. .-v....',. j ,. . .:...tM.v',,,',t, ...i..,,,.. i.,;.!.,...-..,,... ( 'V .'ai'isiiw'g annual Armistice oel 1 'Ion got under way with, a I ; Thursday morning when a f.' & parade started the opening i vices, which included flag-rais- I I ceremonies and a speech made by June H. Sose, Superintendent of Pitt county schools and- promi nent member of the American Le- rni. ' . . ; , , v . The paradfe Jjpran at the gram mar school at 10 o'clock .and proceeded v through' ' " town to the high, school building. It was mads very impressive by au i s bedecked in the red, ' white a 1 blue of "Old Glory' Drancine oi norses and Boy .Scouts, Legion members, school children, and five corps oi cadets from . IX. I. inarching together. Several floats were included in the parade. ' . At the' school hnildincr thfi mu dcts stood at attention and heads were bared as the United States flag was 'raised. tl 'A. ; The services began in the build 'fca with Henry Stevens declaring 1' ..t the purpose of Arimstice day v as not to sympathize with mill' - nation, but to keep in ' mind at November 11th, nineteen 3 ago, when peace returned, . . r which Kev. Cadle was tall' ' i ron for the invocation, "y Cresham officinted at ..vwlrgof "pn2cs."Thetirst ie for floats was divided be tween the high school and the prammar school, each receiving , 10. Ihe U. 3. C. took second : cf $5, and an extra ' price ;en to Platoon No. 0 of the . I. Cadet Corps in apprecia i of their excellent form. nry Stevens introduced the si)tc ..r, June u. Sose. 1 I" -. Cose offered thanks v to Co", i'at the-people of this nation r-' .ate Armistice day each year ! pay no tribute to the day the L"2an. - r; . e are alive, Mr. Eose said, but e were 10 ' million boys who 't come back-from over there, i tl:.ey are not enjoying life now i tl.ia land of the free and the e of the brave. They died in a r, which can be considered not ' but barbarism, but we can r the quiet, still march of their .its, and will continue to hear a. v y Ve cannot bury .these' ten mil ' i men who died, he continued. r spirits live, and urge us to' clearly and stay out of war. (' blared that the motives lead to war are the same t cause little Johnnie and ie'to fight over their ashiiess aad jealousy, and 1 be stopped insofar as pos ; in 'fie .children. 1 . , r.. t jse spoke of the internat 1 aspects of our daily life and I war, and - told of a village in :,'nd which has on the village is a cannon - captured from iians by soldiers from the lo , 'Ity. The names, of the soldiers 1 :.o died in taking the cannon are i Ibed on one side, and on the ' or is the name of British . . -- ;my which made the cannon -1 s ild it to the Germans. , "r. Eose concluded witli the ' lent .that the Duplin lad who 1 ia the World War along with ID million others are here in hit continually urging as to f r fin an(l on' own country l.eep them in peace always. -, services ended with Taps L! own by the small son of nnnander Williams, of the v i t of the American Leg-A-ed by a prayer from linan. s f iven members of the ' e to : Mrs. Cora Fut- 1 "!,t number of oU;:X wom f ") ; Ttlace ;r r ' C' Sirs. Jesse Outlawi of ..Albert- son townshio. Who waa r.hnwn u President of the Erlin County i c aeration ox Home " demonstra tion Club for the cominr .xtmr. succeeding Mrs. P. P. Newkirk, of jtoseniu. , . ' . Sanderson, the fattest man. S40 pounds; Mrs. Byrd, winner of the nusoand calling contest; and Mr. June Eose. the sneaker of the dav. as winner of, the hog caljing eon- Pleasant View Revival thb Week The Pleasant View Eevival is in full swing this week. Be. P. 8. Johnston, of Wilmington, a form er student worker on the field is assisting the pastor Sev..,W. H. Eubank in the meeting. Good at tendance has been in evidence since -the beginning of the meet ing last i Monday night The re vival will continue until Wednes day night of next week. Ton are most cordially invited to attend. . Wedding a Day . November is starting out with a' good marriage average. The re cords show a wedding a day with one to spare for the first 10 days. It might be of interest to know who is helping to make this reo ord so here it is: ' ; White Couples ' -" ' Ealeigh N. Fountain, Bessie La nier. ' - ' L. B. Howell, Emma lee Taylor. Jim Kennedy Addie Kennedy. ! Garland Whitman, Thelma Miller.