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KENANS VILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY FEBRUARY 1 1th., 1944
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Gasoline Problem r
7 Critical In Area
RALEIGH, Feb. - 7. Governor
, BroUghton said-today tljat he will
appoint -a state gasoline coordin
' ? ator whose duties -will be to han-
die reports of gasoline shortages
i In the state and to work with ted
end officials "in relieving areas
where the shortages become, acute.
. , i Tha appointment probably wui
be made tomoiTow, the governor
said,- Ana will be made from em
ployes already on the. state pay-
" roll He emphasized that he would
"" not create a new job.
The gasoline shortage in North
T' Carolina has reached such propor
' tlons, the Governor said, that he
is unable to handle the .requests
. and seek help personally and still
; attend to urgent state business. ,'
- Ajcritical situation developed in
.. the .Wilmington area, particularly
- around Wallace, today, the gover
nor said, and he has asked Federal
' -"officials to make tank cars avail-
, able ta relieve the situation.
All 1 tilling stations at Wilming-
ten were closed, he added, despite
the fact that - 40,000 barrels of
gasoline are stored In terminals
there awaiting, orders of redistri
button. .- This gas. cannot be dis
tributed, bfi said, until allocations
.. are made and he has urged the
'stribution committee to see that
is moved as soon as possible.
e governor said he was assured
At the gasoline wouia De auo-
cated immediately.
' A number of defense workers
were unable to get. to their jobs
today In the Wilmington area be
cause of the shortage, and trac
tors being used In agricultural
.work were being . kept idle, the
governor said.
i A critical shortage ,- In the
Wayne county area was relieved
last week after the governor con
sulted with federal officials.'
. However, Governor Broughton
today was notified that a critical
situation has developed In, the Du
plin county area, 'the gas snort
age: hampered cultivation of ' po
tato truck crops. '
' Some Belief Received v -Since'
the above story appeared
' In the - Wilmington Star-News,
- some relief to . motorists In Wal
lace and Duplia County has been
: received.' Some gas came , in Tues-
day and. motorist in worst stresses
wer given "relief. ' . , V ..,
" Celebrates 75th
- ;" Birthday; ,V
' Miss Lula Hinson, Keriansville's
i most patriotic lady, celebrated hex
75th birthday ' Monday Feb. 7th,
Though not a 'state or national
"holiday, Miss Lula 'displayed her
large American flag that is al
ways seen on holidays. During the
d"v-fhe was 'dinner guest of Mr.
a J Tlrs C. B. Sitterson and; In
r. the after'vin guest at bridge of
Mrs, J. k"Jtrritt. .
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Reported War Prisoner
Mr. and ' Mrs.' Heman ' Hall of
Rose Hill have been notified from
Washington, that according to a
German - short-wave broadcast.
unofficial, which was intercepted
recently, their son Wm. H. Hall
.I" nrisoneir of war No .nersonal
nu was J included aihg4feJSvf
f,,vw.t .fiotiv- seemed to have
I d Cross chapter is working on
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Coombs Brothers; Open .
In New Store At P. Hill
' , Stanley and Chris Coombs. p;0'
prietors of C. & D. Cash Store
ullding. 30 X 100 feet -oh va4
t lot facing the Pink Hill
jool building. . The.structpre Is
' Ade of ' cement -blocksi ind i.is
, well finished on the inside.
Chris Coombs is now serving
with the. Army overseas arid his
brother, Stanley (ls managing the
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'ihough a
young institution "in
Fink Hill, opened about threelMr. Coombs states also thaUthe
years ago, CAD CaSh 'Store has rtemperatifrg t wjll be low enough
eHr-yed a nice growth" an'd is one io keep meat Indefinitely He says
of the larger stores In tjie busy that, any, pf their customers who
t i of Pink-Hill. . They carry, desjre.to kia a pig for fresh meat
"si line of . merchandise, during thg summer, will be given
- f oe8 and clothing. They the opportunity to store the meat
-.'a f :!!:." rs.., .- la the ice box free of change.
DIXON BROTHERS IN ARMED
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WILKINS DIXON.
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,Pre-School Clinic
For. February
The following schedule is an
nounced by the local Health -Department.
