VOLU.V.E NUMBER FOURTEEN
Dublin County Tax Rate Fixed
fit $1;60; Budget Is Set
. The Board of County Commiss
ioner last Monday fixed the 1946
County Tax Rate at $1.60. The
raise wq&neCessary to care' for in-
mAOdi1 f Vi rtil Artnivtrhf.lntlrvna
n,K-t v, n,
Education. The Board of Com-!
missioners and Board of Educa-
tion have met in joint session sev
eral times to consider school needs,
and to hear Various groups dis
cuss public educational require
' menta. .-,
"' The tax rate was increased 25c
.on the $100.00 of property valu
ation all 'of which goes for
schools, and more.
Last year's rate, of $1.35 was
made up of 15c for general county
purposes, 5c for poor, 8c for health,
4c for Old Age Assistance, 2c for
Aid to Dependent Children, lc for
Aid to the Blind, 75c for County
Debt Service, and 25c for Schools-
17c of which was for School Debt
Service."
The 1946 rate is being levied as
follows: 15c for General County
purposes, 5c for , Poor, ' 6c for
Health, 82c for County Debt Ser
vice, 4c for Old Age Assistance,
2c for Aid to Dependent Children,
lc for Aid to the Blind, and 95c
for Schools - 8c of which is for
School Debt Service. ' , '
' . The approved school budget for
1946-47 fiscal year amounts to
$360,947.93. Of this $219,872.93 Is
to be derived from sources other
than 1946 taxes. All tax payers are
thereby getting benefit of. back
tax collections. "n:
COUNTY SELLS BONDS
AT LOW INTEREST
v .
ne Local Government Commis
sion on last Tuesday sold $115,000
Duplin 'County Bonds to Weil,
Roth' A - Irving Company and
Breed A Harrison, Inc., the low
bidden, for 2 per cent interest
plus a premium, making the net
Interest rate 1.98. There were 3
bids submitted for the bonds. This
Is the lowest Interest rate ever ob
tained by the County.
$50,000 of " these- bonds' were
New School Building bonds.. $65,
000 were refunding bonds, Issued
In order that a like amount could
be Included in the 1946-47 budget
for school purposes.
PETEQUINN,
; LUCKY DEVIL
The Kenansville Lions Club raf
fled off a mule last week. At the
regular monthly meeting on Wed
nesday night of last week, In Ros
coe Jones' Cafe, tickets were
drawn by Roscoe's little daughter.
The first ticket drawn bore the,'
' name of L. H. Quinn. L. H., better
knoyn as 'Yete" won the mule.j
Pete la a big joker around Kenans
ville and usually can take It as
well as he can give It. The Times
asked him to pose on the donkey
for a pilture but "Pete" couldn't
quite get up the nerve. The mule
Was purchased from Sheriff Wil
liamson., The Sheriff donated a
goat for second drawing. The sec
ond name drawn was Mrs. J. H.
Daughtry. Won't those Daughtry
kids and their little neighbors have
a big time with the goat? v
The club cleared $205 from the
raffle. This fund goes to the aid of
the blind In Duplin. :
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Farm Labor Assistant
Levins Work In Duplin
"he services of Mr. James M,
ter, as -County Farm Labor
"istant, has been secured for
jJupTln County, cooperating with
Mr. Lacy T. Weeks., ins duties
will be to assist, if possible, farm
rrs with the problem of securing
labor for harvesting food and feed
crops Including tobacco. Mr. Hunt
er is a graduate of Duke Univer
sity and was recently employed
1 y the Farm Security Adminlstra
1 ion. He succeeds Mr. ' Richard
1 It kett who has resumed farming.
The now Assistant Is generally
1 : 'vn throughout the county and
- f '' r v!!h la' "r condl
Attorney Beasley Writes
About Wife Beating
i. Attorney L. A. Beasley of Ke-
nansville had a story in last week's
State magazine giving some of the
law as it related to wife beating in
North Carolina in days gone by.
Mr. Beasley's article follows: :..
