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SELMA, N. C, THURSDAY;. MAY 27, 1943.
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EVERY DRIVER CAN HELP
KEEP 'EM ROLLING
WAR, 1943 style, b war on wheels. Men,
weapons and materials vital lo Victory
niuirt be moved swiftly, safely and without delay.
But each day accidents at grade crossings in
America injure or kill 19 motorists and delay 38
trains a total of 22 hours a drain on manpower
and time that a nation at war simply cannot afford.
Will yon, as a patriotic driver, enlist in the
nationwide campaign now nnder way to stop
these accidents? . Here's hew you can helpi
1. Be extra careful '-wartime careful
mall your driving.
X Be especially alert when approaching a
grade crossing. .:' ,
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Be sura the way is dear before. yon
cross the tracks.
LOOK, LISTEN and LIVE!
Help keep 'em rolling for victory!
C 1 NATIONAL SAfmtilk
Dr. Wade H. Atkinson
Memorial and Library
School Building and Grounds To
Be Used As Memorial To Dr.
Wade H. Atkinson Purchas
ed By His Devoted Wife and
Deeded To Mrs. Atkinson,
Needless to say .'everyone' in the
Corbett - Hatcher Community and
friends throughout the county and
state were happy when news spread
late Wednesday evening, May 12th,
and early Thursday morning: that
Mrs. Wade H. Atkinson was pur
chaser of the building: in which her
late husband was so vitally interested
and tried to do so much for its
people not only the people living in
this community, but those whom he
could administer to and enlighten
their pathway for better services.
His memory will ever live in the lives
of -these people, as also, will this lov
ing act of Mrs.. Atkinson.
The building will be known as the
Dr. Wade H. Atkinson Memorial and
Library. The Dr. Wade H. Atkinson
library in said building, which has
around 4000 volumes, is already well
known, far and near.
The Community Club in -which Dr.
Atkinson, and his wife were Charter
members, will hold its meetings and
other civic affairs, namely: County
meetings of the Farmers and Neigh
borhood Leaders, Religious organiza
tions and Voting precinct, the libra
ry which is opened to the public twice
a week Wednesday and Saturday af
ternoons from 3:30 to 5:30 P. M.
Anyone wishing to become readers of
this known library is invited by its
librarian to come join pur host of
readers. Our books are being read
throughout the county as the Book
Mobile exchanges books with the li
brarian, and we. in turn, read their
books. Mrs. Atkinson recently added
Dr. Atkinson's Medical books, around
one hundred and twenty volumes,
along with a number of magazines
and pamphlets and has some more to
be added later. We have worthwhile
books of fiction, non-fiction and ref
erences as well as interesting periodi
cals and pamphlets, scrapbooks of
famous men and women, travels and
art, with the most wonderful and
unique collection of souvenirs from
various countries abroad visited by
Mrs. Atkinson and her husband, as
well as from our own United States
these all collected by them upon
their many tours.
Nothing has been said about our
out-door activities, but the boys will
continue to have their Ball Games on
the ball field as here-to-fore and it
is hoped that when people, both
young and old, set foot upon these
premises and enter this building they
will show their respect and apprecia
tion, and not destroy, but try to pre
serve and protect everything connect
ed with this Memorial. It was pur
chased by Mrs. Atkinson, as such,
and may we, who use it, always keep,
honor, and adore it for whom it
stands: "Dlt WADE H. ATKINSON
MEMORIAL BUILDING AND LI-
. V; BRARY."
V i -. The Deed was ready for probating
yhen authorities learned the name of
- ;.tts purchaser and was recorded im
' mediately in the Johnston County
'Courthouse as said property -oivMrs.
Wade H. Atkinson.
Expressions Of Appreciation
FIRST to Mrs. Atkinson for her
deep sentiment of expression to' our
community, for this Memorial in
memory of her beloved husband. Dr.
the Untiring services rendered to its
people. She has always shown her
interest in the affairs of our com
munity and won our endearment up
on her first appearance with Dr. At
kinson, to her for her gratuity for
this building, for she too, will live in
the lives of its people, both young
and old.