- 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 pre-school clin-
ie, It is suggested that you send
him with an older scholar on the
school bus letting the older child
care for him that day.
NO PERMIT PERIOD
ON HOG SLAUGHTER
EXTENDED A MONTH
Nor th Carolina farmers will
have an additional month In which
to slaughter hogs without a per
mit or license and in which they
may deliver any quantity of pork
to nprsnns not living on me lanii.
Mi- H T McLawhoen. AaSu-
nervisor of the war r ooa auiuuu-
strauons wince oi wjui.,
disclosed this week. -
The WFA,-he saa, nas exienueu
to March 17 the period of non-restriction
on farm slaughter of
hogs. Regulations requiring a per
mit or license for farm slaughter,
in effect since last spring, were
lifted November 17 for a 90-day
period; which would have expired
February 17., -
Extension of the no-permll, no-1
license 'period,- Mr. McLawhorn
said, has been granted to enable
farmers to continue off-the-farm
sale and .delivery of pork at a
time when production is" "still-high,
and storage facilities are nadeq-
Wate to handle the output . J
County Home Demi'
Agent Resigns
Mrs. Rachel Hurst Rogers, who
has . been Home Demonstration
Aeent for Duplin for some time
has resigned the position effective
March 1st. Miss-Nettie Cameron,
assistant, will carry on her duties
until a new agent can be secured.
PAID FOB WALK TO SCHOOL
Searsburg, Vt. Because of a
shortage 'of gasoline, the School
bus was unable to make its usua'
runs.- Therefore, this mountain
town is uaVine school children up
to SI .70. ' wppk for walklne to
school, depending . upon- the..dls
tance covered.
; Three Boys Caught
'' Stealing Gasoline
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here three white boys, one. nameed
Thnmnsnn' DnH twrt AfnpftA. hnvs
were cadgfit in thelact of, steal-1 '.
Ing " gasoline from Fred Hardy's l
service station In Albertson town
ship Tuesday1 night.
Mr. , Hardy - has been missing
gasoline for some time. Around
two hundred- gallons per month
has been missing. , He changed
locks ; on his pump but someone
a key to fit ail of
uie iocks.v - - ,
;.. Being suspicious- Tuesday after
noon, he announced in the- nrpa.
ence, of .the boys,rthe story goes,
that he : was. srolniz. to .Mt niiv
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ui uib aiiemuon. tie iert as
he stated and . his father closed
the sfatloK Wd hid inside. Some
time later the bovs cam nn im.
locked the pump and were draw
ing ga when Mr. Hardy threw on
the- lighU. They lit out - but h
saw wno tney were,
A particular feature of the new
store building is a huge refriger
ated Ice house in the back sta. age
Doom, irhas a ST) hlvir
and will relieve ttm im n.hiZ ii
and around Pink Hill
SERVICES
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BRUCE DIXON.
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and Tec. Sgt Bruco Dixon Is In
MANAGER
WILLIAM B. CMSTEAD
GASTONIA. FEB. 9th -
R.-Gregg Cherry, candidate for
Governor, announced here today
tna wiiuanv . ymstgaa, prom-.
Inent Durham attorney and form
er Sixth District Congressman,
will serve as his state campaign
manager.
No definite date has been set
for the official opening of the
Cherry headquarters, but it was
state headquarters fof the Cherry
forces will be opened in Raleigh
in the near future, either in late
February or early March.
Widely known throughout the
state, Mr. Umstead is a native of
Durham County. He attended the
University of North Carolina and
graduated with the Class of 1916.
After leaving the University he
taught school in Kinston. Immed
iately following the -declaration
of war in 1917 he resigned his
position with the Kinston Schools
and entered the military service.
He served until the end of the
war with the 317th Machine Gun
Battalion, 81st Division
After the wat Mr. Umstead
studied law at Trinity College,
now Duke University, and the
University of North Carolina. He
began to practice in Durham in
1921.
