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VOLUME 13
County Commissioners
Name Tax Lister For 45
v The Board of County Commiss
ioners in regular session Monday
named Falson McGowen as Tax
Supervisor for 1946 and the fol
lowing tax listers were appointed:
Warsaw Township, Miss Sadie
Bennett, Mrs. Anna ,Lee Thomas,
assistant; Falson Township, Mrs.
Bessie Williams; . Wolfescrape,
, Mrs. G. R, Kornegay; Glisson, not
appointed; Albeftson, Miss Annie
Mae Smith; Smith, Cleon Smith;
Limestone, Mrs. O. Q. Lanier;
Cypress Creek, Jack J. Lanier;
Rock Fish, H. G, Blanton; Rose
Hill, Mrs. E. L. Lanier; Magnolia,
"Mrs. Herman Pippin; Kenansville,
Mrs. Myrtle K. Quinn; Island
Creek, Mrs. Leland Teaehey.
Public Cordially Invited
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Silver Tea, at Kenansville Com
munity Library on Tuesday af
ternoon, December 1L 1945.
' Floating from 4 5 o'clock.
Bing Crosby
Announces Opening
Of Kenny Drive
Sing Crosby, screen and radio star,
today announced that the Sister
Elizabeth Kenny Foundation nation
al IMS appeal to raise $5,000,000 to
wags a war on infantile paralysis
will be held in each state from No
vamber 22 to December 8,
The Paramount Pictures star Is
chairman of the national fund drive
and has named leading businessmen
. and women as aides to conduct
' asnpaign In every community,, u
" . "Weewaaduty
to the children ef
America to make
v this drive a sue
, cess," Crosby
said. "All of us
know what infan
tile paralysis has
done. There is
hardly a place
where tbe disease
has not struck,
' leaving la Its
' wakeeiippled,de
formed children.
To me nothing
Bins Crosby
is more pitiful
than the sight of a boy or a girl
sitting In a wheel chair or standing
-- on crutches on the sidelines while
ether boys romp and play.
- . Cratches Discarded
r "Sister Elisabeth Kenny has
proved to the world that In thou
sands of Infantile paralysis cases
these crutches and wheel chairs
- couM have been discarded and the
children could have led healthy nor
mal lives If they bad been given
: quick and proper treatment
. "M.ss Kenny has proved also that
It Is unnecessary for children strlck
en with Infantile paralysis to suffer
pain, humiliating deformities ' and
other complications.
"As the lather of four children I
' have a deep appreciation of the
; work that Miss Kenny and the Eliza
' beta Kenny Institute are doing and
. I know that the people of America
will Join me In attaining our cam
paign goal and assuring the children
of America that their future health
will be protected." .
In his announcement, Cresby em
phasized that one-half of the funds
In each state will remain in that
state to further the campaign
against infantile paralysis in local
communities. Funds, Crosby said,
alio v HI help to: 1 '
: i Restore countless Victims of In
fantile paralysis to normal lives.
, Lessen ravages. of this crippling
disease for Its victims.
' Enable polio sufferers to recover
use of their limbs. -:.
'" Finance full training ot Kenny
" technicians for permanent stay at
; clinics throughout the country.
' ' Intensive Research
Provide periodical study courses
for phynicl&r. virl technicians. . v . ,
induct lnten.'ve and nationwide
clinical research u poliomyelitis
and related diseases. ; ' 4 ''
Perpetuate and extent the scope
and benefits of the Kenny Institute
not only in the, United Staii but
Jt throughout the world: 1 '" ' '".
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MARINE CORPS HAS
NEED FOR MORE MEN
80,00 WANTED FOB
PEACETIME STRENGTH
The U. S. Marine corps needs
30,000 officers and men to hold its
assigned peacetime strength at
108,000, Col. H. C. Waterman, of
ficer In charge of the southeastern
recruiting division at Atlanta, G;'..,
has announced.
"The corps is discharging hun
dreds of men throughout the na
tion daily,'' Waterman said, "and
it is estimated that as the reserves
are returned to civilian life, 30,000
replacements will be needed to
keep our strength at the peace
time figure set by 'Congress, 100,
000 men and 8,000 officers."
As part of the intense drive un
der way to recruit the needed
personnel, Marine corps headquar
ters lowered the minimum height
requirements for men 17 through
19 from 66 inches to 63 inches,
while minimum requirements for
men over 19 remains at 66 inches.
