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VOL. 16
SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1933.
NUMBER 36
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HOW THEY STAND
Club
W.
L.
Pet
5elma
9
2
.818
Kenly
.. 10
3
.769
Pine Level
8
3
.727
Clayton
6
6
.500
.Smithfield
.. 3
10
.231
Princeton
.... 0
9
.000
Smithfield Takes
First
Game
6-5»
and Selma The
Night-
-Cap
5-4—
Selma Defeated
Kenly
Here
Fri-
OBSERVATIONS
BY BILL SPIVEY
day 2-1—The Locals Play Prince-
Ion Here loday Cinuisaay).
iBY ROBERT P. NOBLE, JR.)
Selma and Smithfield divided a
double-header here Labor Day, but
Selma gets credit for both games
due to the fact that Smithfield play
ed an ineligible player. Smithfield
took the opener 6 to 5 and the locals
■won the night-cap 5 to 4.
Frank Johnson, starting- on the
mound for Smithfield -was touched
for 5 safeties and 4 runs in the
first inning. From then on he -was
invincible until the eighth when a
Selma rally fell 1 run short of ty
ing the score. Caraway held Smith-
field hitless until the sixth when the
visitors opened up and bunched 4
hits and 2 errors to score 5 runs
and drive Caraway to the showers.
Brown, his successor was greeted by
a single by H. Parrish that scored
one more run. Brown then stopped
the assault but the damage was
done and the 6 runs were enough
to win. L. Worrell, Talton, Creech
and Lassiter each with 2 hits led
the local batting, while Honeycutt,
' also with a pair, topped the Smith-
field attack.
Brown started the second game
for the locals and pitched masterful
baS»- allowing only 2 hits, but poor
support by his mates almost cost
him the game. Selma again jumpgd
into a four run lead by scoring 1
run in each the second and third
innings and 2 more in the fourth.
This lead looked good until the
visitors, aided by Selma miscues
■ like number
Manager Ed. Creech. A hard work
ing, hard playing, and hard think
ing manager. He plays a good game
of ball at second and weilds a mean
tick at the plate. Ed is second
choice of managers in the League
and we are pround of him.
Woodrow (Woozy) Kemp the back
stop. This boy is the tiger of the
club, being on his toes throughout
a game. He has more pep than apy
two other men and he gives a lot
away. “Woozy” is a pretty good
hitter and a .swell catcher.
Ralph (Freckles) Talton. “Grand
stand” Outside of the fact that
Freck is a grandstand player, he
plays a nice game of ball at most
any position. He is the best utility
player on the club and is a fair
bcittor
Paul Harris. “The Big Boy” of
the team plays a swell game on the
initial sack and hits right ^ hand
chunkers. Southpaws are his jonah.
Paul is a smart ball player. He
knows the game and how it should
be done.
Garland Worrell. “Gabriel.” A
pretty good shortstop even if he
is rather erratic at times. Has a
nice arm and hits among the first
eight. Southpaws also have him
Jinxed.
Leo Worrell. “Rifle.” This boy
has a throw to first like a rifle bul
let. He usually knocks the first
baseman off the bag. Leo plays a
bapg-up game at the hot-corner and
hits well -up the list.
Red Parrish. “Ole Energetic” This
fellow is so lazy one wonders how
he plays baseball. One doesn’t
wonder after seeing him play. He
covers that left section of the outer
garden like a blanket, and hits good
(sometimes).
Abie Lassiter. “The Teacher”
Mrs. Ashworth
Named County
Chairman NRA
W'omen's Division, Which Deals En
tirely With Consumers—Other Ap
pointments Sent Ont—Houae-to-
House Canvass To Be Made.
twice in the fifth Lassiter fs “an asset to‘our ball club
of times in the seventh. However _
the locals managed to count victory
in the seventh -when Bob Jeffreys
sole home with 2 men down. The
final was a thriller. Selma garnered
7 hits off Page and Parrish. Brown
connected for 3 of these, which was
more than he allowed the entire
Smithfield Club.
SELMA DEFEATS KENLY
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Selma defeated Kenly here last
Friday in a ten inning affair by the
score of 2 to 1. The game was pack
ed with thrills and argument from
beginning to end. Kenly coupled two
hits and two errors to score a run
in the third inning and held Selma
shoreless until the eighth when
Elmer Bro-wn hit a freak home-run,
tying the score. Brown hit a single
to ■ right field but Hinton lost the
ball in the grass and Brown canre
all the way home. Brown tripled in
the tenth inning and Abe Lassiter
singled to bring Brown home with
the winning run. Worrell pitched for
Selma and allowed only 6 hits while
his mates collected 8 off Pittman.
