pcunty Politics Warming Up
; Leaisr Announces Aginst Lanier
For Commissioner; Lewis Out
tow says he will announce
, next week against Qulnn;
Baokley may come down for
- Coroner.
; Duplin politics ,1s expected to
move Into high gear in the next
' few days as the deadline for filing
for , county offices approaches.
' April 13th is the last day a candi
'date can file.
; To date the picture shows up as
follows:
Ralph Jones of Warsaw and Joe
Wallace Of Kenansville are burn
ing the sticks for -the office of
.... sheriff. ' ,
I C. E. Qulnn has announced for
reelection to the House of Repre
Beatatives. Lewis Outlaw of Out
law's Bridge authorized the Times
yesterday to state that he would
' announce next week in opposition
' to Mr. Qulnn.
,v" C B. Sitterson has announced
for County Coroner as had J. A.
Rackley of Warsaw. Mr. Rackley,
' however, has withdrawn his adver
tising and It la not known whether
he will definitely file.
'in the Commissioners race only
one of the five have any opposi
tion so far. Tyson Lanier of Lime
ttane Is opposed by his cousin,
Archie Lanier of Beulaville, who
announced last week. Observers
say there Is little likelyhood that
A. C. Hall. Arthur Whitfield or
Preston Wells will have any cppo
. sition. 17 is some speculation
. as to wh. r George Peawt of
Warsaw will bei hard fW
An reports seeJnrioaicate that
U. Clerk of Court R. V. Wells will
? V"" have smooth sailing with no op-
..position.- - H , . '
X Qs GUIITY CHIEFS
RBCITAI.
) Miss Fannie' Lewis will present
I . - her piano pupils in a Recital at the
; Kenansville high school Tuesday
i ' ' evening, April 2nd, at 7:30 o'clock.
The publio Is invited.
RHYTHM BANDS
- Miss Lewis' Rhythm Bands will
play at the PTA meeting Monday
' evening, April 1st.
. REPORTED HTItl!
Hosea Parker, Duplin Negro ar
rested recently in Green County
In connection with a number of
" robberies, was seen hiding out
around Kenansville for some time
before his arrest, it has been re
ported. ; gtJix FILED
: Last week a suit was filed in the
Duplin County Superior Court
- asking $50,000 damages of the J.
W. Jackson Beverage Company of
Wilmington. The plaintiff, J. G.
Batts alleges that in an accident
, hear Chinquapin in February his
left arm was torn off below the
shoulder due to negligence on the
part of the Company and Its truck
driver, Lynwood Y. Pope. The
" plaintiff contends that the truck,
driven by Pope, had Improper
lights and at the time of the ac
. cident . swerved from the right
. side of the road onto the left and
-, ..crashed Into the car he was driv
ing. : Vance B. Gavin la attorney for
the plaintiff.
.Miss Katherine Olson, special
field representative for the South
; eastern Area,' American Red
' Cross, visited the local Red Cross
office In Kenansville Tuesday.
Mrs. Inez C. Boney and Miss
Doris Rouse attended a Welfare
conference in Clinton on Friday
' last week.
jf Miss Sara Williams, field repre
f JJ Atatlve for the blind for Duplin
jbunty, visited the Welfare office
- ' several days recently.
Mr. J. E. Anderson, who is now
with the Parole Commission, visl
" ted Kenansville last week. Mr.
Anderson was formerly with the
Health Department In Kenansville.
T. J. GRESnOM REENLISTS
J. T. (Tommy) Gresham, Jr., of
-Warsaw has re-enlisted In the Na
vy for a period of, six months.
Tommy now holds the rank of
commander. He expects to be sta
t! in Charleston, S. C, In full
t' ir;3 there.
Children's Popularity
Contest Be Held Here
Friday Night
A great attraction on Stunt
Night, April 5th, at the Kenans
ville High School will be the
Children's Popularity Contest. The
various merchants and Office men
are sponsoring these young girls
and boys between the ages of one
and six. Boxes for voting have
been placed in the stores and off
ices and it is hoped that many
votes (at 1 cent each) will be cast
between now and stunt night, at
which time the contest will close.
