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t J JOHNSTONIAN THE JOHNSTONIAN AND JOHNSTON COUNTY SUN CONSOLIDATED SELMA, N. C.. THURSDAY, AIARCH 17, 1932. NUMBER 11 V: :i March Term Criminal Court Is Underway Number of Cases Disposed of. But Meat Stealing Case Has Delayed Trial of Williams Case. Thursday, March 10th. State vs. Tom Fowler, for vio- 'ation of the prohibition law, De- "■■ndant pleads not guilty. Jury re- :.;rned verdict of .guilty. Six months .'.ril sentence, suspended for two ars during .good behavior, and upon payment of cost. itate vs. J. Otho O’Neal, assault W-.h deadly weapon. Called and f.’.'led. Judgment ni sci fa and ca pias. State vs. Sact Benton, assault. N J pros with leave. No cost to at- '.e'h against county. State vs. Tom Cox, a.ssault. Nol '.IS with leave. No cost to attach .rg'ainst county. .^tate vs. Theodore Atkinson, lar- : ’.V. Nol pros with Igave. No cost to attach ag’ainst county. Friday, March 11th. ■Ptate vs. Arthur Hodges, viola- m of the prohibition law. Called a'd failed. Judgment ni si sci fa ae.l capias. State vs. Osbourne Starling, white ■•mer, aged 17, and Lester Capps, • dte farmer, aged 17. Larceny of ' iperty from a church house. Each fendant enters plea of guilty. Judgment: Osbourne Starling, de- :dant to go to .iail for 4 months s' i assigned to Superintendent of -inty Horae to work there as di- ted by Superintendent. Lester ■jps: Upon a plea of pilfering a ■ ,;rch house and removing there- -• m certain fixtures of small value, t ' defendant sentenced to four iths in jail to be assigraed to :k State roads under direction • ■ State Highway- Commissioner. T'-is sentence will not become ef- "‘r.'tive if defendant goes to East- e: - Carolina Trainin.g School and r-nains there subject to rules and r.rulations of the institution until scharged by governing authori- Jurors Selected-For the Williams Case H, Bradley Pearce Is Selma’s New Chief state .4gainst .Mrs. Ivey H. Williams totate vs. John W. Hughes, viola tion of the prohibition law. Plea of g„ilty. Defendant to go to jail for 30 days to be assigned to work at Ciunty Home. ^tate v's. Mordecia Batten, remov- ’-g crops unlawfully. Called and r.iiled. Capias instanter. Hold for ■rter bond. Present bondsman, C. r!. 'Grant, adjudged insolvent. State vs. Paul Gardner, white -.inner, aged 38, for resisting offi- At close of the evidence the '■-lendant entered a plea of disor- crly conduct. Prayer for judgment ; -ntinued upon payment of cost. De- ' -iidant to post $100 bond for his j.-pearance at the December term show that he has paid cost. C. K, CablS will not prove attendance as witness. Monday, .March I 1th. State vs, J. C. (Firpo) Wilson ..-1 Morgan Broadhurst. Assault with deadly weapon on C. P. Whit- :':;rd in 1928. Defendants plead not .guilty. Appearances: Clawson Wil iams, solicitor, and Ward & Mc- uFan for the State, Chas. L. Guy ■ for defendant Wilson and Ed F. Ward for Morgan Broadhurst. Jury r-uturned a verdict of guilty of an assault, doing - serious injury. Judg- ||t .'.sent: Defendants to pay' ,$160.00, • the amount spent by C. P. Whitford ' '1' doctor’s bills and hospital ex penses incidental to the assault, a.'ul also the cost of the actio.n. past to include $25.00 expert wit- r-ass fee of J. L. Nicholson, M. . D. State vs. Howard Godwin, S. C. _ G'odwin, -Alton Godwin and Floyd Lee, for housebreaking and larceny ■ - (larceny of meat, the property of ;C. H. Benson, amount 1400 pounds on .January 14, 1932). Tuesday, March 15, 193. State vs. Dixon Henry, 18; -Mal colm Hathaway, 21; and Alonzo Hughes, 17. House-breaking and larceny-. ($.35.00 worth of goods from store of 'Fred Adains on January 30, 1930); Each entered a plea of guilty. Wednesday, March 16th. ’ M. G. Putrell and W. H'. Lyon, iteceiver of Debnam .Futrell Co., vs. 1. W. Short and Claude Hill. Case ordered placed on Civil docket, where it would have appeared, had it been set at the proper time. Ex ecution based on judgment of Re corder’s Court is recalled. Plaintiffs except to foregoing order. Pursuant to an order of the court. Sheriff R. H. Richardson of John ston County, summoned the follow ing men to serve as the Special Venire to appear