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The J nhnstonian-Sun
Selma Graduates Received Diplomas Monday Night
MAN SECURES RIDE;
HOLDS UP DRIVER
Hitch Hiker Draws Gun On
Driver At Underpass Near
Clayton—Was Later Caught
And Lodged In Jail.
Raleish Minister To
Conduct Revival Here
—
To Conduct Revival
T5 ^ Pari Wnvlev Jr., Mildred D^r-
SENIORS-Readmg leftto r^ht
hour, Jean Davis Dorothy Chestnut, Doris Turner,
Green Phillips—-n^ivpv ===^
Smith, Billy Oliver, Franklin Dri^
Dr. Booker Elected
Legion Commander
At a meetiniV^ma Post 141^0^1
the American ^ Jght the
Legion building on Tuesday rngn
folUng officers were gected.^^^_
Commander—Dr. L. i • ^
1st Vice Commander—E. B. Creec
Vice Commander — IN. a.
SATURDAY, MAY 23
WILL BE POPPY DAY]
2nd
Branch. ■
3rd Vice Commander
J. Willard
O’Neal.
Adjutant
Finance
W.
Officer-
Service Officer-
Guardianship
D. Perkins.
-E. H. Griffin.
_W. L. Etheridge.
Officer — John H
^Tergeant-At-Arms-H. D^ Benson.
Chaplain—John Q. A. Jeffreys.
Historian—O. A.
Athletic Officer—E. B. breech.
Welfare Officer — Hunter
Child
Price.
Americanism
Officer—J. M. Peele.
Registration Officer—C. A.
Graves
State Officer—C. H. Grant.
Boy
ry
x>o> _ _
Memijership Chairman
A. Hen-
Publicity Officer-
Chairman
Bailey.
R. A
Sons
_W. D. Perkins,
of Legion—C. A.
-p A Jones was in line for the
H' f i-Vio Post hut since
if-arjr..
Ind Xn the^ ®e?vicf Dr.^ Book-
■SdXrL'post from tinie
they felt that the least they
^ was to elect him as their
er had
to time,
could do
commander.-
COTTON FESTIVAL AT
SMITHFIELD MAY 22
The Smithfield Kiwanis Club
The J^’^vai, com-
STltyle Show, Baby Show and
bining
Dog
Dog Show, to be held at the ^old
!,.( Warehouse MW, MW ^
8,0» p. m., Tt* tXSvileg.d AM-
Dimes, quarters and dollars drop-1 ^
ped into the coin boxes of the Poppy b
Girls” this year mil aid t^e victim
of the present war, as well as those
of the first World War. According
to the Selma Unit of the American
T,pof,''on AuxiliS'Ty. , . -
The Auxiliary is rapidly completing
arranaements for the annual obser- ,
vance of Poppy Day on May,23^ ^'^hen
„„„ml PoM* t S2y
throughout the city y ,„i,,r,tpers
members. A large corps of voluntj^^
is being formed to work the en.-ire
day bringing flowers of Pat-otiy-
membrance to everyone m the city
This year the poppy not only
honors and aids the men who defend
ed America twenty-four years ago
fndXir families, hut ajso those de-
fpuding America today and
families. Funds collected on
dX wm be used in the work the
Legion and Auxiliary are doing f
the disabled of both wars and for the
needy families of men m the service
twenty years ®"'P^g“°^ep"ndents.
QpT’vic© m©n S-Tici V
They are able to make every dohar
do maximum service in
Their volunteer workers have h
W training and know the quickest
iSarv for aid, and we want to
gXXem the benefit of our service.
The increased burden calls for
creased funds. We ^op® that the
will be generous on voppy
Dav this year because from the con
Day tuis y poppies comes
tributions made for ^ for
the principal means of PP
our work during tne entire y
ahead.
