Statement Concerning Bond Election,
r For Hew Town Hall In Warsaw
; , .By A. J. JENKINS, Mayor
J:' The Town-of Warsaw needs a
' new Town Hall with adequate jail
facilities and public rest rooms for
V both white and colored. -
The need for the Town Hall has
.- been explained at a puolic mass
. meeting held in the Warsaw High
' School at which-time the .citizens
who were oresent were informed
v jit the urgent necessity for the con-
- struction. of the Town Hall and
other necessary facilities. At this
- meeting the citizens present voted
. to hold a bond election lor the pur
; pose of selling bonds, the proceeds
- of which to be used for the con-
struction of the Town Hall building,
. 'including jail facilities and public
"" rest room facilities. .
v Several months ago the Grand
. ..Jury of Duplin- County inspected
the jail facilities used by the Town
. " of Warsaw and reported to the Su
, perior Court Judge that same were
,' , unfit for human confinement The
c Superior - Court Judge holding
. court in Kenansville received the
- Grand Jury report and immediate
' . ly instructed the Sheriff of Duplin
v , County to notify the Mayor and
Chief of Police of the Town ot
Warsaw not to confine any prison
er In the jail until same had been
remodeled to meet the require
ments of the State Board of Public
v Welfare, who has Jurisdiction over
places of confinement of prisoners.
- The Chief of Police and myself
went to ' Kenansville to talk with
the Superior Court Judge and after
, explaining the situation in the
Town of Warsaw in connection with
. 1 : the jail facilities the Judge consen
' ted to the detention of prisoners
on a temporary basis providing, a
guard was maintained ver ' the
: - prisoner until the prisoner could be
' transferred to the County Jail at
,' Kenansville. This condition was
only to be allowed until the town
.could construct or provide satis
factory Jail facilities.
At the next meeting of the Town
-' Commissioners the situation con
cerning jail facilities and the need
V' of the town for adequate space to
. carry on its governmental duties
and also to provide adequate pro
tection for the records of the Town
rot Warsaw was discussed and it
was decided to hold a mass meeting
for the purpose of Informing the
' - public as to the need of the jail
and facilities to carry out the func
- -tions of the town government The
mass meeting was held, as stated
"v- previously, and it was voted to held
he election for the issuance of the
bonds. . - .
i The necessary papers and adver
.. tlsements have been prepared and
- notice has been given of the elect
ion to be held Tuesday, October 7th. i
. in the notices appearing in the
: paper, which are required by law
- to be published, the statement is
- made that a tax will be levied for
v the payment of the bonds, if issued,
V I can easily see how this statement
would lead anyone to believe that
an additional tax would be levied
" to retire the bonds if they be Is
sued. To clarify this statement,
v it is required by law to provide for
the payment, of any bonds or obli
gations either by taxation or as
sessment and it is necessary for
, anyone voting for the issuance of
' these bonds to vote for a tax to
:'' pay same. However, in this instance
the tax has already been levied and
' your tax rate will no, be increased.
' CThe present tax levy is sufficient
to pay the present bond indebted
ness of the town and also pay the
principle and interest on the" $25,
' r 000.00 bond issue on which you are
-: . voting. This condition is brought
- about and due to the fact that your
Town Commissioners retunded the
present bond issue and affected a
Saving DO uie uucicai. ux a(,Hwu-
matelv $3000.00 per year, wiuen
saving is sufficient to retire the
k $25,000.00 bond issue on which you
" are voting without increasing the
r mx rate.' ixvci5uicdo iu
one says your tax rate will not be
Increased because of the issuance
' of these bonds for the building of
the new Town Hall). .
. . -rf vvnen 1 K1TSC ucwuuc vuuiicvvsu
; with the Town Board of the Town
of Warsaw the assessed valuation
of the town was approximately
$800,000.00. Today it is $1,302,000.
00. There are approximately 150
more water customers now than
then. At that time your town owed
. . . L m.hjUi Ml
approximately $145,000.00; at pre
hAn inHflhtednfess
ent your
$107,000.00 with enough money m
the debt retirement fund to bring
the total obligation of the Town of
Warsaw to approximately $100,-
i 00. There has been during this
iod approximately 75 houses
t in Warsaw, which weans 73
tional families to be served by
r Street Department and Town
!als.. There have been several
ufr' ""-irl p'-pS opened,
volved in running the town affairs
the city employees are exactly the
same in number as they were in
1940. The people of Warsaw owe a
great deal of credit for the carry
ing on of the town duties to their
present Chief of Police and Town
Clerk, who, although their duties
have been ; increased practically
50, are still doing the work to
the. best of tneir ability with the
antiquated jail facilities and Town
Hall facilities. '
I wish to urpe each qualified.
voter within the Town, -of Warsaw
to go to.. the pons Tuesday, Octo
ber 7th and vote for the bond issue
so that your Town Officials can be
provided v-ith adequate building
facilities to carry on then duties
and to keep your Town Hall and
equipment in step with the othet
improvements and buildings in the
Town of Warsaw. Show your ap
preciation and confidence in your
Town Officials by voting for thir
bond Issue,. as without your sup
port your Town Officials cannot
carry on their duties as required
of them by their oath of office.
