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SELMA, N. y THUr., )AY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1937
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-iWftos
Poxver Company
" v rFrbm Judge Grady
Company, Although Victorious
- In" fight Against injunction,
-. Dissatisfied.
' .. Smlthfield, Sept 1. The Carolina
rpwet and Light Conmpany, through
, JU 'attorneys. W. H. Weatherspoon
A. Y. Arledge, Abell and Shepard,
.. and McLean,' Pou and Emanuel, have
served notice on appeal from the
. findings of Judge' Grady in the in
junction hearing at Clinton .on Aug'
ust. 16-20- when certain Johnston
County farmers attempted to re
strain the. company (front construct
ing electrid lines in the county.
Legal " battles have been wagging
between the power company and the
Johnston County Membership Cor
poration since " some time in June
J936 ; when each attempted to re
strain the ' other from - its construc
tion in this county. Finally the Su
preme Court railed, in' iavOr of the
Membership Corporation which had
received assurance of a loan from
the, Federal REA . of $310,000 with
which- to build the power lines; but
soon after this decision was received
the directors of the Membership Cor
poration entered into an agreement
with the Carolina .Power -and Light
Company' 'whereby they would with
draw from the field and let the pow
er, company furnish all the lines and
energy. ' -
The f ederal KtiA refused to au-
oriie the acceptance , of this pro
ud- a mass meeting was call-
".here in Smithfiekl and much op-
ition. to the action, of the direc
tors were pressed. - " ."
, D. T." Bkiley, Z. L. Talton and J.
E. Woodall. prospective . consumers
o electrici ty? 'tetmgli" AOafrneys L
M. Baidle w, - E. J. ' WeUona an J. B.
Fool, sourfht to restrain the 'power
company, (and while Judge Grady de
clined to order .the injunction, he did
agree with the facts as set out in
the complaint.
urpose of the Carolina Pow
er anuff Light Company in . making
"'Jjbffer and in taking over the en--Trff
project under contemplation by
the Johnston County Membership
. Corporation was to acquire a mon
opoly of the business in f which it
1 was engaged in the rural districts
of Johnston and other counties and
it did have that effect as a matter
of fact," said Judge Grady. v
"The action of the board of direc
torsNof a majority of said board, in
selling, out lock, stock and barrel to
the Carolina Power and Light Com-
. pany was a plain breach of the trust
reposed in them . by the- men who
elected them at the meeting of May
27, 1936, continued the Judge. "The
whole transaction, it seems to the
court, was tainted with mala fides
(bad faith) and if any. harm had fol
lowed, which could be corrected by
'a court of equity an injunction might
lie, but under the contract the plain
tiffs have not been injured at all."
Electric energy was what they want?
ed. he reminded them, and energy
was being . furnished by. the power
company. -'
Another ground on which the in
. Junction was 'refused was' that par
ties "bringing the suit were not mem
' bers of the corporation at the time
the directors moved to abandon the
project in favor' of the Carolina
ower and Light Company. )
The Carolina Power and Light
Company in the notice of appeal
calls attention to the fact that they
have spent $28,000 in construction
.since July 8, when they entered into
. the contract with the directors of the
corporation and had entered into
obligations involving the expenditures
of a total sum of $95,000 an dpro
poses - to ' complete the construction
of 825 miles of power lines , within
$0 days and to construct other lines
that may be feasible. , .
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The local Eastern Star Chapter
- -r.l sponsor a home talent Negro
I "nstrel 3iow ia t!ie. near future.
s rt week's j -r for f-nounce-L.ont
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Appeals
Woman Killed Near
Sheriff Barber V Home
Mrs. " Betty Creech Meets Al
. most Instant Death When Hit
BV Car Driven by C. R
' Roberts ; of Benson Grove
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A very sad accident occured near
the - home of Sheriff R. U. Barber
Monday evening about 7 :30 o'clock
when' Mrs. Betty - Creech, age 49,
wife of Booker, C. . Creech, was
struck down by an automobile truck
near, her home as she started to cross
the "highway It had; been, a very
busy daly' with the family putting in
tobacco and two tobacco barns stand
on either side v of the highway op
posite each -other just a short dis
tance from .the' Creech home: The
tobacco had' been looped on one side
of the highway at - one of the barns
and Mrs. Creech ' was assisting in
carrying the. sticks' of tobacco across
the' roald' to the other barn, and was
struck by the car while crossing the
highway. Her body was carried about
40 feet oh the front bumper before
falling to the ground. The truck was
not ' brought to a standstill until
had gone something like 100 feet
from where Mrs. Creech was struck.
