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VOL.27 SELMA, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1944. NUMBER 2 Clate's Tcp 4-H Dairy Feeds DcRienstraters Win War Bonds 4- ill J A'fl l'V Mk. -: OIX of North Carolina's rural girls have been awarded state honors in the 1943 national 4-H dairy foods demonstrations two as Individuals, and four comprising two teams. Each receives a ISO War Bond from the Kraft Cheese Company.' The individual (Class A) winners are . Vera Lamm, 16 (top, right), of Lucama, and Irene Melvin, 17 (second from top right), of Fayetteville. . . . The team (Class B) winners are (1) Hedge Jones, 15, of Lattimore, and Frances CornwelL 15 (top, left), of Shelby, and (2) Violet Carr, 18, of Clinton, and Jean McLamb, 15 (bottom, right), of Clinton. . , . The purpose of the demonstrationi is to show rural residents how to make the best pos sible use of dairy products in preparing nutritious dishes for the 'family diet to "Keep America Strong Prominent Citizen Of Dunn Dies Suddenly Clarence Hood, Husband - of Sun - shine Browning, And Nephew of t Mrs. John T, Hughes of Selma, j Succumbs After' Brief Illness. , Dunn; Jan. S.--Clarence B. (Freck) Hood, 29, died, in a local hospital .Tuesday evening following a sudden illness. . j . Hoodi who was one of the outstand ing young men of the city, attended Wake Forest College, where he starr ed in football and other sports. He was married to Dorothy (Sunshine) Browning of New York City in 1934. Active in city and State politics he served several terms as city com- - missioner and headed the Young Democrats Club( of Harnett County, later becoming a State official of that organization. He was a Scottish Kite Mason and a member of the local Lions Club, At the time of his death he held the rank of second lieutenant in the State Guard unit of this city. Funeral services will be held from the home of his mother Thursday af ternoon at 8 o'clock, with the Rev. Carl F. Herman, rector of St. Steph ens Episcopal church, Erwin, of which Mr: Hood was a member, officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cem etery, Dunn. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Doro thy drowning Hood: two daughters, Patricia Lane Hood and Dorothy Ann Hood; his mother, Mrs. Mamie B. Hood; and one brother, Henry D, Hood, all of Dunn. x Prominent Fanner Dies Near Smithfield Smithfleld. Last rites were held Saturday afternoon from Rehobeth Primitive Baptist Church, for Calvin Jones, .72. well-known retired farmer of near Smithfield who died Friday afternoon at the home of his son, Sam Jones. In declining - health ; for the past few years, Mr. Jones was ill with influenza a week preceding his death. Elder Renzie Parrish and Elder Sheppard Stephenson officiated at the service, burial was in the Reho beth church cemetery. Surviving Mr. Jones, whewas a son of Claude and Ridley Jones, of John ston County, are three sons, James Vasper, Clayton, Route 2, John J., Selma, Route 2Kand Sam, of Smith field, Route 1; one sister Mrs. Sidney Jones, Clayton, Route 2; two brothers L. A. of Clayton, Route 2, and R. B., of Smithfield, Route 2; eight grand children and two great-grandchildren. TT Gasoline Coupons Expired December 31 AH TT coupons for gasoline expired at midnight, December 31, 1943. Deal ers have until January 10, 1944 to ex change these with their distributors for gasoline or to exchange for inven tory coupons with Rationing Boards. Distributors have until January 20, 19; t to deposit their TT coupons with their banks. EzjYIzx Ezz'h Tchjl '...... a. r. Pjl lift y -J. ...at ' t " ' -t - i mi i - Judgments Rendered In Recorder's Court Judgments in last week's session of Recorder's court included the follow ing: . ; Roscoe Evans, 26, colored, of Ben son, guilty of operating car while in toxicated and -without license. Four months on roads and ordered not to drive car for one year. Milton Daughtry, 30, Smithfleld, Route 2, guilty of possession of three gallons of whisky for sale. Fined 1100 and costs. Four months on roads suspended on no violation of alcoholic laws for two years. Hubert Alien was found not guilty of possession of whisky for sale in the same case. G. V. Lee, 29, Benson, Route 2, plea of guilty to drunken driving and pos session of non-tax paid liquor. Pray er for judgment continued on $50 fine plus costs and no operation of car for one year. " ; Lewis J. Young, 28, and Robert (Dude) McLamb, 23, of Benson, RFD, possession of still, eight barrels of beer and 16 gallons of non tax paid whisky. Four months on roads. Notice of appeal given and bonds fixed at 1300. Hubert Williams. 