m
■Wo.
I
;£■
Selma offers splen-j
did living condi
tions, pure water,
diversified indus
tries, varied re
sources, equable
climate and mod
em city conven
iences. Selma wel
comes you!
The Johnstonian-Sun
A Weekly Newspaper Containing The News And Views Of Your Community And Surrounding 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.
VOL. 24.
SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1941
SINGLE COPY 5c
NUMBER 31
Civil ian DeFenseCouncil
Members Are Named
Organization Is Set Up To Oper
ate Through Emergency—J.
R. Pool, Smithfield Attorney,
Heads Council — Members of
Executive And Advisory Com
mittees Have Been Named.
J. R. Pool, general chairman of the
Council of Defense for Johnston coun
ty, has effected in part the organiza
tion which when completed is expect
ed to reach into every one of the 17
townships of the county.
This council is being set up as a
preparedness program to handle all
matters which pertain to national de
fense other than military affairs. It
will direct and lead such movements
as the aluminum drive, sale of gov
ernment defense stamps and bonds,
production for defense and any other
like services.
Mr. Pool announces that there will
be two committees — an executive
committee, and an advisory commit
tee that will aid in the organization
of the townships.
Members of the executive commit
tee have been named as follows:
Clyde L. Standi, chairman; Mrs. B.
G. Mattox, vice-chairman; Norman
C. Shepard, secretary; C. G. Gulley,
of Clayton, treasurer; HI A. Henry of
Selma, Mrs. Brad McLamb of Ben
son, 0. L. Boyette of Princeton, W.
Yates Creech of Kenly, W. R. Peele
of Clayton, and M. A. Morgan of
Smithfield.
Advisory Committee
F. H. Brooks has been chojen as
chairman of the advisory committee.
Miss Rachel Everett is the vice-
chairman. This committee, far-reach
ing as it will be, is necessarily large.
The following other persons have
been placed on this committee: R. P.
Holding, W. J. Huntley, H. B. Mar
row, Mrs. T. J. Lassiter, Mrs. Thel
Hooks, W. M. Gaskin, K. L. Rose,
G.' W. Grier, Edmund Aycock and
Miss Ruby Pearson.
Beulah—Paul D. Grady, Ennis L.
Etheridge,, and Mrs. Ennis L. .Ether
idge.
Banner—Ed Johnson, L. L. Levin
son, Howard Benton.
Selma—Mrs. Wylie Wright, David
Ball, H. H. Lowry, and C. P. Worley.
Clayton—A. F. Arthur, Mrs. R. W.
Sanders and Mrs. Hugh Page.
Cleveland — Mrs. Leon Stevens.
Pine Level—Kenneth Gurley and
W. B. Oliver.
Princeton-;-M. E. Powell and A. F.
Holt, Jr.
Micro—R. C. Pearce and Noble
Hinnant.
Elevation—Mrs. Chester Barbour.
O’Neals—James W. Earp.
Meadow—J. V. Mashburn.
Wilders—S. T. Liles.
Wilson’s Mills—Howard Mitchiner.
' -Piedsant Grove—M. B. Pleasant.
Bentonville — Rev. John J. Lang
ston.
As soon as practicable the organi
zation of each township will be per
fected, and on the organization com
mittee in each township will be the
presidents of the home demonstration
clubs.
Chairman Pool urges each one of
the above to accept the leaders of
the Council of National Defense, but
if for any real reason some cannot
serve, such persons should notify the
chairman at once. A permanent or
ganization should be completed as
early as possible.
BROGDEN GIRL
GETS CONTRACT
WITH MOVIES
Miss Ava Gardner, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Gardner of the Brog-
den School district has landed a con
tract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for
a period of seven years. Miss Gard
ner is 18 years old.-She left last week
to begin her movie career in Holly
wood, California, and that she will
. make good is not questioned by those
who know something of her talent
'along this line.
SELMA PEOPLE IN
WRECK SUNDAY
Miss Ruth Avery and Miss An
nabel Flowers Still Confined
To Their Rooms Suffering
From Shock and Bruises.
Five Selma people were in an auto
mobile accident on the Wilson-Farm-
ville highway early Sunday night,
while returning from Manteo where
they had been to see the “Lost Colo
ny” dramatized on Roanoke Island.
