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A Containing The News And Views Of Your Community And Surrounding Territory.
VOL.
SHJVIA BOARD TO
SEND 15 WHITES
TO ARMY OCT. 2
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Local Draft Board No. 2 at Selma
announced this week that 16 white
men are scheduled to report for in
duction in. the army on October 2.
This quota follows the committment
of 11 Negroes to Fort Bragg last
Thursday.
The list of white men is as fol^ws.
the order number given in each case:
1293—Milliard McCoy Andrews, of
Clayton, Route 2.
1563—John Elton Boyette, of Clay
ton.
1590—Jesse Willard Stallings,/of
Selma, Route 1.
1622—Grover Vernon Johnson, of
Kenly, Route 2.
1638—Walter Watson, of Kenly,
Route 3.
1659—Edwin Braxton Vaughan, of
Princeton.
1672—Lacy C. Castleberry, of Ox
ford.
1688—James Ernest Reaves, of
Clayton.
1726—Wilbur D. Edgerton, of Ken
ly, Route 1.
1839—Claude Alexander Dennis, Jr.
of Wendell.
1898—Oscar C. Crabtree, Jr., of
Clayton, Route 2. ^ ■
1900—Rayo Flynn Bailey, of Zebu-
Ion, Route 2.
1911—Carl Anderson Pittman,
Micro.
1921—Howard Kenneth Lynch,
Zebulon, Route 1.
V-44 John Howard Wellons, (Vol
unteer), Micro—pending outcome of
physical examination.
Five Members Local Troop, Ac
companied By Mr. David S.
BaU, Go To Chanel Hill For
Third Carolina Boy Scout Ju
bilee—Boys To Participate In
Four Day Program.
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When the soldiers of Uncle Sam’s new Army set out on “blitz”
maneuvers, they don’t have to pack along heavy steel or wood boats for
crossing streams in their path. Instead they’re using ’'“’’'’enzed cotton
craft like that shown above. The boat will carry as many as six men.
Several of the cotton boats, lashed together, are used in ferrying
heavy field equipment.
Three Batteries Artillery
Spend Night In Selma
Goldsboro Airport To
Get More Money Soon
Kenly Boy Accidentally
Kills 5-year-old Brother
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Goldsboro, Sept. 15.-The WPA has
authorized an additional allotment ot
$193,394 for completion of the new
airport at Goldsboro, according to a
telegram received in Goldsboro Mon
day from Representative Graham A.
Barden. The original allotment was
$186,811. , , ^
Other monies furnished for the
airport are; $65,000 from the civil
aeronautics authorities; the city ot
Goldsboro, $65,591, plus $14,000 for
transportation and plans, making . a
total for the airport of $506,796.
Approximately $138,811 of the or
iginal WPA allotment and all of the
city appropriation has been spent.
The airport is expected to.be com
pleted in about two months, exclusive
of hangers. Troy W. Pate, supervisor
of the WPA in Wayne county, said
today.
Five Hundred Men From Fort
Story and Camp Pendleton
Camp At Local Airport Mon
day Night En Route to Man
euver Area Near Fort Bragg
—Capt. Jas. A. Scott Was In
Command.
Health Department Is
Ready To Help You
Carl Worley, Jr., David S. Ball, Jr.,
Billy Oliver, Charles Carty and Har
ry Oliver, accompanied by Mr. D. S.
Ball, left today for Chapel Hill to
attend the Third Carolina Boy Scout
Jubilee which is sponsored by the
University and Region Six of the Boy
Scouts of America.
The Scouts will pitch their tents on
Fetzer Field and participate in a four-
day program of scoutcraft through
Sunday morning, when they will
break up.
Highligt of the Jubilee will he the
Governor’s Campfire program Satur
day night at 8 o’clock on Fetzer
Field when Governor J. M. Broughton
will deliver an address to the Scouts.
A number of other State and Univer
sity dignitaries will give greetings
and there will be band music, fire
works, and salutes.
Another feature of the Scouts’ pro
gram will be a mass demonstration at
halftime of the Carolina-Lenoir-
Rhyne football game in Kenan Sta
dium on Saturday afternoon.
Scouts will register Thursday morn
ing at the Jubilee headquarters on
Emerson Field and this (Thursday)
afternoon troops and councils will as
semble on the parade ground. Tonight
a “Hello Campfire” and a “Scoutmas
ters Pow-Wow” will be held at Em
erson Stadium.
