The Johnstonian-Sun
VOL. 27
SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1944
NUMBER 15
ME AND MY SHADOW
2 Railroad
Cars Are
Burned
Bill Winston Makes
100th Atlantic Flight
Lieutenant-Commander William A.
Winston, native of Wendell, com
pleted 100 crossings of the Atlantic
Ocean as commanding officer of the
Pan American Airways transatlantic
clipper which arrived on March 21 at
the Marine Terminal, La-Guardia
Field. New York.
Each of his flights—all of which
were “without incident”—have been
in the 42-tqn flying boats operated by
Pan American over the Atlantic. His
ocean crossings began in 1939 and
represent nearly 2,000,000 miles of
over-water flying.
Commander Winston, who is now
using his 17th logbook, has approxi
mately 15,000 flight hours to his cre
dit. Besides the Atlantic, the master
pilot has also flown over the Pacific
Gcean and the Caribbean Sea. His
flights have taken him throughout
Central and South America, deep in
the Pacific area, and over the Atlan
tic to the British Isles, Europe and
Africa.
Trained Lindberg.
Commander Winston entered the
aviation section of the U. S. Army
Signal Corps in 1917, trained as a
cadet at Carruthers Field, Texas, and
remained with the service until 192.5.
During his years as an Army avia
tion instructor he prepared Charles
A. Lindberg for Soloing.
The return to civilian life found
Winston joining the only passenger
carrying airmail service not operated
by the government, the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company. Here his co
workers were the late Ed Musick,
pioneer pilot in Pacific flying, Andre
Priester, now vice president and chief
engineer of Pan American Airways,
and Alton Parker, who went to the
Antartic with Admiral Byrd.
The years intervening saw him as
manager of Roosevelt Field, N. Y.,
and national director of the 40 fields
throughout the country operated by
the Curtiss Flying Service. This led
to a post with the U. S. Department
of Commerce as an aeronautical in
spector in Chicago, Salt Lake City,
San Francisco, Los Angeles and Port
land, Ore.
Broad Experience.
In 1933 Winston joined the staff of
pilots in the Western Divisaon of Pan
American, a section that was develop
ing instrument flying for use on the
routes that carried passengers south
through Mexico to Central America.
Four years later he began hig career
in over-water flying by taking com
mand of the flying boats flying out
of Miami. Fla., for the operations in
the Caribbean area and South Ameri
ca.
With this combination of experience
behind him, Winston transferred to
the Pacific coast to become a master
■ of ocean flying boats and to command
a trans-Pacific Clipper. In this thea
ter of long-range flying he made six
crossings of the Pacific from San
Francisco to Hong Kong.
In 1939, shortly after' the inaugur
al of scheduled crossings of the At
lantic, Winston joined the Atlant.c
Division. Here his combination of
flying skill and a talent for enter
taining passengers won for him quite
a following among the passengers
carried on the transatlantic flying
boats.
A resident of 83 Brookside Drive,
Plandome, N. Y., where he resides
with bis wife, he devotes most of his
{5rae between trips to camera work.
A photography addict of the first de
gree, Winston will talk lenses, filters,
hypos, enlargers at the drop of a hat
at amatuer or professional.
While on flight, during those mo
ments when he is not on the flight
deck, Winston entertains passengers
with his repertoire of card, tricks.
Adept at handling playing cards, for
he says that he can deal himself four
aces without being detected, Winston
never plays cards with strangers lest
his skill is misunderstood.
(Lieut.-Commander Winston is a
first-cousin of Misses Margaret and
Stella Etheredge, Mrs. Mamie Cand
ler, Mrs. R. A. Ashworth and Mr. M.
C. Tuck, of Selma.)
To Start Campaign To
Kill Rats In Selma
It should be good news to every
citizen of Selma to know the Town
Fathers of Selma have given their
approval to a Rat Extermination
Campaign for the entire town, to be
gin just as soon as the business men
of the town fall in line to have the
rats in their stores and about their
homes killed by the gas method.
It is going to cost a little some
thing to get rid of the thousands of
wharf rats now feasting on stocks of
produce in the stores and about our
homes, but the cost will be small
compared to the damage these rats
are doing.
