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VOL. 27
SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1943.
NUMBER 1
YOUR TAX- AND BOND-DOLLAR
HOW THE GOVERNMENT SPENDS IT
(First Half of 1943)
Aircraft r
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Meat To Cost More
Points Is Forecast
Ground ordnance„
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vessels
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MisceRaneous
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expenditures
Automotive vehicles and eejuipment clothinq and personal eQuipment
and other expenses
•Pay, subsistence, travel for armed forces and civilians agricultural
commodities for export and miscellaneous expenses 0rt«-WPB
Heart Attack Fatal
To Dr. Vv^. B. Johnson
Foimer Dentist And Prominent
Business And Political Leader
of The Town Succumbs To
Sudden Heart Attack — Fu
neral Held From The Home
Sunday Afternoon.
The sudden death of Dr. Willard
B. Johnson, 54, who died in front of
his home here Christmas Eve, was a
distinct shock to the entire commu
nity. Dr. and Mrs. Johnson had just
returned to their home after deliver
ing several Christmas presents to
friends, and as Dr. Johnson stepped
from his car he dropped to the side
walk dead. Dr. Booker was summon
ed, who prono^unced Dr. Johnson’s
death due to a heart attack. He had
been in declining health for several
years, having retired from the prac
tice of dentistry several years ago
because of ill health, but in more re
cent years his health had improved
and this fact made his sudden pass
ing the more shocking.
Dr. Johnson was a son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Johnson, of near
Smithfield. He married Miss Grace
Whitley in 1915, and to this union
was born one son, Willard B. John
son, Jr., who is employed with Glen
L. Martin Aircraft Company in Bal
timore. Dr. Johnson practiced dentis
try in Selma for more than 20 years,
having graduated from the North
western Dental College in Chicago in
1909. He served as Mayor of Selma
for two terms and was a member of
the board of town commissioners for
several terms. He was a charter
member of the Selma Kiwanis club
and a Shriner.
Since his retirement from the prac
tice of dentistry Dr. Johnson devoted
most of his time in looking after his
farm interests, in which he was very
vitally concerned during his latter
years. He -was a man who always
adherred to the policy of attending to
his own business and letting other
people’s business alone; sound of
judgment and liberal in his business
views. That Selma has lost one of
its most substantial citizens, no one
who knew Dr. Johnson and is famil
iar with his record for sound business
policies, would attempt to deny.
Funeral services, which were large
ly attended, were conducted from the
home here Sunday afternoon at 3
o’clock by his pastor, the Rev. Geo.
W. Blount, pastor of Edgerton Memo
rial Methodist church. Burial took
place in the City cemetery.
Surviving, besides his wife and one
son. are two brothers, R. W. and H.
G. Johnson, Smithfield, Route 1; two
sisters, Mrs. J. P. Parker, Smithfield,
Route 1, and Mrs. J. P. Thomas, of
Suffolk, Va.
Selma Kiwanians Enjoy
An Interesting Program
Kiwanian Rudolph Howell, presi
dent-elect of the Selma Kiwani club,
was in charge of the program on
last Thursday evening and he put on
a good one. After President How
ard V. Gaskill introduced two guests,
Lt. Joseph D. Richardson, of Camp
Hood, Texas, and Petty Officer
Charles Richardson, of Manchester,
Mass., both of whom made short but
interesting talks, Rudolph announced
that “we will now play Bingo.’’ This
was the first time the club had in
dulged in this popular game, and say
ing they enjoyed it is putting it
mildly. Petty Officer Richardson won
two prizes in succession.
A number of prizes were given to
winners, each prize being small and-
wrapped in large boxes. Kiwanian
Matt Wall, upon receiving one of the
prizes, whs heard to remark, “O Boy,
I believe this package contains a
shirt,” when in fact it was only a
stick of chewing gum.
The members of the club sang
Christmas carols, accompanied at the
piano by Kiwanian H. H. Lowry, in
the absence of the regular sponsor,
Mrs. D. M. Clemmons, who was on
the sick-list. The club room was beau
tifully decorated in Christmas colors.
Kiwanian Joe A. Creech, who re
cently joined the club, was in such a
hurry to get there on time that he
forgot part of his wardrobe—his
coat (not his pants). When he pulled
off his overcoat he discovered that his
coat was missing. Someone suggest
ed that a collection be taken to get
Joe a coat. Well, everybody had a
good time, thanks to Kiwanian How
ell.
Washington — The new January
meat chart lists only one small point
value boost—on fresh hams, but
j Price Administrator Chester Bowles
j sees the ration cost of meat begin-
; ning to climb more noticeably in Feb
ruary.
The OPA Chief, in a radio address,
said he “wouldn’t be a bit surprisecR’
to find higher values on some meat
products the month after next, and
added “it seems most likely that
points may be higher in March and
April and during the summer.
