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VOLUME NUMBER FIFTEEN iuiplm .Hegro VJowso Held Fm- AlboE&e Baseball . By: BILL CARROLL Wln anil Rorl Knrlnra "-. The Red Sox arid Red Robins . were rained out at Red Springs . Ul WL.J - mt i- . . uat xuiuBuuy. narsaw scneauiea to play-two games at the Robins pars on account or difficulty sever al days ago of Installing the Ug ting svstam nn ttiA Rlrri'o Haiti rohlnh y necessitated play at Warsaw tor two nignts Dy agreement. However, - ua most an games were postponed due to rain except Sanford nnd ,,, Dunn-Erwin at Dunn which San ford won 7-3, the standings did not change any appreciable amount - . This will call for a double-header come next June 5th,. when War- ; saw will be guests of the Red Birds - again. c '- May 23 Warsaw Smithfleld 3 ( 7 The Warsaw Red Sox moved into a tie with Clinton, second place by defeating the Smlthfield-Selma Leafs 4-3. The Sox scored in the . first and; second,' and sent Kock to -the showers in the 3rd when -Milner singled, Stephens and Sfro bola doubled, making' the score 4-0. However, the Leafs tried va'n ly to pull the game out of the fire by scoring one in the 3rd and a f brace in the fifth, '"- i Warsaw's Hampton CoM was in great form allowing only 7 scatter? - ed hits and whiffing 7. Davis, Leaf relief pitcher for Koch, allowed on ly 4 hits in 6 2-3 innings but Conn with good support was not to be - denied and shut them out after the , 5th inning.," w,-. lWa MWiruv VI RmlthfleU 1 Saturday night Warsaw shelled . 3 Smithfleld pitchers for 18 hjts and 17 runs to frounce them 1T-1. Carl Johnsjm. tried to . make it as painlesa.js possible Uniting the visitors to 5 scattered hits and bad - a shutout until the 8th when Eorta connected with a fast ba and drove 7 it over the wall. Jonnson struck out 14 men and was given airtight v support by his mates who played . errorless ball to register bis 5tb .will, s . .The Sox iced the game in the 2nd when they scored "8 runs. . Bobannon walked, Stephens sin gled, Andrews, singled, Lail sing-j led, scoring Bohannon. Jordan sin- ' gled, scoring -. Stephens and An drews, Wilroer singled.,, Jordan scored on a double steal, Milner walked and Bohannon conmnrted for a home fOh to score behind "Wilmer and Milner, That was - enough to win. "-- . " 3yrd, starting hurler for the Leaf Sv was literally knocked out of the box wth a smash off the bat of-Jordan that caught him on the 'ankle in the second frame and was replaced by Taylor who couldn't retire the side. ZaykoskI finally x put out the fire but was belted for 9 more runs in" the last six innings Lail had a perfec nlte at bat ; " with 4 for 4. , ' : i V K May 25 Lumberton M Warsaw Bobby Spicer ace right hander ttr the Lumberton Cubs gave up only 5 hits, in defeating the Sox 10-3 on a wet field. Warsaw used 4 "chunkers" but couldn't get back in the ball after the 4th Inning. - When the Cubs had a two run lea l, Dixon opened the 4th with -.single, Kiwett followed with a single al--vanclng Dixon to second. Spicer bunted to Gallo Who threw wU over first scoring 2 runs and Spicer going to 3rd on a close play, Marx (not Harpo Marx of the Marx Bro thers), was on base thjough error. Janlon filed out to end the inning. Warsaw used 15 players trying to save the game but the best ttey tn score one run in the 7th, one in the 8th, and one W the 9th,.The loss am m -iAi oc wh Clinton and Wil- mingtorwere defeated on the same - day. . - , - May 26 - and Warsaw were rained out at Lumberton last Mop day night,. The 'JEf .-j i. , 1o0hp was Smitbfield at Red Springs. Smithfleld winning 7-5. Warsaw was suu u u place. - " -r jr..n0n nd Co' Invaded Warsaw Tuesday night and defeat ed the locals 8-1. Taylor, new pitch tr for the Blues limited the Sox r hit while reaching Conn for 10 and aided by 5 errors scored 5 runs ii the 3rd and 3 in me om. T -. f r' ' t fielder, opened ARC Home Service Report To May i. The Home Service Report from May 1948 to May 1947 for the Du plin 'County Chapter American Ked cross is as follows: - t i For May, 1940 - Financial Assis tance $116. Repayment 120. Armv 4U, wavy 19, Exservice 23, others 3. total 85. - -i June 1946 - Army 44. Naw 