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 }

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