lafi DUPLIN TIMJIS
THE DUPLIN TIMES
l)UV la KMaMtfita, N. C Cwntj Scat of
I PCPUN COUMTT
UHarial kastacM aa prtettnt iaat bumflb, N.
- : J. KOBKBT GEADT. EDROK OWNER
" latent at the Foal Offset Kanaairffle, N. C,
TILIPHONK8
KeBaaarina. S55-4 ' ,- Warsaw, 89J-6
8UB8CB1RI0N BATES: SS.M par year la Duplin Couaty;
WU farMr.jaar aataMa DopUa Cecmty. la North CartJiaa;
aatsMe North Carolina, except to Men hV.8.
Anywhere, $1-H per year.
AArarttdac ratea faralaked oa request
A Demeeratto Jennial, devoted to the material, educational.
i aad agrlealtaral tateraata of Duplin County.
I
Notional AlvrtMa rMNlll
AhehcanPiiuAsskiuiii
Enlisted Man Seeks
Com. In US Army
A 27-year-old staff sergeant who
had to quit school in the 7th grade
is the first enlisted man at Ft. Sill
to apply for direct commission un
der the Army's new officer pro
curement plans.
Whether or not he makes it is
still in the hands of an examining
board. But Sgt. Lenwood Smith's
commanding officer wrote a letter
to the board In which he urged the
commission be granted.
"Whether officer or non-commissioned
officer, I would fight to
have Sergeant Smith in my com
mand, in war or peace," the letter
stated. It was signed by Col. How
ard E. Kessinger, in command of
the Fifth Field Artillery group.
Sergeant Smith is chief of detail
of Battery B, 18th Field Aatillery,
of Fort Sill. The 18th, and other
units of the Fifth Group, are school
troops, acting as show troops and
exhibition soldiers for the Artillery
School. They are all crack soldiers.
Sergeant Smith has applied for
his commission under a new De
partment of Army ruling which
permits enlisted men, if properly
qualified, to be granted reserve
commissions as second lieutenants.
They must serve on active duty for
at least two years after being com
missioned. If they wish a commiss
ion in the Regular Army, they may
go on what is called "competitive
tour". In this, they are' in daily
competition with other officers for
two years. If they perform tneir
duties in a highly satisfactory man
ner, they are granted a regular
commission.
Back home, at Pink Hill, N. C ,
Sergeant Smith's father was a far
mer. Lenwood went to school at
Seven Springs, but while he, was in
OOOOOOOiOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
NOTICE
i
(1 Wo Wish To Announce That We Are Now Buying
Daily, Monday Through Saturday, At Warsaw,
it N. C. No Commiasion Charted. Top Market
f -wn it
im rniM cor xour nogs.
I
iff
Sampson Livestock Market
LANCE WILLIAMS, Owner.
loooooooooooooooooooooooo
Monuments
Of Design
: QUALITY WORF.IANSHD?
TRUE "TONES FINELY CUT
FRANCIS OAKLEY
The Qutna-HeGowen
IN WARSAW
Co.
M. F. ALLEN JR.
& General Insurance
KENANSVILLE,N. C.
KENANSVILLE'S ONLY INSURANCE AGENCY
J. M. JENKINS. Mgr.
Calypso Veneer Go.,
Inc.
RETAIL LUMBER YARD
banc: 3682, 3603 Calypso, N. C
ALL GRADES FRAMING, BOARDS,
FLOORING, MOULDINGS, ETC.
, KILN DRIED
; - All New and Modern Equipment
' atix ira hats Yora lwt? riAinc you:
j
k I j
I 1
Lill
1 IIMi
':Vfftftt
OK. KENNETH-J. FOREMAN
SCRIPTURE:
I Jo
PhUlpplam; t Timothy;
Fohn.
DEVOTIONAL READING: Ephealans
1:13-21.
