North Carolina Newspapers

V 1 c ;p?0: ' R -. Y VOLUME 13 QDinn IN THE 1945 LEGISLATURE - . (Editor's, note: We have asked ' . Representative C.r E. Quihn to ' - prepare a column for the Time ' " - each week during, the 1945 session of the legislature. Mr. Quinn, al . -? though very busy, has kindly con ' sented to do so. In his column he will deal especially with every bill that affects Duplin County. Below ,J is the fourth of the series. . As - the North General Assem ' bly launches Into the fifth week it Is expected that several meas v ures of major Importance, on a ' Statewide basis will be received ' for consideration during the week. Among those expected, 'is a bill that will provide for a hospital " :- and medical care Commission, call ing tot the establishment of a four-year medical school at the - University of North Carolina, and a system of hospitals and health centers throughout the State. This is expected to incorporate recommendations for a 50-member Commission to study the needs' of increased hospital needs in the State, as 'recommended by Gov- . tv-. ernor j. m. Broughton. Also ex pected this week is a State-wide Referendum Bill on the liquor question, a vote provided therein i to be six months after the war. It . . la stated that the provisions of said bill were agreed upon last , week by members of the Allied Church League of North Caro ' Una and Governor Cherry. t rchool omnibus bill hit the , i'f uy nopper Monday night bill lists the various members - - of the Boards of Education, in the 100 counties, as certified hv v - ty democratic Executive commit- i" "na was introduced by Rep. Clarence Stone, of Rockingham, - chairman of the House Education committed. - ;-Abfl was Introduced by Rep. J. V. Whitfield, and others, to provide for i War Bonus for all 4 State employees, and would range ' W5. monthly In low brack- 6 ta to $29. in the higher brackets nd would not apply to those ne rving more than $4500. per year. w. Umpstead, and others, was re- -uiuiuc me viovernor ., riuu i-uuui commission to - study the payment of teacher - Iw1es on a merit basis. ' - fD?dDE- i'epthal, Chairman v,!w B4oa.d' the Tennessee Valley Authority, addressed a ewion of the General As wnblr Tuesday and made a re PT. of. V?e extensive program of - 5r5 carried on by -this ' Sfl 5iJi?n' wh,ch ,s owned SL'iW0 tock hlder In -the United States. ; The. full membershm nt " tha general Assembly is invited to c. P-cuon-tour of the , State Hospital on Wednesday, In - order that each member may ac " SlL Wm8!lf ... . conditions and needs of the institution.- ' . The Joint Finance Committee : Buteet Revenue bill " . : - wcc i nursaay ) when It refused to reinstate the Posed therein to the Theaters. It f been estimated that the leav-' u8 of the tax out in the 1943 Session cost the Stato in loss of . J!11- " thtacUon of the ' . T on mat it will Jt:Jto5 l0". ot about uM OI mujion dollars . forthe next biennlum. ion.Tn k3sj10 vaed opin- wm.Jr mlnd8 of the legislators with reference , to many of the fro,J!em"' 8,uch a . f" tate ' "alaries ; CONTINUED QN BACK T .lAGNOLIA'S SECOND .UJOaFE IN RECENT MOriTHS; WILL BURNS The, lumber miU and furniture factory of J. A. Smith in Magnolia was partially destroyed by fire on Tuesday afternoon when a gaso line engine in the main engine room exploded. The flames quick ''rS"?1 t0 aU Parta o' the mill The WarSflW ff rlarum sponded and soon got the flames , uiuercuniroi DUt not Until tho -.igine room and saw mill were Aim V' "image done to the building and -v....uwijr wi tne lurmiure rae tory. AN EXPLANATION In an editorial last uair v cprnln? salaries of county offi- in" wnier siaiea: as to ln crr . in pay for certain deputy ' i. the board had nn ii r ty when they gave a 10 ! t increase to other county c s recently ana it seems e unfair that some get ln s and others do not. ) Biati-mnnt wni tnkrntor-. 