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The Johnstonian-Sun
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of Johnston coun
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Famous Artists to Appear Here
AMERICAN LEGION
SPONSORING FAIR
Tri-County Fair Will Be Held In
Selma Week Beginning Sep
tember 23rd — Many Premt-
ums Offered.
LARGE CROWD AT
MERCHANTS’ JUBILEE
Broad Smiles Seen On Faces of
Prize Winners Here Saturday
Afternoon When $40.00 in
Cash Was Given Away.
•The Hugo Brandt Company will appear here Friday, October 4,
as the first number of the Collins Entertainment Festival—all
fine musicians.
Kiwanis Club Sponsors
Series of Entertainments
The immortal Franz Schubert will live again on the stage of
the Selma school auditorium here when the Hugo Brandt Com
pany presents the interesting musical-drama built around the lite
and love of a famous composer. The Company will appear m
town on Friday, October 4, as the first number of the Collins
Entertainment Festival.
This group is headed by*
Hugo Brandt, brilliant pianist
Plans have been perfected for the
Tri-County Fair to be held in Sel
ma the week of September 23rd,
with the Selma Post No. 141 of
the American Legion cooperating
with the Neuse-Atlantic Fairs, Inc.,
in the- staging of this annual event
for this.^ section.
Premiums are offered to exhibit
ors in all departments, including
agriculture, live stock, poultry, fan
cy work, canned goods and the like.
The Funland Shows, one of the
cleanest aggregation of amusement
enterprises traveling in the South
now have been secured for the mid
way! The manager of the show ad
vertises positively no grift but plen
ty of wholesome amusements. Eight
modern rides and eight good shows
have been provided for the amuse
ment-loving public. A program of
free acts will be on afternoon and
night, beginning Monday night. A
display of fireworks three nights
during the week. All white school
children' will be admitted free to the
grounds up to 5:00 p. m., on Tues
day. Wednesday all colored school
children will be admitted free to the
grounds up to 5:00 p. ni.
Nothing is being left undone to
make this a real successful agricul
tural and live stock fair.
The American Legion ‘Auxiliary,
under the leadership of Mrs. C. A.
Bailey of Post No. 141, will have
charge of arranging the exhibits. Be
sure to exhibit something at this
fair.
Selma has never before had a real
Fair, covering three counties as this
will do — Johnston, Wayne and
Wake, and it is to be hoped that
people living in these adjoining coun
ties will bring some worthwhile ex
hibits to this fair.
Hereford Raisers Are
Ouests BrooUhill Farm
and composer. It is said that
Mr. Brandt is the physical
counterpart of Schubert and
that he makes the hero of
“Blossom Time” live again
through his consummate artis
try. The fine baritone singer
takes the role of Schubert’s
friend, Joseph von Spaun. Miss
Maxine Casaretto, coloratura
soprano, appears in the role of
Sylvia, the young woman who
furnished the inspiration for
the beautiful song, “Who Is
Sylvia”.
The first portion of the program
■will be devoted to concert numbers
by the pianist, soprano and tenor.
' *A feature of this section will be the
musical medley played by Mr. Brandt,
consisting of request numbers from
the audience woven together in
stantaneously.
Mr. Brandt is well known as a
composer. His numbers have been
presented on the concert programs
of many great pianists. He toured
America and Canada with many light
opera companies and was selected by
the late He Wolf Hopper to ac
company him on his final tour of
“Mikado” and “Pinafore.”
•Miss Casaretto, coloratura soprano,
is well known in New York and Chi
cago as a concert and. choir soloist
and has won high honors in her ap
pearances throughout the country.
The baritone of the company com
pletes a trio that meets the require
ments of the most exacting critic,
and at the some time delights the
casual concert-goer.
Seen and Heard Along
THE MAINDRAG
Z==By H.H.L.==S
RALEIGH MINISTER
IN REVIVAL HERE
JOHN JEFFREYS IS
KIWANIS CHAIRMAN
John Jeffreys was program chair
man at the Selma Kiwanis club last
Thursday evening. He was expect
ing Bill Winston, the famous avia
tor, to address the club, but Bill
was called away on a flight to Eu
rope before that date. It is still the
hope of the club that it will have
the privilege of hearing this dis
tinguished aviator some time during
the fall.
Program Chairman Jeffreys put
on a quiz contest which proved to
be very interesting and educational
as well.
Rev. C. A. Lawrence, of Faulk-
land, N. C., former pastor of the
Selma Presbyterian church, accom
panied by his son, Alton Lawrence,
of Tennessee, spent a short time in
Selma, Tuesday afternoon.
