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VOLUME NUMBER SIXTEEN
Saga Of Men Against The Sand
' Mr. J. K. uraay, t-tuior: 1 nonce
in the Duplin Timet that you have
J .AmA AAmmantfl nnnrt fit A no.
tition filed by the A & C Railroad
from Warsaw to KenansviUe to be
permitted to abandon that line. In
this you say that the farmers will
be deprived of getting their fertili
ser over this road. Some farmers
will no doubt be put to other means
of getting fertilizer. However, the
greater part of the fertilizer used
is taken directly, to the farmer's
barn by company trucks, and the
railroad tfets nothing. There is one
large fertilizer dealer, a patron of
- the road, and the other shipments
both for the town and surrounding
country are small) and all combined
will not in the future keep the road
out of the red. The Wells-Oates
L largest shipper, and I am informed
that they have about cut out all
their holdings, and that will mean
.that there wilL In a short time be
no sawmill and no pay roll at Ke-
; . aansville. J have been employed tc
file the petition, and secure the
necessary permission. I approach
cms law wiin ine reeling ox one
who holds to the nose of an old.
dose that will put him out of his
". V Mt 1 1 J i. 4.
- misery. nave no uiuuiuiu interest
-In the road, it having long since
, passea ; into ine nanus 01 persons
for whom I was not attorney. Mr.
V A i i m 1 li e .1 Ml .
chcracters I ever knew, and I built
that road. I begged the right of
- way, and rich and poor, as one man,
( came 10 my assistance, we cnaner-
ed and organized same, and put it
in operation. " At that time there
v was a deep sand road to Magnolia.
' No way to get out except to walk.
which I have done many a time,
day and night, ride a mule, of
rborrow a buggy. Half a day to go,
nd a like time to get back, carts
stn'gling through the sand, bring
ing In the few necessities of life
' U1U UM W UV JU JW1UUI3TUH), JUl
you wanted to get a trunk out or
back, you had to charter some col-
ored man. with his lean tenm about
a week before hand, to pull your
belongings through" the sand -and
mud. Lawyers came and cpent two
weeks at the Bowden house, at
. tending ; court, and eating fried
' chicken. I have seen : the whole
- crowd' leave town In a wagon
drawn by two mules, through a
snow, the presiding judge in the
company, with nothing to warm
him unless the natives took nlty on
him. .
- Those were the good old days.
;Mr. J, E. Jerritt, young and enthu
P. J. C. Goes Over
Top In Drive For
' Maxton, Jan. 5 - Presbyterian
Junior College has successfully
completed Its campaign for a $150,
. 000 endowment to meet, the require
ments of the Southern Association
of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
, Announcement of attaining the
: aoal in a drive that has been under
way for several months was made
today by Edwin Pate of Laurin
burg, chairman of the Board of
Trustees.-. y---y-a-:'''y'y'yyyy
Patn expressed thanks in behalf
of the trustees "to all those whose
fills and efforts helped make the
campaign a success." .r;.;;-'"
Several days of grace were al
lowed to permit receipt of Hte
conations before final tabulatio l
as made. The .closing date was
r ..Ler 31. -.:,,iv-vc--.-;.
. C..t cf the $150,099.02 currently
r ' 1, $3,140 Win pledges, S43
Z H i Lving endowment, and $103,-
::;siDre
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.j LrUcrsaw
D. C. tliller ot Warsaw announ
i the opening' of the Warsav
crs Exchange. The Exchange,
c per&tive organization, is de
1 to eliminate the middle man,
r m possible, between the pro-.-
1 the farmer in farm sup-
C, l iter known as Charlie,
' vUa and varied experi
1 v ith farmers and
. is the son of
-. n. c
en Mn
in
siastic, came to the road as Mr.
Turnbull's General Manager. " He
began his life with the Great Nor
thern, James J. Hill's road from
Chicago to the Pacific He was run
ning as express Agent from Wil
mington to New York, at that time
He was from Wisconsin, Mr. Turn
bull's friend and neighbor. We all
know and love him. He is n railroad
man In every sense of the word.
We hauled about 120 car loads of
fertilizer tl.e first year. Mr. Pick
ett said that he saved enough the
first yew ot operation to pay all
the taxes that the bond issue cost
him. We took over the U. S. Mail,
and had two malls out and in for
many years, including Sunday mall.
Before the railroad came we had
blue Sundays and blue lav.s in Ke
nansviUe no Sunday paner.
