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Committees
2nd War Loan Drive Here
God Set At $452,000;
.' Paul Edmonds to Head
Warsaw and M. F. Al-
Jen Kenansville Drives
. At a meeting of the Duplin Co-
. unty War Savings Staff and War
- Finance Committee Tuesday night
in the courthouse here chairman
J. C. Thompson announced Dup-
lin's auota in the 2nd War Loan
drive as $4W,uuu ana stated that
in his opinion Duplin Will go over
. that quota as she always goes
over the top; He said Duplin can
i always be depended on to do her
share.
Dr. Robinson, vice-chairman of
'the drive expressed his hope that
the goal will be surpassed. '
Town and community chairmen
were appointed and they will in.
tu.n appoint committee members
Every family in Duplin County will
be called upon and expected to re'
spond with some purchases.
Community chairman named
were: , ... ...
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Paul Edmonds, Warsaw; M."F.
Allen, Kenansville; Harry Kramer
Wallace; M. F,::'Allen, Sr., Rose
Hill; L, D. Dail, Magnolia; H. .
Grubb, Calypso; C D. Lee, Fai
son; Ransom Mercer, Beulaville;
L. R, Hagood, Chinquapin; C. L.
Quinn, Potters Hill; Rev. G; H.
Ulrich, Outlaws Bridge; H. A.
Parker, Bowden; and E. D. Ed
gerton, B.-'F; Grady. Slogan for
the drive coined by President
Roosevelt is 'They gave their lives
You end your money."
Visiting Home
CW.i Virgil' Rollins of Camp
Hby. Miss.,' is visiting at his
Mat in Warsaw. He will return
to Camp Shelby next week.
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wuumy 19 Begin .
Garnisheeing Personal
Property Taxes
On Another page in this paper
will be found an ad by Tax Col
lector,' I. N. Henderson, inform
ing taxpayers that he has been in
structed by .the Commissioners to
begin garnisheeing wages and sal
aries of persons who are in ar
rears wit. their personal taxes.
Property owners can't escape buf
a number of taxpayers who do not
own any real estate have been get
ting by for a number of years
tthout paying their share of the
cost of government. Mr. Hender
son has no intention ef nagging
anyone and it is his hope that
those who have not paid up will
come in right away and make some
kind of arrangements so that it
will not be necessary to garnishee!
He has. been instructed to begin
garnisheeing May 1st and is now at
work on those accounts that are
In arrears. i
O. E S. to Install
New Officers Tuesday -
The officers' of Kenansville
Chapter . .o. 215 Order of Eastern
rx j4i i i a. 1 1 a m
dine wm De msiauea on luesuay
Apr" W, tf the regular meeUng of .
the chapter. Officers for the en
suing year are a? follows: Worthy
Matron, Ruth li, Honeycutt; Wor
thy Patron, Faison W. McGowen;
Associate Matron, Laura Gavin
Associate Patron, Guy V. Good
ing; Secretary. Mattie Wr Sadler;
Treasurer, Jennie G. Brock; Con
ductress,' Bessie Komegay; Assoc
iate Conductress, Ruby G. New
ton Chaplain, Celia Mercer Stroud
Marshall, Mary " Jewel Dotson;
Organist, Leona West; Star Points
Adah, Effie Taylor Mercer; Ruth,
Sallie E. TyndalJ; Ssther, Ella L.
Gooding; Martha, Pearl C.' Mc
Towen; Electa, Pannie ' Rhodes;
harder, Thelm? Stroud; Sentinel,
adie Maxwell, ' -
y The 'installing officers for the
occasion are: Gilbert M. Honey
cutt, Installing Officer; Pearl Kor
nay. Installing Marshal and
Mrs, Daisy Craven, ' Installing
Chaplain.
All members .are urged to come
and bring a well-filled picnic bas
ket. Supper will be spread at 7:30.
Cuilaw! Bridie : . V
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C" rch ' Services" '--0 I .;.
