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VOLUME NUMBER FIFTEEN
KENANS VILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
FRIDAY, AUGUST .8th 1947
No. 32
Tcf Post
Warsaw Youth Electrocuted I7h:!ej
At Work On Job In Wallace
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, SAYS
Corieressman Barden.. To
Address Meeting Of Post
i At Maxwells Mill Friday
: , Night August 15th.
The Simmons, Mewborn, Turner
Post number 379 of the American
Leglan, 133 members strong, will
hold a supper meeting at Maxwell's
milt rnaay nigni; August iota,
s Post Commander C. S. Thomp
son has announced that Congress-
man Graham A. Barden, a legion
naire, will be present and address
uled to start promptly at seven o'
clock and every member Is urged
to be present and on time. The
speaking and business session will
. take place before the eating session.
The cost is Dlannincr to build a
legion hut anc? community building
on the bank of Maxwell's mill pond,
i facing the pond. Architect and leg-
r ionnaire "Lit"' Mallard of Kinston
lias completed drawing the plans.
Attorney Ely Perry of Kinston has
given, the land and proprietor Dur
wood Maxwell, oMhe mill, has giv
en certain water rights. " ;
It is expected that construction
of the hut and community building
will get .under way in the early
fall.'! Pledges are already being
made."; ; ,
UIUVII Ull tu.
DuysOld Soulh
Old "South Distributors, owned
and operated by J. E. Jerritt since
' Ita formation ftpvpral veara ago has
been purchased by the Brown Oil
Company of. Kenansville. The new
owners,. Ralph and Hubert Brown
will supply the regular customers
of Old South with thff same effl-
dent ndTurtemunni dee as 44d"
Mr. jerritt They-wfll continue to
handle the 'famous "Dana" line w
Kennelh C. Royall
Co Main Speaker
Af 4-H Club7cek
' Secretary t of War Kenneth C.
Royal, has accepted an Invitation
to appear on the program of The
15th Annual State 4-H Club Week
at State College 18-23, according
to an announcement from I R.
HanvIL State Club Leader.
the distinguished North Carolinian
to speak at the evening session on
Friday. August 22, in Riddltk Sta-
dlum. Time baa been set at 8- o'
clock, and radio station WPTF will
broadcast the speech oa a state
wide network of principal stations.
Sfete T. B. Vorltr
Makes Visit Here
Mrs. Claudia Hurt, Field Repre
sentative from the North Carolina
Tuberculosis Association worked;
with our County Association sever
al days last week. ' - ,f-v J
While here, Mrs. Hurt and Mrs.
Kornegay .visited Onslow County
Association and were observers at
a chest clinic there, :.;-3 . j -:
Vols EmpSoymeni
Rcpresenfafive To
Do In Couniy -
Mr. W. R. Daniel. Veterans Em
ployment Representative, will.be
i in Warsaw Wednesday, August 13,
1947, 10:00 a. m. -12:00 noon, over
the Quinn Wholesale Company, and
In the Community Building in Wal
lace Wednesday, 1:30. p. m. - 3:00
p. m. Employers, organizations, and
veterans having employment . or
rn.tViA.1nK training nrohlems may
. ntact Mr. "Daniel at the above
. I .'-e men and five , wc aea
' " far work In Taii" t '
f 'ven trcr r ! '
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EURE JOHNSON
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"Glt along old Paint it's time
your tears are dried, I'm headln'
for the last Round-up."
That's not a very optimistic in
troduction for a story about a man
who is getting along in years but
when I begin to think about what
to write, and knowing he was a
painter, by- profession, the above
lines came to mind. "Paint" was
the name of the horse in the song
and Eure's paint brush has bright
ened many a borne in Duplin Coun-
"Eure Johnson" has become an
almost legendary character W,Ke
nanavflle.' Noearf-palffhjthe
count house but Mr. Eure. Every
kid in town knows him and Mr. I
Eure Knows every kid. He lives at
the Bowden house and wo: ks wlion
he takera notion. ' -
. A native of Beulaville, Mr. Eure
has adopted Kenansville for his
home now and seemi to enjoy liv-1
ing here. - " .' .
Grady 7 Outlaw Reunion Is
Scheduled For August 30f h
i The Executive Committee of the
Grady-Outlaw Literary 8c Histoiir
cal Association met at Maxwell's
Mill on Sunday, vAugust 3rd., 1947,
Ihd the following proceedings were
had:
The Reunion was ordered held
on Saturday, August 30th., 1047, at
the B. F. Grady High School in Al
bertson Township. Duplin County.
