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NUMBER 48 Methodist Appointments Innoimced at Conclnsion Annual Conference North Carolina Conference Hears Final Reports and ' Appointments and all Goldsboro. Nov. 11. The seventh ' annual session of the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church - ended here today with the reading appointments of preachers by presid Jng Bishop Walter William Peele. The reading of appointments fol -: lowed the conference business ses , sion. The final day's program began with the traditional Love Feast 'the, Rev. E. H. Davis of Louisburg, ' the Rev. J. L Draper of Warrenton, and Rev. J. H. Shore of Roxboro the Rev. C. P. Jerome of Raleigh, .retired ministers, in charge. - ' Dr, Albert E. Day, of the General Board of Evangelism of the Metho dist Church, preached the final con ference sermon this morning, climax ing a series of five addresses. Follow ing the worship hour, deacons and el ders were ordained as follows Deacons:.The Rev. L. B. Couch, the IRev. B. F. Musser, the Rev. R. H 'Sales, "the Rev. J. H. Hamm, ths Rev, 2. V. Cowan and the Rev. D. W. Dur ham. - v. . . Elders: G. W. Crutchfield, J. E, Carter, L. C. Vereen, E. G. Purcell Jr., N. G. Prestoik Jr. J. C. Chopin C M. Mitchell, J. E. Sponenberg, R. L. Bame. W. IB. Petteway, S. G, Boone, O. K. Ingram and B. M. Wag goner. . A memoiial service was held for "preachers who died during the year. Dr. J. M. Culbreth of Louisburg.de- livered the memorial address. The service wag held for the late Rev. J, . W; Autry, Chaplain E. G. Overton, . the -Rev, J. G. Johnson and the Uev. W. F; Trawick, , ' r Tha Rev. W.'A. Cade of'NewiBern rVa. flart4 exocutive- sfeevetarv' 'at ; work will.be to promate the( cause of 'Methodist colleges in the State. A ; record 'crowd of ministers and ' laymen attended the conference, which was held at St. Paul's Church. Bishon Walter William Peeled pre siding, of the Richmond District, read the following appointments of preachers for the North Carolina Methodist Conference at the close of the Conference's seventh annual ses . sion in Goldsboro. RALEIGH DISTRICT H. B. Porter superintendent. Apex-Macedonia, J. W. Bradley, re- tired. :-v:;- Bailey, I. T. Poole. Benson, C. B. Culbreth. Cary, R. S. Harrison. Clayton, C. W. Barbee. -Creedmore. D. D. Traynham. . Dunn, F. D. Hedden. Erwin, J. R. Regan. Four Oaks, F. A. Lupton. Franklinton, S. E. Mercer. Fuquay, E. D. Dodd. Garner, N. P. Edens, Granville. Paul Carruth. Henderson First, C. D. Barclif t; City Road White Memorial, J. W .Sneeden. Kipling, F. R. Dail. ; ' Lillington, W. A. Tew. " Louisburg. J. M. Culbreth. Louisburg Circuit, J. E. Sponen- berg. . v Mamers, 0. C. Melton. : Millbrook, H. B. Baum. Moncure, to be supplied. Newton Grove, R. L. Hethcox, Oxford, D. A. Clarke. Oxford Circuit, J. L. Smith. ' . Princeton. W. J. Watson. Raleigh: Edenton St., A. J. Hobbs; ."Fairmont, A. L. Thompson; Hayes 'Barton, W. S. Potter; Jenkins Memo rial. O. W. Dowd; Trinity, R. G. Daw son. . Selma. G. W. Blount, Smithfield, H. K. King. Stem, J. A. Auman. Tar River, R. G. L. Edwards, : Vance. R. E. L. Moser. - Westover, Herman Winberry. Zebulon-Wendell, C. E. Vale. : Professor, Hendrix College, Con- way. Ark.. M. R. Chambers. President, Pouisburg College, Wat -ter Patten. Superintendent, Oxford Orphanage, C. K. Proctor. Director,, Wesley Foundation, State College, Raleigh, J. M. Hamm. ' Executive secretary, Methodist Col lege Advance, W. A. cade. . Chaplain, U. S. Army, M. M. Wal ter. District missionary secretary, W. S. Potter. District director of evangelism, R. G. Dawson. Retired: J. W. Bradley, J. A. Dafley, E. H. Davis, El M. Hall, C. P. Jerome, J. W. Potter, N. C. Yearby, E. B. Craven. E. C. Durham, A. S. Barnes, J. A. Martin. - Important Notice To Rural Boxholders In order to facilitate the colection and dispatch of mail matter on rural routes, all first- and third-class mail matter deposit I in rural let ter boxes, for collection by the carrier ihould have stamps affixed at the proper rate of postage. ' . Postmasters at of f ices from which rural service originates are requested to see that rural carriers are provided a credit of stamp supplies sufficient to accomplish this objective. So far as practicable, both postmasters and rural carriers should inform patrons of th'e desirability for their coopera tion to the end that mail be handled as expeditiously as possible. , , (The provisions of par. 1, sec. 1020, Postal Laws and Regulations of 1940 are not modified by the foregoing.) ' A. V. Driver, Jr., Dies In Raleigh Hospital A. V. "Snake" Driver. Jr., died Fri day in a Raleigh hospital. Funeral services were Jield from the Baptist Church here..Sunday at 3 p. m:, con ducted by the Rev. J. Wade, Bake Burial took place far the local ceme tery. ! PallbeaVers were.H. V.. GaskilL -fi. J. basser, and Frank Hood. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. A. Driver, Sr.; three brothers. James Driver of Richmond, Va., Raymond Driver of the Army in Germany, and toward Driver of Portsmouth, Va.; sister, Mrs. J. G. Salmon of Selma: five half-brothers, S. R. Duke of Portsmouth, Va., A. R. Driver of Selma, Elbert Driver of Walton, Ky., Charlie Driver .of Raleigh, and Doug las Driver of Smithfield: and two half-sisters, Mrs. Bessie Gregory of Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs. Cary Pusser of Savannah, Ga. Noah Williams Will Head Paralysis Drive In Johnston County Noah Williarils, operator of the Smithfield Hog Market, has been named county chairman for the 1946 Fight Jnfantile- Paralysis camlfai&n scheduled for January 14-81 y . Announcement of the appointment was made by Dr. Ralph McDonald, state chairman of the drive which, seeks to raise funds for the pre van tion and treatment of inf antilei. pa ralysis." X Chairman Williams already is 't work laying ; plans for the county campaign. He expects to announce! a list of local committee chairmen and wcrners at an early date. Last January Johnston county, uj der the direction of Chairman Beit Baker, raised $6,126.34, for exceeding the. assigned quota of $3,614. The leaders are hoping, that Johnston to 1946 will even top that fine record. ,U North Carolma last year contribtl ted more than a half million dollars the. cause; leading all states in the percentage of state income given ,to the advancement of the fight against infantile paralysis. Part of the money raised by te Johnston county infantile paralysis chapter remains in the county foi; use. in aidine vctims of the disease. The treatment of infantile paralysis expensive and many of those wpo attacked by the dsease are mem; From January 1", 1035,' through August 31, 1945, Johnston county had 49 cases. Durbcr that same period. there, were 2,540 cases in North Cara- la. ' r A substantial part of the money contributed in thje infantile paralysis drives goes to finance research work designed to prevent the disease. MEMORIAL BOOK FUND DRIVE -FOR COUNTY TO BEGIN NOV. 19 is are bers Four Injured Here In Wreck Sunday Night . Pennsylvania crude oil producers have outlined an extensive research program, on the secondary recovery of oil from old fields, that have been virtually exhausted by primary methods. , Victory Loan Drive Gets Off To Good Start E Bond .sales in the Victory Loan drive in Johnston county total $48, 206.25, or about one-sixth of the $300,000 quota, states R. P. Holding, chairman of the war finance commit tee in Johnston. The drive is just ten days old, and with seven weeks more to go to the 31st of December Johnston county should put this last war loan over the top in a spirit worthy of the 5,000 or more men and women who have serv ed, und are still serving, their coun try in the ranks, declared Mr. Holding. The ' same township committees. that have served in other war loan drives are leading the Victory Loan campaign and their experience is proving an asset. The overall quota for Johnston county is $495,000. . Selma Township Lags In Victory Loan Quota Mr. Raleigh Griffin, chairman of the Victory Loan bond drive for Sel ma township, says the sale of bonds in Selma township is not keeping pace with sales throughout the coun ty. Johnston County's quota is $415,- 000 and approximately $300,000 of this quota has been reached. Inasmuch as the drive comes to a close in December, Mr. Griffin urges the people, of Selma township to keep on buying bonds in order that Selma may do its part. Last Sunday night about 6,80 P. $1 1934 Ford driven by Matthew Mar lowe, of Selma and a 1937 Oldsmobile driven by- Susie Bel)e Moore, colored tp, Princeton -fax, l k were ornvqiyea wTe2 tCiep61ftt wfier the son's wills highway, enters highway 301. Susie Belle Moore and Glenn At kinson sustained injuries that neces sitated their being taken to Saint Agnes hospital at Raleigh. Pauline Moore, colored, had minor cuts that did not require hospitalization. Her eight year old daughter, Mary, es caped injury. Matthew Marlowe, who. had bruised shoulder and a cut over his left eye, received first aid' at the Johnston County hospital. He employ ed an ambulance to take the injured ones to Raleigh. Marlowe - was placed under $750.00 bond. Officers A. C. Bobbitt, Hugh Lamm and Charlie Straughn conducted the investigation. Smithfield To Get City Bus Service Smithfield is to