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NUMBER 9
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SELMA, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1941.
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Johnston Legislators
In Favor Referendum
Would Submit Liquor Question
To A Vote of the People Of
State As A WholeBill Now
Pending Favrors Referendum
Next November.
The is a bill how pending before
the State Legislature which would
submit th question of legal sale and
manufacture of whiskey in North
Carolina to the people of the State
; as a whole, the referendum to be held
next November and if it should car
ry, the prohibition law would become
effective 90 days thereafter.
Representatives Lawrence Wallace,
of Smithfield; R. T. Fulghum of Ken
ly, and Senator J. B. Benton, of
Benson, have all committed them
selves as being in favor of a state
wide referendum on the liquor ques
tion, and it now seems fairly cer
tain that the measure will carry, and
if it does, we believe the people of
North Carolina will vote dry next
November.
Under the liquor bill now pending,
. persons growing crops would be al
lowed to make light domestic wines
from them for their own use, with
only such alcoholic content as natural
fermentation would produce. There is
a provision also that cider making
may be allowed so long as it remain
in its natural state of fermentation.
FARM MEETING IN
SMITHFIELD FRIDAY
A county-by-county campaign to
acquaint North Carolina farmers
with -the double-barreled 1941 sup
plementary -AAA program begins
this week, announces John W. Good
man, assistant director of the North
Carolina State" College Extension
Service.
First of the meetings starts on
Thursday in ten counties, as an
equal number of teams of agricul
tural specialists open the drive. Last
of the meetings will be held March
8. In the time intervening, every
county affected by the-program will
have been reached.
A special meeting will be held in
Smithfield for Johnston county on
Friday, February 28, 1941.
As outlined, the new program will
enable growers to take cotton land
out of production for which they will
receive Federal stamps exchangeable
in retail stores for cotton goods man
ufactured in this country.
Then, too, Goodman explained,
those who qualify for cotton stamps
may also receive a payment for pro
ducing and conserving food supplies.
A payment of $1.50 per farm gar
den is already allowed by the AAA
in North Carolina. Now ah extra $3
may be earned, by growing additional
garden produce, storing food prod
ucts, or planting small fruits to add
to the family food supply. However,
to earn this special payment, grow
' era must cooperate in the cotton
Btamp plan.
"Because of the importance of this
program to the cotton farmers of
North Carolina," Goodman said, "we
hope that every grower affected will
make a special effort to attend the
meeting in Smithfield so as to get
full details of this new plan."
Miss Lynette Ward
Honor Student At A.C.C
Miss Lynette Ward, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Jones of 108
Massey street in Selma, is among
those listed as honor students for
the first semester of school at Atlan-
' tic Christian. College, Wilson, N. C.
Miss Ward ' is a member of the
freshman class of 185 and is among
the nine freshmen who made the hon
or rollj Others were Mr. Billie Ad-
'ams, Four Oaks; Miss Mary Louise
Rose, Newton Grove; Miss Margaret
Strickland, Wilson; . Miss Margaret
Draughah, Dunn; Miss Helen Glover,
Zebulon; Mr. Howard Hilley, Jr.,
Wilson; Miss Katherine Lewis, Wil
son; Miss Beulah Waters, Pinetown.
All the honor students will be enter
tained by the- faculty at a banquet
February 27. The standard for attain
ing the honor roll is an average of
90 or above.
A program for the diversion into
livestock feed up to 12,500,000 busn
els of 1940 crop Irish potatoes . in
lo-ht 'Western states has been an
nounced by the Surplus Marketing
Administration.
Comments On Ladies'
Night At Selma Lodge
H. W. Prince, D. D. G. M., Of
Fayetteville, Writing to The
Orphans' Friend, Comments
On Selma Meeting, Jan. 7th.
In February 15th issue of The Or
phans' Friend, appeared an article by
H. W. Prince of Fayetteville, who
is District Deputy Grand Master of
the Masonic Order, who was tne
guest speaker at the Selma Lodge
on January 7, 1941 when Ladies
Nieht was observed by the local
lodge, Mr. Prince's article reads in
part as follows:
"I am writing you about two
meetings that have doubtless been re
ported to you, but I want to give you
my impressions anyway. They were
unusual meetings and they ought to
be duplicated in other lodges.
