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1 & DUPLIN COUNTY CHAMPIONS - The girls' basketball team" of Calypso high school are Duplin county champions for the 1917-48 season, and have now entered the Duplin county tournament, favored to win. The team members, shown above, are, seated, left to right, Mary Mozingo, Joyce Kornegay, Peggy Grice, Peggy Cole, Shirley Hargrove and Betty Sanderson, Back row, Coach H. E. Grubbs, Betty Martin, Margery Turner, Mary Pigford, Hazel Lewis and Ellen Grubbs. BewareThe Ides Of March Beware the ides of March if you want to keep your farm property from going up-ln flames. County Agent L. F. Week, warned. -today. ' Mr. Weeks cited figures released by Fire Protection Institute to in dicate that March is the worst month of the year in terms of fire losses.. And: losses thid year may reach new highs. "More than $72,435,000 worth of nrooertv in this country was de stroyed by fire during March of last year. Based on Department of Agriculture calculations, approxi mately 14 millions of that one munth loss occurred cn America's farms." "In spite of fire prevention ef forts, our fire loss totals continue to mount During the month cl Jan uary, for example, fire losses were up 10 over totals for the same period a year ago.. This is a serious threat to the farmer, to tne con sumer who depends on his pro ducts and to the entire national economy." ' "Fire losses can be reduced thru a simple program of preverti- n and protection," Mr. Weeks declared. , "There's nothing' iota, ilcai- d about rooting out fire hazards anl using , common sense to ;reve '. fires," he contends. Many forest fires are started by burning v off new ground, ditch bnks and rubbish. Every precau tion should be observed to care fully guard such fires uu il they lave completely burned 't. Re- , member that a fire multiplies 50 times in 8 minutes. Considerable progress has been made in Duplin toward stamping ' out destructive forest fires. Several hundred miles of fire lanes have been plowed under the supervision of Ralph Miller, County Forest Warden, with the Tractor Unit purchased by the County and State Forest service, inese fire lanes jrnouiaDe kept clean by plowing er.ca year.. All leaves, straw,: and trash farm buildings. A few minutes of . work may save a valuabla building. We can't be too carjful with fires ; especially during the windy spring season. 'Ec&r Services mam i i i ,j ; i.riii iiimi ., An Easter Sunrise Service . v will be sponsored by the Tonth. .. Fellowship Group of Kenans vU ouaaay mum ins, mar. 28th at 5:45 A, M. In the . , , brove Presbyterian Church. ; , The publle Is eordlally Invi 9 ted. ' Production nf nHntpr rnhhnpa in Texas and Florida, the principal bui i . -i r ' l r -1 --! rnsr- kcli ' . Mi If i 1 I n, kJ . & All' i -cmi 1 i f i i vfii. XI,'-?5W''t'T'iflt rftove y-gfn Back in the year 1795, Samuel Ashe-of New Hanover County was elected govei'nrr of North Carolina. One hundred and one -years later in 1896; a union of the Republican and Populist parties elected Gov ernor Daniel L. Russell of Bruns wick and New Hanover counties as governor. In . these two instan :es alone has North Carolina elected a governor from the Southeastern part of the State. Of cour-e, tiie great Aycock from Wayne County, and McLean from Robeson County were on the fringes of Southeast ern North Carolina. The voters of Duplin County now have an opportunity to help elect almost a native son. Charlie John son was born and reared in a farm in our neighboring county rf Pen der. He knows the problems which face this section of the State. He knows that the roads of Duplin County are bad. He knows thai State Aid is needed if your child ren are to have equal educational advantages with those in the richer parts of our State. Having been born and reured on a farm in thb. section of North Carolina, he has an understanding of rural people and the problems which fa. tham. His recent statement that all school bus routes in the state should be paved is not campaign propaganda nor a spontaneous utterance. Fe advocated a bond issue for road improvements a number of years age in a speech before