The following children are en
tering the contest: Jean Weeks.
Maude Wells. Bobby Stafford.
Jerry Brown, Rebecca Grady,
Frances Stroud, Billy Farrlor,
Mary and Mitchell Allen, Sylvia
Gooding, Bobby Blanton, Sarah
Lee Willard, Emory Sadler, Joe
Morrison, Geraldine Dunn, James
Edward Brinson, Oliver Vestal
and Mary Alphin, Anbrey and
Jahnny Daughtry and Lynda Sit
terson. Lions Hear
Dist. Governor
James A. Glover of Nasheville,
District Governor of Lions Inter
national, was guest of the Ke
nansville Lions Club at the regu
lar dinner Wednesday evening.
Lion president, Hubert Phillips,
presided and introduced Lion Tom
Shutte of Faison, zone chairman,
who In turn introduced Governor
LGlo vorv . ;, r"
Governor Glover, after pulling
some gags On members, chose tx
his subject "Llonism just what
sort of an organization should It
be?" Llonism, he said, stands for
liberty, intelligence, our nation's
safety. It Is something intangible.
It is found in the way of life.
' Llonism operates in 18 countries,
he said. One of its immediate ob
jects is to help do something
about the business of a new world,
a lasting peace and security for alL
We need to make live in the life
of man the spirit of brotherhood.
If the United States is to sell
Democracy to the world, the spea
ker said, there are three things
we must do: 1, Live and practice
Democracy in a way that will
make ohters want it; 2, Teach the
rules of the game and supervise
its practice; 3, Work with others
in the application of Democracy.
Several visitors were present be.
sides the speaker and Tom Shutte,
including George Strang, Sheriff
Williamson, Joe Wallace and
Woodrow Taylor.
An agreement has been made
among eastern farm labor leaders
whereby efforts will be made to
help both farmers . and migrant
workers in plans for harvesting
crops In the summer and fall.
Duplin Chapter Crippled
Children's Lcaguo Lucohcs
BY RUTH P. GRADY
On Thursday, March 28, the
Duplin County Chapter of the
Crippled Children's League held a
luncheon In the Sunday School
rooms of the Kenansville Method
ist Church. The ladies of the
church served a delicious ' baked
chicken dinner to ; several repre
sentatives from different parts of
the county.
After the luncheon, Mrs. Grace
Vann gave an interesting and In
structive talk on the work being
done by the Duplin County Chap
ter. The funds may be used for
any type of crippling defects. It
covers a much greater, field than
any other one source of collections.
The services of the Crippled Chil
dren's League Varies from bed
side teaching to equipping special
school rooms, supplying corrective
shoes, braces, crutches and wheel
chairs, In the school at. Chapel
Hill alone, 300 children who had
never been able to articulate cor
rectly Were taught to articulate,
and this school was paid by crip
pled clillJren'g funds.
Grady School
Selected For
Experiments
The B. F. Grady school is co
operating with the state depart
ment of public instruction and the
North Carolina Education assoc
iation in a study of elementary
education.
The North Carolina committee
is gathering data on enrollment,
attendance, grade survival, train
ing of teachers, pupil failure, and
instructional costs In the elemen
tary schools . Certain selected
schools over the state are demon
strating the possibilities of school
improvement through a wise use
of local leadership and other re
sources. Studies are being made
of school and community relation
ships and policies and procedures
which are effective in bringing
about desirable school and com
munity changes.
The project was Initiated by the
Southern States Work Conference
which meets each summer at Pay
tona Beach, Fla. The purpose of
the study Is Improvement of edu
cation.
On March 16, the N. C. Commit.
tee met in Raleigh. The following
teachers from Grady attended:
E. D. Edgerton, Principal; Mrs.
Harold Kornegay, Mrs. Randolph
Davis, and Miss Lena Chenutt
WARSAW MAYOR TO
HELP IN HOUSING
PROBLEMS
Mayor A J. Jenkins of Warsaw
was recently in Washington City
and secured information regarding
building material for homes, res
taurants, churches, etc. Building
material has teen frozen and only
certain types of construction will
be allowed. Mr. Jenkins secured
a quantity of application forms
and says that his employee, Virgil
Rollins, recently returned from
service, has familiarized himself
with the requirements and will be
glad to aid anyone, free of charge.
