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THE JOHNSTONIAN AND JOHNSTON COUNTY SUN CONSOLIDATED
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VOLUME 13.
SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1930.
NUMBER 31.
Marked Improvement
Is Seen in Crops
There has been a marked improve
ment in the crops in Johnston Coun
ty during the past few weeks. At
one time the outlook was such that
the farmers and business men alike
regarded the prospect as very dis-
I couraging, and especially as to he
cotton crop. While the stands of
cotton are pretty poor as a whole,
there has been a wonderful improve
ment in the growth and fruitage of
the weed wherever there is any
thing like a stand. The dry hot
weather has caused the fruit to stick
remarkably well in spite of the pres
ence of numerous infestations of the
boll weevil.
The development of tobacc'o with
in the past few weeks'has been very
encouraging. At one time this crop
did not seem very encouraging, but
the_ hot dry weather is putting-
weight into the leaf and building
it up in thickness and width, and
if people can get good cures on the
remainder of the crop like they
have on what the,y have already put
in the barn, we believe that this
crop of tobacco in Johnston Coun
ty will equal, if not surpass, any
crop in recent years. We certainly
hope that this proves true and that
the prices will be in keeping with
the quality of the leaf offered.
The prevailing opinion seems to
be that the corn crop in Johnston
■county is equal to if not better than,
any crop gro-wn in the county irr
several years. Reports coming in
from ditferent parts of the county
are very -encouraging as to the pros
pects for a good corn crop.
With good crops of com, cotton
and tobacco, and then if we can
realize anything like fair prices for
these three staple crops, we feel
that Johnsto.n County will once more
be enjoying a fruitful harvest with
in the next few weeks, similar to
that which the peach growers in the
Sand Hill .section are now enjoying.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Bueck
Moved to Cullowhee
Mr. and Mrs. H. Bueck will leave
toniorrow for Cullowhee where they
will make their home. The Princi-
palship that Mr. Bueck has held for
four years in the local school being
cut out next year, Mr. Bueck re
signed his position as teacher of
History to accept the principalship
of Cullowhee Graded School. We re-
g-ret the change as this -estimable
couple -were a great help to our
to-ft-n, not only in the school in
which they have worked faithfully
for years, but in the church, Ki-
wanis club, social life, in fact where
they saw hejp was needed they put
tlreir sho«lders to the wheel. We
wish them much success in their new
home and congrafijulate Cullowhee in
gaining our loss.
Low Bridge
Revival Meeting
At Pine Level
Thhre will begin in Pine Level
Baptist Church Sunday, A.ugust 3rd,
a revival meeting. The services -will
be conducted by Rev. W. Herschel
Ford, pastor of Angier Baptist
church, and assisted by Rev. Charlie
E. Maddery, of Durham, who is pas
tor of Pirte Level church. The pub
lic is mdst earnestly invited—all
creeds and faith come. Mr. Ford
has the reputation of being among
the fe-ft' old time emotional speakers.
Thers will be .services each morn
ing in the week at 7:4.5 a. m. The
evening services will be at 8:00
o’clock.
Troy Parrish Is
Electrocuted In S. G.
WESTERN ’ CAROLINA
EXPERIENCING DROUTH
PERSONALS
BACHELORS TO ENTERTAIN
Miss Stallings Entertains
At Bridge
Miss Mozelle Stallings delightfully
•entertained with four tables of bridge
-at her home on N. Webb St. Fri
day afternoon, July 25th from 4 to
6:30 o’clock.
The hall and living room were
beautifully decorated with pink gard
en flowers carrying out a color
scheme -of pink- and green. Guests
found their places by gaily colored
■ floral designed bailies. After four-
spirited progressions it was found
that Miss Velma Talton was winner
of ,high score and was . awarded a
lovely string of pink and green cos
tume beads. A unique pink vase
went to Mr.s. F. M. Waters as hold
er of low score. Mrs. H. Bueck
was presented a box of Hollinsworth
candy.
Miss Stallir*g-s assisteed by Miss
Velma Talton and Mrs. Carl Worley
served a delicious two course din
ner with iced tea. Pink and green
being used exclusively in the re
freshments.
Guests of Miss Stallings -were:
Mesdam.es' George Norwood, E. V.
