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The Johnstonian-Sun
VOL. 25
SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1942.
CRIMINAL COURT
TO BEGIN MONDAY
Kniulsen Sworn In as Lieut. General
Smithfield, Jan. 26.—A one-week
ci'iminal term of Superior Court for
Johnston County will open in Smith-
field on February 9, with Judge Jeff
D. Johnson presiding.
The list of jurors drawn for this
term include nine who will be select
ed as new members of the grand ju-
i'y. These will be drawn from the
complete list after court opens.
First W«ek
N. E. Johnson, Wilson Mills.
Clarence Woodard, Beulah.
C. B. Byrd, Pleasant Grove.
C. E. Allen, Ingrams.
J. B. Hodge, O’Neals.
J. O. Raynor, Banner.
A. Millard Brown, Selma.
R. E. Holland, Beulah.
Charles L. Batten, Micro.
Carl Raynor, Banner.
Chester Johnson, Elevation.
Delbert A. Ivey, Banner.
Nathan T. Flowers, Selma.
E. S. Parrish, Pleasant Grove.
C. F. Stewart, Ingrams.
L. C. Wilkerson, Jr., Beulah.
David Gower, Clayton.
Mrs. Mazie J. Batten, Smithfield.
V. H. Adams, Meadow.
John W. Wiggs, Pine Level.
Jesse Wall, Wilders.
Span Peedin, Pine Level.
R. T. Laughter, Smithfield.
Jesse La?fsiter, Smithfield.
R. M. Barefoot, Meadow.
J. Walter Williams, Cleveland.
R. A. Herring, Meadow.
W. M. Holt, Boon Hill.
J. L. Martin, Selma.
Walter J. Baker, Ingrams.
James Richardson, O’Neals.
P. O. Dorman, Banner.
• Robert A. Bailey, Micro.
C. M. Benson, Pleasant Grove.
Grace W. Worley, Selma.
D. A. Jones, Beulah.
Newsome Narron, O’Neals.
M. T. Hinton, Boon Hill.
G. B. Blackman, Ingrams.
Joe Eason, Smithfield.
Second Week.
E. Dalton Adams, Ingrams.
M. V. Bass, Pine Level.
O. B. Webb, Elevation.
R. L. Peele, O’Neals.
L. T. Royall, Smithfield.
J. Arthur Corbett, Clayton.
J. H. Wellons, Smithfield.
J. F. Wellons, O’Neals.
James A. Johnson, Elevation.
A. I. Murphy, Wilders.
Worth N. Godwin, Beulah.
C. M. Strickland, Boon Hill.
Hudy Barefoot, Meadow.
E. W. Massey, Smithfield.
O. C. Barbour, Elevation.
.Ashley Johnson. Ingrams.
J. O. Edwards, O’Neals.
L. P. Hare, O’Neals.
H. A. Watson, Boon Hill.
Irving Hill, Smithfield.
B. S. Atkinson, Wilders.
J. R. Boyette, Wilders.
Leslie Worley, Boon Hill.
Willis A. Rose, Bentonville.
C. L. Pollard, Banner.
W. J. Adams, Banner.
Vernon Vick, Pine Level.
A. B. Coats, Ingrams.
W. V. Massengill, Ingrams.
J. E. Wall, Banner.
W. Louis Ellis, Sr.
Dies of Heart Attack
NEWTON GROVE WAS
LEADER IN GROWTH
Had 10-Year Population Increase Of
126 To Lead Towns Under 1,000.
William S. Knudsen, former head of the OPM, was sworn in as a
lieutenant general in the presence of Secretary of War Stimson. Knudsen
will be in charge of production for materials for the war department.
Photo shows, left to right, William S. Knudsen, Maj. Gen. Myron C.
Cramer, adjutant general, and Secretary of War Stimson.
AAA Checks Coming
In For Farmers
Checks totaling $27,816.44,
representing conservation and
parity payments to 219 John
ston county farmers, were re
ceived at the county agent’s
office last week.
The money will be distri
buted as quickly as possible,
each farmer to be notfied in
dividually of the arrival of his
check. The payments will go
to farmers who cooirerated in
the 1941 AAA program.
The checks now on hand are
just a small fraction of the
total amount to be distributed
in the county. Morgan said
payments would be made to
6,380 fairnis and would prob
ably run into six or seven hun-
dr^ thousand dollars.