Then came the road building,
money spent by Duplin County and
the State. The State and public
authorities have tried to parallel
every railroad in the state and they
have paralleled this one w.th High
way 24, whUh will be a U. S. High
way. The trucks have taken over
the business, and unless vou specify
railroad shipments in cities of near
by states, they will not ship by
railroad. The drummer comes one
day, and the truck the next, and
sometimes after the drummer sells
a bill he runs right out to his car
and brings it in. The road is losing
money and there is no hope of
. .wtHno nrmah h.inp hi.
to help us. All railroads are goina ,
back, and you are not going to hear
of many more strikes 01 railroads.
You will more likely hear-of the
employees pulling some one young
er off the job to take it fur himself.
- The public, the politicians and
the jury are not always friendly
to railroads. Few of them arc now
paying a dividend. YOU spoke to
m about persons who might be
interested in the purchase of the
road. I have nc authority to make
any contract and do no make any
here, but I will use my good offi
ces with the management to S4ll
the road, its right of way, ICC feet
wide, and the steel on same tiiia
is all it owns, at the market price
for the steel. That will give you the
road bd, the ties, and the right of
way without cost The deeds are on
the record, most of the originals
tying in my name and X have them
yet So if you and your friends
want it. communicate with Mr. B.
H. Oates of Kenans vill), who will
be glad to talk to you.
Vours truly,
L. A. Beasley.
The
Funds
410.02 in cash and invested funds.
"It is to be hoped that late gifts
will provide the fund a margin
above the minimum needs," said
Pate. :
In making the announcement,
Patedeclared; "It is a pleasure, to
announce the success of the cam
paign. We hope other gifts will be
ren. in to provide a grat'f ing mar
I gin atove the minimum goal. In
Ithe name of the trustees of Pres-
f byterian Junior College, I wish to
express our- tnanks to all those
who gave of their meant and tim
This endowment will permit mem
bership in the regional accredi
ting association and gives the col
lege added stability and assured
permanency. The new year opens
the door of opportunity for great
er educational excellent and in
creasing service to young people.'
riculture In Bladen County. Prior
to entering the Army he was as
sociated with the Farm Security
Administration In Franklin Coun
ty. He was in service for 3V years,
26 months of that time being in
England. . f-v
Returning from the Army he re
sumed work with the Farm Secu
rity Administration and Is now
stationed in the Warsaw office.
Seeing an opening for a FCX
store in Warsaw he secured the
franchise and opened this week.
Lonnie Gardner is manager of the
Store.' '-vZ'V
Mr. Miller pointed out that one
of the features of an FCX operated
?nr is the divi 'ir,1 pyw?ts. At
KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
BOB GRADY
SAYS
Hospital Out For Time Being
It appears that the possibilities
of a hospital for Duplin at the pres
ent are out.
County Auditor F. W. McGowen
has been in communication with
the State authorities on State and
Federal Aid. He has received an
estimate of initial cost and main
tenance. The Board of County
Commissioners has given the mat
ter careful study, with a favorable
attitude, but it appears our county
is just not financially able to
match the undertaking at present.
We just owe too much money with
what we have already undertaken.
This writer has advocated for a
number of years a consolidation of
our Health and Welfare Depart
ments. Of course this can't be
done except on a state-wide basis.
There is simply too much overlap
ping in this work. If we could have
converted our county "home into a
clinical hospital, consolidated the
work of the health and welfare de
partments with this clinic, we
could have achieved the seme goal
and laid the foundation tor a real
county hospital.
Many people feel that those able
to pay would not support a county
hospital; that such a hospital would
be for charity I don't question
their thought in this direction but
I still believe a hospital in Duplin
County will b. worthwhile no
not a paying proposition - none of
them do pay but with medical
facilities we can attract more doc
tors and goodness knows we need
them.
In my opinion the intention of
the State and Federal and Medical
Care Set-Up is to help STaller and
strictly rural counties Use Duplin.
Flying Parson
Flys To Florida
Rev. J .G. Morrison, Presbyterian
preacher of KenansviUe, flew to
Florida-Wednesday in Tax collect
or Gilbert Alphin's 2 passenger
Aeronca plane.
Mr. Morrison took off from the
Alphin a'r field at Summerlin'3
Crossroads Wednesday morning at
8:30. He stopped in Clinton and
picked up a passenger, Dr. Williams
of RoEeboro, and joined four other
planes in the flight They had
lunch at Georgetown, S. C, and
Spent the night in Jacksonville, Fla.
' Thursday morning they took off
for Miami, Fla., and landed there
around noon.
The party is attending the a':
races at Miami. While there Mr
Morrison is visiting two brothers
and a sister. He will return on
Tuesday of next week.
