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The Johnstonian-Sun
VOL. 25
SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1942.
Single Copy 5c
NUMBER 9.
New Zealand Prepares to Dish It Out
For obvious reasons, the exact location of these trenches in New
Zealand can not be given. The island is erecting extensive and effective
defenses in readiness for the invading Nipponese.
Body Missing Farmer
Found In Holt Lake
The body of Lidy -Wellons, 49-year-
old resident of the Holt Lake section,
who had been missing for nearly five
weeks, was found in the Lake early
Sunday afternoon by Dick McLamb,
who lives nearby.
Looking out across the lake, Mc-
Larab noticed a hat on the surface.
He rowed out to investigate and
found Wellons floating in a squatting
position, the hat still on his head. His
feet were lightly dragging the bottom
of the lake.
The corpse was found about 1:S0
p. m., approximately 100 yards up the
lake from the bath houses. It was
drifting in four or five feet of water
some 40 feet from the dance pavilion.
McLamb immediately notified D. I.
Penny, Wellons’ brother-in-law who
lives near the lake. Penny identified
Wellons and called officers.
State Highway Patrolman H. C.
Bobbitt and Constable Joe Royall re
moved the body from the lake around
2 o’clock and turned it over to an un
dertaker. Much of the skin and flesh
had been picked away from the vic
tim’s face and his body was in a state
of partial decomposition. The dead
man was dressed in overalls, leather
jacket and brown felt hat.
Wellons was missed on January 19.
On the night of that date he paid a
short visit to the Penny home and left
in the direction of the lake. He was
reported to have been seen later in
an intoxicated condition standing on
the bridge of the lake. It was feared
that he had fallen in; but local offi
cers, searching the lake about two
weeks ago, were unable to discover
any trace of the body.
It is expected that Coroner E. N.
'Booker will hold a hearing in the
case.
Funeral services were held at the
Underwood Funeral Home Monday
afternoon with the Rev. E. T. Green
in charge. Burial followed in the
Riverside Cemetery.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. D.
J. Wellons; and ' three sisters, Mrs.
Mary James of Rocky Mount, Mrs.
Irving Penny of near Smithfield, and
Miss Sara Wellons of the Corinth-
Holder school faculty. “Zack” Wet-
Ions, father of Lidy, died, here soon
after the disappearance of his son.
—Smithfield Herald
Smithfield Scouts Take
Lead At Court Meet
Attends Funeral
Of Brother-In-Law
Mrs. W. T. Kirby of Selma, attend
ed the funeral of her brother-in-law,
Hilary Woodard, in the Rosewood
community of Wayne county Tuesday,
which was held at the Memorial
Primitive Baptist church in Great
Swamp Towship. Mr. Woodard died
at his home Monday at the age of 67.
Surviving are his wife and six chil
dren. Herman Woodard of Rich
Square; David and Hames of Golds
boro; Bayard of the U. S. Navy, Mrs.
Harvey Jorden of Goldsboro, Routes 1,
and Mrs. A. W. Beshaw of Clifton,
N. J.; two brothers, Albert Woodard
of Kenly, Milton of Bailey; and one
sister, Mrs. Charles Hinnant of Ken-
iv.
Smithfield, Feb. 25. — Smithfield
Boy Scouts again led in the Johnston
District count of honor held at the
Legion Hut Monday night. Smithfield
boys scored nine points to a tie of
six each for Four Oaks and Pine
Level.
Smithfield is leading for the year
thus far, having received twenty
points in the various contests with
Pine Level coming second with sev
en, and Pour Oaks third with six.
David Ball of Selma, chairman of
the district, assisted C. H. Westin,
Tuscarora Council executive, in con
ducting the court and judging in the
contests.
Roy Van of the Pine Level troop
won first place in personal inspection.
James Creech of Smithfield second,
and John Herring of Smithfield, third.
The Panther Patrol of Smithfield, led
by James Creech, won first place in
patrol inspection, and also received
special recognition for its leading in
a local contest. Bob Stallings, junior
assistant Scoutmaster, presented the
patrol and made the announcement.
Star rank was reached by three
boys, Janies Creech, and two Clayton
boys, George Morgan and Jack
Forbes, who were not present to re
ceive their honors. Second class rank
was attained by Bobby Pool and John
Whitehead of Smithfield; by Billy
Talton, Bill Daughtry, Worth Hill,
Harold Talton, Henry Martin, Jr., and
Ray Barbour of Four Oaks; by Buren
Oliver of Pine Level.
