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i:? to Track
.iv i.Ii! Train
Ac: J car on a fast wutnbouT'
f ' t train jumped . the tr
.a cf Warsaw, near Fa'on
' sir mnmi'mr. doine luff i ient
-' to the track and loaJbed
' ' 1 up the morning mail train
."ai-iiaw for. 4 hours. It was
. -,ary for the mail train to
v It until a wrecking crew could
ne from Wilmington to repair
. damages. s
EaUroad men held the opinion
t'.ut roqks, or some other' obstruct
i on on the track caused the acci
C.nt, although there were Indica
tions of a b'" '..lown in i'the
wheels of tbp .J, car., v'
. Rotarians Meet i
'The Warsaw-Kenans viUe Eo
tary Club met Tuesday at the Bap
tist Church clnbrooms : in War
saw, with President Vance On pre
siding, Arthur Humphrey, Secre
tary. ' t V 1
Eev. Cadle, Aubrey Cavenau-
and Br. Ewers matte very inter
esting talks on the subject of
safety lief ore the assembly.
' Within the past two mouths
membership in 'the Eotaryvlub
has increased 50 per cent. ,. 1
F r Out Tuesday for Christmas :
t'week'f issue f TEE DTTPIIN TIMES, which will be tte
.as number,'wiU be out on Tuesday night. All frrespond
. M asked to note this early deadline for the dosing of tte paper
SJm issue because of the Christmas hohdays, and get their i copy
, the officer later than Monday of next week. If unable to
, your letter up in time to reach us Monday, aveyour news un
tiie following weei and include it with your Christmas news,
ioli will appear in the paper the week following Christmas. - ,,
'ravity Becomes
Auto SneakthiefX;
Almost everyone knows T some
thing of the power of gravitation,
but Sam loftin, of .the B. F. Gra-a-b
anAtinn - hiu discovered' in it a
' new inclination it is an , auto
.thief. - '
, TfKti ift liia car sithne on the
ca Kn Willard Westbrook's
Service Station, on the Pink Hill
road, Wednesday night When he
' Tiront tn crt it. it was no longer
h.T. AftiTft short search v the
Ample Hogs Outdo
All Expectations .
According to County -Agent
EeynoldSj 'Jihe hog shipment made
from Warsaw unaay. was exp,
ed to be light, due to two ship-niA-nta
nomine' on succesive 1 Fri
days, but such expectations ' were
Irani when 293 hoes had been
tnliMliilfri for shiument by Thurs
day afternoon, ij more than have
been sold on any previous snip-
datr atifl indinfttiona Vointr
ing to many 'more being available
cT.; discovered in a' ef wasmauc.
big ditch below, a bridge, wncre
trraviir tA left it."
' , loftin had failed ,'to set. bis
. itnira m tint, the i auto" : in Rear
. . when he left it A lumber truck
was required, to remove the ve
hicle from the ditch. ; ; V '
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Tenant House Is
Curned Tuesday , .
: A tenant house on highway 4Q
"between Kenansville and Wallace,
which belongs to Paisley Bouse
and is occupied this year by Ar
v.n Tirodiiaw. nesrro. was alleg-
edlv set on . fire last Tuesday
ahntit 1 n'nloek. A neero wo-
man is being held in the Kenans
ville jail pending'. a preliminary
trial.. ' 'rf.'.fiK''" 'i
According to" officers the house
was. set on fire in. four places.
I.; .L-twood, apparently used to
s'.J t the fire, was found under
two windows, as well as kerosene
windows. The culprit
gained entrance to the house by a
a window and fired a"bed, as well
s the outside of the house. ;
Hone of the . occupants o s the
e were 'injured except one
I. who suffered minor burns.
Many: Attend
Joint Birthday
Celebration ; !
? :
Pork Goes
to Town Friday
A hog shipment made from
Y, saw last Friday brought -the
fa: nen of .the county who took
r .t in it $4,515,70." '271 hogs
v ere shipped,, a majority of which
Tnn mice Tot the
1 ert was $8.35 per lundred-
t. The hogs went to a ai
Aaol' cr shipment will be made
ri-:i.y, Iec,17th, in order that
c' -impTit on- Friday before
t ' ". tnias may not te ne'C-ary.
