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. - mm I SELMA HAS A $20,000 WEEKLY PAY-ROLL THE JOHNSTONIAN THE JOHNSTONIAN AND JOHNSTON COUNTY SUN CONSOLIDATED SELMA OFFERS YOU MANY OPPORTUNITIES TOL. 16 SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1933. Selma Stores to Close At 7 P.M., Beginning May 1 t — Beg-inning May 1, we the under- Suicide LcaveS -signed merchants and bu-iness men . _ the Town of Selma agree to ^ Warning NotC ?lo-e our places of business at 7 i o'clock p. m. each day in the week yirtim Of Drink Seeks To Prevent -except Friday and Saturday and :’ontinuing until Sept. 1st: The Hardware Store B. G. Lee G. N. Siler A. L. Bradley Jones & Deans Sehna Clothing & Shoe Co. Belvin & Galloway Merleon’s Etheredge & O’Neal Everette Barber Shop Q. C. Wall A. L. Lang-ley Millers Store Co. Modem Cash Grocery C. E. Kornegay & Co. Sanitary Grocery Co. Selma Cash Feed Grocery L. George Fanner’s Exchange J. E. Gregory & Co. Smith & Cameron A. V. Driver Co. A. W. Mitchener Dunn Fui-niture Co. Ea.st Coast Stores . Lee Store Floyd C. Price & Son Stores To Close Easter Monday We the undersigned agree to clo?e ■ mr places of busineS'. Easter Mon- Lay, April 17, 1933 for Easter: Jones & Deans Selma Cash Feed & Grocery Sanitary Grocery Co. B. G. I.ee L. George Etheredge Ss O’Neal Modern Cash Grocery Floyd C. Price & Son Walt Godwin Selma Clc.thing & Shoe Co. A. W. Mitchener Belvin Sr, Galloway Millers Store Co. Gregorys 5 & 10 c Store Smith & Cameron Dunn Furniture Co. Poole-East Coast Store A. V. Driver Co. ’The Hardware Store M. L. Price Barbershop J. H. Talton, Selma Barbershop Tom Edwards Barbershop A. L. Langley G. N. Siler Ijce Store The Hat Shoppe Friends From ‘Going’ As He Did. Interesting Items From Smithfield ProceedingsCounty Recorder’s Court P! ans Are In Making For Easter Services Moravians to Have 300 In Bands For Historic Faster Sunrise Ser vice. Winston-Salem, April 10.—Three Jiundred musicians have been organ ized by B. J. Pfhol, Winston-Salem "band leader, to play for the annual -sunrise service of the Moravian ■church here Easter morning. The bands will begin playing at 2 a. m. Easter day and will cover -every section of the city before con gregating at Home Moravian church for the service in “God’s Acre,” Moravian burying ground. Sugar Plant, Idle 5 Years, to Resume Owo=^so, Mich., April 10—The local plant of the Michigan Sugar •Company, idle for five years, will be rehabilitated and placed in op eration this season, according to W. H. Wallace, chairman of the board, who said remodeling w'ork will start at once. Vass, April 11.—Neill Archie V/right. ,'igfcd 40, a v/ell known man of the Mount Pleasant section of Hoke County, committed suicide at his home early Sunday morning by placing a shotgun loaded with buck shot under his chin and blowing away one side of his face. According to reports reaching here Wright had been drinking heavily for three weeks prior to Wedne.sday of la-t week, after which time he did not take any intoxicant. He ploughed on Saturday, but all that night was exceedingly restless. About 4 o’clock Sunday morning he is said to have gotten up on gone outside, remaining for some three-quarters of an hour. He returned panting as if he had been running, and asked his wife to bring him some water, which she did. He then asked her for the shotgun and she refused to get it for him and tried to di-suade him from killing himself, which he had on other occasions threatened to do. He again left the room and soon the report of the gun was heard in the dining’ room, followed by the call to his wife of the fatally wounded man. Blood stains indicated that he had made a search in the pantry for a butcher knife with ■which to finish the Job which per haps a slight dodge of the head had kept from being an immediate suc cess. Wright lived for about f’ve hours and was con-clous almost to the end, which came in the Moore County hospital at 10 o’clock. In a note which he is said to have dictated to his wife on Saturday, he warned seven men of his com munity, calling them by name, against living as he' had. “I am writing this,” the note .says, “as a warning that you all may not go like I did. Bad company and li quor is the cause of it all and bad women.” He then calls the names, of the 'seven