have city bus serv ice, beginning the first of the year, Mayor W. J. Massey, has announced. The board of commissioners last week granted a franchise to H. J. Baumgardner of Goldsboro for oper ating a city bus transportation system in Smithfield. The franchise gives Baumgardner, who is at present superintendent and general manager of the Goldsboro Transportation Company, exclusive rights m furnish ing bus service in Smithfield for a 10- year period. Under the contract me bus system cannot charge more than five cents a trip within the corporate limits of town and not more than 10 cents beyond the city limits. The ve hicles to be operated will be 28-pas-senger street buses. RATIONING GUIDE MEATS & FATS: Red Stamps Fl, Gl, HI, Jl, Kl, now valid, expire November 30. LI, Ml, Nl, PI, Ql, now valid, ex pire December 31 . Rl, SI, Tl, Ul, VI, now valid, ex pire January 31 Wl, XI, Yl Zl, and Greeit N-8, : now valid, expire February 28th. SUGAR: Sugar Stamp 38 now valid, expires December 81. McMillan Principal Speaker At legion Supper Monday light The Selma Post of the American Legion held its annual supper, at, the Legion Hut in Selma Monday even ing at six o'clock. A very interesting and entertaining program was pre sented which was -greatly enjoyed by all. . Mrs. Lillian Louise Woodard Her ren, Legion soloist, was introduced by E.-.G, Hobbs who stated that Mrs. Herren is one of the most accomplish ed singers and entertainers in the United States. After listening and I seeing Mrs. Herren sing and act, all present readily agreed with Mr. Hobbs' opinion. Mr. Raymond Woodall played several selections on his sing ing saw. Mrs. Leon Woodruff was the pianist for the occasion. . ' R. L. (Roy) McMillan, former Na tional Vice-Commander of the Ameri can Legion, was the main speaker. Mr. McMillan is nationally known as a patriotic speaker. The speaker gave a history of the Legion and its work and the part played by the American fighting man in World War I and II. He said that the American Legion is PRESIDENT URGES GIVING OF THANKS Truman Issues Proclamation Calling: for Observance of Thanksgiving Day You Are Asked To J Contribute To Honor Someone In Service , ' The Memorial Book Fund Drive for V- wvhiiovuii uuurlv liinniTir unit h. gin on the 194h of November -and -con- 1 mjc nam uav OI UOCenW 1 oer. ihe goal is $25,00ft and the ainVj m is to give a took in mftriey tn fioaor oC each boy and girl who has served! their county and country in' World War II. Mail your contributions to Miss Virginia Williamson, Treasurer " ' Johnston Coifnty Memoral Book Fund, Smithfjeld, N. C. , Already "OUR BOYS.H overseas Washimrton. Nov. 12. ProsMpnt Truman called upon Americans todav have heard of this Driv whiVli m to observe November 22 as a dav of people of Johnston CoHintv national thanksgiving for the blessing ting on in their honor. Here Is a jrt-i of victory, i . ter from Isaac Clyde Moziheo, sta- ihe Resident's proclamation re- "UI,e " aoutnern part of Samar quested, that the people "give thanks 18 Ine rlulippines. Clyde- Mozing is a gTaauaie or waKe orest College ana a teacner oy proiession, his home f near micro: ueur JElton: . In the September 21st issue of "The Smithfield Herald'' that I te- with the humility of free men, each Knowing it was the mia-ht of no one army but of all together by which we were saved. The proclamation follows: "In this year of our victory, abso- ii? fil fma1' ?vfr .,ma" fsm very $ad t, read the article on the the, most powerful organization 5 in the United States for aiding .the-in tereats' of all veterans. ''The Legion now eniovs the largest membership fn ts entire1 history and is growing by the thousands and there is no or ganization that can compete with the Legion, in rendering better service to the ommunity State and nation," said McMillan. We must keep prepar ed. We must not ever be found un prepared as we were when the Japs fltruck Peari . Harbor, Mr. McMillan spoke' for thirty mimttes.,. S,iat,TSie l4PgkiMJmap guests li TToIlDacco MaEieit To Close Novemfoep 22 The Smithifeld tobacco market will draw the curtain on the 1945 season at the 'dose -of sales on Tuesday, November 20, it was announced this week by the tobacco board of trade. The market's sales have lightened considerably recently, but Friday's volume was fairly heavy with an esti mated 400,000 pounds auctioned. Sales . Supervisor G. Willie Lee stated that Friday's poundage brought' the total for the season to approximately 27 million. . Warehousemen are making every effort to force sales up. to the 28 million mark by the end of the sea son. The market will finish around. five million pounds below the