Amnnd 7K pnesta from ; Duiflin
and Wayne enjoyed the. birthday
ana dbjwwub ucjcuio.ulu
joint birthdays of Bev Uoyd Ver
nnn nd I. C. TJavennort' of Cab
in, at the home of JKev. iaoyo
Vernon neur Eenansville. Mon
dtt-o: Dp.np.mber 13.- -;v'
7 .
. nw Vimuiii And nr. uavenpon
are first cousins, and for the past
five or six years have celebrated
thPir birthdays iointlv. one year
at the home or jtev. vernon, me
fnlinwnir at the honte of Mr
Bavenport lt has grown to be an
UUUbUUUU ' ' OU1VUK lira :,.:wH".
and frienda.of the two COUSinS. '
- Those present on monoay were .
Mr. and Mrs. A, E. Tyndall, Pink
Bill; SJ. na JUS. noiano, Ajfu
Aan and Mr: and Mrs. Bevnolds,
Pleasant Hill; Mr. and Mrs. Hen
ry Tyndall, Pink Hill; Jirs. an
Tmriiiii mmtnii Mr. and Mrs. B.
F. Hargrove and family, Mt Ol
ive: 0. K aargrove, wasninBwu,
T Mra T. M. Memu. Ift.W
ive Henry Hill, Bob Whaley and
jAhmiT Ttavennort Seven Springs ;
Mrs.! Magnus Outlaw, Mrs. Jessie
Cahoon and Mrs.' Vivian race,
nntiftw' Tiridira: Mr; and .Mrs. J.
ITmitiaA v. I5r. and Mrs. L. C. Ba
wnnorL Mr. and JOrs. inurmaa
Davenport, Mr. and, Mrs. Clifton
Baker, Kr .and mrs. Aon oinv-
land and family; all of vaoin;
Wr. and Ki-s. I. K. Brvan. Sr. i Mr.
and Trs. J. K. Bryan, Jr., Mr. and
Mrs. Luther - Bice' Carroll, and
chSJren, Krs., Sudie Pyatt Killer
and-dat!j;Lter, all of near nenans-
vCi, and Kiss Sue JfeU Kennedy,
of Henansvule.
The Chinauanin Chapter of the
Young Tar Heel Farmers , . held
their annual banquet amaay, jue
cember 10, at 7:30 P M. "
Carrol Sholar, presiaent of tne
Chanter, acted as ' toastmaster.
Paul T. Wood, representing the
8th grade class repeated the Fu
ture Jfarmers vreea. me inene oi
the program was Cooperation. Al
bro Brown who represented the
9th grade made a very - interest
ing talk on school and commun
It eooneration. Thelbert Fountain
of t 10th told of the success of
cc ration in Denmark. K. C. Ca-
voiiuiiorKkfTinin thn 11th 'CTBilp
made a splendid talk on extermi
nation of pests tnrougn coopera
tin. At the nlosn of tile nrocram
thp 1ad and STiPt WPTR xpnt on
their way bv a cheerine little mes-,
sage oy wuour Booiar. .
The chapter was honored by the
presence of Supt 0. P. Johnson
who made one or the most inter
esting and worthwhile talks ' a
long ,the . line of the ' program
theme that it has been out plea
sure to hear, umnquapin states
appreciation to our very capable
County Superintendent .' for ' his
fine oooperanon u ouuaing up
the school and community. The
decorations were ;. in harmony
with the Christmas season. The de
coration and serving were under
the direction or juss sioan ana
the Home Economics Department.
WPA to Reach
More Families ft
The sftonp.' of WPA work in sub
tin welfare has recently been wid
mpd to occpnt any family whose
expenses on a subsistanoe level are
orpfttpr than itc income.' nroviaea
fhA watVav in the family is auali-
fied for such aid. This, is explain-;
ed as meaning that a lamuy wnose
expenses,' for instance, amount to
$16.00 a week; and whose income,
including everything recieved, a-
mounts to only fiu.uu a weex, can
he referred to tbe WA I or nein.