35, colored, Ben son, guilty of violating the "Peeping Tom" statute. Twelve months on roada : : ; , Jack Hudson 35, guilty of assault with deadly weapon. Prayer for judg ment continued on payment of $25 and costs, cost bill to include $22 for prosecuting witness. H. G. Merritt, 30, colored, of Ben son, lit u, guilty of assault witn deadly weapon. Four months on roads suspended on payment of $25 and costs and no violation of any law for two years. - ' J. K. Stanley, 88, Four Oaks, guil ty of assault on wife. Six months on roads. Appeal notice given. Bond fixed at $400. - George Currin Wendell, Rt 2, 23. guilty of careless, driving and assault with a deadly weapon. Sixty days on roads. Appeal noted. Bond fixed at $400. Robert Joyner, Middlesex.. Rt. 1, not guilty of possession of liquor. NON-EXISTENT New York, Jan. 4. Eight men were arrested today, on charges by District Attorney Frank S. Hogan that they mulced industrial and busi ness firms of $250,000 in 'recent months by selling space for patriotic advertisements in a non-existent union newspaper. The firms bought apace at the rate of $625 a page in the belief that their advertisements would give prominence to campaigns for War Bond sales, blood donation and waste paper and fat salvage, the district attorney said. ( ; .' Actually, he added, the newspaper had no circulation except a few sample copies sent to advertisers. Hogan said they were arrested fol lowing filing of a complaint by an of ficial of the International" Ladies Garment Workers (A. F. L.). CALF .DORN H. A. JOHNSON, of Selma, Route 1, who lives about two miles northwest of town, has a calf which is now about eleven weeks old, with a perfocjt white cross on side. Another calf, born two weeks ago, has a white "S" on side. The calf shown above is the one with the . white cross, along with Mr. Johnson, and little grand-son, EdWtrd Ray Pike, of Wayne County, and his pet dog, "Mut." The mother of the calf with cross is two and a half years old, a yellow Jersey. Sire is a red and white Guernsey bull. r Popular Banker Di$s . At Rocky Mt. Hospital Friends in Selma were shocked early this week to learn of the death of Mr. J. S. Brown, manager of the real .estate department of the Branch Banking & Trust Co.,' of WUsWr which occurred at a Rocky Mount hospital Sunday morning at 2 o'clock. after an illness of three months. He was a native of Greenville and had been affiliated with the; Branch Banking & -Trust , Company i since 1924. 1 , 'l . For a number of years he was manager, of the Branch Bank in Whi takers', where he met and married ! Miss Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Mrs. Chessie B. Mann. During s the past ten years he served in the home offices of the Branch Bank fa Wilson as manager of the real estate de partment Mr. Brown was a Mason, a Pythian and : a ineraber ' of , the Methodist church., Funeral Psttki -w kefi-aie' B-doeBMotrii jfcjr noon from the First Methodist church in Rocky Mount with the Rev. A M. Williams, of Whitakers, off iciating. Burial was in Pineview cemetery. Mr. Brown spent some time m Sel ma the past summer relieving the cashier of the local bank.. Mr. Raleigh Griffin, while the cashier was on his vacation. , He made many warm friends during his stay here, who re gret to hear of his death. Snuthfield Herald Installs New Press Congratulations to The Smithfield Herald on the installation of one of the most up-to-date printing presses to be found in any weekly or semi weekly newspaper in the state. In fact many small daily papers do not have such a press aa the one The Herald has only recently installed. Few people except those familiar with newspaper presses, are really able to appreciate the work a press of this type is capable of doing. To give some idea of what The Herald's new press will do,' we quote from an issue of the publication on December 21, 1943, as follows: "It is a 16-page model Hoe rotary press which is capable of producing as many as 16 pages in a single run. Its flexibility is shown by the fact that it can produce newspapers of varying sizes 4, 6, 8. 10, 12 or 16 pages. "The maximum speed of this model in producing a 16-page paper is ap proximately 10.000 copies an hour. The press has two 8-page units and by making two plates for each page and running both, units simultaneous ly, it is possible to produce an 8-page paper at the rate of 20,000 copies an hour. On the basis of the Herald's present requirements, however, it will be practical to make one plate for each page, run only One of the units and produce an 8-page paper at the speed of 10,000 an hour." IMMINENT London. Jan. 3. The first meet ing of the Allied "Invasion War Council" is imminent and Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, whose arri val was disclosed tonight, told friends "I don't expect to be here long." Montgomery, designated as com mander of British land forces for the Invasion of Western Europe, added: "I'm always on the move these days." The' Allied air commander, Air Chief Marshall Trafford Leigh-Mallo-ry, and the United States strategic air force . commander, Lt Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, also already are in Eng land, and the rest of the invasion command is expected soon. There is every indication that tnA. master plan for the invasion already has been set, needing only the arrival at a starting date. CUT WAR BONDS STAMPS WITH CROSS & 1 IN ICELAND . . PVT. JOHN A. BRYANT. JR., son at- ICr.