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' -.. 1 . . t. vcn 1 a...... :,:i,t CuOTCh, . . . r Sv-neJ, was form i . Vy at 11 AJL ) e i i ..iifl mnsio vere f f I 1 ty ten Chestnut of 1, 8 J Itofessor E;at, of i. reverend Howrri llo 1 iwf, i reacted to a capa- t ;c on, A bounuiul pic- C. icr u icrved and a ter vke cf CLriutmas leadings and c.- "i Ldi u tie tftersoon. . .. lie connoted bnildixf eoct a-t;--t s I,C23. The Duke endowment u f ,.tlrj (1,600. ;The pnilding c " ' of an auditorium and five . JLy Eohool rooms. ;Xke cnurcn rciusersniB it C3. Queer ObrisUnas ; k firecracker was lighted and thrown to the ground but failed to , crplode. A young colored by saw; the incident and ran and picked up the cracker and. said that he was going to smoke it, He stuck it in his mouth and struck a match and lighted it Besult, a very bad mouth and doctor's bilL 1 A new air rifle, lets try it out -t The colored boy loaded It and aim ' ed t the forehead of hit compan ion and pulled the trigger.; Besult: the shot , went through the skin, and settled against the boy's skull. The local: doctor .removed the 'shot, . a- . :f - A new air rifle land dad wanted - to see how it worked. So knew j that his aim was bad so be picked z out a chicken in the yard and took , ' good aim and fired. Besult : unsol- icited chickn.supper::;! Bbme Road H03 B. T. Wells, clerk of the court, suffered a cut over his nose which required two stitches and several other veonle involved received mi ww injuneslaaa accident on the Wallaot-SXeEansville? road Thurs- day afternoon, when Mr. Wells was alleeedbr forced off of the road by a ear driTei by Sine Ham- mett, of 'WsBaoe, skidded and crashed into another car driTen by ' Edgar Carter, of Garland. , Eammett was reported to have been driving in the center of the - mU when the aeoident occurred. Kr. Wells met him and was forced to take to a shoulder of the road which was slick from rain. - E5s ear skidded and crashed into the one' drfven,by Carter. M.l Eammett fafled to stop, but was overtaken bv Patrolman Fierce after Wells described the accident Carter informed Mr. Wells and the patrolman that-he had bees trying , to get by Hammett's oat -for several miles, but was unable to get by him. When fierce over took Eammett he was still frit i 4.1. afn nt fliti YnaA. : ; tie county nourt for trial'. ,v J Harris to HcH CivU Ccurt Jan; lClh; Juxrs aro Listed ' Judge W. C. Harrisrof Eakigh, wEl hold court ia Xenansvilie for the first time in five years when he convenes ft two weeks' term of Civfli Court on Monody, January jilist of Jurors summoned for f:e term of court is as iouow; JAUnTABY CIVIL COUBT ,: t-si- 7uV Tannarv ICth: W, Kv E ' t, James E. Brown, B, C. . Tavis, Frank Wilkins, Floyd Sum- rrlin, B. D. Boone, xom b.ji - i lane. Jno. P. Johnson, Ken- TV Tyi" 0. D. Brown, Arthur " - i r -fas'lanier.-C.."' W. Cntlaw. D. D. WDli ' ams, ;o. rowc'J, Homer Stanley,! 7. n, Ciiian, II Kome"y, Edwin I ' -r, F. J: rarrior, . J. Ju s It -j T. Tarzi " Jr J. H. t, Jio. B. T.-Is, Ihomas F3Y 'C.V IT.TrJnSD IN tFALL TToo&ow Eoyeite, ' oat ' 14, grandson of Erett Boyette, was seriously injured when he fell from a In? pulley fastened in a t" - Eaturday in Smith's Iui.uLI. He suffered a broken hip, fractured skull and other serious injuries. . .' ' Aocording to lalph Smith, who went to the boy's rescue after the aeoident, Boyette . was playing with several other boys about his age, jueiana snuto, son of Jobn ny Smith, and Aubrey Smith and J hisjittle brother, 'totb. sons Of Alvia Smith. The boys Jiai beeti rr TT . v the tree by the pulley and letting themselves down