BARNEY HENRY was telling a
good joke today about a bantam hen
—it seems that ED STRICKLAND,
who lives a few miles in the coun
try, brought a bale of cotton to town
to be ginned—the sheet was lifted
off the cotton and the machinery
started—the hen didn’t like the idea
of being “sucked” in and made a bee
line for a nearby residence and under
the house she went—a newly-laid
egg was found on the cotton—ED
came back to town the next day and
took his hen home with him—this
incident took place at THE SOUTH
ERN COTTON OIL CO.’S gin—
JOHN T. HUGHES, JR., left Wed
nesday for Gardner, where he will
teach the coming year—JOHN is one
of the town’s most popular young
men and will be missed from the
Maindrag—the SELMA DRUG COM
PANY is having a coat of pain put
on their building, which will add
much to the appearance of the store
—JOHN GEORGE says he is plan
ning to do some remodeling on his
store—oh well, we’ll have a Main-
drag some of these days we won’t be
ashamed of—JEWELRY LANGLEY
has rented the Kornegay building
next to CREECH’S DRUG STORE
and is planning to move in a few
(Jays—he will have one of the most
attractive places in town—DRIVER S
RADIO SERVICE will move into the
building vacated by the JEWELER
early next week—That firm seems to
hang its hat at different places too
often-much to often-JAY BATTEN
has^ snaped about every business
house in town together with their
proprietors, clerks, etc., during the
past few days—watch this paper
soon for some real pictures — he
knows how to make ’em—glad to
have W. T. DAVIS, assistant NYA
administrator, and K E NN E T H
MEARES, staff photographer for the
NYA, on the Maindrag this week
MR. DAVIS brought along a draw
ing of the new AMERICAN LEGION
building, now in course of construc
tion, to run in this paper next week
—another new comer to the Mam-
drag is ELTON BLEDSOE, of Louis-
burg—ELTON has accepted a posi
tion with the CREECH DRUG COM
PANY—^he comes well recommended,
having held similar positions with
the Walgreen and Eckerd drugstores
in Raleigh—welcome to the drag.
Dr. John C. Glenn, minister of the
Edenton Street Methodist church is
preaching twice daily, at 9 a. m. and
8 p. m. to an ever increasing con
gregation at the Edgerton Memorial
Methodist church. The soul stirring
messages are meeting the great
needs in the lives of the church peo
ple. The people feel that an hour
spent in the presenc of God and
the deep searchings of their o-svn
lives, under the leadership of Dr.
Glenn is worth turning aside from
their daily tasks for the services.
The pastor. Rev. O. L. Hathaway, is
very well pleased with the wonderful
cooperation of the Christian people
of the community. The business men
are turning aside from their busy
day to be present for the morning
service.
There was no evidence of depres
sion on the faces of those who were
awarded cash prizes at the Mer
chants’ Jubilee here last Saturday
afternoon, for broad smiles were
seen on the faces of several people
when cash prizes were awarded to
to those holding prize-winning tick
ets given by Selma merchants and
professional men.
The vacant lot adjoining the bank
here was crowded with men, women
and children when the hour arrived
for awarding the prizes. There was
little delay in finding the winning
numbers, and when the holder of
one of these tickets went up to the
stand, H. H. Lowry, in charge of the
prize awards, counted out the long
green in his or her hands.
One of the happiest-looking faces
in the entire bunch was that of Mr.
L. E. Phillips of Selma, Rl, when
the 810 cash prize was counted out
to him, and justly so, for that was
just like finding a Ten Spot in the
road and no one to claim it but you.
He looked so happy that it made us
feel good to see him elbowing his
way through the crowd holding up
the Ten Spot.
C. P. Harper expressed thanks to
the crowd on behalf of the merchants
and professional men of the town for
their presence, and assured them of
a hearty welcome in Selma at all
times. He urged them to come back
next Saturday and participate in the
awards when another $40 will be
given away.
This prize money is being donated
by the merchants and professional
men of Selma. All they hope to get
out of it is the continued patronage
of the people of this trade territory,
and to show the people that their
patronage is deeply appreciated, they
are taking cash money from their
pockets and cash registers and ' giv
ing it back to those who trade here.
The business and professional men
of Selma are also appreciative to
James Driver, our popular radio re
pair man, for assisting in the award
ing of these prizes by the use of
his loud speaker arrangement which
makes it easy for all to hear the
numbers called.
Those winning prizes here Satur
day were:
Mrs. Bertha Smith of Selma, $2.00.
James Todd of Selma, $2.00.
Carl Bagley of Selma, R2, $2.00.
Mrs. H. C. Denning of Selma,
$3.00.
