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Wishing All Our Readers a Merry Christmas & Happy New Y^r
SELMA
HAS A $20,000
WEEKLY PAY-ROLL
THE JOHNSTONIAN
SELMA
OFFERS YOU MANY
OPPORTUNITIES,
Manyl Prizes To Be Given Away Saturday
Do Your Shopping In
Selma and Get Tickets
On Prizes Given Away
Do Your Christmas Shoppitig
In Selma If You Would Like
To Have a Chance To Win a
Valuable Prize—Don’t Fail
To Be On Hand At Three
O’clock Saturday Afternoon
With Your Tickets.
Selma Has
Them All Beat
The time is about here when
a number of people who have been
doing their trading in Selma will
be awarded a valuable prize of
some kind.
An Austin Automobile is the
most valuable prize, perhaps, but
there are other prizes which are
well worth your consideration, and
for the information of the reading
public, we are listing the prizes to
be given below:
One Austin Automobile will be
given by the Selma merchants com
bined.
One nice milk cow will be given
by the Selma merchants combined.
$20 in cash will be given by the
Sanitary Grocery Co.
One 42-piece China Set will be
given by tfie Selma Drug Co.
$16 in trade will be given by
B. F. Proctor, owner of the Lee
Store here.
G. N. Siler will give one barrel
of Occoneechee Flour.
Woodard Drug Company will give
^ AivnlanP.
The Dunn Furniture Company
wdll give away a nice Felt Mattress.
The Hardware Store will give
away one Aladdin Lamp.
Smith & Cameron will give away
two extra prizes—The first pri.ze
vdll be a 9x12 Rug, valued at $6.00.
The second prize will be a 6x9 Rug
valued at $4.00.
The Selma Clothing & Shoe Co.
will give away a nicp Stetson Hat
if the lucky person is a man, but
if a lady, they will give away a
nice pair of Dorothy Dodd Shoes.
There may be a few other prizes
given away besides the ones we
have enumerated above, but we do
not have a list of others at hand.
Johnston Merchant
Found Shot To Death
Ezekiel Hinnant Called To Store In
Wilders Township Tuesday Night
and Fatally Wounded.
On Wednesday of this week a
certain groceryman in Selma had
two Selma people to call at his
store and get prices on certain
items carried by him. While in the
the store they had a discussion be
tween them as to whether they
could go to Smithfield and get bet
ter prices on the items wanted. One
of them bought from the Selma
merchant a certain bill of goods
and had the merchant charge same
for a period of 30 days to the
amount of $1.90. The other drove
over to Smithfield and bought a bill
of goods comprising exactly the
same items that the other party
purchased in Selma and paid the
Smithfield merchant $2.04 in'ca.sh.
Here is an example of the way
many people are doing today. Had
the one who went to Smithfield to
trade saved a few cents in the
pi-ice paid for the goods, the time
and expense of the trip would have
made it a costly transaction. But
here is a case of a mistomer pay
ing more in Smithfield for the cash
than the same merchandise can he
time.
Dr. Wade H. Atkinson
Tells Of His Trip Abroad
More Evidences of Real Prosperity
Seen In France Than One Could
Scarcely Imagine During These
Days of World Distress—Believes
France Can Pay War Debt.
PAYS SUBSCRIPTION
WITH NICE FRESH MEAT
Zebulon, Dec. 21.—Ezekiel Hin
nant, who lived in Wilders Town
ship, Johnston County, about five
miles south of Wendell near Lake
Wendell, was killed by an unidenti
fied person Tuesday night at his
home about 8 o’clock. Someone went
to his house and called him by
name, asked him to go to his store
which was just across the road. A
short time afterwards, his wife
heard a pistol shot. She started to
the store and saw two men running
down the road. Her husband came
out of the store with his shot gun
in his hand, saying he was shot. He
fell in the edge of the yard and
was carried into' the house. He ex
pired without ever speaking again.
It is believed the motive of the
crime was robbery, and that when
the men demanded his money, he
reached under the counter for his
gun and they shot him as he arose.
He* leaves a wife and one child. He
was buried at. Salem Primitive Bap
tist Church Wednesday afternoon.
Presbyterian Christmas Tree.
The editor of the Johnstonian-
Sun is indebted to Mr. and Mrs. J.
