VOL.26
SELMA, N. C, JANUARY 28, 1943.
Single Copy 5c
NUMBER 5
HEY1 BRING BACK MY ClOTHESI
Says North Africa
Is Pretty Place
Cpl. M. R. Griswold, in a letter to
his mother, Mrs. F. L. Griswold of
Selma, written on December 28, 1942,
Buy a.
Dear Mom:
Guess you had already figured why
I had not written before. I am well
: and in good health. I am in North
Africa is about all I can tell you. It
.is nothing at all like I expected. It is
' a mighty pretty place but rather cold,
' t especially at night. We use all the
cover we can get. The French people
here seem to be very friendly but the
AfaJjS I guess are about like they
V look; dirty.fr jnH4ah
- to see wne come namg dt on amiuie
back, the mule would be about the
size of a young calf and would be
. loaded with baskets of oranges until
-' you could only see his head stuck out
in f rent and the Arab would be sitting
right up on top. Then again you can
see a dump cart about half loaded
with from 8 to 8 horses pulling it. I
don't guess I will be so I can write
real often but will write as often as
I can. I guess you all had a good
Christmas. I sure would have enjoyed
being there. But anyway we had tur-
I dont need anything over here. .We
don't even need money. The civilians
have nothing to sell but wine and
oranges and if you could see some of
them handling it you couldn't stomach
it. The only English the kids know
how to speak is cigarettes, money,
chewing gum. And they really can
beg, they almost tear your clothes off
swinging to you begging. Well this
leaves me well and in good health,
hope you all the same. Just hold
things down until we sign off. Tell
all the kids hello and love to "Ole
Millard."
Have you got a card yet stating
safe arrival ? If you have my address
will be on that. I don't know yet what
it is. It will be a post office number.
Somebody that understands it can get
you my address off it. Let me hear
from you all soon.
Edison Phillips Dies
At Duke Hospital
Thomas Edison Phillips, 25, died
.' early Sunday morning in Duke Hospi
tal' at Durham, where he was carried
last Thursday.
' He was the smallest pupil ever to
graduate from the . Selma High
1 All 4-1. t-SvMA ka maoi'vwI VllQ
t OCllUUl. Ab LUC Mint; . "
i diploma he was just over four feet in
" height and weighed 80 pounds.
Funeral services were held from the
Branch Chapel Baptist uiurcn mon
. day at 3 p. m., with the Rev. W. H.
Lancaster officiating. Burial toofc
place in the church .cemetery.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. E .Phillips of Selma, Route 1;
five brothers, Linwood, Ray, Harold
and Robert Phillips, all of Selma,
Vaii 1 niJ Vow VlAr-lArr PVlillinB nf
i the - Navy, baaed at Norfolk; four
. sisters, Mrs. A. L. Honeycutt of
Bailey, Route 8, Jean, Edna and Iris
Ann Phillips of Selma, Route 1.,.
Rose Ordered
To Take Rest
The many friends of H. V. Rose,
Johnston county's Clerk of Superior
Court, will regret to learn that his
physician has ordered him to take' a
complete rest in bed for several
- weeks. ' . . -;. .-
la order that' he may have a com
plex r?:-, he . is not permitted -to see
visitors at this time. His friends hope
that he will soon be back in his office.'
Dummy Placed On Pole
At Draft Board Here
Nothing has happened in Selma in
a long time that occasioned more
interest than was manifested Monday
morning when more than a hundred
young draftees gathered in front of
the draft board's headquarters here
to answer the call of their country,
and as they waited for a bus to take
them to Fort Bragg they curiously
scanned the flag pole in front of the
draft board's office, a-top of which
had been placed a man dummy during
the wee hours of the night, but by
whom? That is. still the big question
The dummy was dressed in a neat
dark suit, with hat,,ahoe,.Ioves, and
apparkntljr everything tthat . goe t
make a well-dressed man. He was las
tened to the pole near the top in a
standing position. On a large sign
iust underneath this dummy were
these words: "On To Victory With
Person."
