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The Johnstonian-Sun
VOL. 23.
A^JVeekly Newspaper Containing The News And Views Of Your Community And Surrounding Territory.
SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY,
The Johnstonian* i
Sun is dedicated
to the best interest i
of Johnston coun
ty and its sixty |
thousand people.
Read the news and
advertisements in
its columns each
week.
SEPTEMBER 5, 1940.
SINGLE COPY 5c
NUMBER 36.
METHODIST REVIVAL
TO BEGIN SUNDAY
Dr. John C. Glenn of Edenton
Street Methodist Church In
Raleigh To Do the Preaching
—Services Each Day at 9:00
A. M. and At 8:00 P. M.
To Conduct Revival Here
Some of the Methodists from near
by towns have been heard to say
that the Edgerton Memorial Metho
dist church here is not large enough
to hold the big congregation that
will be here to hear Dr. John C.
Glenn, pastor of Edenton Street
church in Raleigh, when he gets in
action in the series of revival meet
ings which begin at the local church
next Sunday night and will continue
for ten days or more. There will be
services each day at 9 o’clock in
the morning and at 8 o’clock at
night. He said that preparedness for
war will not solve our problems, de
claring that “he, who lives with the
sword must die by the sword.”
Dr. Glenn is a forceful speaker
and a Biblical preacher, who drives
home the Gospel truths in a most
convincing way. He came down last
Sunday for the evening service to
“get acquainted” with his Methodist
brethren and sisters here. He had
charge of the services, and delievered
a great message on “Power.” He
said that God needs men with power
in the church just as much as na
tions need powerful leaders, powerful
armies, powerful navies and power
ful aircraft. He referred to the
Gospel as a powerful instrument
against unrighteous living, if we
will only utilize this power for good
in our lives.
A few of the subjects which Dr.
Glenn is expected to use during the
meeting here are: “Christ’s Teach
ings Concerning Sin”; “The Dying
Thief”; “The Church That Changes
the World”; ‘"rhe Greatest Text In
the Bible”; “Christ, the World’s
Salvation”, etc.
Dr. Glenn will begin his series of
revival sermons at the Monday morn
ing service. The Sunday morning
service will be conducted by Rev.
Forrest D. Hedden, associate min
ister of Edenton Street Methodist
church in Raleigh.
U. S. DESTROYERS
LEAVE FOR BRITAIN
Executive Order Transfers 50
Over-Age Destroyers To
Britain In Exchange For 99-
Year Leases On Strategic
Bases Stretching From New
foundland To British Guiana.
REV. JOHN C. GLENN, D. D., Pastor of Edenton Street
Methodist Church, Raleigh, who will assist the Rev. 0. L. Hath
away in revival services to begin September 8th.
Bright'Belt Tobacco
Prices Around 18c
Winston Now
Flies Atlantic Clippers
Capt. “Bill” Winston., former
Selma boy, was one of the first men
to go into training for the aviation
service at Princeton, N. J. His fly
ing record has been given prominent
mention in leading aviation circles
and in magazines and metropolitan
newspapers, among which is the New
York Times which has made prom
inent mention of his flying record
on more than one occasion.
Capt. Winston is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Winston of Wendell and
is well known in Selma. Colonel
Charles A. Lindberg is said to have
received his first training in aviation
under Capt. Winston. Capt. Winston’s
present flights are being made in the
Atlantic Clippers between New York
and Lisbon, Portugal. Stops are made
at Island Fail in the Azores and
thence to Lisbon, a distance of 3,400
miles. These are the largest trans
port planes in the world, having a
wing spread of 152 feet, and are
called 89 place flying boats. They
are of 6,200 horse-power, with beds
for 40, including a bridal suite, and
are two stories high. Passengerp are
^accommodated on first deck, and the
crew on upper deck, which is termed
the bridge. The crew consists of a
captain, first, second, third and
fourth lieutenants, all of whom are
pilots and navigators; first and sec
ond engineer officers; first and second
radio officers; Dfirst and second
stewards. These particular type of
planes carry 5,400 gallons of gaso
line, and have an average speed of
175 miles an hour. The trip from
New York to Lisbon costs approxi
mately $397.00.