Your Mayor and Commissioners
are serving you without compensa
tion.. Shew your appreciation by
supporting them in their efforts
to make Warsaw a better town. -
GOG GRADY
SAYS
IS THIS COERCION?
i There's supposed to be some
reason to all things, even where
law and regulations are concerned.
Recently a Sanitary Inspector
walked into the store of G. R. Dail
in Kenansville and. condemned his
meat market because MfMHrtt had.
nn tnllets Plpnnn tall mt what mn-
nection does a "Johnny" and a
meat market have? If there ever
has been any connection the buy
ing public would not support the
market From a common sense
standpoint what connection is there
between the kitchen and the bath
room or the out door "back house''.
Dail's store has hot and cold
running water where the meat cut
ter has all sanitary requirements
necessary.
Also, the inspector, with a turn-ed-up
chin, looked around the
shelves and remarkedthey needed
'washing. Facta are they had been
scrubbed by Dail's clerks a few
days before he inspected.
I am not trying to defend "Bob"
, Dail, but when such Injustices as
,i this occur it's time some smart
Alec gets fired in the State Health
Department.
OLD MILL STREAM
..'.After looking at the pictures of
Maxwell's Mill in the Duplin Times
last week and reflecting over the
many scenes I have seen around
the pond, an old song comes to me.
I doubt if few of the high school
group have ever heard it In fact
I can't recall when I've heard it
over the radio,. The older genera
tion, those older than I, will all re
call it Here are the words;
Down by the old Mill Stream
Where I first met yon, -'
With your eyes of bine.
Dressed In gingham too.
It was there I knew
That yon loved me true,
You were sixteen
My village Queen ' ' '
Down by the old Mill Stream.
If you have the music or if you
recall the notes, sit down and play
and sing it It's much prettier than
a lot of songs we hear on the radio
today.
Capias Issued For
Absent Jurors
Judge ' John J. Burney of Wil
mington ordered the Issuance of
instanter capiases against four Du
plin County men Monday who were
I summoned to 1 serve in Superior
- 1 Court In session this week and who
is .did not answer to roll call. The
men are J. n. jones, J. J. uowara,
A. G. Sholar and Leslie Kennedy.
Hotice ! !
The October meeting of the Beu
laville PTA will be held in the
High School auditorium Monday
evening on Oct. 13. All are urged
to r" 1. - . . ''!'
KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
HEADS DRIVE
LEWIS OUTLAW
Duplin's representative in the
Legislature heads up the 1947 T.B.
Seal Sale Drive.
Judge Burney
Charges Jury
.1
... Judge Burney charged the Grand
Jury here Monday morning in no
uncertain terms "to comply with
their oath. They are to study each
bill carefully and report. Also, he
charged, if any member of the
Grand Jury knew of any person in
the county violating a law it was
his sworn duty to bring a bill of
indictment, regardless of what of
ficers may have done.
He also charged them to study
the report of the last Grand Jury
as it related to officers and public
property and to ascertain if their
recommendations were being car
ded out and report the same. - .
On calling the roll of those sum
moned for .Grand Jury duty one
person failed to answer. Judge
Burney 'ordered the court to fine
him $28.00.
Deer Season To
Open Next Week
North Carolina's 1947-48 big-
game hunting season will open in
the eastern part of the State next
week. The deer season will start
in 38 counties, the bear season in
12. AIsc starting next week will be
the squirrel season in 46 counties.
Bag limits for deer (only males
may be taken) will be one a day,
two jn possession, and two for, the
season; for bear, two a day, two in
possession, and two for the season;
eight a day, 16 in possession, no
season llmjt. An exception1 allows
two fox squirrels in the daily bag.
Hunters are reminded of a new
regulation which says "Beer must
have antlers plainly visible to the
hunter." . v. :
STILL HUNT ARRANGED
FOR HOLLY SHELTER AREA
The North. Carolina" Wildlife Re
sources Commission is receiving ap
plications for a public hunt this
fall- on the Holly Shelter Wildlife
Management Area of Pender. Dates
are November 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 13,
20. and 22.