By use of the gas method we will
not only get rid of the rat hazard,
but along with them will go mice,
roaches and all other insects that in
fest our homes and places of busi
ness.
The Town Authorities have been in
contact with Charles Land, “The Rat
Man”, of Wilson, who is coming to
Selma on Thursday of next week to
make contact with the business men
of Selma as to what they want to do
about the Rat Problem in our town.
If you have any doubts about the
gas method killing rats, you might
ask Mr. R. Monroe Pittman of the
Pittman Hatchery. He has given it a
trial and says it worked fine.
One freight train plowed in
to the rear of another freight
last night at 10:10 just east of
the Selma Cotton Mills on the
Southern Railway, ramming
the caboose under the adjoin
ing car, setting fire to both
cars. The caboose was totally
destroyed and the box car,
loaded with lumber, was badly
damaged. The local fire depart
ment responded to the call and
put out the fire saving the lum
ber from destruction. People
living in that area report a ter-
riffic crash when the wreck oc
curred, The regular freight, in
charge of Conductor E. G, Fai
son, had stopped to set loff a
car on the siding, when an ex
tra freight, in charge of Con
ductor R, J, Thompson, ran in
to the rear of the train.
On the caboose of the regu
lar freight Conductor Faison
and his flagman, Fred G. Yow,
both of whom, when they saw
the extra approaching, jumped
for their lives. Both of whom
no doubt would have been
killed had they not seen the
approaching train in time.
The Asheville-Gioldsboro pas
senger train, due here around
11 o’clock, was held until 3:30
this morning, when the tracks
were cleared.
David S. Ball Scores
In Kiwanis Contest
In the absence of Program Chair
man Raleigh Griffin, who was out of
town, Kiwanian D. M. Clemmons had
charge of the program at the Selma
Kiwanis meeting last Thursday even
ing. Kiwanian Clemmons, who was
program chairman the week before,
inaugurated a very interesting quiz
contest, and when the burden of the
program fell on him again last week
he merely concluded a quiz contest
he started the previous week. David
S. Ball was again high scorer.
The attendance prize, awarded by
John Jeffreys, went to M. L. Stancil.
A special guest of the evening was
Sgt. Fred A. Woodard, who was guest
of his father, W. T. Woodard, Sr.
Mayor Barnie Henry was appoint
ed program chairman for tonight
(Thursday) when the club will meet
at 7 o’clock, instead of 6:30 as here
tofore. President Rudy Howell has
mailed cards to each member of the
club urging them to be present each
meeting night during the month of
April. Let’s have 100 per cent during
April. We can do it.
Judge Hamilton Raps
Selfish Trend At Home
Says We’re Going To Make
gome Real Sacrifices, Shed
Some Lears, and Lose More
Lathers and Sons Before War
Is Over.
Selma Boy In South
Pacific 20 Months
Sergeant Howard Marlow, son of
Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Marlow of Selma,
recently completed his 20th month in
the South Pacific while serving with
the -Army’s 37th Division on Bougain
ville. He joined the Army on October
19, 1940 and received his basic train
ing at Fort Bragg, N. C.
Since serving in the South Pacific,
Sgt. Mariow has been stationed at
Vitu Livu, Fiji, Espiritu Santo, New
Hebrides, and Guadalcanal. Prior to
enlisting, he was employed as a tex
tile worker at the Selma Cotton Mill.
He has two brothers in the service.
Lone Star Quartet
Coming Saturday Night
The Lone Star Quartet, heard daily
over WPTF, Raleigh, will give a
musical concert Saturday night, April
8, beginning at 8:30 o’clock, in the
high school auditorium.
The American Legion Auxiliary is
sponsoring this entertainment. This
famous quartet appeared here about
a year ago and hundreds were turned
away from the school auditorium be
ing unable to get a seat. The quartet
is featuring Bert Carroll, Milton
Estes, Elmer Johnson, Carl Rains,
Herschel Collins.
Easter Program At
Colored Disciple Church
There will be an Easter program
given at the colored Disciple church
in Selma on Easter Monday. The
pastor extends a welcome to all.
