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I HE JOHNSTONIAN AND JOHNSTON GOUNTy SUN CONSOLIDATED
VOL. 16
SELMA, N. C.. THURSDAY.^«i4iBM«ER .'TH. 1933.
Clayton Defeats Kenly
For Johnston Loop
Around 2,000 Fans See Clayton Win
Over Kenly 4-3 Here Yesterday
Blinson and Pittman Pitch
Great Game
Clayton v/on the John ton County
League championship by defeat'ng
Kenly, 4-3 here yesterday in a sev-
■enth and deciding game of the post
season playoff. Clayton had won the
irrst half and Kenly had taken the
second half in reg’ular season play.
A single by J. Barnes and a dou-
hle by Clifton Poole produced the
winn'ng- run in the fourth, breaking
-a 3-all tie and ending the scoring
for the day. Delma Blinson, who
turned from shortstopping to pitch
ing during the series, racked up the
Terdict against Elmer Pittrhan in
a hurling duel.
Kenly hopped off to a one-run
lead in the opening inning on a
walk to George Hinton and a double
by Harvey Pittman. Clayton .-hot in
front with three runs in the second,
produced by singles by Clifton Poole
•and Baucom, a' double by Roy At-
k'nso.n, and a single by Aubrey Gat-
tis. Kenly pulled to even terms in
the fourth when two runs were
counted on an error, Watkins’ single
■and Harvey Pittman’s double.
,J. Barnes, Clifton Poole, Atkin
son and Gattis led Clayton with a
pair of hits each. Harvey Pittman
.■and Hinton, each with two hits, were
Kenly’s batting leader-.
The post-season series was close
ly waged throughout with a one-
'•of the games.
Score: R. H. E.
Kenly 100 200 000—3 7 0
Clayton 030 010 OOx—4 12 2
School Starts
Oct. 11th
The schools of Selma are sched
uled to open next Wednesday, Oc
tober 11th. Because of the late
date of opening and the favorable
weather for the farmers to house
their crops, it is expected that this
year -will reg-ister one of the larg
est attendance on opening day in
the history of the Selma school-.
JOHNSTON COUNTY JURY
ACQUITS W. B. DRAKE
A ease in Wake County Superior
Court which was of much interest
to Johnston County people, was
State against W. B. Drake, Wake
County banker, who was charged
with embezzlement and making false
entries on bank records.
The entire jury for the trial of
this case was chosen from Johnston
County, as follow.s: C. A. Jacobs,
of Selma, foreman; R. L. O’Neal
W. C. Barbour, W. Herman Creech
Wade Grice, L. F. Holmes, C. G
Mumford, J. L, Moore, R. I-
Philip Edwards, Wiley T. Grime
and James Thompson.
LETTER OF THANKS
FROM FLORIDA PEOPLE
The following letter was received
by the Johnstonian-Sun today:
■■“Dear Mr. Editor:
Through the medium of your pa
per I ■wish to express the gratitude
of my husband and myself for the
'kindly and sympathetic ass'stance
rendered to us in connection with
the accident which happened on
your highway at Micro last Thurs-
■day, in which our friends. Rev. and
..Mrs. F. D. Torrey of Piney Farms,
Florida, were seriously hurt. Your
M. E. Minister, Mr. Singleton, your
Mayor, your Chief of Police, 'your
Freight Agent, and Mr. Waddell of
the Selma Service Station, we shall
al'ways remember gratefully for
■their great kindness in helping us
3n our time of need ”
REV. AND MRS. F. H. MORGAN,
Piney Farms, Florida.
Legion Stages 10-Hour
Parade In
Chicago
C. W. Scales
For Lt. Gov.
At last Thursday night’.s meeting
of the local Kiwanis club, Charles
WT Scales, local American Telegraph
& Telephone Company manager, was
endorsed for Lt Governor of the
Fourth Carolinas division for the
coming year by both the Selma and
Sniithfield club.-. This election will
be held at the Elizabeth City con-
venfon to be held October 26-28.
J. B. Slack, County Agent, gave
the club a very interesting- talk on
his recent visit to Washington and
on agricultural matters in general.
Miss Helen Francis Renfiow,
Virginia Scales and Jimmie Woodard
rendered several musical selections
vvhch were very much enjoyed.
Glenn Gier, of the Smithfield club
was a visitor.
George F. Brietz, J. C. Avery and
Charlie Jacobs were appointed as a
nominating committee to select the
officer.^ of the club for 1934. This
will report back to the club October
12th at which time the election will
be held.
Friday night October , 6th the club
will attend,’ in a body, the division
meeting' which wll be' held at
Fayetteville A number of Kiwanis
highlights -will take part on the pro
gram at this meeting.
