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THE JOHNSTONIAN AND JOHNSTON COUNTY SUN CONSOLIDATED
VOLUME 13,
SELMA, N. C„ THURSDA L, MAY 1, 1930,
NUMBER 18*
Selma Man Is | Prominent Banker
Spending Over j Addresses Kiwanians
$50,000 in Benson
I Miley C. Glover, Trust Officer of
With an expenditure "of approxi- Banking & Trust Co. of
Two Big Projects
'Expected to Be
Started Here Soon
i Sister of Governor
Bickett Sends Warning
To North Carolinians
, ,, / It is expected that much work'
rnaiialy 5*50,000 the Wood Grocery ^..'’^^y^^'^teresang talk ^
Company of Selma, are rushing to; local Kiwams club at their
completion a modern cotton seed oil weekly luncheon last Thurs-
mill in Benson and as soon a.s this
project is completed will begin the
erection of a modern cold storage
plant. “ -•
CTLast year the Wood Grocery Com
pany purchased the cotton', ginnery
of Johnson & Neighbors and in ad
dition erected a modem plant, thus
operating two ginneries in Benson.
This company operates a number of
ginneries in Johnston county and it
is the purpose of Mr. Sam Wood,
owner, to use the Benson Oil Mill;
to manufacture the cotton se^d' tak-
'6n from his ginneri^ He "has
Thbusands of R5TI5 ftf 'Seed on hand
now and ready to begin work on as
soon as his plant is completed.
This company also owns and oper
ates the Benson Ice and Coal Com
pany and it is in addition to this
that the new cold storage plant will
be erected. The cold storage plant
will serve customers from McColl
•and Florence, South Carolina,
throughout the intervening territory
to Weldon on the North.
The enterprise of the 'Wood Gro
cery Co’rapany in Benson will em
ploy around fifty men.
It is understood that other con
cerns have their eyes on Benson
as a prospective placje to locate.
Those interested in sites and other
concessions are requested to get in
touch with the local Chamber of
Commerce which now has on a drivfs
Tor manufacturing plants of various
'kinds.
These manufacturing- enterprises
are a distinct step forward for the
“town of Benson and will no doubt
serve as the initial step in a pro
gram of development which will
make of Benson a manufacturing
town wdthin a few years.
Mr. -Wood has taken kindly to
Benson upon the urgent assistance
of his manager, Mr. Ralph Burgess
and no doubt will go a long way
towards helping to build the town
if giPen the cooperation he deserves
from the town.—Benson Review.
■day evening. Mr. Glover compli-
imented the club for their good work
jin what they had don'a* towards,
'helping the farmers of this sectio:
jand also commented lengthy o:
Governor Gardner’s effort to get th4
Jfarers of this state to raise whai
they consume at home. Mr. ‘Gloveij
complimented the club for their goodj
'Work in what they had done towards}
helping the farmers of this section,
and also commented lengthy on Gov
emor Gardner’s effort to get the
farmers of this state to raise what;
they consume at home. Mr. Glover}
said that Eastern North Carolina
was one of the finest farming sec-;
tions in tb.e world and there was noj
reason why we shouldn’t raise thet
feedstuff 5 we, consume and even raise
enough to sAip to other sections of
country.
For the months of March the
gplma club came third in attendance
for the two Carolinas with a per
centage of S8 per cent,. Belmont, N.
C. and Hickory, N. C. being the only
clubs which m.ade a better percent
age.
SELMA BAPTIST CHURCH
—ANNOUNCEMENTS
A TOWN’S WORST FOI
jsuramer months. Work on the quart-
'^r million dollar Carolina Power &
Light Co.-project is expected to start
at an early date. This work will em
ploy about sixty men through t'ne;
summer months. This company ha-
recently purchased 13 acres of lartd
here and will build one of the mol’t
important substations of the organi
zation.
A Chicago concern has recently ac
cepted a contract to furnish com
mercial gas here and at Smithfielfd
and it is expected that work will
begin on this in a short time.
Two modem homes, one belongin.r,
to H. B. Dewar and one to J. ,
Thorne are being constructed 6ti:
North Pollock St. The.se houses will
.s’nortly be ready for occupancy.
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REVIVAL TO BE HELD AT
SELMA BAPTIST CHURCH
The Baptist?,, of Selma are making
extensive plans for their -revival
which will begin on fiftB Sunday in
.June. Committees have been ap
pointed to take care of the various
phases of the work previous to and j Amendment,’ holding a mass meet-
diiring the revival . The local church i ing in New York City, advocating
will off'er ■ the town of Selma and throwing into the discard our pro-
Mrs. Annie Bickett Ashcraft, sister
of our Beloved war governor, W.