Inspections, tours of the campus, a
Scoutcraft, Rodeo, council and troop
visits, and campfire talks are sched
uled for Friday. The Scouts will break
camp Sunday morning.
Smithf ield Bicyclist
Killed On Highway
Funeral Is Held
For Clayton Youth
Funeral services were held Tuesday
of last week for William Moser, 17-
year old Clayton youth who died m a
Wilson hospital from injuries suffered
in an automobile accident.
Rites were conducted at the home
of his palents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Moser, and the body was taken from
Clayton to Oxford where interment
took place. .
Young Moser, who is survived by
his parents, four brothers_ and two
sisters, was injured last Friday night
when cars driven by William Wilkins,
16, of Clayton, and Carl Quinn of
Wilson, collided at the intersection of
Tarboro street and Seven Hills Road
in Wilson. ^ -n -a
Wilson’s Chief of Police C. P. Ho-
cutt said that both Wilkins and Quinn
would be charged with reckless driv
ing. Wilkins and Miss Dorothy Mitch
ell 17, of Clayton, were both injured,
but not critically. The two cars were
demolished.
Three batteries of artillery, consist
ing of around 500 men, arrived in Sel
ma Monday afternoon in 75 trucks
and 40 trailers. The men were from
Ft. Story, Camp Pendleton, near Vir
ginia Beach, and were on their way
to the maneuver area south of Ft.
Bragg. After spending the night at
the Selma airport, they left early
Tuesday morning for Ft. Bragg. Capt.
James A. Scott was in command. The
boys' were welcomed to Selma by
Mayor B. A. Henry.
As the evening shades began to fall
scores of these soldiers made their
way up town, filling the streets and
crowding the sidewalks and business
houses with a veritable stream of
brustling youth, chatting, laughing
and giving an occasional whoop. They
appeared to be a fine bunch of young
men just out for a few hours of rec
reation in a strange country town.
In talking with one of the lieuten
ants, we learned that he was very fa
vorably impressed with the courtesy
extended them upon their arrival and
during their entire stay here. He said
that in some towns where he had vis
ited he found that after a few days
stay the civilians apparently began to
tire of the soldiers, especially in the
more centralized districts where thou
sands of soldiers roamed the streets
almost continually during the recre
ational period. This lieutenant said the
people should not feel that way to
ward the soldier boys, even though
some of them may act unseemly at
times, for, said he, “there are some
mighty fine folks among these boys,
who are highly respected in their re
spective home towns and communi
ties, and that it made a soldier feel
pretty bad when some civilian failed
to accord him the proper courtesy.
They are our first line of defense, and
when in uniform they should com
mand the respect of everyone”, he
continued.
At this season of the year, with
rural electric lines being extended
over new areas, and with cotton and
tobacco selling at good prices, many
farmers will be considering installing
complete bathrooms and improved
water supplies.
The Health Department will be
glad to assist in the planning and in
the installation of septic tanks and
safe water supplies. That is an im
portant part of our duties and all ser
vices rendered by the Health Depart
ment are free to the citizens of John
ston County.
The first step to take when it is
desired to put in a bathroom is to
consult your Health Department.
Just call or write a card telling what
you want and where you live and the
Inspector will visit your home and
help you to plan your septic tank and
water supply. The law requires that
a permit be obtained from the Health
Department before work is started
and that the finished job be inspected
and approved before being put into
use. The permit and inspection will
often save the property owner money
and will give him a more satisfactory
job. Approved plans are also furnish
ed, and with these plans and the as
sistance of the Inspector any farmer
can build his own septic tank with
his farm labor. .
Don’t forget to use the services ot
the Health Department and call on
them before you start work. A septic
tank properly designed and installed
will give satisfactory results. A poor
ly designed system or a faulty instal
lation will be a source of troubk and
will very possibly cost more than it
done according to state plans and
specifications.
