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The Johnstonian
A Weekly Newspaper Containing The News And Views Of Your Community And Surroundtrk Territory.
The Johnstonian-
Sun is dedicated
to the best interest
of Johnston coun
ty and its sixty
thousand people.
Read the news and
advertisements in
its columns each
week.
DR. J. C. GLENN
TALKS TO CLUB
THURSDAY NIGHT
Rev. John C. Glenn, D. D., of
Edenton Street Methodist church,
Raleigh, who was engaged in a re
vival meeting at the Edgerton
Memorial Methodist church here last
week, was guest speaker at the
.weekly meeting of the Selma Kiwan-
is club Thursday evening.
W .T. Woodard was program
chairman, and after he had intro
duced the speaker. Dr. Glenn said
that he had not chosen a subject for
discussion, but that he knew of no
more appropriate subject at the
time than to talk a short while on
Democracy. He reminded his aud
ience that Democracy is having to
face an avalanche of isms in
Europe today, and that many of us
do not properly appreciate the bless
ings we are enjoying under our
democratic form of government here
in America. He said that he had
made a visit to Mexico on one oc
casion, and after being in that
country for a while and came back
across the border he had a feeling
that he could just naturally breathe
freer, the people looked happier, the
buildings were more attractive and
everything gave, evidence of an en
tirely different atmosphere — so
much so that he was prouder than
ever before that he was a citizen of
the United States. Over in Mexico
the sun shines just as it does on
this side of the border, the landscape
looks about the same, the clouds
form and rain waters the parched
earth in the same manner as it does
in adjoining areas in Texas, but that
the difference is in the people, their
habits and customs, and especially
in the government under which they
have to earn their living.
By Action Of Commissioners
jk —
Interest Growing In
Merchant’s Jubilee
Attendance Has Increased Each
Saturday Since This Great
Annual Event Began A Few
Weeks Ago — $40 In Prize
Money Awarded Each Satur
day.
FIRST BRICK—T.egibnnaire W. Luther Etheridge is shown
laying the first brick of the $2U,000 Community Building, spon
sored by the Selma Post No. 141, American Legion. Others in
the picture, left to right, are Dr. E. N. Booker, Ed Creech and
Wade Hicks.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Coats returend
to Selma this week, after spending
two weeks with friends and relatives
in Spring Hope. They will remain in
Selma about two weeks, then return
to their home in Miami, Fla.
Seen and Heard Along
THE MAINDRAG
:By H.H. L.;
Normal Attendance At
Selma School Openins
Have you seen DOCTOR BLACK
MAN’S new dog?—he weighs one
and a half pounds and his name is
“BLITZKREIG”—he’s four months
old—DOCTOR BLACKMAN says he
is going to make a squirrel dog of
him if a squirrel doesn’t eat him up
first —DR. WADE H. ATKINSON,
prominent Washington, D. C'., physi
cian and Johnston county farmer, was
seen on the Maindrag today sitting
atop a big load of cotton enroute to
a ginner—WILLIE HILL and R. E.
SUBER are busy these days and
nights at their gins — back of
HENRY & NORDAN’S store can be
seen many bales of the fleecy staple
FLOYD C. PRICE & SON are
also buying cotton and storing it in
their big warehouses—these gentle
men pay the highest market price—
bring your cotton to Selma—a big
crowd is expected in town all next
week when the AMERICAN
LEGION’S big fair will be in full
blast-one of the best shows ever
to visit this section will be here to
entertain the young and old—fire
works Thursday, Friday and Satur
day nights, free acts each afternoon
and night—BILL GODWIN, manager
of Selma’s airport, is having some
much needed work done on the field
this week—the ditch across the north
end and the large ditch on the west
side are being filled, adding hundreds
of extra feet to the already large
landing space—thousands of people
visited the airport on last Sunday
and many took a ride over the town
and Smithfield on WARREN PEN
NINGTON’S big tri-motor airliner—
the crowds at the MERCH.ANTS
JUBILEE are growing each Satur
day-one of the largest crowds seen
in Selma on Saturday in a long time
was here last week to participate in
the exercises — SCOUT RUDOLPH
LANGSTON, of Micro, assisted this
scribe in the awarding of the prizes
JOHN DIEHL was seen reading an
article from some paper to
CLARENCE BAILEY telling about
fishing in eastern Carolina—^bring us
a mess gentlemen—“why are you
so dressed up, JOHN?” CLARENCE
BAILEY asked JOHN HARRIS a
few days ago—“I heard they wuz
gonna take a picture of the Bank
and I wanted to be in it,” said
JOHN, the 80-year-old janitor, “but
don’t you know they went and tuck
that picture, and left me out,” said
JOHN.
