VOLUME NUMBER FIFTEEN
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1,200 FANS WITNESS
TOBACCO STATE IIIAUGRAL
Johnson Pitches Win As Warsaw -Begins First Season
V Of Professional Baseball With Impressive Showing
v' Against Strong Clinton Club; Stephens Stars At Bat
.' And Team Plays Errorless Ball.
By VIRGIL
-: The Warsaw Red Sox jumped
; off to a flying start In their first
season of professional baseball by
trouncing the highly regarded
- .Blues of - Clinton 9 -6 behind
the effective hurling of Carl John
son, ace righthander, Tuesday
night in the home park, before a
roaring crowd of more than 1200
cash customers. .
Otis Stephens, hard hitting right
. fielder, paced the Warsaw Red Sox
at the plate with two doubles and
a single in four tries, while Jdrdan.
peppy little third baseman, was
, the only other Red Sox performer
' to connect for more than one safe
blow, with two singles. Shortstop
Wickie Andrews smacked a three
base hit in the first inning, scoring
; Jordan, who was on base as the
result of an error. The Red Sox
played errorless ball behind John-
Bon.
After scoring one in the first, the
- locals came right back with one in
; the second on successive doubles
" by. Andy Scrobola and Stephens.
whose wallop carried all the way
. to the center field fence, a distance
' of 385 feet from home plate. Two
--. more were added in the fourth on
singles by' Stephens and" catcher
Buddy Rowland, and a long fly by
manager -Jimmy Milner. Then
. " came the big fifth inning, in which
-" five Red Sox crossed the plate on
, three hits, two walks and a Clinton
miscue. Jordan singled to open the
inning, Andrews grounded out and
Milner received a- base on balls.
Rudden fumbled Bohannon's groun
der to short, filling the bases, and
then Clinton's Kairus walked Scro
bola, to force in a run, leaving the
- - bases full. At this point, Stephens
. toed the rubber and weighed in
With his second double of the even
ing, scoring Milner and Bohannon,
following which second baseman
Wilmer singled in Scrobola and
Stephens. This ended the Red Sox
- scoring, as Rowland filed out to
center and Johnson grounded to
- second, but it proved to be enough,
- as Clinton, who was scoreless until
' the seventh, tallied three in that
. frame, two in the eighth and one
in the ninth.
.:. Johnson gave up ten hits and six
bases on balls, but managed to-keep
County Agents
Off leg
L. F. WEEKS
BLUE MOLD:
. A limited supply f 15 Fermate
Dust for controlling blue mold has
been reported in Calypso. A few
growers have reported . injury to
' tobacco plants where they used un
- approved sprays In an' attempt to
control blue mold.
" POULTRY:
Eggs are relatively scarce for
this season of the year, and cold
storage holdings of eggs are low.
v Indications are that prices will be
good during late spring, summer
and fair. Keen laying houses well
ventilated -and cool. Keep laying
mash before the flock even though
prices are high. Cull rigidly and
regularly but feed the birds you
keep well. - '
FLEA BEETLE: , '
Flee Beetles have been reported
in a few plant .beds. This insect
can be controlled by a dust: 1
r.otenone at the rate of Vi Lb. per
. 100 square yards; repeat every 4
days; or with dust of Cryolite at the
rate of 1 Lb. per 100 sq. yds. appli
ed weekly.
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PERMANENT PASTURES: ' ,
v A v large 'acreage of permanent
stifres have been seeded in the
mty this spring. There has been
ti e interest in developing good
, ires this year, than at any time
,n recent years. Good stands of
r s and clovers have been re-
' i T r-'res should be al-
ROLLINS
them scattered for the most part,
was effective in the clinches, and
was in trouble in only two innings,
the seventh and eighth. He fanned
eight batters. In the seventh, the
Blues manufactured three runs out
of two hits, one a double by, Wor
rell, and three walks. They added
two in the eighth on a walk to As
kew, a double by Toth, a base on
balls to Evans, and a single by
Oehleb. Cielinski, Clinton third
baseman, clouted Johnson's first
pitch of the ninth over the left
field wall, near the flag, and there
was some dispute as to whether it
was fair or foul, but Umpire Rook
said it was fair, so that's what it
was - a home run. Toth, Clinton
catcher, led his team at bat, get
ting a double and two singles in
four trips.
