Dr. Wade H. Atkinson and his able
corps of doctors, nurses and other
helpers were delightfully entertained
at an old fashioned Southern barbe
cue dinner on last Wednesday even
ing at Harrison’s Lake.
A Sunday school for the deaf and enjoyable affair was given
dumb of eastern Carolina was held ^ number of local citizens who
in the Methodist church here Sun- show in some way their
day afternoon at 3 o’clock^ttended appreciation of the great service
by one hundred or more deaf and rendered by these efficient workers
dumb people and many .friends. The '^'^ring the tonsil and adenoid clinic
service was in charge of Robert W. closed at noon Thursday.
Etheredge, of Selma. Tlie lesson Brietz, in his own
was very ably discusse'd by Geo. F. ^’^"ral manner, acted as toastmaster
Brietz, interpreted by James For- H^ occasion. The first speaker
tune, of Durham. Mr. Brietz spoke chairman of
on the importance of early Christian County Board of Educationi fol-
training referring to the teaching, of W. Hare, mayor of
the young ruler Josiah by his chris- ^'^cl Mr. C. P. Harper, local
tian mother and priest. Special em- '^^^Sgist. Each of these expressed
Tbasis was put on the willingness esteem for Dr. Atkinson and
with which he accepted their ad- something of the good that
vice. was being accomplished.
Re.v. W. J. Crain, pastor of the Woodard, president of
First Baptist church, also made a Parent-Teachers Association, wai
brief talk on the Sunday school les- introduced, who thanked in be-
son. Mr. Crain, spoke of the find- association all those,
ing of the Bible which had been dis- ''“S^'^'cnts and visitors, who had given
carded during the reign of Josiah’s services, donated materials or
father and grandfather, two wicked way to make the
rulers. ' clinic the success it was.
Rev. Mr. Bunday, pastor of the main speaker of the evening
First Methodist church, of Smith- Atkinson, big, kind-hearted
field, was called on and stressed the gentle. He told of his desire to
need of using the Bible in reality children, especially those
instead of letting it remain obscure native county, to become
and in one’s home on a table, dr ’'•*'™^g ™en and women, to prevent
becoming covered with dust in some becoming frail and pos-
unfrequented place in the home. Mr. invalids. He also spoke of his
Bundy also emphasized the need of abroad, told of the, beau-
early Christian teaching to young countries he visited,
people as statistics have shown the Waring, eminent
majority of Christians become so Cincinnati, spoke of the
while yet in their teens. Southern hospitality received
Rev. D. M. Sharpe, pastor of the -be being a Virginian
Methodist church, and Judge F. jj; ^™9elf. Mrs. Waring was, also in-
" ■ " troduced to the guests.
Dr. M. R. Ellyson was the last
speaker and expressed his appre
ciation of the kind.nesses shown him
while here.
Recent Prices Received on Smithfield
Market When Compared to 6t'berJ *i^
Markets Indicates Tide is Turning^
Smithfieidward.
Is Smithfield to become one. of
Eastern Carolina’s larger tobacco
markets ? To those who scanned the
dispatches in the papers last week,
giving the volume of sales and the
average prices obtained on the so-
called larger markets, the impression
hinted in the foregoing question
have gained headway, for the Smith-
field market not only made, one of
the highest averages in the belt but
topped a number ' of the hitherto
larger markets in volume of sales. ^Jorth Carolina during next
All things considered, the Smith-
State V.S. Otis Hales. The defend
andt was charged with Violation of
the Prohibition Law, He entered a
's^ea of guilty as. to possession and
transportation and was fined $25.00
and cost.
State VS. Elton Johnson. The de
fendant was charged with operating
a car while intoxicated, and resist
ing officer. .He was found guilty on
both counts, and is to go to jail
for the-term of 6 months and-as
signed to work the roads of John
ston County and pay cost. Jail
sentence to be suspended upon pay
ment of $50.00 fine and cost and
further condition that defendant doies
not operate a motor vehicle again
ina during next 90
days.
One Killed And
Two Seriously Injured
When Trucks Collide
Selma Faith Healer
Placed Under Arrest
Log Truck and Lumber Truck Run
Together Near Overhead Bridge
Between Holt Lake and Four Oaks.
Witness Tells Story.
Brooks, of Smithfield, were both
called on and made short but im-
presste remark^ Mr. Sharpe wel
comed the visitor.? and expressed his
desire far aiiother service at an
early date.
