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'JJ11U KUMSS3 FIFTEEN , :
ECJAI.VILLE, NOSTII CABOLIKA
FRIDAY, MARCH 14th., 1947
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CM:1 Domed F&felm LefFi-' Abu
.;i.ii!iSolflnFralOIS!:re ,
: ; At Tin City; Occ-n Dsspondenf
, Tiy inranklin bixon, g 87, $
ran of World war II hot and
,ed himself instantly -Tuesday
i '..t about nine o'clock at Tin City.
X -oner C. B. Sitterson investlga
'i 1 and reported It a clear case
. l,suicide..;S' '''y1'-
According to officers Dixon was
'.ing around the street in Tin
i, :;y with a 22 rifle. He .appeared
;::.iy Ccuiissioners Propose
Dividing Island Creek Tovnship
B Inlo Two To;vnihip$ v
-. The Board of County Commiss
ioners are considering asking our
S enator and Representative in the
General Assembly to pass necess
ary : legislation . dividing- Island
Creek Township into two town
ships all of that area North of
f.e ; run of Island Creek to be
known as Island Creek Township
and all of that area South thereof
ta fee. known as Wallace Township.
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SpmsorKcG3v;cnlss'je$ ;
To Prcrty
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' c 'ounQf Tax Supervisor. & , W.
-; I owes, la. now mailing ut th
letter to all real ti"t iy
. ut tue county. The Utter
, for itself:'', '""t
'1 Duplin . County Real Pro
,' ) . Owners '''Z-'.-
I F. W. McGowen, Tax Super-
H P :-'',:'''v-.;:'; '
: jact: 1M7 Tax Valuation on
t : Ml real property in the county
J i been recently reassessed under
i equalization program as remiir
; 4 ty our tax laws. Every effort
1 l been made to equalise land
v lues. Property has not been put
" c ithe books at .today's selling
ce- The 'appraised value Is less
t today's market value. The
I rd of County Commissioners
1 i reduced the appraised value
' nt e maximum assessed value ex
I ed under this equalization
I ram la $12,000,000 less than
1 total assessed Valuation of the
c y in 1920, even though we
i have on the books all the im
i omenta that have been made
t g the past 29 years. .:
are had been no reaasess
! ? of all property In the coun
t r the past IS year. The law
jnplateg quadrennial reassess
r j. Values were not equalised.
1 t, that today la good farming
,:was on the tag books as cut
I woods land. Many, many
i and buildings that have
"erected during tha past sev
;ear had never gotten on the
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' T BJra. J. H. DOTSON
! D. t. Grady PTA met Mon--Jng,
March 10, 1847 in the
; ( ;i.torlum,
. Uarold Kornegay had char
1 devotional exercises. Then
i a debate: Resolved that
.Jeral Government, should
) a system of complete med-
available to; all citizens
i expense." :
i affirmative were Alma
1 Evelyn Kornegay. On the
i were Inna Lee Turner and
ith , Wallace. The presld
rs ere Gaynelle Stanley
ard Eazemore. The deci'
; the judges was 2 for the
ive and 1 for the negative.
for the debate were Mr.
J. Gray, Miss Lela Mse-
t i I'r. Woodrow Taylor,
-.sviile. -
-well 'rave a musical
J
tojhave been drinking. He stopped
in front of a store, placed the bar
rel of the rifle to his forehead
above the eyes, Just about the cen
ter, and fired. He waa dead in a
minutes. , ' 'U':"":';-''
. Dixon served five years In the
Army and was reported to have
been In an extremely nervous con
dition since his discharge. ...
It Is also understood that a recom
mendation will be made to the
County Board of Elections that
there - bejon voting precinct in
each of the proposed townships.
If this township istllvided Duplin
will have 14 Instead of 13 .town
ships. This matter will be discuss
ed by the Board Monday afternoon,
March 17.
Ov;n:rs In County
fax books. f- ' -'-iM i. .. - ' -
An Increase kt the-total assessed
vsluatiou of Urn county is ntlctpa
ted. This is essential lp r ler to
provide fof necessary adULons to
school buildings, equipment and
repairs. Our population has . In
creased over 20 since 1830. Very
little building has been done in the
county for schools during the past
10 to IS years. The twelfth grade
has been added and this keeps pu
pils in school a year longer. ...