Brown and Lassiter led the hitting
with 2 each as none of the visiting
batters hit safely more than once.
Kemp caught for the winners and
Evans for the visitors.
KIWANIS ENTERTAINS
SELMA BALL CLUB
(BY BILL SPIVEY)
The members of the Selma Ball
Club were guests of the Kiwanis
Club at supper last Thursday night,
and did those ball players eat! And
was that a good supper! The Selma
Kiwanians sure do put on a spread
for their guests. Fried chicken, good
rice and gravy, a vegetable course,
hot rolls, and, iced tea, all topped
off -with a delicious and generous
serving of pie a la mode. After the
eats, the meeting was turned over
to Mr. H. H. Lowry, who had a de
lightful program. Mr. C. P. Harper
gave a brief history of baseball as
played in Selma, and paid the pres
ent ball club some very flowery
eompliments. Rev. Mr. Hodges, of
New Bern, gave a very uplittmg
talk using as his topic, the motto,
•“Pass It On.” Mr. Hodges is holding
a revival meeting at the Selma
Baptist church. Mr. Martin, who is
singing at the revival sang two
solos, and we will say that Mr.
Martin is a fine soloist.
The ball club wishes to express
the heartiest appreciation and thanks
to the Kiwanis Club for a very de
lightful evening.
WHERE THEY PLAY FRIDAY
SELMA AT CLAYTON
KENLY AT PINE LEVEL
.Selma High Football
Squad Starts Training
that we like. Wish he could have
been with us all .reason. Abie has
the best batting eye in the league
and has been hitting well lately.
He’s a swell center-fielder.
Gibson Fields. “Shorty.” Gib was
laid up most of the season because
of an injured knee, but he played
nice ball while in there. His hitting
would have been much improved if
he had played in more games. His
outfielding is O. K.
John McMillan. “Lucky” Mac is
a mystery to the ball club and to
the fans. He goes to the bat, closes
his eyes and swings, and wonder of
wonders, it’s usually a-hit. John is
a nice player and has the most even
temper of any.
Erne.st Fuqua. “Fuq” One of them
southpaw tossers what am hard to
git to. Fuqua pitches swell ball for
Selma and he -will always remember
us because of a scar on his head.
He is one of the three best pitchers
in the league.
Elmer Brown “Smoky A fast ball
and plenty curve makes this boy
mighty effective in the box. He can
play any position and is leading the
club in hitting. One of the best all
round players we have and is liked
everywhere.
Lefty Caraway. “Twister.” Has
a ball like a cyclone. Can make it
curve North, South, East, or West.
He held Smithfield hitless and laugh
ed about it. Give him a pack ^ of
chewing gum and he can pitch em
all day long. , .
Walt Worrell. “Ace” Walt is the
pitching ace of the locals and he
well deserves the name. Walt has
pitched Selma to most of their wins
in the second half. He will beat
Clayton in the series for us.
Hayden Wiggs. “Speedy.” Wiggs
is one of the boys who' is there when
needed. He has seen action in very
few games but showed up well be
hind the bat when in there. Plays
good ball for the “Yannigans.”
Robert Jeffries. “Bob.” Bob is one
of those old men that are still fast.
He stole home against Smithfield
with the winning run in the Labor
Day night-cap. Jeffreys is a good
out fielder.
Billie Aycock. “Little Willie.” Bil
lie is another of the boys who have
not seen much actio.n but he keeps
coming out in uniform. He is to be
admired for this. A little "experience
will make him.
Jit Younger. “Col. Ruppert.” Too
much can’t be said about this live
wire Jit has kept this ball club out
of the red and has handled the
business end like a financier. He has
worked as hard or harder than any
other member of the association. The
boys appreciate your interest Jit.
Bill Spivey. “Red.” Bill catches
all the H— from the ball players.
If he gives an error he is wrong.
If he doesn’t give a hit he is still
wrong. Wurra, Wurra, what a life.
Tobacco Growers Give
Crop Reduction Pledge
Campaign to Reduce Product'on In
1934 and 193.5 Will Be Laimched
Monday In State’s 57 Leaf Pro
ducing Counties—Result of Aijtioii
Taken At Raleigh .Meeting.
4,
On last Monday morning. Sept,
about 21 candidates for the Selma
High school football team reported
at the school house for the purpose
■of beginning training. These candi
dates are under the supervision of
Prof. Liles and John Lacy Deans.
We sure., -syish them a good season
and good luck.