1 bv soma readcm Tho 1fl l increase In payroll rpforred .13 He- " 3, "TAB HEEL" Leathernecks Gather -- These Marines, all na tives of North Carolina, gathered recently somewhere in the South Pacific. Theflccasion was a State Party sponsored for North Caro linians by the American Red Cross. They are -- back row. left to right: Cpl. Walter L. Sullivan, 23, REPORT OF GRAND JURY TO HONORABLE HENRY L. STEVENS, - JR., JUDGE PRESI DING AT THE JANUARY TERM, 1945, DUPLIN SUPERIOR COURT: We, the grand jury serving at the above term of court,' make the following report: We acted on twenty-eight (28) bills and found eighteen (18) true bills and ten (10) not true bills. Four (4) bills were returned due to the fact that the grand jury was unable to locate witnesses. .we visuea me stockade, the i Jail and other public buildings and; wivco ut' uic vuun uuuse ana i HfiSf mafaged.g00d. , Due the now existing serious gasoline, shortage, committees! wer nnnnintpH tn vicit nnli 1 spect all schools of the County,' with the exception of two colored aphvila Knln r AZ f ai I schools being far distant from the court house. All reports of in- BDeCtiOnS returned tn tha rrranA jury disclosed that the conditions of the school buildings was good, taking into consideration that certain critical materials are not available at this, time.1 We did find, however, that several of the gymnasiums were in bad state of repair, such as window lights and ateps to the main entrances; and particular attention is called to the gymnasium at Warsaw, Wal lace and Chinquapin. Particular attention is also called to a cer tain wall in the Wallace colored school, which appears to be dan gerous, and in our opinion, should be condemned. Further attention is CallM) tn tha Roea UlfT .UJ ' -ww VVfUiVU I school, where the inspection dis-jh wwocu umi une luuei is avauaoie for 176 boys.. We also, nail- parti cular attention to the roof -of the Faison High School, .-whi6h was found to be in very bd condition, - We obtained a report from the various school officials relative to the condition of their trucks, and in all cases said trucks were found to be in good condition and well '.nalntained. We wish to compli ment the County Board of Edu cation, the County Superintendent it Education and the County mechanics- on their administration and work. :, .. We recommend that monitors be ippointed for each school bus op erating in Duplin County in be lalf of the various schools. ' We recommend to the County ;S,ti SSSKi .,tad VTPtle fun t0 made ud of contributions fnr tha made up of contributions for the erection or a monument in com memoration of the boys of Du ' CONTINUED ON BACK Magnolia FFA Take Six Members The Magnolia Chapter of -the Future Farmers of America initia ted six agricultural students Fri day night. These boys became "Green Hands." Prior to the in itiation, a supper of chicken and rnntry, cole slaw, baked potatoes, ! "t t "i and r-rfp? was rnjoyed. Judge Steve Gases Sup ' . m KENANSVILLE; NORTH of 133 Elm St. High Point: Pic. Luther B. Glover, 21, Box 400 Hendersonvllle; Miss Edith Monks, Yardley-on-Hudson, N. Y., a Red Cross Worker; Cpl. R. M. Wilson, 25, Magnolia; Pfc. Joe J. Setzer, 22, Hickory; Pfc. Ernest W. Mote, 19, Lawndale. Front row, left to right: SgU Freeman E. Galloway, ns Disposes enor SBC MORE WEEKS OF BAD WEATHER Today, the proverbial Old Mr. Ground Hog, brought pro mise of more cold and bad weather to come If the old adage about the weather pro phet is true. It is a story as old as the story of weather prophets that if the ground hog sees his shadow on Feb ruary 2nd he will go back in r to bis hole and remain for . forty days, after which time he will come out and nice spring weather will b0 here. GASOLINE SHORTAGE CATCHES MOST FOLKS DRY IN DUPLIN ' , It has been a dry time In old Duplin this