The change in fresh ham values,
effective Sunday, hikes the ration
cost one point a pound, eliminating
the differential, between fresh and
smoked types in effect the last three
weeks. The reason: considerably in-^
creased movement of the fresh cut
ham since validation recently of a
special stamp for five pounds of
pork.
The values on the rest of pork cuts
and all other important brown-stamp
foods remain virtually unchanged on
the new chart, with butter continuing
at 16 points and veal, lamb and all
but three beef items staying put,-.
Cheese points too, remain the same.
The beef changes are a two-point
reduction in dried beef values, to 12
points a pound, a one-point cut td-
three points for tongue, and for slic
ed, ready-to-eat tongue a two-point
downward revision, to six points a
pound.
In his radio talk, Bowles directed
sharp criticism at “profiteers, chisel-’
ers, lobbyists and pressure groups,
declaring they have been “altogether
too loud and too insistent for the
good of a nation at war. He said he
had been shocked at their clamor for
higher prices and profits “while the
country is fighting for its existence.”
Reviewing the status of the vari
ous rationing programs, the Admin
istrator termed the truck tire situa
tion “in many respects the most se
rious the country faces; passenger
acr tire restrictions, he added, may
be relaxed about the middle of next
year as more synthetic tires become
available.
The g’asoline shortage, Bowles said,
is likely to become more acute in
1944 with military need mounting.
But there is enough fuel oil and ker
osene to maintain rations at 10 gal
lons a coupon until during period
three of the heating season.
National Day Of A I
Prayer Proclamation/^riTiy In Vi^f
News Spokesman Makes
Charge Against Farmer
“At the end of the year 1943,
which has not only made manifest the
devotion and courage of our nation’s
sons but has also crowned their ef
forts with brilliant success on every
battle front, it is fitting that we set
aside a day of prayer to give thanks
to almighty God for His constant
providence over us in every hour of
national peace and national peril.
“At the beginning of the new year
1944, which now lies before us, it is
fitting that we pray to be preserved
from false pride of accomplishment
and from willful neglect of the last
measure of public and private sacri
fice necessary to attain final victory
and peace.
“May we humbly seek strength and
guidance for the problems of widen
ing warfare and for the responsibili
ties of increasing victory. May we
find in the infinite mercy of the God
of our. fathers some measure of com
fort for the personal anxieties of
separation and anguish of bereave
ment.
“Now, therefore, I, Franklin D.
Roosevelt, President of the United
States of America, do hereby ap
point Saturday, the first day of Jan
uary, 1944, as a day of prayer for all i
of us, in our churches, in our homes,
and in our hearts, those of us who
walk in the familiar paths of home,
those who fight on the wide battle
fields of the world, those who go
down to the sea in ships, and those
who rise in the air on wings.”
. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT,
President of the United'Bta'tes.
Attest: Cordell Hull, Secretary of
State.
Rail Transportation
Selma Merchants Are
Appreciative Of The
Business Given Them
Selma Boy Writes
Editor From Iceland
Somewhere In Iceland
Dear Sir:
I’ve been a reader of The Johnston-
ian-Sun now for about two years and
since I’ve been in Iceland it seems
lots dearer to me than ever. There is
not much to do here so I really look
forward to getting your paper for it
In last week’s Johnstonian-Sun
Selma merchants and professional
men, as well as several merchants
in Smithfield, carried advertisements
thanking you for your patronage and
wishing you a Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Mear. Those who had
! such advertisements in our last issue
and in today’s paper are as follows:
The Selma ’Theatre, Terminal
Newsstand, F. & P. Auto Parts Co.,
Wiggs’ Grocery, C. A. Bailey, White
House Cafe, Coley & Sons, Selma
Cash Feed & Grocery, City Barber
Shop, Selma Cotton Mills, Efird’s
Department Store, Proctor’s Store,
The Southern Cotton Oil Company,
Worley’s Beverages, Inc., Norton’s
5c to $5 Store, Economy Furniture
Company, The Johnstonian-Sun, The
Branch Banking & Trust Company,
Selma Drug Company, Gregory’s 5c
to $5 Store, Smith’s Store, Henry &
Nordan, Dunn Furniture Company,
Hudson-Belk Company, Mac’s Place,
Carolina Service & Parts , Floyd C.
Price & Sons, Langley’s Jewelers,
Woodard &, Creech Drug Company,
Town of Selma, Hunter’s, J. C. Avery,
Woodruff & Canady, Walt Godwin,
Edward’s Barber Shop, L. George
Grocery, Guy C. Lee Mfg. Company,
Abdalla’s Market, Bradley’s Shoe
Shop, Davis Department Store, Sel
ma Clothing & Shoe Company, Pitt
man’s Hatchery, Pay & Save Market.
