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VOL. 26
SELMA, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1943.
Single Copy 5c
NUMBER 29:
WILL HE TRY FOR
1 iy 1
Two: Killed
i ram
Passenger Train No. 22, due in
Selma from Greensboro at 10:52 Sat
urday night, was derailed as it ap
proached the Union Station in Ral
eigh, killing the engineer, J. C. Ad
ams, and the colored fireman, Charles
Fairley, both of Greensboro, and in
juring several passengers. The , de
railment occurred just after the en
gine passed the control towers' - at
Boylan Heights.
-- A jfch engine 4et-4h mils it veer
. o,,wrgB sua smaanea una we
concrete piling oi tne uoyian ueignts
viaduct,' shearing two pilings from,
beneath the structure. The engine s
cab was thrown free from the rest of
the train after the crash, and the
cab folded up, imprisoning Engineer
Adams. The express car and the
mail-and-baggage cars turned .over,
and one day coach with Negro pas
sengers turned partially over. The
other coaches did not leave the track.
The fireman, scalded and his left
leg severed, was found outside the
cab.
Railway officials said that, on ac
count of his age, Engineer Adams
might have had a heart attack, there
by losing control of the train.
Mrs. S. M. Parker i nd daughter;
Hiss Dorothy Parker of Greensboro,
were passengers on the train en
route to Selma to spend the wek end
with their husband and father, Mr.
S. M. Parker, general foreman of tne
Souther's yards here. Neither of them
was injured. Mrs. Parker called her
husband at the Merchants Hotel here
over long distance informing him of
the derailment. He left immediately
for Raleigh and brought his wife and
daughter to Selma.
Sgt. Jay Batten, who is home on a
furlough from his headquarters in
South America, was also a passenger
on the derailed train, but Jay says he
escaped without injury. .
Letters Of Appreciation
From Our Subscribers
The Johnstonian-Sun gets many
letters of appreciation from Uncle
Sam's boys in the armed forces and
others who are getting the Sun. The
following are quotations from a few
received recently:
From Capt. J. C. Thorne, some
where in the Pacific: "For the past
few weeks I have been receiving a
copy of your paper and wish to
thank, someone for this favor, as I
thoroughly enjoy reading it."
From Cpl. Edward E. Standi,
somewhere in the Pacific: "I wish I
could tell you where I am at now,
but as I can't say anything about
that, I can only say that I have ex
perienced something that I never did
before, and the men I am with are
real.'y swell fellows. Just keep The
Johnstonian-Sun coming for it means'
a lot1 to me." ' v- ; .::'" M, - J
From Mrs. T. R. Jennette, Rich
mond, Va.: "I enjoy your paper very
mucU and do not want to miss a
single issue. The news column means
a lot to me. My former home was in
Micro."
The War Food Administration has
announced an increase of 1 cent a
bushel in the national avenge of
vlieat Joan, rates far the 1343 crop.
e new rate is $1.23 per tasaeL .
THE SPARE?
When
Leaves Rails
Husband Selma Woman
Killed In Airplane Crash
Lt. William H. Garlington, 28, was
killed Saturday when an Army bomb
er crashed near Smyrna, Tenn., while
On a training flight. The body was
brought to RaleighJiis former home,
Monday night, , Funeral services were
Jutld-irm & VixaV Fresbytlerian
church in that city Tuesday after
noon at 5 o'clock, after which the
body was brought to Smithfield and
interned in Sunset Memorial Park.
Lieutenant Garlington was the
husband of the former Miss Ruby
sasser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.
C. Sasser, of Selma. They were re
siding in Murphreysboro, Tenn., when
the accident occurred.
The funeral services were conduct
ed by the Rev. M. 0. Sommers, pas
tor of the Raleigh Presbyterian
church. Pallbearers were A. G. Ste
vens, Dr. D. C Pressley, W. W.
Hinnant, H. D. Upchurch, M. V. San
derford, J. C. Brantley and M. D. Mc
Crary. Surviving besides his wife, are his
mother, Mrs. Manolia Garlington of
Richmond, Va., formerly of Raleigh;
two sisters, Mrs. W. G. Chester of
Raleigh, and Mrs. Russell Sorrell of
Columbus, Ga., and . a brother, Cor
poral Sloan C. Garlington of U. S.