Benoy Godwin of Four Oaks; Roy
Vann of Pine Level, and Lawrence
Smith of Clayton were advanced to
first class. Merit badges were won by
Floyd Martin, Carl'Jones, James A.
Creech, Jack Oliver, and Frank Stal
lings of Smithfield; Roy Vann, Bill
Holt, and Ralph Starling of Pine
Level; Mac Pace, Calvin Wellons,
Griffis Worthington, and A. T. Gaddy
of Micro; and Lawrence Smith of
Clayton. The Micro boys and Clayton
boys were not present.
Game Warden Releases
’42 Fishing Regulations
SELMA MAN HEADS
DRIVE FOR FUNDS
TO AID CRIPPLES
Inaugurating a campaign for funds
for the aid of crippled children, C. E.
Mackintosh, secretary of the North
Carolina League for Crippled chil
dren, met with a group of Johnston
county citizens in Smithfield last
week.
W. T. Woodard, Jr., of Selma, who
is superintendent of public welfare
in Johnston County, was named as
the director in Johnston county. 0th-
6'rs on the committee are Ed Johnson
of Benson; H. B. Marrow, of Smith-
field; Mrs. R. T. Fulghum, of Kenly:
Noble Hinnant, of Micro; Mrs. D. J.
Thurston, of Clayton; Mrs. Richard
I^wis, of Selma; Earl Funderburk, of
Pine Level; Mrs. Atlas Uzzle, of Wil-
.son Mills; Mrs. F. M. Aycock, of
Princeton.
Mr. Woodard expects to announce
the treasurer at an early date,; as
well as other committeemen. ;
The campaign, which will be vvkged
through the selling of seals similar
to the T. B. seals at one cent each,
will be completed by Easter. The pro
ceeds of the sales will be used for
cripple children in this county.
The work now being done for crip
ples in this county is through the
clinic held at Goldsboro each third
Thursday in the month sponsored by
by the State Orthopaedic Hospital at
Gastonia.
Last Thursday fifteen children
from this county went to the Golds
boro clinic accompanied by represen
tatives from the county and welfare
departments.
Indigent cases, however, are not
able to take the treatment they need
unless funds are provided through an
individual or public source. The East
er cripple fund will be used for such
cases.
The infantile paralysis fund may
also be used for cripples, preference
being given to those'who are cripples
because of this disease.
Draft Board Officials To Draw
Heavily Upon Men During '42
>L.
ALFRED COATS IS
APPOINTED NEW
FOREST WARDEN
Alfred Coats of near Four Oaks
has been appointed acting forest
warden of Johnston county to fill the
vacancy created by the recent resig
nation of W. S. Ragsdale, Jr., as for
est warden.
Coats was employed four months
ago to assist Ragsdale in the forestry
work. His appointment by state au
thorities as acting warden came
after Ragsdale left his post to ac
cept a position in the engineering de
partment of the Glen L. Martin Air
craft Corporation in Baltimore. Rags
dale had been forest warden for eight
years.
“I am ready to serve the county at
all times,” Coats said this week, urg
ing public cooperation in eliminating
forest fire hazards.
The acting warden can be reached
at the sheriff’s office in the daytime
and at the office of the jailor at
night.
On Job Soon
Herman Allen Begins
Journey To Death Row
The
Morehead City Gets
Variety of Weather
Morehead Cit^ Feb. 25.
weather man exhausted his repertoire
here Tuesday and Wednesday. Gale
winds Tuesday lashed the coast and
there was a snowstorm at night; but
a bright Wednesday sunshine brought
mercury from the freezing point to
spring-like temperature.
Approximately an inch of snow
blanketed this area Wednesday morn
ing, but sunshine had cleared the
ground and raised the temperature to
50 degrees by mid-afternoon.
In the 1942 fiscal year the Navy
will use twelve million dozen eggs.
The 1942 regulations for taking of
shad and herring in Johnston county
were released this week by Game
Warden Bill Norton.
The general rules, which remain as
they were last year, specify that shad
and herring may be taken with skim
or gill nets of not less size bar than
one and one-half inches on Friday
and Saturday of each week up to the
15th of April.
