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11 i;-ltii1u , DEVOl-D TO THE INTER J ESTS OF THE COUNTRY " ' PEOPLE. - , ' 7. THE TIMES COVERS DUPLIN LIKE A ROOF KENAN SVILLE, N. O, Fl IJSHED EVERY THURSDAY ' THURSDAY, JULY 25th, IBM NUMBER 24'" ': V - b --0' Vast' The County Board of "Commis si loners in session Monday adopted t'-is budget, made up appropria tions and set the tax levy for the ensuing year ending June 30, 1936. The proposed , budget, published in this paper three weeks ago-was revised and the tax rate set at $1.55, fifteen cents below that first suggested and fifteen cents above the rate for last year. The new rate is expected to Bring In enough revenue ,to take care of all obli f ations and to carry on the coun ty business. . -' The reduction was brought a bout in reduction In the school de partment, knocking off $5,000. from current Exp ' school ' fund, $36,000 front capital outlay school fund.' Nearly a thousand .dollars was added to the school debt ser vice fund and a little over a thou sand dollars added to. the General . 'ounty fund. - , " - " J The curtailment In the -' school program will probably " result in reducing the anticipated Increase in construction by about two rooms ' a teach school, and eliminate .the ; ; construction of any Negro schools. The County expects to float 90, 000 In bonds, to take care of the building Increase. 0 Appropriations made -by the 1 Commissioners include: Board 1 of Commissioners ,93,195 , MThia a mount is to take care of all coun ty activities not receiving definite allotments): listing and assessing property, $4,200; tax collector, $4,-. 970; Sheriff, 7,640'f election of officers-general, ' $925; county ac countant, $4,550; court house and grounds, $5,435; register of deeds, $6,075; cor Very $850; Forest fire protection, fl.500; county Jail $4,--525;. county "home and farm, $3,- J35; Superintendent of pubUc wel fare,, $1,586; 6utslde foot, coun ty aid) $6500; farm and home a- tfents, ,$2,250;'.: Vital' , statistics, ' JM; superior court, $8350; clerk superior court, $4675; general coun ty court $4850; county health de partment,: $5765; total; $92,575. ?V The Board of Commissioners vo? " ted to cooperate with the State Department Conservation in Forest ) -' Fire protection and appropriated ' $1500 for this purpose. Ralph1 Mll- ler was nominated by the Board as County Forest Fire Warden. , , The following two telegrams were sent to the .State .Highway and Public Works Commission: ; j "Board Resolation approves lo cation of proposed hard surfacing on route 41 from Tin Cityrtowards Chinquapin and requests . project start immediately." . , . . v "Road program for Duplin Coun " ty as outlined by county commis sioners is In the following" order hard surfacing of 41rom Tin City ' to Beulaville; improvement of. Ill .. from Kornegay's store to Wayne - County line -and hard surfacing a ' Jroad to be designated ''.' from i -Warsaw through. Magnolia, Rose Hill, Teachey and Wallace,." .f vj ; ' : Both these telegrams were sign ' ed ' by chairman John D. . Robin son, i x, - , ' . - 15 Year Old Expectant Mother - Dies - 1 - Alma ' Summerlln bf . Scott's Store, 15 year old expectant moth er died yesterday morning at the home of ' her sister about three o'clock. Death, apparently, came as a result of her general condi tion, but according to the coroner's ' investigation and doctor's report, convulsions were the Immediate cause. Charges were brought two weeks ago against Randolph Blizzard for having carnal knowledge of; : the girl, she being under, sixteen yrs. of age. It was believed at first by some that possibly she Biet with foul play, but the coroner failed to find any evidence and instructed the family to lay her away. 4; ; o 7 - Ivtr. and Mr. C. H. McSwain will 1 -r e Sunday for a, ten days stay f. t Myrtle Beach, S. C They will ! joined by Mr. and Mrs. Bob C ngton of . Rockingham, N. C. - i Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ritchie i Miss Pat Hurley of Troy, N. C. W'-. o .. f i s. R. V. Wells who has been e Goldsboro Hospital" for a 1 three weeks' returned to her here Saturday evening in' a i improved condition, and Is un the road to recovery. :-' t 0 ' -v . velt