Men under 25 may enlist with
out any prior military service, but
ex-servicemen over 25 who have
not passed their 32nd birthday,
may enlist provided they have not
been separated from military ser
vice for more than a year. Ex
servicemen are restored to their
former temporary rank if they en
list within 90 days of their dis
charge. 17-year-olds must have their, pa
rents consent' as loncs swtiva
Service la in force. After the draft
dissolved, they win heed tmA
approval from their parents be
fore oeing accepted. ,
Pecan Tree Furnish
i Nuts And Shade
There is simply nothing nillto an
fine as having some beautiful no-
can trees around the farm home
to furnish an abundance of nuts
for the family, some to sell, and
plenty of shade. "State College
suggests that at least five trees
be set.
Many people lose their trees af
ter they have been set out. due to
Improper care. If Information is
needed irt growing these trees,
Just write the Horticultural De
partment, State College, Raleigh,
and they will send just the infor
mation you will need.
KITCHEN FATS STILL
GREATLY; NEEDED
The end of rationing of meats
and fats and oils- has In no way
lessened the neetf for the salvage
of used , kitchen fats, Hillman
Moody, assistant State Director of
the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture s Production and Marketing
Administration, declared this
week.- . '
Quoting Secretary of Agricul
ture Clinton P. Anderson, iMr.
Moody asserted that "even though
rationing la ended, there still re
main the need .for preventing
waste of any fats, and for salvag
ing an used fats which are need
ed for the manufacture of soap
and for other industries",
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Meat dealers will continue to
pay housewives four cents a pound
for used kitchen fa1s.V .! ;
Moody said ' that rural hoir-
wtves can salvage much fats dur
ing the hog-killing season. ,
Important Meeting For ,
Kenansville Women
There will be a very, very im
nnrtant ' mpetini? of the United
Council of churches at the Baptist
church otu Friday, December 14,
at 3:00 P. M. , All Kenansville
women are urged to attend There
will be a discussion of the sewing
for the needy In foreign countries.
Please pome.
KENANSVILL E, N ORTH
New Agent
Introduced
4-tiClubi
Members
Eight hundred and fifty 4-H
club members attended the series
of 4-H club meetings. Mr. Edwin
Wright, the new Assistant County
Agent, was introduced and the
club members took a great liking
to him from the start. Hybrid
' corn production was discussed
wi h the boys, several are already
mc'dng plans to try some of the
hybrid on their projects next year.
HYBRID CORN
INCREASES YIELD
An average of 8.9 bushels more
corn was made por acre in four
demonstrations where hybrid seed
was used. F. P. Co; ' n. Warsaw;
W. L. Miller, Beubvilte; E. V.
Vestal, Kenansville; ind Lewis
W. Outlaw, Seven Sp-ings con
ducted the demonstrations. Each
grower grew an acre of hybrid be
side some of his local variety.
Each plot was cultivated and fer
tilized the same. On each demon
stration from 400 to 500 pounds
of nitrate of soda or cal nitro was
applied as a top dresser on both
the hybrid and local corn. The
hybrid averaged 53.1 bushels per
acre. The local corn averaged
44.2 bushels per acre. The hybrid
suffered more from weevils and
storm damage.
FARM BUREAU IS
HOPEFUL OF GROWTH
EGPECTS 40,000
N. C. MEMBER IN '46
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Directors of the farm bureau
federation announced in Raleigh
this week that they expected a
membership of more than 40,000
in North Carolina next year.
They also revealed that they
would hold their annual session
in Winston-Saleni sometime dur
ing February. The exact 'date to
be announced later.
The state board passed resolu
tions endorsing the Pace bill to in
clude the cost of hand labor in
computing the ceiling price on to
bacco; petitioning Congress to ap
propriate adequate funds to en
force the tobacco quota program,
and to allow a grower vote in to
bacco control for three to five
years after 1946.
The resolutions will be presen
ted ait the national meeting in Chi
cago between Dec. 15 and 20. Ap
proximately 200 North Carolina
members are expected to attend.
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COUNTY HEALTH
NURSE RESIGNS
Mrs. Louise Abbott, for the past
few years County Health Nurse
for Duplin, has sent in her resig
nation. She will leave the service
on December 15th. '
Mrs. Abbott will have served
the Health Department three years
and one month. .