The party consisted of Misses
Helen Kirby, Annie Mae Cameron,
Annabel Flowers, Ruth Avery, and
Mrs. Ed Crech. They were in Miss
Helen Kirby’s car, but Miss Cameron
was doing the driving at the time of
the accident, which occurred near
Saratog'a, about ten miles east of
Wilson. They had been following an
other car for some distance which
was traveling rather slowly, and de
cided to pass it so' they could make a
little better time. In passing the oth
er car the left-hand wheels ran off
the shoulder of the concrete and this
caused Miss Cameron to lose control
of the car, which is reported to have
turned completely over for two or
three times. Miss Helen Kirby was
riding in the front seat with Miss
Cameron and Mrs. Creech, Miss Flow
ers and Miss Avery were in the rear
seat. Miss Kirby and Miss Cameron
escaped with only minor injuries, and
Mrs. Ed Creech was not sriously in
jured, although she was rather badly
shaken up. Miss Ruth Avery and
Miss Annabel Flowers suffered se
vere bruises and shock. The man in
the car they had attempted to pass
when the accident occurred, took the
entire party to a Wilson hospital for
examination and treatment. He also
assisted in getting some of the party
back to Selma, as well as arranging
for Miss Kirby’s car to be brought in.
Mrs. Ed Creech, Miss Helen Kirby
and Miss Annie Mae Cameron, were
released from the hospital Sunday
night and returned to their homes,
but .Miss Ruth Avery and Miss Anna
bel Flowers had to remain in the hos
pital until Wednesday night, when
they were brought to Selma in an
ambulance and are still confined to
their rooms here. No broken bones
were located, but they are suffering
from severe soreness caused by being
bruised about the body and hips, es
pecially Miss Avery, who is believed
to have been most seriously hurt.
Miss Annabel Flowers and Miss
Ruth Avery are stenographers in the
office of Draft Board Number Two
here.
Miss Avery is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. C] Avery of Selma, and
Miss Flowers is the daughter of Mr.
W. H. Flowers of Elevation tovmship.
Miss Kirby’s car was almost a com
plete .wreck, and those who have seen
it are unable to see how the occu
pants escaped without a much more
serious story to tell.
Judge G. L. Williams
Recovering
Sanford, July 30.—Judge Clawson
L. Williams, presiding jurist of the
Fourth District, who has been ill for
a numbr of wCeks, now is recovering
rapidly at his home here and expects
to return to his duties on the bench
within the next two weeks. Judge
Williams spent some time in the hos
pital here but has been at home for
several weeks.
%
Boll Weevils Are
Reported Active
Growers report that boll weevils
are active throughout most of the
cotton fields of Johnston County,
says M.. A. Morgan, farm agent of
the N. C. State College Extension
Service.
\
Lieutenant Lassiter
Writes From Iceland
Former Smithfield Business
Man Says Sun Sets At Mid
night and Rises At 2:00 A. M.
—Mast Farming On the Isl
and Is Done By Hand—There
Are No Trees In Iceland.
Mrs. Ruth Renfrew Lassiter is in
receipt of a letter from her husband,
Lieut. H. Aaron Lass ter, who is nov/
in Iceland. The letter was mailed on
July 22, reaching Selma seven days
later.
Lieut. Lassiter was connected with
the First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co.,
in Smithfield, when he was called in
to ser'vice.
In his letter to Mrs. Lassiter he
says: “It is not so very cold here. We
have very comfortable quarters. The
sun sets at midnight and rises about
two hours later. There is no snow in
Iceland at this time. The snow usual
ly starts about November and during
the winter there is no light. We have
six months of light and six months of
darkness.
“There are no trees here. The
houses are built of stone, tin and
cement. The people speak their own
language and some of them speak
very good English. The Icelanders
have cows, sheep and depend on fish
ing mostly for a livelihood. They do
some farmings, but there is no modern
machinery with which to farm there
fore most of it is done by hand. The
country is so mountainous that farm
ing is very difficult.”
Lieutenant Lassiter has been in the
Marine Corps since February. He re
ceived his training at' Quantico, Va.,
and Marine Basic School, Philadel
phia.
Selma Kiwanis Club
Enjoys Spelling Bee
Program Chairman E. L. Womack
put on a spelling bee at the Selma
Kiwanis club on last Thursday even
ing. He designated H. H. Lowry to
give the test words, while Miss Stella
Etheredge, Kiwanis sponsor, kept
tally in terms of percentages. Kiwan-
ians David Ball and M. L. Stancil
were asked to choose competing sides
in the spelling, which proved to be
very interesting and enjoyable
throughout the half hour assigned.