- and . Mrs.1" J.. A. I Bryant jof He was inauctea in tne army January 8, 1941, and received his training at Fort Jackson, S. C. and Fort Sill, Oklahoma.' - Kiwanis President : Reviews Year's Work Howard V Gaskill, retiring presi dent of the Selma Kiwanis club, gave a brief review of the accomplishments of the club under his guidance during 1943, on last Thursday evening when his term of office came to a close. While he did not take personal cre dit for the many forward strides of the club during .1943, he said there were many evidences that the club had made steady and substantial progress, not only in membership but in carrying out its ; motto, "We Build." He praised the board of direc tors and the various committees for the splendid spirit of cooperation shown him in everv worthwhile un dertaking of the club and assured all the members of the club that without their full cooperation his administra tion would have fallen far short of its purpose. Tonight (Thursday) Lieut Gov ernor of the Fourth Division of the Carolinas District, will have charge of the installation ceremonies, when President Gaskill will turn the gavel over to Rudolph Howell, the newly elected president of the Selma club, who will be installed by Lieut. Gov ernor Creech, who installed the new ly elected officers of the Smithfield club last week. New officers to be installed to night are: President Rudolph Howell. Vice-President M. L. Standi. Board of Directors C. E. Korne- gay, B. A. Henry, Vernon Wiggs, Da vid S. Ball, and R. E. Suber. Clerk M. R. Wall, v NAZI LOSSES London. Adolf Hitler's wartime losses are estimated at 6.000,000 men killed, wounded or captured in an analysis of Nazi fighting manpower prepared by Col. Francisco Moravec, chief military intelligence officer of the exiled Czechoslovakia government in London. '',- The analysis will be published Fri day in the semi-official Czech govern ment organ "Central European Ob server." .. - , ' .. Moravec's figures, believed to coin cide closely with Anglo-American cal culations, arc considered the .most au thoritative Allied estimate yet made public concerning German losses. He estimates that one year ago Germany's armed forces contained 6400,000 men, of which the land forces totaled 4,900,00. Since then, he claims, Germany has suffered 2,500, casualtiea, "The figures clearly show that Ger many: Ireaiy has exhausted. all re sources for the armed forces and only the youngest age groups remain for her to draw from to. make up for future loeaea,"- Uorarec said. Former Selma Man Is Stabbed to Dceili RATIONING GUIDE WEEK OF JANUARY 3 - CANNED FOODS Green "D", 'E"M "F" (Book 4) ex pire January 20, 1944. FUEL OIL Period "1" coupons good through January 8, 1944. Period "2" coupons valid through February 21, 1944. GASOLINE A-8 coupons expire February 8, 1944. , . MEATS, FATS Brown stamps "L", "M", "N", P", expired January 1, 1944. Brown stamps "R", "S", now valid, expire January 29, 1944. shoes No. 18 (Book I) valid indefinitely. riane stamp jno. l (book si now valid. SUGAR ; No. 29 (Book 4) good for five pounds through January 15, 1944. Navy Recruiter To Be Here January 11 Navy Recruiter John Stallings re ports that Lonnie Barbour, Jr., of Selma has passed the Naval Aviation tests and was sworn in the Naval Re serve yesterday in Atlanta. He will be sent to college for 8 months as soon as he graduates from high school this spring. After that he will receive 15 months pre-flight and flight training and on completion will be commissioned as an Ensign in the Naval Reserve or a Second Lt in the Marine Corps Reserve. This is one example of the opportunities offered to young men, age 17, in the Navy. Young men interested in aviation or any branch of the service should see the recruiter at the Selma post of fice Tuesday,- January 11 or at th smithfield post office cruiting officer at the Smithfield post office January 11 and 12. Young women, ages 20 to 36, are urged to see her. The need is great. The pay is good. Promotions are fast. All en listed WAVES are first sent to Hun ter College in New York and then to other colleges for special training. Mrs. Bailey Purchases Vanity Fair Beauty Shop Mrs. Hettie Smith, who has opera ted the Vanity Fair Beauty Shoppe in Selma for the past several years, has sold her interest in the business to Mrs. Mozelle S. Bailey. Mrs. Bailey, who has been with the local telephone exchange for a number of years, has resigned her position and is now in charge of Selma's popular beauty parlor. ; . - The interior of the building has re cently been repainted and redecorated and now presents a beautiful ap parance. No town the size of Selma has a more up-to-date beauty parlor. Mrs. Smith and Miss Mazola Nar- ron will be the regular operators. I Extra operators are Mrs. Mildred Bailey Woodard, who will be on hand to wait on the ladies on Thursdays, Fridays .and Saturdays, and Mrs. Hazel Hatcher Cross on Fridays and Saturdays. The parlor will be closed on each