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VOL. 24.
SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1941.
SINGLE COPY 5c
NUMBER 34
SmithReld Market To
Get Two Sets Buyers
This Means That Farmers Sell
ing On the Smithfield Market
Will Be Assured laf Quicker
Sales of Their Tobacco.
Johnston County Is
Allotted 453 Teachers
The Smithfield Tobacco
ket will operate with two sets
of buyers, beginning on the op
ening date, Tuesday, August 26,
according to a definite announce
ment made today by the Smith-
field Board of Trade.
This decision is the result of
years of persistent effort on the
part of Smithfield tobacconists,
who have labored untiringly to
this end in order that the Smith-
field market may better serve
its patrons. This recognition of
the Smithfield market is also
the result of its steady growth
for the past several years which
made it next to impossible for
ene set of buyers to handle the
the amount of tobacco offered on
the local market.
Farmers who sell their tobac
co on the Smithfield Market this
season will have the assurance
of quicker sales and no block
sales, thereby enabling them to
get their checks earlier so they
can return home- earlier in the
day than in former years.
DR. R. M. BLACKMAN
IS KIWANIS SPEAKER
Members of Selma Kiwanis club
who were present at the weekly lun
cheon on last Thursday evening were
fortunate in having wit^them Dr.
E. M. Blackman, local dentist, who
gave a very interesting and educa
tional address on dentistry. By means
of maps, charts iand other parapher
nalia to illustrate his lecture. Dr.
Blackman was able to show the im
portance of proper care and functions
of the teeth.
In the absence of Program Chair
man Bill Godwin, who had arranged
for Kiwanian David S. Ball to func
tion in his stead, Mr. Ball introduced
the speaker of the evening.
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Princeton Man New
Head of*Grand Jury
W. G. Woodall of Princeton was
chosen last week to replace Noah
Wilson of Wilson Mills as foreman of
Johnston county’s grand jury. Wood-
►all, who was named a member of the
grand jury in February, is in line to
serve as foreman for six months.
Nine new men were added to the
jury in accordance with a rotating
system which provides for the release
of half the grand jurors every six
months and appointment of an equal
number of new men. This means that
the personnel' of the jury completely
changes every year.
The grand jury for the county now
stands as follows:
New members—Roy Denning, Ben
son, Rt. 1; C. G. Jernigan, Benson;
G. N. Langdon, Pour Oaks, Rt. 3; J.
W. Wellons, Micro; S. B. Jones,
Smithfield; G. P. Sherrill, Willow
Springs, Rt. 1; R. B. Strickland, Four
Oaks; S. W. Lassiter, Smithfield, Rt.
1; and W. H. Edwards, Princeton.
Old members (terms not yet ex
pired)—Cyril Bailey, Selma, Rt. 1; J.
E. Edwards, Smithfield, Rt. 1; Z. B
Austin, Clayton; T. R. Haswell, Smith-
field, Rt. 2; D. H. Austin, Willow
Springs, Rt. 1; Leonard Daughtry,
Princeton; C. L. Lane, Selma, Rt. 2;
Millard G. Higgins, Benson, Rt.
and W. G. Woodall, Princeton.
For the 1941-42 school term for
Johnston , County has been allotted
453 teachers for the white and the
Negro schools, which is six less than
was allotted for the preceding year.
The total of 453 teachers are divid
ed as follows: 350 in the white schools
and 103 in the Negro schools. Of the
350 -white teachers, 100 are high
school and 250 are elementary. Of the
103 Negro teachers 17 are in the high
school bracket and 86 in the elemen
tary bracket.
As compared with last year, the
only school in the county to gain a
teacher was the Selma Negro school.
Each of the following schools lost one
elementary teacher: Clayton, Cleve
land, Four Oaks, Corinth-Holders,
Clayton Negro, Four Oaks Negro and
Selma Negro.
The white schools of the county had
a net loss of 4 teachers while the Ne
gro schools of the county had a net
loss of 2 teachers.
