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SELMA. N. C.. THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1933.
NUMBER
Smithfield Defeated
By Selma 7-1 Score
Selma Will Play Clayton Here
Tomorrow—Pine Level De
feated Princeton 10-1—Kenly
Bests Clayton 7-4.
JOHNSTON COUNTY LEAGUE
W. L Pet.
Kenly 5 1 .833
Clayton 4 2 .667
Selma 3 2 .600
Pine Level 3 2 .600
Smithfield 2 5 294
"Princeton 0 5 .000
Selma shook off the jinx as they
defeated Smithfield here yesterday
7 to 1. Smithfield had v/on 3 out
.'f 4 games from Selma up until
:yesterday’.s game, but the locals
scored almost at will in the fifth
^ame. Walt Won-ell pitched for
■Selma and allowed only 5 hits, as
his team-mates were collecting 9
off Morgan and Johnson. Harris
■ and Parrish led the local attack
•with 2 hits each. None of the visit
ing batters were able to hit safe
ly more than once. Mac Parrish
vi-iting second baseman, pulled one
of the rarest plays in baseball when
he retired three men unassisted. He
tagg-ed 2 men out at second for the
first outs, and Manager Ed. Crech
th-nking there were three men
away, walked off third base to
wards his position at second and
Parrish ran him down and tagged
him for the third out. Kemp caught
for .the winners and Honeycutt
caught for Smithf'eld. Smithfield
plays here today as we go to press
The game was rained out la=t week
Ernest Fuquay, Selma’s pitching
ace, was painfully but not serious
ly injured before the game yester
day when a bat slipped from the
hands of Mitchell, vis'ting third
Ijaseman, and struck him in the
forehead. The injury to Fuquay’s
head required three stitches and will
probably put him out of the game
for a week or two.
Princeton, Aug. 16—Pine Level
"defeated Princeton, 10-1 here to
day in a Johnston County League
■game. Mac Toler starred afield for
Princeton; B. Oliver, with a triple
and two doubles, led Pine Level’s
13.-hit attack. The locals were held
to three hits by Popeye Price. E
White caught for Pine Level;
Author and McClenny pitched and
Neil and Hooks caught for Prince
ton.
Austins Defeat Juvinille Team Of
Pine Level
The Austins, a juv-inille baseball
team of Selma, defeated Pine Level
8 to 5 behind the fine pitching of
Ingram. Ingram also starred at bat
with three hits out of four times
■at bat. Campbell led Pine Level
with the two hits. Pine Level got
an early lead by scoring two runs
in the fir.-"t inning, but the Austins
pulled through and -won.
The Austins have played 4 games
so far this season and have not been
•defeated. They have won over
Princeton, Kenly, Pine Level and the
Selma Cotton Mill juvinille teams.
Rev. James P. Smith
Is Kiwanis Speaker
Rev. James P. Smith, pastor of
•the First Presbyterian church, of
Smithfield, was ,the principal speak
er at the weekly meeting of the
Selma Kiwanis Club on, last Thurs-
•day evening. The speaker, who was
introduced by the program chairman,
H. H. Lowry, made a splendid talk
on “Optomism.”
Mr. Robert Noble, who recently
moved here from Raleigh, was a
■ guest of the club. Mr. Noble is the
distributor in this section for the
'Carolina Pines Mineral Water. This
famous water which was served
during the meal was donated by Mr.
Noble. He was called on for a few
remarks and gave the club some of
the history connected with this
water.
The attendance prize, donated by
Kiwanian John Wiggs, was won by
Kiwanian W. J. Crain.
Selma Baptist Church
To Ilold Revival
A series of revival meetings will
begin at the Selma Baptist church
on Sunday, August 27. Evangelist
J. L. Hodges, of New Bern, N. C.,
has been secured to do the preach
ing. Mr. Hodges ha.^" had wide ex
perience in the evangelistic field,
has just closed a successful revival
in Miami, Fla., and is expected in
Selma Monday, August 28th.