He is located in Mr. Jenkin's off
ice In Warsaw.
Forest Fire Fighting
Tractor Arrives
County Fire Warden Ralph Mil
ler announced this week that the
new,"D-4 Caterpillar Tractor for
forest fire fighting in Duplin ar
rived last Thursday. It is being
housed in a garage at the fire tow
er near Rose Hill. Plows and a
truck for hauling the tractor have
not arrived but they have been
able to borrow some from the
western part of the state.
The tractor pulls a large plow
around or through a forest to cut
a fire line.
Duplin is the first county in the
state to match state and federal
funds for such equipment.
Mr. Miller stated the new equip
ment saved 400 acres of good tim
ber land this week that would
have been destroyed without Its
use.
The work done in Duplin Coun
ty by this organization has been
remarkable, especially considering
the limited , funds. Children have
been transported to and from Or
thopedic hospitals to receive treat
ments. Braces and crutches have
been bought, and so many children
who have never been able to walk
before are now walking.
The North Carolina Legislature
has passed a bill to appropriate
funds to operate spastic schools in
this state to train teachers for
spastic work. . . 1 '
The money from the sale of
Easter Seals will be turned over
to this work. One-half of the mon
ey is sent to state headquarters
and the remainder Is kept for the
handicapped children of Duplin
County. The sale begins April 1st
and will close around May 15. The
Duplin County Chapter of Crip
pled Children's JLeague will select
a representative In each commun
ity to sell the Easter Seals, and
ask that you help In every way
possible the hundreds of children
in Duplin County who are crippled
in so many different ways.
BED CROSS DRIVE
fl.000 BEHIND
Chairman Gustav Ulrica of
the 1946 Red Cross Drive an
nounces that the county is a
thousand dollars short of Its
quota. Though the drive was to
have ended this week he la
asking his workers to continue
their efforts until the full am
ount Is raised. Duplin has come
through In every Red Cross
Drive since Pearl Harbor and
It is believed with a little more
effort the county will reach the
top again.
Red Cross
Plea
By Caroline Jerritt Strang
The Duplin County Red Cross
Chapter needs $1000 to meet their
quota in this year's fund raising
campaign.
While our troops were fighting
overseas the citizens of our coun
try gave freely and many of them
have done so this year. However,
there are a few people who do not
seem to realize that War is never
over for the Red Cross. Everyday
there are hundreds of veterans re
turning to civilian life. Red Cross
service to members of the armed
forces and their dependents dees
not stop when they become civil
ians. Last month the Home Service
Department of our Red Cross
Chapter gave assistance to 164
persons --38 were veterans. The
number of cases handled by. this
Department hv January 945 was
168V.: In January 1946, fite 'cases
numbered 210. Let us remember
that duties of the Home Service
Department do not decrease fol
lowing a war. The chapter is ad
vised by National Headquarters
to expect Home Service activities
to reach their peak In 1950.
The fine citizens of Duplin
County who have so generously
given their time soliciting funds
for Red Cross have explained that
some returned servicemen express
a keen dislike for the organization
and give unfavorable reports of
Red Cross activities overseas. Red
Cross Is a large organization. For
this reason alone it is understand
able that some of the programs
are not carried out as efficiently
as they should be. Even though
these undesirable conditions do
exist, we have but to talk with
servicemen who have returned af
ter months spent in enemy pris
oner of War Camps to be convin
ced that the good done by Red
Cross greatly overshadows these
unfavorable reports.
Your American Red Cross is
anxious to correct the flaws in its
various programs. Servicemen and
veterans who have been mistreat
ed at the hands of the Red Cross
and those who have other critic
Ism to offer would be doing the
organization and their community
a real service if they would give
details of the incidents about
which they complain to the offi
cials of our Local Chapter. Upon
receipt of specific information the
chapter will Immediately report
to -National Headquarters where
everything possible will be done
to correct undesirable situations
and replace inefficient personnel.
