North Carolina Newspapers

X VOL. 16 SELMA. N. C.. THURSDAY. NOl EMBER 16, 1!).‘J3. Thousands Attend Armistice Day Exercises rhoiisands Throng Selma’s Streets While Intensive Program Is In Progress. Consisting of Parade, Bras Band, Addresses, I'oot Ball (lame and Other Activities—Silas Lucas Make Key Note Address. By H. H. LOWRY A crowd e.stimated at around eight thousand people from all parts of Joluiston county gathered m Selma Saturday to celebrate A'r- mistice Day. The program began at 10:o0 with a paratie, which formed on Massey street, traversing Pollock, Railroad and Raeford .-treets. The parade was led by the Wendell band, followed by the National Guard; Boy Scouts of Sndthfield, Kenly, Claj-ton, Jlicro, and Selma; Red Cross nurses, and veterans. A re viewing stand had been erected on the public square where the speak- ng took fdpce. At elev'en o’clock at -the sounding of taps, a moment of silence as a trbute to the fallen he- r’oe- was observed. Then followed the sng-ing of “America,” the invo cation by Rev. D. F. W'addell, a se lection by the Selma quartette, and the playing of the Star Spangled Banner by the W'endell band. The introductory remarks were made by C. P. Harper, who was followed by the address of welcome by Mayor William I. Godwn of Selma. Mayor Godwin turned the key of the town over to Command er Hugh Austin, of the Poii-Parrish Post of the American Legion. After a brief talk by Commander Austin, Ur. J. W. WJiitehead and F. H. Brooks were called on for a few woids. Ju.st before the introduction of tlie speaker, H. G. Hobbs introduced -Alexander Jackson Fllis, of Claj-ton, a Civil W'ar veteran who was seated on the platform. Mr. Fills, who at the age of 87 is hale and hearty, responded with a few remarks. He told his hearers that he never miss ed the opportunity of attending an occasion of this kind. -He served his -untry under that great general, Rbert K. Lee. Mr. Hobbs then asked James Driver, 16-year-old high school boy, to come to the front for recogni- i tion. This young man had erected the amplifier that was used on the j platform. He is, the son of Mr. and j Mrs. A. V. Driver. j Mr. Hobbs introduced the princi- | pal speaker of the day, Hon. Silas | Lucas of Wilson. The full text of Mr. Lucas’ address follows: “Th's assemblage vividly recalls that memorable morning- fifteen years ago, when the cathedral chimes of the Old World and the church \ bells of America joined in that per vading paeon of peace; *’Tis ended! let the joyful sound Ring- out throug-h all the nations round. Tis ended! let the anthem rise And s-well the chorus to the skies.’ ‘ When that unprecedented carni val of death jind destruction sub sided iiito the silence of reason, the aura of romance and adventure gave way to grim reality and the prosaic pi’oblems of reaiju.stment. Strang men who had been decorated for gallantry, and bereaved loved one-^ who courageously canned on through out that upheaval, w-ere ovei-whelm- 1 ed with the realization of the ter rible toll it had taken and the per plexities in its wake. “The attention of sagacious stu- -dents of world conditions was re leased from the vortex of patriotic fervor and directed to a survey of the nations whose manpower had been decimated and whose resource^ were depleted. They lamented the engulfing w'ave of emotionalism, hys teria and moral laxity. They also anticipated the era of extravagance, predicated upon a boom of artificial prosperity, which was to languish into the throes of world reconstruc- the exces-es of those trying days process. In the light of the years tion “Time is a beneficent purifying appear as the chaff which the wind driveth away. But the cardinal vir tues attending America’s participa tion in that catastrophic conflict will forever inspire the homage of opr people. “We wkill ever cherish recollec tions of those who gave the last full 'measure of devotion, the boys "who have since joined those