" In answerine the question q
whether this will, make paupers
of unnh families or heln to rehftbil-
itate them, the , Public Welfare
Hewn Letter "exnlains that with'
..... ..i. '
out help tney never nave enougn
to eat Jiesuit-inaaequaoey, poor
YABD AND POBCH
DEC0KATI0K8T0BS
JUDGED OH SATUBBAY . ' '
NIGHT, DEC. 18TH .' '
- The Christmas decorations tn
' the yards and porches in
, Xenansville will be ' judged !
, on Saturday night, Deo. 18,
between 7:30 and 8:30 o'
' clock and prizes will .be .
' warded at that time. .
' The following women have
, been asked to act as judges,
. Mesdames B. A. Cadle, Geo.
; Bennett, and Henry Middle-
, ,ton, all of Warsaw. " '
' First and second prizes will,
be awarded for , both the
' yard and1 porch that is de
corated most prettily..
.- The contest is being spon
sored by the Eenansville. Wo
men's club and' it is their
greatest wish that each , of
. you will start today and decorate!
uLjJO LOUlIS TOO PEfJDER (:
Rosehill Girl Has Skull
Fractured in Accident
Child Dies From
Attack of Croup
VntiMul aenicet'were held at
the family cemetery Monday after
noon for Earl sosno, ; -year-oiu
son of Mr. and strs. vanoe sosno,
f PnHvn Hill..
' He died Sunday morning at 10
o'clock after suffering from ' an
attack of spasmodic croup for less
than a week.
He was a nephew of Murphy
Bostic, manager of Ef ird's Depart
ment Store, in Kinston.
State Men Go Swanky With
Two Club Vice-Presidents
' Roy Griffen, 42, and 'J. W.i;
Blake, 31, both of, Bocky Point, -,
,were fatally injured in an auto,.; .-.
I wreck Friday night about 6 o'- fl"
clock on the Pink Hill highway,.;
Miss Louise Cottle was taken near B. F. Grady School, when " v
Thursday to a Wilmington hospi- the car in which they were trav-. ;
tal with a fractured skull as the ling toward Eenansville v crashed : '
result of an accident Sunday into the rear end of a track ber
night which was at first believed ; longing to Hampton Williams ot i
to have inflicted no serious injur-1 Kenansville. v'
ies on the three Duplin youthsj Blake reportedly was driving at - ;
involved. 1 a high rate ol speed wnen ne came
Miss Cottle. Victor Carr and; up behind the track, driven oy
Edward Merritt, all of Rosehill, Frank, Wilson, a negro. A car
were riding in a truck belonging coming from the opposite direc
to Carr when the accident occur- tion allegedly forced the truck
red. Merritt, who was driving, fail-' to stop before making a left turn,
ed to notice a red lantern on the and at the same time blinded Gnf-
Wallace-Harrell's Store road ten so tnai ne was uiwmc w
where a bridge over Rockfish the truck until too late to stop. :
creek had "been taken out, and Witnesses say that the negro Jield
Blunged over the embankment, out ms nanu xo signal a icn, t-uiu,.
turnimr the truck over on its, but was not seen oy jjiaiie.
Santa Keeps Foot ,
Oh Neck Of Civil
Cnnrl- This Week
. Case; which. were tohaye been?
tried in Superior uourt mis weeic,-' : . , isaia uu m
under Judge uranmer, lute a ma v - ea a uic ""r , , r -I
. . 1.1 A. -itA ltnf rAOrih , TlftP I m . J Itn.inllt 1
Th Dnnlin County State Col'
1pm Clnb held its onranisation
' meeting Wednesday night Decern
!ber 8, with 81 members attend
ing. An interesting program, ap
Ipetiring turkey dinner, ana eiec-
ni
ton.