Army. . ....
Lt. Bradley B. Sasser, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. C Sasser of Selma, and
a sister of the deceased husband's
wife, was the official military escort
and assisted at the rites.
Johnston Youths Held
On Charge Of Larceny
Four Pleasant Grove Township
boys were bound over to Superior
Court under $400 bonds after being
given preliminary hearings in Record
er's Court last week on house-breaking
and larceny charges.
The defendants are J. L. Adams,
18; ; Carson Adams, 18; Hayden
Adams, 16; and Waylon Adams, 18,
all charged with entering the store of
C M. Dupree in Pleasant Grove
Township and stealing a quantity of
cigarettes and gasoline coupons worth
534 gallons. The youths are said to
be wanted in Harnett County on simi
lar charges. ,
According to evidence presented at
the hearing, Dupree had been missing
cigarettes and ration stamps, and
trapped the young men by secreting
himself with two other men in his
store Saturday night after closing
time and waiting until the thieves,
who had obtained a key, entered.
Policeman Red Jones
Gets Man In A Hurry
Less than fifteen minutes from the
time Policeman "Red" JoneB received
a message from the superintendent
of the prison cami near Goldsboro,
informing him that one of the pris
oners had escaped. Red had the . es
capee in the city lockup. About fif
teen minutes later the same police
man nabbed a deserter from one of
Uncle Sam's Amy camps and put
him in Selma'i bastille. - Good work,
Red.
Wheat Crop To Be
Better Than Average
Raleigh, July 10 Although 'the
cold weather of April and May cut
back the wheat crop "rather exten
sively" throughout the State, the
crop this year should be larger than
the 10-year (19321941) average,' J.
J. Morgan, with the State Depart'
ment of Agriculture, reports. .. " t
North Carolina ordinarily produces
approximately five and one-half mil
Hon bushels or wheat. This year's
yield will run over six million. Last
year s harvest was 8,014,000 bushels.
There are around 6,500 combines
now used in the wheat harvest in this
State each year, and Morgan said
that "there is insufficient competent
labor to operate these machines."
But Horgan pointed out that the
wheat harvest is now in "full swing"
throughout the big wheat-producing
areas of the State. In many sections.
he explained, threshing machines are
in use, and in some of the mountain1
counties the cradle is still employed
in cutting the gram.
Indications point to a yield of 14
bushels to the acre for 1943 as com
pared with the 10-year average of
11.8 bushels.
"It is virtually impossible at this
time to get a clear picture of the
wheat situation. The late freezes cut
back the stalk, but the stands are ap
parently good. We have received
some reports to the effect that the
heads of the wheat are not as good
as we had anticipated," said Morgan.
Nearly half North Carolina's an
nual wheat crop comes from the nor
thern and central counties of the
piedmont section. ,
In 1940 Iredell county led in, total
wheat production with 372,780 bush
els, but in 1941 Union County went
into first place with 371,320 bushels
to Iredell's 365,920.
Farmers To Vote On
Tobacco Quotas July 24
WsMn(rtti. Jnlv 12. The War
Food dnvMstratiori : announced to
day that AJera ymi. J-votfr n" flue
cured tbbacef marketing "quotas for
the 1944 croftl or for the three-year
period 1944-46 in a referendum to be
held July 24.
This date is in accordance with
recommendations of fue-cured to
bacco farmers, warehousemen, busi
nessmen, farm organization leaders
and other farm leaders from the flue
cured tobacco areas.
The announcement follows the
signing by the President on July 7 of
a joint resolution providing for tne
nroclamation of Quotas for the 1944-
45 marketing year. Marketing quotas
now in effect were voted three years
ago. : ;:':''.';'J
National marketing quotas and
state and farm acreage allotments
will be the same as for 1943, with
similar nrovisions for adjustment as
have prevailed in the past, it was ex
plained.
Tnhacro nroducers will vote by
secret ballot and Dollinsr places will
be designated in local communities by
AAA county committeemen. Local
farmers will be in charge of com
munity polling places.
.Any farmer is eligible to vote who,
as an owner, tenant, or share-cropper,
is entitled to a share of the proceeds
of the 1943 flue-cured tobacco crop.
