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IY JOURNAL VOTED TO JTEIIE3TS OF. THE COUNTRY PEOPLE .1.: ,AKiIXE, fc. JANUARY 24, 1939 NUMBER 24 .led , lnyce of the Co;' r-any in ( l cn the . Tracks in -e Company y t L'X Jii TUe ning, - ,1 about i as he h i waa . t tO a pulp. . t il . . ' , cnrs immedmto.y got i v ;h Coroner Carl Smith, l " v." :. who r" hed to the e anJ i :.raneled a 3ury tot ln" nation. The Jury empaneled a: J. E. norring, Luther Miller, . 2 Millor, II. L. Farrior, Herman r wick b J J. G. Dickson. The Coro-M.-r's Jury worked W; make good pasture the sec ' e case aU morning and about ond year ja contains more food nren-T.-i a verdict that Vernon than' any other tilant that me to hia death by being struck. be rown during' the summer. a Coast Line freight about mid-, ' . in tne faU of the "t. ' , ' Evidence brought out in the in- ligation revealed U'at Vernon i a hal al drunkard wl.en not e mill. . He was re duty at f' '-4 " ; 7 when .last seen t. Cfficers-eypress- i that he hod i ftead on the track 1. ii 1 1 j one side. 1 I H survived by his wle''greatest menace to live stock pre a I y Vernon, 'four children, ,juction-in this cllmata, partlcularr . i.!s i -1her and father. He wa8,iy n0gs. i ' -" '.,- 1 ' J- . (' ; ;,ss old. - I ,The hog parasite wlll 'live -18 This is tha-second investigation months on tQp of tha soU and when i bat Coroner Carl Smith has had takan-into-tb-stwmswh"Of the-bog-to make Since taking office and I wnj hatch. Rotating the pasture both were at Calypso. The first be-fand using the above two plants ,ing the Massey accident there i last j month. fc " ' 1 I r.!2 Ilrrried In' , Ilrrl.tcr's Office Employees at the County Capital were spectators Tuesday evening at 8:45 t a marriage In the office of the I r of Deeds. r ' ' r Outlaw issued the ' lir I three o'clock : and . as ; T- v Tresham, Jddgei 1 1 ,b ."e'.ls could round . Lie c 1 .tors-1 i Uathi i f young c '.j The coi " ; w . and Newton , and 22. r ,atrate C. B. 1 in marriage until y furt maybe a i ITarnett County, j ;s Lot ile Parish f ,lcy both white lis 1C3 Llt is a i V new 's l . , 1 1 t of the j since i i. i: i' in !, R. F..D.; ; Vox 1 i. I : p. i i- . .". . L .. 1 lt. Gia"'. v c H ' ' F. ' 1 - I t C a, n. r. r 4 0-.li .;:r.rier Pastures, . By I I MeLendon , County Farm Agent ," The following Is a series of art icles to' appear in the TIMES each week dealing with timely farm problems. Those articles are prer pared by the County Farm Agent L. L. MeLendon with the view of giving Duplin County fanners first band Information of problems fac- i mcr thpm during the' week thesart- Icle is printed. 1 It has been the experience of a J good many ' farmers - of Dupun rv.untv that the 'most successful ,- ...tin. la fnarlB with lea- ' BUU1UHU unuwmv " ' variety-. Known as , . . tK. Common has been used as 'this will Stand more grazing. ", Lespedeza is' a legume and will -row in this type of soil all during the summer and is not affected by drouth or wet weather.; It will re seed itself In- the fall or the year iyear and discing the pasture t preceding summer., a good gprlnff ' pasture can be secured m some lan(i , rt, . tf , t,0 pianU,' les fr two years on th? 8ame ftBd tnen changing u-3 0f t! j .n ui.tee th PontominaUon of stock: with In- teraal naraeites. which . ar tha4 thi8 jnf estatlo Is lessened . to srreat extent. Lespedeza should be sown at tha rate of 25 to 60 pounds per acre on the top 6f the soiTdurlng the month of February., i -o .' . ' ' Kenansville Oratorical Contest Here Fri. ' The. Duplin County . Oratorical Oontest reached a grand xlimax Friday night when five young Dup lin orators swayed- a crowd of at tentive listeners into enthuastic appiause. v oration was, Keen Liauor . oui and give youth a chance." '; Five contestants from the Duplin schools were on the program, and all de livered their papers with the ease of veterans.7 Three ministers of the county, Kevs: F. B. Joyner, G, ,W. Blount and W. C. Smith acted as Judges for the occasion. ' The First Honor was won by Kiss Leona Jackson of the Kenans v31e School, and