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I JOHNSTONIAN
[%Mrs. rhurston’s
Statement In Herald
How They Voted In
Selma Township
led As Untrue
Smithfield, Nov.' 6.—Much indigna
tion has "been stirred up over' John
ston County by a statement which
appeare^v in The Smithfield Herald
Tuesday^:-JS[pv. 4; and which had also
appeared 'in poster form on the,
streetsr of Smithfield late Monday
afternoon concerning a pension
check issued to Mrs. Sarah Howell
t-while an inmate of the County Home.
This statement -purporting, to have
beem-®|gned by Mrs. D. J. Thurs-
. ton^''-welfare officer for Johnston
-CoU^V' was -sliown to Mrs. Thurston
in'Ji^ office in the Court House Mon-
d^^^iirfternoon by a person who had
refused Ip believe -she had signeo
■it when asked to say whether
os^'fiOt she had signed such a ^state-
jAent she admitted that she had.
' Her attention was- then called to
the statement made by her in the
lobby of the courthouse _ on Thurs
day morning, Oct. 30, 1930, and- pub^
lished The Johnstonian-Sun on same
day, which statement was directly
opposite to the one she had just ad
mitted that she had signed. She
.then tried to deny making the state
ment last Thursday which was print
ed in The Johnstonian-Sun last week,
but she did notget far with her de-
■niai, as there were in her office at
that time four people who had been
pi'esieiit in the lobby of the court
house last Thursday morning and
who had heard her say in substance
that si. was willing to ass>,. ;e full
responsibility for the handling oi the
pension check, that nothing wrong
had been done about the matter by
anybody and that the county com
missioners had only followed her rec
ommendations in this case, as , in
many others. Those present did not
hesitate to let her know that they
., had not forgotten what she had said
^ la.st Thursday.
The Smithfield Herald in its issue
dated Oct. 28, printed an unjust at
tack on the County Commissioners
. about this matter under the head
ing “Kepublicans Demand Penson
Check Widow Confederate Veteran.”
Mrs. Thurston was asked last
Thursday morning to sit down with
Ijuma McLamb, clerk to the board
of County commissioners, and help
to prepare a true statement of the
facts concerning the handling of the
pension check and then both signed
the statement, and have it pub
lished in all the newspapers of the
county. Mrs. Thurston agreed to do
this and then went away. Later
in this day she returned to Miss Mc-
Lamb’s office and declined to do
anything about it.
For Solicitor, Fourth District:
Clawson L. Williams (D) -703
For State Senator, Eighth District:
F. G. Gower (D) - 603
Geo. W. Hair (R) 255
Hugh Dortch (D) 084
Henry B. Ivey (R) 253
For House of Representatives:
Preston Woodall (D) 093
J. W. Alford (R) 260
R. T. Fulghum (D) 684
H. F. Hutchens (R) 259
For Clerk Superior Court:
H. V. Rose (D) 690
W. H. Massey (R) 261
For Sheriff:
Ruffin H. Richardson (D) 701
A. J. Fitzgerald (R) 263
For Reg'ster of Deeds:
Cora Belle Ives (D) 687
Lurna McLamb (R) 276
For Judge of Recorder’s Court
W. P. Aycock (D) 708
Ezra Parker (R) 254
For Solicitor of Recorder’s Court:
Larry F. Wood (D) 700
Marion G. Lee (R) 255
For Treasurer:
J. Ransom Creech (D) 692
S. W. Brown (R)' 259
For Auditor:
W. P. Holt (D) 695
L. T. Rose (R) : 260
For Coroner:
J. H. Kirkman (D) 697
G. E. Parker (R) 259
For Surveyor:
Charles Fulghum (D) 688
R. A. Herring (R) 263
For County Commissioners:
J. Rufus Creech (D) 695
E. R. Temple (R) 264
R. U. Barber (D) 694
R. Monroe Pittman (R) 266
Royall Hudson (D) 688
J. T. Edgerton (R) -—265
J. W. Sanders (D) - 691
M. B. Pleasant (R) 266
J; Willard O’Neal (D) 683
L. D. Mitchell (R) - 266
For Road Comm ssnmers;
3. T. Honeycutt (D) 687
E. A. Johnson (RO' 260
John L. Johnson, Jr. (D) 687
S. T. Blackman (R) ...260
Robert Barham (D) .: 686
P. T. Duncan (R) 260
Dr. M. Hinnant (D) 663
Geo. T. Scott (R) 279
J. W. Darden (D) 685
R. L. Pittman (R) 264
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Majority for Bailey
Continues to Mount
As Returns Gome In
Jonas Refuses to Concede Defeat Al
though Running 9,000 Behind;
Weaver is Far Ahead.
