North Carolina Newspapers

SELMA HAS A $20,000 WEEKLY PAY-ROLL THE JOHNSTONIAN-SUN THE JOHNSTONIAN AND JOHNSTON COUNTY SUN CONSOLIDATED Santa Claus Is Visiting In Selma This Week Santa Clans Was All Dolled Up This Morning For the Big Open ing At the Lee Store and Before We Knew It He Bopped In At the Door of The Johnstonian Sun Office In Full Attire. Kiwanis Club Re-= elects Mr. Richardson President Hoover’s Message To Congress His Final Message To Congress Kecommends Blanket Sales Tax On Practically Everything Except Food—Proposes 11 Per Cent Slash In Salary of Federal Em ployees. Repeal Resolution Is j O i Defeated In House! |j^IJ[J||0| The crowds Hovering About the ■entrance to the Lee Store Thurs- 'day morning were greeted by old man Santa Claus all (lolled up in full Chri.stmas attire. The old gen- | tleman did not seem to fully un derstand what it -was all about but he wa.s not lacking in ho.spitality to those he met, greeting each one with a cherry .smile and polite fal- utation. He marched about the .sfj'eets of the town as thou,gh mak ing a .survey of the different busi^ ne.ss house.s to see where he would be able to secure his load of Christmas gifts before -tarting' on hi., rounds on Christmas night. He suddenly popped into the office of The Johnstonian-Sun, carrying a broad smile and saluting each one very pol'tely. He seemed to be able to see and hear all riglit, but when questions about anything he would .nod his head, but made no reply, which would indicate that he is not making many promises this far in advance Mr. Proctor, owner of the Lee Store, is understood to have old Santa’s promise that he will visit Selma again on Saturday of this week. The v:sit of Santa Claus seems V have cau.sed The Branch Bank ing & Tru t company to catch the Christmas spirit, for since his vi.s't here this morning the bank decided to run a Chri.stmas Savings an nouncement in this paper. Smith & Cameron then come along with an ad for this week in which they are inviting you to .=ee them when in need of merchandi e. A news item from Smithfield telks of Santa Claus’ viSit to that town, which niay account for the nice ad Hudson (&; Belk .sent us calling your attention to some real values for the Chri.stmas season. Old Santa’s surprise vi it to Sel-1 ma this nrorning will no doubt put! C. Linvrood Richardson, well known hardware merchant and ,a member of the local Kiwanis Club since its organization ten years ago, Thursday night was re-elected president for the en.-uing year. Elected along with Mr. Richardson were the following; C. W. Scales, vice-president; C. A. Jacobs, L. T. Singleton, John Jeffreys, C. P. Har per, W. H. Adams, O. A. Tuttle and W. J. Crain, directors. The club went on record as op posing the change in any of the text books at the present time on account of the depressed condition of the country. The secretary of the club was instructed to write letter- to Sena-, tors bob Reynolds and J. W. Bailey and Congressman Pou requesting them to use their influence during the short session of congress to bring some relief to the distressed farmer.s of this section. Out of 74 clubs in the two cai'- olinas Selma’s club .stands 13th in point of attendance. On ne.xt Thpr'sday evening the local club will rneet with the Smith- field club at which time Herbert Hennig, of Darlington, S. C., gov ernor of the Carolinas district, and Jim Lynch, international Kiwanis trustee, of Florence, S. C., will be present. On Friday night following the Smithfield meeting ail th? clubs in the “ith di.stnci; wdll meet in the Wilrick hotel at Sanford. Bid Mont.gomery, the new Kiwanis go\'- ernor of the Carolina.; di. trict, will be the chief speaker. Rev. D. F. Waddell, pa tor of the Presbyterian church, made a short talk on Thanksgiving which was enjoyed by all present. Hog Killing Has Started In a Big Way BY J. B. SLACK Hog killing has gotten started in many more of our merchants' to I ^ Johnston County thinking about the fact that Christ- and many farmers are in- Wahi.ngton, Dec. 6—A blanket ing manufacturers sales tax cover ing virtually everything but food and an additional 11 per cent pay cut_ for federal employes was rec ommended to Congress today by President Hoover. In his final me.ssage which did not touch upon the agitated prohi bition question the chief executive asserted three separate efforts to ‘be neces ary foundations to any other action”—balancing . the bud get, complete reorganization of the nation’s banking system, and whole hearted cooperation with other na tions in the economic field. As for the present state of the union he said ‘‘the acute phases of the crisis have obviously passed,” and that the freedom from indus trial conflict wa.