While there were several misspelled
words by some of the members, there
was no real hitch until the time was
growing short, and then a word was
propounded which went all the way
around before being spelled correctly
by Da-vid Ball. It was designated as
a kind of cucumber and is spelled
Gherkin. It was spelled most,.every
conceivable way except the right way.
David S. Ball made the highest
percentage of correctly spelled words
and was awarded a box of cigars as
prize. These were very generously
distributed by Mr. Ball to all who
would join him in a friendly smoke..
Hit-Run Driver Kills
Negro Pedestrian
Near Princeton
Angier Woman Died
Suddenly Saturday
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon for Mrs. John R. Dupree,
45, of Angier, Route 1, who died sud
denly at her home Saturday.
The rites were held at the Primi
tive Baptist church. Elder J. T. Lewis
and Elder M. F. Denning, Primitive
Baptist ministers, and the Rev. James
Butler and the Rev. J. J. Gray offi
ciated. Burial took place in the church
cemetery.
Surviving are her husband , two
sons, J. T. Dupree of Wilmington,
and Mickey Dupree of Angier; and
five daughters, Mrs. Bernice King of
Raleigh, Mrs. Dennis Turner of Wil
mington, Misses Bobbie, Mabel and
Bettie Lou Dupree of Angier.
Arthur Davis, 60-year-old Goldsbo
ro Neg'ro, was instantly killed, about
12 o’clock Sunday night when struck
down by an unidentified hit-and-run
driver.
Davis was walking along the high
way between Princeton and the line
between Wayne and Johnston coun
ties when the automobile hit him and
hurled his body about 20 feet, killing
him instantly.
The car went on without stopping
and investigating officers so far have
found no clues that would identify
the person responsible for his death.
James Fulghum Tells
Of Large Bomber
Smithfield To Celebrate
Annual Farmers Day
Congressman Harold D. Cooley
and Govermar Broughton To
Have Part On Program When
Celebration Is Staged August
6th.—Big Parade Planned.
The annual Farmers’ Day celebra
tion will be held in Smithfield this
year on Wednesday, August 6th.
Among the outstanding features of
the celebration this year will be an
address by Governor J. M. Broughton,
who will be introduced by Congress
man Harold D. Cooley of the 4th Con
gressional district of North Carolina.
Smithfield has been getting every
thing in readiness for this big annual
event for the past several weeks and
everything now seems to be progress
ing nicely for one of the biggest
events in the town’s history.
Of most interest at this time ap
pears to be the race for Mayor and
Chief-of-PoIice of the Town of Smith-
field for the duration of Farmers’
Day, with the odds in favor of W. El-
mon Lassiter for Mayor, and W. H.
Stephenson for Chief-of-Police.
Organization Chairman C. E. Bing
ham reports that everything is run
ning smoothly in the big-scale prep
aration program, which will begin at
9 o’clock on Wednesday, August 6th.
Music promises to play an impor
tant part in the day’s activities, with
the Henderson high school band, the
32-piece Pittman string band and the
22-piece band from Kenly taking
part. The Pittman band will supply
swing-your-partner rhythms for an
old-fashioned street square dance in
front of the courthouse, to begin at
8 o’clock Wednesday evening.
Plans are now being worked out
for a most elaborate street parade,
and those who desire to enter floats
are being urged to get in touch with
B. G. Mattox so he can make proper
assignments for same. For further
information, see full program else
where in this paper.
Smithfield Man Dies
From Heart Attack
J. W. Phillips, who operated a shoe
shop in Smithfield for many years,
was found dead in his shop Wednes
day morning of last week. His shoe
shop was in the edge of the yard near
his home, and when he failed to res
pond to a call to go to his breakfast,
his wife went to the shop and found
him lying on the floor dead.
Funeral services were held at the
Underwood Funeral Home Thursday
afternoon at 4 o’clock, conducted by
the Rev. C. L. Gillespie, pastor of the
Smithfield Baptist Church, and inter
ment took place in Oakland Heights
cemetery. Mr. Phillips is said to have
been the very first person to join the
Union Burial Association in Smith-
field. He was 74 years old.
Active pallbearers were Bill Joe
Austin, Walter G. Lassiter, Durwood
Creech, Bill Norton, L. H. Wallace
and Ralph Stevens.
- Honorary pallbearers were Dewey
Dupree, W. M. Gaskin, F. H. Brooks,
P. A. Holland, J. A. Campbell, W. J.
Huntley, W. T. Dance,. A. S. Johnston,
W. T. Holland, E. S. Stevens, A. R.
Baroody, Carl Ennis, L. T. Royall,
and M. A. Wallace, the latter from
Raleigh.
