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SELMA;
AVYsEBTEMHE1i4, 1950.
Credit Controls On Installment '
Buying Go Into Effect Monday!
Mrs. Leon Woodruff,04 ind^rgapen Class In Selma
Washington. — Tighter credit
, terms on many items ranging
^ trom automobiles to home repairs
were ordered immediately after
President Truman signed a bill
giving him virtually wartime
' powers over the nation’s economy.
The new curbs on time-pay
ment buying will go into effect
September 18. the Federal Reserve
Board said.
The .White House announcement
that Mr. Truman had signed the
homefront economic mobilization
bill came shortly after 3 p. m.
Less, than an hour la^er, the re
serve board ordered higher down
payments and shorter time limita
tions for paying off than generally
prevail now for a wide variety of;
installment purchases. Charge ac
counts and single-payment pur-
.! chases are not affected.
’- On automobiles, the new order
/■ requires down payment of at least
one-third and sets a 21-month
limit for completing payment. '
The board’s control order was
the first issued under the new
legislation passed by Congress on
September 1 giving President
Truman board powers to control
automobiles designed to transport
less than 10 passengers. |
Appliances. Furniture. j
Group B—15 per cent minimum
down payment, 13 months maxi
mum maturity—cooking stoves!
and ranges (household); mechani-.}
cal dishwashers (house ho|4) ■{
household ironers; household me
chanical refrigerators and., food!
freezers; household .washing ma-|
chines or clothe.s drying machines:
combination units, incorporating!
any of the foregoing listed articles,}
mechanical room unit air ,"'cori-}
d,itioners and m^hanical dehurni-^}
difierS; radio or television’-rec«iiy:
i"g sets, phonograohs, or com^l
binations: household- i^e wi n g
machmcs;' and. household , 'auction
'leaners. ; '
Group C-TT-,1.0 per cent,.rtT3himut^
down nayment, 18 months, maxi
mum maturitv—household furni
ture lincludin.g ice refrigerators
bed sorinds. mattresses and
lamns); and soft, surface cover
ings.
Group D—10 per cent minimum
down payment, 30 months maxi
mum maturity—^materia’s, article:
and services in connection with
prices, wages, credit and strategic residential repairs, alterations or:
materials—at his discretion. improvements upon urban, subur-
The initial terms (stated in|ban, or rural real nropertv in con-
minimums and maximums) andjnection with existing structures,
the listed, items are as follows: Structures or parts of them which
Group A—33 1-3 per cent mini-'are reoaired, altered or improved
mum do-wn payment, 21 months are not covered if , they are design-
maximum maturity — passengerled exclusively for residential use.
TODAY
■ Thursday, Sept. 14—Sun
rise. 5:55 a. m. Sunset, 6:22
p.; m. Length of the day 12
hBurs arid 27 minutes.
PRICE: 5 CENTS
THANKS NORTH KOREA
In the'abo.ve.pihiBticf•Mrs!,:v'lie!Q:
.shown with her class of 25 kift'
ehts. T^ey are: First row,- Loox; ^
Douglas Creech, Leon V^oodr'aff, Terry Wil»^
lis, Sammy. McMillan, Phil Munden, Laurie Dik- ,, . , _ , _
on, Thad. Woodard, III, De Bermere Debnam'^^^rlotte Thompson,
and Chip Boykin. - %urth row, from left to right—Lynn Canady,
Second row, from left to right—Rudy Oliver, ■ Be ,;gy Booker, Donald Rose and Joe Price.
arolyn Strickland,' Carolyn Gray, Bruce
i, III, Steve Harris, Johnny Stancil, Terry
on and Billy Norton.
tird row, from, left to right—Eddie Bryant,
Elaine Price, Bobby Blackman, Jr., and
Smallest Cotton Crop Proftose to Increase
In 75 Years Predicted Workmen’s Insurance
Boll weevil damage has proved
greater than expected "earlier in
the summer and North Carolina’s
cotton crop is now estimated at
only 200,000 bales by the cooper
ative Crop Reporting Service of
the State anil Federal Department
of Agriculture.
