SELMA
HAS A $20.0C0
WEEKLY PAY-ROLL
THE JOHNSTONIAN-
THE JOHNSTONIAN AND JOHNSTON COUNTY SUN CONSOLIDATED
SELMA
OFFERS YOU MANY
OPPORTUNITIES
VOLUME 15.
SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1932.
NUMBER 43
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Who Is Responsible
For This Depression ?
T R. On Hearst;
Hearst On F. R.
Micro Man and l ormer Representa
tive From Johnston County In
State Legislature Tells of Efforts
Made To Place Rim Road Around
Johnston County—Wants Square
Dealing In Politics, Etc.
As a tax payer and citizen of this
county, I will try to give my honest
• opinion through The columns of the
J ohnstonian-Sun.
We as citizens of this great com
monwealth, are too easy to forget
the past events that have happepech
to our county, state and nation. But
a- one who loves our state and na-
t'on, believes in fairness in our po
litical obligations the same as those
who participate in our church af
fairs. No office'seaker, it matters
not which party he affiliates with,
is Aorthy of the support of good
cTizens unless he or she has the
be t interest of the people at heart.
I,' as one who was a Representa
tive in the State Legislature from
this great county of our in 1925,
bad a hard task as I tried in the
behalf of the people to see that no
tax payer in Johnston county should
be burdened with any more bond
ifisues .or higher taxes than we al
ready had At that session there
was introduced a bill to have con
structed a Rim Road extending all
around the county and through the
county that would have cost the
tax payers of this county hundreds
of thousands of dollars, without a
vote of the people. I was asked to
put through this bill, known as the
Rim Road Bill, without the voters’
consent, and I plainly told the gen
tleman who asked me to do this,
that I wanted the citizens of John
ston county to have a chance at the
dlot box to decide that que-stion
and then whatever the re-ult might
be that I was willing to abide.
Mr. Tax Payer, what happened
then? I introduced an amendment to
tills bill to have it submitted to the
voters of this county—not the Re
publican Party—but the tax payer.s,
and when it reached the Senate the
whole thing was killed there. Who
stood by me in that struggle to de
feat that bill?—Good, honest Re
publicans and Democrats as well;
and their loyal support I’ll never
forget.
In North Carolina and in our na
tion as well, too much political prej-
iidice has been one of our greatest
curse? to good citizenship and the
upbuilding’ of our commonwealth.
Now, -who is to blame for high
taxes and mortgaged homes in our
county and state? Let’s see: This is
one question that has been asked
among our best citizens.
Mr. Tax Payer, have you forgot
ten several years ago that our peo
ple, or lots of them, had a bond and
special tax fever on them once or
twice each year when it was a
bond election or special tax election
■for schools or good roads, and
practically all of them were carried.
'That raised our taxes on our farms
and homes until we had piled up a
burden on ourselves until we’ve got
•to the plac^pi cannot pay. What
has happ^reJn^ Taxpayers’ homes
and farms are being sold for taxes.
Now we are hollering out for help,
trying to shift that burden off of
our shoulders to big corporations,
and every time we are successful in
doing this, they add a little more
to their manufactured product and
hand it back to the consumer to pay.
So in view of these things, it is
time to 'stop issuing bonds and levy
ing such high taxes and catch up—
if there is such a thing.
I am one who likes to see im
provements along educational lines,
but I am not in favor of going to
such extremes as to bring reproach
upon the good citizenship of our
great county and state. Much crit
icism has been heaped upon our na
tional administration, but if we vot
ers here in North Carolina will just
clean up our own state of corrup
tion then it will be time to critcize
others. Some of our political enemies
are stumping the county and state
trying to mislead the people, say'-
ing nothing has been done to help
the farmers. They know in their
own hearts there has been more re
lief from the Federal Government to
■' the farmers during the present
administration than has ever been
since William McKinley succeeded
Cleveland and broke the panic of
1896. Farmers have secured money
from the government to buy their
fertilizers in 1932, otherwise they
could not have bought any.
Now what do our Democratic of
fice seekers propose to do to relieve
this depi’ession ? Every promise
that any human can make. I, for
one, can remember Woodrow Wil
son’s first term. It was the cry
then: “Merchants buy a bale of cot
ton”. A delegation of southern cot
ton growers from the south even
sent to Wa:-hington to try to get
help from the Federal Government.