W. Plunkett Martin, of LaFaj'ette,
Ala., one of the leading evangelistic
singers of the south, will have
c'narge of the music. Mr. Martin is
a personal friend -of Mr. Crain’.s,
and while v’siting him the snger will
render valuable service in the meet
ings. No doubt these two servants
will, wh'le visiting our community,
make a valuable contribution to the
moral and spiritual life of Selma.
There will likely be two sei-vices
each day, one at 9:30 or 10:00 in
the morning and the other at 7:45
in the evening. Mr. Hodges has a
course of Bible lectures which he
will give at the day services. It
is hoped that a large number will
take advantage of these lectures.
Mr. Martin features the song ser
vice with music by the young people
hence he will want to meet all the
young people in the beginning of
the meetings. He also leads the
senior choir in special training. You
will enjoy this g-ifted singer as
well as the strong Gospel message.s
by the evangelist. All services will
be open to the public.
Dr. E. N. Booker Gives Barbecue
Dinner
Dr. E. N. Booker gave a barbecue
dinner on his farm in Cleveland
township on Wednesday night of
last week for his tenants and a few
invited guest"". About thirty people
enjoyed the delightful occasion. John
Harris, colored, 76-year-old culinary
artist, prepared the pigs for human
consumption.
Selma People Hurt
/ Last Thursday while returning
from Rains’ Cross Roads, where
they had been to pound the Free
Will Baptist minister, several Selma
people were more or less injured
when their car skidded at a .=harp
curve near a bridge on Little River.
A sudden application of the brakes
by Bradley Sasser, the driver of the
car,, threw those in the rear seat
against the back of the front seat
and resulted in a broken bone in
the arm of Mrs. W. C. Sasser, a
sprained wrist on the right arm of
Mrs. W. W Cuthrell, bruises to a
small son of Mrs. W. C. Sasser and
a bad fright to Miss Dora Wiggs
and other occupants of the car
What America needs is to wipe
out unemployment. That will restore
purchasing power and in a short
time bring about a complete return
to normal prosperity throughout the
entire Nation. The NRA represents
a definite, workable plan for ac
complishing this. Help it to success;
..Support the Blue Eagle.
Some Tall Com
Mr. H. A. Herrng wo lives a few
miles north of Selma, was here
Tuesday and exhibited two stalks
of corn which measure 13 feet and
9 inches tall and each had well
developed ear on it. There may be
other com in the country as tall
but this is the tallest we have seen
this season.
HORSE TRIES A NEW DEAL.
BY M. L. STANCIL
Last Friday while it rained and traffic was still,
Joel Rollins’ horse 'gave Selma people quite a thrill.
Leaving- his post back of Smith & Camex-on’s store,
He entered Anderson street with a teir-ific roar.
Ci'ossing Anderson sti-eet near J. C^ Avery’s place.
He was looking Miss Julia George light in the face;
But suddenly he turned at a very I’apid rate.
While Hardy Easom trembled for fear of his fate.
Hai'dy is a ciipple^and was in his rolling chair;
He-could not run, and had but little time for pi'ayer.
He was seated by the store of Etheredge & O’Neal,
Where the extended story makes a shelter most ideal.
Others standing by taking refuge from the storm,
Didn’"t even offer Hardy a fiiendly right arm.
Each one made a dash to save his own little hide.
For the horse was taking that Hoover caif to ride.
Life to Hardy probably looked very short at most.
Until the Hoovei- caii was left behind two large posts.
Leaving the Hoover cart, both fi’ame and the wheels,
The horse then jumped over two parked automobiles.
Then the horse left Selma purely pounding the grit,
Stripped clear of all haimess, even bridle and bit.
With destination uncertain, still he onward went.
For he doubtless wanted to try the New Experiment.
A pretty good example of Mr. Roosevelt’s New Deal,
Which has left the gold standard, a most valuable wheel;
Kicked age-old doctrines slam out of all gear,
And is blazing a new trail to nobody knows where.
$14,962,208 Deficit
For State Reported
Highway and Agricultural Fund?
