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VOLUME 1.-,.
THE JOHNSTONIAN AND JOHNSTON COUNTY SUN CONSOLIDATED
SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY. APRIL 14; 19;>2.
NUMBER ir
Officials Of Kiwanis
Visit The Selma Club
Maj. Mitchell and Red Paul Lee of Benson
Herbert Hennis, Governor of the
'Ciirolinas Kiwanis District, in com
pany with James Lynch, past g-ov-
lernor, of Florence, S. C., paid the
Selma Kiwanis Club an oflficial visit
at their regular meeting Thursday
\nmht. At this time four new club
-’-.nnbers were pre.-ented, namely,
W. H. Atlams, D. M. Keever, G. M.
Vvilletts and C. W. Scales. These
additimis fill the y^early (juota for
tee local club. Governor Hennig
riade a short talk in which he re
viewed the accompli.shment.s" of th-
Carolinas District, pointing out that
even in depre.s.sion the various
club-, have pracUcally filled their
i' '.mta.s for the year and many have
exceeded them. He spoke of the
uu-t that it was his desire that dur-
i'le. the present year all clubs should
membership-minded, keeping in
-■’111 always the qualities of those
a '-icn in.
Kx-Governor Lynch delivered the
a. Ires;- of the evening in hi- very
> lovable and effective way. He
.-iii.-sed throughout the ideals of
K'wanis and .the value of those in
rcationship to present day condi
1- ns, notin
Fight Over Federal
Salary Slash Seen
House EcoiMimy Committee Plans
to Force Showdown On Proposi
tion 'I'hursday—Hoover Wants
Parley.
Dixon Defy Arrest
Jack Green, Alleged Bootlegger of
Kaleigh, Is Captured When Car
Wrecks As It Rounds Curve Near
Princeton — Dixon and Mitchell
.Are Seen In Woods.
Meets Tragic Death
Washington, April 11.—The big-
congressional drive for g-overnmental
economy today raisetl the prospect
of a new test of party leadership
in the house with the reduction of
xederal employes’ salaries as the
center of dispute.
Awaiting more information or.
President Hoover’s employment sav
ing plan, the hou-e economy com
mittee took steps to force a show
down on its salai-y slashing- propo
sition Thursday during- hou-e consid
eration of the appropriations bill for
the legislative branch.
Chairman McDuffie asked the
rules committee to let his economy
group attach its proposed 11 per
cent flat cut on all federal salaries,
exempting ?1,000 to that measuie.
-Action on the request will be taken
the fact that material ’ tomorrow. Chairman Pau announced.
not the true measure-
a man in any community.
'-aUh was
■--nt of
.gave it as hi- opinion that the
- V’wth of Kiwanis was largely at-
■.I ’outable to its high idealistic po-
' ‘-inn, always holding before its
vembcrs the opportunity of unself-
service.
Mr. Lynch is con-idered one of
outstanding speakers in Kiwanis,
'd the Selma Kiwanis club was
greatly pleased to have the honor
- their visit.
The program was in charge of I
Rvv. L. T, Singleton. In addition j
tf this Geo. F. Brietz, chairman of;
the Boy Scout committee, reported
■;hat the financial drive was highly
sucee.-sful and that scout work in
S.’ma was pi-ogressing nicely, the
tr'Hip now having a total of thirty
--.\s. C. A. Jacobs made a short
rsDort for the Public Affairs com-
v-ttee. It -was voted unanimously
V tins meeting- to again return to
■weekly meeting.
Millionaire Drinks
Radium Water, Dies
Washington, April 11.—Kben M.
Ayers, millionaire and sportsman, is
: i second known victim of a na
il -naliy advertised “radium water”.
-. -.e fii'st victim died in September,
' 'II, There have been other deaths
--.-.t these, -were in industrial plants
V. -.ere w-orkers were poisoned
ti.i ough handling radium..
.As a result of hearings held by
Feleral 'frade Commission, the
-radium water” in question is no
h- -.ger on the market.
More than JOO persons who have
'..mk radio-active waters are be-
l:.-=ved to be aflicted with the ail-
'-’•-nt.
The death of Byers was due to
Ca same disease which took the
’".-ps of girls employed as radium
■'.il painters in a New Jersey fac-
; -ry. ’These cases attracted wmrld-
w?'de attention.
The Federal Trade Commission’s
case concerned misrepresentation,
a’here -v\’a.s no question that the
- roduct contained a small amount
: radium. Us producers erroneously
advertised it as a cure for more
A'-.an 160 specific diseases or un
healthy conditions ranging from
anemia to wrinkles.