Last Saturday afternoon a wffite
man who gave his name as Guy tiiu
Lew,Is of Kinston, stopped over at |
the store of Barney Mooneyham near
Clayton, and later when Mr. Mooney
ham had to make a trip on his car
to Clayton, Lewis told him he would
like .to secure a ride to Clayton m o
4er to catch a bus to Kinston. When
they came to the underpass on the
western outskirts of Clayton, Lewis
is alleged -to have drawn a pistol on
Mooneyham, telling him to “drive on
or he would kill him.” Mooneyham
grabbed the gun and m the scuffle
lost control of the car which ran mto
an embankment and turned oyer.
Three marines passing at the tmie m
tervened and tried to halt Lewis
shot back at them as he ran tovaid
some woods nearby. ^ rio,,
■Mooneyham was carried to a ui y
•ton doctor by the Marines "'tio ""tn
fi’ed the police. He was treated tor
bruises about the face and ^ead and
a bite on a hand. He was not ser
'^aXXo minutes later the police
found Lewis, attempting to hide m
some hedges, in the yard of Mrs^Ron
Gower, about 200 yards_ from where
the car overturned,
resistance. He had emptied the pistol
chamber of cartridges. The arresting
officers were Joe Turner Barnes,
Garland Young and Otto
Mayor Arthur of Clayton at a Mon
day morning hearing ordered Lewis
bomd over to a higher ®®”t on
charges of carrying a concealed wea
pon assault with deadly weapon and
fnterfering with an automobile driver
.causing a wreck. ,
‘ Proable cause” was found y
Judge Larry Wood in Recorders
I court Tuesday and Lewis was bound
over to Superior VluSv
jbond. He is now in Johnston County
jail.
The Rev. R -H. Satterfield of
Raleigh Will Conduct A Series
of Evangelistic Services At
the Selma Baptist Church, Be
ginning Sunday Morning, May,
17th At Eleven O’clock.
REV. ROBT. H. SATTERFIE1.D
JOHNSTON MAN
IN AUSTRALIA
Plans have been made for a pries
of evangelistic services to begin at
the Selma Baptist chmch Sunday
morning, May 17th, at H o ®Dck The
meeting will continue with two serv
ices each day for about ten days, ac
cording to an announcement by the
Rev. D. M. Clemmons, pastor ot tne
church. . J • „
The morning services dur.ng the
week will be held at 9:30 and the
evening services will be held at J
o’clock. . .
The music for .these services will be
rendered by the three choirs of the
church, under the direction of _Mip
Naomi Smith, who taught music m
the local public school during the
term ju&t closed. . .. j
The publ-x is cordially invited to
attend all these services. Come, and
share these good things with your
family, your neighbors and your
friends.
Sgt. John H. Goff, of Princeton,
Veteran of 21 Years In Army
Now With Gen. MacArthur s
Forces In Australia—Brother
of Major F. Goff, .of Princeton.
Clyde L. Standi
Speaks In Sanford
SALV AGE PEN TS
ERECTED NEAR BANK
DR. E. N. BOOKER
Officers In Johnston
Capture Liquor Stills
for benefit of
dren.
Smithfield, May
iff J. Monroe Parker reported th^
raiding of two bootleg liquor stills
in lower Banner Township, near the
Sampson County line on Wednes a.
^^X*Hrst, he said, was a copper oil-
burnfng still of about 60 gallon capa-
iS X the next, about a mile away
was a galvanized outfit known as a
“submarine,” made partly of wood
' and Xtly of tin. They confiscated
ifbarrels'of mash at the firsL mne
at the last, and found abound ten gal
Ions of whiskey hid about 50 yards
'T..S.“Ske‘r'ta Ih. »ids ".J
T-v 4.- A! T Whitlev? Frank Hood,
?’c ani m Barber, th. .ab;
t iTtmtS jailor and
’•‘Snrtabl. Joe Koydl reported the
Barbour.
A pen, enclosed with wire ,was
erected this week near the Branch
Banking & Trust
.the purpose of receiving all kinds_ ot
scrap rubber, scrap iron, scrap wire
etc K you have any of these articles
on hand that you do not need don t
throw them away but place them in
tMs pen, as Uncle Sam has need for
C E. Bingham, chairman of
the Johnston County Salvage commit
tee announces -that all tm tubes col
lected by druggists and others m the
county, are to be shipped to their
drug wholesaler when the amount has
reached five pounds or more The
shipments are to be made by mail,
'tb.nJiX'rLn will deliver
to the smelters designated by the war
department.