What was the answer? “Go back
home and raise your hog and hom
iny”. No relief whatever until the
World’s greatest war. Then our pro
duce began to rise to the highest
peak in history. What was the slo
gan when Charles E. Hughes and
Wilson were running for President?
“A vote for Hughes meant slaugh
tering your son? in that bloody Eu
ropean struggle; but vote for Wood-
row Wilson and keep your sons at
home, peace and prosperity.”
Now, Mr. Voter, what happened
a short time after that I’ll not an
swer that, but you good citizens of
this county and nation kno-w the re
sult.
I have no prejudice against any
.good, honest Democrat, for it is es
sential to have two political pafites.
It’? the ideal thing to have, and
when each party nominates their
men in their conventions and pri
maries they should select the best
men and women they have, and then
elect them if possible, and then
stand by them and hold them up as
far as l^es within their power.
The absentee law we have in this
state is rotten from start to finish.
It'give- the political .crook too many'
chances to vote men and women
who are not le.gal voters. I am in
favor of ’ all white voters who are
properly registered to vote' as their
conscience directs them, but here-,
tofore I am in position to know
that some have voted by absentee
vote who -knew nothing about it.
Now, 'Mr. Voter, is that good,
honest citizenship? I say it is cor
rupt, and God isn’t pleased at such.
Hone-t citizenship, it matters not
v.'hat tljeir political affiliations are,
should come together as men and
work in our elections as spotless as
possibly can be; and then when
the election is over uphold our of-
ficiaLs” hands.
I was born in this county and
have been a citizen of this county
all my life, and my political deal
ings with my Democratic friends
have been fair and honest and it
has been my • pleasure to see each
voter, it matters not what party he
affiliates with, cast their vote im
partially because it is the duty as
patriotic citizens. But, Mr. Voter, it
is not so in every instance on Elec
tion day. It is natural ■ for each per
son to work for the interes't of hi?
or her party. But say, Mr. Voter,
with all sincerity to everybody, each
voter should cast his vote as he de
sires and let it be counted as cast,
and not try to tlebauch the mor
al and spiritual soul.? by the use of
intoxicants, as is too often done by
many unscrupulous politicians. Then
let those who criticize Hoover by
those damnable Hoover cart parades
should remember when Grover
Cleveland was President and you
had no Hoover carts to ride on, but
on your naked feet, and millions
of men, women and children were
starving. Children asked for bread
but received a stone bruise on their
feet from tramping the American
soil.
WALTER BATTEN.
Micro, N. C.
(San Francisco Chronicle
Sept. 28, 1932)
A Record Which
Goes Unchallenged
The Johnstonian-Sun desires to
call the reader’s attention to a
statement from The Branch Banking
& Trust Company appearing in this
issue as of September 30, 1932,
which shows a soundness which can
not be judiciously challenged. Their
holdings United States Bonds
alone totals two millions, seventy-
five thousand dollars, and other
bonds totalling' almost half a mil
lion dollars; while in cash and due
from banks their holdings were ov
er a million and a half dollars.
They showed a .surplus of two
hundred thousand dollars and undi
vided profits of over seventy-one
thousand dollars This looks like
mighty sound banking, depression
or no depression.
You might look over their state
ment as it appears in full.
The Hearst menace is no joke,
though there are plenty of Jokes
about it.
One of them wa.? inadvertently
perpetrated by a Hearst cartoonist,
who depicts a straw man proclaim
ing itself, “It’s Roosevelt.” It cer
tainly is—Hear.st’s straw man.
Another is the semi-pun word go-
ino^^ rounds. “Times are bad, but
tneylPight be Hearst.”
With Hearst’s discovery, Garner,
the Democratic candidate for vice
President, with Franklin Roosevelt
nominated for president by a Hearst
deal; with William G. Mc.Adoo,
Hear’st’s agent in putting over that
deal nominated for Senator, and with
all of them goine' out of t''-”- way
to show themselves conspicuously
with Hearst. the power behind the
throne is only too visible.
The main menace of Hear.st is hi?
policies, These ha\'e been discus,?ed
before and will be discussed again.
For the present, it will be inter-
estin.g, in the light of these alliances
to recall what Theodore Roosevelt
thought of Hearst, and what Hearst
said he thought of Franklin itoo.-e-
velt,
:i;
On November 1, 1906, whenjlear:?t
was running for Governor of New
York, Elihu Root, then Secretary of
State, delivered a speech at Utica,
New York, in which, at President
Roosevelt’s recjuest, and on his own
express authority, he told the people
what Theodore Roosevelt thought of
Hearst.
