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- la a statement mtul . ; C.y A.
Cardwell, Agricultural uil In
dustrie! Zent for i 3 Atlantic
Coast line Eaflroad, one of the
great evils of the agricultural
south is exposed in these few
wors:- . . . .
' Te South it a land of specializ
ed faming sad mixed farming,
but not balanced faraungb;vV' ; ;
In areas principally along" the
Coast we have track farms and a
little farther inland tobacco farms,
cotton farntf and peanut farms.
These farms are cash or money
crop farms even though rv several
cv are grown, '" ; '
1 aimers, being optimists, expect
lie money-crops to f Ornish, income
sufficient to buy eyerything", need
ed on the, farm. 'siws
. Cash-crops in times i of ' good
prices will provide U ieeet,l'''Tv' :'ttM
hnt WD do not Rlwftvs havi hirh M bV E. B. Kugler, - assistant
prices,4nd as a long time pwposi -
tinw fash-f-Tnn nnnlp.itipntil liv'ganio ana lniana iisnenes, lnsnn
ample faadri'jiWpl. Vin4 1
livestcok Jar greater worth
than cash-biJps Uone,;; regardles.s
limafontr ;i:i'i iir ffTRfltnr worth',
lot prioes."v.'' fv
: CWJiei.wSmd,'tt money-crop
deflaw away to pay for! goods cap
able of being : produced at home
we- are paying, not only for -the
commodity but for the services of
many . outside people'.avwell. This
is uneconomical nd -it is) one of
the main reasdns why farming in
the South is not more profitable.
We' neea.bkkftcei .fannin' '.toh??'vSi
enable us to retain i larger share
of the annual wealth, produced on
Southern farms,
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y, i mi, rerry voawm ab oca ir
WiiteA chairman of the annual
ville, it has been announced ' by
Dr. B. . Carlton, of Winston-Sal-
" North Carolina Tuberculosia As
sociation.. Mrs.: Dobson is Chair
i nia of the JPublio Welfare Depart-
irpnt of the Kenansville. Woman's
' Clabi She, and all other club wo
men: are taking an active part in
' tl e Seal Sale,, the teceipts ; from
" which carry on year-around anti
tuberculosis work in this district
Other members of the commit
tee are: Mesdames a. c. weus, w.
J. Pickett. A. J. Elanton. C. B.
Ettterson, J. J. Whitfield, J Sou
" tlierland.. D. S. Williamson . and
N. Boner. '
The Junior Woman's Club is
working in cooperation with the
i.lnr rinh onrl Wi Nannie or-
, r--ay is Chairman of their Seal
'e group. - ,
: :laClubPhn3
D you' have any clothes the
children are grown out of I Any
i t"'s they are tared of I Or anyuung
1 of" little -Sralue' to you now that
someone "else would like to have.
' Those are the questions the
Eeta Club of the Bnansville high
soliool is asking now, as plans
pt under way for a' Christmas
cl arity campaign. The club in
i. . !s to solicit and accept con-
t-i:tions from the people of the
county between now and Clirist
nws to help give the poorer folks
' , of l':e community a better holiday.
Contributions may be made to
I"." n and Eleanor Coutlierlar.il, of
ansville, or to 1I.bs Iuebe
an, of the Kenansville school
:ty.- -r " '
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0. E. TAIL BUYS
I . WEST STCH2 -
( JL Bail has purchased the
i ii Eennpsville now occu
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D TO HALT
Prosecution of lev- J state and
county A officers, including the
nrve warden of Lenoir county, for
; l ? laws, was stop
X 1 I t Iwuilay when Duplin
Cime Warden Jim Smith received
instructions from Raleigh not to
prosecute.
The ' offenders, vs. C. Sitterson,
A. B. C. Buying agentof Kinston ;
B. B. Canfield, . of ialeigh Fire
Dep t.7 D.' B. ' Bell, county game
warden of Lenoir County; and Dr.
7. Iff. Slantbn and J. C.'Hayworth
were caught while hunting in Du
plin county on Sunday,' Nov, 21st.
and were liable ttf prosecution un
der a section of the Statutes of
North Carolina forbidding Sunday
hunttogi;;;??,
They were ordered tb appear be
fore Justice of the Peace :C. B.
