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.. . -. . . .. 4 1 i i i I li i 1 it v ;. . ff vj uj ij ' ' u ; ' i " v t II IE I .11 l il I II v t i 5. , a vj y v lay Ckristaras Stab ' ' "N,, lay Cfalifam U 7 VOLUME NUMBER SIXTEEN Mr, and Mrs. D. S. Viliamson Suffers Auto Accident Here Mr. and Mrs. David S. Williamson of Kenansville, bad a narrow escape from serious injury Tuesday morn ing when their car, driven by Mr. Williamson, overturned near Mid dleton's Mill on the Kenansville Warsaw highway. It is understood that; neither, aside from being shaken-up, suffered any injury. The accident happened while the high way was wet during a rain. It is said that a light pressure on the brakes caused the car to skid on Wallace Girl Drinks D D T; Dies .. In Wilmington Hospital - By VIRGINIA RAT SIKES , Wallace, Nov. 22. The frst case ,' on record in this section of death . caused by a draught of a solution x, containing DDT was officially closed this afternoon, when Duplin County Coroner C. B. Sltterson " wrote "suicide" on the death certi- v ficate of Eloise Johnson, 15-year-old' -Wallace High School student, daughter mt Mr. and Mrs. Jack Johnson t Wallace, " The girl died in a Wilmington hospital Saturday afternoon about five hours after she. drank the 'solu tion. Hospital authorities, after ob taining permission from Coroner Sltterson to perform an autopsy so they "could study the effects of the , poison" officially declared that the death was caused "by acute hemor raghic gastroenteritis apparently from ingestion of poison, probably DDT", - t The girl drank the solution from an unlabeled fly-spray container, . about 10:30. Saturday morning. She feared punishment from her father because she bad . beenskippiagl scnoor lately, accoramg 10 i-oiice Chief Norwood Boone who talked 7 with her father and mother follow ing the tradegy. Chief Boone quoted Mrs. Johnson i as saying that she had told the girl earlier Saturday morning that "your father is going to give you a beating" for skipping school. Shortly afterward, according to - Chief Boone, the girl' drank the A Proclamation WHEREAS,-despite the remark able - progress made against the menace, tuberculosis remains a ma ' Jor cause of death in the United States. In 1947 it claimed the lives of 50,000 Americans' of which 1056 were citizens of North Carolina. Public health authorities place the : number of cases of tuberculosis in ' ' the United States at 500,000; one , half of these people do not know . they have the disease; arid k-WHEREAS, science and techno logical progress have made the yast cost of tuberculosis in lives and pro perty a sheer waste. For more than half a century mankind has known the cause of the disease, its meth ods of spreading and ways of pre venting it. Tuberculosis can.be eli minated by public action - - if in , dividuals and communities take the ' necessary steps to detect, diagnose and treat it; and r ' WHEREAS, the tuberculosis as sociation and committees through out North Carolina are dedicated to the task of achieving this note worthy goal; NOW, THEREFORE, I, R. Gregg - Cherry, Governor of North Caroli na, do hereby proclaim the period -from Monday, November 22 .thru :. December. 25 as the period for the 42nd Annual Christmas Seal Sale - In North Carolina and do call on the people of our State to support this worthwhile funds-raising cam paign of the North Carolina Tuber culosis Association and Its 12 local affiliates. North Carolinians make use of a powerful weapon against tuberculosis every time thep pur chase Christmas Seals. ' - ; IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set My hand and caused . the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina to be affixed at Raleigh, this sixteenth day of November, One Thousand Nine Hundren and . Forty-eight. - '' - R. Greg Cherry, Governor. O'Quipn Enters tdCc 1 1 i r. r- the wet, slippery road, and it over turned on the shoulder. This accident brings to mind the bad condition of the Kenansville Warsaw highway which is in dire need of resurfacing. The highway is rough and full of holes and this condition could have been, and per haps was, a contributing cause of the "accident. The traffic on this highway is heavy and it should be kept in good condition at all times. poison. Dr. John D. Robinson, who atten ded the girl before ordering her to the hospital, said she admitted to drinking the poison, but wouldn't tell him the reason. "She told me," Dr. Robinson said, "she'd drunk something with DDT In it. I asked her why she drank it, but she wouldn't. tell me. I don't know whether it actually was DDT, or what. I didn't see the bottle." Dr. Robinson said the girl was obviously in much pain when ho attended her and that he ordered her rushed to the hospital imme diately. She apparently was con scious until shortly before her death about 3:30 p.m. The potion she drank apparently was a solution containing 5 DDT, according to account's of neighbors. Coroner Sittersoq said the hospi tal wanted to determine the effect of such a poison on the human bodv when they sought his permission for an autopsy. Apparently, the case is one of the first anywhere in thfip section of. a death so caused. ' ;- t r ; ; " -'- V' 1 Coroner Sltterson, who examined the body after it- was returned here from Wilmington, said it was "red and apparently blistered." Dr. Robinson said it was the first case of death he's heard of caused by drinking DDT. