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V i CARTER’S CHAPEL NEWS Hilton Thorne left Saturday for Camp Bowie, Texas, after spending several days with relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Preston Hawley spent the week end with his parents in Wilson county. James E. Richardson, of Fort Bragg, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Richardson last week. Brooks Allen, of Micro, was also a i visitor there Sunday afternoon. Miss Lena Rose, of Raleigh, was! the week end g'uest of G. W. Rose and family. Mrs. Earl Lane and children, of Norfolk, Va., were the week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sulli van. Doro.thy Sullivan returned with them to spend a few days. Misses Hazel Thorne and Jewel Tackett, of Raleigh, spent the week end with the family of Martin Thorne. i Miss Edith Rose, of Wilmington, spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Rose. Kenneth Anderson and family; Mrs. J. H. Parnell and children, visit ed the family of J. T. Parnell near Kenly, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Sullivan and son Hugh, visited Rev. and Mrs. A. C. McCall, of Pisgah Church, Sun day afternoon. , , Miss Josephine Flowers returne to school Monday after being out be cause of illness for several days. H. T. Flowers, Sr., is still confined in bed and doesn’t seem to get much better at this time. _ CC — Annoufic^d ■, ytiT’ __ T Dutch Island Occupied by U. S. Troops Mr Lovis Rose and Miss Louise Davis motored to South Carolina on Saturday, Feb. 14th, where they were married. Mr. Hose, who is em- nloved at Jacksonville, N. C., tn son oi Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Rose. Miss Davis is the daughter of Mr. an Mrs. Joe Davis, of near Micro. They WonT Have You Columbus discovered America true. And then I came along and discover- But ^hen the Japs get her it will he AndM’dn they get old Selma I will be mad. They won’t get old C. W., for he is too old and ugly; Thev don’t want him in the Nav> , He stays at home to keep his mal gravy. He lives in a white house by The side of the road, . And i.t looks like a little jumpy toad, He has a Ford and it will shrie ^ And he puts the water in and it will leak. Dp wears a pair of glasses, 5nd his face is as brown as molasses. His is not a matter of pleasure Ind his daddy is But he is a brown-eyed boy six teet by measure. He,don’t drink whisky, He don’t drink wnne, , , • j For the girl he loves is far behind. Nellie Elizabeth West. Smithfield, N. C., Route 1. | missionaryl^der COMING TO SELMA A street scene in the business y which has been ca., the Dutch islanfl “c„n, .™l to reintoree lb. occupied by American troops. highly important oil refinery Dutch units which have been guarding the mgniy in p centers on the island. claytoiTwo^ DIES IN HOSPITAL Clayton.—Mrs. Minnie Johnson, 50, wife of the late R. B. Johnson of Clay ton, died in the Duke Hospital at Durham Sunday afternoon after an illness of two weeks. Funeral services were held from the home of her son, Cary Johnson, here Monday at 3:30 p. m., with the Rev. Roy McCulloch, pastor of the Clay ton Baptist church, officiating. Inter ment was in the Maplewood Ceme- tGry Mrs. Johnson is survived by two sons, Cary and Jesse Johnson of Clay ton; two daughters, Mrs. Maggie Stephenson and Miss Ellen Johnson of Clayton; one brother, G®orge Caudill of Raleigh; one sister, Mrs. J. M. Blake of Raleigh; and two grand children. Mrs. L. Z. Woodard Hostess To Society Last Monday the Methodist Society of Christian Service met with Mrs. L. Z. Woodard. The regular monthly program was presented, and the Study Mission Book on “Seeds in the Soil”, was completed. A sweet course was served. — K — Missionary Society