Thomas Bickett, is spending the win-
iter in New York, and writes to her
North Carolina friends, warning
them of the 'danger ahead.
Mrs. Ashcraft says she attended a
mass meeting of the wets in Car
negie Hall recently, and what she
saw and heard appalled her. She
says she was an uninvited guest
knd went out of curiosity, to see
now any body of American citizens^
could call themselves “Crusader;
^nd on a Sunday night sing the Staij
Spangled Banner, in defiance of alt
that banner stands for. “Crusaders’"
for liquor and it’s unrestricted salej
in the United States! “It’s no won-i
der they did not dare ask God’s!
blessing on such a meeting!” com
ments Mrs. Charlotte Story Perkin-
son, of Raleigh, Assistant State Man
ager for Senator Simmons.
Mrs. Ashcraft’s warning follows:
“TO YOUR TENTS, OH NORTH
CAROLINIANS!
“Last night in Carnegie Hall we
had the spectacle of the Dferaocratic
party, sponsored by the Natio,nal or-
.ganization of ‘The 'Women’s Commit
tee. for the Repeal of the 18th
Dr. Richard J. Noble
Dies At His Home Here
Funeral Conducted from Selma ■ Surgeons since their organiza-
Methodist Church Monday | He was a member of the lo-
Aftemoon, And Interment state medical societies and
Was in Oakwood Cemetery in Selma Kiwanis club. He was
Raleigh.
the chairman of the graded school
board of the Selma Graded School
In the passing of Dr, R. J. NoblJ^f
nhe most modern school building
m.
ohnston County. It was his pride.
Be became a member of the Meth-
dist church at Selma in 1894 and
' fas at all times a faithful and con-
istent member, serving for many
^ears as Stewart. He was active in
1 'll good work and movements in hi.s.
at his home here early Sunday morn
ing, Selma has lost one of its pioneer
citizens. Dr. Noble w-as brought to
his home here from the Johnston
County Hospital where he was car
ried for treatment following an ac
cident with his automobile between
Smithfield and Clayton on April 19, . ,
when his car ran off the shoulder interested
of the wet pavement and skidded education, giving his time
causing him to receive injuries which
later set up pneumonia and finally
terminated in his death aHiis home
here at 1:50 o’clock last Sunday
morning. He was 77 years old.
;o promoting the public need. He
Iwas widely known and had many
friends in all parts of the state.
Sunday-school at 9:45, G. M. Wil-
lets, Supt.
Preaching service at 11 A. M. and
8 P. M.
Subject for the morning service,
“The Second Coming of Christ.”
Subject for the evening, “Father’s
Care for His Boy:”
Note the change in the hour for
the evening service.
TRYING TO IMPROVE
ON MOTHER NATURE
Like every town in America, Selma
has som.e things it wishes it didn’t
have; some things we could get
along far better witho-ut. At the
'nead of the list of unnecessary' eidls
with which we have to contend is
the chronic gossiper. 'We feel sure
we have as few of these as any
other community, yet so long as
there is even one gossiper in our
midst it is one too many.
Everyone appreciates the value of
constructive criticism. But there is
a vast difference between construc
tive and destructive criticism, as
much difference as there is between
the citizen who goes out of his way
to say something ‘ favorable about
the town or its people and the one
who with tongue of poiso.n goes about
whispering suspicious and ugly ru
mor. Nothing can bring more un
happiness to a community than the
long-tongued man or woman who
scattered a lot of “they say” whisp-
‘ers about their own townspeople.
Nothing can assasinate the character
of an innocent person more quickly
or more cruelly than gossip. And
the worst part of it is that the
gossiper is always among the first
to raise his or her hand in surprise
when the poisoned words have gotten
in their deadly work.
surrounding communities the oppor
tunity of hearing for t-wo weeks one
of the leading evalgelists of the Bap
tist Denomination. John W. Ham, of
Atlanta, Ga., is widely known both
a.s a successful pastor and evangelisti
He holds revivals in some of the
largest cities as well'as small towns.
He has just recently closed a great
meeting in Dayton, Ohio, and is now
m meetings in Thomaswllle, Ga,
.^fter his Thomas\-ille meeting Mr.
Ham will go to New York City for
his second meeting there of this
season, then he will come to Selma
hibition laws. The auditorium was
artistically decorated with the Star
Spangled Banner. The organist,
Pietro Yon, of Saint Patrick’s Cathe
dral, the finest Catholic Church in
America, dispensed beautiful music.
