The J ohnstonian-Sun
•VOL. 25
FEBRUARY 19, 1942.
Single Copy 5c
NUMBER 8.
KIWANIS CLUB TO
SPONSOR MOVIE
Lieut. Henry A. Lassiter, Who
Had Just Returned From Ice
land, Gave Am Interesting Ac
count of the Island—“Passion
Play” to Be Shown lon March
6th in School Auditorium.
HOLD RECORD, HARD TO BEAT!
It was brought out at the regular
meeting of the Selma Kiwanis club
last Thursday night that the directors
have arranged to sponsor a niovn^
picture on Friday night, March 6t .
the title of which is “The Passion
Play”. This will be the first oppor
tunity the people of this section ave
had to see this wonderful portrayal
of the life of Christ. It will be a
regular sound movie, and we are sure
everyone wll want to avail them
selves of the opportunity to see it.
You can learn more from
Picture for one hour and ^ half than
you can by reading several chapter
in the Bible, as no other picture ever
made, carries such an impressive
story of the life of Christ.
Another interesting feature the
^neeting was a talk by Lieut. Hen^
A. Lassiter who has just
from Iceland where he spent several
months in the tr'p
He talked interestingly of the trip
over there and on the return trip,
also told something of people an
industry of the island. He said that
many people have the idea that Ice
land is an extremely cold but
tte wamlh of the Gulf
,hieh *>■« ""3's,,!
Great extent. Of course, he said, tnis
does not apply to all of the «
hut just to the southern pd of It The
interior and northern tiP
is so cold that there is nothing ex
cept icefields the
said the wind blows there p
strong nearly all the time, and that
some very severe storms were ex ]
Sneed whil. he w. there, one of
rS tv.. eoeompenied h, . w,nd rf
.bon. 130 ‘»”bJ'’'Lrejt
farming carried on thew,
Lassiter said, - ^fttle of
SrfsW would even P-du^^^f;.^,^’
Xnr.h';lour?n 4 of the >..»
and along the coastal a«a He ^aid
people and most of them speak Lng
tas “h.”,e'‘'’he*bo.r™. heeW f»
that the submarines might p
attack. .j?
Tt was voted to change to time o
It was voieu o’clock un-
HlluXr notice, war time^ofjou^^^^^
T^roffram CViairiTian J* • ,t1/I
^ ^ tri that Leon Brown would
j^idr^oS”.
1,5.”S Hone,
^^^''f%'ih®e?enrcSc XbVin
EitSoS-HsS
, Ih. J£”n”i ““n.bl.
heved one ol tne -gncler is to
services such , feeling among 1
try to eueourage such a
the people of the wnm
„ the club o»“
. recommend that eaci
a farmer as his S"-®®. v,„iief Mr.
ing. 1, e3h“”"h X*“' «' •“
"'■‘",“i4nh.t ‘■Bn.in.oo n.o.llV
great truth th ^ stays
goes where it is invi
where it is v'eU treated.
1 APPLICATIONS ARE
Ibeing received for
1 COTTON INSURANCE
Applications now are being received
by county AAA offices for insurance
on the 1942 cotton crop, according to
Tom Cornwtell, Cleveland County far
mer and a member of the State AAA
Committee.
Allen Sentenced To
Die March 27 For
Murder Grady Lee
-•* —
This is the first time North Caro
lina’s 175,000 cotton producers have
been offered an opportunity to insure
their yields in a plan similar to the
wheat crop insurance which has been
available for the past two years. Corn-
well said
WHEN TO SEEK
AN APPEAL
BETTY ANN, 12, have made^l ""wraderful
Mr. and Mrs David S.JBall, Sunday since they
record by attending Sunday «chwi every^^^^ Sunday. On their
rwe^tS "^l^ngj^ded them for perfect attei^
3,000 Are
Res'istered
In Johnston
“VICTORY GARDEN’
IS WORTH $253 TO
A FAMILY OF FIVE
Registration under the
third draft call climbed to a
total of 198,021 Wednesday
in North Carolina as State
headquarters in Raleigh
ceived reports from 59 addi
tional draft Ixiards , listing
new figures of 79,038.