This estimate, based on Sep
tember 1 conditions, is 30,000
bales less than the August 1 fore
cast, and if materialized, will be
the State’s smallest cotton crop
since 1875. It compares with a
harvest of 466,000 bales last year
and a 10-year average of 578,000
bales.
Raleigh—,A nronosal to increase
workmen’s compensation insur
ance rates in North Carolina by an
average of slightly under one per
"ent will be given a public hear
ing on September 28, Insurance
Gomi"nissioner JAfaldp C, Chefek
mnnunced Saturday.
The innrease, proposed in a fil
ing by the Compensation Rating
md Tnsnention Bureau of North
Carolina, would raise the annual
premiums by approximately $77.-
000 a year. Cheek estimated.
Premiums written in the State
during 1919 totaled about $9,500,-
000.
Severe Winter for ^Eastern Star Holds
East Is Predicted Impressive Service
World War Windows
to Get More Pension
Widows of veterans of World;
'Var I whose income is $1000 or
ess a year are entitled to a pen
sion of $42 a month .from the
Federal Government. County Vet-
mans Service Officer W: M. Gas
kin pointed out today-.
Those widows with -children
under certain ages are entitled to
extra compensation nrovided their
income is not over $2500 per year.
Service by the veteran must
have been between April 6. 1917,
md Nov^ber 11,^1918, and-Ais-
-harge or release ffonT active duty
must have been under other than
dishonorable conditions after 90
days or more of military service.
For the purposes of a pension
a widow must have been married
to a World War I veteran before
December 14, 1944, or 10 or more
years to the person who served,
and must not have remarried.
District Service GHicers of the
N. C. Veterans Commission, Coun
tv Veterans Service Officers and
'°ost Sewice Officers of the
When Mrs. Ijeori'^oo^ruff re
cently opened hehiy kindergarten
with an enrollmsWt lof 25, there
were 37 childrenyv^.a were atten
ding, school for th^^ssl tirrte.i The
others- got their st^rS, i.ast year
with IvfrL Lollie • .WWinms Mrs.
Williams married Geft Selma
All qf the ehildi^rri are from
Selma except’one. ./He is Rudy
Oliver of Pine Lev^'
The kinlergarEetr. is open five
days a week. Classes begin at 9
in the morning andsare pyer at 12
noon. Devotionals ate held each
morning with the eWi^en - lead
ing in prayer. Hum^ relations is
stressed:,. T^ey/.are Jaugbt to get
aloHi0 bri
good sports. ■ - V : ■
The subjects taught during the
day are; writing, music, play,
coloring and story time. At l‘0 a
m. all acti/’ities are .-^topped for a
lunch ueriod.
The dining room of the Wood
ruff home has been converted
into a children’s room with small
tables and chains in pink and blue
as the furniture.
Mrs. IVoodruff is an alumna of
East Carolina Teachers College
Royal Ambassador
Meet at Thanksgiving
The Royal Ambassadors of the
.Johnston Missionary Baptist As
sefeiation will have their Conclave
at Thanksgiving Baptist Church
Friday, September- 15, at 4 30
8:00. Please urge all of your mej|,4
:bers to attend. If your church do|-
hot have- a Royal Ambas.sadl,
chapter, please bring your boy;
ages 9-17. and this may be ;
means of organizing h chapter h
your church, Supper'will bp ser
ved"$1.00 per plate. '
An interesting program is bSlhgl
By GEORGE PECK
Perhaps not at the moment, but
sooner or later .this nation will
realize that it owes a debt to the
North Koreans and through them
to the Russians. The Korean af
fair has served to galvanize a dis
organized and disunited America
into a purposeful, united nation.
It will be difficult for those
whose loved ones are shedding
their blood on the Korean penin
sula to agree with this viewpoint,
but as time ,the great healer, goes
on, they will come to realize that
the heroic sacrifices being made
today will not have been in vain.