A large motto ‘Crusaders’ was con
spicuously displayed. The great
building was practically filled, ex
cept the last galleries. Madame Lu-
crezia Bori sang ‘My Country 'Tis
of Thee’ and ‘The Battle Hymn of
Republic,’ the audience joining in the
chorus. Mrs. Charles H. Sabin,
former Congress-woman, now Nation.
for his first service on June 30th. Chairman for the Woman’s Com-
Prof. A. E.' Ljmeh, of Buie’s Creek, j For the Repeal of the 18th
who has had wide experience in i Amendment, introduced Mrs. John
teaching mu.sie and evangelist -singt’ Godfrey Saxe, Chairman of the Dem
mg will direct the music during this
revival. It is the hope that this
may prove to be one of the great
est spiritual revivals that the com
munity has had for many years, that
all the local churches may receive
great spiritual blessing.
M’EINER ROAST
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Kent, 0., April 21.—Changing the
color of the leaves on trees on one’s
private estate to please milady’s
fancy, or to match her favorite'
gowns, may become a fed of the
future.
This seemingly fantastic idea is
■w.ell within the realm of possibility,
,:according to scientists of the Davey
Tree Surgery research laboratories.
Some day", they say, it may even be
possible to have pink leaves on maple
trees, yellow leaves on elms, and^~
Alice blue leaves on sedate oaks.
Already they have changed the
color of the leaves on many trees
from green to crimson red and violet.
'This was done during the course of
experiments made to find a way to
immunize trees against insects and
disease by injecting chemicals into
■the trunks. Some of the chemicals
made startling changes in the color
of the leaves.
Inasmuch as the research workers
Tvere not trying to outdo Mother
Nature in providing a color scheme
for the greater outdoors, they did
not proceed farther along this line.
But they have persisted in their
efforts to control pest's by the chem
ical injection method and. hope even
tually to succeed. Until such time
they say, insect pests will be con
trolled by the spraying methods per
fected in' their laboratories ,and
known to be effective.
Mrs. Mabel Humphrey enter
tained the members of her Sunday
School class and a few invited guests
at a verj' enjoyable wein^er roast
last Wednesday afternoon at five
o’clock in “The Pines” north of Sel
ma. Games were played and Mrs.
Humphrey told the little folks stories.
Then came the most interesting fea
ture, roasting the weiners, and toast-
“S_the_marshmallows. ^ •
CGuestT'i^erTiorothjrTDiehl, Helen
Dixon Massey, Dora Jane Lumpkin,
[George Suber, “Mutt” Suber, Willard
Johnson and Fred,A. Woodard.
MAKING HOME SAFER
In cooking bread pudding, com
-ustard, and other dishes contain
ing a large proportion of egg and
milk, set the dish in a pan of sur
rounding hot water and bake in a
very moderate oven until a knife
'blade will come out uncoated when
:used to test with.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank the kind people
for their kindness shown during the
recent illness and death of my hus
band. May God’s blessings rest on
every one.
Mrs. FANNIE WILLIAMS.
WHAT EVERY BANKER
CAN DO TO HELP
The bankers and the landlords are
the key to cotton acreage reduction.
Two things the farmer needs most
to make money out of the 1930 cot
ton crop are: (1) A profitable price
and (2) minimum financial obliga
tions to be paid from his cotton.
Now that traffic is growing heav
ier than at any other time of year
we naturally look for a mounting
toll of accidents and deaths. But
we are wrong in believing that mis
haps are limited to riding in autos.
Dangers in the home are- almost as
great as on the road. We learn
from figures compiled for the year
1929 by the National Safety Coun
cil that 40 percent of all accidents
last year came from falls, burns,
cuts, explosions, asphyxiations and
the like.
Anything that offers protection
ifrom injury interests eveiybody. So
an the hope that it may serve to
prevent numerous mishaps in homes
around Selma we reprint here the
;rules offered^ by the Safety Council
jin its campaign to make the home
la safer place to live in:
Do not start a fire with gasoline
or coal oil.
, Do not attempt acrobatic stunts
in the home—such as standing on
ladders, chairs or window-sills—un
less you have a firm foundation or
are otherwise protected from fall
ing.
Keep medicine chests where chil
dren cannot get in them and never
taSce any medicine yourself from a
bottle in the dark.
Do not start an auto in a close
garage in cold weather.
Do not point a gun at anyone,
even though you are sure it isn’t
loaded.
Use reasonable care and precau
tion in performing your daily chores
about the house.