Charlotte, Nov. 5.—With delayed
returns emphasizing the Democratic
landslide in yesterday’s election Jo-
siah W. Bailey’s majority over Rep
resentative George M. Pritchard, the
Republican candidate was- more-than
120,000 on the face of incomplete and
unofficial returns tabulated here late
tonight.
With 1,312 precincts fcisported out
of the stat^» 1,811 the vote stood;
Bailey 2^jlo4; Pritchard 142,268,
givinj^rfSiley a majority of 120,513
ritchard.
number 45^
Charlotte, Nov. 5.—Josiah W.
Bailey’s majority over Representa
tive George M. Pritchard for the
United States senate stood at more
than 114,000 votes on the face of
incomplete and unofficial returns tab
ulated here tonight.
Eight Republicans
To Represent Party
In State Assembly
With 1,267, of 1,811 pneoinc^ ac
counted for the vote stood: Riley
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i)R. J. ERNEST THACKER
Assembly’s Evangelist for Southern Presbyterian Churches, will be
gin a series of meetings at the Presbyterian Church in Selma November
12th Two Services will be held daily. Dr. Thacker is well known through
out the South as one of the Southern Presbytery’s most forceful speakers.
AN AFFIDAVIT
We the undersigned Citizens of
Johnston County were present and
heard a discussion concerning a pen-
,son check, which discussion took
place in ths, lobby of the County
Court House in Smithfild, N. C., on
Thursday, October 30, 1930, between
Mrs. D. J. Thurston, Welfare Officer
of Johnston County, Miss Luma Mc
Lamb, IMr. H. V. Rose and J. C.
Stancil.
Big Majority Piled
Up by tbe Democrats
In Tuesday’s Election
Six Counties Have G. 0. P. Repre
sentatives in House; Two Reach
the Senate.
Young Woman
Killed In Wreck
Near Princeton
Armistice Day
Celebration At
Kenly Nov. lltb
Official Returns Not Available, But
Chances Are that Democratic Ma
jority Will Reach 3,000.
Was from Durham and Is Said to
Have Been Alone at The Time of
Accident.
The check was said to have been
issued to Mrs. Sarah Howell, an in
mate of the County Home, in the
sum of fifty dollars, which amount
Mrs. Thurston said that she had been
requested by Mrs. Howell to offer
to the County Commissioners for
the privilege of both Mrs. Howell
and her daughter . being allowed to
live in the County Home at the ex
pense of the County.
When H. V. Rose began criticizing
the County Commissioners because
they had accepted for the Ccunty the
sum of nineteen dollars and fifty
cents', which amount Mrs. Thurs'ton
had said was left over after paying
up Mrs. Howell’s debts, we heard
Mrs. Thurston say in substance 'to
Mr. Rose that she was vrilling to
assume full responsibility for what
was done in the matter as she had
handled the case and had made rec
ommendations to the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners which the Board
of County Commissioners had fol
lowed, and that nothing wrong had
been done by anybody in the action
taken.
J. 0. HINTON
F. G. FITZGERALD
W. T. DAVIS
J. C. STANCIL
D. B. DUPREE.
Sworn to and subscribed to before
me this 6th day of November, 1930.
Elsie Boyette,
"Notary Public.
My Commission expires Jan. 24,
1931.
Several parties living in other
Raleigh, Nov. 5.—Orphaned ^ by
yesterday’s nation-wide debacle, eight
Republicans, six in the house and
two in the senate, will be the repre
sentatives of the party which in 1928
carried the State on the ■ presidential
ticket.
These figures .are furnished by
State Democratic Chairman Odus M.
Mull, who directed the campaign and
checked all the returns before giv
ing out the statement tonight. Mr.
Mull was kept busy revising his re
marks which began last night. As
the final reports trickled in about
midnight Mr. Mull declared that his
original outgivings conceding only
13 members of the lower house
would be justified by the results.