The new' returns brought
reports from 147 of the 155
draft boards in North Caroli
na.
Final figures, which proba
bly will arrive by Saturday,
according to State headquar
ters, will fall far short of the
245,000 which had been xpect--
ed to register during the call
for unregistered men between
20 and 45 years of age.
Johnston County
No. 1, located at Smithfield.
reports a registration of 1,-
623, while Board No. 2 at .Sel
ma reports a registration of
1,465.
TAX SUPERVISOR
G. IRA FORD SAYS
business is good
Large Fire Consumes
Smithfield Warehouse
A s.torage warehouse belonging to
.1 ^ r,iv C Lee Manufacturing Co.,
S's^Mbid d«tr,V.d>y
U 4- last Friday morning. I be
SW' was located 3-^X"mS
Snt cite GiirC Lee Manufactur-
If’thT warehouse, the property of
Cuv C Lee Manufacturing Co.,
..r of flooring and part of a car
f®fastering material. The origin of
rL ffreTs undetermined, but most of
Se waVwas said to have been cov
ered by insurance
From the ofice of Tax Collector of
Johnston county comes word that tax
collections have been given a boost
during the past few months.
In the period July 1, 1941 to Jan
uary 31, 1942 the tax office had a
.total revenue of $483,111.03. Of rs
amount $313,828.33 represented cur
rent taxes collected-69.25 per cent
of the total current levy. Ford said
$19,588.99 of the revenue was re
vived on taxes which had been
charged off and were never expected
to come in. , i 1
The July-January revenue is brok^
en down as follows: covering 1940
and prior:
Land Sales—$91,965.96.
Personal Property—$40,873.36.
Peal Estate owned by county $2o,-
Tax Notes, interest—$1,597.04.
Deeds of Trust and interest $3,-
Rents on county property, $1,822
■'^^Schedule B licenses—$806.03.
Beer and wine licenses—$2,561 .uu.
Current
Current taxes collected, $313,828.-
oo
Total colleotioris—$483,111.03.
Vegetables that can be grot|n in
a “Victory Garden” are worth $253.-
55, based on retail store prices^says
H R. Niswonger. Extension horticul
turist of N. C. State College. If the
vegetables were all sold on curb Piar-
kets, at seasonal prices, they would
bring $255.28. ^
“All this is possible Nfsw^ser
declared, “through a little garden
work, the proper fertilizer and sprgj'
materials, and a special conection pf.
Victory Garden seed which i%_,. being
sold throughout, the- State by
seedsmen at prices ranging from
to $6.50 for the entire seed assort
ment. It is evident from this that a
Victory Garden is a good investment.
As examples of the value of garden
crops, the horticulturist said that one-
half ounce of tomato seed will pro
duce enough plants to put out 750 row
feet. This planting will be sufficient
to feed a family of five, both fresh
tomatoes and an extra amount for
canning, throughout the year. The ap
proximate yield from 750 row feet o
lomatoes would be 20 bushels, or 1-
200 pounds. At a retail and curb ‘iiar-
ket price of 6 cents per pound, the
value of the tomatoes m a Victory
Garden would be $72.
Two and one-half pounds of bush
lima beans, planted in 250 feet
will yield approximately 35 quaits
shelled. At 40 cents per quart, the
vaL would be $14.00 « requires 5
ounces of turnip seed to plant a su
ficient amount for a family of five,
but this planting will
mately nine bushels, or 450 p
of turnip roots. At a retail price of 3
cents per pound, the value is $13.50
Tt a curb market price of 4 cents per
pound, the value is $18.00.
“Grow a Victory Garden to shov
your patriotism, to help meet
^ ^ i_ A 4-rt iTYmrove you
“This insurance is issued by the
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation,
and affords the cotton producer an op
portunity to insure his yield either for
75 per cent or 60 per cent of his nor
mal production in past years,” Corn-
well said.