Immor tal Legions, and their comrades- who continue in the pursuits of peace with the spirit they so nobly exem plified on the fields of battle. “The crowning glory of that dra matic era -was the flower of Amer ican womanhood. Those who kept £ -KT-r r^-LT the home fires burning, inspired and min.stered unto our fighting men, aiiu wnose leuuer soiicituue lor t..e a sauletl iias never waiieu aie o„i rou anu our .tail, the sacrificjul loy alty ol tnose liandmaiUens or dezu- ucracy is a bulwark never faimig ui tne Hour 01 trial. "Memorial Day is dedicated to the memory of Our Gloriou.s oead, wh le this IS pre-eminently a festive cel ebration. This hour however, is pe culiarly sacred in that it has been .designated as a period when the Nation pause- to pay tribute to those gallant spu'its of our own generation. • Ae we reafiii-m our faith in the cause tliey glorified, pious peasant' | strew garlands of grateful remein- | brance along the rows of white - mosses tiiat memonat.ze tlio.'e vmio i ixplo.t.' consecrated the stor.ea j ciekls of Handers. Our thoughts al-I .'O turn to the beloveil pilgrim.' who lecentiy stood with solemn iiride anU ! .melt in prayer at those vertlant brines. • Tne radiant record of tliose orave boy.s speaks with an eloquence ihat moital tongue can diut feebly nterpret. r' earle.s,s of hell ami gliastly deatii They broke through eveiy foe The wings of love and the arm oi faith Did bear them comiuerors through'. "In this sig-nificent 'moment we ■ome to keep our tryst with those nartyrs to the cause of enlightened j olf-g-overnment. Their scattered .nouunieiit.s and unmarked graves en- ,wine the hearts of libeity-loving ;p rits. "The March of Democracy, tra .ersing those tortuou' trails from iiie coastal Colonies unto the con- (Uest of a Continent, is an enduring ‘poc. 'Those whose valor we coin- iiemorate today carried on, even un- m .'torming- the distant ramparts >f autocracy, proving to the worlil Jiat the salt of free inst'tiitions ha.' lot lo.'t its savor-. Tlieir revei'e.l lu.'t is 4ii hostage to eternity for ;he attainment of those ideals, hu manity’s faith in which they so no- ily defended. “In the rever'e of this day the istately shades of those Dauntles.' Doughboy.s again iiass in review. The ,'aliant van,guarii sounds off with the I'aint echoes of ‘The Stars and Striiies Forever.’ Trooping to the tune of their stirring songs come steadfast soldiers, sturdy .sailors, fearless flyers and stalwart, shock- troops of the sea, (ire enting the pa- -geantry and pathos attending the ulvancing Allies. ‘ With the lengthening shatlows of this Armistice Day that color ful caravan will wend it.s way in the gentle flow of memories, as those fair flags form a phantom' rainbow, an -Arch of -Triumph, acros the portals of eventide. “You reverently attended the last ;ites for your fallen comrades on the We'tern Front and, following the benediction, double-t'nied It away to the cadence mf a spirited march Those colorful Knights of the Road that -we call Showfolk gen erously contribute to their stricken fellows and pay their fitting trib utes of respect; but their tradition al maxim i.s. ‘The Show Must Go On!’ Like-wise, ‘On With the Show’ is the keynote for the further fes tivities of the day, as you enjoy the comradeship that ever exists among those w-ho served together under the beneficent folds of our National Emblem “Throughout this annual revival of ‘The Spirit of HH7,' and as we go hence, may w-e ever cherish the entiments of that beloved hymn of praise and invocation: “ ‘How beautiful for pilgrim feet Who.se firm, impassioned stress, A thoroughfare for. freedom beat Across the wilderness. America! America! God mend thine every flaw. Confirm thy soul in self-control; Thy liberty, in law,’ ” Following the .si)eech of Mr. Lu ca-', a coloi-ed quartette from Smith- field renderei several selections. One of the most enjoyable fea tures of the day’s celebration was the band concert by the Wendell band, which took place at 1:30. A football game between the Stanton- burg Civilian Conseiu'ation Corps and the Selma AH Stars was an other headliner of the afternoon pro.gram. At 12:30 more than a thousand veteran.s and guests were .'erved dinner in th-e Rough, and Ready building ju.st at the rear of the Mu nicipal Hall. Smithfield Defe-ats Selma By Score 27-7 The Smithfield High School foot ball’team .