FHE JOHNSTONIAN AND JOHNSTON COUNTY SUN CONSOLIDATED
VOLUME 15
SELMA, N. C.. THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1932.
NUMBER 16
Aged Woman Killed
By Train Here Friday
W-ond Fatality Caused by Same
Train In County Within a Week,
i’aul Lee of lienson and Mrs.
•iasper Hunt of Seima .\re Dead
\s itesuit of Aceidcnts.
Soon afb.'i' the pa.ssag'e of Train
Xo. 89., which pas.-;ed here about
1-5 o’clock last Friday afternoon,
i; was learned that a woman’s life
had been .snuffed out near the Union
-'ation when knocked from the
■t ack by the train.
oils. Jasper Hunt, ag'O R8, had
mme out on the- tracks of the Coast
1 'ne with a tin bucket and was
siihering' up' some stray n'’eces of
.-c'd which had fallen from the
-■sv.s. and had bucket about full
1 coal, A northbound freight train
.cc.ie alone' about til's tima and
n - s. Hunt is .said to have left the
■O't track on which the freight was
proachin.e- and started to cross
r’’: west track when passeng-ev train
.swept down upon her, kil!in,g' her
■,-tantly. The body was lying about
feet down the road between the
c ,s) tracks from ,the point where
’.I-.' bucket of coal was lyin.'r. It
thou.ght that the noise of t!i ■
c..-sing- freight kept her from hear-
’ ‘ the southbound train which
.-'uffed.out her life.
Coroner J. H. Kirkman was call-
. e to the scene immediately, but
ter seeing the situation and hear- ^
■ g a few expressions as to how
i . accident occurred, did not deem
‘ inquest necessary.
Jlrs. Hunt i.s survived by her hns-
,nd and the followin.g children:
V. illis Hunt, who holds a position
■ ith the Coast Line; Mrs. Kate Rad-
''■’.'d, Mrs. -Bettie Parrish and Miss
ii xie Hunt.
Interment was made in the IVood-
d graveyard about 3 o’clock Sat
urday afternoon, near Princeton.
Train 89 on this occasion was in
."'arge of Captain Jerome, conduet-
o''. and Engineer Hu.ghes, and was
;he same train which killed Paul
I re at Benson on Tuesday before.
Meeting of County
Board of Elections
t has A. Creech .Made Chairman of
Board TVhkh Names Registrars
and Pall Holders by Townships.
The Johnston County Board of
Elections, composed of Hugh Page,
1)1 Clayton; Chas. A. Cr«ech and
J. D. Parker, of Smithfield, met in
Smithfield last Saturday, and after
organizing by electing Mi'. Creedi
as chairman, they proceeded to
appoint the registrars and poll holcP
fci's for the vaiious townships of
iho county, as follows:
\I ih.on’s .Mills T’,;wnship.
Xoah V/il.son, Registrar; H. E.
hlitchener, poll holder; Parker Bar
bour, poUholder; D. h. Stephenson, j
alternate..
Clayton T.ownship.
J. JI. Turley, regl.stiar; L. H,
John-on, pollholder; G. G. Cole, poll-
holder; .-k. C. .Atkinson, alternate.
Clcyel and Township.
Seba R. .Johnson, r--gistrar; Jno.
R. Myatt and Sam J.ee pollholders;
E. S. Wood, alternate.
Pleasant Grove T;.wnship.
C. Hicks, i-egistrar; Q. M. Og
Negro Slays Three
Then Surrenders
Lamar Faison, of Near Knightdalie,
Kills His Wife, His W’ife’s^Mather
and His W’ife’s Sister—Thought
He Had Killed Five.
REVIVAL TO BEBIN AT THE SELMA BAPTIST CHURCH
(KEY. C. H. CASHWELL TO PREACH)
H.
Reoublicans In Third
Nomintite Dr. Ivev
Goldsboro, April 15.—Dr. H. B.
burn and Thomas Pi. Dupree, poll-
holders; Roraie Step’nen-on, alter
nate. ‘
Elevation 'I'ownship.
W. L. Massengill, registrar; E, X'.
Jones and W. E. Lassiter, pollhold-
eis; J. T. .Allen, alternate.
West Banner Township.