Woodard, Carl Worley, F. M. Wat
ers, C. L. Richardson, Charles Ful-
ghum, Sye Bailey, C. E. Kornegay,
J. -S. Flowe, A. J. Holliday, R. -D.
Blackburn, H. Bueck, S. W. Armit-
age; Misses Velma Talton and Ethel
Hall.
The three bachelors of the Selma
Kiwanis club. Dr. C. P. Harper,
H. H. Lowry and Dr. Edwin N.
Booker, will be hosts tonight (Thurs-.
day) at 7 o’clock at a barbecue and
brunswick stew at Harrison’s Lake
to the members of the club in honor
of Prof, and Mrs. H. Bueck, who are
soon to leave our town for Cullo
whee, -where they will be cpnnected
with^the school at that place.
On last Thursday evening the Sel
ma and Smithfield Kiwanis clubs
held a joint meeting at Harrison’s
Lake where they enjoyed a most de
lightful barbecue and brunswickstew
mpper. The presidents of the two
clubs had charge of the program
■hich was a very -enjoyable one.
Picked Up
About Town
SWIMMING PARTY
The following Selma young people
enjoyed an outing at Holt’s Lake
Tuesday -evening: Misses Ruth Hood,
Genevieve Warren, Louise Stallings,
Mary Pridgen, Lillian Louise Wood
ard; Sam Brown, Hayden Wiggs,
Bill Thad Woodard, Bob Suber,
Charles Newberry, Billy Blackman,
Burwell Col-ey, J. P. Temple, -Geo.
L. George, and Frank Hood. The
evening hours were spent swimming,
dancing and playing golf. The boys
had provided ice cold watermelons
which were cut after the party cam-e
out of the Lake.
Getting Ready
For Association
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Mr. J. J. Batten informs us that
the work of making some needed re
pairs about Little Creek Primitive
Baptist churuch has just been com
pleted and that these improvements,
add greatly to the appearance of the
church. The Association is sched-
ul-sd to meet with thi.s church in
September, the 4th Friday, Satur
day and Sunday and a larg« crowd
is expected at. that time.
Star Harper says there’s practi
cally nothing left for Admiral Byrd
to hunt for now unless he drops
a collar-button.
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We doubt if there ever was a
Senate that cared how many gray
hairs a president acquired during
his stay in the Whits House.
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The home may be ^gradually los
ing its popularity, but there’ll nev-er
be a satisfactory substitute for it as
a place to change clothes.
Mayor Hai-e declares it has always
been his belief that the future will
last longer if you don’t w'orry about
it.
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Another thing- hard to understand
is where women get the idea that
anything beteen two slices of bread
makes a sandwiche.
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“It doesn’t make much difference
where a fellow goes on his vaca
tion,” asserts Fred Waters “so long
as he doesn’t go beyond his income.”
Hunter Price says he can’t figure
out how a congressman al-ways knows
v^hat the people want when half
the time the people don’t know
themselves.
The picnic season is never official
ly opened until sister’s sweetheart,
in ,a new suit of clothes, sits down
on the raspberry pie....
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“In the good old days,” asserts
George Brietz “money made the
mare go, but no-wadays it takes a
lot more of it to make the car go.”
retuiNs from
HIGH POINT HOSPITAL
Miss May Straug-bn returned, from
the High Point Hospital Monday
ni.ght after having an operation for
goiter. The operation Was done by
Dr. J. R. Burrus and 'was unusually
successful. Miss Straughn having- to
remain in the hospital only 13 days.
It was the privilege of the Editor
of this paper to take a trip through
some of the mountain country in
We.stern North Carolina last week,
and while we had been reading about
the drouth in that part of the state,
we found it much more serious than
we had anticipated.
Soon after passing Salisbury we
noticed that there had been a de
ficiency of rainfall and the farther
west we w,ent„ the dryer it seemed
to be, and in that section west of
Hickory it is a disheartening pros
pect for the farming class, as corn
is tasseling- out very low and the
blades are dry almost to the top and
a great per cent of the stalks do
not have the least- sign of an ear
formation coming on them. We be
lieve that there will be thousands
of acres of corn in Western North
^larolina thigy^ear that will not yield
a peck of shelled corn per acr^.
The older corn,is now too far gone
to overcome the drouth if rain
should come in plenty, but there
may ’ be come young corn which
rain would cause to yield some corn.