If there Is no basis for this
criticism and this is simply Idle
talk - let's stop it now.
Should we find ourselves in an
other - National Emergency or
should disaster strike in oar coun
ty we would find Red Cross at our
sides, but let's remember it is our
Red Cross. It can not remain at
our sides unless we do our part to
keep It there. Red Cross must
carry on give as generously as
you can to your local canvasses.
Complaints will gladly be recei
ved by J. E. Jerritt, Kenansville,
N. Chapter Ch'm., or Gustav
Ulrlch, Seven Springs, N. C, who
is campaign manager for Du
County.
GIRLS IN ECTC CHORUS
The College Chorus of
is now rehearsing for several pro
grams to be given in the spring
quarter. Among the .members ot
the group are Miss Helen Brown
of Magnolia and Misses Edith and
Esther Moore of Bowden. ,
ECTCL
Plans Shaping
For Annual
Berry Festival
The "Sixth Annual North Car
olina Strawberry Festival", the
greatest event in the two Carolinas
and one of the outstanding cele
brations of the entire South, which
is being held in Wallace from May
1st thru May 11th, is bringing to
the Carolinas the greatest array
of talent and big acts to ever be
presented in this section of the
Southland.
Opening day will be marked by
a spectacular street parade fea
turing beautiful floats, bands, pret
ty girls, marchers, clowns and
other eye-filling attractions. The
parade will form at the South
upper edge of town and will march
through town to the show and ex
position grounds.
On opening day May 1st and 2nd
the entire gang of radio stars
from WSM's "Grand 01' Opry" in
Nashville, Tenn., will appear for
matinee and evening shows in the
main auditorium. Bringing to Wal
lace and Eastern Carolina the
songs and dances of the Southern
highlands. 'Minnie Pearl, Duke of
Paducah, Red Foley, Dave Ma
con, Eddie Arnold, PeWee King
and the Golden West Cowboys,
and all the famous stars of the
'Grand 1' Opry', which has be
come the favorite Saturday night
program through-out the nation.
Advance tickets for the "Grand
01' Opry" show are now on sale
by the Wallace Baseball Club. The
ticket committee is composed of
Bob Hussey, Joe Wallace and Pat
McGowan, chairman. All mail or
ders should be sent to Mr. Mc
Gowan in Wallace. Advance tick
ets are moving fast at $1.25. Tick
ets at door will sell for $1.80 and
people of this section are urged to
buy their tickets now for this is
the greatest opportunity they will
have of seeing and hearing their
favorite radio show.
There is a scarcity of seats i'or
this "Grand Ol' Opry" and every
one is urged to take advantage of
the low advance price and get
their seats while available for this
great attraction. The Festival
committee fc giving the people of
Duplin and nearby counties the
chance to see this big show by get-
ting advance tickets now.
On May 7th, which will be
"Governor's Day", there will be
three Governors to meet our own
Governor Cherry here for the fun
and frolic of the day. In addition I
to the Governors there will be
Congressman Graham Barden, I
Senator Clyde Hoey and over two 1
hundred Mayors from all over the '
"Old North State." I
On May 8th, the "Strawberry I
Queen's" Ball, will be held in the I
main auditorium with music fur
nished by a famous name band. I
Outside the Exposition building I
a large midway with every kind of
riding device, clean, entertaining
shows and concessions and 'Free
Acts' will hold sway in a magic
cavalcade of fun and mirth.
The huge exhibition building will
be filled with every kind of ex
hibits Imaginable. The exhbits are
a show themselves, entered from
Atlanta, Charlotte, Richmond,
New York, Detroit and Milwaukee
as well as many local and nearby
exhibitors displaying their wares.
A few exhibit spaces are left
and those wishing to enter an ex-'
hibit or a beautiful float are ask- j
ed to contact "Festival Officials"
at once. The building and decora
ting will be done by the Under
wood Decorating Co., of South
Bend, Ind., one of the outstanding
decorators In America. This firm
handles the decorations for th.?
