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63u3idn Defense!
Roy MacMillan Also to be
Present; Dr. H. W. Col-
well will close Defense
Class, ,
Dr. H. W. Colwell of Wallace
announced this week that he had
arranged for Governor Broughton
to attend and address a Duplin'
Fender County mass meeting to be
held in the Wallace high school
auditorium Friday night, April
30th, at which time his civilian
defense class in Wallace will come
to a close, and members be present
ed their certificates. ""
Roy MacMillian of Raleigh head
of State Civilian Defense" will al
so be present along with Congress
men Graham Barden, Judge Henry
Stevens, Senators Rivers D. John
1 son of Warsaw and Roy Rowe of
Burgaw, Solicitor, Clifton Moore
of Burgaw and mayors of each
town in the two counties.
63 members of pt.) Colwell's
Class have been fingerprinted and
photographed and about 40 more'
have qualified in certain branches
'of civilian defense. . A total of
105 will complete the course of 20
hours in Red Cross and 23 will
complete, a 30 hour ' instructor's
course from Island Creek and Rock
Fish townships v
Dr. Colwell is county-wide gas
consultant in State Civilian De
Snse under Dr. Taylor of Duke
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X Jac9 School Closing 1
Cts under Wen:
Wallace school" commencement
exercises began Wednesday night'
with the presentation of a piano
recital by Mrs. Homer . Boney's
music class. On Sunday evening
April 18th at 8 o'clock. Rev. C.
W. Robbins, pastor --of the Mt.
Olive Methodist Church, will dell-
; Ver the Baccalureate sermon.
Thursday evening April 22nd at
8:15 the exercises will come to a
close with class night and gradua
tion. Street and Town
Politics of Wallace
.There is qutte a little street
talk going around about town poll
' ties and who will be candidates for
the several offices at the coming,
town election to be held May 4th
So far no announcements have
. been made but it is generally con
ceded that the present mayor and
town board will accept nomination
; if It is the will of the majority of
v the people.- . , -, .
Uoyd Thomas Returns'
To Navy Hospital
.- Lloyd Hiram ' Thomas, ; Jr.,' of
Beulaville has returned to a Navy
hospital in Norfolk after visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
r Thomas of Beulaville. While at
home he suffered an attack of rhe
umatic fever. He graduated from
the Naval Service School in Nor-
folk on March 10 and was promot
ed to carpenter's mate, third class.
Ex-Convict Is Arrested
In Wallace
Norwood Boone, Wallace Police
man, arrested Luther Williams
(colored). Monday night for steal-
. ins from parked cars on the
, greets. He was jailed and all stol-
O property stored near him.
ing the night he took a broom
. r a swepi me goods inio jail wiui ,
Aim. Tuesday morning he was re
lieved of the goods and brought to
the Kenansville Jail., ,, . . . ,
JUDGE PllilXIPS -
Judge Hubert E. Phillips "re-
turned recently from Ft. Bragg
where he has been for several
weeks under physical observation!
"" JudgB Phillips for a second time
r s been turned down by the army,
he is expected to preside over the
rt gular term of county court next
month, - .
Mh army had "surprise sup-
' U. F. rri, r- j O'.a.
"pop
April
80 At
Naval Recruiting
Officer Schedules
Duplin Towns
Before too iate before you pass
your 18th birthday you men
of seventeen years can volunteer
yes, volunteer for service with the
United States Navy. Few men
have this privilege, but you had
better act quick if you ant to get
in on present openings. The
Navy offers you superior advan
tages for advancement) good pay,
the finest trade schools in . the
world and the chance to serve your
country. Visit your Navy Recrui
ter in the following towns during
the month of April:
Wallace, N. C, Monday, April
19, 1943 and Monday and Tuesday,
April 26 and 27.
Beulaville N. C. Tuesday, April
20, 1943 until 12:00 A. M.
Kenansville, N. ; C, Tuesday,
April 20 1943 at 1 P. M.
