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TheJohnstonian-Sun
A Home For Greakr Selma and Johnston County.
VOL. 20
SELMA, N. C.. THURSQy, AUGUST 26, 1937.
NUMBER 33
Belt Tobacco Market Opened Today
With Large Yields and Better
Prices For Tobacco This Year
Farmers Have Rosy Outlook
Ahead of Them.
Selma Woman Has
An Unusual Experience
[School Bus Drivers
Johnston ABC Store
Today marks the beginning of an-*
other marketing season for tobacco,
and with larger crop yields and bet
ter prices prevailing than last year,
it now looks as if the farmers of
the bright leaf belt have a rosy
future just ahead of them.
It is generally conceded through
out this section that the crop is
far superior to last year, both in
quality and quantity, and according
to all reports trickling in from the
border markets, the price this year
averages from one to three cents
higher than for the same period last
year.
No one should fool himself, how-
over, about prices and expect a big
price for common tobacco. Mr. W.
L. Stanfield, an experienced tobacco
nist, has just returned from Georgia
where he was on the market until
about one week ago, says that sorry
tobacco is cheap, and justly so, for
there never has been much sale for
.this type of leaf. He said that good
ripe tbbacco with color sold well on
the Georgia market, but said that in
Georgia there is always a lot of the
sorry grades as they have never
learned to grow and cure tobacco
down there as well as the farmers
in this belt.
The farmers should take good care
of their tobacco and not let it get
too high in order during this warm
damp weather. One strong whiff of
mold snuffed up a buyer’s nose may
cost the grower many dollars.
\fter todapi sales on the various
markets one \can get -a good idea^
- -^hat to expeA in tne’"Arayo^ pHfees
this season, ^Ithough weather con
ditions may tend to depress prices
at this time.
While Returning From A Trip
To Morehead and Atlantic
Beach Monday Night A Mule
Headed Into Her Car And
Broke His Neck.
JOl DUS Lrnvcia
Must Have License Proposal Is Argued
5 TIelegation From Four Oaks
^’Ktm ShtW Patron Show; I Gtes 'To Raieigh Fporing
tag Their. Quaim^tion^^Ud P^ ot
Meeting Will Be Held Soon
To Examine Drivers.
Last Monday night while returning
from a weed-end visit with friends
in New Bern, Mrs. Pearl B.
Richardson and son, accompanied by
her sister. Miss Hortence Batts, of
Raleigh, had an unusual experience
while driving along the highway this
side of LaGrange. Three mules ap
peared on the highway in front of
their car, running “on all four’’ at
break-neck speed facing toward
them with two or three cars right
behind them. The mules were hold
ing their heads high in the air and
looking back to one side as if to see
how well they were carrying on the
race with the chasing automobiles.
Mr. Richardson said .that she imme
diately stopped her car and that one
of the mules which had his head
turned and looking back at an ap
proaching car, ran right 'head-on in
to her car, breaking through the
windshield and knocking himself un
conscious and his neck was thought
to have been broken in. the impact
The mule was later killed to re
lieve him of his suffering , The car
was put out of commission \and Mrs.
Richardson teiephone to Lfian Wat
son at Smithfield who wfint down
and brought them to Selm^
Miss Hor.tence Batts jpfA render
ed unconscious for^ gin. tr while
Mrs. Richardson y or prqlo^j'^'^*
bruisps on her
shield. Her son escaped unhur«
The 1937 Legislature in Chapter
397 enacted into law a provision re
quiring all drivers of school buses o
secure from the Highway Patrol ol
North Carolina an additional drivers
certificate before entering upon their
duties as bus drivers.
Mr. V. R. Mallard, of the State
Highway Patrol, and Mr. H! B- Mar
row will arrange a meeting of a
bus drivers just before the opening
of school at which time Mr. Mallaid
^ .Liquor Store There—Told To
Settle Matter At Home.