It was at first believed tnat an
injury to Carr's leg which requir
ed 10 stitches was the only serious
result of the accident, but later it
was discovered that Miss (Jottie s
skull was fractured. It is believed
that she will recover completely
within a few .weeks.
- Merritt is reported as having
said that he saw the lantern plac
ZTT'n ' .nnhlP t attend, but Coach Doe
jonxy 01 wox """"". - -n.; P.nl
tied out oi court oy , unnsima - r--conscious
attorneys, making it un- sent Pictures of several games
necessary for Judge Cranmer . to played by State this year were
return to ..Kenansville; ym, VM
tera,- . . r Jton game, ana uio owK-viukC
The next session of court to be game.
held here will be next . Monday.
Dec. 20th, when. Judge Blanton,
will oonvene County Court. Dura
tion of the term will depend upon
the number of cases on tne aocx-
et i t 1
Wilmington
Presbytery 1
Wilmington Presbytery met in
adionrned session ; in the ' Pint
Presbyterian Cnurcn in wiimmg
ton on Tuesday at 11. Bev. A. D.
P, Gilmour acted as moderator, v
Rev. Earl Thomvson who has
nffinert elected for the year
were Rov Gates, of Faison, Presi
dent: John D. Grady, of Seven
Springs, first vice-president;, D. J.
widdleton. of Warsaw, second
vice-mresident: Q. E. "Buck"
Jones, of Kenansviue. secretary:
W. P. Loftin, of Mount wave, trea
surer.
Old crrada offered some delight
fnl sntorfainmpnt with tales of
W WW..H. .
their escapades at the Alma Mat
er in days gone oy,
Another meetine will be held
during the month of March. A de
finite date is to be set later.
had been removed, but thought it
to he the tail light ol anotner
far and failed to stoB. Some crit-
cism of the highway department
An- failure to adeauately light a
place so dangerous as the scene of
the accident nas Deen eiiiiesscu
by local people.
work, prolonged starvation, result-iWaccamaw group of churches was j
1 i 1 .t...'. k mII.mm 4-n 'I r . a num. I
come pastor oi we uuo' nvw- ; xne young people ox wuiuuig
maw and Ashwood churches andi ton presbytery will meet in the
TI71i44m VtAiita nmA 1T.11rB ! mi. ' V-m.mav am TsaA
rmcr3
m Line
fcr 1937 Chech
r ' CmrA-a Afent's Cffice has
A.- v-"rf O ' . . . a
-ed accepting applications iur
!f-nt of 1C37 - conservation
"its here. i
ipations are rre-
" f'Ttt out to
i. K O ......
ini in tnbenniloais.' nellaerra. etc..'
with the accompanying doctor bills
which " cannot be ' paid; finally
confinement in a hospital or san
itarium, with tne cost resting on
the taxnaver. While . with heln.
they can have adequate oeas ana
bedding, kitchen ntensus, cMtning,
ana enougn lor looa xor neaiu sua
vigor, i ,y.; JUi'v "i
Business Good; I
In Beulaville t : -
W. Jones. Mayor of Beula-
man hia vpplc to a renres-
entative of the TlflLLa, mat Busi
ness in Beulaviue the past year
had gone forward to a greater
pact than at any year in the his-
' , Wnm" hnnneM " Mayor JonBT
stated, .'.'had opened,, and more'
business t houses -and ' dwellings
had been ereotea tnan aunng
. .; .. .w. j.'iu-i.:'!!
' Businesses aireaay .. esuuuwueu
v Ann u anleiidid business, and
nm impjL have thrived. The town
in looking forward to a good year
(nramineil And, enrolled aS ft mem
ber of this presbytery. He witt be-
oome pastor oi tne xaxe ' wacca-
PBESBYTEBIAH YOUNG
PEOPLE TO MEET
ON DECEMBER 23BD
The young people of Wilming
will supply White Plains and Elk
ton churches.. v .
-Announcement was made of .the
Leadership Training School in
Wilmington an special address on
Religious Education the last of
March. .,-;-' -
Griffen was killed instantly
and was pinned in the wrecked ;
auto so securely that he could
not be moved until the car had
been towed to a Pink Hill garage,' .
where an acetylene torcn was x
used to extricate him. - :
Blake died several hours later .
at a Kinston Hospital from toss
of blood and numerous injuries. . .