Christmas Program At
Selma Baptist Church
A fine Christmas program was en
joyed at the First Baptist Church of
really keeps me on the know abput Selma Thursday evening of last week
happenings back home. One could
never know how much the old home
town paper means to them until they
get thousands of miles from home
and nothing to do. Then when you do
which was under the direction of Mrs.
Leon Woodruff.
Besides the impressive Christmas
ceremony, the presence of Santa
Claus was felt in no uncertain terms.
Selma Merchant Dies
From Attack Influenza
Planting small whole Irish potatoes
in Louisiana gave better stands and
larger yields than where hole tubers
were cut to pieces.
Edward D. Byrd, 66, died at his
home in Selma Sunday afternoon af
ter an illness of four weeks. Mr.
Byrd has been engaged in the mer
cantile business here for 20 years.
Funeral services were conducted
from the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Leo S. Worrells, Monday afternoon
by the Rev. E. H. Babb, pastor of the
Church Of God. Burial was in the
Crocker cemetery two miles east of
Selma.
Surviving are his wife; two sons,
Edward Byrd, Jr., and Richard Byrd
of Selma; two daughters, Mrs. L. S.
Worrels and Jennie Byrd of Selma;
one half-brother, John T. Evans of
Selma; one sister, Mrs. Charles Ma
son of Rocky Mount, and one half-
sister, Mrs. D. C. Vanhoy of Golds
boro.
Below is printed excerpts from the
book, “From What We Are About to
Receive,” by Jay Franklin, a leading
spokesman of the New Deal.
Jay Franklin was one of the first
appointees to a,major position in the
Agricultural Adjustment Administra
tion and since the mid-Thirties, he
has been a syndicated newspaper col-
umnist, widely accepted as reflecting
New 'WlfJI^'Btrght.
The excepts follow: |
,“The farmer has arrogated to him- ]
self all virtues and all knowledge, he
has voted against progress, against
civilization, against the city, against
science, against art. He has made
and unmade Presidents in the image
of Main Street, he has exhausted our
soil as he will exhaust our Treasury
if given half a chance. He is the
great obstacle to human progress, the
great threat to political stability.
Sooner or later we shall discover,
as England discovered, as Soviet Rus
sia discovered, that the pagan, the
landed proprietor, the kulak, is sim
ply so much mud on the path of pro
gress and must be swept aside if so
ciety is to advance.
“The problem of farm relief will
become not how shall we relieve the
farmer, but who shall relieve us
the farmer.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: The above
get something to read from home it i There were many gifts for the chil-
really makes you happy. I only wish dren, and.^some for the grown-ups as
I could get one every day. John A., well. There were two distinct sur-
Bryant and I are in the same outfit prises recorded among the festivities
and are the only ones from Selma so of fjjo evening, one of which was the
we have nice long chats of the plea-; presentation of $50 in cash to N. J.
sure we had back in Selma and we
look forward to the future when we
will be back home to stay. Bryant is
going in for boxing so I guess he will
have a little more fun than I do. Well
it is a little lonesome here but us
boys can take it for we know happier
days are ahead. Well I close hoping
every one in Selma a Merry Christ
mas and a Happv New Year.
Best regards to all
Thomas R. Gurley
Former Kenlv Man
To Speak In County
The Sun has learned that a former
Kenly man. Evangelist J. Willard
Cockrell of Durham will speak twice
in the county this week. His subject
at Kenly Holiness church on Friday
night, December 31st, will be “What
the world needs today,” and on Sat
urday night he will ^peak'on “Where
will you be five minutes after death ? ’
at the Moore’s Chapel Church near
Stancil’s chapel. The Evangelist is
the son of John Cockrell of Route 2.
Kenly. Another former Kenly man
Joseph M. Stancil, is the song leader
in these meetings. These two work-
of I ers have been holding meetings for a
long time now and have held meet
ings at Moore’s chapel, Hillsboro,
Creech, who has served the Sunday
School so efficiently as superintend
ent for the past twelve years. That
the surprise was complete was plain
ly evidenced by the way Mr. Creech
was overwhelmed with joy and ap
preciation.
The other person to be completely
overwhelmed was Parson D. M.
Clemmons, the popular and efficient
pastor of the church, who was pre
sented a United States War Bond in
the amount of $50. Everyone pres
ent was jubilant with the spirit of
Christmas, and after making these
two church leaders so supremely
happy, the circle of happiness was
enlarged to take in the entire fold
who had a part in the occasion.
Washington — Orders for nearly
150,000 railroad employes to strike
Thursday morning were still in ef
fect but a defy of the Government,
which has placed the Army in charge
of rail transportation, appeared high
ly improbable.
Chiefs of three operating unions—
conductors, firemen and switchmen—
continued in their refusal to give
President Roosevelt arbitrary pow
ers over their wage demands, but
they deferred announcement of their
course on the strike question pend
ing a conference with Lieut. General
Brehon B. Somervell, Chief of Army
Service Forces who was assigned to
take over the carriers under Secre
tary Stimson.
