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BUYMORE THAN BEFORE
VOL. 27
BjE GAVE HIS DAD—YOU LEND YOUR MONEY
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Dewe^^
to Head
Ticket
Selma Draft Board Sends
Won Republican Nomination On
First Ballot—Gov. Bricker
Is Named For Vice-Presi
dent — Dewey Accepts Nomi
nation In Personal Address.
356 Boys to Bragg Early Today
MAYOR HENRY GETS
AN ITALIAN FLAG
For months political observers in
Republican ranks have predicted that
Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New
York, wouid be nominated for the
Presidency at the Republican Nation
al convention on first bailot, and that
is exactly what happened when the i ®
votiDp'* Qf nandkerchief
voting began at Chicago Wednesday. i ...u,-, . o- m ... -
Delegates who had gone to the con- I
vention uninstructed soon caught the ^ ® j money of Itaiian
' ’ - - - I change, and a silver fob.
Mayor B. A. Henry exhibited an
Itaiian Flag to the editor of The
Johnstonian-Sun Wednesday morning
which he had just received from his
nephew, Kirby Henry, who is now
somewhere in England or France
Along with the flag were ' two sn-
Pijrbly constructed and designed
spreads and what appears to be a
which Kirby secured
(Photo bj William Sturm, Chicago Sun)
U. S, 7'reasury Department
Wake Man Hoes
On Trial For Hifs
Life For Rape
3.. AHifrt Atkinson, 27-year-old
filling station operator of the Garner
section of Wake county, who is
charged with ravishing 23-year-old
Sarah Barber of Clayotn township,
went on trial for his life in Johnston
county Superior court Wednesday. A
special venire was ordered by Judge
R. Hunt Parker sommoning 150 pros
pective jurors for the capital case.
■ yhe red-haired defendant, who was
arrested last Thursday morning and
kept in an undisclosed prison until
Sunday when he was returned to the
county jail, was arraigned on the
rape charge in court Tuesday morn
ing, pleaded not guilty. The arraign-
'ment proceeding took place after the
'■ grand jury had returned a true bill of
indictment against Atkinson on the
basis of testimony given by two wit
nesses Monday.
' Miss Barber, daughter of Mr. and
. Mrs. James Barber and an employee
of a Raleigh drug store, who told
■ sheriff’s officers that she was attack
ed criminally three times last Wed
nesday night, related her story to the
grand jury, and additional evidence
was supplied by Dr. P. F. Yates of
Clayton, who examined the young-
woman following the assaults.
The bill of indictment alleges that
Atkinson “did unlawfully, willfully
and feloniously ravish and carnally
■ know Sarah Barber, a female, by
force and against her will.”
Solicitor W. Jack Hooks, who an
nounced that the state would seek a
first degrree conviction automatically
: calling for the death penalty, is be
ing assisted in the prosecution by
.James R. Pool and L. L. Levinson,
attorneys employed privately by the
fam'ly of Miss Barber.
Atkinson is represented by Wil
liam B. Wellons, G. A. Martin, E. J.
Wellons and Claude C. Canaday.
' According to the story related by
Miss Barber to Sheriff Kirby L. Rose,
she alighted from a bus in Clayton
at 6:30 p. m. Wednesday and was of
fered a ride to her home several
miles south of the town by a man
whom she thought she knew until
she was' inside the car.
' Instead of driving her home, she
stated, the man drove for seven or
eight miles over country roads, fin-
. ally turning down a path leading into
a wooded area where he stopped the
car, forced her to get out, struck her
with his first across the jaw, render
ing her semi-conscious, ordered her
to remove all her clothing, then as-
. saulted her twice. •
Later, Miss Barber related, they
drove to Bill Stallings’ filling station
across the Neuse from Smithfield
where gas was purchased, the man
threatening to kill her if she called
out for help. Before taking her home,
he drove into another patch of
woods, forced her to undress again
and assaulted her a third time, she,
told officers.
She said the man gave his name as
Robert Johnson and claimed he had
been working at a store in Smithfield,
but was scheduled to enter the Army
next day.