Superior Court
Jurors Duplin
(Criminal)
Jurors for Duplin Superior Court
(CrimLial) fcr January 20, 1948 are
as follows: '
Foy Goodman, Robert Grady, A.
O. Fussell, Johnnie W. Stallings,
Maurice Sloan, Jesse Brock, L. A.
Brock, Geo. T, Blanton, J.A Swin-
son, Vick H. Simmons, Alton C.
Smith, Lewis A. Williams, L. H.
Usherr Edward B. Hawes, Amos
Jones, C. F. Holland, John Ivev
Kennedy, Johnnie A. Harrell, Dew
ey Brown, Berry Maready, Claudle
Sumner, O. L. Holland, G. L.
Brown, J. C Brown, Paul Souther-
land, H. B. Kornegay, William L.
Miller, Afton Pierce, B. F. Brock,
Joe Rackley, W. P. Brown, W. L.
Smith, J. R. Kelly, G. C. Sloan, N.
P. Blanchard, G. H. Wilson, Coy
Carter, S. G. Jones, McCoy Sum-
merlin, N. B. Smith, S. E. Caven
aUgh, R. A. Bstts, Judson Kinney,
D. D. Williams, Geo. W. Sumner,
C. D. English, David R Johnson.
Lewis T. Fountain J. E. Grady,
Clinton CampbeU, Albert X Wd
Iiams, -fcuther Brown, T. W. Brog-
der, C. V. Brooks, Jr., M. D Garner,
Nick Edwards, M..T. Bonham, Al-
onza Pate, Luther H. Bradshaw, Jr..
I. C. Ennis, Troy DaiL J. W. Hoi
"rh, J. D. Outlaw, JfwTey
' . o. J. Y --1- IT. G. r "h
Duplin County farmers will soon
have a chance to participate in an
all out fight against rats. Plans for
the war on rats were made at a
meeting Friday afternoon, Jan. 2.
County Health Officer, County
Sanitarian, Home Demonstration
Agents, Soil Conservationist, and
County Agents discussed and plan
ned a county wide campaign.
Sufficient Red Squill Rat Bait,
which is relatively harmless to farm
animals, will be mixed' and pack
aged ready for use on the farm
and around the home, with in
structions on how it should be put
out.
Orders for" this bait are now be
ing taken at the Home Agent's and
County Agent's office. Any person
interested in joining in this Anti
Rat program is requested to place
their order for the bait at once.
The bait will be packaged in 3 lb
cartons, the amount recommended
for the average farm or home. The
cost of the 3 pounds will be $1.00,
which is to take care of the necess
ary Ingredients, mixing, packtg
ing and cartons. The bait will be
mixed during the week of Febru
ary 9, and delivered to a point in
the various communities where the
person participating may call for
it and put it out that night.
Practically every farm ;n Duplin
County is providing wonderful
hiding places and plenty of food
and water for rats. It is estimated
that rat destruction amounts to
over $200,000.00 annually in Dup
lin County. Enlist today In this.
ALL-OUT War against Rats, and
encourage your neighbors to do the
same.
Don't Forget It's
Tax Listing Time
In Duplin County
The Township List Takers urge
you to List your property early
this month and avoid the last min
ute rush.
All real property will be listeJ
at the valuation .at which it was
assessed for county taxes last year
unless it has increased in value to
the extent of more than one hund
red dollars by virtue of improve
ments or appurtenances added
since the last assessment of such
property, or unless if it has de
creased in value to the extent of
more than one hundred dollars by
virtue of improvements or appurte
nances damaged, destroyed or re
moved since the last assessment of
such property.
Under our tax laws all property
real and - personal, shall as far as
practicable, be valued at its true
value in money, and taxes levied
shall be levied uniformly on valu
ations so determined. The intent
and purpose of our tax laws is to
have all property and subjects of
taxation assessed, at their true val
ue in money, in such manner as
such property and subjects are usu
ally sold, but not by forced sal',
thereof, and the words "market
value", "true value", or "cash val- i
ue", shall be held to mean for what
the property and subjects can b
transmuted into cash when sold
in such manner as such property
and subjects are usually sold.
Farmers are urged to be prepar
ed to give correct farm census in
formation when they list their
taxes.
Township List Takers are: Al-
bertson - Mrs. Hess Davis; Cypt-i
ress Creek - Jack J. Lanier; Fair
son - Mrs. Bessie S. Williams; Glis
son - George D. Waters: Island
Creek - Mrs. Leland G. Teachev:
Keoansville - Mrs. Myrtle K.
