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The J ohnsionian
Single Copy 5c
number 7.
VOL. 25
JOHNSTON COUNTY
CO-OPS TO MEET
War Birds in Their Nest on Pacific
Smithfield, Feb. 11. — Johnston
County stockholders and pa.trons of
the Farmers Cooperative Exchange
and members of the Cotton Associa
tion will gather in the Legion Hut
here Thursday, Feb. 19th, at 2:30 p.
in. for their annual joint meeting-,.
Jack Edwards, manager of the John
ston FCX Service, announced here to
day.
Principal speaker at the meeting
will be M. G. Mann, general manapr
of both the North Carolina Cotton
Growers Cooperative Associaticm an
the Farmers Cooperative Exchange,
who will report on the past year s op
erations of both cooperatives. In a
dition a complete report on the opera
tions of the Johnston FCX Service
ivill be given. , , , ^
The program will also include the
selection of an advisory board aroun
’the. local FCX for the ensuing year
and the election of delegates to at
tend the Cotton Association distn
meeting at which candidates wU be
nominated for director of this distrm^
The present local FCX advisory hopd
is composed by M. C. Hpks,
ton, route 1; T. C. Barbour, of Four
Oaks, route 3; R. H. Lassitp, of Fsp
Oaks, route 3; Rufus W S^^^ders, oj:
Pour Oaks, route 1, and J. B.
of Princeton, route 2. rmblic
The meeting is open to
Mr. Edwards said, inviting all inter
ested in agriculture to attend^
view, however, of our go
anneal for all of us to save tires anU
oil and gasoline and wear and tear
pointed out that the meeting
schedule has been a^o^^ed early «
the hope that
ers can plan one ot . they
to Smithfield in such a that t^^y
can attend without having t
extra driving.
iSELMA BOY DIES
IN WAR ACTION
Parents of Kennit
Notified He Was
Pacific Zone.
Stallings
Killed In
Allen, Murderer of
Three Persons, On
Trial For His Life
-^The parents of Kermit Stylings,
Selma youth who had been m Pacific
service with the U- S. Navy, ^ ” W/'/^o
ficiaiiy natified of their sons death Rntmer Towoship Farmer, Was
on December 7. - lyir Herman Allen, oan hIc Rmth-
The 22-year-old youth, _son of Mr.| ^ ^ fUf- Murder OI H-IS ttrOm
and Mrs. William Clem Stallings of
Selma, route 1, was reported oy the
Navy Department on December 21 to
he missing following action m e
war zone. The young man had served
with the Navy for two years and was
a fireman first class at .the time o
his death. The final telegram, just re
ceived by the parents, was ®
ficial Washington declaration confir
ing the fact that Kermit had died
while in performance of his duty.
Surviving .the youth
three brothers, Roger, J- •
Willie Stallings of Selma Route L
and four sisters, Mrs. J. B- Cap^ ot
5plma Route 1, Mrs. Elton E. Boykin
of Kenly, Route 2, and Misses Mamie
' and Louise Stallings of Selma, Route
1.
[erman Allen, Banner ,
Placed On Trial For the Murder ol His Broth
erdn-law, Grady Lee, In Johnston
perior Court Wednesday Afternoon — Judge
Jeff D. Johnson Is Presiding.
SMITHFIELD, Feb.
laborer of Banner township for the ^ee.
der way today f -20 tne defendant, was
mother of the slam
1 1 f o Ti «! aircraft carrier ready to take to the
Planes on the deck of a . ■ ^ j Japanese air or sea forces,
air on patrol duty, '»•/'’JV.fVu S navy offensive patrol force some-
This picture v^s *n^de with - y^^ action, but were
where in the Pacific ocea . ^ ,^_„yed for publication by navy.)
“looking for the real thing.” (Approvea lor pu „
FIFTY YOUNG MEN
GO TO FORT BRAGG
County Ready F or
New Registration
~~ ~ ^ ~
All Men Between 20 and 44 Who 1 SELMA MAN BUYS
Hav» N,»t p«vi»udy I pBREED HORSE
Father of ‘Fast Time’
Visions 2-Hour Pushup
Have rsioi
tered Must Do So Monday At
Points Indicated Below
Roosevelt wiH asm loi
Time—a two-hour pushup of --h
tion’s mechanical timepieces—o s
probably late in Apr 1
fand, “father of daylight saving, pre
'’'Silica Pittsburg
introduced leadership
States and in token
SS Cdrow. Wilson and
President Franklin D. Rooseve
ScSy signed the 1918 and 1942
forecast the move to sfe still
aimther hour of sunshine on hee s
°'nf'^pTedictthat the President vvRl
.eel ?o advance the clocks again in
tatter's" «.«•
UTurcniu ^11 came to
to Washington and that tney uct
some agreement. i,een on
Great Britain, X out-
Xl^’^Vw^rl^ War^ Ih/X
■•■“\?ri?thnrtaS time,
Sw/S summer penoh If o-
clocks were advanced anoth^^
'’'difference between British and
rierica?clocks would be restored
throughout the year.
