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SELMA, N. C, THURSDAYS JUNE 5, 1941.
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NUMBER 23
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SHOT PROVES FATAL
TO KENLY NEGRO
James Davis,'' 17-year-old - Kenly
Negroj was .; fatally shot in a Negro
section of Kenly Sunday , night fol
" lowing an alleged quarrel which took
place between him and Junius .Pearce,
another Kenly Negro, 18 fears om,
: noniitv ''Sheriff '-N. M. Narron is
' reported to have stated.that he reach
ed the Bcene shortly -after the shoot
ing and that three witnesses testified
thaf Pearce did the shooting, which
J proved fatal to the Davis Negro, who
was shot through the stomach wun a
.38 calibre bullet and died about 3:30
Sunday in a Wilson, hospital. Prior to
his. death, Davis is said to have stat-
$ ed that Pearce shot him during :an ar
gument. - . k." v. . .v. , : '-r.;
! Pearce was arrested Monday morn
ing and' lodged in the Johnston coun
ty, jail,' but he was reported as hav
, ing denied his guilt in the ishpoting,
although Deputy Narron thinks -v?
' evidence given him leaves no doubt
as to ills guilt. f ' l- , , '
Fairmont Minister ,
. . Is' Kiwanis Speaker
Tv - , ' ' r -. .....
? . .r-t- i v ?,. T t-?-t- . re-; ':
. The principal address at the Kiwan
' !s meeting last Thursday evening was
delivered by the: Rev. Ci P. Herring
'of -Fairmont, who is holding a series
of 'evangelistic services at the. Selma
Baptist cliurch. Rev Mr. Herring
Confined his - remarks mainly to the
present plight of -this old world in
j "Which we live. . He said he did riot
'' mean to be dogmatic about his inter
pretation of eveufs now taking place
in Syria, -but si , in view of all Bible
prophecy, -jt t "Hxail'""''t,1t
. lines are' now -
and final v Ba . rmageduo
whiVh th ScriDtures describe as t the
greatest battle of all time, and which
will . mark,' the end of the present
world era. - - , .
One of the outstanding features of
the evening's program was two vocal
numbers which were .sung by Mrs.
D. M. Clemmons, accompanied at the
Piano by Mrs. Mabel Nordan Payne
RalegrH''i3rlftin,r "Cocal banlcer, had
charge Of rthe program. - , (
Seen and Heard Along
: THE MA1NDRAG
By H.
H. L.
PAUL McMILLAN, manager ?of
MAC'S PLACE, bas added a show
room to his filling station where a
line of Kelvinators are now on display
this fs one of the most attractive
little show rooms we've seene-drop
; in and look over his lme-i-about the
busiest men' in Selma these days are
J. OSCAR 'CREECH, ' overseer ; of
v spinning; - spooling ana ..warping,
' ; f 'VANCE SEAWELL, overseer weav
, ing,and MALCOLM GRIFFIN, over
'". seercarding, at the SELMA COT-
TON MILLS VANCE told us a few
'.'iv'.days ' ago " when we . were shown
. through the imiU,vthat his company
is now turning out 330,00 yatds .of
- v cloth per week-vand ' these gentfe
.' iwen are workjug : f uUtimis-STAN-v;
LEV ARMITAGE, supertnteanlt of
: . ' . tbe mills, ' is also - a busy mari-rJhe
, payroll of - this mill is no doubt, the
. largest of any tnanufacturing concern
A ' in ; Johnston - county OSCAR ' has
r -just been elected president.? 'of the
.'. new baseball league just formed, ad-
. i- .' ding more weight on his" shoulders
but he can take it JAY. . BATTEN
' former linotype ; operator on -.-THE;
v JOIINSTONIAN-SUN,, writes that he
' is summering at a Florida beach arid
. liaviny a great fime says he's liking
tve trmy better all the time the
n ,i an Legion . Baseball League
. .) r t under. : way' on June 10th-j-L'Al
L, FUXDERBXJEK; coach. and
T) C IT'.CII, business manager, are
t he boys some teal workouts
' i wi'.l be heard f rom with
! i t'.',, -'mmef the baseball
i t r f ! -baseball
or last
. FOY
TifPS to
w s not a
- I e v aa not
the draft
I ,'ATE
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Two Million
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Merchants of North Carolina have an 6ppor
the profits from ?2,000,000 worth of cotton goad
ers of the State will receive for participating an
partment of- Agriculture's supplementarjr-.cottc
ffram. 1 Faim people will trade stamps for'fihilJr
as pictured aJbove, and other
classes of stores. E. Y. Floyd, AAA, executive officer.lof -N. C. :
State College,, reports that 10603 of North Carolina's 120,928
cotton farmers are eligible to share in the Supplementary Cot
ton Stamp Program. ' '
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armnq is
All Draft
Warning to . all' Selective Service
registrants that they must respond to
"-sued them by local boards
or becoju "'Hbl to service penalties
was given ,i. weet ..by General J.