-i greater than hith erto known. ‘■While we have recently engag ed in the agg-res.sive contest of a national election,” he added, “It’s very tranquility and the acceptance of its result furnish abunejant proof of the strength of our institution.s.” In addition to the manufactuieis sales tax a “uniform but unspecified rate” here are sbme of his far flung proposal- for a securely bal anced budget which he termed nec essary to “fully restored confidence »n the future.” “Widespread reorganization of the federal government with exec utive orders to be submitted within a few days for regrouping and con solidating more than fifty - federal departments and agencies.”' A flat 11 per cent slash in fed oral salaries w.th a $1,000 exemp tion in addition to the present 8 1-3 reduction under the furlough sys- Move by Garner to End Dry Law Loses by Six Votes—168 Demo crats, 103 Republicans and One Fanner-Laborite Support Repeal Movement. Washington, Dec. 5.—A bold and unprecedented attempt by the Dem ocratic leadership to force its par ty s outright prohibition repeal pro posal through the house failed to day and dimmed prospects of fur ther action on the issue in that branch durin gthe remainder of the short session. The ^ action was interpreted on Capitol' hill as foreshadowing a spe cial session of the new Congress next spring soon after President elect Roosevelt is inaugurated .“o that the Democrats may carry out their pledge for flat repeal. Despite the defeat of the resolu tion by the narrow margin of 272 to 144—two-thirds majority being reejuired for adoption—the Demo crats planned immediate attack on the problem of modifying the Vol stead law. Speaker Garner hopes .a beer bill will Be ready for action before the Christmas holidays. Eighty-one “lame duck” members, not returned to the next Congress, and 33 Democi-ats re-elected in No vember, voted against the measure Sixty-nine defeated incumbents vot ed for it. A shift of six votes from the negative to the affirmative would have sent the resolution to the .- enate. .Although 168 Democrats, 103 Re publicans, and one farmer-labor, vo ted for the measure; 44 Democrats and 100 Republicans voted against it. Eleven of the Democrats oppos ing are “lame duck” while 70 are Republicans, a total of 81. Today C. Booker Died At Home In Selma New Members Take Seats In Congress Three Senators and Six House Members Begin Their Duties As Short Session Opens. Reduction in appropriations under those for the present fi.seal- -year of $830,000,000—this to be off’set in pait by increases in' uncontroliable items of $250,000,000. Drastic whittling down of expend itures ^of public works from $712,- 262,000 to $442,769,000. Elimination of certain unnamed Christmas shopping bag. Season Has Arrived For Work In Woods know' where Santa Claus can get; ™eat in this way la: anj'thin.p; he wants to put into his ' were well plea ed with the results. This method is very little, if any, more trouble than the use of dry salt. It has the advanta.ge of preserving the meat better, giv ing it a better flavor, and keep ing it goft. For those w'ho do not know the procedure for putting up sugar cured meat, it is "given here. The meat should be allowed to cool thoroughly before it is packed down. Meat that is packed down before all of the animal heat has .gotten out is ,-ure to give trouble. In cutting out the meat it should be trimmed smoothly so that no stringy or raggeci edges are left on the meat. These ragged edges make an ideal plade for insects to gain entrance. A neat, smoothly Now that the season has arrived for work in the woodlands of North Carolina it should be the' thought of every landowner to improve his growing itand rather than to cut and destroy ruthlessly, believes R. W. Graeber, extension forester at State College. When cutting the firewood, select those trees which will not make, lumber, he says, especially if such are ■ ■ - ■ mas is drawing very near and that ™ Putting up sugar cured payments to veterans arising from they should begin to let the people | winter. Those W'ho han- “ill considered legi-lation.” The President after asserting that measures already adopted had “un doubtedly saved the country from economic disa.ster” devoted a full section of his messa.ge to criticism of the nation’s banking