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'Duplin County ;
j Reports S816.49
v Collected To Date
: The United States is faced with'
t , . i the gravest crisis since the days of ,
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L'Jl week 'the TIMES carried an editorial entitled "WlELv
C'JUCOURT PROTECT OUR CHILDREN?", Monday morn
i: j the Duplin' Board of Commissioners passed :. a resolution :
Lisg" Representative Quinn to have .drawn, introduced and k
ire passage of aNbillio abolish' the jury of "our 'general ;
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L Quite a bit. of discussion, has been carried on in various
I zrti cf the 'county this week relative- to the proposed bill;
- :;2 ia favor and some against It appears- that a majority of V
c r lawyers are opposed to passage cf such an act. Some oppose
it ci th6 grounds, that itis tantamount to abolishing the en-;'
1-2 court. Others state 'that it, is denying the' defendants in
. :rt a constitutional right to trial by jury. Some, contend
J X such an action is" based purely ca political reasons, The;.'
1 ""1 ccrtsri3'that when a condition exLts, regardless of the; .
i - 'ition, whereby a person can shoot into a school bus and be
; ircl not guilty that . there is something fundamentally
It is contended by' some that snch an act would be unn;
ccr:titati3nal-It is also "advanced by. others that the real
trtzlle with our court is our jury box. There is in ezistance a,v
k,w requiring the beardof county;Coramissioners to clean out 5.:
t:.s j zxj box every two years ;tV - v ; , V- I
The Duplin County jury box- has -not been -cleaned out V"r
"'"o 1M.7 uhen Jno. A. Gavin was countv attorney and ' :
Arcrgh his influence the commissioners at that, time revised &
tl3 list cf iurors. In recent months we have. been told that ju- '
nrs living in the adjoining counties.of Onslow e-i Fender hai
'2 cxtually served on our juries and passed .on cases.- Another
ii ires reveals jurors have served who have been tried,' con-,.'.'
v:c.:-, scaieacea ana scrvca tctiua uu uic - -
' Ti-1iw ir ti jmrn und RTifcstancA that a. inror shall be V
a psnsn designated by the county commissioners, 21 years old,
Jiry pox caused w ujiuucc : wiougu ui uc tvuyu uua wwet?
,dy coitendi that; if this ean up was' rMdel on superior
'rrti'iiWll b niiTomitv'wc35li: be : elevated to' a hiffher
jle audi justice: willlbe me
tiis will do tte' work then we gay do it. 'f 'A,- : v
. ;! Contention is held that abolishing the jury wfll bei; the
' Eonie as abolishing '.the c6urt '4 We contend that this is nof
rn5f:3n'lxr trnft? vAboli shins' the ,inrV to onr countv court does ;Y
the World War in human suffer .
' T "7 ing. A million people are homeless -
imnro flinti three hnnAreA . known i
, dead and millions of dollars in frro-
U i iperty damage done by the greatest
iry. xne ieai uma ouu musumi
rivers with their tributeries, all
many other tributeries of the Mis
sissippi are swollen to record high,
floods. The . cities of Cincinnati,
Louisville and many smaller cities ;
in the area are flooded, forcing .
the inhabitants out. Disease threa-
TfenrosPTttntiv n K. Oninn Tina Oninn will introdnne shOTtlV & hill tens, tires nave Oroxe OUC in many
introduced in the H. U. ueneral ' creating five commissioner dis-! piaces, m tmcuuHiu onuuuc iuu
Quinn Meets Temporary Defeat por
' ; Two Bills; To Draw Act Setting
; -, Up Five Commisbioners In Duplin
Assembly . bills to allow county
commissioners to designated coun
ty depositories; divide dog tax re
ceipts equally between the general
county fund and the school fund:
to permit, all county solicitor's
fees to be credited to the general
county fund; to make it a misde
meanor for anyone to be found in
a drunken condition off their own
premises. These bills were referred
to committees.. - '--' -1 n ' - j
I - The bill to allow county com
,missioners to designate county de
positories has passed the house and
remains to pass the senate body.