Sitterson, in Kenansville, on Mon
day, Nov. 22nd at 2KX). On that
day, as the game warden and Jus-1
tice Sitterson wen filing . out, pa-
sc'i oJi
Game 'Warden Smith not to
prosecute. ,
prosecute.,
- Since 'that time Justice Sitter
son. has written -to the . Attorney
General of the state of North Car'
olina, wha declined to act in the
matter, - and to District ; . Agent
JTred A. h WUHaffis; (under whose
instructions Smith acted; accord
ing to his own' statement), who
replied , that he had advised the
wardens not to prosecute under
the imim-Wi'
pntil TAifmAnf-'
Planned by Junior
VVomsh's Club ;.
; On November 23, 1937, the Jun
ior Woman's Club held its regular'
monthly meeting in the v 1 u b
House. Mrs.. N. B. Boney presided
at the piano, while Mrs.' G. E.
Jones led in singing the Club
song., ?, Mrs. B. C. Wells installed
the new officers and enumerated
the duties of each. The following
are the new officers installed:
Mrs. Bobert 'Grady, President;
Margaret ;, Williams,v Vice Presi
dent, Elizabeth Ward, Secretary;
Thelma ; Smith, Treasurer; - and
Botha Murray, Beporter ' , .
Plans were made for' a card
Tournament to be held on Sat
urday night, December 11, at . 8
o'clock in the Club House. A variety-'
of fcames : are to be played.
Tickets may be secured from mem
bers of the junior' woman's vino
at 23 cents each. The proceeds will
be used for the construction, of a
community , tennis court Any co
operation rendered will bo great
ly- appreclawo.;.;:;;f,;H4;,:,h:PH
" At the close of the meeting; re
freshments - were served, by. the
hostesses, Misses - Thelma Smith,
Elizabeth Ward and Nannie Pol'
lock. J: f tytyifi
PYPL Has Party
The Presbyterian Young Peop
le's league of the Grove Presby
terian church was entertained at
"Auto Party" in the home of
its adult advisor, Mrs. Lawrence
8outherland. last Friday night.
Ellen Southerland had charge of
the games, in which she carried
out ,the 'auto MeMv'.v-r
After many eames and contests
all present enjoyed hot tea and
doughnuts, representing the" gas:
oline and, the tires Of the autos.
Most ,of the members of the
Ipjue were present, , including
Eric Long who is in school at
Haxton. J ' -
- ASrOTINCE MABEIAGE '
s Mr. E.C. Newton, of Kenan
sville, announces the marriape of
his dan r.ter, Emily Boris
r.wton, t Va;'"! Ja-"T
I " .nci! ' . ' r 21st, 1C37, ia
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The Duplin Timet is ready to kick when such flagrant ex
amples of official partiality are shown as in the case appear
ing in another story of this issue, wherein officials are protected
from prosecution under the laws of Hie state, obviously because
of their positions. ,".. -'-' " . t
' ... Game Warden Jim Smith, of Duplin county, arrested offend
ers of the game law which prevents hunting on Sunday. Those
offenders happened to be officials of the State and County and
an immediate notice was sent to Smith from Baleigh headquar-;
ten of the; hunting commission advising him not to prosecute.,.
In an effort to get to the bottom of the thing, Justice of
the Peace C. B. Sitterson wrote to Attoreny Oenexal Seawell,
asking his advioe. Attorney Seawell declined to enforce the law
or, to make any move, saying that the courts were above him in
authority, and that he is required to give official opinions to
the Department of Conservation and Development, and as that .
department seems to be involved, he must decline to make any
comment until asked to by the department head.
' Mr. Sitterson then wrote to the District Game Protector of
this district, Fred D. Williams, who answered by saying that
although there is a law against Sunday hunting, it is not very
clear, and that he had given no instructions to enforce it. He 'h
did say that the sheriff and hit deputies had a right to enforce .
the law.
Warden Smith has in his possession a copy of the statute
forbidding Sunday hunting, given to Mm by Fred D. Williams ;
and says that Krl Williams instructed hit agents in the pres- '
ence of Solicitor Powell, of this district ,to arrest violators, and. j
obtained Solicitor Powell's word that they would be prosecut-
ed to the fullest extent of thelaw.;v;;sf.'--?. . ..
If that is true, Mr. William's memory must be bad. .
In regards to the lack of clarity of the law itself, there
appears nothing in it which should be misunderstood. We copy .
it verbatim i Section- 3956, Chapter 75, Consolidated Statutes of -.