Little Girl Passes
In Wilson Hospital
Mary Frances Narron, four, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. McDaniel Narron
of Route 1, Middlesex, died in Wood-
ard-Herring Hospital in Wilson at
12:50 Sunday morning.
Funeral services were conducted at
Antioch Baptist church ten miles
north of Selma Monday afternoon by
the Revs. Tilden and Willie Renfrew
of Route 2, Kenly.-Burial was in the
church cemetery.
E. M. Gordy Returns
To The Brick Hotel
Mr. E. M. Gordy, who sold his in
terest in the Brick Hotel last Novem
ber to David L. Blake of Raleigh,
who has been in charge of same,
with the assistance of Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Benfield, also of Raleigh, has
bought the interest of Mr. Blake.
Mr. Gordy took charge of the hotel
Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs.
Benfield and Mr. Blake have returned
to Raleigh.
Raleigh, April 4. — The unwilling
ness of some persons to sacrifice on
the home front was cited vesterday
morning in a charge to the Wake
County Grand Jury by Judge Luther
Hamilton of Morehead City, who is
presiding over a scheduled one-week
criminal term of Wake Superior
Court.
“We’re still in this war, and we
couldn’t be here as we are this
morning if we lived under a dictator
ship,” Judge Hamilton pointed out.
“You may not have had it impressed
on your mind as you should, but
battles mukt be won on the home
front as well as on the battle fronts.
“Some man in Raleigh protested
against being called upon to cooper
ate in the rationing system,” the
judge said. “He had no near kin in
the service, had nothing to gain by
sacrificing, so he said. Why, that man
doesn’t contribute enough to society
to pay rent for the space he occupies
on this earth.”
Grim Outlook.
Judge Hamilton stated that Ameri
cans on the home front aren’t making
sacrifices by giving up gasoline and
choice food. “We’re going to make
some real sacrifices, shed some tears,
and the heart of the world will break
right open before this war is over.
Sad as it seems, we’re going to give
more of our sons and husbands and
fathers before this thing ends.
“It’s such a little thing to do when
we respond to various phases of the
home front battle,” Judge Hamilton
asserted. “We don’t hear of our serv
icemen throwing; down their guns and
walking out like so many of the
strikers in this country have done.
These strikers are just as truly trait
ors to today’s cause as were Judas
Iscariot and Benedict Arnold.
“Much as we try to kid ourselves,
our war isn’t nearly over. Tt not only
isn’t won, but it won’t be won if we
don’t declare ourselves essential parts
in it.”
High Cost of Crime.
Turning to the overwhelming
amount of crime today. Judge Hamil
ton stated that our “cost bill for
crime” runs to 15 billion dollars a
year, or $490 a second. “That repre
sents more than the annual food bill
of this country, and means about $120
levy on each man, woman and child
in the United States.
“Every 40 minutes of the day a
person’s life is taken by some ruf
fian,” he continued. “If we had heard
on the radio this morning that some
thing had happened on a Pacific isl
and that caused the death of 13,000
of our men, we’d sit' up and take
notice. Yet .that is the number of
persons killed annually by force of
arms. During a single year there
were a million and a half known
felonies committed in this country
and 15 million misdemeanors.”
Judge Hamilton stated emphatical
ly that it is time for Americans to.
sit up and take notice of crimes. In
difference to crime until it strikes
home is the cause of such a large
crime bill, he said.
The judge then remarked on the
rising amount of juvenile crimes in
this country. “'When I was a boy, we
were taught that things were wrong
according to the Bible. Today, the
power of persuasion by the moral
code is not used on our young folks.
Their disgrace isn’t in their offenses,
they think, but in getting caught.
How can we expect them to have re
spect for the laws of man if they
have none for the laws of God?”
Judge Hamilton pointed out that
there would he no laws, no courts, no
need for judges and lawyers were it
not for the unreasonableness of men.
The United States is regarded as the
greatest nation of criminals in the
world, he said, so far as individual
crimes are concerned.
“Unless something is done to curb
crime and to curb the present ten
dencies of unwillingness to sacrifice
for the war,” Judge Hamilton con
cluded, “our land is in danger, whe
ther we win or lose this war.”
