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V N At4 r i, v VOLUME NUMBER SIXTEEN n n jD0OD1 Charles M. Johnson. Democratic candidate far Governor, is hm ing the telephone these days as he prepares to carry his campaign into very section of North Carolina. He is shown above at his campaign headquarters in the Sir Walter Hotel in Raleigh. Mr. Johnson said he was pleased with the reports of support he is receiving from "ail areas." Heard by more than 2000 people . in his horns county of Pender, Cnar lle Johnson formerly launched bis candidacy, for Governor of North Carolina Tuesday night in, the au ditorium of the Burgaw high school and was heard over the State yia radio. ; Rev. P. X. Clark, vei-jrable Pres byterian minister of Burgaw offer, ed the invocation. Clifton L. Moore presided as Master of Ceremonies. Prior to the speaking, barbecue, weighing in the thousands of pounds was served the multitude. Earlier in the' day a motorcade met Mr. Johnson at Clinton and escorted him to Burgaw. The following is the text to his address: I am happy to be home tonight, S4 Vlt does mv heart eood to feel that I have your wholehearted loyal sup port in my race for Governor. As I look about me tonight, I am moved to say in the words of Peter on the Mount of Transfiguration: It is good for us to be here!" In the brief time allotted on the radio it is impossible: for me to discuss every phase of my platform. I "o, however desire in this fifteen minute period to touch upon the main issues involving roads, schools agriculture, development of natur al resources, growth of industry, our program for the handicapped and underprivileged,: problems, of local; government, and the over-all fiscal policy of the State. In other addresses, I will go into more de tail and discuss other' issues as they arise. If this can. be considered the op ening gun of my campaign, I wish to assure you that it is fired in all good will and that I am aiming at a great goal - the welfare and hap piness of all the people of North Carolina! ;. ';. " At the very outset, let me make one fact unmistakably clear. I ri running for , Governor of North Carolina in my own right and on my own platform. I ant not the candidate of any political faction or group; I have made - and will make - no commitment or political connections that will fetter in the , slightest my fullest liberty of ac ' tion. It is my intention to discuss the issues of the day and my own record of public service, and not to indulge in personalities. The next four years will be dif ficult for our nation and our state. The international situation at thii moment . is ominious. I say this without any wish to arouse need less fears. We can only hope and pray that the foreign policies, of our national government will suc- ; ceed in establishing peace and ' prosperity for our country and for a confuted and Jittery wrld, At home we are -Joying an un priced ented prosperity. Evei the wisest, however, do not know how long these conditions will continue and v ' -t w'.'l f " n in the o Democratic party has given gooc government to North Carolina.""! am proud of that record! I desire to see it continued? I am neither a prophet nor a ma ker of rash promises. I realize that what we can and will do during the next four yeara in North Carolina in expanding the services of the state government to the people will be affected by the inieriiatinnnl situation and - the prevailing eco-, nomic conditions. But there are certain advances which I desire for North Carolina and which I will strive earnestly to bring to pass. It is about these advances in slate government I wish to speak frankly to you. They are obtainable without the necessity of additional taxes and without departing from the principles of sound fiscal administration. The most important activity of the state government is the school system. Upon it we are now ex pending roughly two-thirds of our general fund operating budget. We cannot build a great state without an adequate school system tha brings to every child in every sec tic n, however isolated, a genuine equality of educational opportun ity. As State Treasurer, it has been my duty - my extremely pleasant duty - to serve as a member of the State Board of Education. This service has given me an insight in to the needs of our school system. First 'of all, I wish to see the State pay salaries that will attract and hold in the State's servu.es the most competent and consecrated teachers. To accomplish this, there must be a substantial increase in In the second place, we must lighten the teachers' pupil load. We can find no satisfaction in the factthat in the number of children per teacher North Carolina ranks at -the absolute bottom of the states of the Union. A reduction in the pupil load' can be accomplished inly through ihe emp'oyment of more teachers. This will cost mo ney, but it will be money well spent. : . : "' Our school buildings in North Carolina in many instances are grossly inadequate and many of them are unsafe and insanitary In all too many instances, the local communities are unable with their own unaidednancial resources to provide suitable structures. Some of the surplus now in hard in the State treasury should be used in aiding less fortunate communities, particularly rural areas, to provide, adequate build ings. I am not advocating or sug gesting that the state assume all of the costs of school construction. But a reasonable amount of the surplus, distributed among the com munities according to their needs and financial abilities, is the coun sel of wisdom at this time. I approve the medical care pro gram, but I want to s9 the staie t ' a f '-' r'-w'J KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA Eastern Star Installation Held In Kenansville The offifers of Kenansvil e East ern Star Chapter No. 215 were in stalled in a lovely and impressive public ceremony Tuesday, March 23rd. The Chapter room was decorated beautifully with southern smilax and candelabra with burning tapers and an electric star was placed in the East. 