THE JOHNSTONIAN
THE JOHNSTONIAN AND JOHNSTON COUNTY-SUN CONSOLIDATED
VOLUME I.'
SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 2«, 1932.
NUMBER 21
Dr. Brewer Preaches
Baccalaureate Sermon
Rev. VV. .1. Crain, Pastor Selma
Baptist CVurch, Presented Dr.
Brewer AVho Brought a RIessage
■ )n “Preparedness.” — Thirty-Tw o
Seniors In Cape and Gowns Hear
the College President.
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Thirty-two seniors of the Selma
High School, preceded by their little
ma.scot-, Nell Holliday and Stanley
-Armitage, Jr., all in caps and
gowns, and the seventh grade pupils
marched into the auditorium Sunday
morning singing, “Lead On, 0,
King Eternal.”
Prayer was offered by Rev. L. T.
Singleton. A splendid chorus of 18
voices sang, “Sun Down” and “Open
The Gate, of The Temple,” directed
and accompanied by Mrs. W. H.
Call.
Rev. W. J. Crain read a scripture
lesson from the 15th chapter of
-Acts, after which he presented Dr.
Chas. E. Brewer, President of Mere-
e.'ith College. Dr. Brewer’s subject,
"Preparedness” was compared to the
SO years of preparation Moses spent
before he was able to lead the Chil
dren of Israel out of Egypt. For
40 years he was trained in the home
and in the most brilliant court of
that time. He had dealings with all
sirts of people—he needed that kind
of training. In the present day we
need training to enable us to deal
with all kinds of peofUe—for there
are international questions to be
S'ttled. Moses had le-sons of dis-
arpointment—he thought his people
V uld rally to him when the crucial
1" 'ment came—but they failed him.
There is the finest kind of trainin.g
in disappointment. The only time
w are defeated is when we think
v.e are. Moses herded sheep for 40
\ ars more, in solitude and com- ;
n'union with God, and* in preparation
!'oi- the hardships which were to
: ,ilow. Solitude is a great factor in
• laracter building. Every process
will help you in the next emergency.
God is in your life and willing to
help you. Forgetting those things
wiiich are' behind, pressing on to
ward .,something greater ahead. The
]-pan who .succeeds is the man who
is ready or prepared when his op
portunity comes.”
The seniors were urged to take
time to make thorough preparation.
Many a fine opportunity has been
lost for want of it. Dr. Brewer’s
address was conceded to be one of
ibe best ever delivered to a senior
c!a..is in Selma.
Wear A Poppy
Slogan Saturday
Proceeds From Sale of Poppies To
Be Used For Relief Activities of
the Aemrican Legion; Poppies
Made By Disabled Veterans.
Dr. Ralph Stevens Selma Couple Are
Dies In Princeton Married 50 Years
Funeral Held From the Home In
Brinceton Sunday Afternoon in
the Presence of One of the Lar
gest Crowds Ever to Assemble
In Princeton. Interment Took
Place In Smithfield.
.Mf. and .Mrs. G. H. Morgan W ere |
Married Alay 2.5, 1882—Among j
Tow n’s Oldest and Most Highly |
Respected Citizens.
Superintendent Waters
Resigns From Selma School
“Wear a poppy to honor'the
World War dead and aid the war’s,
living victims,” is the plea that the
women of the American Legion
Auxiliary will make to the Ameri
can public on May 28th, the Satur
day before Memorial Day, when
they will offer poppies on the streets
of virtually every city and town in
the country.
Final preparations for ^he me
morial poppy sale in Johnston
county are being completed, states
I Dr. J. W, Whitehead, commander of
I the Pou-Parrish Post of the Amer-
i lean Leg-ion, and throughout the
; country an organiation of volunteer
I poppy worker.s expected to include
, 100,000 women, is being formed,
j Posts of the American Legion
are working w-ith the Auxiliary un
its, aiding them in arrangements
for “Poppy Day” when it is hoped
to place the little red flower of
remembrance on ten million coats
and to raise one million dollars for
the relief activities of the Legion,
and Auxiliary among the disabled
veterans and their families.
' Poppies for the sale have been
made by disabled veterans working
in government hospitals and work
rooms maintained by the Auxiliary.
The work has given employment to
many hundreds of disable^ men dur-
■ ing the winter '^.\a spring mo.nths‘,
enabling th^ to help support them-
; selves and Jamilies. Every poppy
^ these veterans have made is marked
j by a distinctive tag bearing the of-
j ficial emblems of the American Le-
j gion and Auxiliary, and the words
“Veteran-Made Poppy.” No other
poppies are sold by the I.egion and
Auxiliary.
