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THE JOHNSTONIAN AND JOHNSTON COUNTY SUN CONSOLIDATED
VOLUME 13.
SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1930.
NUMBER 29.
Mr. And Mrs. Brietz
’ Entertain Kiwanians
Fish Supper Served on Lawn Follow
ing Which Rev. John W. Ham De
livered Fine Address on the Sound
ness of Our Economic Conditions.
The usual hospitality of Mr. and
Mrs. Gieo. F. Brietz yas evidenced
on last Thursday evening when they
delightfully entertained the members
of the'Selma Kiwanis Club and their
wives and a few invited guests on
their spacious lawn at their home
here.
Prof. F. M. Waters, acting as pro
gram chairman, introduced Rev. W.
J. Crain, who, in very-.fitting terms,
introduced Rev. Mr. Campbell, of
Elm City, as one of the prominent
guests of the evening. Mr. Camp
bell acknowlledged this introduction
in a few words of gratitude for the
opportunity of being present on this
delightful occasion. Mr. Crain then
introduced Rev. John W. Ham, who
held his audience spell-bound for
about 30 minutes while he spoke in
optimistic terms on the Economic
Conditions in the United States, cit
ing a few outstanding development
program now being inaugurated by
Big Business in this country, naming
in particular the consolidated rail
road Brotherhoods, the Telegraph and
Telephone companies and many oth
er forward-looking and progressive
moves on the part of Big develop
ment projects, such as the automo
bile industry, good roads, etc. Mr.
Ham stressed the economic sound
ness of thie United States Govern
ment and predicted an upward trend
in the nation’s business within the
next few months. He said that the
purely agricultural districts were
now feeling a somewhat depriessed
condition, but voiced the belief that
much of this would disappear within
the next sixty days when the new
crop movement began to get under
way. The railroad companies and
the telephone and telegraph com
panies, he said, were now putting on
a ten-year building and deveopment
program which will entail the ex-
pjenditure of billions of dollars in or
der to cope with expanding trade
and business growth which is looked
for within the near future. His ad
dress through out was one of great
optimism in our future growth and
expansion. Mr. Ham is a man with
a wide field of knowledge, he having
traveled extensively in foreign coun
tries and studied religious and busi
ness conditions on a world scale. His
address was well received and hiis
audience felt the stimulating L.iects
of the evangelist’s prophecy and mes
sage of confidence in the future.
Afteer having enjoyed such an ap-
I>etizing fish supper with all the ac
cessories accompanying same, and
then listening to such an arguinent
in favor of better business condi
tions, the meeting was adjourned, all
voicing'to Mr. and Mrs. Brietz their
thanks and hearty appreciation for
their hospitality during the evening.
Bootleggers Become
Optimistic of Future
While the rest of us wtere brood
ing over the rapid spread of the
boll weevil and the sudden slump
in the cucumber market, the deteri
oration in crops due to dry weather
and unprecedented heat wave which
has held the nation in its grip for
the past few days, it develops that
there has been developing among cer
tain people of our community a spir
it of optimism heretofore unequaled
in the history of their existence.
A few wieeks ago the news was
heralded hereabout that the Carolina
Power & Light Company were ready
to begin work on their large sub
station at Selma and would possibly
employ some 50 or 60 extra men
on this new development. This
news spread like wild fire among the
blockadfers of this community, and
immediately there seems to have
been perfected an organization for
the manufacture and sale of boot
leg whiskey on a large scale. We do
not know how far-reaching this or
ganization is, but it probably had
its origin far back in the forests
where the process of distillation is
going on.
There is a large two-story house
near where the substation is being
planned, and the boot-leggers rented
this large structure and equipped it
with gambling rooms and a secret
hiding place for liquor and home
brew, and we understand that they
had in their development program
a provision for electric lights, pool
tables, etc., for the purpose of
properly carrying on their money
making enterprise.