Before quotas become effective they
must be approved by a two-thirds
majority of all eligible farmers vot
ing.." Navy Is Still Calling
For The 17-Year-01ds
Navy Recruiting Officer J. W.
Stallings will be in Selma on Tues
day, July 20, and in Smithfield on
Wednesday, July 21. All 17-year-olds
are urged to see him at the postof
fice at one of these places. Navy
trade schools are open to 17 year
olds. They can learn a skilled trade,
such as aviation, radio, or aviation
electrician in the Navy. Many women
are needed in the Waves. Opportuni
ties in the Waves are many.
Farmers May File
For Their Fall Crops
Farmers desiring certification of
fall crops should file their applica
These fall crops include cotton, corn,
tions on or before August 1, 1943.
soybeans, peanuts, cowpeans and vel
vet beans. Application blanks for cer
tification can be secured either from
the County Agent's Office or from the
North Carolina Crop Improvement
Association, State College, Raleigh,
North Carolina.
Lieut. Bradley Sasser returned to
his post Wednesday, having been call
ed home on account of the death of
his brother-in-law, Lieut William H.
Garlington, who was killed in a plane
crash hear Smyrna, Tenn. last Satur
County Tax Rate To
Be Lower This Year
A county tax rate of $1.25 tenta
tively adopted for 1943-44 when the
board of commissioners met May 26,
received lnal approval last week as
the commissioners passed -the budget
resolution calling for appropriations
totaling $544,046.55 for all funds of
the county government. ,
The new tax rate is 13 cents below
tne $i.d8 rate lor the fiscal year
just closed and is 38 cents under the
figure adopted ten years ago when a
larger indebtedness and inability of
depression-struck taxpayers to meet
their obligations necessitated a rate
OI $1.63. ;
v - Breakdown Of Appropriations
T$e .budget resolution appropriated
$1993:44.50 for the general fund;
$131,913.13 for county debt service;
and $212,988.92 for schools, most of
whichwill go to meet school debt ob
ligations.
The total appropriation of $544,-
046.55 is $21,590.16 less than the
total appropriation for the past year
which amounted to $565,636.71. There
is virtually no change in the amount
allocated for general fund purposes
and for county debt service and the
decline in the budget shows up in the
school fund.
. School Levy Stashed
A substantial drop in school debt
service requirements for 1943-44 and
the ' contemplated greater use of
school sinking fund resources were
important factors in lowering the
school levy from 62 to 50 cents.
The levy for county debt service
was reduced from 36 to 35 cents, the
cut being made feasible by a relative
ly large cash balance in this fund.
The general fund levy of 40 cents
in ? effect last year was left .un-
ehahged. . .
n . Valuation Up
"Other factors which tended to make
the 13-cent reduction in tax rate a
safe policy were the $3,000,000 . in
crease, in the valuation of , taxable
properties in the county and record
breaking tax' collections during the
r just completed. Tax CollecJtqrG.
jWrd's" report, to .tcammissiofi-
toW showed ,Hhat-approximately, 87
per cent , of he. 1942 levy had been
collected when the year closed on
June 80. ':!.'" 'v . ::f-:,-:
A total of $348,987.50 of the 1943-
44 total appropriation of $544,046.55,
it is estimated, will be met through
current tax collections. Revenue from
back taxes, according to the estimate,
will amount to a total of $46,395.78
by next June 30. To help meet school
obligations, $25,000 will be taken
from the school sinking fund during
the new year. The rest of the reve
nue needed to balance the appropria
tions will come from such sources as
fees, fines, tax penalties, license
taxes, intangible tax, rents on fore
closed property, poll tax, dog tax and
cash balances.
Jury Allocation Raised
The appropriations finally adopted
Tuesday were almost unchanged from
the figures in the budget tentatively
approved on May 26. There was a
$1,500. increase in the allocation for
courts and juries to take care of an
increase in the pay of jurors voted
by the commissioners. The sheriff
was allowed an additional $100 to
take" care of extra telephone costs
which will result from the fact that
the Red Cross home service secretary
is quartered in the sheriff's office.
An interesting sidelight on the
county budget is the fact that general
fund budgeted expenditures during
the year just ended fell more than
$20,000 under the appropriations. In
view of this saving, a total of $21,
217.73 was taken from the general
fund and placed in the sinking fund
as re-payment on a loan from the
latter fund several years ago.