The women who sell the Legion
and Auxiliary poppies on the streets
on “Poppy Day” will all work as
unpaid volunteers. Fievry cent con
tributed to them will go for the
welfare of the disabled veterans
and dependents.
Revival To Begin
Presbyterin Church
.Sfima People To Have Privilege of
Listening to Rev. Chester Alex
ander, Who Will Do the Preach
ing-Meeting Begins On Sunday
Eviening, June ,5th, 8 O'clock.
Princeton, May 22.—Dr. Ralph S.
Stevens, prominent physician here,
died suddenly at his home Friday
afternoon at I ;30 o’clock. Heart at
tack was the immediate cause of
death. He was J"/ fears old. He was
highly esteemed and hi.s sudden
death caused a great shock here.
Dr. Stevens was a member of one
of the most prominent families in
the State, a son of Mrs. W. S. Ste
vens and the late Judge Stevens, of
Smithfield, He studied medicine at
the University of ■ North Carolina
and two years at the University’s
me{lical department at Raleigh. For
several years he was an associate
of Dr. Hubert A. Royster and
assistant in the University medical
school in Raleigh. Later he practiced
here for himself. In 1917 he entered
the army and went to F'rance, serv
ing as"^captain in the medical corps.
He was dischai-ged from the army
in 1919, and since that time had
been practicing here. He married
Miss Eula Hood, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. T. R^jHood, of Smithfield,
He is survived’^ hl^widow, three
sons, William S^ ThoWas C. and
Ralph S., Jr.; three daughters, Dor
othy, Mary Ann and Nancy; his
mother, Mrs. W. S. Stevens, of
Smithfield; two brother-, Leon and
Everett Stevens, of Smithfield, and
four sisters, Mrs. W. H. Au.stin and
Mrs. T. L. Ginn, of Smithfield; Mrs.
•John Harvey, of Danville,, and Mrs.
J. E. Steve.ns, of Richmond.
1 he funeral was held from the
home in Princeton Sunday afternoon
at 3:30, an^ the body was jtfcken
Mr. and Sirs. G. H. Sloygan cele
brated their Golden Wedding anni
versary Wednesday, having been
married on May 25, 1882. Mr. Mor
gan is a son of the late Sir, and
-Mrs. James Slorgan and wa.s born
three miles north of Selma in 185,1.
Sirs. Morgan is a daughter of the
late Sir. and Sirs. Barnie Hamilton
a nd was born and reared in the
same community as her husband.
They have three children living and
four dead. The living children are
Mrs. H. T. White and Mr. Herbert
Slorgan, of Selma, and Mrs. C. D.
Wood, of Wilson. Mr. Morgan is
enjoying good health while Sirs.
Morgan has not been well for some
time. They are among the town’s
best citizens, and are beloved by all
who know them.
District S. S. Meet
ing In Smithfield
! Had Been Connected With Selma
I Schools For Past Ten Years and
Became One of the Town’s Mosit
Useful Citizens—Goes to Heuder-
sonvUle to .Accept Similar Post.
SmitWeld, May 25.—The District
Sunday School meeting will be held
in the Smithfield Baptist Church
Thursday and Friday of this week.
The first meeting will be at 2:30
o’clock Thijr.sday afternoon. Friday’s
program wull start at 9:30 A. M.
-At 9:45 there will be an address by
L. H. Caniiphell of Buie’s Creech.
His subject will be “The Sunday
School Superintendent.” The pro-
.grarn will continue, except for short
intermissions, until 9:00 P. M.
The leading Sunday School work
ers of the eastern half of North
Carolina are expected to attend the
meeting.
Final Arrangement j
For Scout School
NOTICE TO DOG
OWNERS
to , for
Hal D. Rand Dies
At Home In Garner
Hold County Wide
Memorial Service
Many have been waiting for a
definite announcement of the Revi
vai to be held at the Selma Pres
byterian Church, with Rev. Chester
Alexander as preacher. Mr. Alexan
der is a friend among us all and
w”3 rejoice that we have been fort
unate enough to secure his services
for these meetings. The first service
will be held Sunday evening, June
6th, at 8 o’clock. Ths Junior Church
■wrll continue to have its meeting
that night at 7:00 o’clock. You are
invited to attend these meetings
each evening. We want you to feel
at home in God’s House and enjoy
Hi.s fellowship with us. We are anx
ious for these meetings to be a
success. And the success depends on
you. Yes, YOU. God is ready to
pour out a ble.ssing upon us, tlie
church will be ready (having a
fresh coat of paint this week) the
preachers will be ready (having
.scent much time in prayer and pre
paration). Won’t YOU pray for
souls now, and especially during
these meetings, that we may all be
drawn closer to Him each day?