SECOND to the County Superin
tendent, H. B. Marrow and Members
of the Board, our appreciation for al
lowing said properties to remain with
said building for a Community Cen-
THIRri to the spokesman of the
delegation from said Community,
Attorney A. M. Noble, we commend
for his splendid interest and appeal
to the Members of the Board, and,
needless to say, the delegation knew
nothing until the purchaser revealed
the transaction on May 12th around
9:30 P. M. We, the people of this
community express our gratitude.
Union Meeting Of
Presbyterian Churches
The congregations of the Center
Ridge, Fairview, Spring Hill, Oak
Grove and Mizpah Presbyterian
Churches will meet together at the
Center Ridge Church near Glendale
School Sunday May 30. Christian
Stewardship will be the theme of the
days program .The afternoon session
is to feature a Bible study hour. All
are asked to bring their Bibles in
preparation -for this hour.
At this meeting officers for the
coming year are to be elected. The
retiring officers are Mr. G. A. Hodge,
Moderator and Mr. Tony Watson,
Clerk.
The public is cordially invited. The
morning session begins1 at 11:00.
Funeral Held Sunday
For Mrs. Mary Gardner
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Baker Gardner were held Sunday af
ternoon at the Baptist Tabernacle in
Smithfield, conducted by the Rev. C
L. Gillespie, the pastor, assisted by
Dr. Carl M. Townsend, pastor of the
Hayes Barton Baptist Church of
Raleigh. Burial was in Sunset Me
morial. Park, near Smithfield.
Mrs. Gardner, who died Friday at
Rex . Hospital, had been making her
home in Raleigh with a daughter,
Mrs. John A. Grimes, 2725 Fairview
Road, since becoming ill last fall. She
had lived at Rock Ridge, Wilson
County.
Survivors are a son, J. M. Gardner
of Portsmouth, Va.; and five daugh
ter, Beatrice and Ava Gardner of
Hollywood, Calif- Mrs. D. L. Creech
of the Brogden section of Johnston
County, Mrs. B. C Pearce of Golds-
boro, and Mrs. Grimes.
Evangelistic Services To
Begin At Baptist Church
The Rev. G. G. Lanter of Reids
ville Will Be the Visiting
Evangelist First Service On
Monday Night, May 31, At 8
O'clock What Others Say
About This Evangelist.
A series of Evangelistic Services
will begin at the First Baptist
Church of Selma on Monday, May
31.
Brother G. G. Lanter, who is to be
with us in our meeting, comes to us
well recommended by the following
ministers in Ashland, Ky.: The Rev.
G. T. Long, the Rev. G. L. Youmanj
the Rev. W. K. Wood, the Rev. S. L.
Rabom, and the Rev. L. H. Tipton,
These brethren signed this statement:
"Brother Lanter is an earnest preach'
er, a gifted evangelist, sound ; in
faith. Biblical in his message, and
passionate in his desire to win souls.'.'
Dr. A. D. Kinnett, pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Burlington,
N. C, had. this to say: "Perhaps there
is no young minister among us -today
who stays closer to the Scripture and
preaches the whole Gospel with more
zeal and deeper conviction than
Brother Lanter. No man could go
through a series of meetings with
him without knowing the 'Way of
Life.'" .- :
Brother I. P. Hedgpeth of Lumber
ton, had this to say about Brother
Lanter: "Brother Lanter is a real
sane Gospel preacher, sound in doc
trine, sound in methods, simple in the
presentation of his message and in
his interpretation of the Scriptures.
He makes more use of the Word
than any man I have had to help hie
in my ministry of over forty years,
He leaves a church in a good spirit
ual atmosphere." '. ' :
I have several other statements
from prominent ministers, and all of
them are about like thwe I have giv
en. All I can say now is, come and
hear Brother- Lanter. If " vou : eriv
su
Gospel.
On Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs
day, and Friday, there will be a ser
vice at Nine O'clock in the morning.
The night services will begin at 8
o'dock. On Sunday the day service
will be at eleven o'clock. The night
service will be at eight o'clock.
Please coftie and bring your friends
and neighbors. This is an invitation
to the public in general. All are in
vited and urged to come.
D. M. CLEMMONS, Pastor.
Street Commissioner Is
Praised For His Work
Next Week Is Clean-Up Week In
Selma and The People of The
Tiwn Are Called Upon To Co
operate In Making Selma A
Cleaner and Better Town.
Some of the ladies of Selma have
been heard to highly commend the
work of Street Commissioner E. V.