Smithfield Retains
Two Sets 01 Buyers
Due to the large amount of tobacco
sold in Smithfield since^ the opening
of the selling season this year when
the Smithfield market was allowed
two sets of buyers, it has been more
recently revealed by Smithfield ware
housemen that the Smithfield market
will be allowed to retain two sets of
buyers during the remainder of the
tobacco selling season. During the
first days of tobacco sales there
were approximately 6,586,000 pounds
of tobacco sold in Smithfield, and
this excellent showing, coupled with
the untiring efforts of Smithfield
warehousemen to have the extra set
of buyers retained, is responsible for
the retention of the extra buying
power of the Smithfield market,
which is not only good news to Smith-
field tobacconists but should be wel
comed with gladness by tobacco
ers throughout Johnston county. The
Smithfield market has been outstand
ing for high prices ever since open
ing day, and this is no doubt due, at
least to some extent, to the fact tha,t
the Smithfield market was able to sell
all offerings promptly thereby enabl
ing warehousemen to clear their
floors each day, which is a protection
against the tobacco becoming damag
ed before and after being sold by
changing weather conditions and by
being trampled on by the crowds
which daily visit the sales.
William Robert Stanley, 37, who
lived on Smithfield, Route 1, was in
stantly killed Friday morning about
8 o’clock while riding a bicycle on
Highway 301 about one mile south of
Smithfield.
Stanley was an employee of the
Brodie Smith Lumber company, and
was on his way to work when struck
down by a Buick automobile driven
by D. H. Sarpenter of Wilmington,
N. C., age 27. The right front side of
the automobile made contact with
Stanley’s body as he rode his bicycle.
Highway Patrolman H. C. Bobbitt,
who investigated the accident, report
ed that the body of Stanley was pick
ed up nearly 100 yards from where
the car struck him. Stanley sustained
a crushed head, a broken leg and se
vere lacerations on his body Even
bits of blood and brains were spatter
ed on the side of the automobile
where it struck the unfortun:ite
bicyclist.
Carpenter, who was charged with
careless and reckless driving, which
resulted in Stanley’s death, was re
leased under $1,000 bond Friday af
ternoon, subject to a legal hearing
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Eye-witnesses to the accident are
reported to have stated that Carpen
ter was traveling at an excessive rate
of speed when the accident occurred,
but Carpenter denied this.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Overby Funeral Home in
Smithfield, after which burial took
place at Barbour’s Chapel Advent
church near Four Oaks, Saturday af
ternoon at 3:30, with B. N. Ingle of
Raleigh in charge.
Surviving Stanley, besides his wife,
Mrs. Myrtle Massengill Stanley, are
three children, Billy, Bobby, Shirley,
and an adopted son, Alvin Stanley,
the victim’s parents, Mr.^ and Mrs.
Robert Stanley of Smithfield, Rt. 1;
four brothers, Roby Stanley, Clinton,
Leslie Stanley of Merry Oaks, Arthur
Stanley of Clayton, and Woodall
Stanley of Smithfield Rt. 1; four sis
ters, Mrs. J. L. Lee, Four Oaks, Rt. 1,
Mrs. E. H. Strickland, Smithfield Rt.
1, Mrs. Leola Barbour, Four Oaks, and
Mrs. Clyde Stanley, Four Oaks, Rt. 1.
William Elton Atkinson Acd*
dentally Kills Six-year-old
Brother, Raeford Lee Atkin
son, With Shotgun While
Playing “Wild West”—Funer
al Held At Home of Parents
Tuesday Morning.
Raeford- Lee Atkinson, six, was ac
cidentally shot and killed at six
o’clock Monday afternoon by hia
brother, William Elton Atkinson, nine,
at the home of their grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Atkinson, in Kenly.
The boys were playing “Wild West’*
when the elder brother found hia
grandfather’s shot gun and pointed
it at his brother. The gun fired and
the entire load entered the little fel
low’s chest.
Hearing a noise around his home a
few nights ago, Mr. Atkinson loaded
his gun and placed it behind a bureau
in the home.
In discussing the matter with Dr,
E. N. Booker, county coroner Tues
day, the doctor said he was inclined
to the opinion that nothing should be
done with the Atkinson boy for shoot
ing his little brother, since it was
just a childist act and that he did not
feel that the boy should be held re
sponsible for the occurrence. He said
he regarded it as just an aftermath
of the boy having witnessed some of
the “Wild West” pictures at the
movies.
Funeral services wer e held at
the home of the parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph E. Atkinson Tuesday morning
at eleven o’clock, and burial took
place in the Atkinson cemetery, three
miles from Kenly.