Chief of Police Howell, of the
town of Selma, and Deputy Sheriffs
E. A. Johnson and L. D. Parker got
wise to some of the plans of this
organization for merry-making and
went out there Sunday, July 13th,
to inspect the new enterprise. When
they found a quantity of whiskey and
home brew in the newly acquired
apartment, the officers were con
vinced that their suspicions were'
correct and two members of the
organization, J. C. Moore and W.
H. Brown, were arrested and tried
before U. C Commissioner I. W.
Massey, who bound them over to
the next term of Federal Court un
der $1,000 and $1,200 bonds respect
ively. Being unable to give bond
they were remanded to jail. The
officers also arrested Milton Wilson,
Joe Parnell and Willis Green who
were parked near the club house.
They were tried before Mayor Hare
Mbnday morning on the charge of
transportation and possession of
whiskey and were bound over under
$50 bonds each for their appearance
before Judge Parker in Smithfield
next Tuesday.
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The Gas Stream
Young Man Killed
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Distinguished Men
Visit Johnston Farms
Some of the leading men in to- A Number of Additions to the
bacco experiment work were visitors} Church by Confession and a Few
in Johnston County, Wednesday of Others by Letter,
this week. These visitors included
C. B. Williams, head of the Agrono
my Department from State College,
Mr. E. Y. Floyd, the Extension To
bacco Specialist from State College,
Mr. E. G. Moss, Director of the
Tobacco Experiment Station, Oxford,
N. C., and Dr. Gamer, Chief Plant
Pathologist, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, of Washington, D. C.
These men represent the very high
est authirities on cultivation, fertili
zation and disease work with 'tobac
co. The distinguished visitors ac
companied by the County Agent, J.
B. Slack, visited several tobacco'
farms in Johnston County, making
a study of various tobacco diseases.
Included in the trip was a visit to
a fertilizer and variety demonstra
tion being conducted with tobacco
on the farm of Paul E. Johnson
near Four Oaks. All of these men
expressed themselves as being high
ly pleased with farm demonstration
work as it is being conducted in
Johnston County.
Mr. Joe Henry
Died Monday
Mr. Joe Henry of Wilson died
suddenly Monday with an attack of
acute indigestion. The funeral will
be conducted from the home in Wil
son Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Henry
is a- brother of Messrs. Barney and
Monroe Henry of Selma and Troy
Henry of Smithfield. He was reared
near Selma.
CAPTURED STILL
GOING AT FULL BLAST
Last Monday night deputy sheriffs,
F. C. Fitzgerald and Walter King
captured a 50 gallon copper beer
still going full blast, and 100 gal
lons of beer in Ingrams township.
Three men were operating the still
when the officers came in sight of
it but when the men saw the officers
coming two of them ran and made
good their escape. The other fel
low was arrested.
The beer was poured out where
it was captured and the still was
brought to Smithfield and destroyed.
RETURNS FROM CHICAGO
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR
ANNUL! CHURCH
Mrs. Carl Gardner and Miss Dora
Jane Lumpkin returned Monday
night from a five week’s visit to
Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Wooten in Chi
cago. Mrs. Gardner was impressed
with that great city’s spaciousness
and cleanliness. Carefully tended
grass plots, hundreds of parks, beau
iful buildings, all blended into a
scene not duplicated in any other in
dustrial city. Chicago has solved
the problem of combining utility and
beauty. One thing in Chicago was
a disappointment, the apparent ab
sence , of gangsters; she expected
to see rough necks dash around
comers shooting up the town as
they went but was told that they
were.' ...iaculately dressed, courteous
and obliging and rubbing shoulders
with the throng in the Loop, the
business section, and amusement
places, and in every way taking their
places as ordinary citizens, conduct
ing florist’s establishments, real esate
offices and and other lines of busi-
which are never questioned,
making it next to impossible to
check up on them. Mrs. Gardner
reached Chicago on June. SHh the
day Jake Lingle was shot by a
gangster and excitement was at
fever, heat. They were also in the
city on July fourth when the whole
city in holiday attire and spirit
went wild as the Hunter brothers
ended their epochal world endurance
flight.
Sunday-School 9:45.
Morning worship at 11.
Evening worship at 8.