Smithfield Association
Has Record Attendance
HIGHER TOBACCO
PENALTIES ASKED
Cooley Sponsors Bill to Boost
Penalty on Allotment Ex
cess to 15 Cents
Smithfield.—Funeral services for
W. Louis Ellis, Sr., 61, who died at his
home Monday night at 11:15 o’clock
of a heart attack, were held Wednes
day at 3 o’clock at Underwood Fun
eral Home and interment made in
Riverside Cemetery, with the Rev.
B. H. Houston in charge, assisted by
the Rev. R. E. Brown of Fayetteville.
Mr. Ellis held a position with the
Medlin Printing Company. He was an
active member of Centenary Meth
odist Church here for about 80 years.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mar
garet Gilliard Ellis; five sons, W.
Louis Ellis, Jr., of Fayetteville; E. L.
Plllis of Phoenix, Ala.; Theo R. Ellis,
Sanatorium; Ronald G. Ellis, Raleigh,
and Ralph C. Ellis, Smithfield; one
daughter, Mrs. C. R. Russell, Jr., o
Raleigh; two sisters, Mrs. M. V. Sau-
derford, also of Raleigh; Mrs. Daisy
Lindsey of Wilson, an done brother,
W. K. Ellis of Raleigh. Several grand
children also survive.
Columbia, S. C. — The presence of
1,829 farm people at the recent an
nual meeting of the Smithfield Pro
duction Credit Association, breaks the
national record for the 8 years of the
existence of the 525 production credit
associations, according to a congratu-,
latory telegTam from A. G. Black, | ®-
Governor of the Farm Credit Admin-1
istration, just received by W. Arthur
Minor, Jr., President of the Produc
tion Credit Corporation of Columbia.
The previous record was established
by the Black Swamp Production
Credit Association, Fostoria, Ohio,
where 1,463 farm people attended the
organization’s annual meeting in 1937.
The attendance at this year’s meet
ing of the Smithfield credit coopera
tive included 95.4 per cent of its 1,-
310 members. The highest previous
percentage reported anywhere in the
nation at this year’s series of meet
ings was 95 per cent, for the Ameri
cas (Georgia) Production Credit As
sociation.
In Governor Black’s telegram to
Mr. Minor, he said, “Please pass my
congratulations on to the directors
and members of .the Smithfield as
sociation on this splendid display of
interest in their credit cooperative at
a time when its job of financing farm-
food-for-victory efforts make a
Washington, Feb. 2. — Representa
tive Harold D. Cooley has re-intro
duced a bill calling for the imposition
.of higher penalties on farmers who
sell tobacco in excess of their market
ing quotas.
The bill, which has been referred
to the committee on agriculture, pro
vides for a penalty of 15 cents a
pound, or one half the gross market
price, whichever is the larger, for.
flue-cured or hurley tobacco sold in ■
excess of a farmer's marketing';
quota.
If tobacco is sold at auction for less
than the minimum penalty applicable,
the bill states, the penalty wdll be
eiiual to the gross market price if the
warehouseman satisfies the Secretary
of Agrictilture that “'the consumma
tion of the marketing could not be
prevented in the regular course of
business.”
In introducing an almost identical
bill last December, Cooley said that
because of present high leaf prices un
less the present penalty of 10 cents a
pound is increased, many farmers
this year may plan tobacco well in
excess of their allotments and hope
to show a profit even after the penal
ty has been deducted from their pro-
Newton Grove, a rapidly gTowing
community down in Sampson county,
showed the greatest per cent of in
crease in population of any of the 311
incorporated towns and villages under
1,000 population in North Carolina
during the decade, 1930-40, according
to a compliation made by Samuel H.
Hobbs, Jr., and George Simpson and
appearing in the December 10th is
sue of the University of North Caro
lina News Letter.
Newton Grove now has a popula
tion of 339, according to the 1940 cen
sus. Its percent of increase was 126,
and according to that figure, the
population in 1930 was about 150.
Roseboro was Sampson’s second
town in the percentage column. It
ranked 87th with its population of
939, which was due to a 22.3 percent
increase over 1930. Salemburg rank
ed 109th in the state with an increase
of 16.7 percent to 371 citizens. Park
ersburg ranked 143rd with 105 popula
tion for an increase of 11.7 percent.
Garland, which ranked 242nd, lost
population during the decade and now
has a population of 484. Its percent
age of loss was 4.9 percent. Turkey
also lost population. Its 1940 count
showed only 188 inhabitants which
was a loss of 14.1 percent. Autryville
lost population, too, dropping to 94
which came about as the result of a
21.1 percent decrease.