Warsaw N. C, Wednesday,
April 21 and 28, 1943.
Clinton, N, C... Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday, April 22, 23,
24, 29 and 30; Also May 1, 1943.
Produce Market
Looks Bright i.
Joe Bryant and Gordon Jones
returned last week from a pros
pecting trip in the Northern produce-
markets They , report that
prospects for good, prices are
bright, but both buyers and ship,
pert are somewhat anxtotut ar te
transportatloif facilities. However,
there is a possibility that some
satisfactory arrangement can be
made before the height of the sea
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Requirements For A
V-Home Insigne
When you follow the advice of
your air raid warden under the Ci
vilian Defense program of Civilian
Protection, you have made one of
the five steps required of every
patriotic V-Home,
V-HomeS' cooperate - with the
Air Raid Warden. '
i Make yours a V-Home Today.
Make this important step toward
earning your V-Home insigne, sy
mbolic, of real, active patriotism:
Conserve food, clothing, trans
portation, health, and time. . " .
When you" do these - things in
your, home, you are hastening the
unceasing flow of war materials to
our men at the front '
.Back up the men away from
home by making yours a V-Home.
- - Does your home regularly sal
vage essential materials as reques
ted by the local Salvage Commit
tee? .', ,,' .'...'. ; . -'
. Homes which collect salvage can
be V-Homes, America's most pat
riotic home.
V-Homes fight by salvaging all'
usable materials. .-'..
Make yours a V-Home Today. -
A V-Home knows that facts can
be even more dangerous than ru
mors. It defies Axis efforts to get
bits and pieces of information a
bout troop movements and War
Production. y'- :, r ,' ,
V-Homes - do' not ' talk about
things the enemy would like to
know,
Is yours a V-Home f - -By
making it-a V-Home, you
put It into the home front battle.
V-Homes regularly buy as many
War Stamps and -Bonds as they
can.
.V-Homes know that every cent
mi Intra hnnrlii nnrl stamnS' hasten I
the day of Victory for the United
h.hm -V-Wnmps 8-ve hv sav -
mg
Make yours a V-Home today.
North. East. South and West,
America's millions are hoping and
praying for a speedy .victory. ; ,
The hub of war activity tor tnese
millions whose battles are not be
ing fought on a foreign field is the
home. - v '
Where those homes are V-
Homes, proudly wearing the red,
white-and blue sticker .there are
families fighting and sacrificing
to help the men on foreign soil.
, The red, white and blue V-Home
sticker is symbolic of the home
geared to all-out war effort.
I' ' 3 j ts a V-lIosie today,
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! Kencnsvl!!, N. C
WE APOLOGIZE
WE CRITICISE r't i .
. Lastweqk he Time McelV-r ;
J.'ea postal cara signeu lilt.
' am,Massey) itrwaa posunsjsn
t poUcV of 'thle hewfpayer and''
. mosr every ' other,, newspaper ,'
not fn nnMlsh an MMn llfim '
roceivaa umes - n IB
The name of the writer does
.' not necessarily have to be pub
lished but we do )iot publish
' any news unless we know, or
think we know, Its source.
The postal read - '-
Please publish the following:
"Air. and Mrs. Sam Massey
announce the, engagement and
upproaching. wedding of helr '
daughter to John William Mil
ler. Mr. Miller is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie S. MU
ler of Glisson township. The
wedding will take place In
. Woodland Methodist church on
April 24.",
' It was -signed in pencil Mrs.
Sara Massey.
' - Accepting same in good faith
we published It 1
Monday - morning of . this
week the publisher walked la '
to his office and Mr. (and Mrs. -Massey
were there awaiting
him. He was asked about !the
story and the source of his In
formation. . He produced the
card (incidentally the reason
why nil communications most be
signed.) It turned . out that
their daughter was only twelve
years old and the boy in ques
tion was only eleven year old.
It was somewhat of an em
barraaing situation ; for the
publisher and for Mr. and Mrs.