-wept to a 27-7 victory over Selina H.,gli in a game that was harder fought than the score i in dicates The locals outweighed in both backf eld and line heUl the visitors to a lone touchdown and extra point until the fourth quaitei-. At the beginning of the fourth jieriod a pass Cutlirell to Woodanl and a beautiful place kick by I.ane which -would have been good for a field goal from the thirty yard Tne tied the score. It was then that Smithfield took to the air and in the. final ten minutes scoreil three touchdowns. Most of the ground gained by either team \va' in the nature of passes. Driver of Selma and Davis of Smithfield were the only players of either team that could con.sistant!\- gain from a run ning attack. The pass work of Davis, Hooks, Gardner and Lassiter for Sin thfield and that of Cuthrell, Jones, T.ane and Woodard of Selma -.vere outstanding. Davis vva prob ably the most outstanding jiluyer of the dav. I Rather Quick Action ! In Our Courts Smithfield, Nov. 15.—There was some speed and real service shown in a liquor ea e tried here ye.sterday afternoon. About one o’clock in the afternoon Policeman K. A. Johnson arrested Garfield Ingram, colored, who was alleged to have been a walking bootle,gger. A search of In gram’s clotlung- revealeil three pints of whiskey. He was taken to the Mayor's office and given an imme diate hearing Mayor E. S Stevens bound him over to the Recorder’.s Court which was then in session. Ingram was taken to the county jail where he remained only a few minute' before tieing arraigned into the Recorder’s Court. There he was convicted and was sentenced by Judge .Aycock to a term of iiO days on the public roads. The fact that this all took place during one afternoon should be a warning’ to all tho.se who are in clined to disregard the laws of our lanii. Fight On Beer Bill LNot Likely I'o i>>ccur Gharlott e, Nov. I.').—The Observ er says Gale K. Burgess, of Raleigli, who manag-i'd the campaign of the L'nited Diy Force,' in the receni -mcce sful fight against state repeal of the 18th ajnendinent, told it to night -‘we are not anticipating any fight upon beer.” Burgess, one of a committee of dry leaders to make plan.' for a .'tate-wide (-ouference of drys at .'chich a permanent [jolicy for that group will be fonned, tjld the paper from Raleigli: "We are fighting- alcoholic hever- j iges. We are npt going off chasing- j raliliits. Although we are not in po'- | -ition to approve t!ie beer bill, it is j iiot anticipated that there will be a | fight upon it by the dry forces.” i t HANGING t HANNFL OF Till-; RIO GRANDi; The exchange o.f ratlfn-ations of the convention between the United' States and Mexico for the rectifica tion of the Rio Grande River wa' perfected November 10th by the Secretary of State and the Alexica;.- Charge de'Avaiis. The rectification jilan, it wa.s ex plained by the Department of State | n announcing the e.xchange, include the construction of flood-retention dam with a reservoir capacity of 100,000 acre*feet at Caballo, Ne'.y .Mexico, and the control of the flood flow throu.gh the K1 Pa.'O-.luarez \-'alley by means of a shortened channel between the eastern out skirts of Conloba l.'lmid at El Pa.so down the river to the head of Box- Canyon. This proposed stra’ghten- ing’ of the channel would decrea.se the length of the river in this sec tion from 155 miles to about 85 miles and confine the channel be tween two parallel levees. By these means the annual flood menace to F,1 Paso and Ciudad. Juar ez and the lands in the valley of l.ioth the United States and Mexico would be eliminated. Advantage In Selling Cotton Co-Operatively Smithfield, Nov. 14.