George F. Brietz, local chairman
of the Boy Scout Committee, will
talk at the Fayetteville meeting on
‘ Boy Scout Work In Selma.”
-The Fa.v’etteville meot'nff vi-ill take
the place of the clubs regular Thurs
day night meeting.
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Chicago, Oct. 3. — Dazzling in
flashing color, awe-inspiring in mag
nitude, the American legion marched
down broad Michigan boulevard to
day.
For 10 unbroken hours, 160,000
men and women, united in common
memory, strode in meticulous forma
tion between ■walls of spectators,
massed solidly shoulder to shoulder,
and scores deep on both sides of
the four-mile line of march.
There has been nothing like this
parade of the legion at its 15th
annual convention', officials declared.
It likewise was unrivalled in ths
city’s century of history.
It exceeded in numbers, scope and
color, and Chicago spilled out so
many thousands to ■witness it that
an estimate of the total was diffi
cult.
The parade started shortly after
10 o’clock from the city’s near north
side and paced down the avenue to
Soldier field in Grant’s park. A.s
evening fell the platoons were still
passing the judge’s stand.
I A perfect day of brilliant sun-
Washington, Oct. 3.—Secretary shine contributed to the glory of the
H-jll said today a thorough invest!- ' spectacle. Silvery and copper hel-
gation of the killing of a Unite.-l ' mets gleamed and state, national
States citizen during fighting in and legion flaps shone all day long
Havana yesterday is being made ' as the varied hued groups—with the
and that on the facts assembled
would depend whether any diplo
matic representations will be made.
To Quiz American’s
Death In Cuba
Motor Accident Ends
It All For Stribling
Macon, Ga., Oct. 3.—William Law
rence (Young) Stribling, Georgia
heavyweight, died at 6 A. M., today
from injuries received Sunday in a
motor accident.
For a whde last night the phy.-i-
cians held hope for Stribling’s re
covery, but in the early morning
hours they saw his tremendous vi
tality begin to ebb. Then they knew
t was a matter of hours before he
would go.
Members of the family gathered
in the white-walled hospital room
at 3 A. M., after hope for his re
covery was abandoned. He held on
gamely, rousing occasionally to ask
for water, but at 5 o’clock his
stout heart began weakening rap
idly.
The phy.-icians were amazed at
his ability to cling to life, with his
temperature at 107 1-5 degrees and
his pulse 175.
The Johnstonian-Sun this week announces a 50 per cent re
duction in the subscription price, to extend over a 30-day period,
beginning- tomoiTow (Friday, October 6) and extending until
midnight Saturday, November 4.
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reader is less than 1 cent per week, and it is an impossibility
for the publishers to print and mail at this price and hope to
make a profitable return.
However, because of the low price of commodities in general,
with particular reference to farm products, the publishers have
decided on this offer as a means of combatting depression.
Every person interested is urged' to take advantage of this
offer during the 30 days in which it is to be made, because it
will not again be repeated. The subscription price of the John
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$1.00 per year. It is therefore imperative that all those who
intend to take advantage of this offer do so before the time
limit expires.
The government not long ago raised the rate of postage on
second-class matter in the mails. Nev/spapers travel as second-
class matter. This newspaper was affected, a new burden be
ing added to the expense of operating. Most newspapers use
newsprint made in Canada, because of the fact that there is
an insufficient supply in the United States to meet the de
mand. The Canadians take their little bit in the form of ex
port duties, adding more expense to the operating charges.
There ai’e many other equally significant factors,but space
limits us to these.
Laying the above facts aside, the publishers believe that the
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SEE PAGE AD FOR FURTHER DETAILS
Tobacco Is
Selling Better
with the Clearing i>f WarehoiMC
Floors and the Offering of Better
Grades of Tobajcco It Now Ap
pears That Prices Have Taken a
.More Definite Upward Trend.
Fugitive Lawyer Is
Now Held In Hawaii
E. A. Matthews, Wanted In Halifax
County, Is Identified By a Tourist
■ Havana, Cuba, Oct. 3.—Govern-
.noent spokesmen announced late to
day that more than thirty .'-hots
■were fired last night at President
Grau San Martin and expresse'd be
lief that his life was .saved only
because he was riding in armored
car.
Havana, Oct. 3 — Warfare in
which at least 44 were killed and
89 wounded left Havana today on
trigger-edge.
A day-long battle between sever
al hundred officers barricaded in
•■the National Hotel and the “enlist-
>ed men’s” army yesterday did not
end with the surrender of the of
ficers.
Throughout the night bullets
whizzed in the streets and Havana,
which has seen recent Governments
rise and fall with much bloodshed,
discovered today that a truce had
not yet been called.
national colors, red, white and blue
predominating—fell into line. Legion
posts and auxiliaries from every
state and nine foreign countries
were represented.