But later returns showed a continu
ing slump. Davie, which was 'er
roneously put down as' Democratic
for the first time in 51 yeai-s, came
over. The county sent a Democrat
here in tbe session of 1923. After
Davie came the deluge. Stokes and
Surry came back, then late this even
ing Henderson, which had bene Dem
ocratic a time or two only in the
last half century, jumped to the
Democracy. Mr. Mull got word from
the doubtful counties. They turned
in Democratic majorities and Samp
son barely saved itself. The same
thing happened in the senatorial dis
tricts. Mr. Mull whittled them down
to- three, the figue of 1923. Then
another Republican dropped by the
wayside and only two will get here
in January. If the disposition to
elect Democrats by acclamation and
unanimously continues, these two Re
publicans may ba Democrats before
Christmas. Nearly everybody (Sse
seems to have changed his politics
since 1928.
parts of the County were present
last Thursday morning in the court
house and heard Mrs. Thurston make
the statement which is denied in
the statement over her name, and
which statement has been branded
by several people as false.
Tha Australian balloting law seems
to have worked wonders in favor of
the Democrats in North Carolina and
Johnston County in last Tuesday’s
election. ' The latest figures place
Josiah William Bailey (Democrat)
more than 100,000 votes .ahead of
Geo. M. Pritchard (Republican) in
the race for United States Senator
from this state.
In Johnston County, where two
years ago the Republicans piled up
majorities ranging from more than
1,000 to 22,000, on the face of in
complete returns, it looks as if the
Democrats will this year give a ma
jority of around 3,000 over the Re
publican opponents.
Below are some of the figures we
received over the telephone today
while the county canvassing board
were in session, and are not com
plete, »as one or ‘two townships were
not available. The following town
ships .gave Republican majorities:
Elevation 170
Pleasant Grove 160
Meadow 5
East Banner 196
Ingrams 126
The following Democratic majori
ties were given:
Clayton 775
Bentonville 43
Boon Hill 4
West Smithfield 600
East Smithfield 667
Oneals l'^6
Wilders 615
Wilson’s Mills 229
Selma -435
Pine Level 90
Micro 95
Wiest Banner 136
The above figures are only esti
mate averages, as there are some
variations among different candidates.
In Boon Hill, for instance, Henry
Massey, Republican candidate for
clerk of Superior Court, and Luby
Mitchell, Republican candidate for
county commissioner, are said to have
gotten majorities of 75 or 80 in their
precinct where the other Republican
candidates were defeated ^by very
249,947; Pritchard 135,501.
The senate c^didat’s majority was
larger than record of 114,011
piled up in IH by Senator F. M.
Simmons, ove^mis Republican oppo
nent for the senate, A. A. Whitner.
The seats in the house from the
ninth and 10th districts, won by Re
publicans two years ago, apparently
were regained by ample majorities.
Brownslow Jackson, of Henderson
ville, who was nominated by 'the Re
publicans' in the 10th district after
Representative Pritchard entered the
senate contest, conceded the victory
of Zeb V. Weaver, membr for 11
years who went down to defeat in
1928.
Bulwinkle Leading
Although Representaative Charles
Jonas refused to cenoede defeat
in the ninth Major A. Lee Bulwinkle,
Gastonia attorney and holder of the
seat until 1928, had a lead of 9,000
votes with only 43 of the district’s
precincts yet to be reported.
It was regarded as likely that the
missing boxes, many of them being
in territory nominally Republican,
would shave Bulwinkle’s majority to
some extent, but political observers
said there was no prospect that his
lead would be overcome.
aBiley’s majority, also, may be re
duced in a final ta;bulation for the
sam'6 nea.son, it was indicated.
About 9:30 o’clock last night Miss
'Lola B. Morton, a young woman
Ifrom Durham, Was seen to drive off
'from Mr. Robert Jeffreys’ filling sta
tion, in Selma, with no one accom
panying her. Soon thereafter the
car in v/hich she was riding was,
wrecked near the Johnston and
Wayne county line a short distance
east of the town of Princeton and
she was instantly killed, the car be
ing completely torn to pieces. The
Bailey Undertaking establishment in
Selma was notified of the young
woman’s death and took the body
in charge where it was held until
this morning when it was taken to
the home of her parents in Durham.
It is reported that Miss Morton
was driving a car belonging to
Monk Haines at the time of her
death.