Miss Barber reached home about
11p.m. and told her father what had
happened. Officers were notified im
mediately and from evidence picked
up at Stallings’ fiiling station they
began a trail which led to the arrest
of Atkinson at his home three miies
from Garner. Deputy Sheriff Joe Tur
ner Barnes, Poiiceman Lisbon Jones
of Smithfieid, and Deputy Sheriff C.
E. Wrenn of Wake county took him
into custody. Atkinson then was car
ried to the Barber home where Miss
Barber identified him as her attack
er.
Atkinson, a married man, is the
father of a child.
Visiting Evangelist
Is Kiwanis Speaker
trend and fell in line
Governor Dewey flew to Chicago
by plane last night to deliver his ac
ceptance speech to the convention in
person. Mr. Dewey was in fine spirits,
and news reporters who have heard
Governor Dewey on various occasions,
deciared the Governor spoke even
better than they had ever heard him.
On the final ballot. Governor
De-wey only lacked one vote of getting
a unanimous vote, which was cast for
General McArthur.
Governor Bricker of Ohio, had con
siderable backing for the Presidency,
but after reaching Chicago he doubt
less realized the Dewey trend could
not be overcome. Governor Warren of
California, who had been groomed
for Vice President, told the conven
tion point blank that he would not ac
cept the nomination. Following this
announcement by 'Governor ’Warren,
Governor Bricker’s name became very
much associated with the Vice Presi
dential nomination. Sensing the trend,
as Governor Bricker most surely did,
he addressed the convention in a
most able manner and withdrew his
name as a candidate for the Presiden
cy in favor of Governor Dewey. When
this announcement came he was
forthwith nominated as Governor
Dewey’s running mate.
The flag, measuring about 3x5
%t, IS a real Italian flag. On this
fll^g there are more than a hundred
names of soldier boys who wrote
their names upon it at every con
ceivable angle, zig-zag along the
white panel in the center of the fla->-
at various angles. "
Ad Sells Bond To
Party Out of County
Bond Drive Getting
Off To Good Start
The announcement in a recent issue
os The Johnstonian-Sun that a per
son could dedicate a War Bond in
a boy or girl in the armed forces and
at the same time get a star placed
by their name on a large placard at
the Branch Banking & Trust Com
pany in Selma, brought the following
letter to Raleigh Griffin, cashier of
the Branch ,Bpnk here:
“Acme. N. C., June 20, 1944.
“Mr. R. H. Griffin,
Branch Banking & Trust Co.,
Selma, N. C.
“Dear Mr. Griffin:
PFC. C.‘LOVIS ROSE, who has
notified his wife, Mrs. I,ouise Rose,
of his safe arrival in England. He
is serving with the Engineers and
received his training at Camp McCoy,
Wisconsin and Camp Breckinridge,
Kentucky. Pfc. Rose is the son of
‘?VIr. and Mrs. Preston Rose of Selma,
Route 1.
Many Boys Overseas
Are To Come Home
To the extent that shipping space
is available, the War Department will
increasingly endeavor to return to
this country under a rotation fur-
vjruiin: [ plan, men and women who have
“I read of your plan, in the John- served long tours of duty ov
stonian-Sun, for the people of John-
ston County to buy a bond for the
Evangelist G. G. Lanter of Reids-
ville, who was conducting a series of
evangelistic services at the Selma
I Baptist church, was the guest speak
er at the weekly meeting of the Sel
ma Kiwanis club on last Thursday
evening. He was introduced by Pro
gram Chairman Vernon Wiggs.
The Rev. Mr. Lanter said the all-
important thing for each and every
one in this world is to make peace
with the Heavenly Father through
the acceptance of Jesus Christ as
their personal Saviour. 'The speaker
warned that our days here are but
few, and that the material things of
this life Jo not matter so much as
those things which are eternal. The
minister quoted repeatedly from the ’
Scriptures as he drove home the j
tlTeme of his message.
The attention of the club was !
called to the serious illness of Leon
Hinnant at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hinnant, and at
the close of the meeting a neat sum
was made up by Kiwanis members
and sent to the Hinnant family, but
upon arrival at the Hinnant home it
was learned that their 22-year-old
son, Leon, had died at 7:45, only a
few minutes after the club’s atten
tion had been called to his illness.