. Those in charge of the flowers
were the beauty parlor operators of
the city.
Surviving are his wife and three
daughters, Mrs. J. B. Platt and Mrs.
C. S. Mitchell of Fayetteville and
Mrs. A. R. Ford, of Sanford, Fla.
Former Selma Man
Visits Brother Here
Mr. C. W. Fulghum of Selma, had
a letter from his son, James who is
working at the Norfolk, Va., Naval
Air Base. James told about a large
Bombing plane which they have been
testing out recently, as follows:
“There is not much news except a
pilot got killed yesterday. The plane
sure was wrecked—I saw it. They
tested out a bomber here a day or
two ago. It weighed 82 tons; had a
cruising range of 7000 miles; a wing
spread of 212 feet, and 4 motors of
16 hundred horse power each. It could
travel nearly 400 miles an hour. It
caries a large load of bombs, too.
I Quite a flying boat!”
New Teachers Named
For Selma School *41-2
DAN CUPID CAN’T
KEEP YOUTHS OUT
Draft Boards Tighten Strings
Regarding Those Who Marry
After Receiving Notice To Ete
Examined.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Creech of Mem
phis, Tenn., are spending this week
in Selma with Mr. Creech’s brother,
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Crech, and other
relatives here.
Mr. Creech formerly lived in Selma
and worked for the Southern Railway
Company here. He mc^ed to Memphis
in 1910 and has made his home there
since that time. Mr. and Mrs. Creech
have two sons and one daughter, and
have given all three of their children
a college education. Their oldest son
is advertising manager for E. L.
Bruce of Memphis; their youngest
son is in the army service at Camp
Wheeler near Macon, Ga., and their
daughter is tecnician at the Baptist
Hospital in Memphis.
Mr. Creech says he remembers
quite a few of the older residents of
Selma but that most of them he used
to know are missing now.
General J. Van B. Metts, state di
rector of Selective Service, has an
nounced a modification of the former
policy of leniency toward married
men which has been recommended by
state headquarters. General Metts
stated that a modification in this pol
icy was made necessary by an in
creasingly large number of regis
trants who are apparently undertak
ing to abuse the policy of leniency in
an effort to evade military service.
The new state-wide policy, which
was passed on to Johnston county
draft boards, is as follows:
“When a registrant acquires mar
ried status after issuance of ‘Notice
to Appear for Physical Examination,’
it should be assumed that both par
ties concluded the marriage knowing
that the registrant was subject to
early call for service and were pre
pared to take the consequences, and
therefore deferment in such cases
would not appear to be justified. But
when a registrant has indicated on his
questionnaire that he is engaged, giv
ing the date set for the wedding, or,
has given similar information in writ
ing to the local board and the wed
ding date falls after issuance of ‘No
tice to Appear for Physical Examin
ation,’ his case should be considered
in the same way as those who mar
ried after registration, as provided by
Amendment No. 77 to Selective Ser
vice Rel'ulations. Of course, there
may be other conditions which would
obviously teniper the above announc
ed modification of policy, e. g., proof
that the wife was pregnant, or con
clusive evidence of absolute depend
ence wherein the wife would suffer
undue hardship if compelled to live
on the registrant’s income as a sol
dier, etc.”
This modified policy. General Metts
pointed out, is in line with a recent
amendment to the regulations, which
is as follows:
“It is not advisable to defer any
such registrant if he acquired such
status for the purpose of avoiding
training and service, and, therefore,
no registrant should be placed in
Class III if he acquired such status
after the day when he was required
to be registered unless (1) he or his
claimed dependent or dependents pre
sent to the local board written state
ments of the facts peculiarly within
their knowledge, ■ showing the history
leading up to the circumstances un
der which such status was acquired,
and (2) such facts show that the
status of the registrant was acquired
in a manner consistent with the ordi
nary course of human affairs and was
not acquired to provide the regis
trant with a basis for a claim for
Class III deferment.”
Home Coming Day
At Pleasant Plains
Church, Aug. 10
Home Coming Day will be observed
at Pleasant Plain Free Will Baptist
church the second Sunday in August,
with Tommie Steel as the principal
speaker for the day. There will be an
all day service. Dinner will be served
on the ground, picpic style. The af
ternoon will be devoted to singing.
Everybody is cordially invited to
be with us. Especially all former
pastors, members, and all singing
people. Come and bring well-filled
baskets.
