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VOL. 23.
SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1940.
SINGLE COPY 5c
NUMBER 15,
Johnston Republicans
Meet In Convention
LATE BULLETINS
FROM WAR ZONE
Clyde L. Stancil Re-elected County Chairman-
Sam Morris Makes Keynote Speech—Ticket
Is Named—Delegates Elected — Young
Republican Club Is Organized
A delegation of Republicans, representing every section of
Johnston county, met in convention in Smithfield Saturday morn
ing at 11 o’clock. Clyde L. Stancil, county chairman, called the
convention to order. Ezra Parker, of Benson, was made perma
nent chairman. Sam J. Morris, of Raleigh, was the keynoter of
the convention.
Mr. Morris confined his re-*
marks chiefly to criticism of
the New Deal as inaugurated
and administered by President
Roosevelt. He labled the Re
publican party as the party
which had always been the con
servative party, the' party that
brought the country out of the
Cleveland depression under the
leadership of Presidents William
McKinley and Theodore Roose
velt by administering a. pro
gram of sound business and
economy in government, and
ventured the prediction that if Pres
ident Roosevelt had followed a sim
ilar course this country would have
emerged from the 1-930-33 depression
long since and that the country
■would have greatly decreased its in
debtedness rather than more than
doubling it.
The convention then proceeded to
nominate the following county can
didates: State senate, Walter Batten
of Smithfield; and for members of
the lower House, E. Alphonso Parker
of Benson, and Clyde Stancil of
Smithfield. For county commissioners;
>1. B. Pleasant, of Angier, Route 1,
and Matthew Raynor of Benson.
Five names were placed before the
convention as candidates for the
house. Stancil and Parker, the nom-
jne'es, received 82 and 76 votes 're
spectively, while the remaining votes
■were distributed as follows; Jesse
McLamb, Banner, 27; Moses Tart,
Meadow, 24; and Q. C. Parker, Ban
ner, 10.
In the' senate contest, Batten won
over J. Ira Lee, Smithfield attorney,
by a margin of 42 to 28.
Leading the voting for commis
sioner was M .B. Pleasant,' who was
nominated by County Chairman Stan
cil as a former member of the county
■board of commissioners and as “the
man who put fear into the ranks of
the Democrats” two years ago when
he ran for sheriff on the Republican
ticket. Pleasant received 99 votes
and Raynor, the other nominee for
commissioner, polled ■ 67. The other
candidates were Tillman Renfrew
of O’Neals, 40 votes; A. H. Phillips
of Banner, 13; and Harvey Jones of
Beulah, 11.
A list of 28 delegates and 28
alternates were elected to go to the
Congressional Convention ,to be held
in Raleigh on Saturday, April 13,
and to the State convention to be
held in Charlotte on Wednesday,
April 17. Clyde Stancil was re-elected
County Chairman, and a resolution
was adopted that the various town
ship chairmen of, the county shall
constitute the Republican county
Executive committee.
J. D. Parker, Republican member
of the County Board of Elections,
explained the working of the new
law with reference to registration in
the primary and general election.
A Young Republican club was
(Continued on Last Page)
RE-ELECTED
CLYDE L. STANCIL
PAGE CONFESSES
TO RAPE CHARGE
PRIOR TO DEATH
LONDON, April 11.—
(Thursday)—An unconfirmed
report from Stockholm, circu
lated by the Reuter (British)
ne-ws agency, earl today
placed the German losses in
last night’s Skagerrak naval
battle at four cruisers and
two or three large troop trans
ports.
This report also said the
5,400-ton German cruiser
Emden was believed to be the
German warship which was
sunk in Oslo fjord by the
Norwegian cruiser Olaf Tryg-
gvason. This ship was identi
fied first as a German de
stroyer, and later as a war
ship of the Deutschland class.
Selma Airport Gets Recosnition;
25 Planes to Visit Here Sunday
BERLIN, April 10.—Nazi Germany,
fighting furiously with her fleet to
keep Allied men o’war from the
Norwegian coast, proclaimed tonight
the destruction of at least three
British destroyers in the battle of
Narvik, Norway, big cruisers to the
fire of Norwegian coastal guns, and
strove systematically to get her
bearings in the two Scandinavian
countries which Adolf Hitler is
“protecting”—against their will.
A fourth British destroyer was
damaged and is unfit for battle, the
German high command stated, as a
result of the engagement at the en
trance to the North Norway ore port
where, as a communique put it,
“English naval forces attempted to
enter Narvik by force.”
