The Johnstonian-Sun
Fifty-Six Men Left
Saturday For Army
W. H. Call, Chairman of Draft
Board No. 2, Says Every Man
Getting Notice To Report For
Induction Saturday Was On
Hand.
Congressman Cooley
Foresees Long War
Fifty-six Johnston County boys or
dered to report at the office of the
local Selective Service Board on last
Saturday and all were on hand. Ac
cording to Mr. W. H. Call, chairman
of the Board, this was .the first time
every man ordered to report was on
hand. Two large buses took them to
Fort Bragg for induction in the army.
Those leaving were:
Albert Newcomb, Kenly Route 1;
George Lucas Boyette, Clayton Route
2; William Aaron Green, Clayton
Route 1; Wiley Theodore Holloman,
Smithfield Route 2; Manzy Hinton,
Kenly; Nolan Duke Bunn, Zebulon
Route 2; John Daniel Capps, Selma;
Calyde Narron, Middlesex Route 1;
Howard Alfred Whitler, Selma; Mel
vin Ransom Godwin, Kenly R. F. D.,
Clavis Ernest Stallings, Zebulon Route
1; Enid Oscar Strickland, Middlesex
Route 1; Willie Ed Little, Selma
Route 2; John Leavy Radford, Selma;
Tom Barbee, Kenly; Robert Saniuel
Peedin, Selma Route 2; William
Howard Taft Boykin, Wendell Route
1; John Thomas Talton, Jr., Clayton;
James Mallie Barnes, Kenly Route 4.
Clarence Marvin Crocker, Selma
Route 2; J. D. Warren, Selma; Harvey
Franklin Woodruff, Selma; Paul
Prank Edwards, Princeton Route 2;
Clarence Robert Webb, Clayton Route
2; Person Eason, Kenly Route 2;
Willie Lee Sco.tt, Selma Route 1; Mar
vin Eugene Bailey, Selma Route 1;
George Herbert Braswell, Smithfield
Route 2.
David L. Martin, Princeton Route 1;
Chester Bass, Princeton; Ivory Fletch
er Peedin, Garner Route 1; John
Charles Foster, Selma; William Clif-
'ton Baker, Kenly; Charles Luther
' Pearce, Selma Route 2; Luby Junior
Creech, Princeton Route 1; Odell Fai
son, Clayton; Elbert Molton Thomp
son, Smithfield Route 2; Andrew Mil
ford Sellers, Selma Route 2.
Charles Ruffes Daughtry, Prince
ton Route 1; Lester Howard Boykin,
Wendell Route 1; Viron Burton Ed-
gerton, Kenly; Robert Lee Moore,
Kenly Route 4; George Rudolph
Moody, Wendell Route 1; Millard
Pearce, Wendell Route 1.
Johnnie B. Brown, Selma Route 1;
Luby Lee Sellers, Smithfield Route 2;
Ervin Bland Sullivan, Selma Route 1;
Vernon Wilmer Phillips, Selma Route
1; Milton Perth Massey, Selma;
George Willie Capps, Selma Route 1;
George David Pike, Kenly Route 2;
Joseph Luther Hinton, Jr., Clayton;
William Zollie Wall, Selma; Charlie
Nobfe Cook, Clayton Route 2; Marvin
Lee Rose, Selma Route 1; Bernice
Narron, Jr., Selma Route 1.
Speaks to Hundreds of Farmers
In Smithfield Wednesday—
Calls For Sacrifices by People
of The United States—Big
Parade Staged.
Supt. Marrow Reports
Teacher Shortage
25 Per Cent of White Teachers
In Johnston Coimty Have Re
signed, Mr. Marrow Says.
Wm. F. Price Gets
Promotion In Navy
“The war will not end tomorrow,
but rather on some distant day after
our hearts have been wrung with an
guish and the seas have been made
crimson and the earth has been
drenched with the blood of our boys,”
declared Congressman Harold D.
Cooley as he addressed a huge crowd
of farmers and others at the “Farm
ers’ Day- celebration in Smithfield
Wednesday.