Only still hunting will be allowed
and each hunter may take one male
deer with visible antlers or one
adult bear.
Twenty-five permits for each
day's hunting -- making a total
of 225 for the nine dates will be
issued. Applications for permits
mav be obtained from John Emory,
refuse manager, Holly Shelter
Lodse. Bureaw. N. C. Each appli
cation must be accompanied by, a
check or money order for $1 pay
able to the . Wildlife Resources
Commission, for the permit
Deadline for receipt of applica
tions will beQctUS-.tf the numbes
of applications exceed 225, success
ful applicants will be determined
by a public drawing at Burgaw cn
Oct 16. Remittances from unsuc
cessful applicants will be returned.
Service Station
Changes Hands
" H. D. McKay of Kenansville has
purchased the new Atlantic Service
Station adjacent to the Post Office
here. . He has, already taken over.
It is operating under the name of
"McKay's Atlantic Service. s He
purchased it from Fred Hardy.
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KENNETH J. FOREMAN
Rev. Kenneth'j Foreman, D.D.,
professor at Louisville Presbvier
ian Seminary, Louisville, Ky., will
be the speaker on tile Presbyterian
Hour next Sunday,, at 8:30 A. M
over station WPTjji,
Dr. Foreman is a native of New
York state and hi. subject will be
"Our Belief in the Future Life."
Duplin Presents
"Meanest Man"
Oscar Branch, Negro, chauf
eurinj for Slim-Matthis of
Warsaw, last week snatched
a pocketbook from the Inside
coat pocket of Garfield Mil
ler at Eacg Banks' Service
Station near Kenansville. The
pocket ' contained two $100
bills, one $20 and two Si's.
Garfield. , one of the most
respectable aegroe in Dup
lin County, is welt up in his
70's. He ha been unable to
walk for years and years.
' He Is a familiar figure around
Kenansville.; r
He was In his cart at Banks'
SeWlee tatloaawkeav .-SHm
and 'Oscar drove' up. Oscar
went to hU cart and started
talking. Maneuvering to get
Garfield to lean over, Oscar
snatched the pocketbook from
his pocket
Oscar and Slim drove off
towards Pink Hill. Miller on
missing his money, called to
Mr. Banks. He came out and
- pat Miller in his car and
headed out after them, with
deputies from Kenansville.
The two were apprehended
near the old Miller place on
the Pink Hill Road. Slim was
arrested for being drunk, ann
Oscar was arrested and lodged
in Jail after he lead officers
to a wooded spot where he
said he hid some money he
had found. He kneeled down,
'scratching around as if look
ing; for the money when an
officer spied the pocketbook
sticking from his shoe. Exam
ining the contents they found
i only two dollars missing.
n
Presbytery
Seek Funds
The Southern Presbyterian
Church is beginning a drive to
raise $7,250,000. Of that amount
North Carolina has been allotted
$1,412,390. Breaking this down in
to the nine Presbyteries, Wilming
ton Presoytery, of which Duplin
County is a part, has been asked
to raise $122,439.
The money will be used for
foreign and home missions, war re
lief, Christian and Religious edu
cation. Publications, N.gro Work
and the Assembly School for lay
workers.'-..
Judge Burney
Stricken Holding
Court Here
Judge John J. Burney of Wil
mington suffered an attack from
Malaria here Wednesday mornint
soon after he opened court He was
carried to the home of Vance Gavin
and Dr. Freeman in Warsaw called.
Dr. Freeman soon diagnosed his
Illness and said he would be out
in a few days.
Judge Burney's family is away
from home so he decided to stay
on in Kenansville a' few days.
:-; . NOTICE!!!
: Inspector Stone win be In Ke
nansvt'le each Monday from
P ' 1 1, tn. tt K:f 9 P .m. to Issue
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3rd. 194?
Dying Falling
Assailant,
Baptists To Meet In 120th Annual Session
At Island Creek And Corinth Churches
By REV G. VAN STEPHENS
On Tuesday and Wednesday, of
October 7th and 8th, the Baptists
from the' 38 churches of the East
ern Association, with a member
ship of almost 8,000 will send their
delegate's to the 120th Annual Ses
sion. On Tuesday, the Association
will meet at Island Creek, just off
the Kenansville-Wallace Highway;
about ten miles from Kenansville,
and about six miles from Wallace.
On Wednesday the meeting will be
at Corinth, about four miles from
Rose Hill. A very interesting pro
gram has been! planned for each
day. The theme for the meeting is
"Forward With Christ".
