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J '1 -. ( .... .VT-:.- . , , : VOLUME NUMBER FIFTEEN J Ignolia Bootlegger Dravs Gun ' On Duplin Off icers; Arrested . -i Roy Pridgen, notorious Magnolia bootlegger, was arrested Sunday , mornings by deputies 1 Wagstaff, ' i; PusseU and Kiasner after a search -;; warrant ad been Issued. The offi-;-'. cers approached the house and as jj Pridgen came to the door he drew . , is rifle on the officers stating that - no one was going to search his 7; -house. One of the officers pulled his pistol In no unmistakable terms . ,;,,nd Pridgen dropped his rifle. '" -W Some whiskey and containers - .ere found. One container held W whiskey and kerosene. Pridgen was '.t charged with manufacturing whis- "tkey and assault on an officer. At a i l hearing before Magistrate C. B. VlSitterson Sunday morning he was placed under , a $1500 bond .and y.r jaUed. . ' " ' '-' v; Sitterson stated to the Times that - tine has had a number of complaints . f recently bout Pridgen from Mag .if holla citizens. pi iD f stWI IUIVMVI. ! : I Optkvs Bridge SChsirch Sunday 1 - Dr.- Raymond Adams of Chapel . ;:B111 will be guest speaker for the ijcegular 4th Sunday Services at the Outlaw's Bridge - Unlversalist Church, Sunday morning at eleven o'clock. The public Is cordially In vited to hear Or. Adams. ; 4i i p 1947 Potato ;Qv::r$ Eligible tier Sn3rf ; Under th 1947 prke support I ogram for Irish potatoes, produ--f rt on farms for which no 1947, 1 am goalwas established will -be eligible for support if the acreage of potatoes on the' farm does not exceed 2.9 acres. 'in order to pro vUe an opportunity for determin ing acreage on such farms and Lonce esUbllsh the eligibility of the producer for price support, such producers must give advance no tice to the county office, Indicating that they desire to be .considered eligible for price support opera- Hons, according to Joe E. Sloan, Chairman Duplin ACA. v '; Produoers on farms for which . vgls of 3 acres or more were not established must apply for acre 8s " determination on or before April 1, 1947, Only those producers who apply to their county office in writing by the above established " will be eligible .for acreage extermination or price support Testing ric;rasn Suggested ' Farmers of ' Duplin should have their soil tested to determine C e amount of lime needed in fields : and also for the other Information furnished regarding plant food re quirements, states Joe E. Sloan of the ACA: The instructions for tak ing soil samples and the necessary containers may be obtained from the county office and farmers may submit them to the State Labora tory. . i - .jS Cc...a'tid - Klnston. The agriculture r " tee of the Klnston Chamber of Tierce has completed major i for the 7th annual Coastal s Fat Stock Show and Sale s New Dixie Warehouse hare 1 9-10, and Chairman B. Cam Lanton declared every in on points toward another rec . t vent under sponsorship of the I T chamber J;'. '.'.' :K " ..e committee voted to offer 1 1n awards in the swine depart t and 7w In the cattle divi . The money offered in 1946 :i for hogs and $851 for . -.-v v.i.Jt,-' r -rton was named chair- i mntnttee ffir . 7 'r-i ti Senator Johnson's Hits A Snag In ' (Prom News & Observer) -.: House Finance Committee mem bers gave a grudging approval Wed nesday to the Senate bill barring tax liens for 938 and prior years, but not before approving amend ments : which exempted a dozen counties from the bill's provisions. Introduced by Senator Rivers D. Johnson of Duplin, the bill pass ed the Senate three weeks ago with little opposition. It was attacked vigorously by fommlttee members Wednesday, however, and won ap proval only after 12 Representa tives made It clear they would sup port the bill if their counties are exempted from It. r . ' ; Endorsed by the committee Were amendments withdrawing the fol lowing counties from the bill's pro vision: Pamlico, Columbus, Bun combe, Dare, Ashe, Cumberland, Iredell, Hyde, Perquimans, Rowan, Camden, and . Scotland. Would Lose Taxes The bill, which several Repre sentatives '.contended would cost their counties thousands of dollars In unpaid taxes, provides that after December 31, 1948, no county or municipality . may v .institute suit against uncollected taxes for 1936 and prior years. From that date on, a 10-year statute of limitations would , go Into effect,; in that no governing body could bring fore closure actions on taxes more than ten years old. As amended by the Senate Fi nance Committee, the bill gives county and municipal officials un til December 31, 1948. to bring tax actions' f or939 and prior years.; The bin Is not applicable to fore closure actions already under way I en December 31, 1948, and would l!cgro Child Curned To Dealh Hear Beulaville; Molher Badly Burned A tenant house' on the farm of Mrs. Adelle Matthews near Beula ville was destroyed by fire Wed nesday r afternoon at 2:30.