the assoc iation of County Commissioners at Wrightsville Beach. The years which lie ahead are incertain. Our financial structure could change overnight. It would be a blessing to cur people if when that time comes, North Carolina could have a Governor which is experienced in all phases of State and Local Government, par ticularly in finance. Charlie John son meets these qualifications in full. . It is estimated that Duplin Coun ty needs to spend more than a mil lion dollars in school construction and school improvements. Where will that amount of money come from? Charlie Johnson says that a part of the huge surplus in the State Treasury should be spent for school improvements. Should we vote for him if we can expect these things? ' v Let's win with Charlie Johnson, improve our school buildings anu come out of the mud. (In The News-Argus) Sidelights near RMMilrhts: A friend of mine from f ionaa wrnte the other day that his lit tle three-year old sort had been down to see one of Walt Disney's movies. When he returned from the show, his mother asked him what he had seen. His reply was; "r variants, tigers and Jack An Editorial Annual Fat Stock Show Planned For Kinston Kiriston,'March 10. The"8th annual Coastal Plains Fat Stock Show and Sale, sponsored by the Kinston Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Carolina Warehouse here on April 7 and 8, it was an nounced today by Chairman John Burton of the agriculture commit tee, which has charge of arrange ments for the event. Invitations have been extended to all 4-H and FFA members in the State to enter cattle and swine ex hibits for the more than $1,000 in prize money offered. Kinston merchants nave agreed to bid on the stock and help boost the sale prices, Burton seated. The show will open at 10 a. m. on April 7 and the sale is slated for 1 p. m. April 8. The deadline for entries is. Friday, April 2, cnd( exiuuiiurs are astteu iu nave uitur animals approved by county agents before filing the entries. Animals must be in th exhibit pens not later than 6 p. m. on April 6 to be eligible for judging. Col K. W. Ralston of Scotland Neck will 1 auctioneer, while J. C. Pearce, Jr., and Lemuel Goocie of State College will serve as jud ges. Sale of 10 purebred Aberdeen Angus bulls will be held by the State Breeders Association imme diately atter the other stock sale on April 8, Burton said. OPEN FORUM To The Readers: I don't think we should be proud that we were slow to secede in 1861, I'm not, but we are slow today. All around us we have true Southern States that don't want to sell out to the Red Democrats of the North, and some of our top leaders appease. We have a top leadership, who say they love North Carolina, but are working hand in glove with Yankee Red Democrats to break the democratic backbone of the South where-the only Democracy exists. Ts Virginia wrone? Are South Carolina, Georgia and all other Southern States wrong? Our top leadership may say they are, but we little people say they are not, and we thank God for Kep. uranam Barden' and his fellow travelers in North Carolina. Is North Carolina to become a 'Vlrhv Vranrp " a Poland, as Other pnllnhnratinn States of Europe, and bow to, and collaborate with the the Yankee Democrats as the Quiseling States of Europe did with Russia? God forbid. Red Russia has divided and con- rmerml a huee Dart of Europe and Aula, s Are we North Carolinians going to alio. some of our top leaders surrender North Carolina as an opening wee 'a to enter rni Magnolia Boys, ChinquapinGirls Win County Basket Ball Tournament L W. Outlaw Elected Membership To Tobacco Associates, Inc. L. W. Outlaw, Seven Springs, in this county, is among the 75 North Carolina Farm Bureau members re cently elected by counties to mem bership in Tobacco Associates, Inc., in accordance with the constitution of the non-profit flue-cured lobac co export group. The constitution calls for sup oorting organizations to elect the members of Tobacco Associates Farm Bureau's representatives were elected during the annual state con vention in Asheville and met in Raleigh March 1 for thsir first meeting. At the convention a