in court to be held in Smithfield on Wednesday, March 16, to-wit: Banner Township—W. T. Bailey, A. J. Wheeler, Jesse Barbour, J. D. Byrd, L. 0. Creech. Bentonville Township—0. B. Langs- ■ ton, Leon Westbrook, R. K. Britt, Alfred Johnson, A. M. Rose. Boon Hill Township—N. C. Holt, Dock Woodard, M. R. Massey, Joe Creech,’ Andrew Brewer, J. B. Gardner, J. R. Howell, C.' R. Gur ley, W. Howard Oliver, W. H. Edwards, Ingrams Township —John G. John son, Audrey Johnson. Meadow Township—Carlysle El- dridge, G. 0. Johnson, J. Lib Lee, | D. J. Wood. I Pleasant Grove Township—L. D. Adams, J. L. Ogburn, G. Willie | Lee. Smithfield Township—J. Eaeford Creech, J. ,F, Dail, A. J. Hall, Isham Holland. Wilson’s Mills Township—E. E. Stretcher, Ira Whitley. Elevation I'ownship—Charlie Adams, J. B. Barbour, W. P. Creech, J. E. Godwin, Julian Godwin, Jesse T. Morgan. Selma Township—W. T. Woodard, Win. H. Creech. Ingram Township—.Junie 'revnple, C. J. Thomas, W. H. Massen.gill, J. S. Strickland, R. H. Allen, Joe Wood. The action of the Board of Com missioners of the town of Selma in appointing H. Bradley Pearce as Chief-of-Police to fill the va cancy cause by the death of Chief J. H. Howell a few»days ago, ap parently has met wfth the hearty approval of the entire town. If there have been any dissenting voices they have been mere whis pers or else our ears are slow^in reception of the public trend of affairs.. Mr. Pearce is a Selma man who is known- and respected by hi.s fellow townsmen of every calling; and that he will fill well the post to which he has been called to the very^ be-st of his ability goes with out question. It remains largely for the people of Selma through their support and cooperation to make, not only a great success of Chief Pearce’s career while in of fice, but every other official of the town. United we stand; divided we fall. So long as the proper cooper ation is given to the officials of the' town just so long will these officials, be able to function as they should. Man Has Body of His Wife Disinterred THE SEL.M.4 PRESBY "I’ERL^N. Smithfield, March 14.—A crowd of people feathered in Oakland cem etery here today and ,t>-ratified their curiosity by watchini? the disinter ment of a body. For severaL weeks rumors had been circulated to the effect that J. L. Woody intended to take up the body of his wife who died about six months ag’o, and have it examined in order to determine whether or not the body had been dissected. This morning the grave was op ened, and the body, which had been embalmed, was examined by Dr. C. C. Massey, county health officer, ami was found to be without any unusual marks or any indications of tampering. The body was said to have been remarkably well pre- -served. $2,500,000 Available jLIeavy Gut In Cotton lo Carolina Farmers Acreage Not Likely Growwers Agricultural Credit C’ur- poratioii Begins Loans This Week. School News. Junior News. .‘Services Next Sunday. -f- Fail-view Sunday morning at 10:30. Sunday School at 9:30. In- vite your friends to come along with you, 2. Oak Grove Sumiay afternoon at 3:15. Sunday School at 2:30. Ev erybody invited. 3. —Selma Sunday evening at 7:30. Sunday School at 10:00 A. M., and Junior Church at 6:30. Everybod.y welcome. If you tlo not attend any .-■pecial church regularly, we will be glad for you to make our churcli your church home. Williams Trial Is Somewhat Delayed Smithfield, March 16.—It has been found necessary to delay the' trial of Mrs. Ivey Hinton Williams on the charge of shooting Jesse J. Wil liams, her husband. It had been ex pected that the trial of this case would be gotten well under way in court here today. A special venire of 50 men had been summoned from which to select the jury, and the' jury was completed this after noon, but this trial was not start ed, owing to the fact that the trial of several Harnett County men on the charge of larceny of meat froni Mr. Newitt Benson, which case had been called last Monday afternoon, was still going on, and was expect ed to consume at least half of the day tomorrow (Thursday). Preslrytery to .Meet at Itoanokie Rapids. Presbytery will hold its spring se.ssion in the Roanoke Rapids Pres byterian