The attendance prize, awarded by
H. V. Gaskill, went to R. E. Suber.
The Fifth War Loan Drive in
Selma is getting off to a good start,
with sales of Series “E” Bonds reach
ing a total of ,$21,587..50, and all
others $20,000, making a total of all
bonds sold to date $41,5.87.50.
Raleigh Griffin and Rudolph How
ell are very grateful to all those who
have given them such splendid co-
operation in the drive.
The play, ‘'Four Corners, U. S. A.*^
put on at the high school auditorium
luesday night was greatly enjoyed
boys in the Service. I would like to
buy one through the bank and dedi
cate it to my husband. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Radford of
Selma. His name and address:
“Henry W. Radford, Ph. M. 1-C,
U.S.N.R., U. S. N., Mobile Hospital
No. 8, care Fleet Post Office, San
Francisco, California.”
LA-s it isn’t convenient for me to
go to Selma right now, I am enclos
ing this 10c stamp album, filled, and
5c for one $25 War Bond. Please put
my name and my husband’s on the
bond and send it to the address be
low.
Thank you.
“Mrs. Maggie Lee Radford,
Acme, North Carolina,
Care B. L. Daniel.”
The Broadwell Brothers
Now In Foreign Lands
Friends Visit Mrs Oscar
Creech In Hospital
Efc. Wilson (Jiggs) Broadwell is
now somewhere in England and his
brother. Ensign Donnie Broadwell,
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Pi land and
Miss Mildred Pittman visited with
Mrs. Oscar Creech Saturday at Duke
Hospital in Durham. Mrs. Creech,
who has been very ill, is reported to
be improving.
Mr. James Crocker of Washing-
. —0-- x>roaaw
news from^the bov^^'iuU^*^*'"^^'"J u ° visiting wJth his sister,
their parents ^ Mr at Duke Hospital. Mas-
Broadwell Creech is to return with
mm to Washington.
erseas.
The War Department has, devised
this plan of notifying hometown pa
pers and broadcasters of returning
personnel: At the time when person
nel arrive at ports of debarkation, in
formation wiil be sent to local Army
agency and thence to hometown pa
per and broadcaster. Meanwhile, per
sonnel will be passed through a nec
essary processing before return home
for furlough. In most instances this
should result in your learning of im
pending arrival of returned personnel
to your community before actual ar
rival.
Accordingly, the following informa
tion is forwarded:
Pvt. Thomas B. Barnes, Field Ar
tillery, returning from 23 months ov
erseas in the African theater of Op
erations, was expected to arrive on
approximately 23rd day of June at
Fort Bragg, prior to reaching his
home at Route 3, Kenly, where he
will visit his wife.
Ybutk Club Closes
For Three Weeks
,Pvt. Jimmie Woodard
Arrives In England
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Woodard have
been notified of the safe arrival in
I^ngland of their son. Pvt. Jimmie C.
Woodard. He was inducted into the
^rray on December 14, 1943, and re-
cei-Ved .his training at Fort Bragg
and at Gamp Blanche, New Orleans.
Before entering the armed services
Pvt. Woodard held a position 'with
the A. C. L. Railway Company at
Goldsboro. He is now with some rail
road company in England, and is
connected with the 13th ’fraffic Regu
lation Group.
Brisht Leaf Tobacco
Market Opens Aug. 21
’Iffie following registrants were sent
to Fort^Bragg today for preinduc
tion by Draft Board No. 2, at Selma: ^
2, Kenly; George '
Washin^on Howell, Rt. 1, Princeton;
Joseph Wilbert Atkinson, Rt. 2, Ken-
ly; Harold Fletcher House, Rt. 2,
Selma; Joseph H. Richardson, Rt. 1,
m Morrison O’Neal,
T ■ ’ Lonnie David Allen,
Rf’ “L/’ Lla^on; Luther V. Stone,
Rt. 2, Kenly; James Person Pittman,
R>.. 2, Selma; Willie Ralph Bridgets
Micro-; Grover Elmer ^pe, R^ i’
Kenly; ' ’
T Carroll, Rt. 1, Selma;
Lloyd Julius Carroll, Rt.- 1, Wendell-
E. J. Corbett, Jr., Rt. 1, Zebuloni
Harley D. Medlin. Rt. 1, Clayton;
Melvin Adams, Rt. 2, Clayton; James
Howard Driver, Rt. 1, Wendell; J. p.
