I I
I - l
L. No. 18,
; ; T . " MORE ABOUT MAIL ROUTES
.: S Since last week we have had quite a number of v
comments on our suggestion that a star mail route ;
be established between Kenansville-Pink Hill-Al
bertson-Seven Springs and Goldsboro. All reports
we have heard from the area are favorable to our
suggestion. J, D. Grady of Albertson said-Monday
that he felt and expressed himself at the outset
when Albertson - was established that the mail J
- should be serviced from Kenansville. Alvin Kor-
negay says the same, and if we recall correctly, M.'!
U. Holt expressed the same opinion when the set
up was being put into effect. , , --
We now learn that the star route carrier from :
Varsaw to Jacksonville .which serves Beulaville
and Kenansville in the morning is held up at Beu-
' lavilleon an average of at least 20 minutes trans- ,
-Jerrihg. Pink. Hill and Albertson mail to another
truck. Wouldn't it be more practical and speed
service if the star route originated in Warsaw, ser-
- ving , Kenansville, Pink Hill, Albertson, Seven
" "Springs and on to Goldsboro? The Beulaville and
"Jacksonville carrier would not have to stop in Ke-. -nansville
nor would he be held up so long in Beula-
.ville. ' This would e'xpetute the. service better in j
both directions. When the train was very late ar
riving in ( Warsaw the Warsaw-Kenansville-to
" CsTdsboro carrier could leave at a designated hour
regardless of the train, pick up the important mail
in Kenansville and be on his way. ; The farmers
-;lhen would receive each day their important mail
rnd the route carriers could operate on a schedule
Lthat each?, farmer could - depend on and would ;
.know how ta'Dlan hisdays work in accordance with
his mail. When he wants to get a money order off "
f-he wouldn't have to, spend two or thee hours
:- 'waitingior the mall carrier He could proceed with
l.a normal 'daysi.w.ork without interruption; 'After
-'I, fee farmer, justlike the business man,ft wants
'when ft H dueSnd fcrer$ instanee2iat ..
lay .determineJiis day's work.-r: r-,.
. i ail may
T 'f ItENANSVILLE-TAXES
vr I' cnansyille how enjoys one of the lowest, if not
i. . lowest, tax rates in the county. This is made
;. possible by careful spending1 of our money and still t
Kenansville has most of the advantages that other
towns have. " Right now, "however, the finances are e
.- -in a rather tight spot due to the extra heavy work
tiat is being done on the water system necessitated'
by the widening and paving of streets. Fortunately
a town board in the past, anticipating just such anV
emergency, Invested several thousand-dollars on
hand in bonds. . ' ' , .
It appears, however, that the town officers are.
r nssing up a good opportunity Id increase the town
coffers. Kenansville is the only incorporated town
. ii the county that does nit; levy a privilege tax.
Ibis tax is usually a nominal charge on business
-' I professional men. We, feel sure that most Ke:
rville business men will gladly pay a small -I
ivilege license when' they realize that several f
1 .dred dollars annually is being lost from busi
3 houses outside who send trucks into town and
t .licit business. All outsiders generally expect to
T7 such a tax and do in every other incorporated '!'
. - vn in this section except Kenansville. - A few'ri
- ts ago an ''officer qf anothej-small town in Du-
l i told us that; their town took: in between $ 105
i $500 each year in such revenue and most of it :
i ne from outsiders. The Times suggests that our ..
t .,n fathers immediately look into this and lsvy
: .ha tax. It isn't fair to levy a tax on local prop
. iy owners and not tax outside sources that male;
r ey in our town. Those business bouses scd- ;
truiks here take our money and leave nothirj
:turn. They expect to pay and quietly lauh '
- when we do not tax them'. :
r
. ;, .
"alypso Ruritan Club held
meeting of the year by
. ' e Calypso School faculty
c husbands asguests-The
was opened with song,
", with Hiram Cook, vice
', acting as master of cere
! '. ay. J. T. Brown gave
'v, Sr., recognized
1,'ven 1
.rs.