by the guide ropes. The accident occurred whin Boyette, who bad been rai-'t to the top,; reached for ' the - guide roses and lost his hold. , He fell a distance of about 60 f eet. f Balph Smith says that ho went into the woods and carried the boy out after one of his pUymates had preathlesaly toll of the acci- dent ' Another was sitting by bun watnng for $ help. , Smith v sas that reports tha,t Boyette's play mates tied ths pulley topes 'and left him dangling in the air to fan are-unfouiided, frffl0J&$fx$$. ! : Boyette is in a hospital in Kin ston, where his condition is oon sidered as very seriousHS;-; that on Monday morning, Jan. rd, at 0 Bufus Page, assistant eztensiox forester at State, college, will attend a demonstration of tree planting on the f an of Joe Wood, near. Clin- '1 One acre of Black Locust trees will lie set out and used as fence posts.: Growth of these trees has proved to be very favorable in this They are said to mature -iMrht or ten vears. and are within eight or ten years, and are DECZZ2Jl 80XB. 1837 ideal for fence posts, as. they last like likWood,- v; 3 Parmers of the county ate ask ed to attend ' and ask Questions they like of fS& rage. . On the same day, at 2 P.M. Mr Page will demonstrate the .proper method f Ihinninr V for greatest sains in lumber and best second sTowth. This demonstration wiQ take place on the farm of J. W. Grady, near B. F. Grady school in cooperation with s, A. sowton, Vocational agriculture teacher at! Gradv. Farmers attending ' .; this demonstration are asked to bring theirses.i:f ' Another eoonerative hog ship ment wiQ be made from Warsaw on IWday, ;jaii 7th. Beynolds that farmers inform him? of they wuh to snu.,,,. ., s t-i" . v ' Elwood levelt Ashley Blimrd, M. B. Cdom, Albert A, Askew, Yann Xorris, L. 3. FttsseU, C. X. Wilson, T. C. CrowM. F. English, U J iiamoney v.;;. Second week: H. H. HaH, L. B, Moore. 1. C. usher, I A." Thomp son,' Eorman Bancin, r. tt. Al dridgeK . L. Kornegay, 0. D. Fountain, w. A. iaxon, j. x. now- ett. J. H. Karshburn, JT. C. Taylor, Balph Fickett, s. r. iiosuc, Aionza Jones, L Y. Sullivan, Gordon Sou therland, Bichard Clyde Seawell, G. E. Pickett, T. W, Smith, A. G. Brinson, Ebert Jones, W. T. Car ter. C. E Chesnutt C. J. Hamil ton, J. A. EtoLes, IL T. Thfeen, Albert Turner, X. B. Powell, Gay- lor Kareaiy, L B. Brown, Luther Outlaw. B. J. Lanier, A. J. Bouse, Wi F. Thlen. Farni News Items wuifer Awnt, wVTtt. Beynodls hat announced ' KENAISmLE, Ccunty Deaths ! Tnneral services for John lew isXJrady, 72, who $ed Sunday af ternoon at his home , in Duplin County near Koun Olive, wer.e held at the home Monday after noon. Burial was ia,the old Broad hurst Cemetery ner the home. The Bev. Walter CBenson. nastor Circuit churches, officiated. ' ; .Surviving are three daughters, Miss Belle .Gxady and Mrs. Mabel Faulk, who lived wth Mr. Orady at me nome piace, ana juts. Ham uel Hudson." Mrs.; Cnrady, formerly Miss Emma; Hines, 'died several years ago.: ?MM Mr. Oradv was a Prominent nit. izen, active in all kimmunity af fairs and -an influential ,t church man.' He was a member -of : the Bone's Chapel Methodist oongre- 5 A heart attack wis the immedi ate cause of his death, although he had been in feeble health, for several montns. m ' v -4 s 1 PERRY STTMNEB a snort illness, iie -fwas a son of the late Asa Sumner, and Barbar ic HallI He married;. Miss Ellen Kennedy, who sumves hfan with two children; Mrs. Herman Hen ... - 1 derson, of Beulavilft, :and Mrs. ! Gardner Houston, of Pink. Hill tersalsenrv, anoer, James, .yoand. uipero BBitinBr.t.sarai..jmitn a.'mg pen, Mrs. Ida Tnrner and