HOW THEY BAT
Player
Brown
McMillan
Creech ;
Parrish ‘
Lassiter
Worrell ^71
L. woricii - I , ^
, . 250 1 the warehouses open the
J6Iin0S I **
G. Worrell
Raleigh, Sept. 6.—Fifty-seven
counties, voted today on the tobacco
reduction acreage plan when these
representatives came together with
officials from the agricultural col
leges of the tobacco states and af
ter a morning session of great en
thusiasm resolved in the afternoon to
start a tremendous campaign for re
duction in 1934 and 1935.
The vote to adopt the gvernment
reduction plan was cast by exactly
52 counties which were in the flesh
present. But the five absentees had
no vocative spokesmen. It was an
nounced that the campaign which
will be conducted in North Carolina
will be duplicated in the other to
bacco gro'wing states in this vicinity.
There were about 100 delegates
present and there was no vote cast
against the proposal to go with the
government in this" large endeavor.
Governor Ehringhaus had returned
in the morning from Wa.=hington,
where he had been on a tobacco
mission. He attended the meeting
and explained its purposes. J. B.
Hutson, chief of the tobacco division
of the Triple A and Dean I. O.
Schaub, of State college, discussed
the plans of the national govern
ment for bringing about the im
proved prices for which all the farm
ers are fighting and in which in
terest all the warehouses are on an
executive holiday. Mr. Ehringhaus
persuaded the tobacco warehouses to
close their doors until there should
be some word from Washington.
That word was wired this after
noon from President Roosevelt, who
regretted his inability to see Gover
nor Ehringhaus during the ‘North
Carolina executive’s visit to the na
tional capital. But Mr. Roosevelt de
clared his great interest in the
movement and offered all that the
machinery of his administration in
Washington can do in the interest of
these better prices.
Governor Ehringhaus in talking to
the farmers today declared that co
operation is the plan that will win.
He said he hopes to see the day
when a farmer who will not work
with his neighbors will be held up
to scorn by them.
The result of today’s meeting was
quick action on the sign-up plan
which it is hoped to finish by next
week’s end. “The quicker we get
better it
will be for ' everybody,” Governor
Ehringhaus said.
The plans formulated today con
template campaigns for both 1934
and 1935. The end will be reduced
acreage. Mr. Hutson, representing
the government, declared his doubt
that the desired reduction can be ac
complished 100 per cent, but said
the suggested figures represent the
maximum to be attained.
Farmers who come into the move
ment will be paid from a fund
raised by the processing tax, he
said. That tax is expected to yield
about .$10,000,000 annually. He gave
another slant to “parity price.” One
of the meanings of it bandied about
with great familiarity is a price
which would equal the general level,
the average over, say 14 years. But
today Mr. Hutson explained that
parity must contemplate also tne
ability to buy for the farmer as
much as his tobacco ranging over
1915 to 1924 would have bought. In
a word, the purpose is to rescue the
farmer from low prices for the
things that it must buy.
C. T. Hall, of Woodsdale, Person
county, was this afternoon elected
president of the permanent tobacco
organization formed by the dele
gates from 52 counties, Lionel Weil,
of Goldsboro, was elected vice presi
dent, and C. A. Sheffield, of State
college, was elected secretary.
An executive committee of nine
members to work with the officer:
in advising with state and govern
ment officials was selected by the
delegates. The members of this com
mittee are as follows: For the bord
er belt. Dr. G. M. Pate, Robeson;
Senator J. A. Brown, Columbus; H.
C. McKeel, Craven. For the new
belt, J. E. Winslow, Pitt; J. H.
Lane, Wilson, and R. Hunter Pope,
Halifax. For the old belt, T. M.
Lewis, Forsyth; H. W. Umstead,
Person, and E. G. Moss, of Gran
ville.
This committee and officers of the
association will work with Dean I. O.
Schaub and' his associates in the
agricultural extension service in con-
lucting the state wide sign up cam
paign which begins "with mass meet-
ngs to be held at the county court
house of each county next Monday
afternoon, September 11, at 2
o’clock. The committee and officers
will also advise with J. B. Hutson
and his associates at Washington in
clearing up any difficulties and mis
understandings on the part of grow
ers as to contracts and regulations
governing the acreage reduction and
benefit payment plan.
The growers spent the afternoon
discussing details of getting the sign
MR. PLUNKETT MARTIN
Mr. Martin is leading the singing
at the revival meetings now in prog
ress at the First Baptist church.
Entertains In Honor
Dr. Wade Atkinson
Mr. H. H Lowry entertained a
few friends at a six o’clock dinner
at the Brick Hotel on Monday even
ing in honor of Dr. Wade H. Atkin
son, of Washington, D. C. Just be
fore dinner was served Prof. Plun
kett Martin, who is leading the sing
ing at the Baptist revival this week,
delighted the gue.-ts with a vocal
solo.
Mr. Lowry’s guests were Dr.