"Mardi Gras", and will convert
Wallace and the buildings into a
magic city of color and beauty.
There will be something going
on every day during the Festival
and an attendance of more than
two hundred thousand people are
expected.
: This will without a doubt be the
greatest event to ever take place
in this section of the South and
will spread the fame of Wallace,
Duplin and surrounding coun
ties to the far corners of the na
tion. Cigarette prices, contrary to the
general trend, were not increased
during the war. '
; Lespedeza and soybeans are the
principal, summer legumes in this
State. " "
Baptists Open Mission School
SundayjMissionaries Meet Saturday
County Board of
Elections Holds Meet
The recently appointed Duplin
Coumy Hoard of Elections held
its first meeting in the court hous.
here a few days ago and orguni.cd
The members are Kbbert C.
Wells, of Kenansville, J. O. Smith,
of Smith Township, Democrats,
and W. R. Clifton of Faison, Re
publican. Wells was named chair
man and Smith, Secretary.
They were appointed by the
State Executive Committee on
March 16, and were sworn in by
clerk of court R. V. Wells. The
organization meeting was held two I
weeks earlier than usual in order
to handle absentee ballots for
soldiers.
The Board will meet again on
April 2nd to consider appointment
of election officials in the various
precincts over the county.
County's First
War bride
Arrives
The first War Bride of Duplin
County, and baby, Vivian Beatrice ' Concord, Tuesday; Magnolia,
Thomas, arrived in Rose Hill, on Wednesday; Turkey, Thursday;
Wednesday, March 20th from New Mt. Vernoii Friday.
York, where their ship had just Rev. Victor Glass, Louisville,
recently docked. They arrived! Kv- New Hope, Tuesday; Con
from England on theS S Queen cord- Wednesday; Magnolia, Thurs
Mary. She is the wife of W. L. dav- T"rkey, Friday.
Thomas, Jr., of Route 2, Rose Hill Mlss Alda Grayson, Rutherford
(in the Corinth neighborhood). Be- ton' N C" Cllnlri. Sunday ami
fore marriage, she was Janet Mai- onday: Nw Hope, Wednesday;
lett of Sycamore Terrace, Blox
ham Banberry Oxon England.
They yvere married July 8," 19-14
in 5t Mo,v. -U,.u nu.
... o u ,-,,
England.
WITH THE
EDITOR
THE CRIME WAVE
In a recent issue of the Ameri
can Magazine, J. Ectgai Hoover,
head of the F. B. I. Ftik-ral Bu
reau ot Investigation) warned
that the greatest crime wave in
history is on its way in this coun
try. Statistics show, he says, that
crimes increase after every war
but the present trend is unpreci
dented. Mr. Hoover blames part of this
crime increase on the fact that so
... uZ .
sters left free to roam. He warns '
that unless all civilians maintain
a diligent watch and r. port to off-
icers even the slightest suspect
... . . u 5 j r
this country is headed for an era
of unbelievable crime.
The pathetic and unforgivable ;
pathos of the impending conditions
is that the larger percent of crimes
ttA k k,o i
girls, between the ages of 16 and ' L" P!,ttigrew' Humbolt-
20 years. Crimes range from petty Tfnnl: Ceda5 ork' Sunday and
thievery to rape and murder. 1 ??0" day,; ,"lavllle' Tuesday;
You can pick up any daily paper HallSV"le' Wednday; Rose Hill.
today and the record of crimes Is Th"rsday: Co,";nth' Frlday
apalling. ! Rv- Wm. Welch, Cherokee, N.
The Wilmington Morning Star Be"lalle' Sunday and Un
reported a few days ago that the day: Ha!lsvi"e' TwaOay; Rose
percentage of crimes in the Wil- "iU' Wednesday; Corinth, Thurs
mington area in recent months ex- day: car Fork, Friday,
ceeded the percentage during the Re ,J- HPP8' Asheville, N.
war years, when the population in V": allsville. Sunday and Mon
that area was bulging. day: Hill Tuesday; Corinth.