Many of the people say that 'the
drouth is the most severe in the
memory of the oldest in habitants
of that section. There was only a
partial crop of Irish potatoes,. cab
bage are almost a complete failure,
buckwheat promises but very meager
returns, pastures are drying up and
the prospect for a crop of bay has
already vanished, and all told, the
situation in that part of our state
is particularly discouraging so far
as agricultural products are con
cerned.
Streams are running very low and
in many sections the water supply
has alreadj* reached the stage -where
every precaution is, being used to
conserve in order to offset a serious
water shortage. The mountain sides
are speckled with dead branches on
the trees due to insufficient -water
nourishment 'at the roots, and all
told, this section is now facing- a
grave situation unless rain com-es at
an early date.
If there should be those in John
ston County who do not feel that
the future holds anything- in store
for them, we suggest that they tak-e
a trip through western North Caro
lina and see - what they think they
could hope for if they were situated
like some of our western farmers
are today. After our return to
Johnston County we are convinced
that the people of this sectipn have
a great deal to be thankful for at
this time, for nowhere have we seen
better prospects ■ for a crop of every
description than there is right here
in Johnston County.
Primitive Baptist
Appointmen t s
Elder C. H. Ferrel, of Illinoks-,
and Elder Yancey, of Alabama, will
preach at the following time and
places:
Coats, N. C. Wednesday night,
July 30, at 8:00 P. M.
Rehoboth, Thursday,' July 31,, at
11:00 A. M.
Fellowship, (Township ■ Court
House) Friday, August 1, at 11:00
A. M.
Angler, Saturday, August 2, 11:00
A. M'.
Smithfield, Sunday, August 3, 11:00
A. M.
Benson (Town Hall) Sunday night,
August 3, at 8:00 P. M.
Four Oaks, Monday, August 4,
at 11:00 A. -M.
Salem, Tuesday, August 5, at
11:00 A. M.
Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Sutton went to
Dobbersville, in Sami)son County,
Tuesday. Mrs. Sutton will spend
a few days with her parents, "Mr.
and Mrs. T. W. Best before return
ing to Selma.
Mrs. Wade Brown has returned
from a visit to her daughter in
Greenville.
Miss Mae Straughn returned Mon
day from the High P^int Hospital.
She is very much improved.
Mrs. Cleon Parker, of Washington,
is visiting Mrs. E. D. Parker.
Mr. and Mrs. Deware Richardson
and Mrs. E. G. Richardso.n and chil
dren are guests of Mr. and Mrs.
E. G, Richardson, Sr., this week.
Mrs. Josephine Perry attended the
Pugh family reunion and association
at Meronies Methodist church Sun
day. This church is near Bonlee.
Mrs, Perry was made vice-president
of the association.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Wilkins and
childz-en. Miss Inez and J. T„, Jr.^
accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. L. R.
Wilkins and children Miss Francis
and 'Vivian and Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Rigsby and Mrs. King of Durham,
spent last week-end at Morehead
City and Atlantic Beach, returning
Monday.
Miss Francis Carrol, of Raleigh is
visiting- Miss Hildah Earp.
Mrs. W. G. Waddell and little
daughter who have ' been visiting-
Mrs. W. H. Blaylock in Lucania has
returned home.
Mr. J. H. Deans, of Avon Park,
Fla., is spending some time with his
brother Jodie Deans.
Mr. and -Mrs. J. C. Avery returned
Friday from a weeks stay at Caro
lina Beach.
Mr. C. G. Deeans, of Burlington,
spent Sunday here with relatives.
Miss 5'reddie Oliver is attending-
the second term of sui-niner school
at Chapel Hill.
Mr. M. L. Stancil and daughter.
Miss Alary, returned Saturday night
from Blowing Rock -where they -at
tended the meeting of the N. C.
Press Association.
Mrs. R. D. Blackburn and Mrs.
Wade Brannan, of Dunn, are spend
ing this week in Woodl-awn, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Aycock) of
Rocky Mount, and Mrs. Jane Aycock,
of Micro, visited Mrs. J. C. Diehl
last week.
Mr. Brown and family, of Hope
Mills, moved to Selma last Friday.
They are occupying the house next
to .Mr. C. B. Fulghum. Mr. Brown
is clerk at the union station.
