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VOL. 24.
SELMA, N. C THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1941.
SINGLE COPY 5c
NUMBER 24
Selma Man to Head
County Produce Market To Open Monday
Popular Selma Man
Dies of Heart Attack
, Welfare Department
The Jotasto
IV U I
W. T. Woodard. Jr., Named
County Welfare Superintend
ent to Succeed Mrs. v.
Thurston, Resigned.
W. T. Woodard, Jr., better known
; by his Selraa friends as "Bill Thad,"
has been named by the county board
of public welfare as superintendent of
the Johnston County Welfare Depart
ment, to succeed Mrs. D. J. Thurston
whose resignation becomes effective
on July lt 1941. " ' V '
The new welfare superintendent is
a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Wood
ard of Selma. He received his A,
degree from the University of North
Carolina in 1934 and for the following
three years and a half he was a mem
ber of the high school faculty at On
. ental. N. C. ' -';'','" . '
In January 1938 .he was employed
in the Johnston county- welfare de-
- partment as a case worker, which po
' sition he has capably filled since that
time. After taking this welfare posi
tion, he obtained a nine-month leave
for special training in social 'work at
the State University. , ,
Besides passing on routine' old age
assistance and aid to dependent chil
. dren cases, the board approved the
, welfare budget V for 1941-42 which
now awaits the approval of the, state
department. '
.-. The administrative' budget figures,
which are the same as at present, to-
, tal $14,450, approximately a third of
which is paid by the state. - The ad
. ministrtaive budget includes the fol
lowing iten ., superintendent'' salary,
- f 2,400.00; r ries of four case work-
.: era, fS.C i ealaries of two clerical
assistants, tZZ1M;; ' travel Expense
t- for five: workers, 2 4GD.O;, office in-
cidental expenses,. $1,070.00. ;
The board ha several applications
for the job of case worker, now held
oy Mr. Woodard,? but this appoint
ment will be made on a' merit system
basis, therefore ho announcement has
; yet been , made of his successor. ;
- According to a study made by the
Northwestern Rational , Life Insur
ance Company,' a consumer', with an
income of $80 per month pays $ltf6.04
a year in indirect or hidden taxes.
Thia - figure does not include taxes'
for National Defense. ' -
Seen and Heard Along;
THE RIAINDRAG
By H. H. L.
.The largest building in town, the
Merchants Hotel, operated by MRS,
ANNIE BARHAM, looks like a new
house since it has undergone a coat
of pain from roof to cellar J. D,
, MURRAY was the constractor he
was assisted by DEWEY FOWLER
. and WILL THOMPSON MR. MUR
.RAYaays they used ajittle less than
a barrelof paint now is the time, to
paint .up, iolks, soet busy and make
that old house., of yours look like
a new one 2,18ft cones of Pine State
; . ice cream were given-away absolutely
iree by. the -WOODAft -i CREECH
DRUG, COMPANY on test Satur
. day folks from town' and country
began pouring in about 10 o'clock in
the morning and. kept it up .untfl late
afternoon MI S S ,-ETHELEN
BKQWN was kept busy during the
- flay handing out tickets entitling the
i visitor to free ice cream but talk
ing about busy folk you should have
Seen '. HERBERT - WHITE,- JIGGS
' BJR O A D W HL L and HAROLD
HQGUE late in the afternoon their
... tongues, hanging out and their white
" aprons anything i but; white '-r- these
boys' 'didnt have a' Spare minute--
NOBLE BLACKMAN will be missed
from the Maindrag no man- in Sei-
- ma had more friends than he t his
- passing" was a great shock to all of
ts SERGEANT IVAN WOODRUFF
of Fort Benning,-Ga., after -spending
, a cuple.of day with his father and
r' mother, MR. and MRS. FRANK
. '..CCD RUFF, left Monday for, Fort
, I -ng this young soldier evident-
.1.7 f 's v '1 with higher ups at the
nh! 's climbed from Private
- .' s to. Sergeant EARL
Vr I has a good l U club
an Jubio'3 t-k two in
i I ' ' i tnl is c "ng
i r 1 T in
SMITHFIELD PLANS
MUSICAL CONCERT
Smithfield, June 11. "Music Under
the Stars," a new type of free record
ed concert, will be introduced
to
Smithfield people Friday night at the
Woman's . Club amphitheatre at
o'clock.