Jlr.s. R. C. Fortune, of Durham,
sang a song. “I Could Not, Go- On
* '*(^^3y^bput Thee,” in the sign language,
interpreted by. her son, James For
tune; ■ :
Rev., ■ R.- e. Fortune, pastor of the
St. Phillips Church for Deaf and
-Dumb, ^f Durham, made a short but
-very interesting talk in the sign lan
guage, Mr. Fortune. spoke of the
-neM and cooperation between the
■flearing and the deaf in establisihing
a homlfc for the aged and infirmed
deaf. He also expressed the appre
ciation of the deaf Lor the- interest
being taaken in this project' by the
. citizens of Johnston county. Mr.
Foimtne is pastor of the largest deaf
-anJ dumb congregation in North
Carolina.
jMr. J. M. Robertson, a former
Selma boy, is president of the Dixie
Association of the Deaf. Mr. Rob-
,ertson announced that the $5,000
mark was being reached for the con-
'Struction of the home. This an
nouncement was received with much
•enthusiasm by the deaf!
State Cotton Yield
Placed ‘ At 819,000
Government Estimates Entire Crop
of Nation Will Be 14,340,000 Bales.
CLERK OF THE COURT
MARRIED WEDNESDAY
Washington, Sept. 8.—Estimating
the indicated cotton production for
this year at 14,340,000 balesy' the
agriculture department said, t'oday
the- loss from boll weevil activity
would be less than in any year- since
1925. ' -.7 " ’
Without crediting the .drought .■with'
the decrease in estimated production,
the department said weevil activity
had been checked in the.'last niotith
by relatively hot and’ dry weather.
The indicated crop for this year
would be 488,000 bates df 500 pounds
gross weight under that of- 1929’ and
22,000 bales under the indicated pro
duction a month ago.
Farmers Mass
Meeting Sept. 18th
'Smithfield, Sept. 10 —Mr. H. V.
Rose, Clerk of the Superior Court,
and Miss Ediith Powell, daughter of
the la^-e Mr. and Mrs. A'din Powell,
were united in marriage at three
o’clock this afternoon, at the home
■of Mr. Ashley Powell, brother of the
bride, in the Sanders Chapel sec
tion, about if miles from the city.
Rev. D. H. Tuttle of the Smithfield
Methodist Church officiating.
Following the ceremony the couple
left by automobile for a 10 days
bridal trip to Washington, D. C.,
and other northern cities.
Mrs. Rose *is a graduate of N. C.
C. W. and an accomplished young
^usiness. woman who for several
years has served as Home Demon
stration agent in Carteret County
with headquarters at Beaufort, N. C.
Mr. Rose who is a graduate of
Wake Forest . College, is a well-
known. attorney, and a member of
the Smithfield bar. In 1926 he was-
elected Clerk of Superior Court of
Johnston County and has been nomi
nated by the Johnston County. Dem
ocrats for re-electiuii in ^November.
ROOSEVELT WANTS 18TH
amendment appealed
■ Prt)ss annoii^ement in today’s
«^., says thateFranklin D. Roose-
New Lork favors the repeal
ISth -i^mendment, with' the
pjKv^on tha$ the' "^ifferent states,
^^,-and to’\jgg have the right to
i^ovixn. the liquor ti’a-ffic, but in na
case does he fsi^or the open saloon.
There will be a mass meeting’ of
tobacco growers held in Smithfield
at the Court House from 2:00 to
4:30 Thursday afternoon,'September
18th. At this time a representative
of the Federal Farm Board will be
on hand to discuss the tobacco situ
ation with Johnston County Farm-
,ers.
This meeting is part of an edu
cational campaign being put on by
the Federal Farm Board to acquaint
the farmers with the fundamentals
of co-operative marketing and to de
termine if there is sufficient interest
among tobacco farmers. to stage a
sign-up-campaign in ’the interest of
marketing tobacco to a bdtter ad
vantage.
It will be determined at this meet
ing as to whether a series of other
meetings will be held in various
communities of the county, in order
to give every farmer a chance to
learn the facts. If you are interest
ed in these meetings for your corh-
itiunity be on hand Thursday 18th
and make your wishes known.
RALEIGH HAS A NEW
WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
There came to our desk this week
a copy of a new weekly newspaper,
published in Raleigh and bearing
the name of “The State Republi
can.” The issu-e just received is
’V'ol. 1 No. 2, showing that this is
the second issue of the ne’ naper.
field market, unquestionably, has, and
is making a remarkable advance in
prestige throughout the Eastern
Carolina belt.