It la only fair that we. should
have a reasonable 'valuation with
a reasonable tax rate, rather thanJ
a low valuation that Is not equal
ized and a very high tax "rate. The
governing body of the county will
surely endeavor to keep ihe tax
rate reasonable. The Board of Com
missioners has assured us that the
1947 tax rate will be reduced. ;'
Tour 1847 real property tax val
uation la as follows:
v vame -..
Township I..
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Acres or Lots ,
1847 Value
. If. after due consideration, you
feel that your. 1047 property' val
uation on any of your property Is
not equalized with that 'of your
neighbors and with other similar
property, kindly advise mo by re
turn mall, on or before March
29, and you will be notified of a
date that the County Board of Eq
ualization and Review will hear
you in respect to the valuation of
such property. Only errors or jus
tified, corrections oan be made. . -
Treasurer, Mrs. Earl Williams.
Mr. Wells announced that a meet
ing for the purpose of organizing
an American Legion post, would
be held In the auditorium on Wed
nesday, March 12. - . "
Mr. Faison Smith announced
that a dance would be given in the
school gym on Saturday night,
March 19, for the purpose of help
ing finance the lunch room. -
Teachers having the . most pu
pil's parents in attendance were
Mrs. Katie Rowell, for Primary
grade; Miss Bessie , Kornegay and
Mrs. ' Harold - Kornegay ' tied) in
grammar grade; and Mrs. Faison
McGowen for high school. '
SonOIDlin :
Robert O. Williams, soil of the
late Mr. and Mrs. - Zaek- Williams
of the Pink Hill section lives in
Raleigh and is the wholesale auto
mobile parts business. Tobert was
wcrUng with a fir: i iv-. Ralegh
w I.en he decided to f ? i J bucl.; eas
for himself about f - tt.
plwl 'out, c
DOG LOSES ETES IN .
EFFORT TO SAVE COW
; It's the story of a dog, I be
lieve they said It was a 'boll
dog. ;
s Last Friday night about 8
o'clock the stables of Homer v
FutreU; a tenant farmer on
the farm of Will Hlnson near
Cabin, caught fire. Origin un
known. In the stable were
mole, horse, cow and a ealf.
The cow, mule and horse were
burned to death but the ealf
escaped, '
The Futrells and neighbors,
on discovering the fire, rush
ed to the scene and found the v
bull dog In the cow's bin des
perately trying to ' drive the
cow out. The dog was badly
burned, all the hair burned
off and his eyes burned out -
Injured Here
Mortimer Maxwell, prominent
Pink Hill salesman, was slightly
injured yesterday morning when
his car collided with one driven
by D. M Register at the Intersect
ion of the Kenansville-Wallace
and the Kenansville-Magnolia high
way. His Injuries were slight Reg
ister was not injured.
Announces Music
V Mlsi "Fannie Lewis, of Kenans
ville, who teache music In Warsaw
announces the following pupils,
who made the musie honor roll for
the sixth music montiu Thelma
Jenkins, Elizabeth West, Jo Anne
Britt and Annette Boyette.
Grcdofes From
Refrigerofion
School
Harvey Claybom Allen, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. H.'C. Allen of
Rlchlands, formerly of Warsaw, ar
rived in Warsaw this week follow
ing bis graduation from the Com
mercial -Trades Institute, , in Bir
mingham, Ala. Mr. Allen finished
his prescribed course of study In
refrigeration and air conditioning
with honors. Prior to entering the
school he served three yean in the
Marine Corps.
Bobby C. Gaylor, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Gaylor of Warsaw, Is
also home with his parents after
having finished his course of study
in refrigeration at the ' Commercial
Trades Institute on Birmingham.
cently" enlarged the building and
added new departments. Your at
tention Is called to his ad In this.
issue. - ,
Robert Is brother of Fred, Lewis
and Lehman Williams of Pink H11L
Lc:::n Post
C3 Organized
B.F.Grdy
An organizational meeting of an
American Legion Post was held to
the B. F. Grady school auditorium
Wednesday night of this week. The
movement is being sponsored by
veterans of World War XL. C. 5.
Thompson was elected eommander;
John p. Grady, Adjutant aid fi
nance officer. 90 charter members
were signed up
The name of the post will be
"North East Duplin Post of the
American Legion." The next meet
tog will be held in the school build-
ing- Friday night, March- 21st at 7
o'clock. All
veterans are Invited
to attend. '
Results First Ploy-off Strawberry
League In Wallace Is Reported
'-by H. F. RIVENBARK
; The first game at 6:30 Chinqua
pin won over Kenansville by a
close margin of 24-22. J. Jolly and
RRaynor were high scorers for
the winners with 7 and 9 respect
fully. r-;Zy- -':-?