All men between the ages of 20 and
44 who have not previously register
ed’wth some draft board are requir
ed to do so on Monday, February 16.
Just when the men who register nexs-
Monday for the draft will be called
is not known, but since the serial
numbers will not even be a-^ailable
March 9th, it is notexpected
,1.^^ ,.r4ii \\cx wiitn-
Chicago.—Jasper Pittman of Selma
recently purchased a young
Percheron stallion from the Whit ey-
Davis Farms of Qayton. The stallion
is named King Oberon, is a sdky grey
and will be two years old on Blay 1st.
Sales of Percherons have risen con
siderably during the fall and winter
months, according to the records of
the Percheron Horse Association at
Chicago, and prices now are much
Sovf ’those of the 1940-41 levels.
before marcn uui, n- ‘"'.rT' -ti,
than any of them wall be ca e wi. _ the 194U-41 ievei».
io the next.30 da^s.^^ men XelL-s^pXX increasing demand
- Mr.nHavwill iFpir ton horses. Dr. G. n. -,
county:
Courthouse—Smithfield.
Old ABC Store—Bensom
School Building—Four Oaks.
School Building-Cleveland.
Community Hnt-Pleasant Grove.
Community Hut-Wilson f-Wl®-
School Building—Peacock s Cross
’Xentonville—Beasley’s Store.
Johnston County Draft Board No. 2
announced Saturday J^XlowiX
would he conducted at ^e foRo g
points within the Selma Draft Boards
’"sit-Office of Local Board, with
^SytlJn-VoXXtwithJ.T.Page
’"cSh-Holder-At CoHnth-Holder
school building, with R. E. Larp
"’'K?nly-Band Hall, with Paul D.
Grady in charge.
The law requires that all male p
sons who were horn on or ^fter jeh^
ruarv 17 1897 and on or betore ne
cember 31, 1921 to register for possi
ble military service.
Radio Commentator To
Speak At Court House
Breeders reporr an »
for their top horses. Dr. G. H. Hmes,
of Hume, 111., for instance, says that
heY'gekng fifty dollars a team
more for his Percherons than he did
two months ago; C. William Pearson
of Mitchellville, la., reports the sanie
increase holds true in his section of
the country.
While this increase in sales and
nrices is due in some measure to the
rationing of f^es and parts many
breeders feel that the rise also can oe
attributed to the fact that current
draft horse breeding m fb® ™d
States is far below normal replace
ment requirements
Selma Man Promoted
To Corporal In Marmes
PINE LEVEL PEOPLE
hurt IN ACCIDENTS
W E. DehnXX^s f nimentator,
’ » • fV«o rourt h.ous6
will speak in the cour -,-iock
if ^rWveRomed by many who ,\t^‘gVew‘into one
’'IftefhirtShe will conduct an XXffrShfw^ taken to Duke
After his talk, ^ bm ^he eye was removed.
Miss Gladys Pendergraft, of Pine
L.“r‘tridiS
days ago when a pie_ce^oJ^ kmdling.
ask itliGin. ^ iiTid.GV th©
Mr Debnam is coming ^lo+inns
— - . chairman.
The United States Marine Corps is
pf ud to announce .that Wilham R.
Watson of Selma, route 1, was pro
moted to the rank of Corporal m
United States Marine Corps
After Watson completed his recru
trails at .the Marine Corps Train
ing Base on Parris Is and, S- C.. he
wfs sent to the Naval Air StaUom
Pensacola, Florida, where he is
^'clrpoval Watson is qualified as e
pru“thfuSf ?'tb: hXiX
Watson’s rapid promotion with the
the service but also to .-
1 who enlist now an opportunity to
rapidly in the ranks.
morning by the local Selective Service
1Bo™No."2, for P-XXu"brg"-
ina,tion. and all wbo pass will be g
’■ en classifications and called for inuu
aywfrth Ba, T.H
D.vi. Mncrton Wootow
S. Baffin
S™T,e.n,Sett™.«.lXX'S,ta
Gurley, r'XX 'i„Lu Fruiklin
Daughtry, Selma, w
Barnes, Selma, Rou e 1 Osca
jTalton. Renly, Pmute ,_ a.