series of ag ricultural resolutions, . ncludmg 3 covering, tobacco: Flue-Cured Tobacco We endorse and request the con tinuation of the Tobacco Quota Program; the Commodity Credit Corporation and the Mandatory Loan provision on tobacco at 90 of parity; the grading and news service on all tobacco markets, this heing essential to the marketing of tobacco. We further request the continu ation of - well-rounded state-wide program of research in all phases of growing, curing and marketing of tobacco in the interest of grow ers, for the purpose uf improving the yield and quality and reducing the costs of production and mark eting, thereby helping growers to realize more net profit on their Parker Estate Consents to $16,000 Judgment In Long Trial In Goldsboro (From Goldsboro News-Argus) A compromise consent judgment in Wayne superior court Friday afternoon ended court actions on trial since March i involving $79, 750 damages. While the Jury was out deliberat ing, counsel for the two sides agreed on payment of $16,000 for the death of Capt. Lowell N. Doug lass in a car-auto wreck :.ear Bow den January 12, 1946. The consent judgment stipulated that a pending action in Wake county superior court aga:nst the Parker children and Mr.' Hagood, the farm manager, be dismissed. It was understood unofficially that the jury was ready to come out with its verdict and that it had agreed to allow the administrators $22,000 for the death of Capt Doug lass and $1,000 for his car. Wayne superior court resumed deliberations when court opened at 9:30 in the counter damage suits for $79, 750 growing out of the latal wreck near Bowden January 12, 1946. Mrs. Mary B. Parker. extens;ve land owner in Duplin, asicxl $750 damige to her farm truck, which was di'iven by J. C. Norris when in collision with a car driven by Capt. Lowell N. Douglass, Waco, Texas. N. B. Boney and John H. Yarbor ough, administrators,, filed counter claim for $75,000 for alleged wrong death of Capt Douglass, $2,000 for suffering in the four-hour interval before the captain's death, and $2,000 for his car. Capt. Douglass had been empaled by a sideboard from the truck and died at Sey mour Johnson field hospital after being transferred from: Goldsboro Health Department Announces Pre-School Clinic Dates Pre-School Clinic Dates were an nounced this week:, by the Duplin County Health Department as fol lows: March 23 - B. F. Grady 9 a. m. to 12. Outlaw's Bridge 1 p. m. to 2. March 24 - Wallace (white) 8:30 a. m. to 11 a. m. Wallace (colored) 12:30 p. m. to 2 p. m. - March 25 - Warsaw (white) 9 a. m. to 12. March 30 - BeulaviUe (white) 9 a. m. to 12. Potters Hill Jl p. m. to 2 p. m. ' t" ' March 31 Rose Hill (White) 9 a. m. to 11 a. m. T'-gnolia (white) 12:30 p. m. to 2 r v '-' '' April 1 - Calyj j j t.vhite) 9 a. m. to 12. Calypso (color"-") l p. nr. to tobacco. We urgently request tha' sufficient funds be provided for the accurate measurement of every acre of tobacco planted in 1948. The members of the North Caro lina Farm Bureau recognize the whole-hearted support of all ag encies and organizations in the successful operation of the Fluc Cured Cooperative Stabi ization Corporation and Tobacco Associa tes, Inc. and respectfully request the continued support in the years ahead. Since there is developing an ac i utc shortage of flue sheet material for the manufacture of tobacco flues, we strongly recommend that his material be made available in due time for the manufacture of Hues for 1948. Burley Tobacco We support the present Burley Tobacco Law with its minimum acreage provision as long as it is satisfactory to the majority of the Burley Tobacco growers. We respectfully request the study be made in the allotments of Burley Tobacco in the North Carolina area with reference to cropland and other regulations. Commercial Nicotine We urge our officers and direct ors to use their influence Cor the development and location of a re search project in commercial nico tine under the provisions of the Hope-Flannagan Bill. Hospital. J. C. Norns was exonerated f blame in the accident in a criminal suit in Duplin county. Miss Louolla O'Beirne, of Wil