Peele, Rt. 1, Kenly; Battle Messer,
Rt. 3, Raleigh;
William Leo Edwards, Route 2, '
Princeton; Thomas Harold Barnes,
Rt. 2, Kenly; Samuel Dalton Gilford’,
Rt. 2, Kenly; Carl David Davis, Rt. 2,
Selma; John Tmomas Scott, Rt. 2,
Selma; Wilbert Lee Garner, Rt. 1,
Selma; George Vick Creech. Rt. 1,
Middlesex; Marvin Edward Bass, Rt.
1, Selma; Leo Franklin Talton, Gar
ner; Angms Turner, Rt. 2, Clayton;
Charles Brantley Aycock. Micro;
Hubert Lee Byrd, Rt. 2, Smithfield;
Wdlard Nobel West, Selma; Arthur
Felix Fields, Kenly; Henry Spence
Overby, Rt. 2, Princeton; Sv/ade Tru
itt Hardee. Clayton; Norman Charles
Parrish. Rt. 2. Selma; William Arvel
Hodge, Rt. 2, Kenly; Bernice-Lewis
Green, Rt. 2, Clayton; Roland Don
Evans, Rt. 1. Kenly; Lelar.d L. Pope.
Rt. 1, Kenly; ,
Silas Eugene Peedin, Rt. 1, Prince
ton; John Eiton Sanderford, Rt. 2,
Clayton; Walter Allen Talton, Rt. 1,
Princeton; William Nawbert Crocker,
Jr., Rt. 1, Selma; Charles Edward
Strickland, Rt. 1, Selma; Alton
Claude Grady, Rt. 1, Selma; Jesse
Thurman Starling, Rt. 1, Selma; Na-
thon Jones, Selma; Andrew Rudolph
Batten, Rt. 1, Wendell; Thomas Ro
land Jackson. Rt. 1. Kenly; Kenneth
Dixon, Rt. 1, Kenly; A. B. Starling,
Rt. 2, Kenly;
Moses Lee Brown, Rt. 2. Selma;
Alonza John Austin, Rt. I, Prince
ton; William Larkin Moore, Rt. I,
Zebulon; Ernest Delma Parrish, Sel
ma; James Lester Brady. Rt. 2, Sel
ma; Thaddeus Raiford Parker. Rt. t,
Princeton; Raymond Earl Pounds. Rt.
2, Clayton; Charles J. Mumford,
Clayton; Robert Randolph Mitchell,
Rt. 2, Smithfield; Clarence O’Neil
Davis, Clayton; James Rudolph Bai
ley, Rt. 1, Selma; Grover Barney
Daniels. Rt. 1, Kenly; Joe Ruffin Wall,
Rt. 2, Clayton; Jessie Lee Cockrell,
Rt. 2, Kenly; Roy Jefferson Norris,
Rt. 1, Clayton: Herman Donald Hol
land, Rt. 2, Selma; Graham Harding
Batten, Rt. 1, Selma; Daulton Roy
Boyette, Rt. 2, Clayton; Raymond
Parrish, Micro;
Joseph Edward Wall, Rt. 2, Selma;
Shirley Cornelius Williams, Rt. 3,
Garner; Ronald Vause, Rt. 1, Wen
dell; Wright Lupton Hardy, Rt. 1,
Zebulon; Ralph David Moore, Rt. 2,
Selma; Robert Edward Lee, Rt. 1,
Selma; Jame.s Elton Hester, Rt. t,
Princeton: Ralph Carlton Hodge, Rt.
Opening dates for 1944 tobacco
markets in Georgia. Flroida, the two
Carolinas, and Virginia and modifica
tions of several marketing regula
tions were adopted by the Tobacco
Association of the United States at
its 44th annual meeting held in
leigh yesterday. ,
The following opening dates were
set by the association: Georgia-Flori
da Belt, Monday, July 24; Border
Belt-bouth Carolina Belt, Tuesday,
August 1; Eastern Belt, Monday,
August 21; Middle Belt Monday, Sep
tember 11; Old Belt, Monday^em
em er 18; and Dark Virginia Beit,
Monday, December 11.
