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\ WE DO OUX MKT JOHNSTONIAN READ THE ADS APPEARING IN THE JOHNSTONIAN-SUN THE JOHNSTONIAN AND JOHNSTON COUNTY SUN CONSOLIDATED VOL. 16 TEN PAGES TODAY SELMA. N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1933 Legionnaires Meet In Selma Nov. 11th I Splendid Program Is Johnston Being Prepared-Commit- County Recorder's Court tees Are Appointed Selma Making Big Preparation To » Entertain Veterans of World War When They Return to Our Midst Again—Committees Have Been Appointed to See That Nothing Is Left Undone to Make the Day a Big Success For the Legion naires. This Year. Things are beginning to happen in Selma these days as our people begin to look foiward to the return of the Johnston County vete rans of the World War when the Johnston ■County Chapter of the American Legion brings their annual celebra tion to u- on Saturday, November loth, which i.s Armistice Day. Realizing the sacrifice.s and hard ships these “boys” made and under went during the world’s greatest conflict, Selma people feel that nothing should be left undone to .accord them a most cordial Wel lcome and an enjoyable stay among- us. A number of working committees have been appointed, who will at ■once get busy on their respective ■jobs, and it i- sincerely hoped and ccnfidently believed that they will >,ave the full cooperation and finan cial support of every Selma citizen. These committees are as follows: ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE: R. A. JONES H. V. GASKILL CHAS. B. FULGHUM E, G. HOBBS W. T. WOODARD PROGRAM COMMITTEE: C. P. HARPER G. P. BRIETZ MRS. JOE O’NEAL W. I. GODWIN FINANCE COOMMITTEE: B. A. HENRY C, A. JACOBS C. L. ■ RICHARDSON PUBLICITY COMMITTEE: H, H. LOWRY DR. E.^ N. BOOKER M. L. STANCIL - GORDON WHITAKER REGISTRATION COMMITTEE: MRS. ODELL LONG MRS. C. E. KORNEGAY MISS JUNE FULGHUM FOOD COMMITTEE: E. J. SASSER H. T. WHITE W. T. KIRBY' W. L. ETHEREDGE DECORATIONS COM.M ITTEE: C. A. BAILEY MRS. W. W. HARE MRS. R. D. BLACKBURN CARL WORLEY WILLIAM CREECH Mr. Scales New Head of Selma Kiwanians .1. A. W’ellons Tells of the Growth of the Schools of This County. Charles W. Scales, manager of the local office of the American Tel egraph and Telephone Company, was Thursday night elected pre.si- deut of the Selma Kiwanis club; W. H Adams, agent for the Atlan tic Coast Line railroad, was elected vice-pre.-ident, and the following di rectors: John Wigg.s, L. T. Single- ton, W. J. Crain, C. P. Harper, T. S. Krahenbuhl, John Jeffreys and J. C. Avery. Mr. Scales succeeds C. L. Richardson who has served the local club for the past two years. J. A. Wellons, of the Johnston county bar, was introduced by the program chairman, J. C. Avery. ‘There are 22,000 school children in Johnston county to be educated,” said the speaker. “The fir t county .superintendent of schools was a Selma man, B. W. Hatcher. At the time he was superintendent the sal ary was $300 per year and the teachers were paid $20 to $30 per month and the cost of running the schools amounted to around $8,000 per year. Today the co.st of run ning the .schools of the county- is more than $400,000. ^here are four teen fine high school buiidmgs in the county. 330 white teachers and 130 cofored.” ' Luther McLamb Case Is Still Pending Luther McLamb, Johnston County white man, charged with the' mur der of G. R. Hudson, also of John ston County, is scheduled to die in the electric chair at State’s Prison, October 27, 1933, barring interven tion by Gover-nor J. C. B. Ehring- haus. McLamb was ■ to have been exe cuted last month but was given a la.