Mrs. Henrietta Miller. ' , , , He was' a jnember of the San dy PJaiu Free - Will,' Baptist Church. Tuneral services were conducted in the home by his pa stor on Saturday afternoon with interment in the family cemetery. MBS. JOHH W. LLIAMS '. Mrs. Almire WiBiams, wife; of the lato John W. Williams, of neat Eenansville, ded Hat V: the home of bet daughter, Mrs. C. T. Grady, last Friday afternoon.. Fu neral service! were held Saturday afternoon' 'at EallavfBe '$-44 Mrs. Williams was" the daugh ter of William Blalock and Betsy Miller. She , was married to John Wr Williams about 69 years ago. The couple- celebrated the ir gold en weaoong- anmversary rn ? v consecrated i Christian woman being one of the first members of the Hallsville Presbyterian Church3 Mr.- Willi ams died on June 17, 1933,, and since that time .1 shit has ; made her home with her oughter, Mrs. '. - .,; uraay, . near . -Mnaasnue. M ; . . '.4 . ' one was oorn jane u iou. ''She was married Feb, 6th, 18- She is survived by the following children! ; Tom WfUiams, of Wil mington, Clyde and Bland !; WilV ams. of Beulaville. Mrs. Alma wu- liamson, of Bocky ; Moun and' Mrs. C. T. Grady, of: Xenansvilie. One brother,- George Blalock, also survives; as well as, one hal broth er Sam Blalock, of Bosehill, and two half sisters, Mrs. jAda Duff of Sneed's Ferry and Ella mer, of neariPinkHaLi; ThereJr remain 25 grandchildren and six great grasuMdrea;w:iH memory.' t-''ti'Kfy.:'. The pallbearers 'were grand sons of the deceased? Bfeil. and Jack Williams, of Wilmington; J. T. and Boy Grady, of jJKenansvUie; Monroe Turner and 'LeBoy :; Pet- way,;, of .. Bocky Mount v , ABTHtiB BLAND MILIEU, ! Arthur Bland Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bland Miller, of Beula- ville. died at his home Fridav a- bout noon. He was born May 27, 1928, and has been invalid all Funeral services were eonductedte Bevj A."L, Thompson, Pastor Saturday afternoon at 2 by his pa stor, Bev. F. X. Goodman, and in terment, was made in the .Rhodes Cemetery. ;, ;' .forth Carolina . DECEMBER SOUL MECHAKICAl TBOTJBIES ' ' t SH0ETE2T A3TO- DELAY 'T TIMES THIS WEEK ' ' f . ." THE TIMES staff regrets that due to mechanical troubles that were impossible to prevent the TIMES is late thi week, also abbreviated in size. It was net ' cesgary ,to' limt the paper due to the shortage of after-Christmas advertising space .as well as to the mechanical . troubles. We wish to assure our hundreds of loyal readen in the county that the staff of THE TIMES has done everything possible this week to get you your : favorite county newspaper promptly on time as well as to make it read- able and interesting. We again assure you that this will be the ' policy of THE JTIMES through' out the coming-year, and THE . TIMES staff from the "boss", to the ''offrce cat" wish all of our readers, a happy andpros- perous, i5ji ,y.. CHOCOLATE WeQ, Christmas has' come and we ;are till celebrating. We all I have so much for which to be thankful, ,: so let's continue to ( oount our blessings. liuiu lies wuia ill. 11 iiiiuiiK wiii irw sMnd the holidays with he fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Maxwell ;ani cliildren.;.., ... '.-Y, Those visiting. Mrs. Mabel $L Holt during the Christmas holi days were: 1 Mr. and Mrs. H. D. of Beidsville; - r - MrJvBe4FHoit(of New York; Mr. and Mrs. Buster Smithf Mrs. B. H.