Important InFormation
About New DraFt Law
Selma Merchants To
Close Easter Monday
We, the undersigned merchants of
Selma, do hereby agree to close our
place of business, Monday, April 10,
(EASTER.)
HENRY & NORDAN
CITY SHOE SHOP
SELMA RADIO SERVICE
H. L. BONEY
MAC’S PLACE
SELMA BARBER SHOP
J. C. AVERY
RICKS ELECTRIC OMPANY
THE CORNER SHOPPE
W. E. PARKER & SON
J. E. GREGORY & COMPANY
THE HAT SHOP
SMITH’S STORE
L. GEORGE GROCERY
W. E. JONES
WOODRUFF & CANADY
VANITY FAIR BEAUTY SHOPPE
WALTER GODWIN
LANGLEY’S JEWEI.ERS
DAVIS DEPT. STORE
CLEAN-M-RIGHT CLEANERS
PAY & SAVE MARKET
A. W. MITCHENER
R. P. OLIVER
R. MONROE PITTMAN
WIGGS GROCERY
HUNTER’S
C. H. BROWN
LOUIS ABDALLA -
#ITY BARBER SHOP
SELMA CASH FEED GROCERY
TOM ABDALLA
NORTON’S 5c TO $5 STORE
FLOYD C. PRICE & SONS
All Registrants Under 26 Years
of Age Who Have Not Been
Examined by the Armed
Forces Within the Past 90
Days Must Be Examined.
All registrants under 26 years of
age who have not been examined by
the armed forces within the past 90
days will be ordered to report for
pre-induction physical examination,
announced General J. Van B. Metis,
State Director of Selective Service,
The General stated that local boards
have just been furnished directives
to that effect and that members of
his staff ate at present conducting a
series of regional conferences to dis
cuss this policy as it affects occupa
tional and agricultural 'deferments.
He pointed out that the directive was
for the purpose of accelerating the
processes of induction of younger
men to meet the urgent needs of the
armed services and to provide the
Director of Selective Service and
employers with information regard-
ing those who are not acceptable for
military service.
The State Director advises thatt a
registrant, if found acceptable to the
armed forces, might still be granted
an occupational deferment, provided
a Form 42-A^ Special, approved by
the State Director having jurisdiction
over the principal place of employ
ment, is received by the local board
prior to the registrant’s actual in
duction. In view of directives from
National Selective Service Headquar
ters, Metts anticipates that few
Forms 42-A Special will be filed, as
present indications are that they will
ABDALLA’S MARKET
PROCTOR’S STORE
ETHERIDGE & O’NEAL
COLEY’S SHOE SHOP
EDWARDS BARBER SHOP
If You Have A Dog
You^d Belter Read This
be restricted to the following vital
SELMA CLOTHING & SHOE CO.!’'^ar activities: Landing Craft, Tires
and 'lubes. High Tenacity Rayon for
War Products, Aircraft, Airborne
Radar, Rockets, Submarines, Trans
portation, and possibly a few others.
With regard to agriculture, the
General stated that it seems to be the
prevailing thought that the with
drawal of the war unit plan for
measuring . . agricultural activities
would liberalize farm deferments.
Metts stated this to be an erroneous
construction, since the unit system
was only a means of measuring the
value of the registrant’s farming ef
fort in applying the Tydings Amend
ment, which is still in effect. The
Tydings Amendment to the Selective
Training and Service Act provides,
in general, only that deferments be
granted to those registrants who in
the judgment of the local boards are
regularly engaged in agricultral oc
cupation or endeavor which is esseti-
tial to the war effort. The General
pointed out that the directives which
have been issued to the local boards
have stressed the National need for
young fighting men for the armed
forces, as formerly stated by the
President and later reiterated by
General Marshall and others respon
sible for the best utilization of our
manpower in the successful prosecu-
The Grand Jury of Johnston County
is asking the Chief of Police in each
town in Johnston county to cooperate
in helping round up all dog owners
who have been careless by failure to
have their dogs vaccinated against
rabies. Such dog owners are hereby
informed that indictments will be
continued against those who fail to-
abide by the law.