-t-minute reprieve so that Com missioner of Paroles Edwin Gill could investigate the case. Com missioner Gill has not yet said what action he will take in the case. The condemned man contended at his trial that he killed Hudson in self-defense. He said Hudson and several other men “ganged” him and that he struck Hud- on with an axe, Ginners’ Report For Johnston County Selma and Fremont Play Scoreless Football Game Friday afternoon Selma and Fre mont High school football teams battled to a scoreless tie on the local field. The Selma boys held Fremont to 4 first downs while p'ling up a total of 10 for them selves. Almost the entire game was pla-yed in Fremont territory, but the locals lacked the punch to push it over when in scoring territory, the ball going over on the six inch line ■onCe and fumbled again on the 8 yard line. The entire Selma team played a good brand of ball while Peacock and Davis were outstanding for Fremont. Clyde Hoey To Speak In Raleigh There were 19,46G bales of cotton ginned in Johnston county from the crop of 1933 prior to October 1, 1933, as compared with 15,193 bales ginned to October 1, 1932. E. G. HOLLAND, Special Agt. Gale K. Burgess Speaks in Smithfield Hon. Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, -Tollowing his address in Charlotte Friday night will speak in Raleigh Sunday afternoon, October 22 at 3 o’clock. As there is but one place m the city, except all out of doors, large enough to hold the crp-wd who -will want to hear him, the City Auditorium has been secured for Cale K. Burgess of Raleigh, pres ident of the State Dry Forces, de livered a forceful address to a large crowd in the Smithfield Meth odist church last Sunday night. Mr. Burgess, who is a prominent attorney, was introduced to the au dience by Rev. D. H. Tuttle of Smithfield, one of the two candi dates who have been named by the dry forces of Johnston county to represent the county in the Consti tutional Convention, if one shall be called, for the repeal of the 18th Amendment. The other dry candi date in this comity is Dr. .Aycock of Princeton. Mr. Burgess warned the people against the great amount of wet propaganda that is being scattered broadcast over the state in an ef- fort to influence the people in the ' election to be held in North Caro lina on November 7th. State vs J. P. Burnette, white soldier, aged 28. Operating motor vehicle while intoxicated Plea of g'uilty. $50 00 fine and cost. De fendant ordered not to operate a motor vehicle again in North Caro lina during next 90 days. To pay $10 per month . State vs D. D. Parrish, white farmer, aged 26. Operating motor veh'cle while intoxicated. Plea of guilty. $50 00 fine and cost. De fendant ordered and directed not to operate a motor vehicle again in North 'Carolina during next 90 days. State vs P. W. Sellers, white farmer, aged 36, Operating motor vehicle while intoxicated. Plea of guilty. $50.00 fine and cost and de fendant ordered not to operate a motor vehicle again in North Caro- I'na during next 90 days. State vs 'William McLamb, white farmer, aged 17. Profane and in decent language on public highway, etc. Plea of guilty. Continue prayer for judgment upon payment of co t. State vs John D. " Johe.s, white fanner, aged 17. Assault with dead ly weapon and forcible trespass. Not guilty of Assault with deadly weapon. Guilty forcible trespass. Road sentence of 60 days to be sus pended upon payment of co.-t and on condition defendant remains of good behavior during next two years. State vs S. T. Price, Called and failed, Judgntent ni si .sci fa and capias. State vs A. E. Massengill, white farmer, aged 40. Assault with dead ly weapon on wife. Guilty. Defen dant given 30 days on roads. State vs Felton D. Hudson, white farmer, aged 18. violation of pro hibition la-w and profane and in decent language on public highway Guilty on both counts. Road sen tence of 60 days to be suspended upon payment of co t and on fur ther condition the defendant does not irink or possess whiskey or in any way violate the prohibition law again during next two years. State vs Jasper Johnson, white farmer, aged 21. Profane and in decent language on public high'way Guilty. Continue prayer for judg ment upon payment of cost. State vs John Henry Bell, colored laborer. Assault deadly weapon. Guilty. Defendant given 6 months on roads. State vs Eureka Sanders, colored female laborer, aged 21. Assault and