- Stokes; Miss Oma Fay Stokes of Bonston; Mr. Carol Waters - ot LaGrange : Mr. and Mrs.; W. If. Holt, Miss Nena Holt, Mr. and Mrs. Morns Holt, Morris Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Brennon Holt, Mr. Hugh Maxwell and oth- erS.'':;;;.';':-C:;f ' ".vS'.V'''. Mt.. and. lbs. Earl Smith went to Canada for .the Christmas holi-dayfc.v.Y'''- v ' f; v- ; ' . Mri and Mrs. Walter Stroud and Mr. and Mrs. Dejnpsy Smith went to Florida for the holidays. t Miss Hena Holt, who is in scho ol 'at; Greenville;; spent the holi days, with her family here.5 (.; with Aer famfly here. ' f Dr. and Mrs. S. P. Watson and son, Billy, of Hew York, spent the holidays with (relatives here. " i Mr. B. G. ..Maxwell and others visited his brother, Mr. J. C. Max well and -family Xmas day.- . '- Mr?; and Mrs;. Johh ? William Gooding visited their families dur ing the , holidays. -f : Mrs. J. K. Soutnenana's reiati- ves of Charlotte and Gastonia yis- itedthem4uring,Chrtmas, Miss Luoile Southerland, who is a stuaent at wiimingion, vuneu her family during holidays. Ir. and Mrs H, D. Richardsom Mr. and -Mrs.; Buster ' Smith and Mrs. Mabel Holt attended the mid night show in Kinston last Friday liONIIwlf Miss Sarah and William McCol- man, of Washington, D. Cv spent their Christmas vacations with their parents, Mr .and Mrs. B, F. McColman. Sarah returned to Washington on Sunday and Willi am on Tuesday. - , V ' . Lewis Latham is a patient . , at Duke Hospital. ' Charles Decker returned to his home at Rutherfordton, N. J, on Wednesday. Mrs. Decker, Who is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs, J. C. Bell will follow; few week's later; '1 ' Mr. and Mrs. Addis Cates are in Rochester, a. Y., visiting Mrs. Cat- , es' Barents. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis ; KENANSVniLE METHODIST CHURCH ; Sunday, January 2, 1938 Preach 11:15 A. M. and 7 :00 P.M. A cordial invitation extended all. - ' A hJ: ' v ' x 1987 DD C TOG DUQflG IIOIIBAVO Preaching Sunday Grove Church L .; Bev. I. L. Goodman will preach twice Sunday. In the morning the service will, be at thev Hallsville ; ci secretary, to neaa a system Presbyterian Church and in the atio drive for contributions, afternoon the service will be at1 Anyone wishing to secure Con Stanford.: The evening program ! tribution Goal Cards may get them will be directed by J. J. Grady, of from Honeycutt at the Kenans Hallsville, at the. Hallsville chu-. Tille Drug Store. - 1. i a. njui In'. . : men are invited to. attend this spe- oial nroirram. ! Presbyterian Young People The Presbyterian Young Peo- pies Leagues met in the church of the Covenant in Wilmington on last Thursdav in the , mid-winter rally. Youne neonle from all over , the presbytery were present for Magnolia Woman's Club, which 30" feet, to turn over into the riv the meeting'. Grove Church opened I sponsored a contest for the best er. 1; the rally with a devotional pro- decorations. i Two white men of the vicinity gram' built around the Christmas j Mrs. J. E. Hamilton's home was helped the driver to shore and re thought. Addresses were made by adjudged most beautiful, with covered six of the bodies of. the Miss Mary Louise Woodson, State , Mrs. J. A. Smith and Mrs. L. E. I victims. The dead were Hubert director and by Dr. G. A. Wilson, 1 p0pe taking second and third ' Sharpless, 18 ; Alberta Pickett, 28, local superintendent. Dinner was places respectively. j and her children, Mamie, 11 ; Bu- served in the church, recreation, most Deantiful business! 