SECOND GAME, 6 -5 V
In the second game of the open
ing two game series with the Samp
son Blues, played at Clinton Wed
nesday night, the Red Sox hammer
ed out a 8-3 decision in a game fea
tured by 17 bases on balls.
Warsaw scored all but one of
their runs via the base hit route,
however, on doubles by Milner and
Bohannon in the first, and triples
by, Bohannon and Stephens and a
sacrifice fly by Wilmer in the 4th.
Two errors and two bases on balls
combined to give the Sox another
run in the seventh, which proved
to be the margin of victory.
Clinton scored all of their runs
in the sixth on seven (that's right,
seven) walks and one hit This
frame saw four Blues runners saun
ter across the plate from third as
the result of free passes with the
bases full.
Bohannon led the Red Sox hit
ting with a double and triple in 3
official tries,. while Worrell was
best for Clinton with three for 4.
SOX LOSE TO SANFORD 7-3
, The Red Sox' gave their game
on Thursday night at Sanf ord to
the Sanford Team by a score of 7
to 3. They promise to make up for
the loss tonight May 2, when they
play a return game with the San
ford Spinners on the Warsaw dia
mond, where they will also play
the Wilmington Pirates Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Thompson Says
Johnson Be Gov.
(That part of an article which ap
peared in the High Point Enter
prise April 20, 1847, written by
Rabert L. Thompson which relates
to the race for Governor):'
Charlie Johnson will be the next
Governor of North Carolina, if to
day's gathering of democrats for
the annual Jefferson Day dinner is
a criterion. The lead Johnson has
among the politicians is amazing,
or, at least, it was amazing to me.
He is so far out in front that some
of his supporters for . the nomin
ation are Saying frankly that the
situation is such -that they are
afraid everything is just too good.
Johnson Is so far out in front for
Governor that today several politi
cally wise people were wondering
out loud if he would go into office
or into the nomination with no
more opposition. for the nomination
than the hog-caller from the east
who usually runs but whose name
I ; have forgotten, and Wayne Al
bright, the bright young man who
has about as much chance as your
Chinese laundryman. t : -
They are-i-th6 "minority but
there are folks around here who
doubt that either Lt. Gov. Bailee
tine or former Lt Gov. Horton will
ever announce. Personally, I think
they win but there Is a lot of sound
logic in the theory that they won't
though logic doesn't amount to a
hill of beans in politics.
The wy it lor" 'to me is' tV':
KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
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GRADY DEBATING TEAM: Front row, left to right; Mr. H. M. Wells,
Principal, Elsie Smith, Mittie Ruth Wallace, Isabelle Goodson, Gaynelle
Stanley, and Evelyn Kornegay, .
Second row, left to right; Mrs. Faison Faison McGowen, coach, Elsie
Byrd, Mary Edna Waters, Erma Lee Turner, Alice Rogers, and Howard
Bazemore.
" In back; Nelson Kornegay. State debaters of the group were: Mittie
Ruth Wallace, Erma Lee Turner, Evelyn Kornegay and Alma Dail.
Coach, Mrs. Faison McGowen.
26th District Jr. OU AM
To Meet In Wilmington
Members of the Junior Order
in the 26th District will gather
in Wilmington at 8 p. m. Wednes
day, May 14, for the annual district
council meeting.
a Present at this meeting will be
State Councilor, L. B. Scarborough
of Rocky Mountr State-Vice-Count,
cilor : Walter ,. Crissman of High
Point and State Secretary Forrest
G. Shearin of Scotland Neck, in ad-,
dition to the local and district offi
Cancer Control
Campaign
v As the Cancer Control Campaign
is starting in Duplin, I hope it will
be possible for our County to reach
its goal of $600.00.