Congressman Cooley, who was in
troduced by M. B. Wilson, president
of the Chamber of Commerce, stress
ed the gigantic task ahead in winning
this war, saying, “We did not want
war, we did everything in our power
.to avoid war. America would heal the
heartaches of humanity and would
minister to the welfare of those in
distress in all parts of the world. We
would find the pathway which leads
to the happy universal peace. But un
fortunately evil forces beyond our im
mediate control have caused us to en
gage in a merciless war.
“From the very moment that those
little brown buzzards swooped down
from the sky on Pearl Harbor, on
that Sabbath morning in las.t Decem
ber, we were in war. Yes, we shall
remember Pearl Harbor, yet in re
membering the dastardly and coward
ly assault there committed we shall
rise above the vicious spirit of vin-
diciitiveness. We shall lift ourselves
above the promptings of angry pas
sion. Activated and motivated only
by the ancient law of self-preserva
tion and the true spirit of America,
we must and w’e shall meet our ene
mies on all the bart:tlefronts of this
troubled and distracted world.
“This is no time for little thoughts
and little deeds, for ill-gotten gains
or selfish greed,” continued Congress
man Cooley as he stressed ithe im
portance of making all necessary sac
rifices for the sake of victory. “We
must be willing to place our all upon
the altar of our country,” he contin
ued. “We have a great task and it
will take the greatness, the strength,
the power, and the unity of all the
liberty-loving people of this country
to bring this conflict to a conclusion
acceptable to us and .to the spirit of
the men who have given their lives in
the cause, of freedom. Today we must
think of principles that are greater
and more precious than life itself.”
Cooley paid tribute to .the part far
mers are taking in the war program,
and urged his audience not to lose
confidence in our lawmakers, saying,
“For when the faith of the people has
been destroyed in the legislative
branch of the government, .then will
be -written the doom of democracy as
we have known and loved it in Amer-
Crop Report Indicates ^ \J ^
More Cotton This Year # OUT wCTdp
To Bomb The Japs
To date 89 of the 351 white teach
ers of Johnston County have resigned
their teaching positions since the
close of schools, and resignations are
still being received daily by the Coun
ty Superintendent of Schools. Of all
the white teachers 25 per cent have
resigned so far. The per cent of re
signations among the Negro teachers
has not been nearly so high.
Of the 101 white high school teach
ers 33 have resigned and of the 250
elementary white teachers 56 have
resigned.
The exact reason for 24 of the 89
resignations is not definitely known.
One of these retired. Several were
married and doubtless many of the
others have gone to the higher paid
city units, or to some governmental
or defense employment.
It is known .that 9 of the 14 men
resigning have gone into the armed
forces; that 12 of the teachers have
gone into non-military or defense
government service; that 3 have gone
into private employment; .that 3 have
gone into other states to teach; that
22 have gone to North Carolina cities
paying supplements; and .that 16 ha-ye
gone to other county systems in
North Carolina.
According to Superintendent H. B.
Marrow most of the vacancies thus
far have been filled promptly and he
expects to be able .to fill the others
as they occur.
Upwards of 13 Million Bales In
dicated, An Increase of 2,
341,000 Bales Over 1941—In
dicated Yield For North Caro-
dicated Yield lor North Uaro- „ . r mi. xr r t a txt
Jna Is 26 Per Cent Above RECORDS WANTED
Sun — Do It Today.
i941.
fhe Government crop report as of
Aqgust 1, 1942, with respect to the
estpmated cotton crop for 1942, is
giiien below, for the nation as a whole
anf for North Carolina,
j United States Crop
is of August 1, a United States
coyon crop of 13,085,000 bales is
foicast. Such a production would be
2,311,000 bales, or 22 per cent more
thin the 1941 crop, and only two-
teihs of one per cent less than the
lOvear (1931-40) average. This would
bet the largest crop since 1937. The
a-v irage yield is forecast at 266.7
pc inds per acre, which is 34.8 pounds
m re than the 1941 yield, and 51.7
pc mds more than the 10-year average
oi 215.0 pounds per acre.