Captain Winston has in the past
seven years made flights to Mexico,
Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua,
Costa . Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ja
maica, Trinidad, Cuba, Haiti, Domin
ion of Canada, Puerto Rico, British
Guiana, French Guiana, Dutch Guiana,
Brazil, Bahamas, Bermuda, Azores,
Portugal, France, Hawaiian Islands,
Midway Islands, Wake Island, Guam,
Philippines and China.
Capt.„Winston’s hobby is photogra-
akr j his pictures are taken on
■ Koda3|B^'}nW. Among his Varj^^eans
-tamniS& .is hi% veritable
Festival; Exhibit To
Open Monday
Selma Fall Festival, fea
turing the Boy Scout ex
hibit, will open Monday
evening, September 9th.
Midway for the entire
week will be furnished by
The World of Fun Shows
as presented by Billie Mar
co and J. E. Steblar.
Several of the major
rides, including the thrill
ing Tilt-a-Whirl, will be in
evidence, as will a number
of shows. Thus a variety of
amusement features is as
sured. Grounds have been
freshly mowed and will be
attractively and amply
lighted.
Dare-devil Scripps, in- ,
trepid aerial performer on
the high, swaying pole will
appear each evening. The
act will come direct to
Selma , from Mathews, Va.,
wherg it is now being pre
sented as a grandstand at
traction at the Mathews
County Fair.
Amusement lovers of this
vicinity are invited to' en
joy a full week’s round of
outdoor entertain ment
brought to you by The
Hayden and Howard Ex
position.
The local Boy Scout troop
will share in the proceeds.
All troops of the county
have been invited to enter
their exhibits, w'hich will
be accepted without charge.
Scouts in uniform w'ill be
admitted free.
Although Quality of Weed Re
garded As Inferior In East-
era Noi-th Carolina, Prices
Higher Than Last Year.
Father Selma Men
Passes In Georgia
shoMiwBfcpl^^g ■; location,
►lo^ety scener^^Hp^evy giying
a brief hi3l^^^S^kgI''unci.
Messrs. Herbert and . Norman
Screws, of Selma, were called to
Dalton, Ga., last week on account of
the death of their father, Mr. James
S. Screws. The deceased was one of
Dalton’s most highly respected citi
zens, having served his city as post
master for a number of years. He
was about 80 years of age. For more
than a year he had been a sufferer
from a heart ailment. Funeral serv
ices were held from the home in
Dalton, conducted by his pastor.
Those attending the rites from Selma
were Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Screws,
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Screws, and
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Screws, Jr., of
Zebulon.
The flue-cured tobacco on the
Bright Belt markets in Eastern
North Carolina, which opened last
Tuesday, started off at fairly satis
factory prices, despite the fact that
the quality of the weed is not as
good as usual. The average prices
on the Eastern North Carolina mar
kets at the opening last Tuesday
were reported to ’ be around 17 and
18 cents, which is somewhat above
the average at the opening last year,
although the difference is not great.
At Smithfield there was enough
leaf offered at Tuesday’s opening to
cause some sales to go over until
Wednesday, but most farmers got a
sale that day, and there was ap
parently very little dissatisfaction
among growers relative to price
levels.
With the European war situation
as it now is, and with the British
Empire increasing its purchases from
Turkey in order to keep in the good
graces of that nation, the prospects
for heavy exports to England of
American-grown tobacco seems very
unlikely. In fact Britain will hardly
buy as much American leaf this
year as it bought last year, and this
situation may be felt in prices here
at home.