“The corporation is a non-profit
agency of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, and funds for
administering the program were ap
propriated by Congress. Cotton and
wheat insurance is not designed to
make money for the farmer or the
corporation, but to serve, like fire in
surance, as partial protection against
loss.”
Premium rates are determined for
individual farms on the basis of loss
es during the past seven years, and
these records now are available in the
county AAA offices.
He pointed out that the insurance
is available to anyone having an in
terest in a cotton crop, whether land-
owner, tenant or sharecropper. Insur
ance taken by one person having an
interest in the crop, however, has no
effect on any other person interested
in the same crop. An applicant may
choose insurance on three-fourths or
one-half of his normal production, as
he desires.
Premiums, it was pointed out, are
payable at the time the application
is signed or may be deducted from
payments due the applicant in 1042
for compliance in the 1942 Agricul
tural Conservation P’-of f
same manner as grant-of-aid costs
"""in^^nfcast he said. hU'
be insured on more than He cotton
acreage allotted under the AAA pro
gram. Deadline for filing applications
is March 15.
There has been a great deal
of misunderstanding and con
fusion concerning appeals of
classifications given the regis
trants recently. In ordm’ to
furnish everyone with help
ful infonnation regarding the
methods and time in which
appeals may be I’ecogmzed
’W. W. Hare, head of Draft
Board No. 2, states th^4 if
the registrant is dissatisfim
with his classification ca,rd,
which is issued after having
taken the screening examina
tion, he will have 10 days in
which he may file notice of an
appeal. However, if the legis-
trant should fail to file an ap
peal within that time he auto
matically loses any chance
for future appeal. Shortly
after receiving the screening-
examination, usually 10 days,
those classified as lA are sent
to Fort Bragg or Raleigh for
pre-induction examination.
Upon final determination by
an examining board of the
armed forces indicating your
fitness for military service,
you will receive an Order to
Report for Induction, and a
minimum of 10 days will be
allowed to arrange your per
sonal and business affairs.
No registrant will be given
the right of appeal from the
classification by th®
inb^ board of the ai-mfecl foives,
which is final.
Herman Allen, Who Was Accus
ed of KiUing Three Persons
Convicted by Jury and Given
Sentence of Death In Gas
Chamber — Defendant Gives
Notice of Appeal To Supreme
Court.
big demand for
SKILLED WORKERS
mT Leds, and to teiprove your
health,” the horticulturist urged.
PACKING PLANT
DIRECTORS MEET
Mr Floyd C. Price, president of
the Carolina Packers, reports
a very enthusiastic meeting ot -tne
board of directors of the company,
Xch was held on last Friday even-
“The business is growing, saiu
Mr Price, “and the company is pay
ing the highest market prices for
cattle, hogs, etc.” ,
This is a home organization- ana
affords a market to J^nston county
farmers for their ®attle, hogs, etc
and deserves the ^uPPoH
neonle and we are glad to know that
the plant is doing such a goo usi-
ness If vou have not yet tried .t
nmrket, 'you should do so at your
next opportunity.
COTTON MARKET
Farmers Invited!
highest
A summary of 1941 P°blHy records
for Mitchell County shows that Mrs.
C S. Dale of Spruce Pine, Route 1,
had the highest return per ^d after
feed costs had been paid, $3.26.
The following is Hday’s cotton
Strik Middling 20 L4c
Middling - - ■ „ ,
Bright Strict Diw - 19 3 4c
S.trict Low
SCRAP
Jones County 4-H Club menibers
are collecting scrap wf' ^^d paper,
the proceeds from which they plan to
buy defense stamps, reports Assist
i ant Farm Agent Jack Kelley.
1 Women never tire of redecorating
rooms or reforming men. -
D. S. Weaver, Agricultural Engl
neer of State College, Raleigh, with
the cooperation of County 4^®’!