North Carolina Crop
7orth Carolina farmers expect to
p iduce 705,000 bales of cotton this
y ir, 26 per cent more than in 1941.
A wording to the August 1 Crop Re-
p rting Service summary, the crop is
n V is a healthy condition with boll
■ntevils largely under control. Crop
p .spects are generally good through-
•the State. In the eastern half of
State where rainfall has been be-
Kiwanis Club Holds
Mealless Meeting
Following out a custom adopted by
the Selma Kiwanis club several
months ago, when they passed an or
der that once each quarter the club
hold a mealless meeting, and that the
proceeds go to purchase War Bonds,
last Thursday’s mealless meeting was
held on the la-wn at the home of
KiwaTiistn. E, ISI. Bookfir.
The club met at 7-:30 and diseased
many matters of business, one of
which was to hear reports from tlie
Kiwanis Agricultural Committee and
a special committee of the merchints
of the -town on plans for entertaiiink
the farmers of the community on
Thursday night, August 20, whichivill
be known as Farmers’ Night.
One other very important mtter
called to .the attention of the clubvas
the campaign now going on tosal-
vage scrap metal, rubber, rags,itc.,
for the war effort. Kiwanian D L.
■Stancil, chairman of the local Saage
Committee, stressed the im'pomce
of .this campaign.
Mrs. Booker, assisted by herttle
daughter, Betty Prior, served delbus
refreshments at the close of the set-
ing.
1 f
normal, plants are relatively
all but exceptionally well fruited.
1 ins have been ample in the Pied-
1 int and cotton prospects look very
omising. The first estimate of yield
the 1942 crop was placed at 396
unds per acre, 19 per cent above
41 and only 7 per cent under the
■time 427 pound average for 1940.
ds year’s yield, the second highest
record, will he harvested on 852,-
0 acrek, 67,000 above last year.
The 1942 crop is the earliest on
;ord with the first bolls expected
open around August 19 compared
th August 31 last year. July wea-
;r was ideal. Just enough rainfall
ilAs seijai-ariA .jgrop to. produce
Lit, make a small'piant growth, per-
..It iflfeal cultivation, dry and cook the
■w^vi grub in infested squares that
fell. The crop started out with a
heavj spring emergence of weevils
afterk dry planting season. However,
the dty and hot July conditions large
ly controlled the infestation, and
danage is now expected to be ap-
pr ximately 8 per cent compared with
lOiper cent last year. Damage from
wevils was reported at one per cent
in 1940.
Wm. F. Price, son of Mr. Charles
Price of Selma, Route 1, was recently
advanced to the rating of Aviation
Machinist’s Mate third class at the
Naval Air Station at' Pensacola, Fla.,
according to an announcement from
the public relations office of that sta
tion. This promotion carries with it
a'petty officer rating.
Price enlisted in the Navy in Oflto-
ber, 1939, and was sent to the Naval
Training Station at Norfolk, Va., for
preliminary training.
He was transferred to Pensacola m
January. 1940, and was assigned to
duty with the ground cre-ws of one of
the flying squadrons Stationed at the
“Annapolis of the Air.”
Price is one of the many men in
the Navy today who have voluntarily
joined their country’s fighting forces
for service wherever they may be
needed, and at the same time are
building their futures in profitable,
established trades. Aviation metal-
smithing, aerial photography, gun
nery and aviation mechanics are
among the 45 courses open to enlist
ed men entering Naiy trade schools
to become specialists by working un
der qualified instructors.
A. . ,
A part of the exercises was a long
parade, led by the military band from
Fort Bragg, and in which a unit of
infantry from that camp took part.
Smithfield Market Te
Have Two Sets Buys
Miss Naomi Smith Is
Taken To Benson Home
Miss Naomi Smith, former head of
the Music Department of the _ Selma
school, who was seriously injured
when she fell from a horse near
Asheville two weeks ago, was brought
to,her home in Benson .this week._
Miss Smith was taken to a hospital
in Asheville following the accident.
