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SELMA
HAS A $20,000
WEEKLY PAY-ROLL
JOHNSTONIAN
William I. Godwin Is
Elected Mayor Selma
W. W. Hare Defeated For the Office
of Mayor of Town of Selma by
a Majority of 111 Votes—Each
Candidate Made Hard Fight—The
Only New' Commissioner on Town
Board Is R. A. Jones.
NEW MAYOR OF SELMA
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Tuesday brought to a close one
of the quietest and yet ones of the
hardest fought municipal elections
ever, held in the town of Selma.
The - conte t which brought forth
every atom of wit in political vote
getting on the part of many citizens
centered on winning the mayoralty
race. There were four candidates in
Ihe race, namely: William I God
win, W. W. Hare, incumbent; I. W.
Massey and D. W. Richardson. But
well informed political leaders of the
town had predicted long before the
election that the battle lines would
be drawn chiefly between Mr. God
win and Mayor Hare, and their
prediction proved not in vain, for
all day Tuesday personal worker.-
for each of these candidates were
i ntiring in their efforts to see that
' their favored candidate should, win.
Up until noon Tuesday each side
was puzzled to make a guess as to
who would w'in, but as the hours
wore away Godwin supporters kept
increasing, and those best informed
on the situation were said to have
practically conceded the election of
Mr. Godwin before the voting was
ever.
There were nine candidates run
ning for town commissioners, as
lollows: C. P. Harper, J. C. Avery,
E. J. Sasser, E. V. Deans, A, V.
Driyer, W. L. Stanfield, Clyde Jones,
R. -A. Jones and C. Talton.
The vote for commissioners was
pretty generally distributed, all of
tine candidates getting a liberal
share of votes, but J. C. Avery, a
member of the old board, seems to
have lead in the. day..’s voting, hav
ing received 319 votes.
Mr, R. A. Jones is the new mem
ber on the board.
The vote stands as follows? b>
Interesting Items
From Smithfieid
WILLIAM I. GODWIN
Excellent Program Put
On Bv Kiwanis Club
Beer came back at 12:01
Monday, w’ith a rush. Johnston coun
ty started off with 17 licensed places
in 15 of which drinking is allowel
on the premises. Smithfieid has six
licensed places in the corporate lim
its, and two more in the suburbs.
Dealers in four other towns in the
county were licensed by the county
commissioners at their meeting last
Saturday, as follows:
Selma, in and near the town, 6;
Four Oaks, 1; Benson 1; and Kenly
1.
The other towns of the county
may or may not fall in line later.
Night Policeman E. A. Johnson,
when a ked Monday night about the
effect of tlie sale of beer upon the
behavior of the people, replied that
he had not noticed any diffeience
.since beer was put on sale.
Delegates From Six
Nations Are Coming
Roosevelt to Talk Over Economic
Problems With Representative.s
From Italy, Germany and Latin
American Countries—.Argentina’s
Envoy .Arrives Today.
Washington, April 30.—Delicate
questions of war debts, peace in
Europe and the orient, exchange re
strictions, currencies ■ and tariffs
faced President Roo.^evelt anew to
night with statesmen of half a
dozen more nations rescending upon
Wa.shington to join in the White
House conversations.
Countries of Latin America and
the far east as well as Europe fol
lowed close on the heels of the Brit
ish and Canadian prime ministers
and the former premier of France,
who paid brief but memorable visits
to Washington in the last week or
Selma Schools To
Close On May
SELMA
OFFERS YOU MANY
OPPORTUNITIES
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Pastors Ask People
To Respect Law
FOR MAYOR
W. 1. Godwin 276
W. W. Hare 165
D. W. Richardson 42
I. W. Massey (omitted by request)
FOR COMMISSIONERS
■C. P. Harper 287
J. C. .Avery 319
E. J. Sasser 244
E. V. Deans 151
A, V. Driver 203
W. L. Stanfield 227
Clyde Jones 128
R. A. Jones 240
C. Talton 97
'^joldsboro Man Goes
To Death In River
Prof. 0. A. Tuttle, superintendent
of the Selma school, who has been
program chairman of the Kiwanis
Club for the past month, arranged
a most interesting closing program
on last Thursday evening. Instead
of a guest speaker, g’uest musicians
from Smithfieid rendered a delight
ful program. James Davis sang
several .-olos. Miss Nancy Fitzhugh
rendered a group of violin selections,
and Miss Mary Talton played two
piano solos. Each artist was en
cored repeatedly.