The number of teachers allotted to
each of the schools is as follows:
White Schools
H. S.
Benson 7
Kenly 6
Glendale-Chapel 6
Princeton - Brog. 8
Clayton 7
Cleveland 7
Four Oaks 12
Meadow 7
Micro 6
Pine Level 4
Selma 8
Smithfield 10
Archer Lodge 3
Corinth-Holders 6
Wilson Mills 4
100
Negro Sch
Kenly :.
Princeton
Clayton 4
Short Journey ....
Four Oaks
Selma 5
Smithfield 8
Wilson Mills ....
17
1;
Ele.
Total
21
28
12
18
14
20
23
31
15
22
19
26
34
46
20
27
10
15
9
13
23
31
21
31
7
10
13
10
9
13
250
360
4
4
7
7
13
17
10
10
14
14
18
23
13
21
7
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Former Selma Man
Awarded Fellowship
Roy L. Ingram Wins Distinction
At University of Oklahoma
and Next Year Will Strive
For Higher Honors.
Dunn, Aug. 18.—Roy L. Ingram,
son of Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Ingram of
Mamers, in western Harnett county,
but formerly of Selma, has been
awarded a fellowship at the Univer
sity of Oklahoma, and next year will
do graduate work in geology and geo
physics at the Midwestern institution.
The youth graduated from the Uni
versity of North Carolina in June
with a Bachelor of Science degree
and is now working with the North
Carolina Department of Conservation
and Development.
Connected with the Division of
Mineral . Resources, he is studying
chromite and vermiculite reserves in
the western part of the State. The
work is particularly important at this
time as chromite is the chief source
of chromium, one of the strategic ma
terials in which the United States is
deficient. It is vital to defense indus
tries.
The Harnett youth, who leaves in
a few weeks to continue his studies
in investigating the structure of
earth, has an enviable scholastic rec
ord, both in high school and college.
He was validictorian of his class
in high school, won the Masonic schol
arship medal and was picked as the
best all-round student in his class.
At the University, he was elected
to membership in Phi Beta Kappa in
his junior year. He was also a mem
ber of Sigma Gamma Epsilon, pro
fessional geological fraternity.
He was a three-letter athlete, win
ning honors in football, basketball and
baseball.
86 102
County Total.... 117 336 453
Selma Man To Tell
Of His Trip Abroad
Goldsboro, Aug. 20.—The annual
convention of the Wayne County
Sunday School Association will be
held at the Belfast school on Thurs
day with the Rev. R. M. Hinnant of
Selma delivering the principal ad
dress.
Mr. Hinnant, who was in Italy
when Germany advanced into Austria
shortly before the outbreak of the
war, will tell of his trip. He was
abroad to visit the Holy Land.
Dr. Booker Presented
With Son On Birthday
Mrs. E. N. Booker, formerly Miss
Margaret Hooks of Kenly, presented
her husband. Dr. E. N. Booker, with
a fine nine-pound son on last Friday,
at the Johnston County Hospital, it
being the doctor’s birthday anniver
sary. Mrs. Booker and baby were
brought to their home here Wednes
day. The youngster’s name is Edward
N. Booker III.
^^OLD FOLKS DAY”
AT MASSEY SCHOOL
FRIDAY, AUGUST 29
Following up an annual custom
which has been observed for almost
two decades, “Old Folks Day” will be
observed again this year on the last
Friday in August, which falls on Au
gust 29th this year. George W. Adams
of Four Oaks, plans to be on hand
again and read that famous poem,
“Fifty Years Ago.’' Mr. Adams is
planning to make this the biggest
event of them all.
Death Claims Selma
Man On Wedding Day
Leavey L. Creech,
sudden heart attack
home Saturday, his
Saturday morning at
74, died of a
at his Selma
wedding day.
10 o’clock he
was married to Mrs. Sarah Rose, 60,
of Selma and that night about 10
o’clock he was seized with a heart at
tack, dying immediately.
Mr. Creech was first married in
1887, to Miss Catheline Batten, who
died four years ago. To this union
were born eight children, five sons
and three daughters, all of whom sur
vive.
Funeral rites were held Sunday af
ternoon, conducted at the graveside in
the Batten cemetery near Micro by
F. N. McLamb of Dunn, of the Je
hovah’s Witnesses, to which faith Mr.