Miss Nellie 'Wiggs spent Saturday
in Fayetteville.
Miss Myrtle Mae and Ruby Wood
ard, ]\Jiss Hazel Hollandi and Messrs.
Cecil Corbett and Leon Woodruff
spent Sunday at Carolina Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L.^ Woodard en
joyed a barbecue dinner Sunday at
the home of Mrsi J. H. Creech.
Mr. A. W. Payne, of Raiford, was
a visitor to Selma. Saturday.
Mrs. A. W. Wiggs, of Pine Level,
is visiting her daughter Mrs. W. E.
Branchi
Mr. Landis Brown and Miss Hazel
Brown spent Sunday in Greenville.
Mr. Henry Moye, o^f Goldsboro,
spent Monday in Selma.
Troy Parrish, aged 18, was elec-
trocuteed Tuesday in South Caro
lina when he came in contact with
a wire carrying '2300 volts of elec
tricity. The young man had been
with the Standard Service station
in Selma for about three months
and only left last Tuesday for some
point in South Carolina to accept
a position. It is reported that he
was working on a steam shovel
when it made a noise like some
thing- blowing up, becoming fright
ened he jumped into a hole of water
in which was the wire carrying the
heavy voltage. It is thought that
he caught hold of the wire when he
fell into the water.
The r-emains were brought to his
home in Clayton yesterday afternoon
where the funeral sei-vices were
held. ■.. ^
Troy was a splendid youpg man
and during- his sort stay in Selma
made many friends who were shocked
to hear of the terrible tragedy.
Mr. W. G. Toler
Well Recmmended
Mrs. Price Bridge Hostess
Mr. Wm. C. Toler, newly elected,
manager of Selma’s-Water and Light
Department, has already assumed
his duties an(J it is expected that
the town will get efficient service,
under his direction.
Mr. Toler comes' to Selma from'
Goldsboro and when he filed his ap
plication for the job in Selma' h& '
filed with said application a number
of endorsements from diffeient peo
ple in Goldsboro bearing testimony
to his qualifications, honesty, so
briety, etc. One of these endors,e-
ments comes from the City Engineer
of Goldsboro who gives him a clean
record with the town of Goldsboro.
Another letter of eNorsement comes
from the' Mayor and Chief of Po
lice, and another from Hicks & Haw
ley’s Drug Store, one from Dr. Wm.
H. Cobb, one from Dr. Strosnider
and another from the Goldsboro
Damp W.ash Laundry, all of whom
speak of Mr. Toler in the highest
of terms and place great confidence
in his ability to perform his task in.
a most satisfactory manner.
One of the loveliest parties of the
raid-summer season -was given on
last Thursday afternoon when Mrs.
Hunter Price entertained at bridge,
her guests including members of the
Bridge club and others. A color
scheme of pink and green was car^
lied out in every detail. The hostess
;,reeted the guests at the door and
; resented each with an attractive
fan with tally attached.
After several progressions Mrs.
W. W. Hare was found to hold high
score and Mrs. C, L. Richardson
low. Each was awarded an appropri
ate gift. Mrs. H. Bueck, who is
leaving soon to make her home else-
v.ffiere, was' also given a dainty gift.
A delicious two-course luncheon
was served, the color note being ob
served here . to advantage.
Those playing were: Mesdames
W. P. Aycock, Fra.nk Sitton, J. S.
Flowe, W. W. Hare, A. ‘ J.-'Holliday,
R. Strickland, E. Y. Woodard, Carl
Worley, H. Bueck, R. D. Blackburn,
Linwood Richardson and C. E. Kor
negay.
Ghickens Killed By ^
High Temperature
They Die When Atmosphere G«ts
Hotter Than Their Body Tempera
ture.
RETURN FROM HOUSE
PARTY AT WHITE LAKE
A group of Selma young people
and their chaperons, Mr. and Mrs.
W. D. Parkins returned Saturday
night from White Lake where they
enjoyed a house party for several
days. Fishing, swimming, boating
and dancing filled the happy hours
which passed all too quickly. Those
enjoying the house party were: Miss
es Mary Parker, Mary Evelyn Park
er, Frances Sharpe, Mildred Creech,
Mary Stanley Benoy and Rose
Worley; Messrs. John Lacy Deans,
Oscar Creech, -Geo. Davis Vick,
Ralph W oodard, W. B. Oliver of
Pine Level and Tom Sanders of Four
Oaks. ’
Birthday Party
Little Miss Gloria Hayes celebrated
her 11th birthday with a lovely
lawn party on last Friday afternoon.