A special regulation which has been
in effect for the past two seasons,
providing that buck shad may be ta
ken with skim or dip nets on Friday
and Saturday of each week, from
April 15 to May 15, has been amend
ed to permit the taking of buck shad
in Johnston county on Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday of each week until
June 1.
Selma Kiwanians Hear
Speaker From Ft. Braigg
Program Chairman C. E. Korncgay
brought a very interesting and infor
mative program to the Selma Kiwan
ians on last Thursday evening when
they were addressed by Pvt. David
H. Henderson of the Department of
Public Relations of the War Depart
ment at Fort Bragg. Private Hender
son was accompanied by Private Paul
J. Fulghum also a member of the De
partment of Public Relations at Fort
Bragg.
The speaker gave a very interest
ing talk on the progress of the war
in Europe since the beginning of
of Hitler’s drive for power, telling
how Germany overran the several
European countries in his mad rush
for world domination. A large map
of Europe was used to illustrate his
talk as he went along. Finally com
ing to Hitler’s onslought on Russia,
the speaker reviewed the progress of
the German army during the first
stages of the war, and was not quite
as optimistic about Russia’s gains in
reclaiming its lost territory as some
of the radio and newspaper reports
have led us to believe. In fact, he
said, Russia has reclaimed only a rel
atively small part of her lost terri
tory. Continuing the speaker said
that from the best information ob
tainable in most informative circles,
Germany is not using its best fight
ers on the Russian front today, but
that many believe the Rumanians and
younger Germans are doing the ma
jor fighting, and that Hitler is reser
ving his more seasoned army for a
future drive.
The club was host .to the members
of the play “Swing Out,” put on at
the school auditorium a few weeks
ago, which was sponsored by the club,
as follows: E. C. Perry, A. K. Eason,
Jack McGee, Mrs. Bill Thad Woodard,
Mrs. Jimmie Woodard, and Mrs. Ru-
dol])h How’ell.
The speaker was introduced by
Prof. O. A. Tuttle of the local schools,
who said Private Henderson had ad
dressed the students at Selma and
Pine Level schools during the after
noon.
Mother of Herman Allen Visits
Him Twice Before He Is
Transferred To Raleigh.
Smithfield, Feb. 25.—Herman Allen
35, convicted last week of first degree
murder for the shooting of his broth
er-in-law, Grady Lee, was taken to
Central Prison in Raleigh this after
noon.
Sheriff" K. L. Rose, Deputy Sheriff
D. M. Strickland, the Rev. C. L. Gil
lespie, and Clarence Hill left Smith-
field with Allen around -2 o’clock.
■.tr.i-jKrr:.:—nVi, a- aW-RT t-
ild with Allen arouna z o clocK. ■ ^ i j ~
•T'he ?fmffner7laUea^««°tt today urg-
, , ^ J T1.:- ed North Carolina cotton growers to
not only Grady Lee, but his own wife,
Mrs. Ruth Lee Allen, and a neighbor.
Cap Raynor, all on the rn'orning of
January 15, was sentenced by Judge
Jeff Johnson to die in the gas cham
ber on Fridays March 27, but had his
death postponed automatically by his
attorney giving notice of appeal.
He was permitted to remain in the
county jail until his mother, Mrs.
Sarah Wood, who was ill before and
during the trial, might have an op
portunity to see him before he was
taken away. She has visited him twice
since the trial.
Allen was neatly dressed in a
brown suit and tie, and although
wearing hand cuffs, seemed to have
no trouble lighting his cigarette just
before he left the building to enter
the automobile en route to Death
Row.
The U. S. destroyer, Shaw, which
the Japs announced had been de
stroyed in Pearl Harbor, will soon
be hack in service. Equipped with
an emergency stub bow and a tem
porary bridge on the after end of
the ship, the Shaw arrived in a West
coast port for repairs. Within a few
weeks, navy officers said, a new
bow and bridge will be fitted to the
destroyer and she will be in service
again.
PLANTING QUOTAS
OF COnON URGED
Raleigh, Feb. 24.—Commissioner of
$5,000 BOND FOR
KENT WHITLEY
Kent Whitley, young Corinth-Hold-
er man, charged with murdering Wil
liford Murphey in a service station
fight last summer, was granted .the
privilege of bond in Smithfield Mon
day afternoon by Judge W. C. Harris
of Raleigh.
His bond was fixed at $5,000.00.