Deans for having the City Cemetery
cleaned up recently. This was a job
that had needed attention for some
time.
Commissioner Deans says if the
people of Selma will continue to give
him their cooperation he will see to
it that we have a clean town as soon
as the boys can get around to it. He
has already secured an agreement
from most of the business houses in
Selma to close their places of busi
ness on Saturday night at 10:30
o'clock in order to clean up the
streets for Sunday without having to
work on Sunday to get the streets
cleaned of rubish and garbage left
during Saturday's business rush.
Next week is Clean-Up Week in
Selma, . and Commissioner Deans is
asking the full co-operation of the
people of the town in making Selma
a more beautiful and sanitary place
in which to live. He advises that
when putting trash or garbage on the
street about the home not to place it
on the street proper, for in doing so
a heavy rain may come before it can
be removed, and in such event the
rain is liable to wash the trash into
the drain pipes and cause much un
necessary trouble and expense.
It is to be hoped that every one
will co-operate with the town au
thorities next week in an effort to
clean up their premises. Vacant lots
should be mowed or plowed up and
planted in garden crops. Recent rains
have softened the ground and there
is ample moisture in the earth to
germinate seed within a very short
time.
Mrs. W. L.- Skinner of Lumberton,
Mrs. G. T. Noel of Dunn, and Mrs. J.
B. Harris of Coats, have returned to
their respective homes, following a
visit to their .sister, Mrs. J. T.
Hughes,
Attorney General
I Hands Down Rulings
Affects Marriage By Proxy, Of -fice,
Holding By Notary Pub
lics; and Disposition of Con
fiscated Liquors.
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Attorney General Harry McMullan
ruIedJn a digest of opinions handed
down Saturday, that a marriage can
not . be performed by proxy in this
State, ' 'yv .
"A niarriage cannot be performed
in Ndjjth Carolina by proxy." he said,
"any such marriage would not be
recognized in this State if so per
formed,". :.
McMullan also ruled that any min
ister who is . ordained by a religious
denomination and authorized to per
form the marriage ceremony, can
perform a marriage ceremony in
Nortl) Carolina whether he is a resi
dent f the State or not.
Jnj another ruling, McMullan held
that- military camps must pay the
Statfi gallonage tax levied on ice
cream. y
Ice Cream Tax
"3jhe gallonage tax is levied pri
marily upon the manufacture of ice
cream," he said, "and the fact that
thet ice cream is later sold to the
government for use in military camps
does1 not exempt the ice cream from
the tax."
Oiher opinions:
-. .Hie board of county commissioners
of county has no authority to au
thorize - the clerk of the Superior
Coitrt to close his office on Wednes
day' afternoons during the summer.
They may regulate the hours the
clerk shall attend his office on Satur
days, but such hours shall be not
less than three nor more than nine
Off Feach Saturday. ,
There is no statute of limitations
orth Carolina which would bar a
ecution for kidnapping.
justice of the peace is express-
exempted from laws prohibiting
fidkble-office holding, and therefore
iyvn nubai ico uuiit a i iu vet j. jr auuiiu
may not hold the office of town com
missioner. Confiscated tax-paid liquor should
bel turned over to the board of county
commissioners to be disposed of as
provided by law. The mayor of a
town has not authority to order the
liquor sold and the proceeds placed in
some particular fund.
Public Abattoirs
A municipal corporation has au
thority to build and operate a public
abattoir as a necessary expense.
When a . statute provides that it
shall be in full force after ratifica
tion, changes in salaries of county of
ficials provided by the act become
effective immediately upon ratifica
tion.
Cotton stored in North Carolina
but owned by a non resident is sub
ject to ad valorem taxation by the
State.
The fact that the board of coun
ty commissioners of a county has re-
iected the workmen s compensation
act, does not operate as a rejection of
the act insofar as the county ABC
board is concerned.
Mrs. John W. Blackman
Dies At Her Home Here
Mrs. John W. Blackman, 62, died at
her home here Monday night at 8:30
following an illness of three months
duration. She had spent several weeks
n the Johnston County Hospital at
Smithfield where she was treated
for internal cancer.
Funeral services were held at
the Edgerton Memorial Methodist
church here Tuesday afternoon at 4
o'clock, conducted by her pastor, the
Rev. M. E. Tyson, Free Will Baptist
minister of Stantonsburg, N. C, as
sisted by the Rev. George W. Blount,
pastor of the local church, the Rev.