Teachers to Lose
The Alabama Democrat explained
k majority of the economy ^e,'roup
selected the 11 per cent plan be-
cau e it felt “it would do the least
harm to everybody and save -?07,-
000,000 of the $1,339,000,000 annual
payroll of the government.”
Although Representative Cochran,
Democrat, Missouri, a committee
member, did not oppose McDuffie’s
request, he told the - rules group he
I would resist any effort to cut fed-
j eral salaries and favored giving
I President Hoover’s authority to re-
I organize the government to save
between $700,000,000 and $8000,000,-
I 000 a year.
Cochran conferred with Represen
tative LaGuardia, Republican, New
York, and indications were that
strong efforts were being made to
form a coalition to defeat salary
cutting plans.
Meanwhile, J. C. Roop, budget di
rector, who w'as to have appeared
today before the economy committee
to discuss the Hoover plan for fur- !
loughing federal workers for a few
weeks each year without pay and
placing’ per diem employes on a
five-day week baHs to save $45,-
000,000 sent a letter to McDuffie
saying he was encountering difficul
ty in attempting to detail the in
formation.
President Hoover submitted the
plan at the White House conference
with the' economy group Saturday
and through a secretary today in
dicated he wanted to discuss it with
the members again tomorrow. The
committee, however, apparently is
set on its salary cutting program.
Judson (Jack) Green of Raleigh,
alleged bootlegger, was arrested
Tuesday night after he had
wrecked a Chrysler sedan stolen
early in the day Tuesday from
Mrs. Hthel M. Stephenson qf Ral
eigh. Green, who was accompanied
by Red Dixon ami Major Mitchell,
all members of the crime ring re
cently uncovered here, were travel
ing on Highway No. 10 when they
lost conhol of the car as it round
ed a curve near Princeton. They
immediately deserted the car and
fled to the neighboring woods.
Sheriff Richardson, who immedi
ately .'.ummoned a posse, was suc
cessful in arresting Gr^en. Several
Princeton citizens saw Dixon and
Mitchell in the woods but they were
unable to get very close because of
the threats made by the fugitives.
Bloodhounds followed their trail for
some time but becau-e of nearing
darkness the hunt had to be tem
porarily discontinued.
Sheriff Richardson turned th.;
wrecked car over to a representa
tive of Yates gai'age in Raleigh
upon the presentation of the prop
er authority from FabiuS Biggq
representative of Mrs. Stephen-on
ip Raleigh.
Paul Lee D^es In Fayetteville
Hospital Following Crash When
A. C. L. Train 89 Demolishes His
Autoniohile At Crossing.
A serious accident occurred at
Benson Tuesday afternoon when an
automobile driven by Paul Lee was
-'truck by Train 89 going south as
Mr. Lee was crossing the A. C. L.
tracks going west along Church
street in the town of Benson. The
front of the car had just cleared
County-Wide Boy Scout
Camp In Selma May 30
Johnston County Council of Boy
Scouts Planning to Hold County-
wide Camp Meeting Week at
Selma, Beginning May 30th.
The Johnston County Council of
Boy Scouts at a recent meeting-
planned for a county-wide Boy
Prominent Wake
County Farmer Dies
the tracks in front of the train Scout camp for the week beginning-
Jury List Drawn For
, Civil Term of Court
Change In Political
Faith Does Not Bar
Primary Candidates
.Atloniey General Br.umniiitt Gives
Ruling In Guilford Case—Nothijig
Found In Law to Prevent Privi
lege of Changing One’s Politics.
Raleigh, April 11.—Candidates for
office may change their politic.s and
run one time as independents, an
other as Democrats and yet another
as Republicans, Attorney General
Denni.s G. Brummitt ruled today in
response to George C. Hampton, Jr.,
chairman of the, Guilford board of
elections.
Mr. Brummitt doesn’t encourage
apostasy, but he finds in the law
nothing to prevent the constitution
al privilege of changing one’s pol
itics. The attorney general makes
Job If They Marry the point of the pledge which a
' candidate takes when he files for
office. But that’s quite different
from the issue raised by Mr. Hamp
ton. The statute does not stretch
back into the aspirant’s past. The
law merely requires that the candi
date agree to support the candidates
nominated by the primary for which
he files.
.Albemarle, April 8.—The .county
'ooard of education has moved to
stop the wave of matrimony sweep-
:-g through Stanley schools, it
wss learned today.