Judge Harris, opening the second
week of, civil court, took time Monday
morning for a special hearing on the
Whitley case. Defense counsel sought
a habeas corpus on the ground that
the state lacked evidence for a first
degree charge.
ed North Carolina cotton growers to
plant their full quo.ta of cotton this
year as a “needed contribution to the
national defense program.”
North Carolina farmers are eligible
to plant 980.161 acres in cotton this
year. The 1941 crop was planted on
803,467 acres, although farmers were
eli.gible to plant 979,750 acres.
“Many of the products of the cot
ton crop are now in great demand
and are essential in the war effort,”
Scott emphasized. “It is well knowm
that there is a ' definite domestic
shortage of vegetable oils and that
cotton crop is the major source of
vegetable oil production. The cotton
crop is a major source of protein
concentra.te production and a major
source of cellulose which are needed
in the victory program.
“Southern agricultural workers and
leaders in a recent conference at
Memphis recognized, in a resolution,
that ‘our military establishment must
have, in increasing quantities, cer-
■tain types of cotton materials,’ em
phasizing that ‘it is now definite that,
unless steps are taken to remedy the
situation, we will be confronted by
the end of this year with an acu.te
shortage • of certain grades and
staples of cotton fiber necessary in
the production of these materials.’
The workers and leaders in agricul
ture resolved that “any effort; .to en
courage farmers to plant less than
their full legal cotton acreage allot
ment ’s unwarranted and unsound.
All Mamed Men of Draft Age
Whose Wives Are Working
Are Subject To Call.
With about 27,000,000 men on the
selective service rolls, draft officials
now have the task of deciding who
will be needed by the armed forces of
.this nation.
The Navy and Naval Air force wll
need about one million men. The Ar
my and Army Air force will need six
to seven million fighters. Before the
war is won probably every able bod
ied man will be needed, nevertheless,
for the present, these are the ulti
mate goals.
By the end of 1942, army officials
have hopes of enlarging the army to
3,600,000. This means that no.t more
than 2,000,000 selectees will be draft
ed before the close of this year for
Army, Navy and Marine needs.
For the next six months, practical
ly all men drafted will be in the 22-35
group-. Teeth and eye qualifications
have been lowered and this will allow
many of this group to be re-classified
into A-1. For example, now a man
with false teeth who is able to eat
Army food is acceptable; a man
whose eyes can be corrected to 20-40,
by glasses is also acceptable.
Men in this group w'hose wives are
working will also be called. The closer
check-up on men with dependents and
the lowering of physical requirements
for induction will make available
enough men in the 22-35 group to
meet draft needs for the next six
months.
During the last four months of this
year, draft boards will probably call
60 to 70 per cent of the 20-21 year
olds who registered in the most recent
registration. Probably, a few of the
35-45 group will be called before the
year is over.
Only a small per cent of the regis
trants in the 20-21 group have physi
cal defects. Very few of them can
claim exemption because of skill or
dependents. Thereforej'-it-^ Nprobable
that the army will get over a million
draftees from this group. Young men
in this group can expect to be called
during the last few months of this
year and the first of 1943.
Single men and married men’whose
wives are self-supporting can prob
ably fill the nation’s manpow-er needs
during 1942; however, .the additional
four million fighters that will be call
ed in -1943 make that year a story
w'ith a different ending.
Married men, or men with depend-
(Continued on page eight)
Seen and Heard Along
THE MAINDRAG
:By H. H. L.
Johnston Plans
Scout Expansion
Plans for the Johnston county Boy
Scout organization to start three new
Scout troops and four Cub pacns were
discussed at the February meeting of
the Johns.ton' committee Wednesday
night in Selma.
D. S. Ball, new chairman of -the
committee, presided and outlined the
proposed activities for the year.
Destroyers are named after Naval
and Marine Corps officers and en
listed men, former Secretaries of the
Navy, members of Congress and in
ventors.
SELMA MAN IS
MADE CORPORAL
Enid Army Flying School, Enid,
Okla., Feb. 24.—Private Jessie W.
Sullivan of Selma, N. C., has been
promoted to the rank of Corporal, it
■w’as announced recently at the Enid
(Okla.) Army Flying School.
Sullivan is a member of the 473rd
School Squadron.
Selma Man Proves
Maker Salesman
The Sales Department of the May-
.tag Company, Newton, Iowa, wrote
Mr. M. V. Avery on February 21,
that he had been awarded a diamond
ring for his ability as Master Sales
man. The also wrote Mr. Avery that
if he would send them one of his
photographs they -would include it
in the March issue of The Maytag
News, soon to go to press.