11. Exservice 63, others.3, total 121. July 1946 - Financial Assistance 78.85, Army 29, Navy 6. Exservice 26, others 1, total 62. Aug. 1946 - Financial. Assistance 34.08, Repayment 78.85; Army 41. Navy -8, Exservice 19, 5 others 4, total 72, i i Sept 1946 Repayment $30 An my 26, Navy 7, Exservice 18, others 3, total 54. f Oct 1946 - Financial Assistance $50. Army 51, Navy 11, Exservice 22, others 3 total 87. - . , Nov. 1946 Financial Assistance 39.50,' Army 88, Navy 11 Exservice 29. others 2, total 80. - . , Dec.: Army 32, Navy 10, Exser vice 45 others 4, total 91. ' Jan. 1947 - Financial Assistance $5. Army 34, Navy 11, Exservice 38, others 4, total 87. " - . f Feb. 1947 - FlnanciarAsslstar.ee $450, Repayment $10. Army 8, navy 10, mservice w total a. " ' Mar. 1947 - Financial Assistance 73.27, Army 31, Navy 16, Exse- vice 39, others 1, total 87. t r f April 1947 - Financial Assistance $79. Army 25, Navy 16, Exservice 33 o&ers 2, total 76. . TOTAL: Financial Assistance $925,70, Repayment $138.85, Army 409, - Navy 142, Exservice 395, Others 30, total 976: a,,, Signed; Louise K. Boney, .f ... . 1 f s" Executive " Secretary ARC , - Duplin County Chapter f Kenansville, N. C. " . Collins In Wallace ; Culling Prices . Tn an earnest attemot to hold down the cost of living and stop inflation, Collins Dept Store in Wallace, is starting a' two weeks sale today. ' w They call it a "Special Sale" be cause it is a snecial effort to meet Mr. Truman's request -fori lower prices. ' - ; '-;-'.:,i.":- It is not Just another clearance sale, because the sale includes good "old staple items like sheets, shirts, dresses, shoes, cotton print ciotn, etc.-- all new post war merchan rii Thev cleared out their "war babies" in their big sale a year ago. . Tha mmunr nstimates that thl& sale will save the farmers of Duplin, Sampson, Pender, Bladen ana on Slow counties nearly $10,000 on their clothing and bouse furnish ings for this Spring and Summer. He is anxious that all of you know about this "Special sale" ana states that if you do not get a sale paper m or write to him personally and he will see that you get one. An ad elsewhere In this paper lists a few of these "Specials." . NOTICE Tha 'nnni.nl Red dross meeting will be held at the . Kenansville rn,,r HAnsA wiriav afternoon at 4:00 on June 6. The public is cord ially invited ana it is nopeu umi mrv rommunltv in Duplin Coun ty will be represented. Warsaw and Clinton were bat-' tUng for second place as wiui.ing rifffMiifiif taumbertonat Lumbertori 8-6; the loss dropped the Sox into 4th place. r -May 28 Clinton 4 Warsaw 0, - The Sampson Blues shut out the Red Sox Wednesday night 4-0 Kariea was on the mound for the ti,.oo nH allowed 3 hits.-striking out 4. Johnson; for Warsaw, was touched for only 5 hits ana ooostw U1B BfcAkvw ' . After Uhls had walked for ths Blues in the 5, Bohonko connected with one of Johnson's fast balls cknH drove it vvr the short rigni field fence for home run, to-put Ue Blues out front JMi...ney aa ded two more in she 6th with one on nn error bv Warsaw's short. i hit mrA a uHM throw bv Lail, Red Sox catcher, over istxbase.ilt was the 3rd straight lossJ(for' the Sox who seemed to have lost their old batiip i-w". Tre Sox nave urop r ', ; i ' t-j fourth p'nre KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA Hattie Gavin, wife of Luke Gavin Warsaw negro merchant, is out un der $2500 bond on a charge of performing an abortion on Alice Wallace, a Guilford County negro woman, in Warsaw on May 12, 1947. Mrs. Wallace was seven months pregnant at the time. She r was brought to ' Warsaw by Earnest Crump and her sister, Rosa Belle Jones. The abortion was performed at the home of Luke Gavin. On her death bed on May 23rd in Guilford County, Mrs. Wallace told her nurse, Vera Purvis and doctor, Dr. W. M. Hampton, that the operation was performed in Warsaw. According to reports from county officers, Hattie Gavin is accused of performing a number of operations in this section. This afternoon the Sheriffs force Is investigating these reports.' Mrs. Boney Attends Convention As chairman of the Public Wel fare Department of the Federation of Woman's Clubs, Mrs. Inez C. Boney attended the meeting held at Wrightsville Beach May 21 thru May 23. The following resolutions were passed by the Welfare Department: 1. RESOLVED that the Feder ation continue to support the pro motion of health through the var ious State organizations. 