This dummy continued to decorate
the flag pole throughout the morning
hours while the draft board officials
and their helpers carried on their
arduous duties within the office as
though no excitement had been caus
ed.. But not so with Mr. Average
Man, for everyone passing that way
was constrained to stop and take a
look with creened head as he or she
read the inscription on the sign and
admired the cleverness of workman
ship in designing the dummy.
Mrs. Kirby Rose Is
Red Cross Chairman
Mrs Tf.irViv T. T?nap wna named
chairman of the Johnston County
Chapter of tne Ked uross at a meet
ing of the executive committee held
in the county courthouse in Smith
fielri Sntiirdav afternoon, and Judge
Larry Wood was named Chairman of
the War Fund drive in Johnston
county to be conducted in March.
The Rev. Jas. P. Smith, who has
been acting chairman since Chairman
Kenneth Gurley of Pine Level enlist
ed in the Navy, presided over the
meeting Saturday. Other officers
named were: Mrs. C.E. Kornegay of
Selma, vice-president; E. S. Stevens,
vice-chairman of the War Fund Com
mittee; H. M. Austin, treasurer of the
War Fund; and Marvin Johnson,
chairman of War Fund supplies.
Judge Wood expects to can nis
planning committee together at an
aaviv rinte and man out the county-
wide campaign for funds to carry on
the work of the Kea cross wnicn m
war time has grown to tremendous
proportions. .
Last year nearly $8,000 was raised
in Johnston County for the Red Cross
a , ommint soue-ht this year will
not be less than $10,000. The amount
kept in the local treasury irom me
last drive has not been adequate to
aanw ATI the Red Cross work which
was stretched to cover three extra
months. It has been necessary to
make extra appeals to fill the kit
bags made for service men going over
seas.
Capt. Open Daly
Visits Parents Here
Capt, Owen Daly, son of Mr. and
Mrs. a M. Daly, and who has been in
foreign service of the U. S. Army for
little more than two years, arrived in
Selma last week to visit his parents
for a few days. Capt. uaiy is a graa
uate of State College, Raleigh, and
was among the first to enter the serv
ice, He left Monday to return to his
post of duty. . " '.
Mite' Berthv Woodnrembeii of
' 1 1 i - M. XV -
the -Uiejioaie scnooi icu.vj, piu. m
week end at her Some here?
Vernon Wiggs Chairman
Local Food Rationing
County Chairman C. E. Bing
ham Organizes Local commit
tee At Meeting of Merchants
Here Wednesday Night Said
Point Rationing System Is On
The Way Soon.
A representative crowd of Selma
merchants met in the town clerk's of
fice Wednesday night to have explain
ed to them some of the principled of
the food rationing program by Ceun-
ty unairman j. ta. cingnam, win; to
organizing Johnston county by hold
ing meetings at different points and
explaining to the people the necessity
of educating the buying public on how
the new food rationing program will
work when all canned foods will be
rationed under a point system some
time in the near future.
Chairman Bingham explained that
unless the people are made to under
stand how the new rationing program
works, many of them will .find that
they will have trouble in purchasing
certain canned articles when the plan
i3 put into effect. The housewife must
be made to understand the number of
points a certain item carries before
going to market so she can buy intel
ligently, otherwise there will be much
delay in buying. If everybody waits
until they go to make a purchase to
find out from the merchant how to
buy, the groceryman's time will be so
absorbed in trying to explain the
value of points, etc., that sales will he
retarded to such an extent that the
trade will be blocked. ; H
From time to time The Johnston-'
ian-Sun has carried questions and
answers about this food rationing
program, and if you have not read
these articles it would pay you . to
look up previous issues of the paper
and carefully read them. At the top
of Page Two in last week's Johnston-ian-Sun
appeared one of these articles
which is very important, v,
Vernon Wiggs wa3 named chaifr
man of Selma Township at the meet;
ing Wednesday night.' He plans to
name sub-committeemen in this town
shin to assist in, irettitWs prog
bdfbrOhe people flptore Wtual rJH
tioning begins. Yoii should get in
touch with" Mr. Wiggs at once and
get whatever information he may be
able to give you about it, for you are
going to need to know more about it
nretty soon. We must learn at an ear
ly date that we cannot purchase but
a certain amount of canned foods in
each month, and we need to learn as
soon as possible what we must do.