.lier.
mer,
d by
cd by
pin
mm
7
. 4 il 4 W -
' 'I.. f
The Calypso club was ionored
at-" the recent district eow-IOB
by having 113 rre3i;nt, I. ; . I in
die, elected diutrict g isor, n
Sellers, "district 'seer ry, A. D.
Johnson, assistant s at-;
The local club i. 1 Its t
officers: Hayes IIji. , ;
James Loftln, secre ; I' i
Bennett,, sergeant s t s; i C
r"ct, chaplain; ml ''. V I
a - 'or f .r t j.
benellarsltrou X : r- -er
of- C e evnlnj, J
ti.'vi-" i, five a j
pie- ., - , 3 t'e . i
"Community I rv , . .
and Goodwill," as I j, t ' i
Ing the tliree s' s f r a ;
nntion aid a ? t v
1 -',!" 2 r ' , 1 "
KENANSVILLE, NOSTIT CAROLINA FRIDAY,
VtCKv : t ":;r.:!:3
a B:d Vcrit:S!:3v Jsn. 2G:h &22iid
Th Lions Clubs of Warsaw and
Magnolia will sponsor a big variety
how at Magnolia on January 20th
and Wartaw January 22. Curtain
Urn set at 8:00 p.m. ;
1 The play will bo given for the
benefit of the Fund for the Blind.
The cast' will be composed entirely
of local talent In humorous and
musical scenes. One scene Is a copy
of the famous "Take It or Leave
It" radio program,, and calls for
audience v participation. Another
scene, very humorous, will feature
six prominent businessman, dress
ed aa women, bemoaning their fate
as "kitchen queens."
The chorus, composed of high
school girls, in colorful costumes,
will give a tuneful note to the show
when they appear In various scenes
including a gay vacation number.
a "sweetheart chorus", and a May
pole dance climaxed by the crown
ing of a May queen.. .
A "sMw boat mlnstrelf' will
close the show, with black face
comedians telling Jokes, singing
and doing their stunts in minstrel
fashion. .?-vx V i:
The showli swift for laughs and
promises to be the funniest of the
year. . :
TINT TOTS CONTEST , "
In addition to the play the clubs
are sponsoring a Tiny Tot Contest
Who will be King and Queen of
Tiny Tots of Duplin County? Who
will win a radio and silver loving
cup? These, questions will be de
cided at the end of the contest The
jnoet popular boy and girl will be
Ikzz D::.nsfrciion
M:;l llerc;0iscussPbas For 1951
ThDuplln County Federation
of Home Demonstration Clubs met
la thsrUflice of the Home Agent on
Thursday, January 4,-t 1:30 pjn.
Mrs. David Williams. County presi
dent was presiding. The meeting
opened. with a, song of peace, fol
lowed by club, collect Minutes of
the last meeting were read and ap
proved. 35 women, responded to
roll ealL Federation program work
lor 1951 was discussed by the
Home Agent Plans were made for
Icr I!::! Fcnr.:rs Press ferd ;
It Acre Green Pasture Goal
Di'.:!!n S:r.:::r
Jdicay I!d. 1
Lt Governor Pat Taylor last
week named Duplin's Senator Riv
era D. Johnson to head the Impor
tant committee, Judiciary No. 1. in
the 1951 legislature.
SHERIFF & OFFICEKS
RETURN CIIAPEL HILL
Sheriff Ralph Jones and Deputy
Perry Smith, accompanied by A. B.
Brown of the Fountain Store Sec
tion returned over the week end
from Chapel Hill where they at
tended an institute for sheriffs and
deputies. Sheriff Jones was some
what carried away with the Insti
tute and -the University He says
in his opinion the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is
the finest plaee In the world (with
the exception of Duplin County,
of course).'; .r v- -. :
While ' at the institute Duplin
was singled out with a few other
counties for its A grade JalL It
is one of the 22 in North Carolina
that rates this grading and has
been O.Ked for federal prisoners.