.An interclub meeting has been
arranged for Thursday evening of
this week in which Clayton Rota-
rians, Smithfieid Kiwanians, Selma
Giwanians and Goldsboro Kiwanians
have been invited to participate.
This' meeting will be held in the
Selma school and Rev. D. F. Wad
dell will be in charge of the pro
gram. J. Q. A. Jeffreys has been
named as program chairman for the
month of May.
Announcement was made that
the Boy Scout hut which is in the
course of construction at Atkinson’s
mill under the direction of the Sel
ma Kiwanis Club, is about complet
ed, and the club has extended an
invitation to Dr. Wade H. Atkinson
to bring his Washington Boy Scout
troop for the dedication. The dedi
cation will probably take place the
latter part of this month, and all
Boy Scout troops in the county will
be invited to attend.
The people of Smithfieid and com
munity enjoyed a rare treat last
Sunday night when the Campbell
College Glee Club and choir render
ed “The Message Eternal’’ at the
Smithfieid Missionary Baptist church
under the direction of Prof. A. E.
Lynch.
The program was divided into
four parts, and the music appeared
to be perfect. This was the Union
service of all the Smithfieid churches
and the hou e was filled to ovei’-
flowing.
This musical group of about 35
young people have presented “The
Message Eternal” at a number of
other places, but this was their first
appearance in Smithfieid.
Superior Court and
What It Is Doing
The County Commissioners at a
special meeting held last Thursday,
decided to make a horizontal reduc
tion in the value of Johnston coun
ty real estate, rather than go over
and revi.-e the work done two years
ago when it was revalued piece by
piece.
It will not be known how much
saving, if any, will be realized by
the property owners until the rate
is fixed, as it is expected that there
will be a material increase in the
tax rate. When a certain sum has
to be paid as taxes by the people
of the county in order to pay the
interest on the millions that the
county owes, and at the same time
carry on the county’s busine-s, there
is little that can be done for relief.
It is about like a man carrying a
heavy load on one shoulder for
awhile, and then shifting it over on
the other shoulder. The only thing
that will lighten the tax burden on
the property of the county as a
whole, is a reduction in expendi
tures.
Herman P. Culbreth, 43, Drowns
When He Tumbles liiito Water
After Fainting Spell.
Goldsboro, April 30.—Herman P.
Culbreth, 43, well-liked Goldsboro
barber, was drowned about 5 o’clock
"this afternoon- in Little river, 12
miles west of here, while on a fish
ing trip.
Culbreth’s companions. Dr. John
Spicer, local physician, and Manly
Holland, of Wayne county, said the
barber was leaning against a tree
"When he suddenly toppled over, face
downward, into the water. He had
been subject to fainting spells, they
said, and it was believed that he
fainted and fell.
The body was recovered within a
ijhort 'while but efforts to revive Cul
breth proved futile.
Mr. Culbreth is survived by his
•wife and four children, Chester, Es-
tine, Berlin and Cornelius, all of
Goldsboro.
Funeral arrangements had
been completed tonight.
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Steel Operations
Move Up Sharply
Cleveland, April 30. The Magazine
Steel said the mills are expected to
cross the 30 per cent mark in op
erations this week for the first time
„since November, 1931.
Operations in April were doubled
from 14 per cent at the beginning
of the month to 29 per cent as an
average for last week.
Johnston County Hospital vs. J.
W. Fitzgerald and Mrs. J. W. Fitz
gerald. Thi.s cause again before the
court on exceptions to homestead
returned herein by the sheriff of
Johnston County. Residence of J. W.
Fitzgerald was found to be worth
$700.00, including the lot; the place
of business occupied by him includ
ing the lot, was found to be worth
.$450.00; other real estate owned by
Mr. Fitzgerald was valued at $95.00.
Ti C. Jordan vs. Austin and Og-
burn. Judgment correcting judgment
entered at February term, 1933. The
change ordered directs plaintiff to
pay cost instead of defendants. '
Tuesday, April 25th.
Lola R. Capps vs. John P. Capps,
action for divorce on basis of five
years separation. Verdict of jury
was that the couple have been liv
ing apart since May 31, 1925.