The North Koreans awakened
us to what we should have known^
these past four years—the lesson
we should have learned from
World War II—that there is no
appeasing an aggressor who has
given every evidence that he is
out to conquer the WOTld.
We could and should have stop
ped the Russians when they start
ed to gobble up China, but we
were too preoccupied at home
with our march along the road to
statism. We were more interested
in listening to the -promising
politicians preaching their doc
trine of the Welfare State, the
while we were abandoning the
ideals of thrift, industry and
morality, those qualities that
made us a great nation. We were
bringing upon ourselves disunity
as well as political and economic
bankruptcy.
We wqre abandoning our re
publican (not to-be confused with
the political party of the same
Aname) principles. Whereas, thro
ughout our previous history we
had exalted the individual, grant-
ng- him the right . to physical,
mental and spiritual developments
She has taught primary trades in
Washington. — Easterners who
had it miid last winter and West
erners who had it tough may get
different treatment this winter.
The weather man, sizing up the
.probabilities, put them this way:
Chances are nine out of ten that
the East will have a colder winter
than last year when it saved up to
20 per cent on heating costs.
Chances are three out of four
that the West will have a warmer
winter than last year when it
burned up to 20 per cent more
fuel than normal.
As for the Midwest, which had
a fairly normal winter last year,
the Weather Bureau says it’s just
an even money bet—one way or
the other—m whether the winter
will be balmier or blastier.
"Tr.s. Georgiana Strickland,
ITorthy Matron, presided over th'
September lith meeting Seim;
Chanter 209 Order Eastern Star.
After routine business, Mrs. Ethel
C. Scarborough received the de
grees of the Order.
A very inpressive memoria'
service was held for Mrs. Annie
Hood Hughes.
At the next regular meeting on
September 25, which is the 15th
anniversary of Selma Chapter the
/barter members will be honored.
Refreshments were served at
the close of the meeting by Mr.,
and Mrs. N. A-. Branch and Mr.
and Mrs. Wilbur Perkins.
various veterans organizations are"' . ,,
ready to assist or advise veterans'^"^^ ff
or their dependents on all pensionf
or compensation benefits, and a
snecial campaign is being conduc-; „ Girl
led by the N. C.-Veterans ^COUtS
-I
Hold R egular Meet
mission and the County Veterans
Service Officers and the Post Ser-
'uce Officers of all the various| The regular meeting of the Girl
■retera.as organizations from Sep-I.Ri'outs was held at the Scout hut
tember 15 to • December 15 to'Friday, September 8 at 2 o’clock
W were mute and uncomplain
ing witnesses as one after another
the Federal Government was
usurping functions formerly and
rightfully performed by the
separate, individual States. We
encouraged the creation of various
and manifold agencies at Wash
ington, set up under the pretext of
aiding the individual, but which
in reality were sapping him of his-
right to self-expression and self-
determination.
We were serving the God Ex
pediency instead of the greater
God Wisdom, taking heed only of
the immediate present and taking
no thought of the, morrow. Hands
were stretched to Washington,
reaching for hand-outs, thinking
not how and when the bill would
be paid, and who would pay it.
But Russia, via North Korea,
has done for us what we couldn’t
seem to do for ourselves. Once
again we are beginning to realize
the absolute worth of the indivi
dual. As our sons are offering up
their all, gallantly fighting against
overwhelming odds in Korea, we
at home are united in our deter
mination to halt the march of
Pagan Communism.
The net result of our procras
tination—our failure for so, long ta
realize our duty and do it, is that
now we will have to expand more
in human and economic assets
than would have been necessary
had we had the wisdom and cour-
age to see our obligation when
Stalin first showed his hand;
The job ahead has been made
much more difficult by our selfish
stupidity,—there will be more
“Blood, Sweat and Tears,’’-hut.we
will do the job no matter what the
cost. And so, I repeat, we owe a
we slowly but surely were driv-:debt to the North Koreans for
g to the point'■where we would having awakened America to'a
aepena upon Government for our true sense of itSi responsibility to
every need- . itself and to the'world at large.
bassador chapters.