Both Stimson and Somervell said
that as far as they were concerned
there would be no arbitration of wa
ges while the roads are under their
control. It remained in their discre
tion whether capitulation of the three
brotherhoods would be on a cooper
ative or forced basis.
Even a complete capitulation by
the firemen, conductors, and switch
men would not dispose of the wage
controversy. The 15 non-operating
unions of more than a million work
ers accepted the President’s offer to
arbitrate, but the President announc
ed that he cannot proceed to do that
until the unions and the carriers
agree on what is to be arbitrated.
Thus the controversy is back where
it started, except that the 15 unions
withdrew -their strike authorization.
They accepted the graduated increas
es of four to 10 cents and want the
President to decide their right to ov
ertime after 40 hours, but the car
riers want both questions arbitrated
as one.
The two operating unions—train
men and engineers—who promptly
accepted the President as referee,
are receiving meanwhile the benefit
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Seen and Heard Along
THE MAINDRAG
By H. H. L.
RATIONING GUIDE
TOKENS FOR RETAILERS
The date for filing applications
with banks for tokens has been ex
tended to January 8, 1944, by the
The editor of this paper was per
haps the most popular man in town
Tuesday — early in the morning
friends began calling over the phone
felicitating him on his birthday anni
versary—the first to call was BILL
CREECH, of the Selma Drug Com
pany—BILL sent him a coca-cola,
cigars and birthday card—MATT
WALL, town clerk, sang “Happy
Birthday To You” over the phone—
others calling offering congratula
tions were the REV. D. M. CLEM
MONS, pastor of the Baptist church;
W. T. WOODARD, of the Selma Clo
thing & Shoe Company; HUB
BROWN, manager of Economy Fur
niture Company; J. C. AVERY, in
surance and real estate; GEORGE N.
SILER, of Floyd C. Price & Sons;
JOHN JEFFREYS, vice-president of
Worley’s Beverages, Inc.; E. V.
WOODARD, of Woodard & Creech
Drug Company; DAVID S. BALL,
superintendent of the Eastern Man
ufacturing Company: B. A. HENRY,
Mayor of Selma; HUNTER PRICE,
manager of the place so popularly
known as “Where The Saints And
Sinners Meet”; RALEIGH GRIFFIN,
cashier of The. Branch Banking &
Trust Company, and many others—
congratulations on your birthday an-
Office of Price Administration. Those, .
retailers who do not have proper ap-| &nd the fine paper you are
printed, not because we in any way King’s Chapel, Southview and sever-
approve of this unbelievable charge; al in Durham County. Their many
against the farmer, but in order that friends are expected to come out for
plications, may obtain them from
their War Price and Rationing Board.
TRUCK GASOLINE
All truck owners having ODT Cer
tificates, must present their 1944 Li
cense Registration Card to their Lo
cal War Price and Rationing Board,
in person.
our readers may know to what ends
some ,New Dealers have gone during
recent years. The above charge is
one of the most daring and violent
outbursts against the farmer that
has ever come to our attention.
To Honor Service Men
At Special Service Here
the two services in this county.
A rather unique service is being
planned for Sunday evening at 7:30
o’clock, at the Edgerton Memorial
Methodist church here, when Service
Men who have gone out from this
church will be honored. A Service
Flag will be presented and accepted
and the names of men in the Armed
Services from that church will be
i read.
The speaker for the evening will
he 0. A. Tuttle, superintendent of the
local schools.
At the morning service the Holy
Communion will be observed.
Navy Recruiter Will Be
In Selma On Jan. 4th
Navy Recruiter John Stallings will
be at the Clayton post office Monday,
January 3; at Selma Tuesday, Jan
uary 4, and at Smithfield Wednes
day, January 5.
Young men, age 17, are urged to
see him about the opportunities in
the Navy; also there are many open
ings in the WAVES for young wom
en, ages 20 to 36.
publishing” wfere many of the ex
pressions received by the editor—in
the evening “The Gang”, of which
the editor is a member, gave him a
bowling party at Holt Lake—other
members composing “The Gang” are
the REV. GEORGE W. BLOUNT,
JOE MATTHEWS, S. M. PARKER,
H. H. LOWRY, DAVID S. BALL,
and R. BRITT — we won’t tell you
how the game resulted, as we don’t '
want to embarrass any one -— after
the party returned to town they re
paired to the Merchants Hotel, where
S. M. PARKER served delicious re
freshments—and last, but not least,
his good wife, who had a birthday
just three days previous, Ch/istmas
Day, had a good dinner prepared for
him when he went home at noon—-
we haven’t told you his age, for fear
he might get it back on us some
time—the editor had a big day, say-
ing he wished that he could have
birthday every day.