"Brother Z. V. Snipes, Grand Lec
turer, invited me to go with him to
Selma to install officers. We had a
nice ride up and found the lodge
without difficulty. ; We went up the
stairs over a store building and found
several doors which we knew opened
into offices, but we did not know
which was the door to the lodge. Al
most immediately threeof the breth
ren ame up and we expected to see
a small lodge room. Selma Lodge
pleasantly surprised. Selma Lodge
has one of the nicest halls we have
been in. It was immaculately clean
and well furnished and well kept.
The lodge room itself gave us the
immediate impression that we were
visiting a lodge , that had the active
interest and support of the brethren.
. '"Our, next favorable ' impression
was the unusually good appearance
and good personality of the members
present. They were all well groom
ed. It gave us the impression that a
lodge meeting meant something to
them. They were genuinely friendly
and the fellowship before the meet
ing began was enjoyed by all.
"The lodge was opened as perfect
ly as we ever heard a lodge opened.
Not onlv did those Past Masters
know the ritual, but they opened the
lodge with a dignity and poise sel
dom equaled. The flag ceremony was
also impressive.
'With such a setting for an instal
lation, it is only natural that I en
joyed this installation more than
any I remember. Brother Snipes nas
memorized the entire . installation
ceremony and that makes it all the
more impressive. What made this
ceremony all the more impressive
was a nice lodge room, a good mem
bership, and the attitude of the mem
bers. The atmosphere was perfect
for a crood installation and they had
just that. I am glad that I went.
Junior Woman's Qub
Donates $20 Toward
Erection Gymnasium
Sponsors of the Community Build
ing and Gymnasium want to express
their appreciation to the Junior
Woman's club for $20.00 which the
club has just donated toward the
erection of this building. The treas
urer. Mr. Raleirii Griffin, says the
committee is badly in need of funds
to finish it. All donations, he says,
will be greatly appreciated. The
amount contributed by the Junior
Woman's club was received from a
dance recently given by the club.
Smithfield Herald Adds
To Reportorial Staff
Dexter Freeman, University of
North Carolina graduate in journal
ism, Monday joined the news staff
of The Smithfield Herald. His duties
mainly will be concerned with city
news coverage. Mr. Freeman, 25, is
a native of Ellerbee, but moved with
his family to Chapel Hill several
years ago. He received an A. B. de
gree in journalism at the University
in 1938 and since then has com
pleted the major part of his work
for a Master's degree.
United States imports of cattle
and beef in the calendar year 1940
OA amollar ftian In 1939
wnv w oiiv. - -
according to the U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
BAPTIST SUNDAY
SCHOOL ASS'N TO
HOLD CONFERENCE
Baptists Hope To Expand Work
In Churches Program To
Begin At 4 P. M. On Thurs
day, March 6th.
On March 6th there will be a
special Sunday school conference
held at the Smithfield Baptist church.
( According to Rev. C. L. Gillespie,
pastor of the Smithfield church, this
is one of 70 such meetings in North
Carolina and one of 910 scheduled
for the Southern Baptist Convention.
This meeting is being promoted by
the Baptist Sunday School Board of
the Southern Baptist Convention, Dr.
T. L. Holcomb, Nashville, Tenn., Exe
cutive Secretary; and the- Sunday
School Department of the North
Carolina Baptist Convention Board,
L. L. Morgan, Raleigh, Secretary;
and the associational Sunday school
organization of the Johnston Associa
tion, C. H. Brown, superintendent.
The purpose of this meeting is to
map out plans for the expansion of
Sunday school work in all of the
Baptist churches in this association
for 1941. The program will open at
4:00 P. M., and during the afternoon
and evening to 9:30 plans will be
presented for adding from 10 to 15
per cent to thepresent Sunday school
enrollment. A representative from
the Baptist Sunday School Board in
Nashville, a representative from the
State Mission Board at Raleigh, and
a leading pastor will make up the
speakers from the outside. Included
in those taking part on the program
from this association will be A. J.