It was Inspected by T. A. Early of
the State Board of Public Welfare.
r:rr !: :!C.i
r-bert M. Carr, Duplin's repre
tive in t'.e i:31 lr future
s teen nan 1 to memler ' 'p r
" coir ' ' tees fcy e
' T ylor. I will sen-" c
1 r
-?s: Fi
' ns t
lies, t
n, I
r 1 :
C
Liens To Give
ft
FRANCES AYCOCK
DlrecUnc Lions Club Play
crowned, king and queen of Tiny
Tots of Duplin County and will re
ceive loving cups. To the one hav
ing the highest score will go a radio.
, Second place winners will re
ceive . silver - identification brace
lets along with the titles Prince
and Princess of Duplin County. The
awards' are to be made on the
stage. The contest Is open to chil
dren up to six years of age. There
is no entrance fee and all children'
of this group are welcome.' Anyone
wishing to enter a child should
call Warsaw 353. 1 ' .
Club Yofsien :
musie'wppreciatlod study and read
ing program for 1951. A number
of the women decided to write to
pen friends in other countries dur
in this year. The program spon
sored by the Carolina Motor Club
on Beautifying the road sight mile
was "discussed, and several clubs
expressed a desire to enter .the
contest The meeting adjournd at
4:30 with singing "God Bless Our
Homes."
North Carolina farmers, who
were slow to take up the doctrine
of pasture improvement, are ma
king up for lost time. In 1050 they
built their total of improved pas
tures to 600,000 acres -: twice the
amount they .began with -- and
moved well along toward a goal of
2,000,000 acres. Their efforts are
changing the face of the state and
showing the way to broad oppor
tunities In livestock production.
i It wasn't always that way. As a
matter of fact, all these 800,000
acres have been added since World
War H. Between 19448 only about
200,000 acres were seeded. '
Getting into' high; gear was no
overnight Job. For years agricultu
ral leaders had preached livestock
development aa a means to more
diversification of an economy based
heavily on tobacco and" cotton. -
'Then there were cuts in tobacco,
Cotton and peanuts under, govern
men controls. Land made idle by
these decreases, farmers "Were told
should be put back to work - and
pastures would mean profitable
work. :
'' Sharp Impetus was gi ven the pro
gram in the past year with organi
zation of a "Green Pastures" cam
paign aimed at the 2,000,000-acre
goal by the end of 1052. All agri
cultural agencies are cooperating
and their watchword is ladino.
Near Wake Forest the ' W. W.
Holding farm offers a striking ex
ample of what ladino can do for
the pasture program. In n."J -December,
following the state's coldest
fall In many years, I nager John
r.ich had the farm's dairy cows
grazing contentedly in a pasture
of lndlno and fescue. The f -sture
Is i 23-acre plot seeded two years
t-o. : - ),?:. :
T'cce "'les like this is not en iso
' ' i cj"se la K ,-"l Cfroll-i. You
llf tt" s t "
1 o:i i ; r s k..e i i
t f it. s J , ! l f.w ' -n
t i
JANUARY 12th, 1951
Boiler Forming
Awards To Be
Presented Jan. 71
, Awards will be presented to Du
plin County farmers participating
in the annual Better. Farming for
Better Living contest sponsored by
the Wallace Lions Club and Tide
Water Power Company ' January
22nd 'Wallace.
The contest is judged on a point
system basis of 1500 points for:
family activities in community life,
feeding of family, general appear-
i ance and effciency of farmstead
! and home making practices care of
: land and farm practices, farm
, business and farm production.
The Duplin County top winner is
, eligible to compete in the regional
earnest including Biaaen, Bruns
wick, Coliimhus, New Hanover and
Pender, counties.
. The contest is designed to cre
ate Interest Jn Southeastern North
Carolina farmers to obtain increas
ed benefits from farming through
better farm management, ' proper
use of land, more efficient pro
duction, improving living condi
tions through better home manage
ment, wider use of added Income
and the best in happy living and
In, community life.
J , CONTINUED ON BACK
Varsaw Guard .