S. Stancil, of Kenly, route 1, for
a nice ham of meat, a fresh back
bone and some spare ribs which
they presented us Monday morning
as the aftermath of a hog-killing at
their house. Mr. Stancil said that
he was short on money but wanted
us to take the meat, spare ribs and
back-bone and credit the proceeds
on his subscription also that of two
other parties whom he wants to
continue getting the Johnstonian-
Sun. It is needless to say that we
appreciated this meat and will not
only remember those who brought it
during these Christmas days while
we are feasting on it, but at all
■other times as ■well. We are always
glad to give our subscribers credit
on their subscriptions for any kind
of country produce that we can use,
and this comes in at an unusually
appropriate time.
Jnrarnatinn
No. 110 in Methods! Hymnal
(Published by Request of
Rev. D. H. Tuttle 1
It came upon the midnight clear.
That glorious song of old.
From angels bending near
The earth to touch their harps of
gold;
“Peace on the earth, good will to
men.
From heaven’s all-g’racous King!”
The world in solemn stillness lay
To hear the angels s!ng.
Still through the cloven skies tliey
come *
With peaceful wings unfurled,
Ani still their heavenly music floats
O'er all the weary world;
Above its sad and lowly plains
They bend on hovering wing.
And ever o’er its Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing.
Yet with the woes of sin and strife
The world hath suffered long;
Beneath the angel-strain have rolled
Two thousand years of wrong;
And man, at war with man, hears
not
The love song ■which they bring;
0 hush tlih noise, ye men of strife.
And hear the angels sing!
And ye, beneath life’s crushing load.
Whose forms are bending low.
Who toil along the climbing way
With painful steps and slow.
Look now! for guad and golden
hours
Come swiftly on the ■wing:
O rest beside the weary road.
For lo! the days are hastening on
By prophet-bards foretold.
When with the ever-circling years
Comes round the age of gold;
When peace shall over all the earth
Its anscient splendors fling.
And the whole world send back the
song
Which now' the angels sing.
—Edmund H. Sears
was bought with our money during
the World War in the shape of a
loan before increasing their war
budget at this time.
Officers Selma Kiwanis Club
For The Year Nineteen-Thirty-Three
B. & L. ELECTS OFFICERS.
At a stockholders’ meeting of the
Selma Building & Loan Association
held Tuesday night, the following
officers were elected:
President—John Jeffreys.
Vice-President—R. A. Jones.
Board of Directors—J. C. Diehl,
E. J. Sasser, R. E. Suber, H. B.
Dewar, C. L. Richardson, N. P.
Terrell.
Sec-Treasurer—J. C. Avery.
PINE LEVEL WOMAN
WINS PRIZE OF $500.00
The annual Christmas Tree will
be given at the Selma Presbyterian
Church tomorrow (Friday) night.
A Christmas program is being ar
ranged for the occasion ■ which
promises to be very fitting. The
public is invited.
At Carolina Theatre.
The Carolina Theatre will give
away a fine turkey and a 6-lb.
fruit cake tonight. They will have
on some special pictures during the
holidays and Invite the public to
see them.
It may be of interest to some of
our readers to know that Mrs. J. C.
Futrell, of Pine Level, was the win
ner of the first prize of $500 given
by the Smithfield Herald in its
Gold Star campaign which closed
last week.
The Recent Snowfall.
The recent cold wave seems to
have been nation-wide in scope, and
the snowfall was heavy along the
northern seaboard from Virginia
to Maine. The fall in North Caro
lina ranged from two inches of
snow and sleet in the eastern belt
to a six-inch snow in the piedmont
section and three inches of snow
in the mountain section.
The following officers and Commit
tees have been elected by the Sel
ma Kiwanis Club for the year 1933:
President—C. L. Richardson.
Vice-President—Chas. ,W. Scales.
Directors—C. A. Jacobs, L. T.
Singleton, John Jeffreys, C. P. Har
per, W. H. Adams, 0. A. Tuttle and
W. J. Grain.
Underprivileged Child and Voca
tional Guidance—W. J. Crain, Chm.;
L. T. Singleton, Geo. F. Brietz, John
Jeffreys, 0. A. Tuttle.