J. C. Morgan, regi-trar; How'ard
Denning and Jesse McLamb, poll-
holders; A. T. Tart, alternate.
East Bannjer Township
B. W. Lee, registrar; L. H. Moore
and Matthew Ilaytijir, pollholders;
Hugh. Young, alternate;
Meadow Township.
J. Mang Wood, registrar; J. M.
Marsliburn and M. A. Tart, poll-
holders; G. Otho John on, alternate.
Ingrams Township
S. M. Boyette, registrar; H. M.
Stewart and J. li. Paiker, pollhold-
srs; X’oah W’ood, alternate.
Bonn Hill Township.
C. R, Gurley, i-egUtrar; W. T.
Hinton an(l Ernest Langley, poll-
Revival services will begin at
the Selma Baptist Church next
Sunday morning, April' 24th.
Rev. C. H. Cashwell, a former
pastor of the local church,-has
been engaged to do the preach
ing. This decision was reached
,at a meeting of the officials of
the church last Sunday morn
ing. Services will be conducted
each evening at 7 ;.30. .An
nouncement will be made later
as to whether there will be
any ^.ay service or not. It is
hoped that these meetings will
be of spiritual value to the en
tire community as well as the
Baptist church. Public invited.
MAYOR HARE ISSUES A
PROCLAMATION TO CLEAN UP
Prof. Boshart Heard
By P.-T. Association
His Subject Was “The Impoitaiice
of Vocational Guidance"—He .As
sisted In Developing The First
County Unit For Vocational Guid
ance T'o Be Found In the linited
State.s.
■:-y, Gold.sboro, former member of h°hleis; A. L. Massey, alternate.
North Carolina
■senate, was
. -lanimously chosen a- Republican
..mdidate for Congress from the
.i'l'rd North Carolina district at the
strict convention held at the Hotel
O.ild.sboro thi.s afternoon.
There was no opposition to Dr.
Tv-'y’s nomination. More than fiO
-ember- of the party were present
it the meeting.
Graham W. Duncan, of Carteret
. unty, was chosen elector of the
strict, and the following w'ere
•Si,sen to represent the di.strict on
the state executive commjttee; Maj.
..I'orge Butler, Sampson; Mrs. H. J.
Faison, Duplin; John R. Handley,
Wayne; R. C. Godwin, Craven; D.
.t!, Jones, Carteret; and A. Z. Har-
,-an, On-lo-w.
Alma Edgerton Bible
Class To Stage Fish
Fry On April 26th
The Alma Edgerton Bible Class
the Methodist Sunday school w-ill
give a fish fry at the Community
luilding in Selma on Tuesday ev
ening, April 26th at 6 o’clock. The
following committees will be in
charge:
Committee on Fish—J. 0. Creech,
l:»hn Jeffreys and C. L. Duggins,
whose duty it will be to see that
;00 pounds of fish are dressed and
on the frying g-round by 2:30 p. ra.,
'il.so plenty of bread.
Wood Committee—Leonard Rooks,
hairman; R. E. Morris and Charlie
‘vey, whose duty it will be to see
that wood is on the frying ground
■t 2:00 o’clock p. m.
Table Committee—Joe Morgan
and Worth Pool, whose duty it will
je to see that table.s are fixed and
:,ii right place by 3 o’clock p. m.
■ Pine Level Township.
C. H. Brown, registrar; T. F.
Whit e and Herman Oliver, poll-
I holders: D. N. Holt, alternate.
.Micro 'Township
R. L. Moore, registrar; H. J. Cor
bett and Clarance Hines, pollliold-
er.s; Mrs. L. M. Austin, alternate.
Beulah 'Township.
-A. G. Hooks, registrar; L. Z.
W’oodard and S. A. Boyette, poll-
holdei'.-; J. W'. Hollowell, alternate.
O’Neals 'Township.
S. B. Strickland, registrar; Luby
Batten and Lee Hocult, pollholders;
W'. F. Price, alternate.
Wilders 'T-ownship
Millard Eason, regi.strar; J. Roy
Nowell and B. W. Hinnant, poll-
holders; Aaron Wall, alternate.
West Smithfield
Tilden Honeycutt, registrar; Jno.
W. Ives and .Alton Dupree, pollhold
ers; Miss Ruth Jones, alternate.