Wank Recruits
Capt'GIb" Buck of the Warsaw
Nationar-Guard announces that the
company"' has several openings for
recruits. Anyone in the age bracket
who; has pot. received his pre-lro I was arrested in New York CHty last
ductian papers Is eligible tq enliuiieek. Carr attacked "Dorothy Mae
Those aooeptad ftil be exempt
from the draft they have vacan
cies in the following groups:- .
9 truck drivers; 0 radlo opera
tors; 7 machine' gun. platoon and a
large nunjber of openings for 75mm
recoilless rifle and 81mm mortars,
There ra 'schools- available to
those desiring special training at
any time including leaders courses
in supply, administration, auto me
chanics, radio repair, and others.
Schools are located at Ft Jackson,
Camp Lee, Va., Ft Banning, Ga.,
and Camp Gordon, Ga.
Anyone desiring to enlist see
Warrant officer W. B. Whitfield at
Armory in Warsaw.
Report At Ft. Bragg
Thirty-eight men from Duplin
County reported Tuesday, Jan. 9th
for induction at Ft Bragg. The fol
lowing names were released by
Bernlc A. Farrior, Secretary of the
Duplin County Draft Board: Hal
lie Junius Murphy. Roy Gibson La
nier, Jr., Claude Franklin Town-
send, Pearlle Joseph Lanier, Od
dle Lamont Stevens, Graham Gau
tier, Daniel Hiram King, Harlan
Wilson, "Erwitt Ishmael Johnson,
Emerson Bay Dixon, Archie James
Benton, Eugene Carr Martin, Elton
Ray Hill, Frank - Lenon Newton,
Norwood Dewltte. Murray, William
Henry Hanchey, Charles Edward
Carter, Elbert Joseph Myers, Don
ald Rooks Wells, James CCornell
Whitehead.; :.VW ,;.- '
Bernlce Harold Kennedy, James
Lenon Mobley, Benjamin Franklin
Jones, Paul Beard, Herman Marshal
Brown, John William Hall, Marvin
Moss, Harry Lee Oswald, III, Her
bert Gaylor Tucker, Robert David
Kennedy, Dawson Boney Carr, Wil
liam Paris Murray, Roland Ramond
S tailings, James Leroy Page, Vic
tor Fulton Williams, Freeman Pear
sail, Raymond Earl Manlego, and
Norwood Boney,.
Cc::rtsl!:re
Judge Phillips will preside over
a session of general county court
convening Monday, January 22nd.
Judge Stevens will convene an
other week of superior court for
the trial of civil cases next Monday.
On T'day, January 29th a one
m of superior court for
of crimlnM cases Will con
Ju;'e Chester Morris of
r-esldlng. ;
i frozen Juices
than last winter.
are
'- LOOKING OVER a lew prize hogs is Ralph Barwkk of near
Kenansville. -He is one of Duplin's top Duroc breeders. He hopes to
enter these in the January 18, Rocky Mount all purebred sale and
show. (Photo by "Lincoln Kan).
Duplin Industrial Council Plans
Survey Of Available Resources
Negro Wanted Here
Found In New York
Edward Carr, colored, wanted for
assault with a deadly weapon with
intent to kill Dorothy Mae Hill on
Oct. 22, 1949 in Duplin County,
Hill inflicting serious body wounds
with a pocket knife. He was indict
ed y a Grand Jury here.
He is now being held in New
York pending arrival of extradition
papers and will appear In the Brook
lyn Felony Court January 8, 1951.
Extradition papers are being pre
pared by Deputy Sheriff C. L.
Nicholson.
Edward Carr was found staying
with his sister in New York and was
located by the return address on
mail addressed to relatives in the
county.
Local Masons
Install Officers
. Members of St. Johns Lodge No.
13 AF&AM held a special com
munication last Thursday night
the ladies were invited and a sup
per was served. About 150 attend
ed. Following the supper in the
Woman's Club room the group
gathered upstairs for the annual
installation of new officers. Gilbert
Honeycutt of Fayetteville, formerly
of Kenansville and past master of
St Johns No. 13, Creasy Proctor
Lodge and Ft Bragg Lodge of
Fayetteville was installing officer
and J. M. Brock formerly of Ke
nansville and past master of St.
