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KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY JULY 7th. 1944
BKi::3 Of Lc::l r::a
Cin:: Olli Ldy Hclor
Major " Curl Loth Describe
... v . His Luncheon In Article In
Waynesboro, Va, Paper.
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Major Carl Loth of Waynesboro,
Va... husband of the former Mary
Ellis Beasley, -daughter of Mr, and
Mrs. L. A. Beasley of Kenans ville,
is now stationed In the European
theatre of war.
Lady Astor la a native of Vir
ginia, she is married to a British
Nobleman, a member of the Brit
ish Holse of Lords and Lady As
tor is a member of the British
Parliament ;
The Article:
"Virginia can well be proud of
LadyAstor," says MaJ. Carl C
Loth, Waynesboro officer serving
wiui tne neaaquartera squadron
or we Dintn ait orce in England.
who had lunch with the former
wancy Langharne at her English
' Near her English home the form
er Virginian, who was reared on
xne Langnorne estate, near Crozet
maintains a hospital for the woun
ded, MaJ. Loth says, and mothers
, the wounded quite admirably.
The Virginia major tells of his
; having luncheon with her ladyship
and the circumstances which led
up to the event In a recent letter I
to his wife, Mrs. Mary Ellis Loth,1
nere. ; , (
"I know that if you knew that
yesterday I had lunch with Lady
. Asior at vuveaen' you would be
fairly 'drooling at the mouth un
til you had all the particulars," he
. writes..
I "It all happened this way-i-it
seems that last Monday Lady As
tor decided to come up and have
a game of golf at this club, of
which she Is a member. Not know-
, ing that the club had been taken
over by the Americans she barged
ngm in ana proceeaea to take
over, bhe was immediately sur
rounded by a bunch of curious
American oiiicers and. G.I.'s.
" "What Ho!' cried Mlladv -Plen
ty of Americans, yes, but tell me
nroud of Ladv Aster.
"Hope everyone Is well and
happy as I am. - '
.. ;. . -. Love, :,
Mai Loth baa been overseas for
seven months, having before that
time been stationed at Boca Raton,
Fla., for 15 months. '
Mdybe A Record
Dr. Goodlnir thinks' maybe
Us family holds a late re
cord. He tella that Vornea ,
Ooodlng, 78 year old Negro
tenant fanner hna been on
his and hla father's farms In
i Lenoir and Jones Conn ties for
the past M years. At present
be la on one of Dr. Gooding's
Lenoir County farms. Dr.
Ooodlng says Fnrnea has al- '
ways been a good farmer and
made money ' for himself as
well an the landlords very
A CORRECTION
Two weeks ago this paper car
ried a story stating that Sam
Bowden was the first boy from
Warsaw to give his life' in the
present war. We were in error and
are glad to make the correction.
iwo colored dovb gave their
lives several months ago.- Herman
McKalop was drowned whiU ser
ving in the Navy and Ned Kenan
was killed Ned was the first to
make the sacrifice. -
County Still Lagging In Series "E?
Bonds; WarsawjKenahsville Rallies
No. 27
Bona Hill, Falson,' Warsaw
. Beach Quotas; Series "E"
Quota, for County Is $22S,
000; Warsawlte Sells 951,
000 m One Day.
Although DuDlln tonk third
honors In North Carolina by being
the third county to reach and sur
pass its overall auota of $587,000.
we are still far short of our Series
"E- quota of $223,000. Mr. J. C.
Thompson, chairman of the county
nnZr. Ulatue1? enortw Also credit must be given
put forth to reach that goal. Not George Bennett of Warsaw. ?
only is this county lagging but
every county in the state is far be
hind.
Rose Hill was first in the ooun.
ty to make its quota and was fol
lowed by jf alson and Warsaw.