Whitley, Jr., moderator, and Herbert
Brown, Associational Sunday School
Superintendent. Johnston churches
are urged to see that the Sunday
school officers and teachers attend
this meeting. ;
Lieutenant-Governor
Tuttle Kiwanis Speaker
O. A. Tuttle, lieutenant-governor of
the Carolina Kiwanis District, was
the principal speaker at the weekly
meeting of the Selma Kiwanis club
on last Thursday evening. He took
for his central thought "Our Atti
tudes Toward Life." During his talk
he covered a wide range of subjects
which challenge the best thought oi
the aee. each followed by a question
as to what attitude one may take on
the several questions presented, tie
made special mention of the question
of aid to Great Britain in the pres
ent war crisis. Here, he said, we nna
opinion divided, and that it is well
that we may, for in a democracy
like ours, we boast of the fact that
we are allowed freedom of expres
sion of thought.
The program was in charge of H.
H. Lowry who put on a quiz contest
concerning the life and habits of
George Washington, whose birthday
occurred on February 22. As tne
auestions were propounded all pres
ent were asked to give the answer,
and the one who could give the first
answer to the most questions was
to be given a prize. At the close of
the contest it was found that M. i
Standi was the winner, with John
Jeffreys only five points- behind with
second place.
Following the quiz a special
number was given by the Kiwanis
Quartette, composed of President
Clemmons, Raleigh Griffin, M. L.
Stancil and John Jeffreys.
Special guests were Messrs. kod-
ert Weaver, of Buffalo, N. Y., and
Herbert White, Jr. ,'""
Prizes Are Awarded By
The Pittman yatchery
A lartre number of peole gathered
at the Pittman Hatchery in Selma
on last Saturday afternoon at three
o'clock to participate in the award
ing of prizes by this popular firm.
The first nrize. 25 Pittman Baby
Chicks, went to W. A. Braswell, of
Selma, Route 2; second prize, 24
pounds of Daily Bread Flour, went
to Hardy Price, of Selma, Route 1;
third prize, 25 pounds of Kasco All
mash Starter, was won by Mildred
Canns. of Selma. Route 2, and the
last, a Kasco Chick Feeder, went to
Mrs. Mary Capps, of Selma.
Mr. Pittman and Mr. Brown will
continue to award prizes to their
customers each Saturday afternoon
through March 15th. When you make
a purchase from these gentlemen,
ask for your tickels.
ICKES SAYS WAR
IS RELIGIOUS ISSUE
Nazis Out to Destroy Christi-
anity, He Asserts ; Flays
Lindbergh and Others.
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New York. Feb. 25. The fight
against Nazism, Secretary Ickessaid
tonight, is a religious war a fight
for the Christian religion against the
anti-Christian forces of hatred.
The Secretary of the Interior cited
one Nazi writing after another to
suoDort his argument that "Hitler's
ultimate aim is to destroy both the
Jew and the Christian," then added:
"Yet there are those who believe
that we ought to bow our heads,
meeklv to the scourge of Nazism,
accepting as something inevitable as
those of the middle ages accepted the
black death." '
"It is to this abiectness that our
aooearers and we have many who
are influential and in high places
would persuade us."
Ickes' address, prepared for a
"Protestantism Answers Hate" forum
sponsored by the Protestant Digest
Associates, was broadcast over the
NBC-Blue Network.
He asserted that "there is a wide
ly disseminated and ably conducted
movement in this country that draws
together such men as Merwin K.
Hart," Father Coughlin, Colonel Lind
bergh, Lawrence Dennis, and Major
Al Williams, and many others who
might be mentioned, who would sac
rifice Democratic ideals and Chris
tian civilization to alien economic
and social predispositions."
"These men are supported by oth
ers who play upon the prejudices of
the anti-Semitic, the anti-Negro and
the anti-sharecropper, he added.
"These are the Quislings who, in
pretended patriotism,- would cravenly
suike our sruns and ground our planes
in order that Hitlerism might more
easily ottercome us.
Already, owl native iFacists -ut
at work cultivating the sou oi na
tred. Already our appeasers are at
work sowinsr confusion in our ranks
Both are doing precisely what Hitler
delights in having them do."
Prominent Smithfield
Accountant Succumbs
Smithfield. Funeral services were
conducted Sunday for R. E. Smith,
who died at his home here Friday
around noon after an illness of two
years. '
The Rev. A. S. Barnes, superin
tendent of the Methodist Orphanage
in Raleigh, who officiated when Mr.
