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SELMA.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1933
NUMBER 34
Seven Lives Are Lost
As Truck Hits Train
Victims All From Lenoir Com
munity—Drivel’s View Part
ly ObstiTicted by Small Build
ings Along Railroad—Worst
Tragedy In History of Lum-
bertcn.
Lumberton, Aug. 22.—Haywood
Smith, 26, driver of the truck in
which seven farmerpa= sengers were
killed by a train today, was placed
under arrest tonight and ordered to
appear .at an inquest before Coron
er D. W. Biggs tomorrow.
Smith, confined to Baker sana
torium with slight injuries, was not
placed under guard nor bond. His
condition will permit attendance at
the inquest, requested by Solicitor
T. A Me Neill, who returned from
superior court at Raeford tonight.
Lumberton, Aug. 22.—Lumberton
was still shocked tonight over the
worst tragedy in the history of the
town when the lives of seven people
were wiped out and five ohtr people
were injuried, one probably fatally,
in a truck-train collision on the
Fairmont road crossing southern
edge of Lumberton, at 8:30 a. m.,
today.
The dead have been identified as:
Jessie Davenport, 26; Louis Daven
port, 32; and Wesley Davenport, 14,
sons of Furnie Davenport; Burchard
Smith, 23, and Walter Smith, 20,
brothers; Dick Harper, 19, and Clyde
Taylor, 12, three of these wer kill
ed in-tantly, their bodies ground to
pieces beneath the train wheels and
strewn for 300 yards along the
track; two others died by the time
they recahed Baker sanatorium and
another two soon after being admit
ted.
The injured are Furnie Davenport,
58, who is suffering with a lacerat
ed throat and internal injuries and
is in a dying condition; Millard Dav
enport, 61, brother of Furnie, who
has a scalp wound; Haywood Smith,
26, driver of the truck, the least
injured of any sustaining only a
cut face and bruised leg; Zeb Brown,
28, with scalp wound and broken
arm; Wodrow Taylor, 20, suffering
with fractured pelvis, scalp wound
which may be a fracture, and broken
arm. Wodrow is in Thompson Me
morial hospital; the others injured,
in Baker sanatorium. All except
Furnie Davenport are expected to
recover.
The truck, loaded with tobacco in
which all but Haywood Smith and
Wesley Davenport were interested,
belonged to J. R. Davenport of the
Deep Run community of Lenoir
county. All of the 12 people were
from that section. They spent most
of the night getting up their load
of tobacco and were on their way to
the Fairmont market at the time of
the accident.
Two hundred yards from the scene
of the wreck, they turned a sharp
corner and were traveling slowly
whe nthe car approached the S. A
L. railway track. The driver said
he did not know of the railroad,
that he heard the train blow but
thought it a factory whistle. A
Negro, seeing the danger of the
truck, jumped into the road and
began trying to stop it. The driver
was watching the Negro, and his
view was partially obstructed by
small store buildings beside the
railway. The train was slightly
damaged.
“The first time I glimpsed the
train it looked like the radiator of
the truck was going right into the
side of it,” Haywood Smith, driver,
.stated from his hospital bed. Smith
said the train was “really balling
the jack.”
Furnie and Louis Davenport were
riding with him in the cab and the
others were standing on the back of
the truck body behind two rows of
tobacco. Bodies of some of those
•on the rear were thrown directly
tinder the train as the truck crash
ed into the baggage car of the
motordriven train of three cars. The
head of one was cut off, the re
mainder of his body served in sev-
erad places.
Bodies of the dead were removed
by two Kinston ambulances this
. afternoon to the Garner funeral
■ home, Kinston, to be prepared for
furial.
MISS EUNICE FULGHUM
Winner of Second Place in Co
operative Cotton Essay Contest. She
was a guest of the local Kiwanis
Club Thur day night and gave some
of the high spots in her prize win
ning essay.
Solicitor Williams
Kiwanis Speaker
Mr. Williams Used As His Subject
Citizienship and the Courts, Stres
sing the Importance and Dignity
of Jury Duty—High Ciompliment
to One’s Initelligence and Moral
Character.
Corbett Funeral
Was Held Friday
Funeral services were conducted
Friday afternoon for W. H. Corbett,
who was killed in an automobile ac
cident Wednesday night between
Selma and Smithfield. His parior.