Warsaw went over the top last
Friday night when a War Bond
Rally was given at the school
house. The Rally, sponsored by the
warsaw notary uud, brought in
$37,000 j- -
GEORGE DID IT
to
who
Warsaw Boy Reported
Missing In Action
Failed to Betum In Flying
Mission In Pacific; Three
Brothers and Sister Also In
Service Brother and Sister
In Defense Work.
do they all have to be damn yan
:i v f Isn't . there at least one
Southerner in the bunch T'. I
just about
C. D. Burnett to Head
Black Market
Campaign
Mr. C D. Bumette of Mt. Olive,
has been named to head the local
drive of the Petroleum Industry
War Council's campaign to give
the public the facts about black
markets and how tney are min
ing the war effort, tt was announ-
rwl hv "J. Laurens wnent. aiaie
rvaWrmoi. nf the TnfliMtrv a com
mittee, which is heading up the
that time drive. ' , -
It was stated that more than
2,500,000 gallons of gasoline are
being stolen dally -by the black
market. j
Mr. Wrieht said: "Invasion of
Fortress Europe has intensified
the need for a vigirous effort
against the black markets. When
our boys are storming tne oeacnes,
there is no time for any good Am
erican to start cheating on the
rest of us who are backing the
attack."
Mr. Bumette, in accepting the
appointment said: "There is no
mysterious source of gasoline
open to black market operators.
Tney are stealing from the rest of
us. Gasoline is powering the at
tack. We can't waste a drop."
wandered up to see what
he comotlon wa Bhnut T
. neard her last remark and said
so oniy is there a good Souther
ner her but one that knows more
about Greenwood, Afton, Crozet,
umnoiiesvuie etc, man you do.
' "'Are you kidding?' she asked,
, and then we had a 'carry me back
v to Old Vlrginny reunion. .
"The outcome was an Invitation
to lunch Wednesday which I ac
cepted because I knew vmi omnia
kill me If I didn't At lunch there
were JLaay Astor, Mrs. Tree, two
wuunuea unaaian onicers a Ca
nadian medical officer.
self. After lunch (excuse please,
I know you want to know what
nappenea at lunch we had ham.
vuuiujes, carrots ano rresh aspar
agus, and a.lot of small talk. Mrs.
Tree remembered . Francis and
asKed about him. I did not drop
anything, and as well as I can re-
memDer, laid noio or my knife and
iuris m ine conventional manner,
. and ate without any strange, un
couth noises.) After lunch Lady
Astor took me for a walk through
, the grounds which were beautiful,
. far beyond my ability to describe.
The rhododendron, which was
everywhere through the forest,
was In full bloom, huge clumps of
i V "",UCIUK loveiy grassy Tn ftn- ,,, shortest and nan
' caueht mv fnov f k i of the party, th Republican Par-
s wooaiano pain on
Republicans Name
Two Governors For
Running Mates
Dewey of New York and
Brick er of Ohio Repec live
ly Will ran for President
' and Vloe-preatdent of the
United 8tatea.
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Wlggs of
warsaw nave been notmed by the
war jjepartmeni tnat their son,
-ecii raued to return rrom a mis-
sion flight on June 22. They do
nui xnow ii ne was Killed or was
taken a prisoner. He was serving
in me navy as aviation radioman
somewhere In the Pacific theatre
war. - . .. ,
The following telegram was re
ceived: . y .
The Navy Department "deeply
regrets to inform, you that your
son, Cecil Hertford Wlggs, Avia
tion Radioman. Third Class. US
NR is missing following plane
iiigm on June u, 144 while In
the performance of his dutv and
m tne service or nur countrv. Th
Department appreciates your
great anxiety but details not now
avauabie and delav In receint
thereof- must necessarilv be ex
pected to prevent possible aid to
our enemies, r lease do not divulge
the. came of Ws,hlp x staflont
,tvice Aomirai thuWI Jacobs,
-niei ox mavai reronnei.