.Massey. They had come In .
good faith. They had no quar
rel with the editor, they were
as any good reader would be,
only trying to find out the
why and where of it
The first thought of (he edi
tor upon learning what hap
pened was that -It was a
child's prank probably ooncelv
ed in school but late Inform-
-Slon indicates that It wt h
work of an elderly person who
should know better. ; . , . . ,
Readers we do not know she
wby or where of It but we do
know one thing, to defraud,
blaspheme or to give your
neighbor a bad! name by using
the malls of the United States
Is a crime that carries a sev
ere punishment The party who
sent In this story used the Un
ited States malls tor a purpose
that was not open and above
board. We hope that party is
reading this. If so be or she
should realise that they have
violated a Federal Statute and
Is subject to severe punsh
menti -
Warsaw Man Tp .
Aid In Recruiting 17
Year Oldt
For Aviation
Fred J. Bears of Warsaw has
been named Duplin agent for the
United States Naval Reserve ana
Marine Corps Reserve aviation
Training for men 17 years of age.
Mr. Baars states thafwe are an
xious to get every body from Dup
lin County, 17 years of age, wno
can qualify to enter the aviation
reserve. Each recruit must agree
to remain in active duty for four
years including training period;
musV be - unmarried, and agree to
remain unmarried ror xnree years,
must be morally, " mentally and
phychologically; qualified for ap
pointment and must be a high
school graduate. Any boy inter
ested is asked to see or write Mr.
Baars at Warsaw and he will pro
vide' application papers.
Baccalaureate Sermon .
Here Sunday Morning
The baccalaureate sermon will
ibe c-reached at the Kenansville
High School Auditorium, Sunday
morning April 18th at 11:15 o'
clock. The Rev. J. N. Evans, of
Wallace will preach, '
'Graduation exercises or tne K.en
ansville High school will be held in
the school auditorium next Wed
nesday evening at 8:45, April 21st
A patriotic program will be pre
sented by the Senior Class.
Awards will be made by Superin
tendent O. P. Johnson. Ralph
Ca.-Hon, principal will present the
the diplomas to the members of
the senior class.
Kaiser plans to build big metal
avfyn riljina-
J.!"'l C'l'J trW r-"1 f
to v, r.a v.. .'. ...J.
frliay, April 16,
AT PEARL HARCOR
. JESSS W PKON .
son of Mrs. Addle Boney of Jack
sonville, formerly of Duplin County
is with the Navy stationed at
Pearl Harbor." "
He has been overseas since last
July and holds the rating of ship
fitter third class: Before enlisting
in the navy he was welder at the
Wilmington Shipyards. Jesse Is
brother of Mrs. Thelma Strick
land of Faison, Dorothy and Edna
Dixon of Jacksonville and Cnnls
Ray Dixon of Wallace.
Duplin Farmer Wins
1st Prize in Stock
Show at Kinston
Three farmers entered six pens
consisting of 41 hogs in the' Fat
Stock Show at Kinston.' Each pen
of hogs won prize money L, W.
Outlaw won first prize with a pen
of ten and a pen of five heavy
weights. He also won fifth prize
with a pen of th.ee heavy-weights:
A Askew won fourth prize- with -a
Den of ten lieht weights.' W. D
Rouse won second prize with a- pelt
of five light-weights and 'fourth
prize with a pen of three light
weights. Faison Lions To
Sponsor Community
Cannery
Thr) Faison Lions Club has
made application for permit to
purchase two Robins Junior Pro
cessing Retorts for the purpose of
setting up a community . custom
cannery for canning ,home grown
fruits and vegetables.
If the application is approved
the cannery is expected to be set
up in the near future. Anyone liv
ing in the Faison community may
carry their fruits and vegetables,
ready prepared, to the cannery, and
have the steam-canned and sealed
in Un cans. Cans are available for
this purpose. It will cost about
five cents per can plus the cost of
cans to have them processed.
Packers will be at the cannery
and a . man to operate the proces
sors. If the project goes through
there will be no reason why every
family in and around Faison can
not put up enough home grown
fruits and vegetables to supply
them through the year.