Van B.- Metts, bijte.
director of Selec-
tive Service. .
. The state director ipointid out that
Section ' II 't the Seleitivi
and Service Act of. 104v provides that
any registrant - wha. -fails to conform
to the law or regulations shall be li
able for imprisonment' for notf more
than five years or a fine of notiore
than $10,000, or by fine and impris
onment. . .. l1(
' "Most of the cases of delinquency
so far reported," State Director Metts
"Said, "have been found to be due to
ignorance or carelessness on the part
of registrants, He pointed out that
heretofore it has been the policy of
the Selective ' Service 'System to be
lenient in cases where it is apparent
there has been no wilful intent to
avoid service. "But the investigation
of such cases is taking. upTmuch val
uable time of local boards and of De
partment v Justice agents', when these
agencies should ' be devoting ; their
time, to the more urgent work of na
tional defense," General Uletts said,
and then added: "Registrants had
better not count on an indefinite con
tinuance of this policy or leniency.
in an effort to correct this situation
and to avoid the possibility of prose
10 for delinquency, registrants
were reminded by General Metts that
they must cpmplete and return .their
questionaires within the time stated
on the first pftgei they must report to
examining physiciansat the time and
place stated in the notice and they
must report for delivery; when npti
fied Jto.dQ so. General - Metts warned
that failuWh; to respond to any of
these; legal nonces will .rsubjecf -the
registrant.'-to possible prosecution in
the FedefaJ Court, , -
' The 'largest : lawsuit .ever filecTin
Johnston county is that of ihe .Staf
Manufafcturing a Company,",, a Benson
lumbering , "concern,- against : the 'At
lantic Coast : Line Railway company
for damage and Joss, of property in a
fire whih destroyed the major "por
tion 'of the former's plant in Lensoh
about a month '. ago. The suit, wh!ch
is in the amount of fir ), was.: re
crr.t'y filed with Attorney Lfi L
Icyinson, Benson alton-oy, s -f'tdrm-cr
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for Merchants
ty to reap
'ich farm
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Tmp pro-
cotton sroods from eitit- irenerj
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Registrant!
Explosion In Office ,
Of Smithfield Herald
In these days of war-like rumb
lings in many parts of this and oth
er countries, we need to be prepared
for" any. eventuality, but It matters
not how much we read about prepar
edness or how much we hear about it,
when an explosion is heard at our
own back door it is likely to find us
fully unprepared for the shock, which
is certain to come at such an hour as
we think not. And we venture the
opinion that the .officialdom of j The
Smithheid ttera 1 a was just as ill
prepared for the news that their, en
tire plant " had barely escaped being
blown to pieces by a gas explosiorfedn
Monday morning of this week. Read
what that newspaper has to say-; bn
this subject: . - '
"Herald reporters didn't have to gd
far for one piece of news this week
The story literally exploded in --.the
newspaper s lap. . ' ,'' .
"Jourvey Hobbs, 30-year-i)ld Color
ed janitor, came to' viprk Monday
morning and discovered' that the gai
under the stereotype melting pot had
been left on over' the week' end. y He
turned it off, waited about .'twenty
minutes, then struck a match to re
light the heater. The- fire setdff a
big 'boom' that- rocked the back fend
of the Herald building. The'" gas had
seeped fonder : the rear flooring and
several planks were' Wp"wij.'.imV'A
number of articles ;ji tables flnd
shelves jarred to the floor! i' -.J
"Hobbs, slightly burned 5irr the' irm".
and leg, .ran. to; ihevteiepjiSn'J.