level of last year's record-breaking volume. Dur ing tile congestion of several weeks ago huge quantities of Johnston coun ty leaf was marketed on the border where sales had slowed up. Another factor in the decline in Smithfield's volume is the operation of the Clin ton area. . . eluding members oiTihe TownTBoi the Chief-of-police, Mr. Pearce, Major Williams, Colonel ; Daly, : Captain Lloyd, Bob Ray, Leon Woodruff, CpL Colones, and many others. The entire post joined in singing several songs, being lead by ' Mrs. Herren over the loud speaker while Mrs. Woodruff performed at the piano in her usual incomparable way. . The Selma nost has one of the finest Legion buildings in the State and now has the largest membership in the history of the post. Mr. C. B. Fulghum is the Com mander of the post and made a talk on the work of the Selma post. Mr. E. G. Hobbs was chairman of the Program Committee and Committee on Arrangements and also presided as toastmaster. He was ably assisted by C. A. Bailey. B. A. Henry, Charlie Grant, Jim Corbett, John Jeffreys. Fred Woodard, Newton Branch and others.''' Dr. E. N. Booker was introduced as the Spark-Plug behind the financing. of the $40,000.00 Hut. Brief talks were made by Major Williams, Captain Lloyd, Captain Brown and several others. McMillan praised the post for hav ing put on a program that would give credit to any post in the State or nation. -'.'''. '.'. "'' : Mr. A. J. Worrell and Mr. Carl Worley furnished drinks for the oc casion. and Japanese militarism; in this .time of peace so long awaitnd. which we ja& determined with all the United Nations to make permanent; on this day of our abundance, strength and achievement; let us give thanks to almighty providence for these exceed ing blessings, "We have won them with the court age and blood of our soldiers, sailors Book Drive being sponsored Bv the County Library. I kpw that all th service men and women from our Couiity will feel highly honored with this campaign and that the people are coming more concerned with, the op portunities for education as well as recreation that can be found in read ing -good books. U am stationed in the Southern part and airmen. We have won them . byJ of Samar in the Philippines in a small tne sweat and ingenuity of our wprk- village, Guman. I have been connect- tralists. We he won them with thM devotion of our women and children. We have bought them with the trea sure of our rich land. But attove all e have won them because weJcherieh ; reedom beyond'ri!h9.4nd even more ed wth welfare and recreation work for the navy' men here on the naval base since I arrived last spring. My job has been and is at' the 'present working as librarian here at' the nav-t at station library. I never really ap- Cpl. Joseph D. Parrish Gets Army Discharge Corporal Joseph D. Parrish, son of Mrs. Betty H. Parrish, of Selma, was discharged from the service the sra of November, it has been announced by the Post Public Kelations Jtieao- auarters Office at Fort Sill, Okla homa. Corporal Parrish, a doffer be fore entering the service at rort Bragg the 25th of January, '1943, served 17 months in the U. S. A. and 15 .months in the European theater as a member of the 155 Field Artillery. He is entitled to wear the good con duct, American defense, and Euro pean theater of operations ribbons with 8 campaign stars. 4..- Thomas E. Barbee Receives Discharge Thomas E. Barbee, son of Mrs. W. T. Barbee of Selma, received his dis charge from the navy on Sunday, November 11th at the Norfolk Navy Separation Center. He entered thei navy in October. 1942. His foreign service began in January, 1943, going to the Aleutian Islands where he spent 13 months. He returned to the States for six months after which he was assigned to the South Pacific Naval forces which participated in operations around -the Marianas and Marshall Islands. He wears the Asiatic-Pacific ribbon. Thomas is now at home with his mother. Before joining the navy he was employed by the Smithfield Elec trical Supply Co., Smithfield, of free men, each knowing it was the might of no one army but of all to gether by which we were saved. Li berty knows no race, creed or class in our country or in the world. In unity we found our first weapon, for with out it, both here and abroad we were doomed. None have known this better than our very gallant dead, none better than their comrade, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Our thanksgiving has the humility of our deep mourn ing for them, our vast gratitude for them. "Triumph over the enemy has not dispelled every difficulty. Many vital and far reaching decisions await us as we strive for a just and enduring peace. We will not fail if we preserve, in-our own land and throughout the world, that same devotion to the es sential freedoms and rights of man kind which sustained us throughout the war and brought us final victory. "Now. therefore, I, Harry S. Tru man, President of the United States of America, in consonance with the joint resolution of Congress approv ed December 26, 1941, do hereby pro claim Thursday, November 22, 1945, as a day of national thanksgiving more I preciated the full benefit pf library . 