More information will be published
in this and other papers in the near
future about this food rationing pro
gram, so watch your paper for what
ever information you can get, for it
will be impossible to get much of the
information to you in any other way.
Selma Men Attend Sales
Tax Hearing In Raleigh
Messrs. Floyd C Price, Sr., and
W. H. Creech attended a meeting of
6IK5 klaiCS xa v vii...." -'- ... tJ
on last Tuesday afternoon and heard
pleas by spokesmen for the North
Caroline Merchants' Association, the
Fair Tax Association ana tne norm
Pnmmiiniit nnrtv urarinir the
joint Committee on Finance to repeal
the 10-year-old sales tax in its entirety-
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"Committee memDers iwreneu
the audience.
Icliuvcijr
mostly merchants, which packed the
committee room, in applauding speak
ers," said Mr. Price.
Willard Dowell, veteran secretary
of the North Carolina Merchants' As
sociation, made the principle speecu
of the day and ended on an oratorical
note which drew the warmest ap
plause of the day. Dowell advanced
three reasons for repeal. He said re
peal would furnish relief from bur,
densome federal taxes, which he pre
dicted will shortly anciuae a
iu4. Sfata has tVift lnrirest SUmlUB
wav we "V -
in its history and no longer needs the
tax; and tnat tne saies w
porary and emergency measure ana
its repeal was pledged at the end of
the emergency.
The speaKer, wno wa iuu
throughout his remarks, became more
solemn on the last point. After read
: . niirA ivrntnined in the messaee
mis a F-fc -
of Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus rec
ommending imposition of the tax,
Dowell concluded witn tnese wuruo.
"May God grant that my State may
no longer delay fulfillment of that
promise." '
J. Paul Leonard was the only speak
. t),a Fair Tar Association.. He
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made much the same argument as
Dowell and stressed the plight of mer
chants living close to the State line.
J. Bart Logan, secretary of the
North Carolina Communist party,
said his organisatioa always had op
posed the sales tax, but that it was
reexamining its peacetime attitudes
in the belief that winning the war
came first and that everything should
be viewed now from the standpoint of
the war effort His main argument
was that the sales tax bear most
i.ium Uut ahle t nY.
He alio streseeti the.moral-obligation
LOCAL DRAFT BOARD SENT MORE THAN ONE
HUNDRED MEN TO FORT BRAGG MONDAY
E. L. Woodall Honored
For Scout Leadership
Win Silver Beaver Award At
Annual Dinner At Goldsboro
Last Week.
Edward L. Woodall of Smithfield
was given the Silver Beaver award at
the annual dinner meeting of Tus-
carora Council held at the Goldsboro
Hotel last Thursday evening. .
Mr. Woodall has been an outstand
ing leader in Scouting in Johnston
county for several years. He was
court of honor chairman of Johnston
county district - of the Tuscarora
Coucil f rom 1937 to 1940; was Council
Advancement chairman 1941-1942;
was member at large of the executive
board 1938-1939, and was a member
of Smithfield Troop committee from
1937 to 1942, and was also active in
the finance drives of the district.
Mr. Woodall, who was council
chairman of courts of honor made the
annual troop awards, giving Smith-
field Troop 21 first place; Troop 25
of Pine Level, second place; and
Troop 22 of Four Oaks, third place.
The awards were made for attend
ance,', achievements, handicrafts, and
general progress as demonstrated at
the 12 courts of honor held during
the year;
Another first came to Johnston
county when Matt Ausley of Troop
28 of Micro was declared the best as
to personal inspection of uniform.
James Creech of Troop 21 of Smith
field won second honors, and Floyd
Martin of the same troop, third.