8; Lonnie, Jr., 6; Claude, 13; ftall r- 'hons wm Lester Jffatthew'. Bar. land Onetis, 9: and Alberta's sister, Young people report that the visional conferences jwere the high lights in the day's program. . t . J J ai. 4 x l . pwwat - come that one half hour will be given- at the next Tally - - The spring rally will be held in Clinton the last of April. MAGNOLIA " Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Blanchard and son and Miss Letha Blanchard, of Turkey, were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Blanchard, Christmas day. '- ' - Weekend ' guests of Mr Jind 59th wedding anniversary on Sun Mrs Kenneth Taylor were Mrs. day. December 26th. Taylor's sister and husband, Mr. I Mrs. Rackley before her marri and Mrs. 0. A. Farabee, of New! age was Sallie McNeal, daughter London, Conn. of the late Mr. and Mrs. John C. Mrs. Vick Street of New Bern McNeal, of Baeford. Mr. Rackley spent the weekend with her niece, Mrs. J, E. Hamilton. Boys and girls home from col leges for the holidays were Misses Mildred Hamilton, Maril Smith and Bettisue Heath, of E. C. T. C, Greenville ; Melba Quinn, of N. C. C. W., Greensboro; Martha DaO, of Mars HilL and Louise Sanderson, of Cullowhee ; Messrs. Lawson Matthis, of V. of 5. C, Chapel Hill; George King, Jr., of TJ,.. V.i;4tv TnaMfnttt Salam. ,b gte Eroa. v of ' CampbeU Sheltou and John Hunter, of Bichmond, . Va. , . , v Mrs. J. IT. Home and son, Nor wood, Miss Louise Croom and John Hunter are spending the week in Jorida.", ? The Woman's Club held a Christmas tree during the holi- ttM:;i;vl':;. '-v. x": . Mr; and Mrs. Albert G. Thomas, of Wilmington, spent last ' week with her parents, Mr, and ' Mrs. H. C. TreadwelL Mrs. Thomas re mained Over this week." -' -. v' Misses Dorothy King, of Wfl minMon. and Mary Emily, of Le noir, spent Christmas with their Barents, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. King. Btllie Frank Sutton, spent last week with his mother, Mrs. J. S. Sutton.vi-.,.:-S;.-y'-:;':'.-' Frank Chestnutt left Sunday a. m. for the B. B Hospital in Bocky Mount He was taken sick with typhoid1 fever, in September, and it left him in a very feeble condi tion, settling in his joints and he m.11. l4-l 1 nM nll Luau IfaUL IJ .. ; , v Bev. Mr. Andrews, of Warsaw, the new Methodist pastor, preach ed here Sunday morning. Rev. K. D. Brown preached in the . Free Will Church 8unday A. -M. and night, AH the services were weU to, attended and the Christmas met sages enjoyed. 1 , Honeycutt Elected Financial Manager " The Eenansville Baptist Church bas made O. M. Honeycutt Finan-'re lVla (mrklia No "6"r" Top in Christmas Decorations Homes and business establish ments in Magnolia showed a bright front to visitors during the Christmas holidays, due to the ef- fective beautification urogram launched for the season bv the ber Shop, although several other, (stores vied with him in the mation of the viewers. Townspeople of Magnolia de clared the contest a great success, especially since it was the first to be sponsored by the Woman's Club. Celebrate 59th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs, A. C Rackley, of near Rosehill, celebrated tneir was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William S. Rackley, of Fay etteville. At the respective ages of 84 and 80 they are enjoying excel lent health and are very active. Mr. and Mrs. Rackley are the parents of six children and four- teen grandchildren, all of which were present for the celebration. The children are: Mrs. L. J. Page, Mt. Olive; Mrs. W. J. San derson, Magnolia; James A. Rack ley, Warsaw; Walter A., John F. and Mary, of Bosehill. Some of the grandchildren attending the cele bration were: Ivy and Freeman Page, of Washington, D. C. ; Miss Ruth Page, Wilmington; Norwood Page, Oak Ridge College ; McClure Rackley, Charlotte; Felton Rack ley, Raleigh. Borers Reach Semi-Finals In Golden Gloves Tournament Wallace, Dec. - 30. Directors and promoters of the Wallace En terprise Golden