friends, “—and when you see this I will be at ray destiny and I know I will be at a worse place than this.” When Wright called for the gun, his wife considered trying to cenceal it, but she was afraid to leave him in the room with the children for fear he would harm them. Funeral service was conducted at Mt. Pleasant Church at 11 o’clock on Monday morning by the Bev. C. A. Lawrence, of Vass, who, following- word- of comfort to the family, told the crowd assembled that all who had influenced the unfortunate vic tim to drink whisky and all who had condoned the traffic in liquor were in a measure responsible for this tragic happening. When sober Wright is .said to have been a good, kin.l- hearted. man. He is survived by his wife, a splend’d woman, who was before her marriage Miss Annie Mark.-, and three children, Annie, Margaret and a three-vear-old son. The indications are that Ea-ter I Monday will be a busy day in the 1 city of Smithfield, as that will be; the day of the second primary in j the Smithfield mayoralty contest. In the first Democratic town pri mary which was held on Monday, April 3, there were 6 candidates, and neither of them received a ma jority of all the votes cast, so three were eliminated, leaving the two receiving the largest number of j votes to fight it out in a second pri- I mary. j In the first primai-yi, William B. j Wellons was the high man with 290 , votes, -while Everett S. Stevens was j second best with 269 votes. ; Now the big question is, -wluch of these tw’o candidates will receive j the greater share of the support; that went to those candidates who ' were eliminated in the first contest. , The friends of both candidates are • at work this week, and the indica tions are that the workers on both sides will be too busy on Easter Monday to give much thought to picnics or fishing trips. Thei-e was a spectacular blaze on highway 22, Just beyond the southern border of the city, early Wednesday morning when Thomas Win.stead’s filling station was de stroyed by fire. The fire alarm was sounded about 2:30 o’clock, but the fire had already gained such head way, owing to the inflammable na ture of the stock, that nothing could be done to save it. About all the fire department could do -was to protect adjoining property. The loss will probably rooich $1,000.00, and there is reported to have been $400 insurance. Charlie Bryant, a well known far mer and filling station operator, liv ing on highway 10, about 3 miles noi’thwe.st of Smithfield, lost his home by fire last Tuesday. The five was discovei’eil in the roof near a chimney about 10 o'clock in the' morning, and by the help of the neighbor,-' the greater portion of the household furnishings were saved. The building, which was of good size and kept in good repair, was one of the oldest in this section. It has not been learned here whether or not there wa.s. any insurance. Mi.s.s Rena Hill and Mr. V. R. Mallard were married Sunday after noon at Sanders Chapel Methodist church 4 miles southeast of Smith- field, Rev. W. H. Erov.m officiating. The bride, w-ho is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Z. B. Hill of the San ders Chapel section, has held a po sition in the office of the County Treasurer for the past 3 year.s. The bridegroom, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W, Mallard of Trenton,, N. C., is connected with the patron divi.-ion of the State highway comm’ssion with headquar ters at Smithfield. After a honeymoon trip through .some of the southern' states, Mr. and Mrs. Mallard will make their home temporarily with Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Ogburn on North Second St. State vs L. E. Lee. Defendant in court for violation of terms in former judgment. Defendant given 60 days on roads. Appeal to Su perior Court. Bond $200.00. State vs Henry Williams, colored laborer, aged 18. Carrying conceal ed weapon. Not guilty and discharg ed. State vs Dink Reed, colored farm er, aged 41. Carrying concealed weapon. Guilty. Defendant given 60 days on roads. State vs Garland Lamm, white farmer, aged 22. Violation prohibi tion law. Possession and transporta tion. Not guilty and discharged. State v.s Mollie Watkins, white farmer, aged 19. Violation prohibi tion law. Guilty possession one quart whisky for purpose of sale. A