. "The law in North Carolina as
to. wife beating is interesting but
reflects no credit upon us or our
English ancestors. If one will take
the time to read the history as to
our forbears, he will find that
from, the middle ages the lords of
creation had a legal right to in
flict corporal punishment upon a
wife who talked back. This seem
ed to have been sanctioned by both
church and state in England, and
was but mild ' recreation among
our ancestors. They seemed to
have brought this law, with them,
as they settled In the United
States. In State vs. Rhodes, N. C.
61, p. 53 the special verdict estab
lished the fact that Rhodes beat
his wife with switches no larger
than his finger, not so large as his
thumb. The lower court found him
not guilty, and the Supreme Court
unanimously affirmed the judg
ment. This was in 1867. She had
talked back to him. . ;'
In State vs. Oliver, 70 N. C. 61,
the defendant whipped his wife
because she had not fried his meat
like he wanted it, and because she
and her mother had aggravated
him. Five licks with two switches
4 feet long. He was fined $10, and
appealed. The Supreme Court up
held the lower court on the ground
of malice, and It may be that If
thera. had been no,mailna,the ver-:
diet would have been set aside. .
In State vs. Huntley, 91 N. C,
617, the defendant got what was
coming to him,' for beating his
wife, i v
Since that time, a law has been
passed making it a misdeameanor
to strike a female, and also the
law of evidence has been modified
so that, a wife can testify against
a husband if he assaults her, and
since that time many lords have
been laid by the heels by an ouU
raged court,"
L. A. Beasley.
Addison Jenrette Is
Assistant Farm
The Board of Commissioners of
Duplin County- approvd Mr. Addi
son Jernette,' as Assistant Farm
Agent ef Duplin County on Mon
day, June 4. Mr. Jenrette was born
and reared on a farm In Bruns
wick County where he attended
and ' finished Waccamaw High
School. He graduated from North
Carolina State College in March
1943, with a B. S. degree in agri
culture, after which he entered
the armed forces and served 37
months. Fifteen months were ser
ved overseas in the CBI theater.
Mr. Jenrette comes to Duplin rec
ommended highly by his friends
and professors at State College.
His duties in the county will be as
sisting with the various Extension
Programs now underway, such as.
4-H Field Crops, Livestock, Agri
cultural Engineering, Poultry,
Farm Management and others.
Duplin Boy Makes
Honor At F.M. S
At the 'graduating exercises in
Waynesboro, Va., of the Fishbume
Military School, nine boys from
North Carolina were among the 44
to be graduated The graduating
class represented 11 States and
the District of Columbia.
V Among the Undergraduates who
received special awards during the
commencement exercises Included
J. B. Stroud, III, of Falson, a Jun
ior, who tied with John F. Kay, Jr.,
of Charleston, W. Va., for the Jun
ior Scholarship medal each mak
ing a grmoral average of 92 3-5 for
KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
RESUMES PRACTICE
t
ROBERT L.WEST
of Warsaw former solicitor of the
Duplin County Court was sworn
into his old job Monday by Clerk
R. V. Wells and prosecuted Mon
day's calendar.-
Mr. West took leave of absence
when he joined .the armed forces
in May, 1942. On returning home
he has resumed his general law
practice, v ;
He was commissioned a First
Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps
on May 17, 1942, and was Imme
diately stationed at the Miami
Beach Air Field where he remain
ed until he was shipped to the Pa
cific In July ofNlast year. While
I at Miami he was promoted to cap
tain nd later to- Major. On April
23rd of this year he was promoted
to Lieutenant Colonel. West saw
service at Saipan, Guam, Tokyo
and Manilla.
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Outlaw's Bridge AUW
To Meet Saturday
The Outlaw's Bridge AUW will
meet Saturday afternoon, June 8,
.at 3 o'clock. Members are urged to
attend the meeting. '
IlevS .
Agent For Duplin
Duplin County Junior Red
Cross Report For 1946'
Balance in service fund - Aug.
1945, $324.47
Used for gift and educational
boxes, $200.00; Balance $124.47
Receipts - White Schools, $343.-
65; Colored Schools, $64.43; Bal
ance In Bank, $124.47; Total $532.-
Disbursements - For Journals,
$157.50; Children's Fund, $25.00;
Magazine Racks, $12.00; Flowers
Cherry Point, $2.00; Material for
Projects, $115.00; Gift and Educa
tional Boxes, $107.18; Total, 418.
