VOLUME
Reynolds Leading In
Senatorial Race
Ehringhaus Far Ahead In Race For
Governor; Fountain Second and
Maxwell Third—Second Primary
Necessary To Determine Senato
rial Nominee—F'ountain May Not
Ask For Second Primary.
Charlotte, June 7.—Robert E.
Reynokls, wet candidate, announced
y,oni his home in Asheville late to
day he had been pledged the sup-
p:-j.t of two other candidates elim
inated in the first primary for his
run off- contest July 2 against Sen-
a;or Cameron Morrison, long time
dry, for the Democratic senatorial
nomination.
Reynolds ^ said former Judge T. C.
Bowie, of West Jefferson, and Frank
D. Grist, who polled a total of more
than 66,000 votes, had assured him
they would back his candidacy.
Nearly complete returns from
Saturday’s voting showed the 46-
yea.r-old A-heville lawyer was lead
ing Morrison, a veteran of Demo
cratic politics, by more than 11,400
ballots in the heaviest vote ever
recorded in traditionally dry North
Carolina. It was the first election
in this state in 25 years in which
prohibition was an issue.
With 16 precincts missing from
1.32.3, the vote stood: Reynolds
150,049; Morrison 138,605; Bowie
37,360; Grist, state commissioner of
labor and . printing, 28,550; Arthur
S; '.nnons, Burlington poultryman,
3,375. Morrison, a seasoned cam
paigner of the North Carolina po
litical wars since he became of age
42 years ago, has issued no state
ment, except to say he expected to
beat Reynolds in the second prima-
His lieutenants, however, have an
no; need their purpose of waging an
inten-ive campaign from now until
balloting begins on the first
S.durday in July.
Plans far -an active campaign
. ■ ce announced by Reynolds, who,
a!', cough a novice in politics as
comjrarexl to Morrison, has gained a
reputation for being . a vigorous,
campaigner.
In a brief statement, the anti-
prehibition candidate declared Sat
urday’s voting w’as a vindication of
a great i-sue.
He said his county and district
campaign managers would meet in
Raleigh early next week to consider
Ilians, after which he intended to
make a whirlwind speaking tour in
to all parts of the state.
Judge Bowie took no stand wdth
regard to prohibition in the first
race, but he criticized Senator Mor
rison for alleged clo-e relations
w'ith the, “power trust” and because
Morrison emted in the senate for
t’le confirmation of Frank McNinch,
Charlotte, anti-Smith leader in 1928
who was named by President Hoover
to the federal power commission.
A referendum on the liquor ques-
lion was proposed by Gri.-t who
joined Bowie in attacking Morrison
on the power and McNinch question.
Morrison based his appeal for re
nomination upon his record in the
senate and his support of the Dem
ocratic party throughout his life.
He was appointed to the senate 18
months ago by Governor Gardner
upon the death of Senator Lee S.
Overman.
He served as governor from 1920
to 1924.
Reiterating his personal approval
of the 18th amendment and the Vol
stead act, Morrison declared in his
campaign that, as a loyal party
man, he would be guided upon the
issue the Democratic platform.
The winner of the Reynolds-Mor-
rison run-off will he opposed in the
November election by Jake Newell,
Charlotte attorney, nominated by the
state Republican convention on a
bone dry platform. Newell was op
posed in the primary by George De-
Priest, Shelby, running as a wet,
but incomplete returns showed the
Shelby man received only a scat
tering handful of votes. '
In the race for the gubernatorial
nomination, which for 40 ye.ars has
been tantamount to election in
North Carolina, J. C. B. Ehringhaus,
of Elizabeth City, continued to hold
a lead of more than 50,000 with
1,806 precincts reported. His vote
was 165,942. Lieutenant Governor
Richard T. Fountain polled 113,112.
in those precincts while Allen J.
Maxwell, state commissioner of
revenue, had 100,875. The total
379,929, broke all previous North
Carolina vote records for any office
by almost 20,000.
With anything more than nominal
changes in the vote next to impos
sible, Fountain was. entitled to ask
Scout Camp And
School Great Success
Several years ago Supt. F. M.
Waters had an opportunity to ob
serve the outstanding work which
was being done by Mr. W. E. Pen
nington with a group of Boy Scouts
at the State University. He immedi
ately visualized the benefits that
would be derived from a Scout camp
and Scout-Master’s Training school
in Johnston County, and the in
terest that would be stimulated in
Scouting. After working on plans
in co-o]ieration with Scout masters
Pennington and other interested
citizens, his dreams have be.eu rea
lized. The first Scout camp and
elementary, Scout-Master’.s Train
ing Course came to a very success
ful close on Monday June 6th, after
a week’s encampment and the var
ious activities on the Selma school
play grounds.
