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W- r\ It f VOLUME 13. THE JOHNSTONIAN- THE JOHNSTONIAN AND JOHNSTON COUNTY SUN CONSOLIDATED SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1930. NUMBER 27, Revival Meeting At Selma Baptist Church Is Now In Progress REV. C. M SMITH OF DUKE UNIVERSITY HERE Rev. John W. Ham, the Evangelist, Is Bringing ' Fine Spiritual Mes sages. Prof. Lynch ;n Charge of The Singing. The revival Meeting- which began at the Missionary Baptist church here last Sunday, is now. getting well under way under the direction of Rev. John W. Ham, the evangel ist, who is doing the preaching, and Prof. A. E. Lynch, of Buie’s Creek, who has charge of the music. About half an hour is given to the musical program at the beginning of each service and the singer seems thor oughly saturated in the spirit of the occasion and is doing, a great work toward making the revival what it should be. The minister brought his first mes- ■sage on Monday night of this week and since that time he has brought two messages each day, one at 9:30 ing the morning and one at 8:00 oclock at night. The morning serv ices are devoted to practical illustra tions of the Bible which makes this an hour of real educational value •and Spiritual uplift from beginning to end. If you have not bee'n out to these morning services, we sug gest that you do so at the very- next service, for you may be miss ing more than you can realize now. “The proof of the pudding is the eating of it.” This fact was very beautifully illustrated by the minis ter himself on the way he eats sourwood honey at the Tuesday morning service. The evening services are devoted to strong gospel sermons which are full of spiritual food and great Bible truths. The evening services are de voted to strong gospel sermons which are full of spiritual food and great Bible truthes. The speaker has such a wonderful flow of lan guage that you cannot fail to get many helpful lessons from his ser mons, even if you only keep half way up with what he is talking about. He starts to telling you some thing right from the beginning of his discourse, and although his words seem to be unlimited, he is saying something with every ut terance; and if you allow yourself to pause over the value of some great truth, before you realize it he Tias told you something of still greater value in the very next sen tence, and thus from one great truth to another the entire time of his discourse is filled brimming full of spiritual thought of so vast im portance, that your mind is taxed to retain it all, but at the same time it is also very good that you feel unwilling to let any of it pass un noticed, or at least, that is our ex perience, and if you have not heard him, we suggest that you attend the next service, because you might want to go again. Rev. C. M. Smith of Duke, Uni versity arrived in tliie city Sunday as general assistant to Rev. D. M. Sharpe, pastor of Edgerton Memori al Methodist church and director of young people's activities. He will be in the community for 10 weeks, gi-vng half of his time to Clayton Slethodist church. He is mainly in terested in the- religious and recre ational activities of the young people and is sent put by the Duke Foundation. He will have charge of the Epworth League during the summer” months. VISITS AVIATION CORPS AT LANGLEY FIELD, VA. A party from Selma motored to Langley Field, Va., last week to witness the flying feats of the West Point Cadets in training there. A former Selma boy, Harry Candler who will graduate from Wiast Point next year, is taking the aviation- course. His mother, Mrs. M. T. Candler accompanied by Mrs. R. A. ■\shworth. Miss Anne Ashworth, Robert .Ushworth and Lieut. Henry Royall spent Wednesday and Thurs day with him. UNCLt / • FAMILY REUNION MRS. DIANNA KORNEGAY DIES AT AGE OF 79 Mrs. Dianna Komegay died at her hotne in Pine Level, on Saturday, June 28, 1930, at the ripe age of 79 years, following a stroke of apo plexy about a week prior to her death. The funeral was conducted from the Free Will Baptist Church at Pine Level on Sunday, June 29th, at 2:30 in the afternoon, by her pastor. Rev. J. Done Stott, pastor o fthe Methodist church at Prince ton, following which the burial took place