“The attack was fought off by
units of our navy which are sta
tioned there, with heavy damage and
losses for the - English,” said the
communique. “Three British de
stroyers were destroyed. The British
Admiralty admits an additional de
stroyer ■was badly damaged and is
Gy Gates, Nationally Known Stunt Flyer, Will
Give Exhibition and Garry Passengers—
Plenty of Parking Space Has Been
Provided For Motorists
Eastern Carolina Aviators Breakfast club will visit the Selma
airport Sunday morning about 8 o’clock, where they will spend
the entire day. They will be the guests at breakfast of Solicitor
William I. Godwin, A. Z. Thompson, Jr., and H. H. Lowry at the
Brick Hotel.
* This organization was organs
Blue Mold Found
Floyd C. Price In
Commissioner Race
Floyd C. Price, who makes his
residence in Pine Level and operates
a general supply store in Selma, an
nounces that he is in the race for
County Commissioner.
Mr. Price is a native born citizen
of Pine Level, the son of Joseph
and Cornelia Morgan Price. At the
close of his schooling he opened a
County Agent M. A. Morr-
gan reports the first case
of Blue Mold to be found
this year in the county on
the plant bed of Mr. J. C.
Woodard, of Pine Level,
Tuesday. Dr. Howard Gar
ris of State College in
spected the bed Wednesday
and declared his findings to
be Blue Mold. Considering
the cool damp weather and
the fact that plants are
younger this year than
they were a year ago, the
County Agent expressed
the opinion that the farm
ers will have a great deal of
trouble with blue mold.
Since the plants ' are so
young at this time blue
mold will quickly destroy
them. All farmers are
urged to watch their beds
carefully, said Mr. Morgan.
Rev. & Mrs. Clemmons
ized a short time ago by Col. R.
E. Lee, manager of the Rocky
Mount airport, and Selma is the
first airport to be visited by
this organization.
Pilots and planes will be here
from Rocky Mount, Henderson,
Louisburg, Wilson, Washington,
Middlesex, Weldon, Goldsboro,
Dunn, Raleigh, Clinton, Four
Oaks, Williamston, and other
towns in eastern Carolina.
It is expected that at least twenty-
five planes will be in this visiting.,
party. In the afternoon a regular air
show will take place at the Selma
airport, the main attraction being
the noted stunt pilot from Holly
wood, California, Cy Gates, who is
nationally known fop his skill as an
acrobatic flier.
Cy Gates has a specially con
structed plane for stunt flying and
sky writing. This pilot really gives
a beautiful exhibition. After his show
this noted pilot will take passengers
to ride in the same plane in which
he uses for his show.
It will be a real treat to ride with
this splendid pilot. Jack Hubber, of
grocery business in Pine Level in
unfit for battle. On Monday, a Grit-j later expanding into a general
merchantile business. He opened a 1 Around 100 Baptists Gather At 1 leap from a height of 10,000 feet.
Micro Negro Goes To Death At
State’s Centml Prison.
Zeb Page, 29-year-old Micro
Negro laborer, died in the gas
chamber at Central Prison in
Raleigh Friday morning shortly
after confessing he raped a
white woman near Micro last
October.
Chaplain L. A. IVatts informed
reporters “he acknowleged that he
committed the crime.” Previously
Page had denied his guilt in the rape
of Mrs. Elizabeth Stancil, mother of
three children.
The condemned man, who spent
most of the previous 24 hours in
prayer, went to the gas chamber at
9:59 and two minutes lated the gas
was generated. He was wearing a
hood over his head.
A physician pronounced Page dead
11 minutes and 57 seconds after the
fumes rose in the chamber. The
Negro’s mother, a' \Vake county
resident, claimed the body.
Chaplain Watts, -who held a wor
ship period for Page before the
execution, said, “He says he is sorry
for all his sins.”
Johnstonians who went to Raleigh
to witness the execution were Don
Ward, Page’s attorney; Sheriff Kirby
Rose and De^es C. C. Liles and
Norman Narron; Rev. Noble Hinnant
ish destroyer was sunk on another
occasion.”
The German army high command
officially denied early today reports
that the British had captured Trond
heim and Bergen.
Tonight, then, the German battle-
score in the new theatre of sea and
air war stood :
Selma To Have A
New Hardware Store
The store building, formerly
occupied by the Selma Hardware
company, has been purchased by Mr.
J. N. Wiggs, and is undergoing neces
sary repairs preparatory to the
opening of a new and up-to-date
hardware store by Leon Woodruff
and J. Hayden Wiggs, who plan to
be able to say: “If It’s Hardware,
We Have It.”
Messrs. Wiggs and Woodruff are
two of Selma’s most progressive
young business men and we predict
for them a rosy future in ' their
latest venture.
and Richard Pittman, Micro;
Hugh Sanders of Smithfield.
and
Postal Officials Of
County To Meet
large mercantile business in Selma
in 1932, -which has grown into one
of the largest general supply stores
in Johnston county. This store
known as Floyd C. Price & Son. Mr.