Mr. C. A. Jacobs wrote above 40
letters to food manufacturing con
cerns that donated supplies, that
amounted to approximately $150
thereby enabling the boys to spend
the whole week for that small
sum of $3.00. Mr. Jacobs had entire
charge of the feeding problem and
the boys as well as the whole com
munity are enthusiastic in his
praise.
G. M. Willetts was the efficient
manager of the grounds, arranging
tents, lights and water. The staff
was composed of: W. E. Penning
ton, head of Tuscarora Council, L.
L. Hallman, Edwin Broadhurst, Lin-
wood Blackburn, Henry Moore, and
David Liles, who wall be connected
with the local school as science
teacher next year, all these are
from Goldsboro and Bill Hayes is
from Fremont.
48 boys were in attendance: 23
from Selma, 13 from Smithfield and
12 from Kenly. Among these three
are second class scouts, 5 are first
class and 26 received merit badges.
The scout Master’s Training-
course was conducted each evening-
in the high school auditorium. Ele
ven adults took this course. Lec
tures wer«
“The Tenderfoot
with fundamentals.” W. E, Penning
ton, “Patriot Unit in Scouting.”
David Liles, “How To Teach Signal
ing.” G. W. Greer, “The Troop
Committee.” Rev. Herbert Massey,
“The Scout Master’s Opportunity.”
W. E. Pennington, “How To Teach
first Aid.” Ray Armstrong, “The
Wise Use of Leisure.” 0. J. Cordray,
Scout executive of the Wilson coun
cil lecturer on: “The Patrol- and
Troop Program: Program making;
The Objectives of Scouting.” ,
Visitors were welcomed at all
hours of the day to observe the
various activities, and at the even
ing council fire a splendid program
was given each evening, many visi
tors being present. On Thursday
evening 200 were present and on
Saturday evening there were 300 or
more.
The_ boys accompanied by the
Scout Officials attended the local
churches in a body Sunday morning
and on Sunday afternoon at four
o’clock Rev. Chester Alexander, of
Tarboro, spoke to them in the high
school auditorium using as his
theme: “Strength.” “I can do all
things through Christ, who strength-
eneth me.”
The splendid success of this new
venture is to be attributed first of.,
all to Scout Executive W. E. Pen-
snington and his assistants. Others
who gave unstintingly of their time
and labor were: Supt. F. M. Waters,
C. A. Jacobs, G. M. Willetts, G. W.
Grier, Geo. F. Brietz, Dr, R. M.
Blackman (local scout master), S.
W. Armitage, Prof. Geo. T. Whit
ley and J. A. H-odge.
.Miss Itosahclle Hinton
Selma Girl To Be In
Elimination Gontest
Miss Rosabelle Hinton, of Selma,
winner of school and county pre
liminaries, will represent Johnston
county in the central district essay
ir|k
i.iim’a
ire given by: L.-L. l^llman,
Tenderfoot Scout—ilealing
ton Growers CooiM-ative Associa
tion, to be held in Smithfield Wed
nesday, June 15. Winner of the
central di.-trict contest will go to
Raleigh and compete against three
other district winners for first prize
of $50 and a one-year college_ schol
arship. Subject of this year’s con
test is “Cotton Production In North
Carolina—How to- Make it Profit
able.”
Busy Bee Grocery
Robbed Friday Night
Last Friday night about 10
o’clock Night Policeman J. L. Gur
ley in making his rounds to see if
all places of bu-iness were closed,
pushed on the door of the Busy
Bee Grocery and found,..that it was
locked but that the latch was riot,
on, which would make it possible
for anyone to push their way into
the store. Mr. Cuthrell, the pro
prietor of the store was notified and
immediately went to the store to
find that several paekag-es of cigar
ettes and perhaps other minor items
of merchandise had been taken; also
found the iron safe d-oor open and
a number of papers pulled out on
the floor. The day’s cash sales had
been left in the safe amounting- to
about $37.50, and thi.s had been
taken by the thief or thieves. Mr.
Cuthrell says that he does not 'have
the slightest idea how the store was
entered. A side door was used to
make their exhit, but this had not
been opened for several months be
fore and was kept barred on the in
side. It is thought possible that the
thief entered the store before clos
ing time and secreted himeself under
a counter until after the closing-
hour.