D. M. Clemmons, pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Selma, and the
Rev. J. H. Worley, Free Will Baptist
minister of Selma. who baptized Mrs.
rBlackman when she was sixteen years
old into the Pine Level Free Will
Baptist Church. Burial took place in
the Selma Cemetery.
She was the daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Gibson Fitzgerald and
a native of Johnston county.
Surviving are her husband, John
W. Blackman, to whom she was mar
ried on October 23, 1901; five chil
dren, Dr. R. M. Blackman of Selma
Gibson F. Blackman of Raleigh, Mrs.
W. E. Comer of Greensboro, John W.
Blackman, Jr., of Greenville, and M.
Carlton Blackman of Salisbury. Five
grandchildren also survive along with
three brothers, R. L. Fitzgerald of
Pine Level, A. E. Fitzgerald of Ken
ly, and Dr. J. H. Fitzgerald of Smith
field; and two sisters, Mrs. H. B.
Pearce of Selma, and Mrs. Sam
Young of Raleigh.
BUY WAR BONDS A STAMPS
Sawmill Worker Killed
By Passenger Train
Will Help Fill Out
Your Ration Cards
Those desiring help in fill
ing out their application for
War Ration Book No. 3, will
? lease call at the Mayor's of
ice in Selma on Tuesday,
Wednesday or Thursday, June
1, 2 and 3rd. and some one
will be there to help you from
the hours of 2 to 6 o'clock in
the afternoon on each of the
above days. These cards must
be filled in and mailed be
tween the 1st and 10th of
June, therefore it is impor
tant that all who have not al
ready done so, have these
cards filled in and mailed as
soon as possible.
Merchants To Close
Earlier Saturday Nights
Purpose Is To Give Street Force
Time To Clean Up Town For
Sunday To Close At 10 :30
On Saturday. Beginning With
First Saturday In June.
We, the undersigned Merchants of
Selma, wish to co-operate with the
Street Commissioner, and respect
fully ask that all merchants close
their stores on Saturday nights at
10:30 p. m., beginning Saturday night,
June 5, in order that we may clean
up our stores so that the Street force
can get up trash and garbage and
have a clean Town. The Barber Shops
say it is optional with them, but that
they will close at 11:00 p. m.
at a much earlier hour than specified
above.
HENRY & NORDAN
C. E. KORNEGAY & COMPANY
FLOYD C. PRICE & SONS
THE HAT SHOP
L. GEORGE GROCERY
WALTER B. GODWIN
L. O. DAVIS DEPT. STORE
H. L. BONEY
WIGGS GROCERY
ECONOMY FURNITURE CO.
JONES & DEANS
J. E. GREGORY & COMPANY
SMITH STORE
PROCTOR'S STORE
CAROLINA BEAUTY NOOK
PITTMAN'S HATCHERY
DUNN FURNITURE COMPANY
J. A. GURLEY
N. B. SNIPES
SELMA BARBER SHOP
CITY BARBER SHOP
WORLEY'S BEVERAGES
MAC'S PLACE, 7:00 p. m.
F. & P. AUTO PARTS CO., 9 p. m.
VANITY FAIR BEAUTY SHOP
will close at 7:00 p. m.
I. E. COLEY SHOE SHOP
HUNTER'S POOL ROOM
WOODRUFF & CANADY, 10 p. m.
WHITE HOUSE CAFE
A. W. MITCHINER
SELMA DRAFT BOARD
A. L. LANGLEY'S JEWELRY
NORTON'S 5c TO $5 STORE
THE QUALITY STORE
A. L. BRADLEY SHOE SHOP
W. E. PARKER & SON
CLEAN-M-RIGHT CLEANERS
JOSEPH ABDALLA
Local Girl Graduates
With High Honors
Miss Anne Hood Hughes, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hughes, made
the high honor of Valedictorian of
the Senior class of 1943 in the local
high school just closed here.
Anne Hood has been exceedingly
active in high school, being secretary-
treasurer of her Freshman class, one
year in the high school band, and
three years in the Glee Club. She
participated in four years of 4-H
club work, being a member of the
staff for four years. During her Jun
ior year she won a letter, the first
to be given a girl in several years.
