V I c T O R Y 3 VCL 12 4t!i War Loan Driv Moving Slowly In Duplin County; Reports Stries "E" Bonds Way Behind; Rally Planned At Beulaville . Monday Night; , Warsaw,- Ke . nansville Near Quotas J. C. ThomDson. chairman of the 4th War Loan Drive" for" Duplin stated last night that the drive Is ' ttill moving at a slow pace in most communities In the county and especially sales of series' 'E' bonds, Mr. Thompson stated that work ers need to put forth greater ef fort during -the remainder of the , drive to reach .the county quota " of half million dollars.- - M. . H. .AJlen, Jr.,- chairman .of the Kenansville town nd com munity drive,, states that . they have nearly reached " their ' goal and h is satisfied that Kenans . ville will go well over its quota of $78,000. '.,:.! x"r':..,:.:-i ' Warren A. Snith, chairman of the Warsaw : town and commun ity drive states- that, they are - dost to their goal of $100,000 and is satisfied they-will go over. At an auction held in Rose Hill last Saturday afternoon over $47, 000' was sold. The. goal there is S75.000. -, ' ,- Beulaville is planning a bond rally in the Bchool. auditorium Monday night and everyone liv ing In Beulaville and section are urged to attend and do their best towards putting over the drive. . .. . ' . Revenue Department - U Urges Early Returns ' 1943 Income Tax v Harold N. Graves. Acting Com BlBsloner of Internal Revenue, eminded all wage earners today 4hat the new 1943 individual in come and victory tax . return blanks are. on the pay-as-you-go basis and that returns are requir ed by law even though most wage earners already, havenpaid all or a large part- of their 1943 tax by withholdings from their wages. Returns also- are required by law even though estimated tax was paid on a "declaration in September or December. All taxpayers will help them selves and the government by fil ling out and filing theirjreturns as soon as possible, MiC Graves "idLAn estimated 50,000,000 re turns must be filed between now and March 15 and every effort should b made to avoid last-mlfl- .tiMH bp- TMiuired br law "of persons who during the calaI year ishw w :wee ,"r $500 or more income, B) Were married and had more than $W4 tr uwrt married and to gether 'with" wife or husband had combined income of $1,200 or more or (D) paid or owea a lax on ai income. Postponements or ex tensions are allowed for persons outside the country on March is especially members or the armea - forces, ana 10 uie wue w viSn abroad if her OWN in come was less than S1.200. - "The explanation is really quite simple. Nearly all of us have paid at least part of 1943 taxes under the pay-as-you-go plan. But what ever we have paid, the amounts were only approximate. The law requires us, now that' 1943 has ended, to fill in a return and find "out exactly how much our taxes we're. Then we can compare the '-exact tax with the amounts we 1 actually paid under the pay-as you go system. Some of us will find we have an additional pay ment to make -a substantial pay ment - ln some instances-others will find that they have already . paid too much and are entitled to J a. refund.- -, ; "It would be helpful if every one noted the wording at the top : oMhe short form of return (Form ; 1040 A), which says, 'Read this . first: You probably have paid a . substantial part of your 1943 tax . bill through with-holding or di rectly to the government. You may have underpaid or overpaid. ' File this form. It tells you and r your government whether you owe ' anv mm m a'ra entitled to anv 1' V refund. - I ' t The same principle, of course, v applies to. the long form (Font A ww. in euei'i, mc 111111(4 vi o rc " turn this year is a settling-up af fair, and the Important thing is 1 111 U ABlif onA IAJ 1111 UUl 1CIU11I CCIlljr find out where you stand." In connection with the refunds which many taxpayers will receive - as a result of filing 1943 returns, - Graves pointed out that this is the ' method provided by law for iron ing out any inequities that may result from the approximate na ture of the with-holdlng tax. Be cnuse of these refunds, he said, fi v. - -rs can r assurea mat, run, t;..'y lo.e not!;!'