“ I say to you, with President
Roosevelt’s authority,” Mr. Root said,
“that he regard- Mr. Hearst as
wholly unfit to be Governor; as an
in;?incere, .?elf seeking demagogue
who is trying to deceive the work
ing men of New York by false state
ments and false promises;^arttl X
to-you, with his authority, tliat Jie'
considers that Mr. Hearst’;? election
would be an injury and a discredit
to hone-t labor and to hone.?t capi
tal and a serious injury in the work
in which he is engaged of enforcing
just and equal laws against corpora
tion’s wrong doing.
‘President Roosevelt,” Mr. Root
added, “and Mr. Hearst stand as far
as the poles asunder.”
He then quoted from President
Roosevelt’s message, in which, refer
ring to the assassin of President Mc
Kinley, he spoke of him as
‘Inflamed by reckless utterances
of those who, on the stump and in
the public press, appeal to the dark
and evil spirit of greed, envy and
sullen hatred. The wind is sown by
those who preach such doctrines, and
they cannot escape the responisibili-
ty -for the whirlwind that is reaped.
This applies alike to the deliberate
demagogue, to the exploiters of
sensationalism, and to the crude and
foolish visionary who, for whatever
reason, apoligizes for crime or e.x-
cites aimless liscontent.”
'“I say,” Secretary Root continued,
by the President’s authority, that in
penning those words, with horror of
President McKinley’s murder fresh
before him, he had Mr. Hearst speci
fically in mind. And I say, by his
authority, that what he thought of
Mr. Hearst then he thinks of Mr.
Hearst now.”
There was much more, some of it
even bitterer and more personal
but these are the only para.graphs
in the speech separately and express
ly stated to be on President Roose
velt’s direct authority.
4s
So much for Theodore Roosevelt
on Hearst.
How about Hearst on Franklin
Roosevelt ?
On January 21 of this year, Mr.
Hearst, over his own signature
wrote:
“I must say frankly that if Mr.
Roosevelt is not willing to make
public declaration of bis change of
heart, and wants only to make his
statement to me privately, I Would
Not Believe Him.”
This referred to Governor -Roose
velt’s abjuration, which promptly
and adjectly followed, of his loyal
ty to the principles of Woodrow
Wilson.
On May 2 of this year, Hearst
papers said:
“They—the Democratic leader.?—
believe the nomination of Roosevelt
would -■ make certain the reelection
of President Hoover. Of these two
men they accord Hoover more cre
dit for firmness of character, sinceri
ty of convinction, honesty of politic
al principles, and superiour adminis-
To The People of
Selma and Community
Your committee who has in
charge the funds for the unemploy
ment of the community is desirous
that it should be used in the be?t
way possible and that it shall ben
efit the largest number of needy
people. In this work we desire the
hearty cooperation of the entire
community.
Any suggestion which anyone has
to offer will be gladly received and
given due consideration. This ap
plies to the men who are at work
and the work that is being .done.
We are not permitted to use'-these
men on private property, but if you
have any work to do around your
premises, let us furnish you help.
This may be done by calling the
mayor’s office and telling us the
kind of work you desire done and
we will send you a suitable person
for it We have some women regis
tered, If anyone could use them we
would appreciate it.
Any money spent in this way and
any material bought in order to
.give these people work can be cred
ited as a contribution from the
community to this cause.
Committee:
W. W. Hare,
Miss Margaret Etherid..ge,
L. T. Singleton.
Business Session of
Selma Kivvanis Club
Chautauqua To Visit
Smithfield Next Week
The local Kiwanis club met last Lhe United Chautauqua is sched-
Thursday evening with a good at- riled to be in Smithfield during
tendance. Kiwanian Singleton, who the days of November 1, 2 and 3,
is assisting Mayor Hare and Miss. ^t the school auditorium.
Margaret Etheredge in supervising I Tickets will range as follows:
the work of the unemployed, re-1 Adult season tickets, good for six
ported that after two or three days , performances, will be $1.50. Season
of strenuous work they had finally ticket.? for high school students will
perfected an organization and that i t*® 75 cents, and for all children be-
Lee Store Putting
On Big Bargain Sale
I^tt should prove to be of in
terest to the people of this trade
territory, i.s the big Bargain Sale
just launched by Mr. B. F. Proc
tor, owner of the Lee Store here.