68. Balance in Bank 5-27-46, $113.-
82. .: ' v;. -
To completed projects - below:
Coat hangers, 50 bedroom slip
pers, 3 cushion covers, 200 utility
kits, 10 diet card holders, 10 wri
ting boards, 50 crossword puzzles,
10 bridge score pads, 150 Xmas
sards 20 Mother's Day cards, 5
Chinese checkers & marbles, 2
shuffle boards, 5 new and used
games, 5 jig' saw puzzles, 6 Af
ghans, 3 card table covers, 3 lap
robes 100 wash cloths, .10 lap
boards, 20 bridge tallies, 50 memo
pads, 50 library cards and envel
opes, 10 Easter cards, 10 checker
boards, 3 fox and geese, 20 glass
ash trays, 50 playing cards, and
10 pocket size novels. Have sent
260 gift boxes costing $2.00 each
t " Mrs. Geo. Bennett.
Tax Collector :
" Henderson Reports
Tax Collector I. N. Henderson
reported to the board of tounty
commissioners Monday a total tax
collection in May of $7,1C3.03.
Smith Farmer : ;t
Is Suicide
Willie James Smith, 54 year old
farmer of Smith's Township, kill
ed himself . instantly Thursday
morning when he shot himself
in the heart with a single barrel
shot gun. ,'. .'j: V
i C. B. Sitterson, coroner-elect, in
the absence . of . coroner Ralph
Jones, made the investigation, ac
companied by Sheriff Williamson
and Clerk of Court R. V. Wells. It
was ruled a clear case of suicide
and no inquest will be held. '
The story related by officers
says that Mrs. Smith had gone to
visit a neighbor "When another nei
ghbor came toHhe house. On en
tering the visitor called "is anyone
home?" About that time she heard
a muffled shot. At the time, his
brother John Cameron and a son
Were coming out of the woods in
front of the house with bean poles.
On hearing the shot they went in
to the house, and with the visiting
neighbor, they -investigated and
found Mr. Smith lying on the floor
with a hole in. his left breast. He
had shot himself while sitting by
a window In a low chair.
The only accounting for the act
is that he had been in poor health
for some time. "
Funeral plans had not been
made at this writing.
He is survived by his widow;
two sons, Pete and Richard, two
daughters, Ruby and Mrs. L. F.
Jones; three brothers, John Cam
eron, Sam, and Tom; two sisters,
Mrs. Scott Herring and Mrs. J.
R. Noecker and his mother, Mrs.
Jim Enoch Smith.
Potato Plants :
' ;
Bear On Vines
- Mrs. J. W.WJerof Kenans
ville displayed this week a huge
Irish potato plant from her garden
bearing potatoes on the vines as
well as roots. The fruit (is it a
fruit?) on the vine resembled a
small green tomato. County Com
missioner Preston Weils says that,
the potato and the tomato are of
the same family. The tomato Is a
fruit
4-H Clubbers Will
Crown King & Queen
The 4-H Club Members of Dup
lin County will meet in Kenans
ville oh Saturday, June 15, at 3.00
P. M-, for their Spring Federation
Program. The County King and
Queen of Health will be crowned.
A representative from the State
4-H Club Office will he present to
discuss with the c'ub members
current' "4-H activities and Dro-
Four Persons In jured
As Truck Hits Wagon
Clinton, June 5 Four people
were Injured two critically - as
a large truck owned by the Cates
Pickle Co., of Falson struck a wag
on on Highway No. 24 in Autry
ville around 6 o'clock this morn
ing. ''... . . c - '" '
The Injured are Thelma Gray
Johnson, 16, both legs broken be
low the knees and probably other
Injuries; Edna Earle Parrish, 14,
back injuries, probable fracture;
Sallie Parrish, 12, shock and lac
erations, and Johnnie Johnson, 21,
facial injuries and a gash on the
head. ': ' '., , r; ... .,
The injured were taken to a
Fayetteville hospital.
Thelma Johnson was probably
the most injured of the four. ,
Both the truck and wagon were
headed In the same direction. The
truck was driven by Solomon Pow
ell of Falson. He said that he was
blinded by the sun, and did not
see the wagon until he was too
close to stop. The wagon was de
molished, but the mule pulling It
was unhurt.
