovs by The Honor able '"f, Kerr Scott, Governor of Norte Carolina. Other forestry winners, who will receive bonds and a week’s scholarship, are; John Glover Gardners School near W’Tson Lindsey gohertson of Reidsville- Donald Setzer, Balls Creek School at Newton; and Merwin Marsh- bourn from Richlands. ' The sponsors of the cooperative FF-\ forestry program are; T'”e Halifax Paper Company, Roa”o’r Rapids: Rievpl Pa^er Gomnanv Bolton; American Tumeptipa Far mers Association, Valdosta, Oa. and Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company, who direct the nro- gram. Sponsors of the fo^estr training camn are the Norte Carqlina putemill members of te .S^utli,^^ Pv^woo4 - Conservation Popular Minister Is Given Surprise Birthday Dinnef Goldsboro~A surprise birthday party honoring Dr. Wm. Howard Carter was held Friday evening in Herman Park on the occasion of his 39th birthday which he ob served July 31st. The party was ■geld in connection with a Sunday School picnic during the after noon and a host of ' Dr.. Carter’s ■'riends were present for the oc casion. Following the picnic and birthday supper Dr. Carter was presented several birthday gifts, including a suit of clothes and a 14 X 14 portrait, of himself paint ed in ’lils, which was presented by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Rig.gs. The ’ortrait.has long been one of Dr, Carter’s hearts desires, and he ex-i 'ressed sincere thanks to the Biggs and all who remembered 'ira on this occasion. Friends throughout North Caro- ina of Dr. Carter will be happy to learn that he is making »- nhvsical comeback after an ill ness of more than three years-. Dr. ■Carter ha^ been in the ministr.y ■ince he was 12 year^ old and ‘.his year marks his 27th year as a minister and his 21st year as a nastor. In commenting on his physica’ comeback, he expressed gratitude o people of all faiths in North Carolina and other states -who have been so kind to offer pfayers' in behalf of his recovery. Dr. Carter is minister of the Evangelical Baptist Church in Coldsboro and Colliers Chapel Community Church near Linden, a church where he has'served for nearly 18 years. He became wide- nlents. Are you willing to ded'- ■ate your money to the Lord? Y-ou ■an not make an offering unto the T.ord until you have paid the tithe. “Fourth and lastlv, this is ar 'mmed’ate .service. The scrip*u"e' ask who is willing to consecrate himself today? One night a ma” woke up in the night and heard his clock strike 23 times. Turning to his,wife, who was sleeping he said: ‘'Wife, wake up, it is late than it ever has been.’ Yes, it i^ later than it ever has been. Con secrate yourself today, to the Lord’s service,” Mr. Jones con eluded. Long before the 11 o’clock ser vice started, hundreds of people oassed through the main auditor ium to admire its new colo scheme. The communion tab'e h front of the pulpit was centere''* by a large basket of flowers furnished by the D. and B. Florist of Selma. Members of the choir were dressed in white. “How Lovely Is Thy D-welling,” was sung .as an anthem by the choir, under the direction of Mrs. Leon ■'Yoodruff. a concluding num ber just before the dedic.ation fi-e congregation and choir sang, “T’li Go tVliere You tVant Me to Go.” Weed Prices Average $50 On the Border Belt Market Thousands of tobacco growers served by the Border Belt o North Carolina and South Caro lina' hauled heavy loads of their chief money crop to market fo’ opening auctions Tuesday and re ceived an average of approxim ately $50 per hundred pounds. Opening day average last year was $56.09 for 8,629,768 pounds. There was general sati.sfactior among farmers for the prices the- got for the quality of tobacco sold Heavy , offerings prevailed throughout the - belt and ware housemen were satisfied with the poundage, although pile for pile, tobacco for this year’s opening wasn’t as heavy as that last year. Long before the sun came up over the tobacco-producing area tobacco to the Border Belt from as far as Pitt County, the rapid- fire chant of the shirt-sleeve-’ auctioneer caused the book mer of the w'arehouses to mark down prices for top quality cigarette tobacco ranging from $55 to $6.'