It was first reported that she had suf
fered a broken back, but X-ray pic
tures revealed that her back was not
broken. She was removed to her home
in Benson on an ambulance.
Miss Smith is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. R. F. Smith, of Benson.
Holton Wallace, chairman o;he
Smithfield Warehouse Associatioias
announced that .the Smithfield kc-
co market will have two sets ofy-
ers for the 1942 season which bns
on August 25.
On the basis of commitmente-
ceived from the major companieae
Smithfield warehouse associatids
going ahead -with preparation a
schedule calling for .two simultais
sales daily.
The warehousemen said the 'a
buyers -would be on the marker
the full season.
Last year, Smithfield was ji
two sets of buyers for a limited-
week period. The extra buyers sd
on the market .throughout the so
Smithfield warehousemen obti
a restraining order against the ir
companies to prevent removal oi
buyers at the end of the two we
Selma Soldier Hurt
When Auto Detours
Superior Court To
Convene August 17
Cpl. J. L. Pittman
In Illinois Ca;
Opossum Builds In
Tree At Man’s Home
Mr. S. E. Thornton, Selma, Route
2, informs us that an opossum was
found to have taken refuge in the hol
low of an elm tree about six feet
from the back door of his home a few
days ago.
Mr. ’Thornton said one night as he
was going to a tobacco barn he saw
something dash up the tree but did
not know what it was. One night later
his son saw something on the roof of
his home and started to open a win
dow so he could climb on the roof
and in doing so upset a wasp nest and
this caused the wasps to give battle.
He then came down and got the gun
and killed the stranger and found that
it was an opossum weighing about
four pounds. An investigation reveal
ed that the opossum had been making
his home in a hollow in the top of the
elm tree. Mr. Thornton said he keeps
two dogs at his home, but despite
this fact the opossum dared to ven
ture on the home grounds.
FOR SERVICE MEN
Phonograph records are
wanted for men in the armed
services, and Dr. E. N. Book
er, requests all persons having
records which they -will do
nate to place them in a box in
front of his office. He will see
that they are sent to the prop
er place.
Johnston Farmer Is
Held In Shooting Case
NeiU Johnson Charged With
Firing at Negro Tenant,
Threatening Girl
Neill Johnson, 35-year-old farmer
of 'Wilder’s township, is under two
bonds on charges of firing at his Ne
gro tenant, Henry Walton, and also
threatening to shoot Walton’s daugh
ter, Sarah, according to Sheriff Kirby
L. Rose, who said that he understood
.that the shooting resulted from a mis
understanding between the tenant
and his landlord over an assignment
of work given Walton.
The sheriff said he did not know
all the details of the disagreement.
The shot, allegedly fired by Neill
Johnson, sprinkled the 66-year:old
Negro’s leg, some of the pellets be
coming deeply imbedded in his limb.
His condition, however, was describ
ed as good and he did not have to
have hospital attention. Sheriff Rose
arrested Johnson and placed him un
der a 5100 bond on a charge of as
sault -with a deadly weapon with in
tent to kill. The sheriff said his in
vestigation revealed that .Johnson
at Walton, who was standing about
60 yards away.
He was put under a $200 bond for
pointing the gun at the Negro girl
and threatening to shoot her.
Johnson’s elderly wife, -whom he re
cently married, is owner of the farm,
which her husband has been manag
ing.
Barefoots To Hold
Annual Reunion
All descendants and friends of the
late Miles, John and Noah Barefoot
are invited to attend a family re
union to be held at Barefoot’s Mem
orial church on the third Sunday in
August.
The church is located about seven
miles south of Four Oaks near Black
mon’s Cross Roads.
“We hope to have some good sing
ing in the afternoon,” said Homer Lee
who announced the event. “Everybody
come and bring a basket well ■ filled
and let’s enjoy the day together.”
Terrapin Gomes Home
With Name And Date
Revival Going On
At Benson Church
Benson.—A series of revival serv
ices began Monday night at the Taber
nacle Free Will Baptist Church of
this city with preaching by Dr.