North Carolina, ' 1919 "HUNTING OB GOING ABMED OX
..;SlJNDAY.v:' f ' ;5s-fc;
. ' "If any person shall, except in defense of his own property,
. hunt on Sunday with a dog, or shall be found off his premises
on Sunday, having with him a shotgun, rifle," or pistol, he '
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and pay a fine not exceeding
fif ty dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding 30 dftjo.''-..':.',.
v,i In our humble opinion that law. can be understood by any
' one, and it applies to any citizen of the state of North Carolina,
' "he he an official or be he a poor man who doesn't have political
c me iiupun xunes says uuaw u. uuuo a tuij wo. v
help to remove the obstacles tfaoed ia the path ofljustioe, it
U needs only to find it out "Pork barrel" politics are out of date
Price For Co-op
Orders Show
' County Agent Beynolds states
that since the story informing
farmers about cooperative buying
of dynamite appeared in the Times
last week, several have placed
orders and' made inquiries about
cooperative prices preparatory to.
placing orders. . !
;? According to reports from farm
ers of the county who have plac
ed orders for dynamite, the re
tail price is about 25 per 100 lbs.
when bought in small quantities.
: The carload urice ouoted for co
operative buying is lest than half
of that amount) $iu.ou per iuu u.
This represents a great saving to
the farmers of the county, who
need dynamite - if enough orders
Prices On County Hog Mart
Stay Above Quoted Market
. County Agent ; Beynolds dis
closed this week that the county
(jooperative selling hog market
hat been consistently above the
market quotations from Richmond
during iti entire period of .operat
ion.: Top" class hogs last Friday
sold, he said, at $8.15 per hund
redweieht 15 rents per hdwt. more
?than, market quotations, and the
hogs were sold to representatives
of the Bichmond market The ad
vantage of buying hogs ; in large
quantities attracts 'buyers
and competition is keen, forcing
prioes above the market.
. Ia figuring the extra profit for
State Lien to
Sep PicUare3?;:
County Agent Beynolds has re
ceived a letter from Dan M. Paul
acting secretary of the Alumni
association of Elate College, in re
nrds to the Elate Collese : Club
banquet to be held in Kenansville i
on weaaesaay n
Tit, rccember
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Dynamite
are ' brought in to the county
agent's office to amount to a car
load, which is 20,000 pounds. Al
ready between 5000 and 6000
pounds have been ordered for co-i
vawn niv", v
ana many xoore ore expeowa w
come in before the order is TfltO'
Beynolds wished to stress the
fact that the county ageaV t of
fioe it not acting as the represen
tative of any company, but is act
ing purely in the farmers' inter-;
ests, as ; a carload of dynamite,
bought ' cooperatively will ; ; cost
$29,000 less than the same amount
bought at retail prices.
farmers by selling on the county
market, it was found that, consid
ering oil expenses, farmers avera
sred 82.15 per hos; more than they!
would have recieved had they sent
hogs directly to the .Bichmond
market for Friday sa'es. Not only
that, he said, but previous sales
have been em further above mar
ket quotations, reaching more than
80 cents per nawi. .. more ; wan
market prices. , '
, Friday's- shipment consisted of
290 hogs, 4 carloads, 90 per-cent
of which were classed at tops,
averaging 203 pounds per hog. ,
moving piotures of all of the day
s-ames that .state piayea tus
year, and offers to have the coach
es show them at the meeting. ;'
- Beynolds says that the pres
ence of the three' State men assur
es the Duplin County State Club
of a successful affair. : He intends
to take up the offer to show
pictures of the games.
AUitional information oonoern
ir 2 t'e T'te Cv."-e Club eppear-
1 i i ! " v - Vt L;..s of tie 17-
Great Saving
DECEMBEB 2ND, 1937
To Stage Contest
Yard Decoration
. The Kenansville Woman's Club
will sponsor a Christmas Derora
tion Contest r again this season.
Prises will be offered for both
the yard and the porch that is
decorated prettiest
The Judges, whose names we
win announce later, will be from
out of town. The decisions will be
made and hhe prizes awarded on
Saturday night, December 18th.
For two Christmas seasons con
tests similar to this have : been
sponsored and as a result Kenans-
villle has been made one of the
most attractive Towns in Eastern
Carolina. ;v;;i ; ' .. v-. y
The sucess of a decoration pro
gram depends on the wholeheart
ed cooperation of each citizen. Al
though your effort may seem
meager and your means even
more so, do Join with us at this
Yuletide Season and help to make
Christmas in Kenansville ptettier
than ever before.