^ with some prices spiraling as higl as $77. • There was a large amount 0“ choice lugs and primings on even ’narket to keep the average ur during the five and a half-hou- selling neriod, but the bette” grades of cigarette tobacco were at least $2 under the opening average for the same type of to bacco a year ago. Causing the largest functuation in prices, however, was a heavy offering of low quality lugs and a in the Border Belt, new cars and small sampling of damaged to- old ones pulling trailers piled high with tied golden tobacco rolled into tobacco markets of the two Carolinas to gel in on the pay-off for their efforts. For farmers who brought good bacco Estimates of the United State'- and North Carolina deoartment of agriculture showed that the ‘leclines in grade averages ranged Yom $2 to $14 per 100 pounds. Outstanding Women ml Appear On Farm Program DR. WILLIAM H. CARTER ly known during World War I? for his evangelistic sermons ovef a network of North Carolina radio, stations. He is well known also ip, Fraternal circles, having served lt\ an official capacity in the Wood-* men of the World since 1933; Friends of the minister, who encouraged because of improve- ment in health, recently present-* ed to him a new gospel tent to bt used in special evangelistic ser-* vices during the late summer and 6arly fall. Dr. Charter is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Carter of West WaddeU Street, Selma. Construction Engineer’s Office Started; Be Completed In Sept j county in the division, declared "Tuesday cojasfnip-Jgt- per cent ot the roads in tiori of a mifrrct engineer’s officefcounty are paved. Vance is at the at the'orison camp near Wilson’' Mills got underway Tue.sday and Miss Ruth Current, State homt demonstration agent for the Statr College Extension Service, says Norh Carolina homemakers wh- attend Farm and Home Week or the State College campus in Ral eigh August 8-11 will have an opportunity to meet and hear some of the nation’s outstanding women leaders. Heading the list of guest speak ers will be Mrs. Camille McGhee Kelly, judge of the Juvenile Court at Memphis, Term. Mrs. Kelly, the first woman judge south of the Mason-Dixon line, is known widely for her efforts to do some thing about the cases which come before her court. After a few years on the bench, she organized a society that would go beyond the court decision in solving the per sonal oroblems of those brought to trial. Her court has become known popularly as “The Heart Center of Memphis.” Judge Kelh' will speak at 8 p. m., Wednesday, August 10. Mrs. Raymond Savre of Ack- worth, Iowa, president of the As sociated Country Women of the World, will be the main speaker when the North Carolina Federa tion of Home Demonstration Clubs meets on Thursday, Augus 11. Mrs, Sayre, a 53-vear-''l'-’ housewife, has been called “the world’s first lady of the farm.’ She recently returned from Ge- many where she served as a con sultant for the U. S. Army occuna- tion forces. She also ho'ds post- with two sub-organizations of the United Nations. She will sneak at 10:30 a. m., August 11 at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. These two main talks will merely be “the frosting on lb's cake” for Farm and Home Week visitors. Miss Current declares. Besides a daily joint meeting wite ‘he men, the women will be abte to choose among some 20-odd di*"- ■’erent demonstrations staged daily by the Extension Service and visiting specialists. . Miss Current termed Farm a”d Home Week ”an inexpensive but beneficial vacation” for all home- makers who can find time to at tend. Rooms will be furnished at college dormitoHes at the rate of $3 per person for the week. Snecial dormitory space has been nrovided for married counles. Those wishing to reserve a room advance may send their fee to Miss Maud Steaub, Station, Raleigh. State College Revival at Wilson’s Mills Starts Aug. 21 Public Paving 10 Per Gent of All Rev. G. Mac Bryan, of New Haven, Conn., will conduct a re vival at the Wilson’s Mills Baptist Church, beginning Sunday night, 'Vugust 21 at 8 o’clock. He is a 'ormer pastor of the church. Rev. Hugh C. Upchurch, the nastor urges all visitors, friends and members of the church to at- end the series of revival services. Licensed James Oliver Willie, Smbhile’d Negro, was among the 82 physici ans licensed last week by the State Board of Medical Examiners following the annual written ex amination in Raleigh June 23-25. Dr. Willie is the son of Mrs. Beulah Willie of Smithfield. The Census Bureau reported recently that Federal, state and local governments were employ ing 6,083,000 workers as of Janu ary, 1949. That meant that about one worker in 10 was employed by some government. • According, .to Senator Byrd of Virginia, the Federal government increased the number of its civili an employees from 1,983,000 in ■lanuary. 1948, to 2.122,710 last April. That increase was allowed during the period when the Fed eral deficit of $1.8 billion was piling up. Selma Student Has Work In Art Show ecreases ranging from with most di $2 to $7. Some common nondescript, with no support price, sold as low, as $2 and choice lemon cutters sold for $67. Raleigh.