At Island Creek, N. E. Greiham,
the pastor, will conduct the devo
tional. Necessary business will be
transacted. John W. Lambert, of
Mt. Olive, will speak on the sub
ject "Our Associational Possibili
ties". E. S. Morgan will give the re
port on the Baptist Orphanage.. I.
G. Greer, Superintendem of the
Baptist Orphanage of N. C, will
then present the work of the Or
phanage and the annual sermon
will be delivered by Gilmer Beck,
Associational Missionary of the
Eastern Association
At the afternoon sesion, T. L.
Rich, Jr., will conduct the devotion
al. The subject for the aiternojn
will be Christian Education. J. W.
Lambert will report on Christian
Literature; EUie Pope on Sunday
Schools; A. R. Teachey on the Bap
tist Training Union; Mrs. Grover
Britt on the W. M. U. Work; and
Contract Let For Chinquapin, Lyman,
And Fountain Store Road
Soon the hard surface will begin
falling onto roads in the only town
ship in Duplin that has been until
now, without a foot of road pave
ment. Tuesday the State Hignway and
Public Works Commission in Ral
eigh received a bid for grading
and surfacing the roid from Chin
Seven Springs Youth Held In
Death Of Deep Run Man.
Two youths, Lewis W. Grady, 20,
of Seven Springs, Rt. 1, and Samue.
Daniel, 17. Kinston, Rt. 4, waived
preliminary hearing before Vice
Recorder A. W. Cowper in Kinston
and were bound over to the Octo
ber 27 term of Superior Court in
connection with the fatal injury
Sunday night of pedestrian John
Stanley, 46, of Deep Run, Rt. 1.
Stanley, accompanied by his bro
ther, F. C. Stanley was fatally in
jured when struck by an automo
bile, the driver of which did not
stop. The accident occuiTed near
Albert Williams
Homestead To be
Sold On Saturday
Part of the Albert Williams
oropc-tv in Kenansville, now own
ed by Vance Gavin will go on the
auction block Saturday, Oct. 4.
This sale will be final. It includes
the old Williams homestead, which
has been remodeled -in the interior
and converted into a Duplex Ap
artment. There are some twenty odd lots
that will be offered.
See the ad of Colston Brothe.s
on the inside for details.
Local Salesman
Narrowly Escapes
Death In Wreck
Emory Sadie, of Kenansville, pop
ular- salesman for Gurley Milling
Co., narrowly escaped with his life
late Tuesday night when his car
wer.t out of control on a curve
Wan C
Then Falls
R. F. Marshburn on Srhctols and
Colleges. Claud F. Gaddy, of Ral
eigh, Executive Secretary of the
Council of Christian Education ir.
expected to deliver an address oi
Christian Fducation.
At Corinth, the pastor, J. V. Case
will conduct the devotional. Tht
general subject for the morning
will be Mi&sions. Lowell Spivcv.
one of the State Missionaries, will
speak on the subject of Missions.
Reports will be brought on various
phases of mission work. Gilmer
Beck will report on Associational
Missions; A. L. Benton on State
Missions; J. V. Case on Home Mis
sions; and N. E. Gresham on Fore
ign Miss o'is. The Missionary Ser
mon wil! be d elivered by Lowell F.
Sodeiran. " Clinton.
The afternoon session w,ll be de
voted mainly to the subject of Be
nevolences. W. M. Iiausett will con
duct the devotional. The Minister's
Relief and Retirement Plan will be
presented by A. L. Brown the Al
lied Church League report by G.
Van Stephens; the Baptist Hospital
by J. B. Sessoms; and the American
Bible Society by F. W. McGowen.
L. A. Martin, Executive Secretary
of the Allied Church League is ex
pected to deliver an address on the
work of . that organization Dr. C
C. Carpenter, Dean of the Medical
School of Wake Forest College will
speak on the Baptist Hospital. The
afternoon session will be brought
to a close with the report of the
Memorial Committee, Harry L.
Stewart, of Clinton.
quapin to the Onslow County line
via Lyman and Fountains Store.
The bid was $150,902.40 going to
Dickson, Inc., in Monroe, N. C
The total distance of paving will
be 8.4 miles. It will begin at a
point approximately 400 feet from
N. C. 41.
Tulls Mills in the Deep Run sec
tion Sunday night.
State Highway Patrolman Ver
non Lee Spruill arrested Grady
on a manslaughter charge and Dail
on charges of aiding and abetting
about two hours after the accident
I when a displaced bumper guard
I was found at the scene of the acci
dent that fit the Grady car, it was
reported.
I Cowper fixed bond for the two
youths at $500 each, pending trial
in Superior Court.
Editor Grady Goes
To Washington In
Interest Hospital
.