PIONEER CITIZEN
OF BENSON DIES
ASK YOUR
TRADE
FOR
Mr. George Benson died at his
home in Benson, Sunday morning at
8 o’clock and was buried Monday
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock in the Ban
ner Chapel cemetery, the funeral
services being conducted from the
Methodist church by the pastor, Rev.
Harley A. Chester.
Mr. Benson had been in failing
health for some time, suffering from
diabetes, but the immediate cause of
his death was pneumonia, developed
four days before his death.
He was 67 years of age and is
survived by one son, William, of
Benson; seven daughters, Mrs. J.
W. Stewardson of Alexandria, Va.,
Mrs. Melvin Denning of Erwin, Mrs.
J. C. Bonner, Mrs. W. R. Deans, Mrs.
Lillian Smith, Misses Mary and
Erma Benson, all of Benson; two
sisters, Mrs. S. P. Honeycutt and
Mrs. Bettie Strickland of Benson,
and one aunt, Mrs. Millie Neighbors
of Hillsboro. Several grand-children
also survive.
Mr. Benson was a pioneer citizen
of Benson, he having lived here
longer than any other citizen of the
town. He was the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Benson, founders
of the town and who lived here long
before the town was founded.
MERCH.ANTS
TICKETS.
■t.'
Washington, Sept. 3. — Climaxing
.weeks of secret negotiations. Presi
dent Roosevelt today invoked execu
tive authority to trade 50 over-age
destroyers to Great Britain in re
turn for naval and air base sites on
British possessions in the western
Atlantic ocean.
Concurrently, the State Depart
ment announced the British govern
ment had pledged that it will never
surrender or scuttle its fleet if the
Axis powers conquer the British
Isles.
Congress was not apprised of. the
trade until it had been completed.
Isolationists in both Houses prompt
ly charged that it “amounts substan
tially to an act of war.”
Mr. Roosevelt revealed the details
in a special explanatory message a.c-
companied by a 5,000-word opinion
by Attorney General Robert H. Jack-
son upholding legality of the trans
action and stating that, since no for
mal treaty was involved. Senate
ratification is not necessary.
The deal was announced on the
first anniversary of the Allied dec
laration of war against Germany.
Mr. Roosevelt concluded it on his
own responsibility under his execu
tive powers and called it the most
important defense action taken by
this country since the Louisiana Pur
chase in 1803.
The naval and air bases acquired,
he pointed out, will give the United
States command of a vast portion
of island approaches to North and
Central America, the Panama Canal
and the northern part of South
•America.
Military and naval experts said the
bases will enable the United States
to forge a “chain of steel” down the
Atlantic coast from the out-jutting
point of Newfoundland to the north
coast of South America.
In exchange for the destroyers, the
United States gets 99-year leases on
strategic bases in British Western
Hemisphere possessions — the Baha
mas, wKere the Duke of Windsor is
now governor; Jamaica, St. Lucia,
Trinidad and Antigua, and at British
Guiana (in South America).
Additionally, Mr. Roosevelt dis
closed that Britain has “generously
given” the United States free 99-
year leases on sites for bases in
Newfoundland and Bermuda.
Undersecretary of the Navy James
V. Forrestal announces the first
group of destroyers—-eight now in
Boston—will be ready for the British
about Friday. ’The remainder, all of
wffiich are in the Atlantic, will be
ready as requested.
He said the vessels will be turned
over complete with guns and am
munition and will be sailed by their
present American crews to Canada
ports where they will be manned by
Britain.
Girl Is Freed Slaying
Brother Last Sunday
MERCHANTS’ JUBILEE
OFF TO GOOD START
$40 In Cash Distributed Among
Nine Different People Here
Last Saturday Afternoon—
Attendance Was Good.
The Selma Merchants’ Trade Jubi
lee got off to a good start here last
Saturday afternoon when $40.00 in
cash was distributed among nine
different people of this section of
the county.