Creech belonged.
• Grandsons were the active pallbear
ers and granddaughters carried the
flowera to the grave'. Friends and
neighbors were the honoary pallbear
ers. A large crowd attended the rites.
Surviving besides his wife are eight
children, Charlie Creech of Norfolk,
Va., John Creech of Pine Level, Ar
thur Creech and Moses Creech of
Selma, Elijah Creech of near Newton
Grove, Mrs. L. E. Bunn of near Mid
dlesex, Mrs. Etta Gurkin of Selma,
and Mrs. Lillian Sanders of Smith-
field, and 23 great-grandchildren.
This was said to be the first death
in the Creech family in 76 years.
The wedding ceremony Saturday
morning was performed in Smithfield
by Justice of the Peace E. C. Jones.
Eastern Belt Tobacco Markets
To Open Tuesday, August
26
J. ERNEST FOSTER
DIED THIS MORNING
Prominent Farmer Who Lived
Near Selma Died Early This
Morning In A Wilson Hospital
Funeral Services Will Be Held
At Pleasant Plains Friday.
Funeral services for J. Ernest Fos
ter, 56, well known farmer who lived
near Selma, and who died in the Car
olina-General Hospital in Wilson this
(Thursday) morning at 2:30 o’clock,
will be conlucted from Pleasant Plain
Free Will Baptist church Friday af
ternoon at 3 o’clock Eastern Stand
ard Time. The rites will be in charge
of the Rev. J. H. Worley, of Selma;
the Rev. G. C. Joyner, of Smithfield,
and the Rev. C. H. Coates, of Dunn.
Burial will take place in the Selma
city cemetery.
Surviving are his wife; four daugh
ters, Mrs. Willie Gainey, Dunn; Mrs.
William Denton, Goldsboro; Mrs. Carl
Avery Godwin, Selma, Route 2, and
Miss Ruby Foster, of Norfolk, Va.;
two brothers, Noah D. Foster, Jr., of
Selma, Route 2, and L. P. Foster, of
Selma, Route 2; four sisters, Mrs.
Charles L. Crumpler, of Selma; Mrs.
Z. V. Sutton, of Pine Level; Mrs. Joel
Rollins, of Selma, Route 1, and Mrs.
W. M. Sutton, of Selma, Route 2.
Everyv^here Among Eastern Belt Warehouses
Tobacconists Are Leaving No Stone Unturned
To See That Tobacco Farmers Are Accorded
Every Courtesy Possible—Smithfield Market
To Have Two Sets of Buyers.
Benson Man Dies
On Tobacco Market
UNSATISFACORY
Varieties of tobacco not resistant
to root rot are proving to be highly
unsatisfactory in Madison county
this year, reports John S. Hollamon,
assistant farm agent.
Selma Man Promoted
Fort Bragg, N. C., August 15, 1941
—In orders just issued by Headquar
ters 47th Field Artillery stationed
here, Harvey F. Reaves of Selma, N.
C. was appointed Corporal, on the
recommendation of his battery com
mander. Corporal Reaves is the son
of Mrs. Eva Reaves. He has been in
the Army since June 18, 1940. Mili
tary authorities at Fort Bragg stated
that his promotion was based on his
attention to duty and soldierly qual
ities.
Burling[ton Firm Buys
Smithfield Mfg. Co.
The ownership of the Smithfield
Manufacturing Company, which man
ufactures textile goods, has been
transferred to the Burlington Mills,
Burlington, N. C., but it is reported
that D. M. Williams will be retained
as manager and the general person
nel of the plant will be retained and
that work will go on uninterupted.
This cotton mill occupies 40,000
square feet of space and has 12,000
spindles. When working three shifts
this mill has a capacity for employ
ing 275 persons.
Parents Of Abandoned
Baby Located by Police
Announcement was made this week
that the parents of the child which
was left on the porch at the Lyon-
Dixon residence in Smithfield about
three weeks ago, have been located in
Goldsboro by Smithfield police in co
operation with the Goldsboro police.
The child was placed on the front
porch of the house occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. A. M. Lyon, Mr. and Mrs.