1. John D. Grady volunteered
and was appointed Chairman of a
Committee to place and arrange
the stable,, with power to "call in
such . help as might sbe needed.
Warren Maxwell, and Alvin Kor
negay were requested to assist him;
2. The following Committee on
Entertainments, and- Refreshments
were appointed: Ben Frank Outlaw,
Faison Smitlv Susie Smith, Annie
Outlaw Parker, Annie Maxwell Out
law. . i
3. It wasilrected that all local
members of the Association be re
quested to provide Tea, to be dis
pensed under the direction of the
Committee on Entertainments. -'
4. Lewis W. Outlaw was ap
pointed a special Committee to di
rect the placing and parking ot au
tomobiles,, with the assistance of
the Boy Scouts. ; ':-: .
5.' The following were appoint
ed as a Committee on Decorations:
Lucy K. Grady, Lee Maxwell, Dora
Gray. Waters, and such others as
they may call upon for assistance.
6, Committee on Musical En
tertainment: James R. Grady with
his band, assisted by Mra, Lucy.K.
Grady and Mrs. Florrie Byrd as
Pianists, c r.;
, . 7. Committee on Introduction
of Visitors: Malcom L. Grady, as
sisted by Mlttie Ruth Wallace and
Bvelyn Kornegay, with the 'help
of Alonzo Outlaw and Wllma Lois
Adams. . ' '.a
, 8. ' Committee to Introduce Ex
Service Men and -Women: John
Dave Grady. ' . , ;'.
. 9.' The following Ushers were
-ramed: Elizabeth Kornegay, Chair-
nan, Je-"el Ann EhepaM, Emma
" "n f ' Joyce Smith, Lugene
Ii, 1 y C1" "y, r.u'.h Teacbpy,
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Mr." Eure, like all loyal sons,
loved his parent. He fondly tells
stories about his ydunger days with
he and bis .mother, "Ma."
Recently he- showed us an old
advertisement of the Geo. W.
Helm Co. All you older women,
snuff dippers, know who this com
pany Is; makers of "Railroad Mills
('snuffs. It is an Interesting folder
carrying a calendar of the .year
1886. Illustrations through it show
ed colored "Dinah" being wooed.
Finally' her wanted to be husband
presented her with a box of snuff
and she gave inland mauled him.
v All this has nothing Jn particu
lar to do with Mr. Eure. ' ; jr'
He is the son of the late Mr: and
! Mnu Bill Johnson and one who
has always practiced the Fourth
.Commandment about honoring thy
.' father and thy another. Eure is an
i excellent addition to Kenansville
and a loss to Beulaville.
Raymond Adams of the University
of North Carolina be invited by
Mrs. Annie M. Outlaw to attend the
Reunion and speak briefly on the
subject of his own selection.
It was ordered that these minutes
be published in the following pa
pers: :,.
- Moilnt Olive Tribune, Goldsboro
News-Argus, Kinston Free Press,
Duplin Times, Sampson News, and
The News & Observer.
It is i hoped that all members of
the Grady-Outlaw Clan will attend
this meeting, and bring baskets of
food, We expect to have a large
crowd this year. There is plenty
of shade, and visiting members
will not be incommoded by , the
heat as was the case several years
ago. . ' '
Pine Crest, N. C. near New Bern,
August, 5th., 1947. N
- . Henry A. Grady, President
- A. T. Outlaw, Secy.-Treas.
Jurors Listed
' The following jurors have been
drawn for service in General Coun
ty Court for September 8th:
. Eldridge Teachey, Daniel
Cruse, B, G. .Holmes, Mrs. Inez
Sandlin, C. Rayford HancheyWill
Whaley, L. W. Wells, C. W. Surratt,
.Jr., Faison Smith, Roy Kennedy,
Clute RlvenbarV r. D. English,
James T. Taylor, C. H. Wells, M.
fi. Brock. W. R. Clifton, M. J.
Hanchey, Chancey Ivey Smith, J.
T. Frederick, Victor T. Carr, Mrs.
Lola- Mae Owens, Oscar Brown, A.
J, Register, and J. P. Owens,
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Compared with other States,
North Carolina ranks third in total
cf ire"' 's f f --rm mar-"--i
'. 1" " ii t if i i-
Septembers
Governor Cherry has snnkpn If
the dally press Is correct. The Gov
ernor has received some criticism
in regards to the Rich Square rape
case. Some said he stuck his neck
out.