she was awarded t e Gold Medal. Second honor, and f a silver medal were won by Harry Home of' Wallace School, and the Bronze medal carrying third honor was i won by. Miss "izel Outlaw ot the B. F. Grady f.ehool. These medals were present ed by Attorney L. A. Beasley, of I'enmisville. ' . I"! d Jackson, winner of first ! ,.or spoke On "The Effect of Al-o- '-ol on llan." ' She pointed out fj olcohol destroyed the economi 1 s "al, physical, mental and si life of men and plead for ,n from B'lch a foe. Harry i ii) h''or man spoke on 111 V e I ody." He stated v v ' 1 ultima- y de " m ' H a of the bof'y. 1 i j t aioi !si V ' end ro' . f t '. 1 1 1.1 1- E D 100 pledges from home-owners In I. , Ma County to spend $2,000 on repairs; improvement and building, under t"ie Federal Hous ing Admlnlsti 'm will turn 'loose in Du'plli ounty $200,000, or almost one quarter of a mil Hon dollars. This money will gb . for buying material, lime, cement, brick, lumber, paint, ' etc., labor, skilled and unskilled, taking peo ple off - relief and giving .those .on relief good Jobs at good waf-. es. Hundreds of people, - efen thousands, s In 1 : Duplin ,; County . alone can be put to work at good 'wages. -This, will -mean. Wore, sales for the stores, grocery dry, good; drag store, etc And abbvd all will give Duplin County, 100. Duplin Con! May Noti I " ' ' " Those f armers whose hay crops were short during the year 1934 can supplement with oats sown this time of the year, during the month -of February. K desired spring vetch can be added which win give, larger tonnage of . very nutritious hay. ' Next Mjeek this column will deal with a recipe for poisoning' fleo bugs and crickets and , maggots -of all description which get into? to Oar Fourth Week v Imifirovemeiits Added " Beginning in this week's tissue of the TIMES we . give to our readers a weekly column by, Will Rogers and one by Arthur Bris bane. A column, Seen and, Heard around the Nation's dapltal' by ' Carter; Field,' and' for the kiddies as well as the'grrown-ups. we give you a page of comics. , , ;i , . ..n ',, '0 - ' V 5' ' Survey shows . improvement f In flnanclea of cities.; and the slowing up of the workings of the brain and mental . system. This, she stated, was responsible fof so many broken lives and men tal wreck; Misa Mildred Jones, the contestant from Beulaviiie Bcnopi, fv. .lhwi "The' Effecte of - - . . ... . Strong Drink on the Social Life of Man, and His Physical Body." Bhc spoke1 of some1 of the evil effects and then challenged any one , to show her any good that could come from the' use s.oK liquor. Lawson Mathews, representing the . Mag nolia school ably handled the sub ject, "The Effects of Strong, Drink Pafn and After the Repeal Of the Eighteenth Amendment.''; By use of statistics he proved that ..the condition today, was far worse than during the time of-Prohibition and called upon the people to support every effort, to outlaw the liquor evil. ' . i. - Attorney L.' A. Beasley, in de livering the medals to the winners, made some -very timely rema ? in which) he told of the fight made against liquor In years gone , by, and expressed regret , that any member of the legislature of North Carolina would introduce a bill in to Legislature to bring back to our Fine Old Slate that instrument of the Devil wklch has dammed every man .State, and nation ever ' to come 'within its reach.. We must fitrht sucb a movement to the last trench and "Keep our State " safe lor our iu 1 uieae juuiu ... ... ...i. wh0' i . . . . , Lave tnrown l e cnauei'ge ueiore vou ton' ' t In 6 uh a nohle way." ' 1 i 1 1 r i 1 ' 3 nvuie t-) pn, h f t' f v ' ' - ( ' ., n,f1l i" ' 1 T R I more attru now has. . What's it about? 