Smith and his wife were married 29
years ago, conducted the rites at the
home. He was assisted by the Rev.
J. J. Boone, pastor of the local Meth
odist Church, of which Mr. Smith
was a member. Burial was in River
side Cemetery. Active pallbearers
were L. G. Patterson, Dr. W. J. Mas
sey, Postmaster Everett Stevens, Au
ditor Jerry L. George, W. M. Gas
kins, E. A. Johnson, Frank Skinner,
and W. M. Grantham. Honorary pall
bearers were 20 business and profes
sional men of Smithfield. ,
Mr. Smith was employed in the
county auditor's office when his health
failed. He had held a position there
for seven years and previously had
served as city clerk, and for i)
years was bookkeeper for the Ban
ner tobacco warehouse.
Surviving, besides his wife, two
sons and two daughters, Robert
Smith, of Raleigh; Hugh Smith of
Smithfield: Miss Grace Smith, a
member of the Cltveland school fac
ulty, and Doris Smith of Smithfield.
He leaves also three brothers and
two sisters. Jim and Rosmal Smith
of Dunn, Route 2; Ingram Smith of
Four Oaks, Route 2; Mrs. EffleTart
of Dunn. Route 2. and Mrs. David
Peacock of Benson, Route 2.
Robert Chester Creech
Died Suddenly Monday
Funeral services for Robert Ches
ter Creech, 38, who died suddenly at
his home on Smithfield. Route 2,
Monday night, were held Wednesday
afternoon with burial in the Creecn
cemeterv near Four Oaks.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. S.
E. Creech of Smithfield. Route . 2;
three brothers, Walter A. Creech, of
Smithfield: W. V. Creech of Smith-
field, Route 2, and Willie H. Creech
of Washington, D. C; two sisters,
Mrs. P. G. Penny of Smithfield, KU 1
and Mrs. Iva Coats of London
Bridge, Va.
Sixteen Draftees Left
Monday For Ft. Brags
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DR. J, H. BUNN
HEAD OF HEALTH
DEPT. RESIGNS
Dr. J. H. Bunn Resigns As Head
Of County Health Depart
ment To Accept An Appoint
ment As Lieutenant In The
Medical Corps Of The United
States Nayy.
Dr. J. H. Bunn, head of Johnston
County's public health service since
1937, has tendered his resignation to
the county board of health, effective
with a few weeks.
Dr. Bunn is resigning to accept an
appointment as a lieutenant in the
medical corps of the ' United States
Navy.-"
TTa will be assiemed to the Navy
Dr. Bunn expects to report for duty
about April 1.
A native of Henderson, Dr. Bunn
came to Johnston county in Decem
ber, 1937, and organized the county's
first full-time public health depart
ment, which began operation at the
beginning of 1938. He is a graduate
of .Wake Forest College and the
University of North Carolina.
Last Rites Conducted
For Young Girl Here
Funeral services for Anna Jane
Kirby, thirteen-year-old daughter of
Mrs. S. J. Kirby, of Raleigh, and
the late Samuel J. Kirby, who died
at the Caswell Training School in
Kinston, Tuesday, of a heart ailment,
were held from the First Baptist
church in Selma Wednesday after
noon at 3 o'clock. The pastor, the
Rev. D. M. Clemmons, conducted the
rites. Burial took place in the Kirby
family cemetery two miles north of
Selma. Pallbearers were Ernest V.
Woodard, Jr., Matt R. Wall, Jr.,
Fuller Suber and Roy Smith, all of
Selma.
Surviving are the mother, two
brothers. Samuel J. Kirby, Jr.. and
Charles Kirby, of Fort Jackson, S. C,
and one sister, Miss Mary Kirby, of
Raleigh.
Selma Youth Dies
In Duke Hospital
Funeral services for Charles Cap-
nler. nine-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Cappler, who died in a
Durham hospital, where he was taken
for an operation for "appendicitis,
were held from the home in Selma,
conducted by the Rev. W. N. Bass.
Burial took place in the City Ceme
tery. Charles was in the fourth grade
at school and the following class
mates served as pallbearers: Vernon
Lee Woodruff, Roy Camel, Virgil Ray
Wilkins, Harry Morgan, Billy Hath
away and Rudolph Munns.