Johnnie Johnson was driving the
mule, and the three girls hurt
were sitting In the rear of the wa
gon when it was hit. The Parrish
girla live In Selma and were visit
ing the Johnson family Jn Autry
ville. Highway Patrolman N. H.
Parrish investigated the ardent.
Solomon Powell will be Called for
a hearing. -
FRIDAY, JUNE
Roclifish Connie Held Without Bail
For Murder Of Landlord Last IVeeJi
Mode Artls, Negro, and Ma wife,
kills Geo. G. Houston in cold
blood; Hnsband carried state
" prison for safe keeping; Some
talk of possible lynching.
Mose Artls, Sr., Negro and wife,
Katie Artis, of Rockfish Township,
are being held without privilege
of bail on a charge of premedita
tedly killing George G. Houston,
white farmer, and their landlord,
of Rockfish Township on last Fri
day. Sheriff Williamson, fearing some
possible effort to take Mose from
the local Jail, got In touch with
Governor Cherry this week and
the Governor ordered the sheriff
to take Mose to State Prison in
Raleigh for safe keeping. His wife
is being held here.
They will come up for trial on
a charge of first degree murder in
next term of Superior Court which
is scheduled to be held in July.
The shooting occurred about 5
o'clock Friday afternoon, May 1st,
on the farm, of Houston. Evidence
presented by the State at a hear
ing before Justice of the Peace
C. B. Sitterson in the court 'house
here this week showed that Mrs.
Houston, wife of the deceased, was
standing on her porch on the fa
tal afternoon. She testified that
her husband was standing beside
her and Mose Artis, Sr.. wng plow
ing in a field In front of JSie t(ouse,
about 100 yards distance. Houston .,
said he was going to and pursuade
Mose to plow out some cotton that
was about eaten up with grass.
That Artis was tending crops for
Huston on halves, Houston furn
ishing one half, of the fertilizer,
team and-land and Artis doing the
work. They had crops of tobacco,
corn, cotton and cucumbers.
She said she saw Houston ap
proach Artls at the end of a row.
They talked a few minutes. Artis
then called his wife and went to
meet her towards the 'middle of
of the field. She came with her
on Mose, Jr., who was carrying
a gun. Mose, Sr., met them and
grams. Plans for the annual 4-H
club encampment and 4-H Short
Course will be outlined. The girls
Dress Revue will be held in con
nection with this program. In ad
dition to an Interesting program,
the club members will enjoy rec
reation. Every club member in the
county is encouraged to attend
this meeting.
Mother Duplin People
Dies Near Mt. Olive
Mrs. Alice Lane Padgett, 68.
died late Tuesday night at her
home one mile northwest of Mt.
Olive after a short Illness.
Funeral services were held on
Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock
from the home with the Rev. G.
W. Sheppard, Christian Adventist
minister of Wilmington, officia
ting, assisted by the Rev. John W,
Lambert of the Mt. Olive Baptist
Church. Interment was in Maple
wood Cemetery in Mt, Olive. .
Surviving are her husband, J. D.
Padgett;' three sons, Earl of Jack
sonville, Fla., James of Atlanta,
Ga and Joseph of Smlthfield; five
daughters, Mrs. J. W. Smith of
Greensboro, Mrs. Robert Miller of
Faison, Mrs. Dewey Potts of War
saw, Mrs. Joe Anderson and Mrs.
Selby Aycock, both of Goldsboro;
two brothenk.. Arthur Lane and
Leonard Lane, both of Mt Olive;
and two sisters, Mrs. 'John W.
Lane and Mrs. Henry Wiggins, of
Mt. Olive.
. Th U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
is now working on feature movie
called "Land of the South," show
ing current farm problems-' in the
South and proposing adjustments
for the postwar era '!(;:.. -
7th., 1946
took the gun from the little boy
and went to where Houston was
standing. She saw him raise the
gun, aim at Houston and shoot.
Her husband, she said, still stood.
She saw Artis raise the gun, aim
and shoot again. Her husband still
did not fall. Houston then started
towards the house and Artis ran
around in front of him and knock?
ed him down, told her not to come
out, and shot him a third time
while on the ground.