Times Adds to ,
Its Printing Staff
"Pat". Brewer, . 'veteran news
paper man & printer of many years
long standing, Monday morning
Joined the staff of the Duplin
Times. : . "Pat", as lie is better
known m newspaper .circles,- is a
veteran of many years newsplip
ering and printing. At one time he
published the Pender Chronicle in
BurgawV Later, he published the
Pender County News ' in Burgaw
and of late has been connected
with the Wallace Enterprise (our
contemporary.) . - -
Monday "Pat" Joined the Times
staff as editor and manager of the
Wallace. and lower Duplin news
and as general - foreman of the
shoD. "Pat"r is recognized as a
very good printer '. in newspaper
work . as ' well as jod : prim
ing. His coming has Inspired the
owner , to spend. a little money on
the plant and in just a iew weens a
modem newspaper press will re
place the 50 yr. old one now m op
eration. And to you folks who are
interested in Job -printing our Job
equipment-is being overhauled al
so. If It is good Job printing you
need now Just sent it to 'Tat"
Brewer of the Duplin Tlmasv
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1943
Duplin Gets Off
to SlowStart in
2nd Loan Drive
What's Wrong With Dub-
lin? Let's Get . Going;
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! ' They Give Their Lives
You Lend Your Money
The first week of the IS bil
lion dollar war loan drive is.
about over. Our boys In ser
vice and on 'the battle front
are asking; us " to lend" (uot
give).: IS billions so that they
may have supplies and food
to carry the fight to our enem
ies. Our enemies are doing
their best to conquer Europe
and Asia so that they can
bring the fight to us. Have you
heard of the "Yellow Japt"
Every person reading this
should read "White Man's Fol
ly", published In a condensed
form In Liberty magazine in
the Issue . of April 17, 1B4S.
The story, written by Vanya
Oakes, tells the story of "Okl
China' as compared with the
"New China". She says China -'ad
a Job to do" and they
did It. Every man, woman and
child shouldered their respon
sibility regardless of the trials
and tribulations. From first
hand knowledge a Chinese
family was fleeing Its home
for .an. air raid) shelter when
the. mother noticed that her
eldest son, carrying bamboo
J stools for others to sit on, did
not have his school books. She
asked him .why and he said
"we will have to be In the dog- '
-et for several days." She re
pUedyou cannot -sit In the
' dogeut ' - doing nothing,
war may stop everything else
but; not one's brain."
Have our brains stopped?
Have we become complacent
about the wan. and about our
Job on the home front T Surely
not Duplin. In every drive
heretofore, Including the Red
1 Cross drive last month, Duplin
. has done more than her share
she has gone - over the top.
Ladt month the Red Cross ask-
ed that we give, not loan,
$7,000. What happened T The
figure has. posed $9,000 and Is
rapidly approaching $10,000.
r Uncle Sam and our fight
ing boys are asking that we
LEND, not ' give, $432,000.
This loan bears good Interest;
and is safer than any bank in
the country. As long as Uncle
- Sana, can win wars and keep
Invasion from our s&ores every
Collar he borrows is . the
strongest and safest dollar in
the world.
Prior to this drive each
month Duplin has been given
a certain quota In bonds and
stamps to sell and each month
Duplin has gone over the top.
We do not mean to be pes
simistic, we are not. We know
that the good people of Dup-
lin County can be depended
upon this time to do more than
their part but we are a little
dlssappolnted at the start of
this drive. Through noon today
only $118,575 had been
sold of a $452,000 quota.
Lef s not be the cows tail, we
never have, lets do our Job and
do It now and get It over
with. Let tell ou sons, bro
thers and friends In Africa,
China," Australia and the Solo
mons that we are backing
them to the .very limit And
remember, readers, hundreds
of dor Duplin boys get this
paper and will read this very
story and they will read how
folks here at home did our part
quickly and how thoroughly we.
towards backing them up.