The Grand Jury under solemn
oath, reported to Judge Frizzelle
this week no true bill in 4he chai
ges against "Budfly" Bush, charged
with attempted rape of a white wo
man in'Rieh Square, Northampton
County. There may have been justifiable-grounds
for such finding.
But - But - The same Grand Jury,
under the same solemn oath, found
no true bill of indictment against
seven white men who went Into
the Northampton County jail and
at pistol point took Bush from the
jail in an alleged lynch attempt.
Governor Cherrv savs snmpthini
must be done and has called in the
State Attorney General to assist
in me- matter, uovernor Cherry
savs he will name a SuDerlor Court
Judge to act as a commiting mag
istrate to hear evidence. No doubt
an indictment will be brought.
I do not Question the mntivps nf
the members Of the Grand Jurv
but law and order must be main
tained, one way or another and
uovernor unerry - nas chosen the
"other". We, Salute You Governor.
, DUPLINITE . IN GUAM .
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- Attractive Lt. Mary V. Gooding,
of Wallace, N. C, an Army Nurse
with 13 months in the E. T. O. with
the 115th General Hospital in Eng
land and the 199th General Hospi
tal m France, volunteered for duty
in the Pacific. '
The Army Nurse was photograph
ed in Guam where she rested while
her plane was refueling for the rest
of the trip to Tokyo where she will
be assigned. She arrived in thePa
cifio from the Station Hospital at
Fort Bragg. r
TAX
COLLECTIONS
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Tax Collector I. W. Henderson re
ported to the Board of Commission
ers Monday that bis office collect
ed $4,327.28 in taxes during July.
Officers Installed
Legion Aux. Post
' An installation of officers of the
Simmons, Mewborn, Turner Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary Post No 3.97
was held at Grady, School Friday
night,' August 1st? , ,
-Grand Master Ray. Galloway ef
Wilmington was the guest speaker.
, Officers Installed, were: Miss
Bessie Kornegay, Pres.: Mrs. C. S.
Thompson, Vice Pres.; Mrs. Carrie
Stroud,. Secty-Treas.; Mrs. J. H.
Byrd, Sgt at Arms. ' 0 '
-Mrs. Warren Maxwell was named
chairman of a program committee,
with others to be announced at an
early date. The auxiliary hopes to
get down t? some real work by the
time school opens or soon there
after. ' ' " w'
Mrs. Egbert Grady was unani
mously elected pianist by the or
ganization. V . I ;' i "
The general Quality of the tobac
co sola did not measure up to that
of the first two days cf t' e cason.
r-wevw, it still cop "" 1 f-vor
' :f-''' r 'iff rly
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Harold D. Hales, 22, son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. B. Hales, of Rt. 1, War
saw, died Monday afternoon imme
diately .following electrocution
while at work with the A. J. Jen
kins construction company ot vv&i
saw, on a job in Wallace.
The accident occurred at 1:05 p.
m. as young Hales, a lineman, about
two-thirds way up a poe v;a -. .h jcl:
ed when he came in contact with
a live wire, carrying a high voltage.
His foreman, H. M. ' Touchberry,
farther up the pole, hurried down
to aid the stricken youth, clipper
the . wires and administered p 3ie
top resucitation, which was un
successful. He was lowered to the
ground and two Wallace c'octors
summoned while artificial respira
tion was being administe; ed. Mr.
Touchberry rushed Hales t5 Jamo
Walker Hospital in Wilmington ty
ambulance, giving artificial respira
tion all the way, but he wrt dead
upon arrival at the hospital.
Yoang Hales had been with the,
Jenkins Construction Co. off and
on over a period of fivo years, ser
ving on jobs at Seymour Johnson
Field, Camp Davis, Ft Fisher ar d
other Army camps, before gcl.ig
into the" Army wliere he ?ervvd for
over two years in Italy. Since his
discharge he has been in .school
at Louisburg College where he has
been taking aa electrical engineer
ing course, working with Jenkins
on summer vacations.
Funeral services were held from
the Baptist Church, of which he
was a faithful member, Wednesday
afternoon at 3 o'clock with his pas
tor, th? Rev. G. Van Stephens, offi
ciating. Survivng are his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Hales, two sis
ters, Mrs. Francis Fussell of Clin?
ton and Mrs. Donald Campbell of
Cincinnati, Ohio; two brothers,
Earl, of Boston, Mass., and Char
les, of the home.