There are 28 Boy Scout troops in
the Tuscarora Council, nine of which
are in Johnston county at, the follow
ing places: Benson, sponsored by the
Business Men's Club, E. A. Johnson,
aortiimaster? ; Smithfield. SDOn
ward Creech, scoutmaster; Four Oaks,
sponsored by the Baptist and Metho
dist churches, the Rev. J. T. Greene,
scoutmaster; Princeton, sponsored by
the Lions club, J. M Shearin, scout
master; Clayton, sponsored by the
Rotary club, Paul Keller, scoutmaster;
Pine Level, sponsored by the Business
Men's Club, Alvin Kornegay, scout
master; Micro, sponsored by the high
school, L. J. Worthington, scoutmas
ter; Kenly, sponsored by a group or
citizens, Julius D. Corbett, scoutmas
ter;. Selma, sponsored . by Kiwanis
club, Ed Perry, scoutmaster.
E. L. Woodall, chairman of the Ad
vancement committee, reported that
35 courts of honor were held in the
four districts of the Tuscarora Coun
cil in 1942, and that 901 merit badges
were awarded. -,
Scout membership in the council
totals 633, an increase of 7 per cent
over last year. There are five tuo a
Packs, with a membership of 130.
Four of these were added during
1942. Five new scout troops, includ
ing the one at Princeton, were added
last year. , -
Among the officers re-eiectea ior
the coming year are the rouowing
from Johnston: G. W. Grier, Council
Commissioner; C. A. Fitzgeraia oi
Micro; advice president; E. l,. wood-
all, chairman of advancement com
mittee.
Plans Under Way To
Draft Married Men
Washineton Selective Service
soon will announce plans to lift the
ban on the drafting of married men
with children,' authoritative sources
have revealed.
It was learned that preliminary re
ports of a nationwide survey by draft
officials on the number of single men
and chidless married ' men available
for call to the armed services showed
that it would be necessary to call
married men with childnen and collat
eral dependents bythe end of the
summer. '
When drafting W these men e-
mi k . M 1.1
comes necessary, was -saia, mose
with collateral dependents probably
will be called first, then those with
one child, followed by those with two,
three, or more children. The plans on
just how boards will be instructed to
call those with children and collateral
dependents are still indefinite.
War Manpower Commission Chair
man Paul V. McNutt refused to give
any indication on how soon Selective
Service, now a bureau in his commis
sion, will take this step. He insisted
that it still was "uncertain" when
married men with children must be
called.
feature, reading an editorial from the
Hiarh Point Enterprise, with the ex
planation that he so seldom agreed
with the paper lie was unwilling to
miss an opportunity to do so. X
The committee is expected to ret
on the. queetiooJater in. the,,weefc
Tourist's Dream Told
Of Munitions Accident
New Jersey Woman, Staying
in Selma Hotel, Left Be
fore Huge Blast
Smithfield, Jan. 26. The Herald
thi3 week carries a story that relates
the horrible munition explosion near
Selma. It is a psychic ' experience
which speaks for itself. It seems that
a woman stopped at a Selma hotel
dreamed of the lurid affair. It is thus
told in an article in a magazine sign
ed by Marion S. Coleman, Little Sil
ver, N. J.:
"On a February night in 1942, Mr.
and Mrs. S. Coleman stopped for the
night at a small hotel in Selma, N. C.
Early the following morning Mrs.
Coleman dreamed that the hotel was
reduced to burning ruins by a sudden
explosion. '
"The dream woke her, and she was
unable to go back to sleep. Awaken
ing her husband, she insisted that
they leave at once. Coleman, heavy
with sleep, protested loudly that they
had not planned to leave for hours.
His wife was determined. They de
Darted at once.
"A day later Mrs. Coleman, cal lea
her husband's attention to a story in
the morning paper. It was a lurid ac
count telling how a truck loaded with
dynamite had crashed into a small
hotel. The resultant explosion had
destroyed the building. The hotel was
the one at which the Colemans had
stayed the night before. Had they
kept their original : scheaule, they
would have still been in the hotel
when the truckload of death arrived.''
Smithf ielct Herald's '
lverMdluifii
C. E. Bingham Tenders Resigna
tion In Order To Devote More
Time To Personal Affairs.
C. E. Bingham, who has served as
advertising manager for the Smith
field Herald during the past nine
years, has resigned this job, same be
coming effective on Monday of this
week.