Clinton, the only town in the coun
ty with a population of more than a
1,000 showed a net increase in popula
tion of 31.2 percent for a total of 3,-
,557 to rank 12th in the gToup of
towns between 2,500 and 10,000 popu
lation.
County Goes Over
In Red Cross Drive
Allen Trial Scheduled
To Begin Monday
Herman Allen, Banner town
ship farmer chai’ged in three
separate indictments with the
first degree murder of his
wife, her brother, and a neigli-
boi‘, is scheduled to go on trial
for his life in Superior court,
Smithfield, N. C., on Monday,
February 9th.
The court calendar lists Al
len’s case for Monday morn
ing, the opening day of court,
but it is possible that the trial
may be delayed until further
in the term.
The victims of Allen’s shoot
ing rampage on January 15
were Mrs. Ruth Lee Allen,
Grady Lee, and Cap Raynor.
Allotment For Johnston County
Was $5,000—County Has Now
Contributed Moie Than $6,000
To the War Relief Fund As
The Clayton Chapter. Which
Functions As a Separate Unit,
Exceeded Its Quota of $500.
COUNTY TOBACCO
ALLOTMENT IS UP
BY TEN PER CENT
TIRE ALLOWANCE
LESS THIS MONTH
Theodore S. Johnson, Civilian De
fense Director for North Carolina,
has announced that Johnston County
will receive 32 passenger tires and
27 tubes; 69 truck and bus tires and
103 tubes for February. These figures
are lower'tlian ”'for January,' except
truck tubes, and intimations are that
the allotments will be even less in
future months.. Guilford county re
ceived the largest number of passen
ger tires—141, while Mecklenburg re
ceived 136 and Fors^ith 107.
Harnett county received 22 passen
ger tires, Sampson 22, and Wayne
36. Wake received 96.
Director Johnson warns that unused
tires and tubes from the January
quota cannot be used in February.
10 per cent increase in tobacco al
lotment has been announced for John
ston county farmers this year. In face
of rising demand for tobacco the U. S.
Department of Agriculture has auth
orized growers large and small to in
crease their acreage by one-tenth
more than they planted last year.
The increased allotment is in gen
eral a 10 per cent boost, figured only
to the nearest 1-10 of an acre, frac
tions of .05 of an acre or less being
dropped and counted as zero; how
ever, for the benefit of farmers with
very small crops an exception to the
mathematical plan will be made. For
crops of one and one-half acres or
less the crwner wdll be permitted to
expand by a straight 1-10, figrired
closely without throwing out minor
fractions of an acre.
It was pointed out that the con-
18 per cent during the emergency
sumption of cigarettes has increased
period.
Governor Broughton
Will Discuss Gardens
B. Nestus Hamilton
Died Last Tuesday
Smithfield, Feb. 2.—Johnston coun
ty has gone over the top in the Red
Cross war relief fund, according to an
announcement made Monday.
The allotment was $6,000. Latest
figures available show a collection of
$5,527.07, with reports from variou.s
canvassing committees still incom
plete, says Chairman E. S. Stevens.
Not included in the total reported
Monday were funds which will be rais
ed through the sale of scrap metal and
other waste materials collected
throughout the county as a phase of
the Red Cross and civilian defense
programs.
The county has actually contributed
more than $6,000 to the war relief
fund as the Clayton chapter, which
functions separately from the coun
ty unit, exceeded its quota of $500.
.Among the large contributions of
the past few days which helped to
send Johnston county above its war
relief quota were $387.45 from Four
Oaks; $392.62 from Selma; and $140.-
18 from Micro.
The new contributions from Selma
sent that community’s total to $732.-.
02. Contributions amounting to $323.-
74 had been previously reported and
added to that figure were- $15.36 turn
ed in by a Selma colored committee
and the $392.92 which was raised by
the B. A. Henry committee.
The call for $5,000 from the John
ston county chapter came just before
Christmas and the quota was reached
within an approximate 5-week period.
The county actually has contributed
more than $6,000 to the war relief ef
fort since the Clayton chapter, which
functions separately from the county
unit, exceeded it quota of $500.
Chairman Stevens Monday express
ed his appreciation for the fine spirit
and diligent work of the various com
munity chairmen and their associates
in putting tlie campaign over..
thorough understanding of its activi
ties particularly important.”
So far 68 of the 94 associations m
the Columbia district, which includes
the states of North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida, have
held meetings attended by 13,930
farmers at which the average percent
age of members attending increased
more than 50 per cent over last year.
“This shows the widespread interest
production credit association members
in the Columbia district are taking m
their organizations’ efforts to help
farmers raise the food needed to win
the war,” Mr. Minor stated.