The Selma schools opened Wednes-j
day morning with the attendance i
about what was to be expected, but
it is apparent that many farmers
are having to make a sacrifice to
keep their children in school at this
time due to the busy harvesting sea
son, and for this reason the school
authorities are cooperating with the
farmers in this respect by opening
at 7:30 each day and turning out
school at 1:00 o’clock in the after
noon in order that the parents may
have the help of their children for
half a day on the farm. This policy
will continue for two or three weeks
and perhaps longer if conditions on
the farm warrant such action. The
school authorities fully realize that
there is an increase in cotton acre
age in this vicinity, and with the fine
weather for harvesting it is believed
that the bulk of the crop can be
harvested within a few weeks, when
regular schedules can be resumed.
Supt. O. A. Tuttle of the Selma
schools, says that he is anxious to
cooperate with the parents in every
way possible in this respect, and
hopes to have the united cooperation
of, the rural parents in keeping their
children in school at least half of
each school day.
Cow Pays Visit To
Mrs, Maggie Chamblee
Mrs. Maggie Chamblee, manager
of the sewing room, had an unex
pected caller or callers early Tues
day morning. Hearing’ a noise at the
front door, Mrs. Chamblee looked up
and saw a cow with its head inside
the door and a Negro woman with
several ears of corn in her arms,
standing near the cow. “What do
you want ? ” asked Mrs. Chamblee.
“Nothing,” replied the Negress, ‘T’se
jist lookin’ ’round.” “Maybe you are
looking for the Mayor’s office,” Mrs.
Chamblee told her. In a few minutes
she left leading the cow down the
sidewalk. She didn’t pay his honor,
the mayor, a visit, however. Mrs.
Chamblee says the woman appeared
to be a little off in the upper story.
While the attendance at the
Selma Merchants’ Jubilee has
been good from the very begin
ning, the crowd last Saturday
was by far the largest yet. But
with more tickets in the hands
of still more people throughout
this trade territory, it is safe to
guess that the attendance this
coming Saturday will show an
other increase. People are be
coming more and more wise to
the fact that by staying away
they may lose more money than
they could earn by staying
away. The editor of The John-
stonian-Sun was told that one
of the men who won $5.00 here last
Saturday had not planned to come
to the Jubilee, but one of his friends
reminded him of it and offered to
bring him, so when he was awarded
the Five Spot he was glad that he
had a friend who was more inter
ested in him than he appeared to be
interested in his own welfare.
All tickets given out since the
Jubilee began are still good for a
prize and will continue to be good
until the final awards are made on
Christmas Eve, when the Grand
Prize will be given. So keep all your
tickets and bring them to the
Jubilee each Saturday—it may be
YOU who wins the prize money next
time. Those winning prizes Saturday
were:
Mrs. David Crocker, $2.00; Mrs.
Stanley Armitage, $2 00; Mary Price,
$3.00; J. Harris Johnson, $3.00; Slim
Jackson, $5.00; Harold Hogue, $5.00;
A. E. Brown, $5.00; Mrs. Joe Ed
wards, $5.00; Mrs. B. B. Lee, $10.00.
MOUNT OLIVE ADOPTS
SUNDAY ALCOHOL BAN
• MT. OLIVE, Sept. 18.—An ordi
nance passed by the Mount Olive
Board of Alderman prohibits the
sale of wine or beer anywhere within
the town limits from midnight Satur
day to midnight Sunday.
Carolina Beach Visited
By Million Dollar Fire
Fire at Carolina Beach early to
day destroyed two large hotels and
practically all of the business sec
tion of the town. 'The loss is estimat
ed at more than one million dollars.
Origin of the fire is unknown.
INCREASE
J. B. Whitson, a farmer of the
Fork Mountain township in Mitchell
county, says that due to lime and
phosphate, there is four times more
grass and clover in his township than
five years ago.
Tri-County Fair Will
Open Next Monday
The Christian Worker’s
Training Conference
There will be a Christian Worker’s!
Training Conference held at -Cen
tenary Methodist church in Smith-
field, September 22-27. The worship
service will be conducted by Rev.