Meets President Truman
de Moares, who was commanding goneral of t- Bra,,a xpediUwy
ary forces in Italy visits President Truman at the White Honaa. Uft
to right are, President Harry S. Truman, shaking hands with the
majorVneral; Brazilian AinbasaaAr H. E. Hoy Carlos Martins, back
row; nerl Zenobla Dm Costa, and Air Brigadier Antonio
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CAROLINA FRIDAY,
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Maurice B. (Pinky) Dunn of
Charlotte, and N. C. State College,
has 'been elected editor of the
Southern Engineer, official student
publication of the School of En
gineering at State College. Publi
cation of The Southern Engineer
was suspended in 1943 because of
wartime handicaps, but will be
revived in the winter school term
when an elaborate issue is planned.
Dunn, a veteran of World War II,
is very active in campus affairs.
JURORS LISTED
JANUARY TERM
SUPERIOR COURT
Criminal
Lloyd Sanderson, Billie McNei
lls, J. D. Evans, Vann Norris, L.
B. Bradshaw, J. T. Thomas, Adrian
S. Bostic, Sam Herring, R. C.
Moore, Geo. Maready, W. J. Rob
erta, J. H. Byrd, Edwin D. Wells,
Sr., L. F. Johnson, S. H. Brltt, Jr.,
P. H. Aldridge, Oscar FusselL L.
W, Duff, Flave" Ke&nedy, Ammie
Garner, Alonza Dait, Ed Kornegay,
I. N. Sanderson, D. Fountain,
H. L. Fountain, Alvhv Smith, A.
S. Quinn,1 McCoy Kennedy, Eddie
Paul Thigpen, Alonza Pate, D. H.
Carlton, and Earl Williams.
Jim D. Dixon, C D. Lee, Joel
Jones, Albert Kennedy, J. W. Rit
ter, Henry R. Cates,-J. C. Mercer,
Arthur Brown, A. L. Hargrove,
W. G. Blanchard, Edward S. Wil
liams, James Ezzell, H. C. Jones,
L. T. Sanderson, G. K. Aldridge,
Edwin Usher, R.. H. Maready,
John Dixon, Daniel Whitfield, W.
T. Gresham, A. D. Hunter, Perry
Hanchey, Alton Mercer, D. H.
Sholar, Luther James, M. H.
King, Jesse Swinson, J. W. Cottle,
C. V. Thomas, W. D. Bradshaw,
J. H. Bryant, and Raymond Grady.
JOHNSON TO DISCUSS
PLANS FOR
BEULAVILLE SCHOOL
The P. T. A. of the Beulaville
School will meet Monday night,
December 10th. The public is in
vited to hear County Superinten
dent, O. P. Johnson; speak on the
future plans for the new school
building at Beulaville. After the
meeting an Open House will be
held and the emergency class
room set-up will be open for Inspection,
DECEMBER 7th., 1945
Announce
M. E. Church
Appointments
DUPLIN CIRCUIT
METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. John M. Cllne, Pastor
(Headquarters: Kenansville)
APPOINTMENTS:
Kenansville Church : First and
Fourth Sundays - 11:00 A. M.
Friendship Church: Second and
Fourth Sundays - 3:00 P. M.
Wesley Church: First Sunday
3:00 P. M. and second Sunday at
11:00 A. M.
The above schedule will be in
effect through May. The pastor
will graduate from the Duke Uni
versity Divinity School in May.
Beginning June 1st, a permanent
schedule of appointments will be
effective.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the services at all these
churches.
The BOARD OF STEWARDS
DUPLIN'S QUOTA
FOR CHRISTMAS
STOCKINGS
Duplin County's quota for Xmas
stockines for soldiers at Camp Le-
Jeune is 200. The ladles of Duplin
are asked to eo down to Camp ue-
Jeune on Tuesday, December 11th.
to take the packages and help to
wrap them. ,
,'.Turn your gtt into the Red
Cross office in -"Kenansville by
Monday, December 10th. if pos
sible.
Below is a list -' suggestions
for the Christmas o lockings:
Pocket Combs, l ues, Notebook
Paper, Cigarettes, Toothbrushes,
Tooth paste, Shaving creams ana
lotions, Double ecige razor blades,
Pencils, Wash cloths, Nail brushes,
Peanuts, Dried Fruiis, Mints, etc.
Please label on card outside of
each stocking what it contains.