It had previously been announced
that the prizes would be awarded at
two o’clock, but this brought com
plaint from some of the people liv
ing in the rural sections of the
county, so the time was changed
from 2 o’clock to 3:30, and from
now on, unless changed at a later
date, the time for making these
awards wilt be 3:30 each Saturday
afternoon.
At a meeting of the merchants of
the town some time ago, H. H.
Lowry, of The Johnstonian-Sun, was
appointed to have charge of the
awarding of the prizes. He accepted
this responsibility somewhat hesitant
ly at first, due to the time and effort
necessary in soliciting funds from
the merchants and seeing to it that
the campaign is conducted in a fair
and impartial manner. So far the
cooperation of the merchants has
been almost 100 per cent, and this
in itself insures the ultimate success
of the campaign.
Those awarded prizes last Satur
day are as follows:
First Prize—$2.00 in cash, was
awarded to Mrs. C. M. Straughn of
Selma.
Second Prize—$2.00 in cash, went
to R. H. Phillips, Selma, Route 1.
Third Prize—$3.00 in cash, went
to Frances Branch of Selma.
Fourth Prize—$3.00 in cash, went
to L. D. Phillips, Selma, Route
Fifth Prize—$5.00 in cash, went to
Thomas Grumpier of Selma.
Sixth Prize—$5.00 in cash, went to
June Hamilton whose address was
r
not secured.
Seventh Prize—$5.00 in cash, went
to Mrs. W. E. Grimes of Selma.
Eighth Prize—$5.00 in cash, went
to T. J. Lackey of Selma.
Ninth Prize—$10.00 in cash, went
to Odell Strickland, Selma, Route 1.
15-Year-Old Cassie Koraegay
Released After Preliminary
Hearing In Connectitm With.
Fatal Shoioting Of Her
Brother, Floyd Kornegay—*
Clerk Rose Says Shooting
Was Plain Case Of Self-
Defense,
H. V. Rose, clerk of Superior court
ordered 15-year-old Cassie Kornegay
released from custody Wednesday
after a preliminary hearing in con.-
nection with the fatal shooting of
her brother, Floyd Kornegay, 27,
Sunday.
“After hearing the evidence,” Rose
said, “it was the plainest case of
self-defense I’ve ever heard of. I
rendered a judgment that the girl,
who will be 16 the 25th of this
month, was not guilty of any crime,
that she^dld the act purely in self-.
defense. I ordered the case dis
missed.”
Rose said testimony
Kornegay “got ' drunk”
afternoon and had been
through the night.”
“His sister had been running from
him 20 hours more or less,” said the
clerk. “He cornered her in a room,
and she could run no farther. He
was advancing on her with a stick.
Without a moment to reflect on her
action, she grabbed a shotgun from
over the door he was breaking
through and nearly shot his head
off.”
was that
Saturday
“a terror
Funeral Held For
Mrs. Lillie Stallings
ASK YOUR MERCHANTS
TRADE TICKETS.
FOR
Funeral ser\dces were held Friday
afternoon at three o’clock at Yel-
vington Grove church, for Mrs. Lillie
Stallings, w'ho died Friday morning.
Interment was in the church ceme
tery.
She was the widow of the late
Edgar Stallings and lived on Route
2 from Smithfield. She was 51 years
old.
Surviving are eight children: Jesse,
Duloy, Emil, Agnes, Lillie Mae, B.
E., Jr., and James Robert Stallings,
and Mrs. Winnie Barber.