Editor J. R. Grady is in Washing
ton in the interest of locating the
1000 bed VA hospital at Seven
Springs. He expects to present
some facts and figures to the VA
Office there today. A rough sketch
of the property available l'as been
made as reported by the committee
from Washington, who looked the
site over last week. They were well
impressed with the location.
er struck the pole about in the cen
ter, and tearing half of the bumper
off, radiator and grill crushed in.
the steering wheel was doubled
over but not broken, which prob
ably accounts for Sadler being
alive today.
Sadler's only injuries were a cut
lip, some lower teeth knocked
loose and a bruised chest ,
. The car, a Plymouth Coach,
could not be moved undei its own
power. It .belonged to his employer.
Sadler said he didn't know bow
fast he was going at the time but
Dead
Man shot through arteries neat
heart clubs assilant with ham
mer, hitting him on the head,
cutting large gash and inflict
ing serious shoulder . wound
while falling to his death. His
opponent is now recuperating
in the Kenansville jail.
By BOB GRADY
Last Saturday night, about mid-
night, the Carnival of the Peppef ; .
uuuwb in .vallate, hcic iuiuug up,
preparing to move on to Kinston. .
From reports of officers there was
quite a bit of drinking going on,
and some differences developed '
between the manager and some
of the members of the crew.
William L. Danley went to his '
room in a rooming house in WalV
ace and secured a pistol. Return- ,
ing to the carnival grounds he ap- .
proached Jesse L. Kennion, age .;
about 50, and remarked, "How old '.
are you? You're not too old to
die." and fired three shots at him,
One shot entered his left chest 1
piercing a main artery next to his .
heart. As Kenion fell, dying, he -reached
for a hammer, handed to
him by a Negro boy standing near- '
by, and he attacked his assailant,'-
striking him in the head, cutting
a severe gash and striking him on
the shoulder. He then fell dead -
drunk.
Wallace police officers were call- :'
ed and officers Boone and Hocutt -
on learning who the assassian was, -went
to-his rooming house. They
found him in bed with bis head
as bloody as a hog - and drunk, '
They arrested him.
Dr. Deane Hundley in Wallace -X-Rayed
the body of the dead man
and located the bullet.
Dr. Gooding, Health Officer ik
Kenansville, removed the bullet'
and found it to be a 32 caliber. - "
Coroner C. B. Sitterson held an '
inquest 3uiiuay atci.jiwu iiu Jimi ?
the defendant on a charge of first ''
decree murder. He is now in jail '
here awaiting his fate. . .
Show manager Edgar ti. Broom
is charged with aiding and abetting. -.
EDITORIAL ;
The Rutherford Co. News l
RUTIIERFORDTON, N. C. I
September 18th, 1947
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Johnson For Governor
Hon. Chas. M. Johnson, State
Tccicnpor hns V, qH uiiIa Avnortonfia
in government and finances. His ',
Ion? experience in Raleigh makes
him a good candidate for Governor.
He is a good and practical man. He
has been State Treasurer for f if-'
teen years. He has been director of ,
tne Local Government Commission
of the State Roard of Education
and Council of State. He is prob- -ably
a member of more boards and;' "
commissions that have to do With :
Federal, State and local govern
ment units than any other man In -the
country.
He is a member of the American '.
Legion, being a veteran of World
War I. He is a Christian gentlemen
and an able statesman. He would " -put
"good business into govern- f -
mem. iius is uceueu. , .
North Carolina has been fortu- -note
in having good Governors ;
who were lawyers. It's time to have
a good business man at the head of - -our
State government. We believe l
we have that man in Chas. M. i
Johnson.
Doubtless other good men will
enter the race for the nomination
for Governor. None have had the '
experience Johnson has had. From i
an indications mt. jonnson nas ine .
good points in his address to the .
Kiwanis club here last Thursday
raise taxes higher in North Caro-;
lina. The people have about reach- v
ed the "limit of the tax load." The -j
solution, as Mr. Johnson sees it is ';
to invite, have, or create more in- v
dustry in our state to pay more
taxes, or help carry the tax load.
Higher taxes will drive industry:
Johnson favors giving European t
countries some looacco ana couon, ,
if we are going to give them much,
as it seems tnai we must. Tne price
of cotton , and tobacco must be a t
good price in North Carolina if we r
are to remain a prosperous state, -
he thinks. '
Mr. and Mrs. Garland Brown ot
Beulaville announce the birth of a
son, Rickey, on Thursday, Septem-,
ber 23, at Memorial General Hosp
ital. Kinston. Mrs. Brown is the
former Lois FutreaL
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