At 7:30 Beulavllle took a 27-12
decision over Calypso with Lanier
scoring 12 and Parker ringing up
8 points for the winners, while
Batch led the loser with two field
goals and one free throw for Cal
ypso. . '.' .
; Highlight for the' evening was
the Wilmington "T win over Deep
Run. McKoy led the; Wilmington
five to a 32-27 victory scoring 16
points. Hardison of Deep Run
scored 8 for the losers.' Deep Run
played a fast breaking game and
led Wilmington in the first quarter.
At half time Wilmington was in
front by two points. In the third
quarter; the "Y" team worked up
a five point lead and the fourth
quarter found, both teams playing
hard but Wilmington managed to
stay In the lead. This was the first
appearance of the Deep Run Quin
tet on the local court, but local
officials were impressed with their
fine claying and we hop to see
them much in 'action bora next
season. , 'i
Rev. Sfp2ns
Tczches Study
Th Ra. Ci. Van Stephens;-Pas-
tnr of fh Warsaw Bantist Church,
has this week been teaching :' a
Sunday School study course xor
nfftmiVahd teachers in his Sunday
Khnni Tt has been a most needful
and helpful course of study, teacn-
ing "The Improvement ox xeacn
intf to the Sundav SchooL" edited
by Dr. Gaines S. Dobbins, Profess
or of Religious eaucauon ana
Church Administration at the Sou
thern: Baptist Theological Semin
ary, In Louisville, Ky. - ;:; - :
WaK3vToHave
Kcvnpaper
Warsaw will have a new weekly
newspaper- beginning March 20,
with the first edition, eaitea ana
owned by Emmett Roark, who with
hia family have recently moved to
Warsaw for establishment of the
weekly, "The Duplin Citizen". :
Mr. Rnarlb a voung llnotypist.
was employed in West Virginia
for mii -time before hia entry into
the Army, in which he served 18
months, part of which tune was
u fT,ii,iin 'ClniA tila HlwhArm A
M ' O
year ago he ! has been affiliated
with the Sampson Independent, in
Clinton. ,
vr. Roark basins the new paper
tn Warsaw with much enthusias
im M tha nart of the merchants
and growing population. His office
is over The Warsaw urug t-o., oui
printing will be done in Clinton
each Thursday.' Mr. Roark's wife.
a .Warsaw girlt the former Miss
L71ML9 DICIUCIU wav5U" "
and Mr fi. Van Stenhens. will as
sist her husband In his new under
taking.
following offteert were elected for
the ensuing ye;n :
vortiy VaXr- Mattie o. saaier.
Worthy Pat a, Rodolpb Davis.
Aaaociata K- -on Thelma Stroud.
Associate Patrri, DempseyjSmML
Conductress, I so Msxwelt
Assoc. CondL, g illie Eva Tyndau.
Secretary, Eubf O. Newton. ,
The Worthy I'atron elect did not
complete her appointive offices
and , Commit- Appointments.
Tb " ' will t t c plated at her in
ste.Ui.tlon : Ic'im-Ul be on March
"X CI"
ere e'eei
A replica of the final game of
the Duplin County All-Star Tour
nament was played at 8:30 in the
last game of the evening when the
Faison Red Devils again won over
Magnolia. Their last meeting found
the Red Devils ahead at the end
by one point, . last night' they
went ahead to win by a score of
30 to 23.. Taylor with 8 and C.
Warren With 7 led the Devils to
their win while H. M. Pope led
the losers with 8. -
Wednesday , night in the second
round Chinquapin meets Faison at
6:30; A highly rated Ivanhoe -meets
Clinton at 7:30; at 8:30 the local
aggregation - (Wallace .All-Stars)
meet B. F. Grady and the flashy
Wilmington '.'V! . quintet plays it
out with the respected Beulavllle
five. ' ":. i- "'
- Thursday night at 8:00 the Chin-quapin-Faison
winner will play for
a place in the finals against B. F.
Grady-Wallace victors. 8:00 will
find Ivanhoe-Clinton winners fa
cing the Wilmington 'V-Beula-vllle
leaders. : - -,.:::--.,"':".."'...