M. A. Morgan, and Floyd C. Price &
Son? local implement dealers, wil
hold an important meeting wuth ter
mers here Tuesday afternoon, Febru
ary 24th, at 2 o’clock, in the Ameri
can Legion Auditorium. The informa
tion to be obtained at this meeting
will he very helpful to all farmers
who are interested in receiving great
er service from their farm machin
ery. The county agent and a repre
sentative of the International Har
vester Machine Company will Iw the
speakrts. All farmers especially in
vited, as well asAhe general public.
Within the next twelve months a
million and a half of
be needed in defense industries o
.this country. At least a third of this
number will be brought in from places
outside the war industry
Mr -L. J. Craven, manager of the Ka-
Eigh office of the United States Em
ployment Service, said today that
men and women who want on f
these jobs should register at the local
office of the United States Eniploy-
ment Office. “Don’t pull up stakes in
S.m.to«n-aon-l ,l»t
the highways on the chance of
ing a lob for yourself in some other
State ” he said. “For a ,iob in j
hometown or for a job elsewhere
•• I’”" 'r'
Service or nearest - itinerant pomt.
^ Mr Craven called attention to the
fact that the shipyards, the a'wraft
nlints steel mills, gun factories,
ciemical works, and '’a"®"® "^^y
turing industries now getting reaay
.V4.)
United States Employment 04™^
That office can help him_ find a j
wherever defense production is going
Those who are unemployed and
iUneteutEoint and talk with a niem-
berof the staff. The service is free to
all and information received at this
office may sometime save useless e
?ense and unnecessary traveling^
' to f *.m tta.™
toialize ^He e’Siilted the fact that
and, consequently the loca
knows’ where jobs are available an
what kind of skills are f®ded_
People living in Johnston EoUb y
mav register each “Friday in
Town Hail at Clayton from 9130 a. m.
to 10:30 a. m., in the Courthouse
Smithfield from 10 M5 a. ^
Noon, and in the Mayor s Office at
Selma from 1:15 p. m. to o.l5. p. m.
Mr. Hare asks that you ob
serve carefully any mail sent
you fi,’om your loca’ drait
board and comply promptly
to the directions printed on
it. Failure to do so may only
lead to some unjust, yet re-
gretable, action by the board
in regards to your individual
case. You MUST help your
draft board!
Smithfield, Feb. 16.—A Johnston
County jury, after deliberating one
hour and 45 minutes, tonight return
ed a verdict of guilty of murder in
the first degree against Herman Al
len, 35-year-old farm laborer, in the
pre-dawn slaying of his brother-in-
law, Grady Lee, on January 15.
Judge Jeff Johnson of Clinton im
mediately sentenced Allen to die in
the gas chamber at State Prison on
Friday, March 27.
Allen was charged wi.th the mur
der of two others—his wife, Mrs.
Ruth Allen, and a friend. Cap Raynor.
He was tried specifically on only one
case, that of the shot-gun slaying of
Lee, who was killed while he ate'his
breakfast. -
Judge Johnson completed his
charge to the jury at 6:15 p. m., and
then recessed court until 8 o clock
when the jury began deliberating on
the fate of Allen.
In his charge. Judge Johnson re
viewed the general location and cir
cumstances of the triple slaying com
mitted in the early morning of Janu-,
ary 16, when Allen allegedly called
Cap Raynor from his home and kill-
ed him with a shotgun blast. Allen
was then charged with walking seven
miles and • shooting Grady Lee
through a window while his brother-
in-law sat eating breakfast. Later he
allegedly dragged his wife, Mrs.
Ruth Allen, out of bed, chased her in
to a barn lot and killed her with the
' shotgun. . 4
Eyidbiw^ H the. cas^whiijn attract-,
widespread attention throughout
Johnston county, was dosed Saturday
afternoon. E-. J. Wellons made the
first address to the jury for the de
fense at that time, after which court
adjourned until Monday morning.
Lawrence H. Wallace continued argu
ments for the defense when court op-
^Contirtued on page eight)
TOWN OF SELMA TO
COLLECT SCRAP IRON
Seen and Heard Along
THE MAINDRAG
:By H. H. L.