Quinn; Limestone - Mrs. O. Q. La
nier; Magnolia Mrs. Herman Pip
pin; Rockfish - G. H. Blanton; Rose
Hill - Mrs. Lenford Fussell; Smith
- Cleon Smith; Warsaw - Miss Sa
die Bennett;. Wolf scrape - Mrs
George B, Kornegay:
Lighting Contest
Winners Here
;. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Brlnson were
winners of the first prize, $25, in
the KenansviUe lighting contest
First prize was given by the local
Lions Club. ' y. v
Second pr'ze, a table model radio,
given by the KenansviUe Drug
Store, went to Mr. and Mrs. H. D.
McKay. : .. -. .... . .
Third prize, a two year subsorin'-
tinn to the DirHn T::'!,"s, went to
FRIDAY,
A. T.l Outlaw Files Annual Report
Income
Town Of Faison Shows Growth
During 1947; 8 New Homes
The year 1947 was a year of
progress for the town of Faison.
according to estimates supplied by
Mrs. Dorothy Armstrong, town
clerk.
Eight new homes were comple
ted in the town's city limits. Con
servative estimate of the value of
these new dwellings is $30,000. In
addition a number of new residen
ces were built in the rural section
adjacent to the community.
Three new business houses were
completed during the year at an
estimated investment, of $15,000.
New and enlarged facilities for
the Faison farm produce market
were placed in operation for the
Base Ball Training School Announced
In Warsaw; New Manager Is Hired
A. L. Cavenaugh of Warsaw an-
nouneed Thursday that a Player-
Manager of the Warsaw Baseball
Club has been hired for the 1948
season.
The new manager is Sam Gibson
of High Point a veteran player of
much experience. Mr. Gibson has
played on some of the larger teams
in the country, Including Detroit,
San Francisco, Portland and Tor-
Quarterly Conference In
Warsaw Methodist Church
The Rev. A. M. Williams, pastor
of the Warsaw Methodist Church
announces that the First Quarterly
Conference oi ine Warsaw Charge
will be held in the Warsaw Meth
odist church, Sunday, Jan. 11, at
7:30 p. m. Dr. E. L. Hillman, the
new District Superintendent of the
March Of Dimes
Will Roll Jan. 15-30
Leaders Will Manage Annual Drive
For Funds To Combat Polio.
Tnc 1918 "March of Dimes" drive
for funds to combat infantile para
lysis will be concentrated in two
weeks, January 15 to 30. This is a
cause always dear to the hearts oi
Duplin County people, and Iien .fi
should again go over the top in
splendid fashion.
I The Duplin County chairman is
1 Mr- H- E- Phillips; chairman of tte
lunri-raising committee is ur. J.
W. Straughan, while Mr. E. C.
Sanderson is treasurer. Tte stand
ing of these gentlemen over the
county is a guarantee of success of
the conrig campaign. Watch the
Duplin Times in the coming issues
for further information.
Jurors Duplin
County Court
Jurors for the Feburary term of
County Court are listed as follows
V. B. Blanchard, Geo. W. S win-
eon, w. J. Sanderson, lwis u.
King, H. A. Carroll, Edward R.
Lewis, Joseph J. Wells, John Thig-
pen, J. F. Turner, D. H. McKay,
Buck Hill, Luther Miller, Thomas
W. Smith, Sam Jones, C. R. La-
wards, Johnnie Dixon, J. J. Math
ews, O. G. Brown, Jasper J. Her
ring, Flave Kennedy, Leonard
Grady. M. D. Davis, Dewey Brad
shaw, P. C. Teachey, Leon Lanier,
W. I Floyd, Wilbert Carter, Watus
Cavenaugh, Claude R. Rouse, U
B. Mathews.
Notice B.F.G.
The B. F. Grady PTA 3
meet Monday, January 12 at
t:3 P. M. la t" s siocl t; "1-
JANUARY 9th., 1948
Of Office Shows Increase
first time. Volume of sales on the
market was satisfactory consider
ing the crop conditions. Average
price was high.
The Faison auction market op
erators expect that more attention
will be paid to truck crops next
year and that volume of sales on
the FaiFon market will continue to
grow. Faison has long been known
as the world's largest cucumber
market.
The year closing saw steady
growth for the Cates Pickle Com
pany. This industry is the largest
employer of labor in the Immed
iate section of Faison.
! onto, Canada.
He will report for duty tn Marcn
."!. Training season starts Apr ' 1st.
A training school will be run in
I Warsaw for any prospective playei
in uupun iruin xnaicii viu iu Ap
ril 1st. The school is open to any
one regardless of age except high
school boys.
1 Mr. Gibson is married and has
one son.