Growth Remarkable
Five years ago, comparatively
speaking, the’ Smithfield market was
one of the smaller and more or less
insignificant markets. Though lo
cated in a county whose production
I of leaf tobacco has always been
large, the ..local market has been
overshadowed, in - past years, by a
■number of surrounding markets .for
which there really has never been
a valid reason. That cotton, in the
production of which Johnston maj
ored among the counties of North
Carolina, may have usurped some of
the spotlight which was due the to
bacco industry, is. conceded. With
the cpming of the boll weevil along
whose path destruction follow.ed, new
life and a greater interest in the
■production and marketing of tobac
co in Johnston is believed to 'have
developed. Simultaneously, renewed
intere.st in the local market arose.
Under the pressure of greater in
terest in the growth of the tobacco
and the ine-vitable increase in acre
age brought a greater production 'uy
five and a.half million pound.? in
the last three years staid, conserva
tive warehousemen began to stir
about. From an attitude- -of con
servatism and retrenchment Smith-
field’s warehousemen. became pro-
.gressi-vfe. They / injected newer
blood into their organization.?. They
added modern warehousing facilitie.?,
shined up their warehouses and
started after business. Today, a
.surge of new blood,- greater vitality-
and a greater stimulus is 'felt in
every -warehouse in .town. Take the
Big Banner Warehouse, the Peoples
■Warehou.se and the Planters Ware
house, each progressive to the core,
and reacting favorably through the-
addition of such -energetic young
men to their respective organizations
as Frank Skinner, • N. L. Perkins and
Dixon- Wailaoe. -In their connection
with the Smithfield market, -these
young men are not. only ,building for
today, but for tomorrow.
: Increase In Sales
What has been the result of this
change? It has been remarkable,, of
course. Within five years Smithfield'
has come up from an obscure posi
tion among the markets to seventh
place' among all of them. Frbnj
1928 to 1929 the local market moved
from eleventh place to seventh -place,
making a gain of approximately 27,5
per cent in sales volume. This year,
it i.s freely predicted that the market
will make a 75 percent gain in sales
over last year, with the probability
that it may take fifth place among
the markets of the belt. Washing
to,n, Tarboro, Robersonville and Wil-
liamston each of which were far
ahead of Smi'tfield in 1928, were left
behind in 1929 with the onward ad
vance of Smithfield. How many will
be left behind in 1930 ? The answer
to that query, of course, will be de
termined by the degree of loyalty
shown the home market by the John
ston gro-wers.
gave
BUYS FIRST BALE
OF 1930 COTTON
The Atkinson Supply Company
bought the-first bale of cotton that
has been sold in Selma from the
new crop on last Saturday, Septem
ber 6th, for 11 1-4 cents' per pound.
This cotton was grovm by J, R, Mor
ris near the Lizzie Mill at Selma.
It was ginned at Pine‘ Level.
State vs. Dock Blackman. He was
found guilty of. assault with a deadly
weapon and carrying- concealed
■weapons, is to go to jail for the’
term of 60 days and assigned to
work the roads of’ Johnston County
and pay cost. Jail sentence to be
suspended upon payment of $50.00
fine and cost. The defendant
notice of appeal.
State vs. Willie Parker. The de
fendant was found guilty of slander.
He is to go to jail for the term of
6 rponths and as.sig.ned to work the
roads of Johnston County and pay
cost. Defendant to be discharged
at end of 4 months if co.st is paid.-
He gives notice of appeal.
State vs. A. W. Wood. He was
charged with Violating the Prohibi
tion Law and was found guilty of
possession of whiskey. Fined $10
and cost.
state vs, Lloyd Creech. He was
charged with false pretense. Nol
pros.
state vs. Ronie Vernconnon. He
was found guilty of operating car
while intoxicated and possession of
whiskey and was fined $50 and cost.
State vs. Meymon Cole. He was
found guilty of being publicly drunk
and disorderly. Continue prayer ..for
judgment upon payment of cost.
.State vs. Henry Howard and Sid-
ney Tyndall. Both were found guilty
of removing crops. Each to go to
j'ail for the term of 6 months and
as.signed to work the'roads of John-
.=ton County and pay 1-2 cost each.
Each- defendant to be discharged at
the end of 4' months provided the
cost is paid, these sentences, to be
gin at the expiration of sentences
the defendants arenow serving in
'Wayne County. Capias to issue
Wayne County for defendants and
officer is directed to turn over to
W. M. Bran,nan the money found
on person of defendants. It being,
found by the court that money was
a portion of proceeds derived from
tobacco sold belonging to W. M.
Brannon.
State vs. John C. Cole. He was
charged with forgery. The probable
cause was found and the defendant
was bound over to Superior Court.