Milford Davis, Selma, Rl, $5.00.
Mrs. Odell Strickland, Selma $5.00.
A. E. Brown, Selma, R2, $5.00.
Jack Watson, Selma, $5.00.
L. E. Phillips, Selma, Rl, $10.00.
Prizes awarded each Saturday af
ternoon at 3:30 o’clock. Be sure to
list all tickets with numbers in con
secutive order before hand, and by
PROHIBITION MEET
' SET FOR SUNDAY
A public meeting on prohibition
enforcement has been called for next
Sunday afternoon, September 15, by
G. Willie Lee, chairman of the Anti-
Liquor Forces of Johnston county.
The meeting will be held at the
courthouse in Smithfield.
Ways and means of making-
prohibition offective and promoting
temperance will be discussed. The
meeting is planned at this time in
view of the fact that the ABC
stores of the county will suspend
business on September 30 in accord
ance with the will of the people as
expressed in a referendum on June
29.
There will be no principal speaker
at Sunday’s meeting. Instead, there
will be an open discussion and every
one who has ideas about how to im
prove liquor conditions in the county
is invited to attend the meeting and
join in the discussion.
Prominent Guests Eat Barbe
cued Turkey and Steer Cooked
Underground In the Western
Manner At Dr. Earp’s Farm
Near Selma.
Legion Auxiliary To
Begin Meetings
The Selma unit of the American
Legion Auxiliary will resume its reg- planned it.
(News and Observer, 12th)
Through rain and the coldest early
September weather in long memory
yesterday assembled men and women
from all over. the State to look at a
significant contribution to agricul
tural economics and to talk about
white-faced cattle.
Not outside a major political rally
are usually to be found some of the
people who went to Dr. R. E. Earp’s
Brookhill Farm near Selma yester
day to eat barbecued turkey and
steer cooked underground in the
Western manner, and to hear some
straight talk about Eastern North
Carolina’s farm future with export
markets for tobacco shot by the war
and cotton long a waning cash crop
factor,
Brookhill Farm, which Dr. Earp
and his brothers are developing
around the nucleus of the Earp home-
place in Johnston county, has be
come in'creasingly widely known as
the Turkey Farm. Here the Earp’s
last year produced some 5,000 tur
keys, but the idea failed to jell ex
actly to Dr. Earp, Wake Forest grad
uate transplanted in Pittsburgh,
He hoped the turkey
ular monthly meetings on Friday,
September 20. The meeting will be
at the home of Mrs. C. E. Kornegay
on Massey street, at 3 o’clock, Fri
day afternoon, September 20, with
Mrs. R. D. Blackburn and Mrs. H.
D. Culbreth as joint hostesses. The
members are especially urged to be
present at this meeting and if pos
sible come prepared to pay dues.
During the' summer months the
unit has received two certificates of
honor which show the splendid co
operation and interest of its mem
bers. One is a membership Certifi
cate which entitles the unit to en
rollment on the Honor Roll of the
State Department of the American
Legion Auxiliary. This was present
ed the unit for equaling and exceed
ing its membership quota for the
previous year by June 25th. The
second certificate is a Department
citation for meritorious service. The
Selma unit merits special commen
dation for having met the require
ments for Department Citation for
the year 1940.
Oxford Orphanage
Class Coming Soon
Baltimoreans Spend
Honeymoon In Selma
The Oxford Orphanage Singing
class will give their annual concert
at the Selma school auditorium,
Wednesday night, September 18th,
at 8 o’clock. There are 14 children
in the group who will give recita
tions, songs, pageants and patriotic
drills. Admission will be free but a
free will offering will be taken.
Public is cordially invited. This
class is doing some fine work and
should receive the cooperation of peo
ple everywhere they go.
so doing you can glance down the
list and quickly determine whether
you have the lucky number or not.
If you have a large batch of
tickets and have to look through all
these it will take much longer, and
too, you might miss the very num
ber that would mean dollars to you.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Bawsel, who
were married in Baltimore yesterday
morning, arrived in Selma today, ac
companied by Mrs. E. M. Gordy, who
I has been spending several weeks with
Mr. Bawsel’s mother in Baltimore.
Mrs. Bawsel, before her marriage,
was Miss Marguerite Munroe. Mr.
Bawsel is organist at one of Balti
more’s leading churches.
Mrs. Hunter Price will entertain
at a reception Friday eyening in
honor of the newly-weds.
TOBACCO SALES
exceed million
Seen Here & There
raising habit would spread and carry
with it prosperity among small
neighbor farmers. Difficulties ap
parently were too great, so recently
he acquired some prize Hereford
beef cattle stock and put out new
lines.