-? ;!i MIKITY BRIEFS GROUNDHOG . Did the ground-hog see. bis shadow Wednesday? In Kenans viHe it is believed he did not. If true, winter is about gone and spring is just around the corner. r irsi urcaui ui spiiiiK asm a uuiu-. ber of flowers are already bloom ing and, this week has brought nice weather for farmers. 68 TREES OUT 63 trees have been set out and orders for that many mo.'e are in the hands of representatives of the Warsaw Rotary Club who are sponsoring the beautification pro gram in-Warsaw. About 6 Mag nolia trees have been set and the rest dogwoods. , ; Anyone wanting trees are asked to contact Mr. Whittle at the War saw Drug Store. ATTENDS FARM BUREAU i The following from Duplin at tended the annual state meeting of the Farm Bureau Federation meeting in Raleigh this week: Lacy Weeks, "Buck" Jones, Louis Outlaw, . Preston Wells, Eugene Carlton and others. Jones intro duced Director John W. Goodma i who addressed the gathering. Louis Outlaw was a member of the resolution committee. SENDS CIGARETTES H- B. Korneeav. Nathan Tad- lock, J. D. Sutton and R. A Wal- overseas. Beecher Ward Sitterson. son o Mr. andrflMre-J.&V,pn to1 KenansviUe, received license to practice medicine in North Cao- A PROCLAMINATION BY THE GOVERNOR WHERE AS. The United States Army for essential training pur- wm mean more economic stability poses desires to acquire fbPa five-land' the eventual attainment Vf year period maneuver rights with national and personal post-war respect to certain lands located in! aims." North Carolina in the counties of I " Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender,) ,ina recentlVi He took the state Onslow, Bladen, Duplin, Jones andj board ,n ln December and Carteret; and I was recently notified that he saU WHERE AS such maneuver sfactorily passed the examination, rights are needed immediately by Hg jg nQW stati0ned at Harvard the Army for such maneuver Unlversity where he took his medi rights and the military authorit- ca, cmne He ig ln army md ies accordingly desire to obtain win not in 11, practice immediately from the owners per- untu v mission. to use such lands for man- .. euver purposes; and wntiKE Ai., tne citizens ami property owners of the state re - siding in these counties nave an . r cvnm v, opportunity by their compliance Kepon ror Hum. to perform a patriotic service and Eighteen Negroes have been re to aid' in the essential .training' ported to the United States Dls program of the Army in the same trict Attorney in Wilmington by manner that other citizens in oth-' draft board No. 2, in Kenansville er areas of the state have here- for failure to report for pre-induc- tofore wholeheartedly and unanl-;tion mouslv responded: and WHERE AS, the citizens in the above mentioned counties are as sured that the United States Army 1 mQke equitable adjustments for any crop damage or other damage due to maneuvers that will be conducted ln such area; NOW. THEREFORE, L J. MEL? VILLE BROUGHTON, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby call upon and request the citizens of the counties herein re ferred to, to respond promptly and favorably to the request of the Army .for maneuver .rights; and I do further call upon all citizens of the State to cooperate with the Army fbrces in every possible way to the end that these contempla ted maneuvers may be completely successful. i IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto ' set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of North C4roJina to be affixed at Raleigh, the. Capital, this the twenty-seventh day of January, A. D. 1944. J, Melville Broughton, , Governor. Attest: ; Chas. Z. Flack, Private Secretary, n fnir svstem.' V . Wage earners will be aided in I tne preparation or weir returns by receipts (on Form W-2) which employers are required to give the employees to show the amou- (Formlnt of income and victory tax Withheld during the caienaar year 1943. These are the two key iig ures on any wage earner's return. All persons who filed income tax returns last March also should receive by mail from the Collector of Internal Revenue with whom they filed their 1943 returns a statement showing the total