. These entertainments, which are
sponsored by the Woman's Club and
a group of local people, are designed
to give the citizens of Smithfield an
opportunity to enjoy the best in the
world of melody.
. The audience will listen to a care
fully selected program of classical
and semi-classical favorites as record
ed by world-famous artists. Part of
the famous Haydn "Surprise Sympho
ny" will be heard.
The program is an experiment, but
if the people enjoy it and consider
that it meets a need in the communi
ty,- weekly concerts may be conduct
ed throughout , the summer. ' '
Dexter Freeman of the staff of the
Smithfield , Herald is in charge of
planning and conducting the program.
He will supply many records from his
collection.' '.-K:.'--'- c.
Every one who likes good music is
Urged to attend the first concert. No
admission; will be charged. ;
a Legion Post "
Enjoy Big Fish Fry
. About 100 American Legionnaires
and invited guests enjoyed a fish fry
in the new Legion " Hut and Gymna
sium, here Tuesday evening at 7:30
ptlock,' given by the Selma "Post of
the i Americah" Legion. ".:
Along tabid had been arranged in
thff neTWdttbui,n
that crisply, fried fish,' bread, hot cof
fee, slaw and cold aoff drinks were
immensely enjoyed by all present.
.. Commander C. A. Bailey called on
Editor M. L. Stancit for, the invoca
tion, and then after a few remarks to
the audience, Commander Bailey gave
the gavel to Dr. E. N. Booker, who
called attention to the splendid pro
gress being '" made - on the building,
which he referred to as realizing the
accomplishment of a task which at
first , seemed impossible. He said that
this showed that no task is hardly too
great for accomplishment if we have
united program and want to see
the job done bad enough.
W. ' A. Hood was then called upon
to make a statement about the work.
Mr, Hood has hsA charge of the con
struction program from its very be
ginning. He said that all the work on
the building had been done by inex
perienced young men and boys from
16 to 24 years of age, and that the!
only experienced helper that had had
anything to do with the job was one
brick mason to instruct the boys in
brick laying. He told how-many feet
of lumber; how many kegs of nails
and how many thousand brick have
been used so far in the construction
of the building.
Just as the meeting was- about to
be concluded, in came the Johnston
County- Legion baseball team with
the . announcement ' that they had
defeated Lumberton in a game of ball
that afternopn by a score of 10 to 6.
Shouts and squalls ', went up from the
audience, mingled with other shouts
to fFeid y"em. Feed 'em Give them
boy some Ffeh." An additinal supply
of fish were ordered and it waa not
long until the baU. team were enjoy
ing a real fish supper. 1;.
Bfihsca Sen Festiral
To Be Held Jinsj
f Benson, June li -President L.
Levinson and his assistant S. P. Hon,
eycutt, are busy getting; the program
of the 23rd' Annual Son Festival i
shape for the two-day event which
will bsu his year on "June 21-22,
- Mr. Honeycutt is cleaning off, the
grounds preparatory . to' installation
of Seatsil while Mr. Levinson 'is re
ceiving applications for place on the
program by groups of singers a well
as -attending to the many other de
tails .necessary,-1 " " ' ' ' "f
Senator J. B. Benton Who for the
f-t 13 or 20 years has assisted in
ru"."pg on the program, will not, by
t, 1 ; connect ei v-ith the evert
i vc '. Turther details will be giv-
The Johnston County Produce Market, located between Selma
and Smithfield, will open with - auction sales on vegetables,'
fruits, poultry and egrgs Monday morning, June 16th, at 11
o'clock. Farmers are requested by Jack Wooten, manager of
the new market, to take a load of whatever quantity they have
on hand tq the first auction. It is believed prices will be good.
Notice To Merchants
And Their Employes
Announcement of ; Important
Cotton Stamp Mass Meeting
of All Retailers and Whole
salers of Cotton Products To
Be Held In Smithfield On
June 16th, At 2:00 P. M.
All retailers and their clerks, and
wholesalers of American grown and
manufactured cotton merchandise are
urgently requested to attend an im
portant mass meeting to be held in
the Court House; at Smithfield, at
2:00 P. M., on Monday, June 16, 1941
Mr. G. A. Allen, Chairman of the
Johnston County Cotton Stamp Com
mittee, will preside. Speakers will in
elude: Mr. Wingate of the Surplus
Marketing Administration.
In announcing the meeting, Mr.