Met Monday P. M. The W. M. S. met with Mrs. R. S. Atkinson on last Monday evening in a joint meeting with the Girls - ux iliary. The president, Mrs. L. H- Johnson, presided. Mrs. C^l gave a short program on Hone&.y. The Girls’ Auxiliary gave*-a demon stration program and presented a play-let “Stew in Stewardship. A sweet course was served. Former Johnston Man Died Friday Morning Dunn—Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock a the Methodist Church here for David Henry Hood, 71, pioneer Dunn citizen and one of the oldest druggists in North Carolina. . Hood died early Friday morning at the local hosp,ital after an illness ot several weeks. A native of Bentonville, Johnston County, Hood attended the °'d iur- lington Institute at Smithfield an then studied pharmacy at the Wil liam Simpson School in Raleigh, was licensed to practice pharmacy in July, 1891. His father was a druggist, as were three of his brothers. There was a total of 15 druggists ,m the family in cluding one girl-a great grandchild Hood was one of the leading and oldest members of the Divine Metho dist Church. f He was forced to retire from busi ness because of his health several years ago, but the ^°™ts ed is still being operated by his sons, Paul and Thomas Hood. The Rev. O. W. Dowd, pastor of the Divine Street Methodist Church was the oficiating minister at Sunday s services, assisted by the Rev. J. Lijth- 0™!; of the Gospel Tabernacle ^^Burial took place in Greenwood l^TurvMng Mr. Hood are his vwfej two sons, Thomas R. Hood and Paul ' C Hood of Dunn; two daughters, Mrs. James Best and Mrs. Hugh Prince o Dunn; and one sister, Mrs. Dora Kirkman of Smithfield. Dr and Mrs. M. Hinnant accom panied Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Hinshaw, of Chapel Hill, to Williamston, Sun day, where they were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wheller Manning. Mrs. Ruth Owens left Saturday for Alabama, where she will jom her husband who is in seiwice in the "^Mn'and Mrs. H. J. Corbett visited their daughter, Mrs. P. G. Peacock and family in Kenly, Sunday after ^ ""“ah. and Mrs. L. J. Worthington and children visited relatives in Ra leigh, Sunday. ., , , „ Mrs. J. M. Stancil had as her guests, Monday, Mrs. B. G Mooney- ham and two daughters, Mrs. J. F. Durlia, of Jacksonville, and Mrs. Milton Bridges, of Newport News, Va Bob Price, of Fort Benning, Ga., is spending sometime with his parents "'carlyTe" Batten, of Wake Forest College, spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Batten. Miss Marjorie Fitzgerald, ot E.U T.C., Greenville, spent the with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil bert Fitzgerald. Miss Novine Moore, of the Archei Lodge school faculty, spent Sunday afternoon here with friends. Mr. and Mrs. G. Y. Jones, of Laurinburg, spent Sunday wi-h Mr. und Mrs R. C. Pearce. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Wall and fam ily were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rob Brown near Goldsboro, Sunday. Miss Lucille Evans returned to Ra leigh, Sunday, after spending several weeks here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Evans. — .K — Woman’s Auxiliary Met Monday Evening The Woman’s Auxiliary ^he Kenly Presbyterian church day evening, February fith, with Mrs. Louise Wilkinson. Nineteen members were present. Mrs. J. H. Barnes, .the president, presided. The devotiona was led by Mrs. Barnes. Mrs. Lomse Wilkinson had charge of program on “The Christian Ambassa dor.” A sweet course was served. iMrs. H. M' Orizzard the school faculty, spent the i^ek end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hodge. Miss Sulon Johnson, who teaches at Bethel, spent the week end here with her parents^ Mr. and