Gloves tournament are making preparations for stag ing the semi-final round of the tourney scheduled. to be in the high school gymnasium on Tues- oay nignt, January atn. Winners , of the ; quarter-final matches, which were held in the gym on Dec, 21st with some 700 enthusiastic fans cheering to the rafters, will be matched to deter mine the participants to battle in the finals of the tourney wich is scheduled to be held on Jan. 18. r Promoters have arranged a card of 8 fights among the win ners of the first night of fighting, along With several special attrac tions including a five-negro "bat tle royal,'r Clinton,. Warsaw, ; Rich- lands, Penderlea, Wallace and Wil- i lard produced winners in th,e quar- tter-final matches and these win- ' ners will battle it out ,s for the NUMBER 51 Duplia counb expeiJDMt3 ISt&rSwSrS 1 which was near Chinquapin; whe- 8 negroes were drowned when their car plunged over the guard rails to a bridge over the North?- east Biver. In KenansviUe two men barely escaped drowning '- when their auto, turned over in a ca nal, pinning them both. Other ac cidents resulted in serious injur ies, the worst being the plight of William Boyette, a Smith Town ship boy, who fell from a log pul- ley while playing and crushed sev eral bones. ' The mass drowning occured Sun -day when Alonzo Whitehead; a ' relative of the victims ; who was driving the auto,became blinded by the lights of an approaching cat. The auto plunged through the heavy rail of the bridge and fell """7 I0W11- esti-1 The accident in Kenansville oc Icurred when Noah and Harrison : j Clark, brothers, of Bichlands, i lost control of their car and over ' turned into T Branch, where both Harrison discovered a means of exit, but not until his brother had lost consciousness and had to be held above water in the car to pre vent his drowning. Harrison stay ed in the auto and cared for his brother until they were rescued, although it was subsequently dis- niroroii va Via qA nffTvl broken ribs and severe cuts about the head. Noah received no sen ous injuries other than results of shock and exposure. Boy Scout Court Tonight The district Court of Honor for fho Tlnv Qpniia nf TtnnliTi and J c . ... . j(.j j Sampson wJl be conducted in the Agricultural Building tonight at 7 :30. Chairman Parker will have charge of the program of awards. High ranking Scout of the Ken ansviUe Troop will direct the Scout activities. There will be parade-songs-scout features, awards j of advancements, talk by the new Scout Executive, Harold Westin, and the social hour. You will want to attend. All parents of Scouts are urged' to be present for the Court. rivllt fn fitrlif in fh fiTiola and the Southeastern Golden Gloves,' tournament in Wilmington. , Several re-matches have been , , made in the pairings upon the ie-j'-quest of fans from all section) of '' tiie . five-county territory, v and 't these will be added attractions. ' Some of the best fights are yet to come and fans are expected to turn out en masse for the second round of the tourney. h ' .! Several Golden Gloves officials, from Wilmington and other cities are expected to be present to help With the classing and to officiate i at the exercises. , - " 1 Handsome gold filled medals will be awarded to those who arc -declared winners in their classes on Tuesday night. Some of '.the -classes will be carried over to t!h 18th by virtue of their being fill-, ed with several matches" which will necessitate another night - f i fighting. r if 4 It 5- . -. I i 'r ., ..... LJ.. n I t,- i -- ilfan.,.iTiiliiWllii 1 A
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