Church, April 12, 1932. The opening hour will be 11 A. M. Let us .see if we cannot have at least one elder from • each church there. The following literary program was presented'by group number two Friday, March 11: Devotional Pearl Batten Poem Daisy Adams Debate: Resolved, That Intercolle giate Football Should Be Abolished, Affirmative Negative Harold Smith Joseph Brown Pauline Barbour Ruby Creech The decision was in favor of the affirmative. •‘Our Schools Today”....Walter .Jones “World’s Largest .4irship” ....Fred Creech. “Life of Oliver Goldsmith”....Ruby Phillips. ■ Current Invents Lillian Corbett The Junior Class was divided up in two groups with Pansy Jones and Hai'old Smith as chairmen of the two. groups' to sell tickets for the Senior Play. Officers Destroy Still Outfit, Arrest Negro Every Member Canvas Sunday. Few of us probably, realize the vast importance of the E. M. C. Ihe work of the Ixing’dom is going to be carried on just in proportion to our willingness to sacrifice this year. Our church needs us. It needs every one of u.s. Idfting tho.se state ments to their true ideal let me say: our Savior needs us, every-one of us. Hi.s work in the world is going to be done. If we don’t do our share, the privilege will be pa.ssed on to another. But we are .going to rally to our colors 100 per cent ■strong. A Good Motto. “We are all at it, and at it al ways.” Given by John Wesley as the secret of the success of the Methodist Church. Smithfield, March 15.—A complete distilling outfit was destroyed to day about two miles west of Smith- field, in the swamps between Neuse river and Swift Creek, by officer Brad McLamb, who -was assisted by Matthew Raynor and Oscar Johnson, of the Benson section. A negro named Henry Williams was found at work at the still, and wa.s arrested. He was taken before U. S. Commissioner I. W. Massey, of Selma, and bound over to the Federal Court. The. plant was said to have been fenced in with logs, and a stove had been set up to warm the beer during the recent cold weather, and to make it com fortable for, those who did the work, as well' as the patrons. SCHOOL NEWS Sophomore Literary .Society, Mar. 11 Poem Lucille Crocker Short Story Annie Laurie Hare Jam^ R. Lowell....Dorothy Itoberts Story H. j. Cuthrell Current Events Hazel Lane Book Report Naomi Creech Recitation Mildred Lane Debate: Resolved, That English Grammar is More Beneficial Tha^ Literature and Life. Affirmative Negative Thanie Stallings Chris Hugo Roland Fields . Wilbert Parrish The affirmative wa.s victorious. Raleigh, March 15.—Approximate- l.v $2,500,000 will be available to North Carolina farmers as crop production loans this season through the Growers Agricultural Credit Corporation, according to J. F. Digg'-s, general manager. Granting of loans began this week. The nine-month loans, the ma.x- imum of which will be $20,000 to any one farmer, will be secured by first liens on cotton, tobacco or peanuts or by chattel mortgage on cattle. When deemel expedient other security may be required, Mr. Diggs said. Mr. Diggs is now busy setting up credit groups in various counties in the State. All applications for loans should first be submitted to and approved by the county group after which they will be .s-ent to Raiei.gh for final approval. Would- be-borrowers who do not know the secretary or members of their coun ty group, are urged by Mr. Diggs to write him at Raleigh and he will forward the names. The corporation, now in its sec ond year of service, will discount it.s paper thr-ough the Federal In termediate Credit Bank at Columbia, S. C., and in this way it is hoped to make available around $2,000,000 to $2,500,000 to State farmers. Blalock Find.s “Little Encourage ment” at Meeting of A. C. t'.A. Directors. Prison Population Continues To Rise There were 18,127 persons in charitable, correctional and penal institutions of the State of North Carolina on January 31, R. Eugene Brown, director of the division of institutions of the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare, re ported ye.siterday. Raleigh, March 15.