Rev. G. A. Lawrenae
To Preach Here Sunday
Rev. C. A. Lawrence, of Falkland,
will preach at the Selma Presbyte
rian church Sunday morning at elev
en o’clock and at 7;30 Sunday even
ing. Mr. Lawrence supplied the Sel
ma church for several months prior
to the pastorate of the late Rev. Mr.
Clarke. The church added many new
members during his short pastorate,
and it is hoped that a good attendance
will greet him Sunday.
COTTOlTM^kET
The following is today’s cotton
market report as furnished by the
firm of Floyd C. Price & Son of Sel
ma, N. C; 1 A
Strict Middling 20 1-4
Middli/f 19 3-4
Strict rtow Bright 19 l-2c
Strictfuow Dark , 19 1-4
SPECIAL VENIRE MAY
HEAR ALLEN TRIAL
The case of Herman Allen is sched
uled .to come up for trial in the John
ston County Superior Court next
week, probably on Tuesday, according
to Solicitor Claude C. Canaday.
Allen is expected to plead tempo-
ray insanity; and James Ellis, slayer
of Mrs. Brewer at the Salvation Ar
my headquarters in Smithfield, is al
so expected to enter a plea of insan-
A special venire wll be required for
the trial of Allen, and Solicitor Can
aday will ask for a venire from the
upper reaches of the county inas
much as sentiment in the lo-r.ir part
of the county has already been crys-
talized against Allen. It is not known
whether a special venire to try Elbs
will be asked for.
One of the features of “Victory
Garden 'Week,” February 9-14, will
be an address by Governor J. Melville
Broughton. He will use a State-wide
radio network to deliver a message to
school children on Tuesday, February
10th.
John W. Goodman, assistant direc
tor of the State College Extension
Service and chairman of the' State
Agricultural Workers Council which
is acting as .the steering committee
for the Victory Garden campaign, has
worked with Governor Broughton and
Dr. Clyde Erwin, superintendent of
public instruction, in arranging for
the broadcast.
Goodman announced that the Gov
ernor’s address will be broadcast over
Station WPTF, Raleigh, .Station WB
IG, Greensboro, and Station WWNC,
Asheville from 9:30 to 9.45 o’clock,
and over Station WBT, Charlotte from
9:45 to 10:00 o’clock, on Tue.sday
morning.
Dr. Erwin has instructed the school
principals and the 25,000 teachers in
the schools of the State to have their
900,000 students assembled before
radios during the time of the Gov
ernor’s broadcast. Governor Brough
ton will tell the school children and
their teachers how they ca ncooperate
in the Victory Garden campaign.
Goodman says the Victory Garden
committee has suggested that schools
participate in the food-production pro
gram by encouraging children to grow
food to supply school lunches in gar
dens at home and at school; to pro
mote the program through local par
ent-teacher associations, chapel per
iods. plays and school and comfunity
meetings; to encourage each of the
20.000 high school students of voca
tional agriculture and the more than
10.000 students in adult farmers
classes .to have farm gardens; to
direct the 867 home economics tea-
cher.s to stress nutrition through can-
fruits and vegetables; and to
Smithfield.—B. Nestus Hamilton,
78, of Smithfield, died at Johnston
County Hospital Tuesday at 12:45 p.
m.
Mr. Hamilton fell about four weeks
ago and broke his hip and had been
in the hospital since January 9.
Funeral seiwices were conducted at
Riverside Primitive Baptist Church
Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. by Elder
Shepherd Stephenson, pastor of the
church and interment made in .the
church cemetery. He had been in fail-
ing" health for two years.
Mr. Hamilton was a native of this
section and was highly esteemed by
his associates. He was never married.
Surviving are three brothers, J. D.
Hamilton of Smithfield, Route 2, R.
L. Hamilton of Ahoskie and D. B.
Hamilton of Smithfield; two sisters,
Mrs. George Morgan of Selma and
Miss Nancy Hamilton of Smithfield.
SELMA KIWANIANS
ENJOY PROGRAM
Program Chairman “Hub” Lowry
took in a lot of territory at the Sel
ma Kiwanis Club meeting on last
Thursday evening, when he put on
a “Quiz” contest. Kiwanians Bill Thad
Woodard, Rev. D. M. Clemmons, H. V.