Services at Outlaws Bridge Un
ivcrsalist church will be Held Sun--rll
11th. Rev. Mr. Ulrich wUl'
I h en "Tl -9 ITritor ot Tho.'
. .ir.tn".. H public Is In-
Named For
HEADS ROTARY
mwaw
EARL WALL ' '
prominent" Warsaw merchant was
elected president of the Rotary
Club for the coming year
Warsaw Rotary Elects
dw Officers
At the weekly luncheon meeting
of the Warsaw Rotary Club held
in the Rotary Hall April 1st the
annual election of officers was
held,
New officers are: R. E. Wall,
president; Warren A. Smith, vice
president; Paul Edmonds, secretary-treasurer.
Directors: J. C.
Thompson and Arthur Humphrey,
A tradition ended with this el
ection. Arthur Humphrey was re
placed as secretary-treasurer for
the first, time since his election to
that post several years ago.
Dr. E. P,' Ewers is retiring pre.
sident.
Dead Line For
Filing Applications
April 15 Is the dead line for fil-1
ing applications lor grain cei uucu
tlon. Any farmerhaving grain that
they wish to get certified should
send their application to the North
Carolina Crop Improvement Assoc
iation, State College, Raleigh, Nor
th Carolina, or leave it with their
County Agent not later than April
15. : .' . u
North Cdrofina Churches.
Set Up Anti-Liquor
Organization
THIRTEEN . DENOMINATIONS
UNITE IN TEMPERANCE
WORK. STATE-WIDE MEET
ING IN GREENSBORO. : . f
'An Organization 'Committee of
the churche.s in North Carolina
met in' Greensboro (recently ano
approved the name; "Allied Church
Leagues for the Abolition or tie-
veraee Alcohol, Inc." It will be
known as the "Allied Church Lea
gue" and will succeed the United
Dry Forces of the State. -
" Thirteen denominations are re
presented in the new Organization
which: is to be a . united effort of
all the leading churches of this
State to promote temperance and
civic righteousness, total abstin
ence and to combat' the manufac
ture and sale of alcoholic bever
ages. -
The new organization has been
,..,,,, .lndpp the laws of the J
Stftter . Dr, G Greer of Thom-
' asvllle, President of the State Bap
tist Convention was elected presi
dent with Bishop Clare Purcell, of
the Methodist Church, ... first-vice
president; Dr. J. R. Cunningham,
"ot Davidson College, second vice
president and M. A. Hugylns, Ral
eigh, treasurer The State head
quarter! will be in Raleigh.
One or more field men will be
appointed in the near future to
work for temperance and to assist
organizations to be set up in the
100 counties, to rid the State of at
least s6me.of "the evils of alcoho
lic beverages. :
Those attending the meeting as
representatives from Duplin Coun
ty were Revs. G. Van Stephens
and J. M. Walker, Warsaw and
C. E. Quinh, of Kenansville j i,
Civitans Entertain f ;
. The Rose Hill Civitan Cnib en
tertained .their wives and friends
on Tuesday evening at a chicken
supper in the Methodist Church
basement. The Rev. G. N. Cow
an of Rocky Mount, who was visit
ing minister at Rose Hill Baptist
Church last week, was guest spea
ker for the occasion, . '. ;
Walker, back from a swing, ur-
gs late conventions in 1944. ,
J- rcfi lnonme tax collections
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Search for Still
Capture 5 Foxes
! Deputies rOurmaa Powell,
.Sun Pope iapd Murray Byrd
set out on. a still hunt yester
day morning- West of aFlson.
;The trio stopped, and let the
fox, make her get-away and
inspected her hide-out. Inside
. the hollow they found 5 small
foxes apparently three or four
days old. They gathered them
.. .up and Mr. Powell carried ,
them to his home.
. A oitlth some small kit. .
tens adopted the foxes after
-J Mr. Powell killed the kittens
land last reports are that their
new miJy Is getting along
'.nicely!
Incidentally v the officers
found . the still, a 100 gallon
outfit and destroyed 40 gallons
of- yrp.- -!.
o Review .