Public Affairs, Agriculture, Good
will, Business Standards, Grievances
—C. P. Harper, Chmn.; A. J. Hol
liday, W. H. Adams, C.' A. Jacobs
and John Wiggs.
Meetings, Attendance, House Re
ception, Classification, Membership
—John Wiggs, Chmn.; M. R. Wall
and Dr. R. M. Blackman.
Program, Music, Kiwanis Educa
tion—A. J. Holliday, Chmn.; D. F.
Waddell, John Jeffreys, H. H. Low
ry, L. T. Singleton.
Inter-club Relations—D. F. Wad-
dell,Chmn.; A. J. Holliday and L.
T. Singleton.
Publicity—H. H. Lowry.
Boy Scout—Geo. F. Brietz, Chmn.,
W. H. Adams, C. A. Jacobs, Dr., R.
M. Blackman, C. W. Scales.
Directors Community Building—
C. A. Jacobs, Chmn., and M. R.
Wall.
Report of Chairman on Commit
tee on Questionaires sent out by
the Kiwanis Club was read by
Star Harper Thursday evening at
the regular meeting of the __club.
These will be presented to the Mer
chants Association for action.
Charlie Scales made a very in
teresting report on the Sanford
meeting.
Names of 16 worthy families were
given to the club. These families
will be taken care of by the club.
Star Harper had charge of the
meeting.
Beer Bill Passes the
House In Congress
The Vote Is 230 For and 165 Re
corded Against Measure—North
Carolina Representatives Split
Over the Issue.
Washington, Dec. 21.—The house
this afternoon, by a vote of 230 to
165, passed the bill to legalize the
sale of 3.2 per cent beer (the ways
and means committee bill), and,
according to most authorities, a
very good pre-'war beverage, wheth
er or not it is intoxicating “in fact”
under ordinary conditions. This is
the first “wet victory” since the
18th amendment was adopted. The
senate immediately promised early
action, but this will not come until
after the Christmas holidays.
North Carolina’s 10 congressional
representatives split up their votes
on the Collier beer bill, five favor
ing it, three being against it, one
being paired for it, while one was
not recorded in the roll call.
Warren, of the first district; Kerr
of the second; Hancock, of the fifth;
Doughton, of the eighth, and Bul-
winkle, of the ninth, voted for the
bill.
Pou, of the fourth district, also
was recorded in favor of the bill,
he being- paired "with a Republican
congressman who voted against it.
Clark, of the sixth district; Lam
beth,. of the seventh, and Weaver,
of the tenth, voted against it.
CLEMENCY REFUSED
Raleigh, Dec. 21.—Gov 0. Max
Gardner today said he would not
extend clemency to W. Herbert Law
rence, former Durham contractor
now serving 30 years in state’s
prison for second degree murder.
Lawrence was charged with kill
ing Mrs. Annie W. Terry, Durham
dressmaker.
Dr. Wade H. Atkinson, of Wash
ington, D. C., paid the editor of
The Johnstonian-Sun a brief visit
Monday afternoon just before leav
ing for his return trip to Wash
ington.
Dr. Atkinson reviewed briefly
some of the things that impress
ed him most on his recent trip to
France and Spain. He expressed
great surprise that the French
government -should refuse to meet
its payment on the War debt when
there are more evidences of real
prosperity in France today than in
any other country in the world,
perhaps. The Doctor said that he
visited more than half a dozen
different cities where there was
evidences of the greatest boom he
had most ever seen. He said that
the vast public building program
now going on in Washington was
only a small example of what is
going on in many cities in France
today—^not public money, but build
ings for business and pleasure. He
declared that about the only class
of people who are hard hit in
France today are the hotels and
the guides. This is true, not be
cause of lack of prosperity in
France itself, but because of the
depression in other countries which
has curtailed tourist traffic to such
an exlent that those people ■who
have been depending on the tour
ist trade are finding it immensely
hard.
In speaking of Spain, Dr. Atkin
son said that he found the Spanish
people exceedingly hospitable. There
is no country, he says, where the
people are more anxious to make
friendship a first consideration than
he found in Spain." He said that
of all places where he had seen
evidences of lavish living, no place
would touch the upper classes of
Spain. He declared, that many of
the Spanish Cathedrals were so
immense in size and so elaborate
ly furnished and decorated that
it was beyond his ability to give
any idea of their vastness with
their glistening chandaliers, gold
trimmings, marble stairways and
other costly decorations too numer-
our to enumerate and whose cost is
only a matter of the - remotest
guess-work. The whole financial
fabric of Spain, he declared, seems
to have been centered on costly
palaces, churches and cathedrals.