Show Brighter Picture—Both Have
.Surplus.
Raleigh, Aug. 10—North Caro
lina’s general fund deficit at the
end of the 1932-33 fiscal year on
lune 30 was $14,962,208, Frank I.
Dunlap, assistant director of the
oudget, announced today.
Of this amount, $8,410,600 was
accumulated during the last fiscal
year. The deficit on June 30, 1932^.
was $6,551,608 which included a
debit balance of $2,231,198 carried
over from the 1930-31 fiscal year.
“The amount of this debit balance
is considerably in excess of the
amount anticipated,” .said Dunlap in
a formal statement, “and is due in
the main to the failure to realize
anticipated revenues.”
A roster picture was shown in the
highway and agricultural funds
There was a credit balance of $4,-
666,332 in the highway fund fox
the year ending June 30, while the
agriculture fund was $102,544 to the
good.
General fund revenues brought in
only $18,352,353. In 1932-33 while
the cost of the state government
was $26,762,953, legislative appropri
ations for the year wei'e $29,573,308.
including “uncontrollable items’;
actually spent, amounting to $21,-
826,383, the statement said.
“Uncontrollable items,” which can
not be cut under the executive bud
get act, consisted of appropriations
made for public schools, debt .service
and pensions.
“Controllable appropriations” for
the 1932-33 year totaled $7,806,196,
but with reductions effectuated the
actual sum spent was only $4,936,-
570, representing a slash of 36.8
per cent, Dunlap reported.
“The increase in the amount of
the debit balance was the failure to
realize anticipated revenue.s,” Dun
lap said. “The items in which the
failure was most marked were in
come taxes and state taxes for the
public schools, the 15 cent ad va
lorem levy.”
DAILY PAPER AT DUNN
BEGINS PUBLICATION
A canning plant recently estab
lished at Elk Park in Avery coun
ty is doing all the work and furnish
ing all the cans for farmers on a
share and share basis with the
farmer supplying the produce.
Miss Helen Gottfried of Buncombe
county has trained her purebred
Jersey bull to work in harness. The
animal hauls a cart over the farm
and does practically all the work
with the road drag.
The first issue of The Daily Bul
letin a new Dunn evening paper, ap
peared July 25. It is published un
der a Dunn and Erwin date line
and stated in its first issue that its
purpose is to bring; local up-to-min-
ute news to the people of that
county.
The publication is edited by Gran
ville Tilghman, of Dunn, and E. C.
Daniel, Zebulon. Daniel was^gradu-
ated from the University of North
Carolina this spring and Tilghman
was a student of journalism there a
few years ago.—State Pre.ss.
Unemployed Must
Register To Work
W. F. George, Supervisor of Re
employment for the Federal Govern
ment, Operating^ out of Raleigh, wa.s
in Selma Wednesday making ar
rangements for the opening in
Selma of an office for the regis
tration of applicants for employ
ment through the Reemployment
Council. The purpose of this council
is to help those out of work to get
employed, and to do so it will be
necessary to get a registration of all
unemployed so they can be classi
fied for employment according to
their classification. Whether it be
some public construction program,
such as road work, or various priv
ate projects from time to time, if
those desiring help will get in
touch with this Council they will
have access to the registration
books and in this way may find the
person or persons most needed.
There will be other places for
regi.stration in Johnston County,
with Smithfield as the head office.
The Committee for Johnston
County is as follows: C. P. Harper
and Dr. E. N. Booker, of Selma;
Chas. H. Beddingfield, of Clayton;
Mrs. T. J. Lassiter and Everett S.
Steven, of Smithfield.
A local reg-istrar will be appointed
at an early date from the list of
unemployed to look after the regis
tration for this community.
Mr. Doggett Loses
Heavily By Fire
Early Wednesday morning fire
destroyed the building near the
Union Station that was for years
used as the Southern Express office.