Record Rain Fall
Here Last Night
(W. T. BOST, in Greensboro News)
■ Raleigh, Aug. 25.—Johnston coun
ty postulants and protestants today
come before the state alcoholic bev-
jCrage control commission on the
proposal to open an ABC store in
Oaks and at the end of the
■talking. Chairman Cutlar Moore told
the delegations to go home and set
tle the issue with their own county
board.
The first delegation of merchants
and other kinds of business men
Johnston Association
To Meet Next Sunday
oi scnuut cvG - .
will have three other members oi
the Highway Patrol to assisf hint in came and asked for the store, then
examining and issuing these ^jertin-
cates to those entitled to drive school
buses. Mr. Marrow said he would
try to arrange the meeting which is
,t0 be held in Smithfield a day or
two before the opening of schools
on October 6th, so that the bus dri
vers might carry home their buses
after they secured their certificates.
Notice will be given .through the
press as to the exact date and hour
of the meeting.
The enactment of the Legislature
is as follows:
“Sec. 1. That no person shall drive
or operate a school bus/over the pub-
Smithfield, Aug. 23.—With four
warehouses ready to provide patrons
of the Smithfield tobacco market
greater marketing facilities .than ev
er before and with highly encourag
ing price news coming from the
Georgia and Border Belt. markets,
local tobacconists predict that one
of the most successful seasons in
the his.tory of Johnston County s on
ly market will be set in motion
next Thursay morning when the Eas
tern Belt launches 1937 sales.
Not since years before the de
pression has Smithfield had four
warehouses. The expansion in floor
space for this season is another in
dication of the growth which the
local market has enjoyed in recent
years.
Gold Leaf Expands
went away. They made an impres
sive showing with converts to their
cate. But the drys beat them 2 to 1
on’ the- demonstration. Headed by
Rev.: ,H. B. Baum, pastor of the
Fom ..Oaks Methodist church, the
ins presented a petition in opposi-
uii aftnost twice as large as the
.Be advocates had, and in addition
^minded the state board that the
i*x at which Four Oaks cast its
weiTt 2 to 1 against the stores.
; ' lljt synchronized with the state
boai|: idea fairly well. It has op-
pffse^as a. general policy, opening
.zny .ore in a town or village whose
Program To Begin At 2 ;45
O’clock In Afternoon — At
Mount Moriah Church Five
Miles West of Clayton.
urro^adr rf'North Carolina while i l^’op^ave vf^d against .the stores
he same is occupied bv children up-the third hearing that
. .  „ , r„ii,I Has In held on this subject. Mem
less said person shall be fulW tiaineiO ^ |u Griiensboro
in the operation of motor ^hiclds, | bei ’
and shall furnish to the
The Johnston Baptist Sunday
School Association will be held with
Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist
church, on highway about five miles
west of clayton, next Sunday after
noon, beginning at 2:46 o’clock.
Mr. C. H. Brown of Pine Level,
who is superintendent of the asso
ciation, says that this promises to
be one of the best associational
meetings yet held. A full program
has been arranged and it is expected
that a large representative crowd
will be on hand.
PROGRAM
2:45 P. M.—Song, “Take The Name
of Jesus With You.”
Song—“All Hail The Power of
Jesus Name.”
2:55 P. M.—Devotional—Rev. R. R.
McCullclcl^j Pastor Clayton Baptist
Church. I
3:10 P. W-Special Music—By Pis-
gah Cjiy.(rch“ Choir.
-Business Period
Streets Flooded, Houses Leaked
And Automobiles Drowned
In Downpour Which Reached
To Proportions of A Cloud
Burst At Times.
What many of the oldest residents
of the town regard as one of the
heaviest rainstorms in their memory
raged throughout this section Wed
nesday evening from 7 until 9
o’clock and .then tapered off with a
slow downpour until late in the
night. While we have not heard of
any definite measurements, it is
generally thought that the fall was
upwards of six inches.
