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t'^ I fi'y^ ! / JOHNSTONIAN- 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. a[ The Gas Stream Young Man Killed (o*»rcH ir. It D.) 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. Vo.