So far as what is known of this
young woman around Selma, she
seems to have left a dark trail be
hind during the past few -wieeks. It
will be remembered that she is the
same woman who was held by the
coroner’s jury here a few weeks ago
in connection with the death of Mr.
Will Talton who was found dead in
a piece of woods just out of the
corporate limits of Selma. As a re
sult of the inquest in this hearing
Miss Morton was 'bound over 'to court
under a $500 bond, along with some
other parties whose name were pub
lished in these" columns immediately
following the investigation. The
woman is said to come from a fine
home with splendid Christian parents
in the town of Durham and her un
timely death seems about such a
case as the “Young Man Absalom”
spoken of in the Scriptures who left
hi shome and went off into riotous
living and was later found dead sus
pended from the limb of a tree by
the hair of his head.
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The ‘American Legion is making
elaborate plans for the annual Ar
mistice Day Celebration for John
ston County W'orld War veterans
which will be held this year in the
town of Kenly. The Board of Coun
ty Commissioners have appropriated
the sum of $200 to help pay the
expenses of the celebration. All
World War veterans will receive a
warm welcome and a free dinner if
they are present at 'this celebration
on Tuesday, November the 11th.
Wets Leading In
Three States
Overwhelming^ Majorities Shown In
Dry Referenda.
Hoover Asked To
Call Special Session
Of Congress
small majorities.
We could not get any figures on
the election in Beulah or Cleveland
townships , but understand these two
townships gave a combined Dem>
cratic majority of around 300.
Washington, Nov. 5.—President
Hoover was urged today by Rep
resentative Kendall, Republican,
Pennsylvania, to call an extra ses
sion of Congress immediately to
solve the unemployment situation.
The Pennsylvanian in a letter to
the President said “the unemploy
ment ^ situation is the most serious
problem that has confronted our
country during the 12 years that I
have been a member of Congress.”
He estimated there arte practically
3,000,0.00 persons out of employment.
Kendall said in making public the
letter that he believed if President
Hoover called an extra session of
Congress three months ago 'to deal
with the unemployment situation, the
vote at the elections yesterday would
have been materialy different.
“The farmers ha,ve never been in
as serious condition as th'e laboring
people are today,” he said. “The
farmers never have been in such ter
rible condition as the coal miners in
Pennsylvania. The President called
an extra session for farm relief.
He should call another to reliev'e the
miners, the railroad employes and
other labor now confronted with the
severity of winter -wieather and no
employment. The farmers in dis
tress at least had food. The work
ing people out of emplyment are
without food and their condition will
grow worse during the winter un
less Congress does something at once
for their relief.”
(Raleigh Times, Nov. 5th)
Associated Press returns' on prohi
bition referenda in three States at
8:45 a. m. (E. S. T.) today showed:
Rhode Island: Repeal of Eight
eenth Amendroendment. Complete
vote; Yes, 172,545; no 48,540.
Illinois: Repeal of Eighteenth
Amendment: Yes, 428,611; No, 167,-
455. , •
Modification of Volstead Act: Yes„
406,200; no, 142,773.
Repeal of State Enforcement Act:
Yes, 422,460; no, 142,982.
Massachusetts: Repeal of State
Enforcement Act: Yes, 500,028; no,
333, 326.
FIFTY GALLON STILL
SEIZED IN JOHNSTON
Deputy Sheriff E. A. Johnson and
son, E. A., Jr., 12 years old, and Dep
uty C. E. Sanders of Clayton town
ship, made a raid ifi Wilders 'to'wn-
.ship Saturday afternoon, capturing
a 50-gallon] copper still in full blast,
one gallon of liquor and 400 gallons f.
-J, ^ rnu. of ^!
of beer. There was no one at the
still when the officers arrived and
no arrests were made.
GINNING REPORT
FOR JOHNSTON COUNTY'
WT
Census report shows that there
were 24,562 bales of cotton ginned - -
in Johnston County from ths crop ':’ :
of 1930 prior to OcL 18 as com
pared with 15,096 bales ginned to
Oct. 18, crop of 1929.
E. G. HOLLAND, SpeciarAgent.
A very onion growers shipped 5,-
000 pounds of high grade white
onions, carefully graded and packed
in 100 pound bags to outside markets
as the beginning of a new crop in
dustry in the county this season.