The street crossing near .the Car
olina Service Station on the main
highway here was flooded to a depth
of from one to two feet and water
ponded up into the Carolina Ser
vice Station and up .to the door of
Mac’s place, backed into the rear
of Hub Brown’s Furniture store,
while a long stretch of the main
hightway extending from Railroad
street to .the southern edge of the
corporate limits of the town was
like a great inland water way. Cara
stalled all along this route while
others trudged .through the splashing
waters up to their bodies. Colored
people lined the highway along the
3:15 P. M-—Business Period—Recog- ’ L j- • " A ’ i
. . It „ route standing m water almost to
nitioif-By Rev. P. M Clemino^ ^
^Th^tr.Uey watched the,traffie;,jam ami^t
«>)veritable lake of. watei™ No4-_i>nly
Mrs. Richardson’s Dad
Tells of Manteo Trip
The fourth warehouse is a result i
of expansion by the Gold Leaf Ware
house. Since last fall, this organi
zation has built adjacent to its or
iginal house an additional 34,230
feet of floor space and this section
of the warehouse will be operated
as Gold Leaf Warehouse No. 2.
Gold Leaf No. 1, the older section,
has a floor space of 44,100 feet.
Roy A. Pearce is back again as
manager of the Gold Leaf with Jim
Moore returning as auctioneer and
Frank Skinner as sales manager.
Dixie Wanehouse
At the Dixie, another house which
enlarged its capacity year before
last, N. L. “Perk” Perkins will again
be greeting his farmer friends. Per
kins, whose 24 years of continuous
service on the Smithfield market
makes him the market’s dean, will
be assisted in running the sales by
■ Holton Wallace and Darius Wilder
will do the auctioneering at the
Dixie as well as at Wallace’s.
The expansion in floor space in
Smithfield during the past two years
give this market a daily capacity of
around 700,000 pounds. The ware
houses are well arranged for the
maximum convenience of the farm-1
ers and the service they offer grow- j
ers looking for an ideal place to sell
tobacco is not to be surpassed.
Wallace Warehouse
Holton B. Wallace and Dixon Wal
lace, owners and operators of the
Wallace Warehouse in Smithfield, are
well known in tobacco circles as
■warehousemen who know their busi
ness, have the confidence of all to
bacco growers, and lead the market
each season in poimds sold. They,
are residents of Smithfield, living
and doing business here all the year.
They jointly operate a fertilizer
(Continued on last page)
Charlie V. Batts of Raleigh, Rt
5, father of Mrs. Joe Richardson of
Selma, recently returned from Man
teo and Fort Raleigh where he at
tended the Virginia Dare celebration.
“I took the trip by bus to get a
good view,” he said. Telling of the
trip, Mr. Batts remarked that he had
traveled from Canada to Mexico, but
he saw more in Eastern North Car
olina than anywhere else. He was
particularly impressed with the big
rivers, long bridges and the methods
used to prevent erosion around the
Wright Memorial at Kitty Hawk.
Several of his friends joked with
him about riding in President Roose
velt’s car on Roanoke Island; they
said he didn’t dare ask for a ride.
Mr. Batts showed them, though.
“I saw the chauffeur getting some
gas and oil, so I went over and ask
ed if I could ride in the car. They
were very nice and said I could.”
Leon Brown Celebrates
Birthday Anniversary
certificate from the Highway Patrol
of North Carolina showing that he
has been examined by a member of
the said Highway Patrol, and that
he is a fit and competent person to
operate or drive a school bus over
the public roads of the state.
Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful
for any person to operate or drive
a school bus loaded with children
over the public roads of North Car
olina at a greater rate of speed
than thirty-five miles an hour.
Sec. 3. Any person violating sec
tion .two of this act shall, upon con
viction, be fined not more than fifty
dollars ($50.00) or imprisoned not
more than thirty days.
Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of
laws in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 5. This Act shall be in full
force and effect from and after July
1. 1937.”
Injunction Is Denied
In Johnston Action
Judge Grady Dismisses Petition
Against Proposed Power
Lines.
Mr. Leon Brown, R. F. D. mail
carrier, celebrated his 40th birthday
anniversary at his home in Selma
on last Sunday. His guest of honor
was Mr. Hubert Avery, who lives
several miles north of .this city.
This was Mr. Averp’s 40th anniver
sary. Two large birthday cakes, each
containing 40 lighted candles, were
placed at either end of the table.