at the Oliver Cemetery at Pine Level. The funeral and burial were largely attended and the love and admiration of the deceased was strikingly attested by the beautiful floral offerings. The deceased was a daughter of Mr. Elbert Holt, of Princeton, who had preceded her to the grave many years ago. She joined the Methodist church at Princeton dur ing her girlhood days and was a true member in the faith all through a long and useful life to her church and to the community. Her hus band, Mr. K. Komegay, had pre ceded her to the grave about six years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Komegay had bom to them eight child^, all of whom still survive, ^ follRws: Mrs. L. E. Creech, Mrs. V. B. Fau^k, Miss Mary Komegay, Mr. J. P. Komegay, Mr. H. K. Komegay, Mr. C. R. Kor- negay, all of Pine Level; Mrs. C. A. Fitzgierald, of Micro, and Mr. C. E. Komegay, of Selma. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stancil, of -Aberdeen, gave their family reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Pittman, which is the old home place, Sunday, June 15. At 9:30 the guests began to arrive and continued until dinner. The crowd was entertained by Preston Stancil, Edward 'Green and Raymond Radford with string music giving sacred and popular selections. About twelve-thirty the crowd •vas gathered in the yard where the table was loaded with delicious food of all kinds. Many pictures were made of the group and table. Every one reported a delightful time. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stancil and family, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Howell and family, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Atkinson and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Evans and family, Mr. and Mrs. Haiwey .\tkinson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Pittman and faiftily, Mrs. Em ma Scott and children, Mr. and Mrs. Ary Pittman, and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Ransom Kirby and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ayeock and ehildren, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Rad- "'ord and child, Mr. and Mrs. Eal- ton Kirby, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Rad ford and child, and Mrs. Adam Cook. The guest-s were: Mr, and Mrs. Boyette’ Miss Lula Clayton and Mr. Edward Green, of Aberdeen. THREE-LEGGED CHICKEN Mrs. J. T. Hughes has a freak ehicken. This chick has three legs and the extra leg has two feet. It was hatched Monday morning and .seems to be a strong, healthy chick. MRS. HENRY PENNY, OP COATS, PASSES HOOVER FINISHES FIRST YEAR WITH SURPLUS OF $184,000,000 IN TREASURY Washington, July 1.—Presidegd Hoover’s first fiscal year in office was completed last midnight with a surplus of $184,000,000 in the treas ury and a reduction of $746,000,000 in the gross public debt. Secretary Mellon announced to day that' total receipts for the 12 months had amounted to $4,178,000,- 000 while expenditures were $3,994,- 000.000. For the year previous re ceipts were $4,033,000,000 while ex penditures w'ere $3,848,000,000. Mr. Mellon said at the close of the ’930 fiscal year last night the total gross debt was $16,185,000,000 as compared with $16,931,000,000 on -Tune 30, 1929. In announcing the surplus the sec retary said $76,000,000 was due to lebtor nations making their June '-5 payment on their war debt in cash instead of in United States securities. The surplus also was in creased, he pointed out, by abnormal customs receipts due to withdrawals of imports in anticipation of tariff legislation. Income taxes provided the greater amount of the revenue for the year, producing a total of $2,411,000,000 as compared with $2,331,000 000 the previous year. The increase was made in face of the stock market collapse and the one per cent reduc tion on normal and corporation in comes. Back tax collection produced $6,- 000,000 more in 1930 than in 1929, the secretary said. Receipts from customs amounted to $587,000,000, a decrease of $16,000,000 as compared to the previous year while miscel laneous revenue increased $21,000,- 000 to a total of $628,000,000, due chiefly to the tobacco, stamp and estate taxes. MUCH BOLL WEEVIL TALK BUT MORE POISONING The reports coming