“Uncle” Tom Edwards
Died Early Thursday
Kiwanians Hear Report
On District Convention
Time Extended By
Merit System Head
Soldier Boys Inspect
Bean Harvester Here
Large Crowd Attends
Funeral ol Kenly Man
Charles Oliver Writes
To His Parents Here
The local Kiwanis cluh was given
a report on the* Carolinas District
Convention of Kiwanis International,
held at Myrtle Beach recently, by
Kiwanian O. A. Tuttle, Lieutenant
Governor of the Fourth District, at
the regular weekly meeting on last
Thursday evening. Governor Tuttle
attended the entire setting of the con
vention, and his report showed that
Kiwanis is making steady progress^
and that the Myrtle Beach conven-'
tion was regarded as one of the best,
if not the best, district conventions
i ever held during the entire history of
Kiwanis in the two Carolinas.
Short talks were also made by
Program Chairman M. L. Stancil, and
President D. M. Clemmons who went
delegates from the local club to
“Uncle” Tom Edwards, as he was
known to his many friends, both
white and colored, died at 2 o’clock
Thursday (this) morning at his home
in Selma, after an illness of several
weeks.
The deceased, who was 74 years of
age, had conducted a barber shop for
whites in Selma for more than 35
years. He was one of the town’s most
highly respected Negro citizens.
Surviving are one daughter, Lu
cinda Lofton, of Bentonville, and one
brother, Kelvin Edwards, of Wilson.
Funeral services will be held from
the Disciples Church of which he had
been a deacon for many years, Sun
day afternoon at 3 o’clock, E.S.T., by
his pastor. Rev. Pete Newborne. Bur
ial will take place in the new Negro
cemetery.
While the ' soldier boys were
Selma Monday night the editor of the
Johnstonian-Sun passed along by the
vacant lot near the postoffice and ov-
verheard two soldier boys speculating
as to what kind of a machine that
bean harvester is which Floyd C.
Price & Son have on display at the
rear of the Person Building. We heard
one of them tell the other that he
would bet him money that it was a
cotton gin. They spoke with Northern
accent, therefore must have been from
New England or some other state
where neither beans or cotton grow.
Funeral services for George Dixon,
48, who died at his home Wednesday,
September 10, following an illness of
about one year, were held Thursday
afternoon at the home at 3:30 o clock
(E.S.T.), conducted by the Rev. C. E.
Clarke, pastor of the deceased, and
the Rev. Walter Williams. Burial was
made in the Dixon cemetery near the
home. The services were largely at
tended.
Surviving are his widow, formerly
Miss Louise Pierce; two sons, William
and George Dixon, Jr.; three daugh
ters, Annie Ruth, Elizabeth and Jose
phine Dixon; three brothers. Zero,
Herman and Willie Dixon; five sis
ters, Mrs. S. A. Bass, Mrs. Lee Pope,
Mrs. H. R. Raper, Mrs. David Out-
land and Mrs. S. G. Bass, all of Ken
ly, Route 1. Nephews of tlm deceased
It was announced today by Dr.
Frank T. deVyver, Merit System Su
pervisor, that a new dead-line has
been set for the receipt of applica
tions for the forthcoming clerical
examinations. The new ruling states
that all applications must be post
marked before midnight of September
22, instead of September 15. _ It has
been necessary to extend the time un
til that date because of an insufficient
number of applicants for the clerical
positions. Attention is called to the
fact that hereafter all vacancies in
county welfare and health offices will
be filled from registers made up of
those persons passing the examina
tions. It is important that a sufficient
number of persons apply in each
county, since a shortage of eligible
county applicants will necessitate ap
pointing persons from state-wide reg
isters rather than from local regis
ters.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Oliver re
ceived a letter from their son, Charles
a few days ago, in which he wrote in
part as follows:
“I wish you wouldn’t worry about
me. I joined the Navy to protect
America, and that’s what we are do
ing. You never realize what a great
place America is until you are away
from it for awhile, and we don’t in
tend to let anyone take it away from
us if we can possibly prevent it, and
I’m pretty sure we can. I am really
not in position to tell where I’m at
and where I’ve been, but maybe I can
some day. I’ll be able to come home
some time in the near future, I hope,
but don’t expect me. I’m beginning to
become an aged man—I’ll be twenty
the 20th of the month.”
the Myrtle Beach convention-
Mayor B. A. Henry was welcomed
as a new member of the club.
