VOLUME NUMBER SIXTEEN
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:V" MR. AND MRS. JOHN WATERS
the grand old couple of Glisson Township who celebrated their
Golden Wedding Anniversary on February 23, 1948
Peeping Tom Caught In The Act
; At R. H. Burch Home In Calypso
V James Leslie Yelverton, colored,
of Calypso, was caught peeping In
to the windows of Policeman R. H.
Burch'i home me sight last week.
Burch was away from home . at the
time.. A neighbor, James Parke .
happened to be walking by and
Rose Hill Man Goes
Awakes Minus
: Goldsboro, March 2. O. C. Pope
of Rose Hill was allegedly robbed
of $1600 In cash Sunday night as
he lay sleeping in his car at Whites
tavern on South George Street ex
tension. ":
Arthur Cavenaugh, 10, and Char
Miss Jerome In
- lllss Alma : Douglas Jerome,
young contralto, who has . been
studying in New York for several
years, will give a concert In Rose
Hill at thA RoAa TTM1 Theater, on
Monday, March 8th, at 8 o'clock.1
Miss Jerome is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Jerome of As'
land, : Va.,- formerly of Rose Bill
and Wallace. Miss Jerome, follow
ing her graduation frdm Averett
College, Danville, Va., in 1945,
studied voice with Carolina B. Fry
and opera with Dr. Leopold Sache
at White Plains, N. Y. She then
toured with the Shuberc Reper
toire Company appearing in tlie
"Merry Widow", "Rose Marie", and
"Countess Maritze" on a continental
tour. She sang ' for awhile with
Phil Spitalnys Hour of Charm
and for many club datss aiound
New York, : while continuing her
studies. -f :: '
This past Summer she toured
the Summer theaters in Maine with
7c!f:ro Holes
Mrs. Grace Vann went no Puke
Hospital on Tuesday to take some
clients.' .
The Welfare office continues to
"et fi?-''!rs for hospitalization
so- ' f ' y-- i tat some
saw the negro on the front porch,
according to officers repoits. Be
coming suspicious, he stopped and
watched and then called Burch.
Yelverton ran but was caught. He
was charged with peeping, trespass
and secret assault.
To Sleep
$1600 In Cash
les Cottle,-20, both of Rose Hill
have been charged with the crime.
Detective Archie F. Carter, who
arrested the men, said he found
$1,584 of the money in Cottle's car.
Pope said he had 16 $100 bills.
Rose Hill Monday
the New York Matinee Opera
Company and played the lead in
"Hansel and- Gretel". While in
Maine she appeared on two leading
radio stations in Portland ana
Bangor.
Mr rSenrcre Harris, well kllOWli
musician and music critic for-the
Richmond Times Dispatch, Rich
mond. Va.. will be the accompan
ist for Miss Jerome when she ap
pears here March 8.
Miss Jerome's appearance in
Rose. Hill isuader the sponsorship
of the Civitan Club. There will be
nn reserved seats. Tickets are avail
able at the following places: Shef
field Drug Co., Warsaw; Kenans
vllle Drue Co.. Kenansville; Qui in
rimff r.n Maenolia: Gowan Drug
Co., Wallace; Fussoll Druff Co.,
Rose Hill; Mrs. Dougald Newton,
Pnicnn! and Register's Drug Co.,
Clinton; or may be secured by
sending $1.50 to Mr. Ben Harrell,
Box B, Rose Hill, N. C.
not secure a hospital in our midst,
we hope some arrangement can oe
made- 1 ; ' 1 . -
A Cripple Seal Meeting will be
held in Raleigh on March 14th and
closely following it a Supe-intend
ents of Welfare refresher course
on March 13, 16 and 17. s
"Miss Charlotte Hodges is the
field representative for this section
ino1'lin; r : "n County. She made
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KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
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GRADY MEliCFR, who has been
Solicitor of the General County
Court since his appointment by the
Duplin County Board of Commis
sioners on December 2, 1946, an
nounced formally today that he
would be a candidate for xe-elect-ion
in the Democratic Primary
next May.
"Sir.ce my appointment as Sol
icitor of General County Court, 1
have tried to the best of my ability
to serve the people of Duplin
County. If successful in my cam
paign for re-election, I will con
tinue to prcsecute the docket to
the limit of my ability."