. .The 'following served as pall
bearers: Robert Blackmore, Bobby
EourfhAYifeAffenipfs Preifefiji;-
AFmhByP
By a process of elimination, that
is eliminating the husband, Bea twite
Loftin, 55 year old negro woman,
4th wife of Soloman Loftin of Fai
son, attempted to do away with
him last Saturday at their home
in Faison. Beatrice put rat poison
in Soloman's biscuits. Soloman,
already suspicious that something
might be up, concealed himself,
according to reports, and watched
his wife prepare the biscuit dough,
he seized the biscuits and turned
them over to officers. They were
immediately sent away for a chem
ical, analysis. No arrest was made
then, awaiting a. report from the
chemist.
Peaviiie" Reynolds
County Mgr. Robeson
Lumberton, Aug. 4. W. D. Rey
nolds "Peavine" as he was known
In Duplin County, of Charlotte, '
farm demonstration agent of Meck
lenburg County and a former Robe
son County farm agent, aws ap
pointed Robeson County Manager
by the County Board of Commiss
ioners today, succeeding Ed K.
Butler, who died last July 11 after
serving 15 years.
Mrs. Mary Lois Allen McLeod has
been acting manager since Butlei
became ill several months age.
Chairman C. A. Hasty stated that
Reynolds accepted the new ap
Diefell To Fill
Pulpit Here Sunday
John Diefell, manager of Collins
Store in Wallace and owner of Die
fell's Department Store in La
Grange, will fill the pulpit at Grove
Presbyterian church here Sunday
morning, Mr. DiefeH is a Deacon
in the . Wallace Presbyterian
chnrch.
Pink Hillians
Attend School
Flavius and "Pete" . Williamson
of Pink Hill have returned .from
Charlotte and, Refeigh where they
attended Service Schools of . the
BENriX Washing machine ironers
aid t!-yers. They are c vtribetors
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Gaylor, Henry Merritt, James Sut
ton, Elbert Matthis, H. M. Touch
berry, Bill Best and Andrew Mc
Gowen. " ,
The following served as flower
girls: Anne Holmes and Betty Hall
of Rose Hill; Frances' Stephens,
Elois Williams, Ann Nell Parker,
Mrs. H. M. Touchberry, "Kitten"
Miller, Jean Miller, Mrs. Maurice
Jordon, Margaret Miller, Mrs. Bill
Bartlett, Margaret Peirce, Mrs. Bm
Hkett Roark, Helen West, Grace Re-
vell, Nellie Gray Matthis, Mrs. H.
C. Allen, Jr., Hazel Strickland, Mef
jones Cooper and Mrs. Burman
Lloyd.
- Mr. A. J. Jenkins, expressing his
deep regret over the accident, re
ferred to Harold as one of the fin
est boys ever to serve in his employ.
Throughout his long years of con
trading work, Mr. Jenkins said,
this ic the first off-ground accident
his company has ever had to re
port - -l "
oisonim
Husband
Monday Beatrice confessed she
put rat poison in the biscuit dough.
She was arrested and lodged in
jail here on a charge of assault
with intent to kill. Wednesday she
was released under a $2,000 bond.
She will be tried at the next term
of criminal court which cenvenes
on September 29th.
Reports say they had been hav
ing domestic trouble and Soloman
had susplcioned his wife of at
tempting to poison his bogs.
So, it appears that Beatrice's
process of elimination may have
eliminated herself and paved the
way for Soloman to seek himself
a fifth wife.
Accepts Post
County
pointment this afternoon by tele
phone. The new County Manager
was a popular and efficient farm
agent in this county for six years,
resigning in 1944 to accept the
Mecklenburg position on Decem
ber 1, of that year.
He came to Robeson in January
1939. from Duplin County, where1
he' had been farm Agent for two
years. A native of Clinton, he was
graduated from N. C. State College
in 1931, taught agriculture at Lill
ington and became assistant farm
agent in Harnett County before
taking the post in Duplin.
Katz Enjoys
Atlantic City
Simon Katz of Katz Department
Store in Warsaw has just returned
from Atlantic City. Mr. Katz says
he saw many of his old friends,
seme he hadn't seen In over 20
years; said it was the finest vaca
tion, he has -enjoyed in years.