Gunther's Book
Rev. G. H. Ulrich of Outlaws
Bridge will review Jhn Gunther's
book "Inside Latin America" on
Saturday night at 8 o'clock at the
Outlas Bridge church. Several
sound moving pictures will be
shown on South America The pub
lic is cordially invited. An offer
ing will be taken to help pay cost
ot the pictures.
15 Selectees from
Warsaw Accepted
Of the group sent from Warsaw
to Ft. Bragg for induction on Mar
ch 26th the following white men
were accepted: '
Robert Sherman Futch, John
mxer Strickland, Jr., Felton Grey
Rouse, Alexander Mathis, Samuel
Ralph-Jones, Fitzhugh Lewis Whit-
ncld, Marvin Wade Creel, James
Robert Kelley, Jr., Jaii.es Herman
Hines, Julius Sylvester Sutton,
Wilton Thigpeiv Paul Ashley Nunn
O'Quinn Stancil, James Robert
BeatAndrew' MUton Baars.-'TWO
were accepted for the Jiavy: Har
ry Southerland Rouse and Harland
Eugene Baker.
Commissioned 2nd Lt.
Aubrey Williams. Turner of Pink
Hill was commissioned a 2nd Lt.
at the Quarter Master School at
Camp Lee, Vav recently.
Promoted to Captain
Dr. E:C; Grady of Elm City
and Seven Springs was promotedJ
to Captain at Camp Wallace, Tex
as this week.
$76,000,000 Since -Pearl
Harbor
' The FREE p.-ess of the United
States has contributed towards the
war' effort a total of $27,000,000
worth of free space since . Pearl
Harbor, r; ,', .
Announce Calypso
School Closing
Te Calypson r school exercises
will be held in the school auditor
ium Wednesday evening April 28th.
The exercises will get under way
at 8:30.
$3,000 Fire
At Beulaville
The office of the J. D. Sandlin
Lumber Company , at Beulaville
as completely destroyed last Sat
urday night with a loss Of around
$3,000 Mr. Sandlin said. The fire
caught from the outside, he said.
Many valuable papers as well as
all books and records were des
troyed. " V1 ... - . " ".
Correction '
Last week the Town of Warsaw
published their financial statement
statement in the Times. At the
bottom of .the' statement lt read
They owe $11,000 of its own bonds"
It should have read "They own
$11,000 worth of its own bonds."
We regret the error and are glad
that it was an error.
Elect Delegates " . " k
The Rose: Hill .Woman's Club
held their regular March business
meeting in the club rooms on Wed
nesday afternoon with Mrs. A. B.
Vick presiding. , Mrs. Vick and
Mrs, 9. P. Blanchard were elec
ted to attend the State Woman's
Club Convention In Hich Point
this month. "Mrs. J. B. Fussell,
Mrs. Horace Fussell Mrs. L. W.
,V.' -trl 1 9, A. H. T'and.
hosiics, serve J rclie,.. .a.
BURIED TODAY
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DR. GEORGE V'ALTER
KENNEDY
Funeral services for Dr. George
Walter Kennedy of Beulaville
were held from the Missionary
uapiist cnurch there this after
noon at 2 o'clock with interment
in the family cemetery in Beula
ville. The services were conducted
by his pastor Rev. J. L. Powers
assisted by the Pevs. N. C. Gres
ham, S. A. SmK:i, D. B. Carlyle
and G. H. Ulrich. Rites at the
graveside were conducted by Ma
sons.
Dr. Kennedy died suddenly
Wednesday night at 10 o'clock
while in the homo of Lee Hatcher
near Chinquapin administering to
nis wne wno was sick. Dr. Ken
nedy ate a hearty supper as vis
ual sat down by the radio and lis
tened to Gabriel Heater & than left
home and made f jur calls. He had
JUSt esM.ateherff"dos
of medicine and sat back in a
chair when a heart attack struck
him" and he was dead before any
thing could be done.