East Smithfield.
T. F. Stallings, registrar; J. N.
Cobb and F. L. Pittman, pollhold-
er.s'; W. M. Grantham, alternate.
Bentonviille Township
Leon Westbrook, registrar; La-
Fayette Langston and D, E. Adams,
pollholders; R. K. Britt, alternate.
Selma Township.
C. A. Corbett, registrar; C. B.
Fulg-hum, and R. C. Mozingo, poll-
holders; J. W. Short, ■ alter-nate.
Hindenburg Chosen
As Germany’s Leader
Berlin, April 10.—President Paul
von Hindenburg was re-elected by
an absolute majority over Adolf
Hitler, his natipnal socialist (fas
cist) rival, and Ernest Thaelmann,
communist, in Germany’s run-off
Publicity and Photo Committee— j election today.
H. H. Lowry.
Cooking Committee—Jes Adcock,
Thurman. Strickland, whose duty it
■will be to .see that fish are well
cooked by 5:30 p. m.
Place—Community Building yard.
We urge that every member of this
class be, present on this occasion and
enjoy the fish fry.
alma EDGERTON BIBLE CLASS
J. 0. CREECH, Secretary.
Tentative final returns gave von
Hindenburg 19,367,000 votes; Hitler,
13,417,000; ’Thaelmann, ^,705,000.
A national socialist was fatally
shot in a clash between the fascist
nazis and communists at Hamburg,
another man dropped dead from ex
citement and several persons were
wounded in minor clashes in various
parts of the country, but police
kdpt town disturbances.
Prof. E. W. Bo.shait, professor in
Indu'trial Arts and Vocational Edu
cation at State College, Raleigh, ad-
dre.ssed the Parent-'Teacher.s’ As.so-
ciation at the high school auditorium
iMonday night. The subject on this
occasion was “The Importance of
Vocational Guidance.” Mr. Bosha'-t,
before coming to North Carolina,
wa- for a number of years princi
pal of one of the larger technical
hi.gh schools of Cleveland, Ohio, and
in this position he had excellent
opportunity for developing this type
of work. Since comin.g to the State
he has been vitally interested and
has fostered the .greater portion of
the work done. He assi ted in de
veloping the first county unit for
vocational guidance to be found in
the United States. 'This very excel
lent piece of work was done in con
nection with Mr. R. S. Proctor, su
perintendent of Craven county. .At
the present time materials used in
this organization are being u-ed as
models in vocational guidance at
Harward and University of Michi
gan, they also attracted a great
deal of attention at the national
educational association recently held
at Washington, D. C.
Prof. Bo.shart stressed the import
ance of utilizing all ,agencies fo^'
the giving of information on w’hich
a child can make an intelligent
choice of a life’s work. He particu
larly stressed the fact that guidance
did not in any way pi,geon hole
children to any given trade or pro
fession, but through the increased
information available served to
guid^ them more intelligently. He
stated that this work should .start
at'the very beginning of the child’s
home life and continue until that
person was efficiently established in
this .choice ■ of a trade or profession.
“The work of guidance,” said the
speaker, “had its beginning in , Bos
ton in 1908, "and grew out of a need
for reducing a number of life fail
ures.” “The second theme of guid
ance,” said Mr. Boshart, “is to as
sist the pupil in making a choice,
preparing for and entering into a
life’.s work.”
HEREAS, Spring is here, although Winter lingers, we can
look about us and see our responsibilities in the very nature of
things which is calling us to the task of putting old things be
hind us and making all things anew—the bursting 'buds in the
forests are unharnessing the old chaffy buds and casting them
to the wind as they unfold theii’ new leaves so clean and beau
tiful where barren branches stood only a few days ago, and
WHEREAS, there are so few evidences of Spring to be seen
m those things wrought by human hands about our town that
would indicate that our people are keeping pace with the spirit
of Spring, and where there are so many barren places about
our town where rubbish of several months’ accumulation still
tends to keep the beauty of our town from unfolding itself
in keeping with nature’s desire,
NOW, THEREFORE, I take this opportunity to proclaim
and do hereby declare the week, beginning Monday, May 2, 1932,
as Clean-Up Week for the Town of Selma. Ijet us harken to
the voice of nature all about us and remove the chaff from
those barren lots and lanes about our town; and where con
venient and proper, plant garden vegetables oi- flowers which
may lift their lieads to greet us as we venture forth from day
to day. And if we lack the pride or the charm for the beautiful,
and our ears are deaf to the call of spring and our eves are
blind to scenic beauty in nature’s call, then- for our Health’s
sake-let- us- Clean Up our premises d-tritpa^'thFATeerf above’des
ignated.