liability and the amount bald on their 1942 tax returns. This statement (Form 1125) is not a bill. It is Intended only as a convenience ' to the! taxpayer, since it supplies two more key figures neoued for filling, in a - ' 1;, :3 ret'irn. KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA . BETTE DAVIS SAYS SUPPORT LOAN DRIVE 1 V Bctta Daris WoTiag Pietso Stat "I cannot too vigorously urge a generous nationwide suppor of the Fourth War Loan Drive which op ened January 18 and running to February 15, because our success ful prosecution of the war depends upon the success of that campaign. - "Men are dying on foreign fields ioproxe our to protect our country from narm the larger will be the numDer or enwho me our part to make this campaign a p ' . , ... g success. And this success can attained only if we buy extra Donus, "It is imperative that each of us give unstinted support to tne new fund-raisine campaign. Aside from Breeding a victorious end to the conflict a successful campaign 18 Negroes reported To ,, . r:l u. Mnorney ror physical, Thos failing to report for pre- physical induction on the 29th of January were: Thomas Lee mil ler, Johnny Mack Burney, Willie James Cooper, Willie Giles Wells, Fred Pickett, Willie Leverett, Moutrie Billie, William Kivies Peterson, - Leroy Williams, Cla mpn James Miller, Robert Carr Stallings, Alex Brown, James Coley Pickett, Winzle Parker, Henry Ray Monk, Isaac Junior Batts, Curtis OdelHall, and Ran dolph. 1 3 Cases Disposed of In Superior Court Through Wed. Noon Judge J. Paul Frlzelle of Snow Hill, presiding over a one week term of criminal superior court here this week, disposed of thir teen cases, including two murder cases, through Wednesday noon. Thff c&sgs . Winie Whitehead, colored, char ged with murder. case no) prosed, ' V '' ; uiyses wnueneaa, coioreu, cmu--ged with murder. Not guilty. Enoch Arden Osbourne, alias P. Richard, 'charged with false pretense. Nol pressed with leave. Wm. Dudley Emerick, alias Mr. Lavarinth, charged with false pre tense. Nol prossed with leave. Levi Carr, assault with Intent to kill. Plead guilty to assault with deadly weapon. Given two years on the roads, suspended. P. H. Parkeit charged with a bandonment and non support. Found guilty. Judgment withheld until April term of court. . ' Dudley Robinson, housbreaking, and larceny. 12 months on roads, suspended. - : James Lawrence Graham was found not guilty of operating auto while intoxicated. Jasper Jones, charged with burglary, was found guilty of tres pass. Judgment suspended on pay ment of costs. Calvin C. Davis plead guilty to burdnry. 30 days on roads, sus pended. ... . " . . ? j v: lAbr" A Kenaii9- .western ., Union Service Toe the past 20 or more years Kenansville (and Beulaville have had the services of a Western Union office ibecause of the efforts of J. E, Jerri tt, manager of the A & C railroad. Mr. Jerritt insti gated the movement to secure the local service and since its begin ning he has been the local agent Because of increased work due to the war effort and lack of help he has been forced to give up the service as of Jan. 31st In order to. serve the two com munities and keep Western Union irt Kenansville J. R. Grady and the Duplin Times have aggreed to handle it temporarily. Anyone wishing to -send a teleg-am may call at the DuplinSCimes office be tween 9 a. an. and 5 p. m. and do SO. . ".v. , I...- . Setzer Trial Is Set - - '. - To Begin On May 1 The t.-Iaf of Richard Setzer, 20-year-old Willard youth charged with first degree murder of Sted-man-Hall Carr, prominent Wallace merchant, on New Year's Eve, is scheduled to start May 1 in Sup erior Court at Burgaw, Sheriff J. T. Brown of Pender County said today. . , The Case was oraered contin ued until the May term of court by Judge Henry L. Stevens, who declared it was "manifestly" im possible" to secure an impartial jury. Pending trial, Setzer is being held in .the Pender County jail without bond. Judge w- C. "Harris of Raleigh is expected to. be the presiding Judge for the May term of Super ior Court County Theatres Aiding War Bond t Drive With Pictures It was announced this week at Duplin's two