"I was born on a farm in the
Cabin Community of Duplin
County, January 18, 1906, gradu
ated from Beulaville High School
and received a Bachelor of Arts
aegree irom the University of
North Carolina in 1933. 1 attended
the University of North Carolina
Law School -during the' years 19
34 1935, and 1937. I passed tue
North Carolina State Bar examin
ation in August, 1937, and imme
diately set up an office for the
general practice of Lay in Beula
ville, N. C."
"I have served as Cl;iirman of
the Beulaville Democratic Precinct
o.-ganization for ten ysars. reived
as secretary and president of
Duplin County Young Democratic
clubs, acted as chairman of Presi
dent's Birthday Ball in Duplin
County, served as secretary and
chairman of Beulaville School
Boird, delegate to Farm Bureau
Convention, delegate to State Dem
ocratic Cimmitfees, associate mem
ber of Farm Bureau for two years,
member of North Carolina State
Bar."
Mr. Mercer is married and has
two children. He is a member oF
Beulaville Baptist Church Charter
member of Beulaville Chapter of
Kastern .Star, Woodmen, AJason
and Shri.ier.
"Any support that the people of
Duplin County give me will be
greatly appreciated. If the honor
of the office of Solicitor of th-
General County Court is bestowed
upon me, I pledge to the people of
Duplin County the best efforts ar.d
services that I cm capable of ren
dering." Vets Rights
Comm. Named
R. B. Edmundson, Assistant State
Service Officer, J. B. Wallace, Local
Service Officer, and Ralph Jones
Service Officer, American Legion
Post No. 127, have been named Vet
eran's Reemployment Rights Com
mitteemen for Duplin County, ac
cording to an announcement made
today by theTJ. S. Dept. of Labor.
The committee is now prepared
to aid veterans in obtaining reem
ployment and seniority rights to
which they are entitled under the
Selective Service Act.
.These committeemen will Serve
voluntarily in giving advice and as
sistance to veterans who feel they
have; reemployment problems in
volving restoration in the'r old
jobs or seniority and accrued bene
fits nn the lob and to those whj
havo been laid off or discharged
without cause before completing
one year of employment to which
they are entitled.
A couple of good dairy cows will
keep a small family in mux ana
butter throughput the year.
; Egg production for 1943 started
eff with a national laying flock on
Jan, 1 of 428,000,000 hens nd put
lets. This was smaller by S'I.COO
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It's Red Cross time again. Our
popular Sheriff, Ralph J. Jones,
has agreed to head up tne drive
this year The quota is lower than
for 1947. Last year our quota was
$5,650.00, this year they have given
Duplin a quota of $4,401.00.
Sheriff Jones has his organiza
tion lined up and the drive is ex
pected to open Monday, March 8ta.
Community leaders md quotas
are as follows:
Kenansville - Gilbert j'lphin -Quota,
$425; Beulaville - Gordon
Muldrow - Quota, $250; Outlaw's
Bridge - M. B. Holt - Quota, $65;
Hose Hiil - Dal'as Herring And
Hugh Johnson - Quota, $600; Chin
quapin - Mrs. Frank James - Quo
ta, $155; Potter's Hill - L. M. Bos
tic and Miss Lou Jackson - Quott
$46, Calypso - Herman Barwick -
Quota, $400; Teachey - Mr. and
Mrs. Hubert Boney - Quota $65,
Warsaw and Bowden - Q. I. Suttcn
- Quota, $850; B. F. Grady - Hugh
Wells - Quota, $155; Wallace - Roy
Carter and A. C. Hall - Quota $850;
Faison - Rev. Smith - Quota $41 ;
Magnolia - Mrs. L. E. Pope - Quota,
$130.
The Grand Old Man Of Duplin
Dies At His Home In Wallace
By JOHN SYKES
The Rev. William Pinckney Mar
tin Currie, 84-year-old Presbyter
ian minister, former educator and
legislator, died at his home in Wal
lace Thursday, Feb. 19, at 5:25 a. m
following an illness of several
weeks. A
Funeral servieeswere held Fri
day afternoon at 3 o'clock InMhe
Wallace Presbyterian Church, con
ducted by the Rev. W. B. Hood,
pastor, assisted by the Rev. R. Mur
phy Williams of Greensboro, the
Rev. Ben F. Brown of Wallace, and
the Rev. P. L. Clark of Burgaw. In
terment followed ;n Rockfish Cem
etery. Mavor J. Willard Hcilcr isued
a proclamation setting the hours
between 2 and 4 p. m. as a period
of mourning, during which time all
Wallace business houses were clo
sed. Surviving Mr. Currie are his wife,
the former Annie Moore of Burgaw;
two sons, J. H., and K. M.; two dau
ghters. Ruth and Mary; three grand
children, all of Wallace; three nie
ces, and two nephews.