Mr. Proctor is a real business
man who has enough business ini
tiative to understand that “A Bird
in the Hand is Worth Two in a
Bush”, and that a dollar’s wort’n
of merchandise sold i? worth two
dQjlgrs’,.„v?Q.rth lying idle. />n, .his.
shelves unsold. If the readers of
the Johnstonian-Sun will look over
the big page advertisement of the
Lee Store in this issue, they will
better understand what we are talk
ing about. Look up this ad and se
if there* is not something that ap
peal? to you.
the work was being done in 'a sys
tematic way and only those who
nedded work most were given em
ployment.
Matt Wall reported that practice
for the entertainment which will be
put on by the Kiwanis Club will be
gin Monday night. He said that a
fine entertainment was being plan
ned.
Parson Waddell rendered a vocal
solo, assisted on the piano by Miss
Ellen Singleton. This was very much
enjoyed.
Charlie Scales, “Star” Harper and
Andrew Holliday have been appoint
ed to attend the Carolinas district
meeting to be held at Columbia,
S. C., next month.
A .MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE.
Smith & Cameron has somethin,g
to tell the readers of this paper in
this issue. This is one of Selma's
most progressive stores and from
time to time makes- its bow to the
public in these columns. You always
receive courteous treatment and a
cordial welcome' at Smith & Cam
eron’s.
Nordan-Hood.
Tobacco Selling High
At Planters Warehouse
Mr. Dixon Wallace, of the Plant
ers Warehouse in Smithfield, says
that tobacco is selling just as high
on the floor of the Planters as it
is on any market. Mr. Wallace has
purchased a large advertising space
in the Johnstonian-Sun to give a
few of the prices received by dif
ferent people at recent sale? at the
Planters. Look up this ad and be
your own judge.
Death Claims Mrs.
J. David Grumpier
A very sad death occurred near
Pine Level early Saturday morning
when Mrs. David Grumpier succumb
ed to an attack of erysipelas. Mrs.
Crumpler’s illness started two weeks
prior to her death, with a small
pimple on her lip, which gradually
grew worse until a physician was
called in and it was lanced. Instead
of showing improvement, it grew
rapidly worse until she passed away
early Saturday morning, October 22.
Surviving are her husband, two
children, Madrid, age 13, and James,
age 9; her mother, three brothers
and six sisters, and Miss Dora
Wiggs. She was a faithful member
of the Free Will Baptist church of
Pine Level. The funeral was con
ducted at the home Sunday after
noon at 2 o’clock by her pastor.
Rev. S. H. Styron of Pine Level,
assisted by Rev. J. H. Worley of
Selma.
Interment took place in the Wiggs
burial ground near Pine Level.
The many friends of Miss Ruth
Hood, of Selma, and Mr. Bill Nor-
dan, of Smithfield, were surprised
Monday evening when it was learn
ed that the?e popular young people
had been married. Miss Hood, who
had been a student at E. C. T. C.,
at Greenville for the past two
years, .spent the week-end ' here
with her mother, Mrs. Fred Hood,
leaving Monday in company with
Mr. Nordan for Greenville, .suppo.s-
edly to resume her studies. From
Greenville they drove to South Caro
line v/here they were married,
Mrs. Nordan is one of-' Selma’s
mo.?t popular young ladie.? and at
Greenville, where she. attended
school, was voted the most beauti
ful girl at E. C. T. C.
Mr. Nordan is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Elija Nordan, of Smithfield,
and is popular with a large circle
of friends.
The Johnstonian-Sun e.xtends best
wishes to these young people.
low high school, 50 cents.
A very unique entertainment i.s
scheduled for the opening day—
Pamahasika’s Society Circus. Forty
performing animals including Aus
tralian cockatoos, Brazilian macaws,
Arabian doves, Japanese pidgeons,
Canary birds, cats, dogs, raonkey.s
and pony, appeals to old and young.
Bob Briggs, a cartoonist and in
dividual entertainer will also be on
the first day’s program.
“Smilin’ Thru”, a play of heart
throbs, smiles and tears, of ro
mance and youthful lovers, will con
stitute the second evening’s pro
gram.
The third day has three attrac
tions. In the afternoon the Junior
pageant, “In Story Book Land,” and
also the American Glee Club, four
snappy fioys noted for their ensem
ble singing and bell ringing. This
glee club appears also in the even
ing, when Sam Grathwell, delivers
a challenging lecture that stimu
lates courage and community bet
terment.