in from the country indicate that t'ne infesta tion of the boll weevil this year sur passes anything we have had be fore, which is causing much con cern among many of the farmers and they are losing no time in trying to fid their fields of this pest by way of the poisoned molases route. Many of the farmers., who have used the poison molasses, re port that they are getting excellent results from its usie, and the gener al belief seems to be that the fel low who uses proper poisoning methods this year will be the-great- est benefactor in the production of cotton, and the man who refuses, to poison or to fight the weevil in any other way will realize the folly of his neglect after it is entirely too late to remedy the situation as to this year’s crop. Now is he time to give this mat ter serious consideration and go af- ctfr the weevil in full force, and if all farmers Would do this, there is no doubt about it having a marked effect toward eradicating the weevil from our midst and restoring a nor mal production of cotton in North Carolina. Cotton has made marked improve ment during the past two weeks in Johnston County, but owing to the ! irregular stands and barren places in jthe fields, the prospects for a crop of cotton, under normal conditions, could hardly be hoped for this year. SELMA BUSINESS HOUSES I / TO CLOSE JULY 4TH ONE OF JOHNSTON’S ESTEEMED CITIZENS DIES Mrs. Henry Penny, of Coats, died suddenly at the home of her daught er Mrs. Roger Coats, about 9 o’clock last Monday morning . She had just stepped across the street to the home of her daughter and sat down in a chair when she died suddenly. Mrs. Penny had reached the ripe old age of 78 years. Since early life Mrs. Penny had been a member of the Primitive Baptist Church. The funeral was conducted by Rev. Xure I/ee, pastor of the Benson Primitive Baptist church, and Rev. Ruffin Johnson, pastor of the Free will Baptist church on Benson, route 1. Mrs. Penny’s husband preceded her to the grave several years ago. She is surived by 9 children as follows: C. H. Penny, R. L. Penny, Mrs. E. S. Turlington, Archie Penny, and ■Victor Turlington, all of Benson; Mrs. 'W. H Turlington, Mrs. Roger Coats, and Mrs. Thorbone .Johnson, of Coats. She is also survived by the following brothers and sisters: Mr. D. M. Coats, and Mrs. Lamb Ijassiter of Smithfield, Mrs. Leonard Johnson, of Benson, R. F. D.; Mrs. Deb 'Wood of Raleigh, R. F. D. and Ed Coats of Angler R, P. D. and 63 grandchildren and several great grandchildren and great great grand children. J. J. Wallace died at his home in the Bethseda section last Thursday fternoon at 6:30 o’clock. His death was not unexpected as he had been seriously ill for several weeks. Mr. Wallace was 79 years old. Mr. Wallace was one of the coun ty’s most esteemed citizens. He had ^en a member of the Bethseda Baptist Church since early life and one of its most active members. He was superintendent of the Sunday school for several years, and he was one of the deacons for a much long er period of time and'- up until his death. The funeral was held at the home Friday afternoon conducted by his pastor. Rev. A. R. Creech of Micro. Ha was assisted by Dr. Ira E. D. Andrews of Clayton and Rev. S. L. Morgan of Smithfield. The deacons of Bethseda church were the active pallbearers and grandchildren of the deceased were the flower bearers. Interment was made in the. family burying ground at the home. Mr. Wallace was twice married. His first wife was Mis.s Julia Price and from this union the following children survive: M. A. and C. A. Wallace, of Smithfi.sld; J. C. Wal lace, of ■ Raleigh; and P. A. and B. B. Wallace, Mrs. Florence Austin, Mrs. B. A. Smith and Mrs. C. P. Hill, all of Clayton and Mrs. Wil liam Flowers of Rich Square. The second time Mr. Wallace married Mrs. Rachel Hines, who survives him. He also leaves one brother, B. B. Wallace of Clayton; a sister, Mrs. Ruthie Parrish of Wilson’s Mills; 44 grandchildren, and 24 great-grandchildren. We, the undersigned merchants, do hereby agree to close our store on July 4th. Signed: A. V. Driver Co., Dunn Furniture Co., The Hardware Store, Jones and Deans, Lee Stores, Inc., Gregorys 5 and 10c Store, Smith & Cameron, Etheridge & O’Neal, City Barber