Robert W. Bradshaw, Executive Sec
retary of the North Carolina Con
ference Board of Christian Education
at 7:30 p. m. Sunday evening. The
conference is being sponsored by the
Methodist churches of Johnston
county and the Board of Education
of the conference. We extend an in
vitation to the Christian workers of
other churches to attend this con
ference. There will be three courses
offered in this conference: “Steward
ship of Life,” by Mr. Fred T. Bar
nett, an outstanding Layman from
the Florida Conference; “Teaching
Children in the Church School,” by
Miss Alma Louise Cade, Director of
children’s work in the North Carolina
Conference, and “Guiding Young Peo
ple’s Worship,” by Rev. Robert W.
Bradshaw, Director of Young Peo
ple’s work.
County Commissioners Approve Site Between,
Selma and Smithfield and Building Is
Expected To Begin In Near Future.
It now seems assured that Johnston county is to have a pro
duce market where our farmers can sell vegetables, trucks, hogs,
cows, pork and beef, etc., by the wholesale, at current market
prices furnished by leading market centers.
The Johnston county board of commissioners have approved
a site for the location of this marketing center, most of which
*has been bought from our
townsman Walt Godwin, and
the remainder from A. M. Noble
of Smithfield. The entire tract
of land will consist of about 16
acres and is located between the
Atlantic Coast Line railroad and
U. S. Highway 301, a few hun
dred yards south of Gurkin’s
Tavern, formerly known as
Catch-Me-Eye.
Mr. Godwin says that the land he
sold to the county is a part of the
farm known as the Simon Godwin
place, near the bend in the highway.
The people of this part of Johnston
county are apparently due a debt of
gratitude to Mr. Godwin for offering
this property for sale at a very
reasonable price, at a time when it
seems that this project might have
to find a location less desirable and
more remote from Selma, due to the
difficulty in obtaining satisfactory
offers for a site between Selma and
Smithfield.
Mr. Godwin says that the highway
frontage will be about 1000 feet. He
said he understood the work of con
struction will begin as soon as the
present crop on this land is har
vested, and that, when completed, the
project will cost about $16,000.
After the market has been main
tained a year or more, and if it
proves to be a success, additional
buildings and facilities will doubtless
be undertaken.
We understand that this will be a
commission market where farmers
will be paid cash for their produce,
based on current prices in Chicago,
Richmond and New York. To our
mind, this will be one of the great
est forward movements in agricul
tural marketing ever undertaken
in Johnston county. Since other mar
kets to the east of us are con
ducted on the auction sales plan, it is
believed that the commission sales
plan will bring much produce from
other marketing areas.
NEW PLYMOUTH CAR
OFFERED AS PRIZE
Dean Hudson and the
Florida Clubmen, who will
appear at the Bright Leaf
Ball, Wallace’s Warehouse in
Smithfield, Friday night, Sep
tember 27th, from 10 ’til 2.
Featured will be Miss Frances
Colwell, vocalist.
The popular band and its
singers has been entour sev
eral months, and has met
with high acclaim at all en
gagements. Hudson and his
band are current at Virginia
Beach and will come to Smith-
field direct from a highly
successful appearance there.
Dean also held down the
music spot on the popular
Lance Toast-Chee hour pre
sented over CBS. His aggre
gation are also firmly en
trenched in the memories of
all music and dance lovers by
virtue of his overw'helming
success at the Hill.
Another strong feature will
be the brand new 1941 model
Plymouth automobile, which
will be given away at the
dance to the holder of the
lucky ticket, during the even
ing’s festivities. The car has
been purchased and is now on
display. Advance tickets are
now on sale.
ROOSEVELT SIGNS
DRAFT MEASURE
President Roosevelt signed
first peace-time draft measure
Monday in the history of this
tion. The measure calls for
the
last
na-
the
registration of 16,600,000 men from
21 to 36 years of age on October
16, 1940.
It is expected that more than 400,-
000 of these will come 'from North
Carolina.
DEMOCRATIC SOCIAL HOUR
A “social hour” during which Dem
ocrats will have an opportunity to
mingle and chat with their party s
dignitaries and gubernatorial nomi
nee, J. M. Broughton, of Raleigh,
will precede a barbecue at a rally
in Smithfield Friday night.
Conducting Singing
At Branch Chape!
A series of song services is being
conducted at Branch Chapel Free
Will Baptist church each Saturday
night at 7:30 o’clock. Every one that
possibly can attend is cordially in
vited to come out and take part in
the singing.