Attend these meetings, regularly
pray for them, tell others, bring;
them -with you, and the success will
folow.
F. WADDELL, Pastor.
The Pou-Parrish Po.st of the
American Legion will hold a County-
wide Memorial Service in the Court-
hou e, on Sunday night, May 29th,
at eight o’clock, with R. L. McMil
lan, commander of the Raleigh Po.st
of the American Legion, as speaker.
All Gold Star mothers and fath
ers are e.specially invited to be
present and to meet in the grand
jury room at 7:45.
All veterans of all war.s are in
vited and the public in general is
urged to attend. Mr. McMillan is
said to be an interesting speaker,
and a worthwhile px-ogram has been
arranged. Special music will be a
feature.
' J. W. WHITEHEAD,
Commander.
SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING
IN BENTONVILLE TOM^NSHIP
The Bentonville Township Sunday
School Association will meet with
St. John Chux'ch in Bentonville
Township on Sunday, May 29. The
meeting will be called to order at
10:00 A. M., and will last through
the day. This is undenominational
and all the Sunday schools will take
part in the program. Several good
speakers fro pi different points and
px’ograms from different schools in
the township will feature the occa
sion. Dinner will be served on the
church yard end the public is cor
dially invited to attend with a well
filled basket.
Funei-al services for Hal D. Rand,
of Garner, former chairman- of the
board of commissionei-s of *Wake
County, who died Thui’sday night at
7:30 at Elizabeth Ho.spital,
was held Sarorday afternoon at 3
o’clock from' the i-esidence at Gar
ner, conducted by Rev. E. B. Craven
of Snow Hill, former pastor of the
Methodist church there, assisted by
Revs. H. M. Jackson and E. R.
Schuller, both of Garner.
The active pallbearers were L. C.
Yoargan, Lon Harper, C. L. Wrenn,
D. H. Buffaloe, B. R. Buffaloe and
John Broughton. The honorary pall
bearers were Dr. J. S. Buffaloe, P.
V. Mitchiner, Numa Broughton,
Robert Smith, D. H. Stancil, C. P.
Bryan, Samuel Watts, Henry Bryan,
P. E. Davenport, D. M. Creech,' all
of Garner; R. A. Wail, of Clayton;
Dr. 0. L. Ray, of Wake county;
E. B. Crow, B. S. Jerman, T. H.
Turner, Josephus Daniels, Willis
Smith, J. G. Ball, N. A. Dunn, J.
Wilbur Bunn, W. B. Jones, Dr.
Harold Glascock, Dr. O. D. Finch,
Jame.s, H. Pou, Sr., George Marsh,
Gen. A. L. Cox, C. B. Barbee, J. S.
Manning, John W. Hinsdale, Lynn
Wilder, N. F. Turner and Hunter
Ellington of Raleigh, and Dr. Carl
Norris of Durham.—News and Ob
server.
The executive committee of the
Johnston County Scouts are making-
final arran,gements for the camp
school to be held in Selma from
May 30 to June 5. A very fine re
sponse has been received fi'om
Scoxit ti’oop.s throughout the county
and now appears that around 100
boys will be present for the train
ing. Plans have been made for a
great deal of merit badge work and
general recreational activities. The
county feels very fortunate in be
ing able to put on this school and
bring to thi^.'ounty the high type
of leade.X'ship that will be px-esent.
During the evening a regular Scout-
ma.ster’s training school will he con
ducted. It is hoped that all the
adults of the territory will avail
heinselves of the privilege of se
curing first hand information about
-scouting.
Benson Boy Wins
District Contest
Beginning next Monday, May
.30, 1932, the town of Selma wfill
take definite steps to rid the
town of all useless dogs. Proper
arrangemients have been made
for impounding all dogs which
are found roaming the streets
nr off the premises of the owner
which do not have proper muz
zle on them. Chief-of-Police FT
R. Hales says that an effort will
he made to bring .about a strict
enforcement of this ordinance
and that he hopes to have the
hearty co-operation of the peo
ple of Selma in eliminating use
less dogs from the Streets of
our town. .1.00 will be
charged fonAei^tir dog Impounded
in addition to the expense of
keeping the dog up for :i days.