sixty day jail sentence to be sus pended upon condition that defend ant does not violate the prohibition law in any manner during the next two years and on further condition that defendant pays cost. State vs James Armstrong, color ed laborer, aged 17. Trespassing. Guilty. Defendant sentenced to 60 days on road-. State vs Frank Harris, colored la borer, aged 21. Trespassing. Guilty. Defendant given 60 days on road.s. State vs Walter Beasley, wihte farmer, aged 18. Violation prohibi tion law. Guilty possession still out fit and manufacturing whisky. Road sentence of 18 months to be sus pended upon payment of $100.00 fine and cost and on further con dition the defendant does not vio late the prohibition law again dur ing the next two years and remains of good behavior during next two years. NOTICE! Inspirational Meeting To Be Held At New Bethel Kiwanians Enjoy Good Program “Pat and Mike,” impersonated by Masters TTiomas Woodard and Owen Dewar, was a special feature at the meeting of the Selma Kiwanis Club on last Thur.-day night. The jokes these youngsters pulled were enjoy ed by every one. Prof. O. A. Tuttle, program chairman for the month of April, was in charge. Misses Sarah and Margaret Creech delighted the club with a duet and a solo by Miss Sarah Creech, accompanied by Miss Margaret Creech at the piano. Mr. Brietz, chairman of the Boy Scout Committee, made an interest ing report of the work being done on the “hut” now under construction at Atkinson’s Mill. On last Sunday more than one hundred and twenty- five people vi.-ited the site and in spected the building. It is hoped that those who visit this beautiful spot during the summer will refrain from pulling flowers or in any way damaging the trees or shrubbery. At a meeting at the home of Mr. Brietz on Tuesday night, attended by Messrs. Charles Jacobs, Stanley j Armitage, C. L. Richardson, H. H. Lowry, D. F. Waddell, it was re ported by the trea-urer, Mr. Armit age, that more than half the money had been raised to pay off the in debtedness on the Scout Hut. If you have not contributed to this worthy cause do so at once. The hour for meeting has been changed from 6:30 to 7:00 o’clock. It is hoped every member will be pre.-ent tonight (Thur.sday.) NUMBER ir». F. W. B. Class Entertained To the Voters of the Town of Selma: Notw’ithstandmg reports to the contrary, I am a candidate for Mayor 'oL Salma, reg«rdless- of who el.-e may be a candidate, and am in the race to stay until the very last vote is cou.nted. My platform is the advocacy of economy and financial reform, and the making of Selma a bigger and, better place in which to live. I am in favor of cheaper light and water rates, and the reduction of taxes, [f elected mayor, 1 .-hall devote both my time and energy, and g’ive my very best service to all the citizens of Selma, in the enforcement of law and order, in the protection of society, and the reduction of taxa tion in every form. I promise to the voters of Selma that I shall use all my influence to promote the intere.st of the bona fide inhabitants of Selma. Thanking all my friends for their support, I am. Yours very truly, D. W. RICHARDSON Vocal Union Singing At Lizzie Mill Chapel Body Of Moffett Is Picked Up On Ocean Remains of Aeronautics Chief, Who Died In Akron Crash, Taken to Atlantic City. Advertisement Bring.s Boy Back To Mother A few days ago a Selma colored woman put a small advertisement in The Johnstonian-Sun in an effort to locate her boy whom she had not seen since his early childhood al most 20 years ago. Some one who knew the whereabouts of the hoy ■told him about seeing the advertise ment in the Johnstonian-Sun and ■this caused the boy to come to see his mother for • the first time since she adopted him to some one else to raise. He came back a grow'n man and neither he no hi.s mother knew each other when he arrived. Atlantic City, N, J., April 10.— The coast guard boat 182 of Cape May steamed into Gardiner’s basin today, bearing the body of Rear Ad- mirol William A. Moffett, chief of the bureau of naval aeronautics, fifth of the dead of the dirigible Akron to be recovered from the sea. The body, covered with a rubber blanket, over which lay an American flag, was taken at once to the At lantic City ho.