He served' as Prosecuting Attor
ney of the. Durham County Recor
der's Court from 1922 to 1926 and
as Solicitor of the 10th Judicial
District from 1927 to 1933. In
1933 he entered Congress as the
first representative from the new
blxth District, composed of Dur-
hanv,Orange, Alamance and Guii
ford' counties. v He served three
terms and in 1938 announced his
voluntary retirement
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fc..ip:iibian tractor (left) and a medium tank (center). There wm little or no cover for tha man w'
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Willard Smith
Fatally Injured
When Struck By Auto
Driven By W. F. Howard;
Funeral Held At IIome Mon.
Tlv furrnl of Willard'T.. Smith
34, fatally injured on the Pink
Hill-.inston nignway oy an auto
mobile drivpn hy W. F Howard,'
18. of Pink Hill, about 12:30 a. m.
Sunday, was held from the late
-esidpnret at Pink Hill at 3 p. m.
Monday, with burial in Simpson
Warner cemetery near Piney
Grove'Church in Duplin County.
The' Rev. Mr. Fa rior. Presbyter
ian Minister of Pink Hill officia
ted. I
mother, Mrs. Zachery Smith, of,
Pink Hill, a brother. Roland, of
Norfolk, Va., and one sister, Mrs.
Henry Quinn, of Magnolia.
Highway . Patrolman Vernon L.
Spruill said. Sunday no arrest had
been made pending completion of
his investigation. Witnesses said
Smith was injured when he stop
ped his car to go to the aid of
Linwood Howard, whose car had
overturned in the vicinity. When
he stepped from behind his car
into the highway, the car driven
by W. F. Howard struck him.
He succumbed to head and body
Injuries at a Kinston hospital at
9 a. m. Sunday.
Commissioners Hold
Monthly Meeting
Th following business was tran
sacted by the Board of County
Commissioners Monday:
Beattv Ann Murphy and Dossie
Davis Sutton were added to the
list of Old Age Assistance to re
ceive $10 and $20 per month, re
spectively. '
The followine names were ad
ded to the list of Aid to Depend
ant Children: Nannie Swinson
Brown, $20 per month; Annie
Hill Rice, $20 per month increase;
Nettie. Shaw Williams, $20 per
month and Annie Faison Leach,
$20. per ..month. Jr,.
The treasurer reported the fol
lowine deposits during January:
Branch Bank in Warsaw, $73,-
100.98r Branch Bank, Wallace,
$30,000; Waccamaw Bank, Rose
Hill, $17,909.75; Waccamaw Bank,
Kenansville, $277,389.01.
Accepted resignation Mrs. Kog-
ers, county home agent.
Ordered county to sell 20 ft.
land extending from rear filling
station to C. E. Stephens, in Ke
nansville. Received tax collection report
for January of $42,540.87.
Aldine Whitfield was appointed
birth and death registrar for
Wolfescrape Township.
K. D. Brock of Wallace , RFD,
was given beer and wine license.
Freak Storm In
County Sun. Night
The -elements pulled a fast one
on Duplinites Sunday night when
a severe hail and thunder storm
Struck in the southern part of the
county. Wallace reported hail,
about the size of marbles fell so
fast and thick that some automo
bile doors were unable to be open
ed the next morning. Hail was
still on the ground Monday night.
Rose Hill reported about an inch
and a half fall.
Not a freak, but Wednesday
brought one of the heaviest steady
rain fall in some time. Rain be
gan falling Tuesday night and
there was no let up until middle
of the day Wednesday.
Action in the Gilbert Islands
llilllllllll
(Urge? Formers to
Boost Pickle Crop
. TAIION, N. CU-Availabla plokla
tooks are 1V4 million buihala 1ms
than a year ago, white th dunand
from the armed forces and civilian
sources is at an all-tlm peak, c-
C. F. CATES
cording to C. F. Cates, of Faison,
who has just returned from the an
nual meeting of the National Pickle
Tackers Association in Chicago
where he was elected a director.