Messrs. Brown and Avery were boy
hood chums and each remembers the
other on August 22nd. Miss Omega
Brown and Mrs. Sallie Faulkner
served the sumptuous dinner. Mr.
Brown’s guests were Mr. and Mrs
Hubert Avery, Master Oscar Avery,
Mr. and Mrs. E. Moore, Mrs. Leon
Brown, Mayor W. I. Godwin, H. H.
Lowry, Miss Omega Brown and Mrs.
Sallie Faulkner.
Services At Methodist
Church Sunday A. M.
“The Work of the Ministry” will
be the subject of Rev. F. B. Peele
at the Selma Methodist church next
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock.
There will be no evening services
at .this church, but the congregation
is ininted to join in the union ser
vice at the Missionary Baptist
church Sunday evening at 8 o’clock.
Clinton, Aug. 20.—Superior Court
Judge Henry A. Grady dismissed to
day a petition of three Johnston'
county farmers for an injunction
against construction by the Carolina
Power and Light company, of Ra
leigh, of rural lines in the county
under an agreement with the John
ston County Electric Membership
corporation.
The judgement was handed down
late today after attorneys for both
sides had filed briefs earlier in the
day.
The case was argued and testi
mony was taken at a hearing here
Monday and Tuesday, the plaintiffs
contending that the agreement in
question was in violation of the
trusts of directors of the electric
organization, formed of Johnston
county rural residents to sponsor a
rural electrification program.
Judge Grady held that .the plain
tiffs, D. T. Bailey, Z. L. Talton and
J. F. Woodard, had failed to show
that they had been damaged by the
contract between the power company
and the citizens’ organization and
therefore, no status in a court of
equity proceedings.
The judgement set forth that the
Johnston county organization was
formed under a 1935 law permitting
rural electrification through such
groups, and that it had negotiated
with the federal rural electrification
'Tt-he store. And until that is done
he tate board is he’sitant to move.
Tie governing body of Four Oaks,
the commissioners and the chief of
poke are m favor of the store, but
theieighbors of the officer were
dispsed to accure him of going
ABCsward because he wished to
pleae the commissioners of Four
Oak. The dry delegation was
stregthened by many women and a
few very pretty young girls. It de-
veloted that some of the petitions
faried by the drys have many
youg people on them. The women
^xpained that they sought youthful
sigatories as these would be the
|?eoile most affected by liquor if sold
ill ’’our Oaks.
lie drys could not agree on how
muh bootlegging goes on in their
iieiihborhood. Rev. Mr. Baum said
Iha he is no patron of the blind ti-
!ger, and therefore could not give ex-
k>er testimony. The drys did admit
Hi some shame that the “Flowers
Wi” did reputedly a great liquor
business before the ABC stores in
the county were opened, and that
ills ABC officer caused his arrest,
i The agitation ended for the day
Ke state commission is not inclined
to open any store in dry territory,
' urtainly not unless there is a county
«quest. Chairman Moore reminded
' he drys that they might have to
: handon their position in the light
 f other elections. “Mecklenburg
I ounty went dry,” he said; “but
• 'tarlotte voted heavily for control.
et, -we are not opening stores
tiiere.”
lections. '
3:45 P.W.—Song—By Congregation.
3:50 P. m—Bible School Program-
Rev. C. \W. Teague ,Leader of
Work, i
4:40 P. M!(—Adjournment.
C. H.'i BROWN, Superintendent
Johifston Baptist S. S. Asso.
c. W. Scales Makes
Talk To Kiwanians
Former Lieutenant Governor of
This Kiwanis District, and
Daughter, Miss Virginia
Scales, Are Guests of Local
Club.
veritable lake of. wat&
was the highway fldoded.Y'but '' all
adjacent streets were covered at
many points where water ponded
under tenement houses almost up to
the top door steps.