Members of the family say he
had never had a heart attack be
fore and had not complained re
cently of feeling any different. The
only serious ailment he had ever
had was about 30 years ago when
he had typhoid fever.
0 He is survived by his widow the
former Josephine Greshamr dau
ghter of .the late John William
IGresham, and five children; Mrs.
Lila K. Lanier, John George, Mrs.
Ruby Hines Brinson, Gordon B..
Kennedy and Hobart A. Kennedy,
all of the home community; 12
grand children, and two sister,
Mrs.- Mary Ann Alderman and
Mrs. Maggie Alderman of Rose
Hill. Three brothers died several
years ago,.
Dr. Kennedy, son of the late
Levi and Jane Wilson Kennedy of
Sampson County was born In
Sampson near the Duplin line, on
Sept. 19, 1878. lie was educated
in Sampson schools "and received
his medical degree at the Medical
College of Virginia In 1898. He
intered m St. Luke's Hospital in
Richmond, going from there to
Beulaville where be began his long
career. Dui' ig his lifetime he' has
administer J at thousands of
births In Duplin and -adjoining
counties. At the time of his death
it was said he had the largest prac
tice of any doctor in Duplin. He
was the oldest practicing physicion
In point of service in the county.
He was a deacon in the Beulaville
Baptist church and a pillar in the
institution. For years he served
on the school board there and was
chairman of the board a long time.
He was a member of the Beulaville
Masonic lodge and of Sudan Tem
ple, Shrine, of New Bern. Dr.
Kennedy bought the first auto
mobile ever sold in Duplin, it was
a Hupmoblle. bought thirty years
ago. : . ' -
His passing will be missed by
hundreds of families in Duplin and
adjoining counties. "Another coun
try doctor, and family physician
passes as old tradition and customs
make way for radically changing
times. The old country doctor was
somewhat of a member of every
family he attended. He not only
administered to their health but
to their religion, their., business
and farm life. In every hojme that
has enjoyed the association with a
"country doctor"., his passing is
like the passing' of a member of
the family ,he cannot be replaced.
Island Creek Road
Bonds are Paid ! ' ,
$1,000 ,the. last of H $30,000
bond issue for Island Creek road
district was paid April 1st. The
Ussuo was made in, 1913,
Magnolia School Finals
Announced
Commencement Service to be
held on Sunday Morning April 11
at 11:30 in the High School Aul-
itorium. :V;,
Sermon to be preached by Rev.
J, B. Sessoms, Pastor of the Ma
gnolia Baptist Church.
The Class Day Exercises and
Graduation Exercises will be com
bined and held on Thursday Even
ing April 15th at 8:30 in the High
School Auditorium.
This type of combination pro
gram is being used due to War
conditions.
The Program will consist of a
play combined with the Gradua
tion." The Salutatory will be given
by Madge Futch followed by a Col
onial Play with ell characters in
costume. The Junior Class will
present the Daisy Chain. The
Statue "of Liberty is represented
by Daphne Pope and George Wash
ington portrayed by Norman Quinn
Amelia Newkirk will deliver the
Validictory speech. Others in the
cast are: Lolise Boone, Davis
Chestnut, Edwin Evans, Mary C.
Hall, Pauline Jones, Inez Mathews
Verlie Quinn, Catherine Robinson,
George Roderick Robert Sanderson
Shirley Southerland, Avis Tucker,
Betty Usher, Mae Dee Usher, Jean
Wilson, and Vivian Wilson.
At the conclusion of this pro
gram by the Seniors will seat
themselves on the stage and after
presentation of Medals and awards
will be presented with their Dip
lomas. Warsaw Business Men
Planning Contest in
Second War Loan Drive
The Savings Staff at Warsaw,
composed of Paul F. Edmond,
Chairman, B. C. Sheffield, A. L.
Cavenaugh A. Brooks, A. L.
Humphrey and L. H. Brown, H.
A. Parker Committeemen, . has
madrpian ter develop a- contests
mong the women of the Warsaw
vicinity, to promote the sale of
War Savings Bonds.