Any person having scrap iron that
is useless to them,, or some they
would like to donate to Nationa De
fense, please call the Town Clerks
office in Selma and leave “"i®
with Mr. M. R. Wall or Mr. W. D.
Pcrkixis.
Mayor B. A. Henry says the tovni
will furnish a truck to pick the iron
up at the homes of those who leave
their names at the Clerk s Office.
Collections will be made only on
Thursday of each week. Clean up
your premises and give that scrap
iron to help scrap the ^
will leave all iron collected at the
Selma school building for collection
by junk dealers.
County Game Warden
Resigns For War Job
County Game Warden William S.
Ragsdale, Jr., of Smithfield, has re
signed his position with the coumy
to accept a job with the Glen L. Mar
tin Aircraft Corporation in Balti
more, Md. He will be in the engineer^
ing department, which is in line with
his former avocation.
Local Glee Club On v
Church Program Here
The Glee Club of the Selma higi
school, under the direction of Miss
Naomi Smith, will sing at the Selma
Baptist church Sunday morning at
the eleven o’clock service. This
be in connection with the regular
worship service. The public is cordi
ally invited.
Raleigh Editor To
Speak Here Sunday
POULTRY
Interest in poultry Pf
hit a high peak among farm famiUf
of Cleveland County, reports L. .
Thornton, assistant farm agent of the
N. C. State College Extension Serv
ice,
Tohn A. Park, editor of The Ral-
pteh Times will speak to the Meth
odist congregation f^ at
Memorial Methodist church here at
11 o’clock Sunday morning, Februa
rv 22 on “The Mission of the Church
bhi P~». WorW He
speak in place of the pastor, fe
lo. L. Hathaway. The public is cordi-
l ally invited to hear him
“I’m feeling fine and can do more
with greater ease here than at
home,” writes DR. WADE H. AT
KINSON to the Maindrag scribe—
the doctor and his wife are spending
the winter in Arizona — ROBERT
YOUNGBLOOD, who has been with
the Selma Drug Co. for the past
three years, has re.signed his job and
enlisted in Uncle Sam’s Army—wfn
a young man with .the promise of a
brilliant future leaves his home, his
family and his friends to enter the
country’s armed forces, you hate to
see him go—yet, at the same time,
you wouldn’t have him do oteerwuse
—today, to every good American the
only important consideration is a
speedy and decisive Victory over the
most barbarous and treacherous foes
that ever threatened our peace and
security—there are colored f ys liv
ing in Selma by the name of Zero,
“1 iahtning,” “Midnight,” “Annie,
aS “pEth”-CLARENCE BAILEY
struck a snag last Monday while as
sisting la ’■eKistering draftees—one
young fellow came up to CLARENCE
to register, but
name, neither could CLARENCE
dr booker said it sounded more
like a “sneeze” than ^"rtWng;^else-
you’ll just have to hand it f BAVID
BALL—a few nights ago while bowl
ing he made 215 points in one gam^
these preachers around here, REVb.
* CLEMMONS and HATHAWAY, wil
have to do some Practiemg to beat
that score—now, EDITOR |LANCI ^
might do it, or even RALEIGH
GRIFFIN, hut we doubt it our
friend, H. W. EVERITT, of the Pay
and Save Market, says he wante to
see every member of the Men s Bible
dass of the Methodist Church pres-
e„*t .n ».xl S„nd=y-to K w.„»
directors who were so ’’^^ly e ^
tertained at the home of MR. AMU
MRS. J. C. AVERY on Monday even
ing, say it was a great temptation to
ea? too much, and MATT WALL a^
PARSON CLEMMONS were reported
(by RALEIGH GRIFFIN to have de^
molished, a lot a good
CLEMMONS held the center of the
stage during the social hour when he
oTof th.OTLLET BEE i. S0,|tt
America, which, according to this
popular minister, possesses a beak
several inches long and travels at the
rate of more than 500 miles an hour,
often puncturing holes in the walls of
fishing craft and other objeets-teven
killing cattle at times—the great pity
is that we can’t release a lot of these
insects upon the JAPS. _. . . «