-, ' A ! Owen Taylor, lacy Taylor. ' , ' Colored Couples - Jim Bryant, Mary Dunn; Will ie Frederick,' Margie Boney; Levy Smith, Melissa Winfield; Fred Jenkins, Ambry McLamb ; John Carlton, Margie Hudson; Julius Faison, Lena Bell. - ; - , PEEACH SUNDAY . Bev. Howard M. McLamb will preach , at Pink Kill Methodist church Sunday at 11 A. M. This will be the last appointment be fore he goes to conferenoe in Eal eigh on November 17. . The public, is cordially invited to attend Sunday School :, and church. . - " BUBNLD AUTO . An automobile beloring to Am brose Ja'ns, nrjro, of Kerens vine, buf-1 j to" " 'a t" e :n- f-,-vi'.i8 ci'y v 'i r i : ' :"! rl ' ; : ' ' . -.r'... - 7 Auto Accident In Kcnansville A car belonging to Bell Hatch er, of Beulaville, collided with one driven by a negro, A. L. MoCull- om, of Wallace, Thursday ; after noon at : tne intersection "of ; the Warsaw and Wilmington joads in the outskirts of XenansvtUe. The cars were damaged, but no u one was hurt, . ' The accident reportedly occur red when Hatcher, returning from V tne Armistice celebration in War saw, drove on the road tn front of McCullom after stopping at the intersection. Xhe left front fen der and running board of both cars were smashed, and t front tire burst on the negro's car. ; - i Church Party S Friday Night, 4 - There will be a"box rnrty at Woodland church Friday, ZTavem- ber;12, 1937, All the ladies of the section are invited to attend and carry boxes, and the men to at tend and buy them. Proceeds from the party will go to the church. The puhoo is eordially invited to attend..- A T 1 Farm School ; ' , AtB.F.Grady Evening school tot adults, farm ers of the J. F. Grady community will start Nov. 16th at 7:30 C. M. The school will be held ' at Harper's store, near the : school, in charge. n. . f . After discussing the school with a number of farmers a.senes of meetincs have been nlanned deal ing with soil eonservaKj crops, and uveatocx. y -- , All, farmers who are "interest ed are invited and urged to at tend. ' t n- '..-., A Negro Hurt in Fracas Saturday Page Howard, negro " working with the Neuse Biver Lumber Co., was wounded and seriously fill from exposure after an escapade Saturday evening resulting in his spending the night in jaiL Howard, who had been drink-, ing heavily, slapped a girl across the mouth as she came out of a lumber camp 'Saturday evening and then chased her almost to the Kenansville schoolhouse. He at tacked her when he caught her, but she was able to take his knife from him and cut him badly on the hip and shoulder. The girl says that he fell down the embankment by the. bridge at the foot of the. hU just outside. Kenansville, and she rushed back to the camp to get help. When she finally goot someone to go with her, they found Howard un der the bridge with only his head sticking out of the water. He was given! first-aid treatment by . Dr. Gooding, and after becoming so ber was carried to the jail, where he remained until his mdther came for him Monday night - " The negro woman had several teeth knocekd out and her face badly bruised in the fracas. . KENANSVILLE EHE VICES . . SUNDAY f -PBESBTTEBIAN CIHJSCH' - 11:15 L M., - ."Living Your Life? , Boy Scout Service . ' MuBio By Junior Choir - 7:23 P. H. "Exciting Eol-sion" Bev. F. L. Coclnan, lister .,,' EZZ&ZZTJJuZ, gorth Caroling "' .. .Ml " J " ..l Dress Reyu AVinner .;',."' ;y .Tn .ti,-V v f ' 1 r ' " ' . '" 4 Violet Kornegay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kornegay,, of Glissons township,! who won the Aril uud county dress revue con - eluded in Henansville in Septem. Tha'first rewie; was heldVat the Spring Federation meeting, and 18 eirls competed. Nine were se'l Jected lor tne final revue in tember. which was won by Violet She was followed by Ellen South-. erland. of Kenansville. who took second place. . . , ' t Av.. Tr'i. 4. ti efeh to eomoete in the State con- ' All. UUUIUGi VAVACIf WClih Ul JMU- , Jtest, in which 39 counties compet- a, " . T7 i w, uu wr j. . w best group. ' ; Her dress was a cotton evening dress. It cost her less than $3 and took one week to make.' In a de partment store the same dress is estimated to sell at $8. - uu iLinwv J- LUULviCi riviuiuc.itev w. ii. JSttDank to me worn i DEDICATION BE Plans have been completed for the dedication services of the par sonage and community center at Outlaw's - Bridge " , Universalist church to be held Sunday; Novem ber 14th. Beligious leaders and notables from over the - entire state will take part in the servic es, which are expected to draw a large crowd. The public is invited to attend. The new parsonage, one of the finest in this section of the state, was built from contributions made by the people of the section. It is modern in every detail, witn run ning water and a central