daze and called 'for he1p.; The nitor
who was taken to thf lopal Aospital'
for first aid treatmenj, VaCpailiifullS
but not seriously injured i'"',.,.; .;',
"Hobbs is expected to "return to bis
duties within few daysj - -
County Coui
Take
We ' have bee.'B equested, to an
nounce that ythe Job nsthr- County
Courthouse witt e- 'closed" oif "Satur
days at 1?60 P, beginning June ?,
jjnd extending tarough August SOth,
Secretary 'oti Agriculture Wizard
has hk'Jci twisted a letter among Jo-
cal 'draft
asking that. : most
i be gien "6 Te
ll workers for
serious t
neers
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' I ',.-. IVyji fPU!rapQ.licei! Constable Lojiilie. Jack-
WTkMtP .for:',;them; Vbut-ihey liad
rH ig&si by this time crosedIntd. Cumbeiiland
Holf ' 'ITkTf4selonty:LtetWth day, Cum'bet!nd
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MORE DRAFTEES
LEAVE FOR CAMP
James Fov Bradlev, A Volunteer
Was The Only Selma Boy To
Leave Howard Capps, Who
Was Injured, In Wreck, Was
Unable To Go.
The following young r.ien left for
Fort Iirags Tuesday morning for a
year's training. All the younsneii
were draftees with tKe exception of
James Foy Bradley, who was a vo--unteer.
Howard Capps, whw was sup
posed to go with this .contingent, was
injured in a truck week the day be
fore and is now confined in a Wilson
hospital; '
F.ernice Narron, Jr., Sehv.a, Rl.
Ransom Arthur Starling, Kenly, R2
Woodrow Wilson Lamm, Selma, Rl.
James Foy Bradley, Selma.
Joseph Eli Allen, Clayton.
Albert Hodge Edgerton, Kenly.
Harvey, Wilson Lane. Norfolk, Va.
I.uby Ruffin Moore, Selma, R2.
Selma Youth Hurt In
iiWreftPear Wilson
$ ' . . : - ,
. : Howard Capps, delivery boy and
truck driver for the firm of ..Henry &
Nordan here, went to Wilson Monday
8'ternoon . to deliver some electrical
equipment which that firm had sold
to a Wilson customer, and on his re
turn trip the truck went out of .con
trol at a curve near the Wilson fair
grounds ana turned over two or three
times and badly if not seriously in
jured young Capps, who is still under
going treatment in a Wilson hospital.
His most serious injury is said to be
a wrenched back. It was said by those
who witnessed the accident that
Capps was driving so fast that the
truck failed to-take the curve at that
point and went out of control. The
truck was badly damaged, tearing off
one door completely ' and" badjydam
asing the top anduJVte; run
ning works ot the machine were all
left in tact.
Mt. B. A. Henry , said last night
that hospital authorities, told him
they hoped i Capps could be released
from the hospital by Friday of this
week if no. complications set in.
Drunks Remembered
Sabbath Was Holy Day
"David Herring and Milford Godwin,
both'' of Sampson county, are report
ed 'to have passed along by the farm
of, William Jernigan. of near Dunn
last' Saturday afternoon and ' found
him: plowing in the field.
H They were evidently, too drunk to
remembey whether it 'was Saturday
or Sunday,' but it would seem that
Jthey were not too drunk to remember
that the pabbath Day should be kept
Accbrding to the story in Tuesday's
Dunn cfiispatch, the two drunks ' pro-
i;ceede to inform Mr. Jernigan that it
was Sanday and that he shouldn't be
workingi. Bpt'"Jrniga.'cepton with
his : plowing, and theh' rS drunks at-
tacked him taking . the mule out of
harness ' to keep . the farmer front
workjng and then piled on-top of 0
farmer,' who managed tpget; hold of
th-8ingletree and started sjng it" oh
his, assailants. Ib'-'theimeantune, j h$
called to his Wfet who oame- running
wiw a noe ancfjer vne arunKs navs
acr
s thefeadv;c yZ'fiM
Hf?HW:UnV:Ajr' Corps. - w ' : - ,
6tycrs arrested . theni v and carried
fthenj to the Dunh jaiKaheyirerf re.
ann' in Ihn wporder court. 'V- l
ion'irf the "recorder's court.
