VICTORY GLOTHINQ COLLECTION STARTS JAN.Z
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VOLUME NUMBER FOURTEEN
(Miring CcIIaction For
' The Victory Clothing Collection
."' begins January 7th and continues
through die. 31st. The drive will
- take dace in every community in
Duplin County. In KenansviUe,
, Mrs. i Pe?ry Dobson is Chairman
" and1 the collection place is the bus
station. Everyone is urged to give
: all 'the "clothing they can spare
., .and deliver it to the local bus Bta
. Hon In cjean repair.
Clothing, you see, is a funda
- mental need now - wherever the
' - war was fought ... wherever clt
, ies have been destroyed, homes
burned to the ground, mill and
factories ruined, farm lands plant
ed with explosive mines. The ord
inary people, the people who took
the brunt of the war, have noth
ing left but the clothes on their
. . backs . , . the same they've worn
day in and day out for years.
p. " '
Can you imagine what these
clothes look like? If you've seen
the newsreels you know. They are
rags and patches. It will take time
' before their ruined mills produce
1 . - . cloth agar, ' . Meanwhile there is
cold and misery and death.
What can you spare that they
can spare? Everything is needed
for every ag. Look through your
closets and- shelves, dig Into your
stored-away things. Can you spare
' jwinter clothes,' summer clothes,
gL children's or infanta garments?
:JPWL you blanket. or quilt to
spare 1 . . or a. sweater, or woof
coat? And if ypu can possibly
spare shoes, tia-them tightly to
gether with., string so. the mates
won't get lost. Each pair will be
a godsend.
The need is desperate and the
need is NOW.
OPA GRANTS PRICE
INCREASE FOR COAL
The OPA in Washington an
nounced over the week end the
first general price increase for the
coal industry a 10 cent per ton
boost on coal, coke or other solid
fuels delivered to the premises of
purchasers.
The increase, effective January
2, through April 30, 1946, was
granted to compensate dealers for
higher operating costs. It applies
only to fuel delivered to a pur
,. chaser, and cannot be charged to
. resellers or for FOB sales.
While various area increases
previously were granted it was the
' first time OPA has permitted an
Increase on an industry-wide ba-
RATIONING AT DISTRICT
OFFICES
- Consumers, industrial and in
stitutional users of sugar in North
Carolina will apply to the OPA
District Office ; in Raleigh for
their allotments, Theodore S.
Johnson, District Director has an
nounced. Likewise, replacement of ration
books, and new" books for babies
and returning veterans will be
made by the District Office. Ap
plicants may either, write or call
'In person for such blanks at the
; District Office. . ..
Although Price Control Boards
wOl no longer issue- any ration
books or rationed commodities, a
few application blanks will be
'placed at each board for the con
venience of consumers, Johnson
! added."' -;!::':::
FAISON SOLDIER ON
ESCORT USS WARE
Bedford ' Jackson, ' machinist's
mate, le, USN, of Rt 1, Faison,
is serving on the 2,200 ton destroy
er WARE, which Is escorting the
giant aircraft carrier USS MID
WAT on her shakedown cruise in
the Carrnjer-a lata,-; ; '. -
Relief; What Can You
AUTO LICENSES ARE
VALID IN JANUARY
Motor Vehicles Commissioner
T. B. Ward told motorists
last week that their 1945
license plates are valid until
midnight Jan. 31 under an
amended state law.
However, he urged owners
to purchase new plates as
early as possible before the
deadline to avoid the rush
during the few days before
expiration date.
Dr. Gooding Building In
KenansviUe Gutted;Fire
Health Department Offices
Destroyed; Warsaw Fire
Department saves building
structure and adjoining
buildings.
- The office building of Dr. G. V.
Gooding in KenansviUe was gutted
by .fire: early Thursday morning
when flames broke out in the wall
under the stairway.
A carload of laborers on their
way to Jacksonville discovered the
fire About 5:15 and gave the alarm.
The Warsaw Fire Department was
called and was at the scene of the
fire in a very -few unutesN At the
time of and before the truck ar
rived the building was boiling
over with smoke and it was im
possible for the firemen to enter.
Ladders were strung up to the
second story windows and water
poured into the building from
there. The fire seemed to be con
centrated on the second floor.
With the aid of volunteers in Ke
nansville, The Warsaw Fire
Department brought the fire un
der control in about 45 minutes.
For a time it appeared the fire
would get away and engulf the
entire business section of the
town. But for the fireproof walls
and metal roof, the building
would have been consumed before
the fire truck arrived.
The inside, both lower and up
per floor, were practically de
stroyed. The second floor housed
the County Health Department.