Any woman who takes unto her-
?.ilf a husband automatically signs
-r resignation, the board has rul
ed, but married women now employ
ed in county schools will not be
?-.ked to resign. However, should
they not be re-elected, at the school
; which .they are now assigned,
-ney cannot be employed at any
Ther county school.
Buick Motor Co. is spending $1,-
500,000 in the next 60 days on an
advertising campaign for its $995
■'lodel.
Britain Backs U. S.
Disarmament Plans
Geneva, April 11.—The United
States delegation to the disarma
ment conference today proposed the
abolition of aggressive weapons of
land warfare—tanks, mobile heavy
artillery, and gasses—and received
the cordial suppoi-t of Great Bri
tain.
The .jury li.-;t as drawn for the
civil teun of Superior Court which
begins on April 2oth, is as follows;
Albert Stalling-s,—Smithfield.
H. P, Jenkins—Smithfield.
Frastus Price—Oueais,
Clauile' Stephenson, Pleasant Grove
L. J. Wood—Pleasant Grove.
Clyde Green—Wilders.
W. L. Snipes—Oneals.
W. H. Woodard—Pine Level.
Walter Tippett—Oneals.
Jame.s L. Peedin—Pine Level.
C. L, Britt—Banner.
C. R. Las.'iter—Elevation.
D. Bailey—Oneals.
W. E. Jones—Selma.
Elijah Holmes—Banner. '
D. N. Holt—Pine Level.
B. K. Langston—Selma.
J. M. O’Neal—Selma.
Connie A. Lassiter—Smithfield.
J. H. Talton—Selma.
J. L. Pittman—Oneals.
T. E. Powell—Smithfield.
U. A. Baine—Ingrams.
G. W. Massengill—Smithfield.
Carr Barbour—Ingrams.
S. G. Fail—Boon Hill.
C. T. Johnson, Jr.—Banner.
Love Ennis—Banner.
G. K. Wall—Wilders.
B. B. Creech—Ingrams.
J. D. Barboui-—Smithfield.
S. E. Sherrill—Ingrams.
Jas. C. Creech—Smithfield.
B. G. Mooneyham—Wilders.
P. P. A'oungblood—Wilson’s Milks.
Nazro Parker—Meadow.
D. Clifton Painter—Wilders.
Myatt Richardson—Selma.
Jasper C. Johnson—Meadow.
G. 0. Johnson—Meadow.
John J, Langston—Bentonville.
E. J. Sasser—Smithfield.
Henry Morgan—Elevation.
Win. Keen—Ingrams.
Clifford Austin—Clayton.
F. Y. Stephenson—Pleasant Grove
W. T. Woodard—Selma.
J. T. Strickland—Oneals.
Gashie Neck Used
Roughly By Storm
Windsor, April 12.—Cashie Neck,
about five miles from Windsor, an
eye-witness to the windstorm on
Saturday night called it a minia
ture cyclofie. It was described as
looking like a topsy-turvy big black
automobile up in the air whirling,
turning, gyrating and belching forth
smoke like a volcano from its cra
ter. It was said not to move so very
fast, but everything was no more
than paper before it. Tops of trees
were broken off, ends of homes
torn off, smokehouses swept away
and joifits of meat whirled about
like feathers.
SELMA BAPTIST CHURCH.
There will be an all musical pro
gram given at the Selma Baptist
Church next Sunday night at 7:30.
Mr. J. E. Norket will be present
with his ijhoir from the liizzie Mill
Chapel and will render several spe
cial numbers. Come, for you will
enjoy this service.
when the engine lunged into the
rear of the car, carrying it almost
the entire length of a block and
completely demolishing it. Mr. Lee
is .said to have held on to the
steering wheel in an attempt to
clear himself of the wreck until he
was finally imbedded in a mass of
wreckage. He was still conscious
when eye witnes-es reached him,
but swooned soon afterward and
was taken up by the train crew and
rushed to a hospital in Fayetteville.
^ .A wire was dispatched to Dunn anil
other stations between Benson and
Fayetteville advLsing that the train
would make no stops for taking on
or putting off baggage, etc., and
that any passengers desiring- to ei
ther get on or off the train would
have to make it snappy as the
ti-ain would barely be brought 'to
a standstill at any point until il
reached Fayetteville.