“ Baptismal service
with the evening worsffip. Right
W of church fellowship extended
*“10 all new members at close of the
service.
MR. JOE HENRY DEAD
Mr. Joe Henry, of Wilson, died
Monday with acute indigestion. He
was buried Tuesday in Wilson in
Maplewood Cemetery. He was a
brother of Messrs. B. A. and Mon
roe Henry.
Ham Revival Closed
Sunday Night
Chairman Duncan Is
In Wreck At Clayton To Attend Meetings
MAKE RAID IN WILDERS
On Thursday of last week Deputies
E. A. Johnson, C. E. Sanders, Chief
L. A. Pollard, of Clayton, and Mr.
J.L. Ellis, of Clayton, made a raid
in Wilders Township and , captured
60-gallon copper still, 350 gallons
of beer, 150 pounds of sugar and
cut up eleven barrels, and in about
500 yards of the still they found a
Coca-Cola barrel full of whiskey
containing about 35 gallons. There
was signs of recent operation but no
arrests were made. The whiskey was
taken to the court house and emp
tied into the waste pipes.
On Friday, July the 11th, the same
officers made another raid in the
Pineville section of Wilder township
and captured another 60-gallon cop
per still within about one mile of
where they had made the raid on
Thursday, and poured out 350 gal
lons of beer and cut down 13 bar
rels. No whiskey was captured on
this raid and no arrests were made.
The Revival Meeting which was
conducted at the Selma Baptist
Church by Rev. John W. Ham,
Evangelist, came to a close last
Sunday night, following two weeks
of hard work and concerted effort
by the evangelist to help build up
the spiritual life of the community
by getting people to re-consecrate
themselves to God and by pointing
out to the unbeliever the way of
eternal life and striving 'to get them
to give their lives to Christ.
Mr. Ham was ably assisted in the
services by Prof. A. E. Lynch, of
Buie’s Creek, who lead the singing
throughout the entire meeting. He
organized a Junior Choir while here
which was a great asset to the
spiritual uplift.
On last Sunday the Evangelist
preached five different times, al
though the first half of the day was
extrejnely warm, and too, remem
bering the fact that he had been
earnestly on the job for the entire
two weeks. He seemed to put his
whole soul into each service and
try to make every point plain by
practical illustrations.
Those who offered themselves for
membership by confession during
the meeting are as follows: James
Person, William E. Grimes, Mrs.
Bertha Creech, Charles Barnes, Ed
na Jones, W. H. Ricks, Joseph
Oneal, D. H. Hill, Harvey Reaves,
Josephine Fulghum, Kirby Rose, Roy
Baker, Milton Brannon, Leeman Bat
ten, Helen Jones, Harold Smith and
Ruby Reynolds.
Those joining by letter were: Mr.
E. T. Odum, Mrs. E. T. Odum, Miss
Mozelle Lee and Miss Jettie Gough.
The new converts will be baptized
at the Selma Baptist church next
Sunday Night, July 20th, by the
pastor. Rev. W. J. Crain.
Mr. Ham left immediately after
the ' close of the services on last
Sunday night for York, Ala., where
he is now engaged in another two-
weeks revival, which indicates that
he is trying to make every day count
for the Lord.
Oxford, July 13.—Elder Hunt, 19
years of age, youngest son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. Scott Hunt, of Oxford,
died at Rex hospital, Raleigh. Sun
day afternoon, following an automo
bile accident Saturday night while
en route to Camp Glenn for the sec
ond week of the state guard en
campment.
The accident happened, at Clay
ton, 18 miles from Raleigh, and was
caused by a head-on collision with
Mr. Chandler, of Raleigh, whose car
bounded on the top of the car driven
by young Hunt, who was the only
person seriously injured.
In the car with Mr. Hunt were
Eugene Wheeler, another member of
Headquarters company of Oxford,
and a negro man, who was going to
the camp as cook for the soldiers.
Mr. Hunt had both arms broken
and his skull fractured, never re
gaining consciousness His parents,
notified at 2 o’clock, remained with
him to the end. He is survived by
his parents and two brothers', Wil
liam Hunt, of Warrenton, and James
Hunt, of Oxford.