Shop, G. N. Siler, Godwin’s, L. George, Talton & Cooke, Busy Bee Grocery, Selma Clothing & Shoe Co., Atkinson Supply Co., Selma Cash Feed Gro., Branch & Wood Furni ture Co., Inc. BANTAMS DEFEAT LUCAMA The Selma Bantams journeyed up to Lucama Friday and defeated the Lucama boys 15 to 4 in a one-sided game of baseball. Ijewis Creech pitched a good game for the locals Other features of the game were the hitting of Jimmie Batten and fielding and hitting of Elwood Ange, who got five hits out of as many times at bat. DR. R. E, EARP GOES TO PITTSBURG HOSPITAL ■We are in receipt of a letter from Dr. R. E. Earp, who has been with The Union Memorial Hospital, at Baltimore, Md., notifying us that after July 1st to send his paper to him at The Western Pensynvania Hospital, at Pittsburg, Pa. Dr. Earp is well known to many Selma citi zens and this change will be read with interest to them. SPENDING A WEEK AT CAMP TUSCARORA Rev. D. M. Sharpe, Scoutmaster for the Selma troop, left Monday for Camp Tuscarora, near Mount Olive. He was accompanied by the follow ing Selma scouts: Billy Smith, Dan Sharpe, Jr., John Flowe, Hoge Vick, E. V. Woodard, Jr., J. C.- Avery, Jr., and Puller Suber. MASONIC DISTRICT MEETING AT BENSON Smithfield (16 th.) District. Tues day, July 8, 1930—4:00 and 8:00 P. M. Relief Lodge No. 478 A. F. & A. M., Host. Paul V. Brown, Master. 4:00—Special Communication — J. W. Hollowell, D. D. G. M., as Mas ter. Reception of Grand Lodge Of ficers and Visitors. Welcome Ad dress—Hon J. W. Parrish, Mayor of Benson. Response—W. P. Holt, Master St. Patrick’s No. 617, Prince ton. Reports—Masters Secretaries 16th District. Masonic Laws—R.'. John H. Anderson, Grand Secretary. Lodge Finance—R. ’. John J. Phoe nix Grand Treasurer. Open Forum. Memorial to Our Masonic Dead— Rev. B. H. Houston. Masonic Out look—M. ■. E. W. Timberlake, Jr., Grand Master. Invocations for Next District Meeting. Lodge Closed. Evening Meeting M. E. Church Public cordially invited. 8:00—Hymn. Invocation'—Rev. A. L. Brown. Quartette—Benson Choir. Introduction of Speaker—Hon. Ezra Parker. Address—M.'. W. '. Edgar W. Timberlake, Jr., Grand Master. Special Music—Benson Choir. An nouncements. Hymn—“Bless Be The Tie That Binds”—Congregation. Ben ediction. All officers are expected to attend the afternoon meeting. Public cordi ally invited to attend the evening meeting. Interesting News Items Reported From The County Seat Car and Garage Burned; Oldest Citi zen Celebrates H's 83rd Birthday; Entertains for Bride-Elect: Bames- Smith Wedding. MR. G. A, PITTMAN HAS COTTON BLOSSOMS Last Saturday night about 10:30 W. L. Fuller’s garage on highway No. 22 at the edge of town wa9 discovered to be on fire by Tom Winstead, who runs a filling station across the street. Mr. Winstead in formed Mr. Fuller of the fire and Mr. Puller put in the fire alarm. Soon after the fire truck arrived on the scene of the fire it was found that Mr. I'uUer’s Studebaker auto mobile which was in the garage was already practically demolished. There was nothing that the fire de partment could do, however, and the gas tank of the burning automobild exploded, shooting red flames high int the air. When the gas tank exploded the large crowd which had gathered soon began to disperse. The actual cause of the fire is not known, but it is thoug'ht that a short circuit from the car caught- the car on fire and the car caught the g-arage on fire. The car had ^rJy been in the garage about 20 minutes when the fire was discov ered. The damage done by the fire was estimaated at from $1200 to $1600. There was no insurance on the car. Mr. G. A. Pittman of Selma, Route 1, brought a cotton blossom to The Johnstonian-Sun office Tues day. Mr. Pittman says that he saw the first blossom in his field on last Sunday, June 29th. SEVERE STORM IN PLEASANT GROVE C. W. Lindsay, of “Uncle- Charlie,” as he is often called, celebrated his 83rd birthday last week. Mr. Lind say, who is perhaps Smithfield’s oldest citizen, is an active old man and is often seen on the streets of Smithfield. He has always taken an interest inwall public affairs, and is a regular attendant at church and Sunday school. Several members of the "County Road and Bridge force who were in Pleasant Grove Township near the Harnett County