presses coal bill de bts of its validity. ; 1' P F a. snds Telegrams I'd Notice. o , The Mayor and Town. Board Is hereby calling upon the Citizens of town of Kenansvllle to keep air your premises in clean, or derly and sanitary condition, es pecially .' all pig pens, stables, back lots and all out houses, as a health precaution, as required by town ordinaoe duly enacted. ' This July 22nd, 1935. " J. E. JERItITT, Mayor, ' ' 'C. E. QUINN, Cterli.v:;-.v What Is Church And, ' ,v State Seperation? i I .Poughkeepsie, N. Y,r 1 July 22, 1935 v . Editor, Duplin Times: v What do we mean by "separa tion of church an state?" I refer red to this question in my - last week's letter. '. There is a great deal of confusion and misunder- standing anent this question. We all understand that no church Lnthe demands of the farmer. should be favored : hv th- toto1 , . - . " more than any other church. No church should be supported or sub sidized by the state, No religious test should ever be required of office-holders: ';: o' In 1901 the Virginia Baptist 'As sociation in session at Richmond had before the body a resolution petiU6ning the Constitutional Con vention in session to pass some, le gislation in regard to liquor. A lawyer delegate objected saying he believed in the separation of church nad state, His prniciple was sound,, but his, conclusion was not. For a religious body to. petition the government is not a' violation of the principle of; separation .'of enures and state. i In Virginia- rgtnior, the V officer of a. Church were tu and damage, by a church member wht were won by a church member who ; - been seriouriv dnfn h. ,y..ZZ disciplinej" Some aid th - court jMe on a sound business basis should not Jnterfere-that the state and ta tte beUef bat they would be had nothing to do with the discln-1 "P1 100 Per cent nlv by main line of a church member by the l1taullnB" a Splendid repayment , red church.. Without, xisimw tn v the merits of that particular case. I affirm that the state' courts did have jursidlction In, the case.. In Germany nov. the totalitarian state is the aim. That la say the state seeks to have control. We are watching Vthe conflict with Inter est We ;, cannot believe", that s the German people will be slaves to Hitler. There Is certainly a do main that the state has no right to invade. 1 1 sv:t uK - !.;x:.. i ' In the Wth otwptsr of Aato w read;, -They (Ow Ootaki at 3mw salem) comnMCMlad flMsl (Pater and John) not to apeak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus." ; t y ."But Peter ands John answered and said unto them whether it he right in the sight of God to hear ken unto you more than unto Go judge ye." At the; Baptist 'Conventksa la Rochester, N. Y. In I9a4 a brave manaid: ..aen; the stamt war cornea, I .hope , to1. meet many -of you in Atlanta." . " , - The conflict between church and State is not ended ' . -1 JOHN T. FITZGERALD. . Goldsboro Man Beginning The Conscience Movement' ' Dr. Zeno B. Spence of : Golds boro is n,ow sworking out a move ment which he calls the; "Con science Movement" in which he is putting , on an educational cam paign against the ".use of whiskey and strong drink. He is working through Sunday Schools and Chris tian: organizations i. trying to get the facta before .the people. ; and challenging the people -to save their sons from becoming drunk ards. . -A. ! V;.i-. ..; x; Dr. r Spence ' brings. to ( our : at tention that many of the news papers and' magazines of today as carrying whiskey advertisements in glowing-colors, presenting this poison to. youth as an . attractive necessity,'. Tobacco' companies are spending millions to declare to the world the, "lie" that certain brands of cigarettes Will add strength and vitality but how often do we see flashing headlines or colosful ad vertising telling men of the dan ger of alcohol? . , , ' Dr. Spence lias started. a move ment to proclaim throughout the country that Alcohol is poison, and to back the claims with concrete facts. This "Conscience Move- Above .Laot Credit Associations ; . Meet In Raleigh . A conference of presidents, sec retaries' and directors:' of produc tion credit association held at Ra leigh on July 18 was attended by Garland King