Cecil"' was 20 VMM tit moa nn
June 15th. He enlisted In the Navy
before Pearl Harbor, a few dava
after he was 18. At the time he
enlisted he was doing war work
in Norfolk.
stated at the outset that he would
sell $25,000 or more. George was
kidded right much about It but
he came through. The last we
heard, about a week ago, he had
gone way over his voluntary quo
ta. One day last week he sold
$31,000. '
Kenansvllle held its tirst Rnnd
Rally on the courthouse square
nere , monaay morning and sold
approximately $10,000 in Series
n, .Bonds. '
A War Bond Rally and show
was given at the school house In
wauace last Saturday night
All Courts Canceled In'Gounty
For The f.lpnths Of July, August
HEADS ROTARY CLUB
ARMY NEEDS
MORE WACs
With battle casualties be
coming greater ends pass lng
day, more and more- trained
and skilled women are need
ed In our hospitals, states Mrs.
Ines C. Boney, of Kenansvllle
Women's Army Corps Civilian
Recruiter. f
. The Army Is determined
to give the best medical care
to our wounded) soldiers, but
we do not have enough nur
ses and technician to do the ,
Job that lies ahead. The gap
HUB do iiuea oy women.
Women between 20 and 69
should contact Mrs. Boney or
they may write to Headquar
ters Charlotte Recruiting Dls
trictj P. O. Bldg, Charlotte
, N. C. . 4
McGOWEN RELEASES
BUDGET FOR NEW YEAR
J
'CECIL HERTFORD WIGGS
Dixie Wiggs Y2c Wave Hs. "B" F
122 West Potomac Park. Washine-
ton, D. C.- . .. -.
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' The two children tn war work budget for the fiscal year" 2944-45
are: Kathleen . Wlggs, typist and which began July 1st An Interes-
asst. supervisor, s walnut Ave., ting ieature to some will be the re
Garden Hill. Charleston. S. C. ' duction hr the tax rate of 15 cents
and Glenn H. Wiggs, Store keeper, however, there are a great many
AUBREY L. CAVENAUGH
was Installed president of the War
saw Rotary Club at its weekly
luncheon - on Thursday of last
week. Other officers installed to
serve with him during the coming
year are: Warren A Smith, vice
president; Paul Potter, secretary
treasurer. Directors: Mr. Cave
yaugk Mr. Potter, Mr. Smith.
Mr Earl Wall, Dr. Ewers and
Arthur Humphrey. Committee
chairmen are: A. J. Jenkins, club
servicer Dr. Ewers, International
relations; Arthur Humphrey, home
service and L. S Whittle rnm.
munity service.
At yesterday's meeting an open
new ano aims and pro
jects for the new ''year were dis
cussed. Next week retiring president
Earl Wall will maka suWary
report of accomnllshmpnta nt th
cluh during the past year and the
rvuintir Aniitn. r.i Uap. iiouowmar wepk. rvr urnnrik,...
en wis weeK released the county i ri"-, ":r, vmcer, and Mr.
"vr v-uuij osniiary inspector,
will give a report on their recent
Tax Bate Reduced 15 cents
Now $15; Connty To
Spend S441.826.fi5 Durlnr
Next U Montta. t
Mr. and Mrs. Wlares have three
Other sons in service, all enllRtod
before Pearl Harbor, and a dau
ghter in thji Waves. Two other
children are In Charleston, S. C,
doing war work. In all they have
given seven children to the war
eiion. -
The others are: Sat N. L.
Wlggs, 754th Mat. SAPRN, 31st
Serv. G. P. Special. Fairmont AAR
Geneva, Neb.; Cpl. u Deems N.
Wlggs, Co. A. 154th Bn. IRTC,
Camp Hood. Texas: R C. Wlcm
RMlIc 15 A Tom McMillan Homes
Navy Yard. S. C; and Wave,
15 A. Tom McMillan Homes. Naw
xaro, a. u.
Medium Bomber May Be
Named Forv Duplin
J. C Thompson, chairman of the
County War Finance Committee
says Duplin has a very good
chance to have a medium bomber
named for it. He has recently
been informed that if our sales
of E, F, and G Bonds totals $125
000 by August 1st the County
wiu seceive the honor. The goal
has almost been reached at this
writing. Buy more series ' E
bonds and be sure we win.