Rev. Bill Jackson, the Royal
Ambassador State Leader for;
North Cai-olina, will bring the
inspirational message. A mission
ary will give a demonstration of
mission work. Slides will be
shown about our Baptist Hospital
in Winston-Salem.
C. W. Teague, Associational
Ijeader, Eoh. Whisenhunt, Raleigh
Divisional Leader.
Held In S mi til field
Does Not Eai;pr One
H ospitaT Insurance
locate and help all such eligible
widows and orphans to file their
laims properly.
Yellow Jackets to
Play Angier Eriday
Selma’s Yellow Jackets kick the;
Fabrics in the dresses made to^^’'* county high school
nee't the consumer specification.
nave
ness.
a high degree of colorfast-
Selma Band Heard Over Radio Station
The above photo shows the Southern Strollers, a band composed of
Selma musicians, who were heard over Radio Station WMPM last
Saturday afternoon. They are from left to right: J. E. Taylor, violin;
Junior Eason, guitar; James Parrish, mandolin and Wesley Eason,
guitar.
botball season Fridav night when
they meet Angier at Selma School
Park.
Game time for the contest is 8
o’clock.
Coach Red Wilson of Selma is
'Confident of his boys but dubious-
about the caliber of competition
thev will face since absolutely
nothing is known of the 1950 An
gier squad. 'V'/ilson says he doesn’t
even know what system of play
the Angier gridders will employ
although he has expressed a hope
that before Friday night he will be
able to get a short look at the
Angier team in practice.
As for the Yellow Jackets, they
are readv to roam and spirit has
been running high in practice thus
‘‘"'r this week. The boys them
selves are quietly confident but
determined to win their opening
high school contest. In fact the
iP'^O Yellow Jacket squad is fired
with a will to beat last season’s
record when all Selma could sal
vage from a dismal season was
one win.
Wilson has been running the
squad hard but will begin to taper
off somewhat with Wednesday’s
practice. Then on Thursday the
squad wRl do little but brush up
on kickbff returns and check
timing on plays. There’ll be no
heavy -work of any kind.
The meeting was called to order
bv the president, Marlene E'i'ion
The secretary, Betty Booker called
the roll and collected dues. Th-e"
new members were initiated
Ruth Ray Peedin, Gloria Francis
and Anne Warren.
The Girl Scouts had two pro-
gram.s: .Tack-in-the-bean - stalk
and Truth or Conquences.
Harriet Norton and Jennett
Bond served a tasty course of
marshmallows and soft drinks.
The meeting was closed by all
reciting the Lord’s prayer.
Betty Booker, Secretary.
I Happy Birthday
Sept. 18—Mrs, Oscar D. .Johnson
Sept. 18—Mrs. Caroline Everitt.
Sept. 18—Eddie Brown.
Sent. 1.3—N. C. Brown.
' Sept. 19—J. G. Wiggs.
Sept. 19—^Mrs. Albert W. Brown
Sept. 19—Mrs. Herman Brown.
Sept. 19—Mrs. C. L. Brown.
Sept. 19—Mrs. G, R. Pope.
Sept. 19—Mrs. Graham Korne-
gay.
Sept. 19—Mrs. A. C. "Yann.
Sept. 21—Mrs. B..W. Spencer.
Sept. 21—Mrs. Frank Thornton.
Sept. 22—Curtis Batten.
Sent. 22—G, W. Peedin.
Sept. 22—Doj.phis Brown.
Sept. 22—Earl Bass.
Sept. 23—Nofman Creech.
Sept. 23—Mri?. V/ilbur Wiggs.
Sept. 23—Wilton Pace.
Sept. 2.3—Helen Williams.
Sept. 23—J. 'B. Robbins.
Sept. 24—J. F. Smith.
Sept. 24—Sherwood Brown.
Sept. 24—Mrs. J. D. Creech.
John D. Pace Is
Made Sergeant
John D. Pace, 24, son of Mr. G.