—“Cotton pro ducers of North Carolina evidently believe in their chance of again see ing cotton sell at price levels that -Cvill brin.g them something near the cost of production if not at profit for their efforts,” commented J. W. Stephen on, of Sm'thfield, upon his return here today from a meeting of the board of directors of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Co operative A.'sociation in Raleigh. Mr. Stephenson is director of the fifth coo])erative district which is composed of Johnston and Wilson counties. Explaining’ that his statement was ba ed on the amount of cotton that is being delivered to the association daily, Mr. Stephenson said the man- ag-onient informed the d'rectors at Dip meeting that already a number of the 4(i state and federal I'censed warehouses storing cotton for the associatio,n are filled to capacity and that within the next ten days prob ably several more w-11 be filled “It i' quite possible,” Mr Step'i- en.son ad)ed, “that the cotton as.'oei- -it'on will handle a.s nnu'h or more of the 10-cent loan cottivn than all other agencies combined on account of its organization havin.g alread-.- been set up and rea.^y to make loans on the (lay the plan wa.s announced” Negro Killed In Wreck Near Wilson’s Mills It is reported that a Negro nam ed Jack Johnson was killed and one named Jim Williams seriou ly hurt in a wreck near Wilson’s Mills one night recently when they wreckeo Hubert John.son’s lumber truck, but at the time of going to press to day we did not have the j)articular: at hand. They were Smithfield Nog-roes. Winter Hits North With Howling Gale ELIX TED VK E-GH AIRM AN OF E.MPLOYES A.SSOt'lATlOl Snow Covers Large Sections and Temperatures Drop do and Below the Zero .Mark In Many I.(Oratities Snow Plows Put Into Use. Mr. R. J. Smith, of the local tel ephone couiijany, attended a ineetin,- of the employes association of th Southern Bell Telephone Company in Raleigh Friday night. Mr. Smith was elected vice-chairman of Local No. 5 of the Raleig-h Association. Mr. W W. White, formerly employed by the A. T. T. Company, was elected chair man. I’KOBLEM OF IJQUOR CONTROL CONSIDERED. CARD OF THANKS. The Chalnnan _of the Armistice Day Committee- wishes to thank the various committees for their whole hearted co-operation in assisting with the Armistice Day celebration. We desire also to thank those who loaned equipment as well as for the financial support given. R. A. JONES, Chairman of Committee. yHEPHZlBAH NEWS, Mi.ss Ruth Creech spent Sunday •with Miss Doreth Sumerlin. Miss- Ruby Braswell spent the week end with Miss Thelma Pitt man. Miss Bessie Woodard is spending a few days with her brother, Mr. Albeit Woodard. Mr. and Mrs. Larkin Creech spent Sunday with Mr, and Mrs. Billy Brown of the Braswell- sectibn. Mr. and Mr.s. Charlie Creech anl family of Yelvington Grove, .spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Gid Creech. Miss Esther Braswell spent Fri day night with Miss Lois Pittman Miss Zilphia Lane of Yelvington. Grove, s spending some time with relatives around -here. Mr. and Mrs. Adam Woodard and family spent Sumiay with his son, Mr. Albert Woodard. Mr. Wilbert Capps of Apex, spent a short while in our community last Sunday. LARGE SUM IS STOI.EN FROM LENOIR - RHYNE COLLEGE Hickory, Nov. 15.