JURORS LISTED
JANUARY TERM
SUPERIOR COURT
Civil
First Week (7th)
C. P. Walker, Sam Sumner,
Preston Register, R. D. Boone,
Paul J. Fountain, James H. Gay
lor, J. B. Rhodes, Warren W. Max
well, D. L. Pate, Ralph Batts, J.
H. Sanderson, Wm. F. Dail,' C. E.
Hall, Willie Grady, L. Kornegay,
A. G. Jackson, P. T. Cameron,
George Whaley, W. C. Fussell, I.
V. Outlaw, K. V. Thigpen, N. A.
Kennedy, O. D. Fountain, J. W.
Peterson, C. D. Sloan. Bryant
Smith, Henry Wilson, J. G. Rich,
J. A. Wilson, L. A. Brinson, L. D.
Sheffield, Jesse Outlaw, Q. B.
Teaehey, W. M. Brinson. and
C. V. Rivenbark.
Second Week (14th)
Joshua Jones, R, D. Harper, R.
D. Penny, Andrew Jones, W. D.
Grady, D. F, Johnson, E. H. Wood
ward, J. W. Bryan, B. P. Waters,
F . H. Johnson, B. V. Byrd. Frank
Baker, Eugene P. Best, Carl Ivey,
is. Carr, D. E. Best, Clyde E.
Fountain, Wilton Sumner, J.
Lester Mathews, John Houston,
C. C. Thigpen, Walter Rhodes, C.
R. Edwards, J. B. Kennedy, Jr.,
Ransom Fountain, O. H. Best, J.
R. Miller, J. B. Kennedy, Ashley
Kennedy, W; F. Hinson, C. H. Mil
ler, A. J. Rouse, J. L. Carter. J.
C Russ, Chancy Sumner, and Ru-
fus Carr.
Local Soldier At Home
, Cpl. Andrew Scott has returned
home from overseas and Is expect
ing his discharge within the next
few days. He has been in service
for 32 months. His wife is the for
mer Hazel Williamson of Kenansville.
Afeiv Enterprise Coming
To Duplin County Soon
Lt. Mary Carlton
Receives Discharge
Lt. Mary Carlton, daughter of
Mrs. W. B. Carlton of Warsaw,
has been Eiven her discharge from
war service at the Naval Air
Technical Training Center in
Memphis, Tenn. Prior to entering
service she was a nurse.
Lt. Carlton enlisted in Raleigh
on Oct . 6, 1942 and saw six months
duty in Aria Heights, Oahu, T. H.
She has a brother, Bruce Carlton,
with the AAF now stationed In
El Paso, Texas.
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Fair Play
Uncnunl advantages in any kind
of contest spoil the sport for most
Americans. A sense of fairness is
deeply rooted in our people. Some
times a champion athlete is not a
popular favorite because the fans
suspect some mysterious advantage
that m.-;! ?s him invincible. Actually
exposing crookedness in a profes
sional team is all it takes to bank
rupt the club, because fairness ii
cardinal.
Practically all forms of competi
tion tr.ke on the features of a game
in this country; business and poli
tics are no exceptions. It has boen
said that "all's fair in love and war,"
but it might be said another way:
YThen emotions overcome reason.
rcnle fiet to bo fair. The con
testant who ects rU worked up re
grc's :t because his public turns
against him if he is unfair.
Popular Decision
The public has taken a hand occa
in nllv in the bout between those
heavyweight contestants, Capital
and Labrr. Until very recently. La
bor was the popular favorite, and the
choice w.,s sane. The laborer has
been "the man on the bottom" in
many Innds for countless years and
sympathy for the under dog is a hu
man trait. But this generation of
Americans has seen the tables turn.
Labor in the Unit-d Stat?s is not
the under dog far from it. Every
mature person, who has given the
subject any thought at all, knows
that Capital is no match for Labor
in this country now. Labor has a
club that management can't use; the
strike. What is even more, manage
ment has no weapon that will ap
proximately match it in force and
violence, and hns no (Mense from it.
Times Are Changed
There was a lime when an employ
er could fire a competent workman
for voting wrong. A straw boss one
could dismiss a female subordinate
for resenting his overtures. Intelli
gent person, were let out for express
ing general discontent over long
hours, low wages and unwholesome
surroundings. It was disgraceful. It
was also a long time ago. It was
not fair. The public resented it and
it stopped.