The details of the contest are as
follows:
ELIGIBILITY: Any woman,
whose address is Warsaw or Bow
den or their rural routes is eligible
to participate in the Contest.
RULES: l. Contestants must
obtain Bond Application Forms
from, the U. S. Post Office, War
saw; or the Branch Banking and
Trust Co., Warsaw ,before at
tempting to sell Bonds.
2. These Applications for Bonds
must be filled out and signed by
the Purchaser and solicitor; and
presented to the issuing agent
when the Bonds are purchased,
3, No credit will be given the
solicitor unless this Application is
signed by her and the purchaser,
before it is presented to the issu
ing agent; and must, be turned
in at the time the purchase is
made.
' 4. Credit will be given the solic
itor for the month in which the
Bond is Issued regardless of the
date of the Bond Application form.
.5. One of the following issuing
agents must accept the Applica
tion Form in order for the solici
tor to receive credit r
U. S. Post Office, Warsaw.
Branch Banking and Trlst Co.,
Warsaw.. " maMi'
6. Only Bonds, of the E. F. and
G Series will be credited to Solici
tor8". . .. , i ' -itf .
1. No Organization or group will
be allowed to enter the contest.
The oCntest is open to individuals
only.
AWARDS: 1. One $25 War Sav
ings Bond will be given each month
to the solicitor ,who sells the lar
gest amount of the Series E F and
G Bonds, provided that the total
amount sold by all solicitors dur
ing themonth is $5000 or more. If
a minimum of $5000 is not sold by
all the solicitors combined, during
a single month, no award will be
made for that month .
2. In case of a tie, .the award
will be equally divided among the
tieing contestants; and shall be la
the form of War Savings Stamps.
3. The solicitor selling the great
est amount of Series E, F, and G
War Savings Bond during the en
tire year, beginning April 1943 and
ending March 31, 1944, will recei
ve a grand award of a $100 War
Savings Bond.
Several businessmen have been
contacted and have agreed to
give a .War Bond in this contest.,
Those who have been contacted
and have agreed to give are: i
-Branch Banking and Trust Co.,
Aubry L. Cavenaugh, A. Brooks,.
Warsaw Drug Store, v Warsaw
Hardware Store, Sanford. Packer.
Welles says trade pact act re
neal is essential to win peace.
Carr Renamed Chairman
Johnson Sup't Education
IN PACIFIC ZONE
Harold F. Whitfield, 22, son of
Mr., and Mrs. Henry Whitfield of
this county is with the navy in the
Pacific war zone. He enlisted in
September, 1941, and received
training at Norfolk. He is a car
penter's mate, third class.
IN SOUTH PACIFIC
Edwin C. Vernon, son of Mrs.
E. L. Vernon of thi scounty is in
the Marine Air Corps, stationed in
the South Pacific.
Ladies, Now
Is The Time To
Join The Marines
Now is the time, ladies.
If you join the Marine Corps
now you will be getting in on the
ground floor of the women leath
ernecks' organization. Capt. H.
T, Bredenberg, Women's Reserve
procurement officer, stressed to
day. Women enlisting now have a
chance to become corporal or ser
geant even before completing their
preliminary six-week indoctrina
tion course, he added.
Your pay will be exactly that of
the men of the Marine Corps of
corresponding rank. As a private,
your pay and expenses will come
to $132.50 per month. And, likt
men of the corps, you can, if you
have the ability work your way
up through the ranks and become
an officer. ,
To be eligible you must be be
tween the ages of 20 and 36 and
must have had at least two years
of high school plus acceptable busi
ness experience. You need not
have any special talent. The Mar
ine Corps will train you. You can
be married or unmarried, but you
are not eligible if you have any
children under 18.
- If you are eligible, then write
the Masine Officer Procurement
Office, Healey Bldg., Atlanta. Ga.
and set forth your qualifications.
You will then be sent expense mon
ey to come to Atlanta for a person
al interview.