TAKE CRIPPLE CHILD
TO S. C. HOSPITAL
Never before has the banker had Glfr. and Mrs. W. H. Call left Mon-
a better opportunity to exercise
sound and beneficial influence
a
over
his customers.
The only certain means of raising
less cotton is through acreage re
duction.
The Federal Farm Board asks
that no lands' be planted to cotton
which has not made a profit in the
last five years. It has been esti
mated at least 6,000,000 acres of
such land /hould be planted to feed
and food crops in 1930.
day afternoon to take little Pauline
Lamb to the Shriner’s hospital in
Greenville, S. Car. The little girl
has been a cripple the entire eleven
years of her life. This hospital
gives free treatment to worthy pa
tients. Mr. Call has had applica
tion in for some time .and the mes
sage came for her to be in the Clinic
on Tuesday morning, April 29. Mr.
Call verj' kindly offered to take her.
Mr. ,and Mrs. Call will visit relatives
in Mocksville before 'returning.
ocratic State Committee on Elections,
who spoke. Miss Florence Kahn,
Congresswoman from California, al
so spoke. Congressman Beck, from
Pennsylvania said among other
things:
“For ten years those opposed to
prohibition have not revolted, but
that they had refused to obey, now-
that end of this tyrannical policy is
in sight, we should not allotv moral
fanatics to tamper with our laws.”
“He called upon the clergy of the
Catholic Church who were present,
who said that the eighteenth amend
ment was deadliest insult the church
had ever had, because they had had
to throw out the sacrimental wine,
at which Statesman-like utterance
the priests sho^Jc their heads, smil
ing approval.
“There were two things most im
pressive to this ‘stranger within the
gates,’ because of their absence, al
though at the close of a Lenten Sab
bath Day service, and the clergy
were there, they had no invocation
for Divine guidance or blessing, no
reading from the Book, which is ‘a
lamp unto our feet.’
“To Your Tents, Oh North Caro
linians! and meditate upon ‘Am I
my brother’s keeper?’
“ANNIE BICKETT ASHCRAFT.”
The funeral'serv'ices were coUduci
ed from the Edgerton Memorial
Methodist Church here at 2:30
o’clock on Monday afternoon of this
week by his former pastor. Rev. C.
K. Proctor, assisted by Rev. D. M.
Sharpe, tile present pastor of the
church. The church was crowded to
overflowdng with sorrow-ing relative
and friends from far and near, rep
resentative of men, women and chil
dren in all walks of life. Mr. Proc
tor paid a beautiful tribute to the
life of Dr. Noble as he told some
thing of his character and useful
ness to his home, town, county and
state. The services were concluded
at Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh un
der the auspices of the Grand Lodge
of Masons who conducted the burial
rites, the deceased having been a
member of the Masonic Order for
more than fifty years. Members of
BLACKMAN’S CROSS ROADS
It seems the Democratic paper has
news from this section, and as most
of our people are Republicans, let us
have news too.
We notice in their reports they tell
of the “taters” and hogs, etc.; about
the Poland China and Duroc Jersey
hogs, but there is another kind that
gets in our community sometimes,
they failed to mention. These are
not ground hogs but Road hogs; they
are the fastest and most dangerous
hogs we have—in fact they will rim
over you and kill you if you don’t
get out of the road. They need
education too.. We are sorry to re
port the illness of Messrs. Julius A.
Lee and J. M. Blackmon.
Mr. N. E. Lee, one of the oldest
citizens of this section, passed over
the River last Saturday and was
Fellowship Masonic Lodge No. 84, of i Sunday. Mr. Lee was 8 years
which he was a member, officiated Sood neighbor and will
at the services held here prior to ^ missed by his many friends,
leading for Oakwood Cemetery . in j Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wiggs visited jtL,.-
Raleigh. The floral offerings were hnr section last S'cmday.
numberous and exceedingly
ful.
beauti-
Dr. Noble was born in Louisburg,
Dr. Parker and family visited in
our section Sunday afternoo-n.
Elder Xure Lee, of Ready Prong
October 16, 1853, the son of the late preached at the home of
Capt. A. M. and Mary Primrose'Sunday. Mr. Al-
Noble. In 1867 he moved with his
len has been confined to his room
pare.nt.s to Selma where he and his
I for several months.
brother, Dr. M. C. .S. Noble of the
State university grew to manhood..
He read medicine under the .late Dr.
Joshua W. 'Vick of Selma while at-
Mrs. F. P. Wood visited relatives
in Smithfield last week.