CELEBRATE 50 YEARS LIVING TOGETHER
till iff. (Wan
looking the Thames. Years and
years ago the huge trees had been
piameu ana trimmed to form a
ty"s National Convention last week
named Governor Thomas E. Dew
ey of New York as its presiden
tial standard-bearer and Governor
gigantic picture frame for a glim-' John W. Bricker of Ohio as his
pse of the river winding through' running mate for Vice-president
the green hills in the distance. It 'They were both nominated on the
was breathtaking and I would first ballot with Dewev rettfnir
give anything if. I could describe
it to you. i
"The next place she took me to
was one of the loveliest I have
every vote except one which was
cast for McArthur,
Robert Williams writing "from
ever seen, In a different sort of Chicago to the News ft Observer,
way. A quiet glade, completely i said it was a hopeful convention
surrounded by beautiful shrubbery , but lacked confidence. Governor
wun marvelous old trees for a , Warren of California was the pick
background Deep back in the for- ed candidate for vice-president but
f iV n,che ln Hlf bery',at the last minute refused to al-
'"uuc" "t u. Biaiue low Ms name to be presented.
an angei wun outstretcned wuu.. ..m kki
of
wings, hovering, over a kmrMnL
containing the graves ... Roniuv;
rrass plot
of several Soldiers killed in the
last war and others. The whole
thing 'was so beautiful and quiet
and peaceful that it made you just
want to lie down and rest and
forget everything. We talked
moist ly about Mrs. Talbott and
(Virginia Ham. Lady Astor was
A -wiany anxious to Know now
uaioott was retting along,
(her all I could. She also
mighty wistfully about the
she used to eet from Virgin.
w cut couia no longer De obtained,
f you possibly could, it would be
-i to send a small ham for her.
1 it to me, I could take It to
. : :ie has invited me back If I
' t off,
' . i the first part of this letter
a of the wounded officers
v re at lunch with me. One
" both legs well above the
i ? e other had his arm and
y mangled. The way she
t t'"a two youngsters
t "f to see. I under
" ! r I.ime ff-.e mnlnlnips
I f - t ? V 1
" T ( ' i i
carry California and probably the
entire west for a fourth term.
Dewey is only 42 years old and
Is the youngest man ever to run
for President of these United
States. . v. :
Friendship Boy '
YYounctad in Legs
In French Invasion
Harry Pridgen, Jr., stationed
overseas with th U. S. Army, son
01 air. ana Airs,
taxpayers in the county who have
expressed themselves as being op
posed to reductions at the present
time.
survey of
Warsaw.
sanitary conditions in
Nude Body Of
Unidentified
Negro Found
A nude body of an unidentified
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Grady cele
brated their Golden Weeding An
niversary on April 29th at the
id Mrs. M E. Pridmn. bf l.f' 2l "'e
Warsaw. Route 2. has been wounl E.yST. ""afJ
France, .carding to word receivl ta AIbertson t0WnsWP
ed by his wife, the former Mildred I The celebration was in the form
Currie, of Warsaw. of a reception ln the afternoon
when more than 100 people atten
ded. The receiving line was com
posed of Mr. and Mrs. Grady, El
bert e-1 lloy Ford, Mr. end Mrs.
The report stated that Wh Af
his lers were broken and are now
In casts.
It Is time for every citizen to
by a V.'nr l"ri 1 - !o; there
trit f 1 e f .-Aft
J. E. V.
it r
! ! J
sins,
1 r
and Mrs. Gil-
IJ' ie Grndy
lv i r i.
old age assistance. .04. a decrease
of .02; old age assistance pension
ers, m, a decrease of .01; aid to
dependant children, .01; county
supplement to schools, .05; capi-1
tel outlay, schools, .03; and school
debt service, .17, .05 less than last
year, v , , . (
An estimate of eountv nronertv
valuation is $150,000.06. total
amount of tax levy, $209,250.00;
tax levy to balance the budget
i $188,325.00. Estimate of revenue
from other sources than tax levy,
. Your attention is called to the
Duaget on- another page.