4u , Housing i. Another i Roosevelt's covery. It 1 . aid In relief to aid the A, his fight for a . living. ' The govori' Insure loans I , lending Inst the nation fur proving honi Any v one -1, bank that Is c government i i $100 to $200 X Biice prod' s than' it ''"' V talking f 'Federal ation is President owards re is plans to Is his flan farmer In standard of V y i ''i ' 'agreed to banks and hroughout .lose of 1m ' country. w ' from a' tg With the wunt from loan Ingur iraatees 'a T Gei . A campaign to acquaint 6250, 000 farmers, of the United states with the provisions bi.the National Act; ' which make 1 possible the modernization of the homes and equipment," " Is being launched by the Federal Housing a Administra tion, ln cooperation with State and county ' farm orgai. nations. The .present plan iato bring the cam paign to a climax before the farm ers become too busy with '' their Spring plowing." .f A small group of field men 1 of taa.'FsvriV Section" ii tks.-Hauatng Administration will work under the Regional Directors, -ana) in toopera, tion with the State Associate Di rectors in cnarge or moaerruzaoon in their efforts to bring to the di rect attention of. all the farmers la the pouatry thefbenefita which are available to them, under the mod ernization program. . - .lfoJrMtaiotoA .6. i t f. 1 v - y 5? ' - ' CONTRACT VARIOTJS STATES ( Letters have been sent to farm heads of , ji farm organizations In ' ' Contact "Various State ' -: Letters have been sent, to heads of farm organizations iin each State asking for their aid in this Intensive campaign. One r-tft , the'. first .steps wijl be to form State advisory committees on rura hous ing. Among the officials andNwv ganizations which are being Invited to cooperate in forming these com mittees are the State 'Extension Director, . . ' Home Management Specialist, head of the AgricultuBr al Engineering Department, Exten- Ision Agricuutural Engineer, Direc tor of Vocational Education,' Emer gency Relief, Administrator, Pres ident of the State Farm r Bureau, Master of the. State Grange, and President of the State, Farmers' Union. '-; , k ' " Present plans include the organ ization of campaigns in most of the 3,072 counties Of the United States, sip To R with special meetings in Which thetWUUams' biU for medical service local civic bodies will be asked to take part,. " , ' ' , Whenever 4; the Better Housing Committees are organized on a county-wide basis, these commit tees will be asked to enlarge, their activities in order to include farm modernization, , - t. .? u , , .. ; Where there are no county-wide committees, th4 Housing Adminis tration's representatives will seek the active cooperation of all agen cies in the county Interested di rectly in farm improvement.;-, . . ' TO CALL MEETING . A Duplin County umt -f the Federal Housing Administration will be organized ' In Kenansville. within the near future. Mr. Thomp - son, cashier aof the Branch Banking; and' 'Trust Company .of "Warsaw, has' been askei to call a' meeting of all persons in . the county who ; are mterestea m repairing, reouua-1 ing or building homes. .-t' Mrs. C. D. Dobson has returned; from a hi.-, '''I .In W.Imlngton v' ' t somet" ' e t) fro lor i if . e are t l to learn ' t. " 1 ' 3 alo 1 l " cly. A L laon to any Vorthy creditor by, a bank without f ear , of the bank's crashing down on hlra at" any time for the money... These loans may be made from 1 to 0 years, "with an interest; rate as low ' as $5.00 discount ,, on the. hundred per year which Is a very low charge. Payments .'. may be arranged In almost any way to suit the convenience of . the borrower.' ? -- ' " t . 'You .will' be notified shortly through ' the '.columns of the TIMES 'of a meeting to be called". In Kenansville of all persons who' -.are Interested in Improving their homes. Son should attend this meeting and learn i the ( full de- talis of the plan t to aid Duplin : County In Its fight back to re recovery. ' '.' ,-, , jomeuwners .epair mes; Meeting $50,000 Suit Filed Tuesday ' A suit against the Atlas Plywood Corporation warfJlecVteere Tues day of this week In the amount of $50,000. The suit - was filed by David, Samuel'.! Bradshaw. i The Plainttff " alleees that he BU11C1CU TOIWUB ,liM.t" J as a result. an aeddent in which! collided a car he "was riding in .w fotn: nto l-lia 'rmnkt3"Of the Atlas Company at tM crossing a bout 5 miles East of Kenansville. The accident- occurred May 10, 1034. . , Rpnreamtincr tha nlnintiff are N. B. Boncv. Kenansville; R. D John - son, Warsaw and Varser, Mclntyre and Henry of Lumberton. .A caviat'to the will of Susan Jernigan of Wolfescrape Township was also filed by two nephews of the deceased L. H. Jernigan and erty to her nephew Rs R. Jernigan. Recorder's Court In Two-Day Session, Disposes of 25 Cases Recorder's Court convened Mon day with Judge A. J. Blanton pre siding and Solicitor "Bogue" John son prosecuting. 