theatres, the Duplin Theatre in Warsaw and the Wa noca Theatre in Wallace will have a special show on Feb. 15th to aid the 4th War Loan Drive ause. Mr. and Mrs. Ftfm Le owners and managers of the Duplin Thea tre in Warsaw are giving away passes to those who purchase bonds for admittance to the show on Feb. 15th. Anyone who buys bonds at the post offices or banks in Warsaw, Kenansville or Faison are entitled to a pass. See their ad on another page in this paper. Mr. and Mrs. Lee have cooper ated in every drive Duplin has had and given of their time, ef forts and money to help put over the drives. Also Mr. Lee is doine I" even more. Hp enlisted ln the Ma- 0H i .tiH of - -(f , camp theatre for the enjoyment of the boys stationed there. Carey Cau'dell, manager of the Wanoca Theatre in Wallace has cooperated in every drive. Furth ermore, Carey is not in service but it isn't his fault. He was cal led to report to Ft. Bragg in Jan. and did so, but failed to pass the physical Duplin County can well feel proud of its two modern, up-to-date theatres and their popular owners and managers. Feeding Troops Feeding troops overseas de mands great amounts of concen trated, processed foods It takes 270 days' supply of food, stored up ln advance, for each man in overseas operations. Coast Line 48 Wrecks Hear Rose Hill Monday About Score Injured; Conductor Receives Worst Injury; Broken Rail Said Cause Rose Hill, , Jan. 31, Atlantic Coast Line train, No. 48. wrecked this morning at 11:35. two and one half miles south of here when ernrA nt more people wer injured. three coaches left .the track. The Conductor Dennis Russ '! of Wil mington . suffering , probably the most severe injury. Automobiles from Rose Hill and Wallace rushed to tho scene and carried approximately 125 people to the office of Dr. Hawes in Rose Hill where first aid was adminis tered to thoso injured, Drs. Robinson and Hundley of Wallace and Drs. Williams and Farrlor of Warsaw rushed to Rose Hill to help with the injured. According to the engineer, A. T. Murray of Wilmington," the train was running about 35 miles per hour, dead on schedule. When he first noticed something wrong, he thought some cars had broke loose and pulled the train to a T4th.f 1944 AT WALLACE 'mII,'1!"' I ;,. ',,," . W. R. SMITH W. R. Smith. Assistant Grand Secretary of the G.and Lodge of North Carolina, Past Potentate of A. A. O. N. M. St, Past Grand High Priest or R. A. M will ad dress membe-s of the Wallace Masonic Lodge and visiting ma sons on Monday nignt, reo. 1111. at 7:30, at the Wallace Masonic Lodge. Mr. Smith has been an active Mason for the past 25 years, in both the Scottish and York Rite I bodies. His subject for his address ; Monday night will be "Religion and Masonry." All visiting Master Masons are cordially invited to attend. On Sunday evening Feb. 6, at 7:30, he will speak at the Wallace Presbyterian Church. He will talk on the Book of Ruth. This talk will be of special interest to members of the Eastern Star. He is Past Patron of the Capitol Chapter of the O. E. S., of Ral eigh, and is teacher of the Men's Bible Class of the rst Fresby terian Church, in Raleigh. Mr. Smith will be the Guest of Dr. and Mrs. H. W. Colwell while in Wallace. Pre-School Clinic For February The following schedule is an nounced by the local Health De partment. Monday, Feb 14, Chinquapin Colored school: 10 to 12; Thurs day, Feb. 17, Outlaw's Bridge 10 to 12; Monday, Feb. 21, Calypso Colored, 10:30 to 12; Faison Col ored, 1 to 3; Thursday, Feb. 24, Beulaville, White, 10 to 1; Mon day, Feb. 28, Wallace Colored, 10 to 12 o'clock. If you have difficulty in getting your child to the p.e-school clin ic, it is suggested that you send him with an older scholar on the school bus letting the older child care for him that day. Calypso Boy At Naval Training Base A new recruit at the U S Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, 111., is Bluejacket William C. Dail, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Dail, of Calypso. Now undergoing "boot" training and upon completetion will be granted a nine-day leave. "LONE STAR QUARTET" The "Lone Star Quartet" will be at the Beulaville