—Several hund red dollars, jiart of it belonging- to girl students, -vi-as stolen from a safe at Lenoir-Rhyne college during the lum-h hour today, college official- reported. A reward has been offered for the apprehension of the thief The combination was worked ii gaining- entrance to the safe. ASSOCIATION rO PROMOTE EASTERN SECTION FORMED Edenton, Nov. 15—An organization to promote the rehabilitation of the eastern North Carolina coast from Virginia to South Carolina was per fected here today at a meeting at tended by approximately 250 per- ons. E. W. Spires, mayor of Edenton, was elected president, and Herbert Peele, Elizabeth City publisher, -was namcxl secretary. The North Caroli na Coastal Reconstruction and Im provement association was chosen as the name for the corporation. Judge J'rancis D. Winston, of Wind.sor, w'ho iire'ided over the meeting, said a $5,000,000 grant would be sought from the federal government fcjr promotion of the section by establishment of a pack on the eastern sand banks and the construction of roads to historical .sites in this section. AMERICA FIRST; RCSSI.A IS SECOND IN BROADC.ASTING The elections on November 7th having made certain the reijeal o- the Eighteenth Amendment effective December 5th next, the Governmen'i immediately took steps to deal witii the problem of liquor control. It no, only must jrrovide means for pre venting the shipment of li(iUor int(.i dry state- and the importation of contraband liciuor but it must work out a taxation program tliat will provide needed revenue for the gov- er-nmont while not making the price of legal lupior so prohibitive that bootleggers will be aide to continue to sell their illegal wares. To deal with this complex prob lem the President I)Og-an on Novem ber 9th a series of conferences with tliose -Government officials concern ed with the liquor traffic. Congics;', of course, will have to fix the amount of the Federal tax but the .Admini-tration will have a recom mendation to make to Congre.-s on the subject. In the meantime domes tic liipiors will be taxed $1.10—the preprohiliition rate—and imiiorted li(|Uors .$5 a gallon. Federal control over domestic manufac'ture and foreign imjiorta- tions of li(;uor probably will be ex ercised under the .Agricultural Ad justment and National Recovery .Acts under adm’nistration of the •AAA. These emergency laws give the Government the power to license distillerie- and to .regulate produc tion. The Administration has not yet decided how much of this power it will use. Some form of licensing is needed, the President believes, to prevent wildcat operations, overpro duction and overimportation. Pur- thormore licensing would supply the basis of a Government policy on which Congress could act. While the President’s conference has not yet reached the subject of taxation in its discussions, hi.s ad visers have set ,$670,000,000 as the amount of revenue the Government .should get from liquor during the fi.scal year ending June 30, 1935, and believe a Federal tax of between $2 and $3 a gallon on distilled spirit- and a corresponding tax on other lic|Uors will yield that much revenue, providing State levies do not make the total tax more than $3 a gal lon —U. S. News. A howling onslaught of winter weather w,th 40-mile-an-hour vdnd.s in abundance put a half dozen boats- in distress on the Great l.akes, piled up snowdrifts on highways, and sent temperatures tumbling toward zero Tuesday. A frigid gale swooped donpi on the mid-west from the Ganadian Arctic. Snow reached a deptli of .-ix inche.s in several midwest and eastern -tates, and it was 14 1-4 inches deeji at Ahherst, Nova Scotia. Several inches of snow covered Pennsylvania, and the total at Kane, Pa., reached 27 inches for six days We.st Virginia Panhandle likewi e was under snow. The snnwfall in western New York approached .six inches with high wind.' cairsing- a near blizzard. New Y'ork city had snow flurrie.s with temperatures at freezing. Other reports from the “winter zone”: Michigan—two to eight inch es of snow, temperature- dropping sharply with prospects of 10 above at Detroit and zero at the Zoo; Ohi(j—Snow to a deptli of six inches, -10 m'lo wind off Lake Erie, air tracic re.stricted and snow plows working in one district; \Visconsin—- Snow general with timiperatures falling toward zero; Minnesota and the Dakota-—Light snow with tem- peratm-es ranging fi-om four below to 15 above zero; Illinois—Tempera ture drop^Iig toward zero and a new No^^ber record, light snow. November P. T. A. Meeting. .Attend Water Works V'onvenilion The Parent-Teachers’ Association met Monday evening, November 13, in the school auditorium and was presided over liy Mrs. C. W'. Scales. Opening song, “America”. Prayer, by Mr. C. A. Jacoh.s. Attendance prizes were won by Mi'S Ha.sh’s 9th g-rade and M's.s l-’ee’s 4th grade. Banners for neatest roijms—Mis.s Whitaker’s 7th grade and Mis.s Boy ette’s 3rd grade. The Membershij} Committee re ported 75 paid uji member.