system. He declared wide pread banking reforms “are a national necessity and are requisites for further re covery.” Turning to the field of interna tional relations declared if the Uni ted States is to secure recov'ery and protection for the future “we must cooperate with foreign nations on many measures.” He limited his direct discussion to war debts to the following para graph: ‘‘The European governments obli gated to us in war debts have re quested there should be suspension of payments due the United 'States on Dec, 15 next to be , accompanied by an exchange of views on this debt question. Our government has informed them we do not approve of suspension of the debt payments. I have stated that I would recom mend to the Congress methods to overcome temporary exchange dif ficulties in connection with this pay ment from nations where it may be necessary.” Upon the finding of solutions to international problems,” the Presi dent said, “depends the preserva tion of civilization.” He added ^solutions could not be found except by honest friendship, by adherence to an agreement up on mutually regard and coopera tions among the nations. Turning to taxation he said that some of the older revenues and those in the billion dollar tax bill generally referred to an Mr. E, T. Smith Dies At Home of His Sister Mr. E. T. Smith passed away Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock, after a protracted illness at the home of hi.s sister, Mrs. Mattie Wilcox, near Selma. Mr. Smith was born and reared in Johnston County, but spent number of year.-; in Virginia in the employ of the Bell Telephone Co He returned to his native county several years ago and spent his de clining years with relatives. Mr. Sniith -was 63 years old and had never married. The funeral was conducted by Rev. L. T. Singleton of the Meth odist Church, Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock, and the burial was in the Smithfield cemetery. E. L. Smith and family, of Rocky Mount; Mrs. Hardison, Mr.s. Tur- nage, Mr.s. Mary Smith of Golds boro; Mrs. W. A. Smith, of Raleigh, and Billy Smith from Campbell College were here to attend the fu neral. trees are interfering with the ' trimmed piece of meat always looks growth of well-shaped white, red, , better and sells better. post and black oaks, yellow poplar, a-h gum or pine. The thick stands, of pines may need thinning. From After the meat has been cut out, mix the following for each 100 pounds of meat (sides, shoulders, here one can harvest his firewood, 1 and hams); 8 pounds of salt 3 pulpwood or a few saw logs. “I think we could well summa rize the kind of trees to cut,” says Mr, Graeber. “Cut the crooked trees; the short, bushy-crowned ones; the unsound, diseased or rot ten trees, the poor timber trees and some additional trees where the stand is too thick. On the oth er hand save the straight ..trees; those which are tall and thrifty; the sound trees; the good timber trees and always save enough to have a good timber stand.” Mr. Graeber says the 279,708 --farms in North Carolina average 64.5 acres each, of which 29.7 acres or 46 percent is in woodland. If this woodland is protected from fire and handled * in the cominonsense way suggested, it will produce an average of one cord an acre annu ally. This means that the average farmer of North Carolina- may have an annual crop of 30 cords of wood. This is enough to supply him with fuel, to make repaii-s on hi.s farm building,? and allow him 10 or 12. cords a year for sale. . If careful thinning and selective cutting is followed, the crop may he increased by 60 percent addi tional, Mr. Graeber says. pounds of brown sugar, 3 pounds salt peter. Rub half of the above mixture on the meat and pack down in a barrel or some other ■watep tight container putting the hams on the bottom, the shoulders next, and the sides on top. Pack as closely as possible. After the meat has been packed down for seven days take up and rub the other half of the mixture on and pack back as before. Any brine that has accumulated should be left in the barrel. Allow the meat to cure three days per pound per piece countin.g from the first day the meat is packed down. Example: If the sides, shoulders and hams ’average twelve pounds each the meat should remain in cure for thirty-six days. After the curing process is fin ished take the meat up, -wash it and hang it up. If smoked meat is desired this can be done when the meat is ready to hang up. Electric lights on the farm of S. G. Allen of