Some of our fishermen have laid
up their lines on account of the-
tending the local school and later! restrictions, but say they
graduated from the Kentucky School received refunds on their
of Medicine of Louisvillie, Ky., in
1875. After graduation he returned
to Selma and began the • practice of
medicine which he continued to fol
low until a short while before his
death, having practiced nearly 55
years. He was greatly beloved by
his many patients who lived in John
ston county. He illustrated the best
traditions of the country doctor of
the old school.
Dr. Noble was married on the
16th of December 1880 to Bettie
Devara Moore who died March 25,
1925. To this union were born five
children, four of whom are now liv
ing: Dr. Robert P. Noble of Ra-
AT THE SELMA
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
L. Moody says that Samson
D.
thought God was with him when He
was absent, and Mary thought He
was absent when He was present.
This being true there perhaps may
be many Marys today, but no doubt
many Samsons. The best place to
keep in close touch with Him is in
His church, where He is with His
people. Just one preaching service
each Sunday, let us make it the
very best possible by attending and
taking some part after we get there.
The songs need to be sung WELL,
every prayer should be the expres
sion of every sincere heart. Services
next Sunday night at 8 P. M. No
tice the change to . 8 o’clock.
D. F. WADDELL, Pastor.
MRS. C. B. WADDELL
IS IMPROVING
Her many friends in Selma will
be glad to learn that the condition
of Mrs. C. B. Waddell, who has been
so gravely ill, following an opera
tion at the Johnston County hospital,
has taken a turn for the better. Her
daughter, Mrs. Ben Horner, of Indi
anapolis, Ind., has arrived in Selma
and with other relatives is anxiously
watching at her bedside.
licenses.
ALVORD SEES 15 PER CENT
REDUCTION IN SOUTHWEST
Charles H. Alvord, special repre
sentative of the Federal Farm Board,
after a survey of the Southeastern
States, declares that those in posi
tion to forecast .estimate cotton acre
age reduction from 12 to 15 per
cent.
All States are expecting Texas and
Oklahoma to take the lead in this
movement. Production credit will be-
much restricted. Bankers and mer
chants are advising farmers to quit
leigh; A. M. Noble of Smithfield; growing cotton at a loss.
Anne S. Noble of Selma, and Walter
Moore Noble of Brawley, Calif., a
son, Richard. Jordan, Jr., having died
ATTENDS AUNT’S FUNERAL
in infancy.
Dr. Noble was a 32nd degree Ma
son, having taken all of the degrees
of the Scottish Rite and of the York
Rite, and was a member of the
Shrine. Dr.. Noble was made a mas
ter Mason in 1876 in Selma lodge
' Mr. Eugene Parker left Wednes-~
day morning for Clinton, where he
went to attend the funeral of his
aunt, Lizzie D. Parker, of Parkers
burg, N. C., the funeral being held
at 3 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, j
No. 320, of which he was elected ™ hospital at F^ette-
Senior Warden in 1877 and M.asterl'’iU® Tuesday about 2:00 P. M./ SEi'
of that lodge in 1878 and 1879. bj one“ bfottrer
1879 he was Grand Sword Bearer of Clinton,
the Grand Lodge of North Carolina
'J. F.
DATED SCHOOLS IN STATE
and his upward course in that lodge OF CONSOLI-
was marked with the greatest in
terest in all its proceedings. He
rose through the different offices of
the lodge and in 1899 attained the
high position of Grand Master of
the 'Grand Lodge. He was a member
of the building committee that erect
ed the Masonic Temple in RaleighI
and was a warm supporter of the]
enlargement of Oxford Orphan asy
lum.
Dr. Noble became a Royal Arc'
Mason in 1892 in Goldsboro, chap:
ter No. 29 and was elected a Knighi
Templar in 1898 in Mt. Lebanoi
Commandary No. ,7 of Wilson. He
became a Shriner' in JUay, 1898, and
was elected Illustrious Potentate of
Oasis Temple of Charlotte, in 1919.
Dr. Noble had been a m.ember
Raleigh, April 30.—There are now
986 consolidated schools in North
Carolina, 833 for white children and
153 for colored children, according to
the current issue of State School
Facts, publication of the Department
of Public Instruction. A “consolidat
ed school” is defined as a rural
school which has been enlarged or
formed by the addition of all or
; parts of one or more adjoining
schools.
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Within seven years. School Facts
points out, there has been an in'f-
crease of 631 consolidated school in
the State. Of the total 986 schools
operating at present 170 have’ four
of the Association of Southern RaU- teachers 195 have five or six teach.-
way and Atlantic Coast Line Rail- have seven or more
teachers.
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