Mr. Currie was born in Moore
County in 1863. He attended the
Union Home Preparatory School
near Carthage. He enter.id tne Uni
versity of North Carolina in 1889.
At that time, however, a political
struggle ensued in the State in
which an attempt was made to oust
Senatrr Zeb jloh .. Vance from his
seai in Congress.
At that time Senators were elect
ed by the State Legislature. Mr.
Currie, a vigorous outspoken
friend and supporter of Vance, was
drafted from his University studies
to return to his county to become
a Representative to carry on mere
effectively his woik in Vance's be
half. After his term in the Legislature,
Mr. Currie re-entered the Univer
sity in the fall of 1891 and was
graduated with the class of 1894.
Both the classes of '93 and '94
claimed Mr. Currie as a member.
While at the University Mr, Cur
rie was a member of the famous
football teams of 1892 and 1893.
One of his teammates was Walter
(Pete) Murphy, Salisbury.
After his araduition he returned
to Moore County to assist his for
mer tutor, Prof. John E. Kelly at
the Union Home School Later Mr.
Currie became president of Rae
ford Military Institute.
In the spring of 1901, Mr. Currij
entered Union Theological Semin
ary in Richmond and wag graduated
from there in 1904. Shortly after
ward he went to Wallace as pastor
of four Presbyterian churches in
Duplin County, j ;
In 1907 he married Annie Moure
of Burgaw.
The growth of the Presbyterian
church there was largely due to
Mr.: Currie's effort during his 36
years as its pastor. Mr. Currie re
tired August 1, 1940. ' " --The
present church which Mr.
Currie helped build was known as
the Duplin Roads Presbyterian
Church when he went there In 19
04. Since then the cornet stone of
the first building has been moved
back from Waliaoe's main rtreet to
the present 1" 'i "a v-y
FRIDAY, MARCH 5th., 1948
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The artistic work of Thurman
Brown is revealed in this snow
man that he and Harold Jones built '
in Kenansville during the recent
snow. Mrs. Brown's little girl en
joyed watching them work.
Currie Dies
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Lacy Weeks Says - -
Lacy Weeks says "Farmers
should now be securing their Su
per Phosphate for Permanent Pas
tures, Lespedeza, and legume hay
crops."
The AAA Program offers assist
ance to farmers who use phosphate
for above purposes. The cost of IB
Superphosphate secure') thru
AAA is $1.11 per hundred pounds,
of which the AAA pays 69 cents,
leaving the cost to the farmer 43
cents per 100 pound paper bag at
the Dealer's Warehouse ov siding.
Those interested should order at
once through the office- of the
County Committee.
Phosphate should be applied at
once to permanent pastures, and to
Annual Lespedeza and hay crops
at seeding time at the rate cf 500
to 600 lbs. per acre.
Why Do You Drink-
CAUSES
I Forget Something - Only for
a short while.
II Excitement or Amusement -
Only pleasant to one's self.
III Habit - The longer it'.- follow
ed, the stronger it will become.
IV Overcome Shyness - Which is
liked best a quiet shy person, or
one chattering a lot because he lb
drunk. You can overcome shyness
in better ways.
Drinking to the excess of Deing
drunk often causes a person to
lose their health if followed with
much frequency. It sometimes
causes a person to lose the love and
respect of mends and family.
Think it over - is it worth the
cost? You can have this feeling of
intoxication for a little while - after
it's over, you feel worse than ever.
If you stay under' its influence,
what are you then?
If you are one who drinks to ex
cess, and you can't quit within your
eelf, please try some of the places
which are qualified to help you. I
think you will find life more pleas-
?"t r r breaking this bad habit
By Mae.