Johns Lodge No. 13 was the in
stalling marshall.
The following officers were in
stalled:. J. B. Stroud, Master; L.
A. Westbrook, Sr, Warden; J. C.
Murphy,; Junior Warden; F. W.
McGowen, Secretary; O. P. John
son, Treasurer; Cecil Kornegay,
Sr. Deacon; A. C. Holland, Jr. Dea
con; Roy Dunn and C. L. Nichols
on, . Stewards; . and L. A. Grady,
Tyler. -
Warsaw High
The' students of Warsaw High
School, under the direction of the
principal, J. P. Harmon, recently
organized a club within the school,
eligible only to students with a 90
or above average,: and only to stu
dents in the 10th, 11th, and 12th
grades. Officers for the coming
year were elected as follows: Presl-f
ueui, rj uray umvis, vice presi
dent, Van Bostlc, Secretary-Treasurer,
Doris Mozingo, Reporter, Jo
Anne Brltt The name for the club
was the "Scholarship-Citizenship
Honor Society", It was agreed to
hpld meetings once a week.
Members from the senior class
are as follows: Marlon Herring, Ann
Bowden, Carol Carlton, Mary Gray
Davis, Charlotte Frederlckson, Stel
la Herring, and Doris Mozingo.
CONTINUED ON BACK PAGE
No. 2
V A'
By JACQUELINE BURU
The Duplin Industrial Council
met Tuesday night in the Court
House in Kenansville with A. L.
Cavenaugh presiding. The main
business of the recently organised
council was to prepare for the dia
similation of information concern
ing the council and its relation to
the people of Duplin County.,
The Industrial Council isr the
.-..u ... .i i .
of economic progress In the coonty
and tha benefit that mar be d
nvea irom unuying in one orga
nization. The object of the council la to
make plans and study, the county
in any way that may bring about
better economic conditions.
The council is composed of may
ors from each town, the board of
nnimttt fnmmlaatifieMa nil risbnansl
sentatives from Chinquapin and
B. F. Grady area, the largest unin
corporated areas in the county.
The per capita Income la lftt
T.. 1 1 ft,...-... MM I
comparison with a State per capita
Income of $1400 and a national per
capita income of S1800. This, low '
per capita Income la one of the
main reasons for a large number
of people leaving the county to ob
tain more money elsewhere rather
than remain in the county. -
Recent developments have placed
this area in position for industrial
development as indicated by the
locating of the J. P. Stevens Co.
in Wallace, DuPont in Klnston, and
several mills in Wilmington. The
development of the Wilmington
Port, railroad service and highways
will make transportation accessible
to the area. V : r
Plans are underway for compil
ing an attractive booklet on the
CONTINUED ON BACK
Magnolia Lions
Receive Charter
About 110 Lions, their wive er
lady friends, gathered In the Mag
nolia school lunch room Tuesday
nigni tor tne charter Night pro
gram of the Magnolia Lions Club.
The Magnolia group is the first club
in North Carolina to receive its
charter in 1951. The club was orga
nized a few months ago to replace
the Magnolia Civics Club. j
' The meeting was called to order
by J. D. Hunt president of the club.
Rev. J. P. Royal led the devotional
and Lion Hunt welcomed the vis
ltors. Lion Earl Whltaker, president
of the Warsaw Lions Club, which
sponsored the Magnolia club, intre-
oucea international Councillor Joe
W. Hood of Wilmington who acted
as toastmaster.. Mrs. M. A. Smith
of Warsaw, a teacher in the Mag
I' CONTINUED ON BACK i .
Red Cross Ch:?.
CamiKcG f
!
i
. "...vl ..:; I':
: Harry E. Kramer, chairman of
the local Red Cross Chapter has
called an' executive board meeting
for Friday, January 12, at 7:30 p..
m. at the Red Cross Office. AJ
board members and any one is'-r-ested
are invited to attend.