Bands and bugle corps — nearly
500 of them—played the marches to
which men for yegrs have gone to
battle and the favorites of the world
war, sung once to the accompani
ment of cannon shells screaming
over trenches. The ex-soldiers join
ed again in the ^trains of “Mada-
moiselle from Gay Paree,” “Over
there,” “There’s a Long, Long Trail”
and the others,
The third cattle show by Guern
sey breeders of Burke county has
been planned for this fall at Mor-
ganton. Committees have been ap
pointed by the breeders to arrange
for the show.
We cannot understand why, when
making a movie out of a book, it
is not thought good form to read
the book.—Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle.
Roanoke Rapids, Sept, 29.—Hali
fax county officers today revealed
they had been notified of the arrest
in Honolulu of E. A. Matthews,
Roanoke Rapids, la'wyer who disap
peared in 1926, and who, they said,
is wanted here to face charges of
embezzling more than $50,000.
Matthews is alleged to have mis
appropriated funds of various in
dividuals, banks and title companie.s,
He dropped from sight about seven
years ago, leaving his wife and one
child. Mrs. Matthews was originally
from Norfolk, Va.
Beyond the information that the
suspect in Honolulu had been recog
nized by a tourist, officers here said
they knew little of the circumstances
of the arrest.
Hawaiian officials were cabled to
have the prisoner delivered to San
Francisco police. Upon his arrival
there, Halifax officers will be sent
to bring him back here.
Five new trench silos' have been
dug by dairy farmers of Henderson
county this summer.
Southern Enterprise
Opens N. G. Branch
To meet the increasing demand for
the American Nitrate of Soda, The
Barrett Company has opened a
sales office in the North Carolina
Bank Building, Raleigh, N. C. This
office will be under the supervision
of Mr. W. M. Perry, District Sales
Manager,
ARCADIAN, the American Ni
trate of Soda, is made by the At
mospheric Nitrogen Corporation at
Hopewell, Virginia. Its manufacture
adds to the income and buying pow
er of American workers in the
South. It uses raw materials from
American mines, quarries, mills and
factories, thus bringing employment
indirectly to many thousands of
Americans.
In this way the American Nitrate
Industry increases the demand for
all products grown by Southern
farmers by increasing the buying
power of these American workers.
Until a few years ago the United
States was entirely dependent on
foreign countries for its supply of
nitrate of soda. Today, thanks to
American enterprise the Nitrate
needs of the nation can be produced
right in thi.s country.
American farmers who now pur
chase American nitrate secure the
highest grade. While it is guarante
ed 16 percent Nitrogen, equivalent
to 19.45 percent Ammonia, te ts
show it runs well over this
guarantee.
Virginia E'er Repeal
By Tvvo-To-One Vote
In
The .4dvent Chrisitian Meet
Annua! Session
The Advent Christian Conference
of Eastern North Carolina, com
prising twenty or more churches-,
■w'ill meet with Barbour Chapel
church near Four Oaks, N. C. in
its Thirty-sixth Annual Session,
October 12, 1933, and hold over
Sunday.
It is expected that a large dele
gation of ministers and laymen will
be present.
Eld. N. W. HARRISON, Pres.
J. Q. BAKER, Secretary.
Mechanical Ralph.
Mechanical Ralph will be in Sel
ma at Millers Store Co, on Friday
and Saturday of this week in the
window at Millers Store. Be sure
and see him—his manager will pay
a Reward of $10.00 to any one who
can make him laugh or smile while
he is in the window. The question
is: Is he electrically operated, or
is he in -a trance brought on by a
nerve control? See him and try to
win the $10.00.
Richmond, Va,, Oct. 4,—Virginia
repealists maintained a majority of
neai^ly two to one tonight as returns
from yesterday's dual referendum
on na^tional and State prohibition
came in from remote precincts.
Unofficial returns from 1,409 of
the State’s 1,6!)0 precincts gave 95,-
423 votes for repeal of the Eight
eenth Ameiulment and. 53,410 against
repeal. With a lesser number of
precincts reporting on the State pro
hibition que.stion continuation of the
present liquor law was given 50,440
votes to 89,300 for substitution of
a liquor control plan. These figure.s
showed a majority of 42,013 for re
peal and a majority of 38,890 for
the sub-titution of a liquor control
plan.
The complete vote on national re
peal in 15 of the 100 countie.s show
ed they voted dry, two cities also
went dry.
The dry counties are: Mathews,
York, Isle of Wight, Nansemond,
Prince Edward, Surry, Grayson,
Floyd, Montg’omery, Roanoke, Rock
ingham, Giles, Wythe, Augusta, and
Highland.