The bills regarding drunks and
dividing dog tax receipts were re
ported irom the committee unfav
orable. The bill to credit to gene
ral county fund all county solid
'tor's fees was reported favorable
A favorable report' on a- bill is
tantamount to passage; ' ; :
The TIMES is informed that Mr.
tricts for Duplin and provide for
each district to nominate ; in the
primary its own candidate to be
damaee ' close to a million. At
this writing the, Ohio at Cincin-
natti is falling but a still greater
voted on by the whole county in flood is expected along the Missis-
ine general election, jot. v uuinn oiyyu i a cActicu uui uic uuu
is following the mandate from this sands of miles of dike stretching
county convention in the summer J to New Orleans may not -be able :
when it voted nnanimonslv to ask! to withstand the unrush'of water.
him to nas inch a hill. . x Dnnlin . The American Bed Cross has
Countv is nrobablv the only conn
ty in North Carolina with as ma
ny as 35,000 people with only
tnree commissioners.
sent out an appeal for millions of
dollars, the Federal Government in
swift action has anoropriated mil
lions for relief in the flood strick-
of the county that Mr. Quinn will
introduce a blue law bill to apply
only to Duplin. The legislator sta
tes that this is a false rumor, that
he has no intention of introduc
ing a blue law bill of any nature.
A bill to abolish the jury in our
j general county court has been
drafted and will be introduced
shortly, he stated. Our board of
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ret cepnve anyone oi me ngm xnai oy jury. une can ai- ...
ways appeal to .thesupeiwrcourt.
It fc-3 teen t-11 that lis -cttrt art lawfry and alid-
lv csrate without a iury. The court is established under sec-
tioa 1CC3, (f), Consolidated Statutes. Its criminal jurisdiction '
h izt out in another section giving it right to try crimes be-J
hw the grade where punishment is death or imprisonment in-,
ths state pri:on. The General County Court is denominated in .
'iv as an inferior court, that is a court telow the grade of a
-::ricr court. VTe are informed that tLe general rule is where
r3 rijht of an appeal from a verdit or judgment is given,;
fr- "t recorder or county juds to the superior court, the defen-V
'it La no right to trial by jury in the county court The,
1 jiskture may provide other means for, trial of petty misde
ir-r.crs than by jury, provided the right of appeal is preserv-,
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The bill of C. E. Quinn provides for an appeal from the,
j - 3ien.t cf the county court, and that makes it constitution
Th2 so.ir.2 jary serves - Superior' court that serves, the-,
-ty court. , The very' same men may be called to pass on
r Ecl.ocl bu3 crss in the superior court who served in
r -ty cent." If x?e cr3 f::r to alcli:h the j iry to the
i . I." -c"t c -' -c ;t the pry tsx then we raiht
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OEIGATESASI(?FOIi
COiJVICTS AND EflUIPuEfJT
' A delegation from Duplin mar
ched in Baleigh Tuesday carrying
with them data showing - Dunlin
is not getting its share of convicts
and road equipment irom the Sta
te Highway and Public Works Di
vision. The group, composed -of
Chairman Miller and Jno Croom of
the board of commissioners, Supt.
0. P.. Johnson, Sobert M. Carr,
Eeniry L." Stevens, Jr. and Pai3on
McQowen called on Capus M. Way
nick and then proceeded to Chapel
Hill to ' confer with Stanley d,
Wright, estate ' directorof . W.P.A;
regarding allottment for a, Duplin
County schools. I, ) "
: -.Duplinasis its, plea for ; mpre
road eauinment and convicts on a
comparison ,be&?eea Didin,!en-
uer ana vunsiow; counties, xne ioi
lowingdata wa? submitted; ?
. ONSLOW Cpunty i : 743 square
miles. 15,312 nersons. 20.6 inha-
bitants per square mile,' 1930 cen
sus., Koads, : 1931 county, hn
ways, class A, 67.4; class B, 48.6;
class C, 297.4, total-413.4 miles,
and 96.3 miles state , highways.