K'Vffle Library
Birthday Party
To Be Held Soon
The Kenansville Community Li
brary will celebrate its 17th birth
day on December 19th, when a
musical program will be given in
the Agricultural building, con
ducted by Mrs. W. D. Beynolds.
Light refreshments will be served.
Tickets will be sold for the occa
sion at very nomianl prices, and
the publio is cordially invited to
attend. -' :"
Kenansyille's library was start
ed in 1920 with 30 volumes, and
hat grown until itnov oari beastl
of 10GO volumes, including books
on travel, history, geography, fio-
tion, a set of ''Harvard Classics,
two complete encyclopedias and
'Who's Who." It operates under
the system adopted by the State
library, with every volume index
ed and classvaet. it is open to the
publio three afternoons a week,
Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
Each year the. library holds a
birthday celebration, the proceeds
of which go toward procuring new
and needed volumes.
The neonle of Kenansville and
community should make free
use 01 uu iionry ana aap w w
lance it as it is a valuable asset
to the town and county.
Kinston Masonic
Lodge Celebartes
150th Birthday
Masons in Kinston ere planning
a two-day oelebration of the 150th
anniversary of St : John's Lodge
No. 4, founded there in 1787. The
celebration will begin on Monday
evening at 7:30 o'clock, when a
sermon wM be preached at the
Gordon Street Church of Christ by
Dr. B. W. Spillman. The public is
invited to this meeting.
On Monday evening at 7:00
o'clock the second meeflng will be
held ia the clubroom of the Met-'
odist Church when a banquet will
be given to members of the lodge
and to visitors who an invited to
attend. i'i.)X-:'K-
Three or four hundred people
are expected to be present for the
celebration, eonsutins; of mem
bers of the lodge and their wives,
and v visitors from . neignoormg
lodges. Limited numbers are invit
ed to attend from eaen ox we
neisrhborinr lodges,' the largest
number being from St Johns
Lodge No. 13, in Kenansville,
which will have 80 representa-
tlVM. I-
. Officers of the Grand Lodge
will be present to enjoy the oel
ehration and - to address tin
sembiy.,- '. '-' ',
, MBS. STC1ZI BEBIOUSLY
ILL IN rJSPTPAl A1 v
'' WILKISuTON lX ....
- Mrsi. Oliver Stakes returned to
a' Wilmington hospital a few days
ago. She is reported to be in a ve-
ry onucai oonoiiaoa. at imuij
are standing by At ther home in
KenansvCls., '
LET FOG
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START ttOQLlAT OfJGE
New Church Year
. For M.E. Church.
The Duplin Times has received
the following notice from the
Board of Stewards of the Kenan
sville Methodist Church, con
reraing the new church year:
A new Church Year begins in
the North Carolina Conference of
the Methodist Espiscopal Church,
South, with the month of Decem
ber.
Sunday, December 5th, 1937
is the beginning of a New Year
at Kenansville Methodist Church.
We are very fortunate in having
our same pastor, Brother Thomp
son, returned to us again. We hope
that all of our members and fri
ends will be out to church Sun-
day and help us start the New
Year right.
We want to keep up our us
ual plan of paying the budget as
we go, and so we are askinsr all
our members to make their usual
liberal payment Sunday Morning
on tne budget, f lease write your
name on the envelope to insure
proper credit
Wishing you all a very Merry
Christmas and a happy new Year.
Yours Most Cordially,
Board of Stewards.
In addition to the notice it was
announced that Sunday .School will
begin at 10:00 Sunday, preaching
at 11:15 A. M. and at 7:30 P. M.
Urgent Request!
The DUPLIN TIMES has been
asked by the Duplin County Wel
fare Department to make an urg
ent request to the people of the
county to donate coats or shoes
to the department immediately.
Mrs. Boney says that many peo
ple in the county are in their bare
feet, and many more haven't en
ough clothing to stay warm in
wintry weather.
Shoes or coats, no matter how
old, how near worn out, or what
sizes or colors, are needed immedi
ately. Hog Shipment to
Be Made Friday
There will be a shipment of
hogs from Warsaw in Friday, Dec.
10th .according to County Agent
Beynolds, when he expects farm
ers of the county to sell about 4
carloads of hogs. Farmers are urg
ed to inform the county agent of
the number of hogs they icxpect
to tell at that time in order that
preparations may be made for
handling them.