-pital’s morgue to be prepared for burial and shipment to Washington tomorrow. Lieutenant Commander W. W. Davis, senior medical officer at the Lakehurst naval air station, made the formal identification. The body was recov ered off Beach Haven by the coast boat Daphne, transferred to the Semmes and then to the CG-182. Beer To Be Sold In D. C. Capitol Washington, April 10—The House accounts committee today decided the 3.2 per cent beer could be sold in the Capitol building. La.st Friday evening the officials of the Smithfield Methodist church showed their appreciation of the valuable work done by the firemen in saving their church from com plete destruction when it was dam aged by fire last January. They entertained the Selma fire company and both the white and colored fire companies of Smithfield at a barbecue supper which was served in the recreation room of the church. Interest talks were made by Chief J. Q. A. Jeffreys of the Selma Company, and by Rev. D. H. Tuttle, T. R. Hood, J. A. Wellons and oth ers of Smithfield. Rev. B. T. Hurley, pastor of the church, was master of ceremonies. Considerable interest is being shown in the sessions of the Paren- thove Institute which is holding forth in the Woman’s Club building, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week. The Little River Vocal Union Singing Convention will be held at the Lizzie Mill Chapel on the fifth Sunday, April 30th, beginning at 10 o’clock a. m., and continuing throughout the day. A number of other choirs are expected to attend and an excellent musical program is assured. The public is invited to at tend and enjoy this program. The Men’s Bible Class, of the Smithfield F. W. B. Church was delightfully entei'tained last Thiir;- lay with a fish supper, by Me.ssrs W. A. Williams and H. A. Grumpier, at Hill’s, one of Smithfield’s up-to- date Cafe’s, where Twenty-six men were fed with hot fish, coffee and all assorie.s to make a real fi.sh feast. After a fill at the Cafe the members departed to the Church where the regular monthly class meeting was held under the direc tion of Mr. Joe Hathaway, vice president. Every member to have a part in the program. Subject, “What .Sunday school means to me.” Rev. H. R. Faircloth, pastor of the church delivered a short but helpful talk on “The Benefit of Sunday School.” .\ talk on “The Necessity of At tending Sunday School,” by W. A. Powell, teacher of the class. The class is well organized with 26 members doing a great work for the Sunday school. The class of ficers are Mes-rs, C. A. Lassiter, President; Joe Hathaway, Vice presi dent; H. A. Grumpier, Secretary and treasurer; W. A. Powell, class teach er. Rev. H. R. Faircloth, Pastor. The class extends a cordial invitation to the public to visit the Sunday school any Sunday morning at 9:45 a. m To All Pastors, Churche.-i and Mem bers Greeting: The Annual Spring Meeting of the Johnston Baptist Association will be held this year at the New Bethel Church on Thursday, April 20, com mencing’ at 10 o’clock and closing at 3:30 in the afternoon. This particular meeting is not for the transaction of busines.s but will be entirely devotional and inspira tional, aiming towards a real spiritual awakening in all of our Churches, and the furtherance of God’s great Kingdom Plan. It is hoped and urged, that every Church in the Association will be represented at this meeting, not by the selection of a few special dele gates, but that a special effort be made to have present a large num ber of the Church and Sunday School membership, as well as from the BYPU and all branches of the WMU. In Churches where there are no WMU organizations, it is urged that the ladies and young people be present, and if interested there will be time for conferences with our WMU leaders and plans made for aiding you in organization. All coming should bring well fill ed lunch boxes. Turn these over on arrival, to the ladies of the lunch committee of the New Bethel Church and at the lunch hour same will be spread in picnic style for the benefit of all present. To reach New Bethel Church, take highway 10 as it passes through Princeton, Pine Level, Smithfield and Clayton, continue on through Aubui’n ^until you reach Garner. .Jiist as you reach Garner you will find a two story brick re.sidence on the right and a dirt road turning off the main high way to the