Allen stated that as far as possible
not only merchants but their clerks
should attend this important discus
sion of how merchants may partici
pate in the benefits of the Supplemen
tary Cotton Stamp Program, soon to
be launched in this area.
He said that in -order to be eligible
to accept Cotton Stamps for redemp
tion from the Government, merchants
must first complete- a "Retailer's
Statement" form which will be avail
able and fully explained at the meet
ing. .
Mr. Allen added that $25,000,000
worth of Cotton Stamps are availa
ble for distribution to cotton farmers
during 1941, and any merchants un
prepared to accept these stamps in
trade in the prescribed manner would
be at a distinct disadvantage. "The
simplest way for merchants to fully
understand the program," said Mr.
Allen, "is to attend this meeting.
They will learn how they may get
their share of this' additional busi
ness;, what goods may be exchanged
for stamps; the rules and regulations
they must comply with in making
cotton stamp sales; and how to re
deem the stamps for cash." -5.
By aggressive merchandising
methods pushing the sale of cotton
goods not only to those using stamps,
but to every family in the community,
retail merchants will make a substan
tial contribution toward solving the
problem of price-depressing cotton1
surpluses and . under-consumption ;:: of
cotton goods by a large part of ; 'our
people. -
Miss Helen , Ki:" ;
Takes SBcrtf u'Jsn
Miss Helen Kirby, popular anrf -ef
ficient clerk in the local .postdffjee,
Was absent two days this week .'from
her duties in the office,' taking i rest
at her country home. When asked
why she didn't go fishing down on the
beach, she replied: "Why, I can go-
fishing nearer home and have just as
good a time." -
WILEY L.BAR!fESf
iDIED WEDNESDAY
Wiley L. Barnes, after an extended
illness,' died at his "home in Wilson
(.Wednesday morning at 1J 'clock. The
deceased had been undergoing treat
ment in, a government hospital for
some time and had only1 recently re
turned to his home in, Wilson. Funer
al Services were held today - (Thurs
day r from the home. Surviving are
his wife, . the former - Miss Gertrude
Stallings, daughter of Mrs. W. H.
Statlingi.-'of.Selma, and , two . sons,
Wiley, Jr, and Xfaurlea., jU ' r :,
Mrs. W. HI St.-'lings, Mn and Mrs.
O. L. Bailey And V umber of friends
of Selma, attended Jie funeral ser-
vices. -V..V-
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Tont forget the Don! pj Ball Game
tonight ..at th high acl.aol grounds.
fporored by CIma Post No, 141. -.,
KENLY LAUNCHES
CUCUMBER MARKET
Last summer the farmers in the
Kenly community were contacted by
the, Cates Pickling Company of Fai
Son in the interest of the cucumber
industry. At that time 150 acres of
cucumbers were signed up by local
farmers" These cucumbers will be
ready for the market in about two
weeks.
The Cates Pickling Company is
building a receiving shed at the rail
road depot. A representative of the
company will be present each day to
grade and buy the cucumbers during
the marketing season.
Kenly is proud of this new enter
prise which will bring a much needed
new cash crop. .
NOTICE TO ALL
WHEAT FARMERS
Any farmer . that harvests wheat
this year will be subject to Market
ing quotas recently voted for the crop
for 1941. The law provides that both
growers who . have allotments and
those who do not must have a mar
keting card to identify their wheat
when -any. is sold and also "when any
is paia as ion o a mresner, com
bine operator, or miller for any ser
vices rendered. 1 nose wno ran to
identify their wheat must pay a pen
alty or tax of 49c per bushel.
The operators of farms that have
less than 15 acres planted may secure
a marketing card and sell all wheat
harvested tax free or dispose of it as
they see fit. Farms that have more
than 15 acres planted will be divided
into two groups:
First, those on which the wheat
harvested will not exceed the allot
ment established for the farm will be
issued cards to sell all Wheat made
tax free. t.-':
Second, those on which the acreage
planted exceeds 15 acres but is ', not
ver 3 acres per family living onv the
rm, vili be issued certificate allow-
; the thresher and miller to collect
I" provided they satisfy the Coun
Committee that no wheat will be
' I and that none will be. fed to live-
ck or poultry which, or the prod-
s of which! will be sold.