Price has served on the board of
town commissioners of Pine Level
for a number of years and takes an
Q • O V 1 Atlanta, Ga., said to be the best
Vaiven surprise r arty parachute jumper in the entire south,
is expected to make a death-defying
The Merchants Hotel to Do
Honor to This Popular Couple
—N. J. Creech Master of
Ceremonies.
active interest in church and civic
Colonel R. E. Lee, of Rocky Mount,
will bring his trim Waco cabin plane
and a newspaper photographer who
will make numerous pictures of
Selma and vicinity, which will give
this town recognition as a public
given a complete surprise interested com-
Wednesday evening when the jj, aviation.
The Rev. and Mrs. D. M. Clemmons
affairs. He is also one of the direc
tors in the Bank of Pine Level.
A. F. Futrell Out
For Commissioner
bers of the Baptist church enter-
Selma Kiwanians
Hear “Harmoneers”
HAILSTORM HERE
MONDAY NIGHT
Leading the p:|ogram at the Selma
Kiwanis club on 'last Thursday even
ing was a musical program by the
“Harmoneers”, a quartet composed
of Miss Lillian Louise Woodard,
talented daughter of Druggist and
Mrs. E. V. Woodard of Selma, Ed
and Fred MacDowell and Jerry Brent
of Fayetteville. They recently re
turned from Nassau, Bahamas, where
they filled a two weeks’ engagement
at the Royal Victoria hotel. Their
appearance before the Kiwanis club
brought down the house with loud
applause, and the only regrets ex
pressed were that they cut their pro
gram too short.
Following the musical program.
Program Chairman M. L. Stancil put
on a quiz program dealing exclusively
with the population of Johnston
county, together with places and
events. Rev. D. M. Clemmons was
the only Kiwanian left standing when
the time limit was reached.
Monday was a day of southerly
winds and threatening clouds, which
cleared late in the afternoon to give
way to a bright sun—but not for
long—for the sun soon hid its face
behind the western storm clouds. As
the shadows of night began to lower,
flashes of lightning could be seen to
the west and southwest, and shortly
before 8 o’clock a hailstorm from
the southwest swept over the town.
A furious wind accompanied the
storm which brought a blinding gust
of rain and considerable hail. Some
of the hailstones were in disk shape
and as large around as half silver
dollars, but no damage has been
reported as a result of the storm.
All postmasters, postal clerks,
rural and city carriers are scheduled
to meet at the Selma 'Woman’s club
building in Selma on Friday night,
April 12, at 7 o’clock.
Carl Williamson, postmaster at Ra
leigh, will be the principal speaker
of the evening. 'The post office in
spector for the division is also ex
pected to be present and make a
talk and, an invitation has been ex
tended to Congressman Harold D.
Cooley at attend this meeting. It is
hoped that every section of Johnston
county will be represented.
Donald Lee Broadwell
ni At His Home Here
Mr. & Mrs. Davis Take
Daughter To Hospital
Mr. and Mrs L. 0. Davis took
their daughter, Ava, to Duke hos
pital a few days ago for an examina
tion.
Friends of Donald Lee Broadwell,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Broadwell,
will regret to learn that this popular
young man is ill at his home here,
suffering from a severe head ailment.
This paper joins his friends in wish
ing him a speedy rcovery.
A. F. Futrell of Pine Level an
nounced a few days ago that he had
definitely decided to make the race
for County Commissioner.
Mr. Futrell is making his second
bid for a place on the board. He
ran unsuccessfully in 1936, polling
3,000 votes or 600 less than enough
to land him in a second primary.
Mr. Futrell was born in Pine Level
49 years ago, the son of E. T. and
Josephine Hinnant Futrell.
As a young man he joined the
National Guard at Selma and served
six months -with the Selma unit on
the Mexican Border during a dis
turbance the latter part of 1916. He
returned home in December of that
year and several months later joined
the United States Army for over
seas service in the World War.
'He served in the World War 13
months and upon his return home
after the Armistice accepted a job
as clerk with W. B. Oliver and Son
at Pine Level, a position held for
the next 17 years.
In the past five years, Mr. Futrell
has devoted his time to supervising
extensive farming interests.
He has been a member of the 1
town board at Pine Level for six
years. He is also a leader in the
Pine Level Baptist church, being a
member of the board of deacons.
He has served as foreman of the
county grand jury since last July and
has gained prominence as the leader
of recent grand jury investigations
of county affairs.