2. RESOLVED that the clubs of the Federation cooperate in a, defi nite way with county officials, churches and civic groups in help ing delinquent people to become happily reestablished in tneir nome and community life. . ; rOLVED (a) That the Fed eration endorse the boarding home program for" children of the State" Board jor pudiic weuare anu spun sor an educational project in each onmmunitv for locating acceptable homes which may be licensed by the.State.Board of Public Weifrre for the --nre of neslected and de pendent children, (b) That the Fed eration enaorse ine position oi urn Rtate aoArd of Public Welfare rela tive to ; keeping children out . of Jails and work to create puouc un ioratnnlnff and BiiDoort for the de velopment of such modern facili ties as may do neeaea ior av w tentlon of youthful offenders, (c) That the Feaeration endorse the; estaDUsnment oi- special camps which make possible the segrega tion of Vraithful offenders, as pro vided byn act of the 1947 General Assemmy, ana urges emus i mnnities where these camps are lo cated to" offer their services to the camp superintendent in providing almoin entertainment, recreational and religious services for the in mates. - 4 RFSOLVED that the N. . C. sviWnHnn at Women's Club jrge adequate county appropriations for ... . . i i general reiiei ana ior meaicai and hospitalization of the indigent. lief Drug Slated ' rut Rate Drna Store, Warsaw's newest business is sched- uiea to open in auouv twu iuwb weeks, according to ueorge a. Clark, the manager. The newrtore will be located where the Legion Cafe was, two doors from Branch Bank. Mr. Clark says the store will be modern in all its appointments. Lloyd's Mill Plans Several: .j.- . ': - i g -,:,h. Dprovemenis - George Xloyd's Mill at Bowden is planning to install quite a bit of new equipment in the near future. Some of the machinery has already arrived. Included will be a resaw for finishing inch boards. He ex pects to begin making barrel staves soon, It was said. -;. Church DuIIelin : The. preaching-schedule for. he V -Vn Methodist Circuit for Sun c1 .T e"l, is as follows: -ma.it. . - ' 1.. , . .. n . rt!WrfiWi - .;; wmmmmmm I v tSx ' I I r f...... . . . ' ' .,.:.... v. & , . .ft... I I , . A l m -4 I B. F. Grady F, F. A. Chapter Team Vins District Judging Contest .The B. F. Grady Future Farmer of America livestock "judging team won the Distort eontt to, swine and beef cattle judging hell at tht Willard test farm. They will com pete with five other teams during the State F. F. A. Convention at Raleigh for. the- State Champion ship. Winners there will go to Kan sas City for competition in the Na tional contest $45.00 was awarded to the District winning team to go to that chapter. The boys making up this team are Benard Korne gay, J. D. Kornegay and Carmpr Turner. v : . Boys winning the State champion ship will be awarded $125 each, j In competition with eleven teams n the Duplin-Pender federation, Facts Concerning The Re-Issuance Of Motor Vehicle Driver Licenses - In accordance with the law' pass ed by the 1947 General AssemVly of North Carolina requiring the re issuance .of Motor Vehicle driver licenses, the following schedule has been made: the. period beginning July 1, 1947, and -ending on Dec ember 21,; 1947, is the time for all driver license holders, whose sur names begin the letters A or B to apply for new licenses. Persons whose names do not begin with one of the above letters cannot apply for re-issuance . of license in this period. The period beginning January !, 1948, and ending-June 30, 1948, will be the time for all operators whose sur-nanies begin witn eitner of the letters C or D to apply for re-issuance of licenses. All Motor Vehicle drivers-who sur-names De gin with a letter other than A, B, C, or D will be notified by press releases at the proper time as to when -they should appear for the re-examination. ' The operator's license issued under the 1947 Safety Act shall automatically expire on the birth day pf licenses in the fourth year following the year of issuance, and no license shall be issued to any operator after the expiration of blr license until such operator has again passed the required examin ation. Si-: '.