Mr. Bineham surrendered his of
ficial connection with The Herald in
order to devote more time to his own
business affairs.
Succeeding Mr. Bingham as adver
tising manager is Norman E. Hum
phrey, who has been with the mechan
ical department of The tieraia ior
more than 20 years.
Walter Sellers, formerly with tne
Medlin Printing Company of Smith
field, has accepted a position in the
Herald's mechanical department as
linotype operator.
Newspaper Man
Knows His Counties
The program leader at the weekly
meetine of the Selma Kiwanis club
last week was H. H. Lowry, who ask
ed each Kiwanian to write the names
of the counties in North Carolina
within an allotted time. He had pre
pared sheets of paper for each Kiwan
ian with a blank line for each of the
100 counties, and in addition to this
he had arranged these lines aipna-
betically, leaving a blank for all
counties beginning with A, B, C, etc.
Nevertheless, the Kiwanians found it
, a hard assignment. Pencils for tne
occasion were lurmsnea Dy tne
Branch Banking & Trust Company
with their name printed on same. Al
though a whole carton of Lucky
Strike cigarettes was to go to the one
who named the greatest number of
counties, many counties were still
unnamed when the announcement
came that "Time is up." When totals
were ascertained it was found that
the highest score made was 74 by
Editor M. L. Stencil, witn juwanian
D. M. Clemmons a close second wim
69. Other high numbers ranged m the
fifties and sixties.
Mrs. Stephen Boyette
Is Seriously III
Miss Celesta Boyette, member of
the local school faculty, was called
home Thursday night on acount of the
serious illness of her mother, Mrs.
Stephen Boyette, of Kenly. Mrs.
Boyette was removed to a Wilson hos
pital Friday where her condition
seems unchanged.
Mrs. J. F. Brown
Undergoes Operation'
Friends of Mrs. J. F. Brown regret
to learn that she is seriously ill in
-e Hospital, Durham. Mrs. Brown
underwent a major operation there
Monday, but ti reported to be getting
aloof aa well at touM be expected.
Twenty-fonr of the Young Men
Sent to Camp Were From the
Town of Selma Eight Were ,
from Selma Route One, and
Ten From Selma Route Two. 1
.Those Passing the Physical
Examination Will Be Return,
ed to Camp Saturday For In
duction In The Army. ; ;
The following young white men
were sent to Fort Bragg Monday- by
Draft Board No. 2," at Selma: V
, Ruffin Harold Smith, Selma; Demfo
sey Edgar Morris, Micro; Albert Lee
Newcomb, Kenly, Route 1; Cecil. H.
Hall, Goldsboro, Route 2; Iredell Clif
ford Pate, Goldsboro; William Jen
nings Bryan Bedford, Clayton; Clar
ence Alwyn Wall, Selma, Route 2;
Julian Vance Dean, Selma; Bernard
Franklin Proctor (Transfer) Selma;
Gattis Mac. Stephenson, Clayton;
' Ransom Arthur , Starling, Kenly,
Route 2; Cyril Mayo Bailey, Selma,
Route 1; Raymond Price Jones, Sel
ma; Leslie Bryant Sykes, Kenly,
Route 1; William Paul Lawrence,
Clayton, Route 1; Young Jethro Ivey,
Selma ; , Lewis Lester Jones, Selma;
Gurvis Leonard Hollifleld, Middlesex,
Route 1; Lester Leggins (Transfer)
I Kenly, Route 2; Alvin Orvis Peedin,
seima, Koute 2; Thomas Hill, Smith-,
field; Coy Mitchell, Princeton, Route
1; Charles William, Strickland (trans
fer) Pine Level; ' Lewis Barden Fer-
rell, Selma Route-.l; Claude Oliver
narns, 4eDuion, Koufe l; Henry Titua
Painter, Werfdell, RoNite 1; Woodrow
Stanley, Selma; Marion Lester Hin-
nant, Wendell, Route 1; .
, Leonard Festers Price, Selma Route
It Clarence Woodard Stanley, Smith- -field,
Route 1; Joseph Daniel Parrislw .
jSetraa; Clarence Bectoa ; Hines, ? Jr.