H. B. Dixon and Miss Ruth Jones.
Mrs. Dixon was alone in the house
at the time, and when she heard
noises she called the police, who
found the baby lying in a cardboard
box in which was a pencil note, read
ing: “Darling, keep Mary Esther a
few weeks for me and I will get her
and explain. I am going on a vaca
tion. She will be one month old on
the second of August and was born in
Baltimore. A very dear friend.”
An express label on the box was
marked Goldsboro, N. C., and this
served as the only clue upon which
the officers could work. They first
interviewed doctors in Goldsboro who
had no record of the birth of such a
child. They next contacted some of
the mid-wives, and the second one
they interviewed “spilled the beans.”
It was revealed that the father of the
child was a Goldsboro man with a
family and a good reputation, and the
mother of the child is a divorced wo
man of Goldsboro. The man is 40 and
the woman is 30 years old. Neither
the name of the man nor the woman
has been made public, and probably
will not be. Officers quote the man
as saying he was very sorry it all
happened, but admitted the entire
event. The father of the child agreed
to assume all costs of caring for the
child until it is placed in a home.
Jurisdiction in the matter has been
transferred to the Wayne county wel
fare department, although the child
will be kept in the Smithfield infants’
home until it is adopted.
Officers are reported to feel that
there had been no criminal intent and
that no legal prosecution would be at
tempted. Chief Massey of Smithfield
is reported as having said “this should
be a warning to married men.”
With tobacco selling high on the Border Markets, tobacconists
and warehousemen in the Eastern Carolina Belt are more enthu
siastic about the outlook for still higher prices in this belt than
they have been in many years. They are looking forward to a big
break when the market opens on August 26th, but no stone is be--
ing left unturned to see that everything is in readiness for the
most prompt and courteous service to the farmers selling their to
bacco this season.
* From every market through
out the Eastern Carolina Belt
comes news of unusual activity
and enthusiasm among tobacco
nists and warehousemen, and
when the gong falls for sales to
begin on August 26, they antic
ipate that this will herald the
beginning of one of the most
auspicious selling seasons wit
nessed in more than a decade.
Coming nearer home, we are to
day chronicling the announcement
that the Smithfield market is to have
two sets of buyers this season—some
thing for which the merchants and
tobacconists in our neighboring town
have worked tirelessly for the past
score of years. This seems a great
accomplishment for the Smithfield
market, without which it has suffered
many handicaps in the past, and we
are glad to congratulate the Smith-
field market on this accomplishment.
Prices on the border markets thus
far this season have exceeded the
fondest expectations of the farmers
who have placed tobacco on the mar
ket, and with the cooler and more fav
orable weather for handling the gold
en leaf just around the corner, it may
be safely predicted that when the
auctioneers begin their “sing-song”
chatter throughout the Eastern Belt
that the smiles on the farmers’ faces
will grow still more pronounced as
a result of advancing prices.
Benson.—Funeral services for Ran
dall McLamb, 27, were held Tuesday
afternoon at 2:30 from Banner’s
Chapel Advent Christian Church. El
der B. H. Ingle of Raleigh and Elder
W. Yancey Moore of Benson conduct
ed the rites.
Mr. McLamb, well-known farmer of
near Benson, died suddenly Monday
morning in a tobacco warehouse to
which place he and his wife had gone
late Sunday afternoon with a load of
tobacco. They planned to put the load
on the market early Monday morning.
A heart ailment was given as the
cause of death.
Surviving are his wife, the former
Miss Susan Harriet Adams, whom he
married a year ago, and a small
daughter, Patricia Ann; his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Mansy P. McLamb; four
sisters and three brothers, Mrs. Mabel
M. Tart, Misses Pauline, Eloise and
Virginia McLamb, and Carson, Pas
chal and Robert McLamb.
Dalma Garner Died
Suddenly Last Saturday
After shaving himself and taking a
bath, preparatory to come to Selma,
Dalma Garner, 37, died suddenly at
his home, Selma, Route 2, Saturday
afternoon at 12:30 -Eastern Standard
Time.
Funeral services were held at the
home Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock.
Daylight Saving Time, conducted by
the Rev. Debro Stancil. Burial was in
the Crocker cemetery near Pine
Level.