William H. Carter, pastor of the
Tabernacle Church of Goldsboro. Dr.
Carter will speak each night this
week at 8:30 p. m.
Dr. Carter is a former pastor of
the local church having served the
church from 1932 through October
1936. Another former pastor of the
church. The Rev.'Stedman C.
G. W. Rough, of the Gray’s Chapel
community, Franklinville, Rt. 1, last
week found a terrapin in his corn
field. Curiously examining the under
shell, he found that the terrapin was
one upon which he had carved his
name and date on May 11, 1918.
Years ago, name and date carving
upon every terrapin he found was one
of Mr. Rough’s favorite hobbies. This
was the first terrapin that he has
found with his name and the date of
carving.
Clark Gable Is Now
Private In Air Force
FELLOW AMERICANS:
This country has heard a great
deal about secret weapons. We are
devoting this space to tell you of a
weapon that is locked up in your home
—in your cellar—in your attic. It is
one of the vital weapons of war.
It is not some rare and precious
metal that will fire a secret weapon.
It’s junk. Scrap materials of all
kinds—old and dirty, rusted and worn,
out — scrap, one of the most precious
weapons in America’s arsenal of
democracy. It is old irons and electric
wire, vacuum cleaners and rags,, bur
lap bags and manila rope, fats and
rubber. Yes, locked up in your homes
is the material that will contribute
substantially to America’s victory.
Let us tell you why. You’ve looked
behind the headlines, and you know
America, the richest nation in the
world, the land of plenty, doesn’t have
enough of what it takes to win this
war of materials. In the hands of the
treacherous Japs now are the princi
pal sources of rubber and tin. In their
hands, too, are the -vital sources of
vegetable fats and manila rope. That’s
one answer to why your scrap is vital.
There are a few more. Let us out
line briefly to you. In normal times,
fifty per cent of all .the new steel
manufactured in this country came
from scrap. The steel industry in.
peacetime used as much as 7,000,000
tons of scrap a week—about 35,000,-
000 tons a year. Every pound of; metal
scrap that we collect will enable our
steel plants to increase their produc
tion. Already our steel industry is
producing a record monthly total of ■
over 7,000,000 tons of new steel ingots
— as much as the output of the en
tire rest of .the world. By increasing
steel production, we are helping to
achieve a larger output of the weaT-
vestigation revealed cna.t-Jonnson was - -f— ~ , "
sfandinFBii'Trs Por'ai'-whbrtTi'e fired- and equipment that we need to
^ X . rtzx-Faof Avia Txlonxia China Tonirc.
defeat the Axis—planes, ships, tanks
and guns.
A few pounds of scrap from an old
doll carriage, the springs for an old
upholstered chair, or scrap from a
worn-out vacuum cleaner in your
closet may help to win a crucial
battle in the Racific or in Europe.
You’re probably saying to yourself
right now: Well, -what about the steel
that used .to go into automobiles or
into radios ? We’re not making them
now. Why not use that?
We are using it. Every last ounce
of, steel tljat can be' had. We’re using
every last ounce of iron and copper
.the mines can produce. But things are
differSht today. Today we’re building
an air force of thousands of planes,
thousands of tanks, ships and sub
marines; guns and trucks and jeeps
and peeps. And they all take metal.
Shipping and transportation is an
other reason why scrap material is
vital. We are fighting the battle of
oceans, and every last ounce of cargo
space is needed and needed and need
ed, three times over. Every square
inch of freight-car space is required
(Continued on page five)
Seen and Heard Along
THE MAINDRAG
= By H. H. L.
old Maindrag continues to
feed store will open in
next door to the City
Friday — HARRY W.
Loomis Brown of Selma, who . was
stationed at an Army camp at Biloxi,
Miss., was injured seriously Wednes
day afternoon in an automobile acci
dent. , ,
He received treatment at Johnston
County Hospital and was transferred
to a Fort Bragg hospital.
