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I : VOLUME NUMBER SEVENTEEN KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4th, 1949 No. 5 ; ' ' Creek Church Hearing Be Held. Cc ::;! Court On Monday February 14lh. Judge J. Paul Frizzelle Presides At Duplin Criminal Court Here J J hah P'l y I ILlLuK W r - A disagreement over who would ibe pastor of the Muddy Creek Prim itive Baptist Church, near : Chin quapin, resulted in the exclusion of several members and the placing pf;."No Trespassing" -signs on the oors of the church and trees about ' JhB grounds. On Sunday morning, Jan. : 16, several of the "excluded members" came to the church and : Insisted on holding services after1 being forbidden to enter the church Tjr the Secretary, C. E. Fountain, - and other members in good stard .log. Entrance to the church at this .time was gained by merely unlock ing the door, entering the church 'Where the ."excluded members" 'held cervices. Later warrants were -issued for the following seven per sons: Bland Lanier, hision, Gordon Lanier, David Fountain, Will im Brown, the preacher; Ruff in Ed wards, Eugene Shepard and Clay tod Nethercutt, who it is under- ; stood, never, was a member of the Church. The above were charged 7 with "Breaking . and entering and forcible trespass." In addition to the above; Gordon Lanier was also chargedwith, "Assault with adead ly weapon". V M a hearing held in Kenanaville before Justice of the Peace William DaiL of Muddy Creek Township, on Friday night, Jan. 19, evidence was offered which resulted in Gordon Lanier being found guilty of "Sim pje Assault" on Tracy (?) Edwards. ' Gordon Lanier gave notice of ap ical from this verdict to the Coun- Fraternity Honors Warsaw Boy Chapel Hill, Jan. 30. Members ; -of Tau Epsilon Pri fraternity At the - University dforth Carolina have dedicate scholarship cup to the memory pf their brother, Sidney P. . Brooks,., ton of Mr. and Mrs. A. Brpoks, and student from Warsaw . who was killed in an automobile accident" in Raleigh last spring. Th announcement of the establish ment of the cup was made at a cere monial held in Chapel Hill Sunday, January 23, 1949. and was attended - by members of young Brooks' fan cy.. ;r V-..V?. .-. Dean of Awards Ernest L. Mackic of the University presented the Phi Beta Kappa Key, which Brooks had earned in hit final quarter at the University, to Brooks' sister, Mrs. Marshall- Solomon, of Richmond, Va. Brooks was killed on his way home from the University following final examinations last June. ,. I 5 ...lliiUlli-IM S57.00T6 "March Of Dimes" r The Simmons, Me wborn, Turner Post No. 379, American Legion, lo cated at Maxwell's Mill, gave $57, . the entire proceeds from one of its Friday night dances, to the 1949 Match of Dimes, according to Com- Versaw To Promote Rat Eradication . ..The townfolk of Warsaw are Ur gently asked to cooperate In the forthcoming rat killing campaign. Ross F. Wadklns, high school agri cultural teacher, has graciously consented to order the Red Squill Tat Poison in wholesale quantities, iach family or property owner is a ked to' contribute $1.00 by Feb. n, and Mr. Wadklns will order the poison. Then .when the material a rives the public will be notified i each family will distribute the I , uon on their grounds. The entire liSccufers JTbr killlHwl I'lwvl 'r. J. C, Thompson of Warsaw elected Chairman of the Du I strict of ; the Tuscarora 1 at the Annual Scouters t in Warsaw Wednesday . v n. 28. Mr. Roy Carter of i'-'! elected .Vice Chairman f Ralph Jones was el i t Commissioner. These i v "re presented by Mr. I ' r"''.i!ri(in ty Court. He was also held in bail for County Court on the charge of "Forcible Trespass", the "breaking and entering" charges on all the defendants were eliminated when "No Probable Cause" was rendered by the Court. Justice of the Peace Dail found "probable cause" against all defendants on the Charge of "Forcible Trespass" and they were bound over to County Court under bond. . , , It has been erroneously reported in certain newspapers that there was a "lively melee" with flailing and scuffling, and "somebody got hurt but not too bad." This and other statements were reported as having been made by Sheriff Ralph J. Jones. Sheriff Jones has inform ed this writer that he has made no such statements and has not at any time given any information to any reporter or newspaper concerning this affair. From evidence offered at the hearing before Justice Dail, the dc fendant Gordon Lanier struck Tracy (?) Edwards two or three times with his fists. No others were involved in any fighting.' The case will be heard before Judge Robert L. West in Coun'.y Court Monday, February 14th. A special venire of fifty jurors have been ordered drawn from north of Kenansvill e- Pink Hill highway which includes