heating system. It has been wired for elec tricity in expectation of the pro posed power line soon to be com pleted. The front of the house is so constructed as to serve for a community center and community library,' and the back section is to be used as the parsonage. , Universalist churches from : all over the state will attend the de dication, which is being made just years after the completion of the church, and many noted speak Scarlet Fever ' Near Chinquapin The home of Mr. and Mrs. S. p.t Judge of near Chinquapin has been placed under quarantine be cause of a case oi scanei jrewr. Edna Earle, the oldest child in the family is sick with the fever and the whole f-mly is-quarantined. JTo one is t 'owed to enter or L -e f'e I- a: Latest reports v ?fy and it is rl will soon .. ij",, U0VEMBEB11TH, 1937 RAPISTS WILL GET REVIEW OF CASE On Monday, the last of the thir ty day period granted them, the defense for Apsom Outlaw. Lonnie Gardener and Sylvester Outlaw, ne groes convicted of raping - Mrst Clara' Stanley Coe last August and now in state prison under sent ence to die, submitted case on ap peal to the prosecution, automat ically staying their execution un til after the next term of Supreme court in this district, which will be March 28th, 1938, -. ' The negroes -gave notice, at ap peal after the death sentence was passed on them in" the .; October term of Superior court and were granted a thirty-day period in which to serve case on appeaL Un til Monday no action had been made, 1 . ... ,1. , .;. a l.. The MinM.1 ift in luutfmTanro with custom, which gives anyone loonvioted of a capital crime the chance to have his cam niwd by the highest tribunal' : of ' the 'state. If any new evidence "- has come to light in the case it" has not been made known. To Organize- State College wp-!tl..W :W TVi.i: VJUD TO Loipiin ' , There will be a meeting Wed' nesday night at 7:30 in the Agri- cultural building in Kenansville 'of all the. men of Duplin county, m. . UTmf 2"' mnA hnirA AWatiAo iiama - TZZTZ a state fiolWn 0nh in Thin- lrn county and to discuss ' plans lor its future meetings and ac tivities. . , x Everybody in ' Duplin who has ever attended State College is urg- ed to be present at the meeting. w N iUBnit n uw immune. HEU SUiNDAY ers will take part in the program. Among them are: Bev, W. H. Skeels, Minister of the Bocky Mt Universalist -church; Bev. 0. D. Bryant, Minister of the ' Clinton,1 Circuit; B..,G.,S Maxwell, leading citizen and orator of the commun ity; Prof. Lee MBrooks, of the Sociology' department of the Un iversity of N, C. ; Bev George F. Lapoint, of the Kinston circuit, and others. ' ; According to Bev. Gustav H. Ulrich, of the;.. Outlaw's Bridge church, , who has been' the organ iser in the splendid work: done there, the program for the day will begin at 11 A. M.,' and will deal with the Church mainly throughout the morning services. Luncheon will be served on the grounds, or in the school build ing in case of inclement weather. The afternoon services, beginning at 2 P. M., will deal with the community. . ; . tV .. ' Everyone is urged to attend with the assurance that a program of great interest has been prepar ed. ; u : , , ' TEACHERS MEET in lumbebton : . ' The Southeastern district of the North Carolina Educational Aiso- ciation wiS hold its 15th annual meeting in. Lumberton Friday af - ternoon at 2:30 o'clock. J. S. Blair, former principal of the Wallace school, now superin tendent of Bladen county schools is president ' , r , - ; Superintendent of Duplin scho- aTr O. P. Jnnnsnn. ltfl rTTrrtirA ho?ed!the hope that the teachers of Eup- ccil xl county wul be well represent ee 1 Cere. - J: 3 - v " i r 51 I j I 'I " ''"if ''J!5"V 1 Ly i 1 u w u w . ULjL m J L-JJ--:V..; V J'l JIU- ;iiim ,1.. , . Speaker . . .1 1 . a i - " 1 Henry X. Stevens, of Warsaw, past National, Commander sf the American Legion and " imposing political figure m impun oaunty, who made the principal speech at the Boosevelt Anniversary oelebra- uon r. liupun county Young De mocrats at Maxwell's Mill, Tues' daynight ' The spirited patriotism r and feeling Wf ojr ntankind-eT-ftriveled 'over the" entire nation. .ident in his speech were import' ant factors in making the celebra tion one of the most suqeessful ever to be held in Duplin county. Presbyterian Manse Being Built, Pink Hill l The Fink Hill Group of Presby terian unurones Degan work on the new manse in Pink Hill ; on I Wednesday.1 The building will be! erected on the lot adjoining the, r ,A hninwlr. Thin fiftM Iim fVn l. ni l.. ... i 5 and. is growing fast f ; .Wo pttea are asked why call it a "Manse." The origin is aid but but interesting. When the country was first settled the Presbyterian minister was the educated man in the whole community sod was looked to as an authority on all subjects. He was the school teach er, the preacher and the general advisor. He soon became kpwn as "The Man." and of course the place where he stayed was known as "The Man's House." Now say the phrase rather fast and short and yon will find yourself saying "The Manse.'