Rev. L. T. Singleton, of the local
Methodist church officiated, services
being held at the home. Several
songs were sung by the Warrick
quartet, compo.-ed of Mesdames
Lester, Luther, Almond and Miss
Theresa Warrick, of Wilson’s Mills.
The flag draped casket wa.s borne
from the home to the cemetery by
the following pall bearers:
Messrs. W. L. Etheredge, Robert
Jones, Jim Mitchell, W. E. Branch,
A. L. Bradley and H. D. Benson.
Mr. Corbett was a World War
veteran and served for 18 months in
France. He is survived by his widow,
four children, two brothers and two
sisters. For several years he ha-
held a responsible pos.tion with the
Dunn Furniture Company, of Dunn,
and Selma, and had hosts of friends
all over the county.
A very large number of relatives
and friends attended the funeral
and the new made grave was com
pletely covered with lovely floral
designs. Among those from out of
town who were here for the funeral
were: Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Massey;
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Smith; Mrs. B.
D. Jones and Mrs. C. L. Smith, of
Newport News, Va.; Mr. and Mrs
Taylor, Rev. and Mrs. Sexton; Mrs.
C. L. Smith and Mrs. C. T. Smith,
of Rocky Mount; Mr. and Mrs. M
F. Corbett and Miss Eula Mae Rose,
of Goldsboro; Mr. and Mrs. B. A.
Corbett and Miss Mabel Ro'e, of Ra
leigh; James A. Corbett, of Cheraw,
S. C.; Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Strick
land and daughter, of Smithfield;
Mrs. D. S. Parrish and Miss Minnie
Smith, of Wilson’s Mills.
Solicitor Clawson Williams, of
Sanford, was the principal speaker
at the weekly meeting of the Selma
Kiwanis Club Thursday night. He
was introduced by Kiwanian C. P-
Harper, who said he was the best
solicitor in the state of North Caro
lina and when he got tired of that
job his district would send him to
Congress. Mr. Williams made one of
the best talks the club has had the
privilege of hearing for a long
time. '
Mrs T. -J. La siter, editor of the
Smithfield Herald, was called on for
a few remarks. Mrs. Lassiter made
a short but very interesting talk.
Miss Eunice Grey Fulghum, of
Kenly, was also a guest of the club
Miss Fulghum, winner of second
place in the Statewide e.ssay con
test sponsored by the North Caro
lina Cotton Growers’ Association,
gave some of the high spots in her
essay.
Mrs, W. J. Crain rendered two
beautiful vocal solos, accompanied at
the piano by Miss Ellen Singleton.
The attendance prize, a five gal
lon carboy of Carolina Pines Miner
al water, donated by the Carolina
Pines, Inc., was won by T. S.
Krahenbuhl. The ladies’ guest prize,
donated by Kiwanian Crain went to
Mi-s Eunice Fulghum, and the
gentlemen’s guest prize was won by
Gordon Whitaker.
Among others at this splendid
meeting were Willian 1. Godwin,
mayor of Selma; G. C. Whitakea-
anu R. A. Jones.
The program was in charge of
H. H. Lowry.
Mrs. E. R. Jones Opens Sew
ing Shop
Mose Godwin Breaks Ankle
While playing a game of tennis
in Smithfield, Tuesday afternoon,
Mo-e Godwin had the misfortune to
fall and break his ankle. He was
taken to the Johnston County Hos
pital where the break was X-Rayed
and a plaster cast put on. At this
writing he is still in the hospital
and doing as well as could be ex
pected. He will probably be brought
to his home in Selma soon.
Employm’ntBureau
Opens In Johnston
Central Office Is Located In Smith-
field With Auxiliary Offices in
Selma, Clayton and Four Oaks;
Those Desiring Employment
Should Register at Nearest Of
fice.
The Johnston County Re-employ
ment Bureau has been set up, and
Monday the central registration of
fice in Smithfield, and three auxili
ary offices located at Selma, Clay
ton and Four Oaks were open for
business. Miss Mary Pierce, who
has had experience in the Smithfield
employment bureau of the Federal
.\id, is in charge of the Central
Bureau of Re-employment and head
quarters for the present are located
in the office formerly occupied by
E. J. Wellons over W. M. Sander’s
store. The Selma registration place
will be in the mayor’s office, and
MLss Margaret Mozingo will be in
charge. The Clayton office located
in Weisner Farmer’s office will be
operated by Miss Frances Barnes,
The Four Oaks office at the mayor’s
office will be kept open by Mrs.