battery. Guilty. Defendant given 30 days in jail and assigned to work as sheriff sees fit. Appeal $100.00 bond. ' State vs Davd ' Overby, white farmer. Profane and indecent lan guage. After bearing evidence court f'nds that prosecution i.s frivolous and malicious and not brought in good faith. It is ordered that prose cuting- witness Mrs. E. G. Overby be taxed with co-t. State vs Nancy Adams, white fe male merchant. Assault deadly weapon and violation prohibition law. Guilty of assault deadly weapon and possession ■whiskey for purpo.se of sale. JaT sentence of 90 days to be suspended upon payment of $50.00 fine and cost. State vs Rufus Etum, colored farmer, aged 44; Matt Watson, colored farmer, agecl 86; St. Mandy Holder, colored farmer, aged 20; Aaron Wat=on, colored farmer, aged 19. assault deadly weapon. All de fendants guilty simple assault. Con. tinue prayer for judgment upon pay ment of 1-4 cost each. State vs Junius Ford, colored la borer, aged 17. Assault deadlj' weapon on Robert Watson. Guilty. Defendant g-iven 12 months on roads. State vs Junius Ford, A,-sault deadly weapon on Flossie Ford. Guilty. Defendant given 12 months on roads, this sentence to run con currently with above sentence. State v.s Harold Lassiter. Seduc tion. Called and failed. Judgment ni si sci fa and capias. State vs Douglass Ford, white la borer aged 28. Assault on female. Guilty. Defendant given 60 days on roads. State vs Douglass Ford, Forcible trespass. Guilty. Defendant given 160 days on roads, this sentence to run concurrently with sentence in above ca.se. State vs H. B. Brinkley, white laborer, aged 38. "Violation prohi bition law. Plea of guilty as to pos se-sion one quart whiskey. Continue prayer for judgment upon payment of cost. State vs Early Hocutt, white farmer, aged 21; Verinon Hocutt, white farmer, aged 23; Percy Ho cutt, white farmer, aged 17. As.s'ault deadly weapon and assault upon fe male. Early Hocutt guilty of as sault deadly weapon on GUssie Raines. Vermon Hocutt and Percy Hocutt guilty of an assault upon female, 'Early Hocutt to pay fine of $25 00 and 1-3 cost. Vernon and Percy Hocutt each to pay fine of $10.00 and 1-3 co.st. State vs W. H. Collins, white farmer, A-sault deadly weapon. Not guilty. State vs Haywood Coppelge, white laborer, aged 24. Publicly drunk and disorderly and resisting and inter fering with officer in discharg-e, of duty. Plea of guilty. Road sentence of 90 days to be suspended upon payment of' $50 00 fine and cost. State vs Needham Earp, white laborer. Careless and reckless driv ing and operating car while in toxicated. Guilty of careless an-l reckless driving. Sixty day road sentence to be suspended upon pay ment of $25.00 fine and cost and upon good behavior during next tw'. years. State vs W. S. Stevens, white mer- ■hEf;;^. Operating motor vehicle,. 'Nvhilg. into.xicated. Not guilty. State vs Edward Holt, colored laborer, aged 22. Careless and reck- 'ess driving. Plea of guilty. $25.00 fine and cost. State vs Jame.s Hall, white labor 'd-, aged 24. Assault on female After hearing evidence ,the cou.-t finds as a fact that prosecution'.is frivolous and malicious and not brought in good faith. It is there fore ordered that prosecuting witness, Eva Mae Hall, be taxed with cost .Defendant dischar^-ed. 1933 COTTON CROP ' AT 12,885,000 BALES Washington, Oct, 9.—Cotton pro duction this year was forecast to day by the government agricultural department at 12,-886,000 bales of 500 pound gross weight compared with 12,414,000 bales indicated a month ago and 13,002,000 bale.s pro duced last year. The condition of the crop on Oct 1 was 66.7 per cent of the normal compared with 67.5 a month ago, 54.2 on October 1 last year and 57.1 the ten year average of Oct. 1. The indicated yield per acre was announced as 205.3 pound:s compared with 197.3 pounds indicated a month ago 178.3 pounds produced last year and 167.4 pounds the ten year average. ■ The proiluction forecast was based- on tlie preliminary acreage .statistics which placed the area remaining Oct. 1 for harvest at 30 036,000 acres allowing deduction for prob able removal of acreage reported to the agricultural adju.