mington, one of three companions of the captain, was awarded $9,000 injury damages in a previous suit in New Hanover county. Jury Released. The jury began deliberations at 2:45 Wednesday afti rnoon after hearing tne charge of Judge Paul B. tidmundson, special superior court judge of Goldsboro. At 5:15 the jury was released for the night. Trial of the case nad started ou March 2. About 30 witnesses were presented on both sides with n number of depositions. Among the depositions were those of Pat M. Neff, president of Baylor Uni versity and former governor oi Texas, Dr. Horace Trippet, Baylor University physician, and Ralph R. Wolfe, Baylor athletic coach. Six teen lawyers appeared in the case, including J. D. Williamson of Waco, Texas. Mrs. Lowell N. Douglass, (931 South 5th St.), Waco, Texas, was among those giving testimony. Capt. Douglass, who was wiih the Surgeon General's department at the time of the accident, was a foi mer director of health and pliysica.' education at Baylor. He was 41 years old. He had played profess ional baseball with the Chicago White Sox in 1929 and later was farmed to Atlanta of the Southern Association. He had also played for Quincy in the Three-J league. In 1937, 38, and 39 he was basebal. coach at the University of Wiscon sin. a. m. to 11 a. m. Little Creek ( col ored) 12:30 p. m. to 1:30 d. m. April u - J'aison (wnite) a. m. to 11 a. m. Faison (colored) 12:30 to 2 p. m. April 9 - Chincuapin (white) 9 a. m. to 12. Chinquapin (col ored) 1 p. m. to 2 p. m. April 13 - Kenansville (white) 9 a. m. to 12. ; ' April 14 Magnolia (colored) 9 a. m. to 11 a. m. Kenansville (col ored) 12:30 p. m. to 2 p. m. April 13 - Warsaw (colored) 9 a. ra. to 11 a. m. April 16 - Branch (colored) 9 a. m. to 11 a. m. Beulaville (colored) 1 p. m. to 2 p. m. All children entering school the r '1 c lr ' 1 v '1 be referred to By SWIFT PIPPIN Magnolia Boys' Basketball team won the County Championship ti tle Monday night for the second year in a row, defeating the Wall ace Bulldogs by the one-sided score of 33 to 18. Outplayed in every department, Wallace never threatei.ed and Mag nolia led the entire game from an early start. Maenoha. County Champions last year, have a successful season be hind them, having won 27 out of 30 starts this season. MAGNOLIA FG FT TP D Gaylor 4 19 E Gaylor 2 3 7 Quinn 0 0 0 Tucker 3 2 8 Carr 2 3 7 Herring 1 0 2 TOTALS 12 J 33 WALLACE Casey Teachey Ferris Knowles Moore FG FT TP Oil 0 0 0 4 19 10 2 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 0 0 0 7- 4 18 Carr Lockamy Hardison Moore Herring TOTALS Chinquapin girls defeated Caly pso in a close game 21-20. the score was tied several times dur ing the game and as the final whis tle sounded a foul shot by Hender son was the winning point. CHINQUAPIN FG FT TP Williams 13 5 Futrell 5 1 11 Henderson 12 4 Futrell 0 I, 1 Wallace 0 0 0 Brown " 0 0 0 Raynor 0 0 0 TOTALS 7 7 21 CALYPSO FG Ff TP Lewis 4 19 Hargrove 113 Turner 10 2 Grubbs 3 0 6 Pigford 0 0 0 Grice 0 0 0 Cole 0 0 0 TOTALS 9 2 20 The semi-finals held on that night; Results: In the first game, Calypso girls eliminated Wallace girls by a score of 30-24. Grubbs with 13 points and Lewis with 11 points were leading scorers for the winners. House had 12 points and Casey 11 points for the losers. Chinquapin girls defeated the Beulaville girls by the one-sided score of 31-19. Henderson with I! points paced the winners while Edwards with 8 was high lor the losers. In the first Boys' Game, Magno lia defeated Beulaville by 33-29. Carr and Tucker paced the winners while J. Thomas was high for th- losers. In the second Boys' Game Wal lace was victorious over Chinqua pin by a score of 34-16. Casey w is high for the winners with .0 points while high man for the losers was Register with 8 points. Tide Water Completes Two Stations In Duplin Tide Water Power Crmnany's post-war construction program has brought many advances in electric DUPLIN TIMES CHURCH DIRECTORY With this issue of the Times be gins a Duplin Times Church Direct ory This directory will run for 6 months. It is not complete and some errors will be found. Some churches are left out. Any minister