-All dogs will be killed after they
have been impounded for 3
days unless the owner calls for
same and pays the cost of im
pounding and the upkeep of
same. If you mi.ss your dog, see
the Chief of Police who may he
able to help you locate same.
Genuine regret came thi.s week
with the announcement that Mr. F.
M. Waters, superintendent of the
Selma .schools for the past 10 year.s,
would go to Hendersonville as su
perintendent of the city schools of
that place. Selma and Johnston
County do not want to lose him..
He has a hold upon the people that
has not been surpa>sed. Mr Water.s
If Water.s
>fy-Ea.stem
Roy Langdon, a young Tar Heol
farmer of Benson High School, -won
in the district one elimination con
test, spon.sored by the Division of
Vocational Agricultural Education
and held at State College Saturday
afternoon according to the an
nouncement of Roy H.. Thomas,
State Supervi.'or. J. Paul Shaw is
the teacher of agificulture at Ben-
Public Speakings
easily ranks as one off
North Carolina’s foremost educators.
He came to Selma in the fall of
1922 fi-om High Point high school,
where he had been px’incipal for
four years. He was reax-ed in Rus-
siaville, Indiana, and was educated,
at Wabash College. .-
The consolidation of schools ha.s. .■
taken ■ place since his edniing- to^.
Selma and the eni-ollment has^ixte
crea-ed from 8-50 to|[i754, present
faculty numbering 41. He is a char
ter member of the Selma Kiwanis
Club, which he helped to organize-
and sei’ved as its first President.
Was made President again four
years later and the next year was
gi-ven the silver loving cup which
is awarded annually- by the Kiwanis
-Club to the citizen who has render
ed the greatest service to his coni-*,
inunity. For four years he .served
on the Tuscarora Council of Boy •
Scouts. He was superintendent of
the Methodist Sunday School fox*
one year. It niay be said -with per
fect sineexfity -and without a tinge
of exa,ggeration, none has stood
higher in the community, none ha.s
commanded more respect, has been
held in greater esteem, or has been
'"f'eally more beloved than Fred M.
Waters, who is now leaving us to
serve in another field. He and his
estimable family will be greatly
missed.
fn his stead comes Mr. O. A.
Tuttle, Pi'incipal of the Micro
school for the past four y^ears. His
home i.s in Chai-lotte, he havin.;j
taught in the Mecklenberg schools
for five year.s. He is a gi-aduate of
the State University and holds A.- B,
and M. A. dgrees.
Lieutenant Governor Fountain.
Mr.s. W. H. Call. Mrs. Geo. F.
Brietz, Ml'S. W. L. Etheredge and
Mrs. W. T. Woodai'd attended the
Raleigh District meeting of the
Women’s Missionai-y" Society which
was held with Home Memorial
Methodist Church in Clayton Thurs
day.
Thieves In Jail.
Enoch Nelson, 19, former resi
dent of Troy, and Perry Foster of
Asheboro, two of the participants
in the daylight hold-up of the
Bank of Biscoe Friday afternoon,
were in a Troy jail that night after
being captured by a posse. Officers
found $1,500 on the boys, who nam
ed two other participants.
Lieutenant Governor Fountain
says that he is not assaulting' the
Democracy of the state, but merely
Rixposing to the purifying power of
eternal truth” the record of some
of the party’s leadens. Which re
minds us of the story going the
rounds in which one colored lady
asks another: “Is dey x-rayed you
at de hospital?” To which the re
sponse “Naw’m; de ain’t x-rayed
me '.e, but de done ultra-violated
™e.”—Shucks and Nubbins, in The
Greensboro Daily News.
The others taking part in the
contest were Riley Tuck, Bethel Hill
high school, Pei'son county; Mai
colra Gribbin, Gold Sand high school,
Franklin county and Willie Bender,
Middleburg high school, Vance coun
ty.
Roy Langdon, an eighteen-year
old senior at Benson, is president
of the local Young Tar Heel Farm
er chapter and will represent Dis
trict One in the statewide elimina
tion contest to select the speaker
to represexit North Carolina in the
Southern Regional Future Farmers
of America Public Speaking Con
test. This contest will be held in
connection with the National Con-
g'ress of Vocational Agricultural
Students at the American Royal
Livestock Show ■ in Kansas Cityq
Mo., November, 1932. The State
elimination contest will be held in
connection with the Young Tar Heel
Farmers State Co.nvention at State
College in June.