Selma Man Chosen
As Navy Instructor
Five men who w'ere enlisted at
been selected for service school in
''T^lrare Callie L. Stocks, Ayden;
Woodrow W. Parker, GoWshoro, Dan
iel T. Blue, Jr., Laurmburg, Grover
P. Temple, Lillington, and, WiUis M.
Barbour, Selma. ^
First Sergeant John Henry Hoff,
so! of Mrs. Betty Goff and the late
John T. Goff of Princeton, and veter
an of 21 years in the Army, is wi_
General MacArthur’s Army forces m
entered .the Army aviation ser
vice at Pope Field, Fort Bragg, m
1921 as a member of the 22nd Obser-
Xmii Squadron. Army aviation was
than comparatively in.its infancy and
it was the time when the famous Lih
erty-motor amSBed people by deve op
ing 450 horse-power and had a cruis
ing speed of no miles an hour The
present Bell aricobra horse-
miles per hour and has 2,000 horse
^°Hr'then served seven years m the
infantry at Fort McPherson Ga., but
deceived an appointment and re urimd,
tn the Air Corps at Kelly Ixlu. « .
was among the first contingents to go
ro pSph Field and from there he
XXnfto the Southteastern Trmn
insr School at Maxwell Field. Aia.
FromXre, Sgt. Goff went to Merid
ian Miss., where he took charge o
the’ motor transportation unit of the
Sn'Coff was assigned to duty with
a supply unit several months ago and
mailed for Australia. -r^ r, cc .-.r
Xis a brother of Major F Goff of
pri-ncHon. who served with the 30th
with the y/.-
class and participated *^® ^^er,
Lhe “Order of Purple Heart",
,;r--VM»VMe£.” aud "received a
I tatiou from Goreuliat-
Anolb.r brcrtb.rt G. »■ f '"„i„
.S,^“|f*prdl?urw.rb.„«.u
Naval construction.
Sanford, May 8.-Clyde L. Stancil
of Smithfield, State Councilor of the
Junior Order United American Me
chanics, and Forest G. Shearin of
Scotland Neck, State secretary of the
order, were speaking guests at the
semi-annual meeting ^®f
of the 17th District of the Stare
^°In°the absence of S. J. Husteth of
Sanford, district councilor, W. M.
Thomas of Broadway,
councilor, presided. T. L Riddte of
Sanford is district secretary W. G.
Sugg of Sanford was reelected trustee
of^the Junior Order Orphanage, at
Lexington, representing the district.
Legion Auxiliary To
Meet Friday Night
Selma Unit No. 141 of the Ameri-
ran Lesion Auxiliary will meet rn
day night May 15th at 8 o’clock _m
the Assembly Room of the Legion
Buildtr with Mesdames N. A. Branch
Herbert White and W. H. Creech as
hostesses. Miss Mamie Bailey will
have charge of the ^
election of officers will take place
Sd delegates to the State Conven
tion in Asheville will be aPPon^eL
Plans for Poppy
23rd will be completed. This is a
very’ important meeting and all mem-
hero are asked to show the.r patriot
ism and be present.
RUMOR ABOUT BIG
DRAFT ORDER FALSE
democrats to
meet SATURDAY
Army Coal Bins Are
Being Made At Angier
County Chairman A. F.
to'LetXsXhfield Satur
day at 2 o’clock in convention.
'Approximately $50.00 m P^f ®
AB entries will be taken care of at
tL7Slmu Co. Sml.bb.ld.
Bablea and sponsors rtd ' b .jj
Vara fireuised in cotton, tne Dames _
t Sed into two .groups: from m-
fancy to 3, and from 3 W 6. There wfi^
SrirTAX^w?into
The "y^iiiis Austin, son
Mrs M. Edmund Aycolk, Mrs. r
Smp ha. entered
• 1. Creecn.) son oi hj-l
Mr’s L Durwood Creech; Johnnie
iSs-rwXxrsSLt
tered her Spitz dog.