The automobile, a 1938 model,
was completely wrecked. . . '
Wilson, the negro dnver oi.inq.'
truck, received injuries, sufficient
to require medical treatment fin
the accident. . , . ,
Apparently the accident was
unavoidable.
Beta Club Meets
Thursday Night
The Kenansville Beta Club met
loot Thnradnv nieht at the home
of Ellen and Eleanor Southerland.
TJorothv Kennedy was m charge
of the program, "Customs of Man
TB Seal Sale
Xmas Services
Sunday; Pink Hill
Xrr.Z3 Program to
in.
s f t as r
1 (
I -t ty
, e fc f 1
a r t
H: Given i
Chrii.tr.as nrotrram will be held
et te F rtlot church in Eenans
ville Sunday evening at :wo
clock, wi'Ji the KenansvSle. Com-
r-unity Clioir and the Jienansviiie
r - h School Clce Club furnishing
vocJ nun)ers. The pro'T-am will
i e ur, :r t;'e Crecv-on ci 1,9. m
d. c",,3 v""i r'rr'1
rn rl "i 1 ve 1 a si-- 1, f
13 f ''tut " c
FORXIGH MISGI03 '
s C03SF2ROCE ! t' U
1 The Touag Teople'a Poreignj
WisRinn Conference will be held
in Atlanta, Ga, December 28-30
Young people from tne age 01 jib
to 2.1 am invited. Leadinsr speak
ers from the whole church; will
appear on the platform. - (
czzm ej cinrc!i
"A choir of about CD voices from
f e t. . Ae'tws r-"':vvterian
" -Hvl'l f r ii Cr-i-i
, The Presbyterian Church in
Pink Hill will be the scene .of a
special service Sunday morning at
11 iv ThPTe will be SDecial
Christmas musical numbers and
the nastor. Bev. W. H. Eubank
will nrennh' on. "The- World's Pre
paration for the coming of Christ"
A special unnstmas 1 prognun
n-n v. fcaM at Wphron Pregbvter-
HAU MV - ' : . - -
ian church Sunday evening at 7,1
rTh. Wftnd f God in History." Starting anew the life
There will be special - Uhrutmas
music at Hebron. AH the people in
the communities are giver ooronu
invitations to attend these servic
es.
Rhnroh of the Covenant on Dec
sSrd at 11:00. The nroeram will
last all day.
Oram Tasrue from Kenansvuie
will have charge of the -opening
devotions. The address of the
morning will be made by Juss
Mrv. Louise Woodson. Synod Di-
rmntxr Af Vnnnff Peoole..: AttTUC-l
tive features will include special
musio by the Bt Andrew unoir
and a Christmas program a by
Peace College Students. .
, Bev. G. A. Wilson will address
hp mnr neonle in the afternoon.
Ail are asked to bring lunch,
and spread it together. ,
r regresses in Co.
The health of Dup:;,Couttty.
depends to a great' Xtea.pn the,
alertness ot its oiwenittiv oom
bating communieahjediseases
When a disease, such -aS' tnbercu-
lndia nun not onlv beTEUTed'but ftl"-'
(so prevented and, even eradicated,
tnat disease aeimuiu juuuHKui.ra
kind. 1 ........
Four new members were invited mu t,nmK
Leona Smith. 1 pnn.Qni-;td mti7.ens who val-
Tlans were discussed as to tho I
Mir! liaalK ' anil tTifl
. , : uc LILCll Un ivwi.j .
ftirliPTftTtre of the Cnnstmas cnar- , fnm a-nA tTi
ity campaign being staged by tne , community) can do their part in
Beta Club. j helping to rout this disease from
Cocoa and sandwiches weie Dtirilin bv purchasing and , using
served after the program and Tuberculosis Christmas Seals,
games. Those attending were Jr- wnicn aie now on sale by mem
SoutheTland, Hazel Baker, Robert mans Ciub 0f Kenansville.