ATTENTION ALL
USED CAR DEALERS
- It Is necessary for you to call
by the Ration Board and secure a
license to deal ln used cars. On
and arter July 10th a certificate
of transfer will have to be filled
out by the seller and buyer of all
used cars before a basic gasoline
book can be issued. The basic
book is the "A" book,
Outlaw's Bridge AUW
Meets Staurday
The Outlaw's Bridge AUW will
Meet with Mrs. M. W. Simmons
Saturday afternoon. All members
are urged to be present, and visi
tors are invited and welcome..
Warsaw Chief
v ' Escapes Injuries '
Thomas Rogers, Folic Chief of
Warsaw, escaped possibly serious
Injuries Wednesday morning when
a bus crashed Into the side of an
Army sedan in which he was rid
ing with two Armv MPs. Ropers
was sitting in the rear seat alone
and when the bus crashed, the
door came nnon afiri h imi iuri
never had to hit him over the head thrown out Ilis h""d hit th
a rolling pin during the en- promi and he s" J m;r
J- i. . lir s on his for
$133,841.75 will be spent for
general countv. Door and health!
departments. County debt service I Ne waaf ound flnlTE
takes the next lareest f leure with -
r-i-)A K7-i Q7. j.kT iiuiuicnai mver in renaer uoun-
m,sil-vt; school debt service , v inct Mk t,-
comes next with $43, 862.86 while'.uch V dmr ennHit
currant L,ki ?.ucn uecomposed condition that
ty" -iSZtoZZXC wiii saE. ??r.
05S?lri r.!.!1 .ki. nyer. inere were
b ilww m.wmr - wTiT no mark8 or any kind that could
rl;f-35n,n,g Vf. entn him. . A search has been
EZZu r-5 i ioo"K ww ' "-,maae.in Pender and ne clue has
Am ST;--.... Deen round. Officers there say it
'va bkc asaiauuu.B wsu nsuuiic amiij j a m
Mncocv. u : UI- "oaieu irom as iar as
K'v.vwv.ww cum uiu bkc aosio lai iLc lttirtlis I
pensioners will requir KXinM.t1
$19,440.00 will bo for aid to de-'
pendant children and $1.951 .32
will go for aid to the blind '.
Your $15 estimate on th- SlOO'
is broken down as follows: general I
county,, 45; poor, .05; health .08.
a decrease of 2 cants from last
year; county debt service, .75, a;
decrease . of .05 from last year?
ITS "28' FOR PACKER
' "28" seems to be the life
n amber for Sanford Packer,
prominent Warsaw merchant
He was born on June 28th,
his father and baby brother
share the same birtbHay. His
father and a brother died on
the 28th. He was married on
December 28th and his first
child was born on December
Mth. Just make It 28 children
Sanford and the record will be
complete. ,
TOBACCO MARKET
DATES ARE SET
Judge Phillips WIU Try Jail '
and Submission , Cases In
Connty Court; 1 Governor
Broughton Cancels . July
Term Superior Court; Far
mers Too Busy With Crops "
t The Duplin County BarT in ses
sion Monday, reauested that all
courts, County and Superior, be
canceled for-Julv and An ci i fit in
order to aid fflrmpm with rrnno
However one exception was made.' !
that Judge Phillips hear jail and
submission cases.
The followine resnlntlnn ma
passed:
NOTH CAROLINA
LDUPLIN COUNTY
r "JIAJTION OF THE DUP- "
COUNTY BAR ASSOCIA-
WHEREAS Tho i,.
Duplin County consUtuUng the
Duplin Countv Rot- iuti
, - . raouvjauuil
rlle req"estea the Judge of the ,
General County Court to shorten
the terms of enurt fn t,,i
August on account of. the appeal
that has been made to them by a
great manv fannim r..n
County who, on account of the
scarcity of labor and the barning
of tobacco and saving other crops;
renders their service at home indi- -spensible.
and for that reason the
Bar of Duplin County in meeting
assembled during tha uin. u.