Selma Citizens Reported
Improving In Hospital
Messrs. J. R. Munden and Oscar
Bailey, of Selma, are improving .fol
lowing operations in a Fayetteville
hospital. Mr. Munden has returned
to his home here after having been
confined to the hospital for four
weeks. Mr. Bailey is reported to be
oh the road to recovery and is ex
pected Home in a few days. Friends
of these splendid citizens will be glad
to learn of their recovery.
Origin Call For 21 Was Reduced
To 16 By State Headquarters
Before The Young Men Left
Here Monday MorningJay
Batten Leader of Group.
Twenty-one youmr men assembled.
at the headquarters of Draft Board
Number Two here Monday morning
in readiness to accept their orders
to go to Fort Bragg for a year's
military training, but before time for
their departure. C. B. Fulghum in
charge of draft board headquarters
here, received orders from state
headquarters at Raleigh to send only
16 men from this point.
Just prior to their departure for
camp, Paul D. Grady of Kenly zxA
C. B. Fulghum of Selma, and How
ard Mitchiner of Wilson Mills all
made short talks to the boys, and
Mr. Mitchiner presented each one
with a New Testament.
Those leaving Monday were James
Clarke Summerlin, Selma, Route 1;
James Willie Boykin, Kenly, Route 2;
Joe Delma Whitley, Clayton, Route
2; Elbert Wilkinson, Kenly, Route 2;
Lonnie Lauder McKinney, Clayton,
Route 1; Worth Bagley Crawford,
Fort Bragg; Jay Batten, Selma; Wal
ter H. Creech, Selma, Route 2;
Frank James Waddell, Kenly, Route
1; Onzle Blanie Andrews, , Selma;
William Henry Wells, Selma, Rout
2; Paul Home, Kenly, Route 2; Wil
liam Ruby Britt, Clayton, Route 2;
Eugene Wesley Harris, Zebulon,.
Route 1; Thelbert Lee Johnson, Ken
ly, Route 2; George Needham Spivey,
Kenly, Route 1.
Jav Batten, linotype operator foe
The Johnsonian-Sun, was made lead
er- fWTgroup; 'and: iWcrtbz. Baie-
Crawford, was made assistant leader.
Girls' Auxiliary To Meet
With Miss Julia Grant
The Intermediate Girls Auxiliary
will meet at the home of Miss Julia
Grant, Wednesday afternoon, March
5. at 4 o'clock. All members of the
auxiliary are urged to be present aa
"The Season of Prayer ror Home
Missions" will be observed.
Seen and Heard Along
THE MAINDRAG
Wonder- why so many carriages
have arrived at the Dunn Furniture,
Store in Selma we'll let TAM
CORBETT tell you JAY BATTEN,
who has been connected witn . iroa.
paper for more than five years, left
the Maindrag Monday for ror
Bragg with a group of draftees.
JAY will be missed on the drag one
man seemed to be srreatly disappoint
ed that he did not get to go with.
the boys leaving Selma Monday
morning when JAY BATTEN, who
was in charge of the fellows, hand
ed a ticket to the bus driver, the.
driver counted them and found 17
boys instead of 16 the ticket called
for about that time CHARLD3
FULGHUM rushed out to the bus .
and called to one of the boys to get
off "the hell you say," he replied,
"thought I was going witn una
bunch," "youH get to go a littl
later," CHARLIE told him well
PREACHER CLEMMONS went to a
dentist the other day to have two
wisdom teeth extracted when the
parson got there the dentist told him
to come back todaythank good
ness," said the good man thus tne
agony was postponed a few days,
"if I don't get back," he told ua
when he left, "be sure to mail me
The Johnstonian-Sun" Old Glory
was seen floating on Washington'
Birthday last Saturday in front of
the Selective Service office, Wigga
Grocery, the A. T. ft T. Office, but
NONE on Uncle Sam's postofficfc
HUNTER PRICE will have one of
the most modern homes in town when
completed work is progressing rap
idly on this new homo others con
templating building homes at an ear
ly date are CARL WORLEY, MATT
WALL, RALEIGH f GRIFT IN, DA
VID BALL, and Floyd Price, JR.
we're growing dont forget the bar
becue dinner at the Woman's cujb
Friday night all you can eat fox
60 cents.