Letters in the Bible
Lesson for December 12, 1948
Dr. Foreman
A LETTER in the mail! Those
are exciting words. It was
so when the Babylonians chipped
open their dried clay envelopes, it
Is so when we rip
the end off our pa
per envelopes, it
was so when the
marooned and
homesick Timothy
broke the seal on
the papyrus notes
that his old friend
and teacher Paul
tent him. Most let
tars reach the
wastebasket, and
we know that some of Paul s did.
But fortunately his friends thought
enough of about a dozen of bis let
ters to save them and copy them
and file them with some others and
pass them around. And so we got
more than a third of our New Testa
ment, and perhaps a good deal more
than a third of our theology.
Yesterday in Television
THESE letters that have come
down to us from so long ago are
not only keenly interesting, they
are Immensely valuable. An honest
informal letter is like an open win
dow. We see into the writer's mind
and life, we see the life of his
times. Any historian feels lucky
when he lights on a packet of old
letters. Here is yesterday in tele-,
vision.
The letters of the New Testa
ment, especially Paul's, are not
propaganda literature. Paul
was not writing for publication
or for posterity. He would be
bothered by a problem; he
would think and pray about it,
and then he would sit down and
write abont it.
However trivial the problem
might seem, such as a local church
quarrel, Paul never wrote trivially
about it He would pour out his
mud on papyrus, usually dictating
his letters to a secretary and some
times so fast that the secretary ob
viously had a hard time keeping up.
If you want to know how an Apos
tle's mind worked, here it is. If
yon want to know how an inspired
religious genius, one of the great
of all time, planned' and grieved
and hoped and rejoiced, read these
letters. Further, these letters tele
vise for us the early Christian
church. This is not a view of the
Church on parade, this is a glimpse
ol the church as it was "on the
hoof," struggling, quarreling, ig
norant, scarce one step removed
from raw heathenism, and yet with
the root of Christian faith in its
heart, the seed of the great church
that has grown up through the cen
turies. Friend to Friend
THE letters in the New Testa
ment are of various kinds. The
letter to the Philippians from Paul
was written, from prison, to some
of his best friends. Recently they
had sent him not only money but
a man named Epaphroditus to stay
with Paul and help him, Paul being
in constant bad health. But Epa
phroditus himself had fallen ill, and
when he grew better he was still
homesick.
Paul, generous as always, decid
ed to send his sick friend home to
convalesce, and by his hand sent
the letter which the Philippian
church loved, saved and copied, so
that It eventually made its way
Into the New Testament collection.
There Is some high theology
in the letter; but there Is also
some warm human friendship,
and some of the best advice
Paul ever gave. It is in this
letter we discover Paul's secret
of happiness. I have learned
(he wrote) In whatsoever state
I am, therein to be content.
(See chapter .)
When you read those paragraphs,
simply glowing with happiness, re
member they were written by a
aide man, in jail, facing a serious
Charge on his forthcoming trial
Paul had actually discovered a joy
which la trouble-proof.
Father to Sons
DAUL knew he would not live for-
ever on this planet and could not
live everywhere. So he spent much
effort training helpers and succes
sors. . Borne of these disappointed
turn sorely; but he was never dis
appointed in Timothy.
His letters to Timothy are per
sonal, but they are more than that
They are advice from an older rain'
later to a younger one, from a vet
eran missionary to a fresh recruit
In I John we have another kind
of letter, from an old, perhaps re
tired minister to a congregation ha
knows and lovea. Again in X John
the reader gets the impression of
reading a family letter from father
to sons and daughters.
(Ctmitbt hj th ImurnMlontl Cornell
Rillfioia tiaemtioa m Mall ol 40
Pretnttnt itnovdnttionM. Kmlimd ia
the seventh grade his father died.
Lenwood quit school to work the
farm at Pink Hffl. and support his
mother, Mrs. Haggle Smith, who
stin lives there. ' 'r
In December. 1S39, Smith Jolne J
came to join the 70th Field Artill
ery. During two years at Sill he saw
a lot of Qklahoma, and liked whet
he saw. -
His wife, Pansy, is from Marlow.
They were married while Smith was
stationed here the first time and
have a five-year old son. Larry
Lynn. Another child died while
Sergeant Smith was overseas.