! The word hts a no ble heritage, of which the church is still proud. , : . Cancer Patient Mrs. L. M. Sanderson, who has been a patient at Duke's Hospital intermittently for the past five years is again taking treatment for internal cancer, under the supervision of Dr. H. Hainan, out standing gnyeoologist of the south.'.- , ,r-,;, r Mrs! Sanderson's oondjon is very satisfactory, accorditf to re ports, and a complete recovery is expected. She was accompanied to Durham by Mrs. Lila Spell Mer ritt,ftnd Mrs. Adrian WiUbuns, of this section. They, too, are getting medical treatment at Dukf Hospi tal. ) J.; ,' f'f f v Eight pigs fed by Carey Dudley, Kinston, route 4, netted him a la bor profit of $87.71 in a 4-H pro ject Carey fed the pigs a balanced ration for 124 days. - ' , Though the acreage to cotton was increased in Pasquot k Coun ty this year, growers u.' 1 harvest less tliau one-hay the jounce harvc. 1 h IZ'.j. The Young Democrats of Dup- t , lin county staged their annual ; Boosevelt Anniversary celebration f at Maxwell's Mai Tuesday night; , " with an enthusiastio crowd cheer -'' ' ing the main speaker, Henry I Lei Stevens, and others recognised by ( the chairman, and demolishing, ' i. the enormous pot of stewed fish.',. J'; nremurMl far them. aftei wninh ' T an old-time square dance got into , 's 1 , i ; full swing. ' I "?," V Plates went at one dollar each, " J and brought into the club about --' I forty dollars, half of which ,wjll ' " V be donated to the Warm Snrinn Foundation, the other half going to deiray tne expenses" of the county organization. v ? j i-1 V , The meeting opened about 6 o' clock with ' President Breknon Holt presiding, and E&ert West, acting as temporary' chairman Tommy Gresham intrpdnoed Wat " A ' saws renowned Henry Stevens, v x " who delivered the address of the ,isf evening. ; t . r ' Stevens stood in the light, ttt, ' V; -, the bonfire by which the fish wart ' cooking and. delivered a powerful speech which he chose to describe,. JL as "fireside chat" He eulogised , 7 ' Franklin D. Eooeevelt as the man . . ' who had saved America front , sv dictatorship. , ; -r k , ;.' ' ' Stevens said that in 1822 ha and saw the poverty and despair of people in the agrroultral south, in the timberlands of Maine, and in the "wheat fields of Kansas. He declared that in that year he saw corn being shoveled into the stov es of Nebraska schoolrooms, to furnish warmth. Franklin D. Boo sevelt he said, was the man who : pulled America from that slough or despair and restored tne mor ale of the people and the oouragt of individual , citizear. ' - ' v The people of Duplin county.. the place in which he is most isV? terester, have benefitted.' Stevens saouia siano souuiy otht. it i vaiiV tm. 1W i . . a . . nation never swain soriaet. k Stevens praised the Young Dem ocratic Club and said that the good work it ' can do is unlimited. y "When one man speaks," ;h said, "a big man may not listen. : When ten men come to him, he is not so impatient When one hun dred men .come to home he will hear what they have to say. But wnen ten million men speak, any man is glad to listen!" Stevens' speech was followed by c' ' ',' recognition of some members ot- : ' the organisation, . after ; which, v', supper was served and the meet- .VW V ing adjourned for the dance. . , ' i ' In addition to the money taken in for supper, the following perk -sons joined the Young Democratic Club at " the meeting : Tuesdav night: Mrs. Mamie Heath, John nie Williams, Mrs. A. J. Elanton, S. W. Harper, Sheriff David Wil Hamson, Paul Grady, H. B, CraSy, H. D. Maxwell, J. Robert Ke2y,. Louis Westbrook,-Byron Simr-es. icnu neue Simmons, Thaa $.r negay, Thomas W. Smith, Norman Smith, Grover Rhodes, Johnnie : aarper, :-- .-. - - Some new members whoso nam1 'i es were omitted from the - Est printed last week were Ralph Mil ler, Ash Miller, Herman IZlcr, .William Miller, Leonard Kennedy, and W. 0. Smith. ' - Sun Gets Hot ' In'Rocchfflr' j, ' i, i . 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