If accepted, you will be sent to
Hunter College in New York City
where you will unde'.-go a period of
indoctrination. The training is
free, of course, as is the chic uni
form you wear. ;
Revival Closes '
Magnolia -The
revival in the Baptist Ch
urch closed Wednesday night Mr.
Walton delivered fine messages 10
nignw. e won the high esteen of
hearers and in the homes who en
tertained him. ; . v
Pastor J. 8. Sessoms preached
a most powerful sermon Sunday
night. It made, deep impression;
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Board Officially Endorses
Nine Month Schopl
Term; Name Committeemen
At the regular meeting of the
Duplin County Board of Education
Monday Robert M. Carr was
sworn in before Clerk of Court
Wells for a third term and unam-
iously elected chairman - of the
group. Superintendent O. P.
Johnson was renamed superinten
dent of schools.
The budget was gone over and
practically every item approved by
the board of county commissioner.
Opening dates for schools for the
1943-44 term were set at August
12 and 19. Each school will be al
lowed to select the date they
choose. In deciding the opening
dates Superintendent Johnson had
polled committeemen for each .
school the vote was: 27 fir 12 and
19; three for Aug. 27th.
School committeement named
were: Kenansville, Tilden Sum
merlin, to succeed self; Warsaw,
N. W. West, succeeding self; Fai
son, D. Newton, succeeding self;
Calypso, Bryant Roberts, succeed
ing self; B. F. Grady Zollie Kor
negay succeeding self; Beulaville.
Grady Mercer, succeeding self;
Chinquapin, Roscoe Pearce, suc
ceeding M. L. Lanier and Joe
Sloan, succeeding E. J. Whaley,
resigned; Wallace, Caldwell Smith,
succeeding self; Rose Hill Hayden
Turner succeeding H. H. Carter;
Magnolia, Dallas Jones, succeeding
self; Outlaws Bridge, Lewis Out
law, J. H. Byrd and Marvin Sim '
mons all renamed; Potters Hill. L.
Bostic, Freely Hall and Amos Jon
es, all renamed; Teachey, Kit Tur
ner, Rivers Rouse and Edgar Weils
all renamed. . ...
Associational Woman's
Meeting Warsaw
Next Tuesday
The Anrfual Baptist Eastern As
sociation Woman's Missionary Un
ion will be held in the Warsaw
Baptist Church Tuesday, April 13.
Mrs. Grover Britt, of Clinton is
the Associational President and ,
urgently requests that there be a
good attendance at this most im
portant meeting of the year.
The meeting will begin at 1 o'
clock A. M. and dinner will be
served in the ladies parlor at 1 o'
clock following a special mission
ary address by a returned mission
ary. All attending are requested to
bring a lunch.
Seven Draftees From
Kenansville Accepted
The following draftees from the
Kenansville Board were accepted
at Induction Station. March 23,
1943:
Army: Floyd Daniel Carter, Da
vid Franklin Brown.
Navy: John : Bryan Shearin.
George Nixon Leary, William New
kirk Wells, Russell Jarvls Lanier,
uianes rranKiin career.
Red Cross Drive
Passes $9,000
O. P. Johnson, treasurer of the
local Red Cross states that total
cash on hand from March drive
now is $9,178.08. Magnolia has -not
reported and reports say. Wal-J
lace is still driving. The outlook ,V
for a $10,000 total Jood. '
County Board
Discusses Budget ,
The Board of Commissioners in
monthly session , Monday took up
most of the day . . discussing and
working on fHe1 budget for the for
thcoming year. They, approved
with a few minor changes the bud
get request of the Board of Educa
tion. There Is little likelihood of a
reduction in the tax rate this time.
It is hoped that a nest;egg for the
expected post-war depression may
be put aside. The Board instruced
the tax coilertor to ge after per
sonal property taxes and to insti
tute ganu&ee proceedings where
necessary. ' .
Re-Elects all Teachers .
The Magnolia school committee
met recently ahd re-elected all
teachers for another term,
Bankhead bill would put Trt;i
ur yadvertismg In U, S, press. .