Martha La-siter.
All these offices will be kept open
for six days each week as long as
the work justifies. All persons de
siring employment are requested to
go to the most convenient employ
ment bureau and register. Also,
employers are asked to cooperate
with the bureaus in notifying them
when extra help can be used.
The arrangements for setting up
the Johnston County bureau were
completed at a meeting of the
County Re-employment committee^
held in Smithfield Friday morning.
The committee as appointed by
Capus M. Way nick of Raleigh, state
director of unemployment, is as fol
lows: Everett S. Stevens, chairman,
and Mrs. T. J. Lassiter, of Smith-
field; C. H. Beddingfield, of Clay
ton; C. P. Harper and Dr. E. N.
Booker, of Selma.
Irby Holt Is Given
20 to 25 Years For
Killing David Price
Mother’s Club Meets
The Selma Circle of the C C Club
of America met on Tuesday even
ing at the home of Mrs. W. G.
Waddell with Mrs. Waddell presid
ing. The subject for study was, “The
Parent and the School.” Interesting-
papers were read by Mesdames C.
B. Fulghhm and J. T. Hughes
Give Them A Call after a business session a social
We have been requested to an- hour was enjoyed. In a unique
nounce that Circle “C” of the Metho- drawing cont^st,^ Mr.s. W. D. Fields
dist church will have on sale at declared winner and was pre-
Dean’s & Sons Saturday, candies, sented dainty handkerchiefs. Ice
cakes, etc. The ladies will appre- cream and cake were served by the
date your patronage. hostess.
Fatally Injured In
Gar Collision
Mrs. Albert Mitchell, of Johnston
County, Victim of Ctash Sunday.
Mrs. Albert Mitchell, who lived
near Clayton, was fatally injured
and four other per.sons were hurt in
an automobile accident Sunday
morning at 10 o’clock on the Dunn
road near the Godwin intersection.
Mrs. Mitchell was a pa.s.senger in
a car driven by her son-in-law. Way-
land Jones when a car driven by
Miss Ruby Stell of Zebulon attempt
ed to pass them southbound.
In passing iMss Stell’s car partial
ly left the pavement and as she
attempted to right she collided with
the front portion of the Jones car
causing it to overturn.
She picked up the injured and
took them to the Johnston County
Hospital at Smithfield but Mrs.
Mitchell who was 70 years old, was
dead upon arrival.
Mrs. Mattie Stephenson of Smith-
field, a passenger in the Jones car
suffered cuts, bruises and broken
ribs; Wayland Jones was slightly
cut and bfuised; Mrs. Wayland
Jones sustained a broken right arm;
Wayland Jones, Jr., was slightly cut
and bruised.
The accident was investigated by
Sgt. D. T. Lambert of the State
highway patrol. Dr. J. V. McGou-
gan, county coroner, announced that
an inquest or investigation would
be held as soon as the injured per
sons were able to te.stify.
Pending the inquest or investiga
tion no charges have been prefer
red against either of the drivers.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mitchell
were held Monday afternoon at 3:30
from the Corinth Baptist church in
Johnston County.
20-Year-Old Princeton Youth
Convicted of Second Degree
Murder Charge—David Price
Was Slain.
World’s Largest
Balloon Coming
World’s Largest Ballon to Be Sent
Up in Selma Some Time During
Day August 26.^01d-Time Thrill
er by “Daredevil Diavolo” Is Ex
pected to Draw Large Crowd.
Mrs. E. R. Jones opened a sew
ing shop Today, (Aug. 24), located
nexty to the Dunn Furniture Com
pany, in the building formerly oc
cupied by the Hat Shop. Mrs. Jones
says her prices on all sei^ng is
very reasonable.
A Family Reunion
Boy Scouts At
Camp Atkinson
'The moment the American people
discovered that President Roosevelt
had a real program aimed at the
restoration of prosperity and that
something actually was going to be
done, they began to bound high
-from the depths of pessimism.