The success of the venture attract
ed the North Carolina Hereford As
sociation for its annual meeting yes
terday with such guests as Secretary
of State Thad Eure, State Auditor
George Ross Pou, Commissioner of
Agriculture Kerr Scott, Colonel J.
W. Harrelson, executive dean of
State College, President L. R. Mead--
ows of E.C.T.C., Highway Commis
sioner Boddie Ward of Wilson, whose
forces worked overtime to open up
the new road to the farm so -visitors
could get there, and Dean I. O.
Schaub, director of the State College
Extension Service, who did the
straight talking.
Questioning whether the South
could continue to support its farm
population. Dean Schaub commended
the heightening interest in pure-bred
cattle as a substitute for export
markets for old cash crops that btq
gone with the war.
But, Dean Schaub warned, let not
enthusiasm run away with judgment.
Not all sections are suited to cat
tle raising, and some that are must
be prepared as pasture lands first.
This, he asserted, must be accom
panied by the farmers’ overcoming
his enmity for grass and substitut
ing for it a love for grass—grass'
that means the difference between,
profit and disaster in cattle raising.
The State College agriculturalist
could hardly have selected a.
better place for his admonition, for
on the 3,000-odd acres of the Earp
holdings pastures preceded the Here-
fords, and more land is being con
verted to pasture as the Hereford
herds increase.
By M. L. STANCIL
Smithfield tobacco sales Monday
went well beyond the one million
pound mark as heavy offerings
greeted buyers at the opening of the
second week of the season.
The market Friday closed four
days of selling with the poundage
just short of the one million mark.
Sales last week totaled 968,566
pounds and growers received an
average price of $19.27, Sales Super
visor W. H. Edwards, Jr., reported.
The better grades were selling
stronger and many piles brought
more than $30 a hundred. Medium
grades were holding their own.
The Smithfield averages so far
have ranged well above the $17.11
ASK YOUR MERCHANTS FOR
TRADE TICKETS.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
One of the largest shows in the
New York’s World Fair is “Ameri
can Railways In Action.” This show
is housed in a large building, and
in the center is a large area in
which is a minature world of roll
ing plains, hills and towering moun
tains, interspersed with streams,
wooded forests, fields and valleys.
There are railway tracks that wind
their way through tunnels, and across
hills and over gorges, with all types
of trains running over these tracks.
It is a minature setting, but it
illustrates in a wonderful manner
something of the progress in rail
roading in America today. As you
walk around this miniature world
you can see some wonderful scenery
as well as the last word in railroad
ing, from the building of the road
beds with huge steam shoVels at
work, to the most modern stream
lined trains.
.After leaving this show I went to
roading was in its infancy. I saw
some engines with driving wheels
that- had wooden wheels and metal
tires, similar to those on the ex
press trucks now used around rail
way depots to handle express, mail,
baggage, etc. One of the largest en
gines I saw was a locomotive, known
as the “Locomotive of Tomorrow.”
It was built by the American Rail
road. It is capable of hauling 1,200
tons—a 41-car train at a speed of
100 miles an hour. This locomotive
140 feet long; weighs 958,000
15-Passenger Airliner
Coming This Week End
another part of the fair grounds and Development
pounds; develops 6,600 horse power;
operates at 310 pound pressure; has'
four sets of driving wheels; has 16-
wheel tender; carries 24,000 gallons
of water, and 26 tons of coal.
I went into the United States De
partment of Agriculture building,
and here I saw many things being
accomplished in agriculture, such as
dairying, hog raising, etc., as well
as something of what is being done
by the Department of Conservation
A big tri-motor airliner will carry
passengers from the Selma airport
this week end, Saturday and Sunday,
September 13th and 14th, at a charge
of 75 cents per passenger for a
nice, long ride over Selma and
vicinity. This ship is equipped with
the latest flying and safety devices,
and carries with it a crew of three
governnient licensed pilots. Other
ships will be on hand and consider
able flying activity will be seen at
the Selma airport on these two dates.
PREPARING
Durham County 4-H Guernsey Calf
club members are starting the pro
cess of fitting their calves for the
State Fair in Raleigh this fall, says
J. A. Sutton, assistant farm agent.
where 1 saw real trains on exhibition
have ranged well above the ‘ -
average for the entire belt shown in -giant engines of
the official government report. ’the old wood burners used when rail-
Next I went into the New York
City building. Here one can get some
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A total of 25,000 bales of cotton,
were graded and classed under the
supervision of the State Department
of Agriculture’s warehouse divisioa
in 1939.
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