High School Tuesday night, February 8, 1944 Everybody Is cordially invited. Etnn nhnul 5;)0 feet from the point where the three coacnes ien ue track. Mr. Murray stated that he was satisfied that a broken rail caused the trouble. , The first coach was occupied hv nhnut 30 neeroes and at the 1 . .. i i ri u time of the wreck, conductor Russ was in it. As he reached for the emergency brake cord something knocked him over. That car turn ed completely over. The two coa ches behind it went over on one side landing against an embank ment. The rear coach was empty. Conductor Russ received severe head cuts and bruises. One negro woman was thought to have suf-j fered a fractured shoulder. A small negro child received cuts and lacerations and one white woman received cuts about the head. Mest other Injuries were scratches and bruises. The track was badly damaged hut is expected to be repaired and service testored by tomorrow. A train was sent from Rocky Mount to pick up the passengers. As we go to press, C. G. Sibly, general manager of the Coast Line in Wilmington announced defi nitely that a broken rail caused the wreck. The track was repair- ed and the main line was restored for passenger service at 9 p.m, Monday, Income TaxFor Calendar Year 1943 Must Be Filed By March 15th, 1944 Marine Show Scheduled For Wallace Feb. 10th The Duplin County War Fin- - k.,j tvinria nr-t mnopmonts in have the Camn Le M I lit" ..UI I II 1 1 1 L l: IWTt - .TpntiP nrrhpstra and a Marine' floor show from Le Jeune appear 1943. in the Wallace High School audi- Anyone - who paid Federal In to ium Thursday night, Feb. 10, 1 come Tax for year 1942 and the at 8:00. With the show will be J 1942 tax amounts to more than Gen'l Henry L. Larson, of Camp Federal Income Tax for year of Le Juene and his wife. 1 1943. Admittance will be the pur- Any farmer with income of chase of a war bond from any $500 if single or $624 if married bank, post office or selling agency must file an income tax return in Duplin County. 1 and all farmers should attach Your attention is called to a Form 1040F, which is a statement page ad in this paper. Read it and of all income and all expense of see what you will miss if you fail producing the income, to Form to attend the show. 1 1040 which is the Income Tax 1 Return. Beulaville To Hold Bond Rally, Monday There will be a bond rally at the Beulaville School Auditorium i on Mondav nieht. Feb. 7, at 8: o'clock. An interesting program, con- sisting of a patriotic play aboul war savincs "The Spirit Of 44", will be given. A chorus composed of grammar and primary pupils will sing several patriotic num bers. Everybody come and let a neighbor come along with you. Grand Jury Submits Reports of Findings ThA following is the report of the Grand Jury during this week's term of superior court TO THE HONORABLE J. PAUL FR1ZELLE, Judge presid ing at the January term of Du olin Superior Court: We, the Grand Jury, serving at the above term of court, make the following report: We acted on 17 bills and found 16 true bills and 1 not true bill. We visited the stockade, the jail, other public buildings and offices in the court house, and found all of them in good condi tion. We obtained a report from each school bus driver in the county, on the condition of his truck, and the following need attention: Truck No. 102, Brakes are not so good. Truck No. 23, has a bad gov ernor and a few minor defects. Truck No. 53, at Calypso has a bad stop sign. Truck No. 13 at Beulaville is badly worn out. All the rest of the trucks are re ported to be in good condition. We wish to compliment the coun ty mechanics on their good work ' bad mule lot adjoining the school grounds at Beulaville and reccom end that it be moved away. We also found that a part of the Beu laville school building has no lighting facilities and that fire extinguishers are needed. We suggest that the jury list be revised. We find that the Rationing Board office and the Agricultur al building should have the ser vices of a janito We found that the Kenansville colored school has insufficient seating equipment, and the toi lets are in bad condition. Respectfully submitted Leroy B. Carter, Foreman S. J.