Tomato Crop This
Year Much Larger
Mil .1 -
Raleigh, July 12 Indications are
that North Carolina truckers and
Victory Gardeners will harvest over
180,000 bushels of tomatoes within
the next two months as compared
with 120,000 bushels last season, the
State Crop Reporting Service said
recently. The 10-year average ig 107,-
000 bushels. ,
The acreage this year is up 500
acres over 1942s 1,500 acres and in
dications point to a yield of 90
bushels to the acre as against 80 to
the acre, last year.
Selma Chicken Joins
The Scrap Brigade
Some time ago Mrs. J. H. Talton of
Selma, bought a young chicken for
home consumption, and when she
dressed the fowl she found the fol
lowing in the chicken's craw:
A piece of spark plub one and a
quarter inches long which measured
half an inch in diameter,, a light
bulb one inch long and half an inch
in diameter; also a brass bulb holder
half an nca long and three-eighUu
9k ma uki UB OMBOatter.
Pioneer Veterans To ,
Meet In Smithfield
Social Security Office
At Smithfield Suspended
Itinerant stations of the Social
Security Board have been reduced
from four to one in the five counties
served by .the Raleigh office; Itiner
ant stations are central locations
where employers, employees, and the
Old-Age and - Survivors Insurance
claimants can meet representatives
of the Board on certain days of the
- Mr. Ingle, manager of the Raleigh
office of the Social Security Board,
explained that the need for conserv
ing gasoline and the necessity of sav
ing Government funds for war pur
poses made advisable the discontin
uance of these stations. He said that
the amount of travel of field repre
sentatives has been reduced more
than fifty per cent as compared with
a year ago. . .
Mr. Ingle advised that as the iti
nerant station held in the post office
in Smithfield was one of those which
has been eliminated, any persons re
siding in Johnston county who need
information or service should visit
the Raleigh office. In case they are
unable to visit his office they should
write to the Raleigh office of the
Social Security Board so that a repre
sentative could make arrangements
to contact them It is especially im
portant that residents of this area
who wish to file benefit claims, write
or get in touch with the Raleigh of
fice as soon as possible because delay
in filing a claim sometimes means a
loss in benefits to the claimant,
Plans Being Made
Raleigh, July 12 L. J. Foune,
senior bacteriologist with the State
Department of Agriculture, expects
"at least 100 people" to attend the
poultry school to be given jointly by
the department and the State College
Extension Service on August 2-6.
The school will be open to all
hatcheries participating in the new
Pullorum-eradication program being
sponsored by the State Department
of Agriculture.
"A permit to do official selecting
and testing work will be given after
the candidate has proved his or her
ability to do proper flock selecting
and testing in the field. The candidate
must be at least 21 years old to re
ceive the permit. However, any who
wishes may attend the school," said
Fourie.
Participating in yesterday's dis
cussion of plans for the school were
R. S. Dearstyne, T. T. Brown, and C
F. Parrish, of State College, and
Fourie.
"We find that the hatcheries are
cooperating with us to the limit in
this new testing program we are
getting under way," declared Fourie.
Revival Closses At
Corinth M.E. Church
A revival meeting which has been
in progrss at Corinth Methodist
church, eight miles south of Selma,
on Highway 301, for the past week,
closd Sunday night. The Rev. George
W. Blount, pastor of the Selma
Methodist church, assisted the pastor,
the Rev. J. W. Greene, in the services.
Several united with the church as a
result of the meeting. On next Sun
day evening the Rev. Mr. Blount will
preach at the chapel in the Selma
Cotton Mill section. He filled the pul
pit there on last Sunday night and
was greeted with a splendid congre
gation. New Radio Shop Is
Opened In Selma
Norman Creech and Clem Gray,
well-known Selma young men, have
opened a radio repair shop in the
building next to the Selma Barber
Shop. They are prepared to do all
kinds of radio repairing. They have
several new and second-hand radios
on hand they are offering at reason
able prices. Read their ad elsewhere
in this paper.
New Law Finn Is
Formed In Smithfield
Announcement has been that a new
law firm has been formed in Smith
field and Benson, the partners of
which are L. L. Levinson of Benson
and James R. Pool of Smithfield.
They wil maintain offices in Smith-
field.