She died almost instantly, following
the accident. The driver of the car
was U. K KoDertSf a larmer wno
lives ' near Benson Grove Baptist
church albout 7 or 8 miles north of
Benson, and about two miles ; from
the scene of the accident .wfcich is
about five miles north of Benson.
Roberts is alleged to Jhav. been
driving at about 60 or 60 miles an
hour when the accident occurred.
Roberts was taken into custody by
the sheriff soon after the unfortun
ate occurrence and held until Tues
day when he was released under
$1,000 bond pending a coroner's in
quest which will be held at Byrd's
Service station near the scene of .the
accident, Tuesday night at 8 o'clock,
September 7th. The coroner's jury
which will try the case is composed
of the following: H. A. Penny, B.
Wood; A. O. Dixon. Jasper H.
Holmes,- Jeptha Benson, and W. B
Stevens. v'6':'- t
Dr. E. N. Booker, county coroner,
after a visit-to the scene of the ac
cident and after taking a look at
the corpse, said, that he 1 would
leave the -. matter largely in the
hands of the jurors to determine
the outcome of the case.
Funeral services . were held at
Pleasant Hill Christian church about
two miles from the Creech home,
Wednesday afternoon at 8 o'clock,
conducted' by Rev. J. Lee Johnson,
the pastor. Burial took place in the
church cemetery. . '
Surviving Mrs .Creech are her
husband, Booker C. Creech; her
mother, Mrs. Harriett Barbour; six
sons", Joseph Suries of Four- Oaks,
Durwood Suries of Benson, Sherrill,
Sherwood, Hunter and Bobby Creech,
all of near Benson; ' four brothers,
P. H J.'J., W. R., and F. G. Bar
bour, all of near Benson,; and three
sisters, Mrs. Lucy Suries of Benson,
Mrs. Patty Lloyd of Erwin and Mrs.
Mary Creech of Benson.'
Fcmir Besscn Vcsan
Passes h Rocky Hcuat
FarraviUe, Sept 1. Mrs. Emily
Btitt Holmes, 66, wife of John W.
Holmes, prominent merchant and
farmer of Farmville, succumbed at
a Rocky Mount hospital Monday af
ternoon after an illness of several
weeks.. ; ;
Funeral services were conducted at
the Baptist Church in Farmville on
Tuesday afternoon at S:8 o'clock
with the pastor, Rev. L. K. Emus.
oClcIating.- . " i
Mrs. Holmes was the daughter of
the late U. P. and Susan Britt She
was a native of Johnston County
and a former resident of Benson.
Besides her husband ahe is survived
by a daughter, Mrs. Daiy TL Smith,
i! r eovs, C R. Holmea of Eart
f '; Jain D., and F.lert C Eolmes
tf I'.rmville; a sister, Krsv IX.' J.
C h of TTallace; t. i two
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Billv Avcock Talks
To Kiwanis Club
Makes One of Best Addresses
'Heard By The Club In Long
Time J. N. Wiggs In Charge
Of P r o gr a m Time Fpr
Meeting Changed From 7 to
6:30.
(By H.' H. LOWRY) . -Billy
Aycock was the principal
speaker at the weekly meeting of
the local Kiwanis club last Thurs
day evening. The speaker, who ..was
introduced by Kiwanian John N.
Wiggs, chose as his subject, "Ameri
can T Democracy In The Past," and
said in part:
"Amencahs in ' thinking of our
government are likely to erroneously
assume that the masses of the peo
ple have always participated in our
government One of the most in
spiring themes in . American history
is the advance made by the common
man and woinan for the right to
have at voice in governmental affairs. .