All records and equipment of the
Health Department were destroy
ed. Dr. Gooding lost.all equipment
but managed to save his records.
- Patsy's Beauty Shoppe, which
also occupied part of the lower
floor, was damaged but equipment
was saved.
The building was insured by the
M. F. Allen Insurance Agency of
KenansviUe,
The whole town' is grateful to
the Warsaw Fire Department for
their quick response and splendid
work. -
Returned Service Man
Breaks Leg In Warsaw
Robert Taylor, returned service
man of Bowden, fell and broke a
leg . Wednesday morning while
playing on the Warsaw High
School grounds. Taylor was a
paratrooper and suffered a broken
and shot-up leg while in France.
He was rushed to the Veterans
Hospital in Fayetteville.
He was resuming school work
and was in the tenth grade. Prin
cipal Harmon stated it was purely
an accident ;:
Deputies Capture - '
3 Men At Still :
- Denutiea Gurman Powell and
Murray Byrd captured two white
mea and one Negro at a still near
Faison Monday. The men were
Dick Newsom and Ernest Poyth-
ress and the Negro was named
Que.
KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JAUNARY 4th., 1946
Overseas
Spare?
WARSAW SOLDIER
GETS PROMOTION
Willard C. Hill, son of Mr! Char
les C. Hill, Rt. 2, Warsaw, has
been promoted to technician 5th
grade in recognition of proven
ability in his work with a field
artillery battalion.
Cpl. Hill is a member of the
81st Infantry "Wildcat" Division
which is now occupying Aomori
Prefecture, Northern Honshu.
KenansviUe Methodist
Church Services
SUNDAY JANUARY 8, 1946
Sunday School at 10:00 A. M.
Preaching at 11:00 A. M. by the
pastor, Rev. John M. Cline.
Your are cordially invited.
Outlaw's Bridge Church
Evening Service
Service will be held at the Out
law's Bridge Unlversalist Church
Sunday eyeniroianuary (J at
7:30. RevGustav H. Ulrteh will
preach. Sermon, "What Does the
New Year Promise."
Seaman Frank Knowles
Receives His Discharge
Franklin Leo Knowles, S lc,
USNR, 19, of Rose Hill, was dis
charged from the Naval Service
after serving aboard the BOST-
WICK. a destroyer escort, ever
since she was commissioned on
J D lst 1943
Knowles is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Knowles of Rose Hill.
WOODROW TAYLOR
IS
NEW PRINCIPAL HERE
Mr. "Wood row Taylor, a veteran
of World War n, became principal
of the KenansviUe School January
1st. He succeeds Ralph Carlton,
recently resigned. Mr. Taylor
taught in the local school for a
number of years prior to enter
ing service.
DUPLIN COTTON
GINNING REPORT
Census report shows that 1282
bales of cotton were ginned in Du
plin County from the crop of 19
45 prior to Dec. 13, as compared
with 5049 bales for the crop of
1944.
ROSE HILL SOLDIER
ON WAY HOME
Pfc. Lewis T. Fennell, of Rose
Hill, is on his way home. He is
one of the 3,000 high-point veter
ans returning on the USS WINDSOR.
Magnolia ftesident Kilted By Step Fathei
At Mountain Home
Gurney Moseley, age 41, was In
stantly kUled by his step-father
at the latter's home in a mountain
abode near Mt Airy Monday night
whUe 91 year old sick man lay
on his bed and watched.
According to reports reaching
here Moseley was on a visit to the
mountain home and the family
was gathered around the bed of
the sick 91 year old member, An
iftlttlYjvsttftYffl
Miami Beach, Fia. - Three and
one-half years a prisoner of the
Japs, Cpl. Norman Williams, of
Beulaville, gets back into golfing
stride under the tutoring of Vic
Ghezzl, one of the nation's top
pros. Here for a twq week holiday
with his parents, he is one of the
1500 AAF personel recently re
leased from Japanese prison
camps who are coming to this re
sort as honored guest of the Ar
my Air Forces during the winter
season.
S COO P
This Is not for publication.
It is being: rumored that
Coroner Ralph Jones of War
saw win be . candidate for
the office of Sheriff of Duplin
- County this apclaV-. The
Times contacted Mr Jones
Wednesday and asked htm
about the matter. Coroner
Jones said he was not yet
ready to make his announce
ment bnt delnltoly he was
going to run.
Aged Man Killed When Alighting
From A Bus In Town Of Faison
John David Jones, of Faison Rt.
2, was instantly killed Monday
evening when struck by an auto
mobile while alighting trom a bus
In Faison.