J. R. Orady
FIRST BERRIES
The first crate of strawberries
for the season was sold in Wallace
Monday for $12.50 per crate.
The berries were bought by
Wells and Wells of Wallace. The
berries were grown by Mrs. Char
les Bowden, and were of good qua
lity of the Blakemore variety.
Mrs. Bowden sold the first crate
of .strawberries here last year on
April 8.- . ' .- v
Joki ut ; first . In Jslunjn
E-ws pees ffSS . ; ;.-.",
Mr. Smith Here
Goes You Ten
Better
Rosent1v Mr Phnnrpv Ivev
f Smith of Pink Hill reported that
his 19 months old" cow gave Dinn
to twin calves.
Mr. R..P. (Bob) Raiford of Kal
amazoo, Mich., formerly, of War
saw writes us as follows:
Editor Duplin Times: .
Seeing a report from Pink Hill
of Mr. Smith's young cow and two
calves I make this report:
Mr. D. J. West, now deceased,
of Warsaw owned a small Jersey
cow which at 4 years of age was
the mother of five calves; at. 18
months old she had one and at 3
years of age she had twins and at
four years she had twins again.
"Next." :
R. P. Raiford, Box A, Kalama
zoo ,Mich.
Guide to MPR 363
Flue-Cured
Tobacco Plants
1. Effective Date: This regula
tion became effective April 1, 1943.
2. Commodity Covered: This re
gulation covers flue-cured tobacco
plants or seedlings of 0. S. types
numbers 11(a), 1Kb), 12, 13, and
14.
3. Maximum Prices: The maxi
mum price which any seller of
the above named plants shall be at
the rate, of $3.50 per . ihousand
plants sold. This maximum price
shall include all charges by the
seller for preparing the plants for
delivery and for transporting them
to the buyer.
4. Evasion: Any method wheth
er direct or indirect for evading
this regulation IS forbidden. Speci
fically sellers are forbidden to re
quire that buyers give or agree to
give as part of the purchase price
of tobacco plants any interest in
the tobacco to be produced from
such plants to the seller or to any
person designated by him.
5. Records: Sellers of tobacco
plants are required to make and
keep available for examination by
the Office of Price Administration
the same kind of records relating
to prices charged for tobacco
plants as they have customarily
kept. These records are to be
preserved as long as price control
remains In effort.
'lord Duplin" Goes
To Cassablanca
Cates pickles .packed at Faison,
are now seeing the world. Louis
B. Curtiss of Pittsford, N. Y.,
brother of Mrs. A. P. Cates of
Faison is now stationed with the
U. 9. Army in Cassablanca, North
Africa. Recently he wrote home
that while at mess one day he was
served cucumber pickles. Recogn
izing a familiar flavor he went into
the kitchen and asked the mess
sergeant if he could see the con
tainer In which the pickles were
packed. He told him about his
brother-in-law in Faison, North
Carolina who was in the cucumber
Dickline business. The mess ser-
- ..... . .
geant showed him the container &
on the label as printed "Lord Dup
lin," packed by the Chas. F. Cates
and Son, Inc., Faison, North Car
olina Incidentally the Cates Company
has shipped eleven cars or pick
les to the armed forces in the last
90 days and 15 cars in the last
six months. Orders for two more1
cars have been received. Each car
load contains 6,000 gallons of pick
les. "Lord Duplin" is the brand of
all pickles going to the army and
navy. - .
Another Duplin Woman
Joins WAACS A
. Annie M . Blanchard of Magnolia
has reported ' to Daytona Beach,
Fla., second WAAC Training Cen
ter. She reported on April 12th
and is now receiving her basic
training in the ; Women's Army
Auxiliary Corps. , - .
' Cessation of FSA loans to farm
en is aredlet!.--- -
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COUNTY BRIEFS
IT'S COMING
Folks if you want to really ap-'
preciate "what some of our Duplin
boys ar??doig for Uncle Sam and
for us hprc in Duplin be sure and
read next week's copy of the
Times. Extra copies will be limit
ed so better get your order in
early. 5c will bring you Or your
neighbor a copy if you are not a
subscriber.