-tinent adminis tration less abandonment on area not under contract. The area in cultivation July. 1, this year was 40,098,000 acres. North Carolina’s condition was 71 per cent of a normal crop and its production estimated at 660,000 bales. Johnston Criminal Court In Session Reynolds Wants Salaries Of Federal Workers Raised Washington, Oct. 18.—Senator Reynolds, Democrat, North Caro lina, said today he favors a restora tion of the 15 per cent economy salary cut imposed on all federal employes last spring. The NRA is being operated to shorten hours and increase wages, Reynolds said, and the government should set an example and give in spiration to other employers. He pointed out a raise in commidity prices as another reason for his stand. The Johnston County Term of Superior Coui't convened Monday of this week with Hon. Clayton Moore, Judge presiding, and Hon. Chiwson L. Williams, pro.-ecuting on behalf of the State. The following is the list of jurors for the -week: H. J. Corbett, Herman Ed-wards, R. D, Dunn, James C. Johnson, J. Milton Lee, Brady Johnson, O’Berry Lee, Clyde Godwin,, Paul E. Whit ley, Norman Langston, G. M. Pen ny, W. H. Green, W. M. Bunn, J. R. B'lowers, Irvan Pittman, John David Adams, E. S. Edmundson, Henry M Johnson, Fred E. Lee,,Coy Johnson, P. H. Godwin, Wm. Keene, D. E. Jones and Joseph H. Strickland. Juroi's excused: Paul E. Whitley, Clyde Godwin, W. H. Green, Jo.-eph H. Strickland, Irvan Pittman, Henry M. Johnson. Following are some of the ca.ses claiming- the attention of the court: State vs. Mrs. Spain Bailey, who is charged with manslaugher (M. G. Guley, Sept. 3, 1933). A true bill. State vs. Erastus Toler for as sault with intent to kill one Arthur Graffenreid, on March 12, 1933. Plead not guilty. When the State closed its evidence, the defendant entered a plea of guilty of as-ault inflicting serious injury. Judgment: Defendant to be confined in central prison at Raleigh and assigned to work roads of State. State vs. James A. Sanders, for housebreaking and larceny of goods and chattels, the property of Joe Smith, on Sept. 28, 1933, value $20. A true bill. Defendant pleads not guilty. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. State vs. Tilghman McLamb, for seduction of marriage, December, 1932, A true bill. State vs. Millard Duncan. Nol pros. No co.'t to be taxed against the county. State vs. Ike Monroe, A. D. W. (a pistol), on the pedson of John 'Richardson, on August 27, 1933. A true bill. State vs. Caleb Joyner, house breaking and larceny (the house of J. H.. Rouse) on Augu.st 26, 1933. A true bill. State vs. Tim Stevens, for capias and cost. State vs. Ospert Ennis, white far mer, aged 19, for larceny. Plea of not guilty. At close of evidence, de fendant iJiter.s pV" .9f ^'uilty to a misdemeanor. Defendant is given ij months on roads, judgment suspend ed upon payment of coSt and fur ther condition that he appears at the March and December terms of this court and shows that he has not violated the laws of thi- state State vs. Fulton Nordan, foi housebreaking and larceny. Defend ant enters a coriditional of nolc contendere, which plea is accepted by the state. Defendant to serve 4 months on roads for ea.ch offense, sentence to run concurrently. State vs. Ernest Richardson for worthless check. Plea of guilty. De fendant given four months in jail and a.s-ig-nel to work at County Home. State vs. Ike Monroe, colored la borer, aged 24, for assault with deadly weapon. Defendant pleaded not guilty. Jury returned verdict of guilty of an assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill. Defend ant given two years on roads. State vs. Weldon Pace, negro far mer, aged 55, incest, violation of the prohibition law and assault with deadly weapon on female. Defendant enters plea of nolo contendere in each case. In case of incest, defend ant is given not more than two and