Wednesday, April 26th.
Rosa Talton vs. Roy Talton, an
action for divorce based upon stat
ute of 2 years ^separation passed
by Genei-al Assembly of 1933. Ver
dict of jury was that defendant has
been living apart from the plaintiff
without just cause since October 8,
1928, and that the plaintiff is the
injured party.
John A. Narron vs. Holleman
Chevrolet Co., G, M. A. C. Verdict
of jury was that the General Motors
Acceptance Corporation wrongfully
seized a Chevrolet car belonging to
the plaintiff, which he seeks to re
cover; also that the plaintiff is en
titled to $100.00 compensatory dam
ages from the defendant and $400
punitive damages.
C. A. Shaver of Stanley county
has already dug a trench silo for
bis eight cows and says it took two
men three days to prepare the silo.
Over 100 acres of tomatoes have
been set to date , by members of the
Scotland county Tomato Growers
Exchange.
Seventeen 4-K Club girls who had
won out in their local health con
tests presented themselves at the
Johnston County Ho.-pital last Sat
urday for examination in the second
annual county-wide contest. The
girls were all thoroughly examine!
by Dr. .V. A. Davidian and Dr. C. C.
Massey, who were assisted by two
trained nurses, Misses Alice Belle
Penny and Emma Strickland. After
considering all the points for and
against each one, it was decided that
Ida E. Johnson of the Sanders Chap
el section, was the healthiest one,
and that Marjorie Johnson of the
Corinth-Holders section, was second
best.
The winner will be in the district
contest to be held at Washington,
N. C., on May 29.
Last Saturday afternoon there
was a biscuit-making contest held
among the 4-H Club girls. The
judges were Mrs. J. B. Slack and
Mrs. H. V. Rose. In this contest,
Ila B. West, of Benson, R. F. D.
2, came out best, and second place
went to Madge Aycock, of Prince
ton.
The girls next highest in the
contest are herein mentioned :Golda
Peedin, Smithfieid, RFD.; Eloise
Parker, Benson, RED.; Inez John
son, Clayton Community;;. Mildred
Sewell, Selma; Ellen Peele, Prince
ton; Louise Sapp, Archer Lodge;
Ruby Johnson, Wilson Mills; Doro
thy Woodard, Kenly. Other girls
who were boosted very highly were:
Frances Liles, Archer Lodge; Elea
nor Young, Princeton; Carlie Mae
Strickland, Selma; Mae Bryant, Ar
cher Lodge; Grace Pully, Kenly;
Jessie Chamblee, Corinth-Holder.
These girls were ail prize winners
in their local contests, having been
selected through local contests in
which nearly 100 girls were ex
amined.
The new procession opens tomor
row -with .Argentina’s ambassador to
France, Thomas le Breton,' arriving
to join Felipe Espil, Argentine en
voy here, in conducting the conver
sation's- with the energetic Ameri
can chief executive.
Then on Tue-day Italy appears in
the person of Guido Jung, Musso
lini’s minister of finance, who comes
accompanied by a staff of eight ex
perts.
Germany, another of Europe’s “big
four,” joins the parade on Friday,
•when Dr. H. Jalniar Schacht, presi
dent of the reichsbank, reaches New
York -with a pair of expert assis
tants.
Mexico’s minister of finance, Al
berto J. Pani, arrives the end of the
week.
Accompanied by a party of nine,
'T. V. Soong, Chinese minister of Fi
nance, lands at Seattle Tuesday.
An impressive Japanese delegation,
including Viscount Kikujiro Oshii,
former foreign mini-'ter, and Elgo
Fukai, deputy governor of the Bank
of Japan, will be here from May 23
to 28.
■Also arriving the latter part of
May is J. F. De Assis Brasil, Brazil
ian ambossador to Argentina. Chile’s
spokesman will be coming soon.
Besides the 11 nations invited to
send special representatives, numer-
ols others, through diplomatic chan
nels are joining the conversations
aimed at preparing the way for a
massed attack upon the world de
pression at the international mone
tary- an deconomic conference open
ing in London, June 12. Many of
the' representatives being sent here
will speak for their evountries at
l.Ondon as well.
'The controversial war debt issue,
aced squarely by President Roose
velt last week in his talks with
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald,
of Great Britain, and former Prem
ier Edouard Herriot, of France,
comes to the surface again with the
approach of the Italian representa
tive.