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2:30 in the Pentecostal Holiness Church with burial in Rockfish Cemetery. From Our Readers Please publish this article in next week's issue of the Duplin Times: "THINK TWICE" We are very fortunate indeed to have freedom of speech here . in America, but so many times we ex press our opinions too freely with out first considering the feelings of 'others. In other words, we seldom think even once "before we speak. Often we make remarks about our very best frieneds, and afterwards, when we have time to think it over wer are sorry; but too many times we think only after it is too late to make amends. A loose tongue will lose many friends. The issue of The Duplin Times for the week of November 1st car ried an insulting and disgusting article concerning the recent elect ion. It really goes to prove that politics are rotten. The article sta ted that if Mr. Thurmond and Mr. Wallace were worthy of aspiring to the presidency of .the United States, they should take their Dixie crats and Wallacites. make a pil grimage to Washington, and with their heads uncovered, their shoes removed (so as not to defile his house) and with humility in their hearts, stand before 'Mr. Truman and assure him of their support for the next four years. . Of course, Mr.' Truman needs and must have the support and prayers of every true American if the next four years are to be suc cessful ones, but I think that such remarks as these will often cause a person to lose support of the people instead of gain. I wonder if the same remarks would have been made in regards to Mr. Truman making a pilgrimage to Washing ton if the Dixlecrats or Wallacites had won the election. Why not take this for a motto: "Think Twice Be fore You Speak." . Thank you, Louise Bostic Hot Dog! Come on Folks, pour it on mi inese rabble-rousers. ' t 2.tr, I-t r -i I- Texas. The KENANSVILLE, NORTH By EDGAR A. GUEST Thankful for the glory of the Old Red, White and Blue, For the spirit of America that still is staunch and true, For the laughter of our children and the sunlight in their eyes, And the joy of radiant mothers and their evening lullabyes; And thankful that our harvests wear no taint of blood to-day, But were sown and reaped by toilers who were light of heart and gay. Thankful for the riches that are ours to claim and keep, The joy of honest labor and the boon of happy sleep, For each little family circle where there is no empty chair Save where God has sent the sorrow for the loving hearts to bear; And thankful for the loyal souls and brave hearts of the past Who builded that contentment should be with us to the last. Thalnkful for the plenty that our peaceful land has blessed, For the rising sun that becons every man to do his best, For the goal that lies before him and the promise that he sows That his hand shall reap the harvest, undisturbed by cruel foes. For the flaming torch of justice, symbolizing as it burns; Here none may rob the toiler of the prize he fairly earns. Today our thanks we're giving for the riches that are ours, For the red fruits of the orchards and the perfume of the flowers, For our homes with laughter ringing, our hearthfires blazing bright, For our land of peace and plenty and our land of truth and right; And we're thankful for the glory of the old Red, White and Blue For the spirit of our fathers and a manhood that is true. In his bright red pajamas, Francis Louis Lambe, Jr., four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Lambe of 1206 Brooks Ave., Raleigh, N. C, officially opened the 1948 Christ mas Seal Sale by selling the first sheet of seals to Gov. R. Gregg BIG SALE IN KENANSVILLE . The Duplin Mercantile Company will begin a gigantic sale on Wed nesday, December 1st. The entire stock of g'-oreries, hardware, elect rical anp'iances, mens, women's and children's ready-to-wear, shoes, rubber boots, etc., wilt be reducad to the lowest possible prices. This will be a clearance sale in every sense of the word. It will give you a chance to buy things that you want and need at prices which will S -v- VOV PEEP Little Child, little child, I see you in your crib You need a bib But you're not so wild. You cry, yes, you cry, As all children do. But your mother dreams For a future for you. Margaret Sometimes you plague us But we hope that your fuss Will give pleasure to us In the days afore. At times you sleep But mostly yop peep, As your eyes explore What has gone befqre. ' It P- Ifr .1 CAROLINA Cherry. . Governor Cherry Officially pro claimed November 22 to December 25 as the period for the 42nd An nual Christmas Seal Sale and urged all North Carolinians to give full support to the campaign. leave you with money in your pock et, which you never dreamed you would have after buying the things you want and need. It isn't often that the buying public has an oppor tunity to buy what they want at a price they are glad to pay. Be sure and visit Duplin Mercantile Com pany in Kenansville on December 1st and save money. You won't get another chance like this in many a moon. It's the sale of the season. ty Schools not yet heard from the Red Cross Enrollments have been