Sees New Cabinet
Post For A1 Smith
A COMMENDABLE ACT.
The erection of two large signs
across Highway 22 to the approach
on the north and on, the south of
the Town of Selma by our towns
man Mr. C. P. Harper, calling the
traveler’s attention to Selma’s pay
roll and bidding a welcome among
us, is a very commendable act.
Thousands of tourists pass this
way each year who might never
recognize Selma as anything more
than a forgotten little village with
only a few hundred people residing
here with no special advantages at
all. When they read this sign they
are bound to get a better impres
sion of the town, and who knows
but some of them will be sufficient
ly attracted that they will begin to
investigate and may ultimately be
come one of u.s and add other need
ed enterprises to our town and
thereby ’’enlarge our weekly pay
roll.
One -thing is certain—It pays to
advertise.
New York, Oct. 22.—The New
York World-Telegram in a copy-
ri,ght dispatch from Ray Tucker, its
Washington correspondent, says that
“a new cabinet po?t to be filled by
.Alfred E. Smith will be created,by
Governor Roosevelt if he is elected.
“It was learned to-day” says the
dispatch, “that the Democratic nom
inee already has discussed hiS' plan
to name the pojmlar New A’orker,
provided he will accept, to an office
in which he can utilize his’ ability
in handling fedei'al finances and re
organizing government departments.
Mr. Smith under the plan, would be
a combination of budgetary, officer
and federal coordinator.
Selma Presbyterian
Group of Churches
ANDREW J. HOLLIDAY
GETS DISTINCT HONOR
trative efficiency.”
The day before, it was similarly
said: ,
“Meti who are in a position to ap
praise Roosevelt’s equipment de
clare that hi.? Presidential boom is
a ‘fake’ pure and simple. They
know him for what he is not, rath
er than • for what he is.”
There is more of the same sort,
but tills is, enough for the present.
The purpose is to present the pic
ture of Hearst, as painted by Roose
velt, the Greater, and the picture of
Roosevelt the Less, as depicted by
Hearst himself.
Mr. A. J. Holliday, Cashier of
the Branch Banking & Trust Co,
has received a letter from Mr. W'.
J. Broadwell, member of Group No.
4, Public Education Committee of
North Carolina, Durham, N. C.,
telling him of his selection to rep
resent John.ston County and make
talks about the practical side of
Banking in the high schools of the
county.
. This is quite a distinctive honor,
since Mr. Holliday has been picked
for this place from among other
bankers of the county who are
prominent in banking circle?.
Next Sunday being the 5th Sun
day, there will be preaching services
at the following places;
1. Mizpah—11:00 A. M. This will be
a Communion Service.
2. Oak Grove—3:00 P. M. This also
will be a Communion Service.
All those who love the Lord and
have expressed that love by unit
ing with some branch of His
church will be invited to gather
together with us at His Table.
May God’s richest ble.=sings at
tend us there.
3. Selma—7:30 P. M.—Special mu
sic will be furnished by Profs,
George Grove and Jimmie. Jar-
reon, both members of the Fac
ulty of the Smithfield School.
This music will be illustrated by
Ballopticon slides. This will be a
very interestin.g service for all.
Come and bring your friends.
Make yourself at home with us.
4. Junior Church—6:30 P. M.—.All
young people please be there on.
time. There will be a number of
interesting things to come up
that you will want to know
about. The Halloween Social will
be one item of discussion. What
and where shall it be ? Bring
any that you know of who
haven’t been with us recently.
Let’s make the coming programs
from now until Christmas the
very finest we have ever had.
D. F. W.
Special Program At
Presbyterian Church
Profs. Jarreon and Grove To Render
Special Music At Evening Ser
vice Next Sunday.
Major Mitchell Re-Captured.
Major Mitchell is again in the
Johnston county jail, having’ been
re-arrestec] at Port Bragg Thursday
night of last week.
Mr. Jarreon, who is perhaps thes
!>est Trumpet Player in 'the State,
will render two special number.? at
the Presbyterian Church next Sun-,
day night; accompanied by Prof.
Grove at the piano. These numbers
will be illustrated by Ballopticon
slides. This will be a very inter
esting service for all. Come and
bring your frfends with you.
We aPe certainly fortunate in be
ing able to have these two splendid,
musicians for this seiwiee.
PASTOR.