Seen Here & There
By M. L. STANCIL
Everything is in readiness
for the opening of Selma’s
first annual Tri-County Fair
with the Selma Post No. 141
of the American Legion co
operating with the sponsoring
organization which opens on
Monday afternoon, September
23rd at 5:30 o’clock. An un
usually attractive program of
amusement has been arrang
ed for the week including
fireworks three nights; pro
gram of free acts twice daily;
Funland Shows featuring
eight modern rides and six
shows on the midway. A fea
ture of the week will be the
coronation of the Selma queen
who sells the largest number
of tickets in advance on Fri
day night, on the midway.
Mrs. C. A. Bailey, Chairman
of the American Legion Aux
iliary has charge of the ticket
selling campaign and reports
exoellen progress up to pub
lishing date of The Sun. In
dications are Mrs. Bailey said
that the tent will be filled
with exhibits in all depart
ments. C. A. Bailey, Com
mander of the Post and R. H.
Griffin, Finance Officer to
gether with other members
of the Post are cooperating
with Secretary N. G. Bai’tlett
of the Neuse-Atlantic Fairs,
Inc., the sponsoring organiza
tion, in an effort to make this
the beginning of a penmanent
institution for Selma and this
community. Premiums are
open to exhibitors from three
counties. Tuesday will be a
special day at which time all
white school children from
3 counties will be admitted
to the gate free up to 5 p. m.
On Wdnesday the same
courtesy will be extended to
colored school children.
There will be something
doing every night and every
dav at the Tri-County Fair at
Selma all next week.
Make your plans to attend
this fair.
Bee Hive Found On
Railroad Cross Tie
S. M. Parker, superintendent of
the Southern Railway yards here,
took the editor of The Johnstonian-
Sun to the railway yards here a few
days ago and showed us a fine hive
of bees which had made their home
on the underside of a tie that pro
jected from the edge of an elevated
track. It was an interesting spectacle
to behold. There were lots of bees
nestled about a large clump of
honeycomb which had been built
under the end of the cross tie. Mr.
Parker later advised us that he had
induced these bees to abandon their
camp life procedure and they are
now housed in a comfortable gum
where they will be secure from the
winter blasts during the coming
months.
IRVINE, Ky., Sepl. 18.—Deputy
Sheriff Willie Winkler reported the
arrest of Hugh Richardson, about
33 who went to church. Rev. F. C.
Tuttle’s complaint: That Richardson
placed his dog on the pulpit while
services were going on and dared
anyone in the congregation to touch it.
ARTICLE TWELVE ;
I left New York on Tuesday morn
ing, June 25, by Greyhound bus, for
Philadelphia to get a look in on the
Republican National convention then
in session in that city .
The bus pulled out of New York
about 7 o’clock. Soon after leaving
the bus terminal in New York we
came to the Hudson River where the
highway takes a dip to go under the
river. Here we entered a long tun
nel which has been built below the
bed of the river. I don’t know how
long this tunnel is but it appeared
to be about a half mile long. It is
built of cement on all sides and is
large enough for double traffic. The
traffic through this tunnel is some
thing immense. When we had cross
ed the Hudson we were in the state
of New Jersey and were soon in the
city of Jersey City, which in reality,
is a part of New York so far as
close proximity is concerned. We
had hardly gotten out of Jersey
1 City before we were in Newark, New
Jersey. In fact, it is almost^a con
tinuous town throughout this area
for 40 or 50 miles.
After leaving Newark we passed
through a rural section where much
dairying and trucking was being
done. There were large fields of
Irish potatoes to be seen along this
route as well as other types of
trucking. We were soon in Trenton,
N. J., another large city, although
not near as large as Newark and
Jersey City, Newark having more
than 300,000 population, Jersey City
having over 400,000 and Trenton less
than 200,000. Traffic between New
York and Philadelphia is very heavy,
especially with respect to commercial
trucking. There are so many large
trucks that it hinders auto traffic
quite a bit. The country through this
section is rather flat and the land
appeared to be quite fertile. There
seemed to be right much wheat
through this section, but the heavy
rains and wind had blown most of
it flat on the ground and it looked
as though it would be hard to har
vest.
Several miles before entering the
city of Philadelphia proper, we be
gan to see that we were approaching
another city by the fact that rows
of residences lined the highway, and
after we were apparently in the city,
it was yet several miles before we
reached the main business district.
The Greyhound lines have about
three stations in Philadelphia at
which the bus makes stops, but the
main terminal is built in connection
with the railway station. We arrived
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