coming in- slowly. Total so far li $88.16. Mrs. Geo. Bennett urges schools who have not as yet re ported to do so this week if pos sible. Report so far, is as follows: White Schools: B. F. Grady, $1'); Outlaw's Bridge, $5.22; Chinquapin, $30; Warsaw, $8.04; Potter's Hill, $5.15; TOTAL $59.41. Colored Schools: Kenansville, $5.50; Kenansville High. $3; Beu laville, $2; Wallace, $6.41; C. -W. Dobbins High, $2.84; Warsaw, $8; Douglass High. $4. TOTAL $29.75. GRAND TOTAL, $88.16. Mrs. Bennett wishes to thank the teachers and pupils of B. F. Grady, Outlaw's Bridge, Potter's-Hill and Kenansville for. their ' Educational Gift Boxes to bc s?nr.tor children pwr"i These FkIiou is furnished FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26th, 1948 DRIVE- IN! B" JOHN SIKES Wallace, Dear Robert G. Maybe you wonder why I've not sat down and written you letters these past two weeks instead of just coming on out and beating out a colyum for you like any self-respecting colyumist would naturally do. Well, it's this way: There're so many things I'd like to ask you personally that I never get around to thinking about when you come through with one of your telephone calls and I keep so busy looking out the window I just don't seem to find time to write you a private letter. Thus, I'm killing two birds with one stone, if you'll permit me to be so highly original by coining that phrase. First off, do you want me to write pieces about what goes on around Wallace, in addition to this colwuh? Second off, I've got to hand it to you on this Bi-Centennial Deal. You've got big ideas. But I never could see any use having Little Ideas if you're going to summon the mental energy and time to have any Ideas at all. -:X Looks to me like the deal to have Sam Byrd stage something in keeping with the County's back ground should kick up a lot of in terest over the country and draw a lot of people here. The thing to do is keep on push ing it, yourself. Why, I don't be lieve you'd have heard of Paul Green's "Lost Colony" this side of Kitty Hawk if it ha3n't been for my old friend, Brad Fearing - - rest his soul! - - - and his single-minded efforts to get the "Paj", as we used to call it in the Albemarle section, across. , Brad gave just about his whole time putting it across. Yet, I don't believe he ever got a dime out of it. That's what the Bi-Centennial is going to take. And X don't care if you have 500 people on your com mittees. You're just going to have to keep whooping things up, your self. If you need any additional whoops from me, let me know. You know about Wallace's Sec ond Annual Christmas Festival. Well, we're getting things all lined up so the festivities ought to b&n Improvement over last year?' And a lot of the folks say it was okay, last year. -, . . :t.;S;. .' r"- Wei ..'hoping jlo round up as many as 500 singers- to carol the old Christmas favorites in the musi cal part of the three-weeks-long celebration. Last year we had nine choirs with a total of i be 850 to 400 singers.' v; : Kt!.wv.!ie ' wa I't " Duplin Boy Missing It is reported that Russell Mur phy, age 16, of the Charity section, Who has been attending Weslyan Methodist College, Central, S. C, left the school on November 11th, and has been missing since then, it is understood that he called on a girl friend in Raleigh on November 22nd, but has not been seen since FHA Guarantees Farm Loans Farmers Home Administration will guarantee loans for non-veter an tenant farmers or sharecroppers to Buy a farm on which thev nlan to live and operate as a family-type tarm up to 90. The applicant must make a down oavment of 10 7c . The applicant pays 4 interset on this type of loan and also pays the insurance on the farm and thp taxes. FHA administration Drovides supervision for this type of loan. Todate approximately 50 loans of this type have been made in Duplin County. Of this number 24 have paid in full; none are behind pay ment and most of them are ahead of schedule on their payments. Persons interested in obtaining this type of service should contact either of the committeemen, David Lane. Beautancus, Albert Lanier of Charity Cross Roads," H. S. Tyn dall, Rt. 1. Seven Springs, or the Farmers Home Administration Of fice located over the Warsaw Drug Store. This office is open each week day except Saturday. body in that community in getting .themselves up a singing group and cfmiing over here to be with us? Rose Hill and probably Penderlea will hs with is this year besides nine others and 1 certainly would like to have the County Seat repre sented. See what you can do. Off-hand, that's about all I know this week. Except: Maybe you saw a piece I wrote about you for the Wilmington papers last week and another my new Editor-in-Chief did for some of the other State pa pers. If you didn't you ain't reading enough. Slavishly. John. A Final Appeal - - - A final appeal to farmers to at tend their Township Committee el ection was issued today by Joe E. Sloan, chairman DCACC. The nominating meeting in each township will be held at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 2 and voting will start at 9 o'clock a.m. and close at 6 p.m. Sloan states he would like to urge farmers to attend the nomi nating committee and elect people of their choice to administer the 1949 Farm Program. Each