If thi latter group who appear he
re t! bounty Committee and re-
ve t, "jrtificate instead of mar-
nelin i "market any wheat, the
pena: 7 f 4i per bushel must . be
paid. ,1; !. farm marketing excess is
deterniiaed because of the sale, the
penalty on such excess isAo be paid
by the producer, and all wheat pro
duced in-1941' on the farm shall be
subject to a lien in favor of the Unit
ed States until such penalty has been
paid. Any combine operator, thresher,
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r.Irs.
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BenseaiT
- Benson--Mrs, Emma'-Pixc
63," died inrHarnett county
at Punn, ' Friday morning at,U:j
o'clock following a two weeks' : criti
cal. illness, J: T .' " -Funeral
' eervices were conducted
Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock by
the Rev. L. Oris Matthews, Free Will
Baptist minister of Benson, at the
Pleasant Hill Christian chureh in
Elevation township. . Interment took
place in the church cemetery." '.
Mrs. NorriB, a daughter of the late
John E, and Pensie Dixon-of Johnston
county near Benson, j wai a member
of lhe Red -Hill ' Free Will Baptist
church. , s - ' '"
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Vir
ginia Bain and a sister, Mrs. Delia
Diien Norris of near Benson; three
half-sisters and four half-brothers,
Mri. Lilla Wicker, Mrs. Nannie Wif
son, Mri.. Hester Fowler, John, and
Jesse, ail of Durham; Boyd of Dunn,
and 'Oto of near Benson. '.. "
MR. L C. PERRY IS
KIWANIS SPEAKER
There was two high spots in the
meeting of the Selma Kiwanis club
on last Thursday evening, one of
which was the presence of Ray Albert
Furr, Governor of the Carolinas Dis
trict from Rock Hill, S. C, who was
an unexpected visitor of the club, but
nevertheless a welcome one.
The other outstanding feature of
the evening was an address by Mr.
E. C. Perry, who was introduced by
Program Chairman J. N. Wiggs. Mr.
Perry made a, very able speech and
one which gave room for much sober
thought and deliberation. He also
exhibited an instrument of writing
which was over a hundred years old,
in the form of a conveyance of a Ne
gro slave from "one party to "another.
Bible School To Begin
At Methodist Church
The annual Daily Vacation Church
School at the Edgerton Memorial
Methodist Church will begin registra
tions Saturday, June 14, from 3:00 to
5:00 p. m. Regular classes will be
conducted each day beginning June
16 from 8:30 to 10:30 a. m., and Con
tinue each day during the same hours
until June 27." All the children and
young people of the Selma municipal
area between the ages of 4 and 18
are expected to register and attend
the vacation school sessions.
The vacation church school will be
under the direction of Rev. A. D. Leon
Gray, who is participating in the sum
mer program of the James B. Duke
Endowment. The director is a gradu
ate of Duke Divinity School and Bir-
mMgham-Swithert GoUegei-Mr.-GfayJ
is returning to Selma for the second
summer as the director of the vaca
tion school work at the Edgerton Me
morial Church.
The vacation church school will be
divided according to the regular age
divisions of the church school. There
will be four groups meeting separate
1 y each day , f or instruction, recrea
tion, worship1, and creative activities.
Each of these group -'Will be under
the leadership of competent and effi
cient adult leaders. .-:. :
The beginner group, ages 4 and 5,
will be led "by Mrs. W, E. Tyler, with.
the' assistance of Miss Ann Grims-
ley 'and Mrs. H. W, Everett. Thi's
group w,ill 'study.1 a. course which is
designed o acquaint the childre with
God through the use of nature.
The primary, group will be divided
into two sections. One of these sec
tions will be taught , by Mrs. W. D.
Perkins and the other by Miss Eliza
beth Temnle with the assistance of
Miss Dorothy Black. The former
group will study r a course to help
them understand their Church,, and
the latter group will be led to ah un
derstanding of the child's are in Bi
ble times. ' i .'''' v r?S
The Junior group will be taught by
A. D. Leon Gray and James Suber.
They will attempt an' - adventure in
Biblical exploration. ft
The intermediate group will be un
der the direction xf Rev..0.L. Hath
away, with the assistance of Dorothy
Jean Creech, Leona ' Farmer Sasser,
Jimmie Lane and Robert Etheredge,
Jr. They, will lead a study of worship.
The jtiusic-of the vacation school
v'! "! "under the direction of Miss
.. i-uiereage. -s- ;
Christian Adventists
To Hold Convention
. The Second Adventist Christian
Convention of the Advent Christian
Denomination, , representing t he
Southern States of Florida, Georgia,
South . Carolina and North Carolina,
will be held at Barbour's Chapel, near
Four Oaks, N. C, beginning Tuesday
evening, June l7th, at 8 o'clock.