"The Army and Navy even in
peace time have been the pickle
packers' No. 1 customer," he point
ed out. "Tremendous quantities are
being used today by our armed
forces, with no prospect of this de
mand falling off. Military and na
val authorities get first choice of the
desirable select sizes and top qual
ity. Civilian users must be patri
otically content with a smaller sup
ply." Mr. Cates urged farmers in the
Virginia, North and South Carolina
and Georgia area to cooperate by
increasing their pickle crop acreage
in 1944 as a means of helping meet
current demands. He predicted that
supplies available for civilian con
sumption this year would be reduced
one-third unless both the total acre
age and the per-acre yield are in
creased. Concerning the need for a greater
output of pickles, he said:
"It is hoped that farmers will
come to the front with bigger acre
age and better enre of the crop to
produce bigger yields this year. Cu
cumbers have the 'green light' in
securing farm labor deferment, fer
tilizer and other priorities similar
to other essential 'tanning crnp.
Pickles are an intensified, easy-to-grow
ca-h nop. Production costs
are low, while rreva !lnig .prices are
iie liiyttrsi in i',ltur.v."
Holy Mass Here
Sunday Morning
The Catholic Church will hold
Holy Mass in the courthouse here
Sunday morning about 9:30 for
the benefit pf a hundred or more
boys of the Catholic faith, bivou
acking in this area.
Father Freeman, of Goldsboro,
will conduct the service.
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HAYWOOD A. WHTmmX t
was inducted April 4, 1942 and was inducted last April and has
has been in North Ireland since been in England since last Oeto
last December. ber.
COUNTY BRIEFS
LOCAL BOVS TOGETHER
Jack Sitterson and Jim Penney,
both of Kenansville, write home
that they are stationed at Bain-
bndge, Maryland for their basic
training in the Navy and were
given bunks together in the same
room or bunk house.
WARSAW TO SEND
40 white selectees on Feb. 21st
and 41 Negro selectees on Feb.
10th to Ft. Bragg for preinduction
physicals.
IN TRAINING
Miss Faye Pope, of Magnolia
leaves this week end for Wilming
ton where she will enter training
at James Walker Hospital.
IN KENANSVILLE
Miss Margaret Johnson, attor
ney of Plymouth, N. C. has been
in Kenansville this week doing
work in the court house for the
North Carolina Pulp Co., of Ply
mouth, for whom she is an attor
ney. Warsaw Draft Board
Lists Delinquents
The following names have been,
reported to the United States Dis
trict Attorney for failure to re
port for draft induction:
Leonard Ray Barwick, white;
others are colored: Edward Wil
liams, Alphaious Gipson, Grady
Roberson Matthews, Wm. McCoy
Matthews, James Smith, Albert
Moses Hall, Matthew Moore and
James Lever Nelson.
Major Sutton Gets
Still Saturday
Major Sutton of Albertson re
ports he destroyed a 50 gallon
copper still and two barrels of
mash in the Drummersville sec
tion last Saturday afternoon. No
one was at the still but he met
two men entering the woods as
he was coming out and arrests are
expected soon.
List Jurors For
March Term Court
A two week term of civil su
perior court will convene here
Monday March 13th with Judge
J. Paul Frizzelle of Snow Hill
scheduled to preside.
The following list of jurors has
been released:
FIRST WEEK: Rudolph James,
Scott Herring, L. L. Flowers,
Elzie Quinn, J. L. Quinn, Lon J.
Whitfield, Alton Gaylor, Lawton
Baker, Willie Parker, Ira J. Ez
zell, D. L. Matthisy S- D. Tu.ner,
Alex Sanderson, Leslie Kennedy,.
J. W. Jackson, Joseph Williams,1
W. D. Houston, F. J. Strickland,
Sidney Cavenaugh, E. M. Murphy,
R. J. Alphin, J. W. Quinn, J. H.
Byrd, C. T. Revell, B. C. Roberts,
Jack Lanier, Jr., Zancy F. Jones,
u. L. Pate, I. J. Brown, B. F
Rivenbark, L. R. B adshaw, C. C.
Murray, Jesse B: Brown, Ed
Goodman, N. Gv Edwards, W G
Fussell, Jno. A. Williams, O. H
Best, A. A. Grady, W. M. Drew.
SECOND WEEK: O J. Hunter,
H G. Edwards, E. P. Blancha d,
Walter Miller, W. D. Brown, M.