Farrtk.iv Jernigan. thinks itv. is iet
tin pretty bad yhm & man caTrv't-.do
a- daV work without being bothered
by ik Couple' of drunks..'r ' ..;;;4
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Baptist Revival To " ' .
CIos3fi:iay.inght
The;;serlesjbt evangelistic flieetmgs
whieb iay beeft' in 'ptogress: af ;: the
Selma Baptist church for the past ten
days. 'fll come to a close Friday (t
morroyt. night ' Bevi C. P. Herring?
of .FsirnMJnt, who has been conduct
ing these services, has brought .some
Very able Gospel "messages and those
who Rave attended these services have
been "greatly.helped.by h's .wonderful
interpretations, of the -Scriptures', .
llr, A. C. Sledge spent Sunflay
night with his family in Weldon. .
Smithfield Man Killed
When (Sored by Bull
CLAYTON MAN SUES
A C. L RAILROAD
Damage suits aggregating $00,000
Jeave been entered in Johnston County
Court against the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad by J. R. Satterfield of Clay
ton, father of one of the boys who
were killed at a railroad crossing in
Benson, January 3.
Two high school boys, David Gray
Satterfield and John Arch Vinson,
two high school girls, Yvnjie Whitley
and Lilburn Barnes; and James
Ralph Satterfield, Jr., a student of
Georgia Military Academy, were on
their way to a basketball game at
Benson when a car driven by J. R.
Satterfield, Jr., was struck by a
south-bound Coast Line express on
the Church street crossing. Four of
the young people were killed, and the
fifth was injured seriously The auto
was demolished.
J. R. Satterfield is asking $40,000
for the death of his son, J. R., Jr., 18,
and $20,000 for injuries allegedly sus
tamed by another son, David Gray,
17.
It Was A Million-Dollar
Rajn And Tben Some
"Did you ever see a million dollars
fall from the sky " Carl Goerch ask
ed over WPTf a few days ago. Of
course Carl was referring to that fine
rain that fell last Saturday. It was
worth a million, all right, and then
some. It broke a month-old drought
and came just in the nick of time, too.
With the exception of truck gardens,
which;, suffered irreparable losses, to-.
ba-ce6;'Vfa1s"appaPentry theliardsf "hit
crop. Combined with the recent wind
and hail storm, the dryness has, set
back tobacco an estimated two weeks.
Many farmers have had to reset all
or part of their plarfts as many as
three or four times.
Cotton, it appears, was not serious
ly damaged,' although the crop will
probably be a little, late.
Corn, though slowed up some, is
not thought to haver suffered greatly
from the dryness!. r
The section, around Kenly was vis
ited by two regular downpours Wed
nesday afternoon, while several good
showers, visited -this section during
the day. ' . . v "
A citizen from the Lumberton sec
tion in Selma last night, said; only'' a
light shower fefl thew! on last Satur
day. The tobacco crop down, that way
he .said, V was- suffering, v while the
stand - of.. Cotton , Vas exceptionally
good.! , 4
Hub Bwwji says while coming from
Wilmihgtinlj Tuesday afternoon he
ran mto a rain and wind storm which J
almost equaled the one we had two
weeks' ago -last. Saturday.
YOUTH VOLUNTEERS
v FOR AIR SERVICE
Erancis , Nordan, son of Mr. and
Mrs; L.-L. Nordan, of Smithfield, and
nephew of Mr, W. A- Nordan, of Sel
ma, .has. taken the first steps toward
onrhftmonl: in tliA 1 Tn itpd fitntps Ar-
.100 "young . io pe regisierea unaer
the Selective' Service Act last Octo
ber, Young Nortiah 'volunteered for
air service and left Saturday morning
for Fort Bragg" where Aripy officials
will transfer, him ''to. a flying center,
nosgjbly - the' air collesre at Hicks Fi
Field,
i 'itt.' lLi.L'J i
The' yojing volunteer -has -already
passed the preliminary physical ex
amination at. Fort BrSgg" and Jf J ne
'meets all ptber physical and aptitudei
testSj-will become, af Flying "Cadet 'in
one of Uhc'le'-iSam's flying "colleges.