" According to information he
stepped off the bus and walked di
rectly in front of an oncoming car.
A coroner's investigation ruled the
accident unavoidable.
Driver of the car was Floyd
Taylor Sutton of near Mt. Olive,
soldier at home on furlough. He
and his brother were in the car.
The bus driver was B. H. Has
tings. Funeral services were conducted
from the Overby Funeral Home in
Smithfield Wednesday at 2 p. m.,
by Elder Shepard Stephenson.
Burial was in the BarbourS Chapel
Church Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ja
nie Jones; four daughters, Ella
Jones of the home, Mrs. John Law
hon of Wilmington, Mrs. Dave
Joyner of Tarboro and Mrs. Hen
ry Fields of Faison; and three
brothers, D. I. of Rt. 1, Selma, L.
H., of Petersburg, Va., and S. M.
Jones of Raleigh.
Warsaw Service Men
In The News
W. P. Creech, S lc, Is spending
argument ensued. Moseley was
standing at the foot of the sick
man's bed when his step-father,
whose name we haven't learned,
took a breech loader gun, pointing
it at Gurney and fired the load di
rectly into his .left side, just below
the heart Moseley feU Instantly
dead '.
Officers were called and upon
arrival the step-father admitted
Two Duplinites Honored By The
N. C. Tuberculosis Association
DOGWOOD WEEK
FOR JAN. 27
Governor Cherry called atten
tion over the week end to the ob
servance of dogwood week in all
of North Carolina beginning Janu
ary 27, and the occasion should
create interest in the need for
more trees to aid in soil conservation.
Listing 1946 Taxes
Begins In County
Mule Dealer Goes
To Tennessee
J. J. Barden, Jr. horse and mule
dealer of Warsaw, left Wednesday
for Tennessee to buy a shipment
of young horses and mules. He
will return next week.
5 Weeks Court Is
Scheduled For Duplin
Clerk of Cout R. V. Wells an
nounced this week that Duplin will
have five straight weeks of court
beginning Monday, January 7th.
Tba iirsi -iwoweeKs win pe civ
. . A. i .1.J1
terms, presided over by Judge
Henry Stevens of Warsaw. The
third week will be county court
presided over by Judge Phillips
and the following two weeks will
be superior court with Judge Ste
vens presiding.
a 12 day leave with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Creech. Billy
has been overseas for two years
serving in both the Atlantic and
Pacific.
Lt B. C. Sheffield, Jr., return
ed to the States last week from
the European Theatre where he
served with the Army Medical
Corps. He arrived in Warsaw on
Sunday night to visit his mother,
Mrs. B. C. Sheffield.
Jack Boney, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. R. Boney, is home and discharg
ed after serving with the Navy.
Chief Petty Officer Norwood
Bostio and Mrs. Bostic are spend-
ing a furlough with their parents '
in Warsaw.
Petty Officer Franklin Thomas.
Jr., returned to his base at Fort
Lauderdale, Fla., Monday after
spending the holidays with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Thom
as. Petty Officer Purcell Jones,
who served 33 months in the Sea
bees and then in the Navy Air
Corps recently received his dis
charge and spent Christmas in
Warsaw with his wife in the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.
S. Best. Mr. Jones has enrolled
and wiU be a student at Carolina.
tor Airy
he fired the shot and said he in
tended to kill him. He was imme
diately placed in JaiL
Moseley was buried in Magnolia
yesterday afternoon. He was a na
tive of the Mt. Airy section but
had married a daughter of Chan
cey Drew of Magnolia and was
living there.
MAGNOLIA SOLDIER
ON WAY HOME
T5 Jesse B. Dafford, husband
of Mrs. E. Dafford of Magnolia,
is on his way home on the USS
WINDSOR. He will go directly
to the Separation Center nearest
his home to complete the formali
ties of obtaining his discharge be
fore returning to civilian life.
Listing of 1946 County taxes be
gan Tuesday, January 1.
All property, real and personal,
subject to taxation, shall be list
ed for tax purposes during the
month of January.
It is the duty of every person
owning property, real or personal,
to list it for taxation.
All male persons between the
ages of 21 and 50 years shall list
poll tax even though they do not
. own or have in their possession
any taxable real or personal prop-
All dogs shall be listed by the
owner or the person having them
in charge.
All livestock, motor vehicles, re
frigerators, appliances, tractors,
etc., shall be listed for taxation
At
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whether paid for In full or not
Intent and purpose of our
tax Iaws is to have u Property
and subiects of taxation assessed
at their true and actual value in
- luunt-y, in suun manner as sum
property and subjects are usually
sold, but not by forced sale there
of. It has been declared to be the
policy of this State so to use its
system of real estate taxation as
to encourage the conservation of
natural resources and the beauti
fication of homes and roadsides.