'The outgoing Worthy Matron, Mrs. Mattie Sadler, retired from the East with some farewell e marks and her son Emory present ed each of the officers a if I. The incoming Worthy Matron, Mrs. Thelma Stroud, presented Mrs. Sadler a coriage of red carna tions and the officers presented her a lovely tray. Mrs. Pearl McGowen, Supreme Rainbow Deputy, was presented a pin from the Grand Chapter for her outstanding work. The installing officers were pre sented: Marshall, Pannie Rhodes; Chaplain, Bessie Kornegay; Patron, Faison McGowen; Organist, Sallie Aldridge. The following officers v. ere In stalled ftr the ensuing year: Wor thy Matron, Thelma Stroud; Wor thy Patron, Dempsey Smith; Asso ciate Matron, Sallie Eva Tyndall: Tractor Safely Switch Invented ; . Estel M. Warren, of the Wares Safety Appliance Company of Clin ton, has invented and perfected one of the greatest safety devices ever devised to prevent the overturn of tractors in heavy pulls or on steep inclines. The device is an automa tic Safety Switch, mounted on the side of the motor. This switch does not interfe with the normal operation of a tractor, buts acts only when tho tractor is' on an incline too steep for safe operation, or when th3 front end of the tractor leaves tin ground. It will last the life of the tractor. The Safety Switch can b; set to cut off the ignition at any desired angle of tilt. Mr. Warren has worked on this invention for months, tests have been made, and designs have been changed until thes..itch has been perfected. He has a patent pending on the device, and hopes to have it on the market in 60 days. Motion pictures have been made m act ual operation, and have been shown in different parts of North Caro lina. ' ' Farmers have taken great inter est in the Safety Switch, and the dealers' that have been contacted are very enthusiastic. The device will cost the consumer under $20. Mr. Warren says he doesn't see how a tractor owner could afford to -be without one of these Life Savers, especially when so many children are operating tractors to 'lay. ' , Hundreds of people are killed or injured on farm machinery e year, ard Warren says he feels that his invention will be a great factor in saving many livis In the future.- Revised Schedule Auto Inspections The Mechanical Inspection Divi sion today announced a revised schedule for lanes 30 and T3. Lane 30, which will inspect ve hicles in Wayne, Duplin, and Jones counties, has added Mount Olive and Wallace to its schedule; and Lane 33, to Cover Pitt, Craven, and Carteret counties, has added More- head City. i : The revised schedule for Lane 30, which has already been to Ke nansville and Goldsboro is as fol- lows: ' ' -".J'''- -. f Mount Olive April 1-8; H Trenton. April 10-15; Wallace April 17-24; Kenansville - April 27-May 11; . Goldsboro - May 3-June t; -Mount Olive June 5-10; Trenton - June' 12-19; x ' ,,' Wallace - Juni 22-29. : " ' " C -i IT. r t ia Supervisor of Associate Patron, J. B. Jerrltt; Secretary, Ruby G. Newton; Treas urer, Kate Quinn; Marshall, Alice Gates Davis; Chaplain, Matoaka Westbrook; Conductress, Ella Good ing; Associate Conductress, Mary Jewel Dotson; Adah, Ednt Earle Brinson; Ruth, Margaret West brook; Esther, Christine Williams; Martha, Salli Ingram; Electa, Thel ma Murphy; Warder, Myrtl Quinn; Sentinel, Nannie Sue Westbrook. Mrs. Stroud was presented a corsage by her mother vho also presented her son, empsey Smith the new Worthy Patron a button niere. Thelma Murphy presented a corsage to Mrs. Ruby Newton, the new official secretary of the chap ter. Mrs. Stroud's son, James, pre sented a basket of flowers to each Star Point. Mrs. Stroud also re membered her mother, Mrs. Sal lie Westbrook with a lovely plant, it being her birthday. Prior to the Installation a boun tiful picnic sapper was enjoyed in the recreation room, downstairs by the Stars and their friends. F. W. McGowen welcomed the guests and Paul Ingram responded. Members of tha Mt. Olive Chap ter also attended. DOB GRADT TMadar NhM, 13 If. I have just returned from Bur gaw to hear Charlie Johnson for mally announce his candidacy for governor. I was proud to see quite a number of distinguished Duplin citizens there, among them Dallas Herring, Charlie's Duplin campaign manager, Judge Henry Stevens, Sheriff Ralph Jones, Commission ers George Bennetfand A. C. Hall, Supt. of Schools, O. P. Johnson, Mayor of Wallace, Willard Hoffler As I sat listening to Charlie's speech - I had already read it -I began reminiscening. When I was a kid I spent dUite a bit of my sum mers in Burgaw, Back in those days Charlie was Deputy Clerk of Court. Ech day I would go in the clerk's office and Charlie would take n.e to the drug store and buy me a coca cola. They were the "3ood old days." If my paper is worth a ?xx No, I can't say that because by mother-in-law called me down last week, but if I can I'm going to pay for those coca colas and I be lieve Duplin will back me up. A few days ago I received a postal card postmarked Warsaw, urging me to vote for Kerr Scott. On the front of the