Albertson, Glisson, Wolfscrape, Warsaw, Faison and Calypso Townships. Dave Arner, of Wilson, Univer sity alumnus and former member of TEP fraternity, opened the ceif monles with an eulogy of Brooks. Dean Mackie then gave a sum mary of Brooks' grades, none of which were below a "B", and pre sented the Phi Beta Kappa key which Brooks had been awarded posthumously in the official cere monies held last quarter. As Brooks was known for his scholarship, his freaternity brothers decided a scholarship cup would be the best way in which to honor him. The present cup, awarded an nually to the member of the frater nity earning the best grades, was retired, and the Omega Scholarship award in memory of Sidnep P. Brooks will now be given to the ' member who -holds the highest scholastic record throughout the year. mander Charles Thompson. The post has 86 members and although it is one of the younger posts in this section, it has an enviable rec ord of community achievement, ac cording to district leaders. K community it asked to participate in this absolute necessary program and rid the town and community of the rodents. It will be necessary for cooperation or else small quan tities put out In different parts of town will not rid the entire town. . . Warsaw people contact-Mr. Wad klns at once so he might order the poison at a saving and everyone receive and distribute the poison at the same time and rid Warsaw of the pests, . ,,': ? ..', ; Mr. Boyert it the new Scout Execu tive tor Tuscarora Council. He re ported on the scout membership for Duplin County and challenged the adults of the district to help bring more boys -Into the move ment.. The need for trained leader ship was emphasized. The banquet was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. This portion of the program was led by two Scouts in uniform, Edward Livesay and Charles King, and two Cub Scouts, Aubrey Pope and N. H. Carter, all of Wallace. The invo cation was given by Rev. R. L. Crossno of Warsaw. ' . Lee Brown, Scoutmaster of TrOop 20, Warsaw, welcomed the M peo ple in attendance. I' v. J. C. I -riwn, Scoiit!n!v r ; r I ' iHC r-' -iiiiMi imi -..-.MMl DUPLIN GROUP PLANS The Duplin County Historical Associa tion, Inc., in a meeting of interested citizens from every section of the county, agreed to go ahead with plans to produce an elaborate his torical pageant next fall commemo 8 To 10 Years On Arson Charge Cameron "A. Warrick, Duplin County white man of Wolfscrape Township, was sentenced to not less than 8 nor more than 10 years in State Prison after entering a plea of Nolo Contendere to a charge of Arson, in Superior Court here to day. C. A. Warrick, Sr. father of Cameron, who was to be tried on the same charge entered a plea if ' Not Guilty" through attorneys J. Faison Thompson of Goldsboro, and N. B. Boney of Kenansville, who represented both.-father and son. Senator Rivers D. Johnson of War saw, Acting Solicitor, then advised the court that he doubted the State could produce sufficient evidence to convict C. K Warrick, Sr., and asked that he be allowed to take a "Nol Prosse" in that case. Later -after Cameron Warrick had been sentenced the State requested that a nol prosse be taken in t'.ie case against Marshall -"Hughes, young white man of Mount Olive, who was under indictment on the same charge and who had tesdfied that he was with Cameron Warrick when the house was burned . and Saw him, Cameron, pour kerosene over the bed and bed clothes in one of the rooms of the house and on the floor and walls, and throw a lighted newspaper into the room. Hughes also testified that he tried to stop Cameron and tried to put the fire out and that Cameron told him "Let it all go to hell." The court actions of today grew out of the burning on Dec. 30, 1948 of a farm house owned by W. A. Wadsworth and occupied by the Warricks and) Marshall Hughes, who was working for them, from evidence produced at the Magis trate's hearing shortly after the BOB GRADY There has been recent stories widespread in State Papers regard ing a Duplin church controversy. I, had occasion last week to discuss the matter with one of -the daily papers. The leaning; oi thought from that paper was that they made a mistake. When a mistake is made and It is publicized the dam age it done. I have always believed that tome things people don't know don't hurt them, - ' - ' As a newspaperman, of courseiJ nave to look tor news; And- as a prominent reporter remarked to day, if I wrote everything I know about this community, several peo ple including myself, would be run out of town. -, v- ;:. When we publish a itory we should have the trtie facts. In this, particular story I am referring to In Duplin, the Duplin Times or the Wallace Enterprise did not publish one word. It teems to me that when a