not less than one year in state prison. In two latter ca.ses prayer for judgment will be continued. State vs. James Baker, colored laborer, aged 17, for forgery. De fendant pleaded not guilty. Jury re turned verdict of guilty. Defendant to serve,seven months on road.s. State vs. George Sanders, colored laborer, aged 20, for temporary lar ceny of auto. Defendant is given cases of V. P. L. Defendant pleads guilty. State vs. Henry Griffis, colored la borer, aged 19, for murder of Laura Horton, April 16, 1933. Defendant plead not guilty. When state rested, defendant enterel plea of guilty to manslaughter. Defendant given from five to seven years in state prison. State vs. Ruff L. Sanders, V. P. li. Defendant given eight months on roads, sentence to be suspended up on cond'tion that defendant does not violate state prohibition laws. De fendant is T. B. patient. State vs. John T, Johnson, V;' P. L. 'three cases. In each case de fendant was called and failed. Judgment ni si sci fa and capias. Continued. State v.s. Ruff L. Sanders and Mamie W. Turner, fornication and" adultery. Defendant given eight months on roads, sentence not to be come effective unless prohibition laws are violated. Smithfield News During- the last few months a number of counterfeit $5.00 and $10.00 bills have been detected in circulation in Johnston county, and it appears to be getting to the point where the fellow who does not use caution is liable to get some of this money on hi.s hands that he will have to keep. It is a violation of the law for any person td pa- s it, and any one doing so is liable to get into trouble. Some of these countei-feit bills are very good imitations. A $10.00 bill presented at the money order window of the Smithfield postoffice last week -was said by a bank of ficial to have been the best imita- t'on that he had ever, seen. The clerk at the money order window did not like the looks of it, and took it from a Smithfield busines.s firm only on condition that if not good it would be redeemed. This bill carried the picture of Hamil ton, and where the coat on the genuine money has a checked ap pearance th's counterfeit bill show ed the ' coat as solid black. There were several other slight differen ces which could be detected by com- pari.son. It was found by rubbing the corners of the bill against the hand for a short while that the tw'o sheets of which it was made began to separate, and could be split -.apart. It is said that some of the most dang&i o„. --c-junterfeits are printed on two sheets and then pasted together. The many friends of Dr. I,. A. Munns of Smithfield, who suffered a light stroke of paralysis on Wed nesday of last week, will be pleased to learn that he is much improve-1. pended upon payment of c- State vs. Bill App BarbJTir, for violation of prohibition law. Two to De c^. rbiror The election to be held on Noveni- ber 7th, to decide whether or not the 18th .\niendnient is to l>e re pealed, will not be held under the same laws as other elections. It is under.'tood that the registration books will be open only one day, and that day will be Saturday, O'c- tober 28th, when the books will be kept at the polling place from 9 a. m., until sunset. However any person- becoming eligible after Oc tober 28th can register on election day. It is understood that there will be no absentee ballots, and nobody will be able to vote except those who go to the voting place. There are to be no markers or assistants and the only persons to be allowed inside the enclosure will be the reg istrar ■ and two pollholders. Many'' people would like to .see all of our' elections held under that kind of a law. HAS ’EM WORRIED The splendid manner in which the Republicans are cooperating with the administration has us worried.-^^Iin Miller in The Thomas- ton (Ga.) Times ‘ Practical demonstrations in Union months on roads, sentence to be su-^f county have proven the value of growing vetch seed at home and the plan i.s meeting a favorable receip- tion over the county. f!'