J SlQVOHTh:t 7
,;.Tbe continued' drought has Retard
ed crops ill aU jiarts of the country
and has Increased the forest fire me
nace, to. its 'most -dangerous .stage in
many years.; - - ' '
HOGS
Northampton County' farmer are
being urged to buy breeding hot n now
in view of the possible," scaiv' - this
fall, reports IL G Snipe, i nt
farm seit rf tvf f ft.
Extent- n ;
Beast Goes Into Mad Rage As
Attempt Was Made To Put
Work Harness On Him For
Snaking Logs In- Pasture of
Smithfield Banker.
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A bull, owned by John Las.0Q, '
femithheld Negro, became enraged
Monday morning about 9 o'clock
when George Langston and his help
er, Winslow Tomlmson, attempted to
harness the beast at a barn in the
pasture of li. P. Holding, Smithfield
banker, just north of Smithfield near
Uuffalo creek, which resulted in Mr.
Langston be;ng gored to death.
It seems that Mr. Langston had
Tomlmson helping him do some work
in Mr. Holding's pasture, and that
they had previously used the bull to
snake some logs across Bullalo creek,
when when they attempted .fo harness
the beast Monday morning he-vbj-oke
through the barn door, knocked Mr
Langston down and ran off into the '
pasture for some distance. Langston :
was soon on his feet again and the
two men chased the bull which still
carried a chain attached to his horns. '
Tomlmson succeeded in getting hold
of the loose end of the chain and
wrapped it around a tree while Mr. .
Langston attempted to tie the boll
Kvvith a rope, but the angry beast
broke loose again and went at Mr.
Langsftvi with his horns and knocked
him backward on the ground, and
then continued to gore and drag him
over the pasture. Tomlinson made his
escape and went foV help.:; . r
Felton Jackson ofvBenson and 15-
year-old Tom Hinnariy of""1
Route 1, who were working!
the' new home of F. Smit
Second Street, answered r' . t flp, -With
Tmrnimsonr "the;; ..ined
lure and pull the bull a way, from- Mr. 1 "
Langston, who ' had .been rendered ,'
completely helpless by the -unrelent- .
ing vicious attacks of the , mad beast
Their efforts Jn this having failed ' ,. ,
Jackson and Hinhant summoned addi- - -.
tional aid: Telephone calls went to the
police department and to" Underwood
Funeral Home for an ambulance,"
Chief Massey;. hurried to the scene,
closely, followed by Durwood Creech
with the Underwood ambulance. ;In
the mean time, others in the vicinity
who had been attracted by the alarm,
began to arrive. '
Chief Massey is reported to- have
shot the bull 14 times with a .22 cal-
ibre rifle, but the bullets only forced
the bull to.-leave the body of Mrv
Langston which' had been rolled for
some. 30 yards or more on the ground
As the bull ; walked away, Chief
Massey hurried to Mr. Langston arid
found that he. was still breathing.. Tbo
officer, with the assistance of others,
attempted to remove, the body of tho
dying man from the' .'pasture, but -U
they neared the pasture gate shout
200 yards distant, the bufi came be
tween themi and the gate. - j
Fearing further attacks ,. .Chief
Massey decided not to attempt to 'jrff
past the bull and sent someone to tha
home of Mrs. R. O. Cotter for. a sfiot-v
gun. When the gun arrived, Joe Roy-
all, one of the group that.had assem
bled to offer
killed the
The body
then placed on - a stretched, but
was dead -before-they could -get . him
to the ambulance. i 'V. --- .
The badly-mangled body-of! VMr.
Langston was then taken to the TJn-
derwood- Funeral- Home where it y f
prepared for buriel.- ' "f
Mr. Langston '"was 55 years old, a
o1d, A
of 1
He r
was formerly superintendent
Smithfield street department.
a natives ef Wayne county, but.ad
lived iriSmUhfield for the past" 20
years. ' '
j - Funeral services Vfere conductt
Tuesday afternoon at the Ik
by. the' Jlev. J, 3; Boone, pastor
Centenary -Methodist church, ass'
b the-JSev. C: L. 'Gillespie, past
bs"Sratthfield Baptist church.
Surviving are his wife; two f
Mrs Mfy Evans ,; and I
Langston 'of ; Great Sw u
Wayne bounty; ane'br
Lan-on""or; Norfolk, Vj ;
sons, t F Lis wife 1 " a
risnrns' They are V 1
hem, N.J".f Staton s. J C
of Burlington.
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