Why the increase? To my mind Wednesday: Cedar Fork' Thur
lt fundamentally reflects the , day:, Bailie, Friday,
break-down of morals in our Miss Murray. Raleigh:
country (attribute that to what Jose Hlll s"day and Monday;
you may), a consistent degrada-1 rinh Tuesday; Cedar Fork,
tlon In the theories and practices I
of honorable living we are taught,
and a break-down in home discip
line. The writer does not believe In
too severe a punishment for the
child who commits an innocent
wrong, 1 but the. old theory of
"spare the rod and spoil the child"
as practiced by our forbears is still
not out of place.
APRIL
It's April, the month of Dog
woods, when nature puts on her
evening gown and all her finery.
Seems to me the woods and for
ests are blooming rnore beautifully
19 Missionaries will visit 16
Churches In the Association;
Will gather In Warsaw Satur
day afternoon.
Rev. G. Van Stephens of War
saw announced this week that The
Eastern Baptist Association will
hold its first Association-wide
school of Missions beginning Sun
day, March 31st. The series of
meetings will continue through
Friday, April 5th. Nineteen Mis
sionaries will take part in the
programs. Meetings will be held
at night. The program was ar
ranged by Rev. Gilmer Beck. The
missionaries will meet at the War
saw Baptist Church Saturday af
ternoon at 3:30.
The names of the missionaries
and churches they will attend fol
lows: Rev. Gordon Hunted of Louis
ville, Ky., Corinth church, Sunday
and Monday; Cedar Fork, Tues
day; Beulaville, Wednesday, Halls
ville, Thursday; Rose Hill, Friday.
Or. E. L. Bradley, State Miss
ionary Director of Raleigh; Con
cord, Sunday and Monday; Mug
nolia, Tuesday; Turkey. Wednes
day; Mt. Vernon, Thursday; Clin
ton, Friday.
Rev. Wesley Lawton. Charlotte:
New Hope. Sundav and Mondav:
Concord, Thursday; Magnolia, Fri
day. v Miss Evelyn Mills, Washing
ton D (' Mt Unrnn C
V u...a,-
and Monday; Clinton, Tuesday;
New Hope, Thursday; Coiotuu,
1 r riday.
, Miss Clifford Barrett: Turkey,
Sunday and Monday; Mt. Vernon,
Tuesday; Clinton. Wednesday,
New Hope, Friday.
Rev. A. Siiva of Tampa, Fla.:
Magnolia, Sunday and Monday;
Turkey, Tu.x,.v, , ;;. verno...
Wednesday; Clinton, inur. u).
Kev. J. j. Johnson, Cherokee, N.
C: Calypso, Sunday and Monday;
Mt. Olive, Tuesday; Bear Marsh,
Wednesday; Johnson, Thursday;
Warsaw, Friday.
Rev. J. W. Carswell, Savannah,
Ga.: Mt. Olive, Sunday and Mon
day; Bear Marsh, Tuesday; John
son, Wednesday; Warsaw, Thurs
day; Culypso, Friday.
Miss Addie Bostwick, Shelby, N.
C. : Bear Marsh, Sunday and Mon
day; Johnson, Tuesday; Warsaw,
Wednesday; Calypso, Thursday;
iMt - ollve. Friday.
T P6"6' Lrtn' Rldecrest
v : hn8on'j ?Und,ay an,d Mon"
1 WrsaW"e,sdayLCalyp80'
' y,! ,llVe'
Bear Marsh, Friday,
Do . ' ... ' , ,
fV" A' Gallimore, Wake For-
aw, Sunday and Mon-
mt. unve,
Wednesday; Bear Marsh, Thurs-
dav: Johnson, Friday.
eanesaay: ravine, Thursday;
nausvme, rnaay.
than usual this year. Maybe na
ture has responded to the call of
peace and is doing her best to
quiet our fears and still our
emotions.
APRIL TRIUMPH
Out of Earth a Flower; i
Out of Winter, Spring; ' r
Death cannot keep forever i
Any Thing.
i
By Dorothy De Zanche
In April Farm Journal'