Wilmington District, will preach at
this hour and conduct the business
session of the conference immedi
ately afterward. The public is cor
dially invited to the worship ser
vice at 7:30. Church service at the
usual hour on Sunday morning at
11 a
m.
torium.
Misses Kornegay and West
brook and their 7th traders
are preparing an enriching
program of music apprecia
tion. A full attendance is anti
cipated. The change of time from
7:15 to 6:30 is due to a paid
program being scheduled for
7:30.
Safe And Cash
Still Missing
A wall safe stolen from the C&B
Supermarket in Wallace and In
which was $1,932.94, has not been
found. Wallace police and the State
FBI are Investigating.
The safe was stolen on the night
of December 23, when burglars
pried bars from a vent hole and
made entrance into the building.
The safe was taken from the wall
and carried out the back door.
Only possible clue to the identi
fication of the burglars were sev
eral sets of fingerprints on the wall
where the safe was located, accord
ing to Wallace police.
Sprunf Newton
Visits Old Home
James Sprunt Newton, Fayette-
ville attorney and native of near
KenansviUe, spent a couple of days
in and around KenansviUe this
week. He visited old friends and
neighbors in Stockinghead, where
he was born and reared. Mr. New
ton said he was anxious to get back
and visit friends In many sections
of the county. It was suggested to
him that he and Judge Grady get
together.. While in KenansviUe he
spent the Bight with Postmaster
"Leg" Williams. He Is a first cou
sin of Mrs. Williams, Sara and
I" : 'y rjwtsa la Kenansv-le,
Register of Deeds A. T. Outlaw
has made his annual repcrt to tl.e
Board of CoUnty Commissioners. A
brief resume of the work of the
office showing total number of va
rious duties performed during th
year, is as follows: deeds, 1411;
deeds of trust and mortgages, 1112;
liens, 3360; chattels,2541; notes and
contracts? 679; miscellaneous, 156;
Dirth registration and copy, 75;
birth and marriage certificates, 728;
-narripfie l'fenses. 217; threshers
licenses, 11; death certificates, 26;
record copy, 38.
Total income for the year for
services performed was $7378.25.
Mr. Outlaw made the following
statement concerning the work of
his office:
The above, total collection Oi.
$7378 25 is the largest in the his
tory of this office. The increase of
$880-85 over the previous year Is
accounted for in the number oi
deeds of trust, mortgages, liens
and chattels.
All service, to veterans, such -s
recording discharges, making ci
tified copies and certificates, ia
without charge. This service on a
regular charge basis would Increase
the receipts of this office to at least
$10,000.
All cancellation of deeds of trust,
mortgages, liens and chattels, is
without charge and has now be-
I come a big item among the duties
perf0rmed by this office.
During the past two years this
office has made three completely
new and up-to-date indexes as fol
lows: One of all Vital ' Statistics
i births and deaths) covering the
entire record from the year 191j
up to date. One of all recorded
Army and Navy discharges cover
ing both World Wars. And One
of all liens and chattels from Janu
ary. 1942, up to date. The cancell
ations shown on the margin of this
new Index is an important improve
ment in the service of this office
These new indexes, by private con
tract, would have cost the County
at least $2000. and has been done
by the regular office force.
The receipts of this office, con
sidering the vast amount of work
without charge, greatly exceed the
cost of operation.
All fees collected are pail over
monthly to the County Treasurer
and receipted for by him.
December 31, 1947.
A. T. OUTLAW
Register of Deeds
New Ford Truck
Be On Display In
Warsaw Next Week
The first public showing In War
saw of the new 1948 model Fo; d
trucks will take place Friday, Jan.
16 at an "open house" to be . con
ducted by the Sheffield Motor
Company.
With the new streamlined trucks
the first post-war products of
the Ford Motor Company as the
main attraction the Sheffield Mo
tor Company will welcome the pub
lic to its show room, service parti
and accessory and used vehicle de
partments. The showing will start at 7:30
m. and continue until 6:00 p. ra.
Refreshments will be served thru
out the day.
"We arranged jan open hou -e
program for the public announce
ment of the 1948 truck line be
cause we feel his is the most im
portant new truck showing In Ford
history," saioVE. L. Sheffield, part
ner in the dealership, "we are en
tering the greatest truck market
of aU time with the widest ranyc
of models and capacities Ford has
ever produced. We expect to re
ceive trucks in the coming months
in quantities increased sufficiently
to permit us to meet the heavy de :
mand.
Church t!oticc
Services-wlU be held at the
Grove Presbyterian Church Sunday
morning January 11 at 11:15. Post
master Ferdia Johnson of Clinton
will fill tte pulpit in t' e t" ce
of tte r r, Eev. J. C. T i.
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