Another shipment will probably
be made on Friday, Bee. 17th, in
stead of a week later, as is usual
ly done, ia order not to conflict
with the impending ! Christmas
holidays. v
Local Youths Badly Hurt
In Holiday Auto Smashiip
Goldsboro, a blowout threw ' the
automobile in whiph they were
riding out of control and it turned
OTW,,..v'V..''."'!'V.'rt;. ' y.'-itf ff.i
The virtimt were taken to the
Goldsboro Hospital, where. :; Pail
is stiH confined., An four, were
kept in the hospital, for a ' few
days for observation and - Fair
cloth, Williamson and Merritt
were then allowed to return to
their homes. Merritt, however, has
been returned to the Goldsboro
hospital, according to ' reports,
where ; he will be . confined for
some, time because of the ; severe
back injury recieved in the wreck.
Bail's condition is reported as
serious. 1 ' j
NUMBER 47
Companies to carry out constru
ction work on schools of Duplin
county, under the recent PWA al
lotment for that purpose," were
named last Tuesday by H. T. Cole,
regional director of PWA, when
contracts were awarded to low
bidders. The county board of edu
cation, which awarded the con
tracts, with approval of the State
Board of Education and PWA au
thorities, expressed extreme satis
faction with the bids accepted
for the projects.
The companies to whom con
tracts were awarded were: . f
W. L. Jewell, of Sanford, gener
al contractors, for construction of
2 additional rooms at Chinquapin
at a cost of $4,775, 2 additional '
rooms at B. F. Grady at a cost of
$5,100, and a 4 room addition at
Calypso at a cost of $8,455. - ,
W. A. Simon, Inc., of Wilming
ton, general contractors, for con- ,
struction of a new auditorium at
Beulaville and division of the pre
sent auditorium into- b crassrooms
at a cost of $22,366, and con
struction of a new auditorium at
Magnolia at a cost of $13,750. The
present auditorium at Magnolia is ,
also to be divided into' classrooms .
later, but not under the present'
contract.
Heatine equipment will be in-,
stalled by Minor Plumbing Co., of
Fayette ville, at Chinquapin and B.
F. Grady, for $649; Ideal Plumb
ing and Heating Co., of Wilming
ton, at Beulaville, for $1,954; Al-,
bemarle Plumbing and Heating (,
Co.. of Albemarle, at Magnolia, for
$1,314; W. M. Wiggins & Co., of""
Wilson, at Calypso, for $1,042.
Plumbing will be done by Mitt- ft
or Plumbing Co., at Chinquapin
and Magnolia for $289; Ideaf"
Plumbing and Heating Co., at Beu- .
laville for $463; A. E. Cumber,
of Wilmington, at Calypso, for
$180.
The Electrical Maintenance Co.,
of Wilmington, was awarded all
electrical jobs in the schools for
$1,000.
Contracts awarded total $61,-
337. It is estimated that -architect
fees and other incidentals will "
bring the total up to the amount .
allotted for the work.
It was revealed from a reliable .
source that the high standards
set for construction work to be '
done in the schools had led offici-
als to believe that the total amount ,
for contracts accepted would a
mount to nearly one third more
than proved to be the case.
Bids turned in on each project,
covered a wide range. For con- ,
struction alone at Chinquapin bids
were from $4,775 to $6,900, at '
Grady from $5,100 to $7,479, at
Beulaville from $22,366 to $27,- '.
665, at Magnolia from $13,750 to . '
$19,527, and at Calypso $8,450 to '
$12,750.
No local organization placed a
bid for any of the contracts,- al
though local labor will be used in- .
sofar as possible. Work will begin : '
immediately. .V; j'
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Cenus Bail and Carson Merritt, :
of Kenansville, were seriously in
jured : during, the v Thanksgiving
holidays when their automobile
turned over on the Goldsboro read,
breaking Dail's leg above the knee,
wrenrhing Merritt's back so badly
that it was feared for a, while
that it was broken, Their com-
pardons, Charlie Lee .WaBsfflson,
also of Kenansville, ' and Bal.Ji
Faircloth, of Warsaw, suffered se
vere bruises and cuts as -a 'rc -Ji
.of the' accident i:;j;'fr'.l:v';', ;.
The accident-occurred 'e"
Wednesday night whn the'y
started to attend the Than!.
Eva Dance at tlie Hotel Col.' '
'Near Woodland I tLls si.'.j
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