6"" uiouiui wibu ure umimi.j iwh iub yuonger Mien , VUTi service use it. We. have the largest ;h'brary" in Samar in which we have approxi mately ten thousand (10,000) books. There has been a steady increase in the use of the library since last spring and especially now that the war is over and men have more leisure time. We also issue books to the ships that stop here. I think the Navy has done a good job in supply ing books to us fellows, and every man that has been over here can tell you how much pleasure it is to be able to read good books, magazines and papers. It might be of interest to the people back home that all the books that the Filipinos had were burned when the Japanese came. Not until the Americans came were the schools reopened and here at this village the Navy built them a new school house. I have visited the school and it is very plain but the teachers say they are making good progress despite the lack of books and equipment. The teacher is the only person who pos sesses a textbook so this makes the teacher's work more difficult. In the past we have received books donated by people in the States and too ele- Mav we on that day, in our homes and mentary for our use in the library so and as sroups, express our humble thanks to Almighty God for the abun dance of our blessings and may we on that occasion rededicate ourselves to those high principles of citizenship for which so many splendid Ameri cans have recently given all. "Tn witness whereof. I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the' United States of America to be affixed. "Done at the City of Washington this 12th day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-five and of the in dependence of the United States of America the one hundred and seven tieth, -'.v. ! ' George W. McCarthy Receives Discharge ; ' George W. McCarthy, A-C, of 101 North Sharpe street, Selma, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. McCarthy, of Clayton, has been discharged from the Army Air Forces after 2 years service as an aviation cadet. His last station was Ellington Field, Texas, Navigation school of the AAF train ing command. George was a grocer and acetylene burner before entering the service. T-5 Abdalla J. Abdalla Returns From Pacific The average Filipino- knows more about us than we know about him. I think it is the desire of every Filipino to go to the States but I can very well understand that after living here these months. The people back home should be very thankful for the many opportunities they have for educa tion in our Country and the potenti alities it still possesses. In closing I wish to say that I know the men and women who are in serv ice or have been feel very proud in knowing that a project of this nature is being carried forth. All my life I have used the library very much at night school and college, and I believe that with increased and better facili ties for reading for our people will help us to understand out problems at home better as well as national and international ones. Best of luck to you in your work and undertakings. Your . old friend, Clyde Mozingo." Tech. 6 Abdalla J. Abdalla, of Sel ma, is among the more than 600 high point Army veterans whom the "Magic Carpet" is bringing back to the states aboard the USS BeMeau Wood. The Belleau Wood left Pearl Harbor on Wednesday, October the 81st The Memorial Book Fund Drive For The Johnston County Library Our Future depends upon the Fu ture of our children, and without them we have nothing. The greatest ambition of men and women today is to provide their children with a better opportunity in life to carry "always forward" the moral and spiritual ideals of our democratic way of life. What will prepare our children to "always march forward" and not march backward? One word is the answer KNOWLEDGE without Knowledge our eyes and the eyes of our children are blind to forward' movements, without knowledge one can see no further than" his immediate natural habits to keep one alive in body alone, eating and Bleeping BUI' -' with Knowledge we can reach untold. (Continued on page four)