J. Cavenaugh,,. Wm. N. Hunter
C. P. Rackley, R. D. Dail, L. M
Sanderson, L. H, Usher, Simpson
Harper, J. H. Sande.son, J. L
xvefiisier, omer Stanley, J. J.I
Diaiiop, xunK Baker, D. L Mll
er' J'W- Bryan, E. H. Wooda d,
Amy Garner Geo. Maready, Paul
Kennedy, C. L. Hanchey, M. E
Boone, R. A. Jackson, L. R. La
nier, W.- S. Kornegay, Sam Sum-
er,J-J?' est- L- Weils, W.
R. Gooding, F. N. Barden, Albe t
A Askew, J D. Jackson, Bryant
Smith,.C. A. Godbolt, C. B. Usher
Hampton Baker, and N. F. Brown!
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;At Warsaw Church
tnP H H- Thompson, of Bris
vw,, run., wm aeiiver a very
special message on "EVANGEL
ISM at the Warsaw Presbyterian
Church,' Thursday night, Feb.
10th at 8:00 P. M. ,
A special Invitation is extended
to all to attend this meeting.
nxzncaa u imnrnn.
Judge Phillips
Hears 20 Cases
In County Court Monday Judge
Hubert E. Phillips disposed of 20
cases.
James Herring, trespass. Nol
pros with leave.
Ruhcn Barden, non-support.
Not guilty.
Lonnie Jarman, assault with
deadly weapon. Nol pros with
leave.
Ed Sprouse, assault with deadly
weapon. Nol pros with leave.
Luther Sprouse, threatening to
kill. Nol pros with leave.
John Thomas Wright, selling
whiskey. Nol pros with leave.
Morns B. Wiliiams, reckless
and careless driving and driving
auto while intoxicated. Not guilty.
Geo ge Matthis.reckless driving
and driving without license. Not
guilty as to reckless driving.
Prayer for judgment continued
for one year on payment of fine
of $10 and costs.
Harry Oswell, allowing auto be
driven in a careless and wreckless .
manner. Not guilty. , ' ' '
Leonard Rhem- assault, with
deadly weapon. Not guilty.
Lillie Mae Peterson, assault
uitli HooHli lupannn R mnntho. (n
jail suspen(jed for 2 'years on good '
behavior and pay costs ancL,35
for benefit prosecuting witness.
T, I. Chasten, selling whiskey.
8 months on roads, suspended for
2 years on good behavior, pay fine
of $20 and costs.
Leslie Miller, transporting
whiskey and public nuisance.
6 months on roads, suspended for
2 years on good behavior and pay
$25 fine and costs.
George Dixon, aiding and abet
ting in manufacture of whiskey.
Dismissed.
Waldo Batchelor, non-suppo t
and making whiskey. Charge of
making whiskey dismissed. Guilty,
of non-support. 6 months, s'uspen
ded for 2 years providing he re
main of good behavior, pay costs,
and pay $30 on the day of trial
for benefit of family, and $30 per
month. Case appealed.
-Jesse B. Fussell, abandonment
and non-support. 6 months, sus
pended for 2 years on good be
havior and pay $60 on day of trial
and $20 per month thereafter
until youngest child becomes 18
years of age fo.- benefit of family.
D. R. Teachey and H. M. Tea
chey, fishing during closed season.
30 days each, suspended for 60
days on good behavior and pay
costs. D. R. Teachey appealed.
Herman Atkinson, transporting
whiskey, improper license, b.-akes,
horn, lights. No operators license.
Prayer for judgment - continued
for 2 yea s on good behavior, pay
fine $15 and costs.
Rayford Mercer, aiding and a
betting transportation of whiskey.
Judgment continued for 2 years
on good behavior, pay $10 fine
and costs.
Timber
The South will be called on to
furnish about one half-of the na
tion's future timber requirements.
"Fact$ art stubborn liingj" 6'moicll
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; ed associate lustieo ol ,
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agree to protect lur al
in north AUanUft 1911 ,
8 BcScouts organized, '
S beot of Aarlcullure wen !-"
-T, made a cabinet olliee. -
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ceaumont, iwjl. ,
11 Jefferson and Burr tie tor '
electoral presidential
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