I feel sure that all the people of
Duplin County are well aware of
the terrible death toll that cancer
reaps every year. We never can tell
where it will strike next. Let us
in Duplin do our share to help
"Conquer Cancer", one of our
dread enemies. Give as liberally as
you possibly can to protect your
loved ones and yourself.
J. E. Jerritt, Chmn.
Duplin County.
Church Bulletin
The preaching schedule for the
Duplin Methodist Circuit for Sun
day, May 4 is as follows: .
Wesley, 10:00 o'clock A. M.
Kenansville, 11:15 o'clock A. M.
Friendship, 8:00 o'clock P. M.
The pastor, Rev. John M. Cllne
will preach at each of these services.
LESSON, IN GOOD FARMING
cers.
These attending will hear an ad
dress by the State Councilor who
will bring to the 'session a report
on his activities for the past nine
months and also a . report will be
made by the State Secretary. A full
scaletneetingiatth itaaj. or the
order is planned and 3n important
feature for the district will be the
election of officers. v
Be May 6
On Tuesday, May 6, Warsaw will
hold their general election at which
time a mayor and five town com
missioners will be elected to serve
for the regular two year period.
Those filing were incumbents
Mayor A.' J. ' Jenkins; Commission
ers, A. L. Cavenaugh, F. J. Strick
land, Stacy Britt, B. C. Sheffield,
Jr.and J.,Milton West. New citi
zens filing were W. E. Currie for
mayor-- and commissioner H. B.
Thomas.
Closing Dates
Friday, May 2, the following
schools will close: Kenansville,
Rose Hill, Magnolia, Calypso and
Wallace. . '
Friday, May 7, the Warsaw, Faison,
B. F. Grady - and Chinquapin
schools will close as will Beulaville.
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County Schools
FRIDAY,
Imi 'Opemeir 9
Deputy Vagstaff
According to Sheriff Ralph Jones
on Wednesday night about 10 o'
clock Henry Ball, Negro of near
Warsaw, came to his house and re
ported .that someone had stolen
$3,000 in government bonds from
his ; home. On questioning Ball
Sheriff Jones learned that on last
Sunday six negroes from Rose Hill,
three men and three women, visit
ed his home. Sometime after they
left he missed his shot gun. Ball
said that about two o'clock Wednes
day afternoon two of the group re
turned to his house carrying the
gun, stating that a member of the
party had stolen it and they wanted
things right.
The sheriff immediately dispatch
ed Deputy Wagstaff to Rose Hill
to make some investigations. At
the request of Bill at one o'clock
that night the Sheriff called his
sister in New York to see if she
had the bonds. She did not.
Wagstaff made no arrests in Rose
Hill but apparently scared the day
lights out of some of the group
because when Ball returned to his
home at four -o'clock the bonds
were on the dining room table.
Health Dept.
The Duplin County Health De
partment wishes to announce the
third pre-school and-the first ty
phoid clinic. Those children enter
ing school next year may receive
their third dose of vaccine.
Immunization against smallpox:
All children in North Carolina are
required to be immunized against
smallpox before attending any
public school. No principal or tea
cher shall permit any child to en
ter a public school without a certi
ficate or some other acceptable
evidence of immunization against
diptheria and whooping cough.
If your child will enter school
in the fall of 1947 have the immu
nizations and vaccinations done be
fore school starts. If your child was
voccinated by your family doctor
get a signed certificate from him.
The following clinics will be held
at the designated places and time
for three consecutive weeks.
May 8 - Wallace Town Hall . 2
4. May 9 - Bowden - 9 - 9:45. Caly
pso - Town Hall - 10-11; Reeves
Store -11:30-12. Summerlin X Road
12:30-1:30. Scotts Store 1:45-2-30.
Wesley Chapel - 3-4. May 12 - Ke
nansville Health Dept 9-11. May
13 - Westbrook Filling Station - 9
9:30. Outlaws Bridge Mrs. Malpass
Store - 10-10:45. Holts Store 11-11:-30.
Jonas Smith Store - 12-12:30.
Freely Smith Store - 1-1:30. Sarec
ta - Williams Store - 1:30-2. Boas
Mercer Store 2:15-3. Potters Hill -Quinns
Store - 3:30-5. Chinquapin
School - 9-10. Emp Whaley Store -10:30-11:13.