-- - Everyone will get a complete ex amination; The examination ' is made up of four parts. These parts are: (1) Tn Eye test (2) Highway Sign test (3) Driving Rules test (4) Road test The poorest visual reading that will permit passing with glasses Is 20-50. This may be with both eyes together, or It may be with best eye alone. TheSign test consists of the showing to the applicant several pictures containing High way Warning signs. The applicant will be requested to tell what a driver s'-v 1 do when he comes FRIDAY, the Grady team places as follows: Parliamentary procedeure, 2nd place; Public speaking, 2nd D'ace; Crops contest, 3rd place. five simple questions that deal with the safe operation of a motor ve hicle. The Road test will consist of a drive of some 12 to 15 city blocks.n the past some applicants have begun road tests with the un derstanding that the Examiner would tell him to pass red lights, exceed speed limits, and otherwise drive Improperly. This, however, has not been the policy in North Carolina nor will It be during this re-issuance. Previous practices governing the issuance and use of Learners Per mits will not be changed. The only change that will occur with re spect to fees charged will be the increase in the cost of an operator s license from one to two dollars. D.V.B.S.At Bethany Chapel Outlaw's Bridge A two weeks vacation Bible School Is in progress at Bethany Chapel In the Queen's Store con -munity. Rev. Gavin and a church extension field worker are directors with the assistance of a number of local helpers. -.- . ; Jurors Drawn County Court The following jurors have been- drawn for County Court Monday: Hicks Pigford, R. L. Veach, Her man Miller, 'Charles Lee God bold, Frank Mercer, J. Harper Dai I, C. L. Tavis, L. G, Farmer, Elton Garvey, .,nn Fffersv Earl- Williams, G. '-, J. IT. v - " r-y MAY 30th., 1947 Beulaville Molfier-ln-Law Is Most Interesting Character; Mrs. Jackson gets write-up in Progressive Farm er. The following story appeared in ine June issue of the Progressive Farmer as the June Prize Letter: The most interesting old person I have ever known is my mother-in-law, Mrs. Julia Jackson of Beula ville, N. C. Four times she has watched members of her familj march away to war. She will be 91 yeur old next July 22 and is a very active person. During the summer of 1945 she did the cooking and housework for six persons in order to help her son and his wife on their farm while her grandsons were overseas. She helDS with canning, preserving, sewing,! mending, and raising chickens. She never uses glasses except when doing fine sewing. She was born in 1856 and mar ried John Hopkins Ja. xson in 1377. Then they bought the farm which , is still her home. This farm of 200 1 acres had no cleared land and no I buildings. Before her husband nass-' Tobacpo Plants Available In Florida and Georgia Tobacco growers In North -Carolina who are not able to get enough plants irom lo cal stock this year may fill out their erop with plants from Georgia and Florida, ac cording to an announcement this week from Roy R. -Bennett, tobacea specialist with tithe State College Extensa ' -a.' Service. :. "I am advised by the- Geor- , gia and Florida Extension Ser-' vices", he said "that there are large supplies of tobacco plants available in those states for immediate transplanting." "Growers who feel that they will be unable to get sufficient plants locally for this year's crop, may contact me or their county agent for information as to the proper persons to contact there." TB Asso. To Meet At 10:00 A. M.Sal. A meeting of the T. B. Associa tion is to be held at 10 A. M. Satur day at the Welfare office. Miss Hurst, from- the State Department, will be here to explain the aims and ideals of the Association for another year.