and 4 directors of the Kenansvllle Production; Credit Association. v", " , ' - At the conference loan policies, procedure and other matters.. In which -the various associations are mutually interested were discussed. This meeting, It was announced, Is one of a" series now being- held over the entire third Farm Cred it Administration district compris ing the states of North, Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Flori da and is In keeping with the pro gram of the administration to have the leaders confer and exchange ideas so that the credit service of fered by? the associations might come as nearly as possible to meet At the meeting the Production Credit Corporatiofl . 6f r Columbia was moresented bv Ernest Graham President-and John B. Mann, Re - presentaUve; who 'reviewed the r c o- . -.7 ' ., . , , . ..ut . iiuo will uiaivc WUrK made by.the assoclaUons in this-ableGenOmea,, but hey have be- easier and give more time for en dlstriot since their organization in , traye1 i?"!a'ngT ment. One of the most en- thc early days of 1934. He stated already Wgh teX of ?140 up to;couran ttl that in order for the associations $1.70. In 1984 we had an extremely reUion W sueceea. as uxey snouia mat lh,M mniMM Bimtflna'kiiih ho the officers and directors, nad that the men who had been chosen to lead these organia;aUons had shown , ... j Bpwnuiu 1r. la ws conauci ot these eooneratlVfl farm ormniaa. tions. ; The. 97 associations In the fouri 8lles 00 Mv 8. made; v?00:000 'pVnj er the same date lasi year. These loans It W pointed out had been '.ora -wiu the associauons remain in position , to secure1 ' money for production purposes at such , low rated of interest, it was pointed out.- ?;y:'.?;-- ::.s"r'-i ditAssociaUon has made loans to 420 farmers this . spring totaling $117,000 and officers of the asso caitlon are confident that their collections this fail will be 100. per cent-,, W;;-.. ' i.C mSlavV01fi ' O U O iJWB are going to meet, you at uie ; v laierS Reunion poles to vote against the County ,-; The annual Old Soldiers' Re union, one ofjthe year's high 'spots. In 'the County Capitol has, been called off this year due to the spread of Infantile. Paraly sis. The gathering was scheduled for the first .Thursday in Aug. It Is hoped that the reunion next year will- be made . a big , af f a to make up fqr the miss In 19M. i ' s . Christian Endeavor plans World youtlMlrive te end war. ment" which has been . begun,- by Dr. Spence wjll Yeach and save many of our people from drunk ard's grave's Have you. heard -bout it? Write to The ."Conscience r 7,," M nVnrfT.i State Highway and Public Works f?rmaH nhtiLT OwwilJoB from the CKiUaw's information can be obtained, l.., ,. Brle sVction and m asked: , that Dr. 'Spence is planning to carry highway 111" be completed ' from Into revery tSovernor-g . Mansion inithe Wayne. County 'line to Korne the country, and' to the door'of the gaVg store ' '-,v':.Jt-'5'f' White House. Yptf will be Interest-1 gmith. Townshii'ls erfUUed to ed and will Want to know what , is:! going 'on.. It 1 is- the movement that will saveus from becoming a nation of drunkards, i r - ' - ' , eUl AA4nM5 T' bCnOOl AttenaanCe-in County Is Good "V Duplin County did not lose a sin- gle teacher last year for the lack of average daily attendance. This speaks well for the enforcement of the compulsory school law. . How- ever, we did 1090 four, negro high school teachers because of a new law discontinuing one 'teacher . in each high school. ' Open Forum Loiters",;; The Editor of the TIMES wishes to thank the contributors to this column this week and In vites every citizen In , Duplin County who has any construc tive criticism to offer to feel free to use this paper any time they, desire. The TlTvlES Is striving to promote closer cooperation and unity between the Citizenship of Duplta County through a med ium Issued from the County SeatJ Our problems are conimoH. and any one having .' worth " while suggestions should let them be known for the benefit of ; the whole. Only by discussing , our problems together In a friendly i , way can we reach a safe and sane conclusion. We not only ln vlta you but urge you to use these columns whenever you so