Gaskill and M. L. Stancil were asked
to take standing positions to one side
of the room. Tlhey were told that for
each correct answer given they would
receive 5c, and for each failure they
would be penalized 5c. Hub had his
pocket full of shiny nickels, so in the
event he had to pay off, he would be
prepared, but unluckily for the Ki
wanians Hub had still more nickels
when the contest closed, for not a
single contestant escaped being penal
ized. Hub asked all sorts of questions,
even wanting todtnow what the popu
lation of the world is. But Bill Thad
Woodard didn’t do so bad on this one
for he came within a Billion of get
ting the correct answer.
The contest proved interesting and
educational as well, and some of the
wild answers given furnished ample
entertainment for the spectators.
SELMA DRUG STORK
TO OPEN ON SUNDAY
Due to weather conditions and re.-
alizing that prescriptions must be
filled, and the necessity of traveling
by bus, all drug stores in Selma have
agreed to maintain regular Sunday
hours for the convenience of the pub
lic. As soon as weather conditions
permit Sunday hours will be shorten
ed and notice will be given in The
Johnstonian-Sun of such change.
Seen and Heard Along
THE MAINDRAG
!By H. H. L. ..
mng
establish community canneries in the
schools.
BURLAP
Farmers will have to turn more to
bulk handling of grain since two-
thirds of available burlap has been
turned over for use by the armed;
forces, and grain bags will be diffi-
1 cult to get.
THE WAR AT A GLANCE
By M. L. STANCIL
A Russian drive in the Ukraine again commences.
As the Soviets continue to smash German defenses.
The Gennans stiffen forces to halt the Russian gain,
But the Soviets continue their mopping-up campaign.
Over in the Lyban desert the British have hit a snag.
After boasting they almost had the Axis in the bag.
We may halt the enemy and often put him on the run.
But so long as there is resistance the victory isn’t won.
The British lose Malaya .which gives the Japs another score.
As they strengthen their forces for an advance on Singapore.
A historic battle now rages to hold this British base,
Which holds the spot-light o’er al else that’s taking place.
But still there is another toward whom our sympathy leans,
And that’s General McArthur and his men in the Philippines.
There entrenched among the mountains with no help at hand,
They fight on unshaken as again they renew their stand.
Japanese planes are numerous over the far away Pacific,
And were they good marksmen the damage would be terrific.
The Japs excell in numbers, but are short on fighting power,
And this may be proven when comes the strategic hour.
We need more of our big bombers to cross the ocean wide,
And that is all that’s needed to stem the Japanese tide.
We might do it with our navy if it could only stay afloat,
But the tragedy of the Prince of Wales almost got our goat.
We are loaning China half a billion to hold them in line.
Following rumors that they were weakening in the spine.
For China can do wonders to help lighten our great load,
If they do nothing more than just hold the Burma road.
TALMAGE CORBETT, manager of
the DUNN FURNITURE COMPA
NY, is now riding his bicycle to work
and his collector also does his col
lecting on a bike—TAM says you can
slip up on ’em on a bike—“anybody,
can hear a .truck driving up,” says
TAM, “but with a bicycle it’s differ
ent”—and at the same time you are
saving your tires—HUB BROWN,
manager of the ECONOMY FURNI
TURE iCOMPANY, Selma’s other fur
niture store, had a birthday on last
Monday—Ground Hog Day—Some of
the boys tried to get HUB to stay in
that day, but be would come out, and
you see now what kind of weather
we’re having—“what is the population
of Germany,” was asked the editor
of this paper at the Kiwanis meet on
last Thursday night, “350,000,000’'
replied the editor—“oh! no,” said
BILL THAD WOODARD, “you must
be thinking about China” .— “I was
taking into consideration all those'
countries Germany had taken over
said the editor—wonder what Brother
EVERITT is going to do with all
those cabbage plants at his store—
DR. R. M. BLACKMAN and DR. E. N.
BOOKER spent the week-end at DR.
BOOKER’S “cottage” near Bayview—
was it “hunting” or “fishing”, gentle
men?—we’ve had no report—CECIL
RAE and ROBERT YOUNGBLOOD
went to Fort Bragg Saturday Mr ex-
amination with a crowd estimated at
around 100—both boys passed the ex-
amination and are now waiting" for
Uncle Sam to call them into service—
these boys will be missed from the
Maindrag as they are among the
most popular of the younger set—a
few nights ago while bowling at DUN
CAN’S, near Holt Lake, DAVID S.
BALL got five strikes out of seven
boxes—can you beat it, if so, let us
know—(MRS. BALL is also getting to
be quite an expert at this popular
sport—getting three strikes M one
game—their little daughter, BET/LY
ANN, surprised eYery one recently
by her skill—getting two strikes and
a spare in one game. .