The 70th FA went to Fort Jack
son, S. C, in 1943. In August of
that year the battalion took off for
Iceland with the troops which re
lieved the Fifth Division there.
Sergeant Smith was chief of de
tail when his outfit hit northern
France. Soon he was acting as for
ward observer, living with the front
line infantry troops and calling
artillery fire to support the drives
When he came back he held the
Bronze Star, and had taken part
in the campaigns of northern
France, the Rhineland and Cenhal
Europe.
On the 29th of June, 1945, Ser
geant Smith was discharged. He
went to Marlow and opened a gro
cery store. He was successful, but
liked the Army. Four months after
his discharge, he re-enlisted, and
got his old rating of Staff Sergeant.
Lenwood will hasten to tell you
that he didn't re-enlist because he
couldn't make a go of civilian life.
In the fbur months he was out of
service, he did right well with that
grocery store, clearing $1,100 on the
store.
The Smiths moved back to Fort
Sill in March, 1946. He was assign
ed to attery B, 18th Field Artillery,
part of the Fifth Group at Sill.
In this outfit, Sgt. Smith got his
old job as chief of detail. It is one
of three most important non-commissioned
jobs in artillery battery.
Although he had not finished
the 7th grade before he joined the
Army, Smith is far from uneduca
ted. He had a flair for mathematics
used in artillery. Proper firing is
a combination of geometry and alg
ebra, with map reading and a good
grasp of language thrown in. In
terested in big guns, Smith soon
saw that his seventh grade educa
tion would not carry him as far in
the Army as he wanted to go. So
he went to work on United States
Armed Forces Institute courses and
finished his high school education.
Then came the opportunity for
commission, and Smith grabbed it.
If Sergeant Smith is accepted for
commission, he will take a special
course in officers training in Field
Artillery, and then be assigned to
a unit.
Because he is at Fort Sill now,
he will probably be sent somewhere
else if commissioned. But he'll try
to get back. He likes Oklahoma,
and is literally married to it.
NOTICE OF SALE
UNDEER AND BY VIRTUE OF
AUTHORITY of the judgment of
the Superior Court of Duplin Coun
ty in that certain matter entitled:
"In the matter of T. K. Byrd and
wife Ruth Outlaw Byrd, et als", and
being Special Proceeding No. 2291
duly filed in the office of the
Clerk of Superior Court, the under
signed Commissioner will offer for
sale for cash on Monday, January
3, 1949, at 12:00 Noon at the Court
housedoor in Kenansville, N. C, all
the timber that will cut or measure
ten inches across the stump twelve
inches above the ground at the time
of cutting, with the privilege of two
years in which to cut and remove
same, together with the usual pro
visions of a timber deed situated n
all that certain tract or parcel of
land in Albertson Township, Duplin
County, North Carolina, and being
described as follows:
BEGINNING at a stake on Buck
Branch, -where, wire fence crosses
Buck Branch and runs thence as
fence South 54 West 384 feet to a
stake; thence continued on as wire
fence North 37-30 West 128 feet;
thence continued on as wire fence
North 4-45 East 836 feet; thence
North 17 West as wire fence 224
feet; thence as wire fence North
28-30 West 1078 feet to a stake near
South side of Public road; thence
as wire fence North 72 East 940
feet to Loftins Bridge across Buck
A. J. CAVENAUGH
JEWELER
DIAMONDS WATCBBS
WATCH AND JEWELRY
REPAIRING ENGRAVING .
Wallace N. C.
Dr. H. V. Colwell
OPTOMETRIST
Eyes a?"1"! Glasses Fitted.
tf'rfl Door Ta Cavenauth
Chevrolet .Company
Permanent Office In
WALLACE, N. C
REMEMBER TODAY
TOMOWWOW
WITH A
PHOTOGRAPH
KRAFT'S
STUDIO
Of MOUNT OLIVE
PkanM ta-3 or 2St
COSEEESCIAL
- A ' ' "
Anyway, It's Mighty Tiresome! :
I :
: I ' . .