- The house was occupied by Eddie Gray Spencer, Negro, and family. At the time of the fire, his wife and 5 year i oia aaugmer . were asleep in the house and the ehlld was burned to death. The woman was badly burn ed and was found rolling In, the road in front of the house by Em- T Town Meeting Held; Candidates For May Election nominated At a called meeting of residents of Beulaville Monday evening, the following candidates, subject to the May 6th election, were, nomin ated: For Mayor. S. P. Bostlc and Gordon S. Muldrow; Town Com missioners, S. A Smith, Arthur Kennedy, LedN Williams, Gardner Edwards, J. H. Whaley, W. F. (Bud) Miller, William Brown, C. C. Trott, S. A. Blizzard " Archie Lanier and M. M. Thigpen. Of the latter named five will be elected. At this meeting, a report on the financial standing of the town was Progress Of Red Cross Fund Ccmpign v The following five communities have raised their Quotas in the Red Cross Fund Raising Campaign: Potter's Hill, Chinquapin, Teach ey, Wallace and Warsaw. The next nearest their goals are KenansviUe and Outlaw's Bridge; , The others are 50 or better and the total amount reported to date is $3,757.- . iT,' 1 7 ' , j , ' , . Langston will head the display committee for the show. Dr. John E. Foster of the animal husbandry department of 'nte College will be tfte Juf??e. W- P-r of Solma r ' " " 1 ? 1 ! -t ' : KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA Tax Lien Bill The House not be applicable to liens for street and sidewalk improvements in municipalities. Rep. Henry C. Fisher of Bun combe classed the bill as "a bad piece of legislation," and said that it would cost Buncombe County around $500,000 in uncollected taxes If the county came under the measure. . '; h-i v.:-.; Sen. John B. McLaughlin of Ire dell, who bitterly opposed the bill when it came before the Senate, led the opposition. He told the com mittee that Iredell County is now attempting to collect all possible back taxes, and that if the bill is approved on a Statewide basis bis county would stand to lose $100, 000 at least , The House Committee first con sidered the tax liens measure two weeks ago, but postponed final ac tion in order that its introducer, Senator Johnson, could be heard. Although Johnson was not present on Wednesday, Sens. R. A. Whi ta ker of Lenoir and William Med f ord of Haywood appeared to urge the committee's approval. Defeat Urged A delegation of Iredell County and Statesville city officials ap peared before the committee two weeks ago, urging that Johnson's bill be defeated or that Iredell be exempted if the bin was 'passed. The bill's advocate argued that the measure would Increase the credit of counties and municipaliti es, while opponents held that "the bill simply irewards nonpayment of taxes.- V t;j,;i,. Present la enables" counties and nraniclpaytie to go back through the year 1927 to collect unpaid taxes.'',"' -! ,: met Clark and Jonah Wbaley, the first persons to arrive on the scene after being attracted from a dis tance by smoke. . ; The fire evidently started from the kifthen flue and had practi cally demolished the entire house before anyone arrived. The hus band was away from home at the time, but was quickly located, and with others carried his wife to a hospital in Klnston. given,, and a number of prospect ive plans for the future outlined. March 31st, to April 5th., was designated "Clean Up Week," when all residents and property owners will cooperate In an attempt to rid the town of many objectionable sights. - Books for a new registration will be open from April 12 through April 19. April 26 will be Chall enge Day, and the election date is Tuesday,. May 6th. It is the duty of all qualified voters In Beulaville to vote on that date. - Turner tlamed D:lerOf ; Cure-All Burners T. A. Turner ana Company of Pink Hill announces they have been named dealer In this section for the famous Cure-All System of tobacco curers. MY. Lin wood Turn er states that a ear load Is expected early in AprlL Also the Turner Company art .agents for the AUls Chalmera Une of farm machinery, V . v ; - r : V-yV 'v, .. r 'j. S i M ii mi ' .. 