Done this 18th day of April, 1932.
W. W. HARE, Mayor.
father-in-law, Major- Roberjpon, wii
the avowed purpo-e of “wiping out
Complete Republican
State Ticket For 1932
'The State Republican convention,
held in Charlotte last week, nomin
ated the following State ticket to
be voted on in the coming- Novem
ber election;
Governor—Clifford Frazier, an at
torney, of Greensboro.
Lieutenant Governor — Bi'ow.nlow
Jackson, former State chairman, of
Hendersonville.
State Auditor—S. S. Jennings, of
Lenoir.
Secretary of State—C. R. Brady,
of Conover.
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion—Holland Holton, of Duke Uni-
ver.'ity, Durham.
Attorney General—H. S. Williams,
of Concord.
Commissioner of Agriculture—
John M. Phelps, of Creswell.
Commissioner of Labor—A. 1. Fer-
ree, of A.sheboro.
'Treasurer—P. H. Gwyn, of Leaks-
ville.
Insurance Commissioner—William
H. Grogan, of Brevard.
Prof. Womack Heard
At Kiwanis Meeting
'The weekly meeting of the Sel
ma Kiwanis Club was addressed by
Prof. Nathan Womack, superintend
ent of the Smithfield schools, on the
“Importance of Vocational Guid
ance.” He traced its origin, histori
cal background and modern trgnds.
'Throughout his discussion he stress
ed the importance of this ■^ork in
reducing the time consumed in pre
paration and the possibilities of
failures.
The speaker also made it very
clear that vocational guidance does
not attempt to force any child into
any .given trade or profession, but
rather to furnish them with a wide
scope of information on the basis
of whio-h they could make an intel
ligent choice.
Glenn Grier, of Smithfield, chair
man of the Boy Scout County Coun
cil, reported on the progress being
made for the Scout Camp School to
be held in Selma the week of May
30th. He stressed the fact th'at the
purpose of this was to give the
Scouts the opportunity to make a
more rapid progress and to train j ]e,o(,ertson
Corporation Commissioner—Virge additional adult leadership, the lat-
ter factor being one of the present
hindrances to scout development.
C. A. Jacobs reported that a
number of contributions had been
received for use of the camp. Only
in this way would it be possible to
support the boys for $3 per week.
All indiccations at present are that
we will have around 100 boys -in
camp.
McClure, of Haywood County.
Electors at Large—Stuart W. Cra
mer, of Craraerton, and Walter
Chambers, of Marion.
Charles A. Jonas, of Lincolnton
was re-elected national committee
man, and Mrs. Queen Bess Kennen,
of Mocksville, was re-elected nation
al conimitteewoman.
Miss Nixon Returns
From The Hospital
Town of Selma To
Advertise Tax Sales
A MAN MISSING. ,
0—o—o
The prize fight which was put on
at, the Sanders Theatre in Smith-
field a few nights ago may have
been much enjoyed by the specta
tors; and the fi,ghters may have
played their parts well, but. while
the fi.ghti(ng was gding on the' man
at the wundovr skipped with all of
the receipts of the evening, leaving
many* unpaid bills and nothing to
pay them with.
Miss Charlotte Nixon, member of
the graded school faculty, has re
cently returned from the Johnston
County hospital, where she under
went a major operation and will in
a few day.s return to her w'ork in
the local school. 'The community re
grets very much the fact of her
sickness and all will be very g-lad
to see her return to her work again.
Mr.-,. Howard Gaskill is substituting
for Miss Nixon during her illne.ss.
Attend Missionary Conferenloe.
City Tax Collector E. R. Hales
advises that in accoixlance with the
State law, the unpaid taxes for
the year 1931 will be advertised,
beginning May 12th, 1932, and that
all property on which said taxes
have not been paid will be sold on
the first Monday in June, 1932.