left acros.s the railway. Take this left hand road for one and one half miles and you will come to the Church on the right hand side of load. Suitable sig-ns for your guidance will be placed at the turn off from Highway 10 at Gar ner and at any needed place from there to the Church. The presence of all Baptists urged and desired. G. F. LOVELL, Moderator. W. J. CRAIN, Chrm. Exc. Cora. Note: All members of the Execu tive Committee are urjjed to be pre.sent as a meeting of this com mittee will be held at the noon re cess. W. J. CRAIN, Chairman. Musical Friday Night Big Success Miss Singleton Is Presented In Recital The musical given for the benefit of the Woman’s Club in the high school auditorium Friday evening was pronounced a big success. Local talent, assisted by Raleigh musicians and the Smithfield orchestra put on a splendid evenings entertainment, a good house was out to hear them and the silver offering taken at the door was substantial. Much credit is due Mrs. Ormartd Bailey, chairman of the ways and means committee. LIVE OAK NEWS. 25,000 Visit Dock To Inspect Macon Akron, Ohio, April 10—The largest number of persons to visit the Good- year-Zeppelin dock here on a single day since the U. S. dirigible, Akron flew away more than a year ago viewed the new U. S. dirigible Macon, twin of the wrecked Akron, yesterday. Police at the dock esti- I mated the crowd at 25,000. There will be church services here Sunday morning at eleven o’clock. We have Sunday school every Sun day at ten o’clock, and the public is invited to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thornton and children spent Sunday with their pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Harris Eason. Misses Ruth Holland and Marie Creech spent a few days here with Lela Phillips this week. Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Batten from Corbett-Hatcher, spent the week end here with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Stallings. Miss Pauline Creech spent the week end here with Misses Ruby and Eula Thome. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Avery and Mrs. Avery spent Sunday with rel atives near Corbett-Hatcher. Miss Ruby Thorne visited Miss Nera Mae and Olivia Vause Sun day afternoon. Miss Myrtle Stallings spent the week end with Miss Pearle Batten near Corbett-Hatcher. Saturday afternoon at 4 ;30 o’clock Miss Ellen Singleton was presented in a piano recital in the home of her parents. Rev. and Mrs. L, T. Singleton. The home, attractively decorated with spring flowers, was well filled by a number of music loving friend.-i. The first half of Miss Single ton’s program consisted of Beet hoven’s Sonata in C sharp minor, familiarly known as the “Moonlight Sonata.” Her interpretation clearly por trayed the different atmosphere of easy movement, the rapid final be ing executed with clarity and verve. Four shorter numbers in contrasting mood followed the Sonata; they were: Sonata, op. 27, “Moonlight,” Beet hoven. Gavotte and Musette, Bach. Bluette, or Elfin Round, Mac Dowell. Prelude in C sharp minor, Rach maninoff. Miss Singleton, who is a junior in Selina high school, is pursuing her musical studies under M”. Charles Scarborough who has. classes in Raleigh and Selma. Mrs. Singleton assisted by her daughter, Mary Clyde, served block cream and cake at the close of the recital. Seen Along The MAIN DRAG (BY H. H. L.) DR. Booker has on display in his office on the Maindrag. a very interesting and old document. It is a bill of sale for 144 acres of land in John.'ton county to Samuel Smith, Senior, and signed by Richard Cas well, first governor of North Caro lina, and dated July 1, 1779. The LL S. at that time was only three years old. Drop in and take a look at it— Spring it here, JULIUS CORBETT is sporting a new spring suit— Politics is about all you hear on the Drag these days—Three more have tossed their hats in the ring for CoKimissioners, W. L. STANFIELD, JULIAN AVERY, and A. V. DRIV ER, which makes a total of eight— When the registration books opened on April 1 GIB FIELDS was the first man to r.egUter. Gib is- only 21 and this is his .first-.-time to cast a vote in the city election. Up to going to press today 504 have had their names enrolled. Nine more days left to register if you want to vote on May 2nd.