'C The Preaching schedule for the Dupltn Methodist Circuit for Sun-da-", I' -Ph 23, is as follows: . i-ll;CDA. II. - " ' cv' P. IT. i I Duplin Red Sox To Begin Spring Training March 24 The Duplin Red Sox, Warsaw's entry Into the Tobacco State base ball league, will begin formal train ing Monday, March 24, when eleven' pitchers and three catchers of note will report to Manager Jimmy Mil ner, at the Warsaw ball park. The entire team of over thirty trainees will report April 1. . . This is, the first year Warsaw has had a ball club and Arthur Apple,- business manager of the Duplin County Athletic Associa tion, along with each and every official and stockholder, has been at work untold hours striving to get Warsaw and Duplin County prepared for a summer of enjoy ment and recreation. . The opening exhibition game will be played with Wilson, of the Coas tal Plain League, in Warsaw on Saturday, April 12, the hour to be announced later. . pending , condi tion of the weather; It is hoped that all games might be arranged at night; because the lighting faci lities are 'of the best in Eastern North Carolina, but If at that tmw Duplb Farmers Plan Aid Tobacco flwdatM Inc.; 200 Attend. Meet -by LACY F, WEEKS Approximately 200 Duplin Coun ty tobacco growers met in the Court House in KenansviUe last Friday night, , March 14. At this meeting, Will Rogers, Organization Director of the North Carolina Farm Bureau discussed Tobacco Associates, Inc., which was recently organized for the purpose of dealing with the flue cured tobacco situation in foreign countries. Tobacco Associ ates will work with the State Department,- Commerce Department, and Agricultural Department in an effort to build and maintain, tobac co Exports with foreign countries. It was pointed out that from 40 to 60 per cent of the income from flue cured tobacco comes from export Serious Wreck Hear Yarsaw Hospitalizes Five People fi.-'." .'r;---.;....-v'J'-' " In a head on collision of a model A Ford, driven by Lewis Carroll, of n,Mf Anil m Plvmnnth MUM. oc cupied by three negroes, about a nail mue norm oi nowaeu, . Warsaw Sunday afternoon about S o'clock, five persons were serious- boro Hospital, by two ambulances from Quinn-McGowan in Warsaw. .Kepons are taat me ncgrw mi Jurors Listed v For April Term 1 The following Jurors have been drawn for the April term of Sup erior Court (Mixed Term): r G. V. Lanier, H. L. West, F. B. Bowden, Henry Herring, Paul1 Bass, Mrs. Mabel B. Waters, C B. Ken nedy, E. Pi Blanton, Mrs. Mamie Kennedy, Geo. W. Swmson, H. & Brown, J. R. Waters, Leslie L. Ma ready, Randolph FutrelL Arnold E. Thomas, Hugh Stroud, Lott Kor negay, Macon Stroud, Mrs. Annie Jernlgan, R, C Davis, M. B. Brock, James A Kennedy, Vance Batche- lor, Mrs. Gertrude Williams, Jesse B. Brown. Mrs. Lottie Kelly Davis, Gordon Stroud, Mrs. Hattie Lewis, W. J. Boyetfv L. L. Merrltt Mrs. J. L. Brad v, Albert Manning, Tonunle T F. T. nes'i, J. L. V I' O " --v ' y n. " 1 ' ' c. n. FRIDAY, Donlovilb G:ri3,fe:n!ia tonfy DosCiot Ddl TeracrjS Warsaw Stores To Close Soon The merchants of Warsaw report they will begin, Wednesday after noon closing on April 2nd. The stores will close at 12 o'clock. The closings will continue until the bor der belt tobacco market opens.. . the weather Is still moderately cool, day games will be arranged. Sev eral outstanding exhibition games will be played with Coastal and Carolina League teams prior to the formal, opening of- the ' Tobacco State League on April 29. v" ' 0 '' .,'' ' '' Mr. Apple announces that season tickets are now on sale, "this book of tickets consisting of sixty-one tickets, one for each of the home town games, exclusive of holiday games, July Fourth and Labor Day. The Tobacco State League rules holiday games out of season tickets. The sixty-one tickets in a season ticket book are transferable and may be used in any the buyers sees fit or as many at a time at any of the games except holiday games. These books sell for $32.50, an easy and convenient Way for fans to purchase their tickets. The stockholders held an impor tant and enjoyable supper meeting Friday evening, March 14, at the Legion Home at which -time they enjoyed a barbecue chicken