Surviving, besides his wife and sev
eral children, are his mother and sev
eral brothers and sisters.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
TO YOUNG DRAFTEES
Bob Pittman Vocal
Meets On August 31st
The Bob Pittman Vical union will
be held at Mt. Carmel Church near
Goldsboro, Sunday, August 31, 1941.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend, and a special invitation is given
to all singers in the district.
C. G. CAPPS, President.
It has been called to the attention
of the Draft Board No. 2 in Selma
that there are a number of young
men in this section who had reached
their 21st birthday on July 1st and
failed to register for selective ser
vice. This is to notify those who did
not comply with the draft act to come
at once to the office of the board in
Selma and register. If you fail to do
so you will be subject to prosecution.
W. W. HARE.
Seen and Heard Along
THE MAINDRAG
TBy H. H. L.
E. V. Deans Attends
Jr. Order Convention
Mr. E. V. Deans attended the an
nual State Convention of the Junior
Order, held at the Lexington Junior
Order Orphans’ Home Wednesday.
Mr. Deans said that the convention
was well attended and that the del
egates were enthusiastic about seeing
a National Council representative
deliver the State Junior Order Coun
cil a deed to the Lexington Orphans
Home.
The next meeting will be held on
Roanoke Island, Mr. Deans said.
Over Thousand Pounds
Collected In Johnston
County During Drive
During the recent campaign put on
in Johnston county to collect alum
inum for the National Defense pro
gram, a total of 1,290 pounds of alum
inum pots, pans and other aluminum
ware was accumulated and sent to
Raleigh, according to J. R. Pool, de
fense chairman for Johnston county.
Johnston Jurors Didn^t
Have To Kiss The Bible
In accordance with a new law pas
sed by the 1941 Legislature, Judge
John J. Burney did not require the
Johnston county jurors to kiss the old
dusty Bible when they were sworn in
last week at the beginning of the
August term of criminal court.
The jurors were only required to
place their left hands on the Book
with right hands raised while the oath
was being administered to them.
Renew your subscription today!
MACK CREECH was the lucky
winner of the $5.00 prize offered by
the WOODARD & CREECH DRUG
CO. on last Monday—when you make
a purchase at this store, big or little,
you are given a ticket, entitling
you to the free money given away—
drop in and let JOE CREECH explain,
it to you—JOE tells us that more
than 700 people have already regis
tered for the prizes to be given away
—MRS. ANNIE BARHAM, of Selma,
was another lucky prize winner Mon
day—MRS. BARHAM captured the
$145 given away by the SELMA
THEATRE—the new front of the
SELMA CLOTHING & SHOE CO. is
about completed—you’ll find no pret
tier store front in Johnston county—
JOHN N. WIGGS, started the ball
rolling by putting in a new front to
his building, now occupied by the
DAVIS DEPARTMENT STORE, and
soon others followed suit—congratu
lations, JOHN—this writer spent
Monday on the Fairmont and Lum-
berton Tobacco Markets —• at Fair
mont we ran across RUFE CREECH,
from down near Smithfield — MR.
CREECH told us he took a small lot
(8,000 pounds) to the market—he has
130 acres in tobacco and around 150
in cotton—a real farmer, is RUFUS
CREECH—we stopped over at Pem
broke and dropped around to see our
old friends, MR. AND MRS. H. D.
CULBRETH, who live about three
miles from town on a fine farm—■
found MRS. CULBRETH with a big
pair of scissors trimming the hedges
and MR. CULBRETH fooling around
the chicken lot—they are former res
idents of Selma, having moved to that
section only a short time ago—“we
are liking the country fine,” they told
us—we are indebted to JOHN ROB
ERT LOWRY, JR., and T. B. (PETE)
SANDERSON for their kindnesses
shown us while in Pembroke—they
showed us the Indian College, the
fine high school and grammar grade
buildings and many handsome homes
in that to-wn—we really enjoyed our
brief stay in the Robeson county
town—on the train coming back to
Selma we met ADMIRAL WOODSON
of the U. S. Navy—and found him a
very pleasant gentleman.
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