Elder Hunt was regarded a fine
young man, he was a graduate of
Oxford high schol, taking prominent
part in athletics and all school life.
His death has cast a gloom over en
tire community.
The funeral will be held Monday
afternoon at 4:30 from the Methodist
church, of which young Hunt was a
faithful member.
Vacation Bible School
At Methodist Church
Leaves For Eastern Carolina to Hold
District Conferences.
Senator James S. Duncan, Chair
man of the Republican state execu
tive committee, left Greensboro Mon
day night for Washington to attend
the first of a series of five meetings
in esatem North Carolina in the in
terest of the Republican campaign.
The schedule follows:
First district — Washington, Tues
day, July 15.
Second district — Rocky Mount,
Wednesday, July 16.
Third district—Goldsboro, Thurs
day, July 17.
Fourth — Raleigh, Friday, July
18.
Sixth district Fayetteville, Satur
day, July 19.
Leaders in the five congressional
districts in the east are to attend
these meetings, which have been
termed “working conferences.” Rep
resentative George M. Prichard, of
Asheville, Republican nominee for
the United States senate, and Repre-
senative Charles A. Jonas, of Lin-
colnton, who is a candidate for re-
election in the ninth district and who
is national committeeman, have been
invited to these sessions. Others who
have been asked to be present are
the county chairmen, the members of
the state executive committee living
in the respective districts, the men{-
bers of the congressional district
committees and the Republican can
didates for Congress in the districts.
The average attendance will probab
ly range between 40 and 50, it is
said. Definite plans for the 1930
campaign are to be evolved at the
conferences.
Call for a similar meeting to be
held at Lexington Thursday, July
24, for the seventh congressional dis
trict, has been issued by Chairman
Duncan. Conferences of kindred na
ture will be held soon in the other
(By D. M. SHARPE)
We opened our vacation Bible
school a't the Methodist church Mon
day morning at 9:00 with thirty five
present. We organized and got
started and assigned work for the
following day. On Tuesday morning —
there were fifty six present and we congressional districts in North Car-
THOUSANDS VIEW 200
SKELETONS IN SPAIN
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Cuenca, Spain, July 13.—About
200 skeletons, supposedly those of
persons put to death in the 16th
century, were viewed today by thou
sands who visited a dungeon in the
underground chambers of the old
Santa Clara seminary where the
bones were discovered yesterday.
Officials said the position of some
of the skeletons indicated the vic
tims had died in terrible agony.
Some of the bodies were mummified.
Ropes had been tied about the necks
and waists of 'several. One mummy,
apparently that of a woman, was
fastened with ropes to a projecting
rock.
Evidently the victims were thrust
into the dungeon through a hatch
hole at the top. The dungeon was
about 14 by 15 feet in size. A mir
ror, which distorted the appearance
of the sufferers, was found inside.
The authorities, considering the dis
covery of great historical signifi
cance, began co-operating in the in
vestigation of the dungeon, which
was discovered during the repairs on
the old seminary. Centuries ago
young men studied for the priest
hood there.
Mrs. G. M. Willetts delightfully
entertained forty three little folks
on Tuesday afternoon in honor of
the eleventh birthday of her son,
Marshall. They played games on the
lawn. Quite an interesting contest
was held, diving for the apple. In
this Miss Estelle Godwin was win
ner for the girls and received a
lovely string of beads. Walter
Price was winner for boys and was
presented with a comb.
In a banana contest Estell Godwin
was again winner and was presented
a bottle of perfume. Kirby Rose
was winner for the boys and was
given a package of marbles. As
the guests arrived they were served
Punch.
After the games they were invited
in the dining room. The table was
centered with a large birthday cake
with ten candles. The hostess served
frozen lolly pops.