Already Mussolini’.s financial
spokesman has served notice he in
tends to seek revision of Italy’s $2,-
000,000,000 debt to the United States
as well as to seek the President’s
cooperation in adjusting European
political problems.
Italy, America’s third largest
debtor, owes $13,545,438 on June
15. The settlement with Italy call
ed for a lower rate of interest than
that accorded any other important
debtor and the Italians have not
been as insistent upon new debt
concessions as the British and the
French. They conted, nevertheless,
that the debts cannot be paid ex
cept in goods or services.
Le Mars, Iowa, April 30.—Rural
pastors in Iowa—secene of violence
as embattered farmers rioted over
mortgage sales—^today made pleas
to their parishioners to re.spect the
law.
While farmers clustered in church
es for regular worship, 40 National
Guard-smen plo'wed through muddy
roads in .Army trucks and arrested
four more suspected leaders of the
disturbances that resulted in estab
lishment of martial law for Ply
mouth county.
Three of those arrested today were
members of the County Council of
Defen.se, an organization of the
Farmers’ Holiday Association to pre
vent or arbitrate foreclosurer on
farms. They were A. G. Lindsey,
secretary of the council; S. T. Moser
and 0. M. Kelly. The fourth was
F. H- Frericks, Jr.
Several others were arrested pre
viously and face possible charges
of criminal .syndicalism.
Although Col. Gleen C. Haynes,
commander of the 300 guardsmen in
the Le Mars section would make no
statement, it was learned unofficial
ly that 40 men are sought for the
attack on Judge Bradley. The Judge
was attacked after he ordered
farmers to stop smoking cigarets
and remove their hats while in his
courtroom.
The closing events of the Selma
school ■will be as follows:
Friday night. May 5th—Senior Play,
“Joan of Arkansas”.
Saturday night—Junior-Senior Ban
quet.
Sunday morning. May 21st at 11
o’clock—Baccalaureate sermon, by
Rev, C. K. Proctor, Supt. of tJie
Oxford Orphanage, and former
pastor of the local Methodist
church.
Declamation, Recitation and Debate
contests—date to be decided upon
later. ■
Class Day Exercises—Date will be
announced later.
Friday night. May 26th—Graduation
exercise.s and commencement ad
dress, by Dr. Albert Coates, mem
ber of the faculty of the Law
School of the University of North
Carolina and head of the Institute
of Government which was held' in
Chapel Hill last summer, attended
by county and city officials from
eighty countie.s out of the 100 in
North Carolina. Dr. Coates is a
native of Johnston County, and his
address will be heard by hosts of
friends and acquaintances from all
over the county.
SELMA MUSIC PUPILS MAKE
RECORD AT STATE WIDE MEET
30 Dead and 50 Hurt
Bv Tornadic Winds
Shreveport, La., May 1.—Tornadic
winds that swept from south Mis
souri to northwe.-'t Louisiana killed
at least 30 persons late today and
injured 50 or more others.
Minden, an importSnf "parish seat'
in Louisiana, and Benton bore the
brunt of the storm, but extensive
damage also was reported from near
Salem, Ark., Magnolia, Ark., and
Arcadia, La.
Fire followed the wind at Minden
and raged unchecked in the negro
section of that town. Communica
tion lines were disrupted in north
west Louisiana and an accurate
check of the damage was unavail
able.
The winds first were reported be
tween West Plains, Mo., and Salem,
Ark., where Ed Cain was killed and
several others injured.
About the same time a separate
tornado struck Minden and Benton
and tore westward into Arcadia
where two persons were killed. Mag
nolia, Ark., then was struck and at
least four persons killed.
'fhe music pupils of Miss Virginia
Baines made a splendid record in
the State-wide music contest held
in Greensboro recently. Representa-
tive.s of 87 schools participated in
the 14th Annual event. 284^ con
testants were enrolled. . -
The group of Selma high' school
students who won first places in
the District' Music Contes^,, held in
Raleigh, April 21st, accompanied by
their teacher. Miss Virginia Baines,
entitled the State-Wide' 'Slusic Con
test in Greensboro, April 27th and
28th. Classification of contestants
was according to enrollment. A
Henry W. Higgins
Passes In Smithfieid
Texas Farmers
Chisel Ice From Sand
Mobeetie, Texas, April 30—Farm
ers near Mobeetie may chisel this
summer’s supply of ice from a dry
gulch near the Hemphill county line.