The descendents and friends of
Miles John and Noah Barefoot, de
ceased, will hold their annual family
reunion at the Bythan Barefoot
homestead place about six miles
south of Four Oaks, ane half mile
east of Oak Forest Primitive Baptist
church near Barefoot Memorial
Free-will Baptist church on Friday
before the first Sunday in Septem
ber, being the first day of Septem
ber. All relatives and friends of
those ancestors are heartily invited
to attend this Reunion and carry
well filled baskets and enjdy the
day together. There -will be some
good singing and other religious
services. Come and meet your rela
tives and friends and enjoy the day
together, it may be the laak time
you will meet on earth.
N. G. BAREFOOT.
The Southwestern Balloon Co. of
Kansas City, Mo., co-operating with
the Selma Boosters association and
merchants of Selma, is arranging
for an oldtime balloon ascention and
a 3,000 foot parachute jump, in
Selma Saturday, August 26. This
is an event that is sure to attract
a large -crowd from Selma and sur
rounding country, for the town has
not had such an exhibition in many,
many years.
Final arrangements for the event
were completed by Mr. John B
Davis, general representative of the
Southwestern Balloon Co., here Mon
day. Mr. Da-vis stated that the bal
loon, which is the world’s largest,
being 75 feet high and 48 feet
through, and its crew would arrive
in Selma early Saturday and would
be unloaded on a vacant lot near
the center of town. A short address
will be made there by someone rep
resenting the Boosters association.
Within a few minutes the ^aint air
monster will be filled with air and
allowed to shoot into the air with
Daredevil Diavolo” as its only oc
cupant. After reaching 3,000 feet,
this acrobat will jump from the bal
loon and sail to the ground with a
thousands of children and many
grown-ups who have never seen a
balloon. Diavolo, who is only 23
years old, is credited with being one
of the best parachute manipulators
living. To be a parachute jumper,
Mr. Davis stated, one must conquer
fear and have a knowledge of con
trolling the parachute for a safe
landing with nothing but the wind
to guide the contraption. Mr. Da-vis
himself has spent the greater part
of his life as a balloonist and
boasts of only a few broken bones
and several short visits to hospitals
from accident.
Mr. Joe Park, pioneer ballonkst
and parachute jumper, now presi
dent of the Southwestern Balloon
Co., will accompany Diavolo and the
balloon equipment to Selma. He is
known as one of the very few
aeronautical engineers with years of
experience who is still following
the trade.
This is a type of event that old
and young can enjoy, and the mer-
i-nants of Selma are inviting every
one throughout the section to come
t) see it. There will be no charge
and no formalities. As an added
a-traction, especially appealing in
this time of rising prices, many
merchants are offering unusually at
tractive merchandise values.
Ten o’clock a. m. is the hour an
nounced for the ascention, but it is
planned to make it when wind and
weather are most favorable. How-
The Selma troop Boy Scouts—23
strong— left Monday for Camp
Atkinson, ten miles north of Selma,
where they are spending this week.
The boys will be in charge of Jesse
Barden, assistant scoutmaster. Roy
Liles, of Goldsboro, will be in
charge of instruction in merit- badge
work. It is planned to hold a Court
of Honor on Friday night to pass
this work and award the merit
badges. Thursday evening at 7
o’clock the scouts will entertain the
local Kiwanis Club at a picinc din
ner. The program during the dinner
hour will be put on by the scouts.
Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock the
scouts will give a program to which
the public is invited.
Selma Mill Village
On last Saturday afternoon about
one o’clock, most everybody on the
village and the surrounding country
had a picnic in their bones, anyway,
the news leaked out some way an^l
they began to gather at the office
at one o’clock. All was ready about
two o’clock to start for Holt Lake
and before you could say scat,
everything from six months old to
eighty, was in the water just hav
ing a glorious time. After tiring of
that sport you could see longing
eyes turned toward a truck that
was filled with boxes and baskets
of every size but there were tubs
and tubs of lemonade to drink and
then a lot of games to play, (Well
I believe their idea was to tire every
one down so that they could not
eat so much) but they were just
Smithfield, Aug. 20—Erby Holt,
20-year-old son of a wealthy Prince
ton merchant, was this morning
sentenced to central prison at Ra
leigh for not less than 20 nor more
than 25 years at hard labor for the
murder of David Price on election
night last November. The state de
manded the death penalty for mur
der in the first degree but the jury-
returned a verdict of guilty of mur
der in the second degree. Judge
Frank A. Daniels commended the
jury upon their verdict.