Different periods in our history have
reflected the power of an aristocracy
in determining the policies of gov
ernment and the gradual encroach
ment by the masses on that power.
"In the colonial period the court
of the Royal Governor and his as
sistants was aristocratic. Sufferage
was very limited because of religious
and property qualifications for vot
ing and office-holding. ;
"The Declaration of Independence
in a sense was the first official de
nunciation of an aristocracy . in this
epuntry. However 1 new aristocrayv
composed ' mainly of New' England1
merchants arose. Many bf the lead
ers of the Constitutional Convention
were strongly opposed to forming a
government which would be controll
ed by the popular will. This -fact is
evidenced in the Constitution itself
as provision for popular election
was confined to the lower house of
Congress. .-Vr '.'
"Under : Washington and John
Adams there was little inclination to
allow the masses of the people to
participate in the policies of the
national government The aristo
cratic attitude was strong in the
governmental leaders. ?
"Under Jefferson there was a
great chainge in the spirit of the
government in the direction of demo
cratic ideas but there was no marked
increase in the sufferage.
"The "West built up a system
of universal manhood suffrage and
the election of Jack sot; was a mani
festation of the power the muses
had acquired.
A powerful Southern Aristocracy
based on landed interests controlled
Our government prior to the Civil
War. The rule of this f exclusive
group was ended during the war. A
new aristocracy developed in the
latter part of the 19th and the be
ginning of the 20th century. Their
power was . derived through the ac
cumulation of fortunes from coal,
iron .steel, cattle, oil and railroad1
buildings. . ,;?
The popular election of Senators
since 1918 and the right of women
participate in government since
1920 contributed much toward giving
our government democratic influ
ences. The Inevitable growth of ad
ministrative law in our present set
up is rapidly causing a development
a government or men . :
SCHEMES
There are usually a flock of suckers
in every community men' who fall
for advertising schemes sprung by
city slickers, v - , " ,
It is surprising i what a merchant,
business man or banker will aoaw-
times buy from an eloquent stranger.
The out-of-town fellow can often
knock a home run with a cracked
stick where the local salesman cant
make first base with a. hickory bat
. In nine out of ten your local
editor, who knows his own town and
his own people, can do you more
good than ; the .high-pressure, onetime-selling,
enthusiastic spellbinder.
The smart merchant will consult
his local editor-printer before hs
gets gummed up on mail-order blot
ters, .cale-ars, a phoney directory
or a mr-toc'i . . - - --v
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ABC APPROVES
STORE IN FOUR OAKS
After Hearing Before Johnston
County Beverage Control
Board Monday Moraine It
Was Decided To Open Store
At. Four Oaks Saturday, Sep
tember 4th.
After a hearing Monday morning,
the county ABC board ordered al
liquor store to be opened in Four
Oaks, fixed Saturday of this week
as the date of opening and named
W. Talmadge Lee of Meadow town
ship as its manager. The store will
be No. 7 in the Johnston county
system".';.
Delegations for. and against the
store at Four Oaks appeared before
the : board. Representing the drys
were Rev. IL1 B. Baum, W. A. Mass
srigitl, Bert Laasiter, L. E. Godwin,
A. Creech, and Mr. Temple. Those
asking for the store were Mayor C.
G. Grady, J. H. Strickland, W. Jesse
Stanley, Henry M. Johnson and D
S. Strickland.
After hearing similar delegations
last week, the state liquor commis
sion announced it would not afct on
the request for a store at Four
Oaks until the Johnston board had
acted, but' indicated it would approve
the store if the local board asked
for it A group of Four Oaks citizens
asked for a store in their town when
the county liquor control system was
first set up, but their request was
not granted.' :.v!Kv''
In the resolution approving estab
lishment of the Four Oaks store, the
county board ' set forth that it ap
peared "that 75 per cent of the
business people of Four Oaks want
the store" and "that a large number
of those who voted in the election
against the store have now changed
their minds." Opponents of 'the store
havf; pointed out that Ingrams town-
fahip voted 888-211-againat stores in
the May 29 election.' : . rv :' V
The resolution ordered 'that the
store be : onened "to the end that
lip traffic in liquor may be further
cnecKea in me county.