He is said to have lost control of
his car near the Neuse River Bridp
on Highway No. 70, running off the
road. He sustained a concussion of
the brain and severe scalp wounds.
The August term of Johnston
superior court will convene Monday
August 17, for trial of criininal cases.
Judge Henry L. Stevens is assigned
to ±his district for the next six
months and is scheduled to preside
over the August session.
One murder case is included on the
calendar—against John (Rat) Smith
of Selma, colored man charged with
killing Letha Simmons, Selma colored
girl.
The following paragraph was t
from a letter written by Corpor.
L. Rittman, dated August 4, .
who is the son of Mr. and
Jimmie Rittman, of Selma, Routt
“I am well and working hard.
the rest of the Company is living),
in the woods for the next three (jg assistant to Dr. Carter,
and nights, but they left me here Tabernacle Church in Golds-
.the office. I am really catching
dickens. Will try^to write more m jyiugjg fgj. revival campaign is
next day or two. under the direction of Garland
-Cpl. Rittman completed a coirnSj^j^j^g^^^^
accounting at the University at Ch:
Hill last summer. He was later ^
ployed by the Farm Security oflojVn (JttlCe Getting
in Raleigh prior to his induction
the armed forces. .
Corporal Rittman is in Camp Gra —^
Illinois. Those who have visited the office
if M. R. Wall, Selma’s town clerk,
Mrs. N. G. Blackman has returned
from Wilson, where she visited her
son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. N. G. Blackman, Jr., for several
days. Mrs. Blackman, Jr., accompan
ied her home for a visit.
-Clark -Gable has put aside the
wealth and fame of Hollywopd to en
list in the Army as a buck private.
The screen star, 41, and widowed
by the death of Carole Lombard in
an airplane accident several months
ago as she concluded a bond-selling
tour, left Hollywood Wednesday night
for Miami, Fla., for three months’
basic training, after which he hopes
to enroll in an officers’ candidate
school.
Three Leaves of Tobacco
Grow On Single Stem
Mr. J. A. Martin, of Suffolk, 'ecently have no doubt observed that
spent the week end here with hhe inner walls and ceiling is being
Martin, who is recuperating fromreated to a new coat of paint, but
appendix operation at the home ot before it was needed.
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. St^ -
Bomb The Japs With Junkl
Robert L. Ray brought to the of
fice of The Johnstonian-Sun today
what seemed to be a single leaf of to
bacco, but on lose examination it was
found that ihree leaves of tobacco
had actually grown on a single stem.
It was found on his farm a few miles
from Selma.
Ge In The Scrap'.
The
hum—a new
the building
Barber Shop
E'VERITT, manager of the Fay &
Save Market, will operate it—MR.
E'VERITT is distributor for the FCX
feeds in .this section—all kinds of
feedstuffs and flour will be carried in
stock—glad to have CONGRESSMAN
HAROLD COOLEY on the Maindrag
yesterday—he paid a visit to ROST-
MASTER EARP at the postoffice and
shook hands with a number of friends
—the Congressman was en route to
Smithfield where he was the princi
pal speaker at the Farmers’ Day cele
bration—the newest soda jerker in
town is HAROLD HALES, who is
now with the WOODARD & CREECH
DRUG COMPANY — for the past
several years HAROLD has been with
the GODWIN store in Selma—two
boys who will be missed from the
Maindrag are ALTON STANCIL and
HAROLD SMITH—both left Satur
day for Port Bragg and are now in
Uncle Sam’s army—ALTON, son of
Editor Stancil, was the paper’s right
hand man—this scribe trusts you
won’t be too critical of the ads ap
pearing in this paper from now on—
we admit we are not the “ad setter”
ALTON is—and besides, we know
nothing about engraving and photog
raphy—ALTON is a connoisseur in
both—his brother, “SHORTY” STAN
CIL, can handle the job end of the
business and the linotype—in fact
“SHORTY” can sling up as much,
type on that big machine as his dad,
and that is saying a lot, if the “Old
Man” did t^^e a special course in that
1 line of worKHv New York: City.
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