line, report that late Tuesday afternoon as they were starting on their way to Smithfield they passed through the ■worst rain hail and electrical storm that th-ey had ever sqen. No information is available as to the extent of the damage to crops. MRS. LULA BARDEN DEAD The passing of Mrs. Lula Barden at her home near Selma, on last Thursday afternoon, June 26, came after a long and tedious illness. The deceased was 59 years of age, the widow of Robert Barden who died 21 years ago. She had acted the part of mother and father to her only child, Jesse, deeming no sacri fice too great to make in his be half. Mrs. Barden joined the Primi tive Baptist church 20 years ago and 'field her membership at Old Beulah Church. Her life was one of loyalty to her church and to her God. She was a devoted Christian woman of the highest type, one that the church and community will sadly miss. The funeral was conducted from the home Friday afternoon at 2:30 by her pastor. Elder J. T. Collier, of Micro, and the burial took place m the family burying ground near her home. The lovely floral offerings attested the love and esteem in which she was held. She leaves to mourn their loss one son, .Jesse Barden, two brothers Messrs. 'W. T. and C. F. Kirby and one sister Miss Sallie Kirby, besides numerous other relatives and friends. ■ Mrs. D. G. Ridenhour enteretained at a dinner Friday evening at seven ■-3’cloc’ic in honor of Miss Vara Smith, bride-elect. Five tables in the yard were made beautiful with white gar den flowers. The charming hostess served a delicious salad course and iced tea followed by ice cream and cake, assisted by Mrs. 'W. G. Wilson and Miss Louise Parrish. The hos tess presented the honoree with an attractive picture. The guests included: Misses Vara L. Smith, Ruth Evelyn and Virginia Wilson, Lallah Rookh Stephenson, Mary and Martha Hill, Mildred Young, Lucille Johnson, Mesdames D. Carlton Stephenson, A. G. John son, D. T. Penny, J. A. Narron, Sr., J. H. Kirkman, C. L. Beasley, Gra ham Smith, W. G. Wilson, Douglas - and Mrs. A. W. Francis and Mrs. John .^orris of Goldsboro. COTTON BLOSSOM LAST SATURDAY Last Saturday, June 28, Mr. R. John.son who lives about 5 miles north of Selma in the Batten Cross Roads section, sent a cotton blossom to Tlie Johnstonian-Sun office. Tliis is the first blossom reported from near Selma. ATTENDING NATIONAL KIWANIS CONVENTION Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Scales and children left Saturday morning for Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Mr. Scales is a delegate to the Kiwanis Convention from Selma. Mr. A. J. Holliday is also a delegate from the lo«al club and left Saturday night for Atlantic City where the National Convention will be held. a 'W- t-... A simple marriage of elegance and beauty and of interest to the people in and around Smithfield and Golds boro was solemnized at the First Baptist Church in Raleigh Monday afternoon.at 5:0Q, o’clock when Mi-ss Cara I,. Smitli of Smithfield became came the bride of Frank Barnes of Goldsboro with Rev. A. S. Barnes, superintendent of the Memorial Orphanage of Raleigh and uncle of he groom, officiating. The church was beautifully deco rated with lovely garden flowers. Mrs. C. V. ■ Johnson of Smithfield played the wedding march and Mrs. / John W. Ives sang very charmingly ’T Love You Truly.” There 'Were no attendants. The bride wore a light blue ensemble with accessories 'to match and a beautiful corsage - American Beauty Roses. After the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Barnes left for Greensboro and oth er points. Mrs. Barnes is the beau tiful and accomplished daughter of Mrs. E. G. Smith of this city. She had been proprietor of a dry goods store in Smithfield up util a few months ago. Mr. Barnes is manager of the A. & P. Store in Goldsboro. SERVICES AT THE COUNTY HOME Elder E. F. Pearce of Princeton, ■will preach at the county home next Sunday afternoon at three o’clock. The public is cordially in^vited to at tend. I Roy Weber of Iredell County hand-picked four acres of Fulcaster wheat to be sure he would have seed wheat available for certifica tion by the North Carolina Crop. Improvement Association.
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