' "The board .is studying the prob
lem of liquor control from a county
viewpoint and We greatly that a store
in Four Oaks will greatly help us
in the task of destroying the boot
legging business in Johnston county,"
commented Chairman Holtori Wallace
of the ABC board in an interview
with The Herald.
. The Four Oaks store will open
Saturday" in the location on main
street formerly occupied by Ruftln
Jones and owned by Hunter- Strick
land .
Mr. Herbert Screws
! T. CmkfiAlrl
UWCJ a V Uuuuiuv.-
Rhvs - Interest : In Johnston's
Drug Store and .Begins' New
iraties wren . seuna - urug
Company About 18 Years.
Mr. Herbert Screws, who had held
a position with the Selma Drug
Company here for the past 18 years,
resigned this position ' a few days
aare to take up his new 'duties with
Johnston's Urug btore in omiuinew,
he having bought half interest in
saia .Dusiness. r. ecrewe w.
and favorably Known tnrougnoui uuh .
section of Johnston County, tie can
"jerk " . a soaa or mix a coca-cu
just to suit the teste. While
many friends in Selma and surround-
SaKSrS
tW. ha i' Bnnnciated with one of the
UUl UUUOk "
county's best druggists and one who
has also had much experience in tne
drug business. Mr. Johnston is rated
at the top among Johnston county's
...i
druggists and . "knows his onions
behind the prescription counter. He
has been in the drug . business in
Smithfield- almost SO years and has
built up a good business. .
With this splendid combination,
working shoulder to shoulder, their
busmen should prosper and their
friends continue to multiply.
If Mr, Screws ever gets the blues,
: His groanings are kept unheard;
He goes on breaking the good news,
As he imitates the 'mocking bird.'
SPENDS WEEK END
.vr IN PHILADELPHIA
Mrs.' Pearl B. "rlichardson spent
the week-end in Philadelphia with
her. sister, Mrs. Bernard , 1 Rosa
Her niotver, lira. Neva Royal, and
Jackie IV ' r'-c-n, accompanied her
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Selma Woman Ha:
Passport Revdked
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Presenting "Miss Tennessee" who
is Miss Margaret Smith, of Clinton,
Tenn., and one. of the entries in the
National Beauty Pageant who seeks
the title of '"Miss United States" at
Biloxi, Misa., September 2 to 6
Miss Jessie Fuller O'Neal who has
fhT"o'riss?rbrtr'roliha,'
also will be entered in the pageant.
FORMER SELMA MAN
DIED WEDNESDAY
Had Served Town of Selma As
Head Of The Water And
Light Department For Some
Time Funeral Occurs Today
At Home Of Deceased.
William Cobb Toler, 44, world was
veteran, died at his home near
Grantham Store, Wayne county, at
4:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon
following an illness of several
months of Brights disease and heart
trouble. He was a member of, the
Methodist church, and a Mason. The
deceased was a soiQof the late John
. . Elizabeth Stevens Toler. He
I is survived by
his wife, who was
nmn.,i M;..
Gladys Holland, of
Seima; 8lx children, Helen Mae,
Jane, Lucile, John, Selma, .Gladys,
and Louise; one brother, H. S. Toler,
of Goldsboro, and one sister ,Mrs.
William M. Bailey, of Philadelphia.
Funeral services were conducted
from the home this (Thursday)
morning at 10 o'ciock oy tne icev,
Phavlaa Qfavano Tlantiaf miniatAr tf
Wade8boro assisted by Rev. Mr. i
pagtor of the Mt Olive
Methodist after which inter-
ment ,Me the oM Stevenl
famay cemetery, near the home.
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flUIlt TOr 1 AT tieei
Still Futile
uuy
W. Edgerton - of Kenly
mm
Missing Since Storm Scatter
ed Planes in South.