Mr. Doggett, railway telegraph
operator, had stored all of his house
hold goods, with the exception
of his piano and radio, in this
building while his family is away
from home. Mr. Doggett was sleep
ing in the building and just before
he was to go on duty yesterday he
heated some water to shave with
and thinks he forgot to turn off the
oil stove. It is thought the fire start
ed from this. He estimates his loss
at around $1,500 with a .small
amount of insurance. The building
was owned by Mrs. Annie Barham
and was insured we understand for
$200. The building and all its con
tents were completely destroyed.
Allot $7,000,000
For Flood Control
Washington, Aug. 15—The Public
Works Board today allotted, $7,000,-
000 from the Public Works Adminis-
timtion’s $3,300JK)0,000 emergency
fund for flood control work on the
lower Mississippi river.
Farmers in North Carolina will
receive $5,045,136.00 for the plow-
d up cotton if the cotton held on
'ption sells at ten cents a pound,
’or each penny under ten cents that
he cotton brings this total will be
educed by $536,775.00.
Selma Man Killed
In Auto Accident
Cotton Crop Of 12
Million Bales Plus
This After 4,000,000 Bales Is Plow
ed Under—Checks x\re Held Up—
Attorney General Must Rule On
Power to Pay Benefits to Fann
er Debtors.
W. H. Corbett Dies Soon After
Car He Was Driving Runs
Into Rear of Car Parked On
Highway—Two Negioes Ar
rested and Placed In County
Jail—Deceased Held Position
W'ith Dunn Furniture Com
pany.
Wallace Opens Way
To Wheat Accord
Washington, Aug. . 15—Secretary
Wallace said today this country was
prepared to accept “any reasonable
plan for European co-operation” in
volving the reduction of wheat pro
duction “which is satisfactory to
Cajiada, Australia, and Argentina.”
Wa.shington, Aug. 8.—The bureau
of agricultural economies—crop re
porting board—today described the
condition of the cotton crop as of
August 1, as 74,2 per cent of nor
mal, a.s compared with a ten-year
average of 67.9 per cent, which
promises of crop, on the reduced
acreage, of 12,314,000 bales; the
executive council, or super-cabinet
recently established by the President
failed to make a decision today, as
had been confidently expected, on
the vitally impoi'tant question
whether it would be necessary, und
er an old law which appeared to
have a direct bearing on the instant
case, to deduct amounts due the
government by planters, on seed and
production loans, from the benefit
payments which are to be made to
cotton and wheat producers who
have egreed to reduce acreage.
It is the broad policy of the ag
ricultural adjustment administration
to curtail production with respect to
these basic crops ,and to increase
the buying power of the farmer,
which in turn, would be expected to
set the wheels to turning in indus
try. Not to make these benefit pay
ments would di.sappoint those en
gaged in the» crop reduction- cam
paign as much as it would the
farmers, - and there is not much
doubt that a way will yet be found
to carry out the government’s part
of the agreement.
Checks Held Up. • ,
Metnwhile,' or until the atorney
general and his associates make a
ruling on the payments, checks in
the amount of $100,000,000, or there
abouts, cannot very well be sent out
by Secretary Wallace and his aides.
Fortune favored that Texas planter
who recently was handed the first
check in the crop reduction cam
paign by the President at the close
of a fitting ceremoney. At that
time the 1873 law about paying
money to people already under obli
gations to the government had not
risen up to plague the agricultural
adjustment administration.
A committee. Secretary Wallace,
Henry Morgenthau, Jr., of the farm
credit administration, and Jesse
Jones, is to give this matter of the
benefit payments further considera
tion.
While some people will always
think that plowing under growing
things and especially the raw ma
terials for food and clothing, must
ever be regarded as a crime against
nature, that it is sinning against
the light, there was the official view
today that the estimates of the crop
reporting board leave little doubt
that the crop control measures of
the administration have been fully
justified. It was pointed out today
that had nature been permitted to
take her course, with no interven
tion from the brain trust, there
would have been a record crop of
cotton, that there would have been
a mountainous load of the staple
under which the economic structure
of the south would have collapsed
despite the efforts of General John
son’s industrial recovery board. It
was a bearish report, and prices
“went off” even on the “reduced”
estimates.