Airs. L- Johnson. , . Mrs. G. W. Zirbes has re..urned from a few days stay in Richmond, Va Mrs. Linda Alford and daughter, Miss Edna Walston, have returned from Macclesfield, where they several weeks with Mrs. Fred Webb. Air. and Mrs. George Pope have re turned from Durham, where fB®y tended the funeral of Airs. Popes father ' • Mrs! Jack Stallings is an operative patient at Rex Hospital, Raleigh. She is doing nicely. Mrs. L. T. Phillips, who has been quite ill for some time is much im proved, her many friends will be glad to know. , Mr. and Mrs. Richard Oliver, ot Raleigh, visited Mrs. Oliver’s pa rents, Mr. and Airs. Luther Kirby, during the week end. . Mrs. Elbert Eskridge, of Raleigh, visited her parents, Air. and Mrs. Paul D. Grady, Sr., during the week end. PAGE THREE PROMINENT FOUR ~ OAKS MAN DIES Funeral services for John E. Hobbs, 74, of Four Oaks, who died Sunday, were held on Monday after noon at the Baptist Church in Ben son with the Rev. Forrest L. Young conducting the services. Interment was in .the Benson cemetery. Pallbearers were: William- -ARen, Jennings Massengill, Preston John ston, Floyd Johnson and Milton Mc- Mr. .Hobbs, who was well throughout Johnston county, had been confined to his bed for a year and a half. He was born m EleyaHoR township and was a member oi tde Baptist church in Benson for twenty five years. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Irene Johnston Hobbs; three daugh ters Mrs. Ruby Sutton of Dunn, Mrs. V.-, and Mat, and three sons, G. T. HobDs o mouth, Johnny Hobbs and Julian Hobbs, both of Four Oaks. Air. Howard Ballance and H. B. Trobard, of Morristown, Tenn., and Mr. and Mrs. Luther Ballance, of Rocky Alount, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Winborne during the week end. David Bunn spent the week end at home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Bunn. TmmTSNTf^ W\ -inflamed Irom conslanl racoughing due to a cold. ■' ^ See how fast one dose $1.W Sl^es. * » J * —— H..P to cold with MCntbO. Entertains Club Mrs. H. M. Grizzard entertained the Tuesday Afternoon bridge clu at her home on Tuesday afternoon Mrs. J. Rudolph Hirhy was winner o^ high score prize and Mrs. C. Wi Edgerton, second high scorer. _ cream pie was served. Bridge v-as in play at three tables. Refrigerators! TTAvrir Rnf ADP) or read ir AI The W. M. B. Secretary from the worSs capital of the « of rieveland, Tennessee, will o® * «-=“ U God on Wool W.d« Street in Selma Saturday night, Feb ruary 21, 1942, for a Missionary Ral ly in this district. Everybody is m- vited t® atten^d^^^^^ QUICK, Pastor. MRS. JOHN HOLLAND, Dis- .trict Booster. Scrap dealers last year supplied a record quantity of 25,000 000 gross ■icna nf scrap, as much as the combin ed purchased and home scrap used m the first World War. To Avenge Mate Bentonville Man Dies Of Pneumonia Monday Stephen Westbrook, 76, of Bentom ville Township, Johnston County, died Aionday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock of ^"puneral services were held at the residence Tuesday at 3 o clock with the pastor of Millcreek Chnstmn Church in charge and burial ^^as made in the family cemetery. Mr Westbrook was married first to Miss Betty Thornton of Ben- tonville Township and the following cWldren were born of this union: Leon, Norman and home; Harvey of Alexandria, Va Aldon of Washington, D. C., Mrs. La Langston, Mrs. Nora Langston and Mrs. Frank Langston, all of the ' Bentonville section. He was ue’^t quar ried to Miss Avy ^ children, Betty Grace and Ada hoy, Le born of this union. Also surviv- ug in addition to his second wife Je two brothers, William and John Westbrook of Sampson County; feo sisters, Mrs. James Lee and Mrs. Olivia Massengill, both of near