- Waller, Secretary Personal Necessity Gas May Be Given Effective Feb. 1, local war price and rationing boards will be al lowed to issuo, from available al lotments, gasoline rations to mo torists who face "personal neces sity" emergencies not already covered by the regulations. It was announced by the Raleigh district of the OPA This does not mean that there is more gasoline available for rationing, nor can such "hardship" rations be used for business pur poses. Moreover, in passing on ap plications for "hardship" rations local boards will be required to stay within their monthly quotas for this "purpose. Quotas will be assigned by the national OPA on a county basis. Gov. Hoey Is Speaker At Rose Hill In a union meeting addressed to the churches of Rose Hill Sunday, former Governor Clyde R. Hoey spoKe or "The world Yesterday Today - and Tommorrpw". -He described the pleasant, pea ceful existence of Yesterday, and the World of War, turmoil, and confusion Today, and the need for the churches to make outstanding efforts in the post-war plans for ' the welfare of the country tomor row, No. 5. WHO MUST FILE: A single person - if total income (cash and any other value re ceived) amounts to ?500 during 1943. A mnr ioil nprson II total ul- ' . . iL. . , come (cash and otnpr' value re- ceived) amounts to $624 durlng I Any farmer who must file an 1 Income Tax return and who has tint .-ofpivprl Vnrm 1040F. should 11 1 11 1 H HI n I ... 1 J nine iw l ' - of Internal Revenue, Greensboro, . North Carolina, requesting two of these forms, one to attach to Fa m 1040 for the Collector and one to ' keep. Due to the large number or tax- ,' payers who must file Income Tax Returns for the year 1943, it wiil ' be almost Impossible for a deputy collector to assist persons prepare J Form 1040F at the time of filing. -It will of course be possible to check this farm schedule and make such corrections as are necessary, but the income items and expense items require considerable time ' to list and each taxpayer will of necessity have to be prepared to answer all questions promptly if the few deputy collectors avail able are to assist the greatest number of taxpayers. There will be a deputy collector to assist taxpayers file returns at the following places on dates as r listed: Feb. 16 & 17, Sandlin's Store, Beulaville; Feb. 18 & 19, Court-' house, Kenansville; Feb. 21, 22 & 23, City Hall at Warsaw; Feb. 24. 23 & 26, Post .Office, . Wallace; March, 2 & 3, School House in Pink Hill. " Warsaw Post Office, Busy Place; These Days The public generally is not a ware of the fact that mail is re ceived at this office 13 times daily and dispatched 11 times daily. This office acts as transfer of fice for 11 otlvv offices. In addi tion to this, mail received by through train No. 45 from Rocky Mt. to Wilmington, for points hed to Warsaw and worked noon. Also mail received by through train No. 46 from Wil mington to Rocky Mt. for points between Warsaw and Goldsboro is pouched to Warsaw- and reworked for train No. 42 at night. To give some idea of the vast amount of maii received at Warsaw from Dec. 6 until several days after Christmas a solid car of mail was received and reloaded and dis patched the same day. I he gross receipts for monev orders, money order fees, sale of stamps and stamped paper, box rents and metered matter from July 1, 1943 to Dec. 31, 1943 was $144,889.24. Exclusive of Savings Bonds, Stamps and Postal Savings. mere are at present 14 emplo yees in and under the supervision of this office. The Postmaster a clerks, one substitute clerk 2 rural carriers, 2 substitutes. 4 star carriers and one cleaner. " Tliere it no detente against reproach but obscurity" Athhson JANUARY 29 Gen. John Metaxas, ire- mier of Greece, ies, 1941, 30-Sde of Intoxicating li quor w Indiana prohibit, ed, 1897. .... Jl British abandon Malaya PFSPttJBV ,.' 1 Amorlodn flag rafW on isiana o: uuam, lbOT. ' 4 Supreme Court decision ustaini anti-lottery law, .1890. v, ,.;.( fj , I Labor groupt covered by , - anti-trust lawi, Supiem f Court rules, 1908. 4 Col. Lindbergh opens airmail service to central IS VP W".g--- - Vt