Seen Here & There
By M. L. STANCIL
ARTICLE TEN
To see the New York World’s Fair
in a single day is too big a task for
anyone to undertake—it simply can’t
be done; and to tell about everything
I saw at this fair in one day is
another task too great for me to
accomplish. But I will attempt to
cover a few high spots. While in
Minneapolis, I talked with one of the
Kiwanis delegates who lived in New
Jersey. He told me he had been to
this fair satferal times, and he said,
to him. General Motors was one of
the best exhibits he saw. So after
getting my bearings upon my arrival
at the fair, I walked up a long gang
ivay that led into the General Motors
Building. As soon as I entered the
enclosure I stepped on a revolving
platform and took ai comfortable seat
and started on the Spectacular
Futurama ride which took me slowly
on an exciting journey as I viewed
“The Highways of 1960.” As the
scene begins to unfold in front of
you it presents a most spectacular
scene—indeed it makes one feel like
he is in Fairyland for sure. You
^re just dumfounded when you See
16,000 miniature motorcars actually
speeding down super-highways, real
street lights no bigger than a grain
of wheat, countless villages and
cities, freshly ploughed fields and
newly planted crops. It is something
like traveling for hundreds of miles
in an airplane. The whole country
side is a network of highways upon
which autos, trucks and other types
of transportation is moving just like
a busy highway of today, except that
the road beds are wider, many of
them having half a dozen lanes each
and each car keeping its side of the
road and no congestion seems ap
parent. This miniature setting is all
lighted up and cities and farm homes
are lighted electrically. You see roll
ing hills and mountains covered with
forests, as well as low-lying plains
and streams—it is a wonderful set
ting, and I was told it took, four
years to complete it. This Futurama
covers 35,000 feet of space and
occupies an entire building. You dip
down on valleys, skirt snow-capped
mountains, pass country clubs, in
dustrial plants in operation. A loud
(Gpnrinued on page fo«r) .
Cassie Kornegay, fifteen-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Y.
Kornegay, of near Progressive Pres
byterian church in Boon Hill town
ship, was scheduled for a hearing
before Juveniel Judge H. V. Rose
Wednesday on a charge of having
killed her 26-year-old brother, Floyd
Kornegay, at the home of her
parents Sunday about noon. She was
placed under a $500 bond pendiniej;
trial.
An inquest was held at the Kome-
gay home a few hours after the sad
occurrence, at which the girl testified
that she shot her brother after he
had attacked her with a stick and
threatened to kill her and her mother,
who was sick in bed.
Conducting the inquest were Deputy
Sheriffs Jesse Creech and Monroe
Parker, who acted instead of Coroner
E. N. Booker who was out of the
(Continued on page four)
Seen and Heard Along
THE MAINDRAG
::By H.H.L.^^=
CONTRACTOR M. M. GURKIN is
busy these days tearing out the in
terior of the building occupied by
the DUNN FURNITURE COMPANY
—when MAJOR gets through with,
the job you will see one of the
prettiest store buildings in, the Old
North State—new floors, new ceil
ings, new lighting effects, in fact
everything new — TAM CORBETT
says he’s got things piled everywhere
and will be happy when the job is
completed—you should have seen
that smile on ODELL STRICK
LAND’S face when his number was
called last Saturday and that $10
bill was handed him—one lady in the
crowd said she had only one ticket
but that ticket got her one of the
“five spots” — HERBERT WHITE,
JR., who has b^en having trouble
with one of his hands, is o. k. again
—HERBERT is one of the most
popular “sody jerkers” in town—•'
“only three more years and then I
can join the Navy,” said GEORGE
WHITE yesterday — his brother,
MORG.AN, writes his mother that he
is having a big time in the
HAW.AIIAN ISLANDS — GEORGE
is only fifteen, but says he is
anxious to see those girls that MOR
GAN writes about—“another week
and thousands of chicks will be
breaking out of their shells,” said
BERNARD LEE today—have you,
seen that new incubator at DICK
LEWIS’ store 7—10,000 egg capacity
—glad to welcome CAPT. BIUL ■
WINSTON on the Maindrag today ^
BILL is the man who flies the'^
Yankee Clipper from this country
to Europe—he taught LINDBERGH
to fly and the pilot who brought
the bodies of WILL ROGERS and
WILEY POST back to their homes
from Alaska where they were kttledi^
in an airplane Wreck — Selma, ^
proud of CAPT. WINSTQN. ’-