25 cases were disposed of during the two days session. They were as follows:- . . ' ... .. Wm, McClurry . .charged with abandonment. Nol Pros. . j-;,. In .the case ot y Wm. Harrell charged with Assault with deadly weapon he tplead guilty and-was sentenced to 3 months, suspended provided he , remains of good be-! havlor and pays c'ost ".,1,, u WUlIs Mobley. It . appearing, de fendant baa-not paid pr, R,.p. as provided ia Judgment. Ordered Capias4 issued ' V , - Mattie Hare and Norman Ezzelle charged with prostitution. ic Nol pros with leave. Judgment was in the "caae a galnst Woodroe Rinenbark for As sault with deadly, weapon, Nol pros With leave.-' i te t , Levy Simpson charged with carry ing concealed weapons, Prayer for Judgment continued. ..." , , ' Jack JKoonce was tried on charge of assault with deadly weapon; Nol pros with leave. i i i '' ' Roland Norris tried; for using profane language, assault on fe- male tendered a plea of being public nuisance, prayer for judg , ment continued. . . , -i - JUL UU1.1UUt;U..','.7-. . ' - vJ(k ! ft Dennle Faison charged, wita'pos-, session of whiskey- fot purpose of ale -Found guilty.. 6 months on roads.' He gave notice of appeaK : Willie H. Hilt; wasifound guilty of assault with deadly weapon and carrying concealed weapons.: Pray er, for Judgment continued. ,s Ransom Heath, Charlie. TWgpen; and Burrell Carter were charged with possession of .whiskey, .Carter was- called an4- failed. Capias. Tobacco For Duplin Farmers To Be Mailed Soon Duplin Methodists . . - rresent Kesoiuuon A resolution asking the Duplin County Legislators to upholds the present laws for tbs control' of lir qucr in the State of North Carolina was introduced by Mr. C B. Qtiinn at the First' Quarterly Conference of the Faison-Kenansville Charge of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, held in Faison, N. -C., on January 16, 1935, and Was adopted without a dissenting vote. Thei Resolution as adopted follows: -Realizing: That the integrity' of our State depends upon the sobrie ty of pur people; i That our present liquor control laws and particularly the Turling ton Act", are designed to insure 'a state of sobriety among our people; That the repeal or modification bf these laws will attack and tend to destroy tbsse underlying princi ples which are the foundation ; .of our government ; That the people of Duplin Coun ty in Nov, 7, 1933 voted by a 1,988 majority, and the state'by 184,000 majority to continue the enforce-Toegin ment tt the prohibition laws: Therefore be it resolved: ThatHfi i$ our firm conviction that all mem bers of the North' Carolina Legislai ture representing Duplin County should use their influence against - 4 . , ,, . ,1 I and strbngly oppose .all efforts at repeal or modification of our pres-j ent liquor laws and particularly Act And be it further Resolved: That copleS;Of this resolution be placed in the hands of. each legislative ! membej representing Duplin Coun ty, and that further copies be furnished the press. Signed Rev. L. B. Jones, Presiding Officer C. E. Quinn, Secretary! Allen Jernigan. The deceased had willed her homeplace and all prop- wonth nnd "rhieDen dead not snill - ty were found not guilty of carry- ine concealed weapons, but of un- l. lawful possession whiskey. Prayer for judgment continued on condi tion they remain 'of good behavior. r 1; naKtov rtloaH frililtv of larceny .and was sentenced to five", days in Jail. (. j C. B. Taylor charged with opcr- atlng, automobile while intoxicated' plead guilty.