It has edme to my attention that
many stray dogs now roaming the |
streets of Selma have been brought in
and dumped in the town by those de
siring to get rid of them. I am here
by giving notice that all tray dogs
found on the streets of Selma without
proper tags showing they have been
duly vaccinated will be killed.
Dr. Nelms will be in Selma on Fri
day, April 14, from 1:00 till 5:00 P.
M. to, vaccinate all dogs brought to , .
him on that date. Bring your dog for tion of the war effort. Metts stated
vaccination and be sure to get your that the directive to the local boards
Irish Potato Grows
In Shape of Duck
Justion Munns of the Selma Cotton
Mill, was exhibiting an Irish potato
in Selma Tuesday morning which
grew in his patch last year, was a
large one, and which grew very much
in shape of a duck. Mr. Munns,
noticing the shape of the potato,
added a feather for the tail and a
pecan for the bill. He then had a
pretty good imitation of a duck.
County Courthouse To
Close Easter Monday
The Johnston county courthouse
will be closed on Monday, April 10,
in observance of Easter.
tag and place it on your dog that day.
H. B. PEARCE, Chief of Police.
Special Easter Music
At Benson Church
On Friday night, April 7, at 8:30
o’clock in the church auditorium, the
combined chorus of the Benson Bap
tist church will present a program
of special Easter music. Among the
numbers presented will be several se
lections from Handel’s “Messiah”- in
cluding the Hallelujah chorus. All
of those who love the best in church
music will greatly appreciate the
work of these choirs.
Soloists will be Miss Naomi Smith,
soprano, and Mrs. Jesse T. Morgan,
contralto. The group -will be acconi-
panied at the organ by Miss Welhei-
mina Utley. Miss Naomi Smith, a
pupil of Professor Paul Oncley, who
is well known in the county for her
work in music, will direct the choir.
Sgt. Fred A. Woodard
Returns To Gamp
Sgt. Fred A. Woodard returned to
Camp Atterbury, Ind., Monday, after
spending a three-weeks’ furlough
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Woodard. Sgt. Woodard, who was
convalescing from a long illness with
meningitis, is much improved and has
been returned to full duty. He ex
pects to be transferred to Camp
Shelby, Miss., since hig old outfit, the
30th Infantry Division, ‘Old Hickory”,
was sent to England while he was
ill in the hospital.
' GARDENS
Civilians are expected to receive
about 20 per cent less fruits and 15
per cent less vegetables from the
commercial pack this year. Let’s all
grow a better garden than last year,
suggest State College horticulturists.
provided that in determining wheth
er a registrant is necessary to an
agricultural occupation or endeavor
they should bear in mind the Nation
al situation and need for young men
in the armed forces. He went on to
say that the local boards were in
structed that, in determining the
question of essentiality of the agri
cultural endeavor, they should not
lose sight of the fact that the war
effort itself is of paramount impor
tance and that the registrant could
hardly be found essential unless his
over-all production contributed more
to the war effort than his service in
the armed forces. He expressed a be
lief that few young men would be
granted agricultural deferments, in
view of the need for young men in
the armed forces.
The General stated that North
Carolina is required to furnish its
proportion of young fighting men and
that its resources of manpower have
already been drained to the point that
the only young men available are
those who turn 18 and those pres
ently deferred in agriculture and in
dustry. He expressed the opinion that
most of them will be withdrawn from
agriculture, since very few have been
withdrawn during the past year’s op
eration under the unit system, as
compared with the large number
which were withdrawn at the same
time from industry. As an illustra
tion, he advised^ that there are 32,000
unmarried men deferred in agricul
ture as compared with 7,000 unmar
ried men deferred in industry. Metts
went on to say that the local boards
have been instructed that they must
fill their calls and furnish proportion
ate part of the men for the armed
Services and that he expects a large
number of the men under 26 years of
age will be withdrawn from agricul
ture. He went on to say that the lo
cal boards in agricultural sections
would have no alternative, since the
situatlSB*demanded that agriculture
make its proportionate contribution
of young manpower to the armed
forces as has been made by industry.
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