desire.,,. Vri'' , , . THE EDITOR. Another writer says Tax rate too high; Word of Warning. Dear Mr. Editor! i ' - ..f '.Please allow me space to com ment on an article .parried in your Press, July 4th, "Boost County Tax Rate 30o ... stti TMnnted Land from xation to rnaintain the School Svstem and out on the Sales Tax, ( which is the just tad fair tax for ' aU. But our Commissioners' seem 'to ignore the principals which they .were elected by I am a Democrat uiBu ,, w". v tVS that had K rate Of SI. 00 tO $1.10 per J100.00 valuation. But our genumen "10 6" - ernment seem i tof think we areof m rellgl0M fe looking anwivi, aiinmiVinnv in tax rate' - " -a-s f lTTl. T . lIor a new religion ana the whole and we certainly at are acheivingi . . . I goal at a rapid pace. Of course they .claim it is to oeer w """"Mf3. t": hit and run driving. Capias Ouh: last . Tridi 'eventngttf Simpson Couhty was tesued for the expenditures totta-past? '? The Press praised our Honorable rnl.an mW nut nt tho TJ. w v...Zr They certainly done a fine thing to on one thing ut instead -raise our tax to the extreme high rate of $1.70. Who in this county of ours cant- make ends . meet .when they rihave the power to tax our helpless I citUena to the extent of a balance. Sur tbey deserve praise, not for their economy, but for their ability to spend; - No. this program of steep spend ing, at the -expense of our .honest citizens does not meet the approval 'of all OUT citizens, and to prove it I warn the Board of Commission ers to beware for on election day we are going to meet you at the program that is being carried for ward now.. . v. . y Ydurs truly,' ' " A Citizen and Tax Payer. P. S-I am a subscriber to your paper and like it fine. . i o Editor Duplin Times Kenansvllle, N .C, -Dear Slr:- . Last week the Duplin Times carried a story from Rose Hill and Magnolia protesting the county's road program. The citizens of the two towns feel that they have been more or less Isolated from the rest of the county as far as cooperation is concerned. . 'In' the other end of the' county, namely Albertson and " Smith's Township the citizens have been asking for a hard surfaced road, or if they couldn't get. a hard sur faced road,' at least an' Improved road that would open their sec tion and. furnish adequate trans portation' routes for . school 'buses. Delegations have gone before the a much' .be tte road : than s they have at' present Wayne,County, in an- effort to encourage the . corn pletion of the route: built a new I road from Goldsboro to the line and iGradys Cross roads, constructing a concrete bridge over Neuse Riv er at Brodhurst' Bridge. .. ' fVP Through the year's of struggle and fussing .over the roads , certain sections of the county have moved forward and,, secured the- roads they wanted and heeded'. That is all well and good. Warsaw has good-roads leading , into the town. and the county is glad.,1 Wallace now has good-roads leading Into town and again the county is - (Continued from front page) John MattSiis Gets . 1 2 Months Murderess 5 To Six Years In Superior; Gourt This Week Rev. S. C. Farrior Has Returned To China .; Rev.- and Mrs. S. C. Farrior have returned to China and have gotten settled, again in the- work on the mission field. Mr. Farrior is a na tive of Duplin- and entered ' the ministry from Grove Presbyterian Church in Kenansvllle He was or dained last Fall- in the Rose Hill Churn and left this country early 1 nthe spring to takes, up the work in China. Mr. Farrior has spent several 'years on the field already as an educational- missionary, but now he has returned as ordained minister. Mrs. Farrior and the children who were with him dur ing his two year stay here, are with him on the field. A letter has just been received from Mr. Farrior in which he tells of getting back to work and the 1 mPr.ovement that has taken place ! ZT ZTlVZ? V .t- vi i,. ... motor cars are being built rapid- ly, and Mr. Farrior states that one of his churches which has for- taken Qn to reach 'cou now one leaders nad ministers are taking a ,, . . . , . new interest in the church and there is a great movement for- , ward. rho nn.intrv h ttt g'of hiDi8f PenJ Christianity j the time to strike