-Prayer, for judgment continued. ' - Taf t Fennett charged with being1 drunk and' disorderly and carrying I concealed weapons plead guilty. He was sentenced to 3 days on roads. .fTin whaiAv nnd. Rov Edwards were tried on charges of transportrJ ing "whiskey is Edwards plead .o.otJ guilty but was found guilty of aid ing and abetting ln transporting, whiskey. Prayer for judgment con tinued for 2 years on condition he remains of good behavior. Whaley I was found guilty of unlawful posV'FARMERS HAVING SEED Session and transporting whiskey. Sentenced to six months on.roads suspended for 2 years on condition he remains of good behavior and drinks no whiskey, etc. , Rov Edwards was found, npt guilty of larceny of automoibile. WUlie Henry Boykins was sent- eced 60 days on roads, f or r, Abandonment ' ? . 5 tleorge yOllinS Was glVe- OU UOa . "S "OKI ucaueu ,ura on charge oc possession of Whiskey, the, danger f , planUng , seed that ... i Istfah Dixon,- Hunting without 11-j wiU, germinate and produce a sorry Cfnse." Prayer for judgment jcoft. pUu)t that might be transferred to John Ivey. Johnson was glvea,12:he.Ueld and live but not produce ; months for abandonment and non-ja maximum crop of good quality support. ','''' ' y- I tobacco as the 'mature and fully- ..Marshall StalUngs sentenced to; ftfnnnth for lnrcenv and receiving.' . Alex Vann was given 8" imqn't3(.th farmers who have hot sowed on charge assault with deadly wea.'thr' seed , to have them cleaned, poht disorderly conduct and being .Tjef ore they do so. ., 1 , v , " ' , . a nuisance. . . ' . . - V C f .There is no charge far-cleaning ' (Continued On Back Page) A l'ttie" seed. L r ' ' , , 2 , Allotment Acreage Increased About 2000 Acres NO COTTON DOPE Corn, Hog Contracts Ready To Be Signed ' County Agent MeLendon stated today to the . TIMES that the farmers of Duplin County will re ceive Immediately from his office the number of acres they can plant and the numbers of - marketable pounds of tobacco for the 1935 crop. This information -will be mail ed out Saturday. . ' County figures, under the 85 , Mr. MeLendon said, will exceed last" year's crop by about 2000 acres. Last year Duplin county farmers planted 13,472 acres ln the weed and this years figures arc , estimated at 16,500. To date the County Agent's office has received no information Regarding the cotton allotment. Th4 local agricultural office will signing 1935 corn and hog contracts next week. All persons who sold hogs in 1932 and 1933 ' are eligible to sign. This "year there will be a reduc- tipn in hogs of 10 per cent Those farmers who grow above ten acres of "jcornwlll have to reduce all over the fen acres 10 per cent. Basis of pay for hogs wijl be $15.00 per head for the Hogs reduc ed.' TCorh .will be 35c per bushel lKiiv, ' . ' . ... V iur imiu laKcn oui. 01 cuiuivauon, based'on the average production. AH persons Interested in signing a contract are asked to do so next "week ai the time for signing is limited. o ) years Ago Petition Asked For Increased Tax . An interesting clipping from ome newspaper was handed the TfMES by Judge Blanton this si-eek, 6f particular ipterest will be the1 fact that the petitioners were asking the Board of County Com- ; missloners to lew a tax. What a contrast this would be to a petition today." To. the Board of County Commis sioners of Duplin County: We he undersigned citizens of Duplin County, respectfully petition your Honorable Board that at your June .meeting, 1906, you levy a tax .not to exceed 15 cents on the $100 valuation of property, and 45 cents on each poll to provide a road fund for the purpose of building permanent roads In Duplin County and that you organize a convict force for work upon such roads, . Respectfully, i ... K- v. cakk. OHAS. J. SOUTHERLAND J. W. JOHNSON H. G. CARR D. H. WALLACE YANCEY ALBERTSON J. W. R. BASS o- 1 yHHAisxiv tuaiuai; BUW1XVU A, great many farmers in this county for the last two . weeks have had their tobacco seeds cleaned at the County Agent's of- I flee. In Kenansville. A machine- is used that Separates trash, light and faulty seeds from the large and,, mature seeds. -A farmer nav- developed seed wouia proauce.. - It will be advantageous to ail