Saturday in the final meet the
losers of Thursday night's contests
will play a consolation game at
8:00 while the winners will come
together for the final ' battle at
8:00 o'clock.
Duplin County,
: Stale Alumni
TIcci? Here ?
-T.
. 4uruii wvuuLf viiaLcr
Of
the State College Alumni Associa
tion held a supper meeting In the
Kenansville , Cafe Monday night,
Feb. 29, at. 7:30. v :ru:'
:j: BLi W. "Pop" Taylor, Alumni
secretaryshowed pictures of State
college and told some of the high
lights of the college, '. . :
: , Several high school seniors who
are- Interested In attending State
College next year, were, present
! At this time new officers were
chosen. They are: John D. Grady,
president; James Ward, vice presi
dent; George Penney, secretary
treasurer; and Lorena B. Vestal,
reporter. 'M : , V-; ... :
rs.Bostic:
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63rd Birthday
Y
I Mrs. Annie Bostic-of 1
Annie Bostic-of BeulaytileT
Celebrated her 63rd birthday on
Sunday when members of her fam
ily gathered at hervhome, for an
ehjoyable dinner. . - f ;
j Those attending were Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Holland of MicroTMr.
and Mrs, Clarence Pope, Anne and
C. J. Pope of Magnolia, Mrs. Les
slel Mallard and Jane Bostie of
Goldsboro, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bos
tic,' Janice and Billy Bostic jof Beu
lavllle, and Miss Aileen Bumgarn-
er of Knightdale. -. ; ..- v'
Church Bulletin : '
Preaching Services at Beulavllle
Presbyterian Church Sunday even
ing; March 16th, 7:30, Rev. J. G.
Morrison pastor. Sunday School at
10 o'clock A. M. You are cordially
invited to attend.
Cdurch Collin:
The preaching schedule for the
Duplin Methodist Circuit for Sun
day, March 16, is as follows: -
. Friendship, 11KK) A, M. '. . ,
Wesley, 7:00 P. M. i ? ' : .
Layman's Day wW be observed
st both of these services with Mr.
O. P. Johnson, Di)Un County Su-
parintendent ci ..ool -Umlng
the meesare. f. . .;
Body Burned Over
Died During llig'.il Goldstoro I!::;
. A three year old child, daughter
of Lee Faison, Negro, of near Tur
key was fatally burned, it was re
ported, Wednesday evening about
six o'clock, when her clothes caught
fire as she got too close to a stove.
Her parents. It was said, had both
just left the house with the little
girl inside alone. They returned
before she was burned completely
to death. - All her clothes were
burned off. s
Warsaw PTA Met
Wed. Night
: The Warsaw Parent Teachers
Association met Wednesday even
ing at 8 o'clock in the high school
auditorium with the President,
Mrs, L. A. Brown in the chair and
opening the meeting with "Onward
Christian Soldiers" after which Mr.
Ross Wadkins, high school faculty
member, led in prayer.
, The meeting warturned over to
Mrs., M. A. Smith, Vice-President
and program chairman, who intro
duced a round table discussion for
planned and organised recreation
for the town. School Frtncipav
p. Harmon led the discussion, as
sisted by representative grotope of
the town. J, C. Page represented
The American Legion, Mrs. L. B.
Huie and Mrs. George Bennett, the
courchesMri Wheless; the High
ScboeL Mrs: Jesse Stewart, the
-Tee Age dub", Lite Hv helaent which Include experience
J Rotary Club McGllvery Buck, the
Boy Scout Troop, 'and Mayor a. j.
Jenkins for. the Town of Warsaw.
Each representative spoke con
cerning recreation- for children,
adults, and .the town- In .eraL
citing the fact that there U a de
cided need of organized and super
vised recreation among toe child
ren of th town. Also that even In
every day walks of life as certain
amount of recreation is needed by
everyone In order to carry on ones
work to the best advantage. Sum- j
ming up the entire program It was
resolved that planned and super
vised recreation was needed for
all Warsaw and a delegation was
appointed to appear before the
Town Board of Commissioners at
their next meeting in this interest
Following the informal program
Secretary Graham Phillips read
tia minutes and gave the Treasur-
er's report, adding that toe recent j m Wa8hlngt0n, D.'C and Vicln
Games Tournament realised $87.50. 1 lty competitors will take the same
Various committee reports were - tMt Ta kAdmon to mssIei
uvea. nomas WHcn, uiuuau1,
committee chairman, reported that
he , appeared before the County
Commissioners and was assured an
appropriation! would be set aside
for the Warsaw School grounds at
their 3Vtt9 meeting. Plans Ire In
order to level and grade the
grounds of the grammar school be
fore the next school 'terms begins.