supper. trade. The group present agreed that it was very important to de velop our export markets as much as possible. To do this, funds are needed to establish an Office In New York, hire personnel, and to send representatives abroad to help work out trade agreements, -etc. Duplin County farmers have been asked to raise by voluntary contributions $1910.37. The group present ' last Friday night raise $476.00 at the end of the meeting. Each tobacco grower who wishes to contribute, may do so by giving his contribution to a local Farm Bureau Leader, or to Miss Dora Betty Dixon, Secretary of the Du plin County Farm Bureau. failed to negotiate a curve and collided head on with the car driv en by CarrolL . k , Highway Patrolman "James Mc Colman of Warsaw Investigated the wreck. No charges have been pre ferred. Last reports state that all five are still living. V y . Carroll is a brother of Prof. J. G. Carroll of Wake Forest College. Elizabeth Albritton Herring, W. H. Knowles, P. Ralph Hanchey, Ezra Moore, D. L. Cherry, Mrs. Lola May Owens, Robert Sheffield, James Wells, L. L. Flowers, Sam Jones, Arlie Goodson, Eusebius W. John son, James' Sullivan, George W. Houston. Miss Ruth O. Smith, W. V. Swlnson, Mrs. D. H. McCuUen, Roy Kennedy,' Gibson S. Carr Al vln Smith, C. H. Smith, Paul Out law, and G- C, Sloan.. l!::.3Tov;r.:ips Rcceival!::ices Tax Supervisor states that let ters dv,r'f reel property owners "" 'l ;t'xv''-rveb MARCH 21st., 1947 The. 1947 annual Basketball Tour, nament came to a close in Magno lia March 7th when the Beulaville girls defeated the Calypso girls and the Magnolia boys defeated the Chinquapin quintet for the County Championship. The following account of the tourney was written for the Times by: Amos Brinson, sports fan of KenansviUe: , -March 1, 1947 , I - i v Magnolia girls won over Kenans viUe. by a score of 38-17. Sessoms led ' the winners with ' 18 points While Quinn led the losers with 13. V Beulaville boys won over Calypso 24-12: Williams and Albertson led BeulaviUe with 8 points each. Wallace girls defeated Falson 21-S. Casey led Wallace with 10 points. , Magnolia boys defeated Kenans viUe 28-12. Gaylor lead Magnolia while Ingram led KenansviUe with seven points each. March 3, 1947 .:, Rose HiU girls defeated Warsaw by a score of 48-47 in one of the highest scoring girl's games. BilUe Revelle led Warsaw with 30 point. T. Brown and' M. Brown led Rose HiU with 22 points each. Rose HIU boys defeated Wallace by a score of 26-15. Herring led the winnrs while James led the losers. ,-V.i"' v.ai.?. ; BeulaviUe girls defeated Grady 23-18. P. Simpson led BeulaviUe with 11 points, while E. Smith led Grady with eleven. Grady boys defeated Warsaw 25-24. Turner led the winners. Her ring, the losers. -March 4, 1947 Calypso girls defeated Magnolia 31-11. Lewis led the winners with 17 points.'::; it:i V'-j..' Chinquapte boys defeated Beula viUe 38-lCjews mjhe winners with 18 points Williams with 0 for the loam. v-'-' ':V.r:A'.':v.-s!',--:i' Chinquapin girls defeated Wal lace girls 3045. FutreU led the Chinquapin team with 20 points. Bouse led WaUace with 11. . Magnolia boys defeated Faison 34-29. Herring led the winners with 11 points and Taylor with 14 led Faison, - March 5, 1947 Semi-finals : BeulaviUe girls defeated Chin quapin by 36-34 in the only over time game of the tournament The score at the end of the regular playing $im was 29-29. FutreU with 14 led Chinquapin. Everton with 14 led, BeulaviUe. Magnolia boys defeated Grady 23-16. Gaylor led Magnolia with 6 points while Turner with 7 led the losers. .-r."--', ' ' Calypso girla defeated Rose HIU 34-27. Grubbs led the winners with 18 points; Brown, the Users with 13 points. ' ' ''. Chinquapin- boys defeated Rose HU1 24-10. Rose Hill faUed to score for twenty minutes. Neither team scored a foul shot during the game, although they had twenty chances. James led the winners with 8 points, while Herring led the losers, -k : March 7, 1947. 