(Transfer) Selma, . Route 2; Roger
William F Werali Ctriftsfwl Sput...1
Samiiel Levy Radfor, Smithfield,',
Route2; Edward George Rabil, Jr.,
Kenly; Preston Hocutt, Selma; Sam
Roland Parrish, Selma, Route 2; Wil
liam Jack Woodard, Princeton, Route
1; Patrick Rufus Massey, Princeton,
Route 1; Charles Willie Johnson.
Clayton; Hallie Robert Blackman,
Selma; Joseph Ezra Pearce, Prince
ton, Route 1; Lynwood Rains, Prince
ton; George Wallace Ballance, Kenly;
William Lester Creech, Smithfield,
Route 2; ' ; .
James Levi Watson. Pine Level;
Raich Stevens Lane. Kenlv. Route Is
Roland Rudolph Hatcher, Selma,
Route 1; James Paul Barbour, Clay
ton, Route 2; Javers Lee Renfrow,
Selma; Javis Godfrey Hill, Kenly,
Route 2; Calvin Roland Richardson,
Wendell, Route 1; Carl Junior Baker,
Micro; George Wilbert Shirley, Sel
ma; Kelly Capps, Selma, Route 2;
Willie Williams Pounds, Clayton,
Route 2; Lester Carl . Smith, Selma,
Route 2; Worley Grice. Middlesex,
Route 1; Jesse Thomas Brown, Selma,
Route 2; Benny Wilmer Woodard,
Kenly, Route 1; Willie Earl Hedge
peth, Selma, Route 1; Daniel Hocutt
Hilliard, Clayton; William Joseph
Ellis, Clayton; Hubert Grady Nichols,
Kenly, Route 1; William Cecil Bos
well, Lucama, Route 2; Harold Edwin
Hogue, Selma; Lawrence Braswell,
Smithfield, Route 2; Alton Lee Grum
pier, Selma; Lester D. Starling, Sel
ma; Thomas Alfred Rhodes, Wendell,
Route 1; Percell Boykin, Kenly,
Route 2; Woodrow Eddy Capps, Sel
ma; Willard Osborne Davis, Zebulon,
Route 1; Harry Wall, Clayton; James
Edward Strickland, Pine Level; Joe
Rossie Boykin, Middlesex, Route 1;
Vivian Hunter Sellers, Smithfield,
Route 2; Homer Wilbert Langston,
Micro; Odell Jackson Starling, Clay
ton; Clarence Rudolph Reaves, Clay-,
ton; Thel Carlyle Rains, Princeton; ,
Ernest Vander Evans, Jr., Selma;
Donald Earl Brown, Selma; Chester
Worley, Smithfield, Route 2; Warren
Gamberlyle Hughes, Selma; Billy
Hopkins. Middlesex, Route 1; Willie
Clyde Wilkes, Selma; Virgil Garth
Sullivan, Selma, Route 1;
Herman Levelle Joyner, Clayton;
James Kellard SeawelU Selma; Victor
Hugo Parrish, Clayton; Dwight Mar-
ron Barbour, Clayton, Route .2; Thur
man Holloman, Selma, Route 2; Hen
ry Patrick Holland, Smithfield, Route
1; Stephen William Fields, Selma,
Route 1; Daniel Franklin Kornegay,
Princeton, Route 1; Leo Banaso Mc-
Arthur, Clayton; Matt Ransom Wall,
Jr., Selma; James Berry Vause, Jr.,
Selma Route 1; William Rufus John
son, Selma; Joseph Harrell Lamm,
Kenly; Leborn Batten Peedin, Sseima;
Lonnie Woodard, Princeton, Route 1;
James Graham Snipes, Princeton.
Route 2; Donald El wood Wiggs,
Smithfield; Route 2; James Carlton
Earp, Selma, Route 2; David Junior
Blackman, Selma; Berket Elton Butta,
Selma; David Junior Scott, Kenly,
Route 2; James. Melyio Mitchell,
Selma; Coy - ElUa, . Jr., (Transfer)
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