She also won the coveted Masonic
medal for scholarship.
Methodist Bible School
To Hold Final Exercises
The Vacation Bible School, which
has been in progress at the Edgerton
Memorial Baptist church here for the
past two weeks, will hold its closing
exercises Friday night at 8 o'clock in
the church auditorium.
A ft aw fcs nrrtorrftml fK HanrfiwnrV
vuv r "O" .
will be seen, and a social hour enjoy- J
eL im puBiic u invite.
Charles Dale, 24, of Morganton
Found Dead Beside Track at
Wilson's Mills
Charles Alexander Dale, 24, of
near Morganton was found dead be-
side the Southern Railroad tracks on.
the eastern edge of Wilson's Mills
about 6:30 Monday morning.
Deputy Sheriff G. C. Uzzle was .
notified and after an investigation
said the man had been dead from
four to six hours. His head had been'
crushed. Officers and an undertaker
who was called said that it appeared '
that Dale had been struck by a train.
Dale had been working in Wilson's
Mills for about a year for N. W.
Clark, lumber operator, who does
sawing of timber for the government.
He was last reported seen about 8 p.
m. Sunday. The body ; was found '
about 300 yards from a crossing of, ;
the railroad. ,- . ...
The train did not pass over the '
body, which was lying off the rails,
but part of the engine apparently
dealt the severe blow on Dale's head '
which was the cause of death. The
head was resting against a crossta
when the body was discovered- - ' ' '
Two empty beer bottles were found
near the body, officers stated. .
;.. Dale was seen in the company of v
several young men between 8 and 9
o'clock Sunday night and appeared
to be in a drunken condition, accord
ing to Constable Grover Wood of
Wilson's Mills. :.' .,.:?'.
Officers today stated that they had
questioned some of Dale's 4 compan
ions and planned to question the oth
ers. V '
The body was brought to ' Selma.
Monday night and shipped to Mor
ganton, where the burial took place.
He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Bud
Dale who, together with, two, sisters, .
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Will You Be One
To Give A Dollar
$100.00 needed at once for our local
library will you please be one to
give a dollar to this fine center with
out which ho community can afford
to be lacking if it is to be in the Al
class. We are greatly in need of this
Reference Set for our boys and girls.
Without this set no library can be a
recognized one, meeting the demands
of an up-to-date Reading Room.
Please be ready to contribute when
solicited. ,
Seen and Heard Along
THE MAINDRAG
By H. H. L.
When the eastbound passenger
train stopped at the Selma depot a
few days ago a soldier jumped toff,
ran to a cow belonging to MRS. D.
JOHNSON, grazing near the station,
and proceeded to milk her on the
train was a woman with a crying
baby just before the train stopped
he asked the woman to lend him the
baby's bottle "what do you want
with it?" she asked him "111 return
it in a few minutes," he told her .
that baby got its milk all right
MRS. H. B. HUGHES has a hen with
38 little chicks and every one
healthy MONROE PITTMAN'S four
legged chicken died last week, having
lived two weeks from the time it was
hatched MRS. A. Z. THOMPSON
had the . surprise of her life a few
days ago when the mail man brought
her two boxes, one containing a large
cake and the other cookies they
came from a soldier at Seymour
Johnson Field, Goldsboro, whom the
Thompson family had befriended in
a letter to MRS. THOMPSON the
soldier wrote that the cake and
cookies had been sent him by bis
mother, who happens to be a Russian,
living in Miami, Fla., and he in turn
sent them to MRS. THOMPSON
they were delicious, for we sampled
them SNAKE DRIVER got his
diploma last week, after having at
tended school for the past 22 years
he is now 28 SNAKE says he stayed
in the 8th grade for 8 years con
gratulations, SNAKE we call that
sticktoitiveness CHARLES FUL
GHUM, JR., the Johnstonian-Sun's
cut caster, also got his diploma, but
CHARLES didn't go to school quite
as long as SNAKE glad to see
ERNEST WOMACK back on the jo -after
an illness of several days
CHARLES TALTON is also out
again after quite a siege both these
gentlemen were missed from the
Maindrag J. A. GURLEY, another .
well-known citizen, who has been.A:
wuaa,w w Mlftl SWISS SB- U UQit
chants Hotel for some time, continues
confined to his room at the Her.
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