The country has _ now changed
from a Monarchy to a Republic
and prospects are that less atten
tion will be given to many of these
costly edfices, ho^wever, the religion
predominating is still Roman Cath
olic and the church -will probably
maintain these cathedrals, but with
less backing from the government
than formerly.
Dr. Atkinson said that there are
three distinct classes in Spain—the
Royal Priesthood who live on the
fat of the land and enjoy all that
wealth will bring to humanity; the
common working and business peo
ple who are the back-bone of the
nation, and then the peasant ' or
poorest class. Dr. Atkinson paid a
high tribute to the women of Spain.
He said that it did not matter
which class a woman belonged to
in Spain, when she went out in
public she wore the best clothes
that her circumstances would af
ford and her body was scrupulous
ly clean and her hair looks as if
.she had just come from a beauty
shop. Cleanness and neating among
Spanish women seems to be a real
virtue, he declared.
The Doctor said that when Pres
ident Hoover granted Germany a
moratorium on war debts, he let
Germany pull one over on him, for
about the next think Germany did
after getting a moratoridm on their
war debts was to go and buy about
two billion dollars -worth of uni
forms for their soldiers. He thinks
that Germany should pay the Uni
ted States fot the uniforms that
Will Bar Married
Women Teacliers
None Will Be Erttployed To Teach
School In Harnett County After
This Present Term.
Married women school teachers in
Harnett county are going to get it
where 'the chicken got the axe after
the present school term ends. Agi
tation for the elimination of mar
ried school teachers in Harnett
county schools where said teacher.s
have husbands teaching in the
schools or where the husbands are
able to support their wives, came to
a head at the last meeting of the
board of commissioners when that
body unanimously adopted a resolu
tion calling upon committeemen of
the various schools in the county
not to employ such married teach
ers and also requesting the board
of education to refuse to approve
any contracts made with them.
The resolution adopted by the
commissioners reads as follo'ws:
“Resolved, That the school com
mitteemen of this county be request
ed not to employ for the school
year 1933-34 any married woman
to teach in any- school in this coun
ty at which school her husband is
employed as teacher, principal or
superintendent.
“Resolved further, that the board
of education be requested not to
approve the contracts of any mar
ried woman teacher to teach in any
school in this county, at which
school her husband is employed as
teacher, principal or superintendent.
“Resolved further, that the school
committeemen of this county be re
quested not to employ any married
woman to teach in any of the
schools of this county for the year
1933-34, if in the opinion of the
school committee the husband of
such married woman is financially
able to support such woman, and
the board of education of this coun
ty not approve the contract of any
such married woman if her husband
is financially able to support her.”
In several other counties of the
state, notably Burke and Gaston,
resolution was passed this year to
ban married women school teachers
without reservations. Agitation is
on in several other counties look
ing toward this end and doubtless
other counties will fall in line be
fore the next school term begins.
Eureka School Is'
Closed By “Flu”
Goldsboro, Dec. 16.'—The public
school at Eureka, Wayne County,
which has an enrollment of about
400, had been closed since Wednes
day on account of influenza. Six
of the 10 teachers of the school
were reported il! with a mild form
of the disease, and one-third of" the
students were also reported as ill.
It is hoped that the school can be
reopened Monday. - No outbreaks of
the disease in other schools of the
county have been reported here'.
Seen Along The
MAIN DRAG
(BY H. H. L.)
JIMMIE McMILLAN drives by in ■
a new 33 Chevrolet....GENE TER
RELL talking to pretty girl
VIOLA GODWIN and GERTRUDE
STRICKLAND pay visit to the
Johnstonia-n-Sun office. Five & Ten
Cent Store Wednesday clad in
“depression” clothes....One of John
ston county’s BEST farmers taking
a fine ham to EDITOR STANCIL
on his subscription....Aren’t there
other farmers in this good county
who will remember the Editor this
Christmas season ?