Young Holt, who was accompanied
in court by his young wife and fam
ily, was very nervous and worn a.s
a re-ult of the ordeal through which
he had gone and was greatly re
lieved upon learning that he had not
been found guilty of murder in the
first degree. Mrs. Price, widow of
the deceased, was accompanied in
court by her attorney and her
family.
According to the evidence. Holt
began a quarrel with his uncle,
James H. Holt, over threats to kill
young Holt’s dog. Price’s attempts
to mediate resulted in his being in
volved in the quarrel and was kill
ed at the hands of Erby Holt with
an automatic.
A large crowd of men and women
attended the last session of thifii
term of criminal Superior court
here Sunday morning as the church
hour neared. The Methodist church,
which is across from the court
house had no services Sunday
morning in order that its congrega
tion might have an opportunity to
hear Judge Daniel’s remarks on this
case.
“David Price,” Judge Daniels
stated, “is lying in his grave as the
result of drink and this young man,
Erby Holt, is going to the peniten
tiary in the prime of his youth as
a result of the evils of drink. And
yet, in the face of this pathetic
case, they tell men that the 18th
amendment is soon to be repealed.
They are going to establish bar
rooms at every crossroads—no, even
between the crossroads—where
motorists can stop and refresh
themselves with spirituous drink.
THE RESULT WILL BE A
WHOLESALE MASSACRE OF THE
GOOD PEOPLE OF THIS STATE.
“I feel like the old minister, an
ardent prohibitionist, who shocked
his congregation once by declaring
that he was in favor of whisky as
long as it is kept in its place— its
place being in hell. I am not
fanatic on this subject but I have
.seen too much of the evils resulting
from drink not to be cognizant of
the deplorable conditions that would
arise from the legalizing of the sale
of spirituous drink. The 18th amend
ment will probably be repealed, but
not for long. When people realize
that the results are not what is de
sired, ' that crime will be more wide
spread and rampant, prohibition will
speedily return and will be a perma
nent institution.
“Ordinarily I don’t like the u.se of
French words when others can be
used, but the word “elite” is appro
priately used when it is applied to
THOSE SOCIALLY PROMINENT
CITIZENS WHO KEEP WELL
STOCKED PROVISIONS OF WHIS
KIES AND WINES ON HAND AT
ALL TIMES TO BE SERVED TO
THEIR GUESTS ON SOCIAL OC
CASIONS. And yet we judges are
expected to send the poor negress
to jail who attempts to celebrate
her birthday with her pint. It is all
wrong. THE REPEAL OF OUR
working up a good appetite. Final
ly someone said spread the dinner PROHIBITION LAWS WILL CER
^ * . - rr A rXTT V Tl/T A T.T m HT * m m ^
parachute.
Mr. Davis pointed out that half i ever, rain or shine, the balloon goes
a century ago no fair or circus
was complete without the balloon
and parachute jumper, that since
the day of the airplane the balloon
is almost extinct and there are
up and the parachute jump will be
made. Similar events staged by this
company in a large number of com
munities have thrilled thousands of
spectators
and that was what everyone had
been wanting to hear for six hours,
there was everything good to eat
on that table. Rev. Waddell of the
Presbyterian church returned thanks
and everybody was busy for the
next hour. Well now we were all
ready for home, wondering if we
would sleep well that night and
voting it a perfect success as a
picnic.
TAINLY
WORSE.”
MAKE MATTERS
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SELMA IS GROWING
During the past six
momths there were twenty-
nine births and thirteen
deaths in the town of
Selma.
Notice of Revival Meetings
The Annual Re-vival at Barbours
Chapel Advent Christian church will
commence Sunday, August 27, at
11 a. m.
Elder R. L. Isbell, of Lenoir, N. C.,
will be the evangelist, assisted by ■
the pastor. Elder N. W. Harrison.
'The meetings will continue for '
two weeks, closing the second Sun- r'”
day night in September.
Come brethem, for the harvest W
ripe. Let us be found in our plscnn .-p
around about the camp, prepared for
the great task of gathering th*
sheaves.