Ben tonville. Miscelleanous Shower Mrs. Eddie Stancil entertained a number of her friends Thursday at- ternoon at her home, honoring her daughter-in-law, Mrs. James Otis Stancil, of Rocky Mount, a rqcent bride, who was her house guest tor a number of days. The honoree was showered Ritn many nice and useful gifts from "’"iToSS, s.h,el 1,0. chocoLto, cake, sandwiches and nuts. — M — Valentitle Party Mrs. C, W. Pearce gave her Junior League class a valentine party at her home Friday afternoon. games were played, later deliciom refreshments were served. Valentines wer jpiven 3-s favors. Joint Hostesses At Bridge Party Friday night, Mrs. Paul D. Grady and Mrs. Elbert Eskridge were joint hostesses at bridge, honoring Mrs. 1 Nuit Williams, a recent bride, bix ta bles were set for play. Spring flow- ers and Valentine .talieys were us^ed Mrs. C. William Edgerton was hi,^h scorer. Table prizes were awarded by Mrs. Carl Lewis, Mrs. Annie Ruwls, Mrs. H. M. Grizzard, Jr-. M^s^ ^Lhe Williams and Mrs. Jack Hooks, ih® honoree was presented a piece o crystal. Ice cream in Valentine style, j was served. _ K — _ I Miss Ida Hodge, of Raleigh, the Aveek end with her parents, Mr. I and Mrs. J. A. Hodge. Miss Mary Johnson, student at Flora McDonald College B®^ Springs, spent the week end at home with her parents, Mr. and Airs. L. H. j '^°AlLt Hodge, of Wilson, spent | Sunday with his parents, Air. and | Mrs. J. A. Hodge. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Rose, °f Lu- cama, were the guests of Air. and Mrs. W. H. Edgerton Sunday. Mr and Mrs. George Bunn, ot Washington, D. C., spent Sunday ■with Mr. and Mrs. W. AI. Eve.A. Miss Arzelle Hodge, member ot VATT atpvadY have heard or read in the wm not bo ™ ■S-Sris”™! ™l.- It is oup —"SSf b^ai.r- ed to sell ail the Re frigerators they now have on theii' floors. :.^l We Have Several In Stock! PRICES AND terms are the same. See Us Now ! that famous WESTINGHOUSE LINE Economy Furniture Co. rn. 1 XT r C. Hub Brown, Mgr. Selma, N. C. — M — Entertains F. W.B. League at Party Miss Derucha Gay entertained her Intermediate F. W. B. at a delightful Valentine party m th® basement of the Micro soBool build ing Friday evening from 8 to, lu ' ° Lfentine games and contes.ts were enjoyed for a while, the nthe hostess served ambrosia and angel food ca e to the fifteen guests. Thieves Empty Cash Drawer At High Noon During business hours last F^^Uay about noon some one entered the ot- fice of W. T. Holland’s garage at Smithfield and emptied the ®ash drawer. The amount of cash, if any, which was taken was not reported. BEGINNING MONDAY AND FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK ifs National Sew and Save Week! and were ready for it with BRIGHT, NFW SPRING FABRIC^ notions: Zippeis. Buttons Snaps. Hooks forSinrOotore:" Rack, Ribbon, Lace, Seam Binding, Etc. bet. SILK LA JERSE Solids, Stripped, Printed 75' and 70c SPUN RAYON Solids, Stripped, Printed 59' 69' Mrs Fern Evans, whose hus^nd . killed in action at Pearl Har- C, “ wk in Lockltca-. May- wood, Calif., plant. "T'ne PaO o th, frame of a Hudson bomber. The SS wa“ obtained through the nava leH« society. She is “gettmg back lit the Japs. Farm Machinery Repairing! , a., -ti/Mtv v-irol TUP k\PMER we are prepared to repair yom broken ta?m mIS?y wo* o "pet?ly done. Brins tt o us: /yo Job Too Large or Small ! THOMPSON GARAGE ^ IT? PfftTir. ’ A. Z. THOMPSON, JR., Propr, SILK POPLIN White, Pink, Blue 75' SILK SHANTUNGS 50' 69' 75' Chambrays, Piques 50' Fruit ol the Loom PRINTS 29' PRINTS 25' SIMPLICITY patterns IN STOCK Smith & Cameron SELM^N. Suede Town Crepes, Sharkskin Checks 75' CORDUROY Red and Blue 95' SEERSUCKERS It’s easy to laundry
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