I from
several Atlantic Seaboard
states:
members of the 56th Pioneer Infant-.
try who fought : in the Argpnne aad'
later served with the Army of Occur1
pation in Germany, will gather in. ,
Smithfield on the week end of August
7-8 for their 12th reunion. J
This will mark the third reunion of
the regiment in Smithfield. The ex-
soldiers met here in 1939 and again "
last year when by unanimous vote
they accepted an invitation to return -here
for their 1943 convention. Other
reunions have been held in Tyrone,
Pa., and Monroe,' lf , C , '
The 56th Pioneer Infantry waa ,
composed of 3,600 officers " and men,
approximately 1,900 of which are',
registered members, of "the . reunion .
association. Most of ; the members) '
live in the Carollnas, Pennsylvania ,
and Maine. ".- . . -
; William H. WilsoA of Sanford, '
Maine, is president of the association
and Jonas R, Smith of Philadelphia -is
acting secretary. W. M. Gas kin f -
Smithfield, who preceded Wilson as
president and who presided at last
year's reunion, is in charge of local
Veterans of World War -
arrangements for this year's meeting. ,
The 1943 reunion DrofiTaititrill iar' -
elude an address by Albert Coates,' a V
native of Smithfield who has received 1
national recognition as creator and : :
director of the Institute of Govern- ;
ment at. the . University ' of North.
Carolina. . 7 ' ' '.-,", ,t ,
The 56th Pioneer Infantry trained
at Camp Wadsworth, S. C, and went
overseas during the summer of 1918.
Upon its arrival In France, the regi- ;
t i; i. -1 f . n .-
movea immeuiitveiy iiitw-me uu w
the fighting in the Argonne sector.
Following the armistice, the unit; was- I
stationed in Germany vntH the sum- 1
mer of 1919 when it returned to the'
United States. . ?
Members of the -56th Pioneer. la- '
fantry who expect to attend the 1943 !
reunion, may . make reservations by
C.'
Avoid All Unnecessary
Travel By Tram
A portrait of a patroit is painted
in words by Ernest E. Norris, Presi
dent of the Southern Railway System,
in his request to the public to forego
all unnecessary train travel this sum
mer. );" -
"He wears overalls . . . a business
suit ... . sports clothes. He lives m
a cottage on Main Street ... a man
sion on top of the hill . . . a farm
house," Mr. Norris explains.
"His eyes are blue . . . gray . . .
brown. His age is 30 ... 40 ... 70 . .
. or somewhere in between.
"He and his family are buying
War Bonds ... cultivating a Victory
Garden ... giving time to Civilian
Defense . . . blood to the Red Cross.
They're conserving the rubber in
their automobile tires:.-. . stretcnine;
their gasoline ration to the limit
"And this wartime summer neither
he nor any member of his family will
make a single unnecessary trip by
train ... to the seashore ... to the
mountains ... to visit the folks back
home ... or just to travel around
this grand country of ours.
"They all know that the railroads
have their hands full taking care of
vital military traffic, members of the
armed forces on furlough, civilians
traveling on essential war business,
and those who have to travel for
some necessary reason.
"So, they figure correct'y and
patriotically that, by not traveling
on a train this summer unless it is
absolutely necessary, they can make
another real contribution to the war
effort; help speed Victory and the re
turn of Peace; strike another blow
for freedom."
Kiwanians Asked To
Make Impromptu Talks
Program Chairman C. E. Kornegay
pulled a fast one on some of bis
Kiwanis colleagues at the regular
weekly meeting of the Selma club on
last Thursday evening, when he an
nounced that Kiwanians D. M. Clera
mons, Raleigh Griffin, M. R. Wall,
David S. Ball and the Rev. Howard F.
Newman would each make a three
minute talk, in which they were ask
ed to tell about themselves in order
that the club members be made better
acquainted with each other. Kiwanian
Clemmons was the first man called,
and gave a very good account of him-r
self. He was followed by Raleigh.
Griffin, who gave a good aketth of
his life. Rev. Mr. Newman was next
on the program and gave a fine intro
duction of himself to the dub. By this
time the closing hour had arrived.
and the other two speakers were told
they would be called on later. The at
tendance prize, given by W. T. Wood
ard, Sr went to David S. BaU.