week. Monday morning ffnmA mnofr mAtnirfet. anil n law,. found most motorists and a large numoer or, tractor larmers with out gasoline and no definite pro mise of any to amount to anything. One distributor said it probably would be after the 10th of Febru ary before any appreciable amount of gasoline arrived. An other distributor slated Wednes day that he had definite assur ance that he would receive a tank er of gas that night but at this writing it has not arrived. . Judge Stevens Wednesday is sued a court order taking over some 300 gallons In the Gulf plant in Wallace and had It brought to Kenansville for Jurors, witnesses,- lawyers and court of- fii-fals on that rnurt pnuld rnnlin. A m ftvAfa ttw sv t mi An tor. XAl VpCtBhUt Va V1UHVH w. vice station said yesterday that practically every Standard station In Clinton had gasoline. A news dispatch in a Kjnston paper said the shortage at Kinston was acute. Reports from areas around Ral eigh, and west of there states-there is no shortage at all. The Kinston paper in an editorial this, week hinted that politics was being played and called for an immed iate investigation, if it were true. Any way, the folks around here just don't have gasoline. MAGNOLIA POLIO DRIVE GOES overtop: ' Tn Infantile Paralysis Cam- PalBn was successful in Magnolia, ?. j Th nVlva wn a arimlniRtarari through the schools, but it repre sented the efforts of the whole community. The report as submit ted to the County Chairman is, as follOWS: v." ;-', Magnolia High School, grades 8-11, (8th grade leading) $45.10; grades 1-7, $20.68; proceeds from ball game, $6.55; Total $72.33. Magnolia Colored School, $20. 20; - - .' ,,-, ' Contribution boxes, $4.47. Donation from Recreation Com mittee, $5.00. Grand Total $102. 1 rs. Clarenre I'ope, Mrs. Ken " "i T ' , j 'wr T"l(r, and i i ' ; ( f t Court H C A R 0 L I N A FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd., 1945 26, Route 1, Kosman; Cpl. David Love, 23, 611 South Road, Bur lington; Pfc. Delaney Young, 24, Route 1, Bakersville; Pfc. Oren B. Walter, 21, Route 1, Belmont; Pfc. David Drake, 20, Sawnnanoa; and Platoon Sgt. Julian Dobson, 26, of Kenansville. i Of 24 eld Here Court Convened Monday; Adjourned Thursday. Superior Court convened here Monday morning for a one week term for trial of criminal cases. Judge Henry L. Stevens of War saw presided. The following cases were dis posed of by Thursday noon: Matthew K. Bradshaw was giv en an absolute divorce from Ruth Ennle Bradshaw on charges of aaunery. Willie Love was given 18 mo, on the roaus for selling non tax- paid whiskey and for resisting of ficer, case appealed. James (J. Kooinson operating au to without driver's license, plead guilty. Judgment continued for 2 years on good behavior and pay ment of fine, $10. and cost. Luther Johnson and Gorman Wood charged with breaking and. entering and larceny. Plea of nolo contendre. Found guilty of break ing and entering and larceny of chickens of the value of S38.50.I Each given two years on the roads, suspended and placed on probation for 5 years. Ray Peterson charged with lar ceny and housebreaking. Plead guilty to forcible trespass. Prayer for judgment continued for two years. .. Tommy Robertson charged with assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill. Plead guilty to as sault with deadly weapon. Given 6 months on roads, suspended on certain conditions for two years, Robert Savage plead guilty to assault on female. Given 6 months on roads, suspended for 2 years on good behavior and other con-j ditions.'- . ' ,- ' .