Look for your Township List
Taker's advertised dates, and see
him early in January and Ust your
County Taxes. There will be no
extension of the listing period.
Farmers are urged to be pre
pared to give Farm Census Infor
mation. Most of the information
asked for will be acreages planted
in 1945.
TOMMY GRESHAM
GETS DISCHARGED
. , .
Lt. Cmdr. John Thomas Gresh-
am, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Gresham, Sr., of Warsaw, was
among the officers released to in-
active duty at the Charleston Na-
!val Separation Center.
Lt. Cmdr. Gresham entered the
Navy in May, 1942, and saw ser
vice in oth Atlantic and Pacific
waters. He participated in the oc
cupation of Japan as a member of
Amphibious Group 8 of the U. S.
Pacific Fleet. He wears the Am
erican Theater, Asiatic-Pacific,
Philippine Liberation, and Victory
ribbons.
He plans to resume his practice
of law after returning to civilian
life.
NEW FEATURE
FOR THE TIMES
Beginning In this issue is
new feature entitled "From So.
rata by Jake. The writer wiU re
main in the background, however,
he is a Duplin County man, and
fully qualified to write such a col
umn.
In commenting on his first col
umn the writer said, "I expect to
have considerable local interest
comments from time to time and
generally carry serious and light
comments of things past and pres
ent." , ; . ,
If the column proves interesting
to you readers the Times and the
columnist would appreciate your
I:tt!ng us know lt.
No. 1
Raleigh, N. C.
Box 468 Dial 8326
December 19, 1945
Mr. J. R. Grady
Duplin Times
KenansviUe, N. C.
Dear Mr. Grady:
At a recent meeting of the Exe
cutive Committee of the North
Carolina Tuberculosis Association,
it was voted to send a special let
ter of appreciation from the Exe
cutive Committee to Seal Sale
Chairmen throughout the State
who have conducted the Seal Sale
in their communities for ten years
or more. There were 23 of these
men and women. Two of them are
Mrs. Beatrice R. Hill, who has
served as Seal Sale Chairman for
Faison for sixteen years, and Mrs.
Mamie L. Turner, who has con
ducted the Sale among the colored
people of Duplin County for
twenty-two years.
Believing that this gesture of
appreciation would be of interest
to you and your readers, we are
enclosing copies of the letters that
were sent Mrs. HU1 and Mrs.
Turner from the North Carolina
Tuberculosis Association.
Frank W. Webster,
Executive Secty.
The letters as sent to Mesdames
Hill and Turner:
December 12, 194S
Mrs. Beatrice R. Httl
Faison, North Carolina
Dear Mrs. HiU:
On behalf, of the Executive Com
mittee of the North' Carolina Tu
berculosis Association, I wish to
express to you our sincere appre
ciation for the devoted service you
have given this Association by
your conduct of the annual Christ
mas Seal Sale in your community.
Having accepted this responsi
bility in 1930, you are in 1945
handling the Christmas Seal Sale
in Faison for the sixteenth year.
I realize the vast amount ef
work this period of service repre
sents, not only in conducting the
Seal Sale but also in spending the
money given in this way by the
people of your community to fight
tuberculosis. I feel sure that these
citizens, no less than members of
this Association, appreciate your
civic-minded endeavor.
The conception of the founders
of the National Tuberculosis As
sociation that doctors and laymen
could work side by side in the
fight against tuberculosis was
both original and sound. The
fruits of that cooperation are evi
dent in better knowledge of the
disease on the part of the public
and in a dramatically lowered
death rate from tuberculosis. In
this struggle against disease, you
are taking a significant part.
Please accept our congratula
tions, our gratitude, and our best
wishes to you.
Cordially yours,
David T. Smith, M. D.
President
December 13, 1945
Mrs. Mamie L. Turner
Warsaw, North Carolina
Dear Mrs. Turner:
On behalf of the Executive
Committee of the North Carolina,
Tuberculosis Association, I wish
to express to you our sincere ap
preciation for the devoted service
you have given this' Associatin
by your conduct of the annual
Christmas Seal Sale in your com-.
munlty.
Having accepted this responal-
bility in 1924, you are now In 194S
serving as Chairman for the
Christmas Seal Sale among the
colored people of Duplin County
for the twenty-second year. ,
I realize the vast amount of
work this period of service repre
senta. X feel sure that the citizens
of your county who contribute
each year to the Seal Sale, no less
than members of this Association,
appreciate greatly your civic
minded endeavor. "
The conception of the founders
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