The Negro then forced Mrs.
nousion xo go into me neia ana
get the mule and take him to the
house. He told her she could come
back a certain distance of her hus
band. Mrs. Houston said that Artis'
wife told her about a month be
fore the shooting that she kept
Artis from killing her husband on
a number of times.
According to evidence Houston
let Artls get two mortgages on his
crop and Artis wanted Houston
to release the crop so he could
give another mortgage.
Deputy Sheriff Powell testified
that both of Houston's arms were
broke, a long wound was on his
forehead and a hole In his chest.
Chief Boone of Wallace testified
that a gun wad from a shell was
inside Houston's clothing, indica
ting buck shot was used.
Mose Artis, Jr., son of the de-
fendtant, a small boy 8 or 9 years
old; and witness for the State, tes
tified that he took he gun across
the field to the defendant. His
mother was with him; that a few
days before, he went with his fa
ther to get advice,aa to what to
do; that the person asked, told his
father, the defendant, that if Hou
ston came into the field and inter
ferred with him, to beat him.
Soon after the killing Artis sur
rendered himself to Wallace town
officials and was brought to Ke
nansville. Sheriffs officers then
went to hjs home and arrested his
wife.
Board Education Plans
School Construction
The Board of Education met
here last Mondayjand decided that
since bids on Beulaville and other
school construction projects were
so high they would proceed to con
struct emergency buildings with
out letting contracts. Supt. O. P.
Johnson will supervise the con
struction, thereby saving the coun
ty quite a bit of money.
Construction is expected to get
underway in a short time on an
elementary building at Beulaville;
two additional rooms at. B. F.
Grady and two additional rooms
at Chinquapin. Also they are plan
ning to construct a $10,000 build
ing for the Branch colored school.
It was voted to Increase fire in
surance on all school property 25
per cent 1
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No. 23
Duplin Red Cross Report
For 1946
Kenansville District, goal $900,
contributed, $915.12; Beulaville,
goal, $800, contributed $254.63;
Outlaw's Bridge, goal, $100. con
tributed $107.71; Rose Hill, goal,
$1,000, cont. 1,002.00; Chinquapin, r
goal 375. cont. 359.04; Potters Hill
goal 75 cont. 76.; Calypso, goaL
650. cont. 655.; Teachey goal, 100.
cont. 100.; Warsaw goal, 1,600.
cont. 1,710.20; B. F. Grady goal.
475- t. 303.55. Wallace goal
'2,000, cont. 1,858.07; Falson goal.
725. cont. 743.63; Magnolia goal
350. cont. 175.56; At Large cont
15.56; Totals: goals, $8,925; cont
$8,276.67. It will be noted that eight of the
districts made their goals or sur
passed them and five did not.
Rose Hill has the distinction of
again being the first to reach its
goaL Warsaw overscribed its goal
by the largest amount. These fig
ures were submitted by Gustav
H. Ulrich, chairman of the drive.
Service Officer
Takes Over Duties
Duplin Service Officer J. B.
Wallace reputed duties of the of
fice Monday after having been giv
en a leave of absence for several
weeks. During the time Robert C.
Wells has been acting In the off
ice. Mr. Wells reported having In
terviewed 27 veterans during May.
Miss Boyette In
Clerk's Office .
Miss Marie Boyette, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Boyette of the
Johnson Church community, Mon
day began work In the Clerk of
Court's Office. Miss Boyette com
pleted a business course at Camp
bell College last Friday.
ARMY NURSE SENT
TO NEW ORLEANS
uoroiny vann tagerton, uisign
(Nurse Corps), USNR, recently
reported for duty at the U. S. Na
val hospital, in New Orleans, La.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Earl D. Edgerton of B. F.
Grady.
Miss Edgerton graduated from -Faison
High School, attended Guil-
ford rollppp II nd trolnod nt Pay '
Hospital, graduating in 1944. She
received her commission on Feb
ruary 5, 1945, and reported for
active duty March 28, 1945. She
was recently stationed In Gulfport,
Miss.
Exports of rice from Siam to
this country have been held up
pending satisfactory agreement on
prices and exchange rates.
WHY WASTE WHILE OTHERS
WANT! , WHY NOT GIVE?
July 21-27 has been proclaimed
as National Farm Safety Week.
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