The opening dates were adopted as
recommended by the sales committee
headed by N. M. Schaum of Wilson
and wera approved without a dissent
ing vote from the more than 300 as
sociation members attending the ses
sion.
Kenneth Bradley Says
It Rains and Then Snows
, ai, Mrs. A. L. Bradley is in receipt of
Ra- I ® letter from her son, Pfc. Kenneth
' Bradley, who is stationed at Camp
McCoy, Wisconsin, in which he says:
“It rains here about every da'S' and
when it is not raining it is snowing.”
Mrs. Bradley has another son, Foy
Bradley, also in the service.
On June 17th, the Youth Club of
Selma decided to close its doors for a
three weeks’ period, in order to get
their club building in shape and to
'make plans for an election of officers.
Some of the present Youth Council
were members of this year’s gradu- i ^ imtci-uii, ivi.ipu v^am-on nuuge, rv,c
ating class and have now left the '.-2, Kenly; Roby Eatmon, Rt. 2, Prince
community to enter the armed forces I ton; John Cle-veland Jones, Rt. 2,
or to accept work elsewhere. As a re- | Clayton; Robert Hatcher, Jr., Rt. 1,
suit, and until this can be done, it ; Selma; Lunsford Bailey, Danville,
has been decided that the club should j Ya.; Joseph Ernest Batten, Rt. 2,
remain closed. A call meeting of the. ' Kenly; Elijah Glenwood Price, Rt. 1,
entire membership has been planned , Selma; William Elton Davis, Rt. 1,
for the night of July 6th at 8:30 p. i Wendell; James Ottis Montgomery,
m., in the Club Building. At that Rt. 2, Selma; Derwood James Duph,
time all the members of the club are , Rt. 2, Warsaw;
Rev. Mr. Blount To
Preach At Mill Chapel
The Rev. G. W. Blount, pastor of
Edgerton Memorial Methodist church
here, will preach at the Mill Chapel
at the Selma Cotton Mill, Sunday ev
ening at 8 o’clock. The public is in
vited to this service.
urged to attend and be prepared to
elect officers to fill the vacancies now
existing on their council.
Mrs. Mable Nordan Payne, one of
the club’s supervisors, will be pres
ent at the meeting as well as a rep
resentative of the Kiwanis club and
Selma Recreation Commission. It is
hoped that enough boys and girls
will attend this meeting on the even
ing of .luly 6th so that the club may
be reopened on Saturday evenin.g,
July 8th. If it should be reopened
that night the volunteer supervisors
will be asked to start attending at
their re,gular times immediately fol
lowing this meeting.
The Johnston County Court House
will be closed on Monday and Tues-
da.v, July 3rd and 4th, in observance
of the 4th of July, and the County
Commis3'’oners will hold their regu
lar meeting on the following Monday,
July 10, 1944.
William Raeford Jones, Rt. 2,
Smithfield; William Isaac Worley,
,Rt. 2, Selma; Hardin G.- Blackman,
Rt. 2, Clayton; William Henry Wal
lace. Rt 2. Princeton; Boyd Jones,
Rt. 2, Clayton; Earl Lynch Adams,
Rl. 1. Princeton; Millard Morris Ben
son. Rt. 1. Clayton; Askew Price, Rt.
1, Zebulon; Charles Cleo Creech,’ Rt.
2, Kenly; Elbert Hogg, Rt. 2, Clay
ton; Ray Chamblee Rt. 2. Zebulon;
Hobart Theo House, Rt. 2, Princeton;
John Robertson Smith, Rt. 2, Smith-
field; James Daniel Pittman, Rt. 2,
Selma; Henry Franklin Edgerton,
R. 1, Clayton; Jethro Bunnion Bat
ten, Rt. 1, Selma; Norman Nestu.s
Crocker, Pine Level; Paschol Lee
Bizzell, Rt. 2, Prfnceton; Elbert Bal
ance, Rt. 1 Kenly; Ollie Kinnon.
Pate. Rt. 1, Kenly;
Sidney Harding Radford. W
3, Kenly; Bernice Albert P>^ '
1, Middlesex; Elton Ri»-
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