White Schools Retain Same
Number of Teachers But Nine
New Faces Will Be In Faculty
This FMl—One More Teacher
Added To Negro School Fac-
ulty.
The allotment of teachers for the
Selma Schools has been received and
the Selma white schools retain their
full faculty of thirty-one teachers,
while the Negro school has gained
one. In the white schools, thirty
teachers will be in the Selma school
and one in the Corbett-Hatcher
school. There has been one resigna
tion since the closing of school in
May, Miss Dorothy Lee of Smithfield.
Miss Lee has taught here for a num
ber of years and the school and com
munity will miss her valuable ser-'
vice in and out of school. She has
accepted a position with the Guy Lee
Mfg. Co., of Smithfield.
The new teachers elected by the
Selma School Board are as follows:
White: Miss Naomi Wood of Wal
lace, fourth grade; Miss Mary Wat-
lington of Ruffin, third grade; Miss
Naomi Smith of Benson, public school
music; Miss Martha Nelson of 'Vance-
boro, fifth grade; Miss Laura Mae
Williamson of Wilson, Home Eco
nomics; Miss Florence Tyler of Gates,
fifth grade; Mrs . Maude Barnes of
Smithfield, English and French; Mrs.
H. J. McGee of Arapahoe, fourth
grade; Mr. H. J. McGee of Arapahoe,
History and Science.
Negro: Miss Vara L. Sugg.
Princeton Negro Dies
Following Shot Wound
Albert Davis, Princeton Negro,
died on the way to the Johnston
County Hospital Saturday night, fol
lowing a pistol shot wound in the
stomach said to have been inflicted
by Herbert Newkirk, of Calypson, al
so a Negro, a short time before in the
town of Princeton. It has been alleged
by Newkirk, according to reports,
that Davis ran his hand into his
pocket, whereupon, Newkirk drew a
pistol from his pocket and shot Davis.
Seen and Heard Along
THE MAINDRAG
:By H. H. L.
CORRECTION AS TO EFFECTIVE
DATE OF ORDINANCE PRO
HIBITING SALE OF BEER
AND WINES IN SELMA
ON SUNDAY
This is to correct the statement
previously issued as to the effective
date of the ordinance prohibiting the
sale of beer and wines in the Town of
Selma on Sunday.
The. ordinance passed by the Board
of Commissioners of the Town of Sel
ma on the 22nd day of July, 1941,
which ordinance will appear else
where in the Johnstonian-Sun, will
become effective and be in force be
ginning at midnight August 23, 1941,
instead of August 1, 1941, as previ-
,ously stated.
B. A. HENRY, Mayor.
Thanks to MAYOR BARNIE HEN
RY for the telegram Monday telling
us the result of the Gastonia-Albe-
marle game—“Gastonia 5, Albemarle
4,” the message read—Selma’s Mayor
and family are touring the mountains
this week—hope they find it cooler in
the Land of The Sky — D A 'V I D
FIELDS, who holds a position with a
ship-building company at Portsmouth,
Va., is vacationing here this week—
DAVID says there were 7,000 men
working for Uncle Sam at Ports
mouth when • he first went there—to
day there are more than 22,000—
TALMAGE CORBETT, manager of
the Dunn Furniture Company, and
HUB BROWN, manager of the Econ
omy Furniture Company, have re
turned from the big furniture show
at ' High Point — these gentlemen
bought new goods for their respective
stores—furniture is rapidly advanc
ing in price, they told us—the roof
and windows have been finished on
the new Community Building now un
der construction in Selma—but the
floors and other interior work are
held up on account of, funds—when
the solicitors approach you this and
next week for a donation, don’t turn
them down—let’s get this beautiful
building completed before school op
ens this fall — MRS. RUTH REN-
J’ROW LASSITER received a letter
from her husband. Lieutenant Lassi
ter Tuesday saying that he had ar
rived in Iceland — “the sun sets at
midnight and rises two hours later”
Lieut. Lassiter writes—“there are no
trees here, the houses are built of
stone, tin and cement; the land is so
mountainous that farming is very
difficult,” he says—ROY JONES, son
of MR. AND MRS. R. A. JONES, has
collected and placed in the “Alumin
um Pen” between the bank and DICK
LEWIS’ store 138 pieces of alumin
um—fine, young man, keep up the
good work — ROY is liable to win
those cash prizes offered to the boy
or girl who collects the most pieces.
u ■
f \ .i
! I
f J?
n Li*
r
}