Yadkin County ha? in creased the egg output of his 1500 pullets this fall. The power plant is operated by a small stream on the Allen farm. taxes ’ have failed to produce the income hoped for. Many of the manufacturers excise taxes on se lected indu.'tries he said, have prov ed “unjust and discriminatory.” “The ^ time has come,” he said, “when if the government i.s to have an adequate basis of revenue to as sure a balanced budget thi.s system of special manufacturers excise taxes should be 'extended to cover practically all manufacturies at a uniform rate except necessary food and possibly some grades of cloth- J. B. Slack Says Rat Poison Has Arrived The poison rat bait to be used in the Rat Campaign Saturday, December 10, has arrived and will be delivered to the various distrib uting points Wedne-uiay, December 7th, advises J. B. ..Slack, County Farm Demonstration .Ugeiit in an article sent out from Smithfield this week. Mr. Slack =ays that all who ordered this poison should call for same at tl e place they specified when t.he order was giv en, not later than December 10. P. T. A. DECIDES TO JOIN STATE FEDERATION The Parent-Teacher Association of the Smithfield school decided' to join the State Federation after an address by Mrs. W. W. Hare of Selma, heard Tuesday afternoon at the regular monthly meeting. Mrs. Hare presented the advantages of linking up with groups throughout the state with like aims and pur- pose.-;, and the local organization was quick to recognize the benefits to be derived from federating. Washington, Dec. 5.—Three sena tors and six members of the house began their terms of office to-day with the opening of the short ses sion of Congress. The new senators included Walter Walker, Colorado Democrat, who flew 2,100 miles here just in time to take the oath and serve two or three days until the credentials ar- riv.e for Karl C, Schuyler, his Re publican victor in the recent elec tion. The other senators sworn in were Robert R. Reynolds, Democrat, of North Carolina, who succeeds Cam eron Morrison, and E. S. Cram mer, a Republican who was ap pointed to fill out the term of the late Senator Wesley L. Jones, of Washing-ton. One woman, Mrs. Willa B. Eslick, a Tennessee Democrat, was among the new house members. She came from the seventh district. Other new house members sworn were: B. T. Ca-tellow, Democrat, third Georgia; Ambrose J. Kenne dy, Democrat, fourth, Maryland, Robert L. Davis, Republican, sixth, Pennsylvania; Joseph W. Biddle. Republican, 18th, Pennsylvania; and ■Joel W. Flood, Democrat, 10th, Vir ginia. Death domes At Horae of His Mother In Selma Following His Return From Johns Hopkins Hospital In Baltimore—Funeral At Oakland Church Friday P. M. Paul H. Whitley Dies At Wendell -Member of Piominent Family; and Death Com.es As Distinct .Shock. Selma People Attend Funeral. Wendell, Dec, 5.—Paul H. Whit ley, aged 38, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Whitley, died suddenly at his home here Saturday evening about 10 o’clock. Fueral ^ervices were held Sunday afternoon at the home with Rev. E, H. Davis of LouiSburg, a former pastor, presiding, assisted by Rev. R. N. Johnson, pastor of the Meth odist Church here. Pallbearers were M. C. Todd, Joe Hinton, E. V. Oneal, Mack Creech, S. T. Anderson Jr., and F. M. Pearce. The inter ment was at Greenmount cemetery here. Surviving the deceased are his widow, who was before her mar riage Mis? Lossie Williams, and three children, Marietta, Ray and Eleanor. He also is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Whit ley, four sisters, Mrs. J. H. Parish of San Diego, Cal., Mrs. Walter A. Davis of Clayton, Mrs. Douglas Bain of Lexing-ton, and Mrs. W. R, Peele of Wendell, and one broth er, Philip R. Whitley of Wendell. Mr. Whitley was the son of one of the most prominent families in this sectio.n, and had been for years connected with his father’s various interests in this section. His untimely death came as a decided shock to the whole com munity. Several Selma people attended the funeral Sunday afternoon. Speaking of the general state of the union Mr. Hoover included tab ulated figures to show the public health is today at its highest known level with general -morality at 10.6 one thousand and infancy niuitality cli 55. He inserted a table to show the general economic movement during the past 11 months. The figure.? in all cases were below the level of last January but in all except fac- a tory employment department store ‘SET YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER’, DR. HAM URGES Dr. M. F. Ham delivered one of a senes of special sermons at the tab ernacle On North Eugene street Tuesday night when he ,=poke on “.Set Thy House in Order”. At the close of the message the evangelist again extended a brief invitation, in response to which over 50 per sons filed down the aisles accepting Christ as Savior. Dr. Ham spoke Tuesday night on the text, “Set they hou-e in order for thou Shalt die and not live.” “There is one exception to this,” be declared. A gloom of sadness was cast over the town this morning when news of the death of Mr. Samuel C. Booker, which occurred at 6 o’clock, was announced. He had been under going- treatment at Johns Hopkin.s Hospital in Baltimore for several weeks and upon receipt of a mes sage Monday morning- from a phy sician at the hospital to his brother. Dr. E. N. Booker, stating that he was not expected to live but' a few hours. Dr. Booker left Raleigh at 2:00 P. M., on one of the Ea.stern Airway.? planes arriving in Balti more at five o’clock. He and his mother, Mrs. E. N. Booker, who had been with him for some time, brought the young man to hi? home in Selma on Tuesday morning. Al though in a -serious condition, he was conscious when he reached Sel ma and until the end came at 6 0 clock this morning- was never un conscious. The news of his death was a distinct shock to his many friend? throughout the State. Mr. Booker was born near Clay ton 23 years ago, the son of the late Dr. E. N. Booker and Mrs. Booker. He was graduated from the Smithfield high school at the age of 15. He then entered Davidson College where he graduated in the class of ’31, He was a member of S. P. E. Fraternity and one of the most popular students at the col lege. For the past two years the de ceased held a re.-pon.sible position with the Etjuffable Life Assurance company, of Baltimore. ^ Sui-viving are his mother, three sister?, Mrs. J. H. Poole, of We.st End, N. C.; Mrs. H. L. Boney, of Virginia Beach, Va.; and Miss Mary Elizabeth Booker, a member of the faculty of the Pine Level school; two brotheVs, Dr. E. N. Booker and B. Walton Booker, of Selma. The funeral services will be con ducted from Oakland church in Cleveland Town-hip, tomorrow (Fri day) afternoon at 2 o’clock, by Rev. Chester Alexander, a former pastor of the deceased, of Tarboro; Rev. D. F. Waddell, of Selma, and Rev. James P. Smith, of Smithfield. The interment will take place in the family burying ground. Selenium Comes Down to Earth. Selenium, non-metallic chemical element, which varies greatly in electrical resistance under the ef fect of light and heat, and which has among many other scientific u-es, been employed in transmitting photographs by wire, has come down to earth. It has been founi; that it can be used most effectively in the making- of a liquid spray to kill red spiders. The red spider is said to attack no less than 183 dif ferent species of plant life, includ ing hou.se plants, flower?, fruit trees and evergreens. The farmer, home gardner and lover of flow- eis will no doubt welcome “selen ium”, to their vocabulary. Prune Apple Trees For the Best Fruit ‘Behold 1 j ter the young tvee? re.^ch n ell you a mystery. You shall not | ;t - n all sleep.’ That is to the saved sales and export and import values showed improvement over May. IS necessary r 1 , . ! so Lord comes before they die. | anced top ami tion of fruit spi ea. Pruning Pruning- must be considered an essential part of the orchard man agement and a big factor in the able apples. .. “We kno^ of course, that prun ing- influences the, shape- of the apple frees and. aid? in the devel opment of a well-balanced top which will produce uiiiiorm fruit,” says H. R.. Niswonger. extension horticultunst at State Tollege “Af- urity; to “-Set your house in order, for there i;: nothing so certain as deatii | ;; and a:, uncertain as life. Many of i.he Uiing> you plaii in this world n.evcr ;-oine to pa?:?. If all you have j? temporal and material things, they will be left liere and when yo'u reach heaven you will have nothing- there to show for it. Hence, to set your hou.se in order the first thing to do is to be saved yourself.” —Greensboro Daily News. . size and color of .-mole- .-i that are too thick to free circulation of iight ?. The better control of may be securea py pisiper ing-.” light hal- - Li loa ns the t.ees e 0 air; pests prun- Thirty seed iians were used by Moore county farmers in harvesting lespedeza this fall Jrl iil \M: 1