When aid fir.-t rea.clied Mr. Lee
before he was extricated from the
wrecked car, it is said that the
.groa-ns, of the wounded man could
be heard for a block or more away
and that these were of such an ag--
onizing nature that they sent a
chill to the very hearts of the peo
ple round about. Severe gashes
were cut about the w'oimde man’s
head and face and his condition
was regarded as very 'serious. It
was feared that an examination at
the hospital would reveal a much
more serious condition than hi.s
mends -«-ere aware of wh^i ,h_e. left
Benson.
Since v/riting the above, news
has been received that Mr. Lee
died in a Fayetteville ho.-pital about
one hour after his arrival there.
'Fhe deceased was 36 years old,
and a rather remarkable coincident
in connection with Mr. Lee’s death
is the fact that - his tragic end
came on his 36th birthday.
Mr. Lee was reared in Benson
where he had resided until a few
year.- ago when he moved out to
his farm, one mile north of Benson
and near the old “dog--eye” school
house site. He had gone to Ben.son
and purchased some supplies for his
farm, and was on his way out of
town when the collision occurred.
’ 'The funeral was held at the
home of his mother, Mrs. Cassie
Lee, in Ben.son, at 3 o’clock 'Wed
nesday afternoon, after which in
terment was made in the Barber
cemetery in Cleveland township
about 10 miles west of Smithfield.
The deceased is survived by his
wife and tw'o small children, also
by hi.s mother, Mrs. Cassie Lee, of
and one -ister. Miss Mary Lee, of
Benson. His father, the late J. F.
I.ee, had preceded him to the .grave
several years ago.. He was a good
citizen and was one of the leading-
farmers of Johnston county.
May 30th. This camp will be held
on the atietic field of the Selma
school, thus . affording- opportunity
for use of the school kitchen and
dining room. It is hoped to have
100 scouts in this camp, and for
this purpo.se the enrollment fee has
been set at $3 per boy. In order to
make thi.s. balance the council ex
pects to receive donations sufficient
to carry the camp forward -without
a loss. A definite program will be
provided each day during the week
from 6:30 a. m., till 9:15 p. m., and
the public will be cordially invited
to attend this camp at any time.
During- the evening- a scoutma.ster’.s
training course for adult.s will be
held. It is hoped in this way to
provide adequate leadership to meet
both the present and future needs.
This camp will be made up of
Scouts from Clayton, Smithfield,
Kenly and Selma. Mr. Lovall has
charge of enrollment from Clayton;
Glenn Grier from Smithfield; G. T.
Whitley from Kenly and G. F.
Brietz from Selma. The Council
Committee hopes that all citizens
will cooperate in making thi.s the
bigg-est piece of constructive boy
work ever held in the county.
Glenn Grier, of Smithfield, i--
general chairman; Charles Jacobs,
of Selma, was appointed feeding-
chairman; Dr. 'WTiitehead, of Smith-
field, chairman of hou.sing commit
tee; G. M. Willets, of Selnia, chair
man .of committee on grounds.
.Planed t(^ hqtd a ^Cqurt of
Honor on one night during the lat
ter part of the week, at which time
it is e.xpected that at least fifty
merit badg-e.s will be secured. On
Sunday afternoon a religious ser
vice is planned to be held in the
high school auditorium for both the
boys and general public.
Y. E. Yftung Passes At H-ome -o-f
His Daughter In Washington City
Last 'Ihursday Night. Burial At
Holland Methodist Church.
Get Ejoht Men and
Six Trucks of Liquor
Charleston, S. C., April 10.—
Eight men and six truck loads of
assorted liquors- were seized by
federal agents today in a raid near
the banks of the Ashley river.
Among the men arrested was L.
D. Long, brother of State Senator
J. C. Long, of Charleston county.
Warrants for a number of per
sons whose names were, withheld
pending service were issued. The
value of the liquor was estimated
by officer.s at approximately $50,-
000.00
Y. E. A’oung, better known
among his intimate friends and rel
atives as “Uncle Zeke”„ died at
the home of hi.s daughter, Mrs. Car
rie Novak, in Bethe.sda, Maryland,
a suburb of Washington City, last
Thursday night at the age of 84.
The remain.s were brought back to
his home county of W-'ake and the
burial ceremony was held at Hol
land’s Methodist church B^riday af
ternoon at 5 o’clock.
Mr. Young was a native of
southern Wake county where he
made hi.s home until a few yeans
ago when he broke up house-keep
ing, .-ince which time he Ptad made
his home among his relatives.