The storm was accompanied by
strong wind at times which drove
great gusts of rain through the
streets in a blinding, deluge. Light
ning streamed forth with deafening
cracks of thunder or played across
the blackened elements like many
blinding searchlights throwing their
electric sprap pel mel, and render
ing a spectacle which but few have
the nerve .to stand and behold, and
none have the langruage to describe.
Godfrey Beasley Now
With Selma Drug Go.
Mr. Godfrey Beasley, of Coats,
has accepted a position with the
Selma Drug Company. Mr. Beasley
wmes highly recommended. We wel
come him to our town.
rural lines.
Later, after litigation between the
corporation and the Carolina Power
and Light company, the two organi
zations reached an agreement pro
viding that the power company con
struct lines contemplated by the
citizens’ group, and others.
Judge Grady ruled that the plain
tiffs had no.t been damaged by the
agreement inasmuch as they were
receiving what they wanted, electric
power, as a result of the contrac .
, Attorneys at the hearing said the
power company program m °
iton county, already begun, ca e
|or construction of approxima e
Following the preliminaries at the
Selma Kiwanis club Ifst Thursday
evening ,President Tuttle turned ^e
meeting over to M. L. Stancil, the
program chairman. Kiwanian Stancil
?hen recognized C. W. "
member of .the Selma club, and also
former Lieutenant Governor of this
Kiwanis district, and his daughter^
Miss Virginia Ccales, a f
pin!., (of the .l.». »•>»
Lre guests of the evening. Mr^
Scales expressed his pleasure at
being able to visit the club agaim
He recited some of .the things which
he had observed in the workings of
the club in Greenville, S. C., where
he holds a responsible position wi^
the American Telephone an e
graph Company. His remarks were
warmly applauded. ^
Program Chairman Stoned the
made a short talk on the weather
He said that weather conditions were
controlled almost exclusively by the
distribution of atmospheric pressure,
and told how storm centers develop
ed due to the lowering of the baro
metric pressure, and how these areas
of low pressure traveled across the
country with their attendant storms,
such as thunder showerS, tornadoes
etc He declared that we need not
discount .too much the claim by old
people that their aching bones were
signals that “bad” weather is on the
way, since the air pressure on an
average sized man’s body is reputed
at 35,000 pounds, and that with the
lowering of .the barometric P^ssure
Annual Revival And
Home Coming Event
The annual Revival and “Home
Coming Day’” will be the Fifth
Saturday in August, with conference
at 10 o’clock. Dinner on the grounds.
Sermon at 2 P. M.
The two weeks’ revival will be
conducted by Elder James Lee of
Mount Olive, N. C., assisted by the
pastor. Every member requested to
be present and answer to the roll
call.
Come and bring your friends.
J. Q. BAKER, Clerk.
Four Oaks, N. C.
SELMA DRUG CO.
MOVING TO NEW
PLACE THIS WEEK
loweruig ux -
by only one mch takes more toan
The clerical help w th several as
sistants have been busy this week
moving the stock and fixtures ^ ®
Selma Drug Company to the building
on the corner of Raeford and Ander
son streets, which has recently been
overhauled and arranged for the
company’s new home. The new home
of .this store is much more spacioiM
and more centrally located than it
was at the former location. Mr. C.
P. Harper, the proprietor, is owner
of the build ng in which it is now
located as well as the one from
which it has just moved. Mr. Harper
is one of the town’s most progres
sive business men, and with the add-
Soo plnds of pressure off the body
which is sufficient argument that tne
old fellow’s bones might began to
ache when subjected to such a
Olve ^
ed facilities for doing business this
change. ,
The club then enjoyed a couple ot
male quartets by Messrs. C. .
Scales, T. S. Krahenbuhl, John Jet-
freps and E. V. Woodard.
firm is beginning the fall business
season with brighter hopes and great
er opportunites for service to its
large list of patrons.
administration for a
taTto finance 400 miles of rural lines.
Miss Anne Grimsley spent the
week-end in Wilson with relatives. Exposition.
Two-toned lighting effects, amber
and blue, will be used in the flood
lights illuminating the Palace of
House and Gardens on Treasure
Island, San Francisco Bay site of
.the 1939 Golden Gate International
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