Lt. Hugh Maxwell, son of
"Durwood'' who runs Maxell's mill
is with the anti-submarine sqd.
of our air force. Hugh some mon
ths ago wrote an article ''I pilot
a bomber" which was published in
the American magazine. He re-
cently wrote his parents a letter
telling of his experience, in flying
his bomber from Miami to South
America- and hence to the African ..
battle zone. His plane ran short
of fuel before he reached the Af
rican coast and had to make a
forced landing. As he was goiig ov
er a desert, presumably the Sahara
in Africa, he discovered the moun-
tain pass he was to go through '
was closed. Again he was forced
to land. Folks the letter is very
interesting. He did not write it
for publication. His father showed
it to the editor and the editor at'
cided it was good for our folks "
here in Duplin to read. So watch .
next week's issue of the Times. .... .
Incidentally Hugh is a former "
news writer and columnist for
this paper. From home folks to
home folks who understand each
other's language. And folks, Hugh
and other Duplin boys in the ser
vice are depending on us to do our
part in the present bond drive.
Have you bought your bond ? They
have.
BROOKS ON
NORTHERN MARKET
A. Brooks of Warsaw is now on
the Northern markets buying new
merchandise for late spring - and
early summer shoppers . The. mer
chandise is expected to begin ar
riving in a few days.
IHt WUATUER
tirrrrr
J It's Uid it again. Here we have
gone and planted our Victory
uarden. Greens are up, ga.den,
peas ready to bloom, irish pota
toes ready to bloom and the odor
of fresh spring and summer veg
etables already making our mouth
water wnen oia man weamer
comes along and pulls a fast one.
And, of all things, almost kills our
strawberry short cake. Maybe we
will get some cake even though it .
will be short.
Here in Duplin Thursday morn
ing .April l&tn there was a right
heavy irost and as this is wrmen
Thursday afternoon at 6:30 the at
mosphere leels like we may even
have a heavier frost tonight.
But folks, ain't we glad we don't
live in Wilson, Edgecombe, Nash
or Martin Counties and up around
Elkin beyond Winston-Salem.
Those lolks must not pay their
pieacncr (didn't say we did) but
Monday night a tornado hit the -
Eastern counties, above mention
ed, damaged crops, killed a per
son or two and damaged buildings.
Hail, snow and sleet fell in Wil
son and Nash Counties. The same
night a severe blizzard struck the
Elkin section. Tuesday night the
elements repeated themselves in
the Easte.n Counties. Don t know
what happend Wednesday night
but the N & O correspondent from
Wilson said as he was writing late
Wednesday afternoon a strong
wind had come up and heavy
clouds hung overhead, the thermo
meter as dropping, it looked like
that what happens twice happens
thrice. Maybe the N & O will tell
us toomrrow. Wonder how it is
with the boys in the Solomons, Af
rica, England, China, India and
et cttera.
ANOTHER ON i
NORTHERN MARKETS '
Harry Kramer, proprietor of
Kramer's Department Store" in
Wallace left the first of the week
for New York and other northern
markets to buy new merchandise.
Mr. Kramer says he knows mer- -
chandise is scarce but if it can
be bought he is going to bring it
tp Duplin folks. Watch his ads in"
the Times right away. He Is going
to tell you what could be bought
and what is being shipped to his ,
store. Mr, Kramer is recognized
as one of Duplin's best and most ;
progressive merchants.
IN HOSPITAL V , ' ,
E. J. (Bogue) Johnson, postmas-
ter at Wallace on leave, has been
confined to the camp hospital for
the past two months due to a sto
mach ailment. It is hoped that Lt.
(Bogue) Johnson will soon be out
and drilling daily, He is at Camp :
Shelby, Miss., where he was sent
immediately after he volunteered
terested in job printing our' Job
tlon. And to you folks who are in- '
ftrt the" army air corps.