All Major Officials Seem 'To Have
Good -Majorities Over Their Op
ponents in Primary Election—iVIay
Require Second Primarp; To De
termine Nominee For Coroner.
The hard-fought campaign among
state and county .office .seekers re
sulted in an unusually heavy pri
mary vote in Saturday’s primary
election.
There appeared to have been con
siderable more interest manifested
at the polls o-ver the nomination of
a g'overnor and a United States
senator than there was over local
candidates in many in.-tances.
E. ' H. Richardson, the present
sheriff, seems to have defeated his
two opponents, Daniel Jones and
A. V. Driver by an .overwhelming-
vote; and also Miss Cora Belle Ives
seems to have been renominated
for Register of Deeds over Barnie
.4. Henry by a large majority. The
vote for sheriff is as follows:
R. H. Richardson, 3,561 vote
S. D. Jones, 1,347 votes
A. V. Driver, 880 votes.
Miss Cora Belle Ives, candidate
for register of deeds, received 4,013
votes; Barnie A. Henry received
I, 6^ votes.
Judg-e W. P. Aycock’s vote was
4,084, while his opponent W. H.
Strickland, received 1,552 votes.
J. Ran«om Creech, candidate for
renomination for county treasurer,
re,ceived 4,901 votes, as against his
opponent J. Earl Creech, who re
ceived only 633 votes.
The vote was divided among
the candidates for county coroner
as follows;
Jas. H. Kirkman, 1,878.
Dr. E. N. Booker, 1,958.
W. D, Avera, 1,712.
It will probably take a second
jirimary to run off the race between
Dr. Booker and J. H. Kirkman.
Among the aspirants for county
commissioners, R. U. Barber seems
to have led in this race, receiving-
4,753 votes. Other Inembe?^ of - the
board who were up for re-nomina
tion were: J. Rufus Creech, 4,697
votes; R. H. Hudson, 4,231 votes;
R. P. Holding, 4,053 votes, while
J. Willard O’Neal, one of the pres
ent members of the board, was de
feated, having received by W. J.
Wilder whose vote was 3,079 and
O’Neal’s 2,495. Waylon Brown was
low man with 2,690 votes.
Paul D. Grady was nominated to
the State Senate-and Preston Wood-
all to the House of Representatives.
The Legislative vote was as follows;
Paul D. Grady, 3,726
Preston Woodall, 3,333.
Gilbert Grady, 2,914.
W. J. Hooks, 2,281.
Weisner Farmer, 1,855.
W. H. Upchurch, 1,337.
Dr. F. G. Gower, 833.
State vs. Thomas Reed, colored
laborer, for assault with deadly
weapon, is found guilty and given
four months road sentence, to be
.ruspended upon payment of cost and
upon condition that defendant does
not loaf, loiter, or hang around the
streets of Selma, and is not con
victed of any criminal offense again
in 12 months.
State vs. John McLean, colored
laborer, aged 42, for operating- car
while under the influence of whis
key. Guilty. Defendant is given 90
days on roads, to be su-^pended upon
payment of $50 fine and cost. De
fendant ordered not to operate a
motor vehicle again in North Car
olina during next. 90 days.
State vs. Harvey Richardson, col
ored laborer, aged 25, for larceny
of cloth, value less than $20. De
fendant given 4 months on roads.
Notice of appeal and bond is fixed
at $200.00.
State vs. Felton McLamb, white
laborer, aged 24, for assault with
deadly weapon. Guilty. Prayer for
judgment continued upon payment
of cost.
State vs. Jasper Hudson, white la
borer, aged 24, for assault with
deadly weapon. Guilty. Continue
prayer for judgment upon payment
of cost.
’Wednesday, June 1st
State vs. Louis Lee, for violation
of auto laws. Called and failed.
Judgment ni si sci fa and capias.
State vs. Edward Hinton, colored
laborer, for larceny. It appears to
the court that defendant has had a
preliminary hearing before Justice
of Peace. It is ordered that this
case be transferred to Superior
Court.
NAMES OF SELMA’S
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
Unveiling At Micro
By W. O. W. Gamp
Greenleaf Camp No 687, Woodmen
of the World, of Micro, will hold
an unveiling ceremony at the grave
of Mr. Tilton Wall at' the Batten
cemetery, one mile south of Micro
on highway No. 22, on Sunday aft
ernoon at 3 o’clock. Rev. W. H.