State vs. Odie Green. He was
charged with Violating the Prohibi
tion Law, and entered a plea of guil
ty as to possession. Continue pray
er for judgment upon payment of
cost.'
state vs. John Willie. Stallings.
He was charged with Violation of
the Prohibition Law. He entered a
plea of guilty as to possession and
transportation. He was fined $10'
and cost. ■
State, vs. J. B, Alford. He was
found guilty of posse.ssion of 1-2
gallon of whiskey. He was fined
$25.00 and cost.
State vs. A. L. Anderson. He
entered a plea of guilty as to poss
ession of whiskey. Continued pray
er .for judg-ment upon payment of
cost. ■
state vs. Boy Holmes. He -^as
found guilty. of cruelty to dumb
beasts (geese).- Continue prayer for
judgment upon payment- of cost.
State vs. Jap Lassiter and Della
La.?siter. They were acquitted qn a
charge of allowing stock to run at.
large.
As the result of an automobile
wreck which occurred about 4 miles
south of Smithfield. where highway
22 and 23 intersect, W. C. Stewart,
of Ingram to-wnship, 36 years of
age, was -fatally hurt and H.' L.
Woodall and Henry Bowden are in
the Johnston County hospital in a
serious condition. Mr. Stewart was
carrying nine logs on a Ford Model
A truck. from his home to Four
Oaks when the Chevrolet Ice truck
of Wood Grocery Company, driven
ky H. L.. Woodall and accompanied
by Henry Bowden, struck, the log
truck as it was crossing highway
23.
As told by James Holmes, an eye
witness to the occurrence, who oper
ates a filling station at the intersec
tion of the two highways, Mr. Stew
art was about half way across high-
■way 23 when .'the Chevrolet Ice
Truck, driven by* Woodall, was seen
coming over the overhead 'bridge
on highway 22 at a high rate of
speed. The ice truck struck the log
truck broadside. Stewart, who suff
ered a crushed skull, died soon after
he reached the Johnston County Hos
pital. Woodall sustained a broken
■arm and severe cuts and’ bruises
about the face. Henry Bowden’ sus-
tained a broken leg".
iThe ice .truck struck the log; truck
with such force that logs and- ice
were strewn all over the road. The
iceriore off the cab to the ice truck
in its path and fell on the occupants,
of the truck. Both trucks were com
pletely demolished.
A large crowd attended the funer
al of Mr. Stewart, held Sunday after
noon at three o’clock at Hodges
Chapel in Harnett County. Rev. C..
S. Johnson, pastor of Stewart’s
Chapel, where’ the deqeased held his
membership conducted the .service.
New Bern, Sept. 10.—Rev. J. M.
Creech, faith healer of Selma, who
has been holding two tent services
here daily since the first of the
month, was placed under arrest yes
terday by Sheriff R. B. Lane, of
Craven county,. under arrest and
bail proceedings, and is now being-
held under $5,000 bond for his ap
pearance in Beaufort county Super-
ior court.
The warrant was sworn out by J.
H. Rouse, of Beaufort county, who
is asking $10,000 damages of the
healer for alleged wrong to his home
and his wife, charging Creech tech
nically with criminal conversation
and alienation of the affections of
his Wife.
The complaint is. said to be five
typewritten pages in length. The
preacher recently held a series of
seivices at Washington. Hallet S.
Ward, of Washington, attorney for
the plaintiff, saysi that because of
heavy dockets, the case will probably
not be called for trial during the
fall in Washingfton.
Local friends of the faith healer
are inclined to make light of the
accusations. They declare that his
large congregations here and else
where have been much benefitted
physically and spiritually by him and
that he has effected cures for
parsons.
many
TO
PICNIC AT
FAIRVIEW SATURDAY
There will fae a picnic at Fairview
Presbyterian Church next Saturday.
This picnic was formerly announced
for next Friday, howiever, it has
been necessary to make the change
to Saturday. We are expecting
some good speakers and a good
time. Everybody is invited to bring
a basket and come.
Selma Woman’s
Club to Meet
MRS. RICHARDSON ILL
AT SEVEN SPRINGS
Her many friends will regret to
learn that Mr.?. E. G. Richard.son
the number of people attending the U‘^-‘^ been quite ill at Seven Springs
funeral were estimated at 1,500. and is still unable to be brought
TTie deceased is survived by his borne,
wife,- who was Miss Myrtle Snead
before her marriage, and seven chil
dren ,the oldest being' twelve. Mr.
Stewart is also survived by his fath
er, C. S. Stewart and four brothers,
and^ four sisters, all of whom live
in Ingrams township. They are W.