Miss Maggie Bowden, chairman
of the Nominating Committee, re
ported as follows the findings of
said committee: President, Mrs. M
A. Smith; Vice-President, Mrs.
Glenn Rollins; Secretary-Treasurer,
Graham Phillips. . A -motion
was made and carried to accept
the nominations and Mrs. Brown
turned the meeting over to the
new incoming president v . -
Mrs. George Bennett thanked
fMrs. Brown for her loyal and effi
cient work throughout the year and
a rising vote of thanks wes extend
ed to Mrs. Brown from the body.
, Miss Maggie Howden's first
grade won the $1.00 attendance of
parent's, award from the grammar
school and Mrs. J. W. Farriora
eighth grade from the high school.
Following a brief talk by Mrs.
Smith tha meeting adjourned. -
To Givo Play
The Senior Class of the Chinqua
pin High School will present a
act play, "Too Sweet For Sixteen'
by James F. Stone on Friday vta
ins. Karci 21st at $:C9 . ..i...
This Is a hilarious eemegy ef g
high order revolving ebott L
petuous Jv'y PruiJy, who Is f ?n
About 75 Pcrccr.1
She was immediately rushed to
a Warsaw doctor and from there
to the Goldsboro Hospital where
she, died during the night A doctor
reported that her body wee burn
ed over about 79 percent. Her anus
were burned so badly he could sot
find a spot to insert a needle. .Kar
face was burned to almost pulp,
he said. ., -
. The name of the. little girl was
not learned.'
Fred Baars
Says Write l lim
The U. S. Civil Service Com
mission today announced examin
ations for the positions of Medical
Officer, Food and Drug Inspector,
Photostat Operator and Micropho
tographer. " , - v
Medical Officer positions are lo
cated in various Federal agencies,
in Washington. D. C; in the U. S.
Public Health Service and the In
dian Service, throughout the Uni
ted States; and m the Panama Ca
nal Service- In the Panama Cbr I
Zone. Salaries range from $i,H3
to 83J5 a year, with higher salary -rate'Tor
the Canal Zone positions.,
Ne written test wilt be given for
these positions. To qualify, all c?
plieanta must be 'gradiu... a rf a
medical school of recognized t' V
Inst and -must aao nmet re"
and training til the field of medi
cine. : " . '.i. '-
Food and Drug Inspector posi
tions, at salaries ranging from 1-,-644.
to $4,148 a year, are locate!
In the United States. Applicants
should file with headquarters
of the district In which he resi&. .
A written, test is required of ell
competitors. In addition to the writ
ten test all competitors must have
completed 4 years of appropriate
college study or experience, -or a
time equivalent of education and
experience. Applicants for the hlch
er grades must have had additional
experience of a responsible nature
in the enforcement work of a Fed
eral, State, county or municipal
agency charged with the enforce
ment of a food or drug law, '-
Photostat Operator and Micro
w,,v rum. .r. ti
this test,' applicants for the three
' highest grades must have experi
ence as a photostat operator or mi- .
cropnotograpner.. The salaries
range from $1,796 to $2 384 a year.
Information and forma may be
obtained, from Mr. Fred J. Basra,
located at Warsaw Post Office or
from tr. S. Civil Service Commiss
ion, -Washington 29, D. C . .-
Applications for Medical Officer
examinations will be accepted un
til April 22, 1847, and for the Food
and .Drug Inspector and Photos', t
Operator - and Mierophotogra;,:.t-r
examinations, until April 8. 1SC7.
IIen'Sup3y5c:::!
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Rev. Gilmer Beck, Assodatlor 1
Missionary. Baptist Eastern A' v
elation announces that during t
month of February , the mer '
of the Alum Springs E..
Church made a religious surv r "
the Alum Springs Community,
B. F. Grady School. This t
revealed that there were r
mately one hundred and C
specta for Sunday School,
were made to organise : 1
ear of these prospects, t
school was organised on llx
with forty-three present
- Mr. Emmett Kelly was c
Sunday School Superlnter "
three fine classes met f :r (
time. The church r "
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