- j- Wm. Henry Smith plead guilty . to making whiskey and larceny! and receiving. Given 18 months on roads, suspended for 2ryears on' payment of cost, fine of $50. and other conditions. , j Joseph Rouse, Fred Merritt, Os-' warn u-oom, 10m yulnn, Sneiton Batts. " Charged with Conspiracy and Secret assault Found not guilty. - Kedar Faison plead guilty to gambling. Prayer for Judgment continued for 2 years on good be havior and payment of cost ' Roosevelt Faison nlead puiltv tn gambling. Prayer for judgment' continued for 2 years on good be havior and payment of cost. Leslie McUee and Sherman Ma this charged with assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill. UUNXLNUD ON BACK RED CROSS MEETING HERE NEXT TUESDAY " Mrs. Norwood Boney, Executive Secretary of the Duplin County Red Cross, announced, yesterday that there will be a meeting of the council and officers in the court house at 3:00 p. m., next Tuesday. All other interested persons are in vited to attend. Col. J. J. Maley, field represen tative Of the Atlanta Division Will be present and deliver a talk. At that time Mr. Ulrich, head of the 1945 Red Cross drive will outline r'-ms for the drive. Mr. Ulrich I rivryone who pos.-iSLly can Coroner Ralph Jones Turns Sleuth Wrings Confession From Murderer ' i " '- 4 'fiTf Jan ii jiujlllJ ! DR. J. II. RUSHBROOKE - Dr. Louie D. Newton, Baptist Hour speaker for next Sunday, February 4th, will have Dr. J. H. Rushbrooke of London, England, as his guest in the broadcast at 8:30 A. M. EWT. Dr. Rushbrooke is President of the Baptist World Alliance, and his five minute -message comes from London, England, via short wave. Unusual fan mail this year in dicates that the audience is now the largest in the history of the Baptist Hour, which is heard over 36 stations. - Commissioned Ensign In U. 5. Navy Public Relations Office Ninth Naval Liistrici Headquarters Great Lakes, Illinois 2H January 1945 - Norwood Jbruce Boney, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. B. boney, Ke nansville, was commissioned an iMiaign in the U. is. Naval Reserve when he graduated recently irom the Naval Keserve Mmsnipmen s School at Abbott Hail, ixorth western University, Chicago, Hi. His complete lour-monin course consisted of instruction in navi gation, seamanship, damage con trol, communications, ordnance and gunnery, in addition to which he underwent a strenuous physi cal conditioning program and nu merous drills aesigned to aevelop initiative and leadership. The newly commissioned Ensign will now see action with the fleet as a deck officer. ' WARSAW BOYS HOME FROM OVERSEAS Cpl. Bill Carroll arrived Mon day from Ft. Bragg, where he had been several days enroute to his home in Warsaw to spend a fur lough with his mother, Mrs. CF. Carroll. . Cpl. Carroll has been with the Army Signal Corps ser ving in the Aiutians and Alaska for over two years. Andrew McGowan, USN, is spending a leave with his parents, Mr. ana lurs. L. P. McUowan, al ter having been overseas, tor 18 months. Seaman McUowan was with the Naval Forces in the Southern France and Normandy invasions. He has two brothers. He. Mosley McUowan, and nc. L. P. Mcuowan, Jr, both with me Ai niy - in Germany. McDonald ciock, SjK lc, USN, arrived last week to spend a lur iougn wim his parents, Mr. and ivu'. J. U Brock. McDonald has been stationed in Bizene, Airica since soon after the African invasion, where he was injured and tor which -he re ceived me Purple Heart bgt J. C. biunchard, 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. j.-biancnard, Kt X, Warsaw, caned hi parents last weeic wuen ne lauded in New xorK after serving with the in fantry tor two years in England, Iceland, and t rance. About Dec ember 25th he met his brother, Cpl. Eawin Lee Blanchard, also with the Infantry, in Paris. This was their first meeting in over two years. tgt Blanchard Is now at an Army Hospital at Daytona Beach, Fla., and expects a fur lough home In the very near fu ture.' .... COUNTY COURT NEXT MONDAY Judge Phillips announced that County Court will convene Mon day morning and requests all witni -s an J interested partly ts do i.i e on