Carter will be present and deliver
an address, also the Degree Team
from Erwin will assist in the un
veiling-. The public is cordially in
vited to be present, and all Wood
men are especially urged to be on
hand at 2:30.
J. R. PITTMAN, Secretary.
for a second primary. Whether he
would do so, in the face of the
commanding- Ehringhaus lead, was
not known immediately. He said he
would make an announcement fol
lowing the official canvassing of the
votes.
Six Prisoners Break
From Gounty Jail
Smithfield, June 8.—Last night
six prisoners e.scaped from the
county jail here, sometime between
12 o’clock and early dawn, and as
yet none have been recaptured. The
prisoners who escaped were: Rei!
Stanley, Thabern Johnson, Albert
Pucket, Johnnie Ange, Lonnie
Deans and, Johnnie Bray.
One of the prisoners was said to
have sawed his way out of his cell
and obtained the keys to the cells
from the desk drawer of the jailer’s
office, which adjoins the jail prison
cells. He then was said to have un
locked all the cells and let out all
the- prisoners who wanted to get
out, but only the afore-named pris
oners were the ones to escape. The
others preferred to remain in their
cells.
SELMA ALL STARS
WIN BASEBALL GAME
Selma All Stars defeated Emit
7-6 Saturday Behind the steady
pitching of W. Worrels and Tal-
mage Corbett. Harris and Fields led
the Selma club in hittings. Fields
coming home with winning run in
the ninth, after stealing third base.
Selma, now organized under new
management, are open to play any
amateur teams desiring games. Any
one desiring games notify 'J. E. Nor-
k-ett, Selma, N. C.
Martin county farmers have sold
about 60,000 bushels of sweet pota
toes cured in modern houses for a
price of 50 to 76 cents a bushel
this spring.
The following are the names of
the high school graduate.s who com
pleted high school here at the re
cent commencement:
Mary C. Gulley
Bob Suber
Amy Ashworth
Edna Mae Cameron
Reva Mae Peedin
Alton Standi
Rosabelle Hinton
Ernest Godwin
Elizabeth Oliver
Mildred Bailey
Erwin Fulghum
Eunice Griswold
Hazel Holland
Ruby Woodard
Irene Jones
Howard Wilson
Lloyd Foster
Billy Aycock
David Munden
Lillie May Munden
Walton Parker
Aaron Creech
Paul McMillan
Mamie Hathaway
Henry Grice
Shelboume Brannan
Pearl Batten
Nellie Hatcher
Verdie Stallings
.Jnseph Brown
Julia George
Pauline Barbour
Lillian Phillips
H. L. Brown of Conetoe, Edge
combe county, used some old brick,
some stove pipe, and bought one
bag of cement to construct a brick
brooder for his chickens at a cost
of $1.50. The brooder is giving ex
cellent results, he says.
Mry. Sam H. Stallin^gs
Died Tuesday Night
Smithfield, June 8.—Mrs. Sam H.
Stallings died in the Johnston
County Hospital here Tuesday night
about, 10:30 o’clock, following- an
operation . which was performed for
intestinal obstruction about 7 o’clock
of the same night. Her death came
as a surprise to her many friends
here.
Mrs. Stallings was recovering
from an appendicitis operation un
dergone some time ago.
The deceased was the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Holloman.
Mrs. Holloman is proprietress of the
Smithfield Hotel here and Mr. Hol
loman at present is staying- in
Windsor, Va. A brother, is also at
present staying here.
’Lhe funeral will be held at the
home this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock
with Rev. D. H. Tuttle and Rev.
H. N. Massey -officiating. The burial
will take place at Oakland ceme
tery, this city.
How New Tax Will
Affect Individuals
Washington, June 1.—Besides the
high income tax rate imposed in
the revenue bill as passed by the
Senate, folio-wing are some of the
new levies which may be expected
to fall directly on the average
dividual:
Higher postage beginning- at tRree
cents per letter.
Excise taxes: five per cent on ra
dios, phonographs, mechanical re-
frigei-ators. Ten per cent on cosmet
ics, jewelery, sporting- goods, cam
eras, fire arms, and furs. Three
per cent on automobiles, two per
cent on accessories. Four cents a
gallon on lubricating oil, one cent
on gasoline. Two per cent on candy,
chewing- gum and soft drinks.