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By MRS. J. A. RACKLEY -
THOMAS O. MURPHY, of the Charity Crossroads Community,
near Rose Hill, was awarded first prize in a contest over several old
time fiddling contestants February 21st on the. Johnson Cotton Co., of :
Wallace Program over Radio Station WRRZ, Clinton. He has "been
the recipient of first prizes many times in similar contests.
- Mr. Murphy Is 81 years old. He calls himself a violin fanatic He
has a large collection of violins and among the collection are two
Stradivarius dating 1700 and 1721 which he thinks and hopes are
authenic.
Mr. Murphy and his wife, who is the former Lillian Hahn-Murray
of Rose Hill, celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary five years
ago. They have seven children, all of whom are living. They-are: Mrs.
Herbert A. Topel, Mrs. S. D. Kelley and T. T. Murphy of Wilmington,
E. M. Murphy of Seven Springs, Mrs. B. M. Williams of Dover, Mrs,
James J. Rackley of Warsaw, x and J. H. Murphy of Rose HilL They
have twenty grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Two Warsaw Girls Seriously Injured
In Wreck Near Wilmington
Four persons were injured, two
of them critically, in a head-on
collision which occurred on the
new Wrightsville highway at 11:30
Wednesday night.
Miss Mary Middleton of Warsaw
and Wrightsville Beach was in a
condition attendants at James
Walker Memorial Hospital, in Wil
mington, termed "critical". This
morning reports were that she may
live.
Miss Annie Thomas, also of
Rose Hill Woman Artist Is
Also Good Housewife
BY JOHNNY COREY,
Wallace, Feb. 28 Once in a
great while is a man lucky enough
to get a woman who is an expert
housewife and good looking as well
as being unusually talented. Su.h
is the case of John "Jack" Cooper
of Rose Hill.
He is the proud husband of an
attractive lady who not only is a
fine housewife, but also an artist.
Mrs. Cooper first became interested
in art at the Rose Hill school, and
since then she has done paintings
which have been displayed in art
centers, schools, and homes thru
out the East.
Mrs. Cooper paints portraits and
still life, but likes to do landscapes
best. She thinks her best landscape
painting is one of Old Boi.ev's Mill
she did for Granville Sheffield of
Rose Hill. Among her best portrait.
she thinks the one of a little Negro
boy, now on display at the Rcse Hill
town hall, is tops.
, Mrs. Cooper, the former MM
Margaret Blanehrrd and daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Blanchard of
Rose Hill, has liked art 3ince she
was a small child. Mrs. Marvin Je
rome of the high school first noti
ced her talent for drawing and
udged her to take art lessons. This
she did, and after graduating from
high school, she continued to study
art at Meredith College.
At Meredith she worked with
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Warsaw and Wrightsville Beach
and Johnny Moore of Wrightsville
Beach, occupants of the car in
which Miss Middleton was riding,
were also confined to the hospital,
while the fourth occupant, Louis
Hanson, Jr., of Colonial Drive, was
not admitted for treatment
Johnny Batson, Haroor Island
service station operator, who was
driving the other car, is reported
dead. It was also reported that he
stated the wreck was all his fault.
In The Wilmington Star
spent most of her time on oil paint
ing. Mrs. Cooper remembers Miss
Ida Poteat and Miss Mary Tillery
as the two teachers who inspired
her most to continue painting. Miss
Poteat once told her she could go
places in designing if she wanted.
Mr. Cocper considered this a nice
compliment, as Miss Poteat had a
reputation at Meredith as not be
ing a complimentary person.
She later entered Corcoran
School of Art in Washington, D. C
She stayed there a year, and did ,
mostly work on portraits, life
drawings, and cast drawings. One :
of her portraits was selected for
display at Corcoran Summe school
exhibit. .
After a year at Corcoran she ac
cepted a position as art instructor
at Bladenboro High school. Here -
she made a host of friends and did
wonders in developing interest in
art among the local people. .
Her paintings were exhibited at
the Woman's club art center and
rhe was invited to address the local
Rotary club. She taught there for
two yean. t-Wr'h'
Among the people In Rose Hill
who. have paintings by Mrs. Coop
er are Oscar Fuwll, Jessie FusselL ...
Erchey Lanier, Granville Sheffield.
Billy Blanchard, and her mother
who has several. D. D, T?r:y 1
is the rroud owner of ' ' ' -
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