Smithfield Church.
Adds 40 New Members
kenly students
SH I . WAR BONDS
attention-
bicycle RIDERS!
Eleven new members were received
into the First Baptist church in
Smithfield by baptism at the r®^iar
evening worship service recently, five
XA'candidates for t>aP^ ^
^ere unable to be present at the
time will be immersed at anotner
baptismal service to be
1 ■“‘"‘ir.he" cS. by CtS
comvng into the cnurca •
24 other persons have had the
names added .to the church roles since
the start of the current church year
last October. The membership now
stands at 450.
You’re not working very hard un
less you're thinking very hard.
Kenly—The Kenly school project
to sAl War Bonds and stamps prov^
very profitable. Interest was sho^
by all the stuuents in school f*’®™ ^
first grade through the senior class.
Bobbie Winhorn and Lula Atkmson,
with the assistance of Mrs. Elwm
Watsom had charge of the campaign
The total sales
to $150.20 with Mrs. J. B. Long s
"u™'vnbrrnUr.Ew“
purchase of $lb.4U ana mi
Watson’s ®lf ®^^^, |rf2®5.
with a purchase , » M8 75
There were seven bonds of $18-7&
value bought and two ^®«ds oi $3L50
value, making a total of f “®i^|
converted to national ® ®^ . ^ig^
students and teachers at Kenly nign
school since January 27.
Owing to the increase in bi
cycles in Selma, it
necessary that we call your
Sntion to the necessity of
refraining ®^ of
sidewalks m the town
Selma. To nde on the side
walks endangers the- Me or
small children, and older peo
Die of our town. The pdewalks
were made to walk on, and
therefore, we ask the co-opera
tion of every bicycle owner
and the the older people ot
our town in this underiaking.
There is a Town Ordinance
against riding bi^cles on the
Sidewalks of the Town of Sel
ma which ordinance will .be
Sfir«d. We trubt that It wd
not be necessary to fine any
one for violating same.
H A HENRY, Mayor.
H. B. PEARCE, Chief Poline.
Coal bins for use at Army camps
... being —
fXs.“
iSStSb
Work on the project has already
started and is scheduled to be
"’^SSilSoA'shop is employing
from 16 to 20 men on the construc-
rion job. Bins are being turned out
at an average of 25 a day and shipped
by truck to the camps.
Much uneasiness spread through-
oufAohnston County a few days ago
when the talk became
draft officials in the county had an
nounced that 643 men were to be
taken from Draft territory
i„, B.avd. No. 1
'X.J7.' be°'a XS“.™, bo-eve^
X'‘ .TtrtlS
"l'™Sn »v“.led tb.t .
,m.ller number of men wouM b.
called for that period.
[ASTERN PART OF
STATE VERY DRY
Remove False Teeth
In Raids, OCD Urges
Mrs. Dora Holland
and Mrs. Carl Gardner and Mrs. i rea
Gardner to Ft. Bragg Sunday to visit
Fred Gardner who was inducted into
X army Saturday. They spent Sun-
fiav nie-ht in Whiteville wifh Dr. and
Mrs C L. Wooten and report a severe
many sections' due to the
rainfall.
'M
Miss Jessica Womack
Y. W. G. A. President
-rt 1 o .Toca-.i
New York, May 12-“f 7^®
atore teeth in the event of an air
raid” is the warning just released y
Si oSo. of Civilian D.f.n», Bn
Douglas B. Parker, speaking to the
New^York State dental convention _ at
the Hotel Pennsylvania Tuesday. A
hit on the head or a stumble in the
dark,” the warning added, ‘ may cause
a person to swallow his false teeth
and suffer greater injury than any
of the bombs might cause. ,
Louisburg, N. C., May
Womack, Selma, was recently elected
as president of the Louisburg
43 Willa Mae Cherry, Washington,
wasi elected vice-president.
The U. S. Army announced _that
Manuel Quezon, President of the
PhSpine Commonwealth, has arnv-
S in San Frano^co en route to
Washington. He was
his family and enecuUve staff. . ..
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