W., H. M., C. F., and L. D. Stewart
Mrs. Bert Barefoot, Mrs. Carson Mc-
Lamb, Mrs. T. 0. Massingill, and
Mrs. T. 0. Massengill, and'Mrs. A,
A. Wellons.
CLASSES
SELMA
WITH KINSTON
SCHOOL TO OPEN MONDAY
The Selma - schools will open on
next Monday morning. A list of the
faculty will be published in the
next issue of the Johnstonian-Sun.
T, - UT 1. J 1 rV., „ ’ It is expected that a good opening
t is pub isbed-by The State R,will be had and that the enrollment
eaued jthis year will exceed all past records
by J. Way land Allen. | before the end of the school term
A story from Selma says
pop corn has gone to pop
ping in the fields there
abouts. Let’s see; Selma’s
not so very far from Kins-
ston, is it? — Greensboro
Daily News.
If you happen to be one of
those few remaining citizens of
Selma who can remember when
moss grew on the dipper, of the
town pump, then you are en
titled to be called an old-timer.
As usual the Selma Woman’s Club
suspended its meetings during the
summer; but now that vacation is
over we too are ready for active
work again. The first meeting of
the club will be held on Wedne.?-
day afternoon, September 17, at 3
o’clock, at the home of Mrs. G. A.
Tuck, with Mrs. Tuck, Mrs. M. T.
Candler, and Mrs. R. A. Ashworth
hostesses. All.members of the .club
are . urged to , be present and any
woman in. Selma who would like to
join us is invited.
Before the above date each of
the committees will have its indi
vidual meeting. Plans for the year’s
work will be laid, and reports from
each will be given at the regular
meeting. It is the desire of the
president to make this the best year
ever, and with the splendid co-opera
tion of the working bodies, and -with
the interest of the town at large
she is extending the task with en
thusiasm. - ' ■ I ,
In order that the public may know
the purpose of the Woman’s Club
and appreciate the principles for
which it stands; Mrs.’ R. A.’ Ash
worth is giving below an apprecia
tion of the various departments.
The Selma Woman’s Club func
tions under the direction of its vari
ous departments—first we might
mention the Social Service under the
fine leadership of Miss Margaret
Etheredge. She is ever alert to the
needs of her cfepartmeht and in every
way carries out the command of
our Master, “Inasmuch as ye did it
unto the least of these ye did it
unto me.” After all that could
be said the sum of it all lies under
the influence of this department for
no club work affords such pleasure
and gives to our group a greater im
petus than, the demands and answers
to the ■ calls made upon us in this
department.
The Pjducational Department must
too share in its responsibility ever
remembering that He came that we
might have life and have it more
abundantly. The first great respon
sibility of this, department should
be in lending a helpful hand ta
those who have lost a chance, but
until our community can be much
more .greatly aroused to this special
need this great work must wait,
however, this has for a number of
years been- the 'burden of the heart
of the chairman. The undertaking-
is too great for one person or a '
group. It demands the co-operation:
and sympathy of - a whole community
to enlighten the minds of these un-
fort,unates cut off as they are from
the great pleasure and privilege of
ever being able to read tJie daily
news or God’s Holy Book, which was
specialy to them as a “Light unto
their pathway.” This department
plans to open its work this year
with a lecture by our own Dr. Wade
H, Atkinson, who will in his o-wn
inimitable manner tell us • something
of his travel.?.. ’Tis oiaid, “If we
would find the beautiful, we must
carry the beautiful with us.” This
being true , we ' shall look forward
with great expectations to the ap
pearance of this disting-uisbed form
er' citizen.
Aside from lectures,, this depart
ment promotes at various times an
interpretation of the literature of
the writers of our own state, believ
ing that howe'ver “unfortunate it
might be not to know of the grand
eur and glory of Rome and Greece,
tis much more unfortunate not to
know the greatness of our owa
North State.” Under this depart
ment there is an observance of
“Better Speech Week,” “Know Our
Schools,” etc. At present there iss.
a movement whereby we hope to
enlarge our library facilities, one of
the greatest demands at the present
of our community.
For the writer . to say that any
one department is the most import-
ant other than the “Social Service”-
would be erroneous, for each depart
ment stands alone in importance. The
aim of each department is ’to help
enrich the daily life of our communi
ty, whether it be in a cultural or
social way. Co.nsequently if the
civic, health, home and music and
art departments are to function
properly we must needs have the
loyalty and co-operation not only of
every club member, but every citizen
of our community.
(To be continued, next week)
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