—The Ferree School of Art in Raleigh has announced that, examples of the work of Edgar R. Lorenz will be included in their annual student show. Included, are works in pencil, pen and ink, watercolor and other media. Mr. Lorenz has completed his second year at the Ferree School of Art. be comnleted within 30 or 40 days The highway commissioner said he would use that building for his office more than the Wilson headquarters.. The building would ■’ontain five rooms and wou'd cost anproximately $10,000. The ’ouilding will have adequate space for hearing delegations and hold ing conferences. Delegations apnearing before tee Fourth Division Highway commissioner.and engineer Mon day requested 30 paving projects te Johnston County. Total mileage included in the projects is 180. Dr. R. E. Earp of Route 1, Sel- -ha, division commissioner, and T. J. McKim of Wilson, new division engineer, Monday afternoon in spected the roads in the northern end of the county which were in- luded in the projects. The other roads will be covered next Mon day. Dr. Earp announced that he and McKim would be in the court house, August 16, at 9 a. m. to hear other delegations or indtvi- top of the district with 31.6 pep cqnt. The aiierage is 27.8 per cent. Dr. Earp said he expected t» see Johnston reach at least the average percentage of roads pav* ed in the*division while he was in office. Johnston County will receive $4,540,200 from the bond issue fop roads, stated Dr. Earp. The divi sion during the next five years will have between 60 and 70 mil'- lion dollars to spend on roads from all sources. Johnston will get 17.3 per cent of the division funds.. Legion Jr. Drop One to Gastonia Selma’s Legion Juniors, Eastern titlists, got off to a bad start in th« state championship by dropping a one-sided 11-0 con’test to Gas-* tonia. Western champion, in the duals who might wish to present road problems. Johnston County will get 216.4 miles of its present 968 miles of unpaved roads black-topped dur ing the next four or five years. Dr. Earp said. The remaining 751.6 miles of unpaved roads in the county will be stabilized—-that is, placed in all-weather condition with crush ed stone, declared Dr. Earp. There are three types of roads, stated Dr. Earp, (1) the primary roads which receive federal aid, (2) the farm to market roads under the $200,000,000 -bond issue and (3) roads which never have been on the state system. Mopey for the primary roads will pretty much be handled as in tee past. Johnston County each year will ,be allowed 13 miles of new roads, roads which never had existed before, pointed out the highway commissioner. The county com missioner will be delegated the task of selecting this mileage. The final decision on other "oads to be paved will be made by the highway commissioner and ‘he division engineer, pointed out Dr. Earp. To reach this decision the pair will seek the opinion of the coun ty commissioners, hold publl hearings and ride over all of the roads. The roads carrying the greatest number of school buses come first. Next are the mail routes, milk routes, mills, cotton gins number of people living on the road, number of stores and so forth, stated Dr. Earp. Johnston has less percentage of opener of a best three-of-fivfli waa series there Monday night. The game Tuesday night called off due to rain. Selma Monday night committed seven errors, allowed nine stolob bases and collected only two hita, as Gastonia touched Hurlers Billy Parrish of Four Oaks and A. O. Askew of Kenly for 12 safeties. Gastonia, a town noted for producing Legion champions, jumped into a three-run lead In the opening frame before 4,009 fans and then coasted to the vic tory. Jimmy Stowe, righthander with a 9-1 won-lost record during tha regular season, hurled a master ful game to be credited for tha victory. Parrish, who was relieved by Askew in the fifth, was the losing pitcher. Jack Turney of Gastonia had a double and three singles to lead the winners at bat. He was fol lowed by Jimmy Armstrong with three for five,. Score by innings: Selma 000 000 000— 0 Gastonia 300 130 40x—11 Runs batted in: Armstrong 2, Gaston 2, Stowe, Beheler, 'Webb. Two-base hits: Armstrong 2, Tur ney, Poole, Beheler, Mobley. Three-base hits; Gaston. Base or\ balls: Parrish 3, Stowe 2, Askew 2. Struck out; Stowe 10, Parrish 3, Askew 2. Hits: Parrish 7 m 4 innings; Askew 5 in 4. Losing pitcher; Parrish. RETURNED HOME Mrs. Tom Hinnant has returned from Johnston County Hospital, and is Convalescing at her home 5 1 - ^ ! t I