Total miles estimated today are
400. Equipment: 10 dump trucks,
4 maintenance trucks, one 75 h.p.
tractor, 115 convicts. " v ,.- 'r
. PENDER : County : . 815 .square
miles, 15,686'persons, 19 12 inha
bitants per square mile (1930 cen
sus). According to 931 statistics
render has 107.65 miles state
hi hway ; county, roads, class A,
115.9 miles; class B, 208.1 miles;
class C, 87.5 miles. .Total 41L5.
Total mileage estimated . today
413 Equipment, 10 dump .trucks,
5 maintenance trucks, one 60 h.
p. tractor, one patrol truck, 95
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United States and the people are
responding almost to their limit.
Jiupiin uounty nas responaea
splendidly to the call for money
to aid the Red Cross in relief and -rehabilitation
in the flooded areas.
ipuplin's quota was first set at
$200, later increased to $400 and
later to $1,000 and as mucn above
as possible.
J. . Jerritt, chairman of the
Duplin County unit Red , Cross
talks very "optimistically about
prospects of passing our. quota. In
iact ne tninxs uupiin wiu raise
nearly, $1500. Capt. Jerritf is in -charge
of the drive, assisted by 0. .
P. Johnson, treasurer, Mrs. N, B.
,'Boney. vice-president. Mrs. Harvey y
MlBoney. executive secretary. Mrs. J.
VVIUltJf I g. ,m. J,!,-..!. miltliviKf nliaivmAVi ' '
highways, . 125:95 miles ;
roadsrclass A, , 172.4; jj
125.2; class C, 341.6, total 639.2 1 Mrs. Irene Huffham county nurse
miles county roads.' Equipment: Bland scores of others throughout
dump trucks, seven maintenance ! the county who have volunteered
tracks, one 35 h.p.-tractor, one' their services. -
patrol truck, 05 convicts. ) Reports to date reveal that Dup-
r Sununarizing these statistics we lin County has raised a total ,of
find Duplin larger i in aea than $816.49, including $160 worth of .t
Onslow and slightly smaller than clothing from Faison and $10.65
Pender.; However? Pender county express charges for shipping. .
has a large area on the coast that ' j Kenans ville leads cash contn- j
is lowlands and hardly inhabita- tutors with a total of $137.14,
ble. Duplin has over twice the pop4 followed closely by Warsaw -with
ulation of either Pender or Ons- $130.50 t and Chinquapin with.
1W counties. Duplin has a total $125.00. Here we particularly call
of. 639.2 miles 4 of county roads" y0ttr attention to the Chinquapin
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TELEGRAM
; ' WASHINGTON, D. C, JAN. 26, 1937
v J. E JERRITT, Acting airman Duplin County Chapter ARC,
yji. v KENANSvni;;N;ic.:;':'f
F100D SBPFERINO HAS' A1READY REACHED UNPRECE-
DENTED PROPORTIONS WITH RELIEF NEEDS STEADILY
. MOUNTING STOP UNDER THESE CONDITIONS IMPOSSIBLE .
f NOW -NAME FINAL' GOAL FOR FUNDS ONLY' LIMIT RED.
CROSS ASSISTANCE ; MUST BE MAXIMUM c GENEROSITY :
, 1 AMERICAN FEOPLE STOP EVERY . POSSIBLE r MEMBER
NATIONAL RED CROSS STAFF NOW-ASSIGNED TO FIELD
FOR RELIEF DUTY STOP 1 CALL UPON ALL CHAPTERS .
TO ASSUME FULL INITIATIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE JURIS- .,
-J DICTIONS AND MOBILIZE EVERY COMMUNITY RESOURCE
: OF PERSONEL AND ORGANIZATION TO RAISE PROMPTLY
LARGEST POSSIBLE AMOUITT STOP REPutT DAILY A
' MOUNT RAISED STOP FOR, YOUR INFORMATION IN VIEW
PRESENT KNOWN NEEDS YOUR. GOAL SHOULD BE NOT.
"r LESS THAN FIVE" TIMES QUOTA ORIGINALLY ASSIGNED j
. V,'' "'. rCASY T. GHAYCOII, Chairman '