About 20 little friecids were present
to help her enjoy this happy oc
casion. Games were played for a
while, after which a numerical con
test was -engaged in. Fred - Archer
Woodard being wmner was present
ed a package of mints. Dixie cups,
wafer.s and mints were served at
the close of the afernoon. The hon-
oree received a number of birthday
gifths.
The high temperatures of the past
few days have killed many chickens
and turkeys in nearby Maryland, in
cluding 91 prize hens in the egg-
laying contest of the University of
Maryland. The hot weather also-
caused a sharp drop in the egg- pro
duction in the contest.
Chickens have no sweat glands, it
was- explained at the University of
M.aryland recently, and when thfe
atmosphere get.s hotter than their
body temperature of 105 degrees
they frequently die.
During the past week the mercury
went to 108 degrees in the contest
plant. Deaths and prostrations oc
curred so rapidly among the hens
that the attendants were kept busy
keeping the records straight and
reviving those birds that would re
spond to treatment. Only two of
the 91 birds lost were leaders in
the contest, it was reported. AIT
the hens are housed in well venti
lated pens with runways.
MRS. EASOM PRESENTS
THE JOHNSTONIAN-SUN
SOME FINE TOMATOES
The management of 'the Johnston-
ian-Sun is greatly indebted to Mrs.
Alice Easom, who lives about three
'miles north of Selma, for four large
tomatoes which she presented to us
recently. They are of the Ponde-
rosa variety and-the four weighed
exactly six pound.s. We have seen
other fine tomatoes this year, but
these are the finest that we have
observed anywhere so far.
HOOVER’S VACATION
■ The period of severe hot weather
which has embraced the Raleigh
area since the 19th of July with
temperatures in the high nineties
was definitely broken Wednesday.
The noon temperature reading at the
Raleigh Weather Bureau was 86,
compared with, 94 at noon Tuesday
there were cooling breezes and Lee
A. Denson, meteorologist announced
that the worst was over.
MOTHER OF MRS.
J. D. JEFFRIES DIES
Mrs. I. W. Hocutt died Tuesday
morning in Clayton at the home of
her son Dr. B. A. Hocutt, where
she had made her home for a num
ber of years. The deceased was
92 years of age on June 19th but
the immediate cause of her death
was paralysis.
Mrs. Hocutt -w'as for a number
of years a most successful and be
loved teacher in the Johnston County
schools. She received her educa
tion at Oxford college before the
Civil War. Her -w'ork was ever in-
.^pirational and uplifting. She be
came a member of the Methodist
church at an early age and was a
loyal and consistent Christian. Her
funsral was conducted Wednesday
morning at 10 o’clock at the Clay
ton Methodi.st church by her pastor.
Rev. E. D.. Dodd, asssisted by Rev.
Ira Andrews, of the Clayton Baptist
ihurcH.
Washington regards Herbert Hoov
er as the hardest-working Pre.sident
the Nation has Jiad in recent years.
Ever since he has been in office he
has attended strictly to business and
practically the only let-up that he
has had consisted of week-end fish
ing trips into nearby 'Virginia. In
practically all of these he has been
accompanied by Government officials
including- members of Congress, who
have taken advantage of opportuni
ties of “getting out into the coun
try to talk things over.”
While Coolidge was a conskstent
worker he had a way of pulling
down the top of his desk af'ter about
eight hours’ toil and calling it a
dajx After that Coolidge did not
seem to be concerned about public
business and he assumed, the atti
tude of one who had done the day’s
work so well that everything would
keep going until another day. With
Hoover there hag" been little 1-et-up
by day or night, and as a result
there have been times when Wash
ington gossip speculated as to wheth-
■er he would stand up under the
strain. But at the end of a year
and a half President Hoover is
found to be in the pink of condi
tion, and now he will undoubtedly
have a real vacation.
Circle B
Circle B of the Methodist Church
met on Tuesday eeiming at the home
of Mrs. Vick Johnson near Selma.
After the business meeting, ice
cream and cake -were seiwed.
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