The dry cities are Danville and
Radford,
(Special to Johnstonian-Sun)
Smithfieid, Oct. 4.—The bit of
news that has probably interested
more people than any other Smith-
field news item lately, is -the report
of the big improvement in tobacco
prices. A marked improvement is in
evidence this week with the cool
weather and the clearing of ware
house floors of the blocked condi
tion that prevailed all of last week.
There were several things that help
ed to keep prices down last week.
There was a great deal of tobacco
that had been graded and prepared
for market before the warehouses,
closed, and during the time that the
markets were clo.sed, much of which
had become damaged during the
damp weather early in September,
when we had no markets. Farmers
who had tobacco that was deterio
rating or likely to deteriorate nat
urally wanted to dispo-e of it as
quickly as possible. There were oth
ers who just had to have a little
ca.sh and they took some of their
tobacco to market, and as a result,
when the markets were opened
there was such a rush that the buy
ers found it difficult to handle the
tobacco as fast as it was offered.
It would have kept two sets of buy
ers busy last week to have cleared
the three warehouse floors here each
day. The block was cleared here
iate Tuesday afternoon. Better to
bacco i.s now coming in, prices are
much better, and everybody seems
pleased.
There had been afew upward
spurt- in prices last week, but tliey
soon faded out. On Thursday morn
ing of la.st week, the better grades
appeared to be in demand, and for
awhile that morning they sold sev
eral dollars per hundred pound.s
higher; but the weather was hot,
the market was flooded with tobac
co, and the prices were soon as low
as ever.
The warehousemen and other to
bacconists here appear to feel that
the wor.-t is over and that from
now on prices will be much better
than in the past. The prices for
good grades today were said to have
been the best of the season.
North Carolina Has
Large Jr. O. U. A. M.
Mrs. Bailey Entertains
Mrs. Ormond L. Bailey delightfully
entertained at five tables of bridge
Friday afternoon.
Autumn flowers were very attrac
tively arranged throughout the liv
ing room and dining room. At the
conclusion of five progressions Miss
Vara Blackman was presented a
lovely compact for high score. Mrs.
Sam Stallings, of Smithfield a pow
der box for second high, Mr.s.
Maggie Bailey, of Wilson Mills, a
powder box for third high. Mrs.
Sam Stallings a recent bride and
sister of the hostess was presented
a canary and beautiful cage ' for
gue.st of honor.
Mrs. Bailey assisted by Mrs. Wil
bur Perkins, Mrs. Gordon C.
Whitaker and Mrs. C. A. Bailey
served a plate dinner.
Those present were Mesdames
Mabel Nordan Humphrey, C. L.
Richardson, H, D. Culbreth, J. L.
Doggett, C. B. Fulghum, H. V.
Gaskill, W. W. Hare, C. P. Worley,
W. L. Stanfield, C. A. Bailey, G. 0.
Whitaker and Misses Vara Blackman
and Bertha Woodard, of Selma. Mrs.
Richard Lewis, of Four Oaks; Mrs.
Sam Stallings, of Smithfield; Mes-
dames Carl Parrish and Maggie
Bailey, of Wilson Mills.
Members of the Junior Order
United American Mechanics in NortK
Carolina now number 44,656, accord
ing to statistics compiled by Sam
F. Vance of Kernersville, state
council secretary. The number in
cludes 1,044 members of 21 new
councils organized during the past
year.
The North Carolina state council
ranks third in the United States
from the standpoint of membership.
Juniors in this county number 631,
the state secretary’s report shows.
Under the leadership of B. C.
Si.ske, of Pleasant Garden, the new
■state councilor, a determined effort
to carry the membership beyond the
50.000 mark will be made. Through
the operation of the field represen
tations, the councilor plans to stres.s
.strengthening of old councils and
the institution of man.y new ones.
Back From World’s Fair
Mr. and Mrs. R. D, Blackburn,.
Mrs. C. E. Kornegay, Miss Ann
Thacker, Miss Mary Booker and Dr.
E. N. Booker returned last Sunday
after a trip to the Century of Prog
ress Exposition at Chicago, points
in Canada, Niagara Falls, Gettys
burg Battlefield, Shenandoah Valley
and Endless Caverns. The party
traveled about 2500 miles, passing
through ten states and parts of
Canada. They say they are glad,
however, to be back in old Selma.
AGED WOMAN PICKS
200 POUNDS COTTON
Mrs. Martha Eason, aged 60, of
Princeton, Route 3, picked 200
pounds of cotton on September 28,
for W. G. Peedin also of Princeton,
Route 3. She picked it in eight and
a half hours. Mrs. Eason had never
picked 200 pounds of cotton in ona
day.—-Smithfield Herald.