People still remember those days.
Nobody cares much now if employers
have to hire whom the union says
hire, pay what the union says pay.
and blow the whistle by the union
.official's watch. But there is some
thing that the public does care about,
namely strikes. When a home own
er's family shivers in a cold house
for want of fuel he is anxious to buy,
he finds out why.
Unfairness Shows.
. In finding out why, people discover
Labor's unequal advantage. John Q.
Public might not frown on a strike
over wages or hours, but he .jets
plenty huffy doing without necessi
ties while somebody retaliates a
grievance or while men sit idle, try
ing to force a point that might bet
ter be settled peaceably, settled with
both shifts working and business go
ing on as usual.
Strikes are violent and unfair and
the public dislikes them. Destructive
as arson, they hurt many people
instead of one. I am a lifelong
friend of Lr.br. and I predict that
the strike will be outlawed by popu
lar Indignation. The lockout and
the blacklist were so outlawed.
Peaceful ways to settle industrial
disputes exist now. Unless they are
u::-:d voluntarily, we can look for the
cul:lic to create some compulsory
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Magnolia Airman Gets
Discharge From Service
San Antonio, Texas.. Cpl. Ma
thew Southerland, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Mathew Southerland of
Rt. . Magnolia, has been separa
ted from the AAF Personnel Dis
tijutlon Command here.
No. 49
Godwin Building Block Company
Expects Begin Operation in
Warsaw Around Feb. 1st;
Will Employ About 25 Men.
A new factory for the manufac
ture of cinder blocks, concrete
blocks, waylite blocks and other
building blocks for construction
purposes will begin operation in
Warsaw around February 1st, it
has been announced. The factory
will be known as the Godwin
Building Block Company, owned
and operated by Oliver W. Godwin
and Samuel E. Godwin of Dunn.
The owners have purchased a
suitable site within the Town ot
Warsaw, reported to be in the
western part of the town, upon
which to erect the buildings. The
machinery has been purchased and
will be installed upon completion
of the building.
The plant will have a capacity
of turning out 6,000 blocks each
day, equivalent to building four
houses. Two shifts of men will be
employed, numbering around 25,
and will be ready to meet .the
needs of their customers.
This will bring to Duplin and
the surrounding counties a facil
ity that has long been needed in
this section. In deciding on War
saw and Duplin County, the own
ers said that this was an ideal lo
cation from which to serve East
ern Carolina and the transporta
tion facilities of Warsaw were
above the average in this section.
Flyers Of the Future
Want To Go To College
Flyers of the future are not'
going to be satisfied with being
just good flyers. They want to be
well-educated, well grounded with
an all-round background and ex
perience. This trend was strongly
indicated in an announcement re
leased today by Lt. Com. F. J.
Barnes. II, Director of Office of
Naval Officer Procurement, 1320
G Street, N. W., Washington, D. .
C, giving the results of a nation
wide poll recently conducted by
the Navy among the 17, 18, and
19 year old young men who are
eligible for the Naval Aviation
Preparatory Program (V-5).
As anticipated. 66 percent of the
applicants selected "Flying" in
answer to the question " What
part of the V-5 Program appeals
to you most strongly T" However,
the significant factor is that 4 out
of '5 designated "A chance to get
to college education", in answering
"What is the next strongest ap
peal?" Among parents, 75 percent were
most impressed by the chance for
their sons to receive college edu
cation.
Under Navy's V-5 officer pilot
training program, young men 17,
18 or 19 are eligible for selection
for the March 1, 1946 class if
they have graduated from high
school by February 28, 1946. One '
of the unique aspects of the pro
gram is that cadets receive four
terms at an outstanding college
prior to beginning their flight
training. Not only are all expen
ses and maintenance paid for by
the Navy, but the student recei
ves a salary of $50 a month as
well. This is in line with the Na
vy's policy of developing officers
with a well-rOunded education.
Results of the poll, as well as
mounting enlistments for the '
March class, have told the Navy
what it is interested in knowing:
that its V-5 Program has the en
thusiastic endorsement and sup
port of the public.
Air crewmen and ground crew
men returning from combat areas
are received here and in three
days of processing their records '
are straightened out, their army
pay matters arranged and their
physical condition checked thoro
ughly in js medical examination.
Only then are they returned to ci
vilian life, a. 'used completely fors
the change from combat soldier to
civilian. ,i