—U. Benton Blalock, president of the .American Cotton Cooperative Association, .said ■ today he found at the recent meet ing of his directors in New Orleams “little encoura,gement” for any^ heavy cut in cotton acreage this year.' The average opinion of those present, repre.senting the variou-s cotton producing- states, he said was that cotton acreage probably will be reduced five or ten per cent. “The large.st distributor of im-- proved planting seed in Texas esti mated there would be no cut there”, Mr. Blalock adde,d. “Others were of- the opinion there would be a small reduction.” Mr. Blalock, who is also general manager of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Associ ation, advised State farmers to place their .fertilizer on fewer acres, plant better seed, , cultivate well, and produce the quality of cotton, which North Carolina • mills de mand. Reasoning that the yield this, year will not likely be as abnor mally high as it wa.s last .season, Mr. Blalock said curtailment in the- use of fertilizer, weather conditions, and the ever po.ssibility of boll weevil damage are factors to be- reckoned with. But even with the expectation of adverse weather condition he said there is nothing on the horizon at the present to indicate prices for this year s crop will be materially higher than they were last year. SNOW On March 9th in Selma town, Ju.st lots of snqw was falling- down; On all the hedges, poles and wires. On all the housetops, trees and spires. How it’s stai-ting falling fast. Like hundreds of feathers flying- past. It started in the dreary night. Covering everything with white. A CARD OF THANKS. It is with deepest gratitude that we express our thanks for your very kind and thoughtful attentions at the time of our bereavement. -Mrs. Joe Howell and Family. Eastern Cotton Oil Co., vs. Mrs. W. P. Whitted (formerly Mrs. C. A. Bundy).'Judgment declaring void the allotinent of homestead exemp tions -involved herein and taxing the plaintiff with cost. Eastern Cotton Oil Co., vs. Dr. F. G. Gower, and Miss Norma Gower. Judgment dismissing exceptions to homestead exemption, finding that the allotment was duly made and eSnfirming same. Directs that home stead returns and this judgment be recorded in office of Register of Deeds. Freshmen Literary .'society March 11, 1932. .4 mock court was held during the meeting of the Freshman Lit erary Society. Parts taken were as follows: The defendant R. C. Mozingo Judge Helene Price Defendant’s Attorney—:Sam Crocker Witnesses—For defendant .... Albert Batten, James Jones, Cassie Abdalla Witnes.ses against defendant—Lu- creasy Murphy, Ruby Wilson, . Hazel Lee Bryant. Jury—Thelma Lynch, Eva ■ Kennedy, Helen Jones, Irene Sullivan, Ethel Morris, Kathleen Crocker. Verdict ; Guilty When summer-time comes, don’t you know, That nbthing is quite as pretty as snow. Keep on, snow, covering everything. Till come the merry days of spring. —Bennett Creech, 5-A. There were 7,390 State prisoners and 1,266 prisoners in county jails and prisons.. . State Hi.ghway prison camps had 4,453 inmates and there were 2,896 persons in State’.s Prison. Forty- one county jails had 987 prisoners and 18 county prisons had 279, 41 women were at the State’s farm colony. The report revealed that 2,300 white hospitals for the insane on January 31 and there were 2,142 white men. There were 825 Negro men and 1,011 Negro women in the hospitals. Though the women inmates were ahead in the hospitals, male prison ers outnumbered female by 7,000. There were 2,989 white men and 4,245 Negro men in State-support ed prisons compared to 81 white women and 75 Negro women, The population of the various in stitutions increased from 17,888 on January 1 to 18,127 on January 31. HOSPITAL NEWS Melvin Holmes of Benson who, underwent an operation for appendi citis Feb. 22, has been discharged from the ho.spital emuch improved. Mrs. Leamon Jones of Smithfield, was admitted Feb. 22 and under went a major operation. She left the hospital March 7. Born to Mr. and Mrs. VCilHam. Carroll of Wendell, a son on Peb. 23. Mother and child returned home March 4. Miss Mabel Stanley of Four Oaks, having recovered from an operation, returned to her home March 5. Mr. Allen Wheeler of Benson. who underwent an operation for ap pendicitis the 27, returned to hi.s home yesterday. Mrs. Martha Corbett of ClaytoH returned to her home to-day folio-w ing treatment at the hospital. Miss Geneviene Hardee .of Prince ton, who underwent a minor opera- Mrs. Lucinda C. 