Wednesday afternoon for the dura tion. . Mrs. Bailey has selected for her slogan, "The Shoppe of Efficiency and Friendly Service." Read her advertisement on the local page of The Johnstonian-Sun. Edmund Ay cock Goes To Lenoir County ' M. Edmund Aycock, who has serv ed as assistant county agent in John ston county since December 15, 1937, has resigned that position here to become farm agent in Lenoir county. He will begin his new duties on January 15, making his home in Kinston. Corbett - Hatcher Play Has Been Postponed - Due to the severe cold weather and sickness of some of the characters, "Ye Old School Entertainment" was postponed on December 17th to be given some time in January. Watch the v papers and public stores and places for announcements. Sc!m Doy Predated Frcra Pvt. To Ccrpcrd Corporal Howard R. Barnes, son of Kin. Goldie M. Rose . of Selma, has been promoted from Private First CUsavto CorToraL Roy Whitehead, 25, a former resi dent of Selma, was stabbed to death in an argument over a 50-cent debt early Tuesday morning near Wilson. Clayton Batchelor, 25, and Harri son Smith, 30, are being held in tha Wilson jail without bond on charges of the murder of Whitehead. ' Whitehead, it is said, was stabbed with a knife under the left arm and that he bled to death after the knifa blade had severed a main artery. Wilson officers said the wounded man walked two blocks alone to Wilson hospital where he fell uncon scious in the hall and died 20 minutes later.'- Batchelor is alleged to have don the actual stabbing after the argu ment at a taxi lot over the poker debt. Smith was charged with aiding and abetting in the crime, police said. Batchelor and Smith were given a hearing in Wilson County Record er's Court on murder charges in con nection with the fatal knifing early Tuesday of Roy Whitehead. Batchelor was charged with the killing, and Smith , with aiding and abetting in the murder, Batchelor was ordered held without bond, whila Smith was allowed $5,000 bond. - GAS OUTLOOK Washington. With the war's moat extanniva militarv mwrattrma apliatd- uiea ior i44, tne nation's motorists today faced the prospect of a New Year with less gasoline than ever before.:--: ;: : . v ;-'., Petroleum Administration officials see no possibility of increasing cur rently low allotments for civilians. Their most optimistic prediction is! tnat mere will be .no cut "during tba ,(, first three months of the year." I Over , all hangs the ' ever-present . of home front-, driving to meet d- v- munris far tlia wtAil ATHaA intra. -. however, that there wilrbe no recur,-n rence of the emergency ban on pleas ure driving and stiff ration cuts that followed the invasion of North Africa in 1942. They said it now is possible, after more than a year's experience against the Nazi war machine, to estimate more accurately. Then, too, they said, continued success against the U-boat makes more certain the arrival pt gasoline shipments at ports overseas. Seen and Heard Along THE MAINDRAG By H. H. L. MRS. EVA BLACKMAN MASSEY. popular clerk at the Selma Drug Store, celebrated her birthday Thurs day, December 30, and her brother BILLY BLACKMAN, supervisor of the Wilson Tobacco Market, cele brated his birthday the next day, Friday, December 31 they are children of MRS. N. G. BLACKMAN, of Selma BILLY spent the day with his mother, leaving the next day for Kentucky, where he is on the tobacco market PROF. TUTTLE " is leaving the latter part of this week for JMneville, near Charlotte, to visit his mother, who is 92 years old and . very ill we hope he will find her much improved our mother, who died last February, had she lived until March would have been 91 glad to have MONROE PITTMAN for neighbor MONROE has moved his hatchery from his home in the coun try to the building opposite The Johnstonian - Sun office he will divide his time between his feed store in Selma and the hatchery PETRONIA GEORGE, president of the Junior Woman's Club, knows how to entertain just before Christmas her club gave a big turkey dinner to more than 100 guests, including all visiting service men she reports a very enioyable evening we had a letter from SGT. WOOSIE KEMP a , few days ago WOOSIE. who is at Camp Stewart, Ga., writes us that a' soldier at the same camp saw a copy of The Johnstonian-Sun sticking from his pocket "may I see that paper, the soldier asked him "why cer tainly," WOOSIE replied "do yon live In Selma " ' he asked, "yes,? WOOSIE told him "do you know H. H. L." "sure," SGT. KEMP re- -plied "well, he is my uncle," . the voung man was BIL&.Y AUS BURNE, of Bassett. Va. WOOSIE says they have become quite chummy -and that he thinks he is a fine younr man glad to see our friend. B, F. PROCTOR, back on the ioh after an . attack of flu MRS. PROCTOR has also been on the ailing list, but is : improving glad DR. OLIVER Is . better the doctor has been a very sick man MRS. OLIVER told us todav that they were planning to rt to Florida for a stay as soon as he , is able hurry and get well, doctor we tain you.