Loaded Truck
Kills Cow
A cow, the property of Dempsey
Smith, on the Pink Hill-Kenansville
Boad, was killed by a truck on the
highway near the Smith residence
Satardey : afternoon. .The truek,
which Was loaded with tobacco and
iheaded ier a Georgia' market at
the time. In tne accident a head
light was broken and the bumper
was t-ftra fcff. The truek was sent
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Sari Francisco, July 31. (Special)
Fred W.' Smith, Ventura, Calif.,
is the new president of the Interna
tional Association of Lions Clubs.
He was advanced by unanimous
vote from the first vice-presidency
at the 30th annual convention of the -
Association which closed here to.
day. Smith succeeds Clifford D.
Pierce, of Memphis Tenn. .
The convention concluded thm .
most Successful vear in the hfonn,
of Lions International, according
to tne report made by the Secre-
tarv General and Fmmrior mi,hm
Jones, of Chicago, III. He reported '
rriA . tnimatinH nw u'Ji w i -'
elubs and the addition of 47,332
men to the roster of the Association
in the 12-months period ending
June 3, i47, for, a total of 6,117
clubs and 326,448 members. He
stated that a Lions cluh ws Mfnh-
lished In mid-July at Lismore, New
boutn wales, Australia, and that
there are TJnna nluK In id m.n
tries. Lions International, he added,
is now the largest, strongest and
most active1 service club organlza-;
tion in the world. , ,
Smithj in accepting the presiden
cy, said, "My first official act as ;
President of Lions International la '
to hand our beloved Secretary
General a call for a meeting of the
Board of Directors of this Assoc
iation, and call for a meeting of
the Board of International Rela
tions, both to be held at the Wal
dorf Astoria Hotelin New. York
City, October. Z7-28..1947. These-.
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meetings are timed to take place
during the fortheomiAg session of
the General Assembly of the United
Nations, and we expect to have an
opportunity to participate to some
extent in the meetings of the Gen
eral Assembly;' to acquaint the.
Lions attending these meetinra
With some of the inner workinm nf
mat body and, in turn, to nave the
deleeates to the General Asumihl '
to become acquainted with our Lion
leaders .... , -
i leei comiaent urat vou in tnt
ereat audience todav. renreoefMnff.1
as you do the business and profess
ional people of 19 nations will
stand solidly behind the program
of world peace which vour Assorts. '
tinn has n1nntpH Atirl fhn vm, will -
act as one in advocating that your
respective governments take a defi- -nite
stand against any nation or
anyone who would disroot the
peace of the world." -. -
Two Week Civil
Court Convene Here
Aug. 25; Judge John
J.
Judge John J. Burney of Warning '
ton will preside over a two week ';
term of Civil Court here commen
cing August 25th. The following
jurors have been drawn:
First Week, Aug. 26th
D. D. Sandlin,. J. D. West, E. V.
Vestal, Jaok Johnson,. Mrs. Lather
Lanier, Edward Brown, I. W. Jones,
J. W. Warren, Jr., Roland Jannan,
J. W. Hillard, Jr.. Richard Pickett,
G. P. King, McKoy Kennedy, J. H.
Sheffield, R. C. Gresham, Forney
H. Houston, Ray Williams, Edwin
D. Wells, Jr., C. D. Sloan, P. D.
Tr.., . 11 o T T-: T v r .
Jno. F. Noecker, D. P. Sellars, Sam '
W. Newton, Harry Mathis, H. V..'
Boney, Mrs. D. H. McCullen, A. C
Lockamy. Bert Grady, Wesley Gur
ganus, James Brock, Leadie Riven- '
bark, R. A.' Best, Johnnie Jones,
and W. T. Knowles.
Second Week, Sept 1st
W. E. Carlton, Frank Mercer,.
L. B. Thomas, Sr., Raymond Sum
ner, L. Veachj J. L. Whitfield,
D. J. Simsnons, Richard Padrick,
W. L. Thomas, Sr J. D. HalL J.
H. Brice. Willard Blizzard, J. H.
Whaley, N. C. Fouhtain, G. D. Wa
ters, , Berry Raynor, J. Edward
Johnson, -Jennings Bryan Penney,
LeMnd R. Bradshaw, J, D. Blanton,
Ly ; Tadlock, 'Edwin C; Brown,
Clarence Houston, Charlie Teachey,
Jr., Carl R. Wood, T. W. Brogdf"',
Henry C. , Baker, Luther Ets' T
T.(K. Byrd, Vest on P.'n, '
f-IOett, D. D. "