of the 13 Townships in the county will elect three committeemen and two alter nates, as well as a delegate to the County Convention where a three- man County Committee will be el ected. Article III of the Articles of As sociation has been amended, under date of November 17, 1947, to read as follows: "Any person who is participating or cooperating in any program ad ministered during the current cal endar year through the county agri cultural conservation association. Including an owner, operator, ten ant, or share cropper on a farm on which any of such programs are being carried out, shall be a mem ber of the association and entitled to vote in the community election until such time as It is determined (I) that Such person has no crop insurance contract with the Fed eral Crop Insurance Corporation, 2) that no payment or grant of con-, servation materials or services can be made with respect to such farm, and (3) that such person Is not eli gible for coopera tor's loan or other price support with respect to any eommody grown on such farm." This Amendment will permit owners, operators, tenants, or share croppers to Vote in the community elections provided they are parti cipating or cooperating in any of the programs administered by the county committee or are on a farm on which any of such programs are being carried out, and. provides that such individuals shall continue to be association members until they are disqualified under all three of the provisions- named in the amendment The effect of the amendment is to make the c-nw, No. 48 From Methodist ie In Central, South Carolina that time. It is believed that be may have gone to Richmond, Va. as he is said to have mentionel going there. His father died in 1940 and his mother died some two years later. His sisters and brothers are very anxious that he return home. EDITORIAL World Crisis A prophet in his own right, who lives in Kenansville, once predicted that Russia would march to the At lantic and take over the British Isles. That prophet is L. A. Beasley., a scholar of the old school, and a man of knowledge of world history and of human nature. Turmoil today in the world com pares itself with a century ago. The : Bible tells US there will altvava h wars and rumors of wars. The Strug- ' gie Detween tne United States and Russia is for world dominance. Thu United States is slowly losing the democracy that Washington and Jefferson, Patrick Henry and John Randolph of Roanoke and John Paul Jones of Halifax: helped to develop. ... The mind of the cnmmnn man today, in the United States, is build- ing a country comparable to the old British Emnire which Wnini-t a the world. Marshall Stalin is strain-1 ing to combat us. There is not going to be an immediate war. But toe United States is moving forward to " Decome tne dominant world power Abraham Lincoln, led a war to free the "Negroes, he won and justly so. But as we reflect over history, back to the days of Rome, if the world does not slow down the Uni ted States is going to suffer another' "fall of Rome"; so will Russia. In history vou will find the Flrif. ish Empire had its una and dnwna ' The "Spanish Amada" attempted to DUt an pnrt tn Rritsln Stalin ' 1 has said that there will "alwavn ' be an England". Britain is being ' more or less quiet, but developing . rapidly new territories in Africa. They are exploring new horizons ; and they will arrive. America, which is usually recog nized as "The United States" tn , the Western Hemisphere, is a son of Britain. America is the melting pot of the world. We need to slow down. Discontinue this laborite revolution and build results on a staunch foundation, then we really can lead the world. J. R. GRADY. READ If your last name begins with the letter "E", "F". or "G", you'd . better visit your nearest driving : license examiner right away. ': You only have until midnight of December 31 to take a new driving -examination, according to the Mo-, tor Vehicle Department, and if you ' don't get it now, along with your Christmas shopping, you may find that the lines get awfully long near the end of December. It was stated that the E, F. and G group of drivers had been slow to , report to the examining stations. This group began taking exams on July 1 and will be given through December 31. After that date, in any E, F, or G driver is caught on an old license, he will be found guilty of a misde- meanor and will be fined not less . than $25, or imprisoned for 30 days, or both, at the discretion of the court. ; Beginning on January 1 and con- ; tinuing through June 30, 1949, the Y H, I, J, and K drivers will be re- licensed. Other examining periods: L and M - July 1 thru Dec. 31, r 1949; N, O, P, and Q - Jan. 1, thru June 30, 1950; R, S, and T - July :. - I thru Dec. 31, 1950; U, V, W, X, Y, and Z - Jan. 1 through June 30. 1951. - Death and Funeral The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Kennedy, Edmond, aged 19 months of Cabin, died Saturday, v November 20. Funeral services were . held Sunday with the Rev. J. G. Morrison officiating. Interment was . , in the family cemetery near Cabin. Mrs. Kennedy is the former Mary Ruth Rhodes, daughter of Edward Rhodes of the Cabin section. loan under any of the loan pro grams or who is el'-" fT r s'TPort vnicT avy c f ' -, t -t rr ' --e