-:- It has meant so much to the County to have the Association be cause dozens of people have been Xrayed, have been given pneu mothorax treatments, braces have been bought and much case worir has been done because of this mo ney. ' Magnolia High To Train Vets The Magnolia Jr. High School has been approved by the North Caro lina State Department of Public Instruction to train Veterans, it is the only approved school for Neg ro Veterans in Duplin County. Wm. Nanoleon Howard. Director met the Committee in Raleigh re cently, Dr. N. C. Newbold and others, this Information is direct fro mthe Chairman Mr. Olmstead, however, the school has been oper ating on a 25 hour per week basis niehtlv on attentative approval of Veterans Administration Staff since January 20, 1947. The Curriculum of the Institu tion is Vocational and Refresher Education. In the vocational de partment, cabinet-making, wood- body building and general snop practice Is. taught by Mr. Graham Carr. . The academic and refresher subjects are taught by Mrs. Lillian Farrior and Mrs. Willie J. Brown. Agricultural Workers To Convene In Washington - An announcement this week Sta ted that the forty-fifth annual con vention ; of the Association , oi Southern Agricultural . Workers will be held in Washington, D C, FeVl"!-li J-'VFc'i. 11 v '1 5 No. 22 ed on thev had a traotn mmm trucks, and comfortable farm build ings ior 8tocK ana storage. ; ;.-' ; Shf la thA mntluK a 1.11 J ' .. . ...... VCMM VlUMUTCil ' and has reared two orphan girls, as well as being mother to numerous ' neighborhood "nova and . aHpi some of whom have white hair and grandchildren now. For more than ' 75 years she has halrwi Vu .ii . cookies and brightened the lives r of children. Rh. the cloth and knitted stockings for , " a family of fourteen. She has been a faithful member of the Baptist " church for about 80 years. ' ' : . In the thirty years I have known her I never heard her complain over misfortune. Rhn la aliv in ..' a cheerful mood and likes to visit her family. ' She is an examnle to hv rhiMnn ,r and friends. "Give her of the frutt oi her hands and let her own workx " praise her in the gates." f Mrs. J. L. Jackson, . North Carolina. ' Warsaw Boys Are Broadcasting OverVRRZ Boby Glenn Powell. RmMv n.n and Herbert Lewis, who have for '-''" two months been broadcasting over -WRRZ in Clinton at 4:30 P. M. have changed to 8:45A. M. They cempose C V string !, ensemble, and residents are Invited "to tune in then- broads" '' Cast. : J. Congressman John Folger To Speak" Over V P T F ' Congressman John H. Folger, - ' representing North Carolina's Fifth District will deliver a special "R- . port From Washington' over Sta-'A''.' non wm Sunday, June 1, at 1215 p. m. He will discuss the foreign ' " situation, with reference to Russia, -Greece and Turkey. . ;;:.v A A A notified To Cancel All Orders AAA officials in this county were i notified to cancel immediately all lime, phosphate and seed orders- not yet delivered, states Joe E ' Sloan, Chairman Duplin County a. u a. Committee. All farm plan work in connection with Conserva- -tion practices should be suspended and farmers will not be notified - - of the minimum assistance for -: " Farm Allowances until a later date, Sloan says. " ; ' The order followed action of the . House Agriculture Subcommittee in reducing appropriations for Onn- v servation and use from 3301,720 000 to $165,614,290. : Maintaining Culls : .Expensive North Carolina poultrynien are losing several million dollars each " year in the form of feed bills by" keeping culls in their laying flocks. Culling of laying birds should be ' a routine procedure of the practi-' .. cal poultry man, however, this is not -carried on as strict a basis as it " ' should be done, and considerable'.' loss results. " A laying bird will consume about nine pounds of feed a month, which. if figured -at 4Mi cents pound, would amount to over 40 cents a bird. With feed representing sixty percent of the cost of production, it can easily be figured how many eggs a chicken must lay to pay the cost of maintaining It Registered druggists will fill pre scriptions. . Watch this paper for announcement of time of cpenir. National Farm Safey T.e i w. I be observed during t" a we "i J-'y i ' 14' 1 f ,