SERVICES SUNDAY NIGHT AT
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
_Mr. Jas. P. Smith, of Smithfield,
will preach for us Sunday night.
He says he has put on his summer
schedule of eighteen minute sei’-
ixtons, so be sure and come, see und
hear how much he can tell you in
that time. Remember the time 8
o’clock. Remember the place of wel
come—God’s House—Selma Presby
terian Church.
% D. F. W.
Dr. F. S. Love
Holds Conference
Dr. F. S. Love, Presiding Elder
of the Raleigh' district, preached a
makerly sermon at Edgerton Memo
rial _Methodist church Sunday .even
ing, using as his theme “Loyalty.”
The entix-e discourse' wa.s helpful
and impressive. Dx', Love presided
over the second quarterly coixfer-
ence immediately after the evening
Hon. Cha.s. U. Harris, of
Raleigh, will address the voters
of Johjston t'oiiiity in the in
terest of the candidacy of Hon.
A. J. Maxw.ell for Governor at
the following time and plajces:
Selma, ' Carolina Theatre,
TUESDAY NIGHT, .AlAY 31
AT 8:00 P. M.
Four Oaks, Wednesday night,
June 1st, School Auditorium at
8:00 P. M.
Hon.-f R. L. McMillan, of
Raleigh, American Legion Com- >
mander, will also address the
voters of the county on Mr.
Maxwell’s candidacy as follows:
Kenlay, Monday night. May
30, School Auditorium
-AT 8:00 P, M.
Archer Lodge, Wednesday
night. June ], School Audito
rium at 8:00 P. M.
Supt. Waterj Com
mended By Board
HOW CHAIN STORES
acquire customers
Once a man went into a meat
market to buy some for dinner. The
clerk came in with his pet dog in
his arms.
He put the dog in a box and went
to cutting ijxeat for a cu.-^tomer
without washing his hands. This
man instantly walked out, and has
never gon^ back there since.—Goods
Box Whittier, in Catawba News-
Enterprise.
At a meeting of the Selma School
Board, Friday, May 20th, the foU
lowing resolution -was passed:
“In accepting the resignation of
our Superintendent, Mr. f, M,
Waters, who for the past 10 years
has been superintendent of our city
schools, and who, of his own. voli
tion resigns for a larger field of
activities, we hei'eby expre.^s our ap
preciation for the valuable services
he has rendered, not only our school,
but the entire community. As a
civic worker he has but few, if any,
equals. He will be gi'eatly missed in
the scl^j^ol and in the entire com
munity. We most ^heerfully com
mend him to ■ the scli.pol' and the
community to which he goes.”
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. F. BRIETZ,
GEO. D. VICK.
C. A. JACOBS,
Members School Board.
Dr. and Mrs. Wade
Atkinson Here
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Entertains T. E. L. Class.
Rev. D. F. Waddell and Mr. C. W,
Scales left Wednesday to attend the
General Assembly of the Presbyte
rian Church at Montreat. While
away they -will visit points in Ashe
ville and Tennessee.
Mesdames J. T. Wilkins and
C. W. Scales were joint hostesses
to the T. E. L. Class, on Monday
afternoon at the attractive home of
Mr.s. W ilkins. The business was pre
sided over by the Vice-President,
Mrs. G. M. Willets, after which
a social hour was greatly enjoyed.
“Whispering Hope” was beauti
fully sung by Mesdames W. J.
Crain and G. M. Willets. A “tree”
contest followed in which Mr.s.
Screws was winner and was pre
sented a corsage of sweet peas.
Sand'wiches and • coffee were then
served to twenty-one guests.
Dr. and Mrs, Wade Atkinson
from Washington, D. C., will attend
the Oorbett-Hatcher commencement
on Thursday. Dr. Atkinson is pecuU ' *
iarly interested in his old home'^
community and has offered medals
and attendance prizes which will be
delivered at the finals Thursday.' -
They will be guests of Dr. and"'
Mrs. Geo. D. 'Vick while in the com
munity.
Simmons Is Bankrupt.
Fernifold M. Simmons, 78, for 3C
years Uniteil States Senator fr.-.m.
North Carolina, Friday sigiiud a
voluntary petition in b-oakrunU-v.
His attorney stated that heav>
losses and lack of income excep'.
from his farm Simmons found him
self unable to satisfy creditors.
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