W. H. Corbett, aged 38, was kill
ed Wednesday night at 8 o’clock
two miles south of Selma, on route
No. 10, when the car he was driv
ing ran into the rear of a car park
ed on the highway.
The parked car, owned by Bill
Turner, colored, in which several
other negroes were riding had .stop
ped on account of a puncture. It is
not known whether the car had a
rear light or not.
J. A. Morrison, joint land bank;
representative, of Spencer, was com
ing toward Selma and was near the
scene when the accident occurred.
Corbett was still breathing when he
was placed in Morrison’s car but
died before reaching his home here.
Two of the negroes. Turner and a
man named Toler, were arrested by
Policeman Johnson and Jeffries and
taken to the county jail in Smith-
field. Coroner Kirkman was notified
and stated that an inquest would be
held today.
Mr. Corbett was a World War
veteran and served in France. He is
survived by his wife and four chil
dren, For several years he has held
a esponsible position with' the Dunn
Furniture Company of Selma and
Dunn.
Smithfield News
More than 50 Smithfield firms and
individuals have signed up in the
NRA drjve and now the Blue Eagle
is, v^'f ijxuch-. in , evidence, in many
of the busine.-s houses.
Two important new rules have
been adopted by the State School
Commission, as follows: (1) AH
children who will not become six
years of age on or before Nov. 15
of the scholastic year will not be
allowed to enter and attend .school
during that year.
(2) Pupils who have graduated
from a standard high school, if al
lowed to re-enter school for special
course.s, are to be at once reported
to the superintendent of the adminis
trative unit, who will report same
to the State School Commis.sion and
in no event are these pupils to be
connected as being in average daily
attendance for the purpose of allot
ting teachers or any allotment of
state funds.”
With The Sick
Mr. W. J. Branch has been ill for
the past few days at his home in
south Selma. His' many friends wish
for him a speedy recovery.
Mrs. W. H. Etheredge has been
seriously ill at her home here for
several days her many friends will
regret to learn.
Buy Your Groceries In Selma
Read the advertisements of Julia’s
Cash & Carry Store and Sanitary
Grocery Co. in this issue. These
firms are offering you groceries as
cheap as you can get them any
where. Buy from your home mer
chants and keep your money at
home.
The Smithfield warehousemen are
all getting things in line for the
opening of the tobacco market here,
and they appear fb be optomistic
as to the size and quality of the
crop, and the prospects for good
prices. They evidently intend to
show that they meant business
when they adopted the slogan “No
better Market in the State.”
Those who have visited the bord
er markets within the la.st few day.s
have brought back encouraging re
ports as to prices and it is expect
ed that prices will improve, especial
ly for the better grades, with cool
er weather.
The new Smithfield Tobacco Com
pany has just employed about 400
men and women and put them to
work in their stemmery. This firm
is now receiving large shipments of
tobacco from the markets to the
south of us that have already open
ed.
The Seventh Annual Reunion of
the Sanders Clan was held last Sun
day at the old Sanders home near
Elizabeth Methodist church about 6
miles west of Smithfield.
There were 137 in attendance. The
family of Claudins Brock Sanders
had the most representations there
that day and was awarded the lov
ing cup. A splendid picnic dinner
was served in the grove at noon,
which was later followed by water
melons.
County agents in cotton counties
have been busy for the past two
weeks issuing permits and certifi
cates for plowing up cotton. Checks
will be sent to growers as soon as
cotton is certified as ■ destroyed.
Rev. H. N. Massey, pastor of the
Smithfield Mis.sionary Baptist church
was called to his old home at Co
lumbus, Ga., last Sunday night on
account of the serious illness of his
father who had suffered a stroke of
paraly.sis.
Six cotton counties — Craven,
Davidson, Gaston, Martin, Pasquo
tank, and Pender—exceed their al
lotment in acreage to be, destroyed.
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