card was a picture of Scott, across the end from the stamp was a notation that I sign my name and send it to a friend. That was alright. But I wonder why the sender didn't sign his or her name. Ashamed? To Whom It "The Wallace Baptist Chur ch, in conference, on the 14th day of March, 1948, having unanimously adopted a resolu tion favoring securing a suf ficient number 'of qualified voters to sign a petition call ing for an election for the pur pose of outlawing beer in Du plin County, according to the Statute passed by the General Assembly of 1947. And in said conference, we, the undersign ed eemmiitee, were appointed . V for the purpose of working to- . aether with other L-terested individueJs or groups ia carry ing out the above resolution. Wherefore, we, the commit tee, do call a meeting of all " the citizens In Duplin Couaty ' - who are interested to meet : with us on the eighth day of , April, 1948, at 8 o'clock P. M. at the Wallace Baptist Church for the parpose of pecfectfng .: an ecvaalsitleau . -, : ' yv,Bb Carlton,' ' ;:f':';M. N. Teacher, J. A. Powers, . ".'-Mra, T - Sr. FRIDAY, APRIL 2nd, 1948 1 W W " W- "7 . . 1 .'.rV ' Hundreds of flower lovers from Kenansville and Duplin County will attend the Azalea Festival in Wilmington April 9, 10, and 11. "Azalea" is not merely a name for a festival. Wilmington and its neighboring plantations will have a million of azaleas in bloom at that time, a profusion of blossoms to delight the most eager appreciator of beauty. The center of azaleas in Wilmington Is the plantings around Lake Greenfield,, a beautiful lake centering an attractive city park and surrounded by gorgeous azal eas. To these are added thousands of plantings at private homes and in other parks of the ctty. Just outside Wilmington are two plantations that have earned na tional favo: for beauty. Qn the road from Wilmington to Wrights ville Beach is the Airlie plantation where azaleas abound and where formal gardens and wonderful trees make up a scene visitsd again and again each year by those who understand how the beauties of na ture can be enhanced by planning and arrangement. On the highway between Wilmington and South- port, known as the river road, is another mecca of beauty lovers, the Orton plantation. The Orton mansion was built in 1725 and is one of the historic landmarks of the South. The plantation is ably managed and the beauty of its gardens, trees, and flowers is j rich reward for the visitor. Both of these plantations feature azaleas. In addition to the million of az aleas Wilmington is offering on these days an outstanding program. Friday will feature Flower Show at the Community Center visits to the azaleas, and a community sing in the evening at the Legion Stadium. Saturday morning at 11 o'clock there will be staged the Azalea Festival Parada along a length of down- town streets permiting the visitors to see the parade entries. The highlight of the parade is the Printing Costs Are Newspaper publishers have been told they may expect further in creases in the price of newsprint . The warning was made by Cran ston Williams, manager of the Am erican Newspaper Publishers Asso ciation, in an address to the New I, . . ft W (U ft- ' t ?! lie: Tr-a.?-:i (Cuts above through Courtesy Wilmington Star-News) queen, Jacquelii. White, a popu lar movie starlet from Hollywood, (shown on this page), and her court of beautiful attendants. The "Queen For A Day", selected by the mutual network program, will be another royal guest of the festi val. In the parade will be many attractively decorated floats, with azaleas prominent in the decora tions. Filling out the parade will be troops from Fort Bragg and Marir.is from Camp Lejeune, and their bands. Saturday afternoon at Greeiifield Lake there will be a band concert, combining the beauties of nature and music, The climax of the festival will be the Azalea Festival Ball Satur- "It is my opinion," Williams said, "that further advances in prices may be expected unless publishers Individually talk with their sources of supply, outlining the great in creases in publication costs for the newspapers including payrolls as well as newsprint "I have yet to find a publisher who does not tell me that "hose In creases in the cost of producing newspapers makes it very difficult for publishers to continue to asorb more newsprint price increases. - "V.'a do know Ift ir"ny pulF V No. 14 4, I I 4 1 - w day night in the Lumina ballroom at Wrightsville Beach honoring the Festival Queen tnd her attendants. Assisting in honoring the queen will be Governor R. Gregg Cherry, Carl Goerch, publisher of State magazine; Ted Malone world popu lar radio commentator who broad casts from the festival Friday morn ing, and other distinguished visit ors to the gala event. On Sunday the many vJsitors , will be free to make more leisurely visits to Greenfield Lake and the plantations, with the time to en- . joy in full the beauties only to be found in and around Wilmington. The Azalea Festival at Wilming ton, April 9, 10, and 11 Is an oc casion no lover of beauty in Du- . plin county will want to miss. ers are more interested in contin uity of supply than in price, but after all, the price cannot continue -to go up indefinitely with mt hav ing an important; bearing in the cost of producing a newspaper. s The uplin District Court f Honor, Boy Scouts of America, T7tU be. held in the courthouse in Ke nansville on Friday evening, April 2nd., at 8 o'clock. Mr. Bob Wol scout executive for Tuscar Council will be in charge cf t s. ? t ' 4"'; I !