We are- expecting a large delega
tion, representing the various 'activi
ties of the church in the South.".
Dinner will be served on the church
grounds Wednesday ; and Thursday.
Everybody is invited. , ' ' ;.. -ELDER
B. H. INGLE, Pastor.
. J. Q. BAKES, Clerk. . '
' More than' 12,000 pedestrians were
killed .by motor vehicles in this coun
try last year. rjK. ,
Noble G. Blackman, Sr., Superin
tendent of The Southern Cot
ton Oil Company Here For
The Past 31 Years, Succumbs
At Johnston County Hospital
Funeral Held From The
Home Tuesday Afternoon.
The people of Selma and communi
ty received a severe shock last Mon
day night when news came from the
Johnston County Hospital that Noble
G. Blackman, Sr., one of the town's
outstanding business men, had died
of a heart attack Monday night about
9 o'clock. He had been taken to the
hospital' earlier in the day because of
an. attack, but this was not generally
known here until after the news of
his death was made known. He waa
61 years old.
Funeral services were held at the
home Tuesday afternoon at 3:30, con
ducted "by ' the Rev. D. M. Clemmons,
of the local Baptist church,- and pas
tor of the deceased, an jUie. Rev. O.
L. Hathaway, pastor of the,.16ca
Methodist church. 'v
The funeral was largely attended
and the floral offerings were numer- .
ous and very beautiful. Burial took
place in the city cemetery. :
All places of business in Selma. '
closed during the funeral hour. Mr. -
Blackman was superintendent of the
Selma branch of the Southern Cotton.
Oil Company for the past 31 years.
Surviving besides his wife, ; are
. 1 ,1 L . . - T .. A
yvooaau oi omiinneia, ivirs. uva ma
sey and Miss Louise Blackman of
Selma; one son, Noble G. Blackman,
Jr., supervisor of the Wilson Tobacco
Market; one brother, John W. Black
man of Selma; three sisters, Mrs. W,
G. Ricks, Mrs. J. F. Brown of Selma,
and Mrs. Howard Olive of Brogden,
He waa a brother-in-law of Mrs.
s. J. Shuler. Mrs. W. A., Nordan and
U-Mt..I.A ,-44,.11 .Calm. ' ...A.... .
Singing Meet To Be
Conducted In Goldsboro
I Gofdslwro The Spring meeting of
the Eastern Carolina Singing Conven
tion will be held at the First Full
Gospel Church in Goldsboro, Sunday,
June -15,-beginning at, 1:45 p. m, it
was announced by the pastor, Dr. W.
H. Carter. "
XJhoirS- from all over Johnston,
Waynej SampsonJ)uplin as well as
Wilmington Leland and other places
have' notified;, minister of their
plans to attend : .
Dr, Carter- f tated -that the convene
tion is interdenominational and that
it was not v sponsored by any one
church but that he had only offered
the Tabernacle Church and its facil
ities in order that Goldsboro might
have the opportunity of having the
convention.
Every choir or group of singers in
this section of the state is invited to
attend and participate and is asked
to write to the minister of the Tab
ernacle Church for further informa
tion -
"Governor" Young
Dies Near Benson
Benson Funeral rites were held
Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock
for C. V. (Governor) Young, 64, who
died Thursday night following a heart
attack. '
Rev. Forrest L. Young, pastor of
the Benson Baptist church, conducted
the services, which were held in the
family cemetery . in the Peacock's
Cross Roads section of Johnston coun- '
ty.' . - .
Surviving Mr. Young, Vho was a
son of the late David and Mary Lou
Young, are his wife, Mrs. Mary
Barefoot Young of Fayetteville, and
seven children: Miss Cleo Young,
Rudyard, Roscoe, and Jefferson of
Fayetteville; Jethrd. 'of Fort Bragg,'
Mrs. Thelma Bensen and Mrs. Mabel
Mills of Benson; also one sister an i
one brotherj Mr. Ella Blackman , of
Bentonville, and Joe Young of Ben-
son, together, with several, grandclj- ,
dren.: '" ,' 'j! ' i-s-s4z
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ter standard of living, better 1
and 4, better mental L'a, if r
in trn gives' aciepce . t ;
and support so '
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