Johnston Exceeds
Red Gross Quota
E. S. Stevens, county chairman of
the Johnston County Red Cross War
Relief fund campaign, reported Fri
day that the chapter had gone more
than eleven hundred dollars over the
quota and that contributions continue
to come in.
Total amount reported around noon
Friday was .$6,160.16, being $1,160.16
more than the quota allotted. The
sale of scrap metal donated -to the
Red Cross amounted to $362.
SEVERAL HORSE AND
MULE CLINICS HELD
Horse and mule clinics were held at
Archer Lodge, Percy Flowers’ Store,
•Wilson Mills, Selma, G. L. Scott’s
Store, Kenly, Glendale, and Four
Oaks. A total of 83 mules were
brought out to the clinics and 74 of
the mules were treated for parasites
and 28 for dental work.
Raleigh Times Editor
Delivers Address Here
Mr. John A. Park, Editor of “The
Raleigh Evening Times,” was speak
er at the Lay Leaders meeting, held
during the morning worship hour at’
Edgerton Memorial Methodis.t church
here Sunday. Prof. O. A. Tuttle intro
duced the speaker, who used the last
four verses of the last chapter of
Matthew as the nucleus for his re
marks: “IVhat Constitutes the
Church?” “Not bricks and mortar,
beautiful windows, organs and music,
nor congregations, but an interest in
our fellow beings, religious zeal and
consecration. It is my duty as a
cburch leader to find things for the
members to do; we will find more joy
in serving than being served. If tbe
United States has the opportunity to
bring world peace, we should deem it
a privilege to use all our resources.
We must all participate—our obliga
tion as Christian men and women
will come when this war is over, to
find peace and our American way of
living.”
Local Glee Club To
Sing At Church Here
The Glee Club of Selma high school
NAVY
Since 1798, when the Navy De- ....
partment was established, the Navy I will furnish special music at the elev-
■has maintained a policy of voluntary en o’clock service at the Edgerton
enlistment.
BILL GODWIN seen buying- paint
to blot out the signs on the airport
hanger and various other buildings in
the community which might result in
valuable information .to the enemy
should he pass this way—glad to see
JOHN LACY DEANS on the Main-
drag Sunday afternoon—it ha'd been
a long time since v/e had seen this
former Selma man on- our maindrag
JOHN LACY is now living over Dunn
way—FULLER SURER, who served
Uncle, Sam’s Navy for four years, has
re-enlisted for another four—FUL
LER has recently resigned his job
with the SELMA DRUG COMPANY,
where he has been employed for sev
eral months—he is one of the town’s
most popular young men and his host
of friends here regret to see him
leave—BOBBY McMILLAN went to
Raleigh a few days ago where he en
listed in the Marines—BOBBY, whose
home is near Red Springs, has many
friends in Selma who wish -him all
kinds of good luck—he is a nephew of
PAUL McMILLAN, of MAC’S
PLACE—ground was broken yester
day for the new addition to the store
building of FLOYD 'C. PRICE & SON
—this will be a two-story affair with
basement—the present store building
will be remodeled and a new front ad
ded, making it one of the most attrac
tive store buildings* in the town—
work will be pushed on the new build
ing until completion—“our business ^
is growing so fast,” said FLOYD, Sr.,
“that we are compelled to have more
room”—drop in at the ECONOMY
FURNITURE CO., and take a look at
those pictures of HUB BROWN just
received—HUB took advantage of the
JOHNSTONIAN-SUN’S offer some
time ago, posing for a picture—“you
look like a 21-year-old”, we were told
today—“my wife didn’t even know
me,” he said, “when I showed her
the pictures”—MISS HELEN BLACK
has accepted a position with the
SELMA . DRUB COMPANY—HEL
EN, a graduate of the Selma high
school, is a very popular young lady
she and EVA MASSEY will make
a splendid team—his many friends
are delighted to see DR. BOOKER on
the Maindrag again, following a stub
born case of flu—Dr. has been in for
several days and can now sympathize
Navy destroyers are known as the
1 “greyhounds” of the sea.
Memorial Methodist church here Sun
day morning. The music will be un-.oc.,—v-j-
der the direction of Miss Naomil with his patients better when he calls
Smith of the local school faculty. I on them.