Lyman - Tyson Lanier
Store - 12-12:30. Fountain Store
Cedar Fork - Brinson Store -1:45-2.
Plato Tbigpen Store . 2:15-2:30.
Beulaville - School Teacherage -2:45-5.
Norwood Miller Store - 5:15
5:45. May 15 - Faison - Town Hall
9-11. Warsaw Town Hall - 10-12.
May 22 - Rose Hill Town Hall - 1-3.
May 23 - Jerry Teachey Store - 8:30
-9. Charity X Roads - 9:15-9-30.
Registers Store 9:30-9:45. Magnolia
Fussell Filling Station - 10-11. Con
cord Church - 11:30-12. Brices Sta
tion 12:30-1. Moores Filling Sta
tion - 1:30-2:30. Hollingsworth
Store - 2:45-3:15. Teachey - Post
Office 3:30-4:30.
Killed In Wreck
Fayettevllle. Funeral . services,
with full military honors were held
Wednesday at 3 p. m. from Bonnie
Doone Mission fof Cadet William
E. Cumber, 26, who was killed in
an automobile accident near Fort
Benning, Ga., Sunday. He was a
cadet in officer candidate training
at Ft Benning and the son of the
late Sgt. T. Cumber, who was sta
tioned at Ft Bragg many years with
the 17th Field Artillery. He served
20 months overseas with the 101st
Airborne Division. Surviving are
his mother, Mrs. Walter Piner of
f "nfe Doone; his wif, t'l. Paul-
May 2nd., 1947
Rose Hill Lets $108,000 Paving
Contract; Issues Bonds
By W. D. HERRING
Rose Hill. April 24. 1947
Street improvement contracts ag
gregating $108,000 were awarded
today by the Town of Rose Hill to
Wm. F. Bowe and Co., of Augusta,
Ga., following sale of $70,000 bonds
by the Local Government Com
mission on April 22nd. Proceeds of
the bonds will be added to a cash
reserve of $38,000 held by the town
for street and sidewalk Improve
ments, the latter being the amount
prepaid by local property owners
against .street assessments contem
plated by the program.
. Letting of the contracts was the
climax of the effort begun here
two years ago by town officials to
pave all the principal streets and
sidewalks in the tov-n. The program
has had the support of a strong
majority of the locn1 populace, it
was stated, ninety percent of the
voters having favored the bond is
sue in the election held last Sept
ember. This support was evidenced
more tangibly by the prepayment
of better than one-third of the cost
in cash assessments, which earned
the town a record in municipal fi
nance circles.
The proposed improvements in
clude the laying of asphalt pave
ment over a six inch soil cement
base on two and one-quarter miles
Congressman Barden Addresses FFA
Group At Annual Banquet At Crc Jy,
About 75 Future Farmers of Am
erica and their fathers and friends
attended the Annual FFA banquet
at the B. F. Grady high school last
Friday night. The banquet tables
were spread in the hall on the sec
ond floor of the school building,
decorated in Future Farmer colors.
The Grady Home Ec. department
served.
William O'Quinn, president of
the club presided in a most able
way. Bernard Kornegay offered in
vocation followed by the opening
ceremony by the members. James.
W. Harper extended a welcome to
the Dads to which Mr. Rudolph
Harper responded, Joe Garner gave
the FFA Creed. Purposes of the
FFA were given by members of the
club followed by a solo by Lester
Britt. Howard Bazemore gave a
short talk "Come to our Aid", fol
lowed by a talk "The Veterans
Training Program" by Jack Smith.
Gaynelle Stanley and L. C. South
erland gave .a duet "Be a friend
to the farm" 'was the "subject of a
short talk by President O'Quinn.
J. R. Grady introduced the speak
er, Congressman Graham A. Barden
Local Clubs Hear
Grove-Hallsville Men's Club en
joyed a fish supper at the local
Sunday School building Wednesday
night and listened to a splendid
speech by Mr. R. G. Calhoun, as
sistant superintendent of Barium
Springs Orphanage. The Barium
Springs Orphanage is Presbyterian
supported and Mr. Calhoun brought
out many highlights of the work
going on there.