. c-rd. Wendell, Wilkerson.
Crocker, Ken y, .House,
Kenly. Rou e ^ Ja^we
Pine Level, Willian colum-
Boykin, Wendell, Boute K Dt
bus Batten, Selma; Paul Pete i
Xd'Tupp^rt Shehdan aayWn;^^^^_
ly. Route 2; James R.attle ’^evel;
^iSe^s'^T^mpson,’ Smithfield,
Leon Sanders Richardson,
Route 2, Jesse .^Riiam Allen
Wendell B^ro ’te 2; Benjamin El-
Broom, Kenly, I Route 2; Allen
bert Batten, Route 1;
Raymond Barims, ^ jeii, Rt.'
Tsador Baynor Williams,
|l; Nathanml Wilson F
13; James Llarencex n’Neal. of
Route 2; Furope^ Alvin'Orvis Peedin,
Wendell, Route ^ person Eason,
Selma, Ball Wallace Hol-
S:K;"r>^X^FlDal^C^n
ton Joseph Sugg, Prmceton.
Selection of a jury which
begun Tuesday afternoon at o ;30
was completed at 11 :o0 whem
the 13th juror was selected-
Comd. Donald T. Giles, U.S.N.,
VtlXn'Sn”’. Hta
live in Annapolis, Md.
FORMER KENLY MAN
assistant TO NYA
Raleigh, Feh. 11.—The appointment
of Thomas H. Broughton of Dunn and
Lenoir, as administrative assistant to
the administrator of the b-ation
Youth Administration for b,orth
Carolina was announced ■ today
State NYA Administrator, John a.
Broughton will direct civihap de
fense activities of the NYA for North
Carolina, serving as liaison
tween the State NYA and the Oftice
'of Civilian Defense. .Tbro^gbJocal
NYA advisory committees Ibjou„
out the State, the work of the NYA
Xl be coordinated with activities of
local defense councils.
The NYA is cooperating vitb
civilian defense agencies throughout
i Cth Carolina in the production of
arm bands for civilian defense ^ohln
'teel workers, surgical dressings em-
erglnwy stretehers. blackout curtains
to more than 75 other articles and
Ltatee. for clvili."
Prior to joining the State i
staff in May 1941 as Sector o^in-
j’^xe-iM-rmirSK
ton, of Kenly.
Mrs. Lee testified that she-
Grady Lee, her daughter, Mrs. Her-
man Allen, and Rufus Massengill, 10-
vear-old son of Mrs. Allen by a for
mer husband, were at her home when
Allen arrived around 6 a. m. e
knocked .twice, then went to the w n-
Lw and shot Grady Lee, who was sit
ting at the breakfast table eating, and
told her that if she did not operi the
door he would shoot her. She said she
went .^0 the bedroom and woke up her
daughter telling her that Herman had
’"’’she^atfshe heard Herman say,
after shooting her son, “You’ll open
fV)p door now will you. ^ „ * *j
Mrs. Lee testified that
he would open the door and that she
was afraid and left, going to the home
f Carl Lee and from there coming.
IS Ms So" to Smithfield for officer.
Before getting out of
home she heard her daughter calU^
“Mama” but she was afraid
After coming to Bmithfiel ,
turned .+0 h er home and saw Graay
Lee lying on the kitchen ftao^^Se
he had fallen when shot, with his face
covered with'bload and hlopd over the
'’when asked if her son gave her
trouble Mrs. Lee said he was just as
‘‘'¥to"fecond .Itne.,
little Rufus Massengill,
'Mrs. Allen got away and ™n out
about the smokehouse. He said Allen
W At him and he fell to the ground
S. Id™.l.y kot ,p and »„ ™d.r
(Continued on page eight)
Seen and Heard Along
the MAINDRAG
:By H. H. L. ‘
o -iiScru^AHier Former Kiwanis Head
^ £!ed In Accident Puts On ^ Program
^ t;.--™.... virranis President, the Rev.
Smithfield, Feb. 11.—Mr. and Mrs.
C. M. Register of Bn'ithfleld were no
tified today by Army offi ers^ at
SnrJoe^pSlsttr! had been Injured
in a motorcycle accidenL
Former Kiwanis
D M. Clemmons, w-as progra
at the local Kiwapis club on last
Thursday evening. Papers were dis
tributed to each Kiwanian anda^iL
«■- irri.mr.Ss
G. W. Grier,
funSmhh^or
OSCAR D. JOHNSON
Eddie Ballinger, 40-^®^? anTye
dent of Pine Level, also lost an eye
recently while splitting kindling. A
olelrof wood flew into one of his
eyes, necessiatting its removal. "T
operation was performed at Duke
Hospital
Local A. T. & T. Co.