General County Court on this the
3rd day of July. 1944. have passed
uuwuhj resolutions:
ronfl Dres1Aved by the Duplin
ounty Bar Association that we
do hereby request the Judge of -the
General County Court to try
only jail cases and submissions at
the July and August Terms of
this court, and that all cases in
chv,bo?d te iven e made re
iSS1160 September Term.
1944, instead of the August Term
SSL?? Uce 01 this be pub
lished in the county paper
t, ,u5ther resolved by the
Duplin County Bar Association
that toy the same reason herein
DeforemenUoned w h.-
?Ue?i ?ard Commissioners
of Dupun County to request the
Governor of North Carolina to
SSL0lLt$5 1 24th Criminal
hT 5 Superior Court and
80, dmS 11 w"l save the peo
ple of the county money and givev
them an opportunity to save their
crops. 7 . ,
The Secretary will furnish the
Judge of the General County
,uld Je Chairman of the
aiu vi v-ommissioners of Du
plin County a copy of this reso
lution. Done at Kenansville on this the
3rd day of July, 1944.
L. A. Beasley, -
ATTEST: Chairman.
R. D. Johnson, Secretary.
OPA DENIES PLAN TO
RATION USED. CARS
Ceiling Prices to ' -Take
Effect July 10.
The OPA stated this wV ht'
no plans had beenm ade nor are to
bet so far as they know, of ra
tioning used cars, when they are
brought under price ceilings July ,.
10, but it left the rinnr nnon f.
rationing later. , s
in a statement which it said
was a reolv to "ormiunin
widespread reports" that ration-
ing Wrfl CO Into Dffoft n,lfh v.
3gs' ?PJ explained that toe
"f? fna W "ad not reached
' , I", "fusion i on the quesOon of
The Tobacco Association of the!"60161" USJ cars will Be ration
Wted States, in session in Ral- "-,.- ,
MB. AND MRS. W. J. GRADY
at the door and Mrs. Audrey Her
ring and daughter registered the
guests. Mrs. Herman S peace pre
sided at the punch bowl and the
grandchildren served sandwiches
and cake.' Mr. and Mrs. Chaa.
Grady had charge of the presents.
During the afternoon the couple
together with a number 6f other
old timers enjoyed dancing as they
did ln their younger days to the
tune of string music.
"Uncle". Jock, as he is familiar.
ly known, says that his wif has
uniiea oiaiea, in bcssiuh v'- , rn,. ; . .'
Belt Monday, Sept. 11; Old Belt,
Monday, Sept. 18; and Dark-fired
Firginia Belt Monday, Dec. 11.
Regulations were passed as fol
lows: Not more than 360 piles of tobacco
may be sold during an hour, except
at the end of a sale when there
will be a tolerance of 15 piles to
complete sale a fanners crop;
weight of each pile must be limited
to 300 pounds. , : t
State R E A Groups
Gets Loans
have had joint control.
TIRES 20,000 SHORT
OF NEEDS
Applications For That
Amount Approved
on2ing a backlog of more than
20,000 approved applications for
Grade I synthetic tires, for which
there are no stocks available, the
Raleigh OPA has cautioned mo
torists to take extra care of their
,fn,a ?rder t0 make tne last
until replacements can be made.
They pointed out that one ob
?itl0! to synthetio rubber,(the
only kind now .available for pas
SS!Er,5eL) ls lts ability to
mbbel 1 M WeU 48
. Motorists were cautioned to
drlve slower-under 35 miles per
hour-nd have tires rapped
lhere ia nn nitii.
Don't let hot weathor wilt ' tires for anv hut . "ew
Sv,?0 cr,", PT"1 cool, BUYtial fivers soon, so root, t.
-s . i: ' vt.ie or t ip t ,
Four North Carolina coopera
tives Monday were allotted $2,
450,000 by the rural electrification
administration as initial loans
for purchase of rural , properties
now owned by private companies.
1 They include: Tri-County Elec
tric Membership corporation, with
headquarters tn Goldsboro. S800.
000. , .
These brought REA loans for
the current fiscal vear tn fttt7u
888, compared with $8,225,379 last
year. -..
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