. a I : " -
Branch, on Drummersville road;
thence down the run of Buck
Branch to the beginning, containing
30 acres, more or less, and being
a portion of the lands as described
in Book 370, page 236, of the Duplin
County Registry.
A ten per cent deposit will be re
quired of the successful bidder.
Advertised this the 27th day of
November, 1948.
H. E. Phillips, Commissioner
12-31-4t HEP
NOTICE OF SALE
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF
AUTHORITY as Administrator of
the estate of L. W. Outlaw, deceas
ed, the undersigned will on Satur
day, December 18, 1948, at the hour
of 10:00 A.M. offer for sale for cash
at the residence of L. W. Outlaw,
deceased, in Albertson Township,
the following articles of personal
property:
A good quantity of carpenter
tools including saws, hammers, etc.
Hoes, rakes and shovels and
other small articles of personal
property, including a few articles
of household and kitchen furniture
and a bicycle.
Advertised this 29th day of Nov
ember, 1948.
Luther Outlaw, Admini
strator of the estate of L.
W. Outlaw, deceased.
H. E. Phillips, Attorney
Kenansville, N. C.
12-17-2t. HEP
NOTICE OF RENTAL OF
LANDS FOR 1949
The undersigned Receiver will on
Monday, December 20th, 1948, at
the hour of 12 Noon, at the Court
House Door in the Town of Ke
nansville, offer for rental to the
WARSAW
AF as AM
LODGE
Now7
AT 7:S0. ALL MASTER MASONS
ARB INVITED SO ATTNED.
MEETS EVERT SECOND AND
FOURTH TUESDAY NIGHTS
TYNDALL
FUi3&L HOME
EN M3VNT OLIVE
Burial Assocutloi
- - Pbwm T - .
Dtnotora, -BsobalmeM
Service, day or night
af Wavva-DcsUa
Let Us Cure Your Meat
We Offer A Complete
Processing Service
Sfouf Frozen Food
Locker Company
Phone 264-1 '
WALLACE, N. C.
highest bidder for cash as a set
rental, the lands known as the
James Davis Lands, and the Es
tella Jarman Lands, located on the
Kenansville and CCoopers Mill
Road in Kenansville Township. The
rental made pursuant to Court
order, and the Receiver reserves
the right to reject any or all bids.
This December 9, 1948.
1 t. C.
G. Powell, Receiver
on or before the 6th day of Decem
ber, 1949, or this, notice will be
pleaded in bar of theia recovery;
and all persons indebted to said
estate will make immediate pay
ment. , '
This 6th day of December, 1948.
i Clement R. Shine,
: Faison, N. C.
l-4-6t..CRS
z
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
The undersigned having quali
fied as administrator on the es
tate of Henry B. Shine, deceased,
hereby notifies all persons having
claims against said estate to pre
sent the-same to me duly verified
Southerland LI ec trie Co.
Warsaw, N. C.
Phone 270-1
'All Types Of Wiring
O
O
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
JERUSALEM OAK SEED WANTED g
We Are In The Market For A Limited Quantity O
Of Clean, Dry Jerusalem Oak Seed. At This Time O
We Are Paying 5c Per Pound, Subject To Market
ah Ti.o.nno , J
o
o
0
I Andrews & Knowles Produce Co.
All The Time.
WE ALSO IN THE MARKET FOR
PECANS
O
o
MOUNT OLIVE, NORTH CAROLINA
C
O
COAL & FUEL OIL
Immediate Delivery.
0-
. Call us today for high grade fuel oil and best
uality Red Ash, Briquets, or Smokeless CoaL
0-
-0
R. B. WARREN
Telephones 69 or 210 Mount Olive, N. C.
REMEMBER LAST Wi'.itL.;!!
GET YOUR COAL i;0V
VE DELIVER
GARNER COAL CO.
Warsaw, II. C. , , Pita 21
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooccc
Build - Buy - Repair
A HOME III
KEIIAIISVILLE - FAISON - CALYPSO
We Will Help You
t:0!!:!T Olll'i CLD5. G L.:i ;
tTie t r- v - e'-' 1 ti 11 j
r: ! - -