^, and a total membership of 75, as against 48 of last year. Finance Committee rejiorted $33 23 balance on hand. Ways and Moanrs Committee re ported $23.15 net proceeds for Hal lowe’en Party. Otherw'ise $8.65, and a total of $31.80. Miss Lissie Pearce and Miss Trix'e Jenkins had charge of the program. It being- “Book Week”, a play about book.s was given. Mr. Jacobs report ed .'^20 for school telephone. Mr.s. Margie B. God-win introduced the .speaker, Mr. H. B. Marrow, whose .subject was, “Recent Laws and Machineryy Act.” Dismis.sal—Mr. C. W. Scales. WILSON’S MILIiS NEWS. More than two-fifths—41 per cent of all the radio broadcasting .sta tions in the world are located in the Unted States. Rus.sia ranks sec ond, but has only 5 per cent of all stations. There are 1,426 broadcasting sta tion- f record operating throughout the world, the Department of Com merce announced November 9th, in making public a revised list of for eign radio stations. Of these, 585 are located in this country. Russia has 73 stations, Canada 63; Australia, 60; Cuba, 57; Mexico, 53; Argentina, 35; Uruguay, 33; New Zealand, 32, and Sweden, 31. Tw-en- ty countries are credited with only one station each. Mayor William I. Godwin and K. L. Tyner spent Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week in the city of State-ville, N. C., where they attended the Water Works Con vention. Mayor Godwin says that hi.s pur pose in attending this convention was pnnarily to get all information possible about water works installa tion because of the fact that Selma ! has under consideration a plan to use water from Neuse river through a filtering .-y.stem. 1.5.000 SCHOOL CHILDREN TO GREET THE PRESIDENT Savannah, Nov. 15 —President Roosevelt will be greeted by 15,000 school children waving that many flags on his arrival here Saturday. The city has purchased 15,000 Amer- ! lean flags - for the children who will ( be massed on the Stadium field where j the President will deliver an ad- 1 dress. Mr. and Mrs. Noah Wilson and children spent Sunday in Garner. Miss Dora Dalton, of Winston- Salem, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Fuquay. Mrs. Sally Scarborough, of Rocky Mount, spent last week with her .-dster, Mrs. John Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jensen, of Washington, D. C., were week-end guests of Mrs. W. C. Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Gaskin and family, of Smithfield, were guests of Mr.s. Page Proctor Sunday. Miss Odessa Ma-sey, of Benson, sjient the week end at home. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Steven.s,*of A.shboro, and Rev. Charlie Stevens, of Bessraer, Ala, spent Friday nite here with their sister, Mr.s. W. C. Wilson. Mr. E. P. Lore and family, of Smithfield, vi.-ited Mrs, S. L. Bar- hour Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Parri.sh spent Saturday afternoon in Clayton. Miss Wilma Youngblood, of Clays ton, i.s vi.siting her mother, Mrs. Sally Youngblood. Mrs. Maggie Bailey spent Monday night in Selma with .Mr.-. W. L. Stanfield. Mr. and Mrs. W.Ison Uzzle, of. -Aubui-n, spent Sunday in town. During the fir.st four days fol lowing the receipt of cotton Joan blank- in Hoke county, locdl ij^ks j and organizations loaned $25,000 to 1 farmers on their cotton at 10 cents ‘ a poniw, says S. C. Oliver, the county agent. If t ■. > ■, !'■ i • • I' J* ■ I ^ v> f »