ume. OFFICERS LOOKING FOR MURDERER OF WARSAW NEGRO MAN Officers are still investigating the murder of Lee Watkins, a year old Warsaw Negro, who was shot in the neck with a shot gun In the hands of an unknown per son on Saturday night, Jan. l:Uih. Watkins was said to have been visiting in the home of Joe Lowe at the time. The load of shot struck him in the neck and,, cheek, completely se ering nis necK bone. When viewed by officers, Coroner Ralph Jones stated the juuy was siiimg in a periect up- rignt position, just as it was when Cue shot struck him. i Mrs. Wallace Dies At Home Succumbs to heart attack Tues day; Funeral at home Wed nesday; Major Joe Wallace only surviving child; Member Prominent Duplin Family. Mrs. Mary McGowen Wallace, widow of the late Sheriff Bland Wallace, died from a heart attack at her home here Tuesday even ing at 6:30 o'clock. She would have been 77 years old on her next birthday. Funeral services were conducted from the home Wednesday after noon at 3:00 o'clock by the Rev. G. Van Stephens, pastor of viie Warsaw Baptist church. Inter ment was in the Wallace family cemetery on the Kenansville Chinquapin road. Active pallbearers were: D. S. Williamson, F. W. McGowen, ii. J. Sloan, Vance Gavin, K. C. Newton, and I. C. Burch. Honorary pall bearers were: A. T. Outlaw. K. V. Weils, O. P. Johnson, I. N. Hen derson, W. M. Brinson, J. O. Stokes, N. B. Boney, C. B. Sitter son, G. V. Gooding, C. S. William son, L. A. Beasiey, G. R, Dail, G. Powell, P. J. Douson, J. L VviJl. iams, J. E. Jerritt and E. J. Dail. Mrs. Wallace is survived by one son, Major Joe Wallace, now pro vost marshail at Miami lieaai, and one sieu-ciauphitsr Mrc i, ,! U . .. . ' ' ouri, oi union, a. and one sis ter, Mrs. A. H. Irvin of Kichlands.l She was the daughter of the late: Mr. and Mrs. John O. McGowen,1 prominent Kenansville Township liumiy. xn iviay iyuD sue married Ex-Sheriff Bland Wallace, who died in 1928. Sheriff Wallace ser-1 ved in that capacity for 14 years just after the Civil War. lie Was never defeated for olfice. After retiring he served for a time as Post Master here nnrl inent merchant and farmer. 6 Duplin Soldiers Receive Awards Gat Combat Infantry Badge; All Members 81st Division Six Duplin County soldiers have been awarded the Combat liuan tryman badge lor exemplary con duct and sKiii in action against the enemy recently. All six boys are members of the blst Infantry division, which invaded the Southern Isianus of the Japanese held Palau group, 500 miles east of ther Philippines. Among the group receiving the award were: Pic. Silas U. Lzzcll, son of Mrs. Maggie B. Ezzell, of Rt. 2, Rose Hui; Pvt. Robert 1 Anderson, son of Mrs. Lizzie ii Anderson, Kt. 2, Warsaw; Pvt James F. Costin, husband oi Mrs Pearlie Costin, Warsaw; Cpl El bert W. Williams, son of Mrs. Ophelia W. Williams, lit. 2, War saw; SSgt. DeWitt G. Lewis, son of Mrs. Leona Lewis, Rt. 2, War saw; and Cpl. Isaac B. Futreal, son of Mrs. Lizzie W. Futreal, Rt. 1, Warsaw. Kenansville Soldier Completes Training Sgt Early C Newton, Jr., son of Early C. Newton of Kenansville, has just completed another course in training and has been assigned to the AAF Training Command Radio School at the Sioux Falls Army Air Field, Sioux Falls, S. D., for training as a radio operator mechanic, i Upon completion of a 26-week course, he will be fully trained to take his place as a member of a highly skilled bomber crew of the Army Air Forces. Returned To Calif. After Furlough Home Lewis William (Bud) Turner, Jr., Ptr. 21c, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Turner of Beulaville, who has been in the Navy for two and one-half years, has returned to San Francisco, Calif;;1 after spend ing a 10 day leave with his par- No. 5 Gets suspicious of murderer's conversation day after shoot ing; Traces down several clues calls murderer