Miscellaneous: ten per cent on
all admission tickets costing more
than 40 cents. Ten to 20 cents on
telephone mesages over 50 cents, 5
per cent on telegrams, ten cents
on cablegrams. Two cents on all
bank checks. Ten per cent on safety
deposit box charges.'
Other charges, such as the three
cent on gross receipts of electric
utilities, and tariffs on imported oil,
coal, copper and lumber, may be
passed on indirectly.
The income tax rates are four
per cent on the first $4,000; eight
per cent above that with a graduat
ed surtax beginning at one per cent
above $6,000. Exemptions are $2,500
for married persons, $1,000- for
single, in contrast to the present
$3,500 and $1,500. The married per
son exemption is reduced to $2,000
for those making more than $5,000.
The net effect is that a married
person -with no dependents -will pay
$20 on the first $3,000; $60 on $4,-
000 and $100 on $5,000. The exemp
tion for dependents stands as at
present at $400 each.
A serious cutting affray took
place Saturday night about eleven
o’clock one mile south of Selm^,
William Waters, 45, is dead.
He was stabbed in the back
and side near the heart by Lonnie
Deans, 17. Napoleon Deans, father
of the boy, and a man unidentified,
held Waters while the boy did the-
cutting. Dr. E. N. Booker rendered
first aid, after -which Waters w.as
rushed to the hospital. Chief of Po
lice Hales and Deputy Sheriff Har
vey Parker arrested Napbleon Deans
at his home two miles from the
scene of the cutting at 4 -o’clock
Sunday morning and his son at the
home of a man named Johnson. In
the pocket of the youth was th-a'
knife -w-ith -which the cutting was
done and blood was found on his
clotl-iing. Both were brought to Sel
ma and placed in jail. It is report
ed that all parties were drinking.
Wednesday afternoon, ffrank
Strickland, a young white man, w?!S-
arrested near the scene of the cut
ting affray. Strickland is alleged to
be the mai-i who helped Napoleon-
Deans hold Waters while the boy
used the knife. Douglas Waters, a
11-year-old son of the slain man, is
reported to have been an eye wit
ness to the cutting.
Lonnie Deans made his escape
from the county jail Tuesday night
along with several others.
Waters was not expected to live
more than tw'o hours after reaching
the hospital, but he did, survive un-
Wednesday morning of this week
when he died.
Waters lived in the suburbs of
Selma near the Selma Cotton Mills,
and' leaves a wife and several
small children.
WITH THE SELMA
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES
Services Next Sunday, June 12th
Selma—Sunday morning at 11:00
-o’clock—Rev. Chester Alexander,
speaker. Sunday evening at 8:00
o’clock—Preaching by Rev. Ches
ter Alexander. Junior Church at
7:15 Sunday evening. Everybody
cordially invited.
Oak Grove—Sunday afternoon at
3:00 o’clock.
Mizpah—Sunday evening at 8:00
o’clock.
Pairview—Sunday School at 9:30
o’clock A. M. Everybody most
cordially invited to attend all the
above services.
Meeting In Selma
Has Fine Beginning
Many are enjoying the splendid
messages brought to us by Rev.
Chester Alexander of Tarboro, N. C.
The message Monday evening was
especially impre^sive. The sum and
substances of which -was, “Back to-
Bethel and back to God.” This is
the field in which lies our only
hope. All have sinned, all have
drifted from God. As long as men,
business men, important men con
tinue to dabble in immorality and
sin just so long will w'e suffer in
many ways. Some of-our most im
portant men, men in responsible
positions in the community disregard
prohibition laws and the laws of
morality, their influence is detri
mental. We must come back to-
Bethel that is “the house -of God’',
and to God. May He bring us back
to Himself, for we w'ere created by
Him and for Him.
D. F. W.
JUNIOR NINE DEFEATS ' '
PINE LEVELL TEAM 4 TO 3
With a practically errorless brand
of baseball, Selma’s Junior Nine
defeated Pine Level 4 to 3, at Pine
Level. Talmage Corbett jiitched well
for Selma, allowing only a few
scattered hits and walking only
one. McMillan tripled for Selma
and Z. Oliver did the same for Pine
Level.
The Juniors, playing airtight ball,
suppressed a ninth inning rally in
great style. A double play, the big
feature of the game, came in the
ninth when McMillan tossed the
ball to Aycock after snatching it
out of the air.. The. Juniors play
Princeton Thursday.
Recent rains and recovery of to
bacco plants from blue mold have
caused Columbus county growers to
set a large acreage of late tobacco
this season.
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