and we need , more money so as to send out more tioned at Chinklahg, Klangsu, Chi- ' "."' " ' " na, ana letters can be mailed to ltnat address for five cents r (j lin Ulty Man bhOOlS Self Wednesday Tim Sellers, 80 year old resident j tion attending the meetings. May of Tin City, shot and killed him- or J. E. Jerritt of Kenansville was self Tuesday. His body was found also on the program at the Junior Wednesday morning sitting in a J Order Meeting, chair leaning forward propped by j o the shot gun which he used, point- , ing his stomach The deceased left a note in which he explained that bad health was the cause of his act. He is survived by his widow and two sons, Durham and Glen Sel lers. Funeral services will be held this afternoon and burial made in the Brick Yard cemtery near Teachey. The deceased, until about eight vears aco when he was forced to retire due to bad healtn, serv ed as section master for the At lantic Coast Line. o Money circulation rose $194,518, 746 in fiscal year. " o Belgrano says "Red menace" is growing. , Magnolia Citizens After Organizing New Bank Magnolia wants a new bank and according to one of its citizens, they are going to have it. Below a statement from its committee regarding the proposition: Magnolia people have "Horse Sense and Bull Dog Tenacity:" - They are determined to have a new bank and have gone to work using their best sense and energy and positive united effort to put it over in a big way. to serve the county. They don't propose to stay 'Adown and out" because their bank Is liquidating. They are meeting fine -spirit and hearty co-operation and many are already subscribing, liberal stock. A very enthusiastic meeting was held Monday night and plans were made for rapid procedure. More in formation will be given next Week. vA committee was appointed to confer with all interested parties. Thirty-seven -; thousand-five hun dred stock is required , They want to make it "The Peo ples Bank of Duplin' V and expect the Duplin people' to take stock and support it. . ' 'AU interested parties desiring further information see or com- Notice -1 At a meeting of the Town Board in session this July 18th, 1935 ,the matter of Sewage and additional water facilities for the town came up for discussion, and your Board Is awaiting the views; and wishes of the citizens In re gard to these matters. If you want Sewage and additional wa-. L 'r please let It be known at once In . .11141 M KT Il me iorm oi a pennon signea oy the property owners of the town. This July 22nd., 1935. J. E. JERRITT, Mayor, C. E. QUINN, Clerk. o J. B. Cavenaugh Of Wallace Dies John Bunyan Cavenaugh, 60 yr. nlri Wnllnria .itivan riiarl At- 900 I nvinok TwaHv nicrht t hi. hnm in WaUace. Death came as a result f 8trke f I r uiierai services win ue nciu lo- QT1 , nma morla fD I .TL mily burying grounds, by Rev P ' p&Btor Methodist church of which of the he was The deceased ran a jewelry store in until a few years ago when he retired and TJs son took over the business. Surviving are his widow, and the following children: Albert J. and C. T. of Wallace, Mrs. C. T. Fus- ' sell and Mrs. Erkson Fussell of Rose Hill , Sup't. Johnson Speaks TO KOtarV and JUniOfS . suoerintendent of Schools O. P. at the regular weekly meeting, j Mr. Johnson spoke of his plans ror me scnoois oi iupnn auring the coming year. At the Junior Order meeting Tuesday night he also spoke on his plans somewhat, but dealt mostly with the value and advan tage of members of an organiza- j Revival Services At Oak Plains ROSE HILL, July 23rd. The congregation of Oak Plains Pres byterian church is planning its evangelistic services to be held from Sunday, July 28 to Sun- day, August 4. Services will be held on both Sundays at 11:00 A. ;M. and 8:00 P. M. Week day ser vices will be held each night at 8:00 P. M. The Rev. J. R. Cunning ham of Pamplln, Virginia will as sist the pastor, the Rev. S. G. Har ness in the services. The guest minister is blind, but he is very successful in evangelistic work. Everyone Is cordially Invited to at tend these services, and former members have a special invitation. municate with any member of the Committee. Miss Macy Cox, Chairman, Dr. R. F. Quinn, J. A. Smith, L. til. Sanderson, J. P. Tucker. o - Road Under Repair FRIENDSHIP The road leading from Friendship section on across Goshen Swamp and connecting with Stiimmerlin PrOfn Roadfl Calypso highway at Hearshirt has been closed for the past week while workmen are building new bridges in the swamp. This malf es It neces sary for people wishing to cross Goshen from the Friendship sec tion, to detour by Byrds fish pond. This repair work has been need ed for. some time and when com plete will' add much to the com fort of the users Of this highway.! Five bridges are being used to ports for second month, spand the swamp and when put In ' o good order will make this road 1 Canada; reassures world on dispo a very attractive drive, , ' I sal of surplus wheat. - Superior Court convened here Monday for a one week term ot criminal cases. Judge Frank Da niels of Goldsboro is presiding, j Cases disposed of Monday and -.Tuesday were as follows: . James Loftin, Leon Barwick, ap ' pearecl' before the court to show j compliance with former order. Lof I tin was dismissed. William, White, alias J. W. Lowe K1umani waa given a nol ieave pros William (Bill) White plead guil ty to embezzlement. Prayer for judgment was continued on pay ment of costs. West Murray was given 8 mon ths on the roads for assault on fe male. Henry Brown was given 2 1-2 years for assault with deadly wea pon with intent to kill. John Matthis, 21 year old boy from West of Warsaw, was sen tenced on two charges of assault f? the first he was given 12 mon ths on the roads and on the sec- . , , 'ond charge he was sentenced to on concll"on ne remains out oi me Biaie ror live years. Jack Smith was given 6 months : frr atrtvAhrAnlrincr and nrflvpr fnp judgment contlnu;d on a charge of larceny and receiving. Stacey Hall was given six mon ths on the roads for housebreak- i .-1 1 ...... nimnAnjAH fnr O 6 T,,; ' v, f J , , " ' ,, Ho "J r..,.. appear ai. eauii uuxiuuij auu ouij term to show that he complies with the order. James West and Taft Fennell were charged with reckless driv ing, operating auto while intoxi- ! cated, assault with deadly weapon Fennell. West plead guilty and prayer for judgment was continued to October term providing he pay Futreal sum of $60 in cash imme diately and $65 on or before Oct ober 1, 1935 and pay court costs. John Jerrell was given from 4 to 5 years in the State prison for assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill. Willie Hunt and Jack Johnson were charged with storebreaking and larceny. Hunt plead guilty and was sentenced to 15 to 20 months on the roads. Capias was issued for Johnson. Hattie Glen Isler, negress was sentenced to not less than 5 nor more than 6 years in the State prison in Raleigh for the murder of William Gooding, negro, at the Old Camp Manufacturing Company site near Wallace. Johnnie Payne was given 6 mon ths for assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill. SERfiCTA NEWS Mr .and Mrs. C. D. Thomas and Mr. Herman Miller, joined the Ta bernacle Baptist church of New Bern on a picnic at Montfort Point last Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Swindell and family spent the week end in Oriental. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Benton and fa mily spent the week with her bro ther in Goldsboro. Miss Irene Smith, Hebby Miller and Miss Ollie Smith spent the week end with Mrs. Norwood Smith. Miss Adene Garris is spending the week with Miss Clyde Benton. Mrs. Swindell's sister from Wash ing, D. C. is visiting her. Mr. C. P. Haskin spent the week ned in Enfield. Mr. Norwood Smith is attending Court at Kenansville, being on the Jury. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Jones and family visited Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Thomas Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Thomas at tended church Sunday morning at Kenansville. Mr. Printis Garris has returned borne after spending sometime with his sister. The F. W. B. church held their Union Meeting Saturday. The Rev. Mr. Vernon filled his regular appointment at Sandy Plain Sunday. Business must be on the upward trend from the way the people were traveling Sunday. . o Our imports in May exceeded ex- ''I -... t