MR. G. H. YOUNGER ILL
Mr. G. H. Younger was taken very
ill on Tuesday morning and was
rushed to Rex Hospital Raleigh. He
had an operation for appendicitis
and is resting comfortable.
got down to work and play in
earnest. We put a number of the
boys to work weaving designs of
beads and they are all enthusiastic
over the work. In the Beginners
Department we make paper spoons,
knives and forks, and other things
with which to set the table; and
we have a tea party each day letting
the little ones have charge of setting
the table, and the party.
The Primary children are working
on a scrap book carrying the idea
of our friends. They are cutting
out all kinds of things that repre
sent our friends.
The Junior girls are working on
cushions and other articles; also on
a scrap book carrying the idea of
good cheer.
Mr. Smith has the boys who want
to work in wood making flower
stands and other things.
We have some one to come down
and make a talk to the children
each day. On Monday Smith
talked to the group on “Why We
Have Churches, Sunday Schools, and
Pastors, and Our Relation to Them.”
Dr. G. D. 'Vick talked to them Tues
day on “The Doctor as a Friend of
the Children,” and emphasized th^
fact that there are many who ar«
not in our immediate family that
are our friends. On Wednesday
morning the chief of police Mr.
Howell spoke to the school on the
policeman as a friend of the chil
dren. We ■will have some one to
address the children each morning
showing them that all the agencies
of the town are friends of the chil
dren.
On Wednesday morning we had
more than seventy-five present. The
teachers are the girls and women of
our church. We will have an ex
hibit Wednesday after the prayer
service sho'wing some of the work
that we have done during the week.
The children of the school -will have
a part in the prayer service. On
Sunday the choir of the school 'will
have a part in the services of the
church. They will have special
songs at each of the services. We
invited the parents of the children
to thep rayer service as well as the
Sunday services. On next Wednes
day we -will have our closing ser
vice. We are planning a pageant
by our own group, and we invited
all who will to come to this service.
All the teachers are enthusiastic
over the school and it is needless to
say that the pastor is equally en
thusiastic over the work.
olina, the fifth, eighth, ninth and
tenth.—Greensboro Daily News.
MR. W. H. JOHNSON
KILLED BY LIGHTNING
The main trouble with the
school of experience is that you
never graduate from it.
It is very sad for us to realize
our dear father, Mr. W. H. John
son, was killed on the afternoon of
Tuesday, June 24th by lightning.
Father was working in a field in
which he had been at work all day
when a bolt of lightning struck him,
his hat, clothing, and shoes being
tom into shreds and thrown several
feet away from him. He'had been
assisting his son, Harvey, in prepara
tion to finish some plo-wing before
stopping, and had just left him in
the field and was standing under a
tree at the end of the field when
the tree was struck by a bolt of
lightning. It grieves us much to
think of the unusual- way in which
he died, but still we know that it
was the work of our Dear Lord who
knows and does all things well. We
feel that he has a better home above
•although we missi him so much here
->elow. Our love for him has no
end and it seems we can realize
it so thoroughly now. A spot in
our home ■will forever be vacant,
and we can never again meet those
smiles of his that we sherished so
much. Oh! how hard it seems to
depart from him! how much we miss
him! how great a blessing he seemed
to us. Still we praise and thank
Him from whom all blessing flow.
There are many friends and rela
tives who regret his departure al
so. He is survived by his wife, who,
before her marriage was Miss Nan
cy Francis McLamb, nine loving
children, and a host of friends and
relatives.
The children are: Mr. W. P. John
son of Sampson County, Mr. C. C..
Stewart of near Lillington, Mrs. J.
W. Coats, Jr., of Elevation, Mr. Ira
B. Johnson of Fuquay Springs, Mrs.
Hervie Cutts, and Mr. T. S. John
son, both of Lillington, Mrs. Jim
Regisiter of Benson, Mrs. Pearl Tart
of Four Oaks, and Mr. Harvey John
son who is still home ■»!'& his moth
er.
Father was seventy-two years and
four days old, having been born
June 20, 1858, and died June 24,
1930.
The offerings were extremely
beautiful and many, which shows
the high lesteem in which he was
held.
Written by a loving daughter,
MRS. J. W. COATS, Jr.
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