About 50 students go out from
there each year, not all graduates
but most of them. The Orphanage
has its own school, elementary and
The Annual May Fellowship
Luncheon of the Kenansville Coun-
iS1 a rhnmlio will Ka haM at th
Presbyterian Sunday School build
ing on Friday, May 9,. at 1 o'clock.
It will be a covered dish luncheon,
and the public is invited."
Mrs. J. N. Carroll Falls;
Now In Wilmington Hosp.
Mrs. J. N. Carroll of Willard,
formerly of near Kenansville, fell
in Wilmington last Saturday while
vision? thpre i"d broVe her 1 "-.
No. 18 4
To (3
of streets, with concrete curb and
gutter abutments, concrete side- V
walks, storm sewers and catch ba
sins and certain improvements to
the water-sewer system, which was
installed in 1939 at a cost of $64 000
With an assessed valuation of
$650,000, and a population of 1,
050, Rose Hill has a capital surplus
of $45,500 and a bonded indebted- -ness
of $25,000. The current tax
rate is $1.00 per $100 valuation. .
Located in Duplin, County, Rose
Hill is the center of the oldest to- ,
bacco farming community in the ,
State, but it enjoys in addition the
proceeds of a diversified industrial
and agricultural economy. It is the
home of a progressive lumber man
ufacturing business, a casket fac- .
tory, cucumber pickle plant, tur
key hatchery and one of the oldest
auction produce markets in the
country, where a wide variety of
fruits and vegetables are marketed .,
each year. .-'''''
The improvement program has -been
sponsored by Mayor W. D.
Herring, Commissioners E. P. Blan
chard, E. L. Lanier, James D. Fus
sell, W. H. Hall and Eldridge Tea
chey. Engineer for the project is
Paul M. Van Camp, of Southern
Pines. O. B. Turner is Town Attor
ney. .? .; v,v.-.,;..
who admonished the boys to contln-"
ue their fine work, stick to the farm
and continue to improve farming '
practices. He said there was no
better farming section or rural ;
living section in North Carolina
than right here in Duplin County.
He compared the freedom, ease and
joy of comfortable farm life with
the crowded, unionized city life.
He denounced John L. Lewis and
his cohorts in no uncertain terms.
He also referred to PetrUlo, boss
of the musicians Union who is now
being investigated. Mr. Barden said .
he was on the investigating com-'
mittee and that they were really ' .
going to investigate. He said he
was not opposed to unions but un-'
der their present operation, which
is next thing to communism, they
are intent on destroying this great
democracy founded by our fore
fathers who were farmers. He con-
gratulated the club and its leader
Professor Dotson.
Following Congressman Barden's .'
speech. Principal Hugh Wells com
plimented the boys. Visitors were
recognized and then the ' closing
ceremony. .
high, on the campus.' A common
belief is that orphanages take only
children whose parents, one or
both are dead. But the present po
licy of Barium is to take any wor-.
thy cause that cannot be handled
any other way. They have some chil
dren whose parents are , living. "
Children whose homes are broken
and neither parent wants them. -So
far this year applications are .
twice the number of those last year.
They never have a waiting list
he said.
The main purpose of the work
now is to reestablish broken homes
and keep the children with their
parents. Some are placed in reliable -
boarding homes outside : Barium.
They cooperate with the Welfare :
Departments when needed. .
The orphanage now has about
500 acres of land in cultivation and
enough orchards to can enough
fruits to take care of the group. The
present enrollment is about 300.
Mr. Calhoun said that North Caroli
na is the leading state in orphanage '
work in the southeast.
Vets Investigate J
Before Buying
: Veterans who intend to buy or ;
sell homes of recent construction
were advised by the VA to investi
gate before doing so as such houses
were built under priority rules.
. If so, it is possible that the seller
may be prevented from disposing
of the property for more than the
price . set in his permit plus f. s
cost of repairs, a; :! :, a" "ra
tions, iirrrovp ' i, ' c