in and wrings open confession from him; Riurderer has good reputation; Siain man had been warned to stay away from Lowe's wife; Jones says he is going to help Lowe; Out under 91,000 bond. 1 As we go to press Coroner Ralph Jones relates tho story of how he tracked down the murder er of Lee watkins and wrung a confession from him this week. As a result the Grand Jury Wednes day brought in a true bill of in dictment against Dudley Lowe for the murder of Lee Watkins on the night of January 20th in Lowe's home in Warsaw. Coronor Jones told the Times this week that on the day follow ing the murder, Dudley Lowe, in whose home Watkins was killed, went to him (Mr. Jones) and be gan explaining that he did not commit the murder. Coroner Jones said that practically every statement Lowe made to him were statements of a guilty man trying to sidetrack suspicion. Thinking back over the record of Watkins Mr. Jones stated that he (Watkins) had a record of one murder and a general bad repu tation. He was noted for tarying with other men's wives when pos sible. About a year ago Dudley Lowe went to Mr. Jones to swear out a warrant against Alonza Barber for shooting at him. Lowe had no cvidence.and the matter was drop ped. It seemed that Barber had been pestering Lowe's wife and Lrv.ve had run Earber from his home. CONTINUED ON BACK Better Conserve Coal If Want To Stay Warm Cold weather struck with all its fury this week. Thursday mor ning found the thermometer down to 16 with a cold wave blowing. This morning it was low again but the air was still. The weather man predicted n let up In the luiu uunng tne aay. ! As the cold struck this section coal began to run out. Ralph I Jones, Warsaw coal dealer, said : yesterday that he had several : cars on the rails rolling towards Warsaw and would have arrived proDamy over the week-end but the Army stepped in and took them over. Mr. Jones said he had onlv 30 pounds at his home. Thl should be sufficient hint that folks in Duplin had better take care and burn no more coal than possible. Farmers should take to the woods with axes and saws and leave what little coal that docs come to folks in town who do not have such a privilege. WOMAN'S CLUB IS SPONSORING NEEDED PAPER HOLIDAY Beginning on Monday, February 5 through Saturday, February 10, the Kenansville Woman's Club is sponsoring a paper Holiday. Dur ing this time, please do not ask your merchants to use paper bags or wrapping paper except for ar ticles such as meat that requires wrapping for -sanitary and pro tective purposes. Whenever pos-; sible, save paper bags and return to the merchant for further'use. The civilian shortage of paper and paper bags has certainly been brouRht home to every woman shopper as the scarcity of bags and wrapping paper in the retail stores necessitates the carrying of shopping bags and bnskets for dally marketing. Unlike many other wartime shortages, the pa per problem shows no evidence ot immediate solution even when the war In Europe ends since enormous quantities . of fnod, equipment and medical supplies will still be needed overseas for servicemen and for relief to diF ments require paper or paperboarc' for packaging Today- with an approximate national " shortage of 3,000.000 tons of paper annually, we must Increase salvage collections 2000 -000 tons and conserve 1:000.000 tons to meet the deficit. PAPET HOLIDAY Is a dramatic an'" forceful means of joining s all forces In our town to do our par. t in solving this war shortage. Capt, Wells In India Rooms With Former College Roommate , Capt. R. C Wells of Kenansvillrv writes that he landed In Calcuttr India and soon after arriving wp -assigned to room with Dort' Langston, of Goldsboro, a" clof friend and former class and ry mate at Wake Forest 4 College, where thev both studied Ipw. Dorth has been in Tn'lii f' - quit a while. . ' :? r