P. Pace of Selma, has recently
been promoted to the grade of
Staff Sergeant in the U. S. Air
Force at Bolling AF Base, Wash
ington, D. C.. according to Col. H.
.1. Amen, base commander.
Pace, who is a veteran of six
'rears service with the Army and
Air Force, spent 13 months over
seas in the Pacific with the 25th
Infantry Division in 1945 and ‘46.
On enlisting in the Air Force he
was sent to Chanute AF Base in
Illinois where he graduated from
the Aircraft Electrical Specialist
school. At Bolling he is assigned
as an aircraft electrician on the
planes operated by Headquarters
ommand, USAF.
In addition to his father, S/Sgt.
Pace has a brother, Gordon, living
in Selma, a brother Ralph in_Nor-
folk, Va., and two sisters, Mar
garet in Baltimore and Millie in
Wilson, N. C.
Eun eral Services
for Ben D. Johnson
1
Ben D. Johnson. 66. died at his
home on Selma. Route 1, Monday
at 7:30 p. m.
Surviving are one son, Robert
E, of Riverside, Calif.: seven
daughters. Mrs. Leon T. Johnson
and Mrs. LcMay Penny, both of
Angier, Route 1, Mrs. A. L. Step
henson, Selma, Route 1, Mrs. E. S.
Marshall, Garland. Route 1. Mrs.
J. E. Register, Clinton, Route 1,
Mrs. Richard Walz, Holly, Mich.;
Mrs. Rita Burt, Jacksonville, Fla.;
three sisters, Mrs. Clarence Hin
ton, Mrs. Walter Batten, Mrs. John
A. Johnson, all of Smithfield; 16
grandchildren and several nicesj
and nephews.
The annual mission study and
community missions institute o'j for
the Woman’s Missionary Union
will meet in an all day meeting
with the Smithfield Baptist church
’'Vednesday morning, September
20 at 10 o’clock.
Dr. Charles O. Maddry retiring
secretary for the Foreign Mission
Board and Mrs. D. H. Craver,
state community mission study
chairman will be the chief speak
er during the morning session.
The afternoons will be taken up
in class study of the book to be
Hospital insurance coverage-
the majority of Johnston
County’s citizens is the key to
the successful operation of the
new hospital” according to Paul
Keller, Chairman of a sub-com
mittee of the Johnston Memorial
Hospital Board of Trustees, ap
pointed to promote such in
surance.
“Even before the bond election
in 1948 we knew that if enough
people could pay their health
bills with the aid of insurance-,
the hospital could be operated on
read and taught preceeding the a self-supporting basis. Otherwise,
Week of Prayer for Foreign Mis
sions in December.
Mrs. Howard Gray, association
al mission study chairman and
necessary to go
for increased
it will be
taxpayers
tance.”
The subcommittee
to the
assis-
of which
Mrs. Fletcher Ford, community Keller is chairman, met with in
mission chairman, is anxious that! terested insurance agents in July
evqry missionary society and|to determine a plan for promoting
leader for young people be repre-j hospital insurance. “The Hospital
sented at this important meeting.
Presbyterian Service
Mr. Robert McLean of Buie’s
Creek and a student of Duke
University will preach at the
Selma Presbyterian Church Sun
day morning at 11 o’clock.
Trustees had previously decided
not to endorse any one company
or plan, but to let them all par
ticipate to any extent they see fit,”
said Keller. He pointed out that
different policies offered different
advantages and it was up to the
individual to decide which suited,
them best.
(See A On Page Four)
New Road Being Built Out of Wilson’s Mills
It requires a ton of w;
finish the woolens for a
piece suit.
The above photo showls a new road being cut along the Southern
j Railway in Wilson’s Mills. The new highway will connect with the
ter toi that goes by Miss Bet Vinson’s farm and then into the
three-1 P'^ison Camp. A car can be seen coming out of the old road to the
(left. The highway machine to the right is a road scraper.
Selma Yellow Jackets Play Angier Here Friday Night