Grapeland, Tex., Aug. 31. Thirty-
six additional Army pilots were
ordered into the search tonight for
Guy W. Edgerton, Kenly, N. C,
missing air corps cadet
Today 72 pilots fruitlessly scanned
some 5,700 square ' miles between
Shreveport , and Houston. Edgerton
was reported missing last night af
ter a 13-plane formation from Barks
dale Field. :
EDITOR'S NOTE: Cadet Guy
Wallis Edgerton, 24, who was re
ported missing with his airplane in
a storm, Monday night between
Shreveport, La., and San Antonio,
Tex., is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Edgerton of Kenly. He wals grad
uated from Kenly high school and
attended the Presbyterian Junior
Co al ITaxton. He 1 j bn ii
!' e s 4'-e for abo t " :.
..'..a is a I'- '
Daughter of Selma's ' Eormer "
Chief of Police, While Re
turning Tn China I With wHer
Husband, Has Passport Re
voked In California Her
Husband Allowed To o To
Japan. x1 ''"
Mrs. Leon Glover, . daughter' of .
former Chief - of Police andMra, '"
J. H. Griffin, of Selma. and littJ
daughter, Betty Jane, have returned ' -from
the Pacific Coast after '"having
their passport revoked while 6n their
way back to China, after spending1
about- three months in Nortn. Caro
lina with relatives and friends She
is making her home in Zebulon jintil '
conditions in China improve.
Mr, Glover spent his vacation
her whiTe'heTeTrlrlJirthe
of some tobacco concern in
and was allowed to continue
return trip as far as Japan.
SHANGHAI LOSS
. IS TREMENDOUS
Insurance Underwriters Esti- ,
' mate Loss In Sino-Japanessr -War
Since August 13 Around
$275,000,000 United States
Currency.
Shanghai, Aug .30. American and"5
Brithish insurance underwriters esti-''
mate the total War damage to .
Shanghia since August 13 at $275,-'
000,000. (United States currency.) "
After a survey of Greater Shang
hai 'and its suburbs, the insurance-
men divided the estimated losses aa
follows: "v
""Chinese: " -In ."."Ch4petr""-I,tWangr
Yangtzepob, Hongkew, : . Woosung,
$125,000,000.
"" Japanese: In various districts
$100,000,000.
Foreign: $50,000,000.
About half the foreign losses were
American, of . which about one-third
were covered by insurance.
Sterling . Fessenden of Augusta,
Me., secretary general of the Shang
hai municipal council, said it will
require more than five years to re
build destroyed parts of ShanghaK
He based his estimate on the fact
that three years were required to
reconstruct Shanghai after the 1932
Chinease-Japanese conflict; here.
Fessenden said the present war
already has caused more than twice
as much damage as that of 1932.
Will Enforce Sunday
Laws In County
TO THE PEOPLE OF JOHNS
TON COUNTY, and especially those
engaged in the merehantile business,
and those selling wine or beer:
At the 1937 session of the General
Assembly, it was made "unlawful4
for any person, firm or corporation
to keep open - any store or other
place of business for the sale of
goods, wares or merchandise during
the hours usually designated aa
Church and Sunday 'school hours on
Sunday in Johnston county, and
further, that it shall be unlawful for
any person, firm or corporation to
sell or offer for sale any beer or
wine at any place in Johnston
County on Sunday."
The-volume containing these laws ?
has just been received, and - in order
that the people may know that
places of business must be closed on
Sundays during Church and Sunday
school hours, and that no wine or
beer may be lawfully sold at any
time during Sunday, I desire to let
the people know that these laws will
be rigidly enforced. .
This August 27, 1937.
R. U. BARBER, Sheriff.
Noted Billiard Artist '
Is Cosing To Sehsa
R .F. y. Nationally known billiard
instructor and , fancy trick shot
artJst will arpear at R L. O'Neal's
Modern T " i Parlor FriJay t;r
noon arU i l-r f '
2:C0 and 8, :. m. l.e r'
irr'i& to tv f- '";.' on .a, ,
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