Paul McMillan was designated as
program chairman for this week, and
Kiwanians are looking forward for
a good program from him.
Iraswell Family
Held Reunion Sunday
BEEFSTEAK
W. M. Coonts of Lexington has.,j, - „
started production of good beefstea^k were P-Cla^ Ediertom
on his farm with the recent purchase
of six fine young Hereford heifers.
Many of the farm homes in Glou
cester and Hogback Townships of
Transylvania County have been great
ly improved for comfort and beauty
this year.
neth Dixon, Franklin Edgerton,
George Pope, James Pope, and Wil
bert Bass.
Snake Meat
New Bern, Sept. 17;—Diamond-
backed rattlesnake meat is much
demand here for edible purposes, re
ports a local grocer, who says that
his store sells much canned rattle'
snake meat. He added that most of
the sales are to Negroes.
Another Well-Lighted
Window On Maindrag
“Isn’t that a beautiful window!”
This was an expression heard by one
of our citizens a few nights ago when
he stalled in front of the Selma Clo
thing & Shoe Company to admire
their new display window, all aglow
with new FI orescent Lights. If you
have not seen this window at night
take a stroll down the Maindrag at
the first opportunity—it’s attractive
Brizil is the only country in Latin
America to produce raw silk of com
mercial importance, the Department
of Commerce reports.
Automobiles consume 89 per cent of
all gasoline produced and 59 per cent
of all lubricants.
The 117th bundle for Britain sent
from New Bern was reported this
week by Mrs. R. D. Jones, chairman
of the local organization.
The children and grandchildren of
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Braswell held
their annual family reunion last Sun
day, at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Braswell, near Brogden.
A large table with numerous good
things to eat was spread and contents
were greatly enjoyed, along with ice
tea to quench the thirst.
All of the children were present, as
follows: Mr. and Mrs. Winston Bras
well and son, Franklin, of near Fay
etteville; Mr. and Mrs. Thel Ander
son and children, Keith, Charles, and
Melvin, of hear Smithfield; Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Thompson and chil
dren, Merlin, Shirley Mae, and Thom
as Jecrey, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bras
well and children, Eldridge, W. A. and
Faye, Braxton Braswell, all of near
Brogden; Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Bras
well and children, Missie and Cleve
land, of Bizzell’s Grove.
Visitors were: Mrs. Ida Sessoms
and daughter, Beulah, of near Fay
etteville, and Mr. Van Worley, of
near Hephzibah.
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Those Selma Cards should have
won that game Tuesday — DON
BROWN pitched a great game for the
locals, but for hitting that batter in
the last of the eleventh with the score
tied and bases loaded, walking a man,
the game, no doubt would have gone
to the Cards—but we don’t blame
DON, for he did wonderful work on
the mound—the strong Kenly aggre
gation got their first run in,the sev
enth, the Cards already having three
to their credit—but those things will
happen — JAMES KEMP, McGEE
CARLISLE and TOM MARLOWE
have already secured their reserved
seats for the World’s Series games to
be played in New York and Brook
lyn beginning October 1—the boys
will also take in the JOE LOUIS
fight while in the biggest city in the
world-glad to see UNCLE GEORGE
WILKINSON and “MISS” ROSE on
the Maindrag Wednesday—they mov
ed to the country near Danville, Va.,
about three years ago—they say they
are enjoying country life—welcome^to
old and new teachers—the old Main-
drag will hum from now on—^been
mi^ty lonesome since school closed
last spring—the Kiwanians are plan
ning to give them a big welcome on
Thursday night of next week HAY
DEN WIGGS was appointed by
PRESIDENT CLEMMONS as toast
master for the occasion—glad little
MISS BETTY ANN BALL is recov
ering from a several days’ illness—
the little girl was mighty sick the
first of the week—CHARLES FUL-
GHUM, JR., says h’s glad and sorry,
too, that school is opening today—,
BILLY HOGUE says he has the same
feeling about the matter—the Main-
drag was running over with soldiers
Monday night—500 ‘Yankees’ arrived
about 5 o’clock and pitched their pup
tents on the field at the airport where
they spent the night—MAYOR B. A,
‘ HENRY and the writer of this col-