Parker D. Hanna, county agent, said
the gulch contained tons of ice,
probably an accumulation from a
hail storm last week. Drifted sand
protects it from the sun.
OFFSETTER
T. B. Laney in The Monroe
Journal.
Gordon Carlyle, a young man who
looks after his mother down the
street from us, is an idustrious boy.
He milks a herd of goats and says
he keeps them in place of a cow. He
says they live cheap, as you can
feed them on barbwire, ten cans,
old nails or wild onions. Wild onions
can be fed a goat and the scent of
the goat puts the onion smell on
the run.
Smithfieid, May 1.—Henry W.
Higgins, age 75 years, died at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. H. S.
Powell, in Smithfieid, last Thursday
afternoon about four o’clock, after
suffering for several days with an
attack of pneumonia.
The funeral, which was held at
the Smithfieid Methodist church,
was conducted by Rev. D. H. Tuttle,
a retired Methodist minister, who
was assisted by Rev. H. R. Fair-
cloth, pastor of the Smithfieid Free
Will Baptist church, and Rev. W. O
Rosser, pastor of Pisgah Missionary
Baptist church.
Interment was made in the Oak
land cemetery, at Smithfieid.
The deceased for 26 years had
been a consistent member of the
Smithfieid Methodist church; and
he was also a member of the Junior
Order United American Mechanics
The pallbearers, who were members
of the Junior Order, were: David
W. Parker, Henry A. Grumpier, G.
T. Powell, J. W. Phillips, A. L. Sel
lers, L. E. Ferrell, J. R. Sellers and
S. L. Barbour.
The grave was covered with love
ly flo'wers, which in a small way,
atte.sted the high esteem in which
he was held.
The deceased is survived by his
widow, who before her marriage
was Miss Stella Powell, daughter of
reading of rating and awarding of
prizes was by Dr. Wade R. Brown,
Dean of Music at W. C. U. N. C.
The judges were: James Denning
Price, Associate Director of Mu
sic, Hartford, Connecticut City
Schools; Norval L. Church, Assist
ant Professor of Music Education,
Teachers’ College, Columbia Univer
sity; Alexander Kelberine, pianist,
Philadelphia and New York.
At the close of the two days con
test, Dr. Brown and two of the
judges expressed themselves before
an audience of more than 3,000 as
being highly pleased with the com
petitions which indicated a great
deal of excellence in both talent
and training.
All winners of first places, riot
tied, received cups. All tying con
testants who got first places were
awarded blue ribbons. The places
Selma won were:
Bass Solo, Class B-C—First, tie—
Jimmie Woodard, blue ribbon.
Alto Solo, Class B-C—Second, tie—
Elsie Earp.
Bass Horn Solo—Second, tie—Jim
mie Woodard.
Band—First year organization—Sec
ond place.
Seen Along The
MAIN DRAG
(BY H. H. L.)
THE MAINDRAG in Selma this
week was pulled off Tuesday when
EVERYBODY was trying to DRAG
EVERYBODY ELSE to the polls
support of their favorite candi
date—pity it is that the DRAG
METHOD has to be applied to so
many people to get them to exer
cise their right of franchise, but
it has always been that way and
may continue to be so for years
to come—RUMOR spread on elec
tion day that COMMISSIONER
MASSEY had withdrawn and this
may have accounted for the small
vote he got—JULIAN AVERY has
-- .. I the distinction of leading the entire
the late Mr. and Mrs. Erastus Pow-i ticket—DEWARNER RICHARDSON
ell of Smithfieid township; by one]don’t know who they are but he
daughter, Mrs. H. S. Powell, and knows there are lots of liars m
^ /~^T VTNf T/NXTf CJ Unci
two sons, Charles E. Higgins, of
Fayetteville, and Herbert Higgins,
of Durham; also a sister who lives
in Kinston and a brother in Texas.
He led a quiet and honorable life
and enjoyed the confidence and re
spect of all who knew him.
Selma—CLYDE JONES has already
stated that he will be in the run
ning two years hence—here’s hop
ing his next venture will prove more
successful than some others we
know—BEER is here but it is too
high to be in great demand
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