Pollers Hill First To Go Over i The Top In Red Cross Drive . For the second year in succession the Community of Potters Hill has been first to go over the top in their Red Cross drive quota, Their quota was $46.00 and Tuesday family physician or Health Officer f fating they have successfully .been vaccinated for small-pox, and im- muiv ''d S"iinst d ptheria and BCD GRADY SATS I do quite a bit of telephoning and have quite a few calls - Just let me sit down to a meal and the telephone rings. Just let me sit down somewhere else and the tele phone rings. But yesterday topped it all. A house full of company - inlaws- of course, and I was trying to put on mybest. The telephone rang. I went to answer, but instead of hearing someone from the other end of the line it kept on ringing. Receiver up, it would ring, receiver down, it would ring. I ran to a neighbor's house who is in on this Monticello Party Line" and their phone was cut'n' up the same way. After trying a number of phones on different lines we fin.-.lly got the operator and gave the report That damn Phone Rang, without a break, for over an hour. How the operators survive on : their jobs, I can't understand. "Les" Williams and Walter Brid- gers, Postmasters in Kenansville and Warsaw respectively, went off on another jaunt last week. Of course a dance was involved for "Les". Those two fellows never turn down an opportunity to at tend a convention. However, this was not a convention, it was the opening of the huge Sears, Roe- . buck District store in Greensboro. You folks who order from them will now get your orders filled and mailed in Greensboro. This store is designed to serve North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and a part of Tennessee it was re ported. E. C. Tyndall, our highway fore man, is urging farmers to keep Irntnrp unfrhmit MthfiAi 1 1-Cf 1 i crm and other farm machinery that may -cut up roads off paved highways. It is against the law to even use ore flUouioers. wrta tnenumDer. or Highway Patrolmen increasing they are soon going to crack down on this and the fine and costs arc about $17.00, let alone the trouble you are put to. Farmers, l etter take heed. A stitch in time saves nine. My wife says, "Yes, now you've got something eke to spend money for." And sure enough she's right. I like a radio and have two, but I've always wanted a "grapho phone". Knew what that Is? Well, when I was a kid it was called that but now it is more commonly known as a "victrola" or record player. Last week the telephone rang and Sheffield & Fussell, in Rose Hill, were on the line. They wanted to know if I wanted a console com bination radio and record player. I said, "I sure do". They replied, "We have a nice one for you if you will trade it out in advertising." In two hours the machine was in my house and I'm tickled tc death with it. Only, as the boss says, I've got to start buying records. Looks like they should furnish records too, doesn't it? Read the ads of Sheffield and Fussell every time you see them. They have a store in Beulaville also. service throughout Duplin County. Last week marked the comple tion of new substations in Magno lia and Rose Hill, fully equipped with regulators which will control electric voltage and provide better service for Tide Water customers in this area. Regulators were also installed in Faison and Calypso. These additions plus the- rural lines which have been built through out Tide Water's territory are .' tndes toward the completion of a major construction program under taken by the company. It is anti cipated that this year will mark one of The greatest construction period in Tide Water's history. knowing of churches left out, we wiill appreciate your letting us know of them. We hope to run pictures of all churches in Duplin but some one in your church will have to send in a picture. they turned in $47.09. L. M. Bostic and Mrs. Lou Jackson headed the drive. Rose Hill enjoyed the same dis- until Potters Hill took it away from them. Kenansville was second to re port, turning in over $100.00 r- r,r'f J i. h J nips is )( ' , , , ry, t 'y e-e modest destroy our t -n I ii. c. r --