Men Now In Charlotte
cle acciuem. was"a£ to ans’^ver certain questions
The message stated that Sergeant p^ogranichairma ,
SSXtir : - answ. . *
. i-V\£k
Funeral "’as held Sunday afternoon
n«car D. Johnson, o> ox >
for uscar u. .
route 2, who ^led at h
Meadow CalvLy Bap-
« TViP rites were at
noon. The Johnson-
JiUV/li.. —
"ee ceme^ry, near the home.
e,“n«U-
tr-ta cntt|« XTUTd
was"treated by Dr. E. N. Booker.
Lt. Henry A. Lassiter
Returns From Iceland
Mr G H. Younger of the local
Mr. G. , & Telegraph
American ieiepnone char-
company, left Wednesday for Char^
lotte, where he will take a cours
„Wype^mai„M^.X,
Telephone and Telegraph company,
has gone to Charlotte, where he will
l!elie?e the engineer outside ptofo^
the 30th district, comprising
and South Carolina'.
anu Biio* -
if fboir son at tbo camp.
Wealt Register is the twin broth
Serg rViorlp^; Refdster, who
er of. Sergeant Charles
was .injured an a
■rhr.ta.rScr,m.d tro-m hi. inih.
Both brother, are stattoned at
Fort Jackson.
Selma Youth Gets New
Rating At Fort Jackson
COTTON MARKET
ir- f,r./1ov’s cott
The following is bv °'^the
Prin Son of Sel-
""sWct‘’Middlihg “
Middling - - ..Q o.4c
Strict Low Bright W 3
Strict Low Dark
livestock
Lt Henry A. Lassiter of the United
States Marine Corps who has recto
ly been wRh Mrs. Lassi-
X, r --h Renfrew.
A .ener^Xr^nTaltoToto,
• some rime iX wRh'i;. Lassi-1 St|ly
X, the former^Jg Sntof W C. State College Ex-
He ®^P®®^"X/s Lassiter wfill motor tension Service^^____
to^Ln Wego, California, where Lt. ^ drafted for War
ilaSr^'SectB to be stationed Buy a Bond,
some time.
propounaeu uy
eiving the answer by number.
^ A nrize was offered to the one gi
“.rald'tSrSrKSr^r^-
1 ard forthwith presented this to M s.,
^rtov^f’to be a “interesting
and educational contest, and was en-
the club will meet at 7^30
.that by sun time the ho ,
same as usual.
P F (Pete) Strickland, son of Mr.
rl Mrs R F Strickland, of Setaa,
X r..VLi™r.e„i.r.
rhr'hee‘;'';s&^fofo.fj“,-
Pete sayf he^'is'gertlng along fine and
S?lined ,.heut «« “
weight. He is with Hq. battery,
Bn.r 113th Field Artillery.
New Grand Jury Sworn
In For Six Months
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WALT GODWIN seen buying toma
to seed—WALT says he’s planning to
set out five acres in tomatoes and
Plant ,iwentv-five acres in vegetables
plant fowe . looker, m com-
Xth’^LAWYER HOBBS, while
in.»fo fop*«- "““'■Si';
nvpr a fine Plymouth Rock hen, kill
X the Sicken-DR. BOOK^.R stop^
This car went to the home and
knoAed 01^ the door-a farm t^man
milwered his knock and the good doc-
,tor informed her of the bil'mg of her
chick—“I want to pay you for your
Vipn. he told her, i
rilfyo^te d°oTto put tha°token
back just like it was before, she torn
LhnJvhy, that’s impossible,’’ said
\L doctor, “looks like you that
f™,.,,-ou.id
Je, BOOk'eR, Ind ta “|y%AYOE
Ks%id:htaj-.j.:xss
11 o’clock it was still in session
nt 11 0 Vv /4-ir irj town wss
ifor;S-tS..tfo a
on hand to ®®® i . g__“a few more
rlA'o»“id%.tahd,EMEEYMN-
chJtt hS “, “ThftaS
“TSoN—e'v.
nPMNY was one ot the nebi ivi
• ’ Rantist ministers m the
Primitive Baptist m gj,^BR
state-g ad to bave u
5ed by the Quality F^od Store m
riSVthe local
1 the REV. aud MRS. GADD|, P
of Attorney CARl. GAuy ,
Maindrag Tuesday evening - come
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