Jones, David John Kilpatrick, A- The inC0me from these penny
dele Brown, James .Leary, wwiamiseal8 enables a year-round cam
Grady, and Miss Phoebe Harlan. paign to be waged against tuber
The Beta Club requests anyone I culosis so the at every man, wo
wishing to donate clothing or toys man and child and every home in
1- iv. tn rpnort at once Bimim will be safe from this di-
to Ellen or Eleanor Southerland. , seasc. When it is brought to mind
' that tuDercuiosis. more uiau uaj
other disease, kills, more people.
Miss Harlan, or Dorothy Kennedy.
on.
Hear the Jingle
Of the Bells
Wer thev oome marching
harHmr anew the life together J
Watch them as they go and we
find passing: Barph Vick and
Carrie Mae Mathis, Alvin Landen
and Louise Hocott, Perry Bland
Ta Va44 Paul Whaler and
I Myrtle Kennedy, Elton Page and
Iw.ut. Tt 1 Chf1t William Tvn-
K'Ville Breaks
Even in 2 Games
Kenansville basketball teams
split a doubleheader with Chin
TuprHrv night in a cold
CTmnasium, when the girls bow-
.J K a (traiTR OT IV bU W. WW
KAt .hivprpi ont a victory 24 to
a ti.h. aoinix were rough and
II. IIU U. ..ww. w
loosely played.
The rirls game resemoiea
' ?f2S ITS T - , Thand Bbecoa Casteen, and
Bev. F. L. Goodman, Pastor ; "age, I
. I u4. rl.m ani mminSTi and OUl
Y FIREWORKS" 'our colored list we find: Island
4 TSrpworVi are danirerousl They1 vittnmn and Luoindia Johnson,
otp int to set out a forest fire so'oberrv MiHer and Docie j McGee,
. . . , .... - . - - . . .j 1
pe.caretui wnere you mww.
f s this Ctrirtmas. Lets all
'3 vlth our Ciy Tores
' -tt li 's t!.is a
1 5 1" t t -je fcy flreJ
f.iiii tramp nil the K'ville las
ies took their licking. The boys
AiAnt ml m rouen. out were
evidently off in every department,
especially during the first .' half,
which ended with the score tiea
un 5 to 5. In the' second half the
Kenansville boys got back on their
feet to forge ahead and add a vic
tory to their record.
' Sykes, playing' at guard
between the ages of 15 and'' 40,
we should be more anxious than
pver to do onr nart. no matter how
small, in helving to eradicate this
scourge from Duplin.
B'Ball Victors -
Last, weeic the "Renlaville Hifh '.'
School basketball teams defeated v .i
B. F. Grady and Chinquapin in aV,
pair 01 irapun ucunty scneamea ,
EUiah Perry and Susie Mae Mor
ris. Walter Boykin and Hazel Da
vis, James l!ainor and Etlar Lou-
i-e I" ftl TLirffian " Bobson
Kenansville, was high ' scorer; for
fhe night, with 10 points to his
credit - - ,v -V,'
sames.
The undefeated Beulaville- girls '.
were victorious in "the score of
56-14 over B. F. Grady and 'set ; 1
back Chinquapin with a score of T, '
The ttpnliivilln hnva AefnabtA H. -1
F. Grady by 30-4, and won" aver 1
rflt.fA.j .... 1. . M n L
viuuquupm oy i-o. ine noys ; yj
have lost but one game this sea'
I son. ' - ' , w
for j December 314,' the -Beulavillff
A:
BIRTH ABHOUHCEMEirr '
High teams won a striking victory i
over Rosehill teams.' &- "
.The local Beulaville girls won
in the score of 27-26, v. and t the
Rosehill boys bowed to Beulaville
boys 8-28.' -n ,
iMr. and Mrs." Orris ,:,Thigpenl ' Beulaville has two other coun
of Beulaville, announce the birth ty-wide ygames scheduled for this
of a son, Bee. 6ih. s-. . ,week. . '.. v