'JLTr”'' Johnson Passes^ Johnson of Smithfield returned to his home Monday after- Card Of Thanks We wish to express our apprecia tion for the kindness shown us during the illness and death of our baby. MR. & MRS. J. H. PRILLEY. Devotional .....Ethel Morris Song—Helen Massey and Dorothy Diehl. Poem Pauline Creech Current Events—Ernest Woodard, Ruby Sasser. ' '. Debate: Resolved, That the State Should Pay for the Books "Used by the School Children. Affirmative Negative Irene Sullivan ■ Hazel Thorne Cecil Y’arborough Helen Kirby —Mary Willets Debate. Resolved, That High School Stu dents Should Be Allowed to Go Home For Lunch. Affirmative Negative. Ida Bell Wall George Parrish Edison Phillips Ruby Avery The afiirmative won the debate. —Vick Branch , Moved To Selma Mr. E. Grant and family from the Thanksgiving section has moved into the home recently occupied by J. T. Creech on green street. We -welcome these people to our town. Was Looking For the Law. When Chief-of-Rolice Bradley Pearce approached Henry Blake, colored, with a paper in his hands, Saturday', Henry exclaimed, “I know what you’ve got—You don’t have to take me, chief, I’ll go.” The chief had a -warrant for Henry for a little scrap he had had during the day. The chief told him to go on to the Mayor’s office and straight en it up with His Honor. When the chief got to the Mayor’s office Hen ry was there waiting for the Mayor. The warrant was not read to Henry by the chief and he was not embar rassed by being taken to police, headquarters by the chief. Henry Smithfield, March 14.—News has been received here of the death of Mrs. Lucinda C. Johnson, of near Wilson’s Mills, widow of the late Eli Johnson. Mrs. Johnson, who was 77 years , of age, died at her home la.st Friday night, after sufferin,g with pneumonia for a week. The funeral wa.s held from the home at 3 o’clock last Saturday afternoon, the service having been conducted by Rev. D. H. Tuttle, of Smithfield, who wa.s a.ssisted by Rev. H. N. Mass.ey, pastor of the Smithfield Baptist Church. Interment was made in the new Wilson’s Mills cemetery. The deceased is .survived by three sons, three daughters, and twelve grandchildren. Her husband had died in 1929. The funeral was noon after undergoing a minor op- eration upon his le^p. Mrs. D. L. Creech of Smithfield route 2 who was admitted the 7 for treatment will be able to re turn home in a few days. Mrs. G. M. Wilkins of Smithfiled was admitted the 7 and underwent a major operation the same day. She is improving nicely'. Mrs. H. A. Peter.son of Smithfield underwent a minou operation the 7 and returned to her home Monday. George Ferrell, colored, of Smith- field had a catarrah removed from his eye ye.sterday. His condition is very satisfactory. Mr. C. B. Lee of Bencon was 'ad mitted Monday for treatment and returned to his home today'. largely attended' and there were Mr Ashlt-x; many beautiful flowers in offering I" olackman from her many friends and rela- tives. Mr. Lowry 111 This Week. His many friends here' and else where will be sorry to learn of the illness of Mr. H. H. Lowry of the Johnstonian-Sun. Mr. Lowry was taken very ill Tuesday night wRh an attack of acute indigestion and has not yet recovered sufficiently to resume his duties at the office, but is hoping to be on the job again in the near future. is a hard-working darkey and re spected by both races. Is Claimed by ^eath Smithfield, March 15.—News vras received here today of the death of Ashley Blackman, aged about 70 years, who pas.sed away at his homes near Blackman’s Cross Roads, in Ingrams Township this morning- about 7 o’clock, after several weeks’ illness with heart disease. The fu neral arrangements are not known here at this time. The deceased leaves his wife by his second marriage, and one son, Carson Blackman, of Ingrams town ship. He was a well-known farmer and a good citizen. For years he had been a consistent member of the. Primitive Baptist Church. ' 1, ■ ful." I I'lPi "7 S4-'.S €