The 'deceased was a . Confederate
Veteran and scarcely ever missed
one of their annual reunion.s. He
-was a very successful farmer and
had accumulated several thou.sand
dollars in surplus money, but-most
of this was lost in bank failures,
in Wake county during last year or
two. It is said that he had .$6,00(1
on deposit in the Commercial Na
tional Bank .of Raleigh when it
closed a few months ago. He had
also lost in the failure of the Gar
ner Bank some time previously.
Mr. Young did not have any
family to .support during his latter
years and enjoyed much of hisj
life savings in travel. He was very
fond of .travel and during the past
few years he took several Ion,g
tri])s which carried him to practi
cally all parts of the United States
.and -to Canada. His last trip- -wa.s
taken last summer when he went
on a bus trip to northern points in
the Uniteil States and to Canada.
The deceased has relatives living
in Johnston county, among whom
are Mrs. Dora Kirkman and family
and Mr. T. R. Hood and family.
He w-as of a sunny disposition and
always had a glad hand and a
word of cheer for everybody. His
only son, Romulus, saw service in
the War with Spain and was sent
to the Philippine Islands during, the
trouble over there following the
Spanish .American War, and' was
stricken ill while on diity and died
in California on the way home.
President Approves
Stock Market Probe
Husband Is Fined
For Spanking Wife
Manteo, April 8.—Lee Robinson
of Hatteras, wa.s fined $25 and
co.-its in recorder's court Wednes
day night when he was found guilty
of spanking his wife and hi.s step
daughter.
According to the testimony of
Robinson’s wife, Robinson came
home on the night of February 22
from a fishing trip and, not find
ing things exactly as he wanted
them to be, proceeded to spank his
wife. He also administered a kick
for good measure.
Hi.s stepdaughter, Mary Midgett,
who lived in the home, attempted
to interfere in the spanking and
she too was given a spanking- by
the irate Robinson.
Lee Store Here
Says, Business Good
Mr. B. P Proctor, owner of the
Lee Store here, says that since his
Big Sale began last week, follow
ing his page ad and the putting-
out of many circulars, has been
very satisfactory. He has another
page ad in this issue and is again
calling the readers’ attention to
some remarkable values.
Hoover Oilers To
Work For $1 a Yeai*
Senators Promise a Thorough Probe
Into Activities of New Yo-rk
Stock Market—Wall Street Taken
, by Surprise.
Washington, April 10.—President
Hoover has offered to become a $1
a year man.
Members of the house who at
tended yesterday’s protracted econ
omy conference at the White Hous;e
reported today that Mr. Hoover
stated he would w'aive his constitu
tional right against a .salary cut
and accept whatver reduction wa.s
sug-gested.
Chairman McDuffie of the house
economy committee said today he
had pointed out to the President
the unconstitutionality of such ac
tion by Congress and had suggest
ed as an alternative that whatever
sum Mr. Hoover thought best be
returned.
A President receives $75,000.00 a
year ami this sum cannot be re
duced while he is in office. Those
at the conference yesterday, how
ever, said Mr. Hoover asserted any
objection to such an action ordina
rily would come from him and that
he would interpose no objection to
a cut of $74,999.00.
Washington, April 10.—Tlie sur
prise investigation of the stock mar
ket ordered by the senate banking
committee gained momentum Satur-
ilay with the formal i'ndor.sement of
President Hoover.
A whirlwind of rumors and reports ,
revolved about the inquiry as the
arrival of Richard Whitney, presi
dent o^ the New York Stock ex
change, was awaited for the open
ing Monday.
One of these rumoi-r., scoffed al
by Wall Street but persistently cir
culated at the capital, was that a
gigantic bear raid climaxing thc-
eight-day fall in prices on the ex
change had been planned for today.
Substantiation of the contention that
the bears had been active in the
price collapse was seen by the elat
ed sponsors of the investigation in
the quick upturn on the market to
day. The senators were not con
cerned by later losses.
Senator Walcott, prime investi
gator of the investigation, made
known the formal approval of Pres
ident Hoover after talking with
him today. ^
“The President is in full accord '
with what we have done.” said Wal-
cot, and “is absolutely back of us.-”
Heavy engineering contracts
awarded last weew increased $3,-
530,000 over the preceding week.
Chicago & Alton Railroad, Bloom
ington, 111., shops has returned 125
men to ivork.
Rubber consumption by American
manufacturers in February increas
ed 7.3 per cent from January, the
increase being contrary to a usual
seasonal declineof 3.5 per cent.
'Failures fer i- . v.-o'.
March 10 decri-1-uu L).5 per ceuL
from the previou.s week aivJ were
also cousidei-d-ly under th^ same
week last year.
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