Wade H. Atkinson, of Washington,
D. C.; Evangelist J. L. Hodges, of
New Bern; Prof Plunkett Martin, of
LaFayette, Ala.; Dr. E. N. Booker,
Robert P. Noble, Jr., of Raleigh;
Rev. W. J. Crain, R. A. Jones, Rev.
L. T .Singleton, Rev. D F. Waddell,
George F. Brietz, Eli Taylor, B. F.
Proctor, W. T. Woodard.
up campaign started. In addition to
having mass meetings at the county
courthouses next Monday afternoon,
it was agreed that community meet
ings would be held in every com
munity and that voluntary workers
secured by the delegates to the
state meeting would begin a farm
to farm campaign next week.
A resolution was passed calling
upon all farmers to secure and keep
sales slips of all tobacco sold so far
this season or that would be sold
later. Warehousemen were requested
to date the .-ales slips for the grow
ers.
J. B. Hutson said the contracts
should be in the hands of the farm
• agents by Saturday, September 9, or
Monday, September 11, at the latest.
He also took sometime to further ex
plain the processing tax and parity
payments.
Through the State Chairman
comes the appointment of Mrs. R.
A. Ashworth as county chairman of
NRA Women’s Division, which deals
entirely with Consumers. The chief
work is in making house-to-house
canvass, enlisting every woman in
this great undertaking.
“It is a notable fact that when
calamity comes and sacrifice is in
order and men fear for the future,
we come confidently to the women.”
Already a great goal for the
women has been reached in the
abolition of such atrocrities as the
child labor and sweatshops. The
moment the recovery act was pass
ed this monstrous thing which
neither opinion nor law could reach
through years of effort went out in
a flash.
As a British editorial put it, we
did nore in a code in one day than
they in England had been able to
do under the common law in 85
years of effort.
Another situation which depiands
attention and we are further as
sured indu.'try will put forth its
best efforts to rectify is the pass- .
ing on to the public the billions of
dollars the business men of the
country have been paying out an
nually in tribute to the racketeers.
Sales by wholesale and by retail
will be based on costs of production
and that important factor will be-
known to the small as well as the
great. There will be no excuses for
inefficiency. In fact the entire pro
ceeding is calculated to protect the
public interest as well a.s the joint
interests of employers and em-
ployee.s.
From earlie.st Jewish History we
have used symbols. In war, in the
gloom of night soldier.- wear a
freight badge on their shoulder.s to
be sure comrades do not fire (?n
comrade.s. On that principle those
who co-operate in this program
must know each other at a glance,
so for this reason a badge of honor
has been de.signed witli a legend
‘We Do Our Part.” This symbol
of the NhA is the thunderbird taken
from pr'mitive designs of North
American Indians as studied by the
Bureau of Ethnology Smithsonian
Institution. In one talon is held a
cog-wheel symbolic of machinery
and in the other bolts of lightning
symbolic of the national energy be
ing directed toward industrial re
covery.
National recovery means the res
toration of prosp.rity—American
pride and self-respect, and next
•week starting w th early Monday
rnomin^' the woimn of Johnston
''ounty will 'oe asked to take part
in thic great movement which culls
■ipon the women for sympathy,
loyalty and understanding. The
greatest movement in our History
toward the advancement of the
Brotnerh-md of man and the nearest
approach toward the application of
the Golden Rule. So let us sign these
pledge cards and hasten the day
when millions of unemployed will
once more be at work, the wheels
of industry once more be turning
and the people of America once
more living in security and content
ment.
We wish to leminJ the public that
these workers who go out to a-k
for the Consumer’s pledge are elist-
ed in partriotic work and whose
sole duty is to patiently and cour-
teoii-iv approach ev'.i.v iiouse keen
er ill otfie ■ to obtain .signature as
I. member n thi.s gr..at movement
to which Cuncies.s las prescribed
the pla*'. Tee president has shown
an I Mazed the way. General John-
-011 ar'‘ the Nffl-onal liecovery A1-
ministration stand by to guide and
to aid—but the task is not for them
alone, but for all the people.
The following appointments have
been sent out:
Smithfield, Mrs. Kirby Rose.
Selma, Mrs. N. B. Blackburn.
Wilson Mills, Miss Evie Wilson.
Pine Level, Mrs. D. B. Oliver.
Clayton, Mrs. E. D. Andrews
Princeton, Mrs. Henry Fitzgerald.
■ Micro, Mrs. Clifton Pearce.
Kenly, Mrs. George Whitley.
Benson, Mrs. M. F. Britt.
The Scott cheese plant at North
Wilkesboro is securing vetch, barley
and winter oats seed for supplying
at cost to dairymen who wish to
plant winter hay crops.
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