Popular Railroad Man
Is Seriously 111 Here
Large Hen Egg
Mr. Riley Renfrew, who holds a
responsible position with the Southern
Railroad, is reported seriously ill at
his home on Railroad street. Mr.
Renfrew is suffering from an attack
of influenza. His many friends hope
he ■will soon be able to be out again.
Mrs. A. R. Stancil, of the
Glendale section, sent a
large hen egg to the office
of The Johnstonian-Sun
Monday. Mrs. Stancil said
the egg was laid by one of
her Barred Rock hens last
Sunday. The egg measures
7 inches in circumference
the round way and 8 inches
around from tip to tip. It
weighs 5 1-4 ounces.
tained at dinner at the Merchants
Hotel, honoring them on the fourth
anniversary of their pastorate in
Selma.
They had been invited to attend a
barbecue supper elsewhere but in
stead were taken to the hotel where
a large number awaited their arrival.
A special table wa^ ^arranged in
the center of the dining room where
Mr. and Mrs. Clemmons, their daugh
ter, Elaine, and their niece. Miss
Irene Clemmons, were seated.
Members of the Junior and Inter-
emdiate choirs were also guests of
honor. Other guests were seated at
the long U-shaped table. Bowls of
violets centered the tables. A two-
course dinner was served by Mrs.
Annie Barham and Mrs. J. T.
Mathews.
Mr. N. J. Creech, superintendent
of the Sunday school, acted as toast
master. He presented Mr. C. Hub
Brown, who remarked that he had
been searching the records for deeds
done by Mr. Clemmons and had se
cured complete information, includ
ing where the Rev. D. M. Clemmons
is from. His speech was full of wit
and he told numerous jokes applying
to the minister.
At the close of his remarks he
became serious and told of the high
esteem in which this popular min
ister is held in the Johnston As
sociation.
Mr. Floyd C. Price was asked to
speak and also praised the life led
by the pastor before his people.
David S. Ball, E. C. Perry and E. V.
Woodard expressed some of the
many ways in which both the Rev.
and Mrs. Clemmons have, by their
untiring efforts, been an inspiriation
to the congregation.
Mrs. Maggie Chamblee sang a
song composed by Mrs. Leon Wood
ruff, relative to their four years of
service. She was accompanied at the
piano by Mrs. Woodruff.
Mr. and Mrs. Clemmons expressed
their appreciation in appropriate
words of gratitude.
The manager of the local airport,
Mr. Godwin, has made arrangements
to take care of the many cars that
will be on hand on this occasion.
Parking space has been enlarged and
he will see to it that you will have
place to park your car, so be on
hand Sunday and see the best air
show ever staged in this immediate
section.
Seen and Heard Along
THE MAINDRAG
==By H.H.L.===
Mr. J. P. Temple
Enters Kinston Hospital
Mr. J. P. Temple is undergoing
treatment at the General Memorial
hospital in Kinston. His nephew. Dr.
R. H. Temple, is treating him, prep
aratory to his entering Duke hospital.
Sunday will be a big day at the
local Airport—seventeen planes will
arrive early that morning and spend
the day—MANAGER BILL GODWIN
is busy making arrangements to take
care of the big crowd that will be
on hand—plenty of , parking space
has been provided by BILL—there
will be stunt flying, parachute jumps,
etc., come and spend the day—
around thirty pilots will be on hand
—DONALD LEE BROADWELL is
misssed from the Maindrag these
days—DONALD LEE in confined to
his room by illness — his many
friends wish for him a speedy re
covery-—our old friend, RILEY REN-
FROW, is also on the sick list this
week—hurry up and get well, RILEY,
we miss seeing you on the Maindrag
—don’t fail to attend the barbecue
dinner given by the AMERICAN:
LEGION AUXILIARY on next
'fuesday night at the Woman’s cluh.'
—MRS. E. G. HOBBS, chairman of
the Ways and Means Committee,
says one-half pound of the famous
ADAM SCOTT’S Barbecue, together
with all the accessories, will be
served—tickets are only 50 cents—
MRS. J. T. MATHEWS is a hustler
when it comes to selling tickets—
MRS. MATHEWS sold seventeen to
Smithfield folk yesterday' to the big
Barbecue here next 'Tuesday night—
everybody’s coming, get yours—the
best entertainment on the Carnival
grounds is the' Pony and Dog Show,;
owned and operated by MR. IRWIN
—he has the best trained dogs and*
ponies this writer has ever seen-—
one of his educated ponies is insured*-'
for $7,000—WILBUR WILSON says:
since the paper came out last week,;-
announcing his approaching marriage, ■
he has had no less than twenty-five,
applicants for best man—it pays to'
advertise.
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