4 Beulaville girls defeated the Cal ypso girls by a score of 19-14. The score was tied at 14-14 at the end of the third quarter. Simpson led the winners with 10 points; Lewis leading the losers with 8. Pigf ord was a standout at guard while Bos tic starred for BeulaviUe. Magnolia boys defeated Chin quapin by a score of 20-18, a game that wasn't settled untn the final whistle. Chinquapin jumped Into an 8-1 lead early In the game but the determined boys from Magno lia came back to lead, at half time 12-10. A. Herring led Magnolia with 8 points. James for Chinqua pin with ii; . ':.; .: . James of Chinquapin was High scorer for the boys with 37 points. He also led for any single game with 18 pfutttSv. ; M. Brown of Rose HU1 led the girls scoring; with 35 points in two games. ReveUe scored the most points in a single game for the girls with $0 points against Rose HuL " ALL TOURNAMENT TEAMS . - Girls 1st Team: ' ' ;. v.'.-. 3 F- Revelle, B. V Warsaw ' " F - Lewis, - Calypso - . F - Simpson, w BeulaviUe G - Pigford, Calypso G - Bostlc, - BeulaviUe , . G Henderson, - Rose HiU . tnd Team:"'' 'Li vj::: : - FutreU, Chinquapin Brown, Rose HiU - Grubbs, Calypso - Grice, Calypso - Carter, Grady - Pickett, Chinquapin, No. 12 Days Tc": Belter Foccj Elect OKiicrs Duplin County set the stage f or participating in the 1947 "Better Fanning For Better Living" Pro gram by organizing officials at its -CouncU meeting held In the Agri cultural Building, in KenansviUe on Thursday, March 13. Mr. Aubrey Cavenaugh, of Warsaw, was select ed as Chairman of the Council, and M. F.i Allen, of KenansviUe, was , selected .as Secretary.. ',i'!v:; A'..;-,' Other members of the Duplin County CouncU are: MUs Eleanor Chestnutt, Home Economics Tea cher, WaUace; Garland King, of Production Credit Association, Ke-' - nanavUle; L. W. Outlaw, President of Duplin County Farm Bureau, Seven Springs; George Penny, Soil Conservation Service, KenansviUe; M. F. Bostlc, Vocational Agricul tural Teacher, Rose Hill: J. R. Grady, Editor DupUn Times, Ke nansviUe; George Weaver, Editor ' of Wallace Enterprise. , Wallace: Mrs. David Williams, Home Demon stration Club, Rose Hill; Mrs. Ja- kie m. Wells, Home Demonstration Club, Teachey; Mrs. Russell Whit field, Home Demonstration Club, Mt. OUve; D. H. Patterson, WaUace Lions Club; D. S. Williamson, Ke nansviUe Lions Clnb; W. C. Eck more, Farm and Home Administra tion, Warsaw; O, P. Johnson, Sup erintendent of Schools, Kenans viUe; Stacy Evans, President D"? lin County Older Youth Club, Mag nolia; HUda L. Caftntz, Home Dem onstration 'Agent, Kenansv-e; L. L. Flowers, Farmer, Calypso; L. F. Weeks, County" Agferit, Kenar--;-. rIst adentron uti a-ove, x tentative are yet to be named i. , the Faison Lions Club, Bose I : Civltan Club, and the Pink V Fanners Club. .'Those present at the mee4-; agreed to raise a budget of J for County' Winners in the Z- r Fanning For Better Living coi ' $25 wUl be given as first; Z3 ta second; $15 as third; $10 as fouri and 5 each to the next 8 winners. Any farm family In Duplin County may enter this contest by enroll, i not later than April SU A person may enroll in the County Extension Office,- in KenansviUe; with any of the Vocational Teachers in the county; the Soil Conservation Off ice; or Farm and Home Admini stration Office, in Warsaw. ' The Better Farming For Better Living Program is a contest in which farm families in Duplin may enroU. The same principles and practices that Juve been recom mended by the State, Agriculture Experiment Station and other Ag ricultural Agencies are included in this program. The Better Farming for Better Living Program encour ages farm famUieev to partldrate In community activities, Home Dem onstratlon clubs, Farmers Cluts, Vocational Agriculture, Home Eco nomics, and 4-H clubs for chUdren. They are also urged to provide adequate farm produce;' poultry,' meat, milk, and vegetables, to feel the family on a highnutritional level. Improvements that will mean ' greater efficiency in the farming standards are suggested, and better care of the land is Urged by nuk ing a better farm plan that wUl provide most efficient use of crop land, pasture, and woodland. One phase of the program, deals with diversification that may increase the farm income and provide for income throughout the year. The Tide Water Power Company through its Agricultural Agent; is . offering $25 of the prize money in each of the 13 counties in which this contest is offered. The project books wUl also be supplied by this company. - v Seniors Sponsor Dance AlD.F.G. ' The Senior Class of the B. F. Grady school will sponsor a d ' In the gymnasium there Cztux ' night.' March 29th. The dr-ce v . begin at 8 o'clock. Admissive 75c. C - Andrews - Faison G - Herring Bose Hill G v.Carr MaicZa. ;' " 2nd Team: Albertson, II., E"-' " r'--, A., I t
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