Mr. Hales says that the tax pay
ers of Selma can effect a big sav
ing by paying their 1931 taxes on
or before May 12th, when the
advertising cost will begin.
Rev. L. T. Singleton, Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Call and Miss Blarga-
ret Etheredge attended the Method
ist Missionary, Conference in Wil
son this week.
The Endicott-Johnson Corp., since
the first of December has shipped
20 per cent more shoes t4ian a
year ago, and has increased dollar
volume T5 per cent.
Angered over the “bad deal” he
had gotten in his domestic rela
tions with his in-law.s, Lamar Fai
son, Negro farmer of the Knighfc-
dale section, shot to death his wife,
his mother-in-law, and his .sister-in-
law last 'Thursday and then give
himself up at the courthouse in
Raleigh, -says a News and Observer
report of the affair.
The dead are: Mary Jane Robert
son, 59, mother of Faison’s wife;
Beatrice Faison, 25, his wife; and
Lillian Robertson, 15, sister of hi.s
wif“.
The triple slaying took place
shortly before 4 o’clock in the af
ternoon. Faison, learning that there
were two warrants out for his ar
rest on a-sault charges, armed him
self with two shotguns, and two
pistols and visited the home of his
ith
wiping
the family.”
Faison shot -his aged mother-in-
law first, killed his sister-in-law,
then went out in search of his wite,
who wa- at a nearby ))ond fishing.
He met his wife 100 yards from the
house and shot her to death with a
shotgun.
“'Take me, Mr. Tilley,” said Fai
son as he walked into the office of
Assistant Clerk of Court E. Floyd
Tilley, in Raleigh, accompanied hy
Russell Weathers, white farmer, who
brought him to Raleigh at his own
request. “I’ve killed five people, 1
think,” Faison said. “I don’t know
exactly how many.” Faison had
been drinking but apparently was
not drunk when lodged in the Ral
eigh jail.
Deputy sheriffs, notified of the
killings, were looking for Faison
at the time. Their investigation and
.tbjit-of . Coroner Waring re
vealed that Faison had been mis
taken in the number he had killed.
Mary Jane Robertson was the
first victim of the slayings, accord
ing to the best information obtain
able by the officers. She was shot
in the head with a load of bird
shot. Faison’.s wife was shot in the
face with a pi-tol ball and in the
breast with a shotgun load. Lillian
Robertson was shot in the head
with a shotgun load and in the
lu'east with a pistol.
Following the shootings, Faison
walked a mile through the woods
to the hou.se of Mr. Weathers. He
approached Mr. Weathers, who was
plowing in a field nearby, and re
quested that he be brought to Ral
eigh so that he might surrender.
Allen Robert-ion, Faison’s brother-
in-law, was asleep in the Robertson
home and was awakened by the
first shot fired by Faison. He told
Coroner Waring that he heard his
younger sister scream, then heard
another shot, and looked out of a
second story window to see Faison
walking down a path. Here he met
his wife and shot her dead. The
Robertson yo'uth, who is around 17
years of age, said he fired several
rifle shots at Faison as he fled to
ward the woods after killing his
wife.
Upon giving himself up, Faison
said he thought he had killed Major
his wife, and two broth
ers-in-law, but that he “was not
certain.”
Faison’s wife had sworn out two
warrants for his arrest Wednesday
in Wendell, charging him with beat
ing her and their small son, five
years of age. 'The child was at the
Robertson home during the shooting,
but Faison did not attempt to kill
him.
Deputies Clyde Whitaker, W. G..
Maddrey, J. P. Stell, and Joe Partin
answered the call to the Robertson
home.
Faison and his father-in-law have
not been on good terms for years,
officers said they learned. Faison
had Robertson arrested several
months ago -on a charge of trying
to kill him by giving him poisor
whiskey. Robertson plead guilty to
possession of whiskey and paid $50
fine and costs.
Robertson and Faison had trouble
previous to this, the father oppos
ing the marriage of Faison to his
djnighter.
Faison told Mr. Weathers that
Robertson hjd threatener to kiP
him recently. He said he returned
to his home Thursday morning of '-
the killing to find his relatives hac
taken all ‘ the fumitu;-e from his
house, RohAji-on s->ld Faison har
the furniture moved.
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