itory in the making that lnv6lves the welfare of a people, outside papers Should contact the local paper. We try to get the facts first, Our aim Is to build our county. Home development should come first However we must have sterlet but they must be based on fact. We get too much sensation f '-n t'-e mj - ine.i. Too much sensaujii rating the county's 200 years of ex islance. In the above picture, sealed are Sam Byrd, who will write and direct the pageant, and Mrs. J. D. Sandlin, Jr., of Beulaville, secretary of the association. Standing, left to right, John Sikes, Wallace, publi arrest of Cameron Warrick and Marshall JIughes, Mr. Wadsworth bought the house and farm from C. A. Warrick, Sr., about the mid dle of November, 1948 and Mr. Warrick agreed to move out or the house before Christmas. Whon he failed to do this Mr. Wadsworth went to see him and asked when he was going to move - Mr. Warrick told Mr. Wadsworth th.it lie would move when he got ready, that he was in no hurry. Mr. Wadsworth then instituted ejection proceed ings against Mr. Warrick and the hearing on this matter was set for the day following the burning oi the house? Evidence today was to the effect that Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Warrick, Sr., with two young chil dren of Cameron Warrick, had been taken early in the evening U the night the house was burned, by Cameron Warrick to the home o' their daughter in Dobbersville where they spent the night. Testi mony was also offered to show that the Warrick furniture in the house was insured and that the Warrick car, which was also burned at this time, was insured. Mr. Boney, for the defense, told the court that Cameron Warrick was separated from his wife two years ago and had custody of their two young children; that about the time of the separation he began to drink heavily and regularly and that this continued heavy drinking had so affected his mind as to make him irresponsible for his actions. Judge J. Paul Frizzelle told the defendant that he was taking this into consideration, that had he not done so the sentence would have been much more severe. lastjjweek; viz: Warsaw Jaycees Getting: Busy Now Warsaw has a Junior Cham ber of Commerce. Watch things be gin to hum down there. f AJunlor Chamber of Commerce, you : know, is composed entirely of men up to the age of 35 years. The age of do and dare. Goldsboro knows what its own Junior Chamber of Commerce has meant and is meaning in civic pro gress.; This organization has made Increasing .contributions. Clinton Jaycees organized the Warsaw Jaycees. The Clinton or ganization, you know, put over the successful organization of the giant Clinton auction produce market. Already that project has begun ti return large dividends to Clinton and to farmers of the Clinton section.;.-' First project undertaken by the Warsaw Jaycees is the organization of an auction produce market for town. Mitchell Britt, president of the - enthusiastic young men, was all serious business as he outlined the project to us the other day. Warsaw has simply been waiting for some group such as the Jaycees to go ahead with this project. In' deed we didn't understand why Warsaw, ; located as ,lt is in the truck crop belt, hasn't organized such. a. market before. Towns all around Warsaw have them. . T' Warsaw Jaycees will have a i r, v f -nfiier in t' i-ir cfT if city chairman of the production, Gilbert Alphin, Jr., Duplin Tax Col lector and President of the Associa tion, and M. F. Allen, local banker and Treasurer of the Association Staff photo by Charles Craft and engraving by Cletus Brock. CountyAgent's Office L. F. WEEKS Sweet Potato Meeting Mr. H. M. Covington, Extension Horticulturist, working with sweet potatoes will be in Duplin County for two meetings next Tuesday, Feb. 8. The first meeting will be held in the Agricultural Building in Ke nansville, starting at 2:45 p.m. An other meeting will be held in Rose Hill High School Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Covington will discuss all phases of sweet potato production, including sources of disease free seed stock, proper methods of bed ding, fertilization, etc. Every per son interested in growing improved quality of sweet potatoes should at tend these meetings. Community Meetings: Attention is again called to the series of community meetings now being held throughout the county. At these meetings, various subjects of current is being discussed by various agricultural leaders in the county. ' Pictures are being shown illustrating tobacco diseases, im proved permanent pastures, corn production, etc. Other timely sub jects such as Better Farming for Better Living, changes in the triple A, Conservation Program and cur rent activities of your Farm Bureau Organization will also be discussed. Meeting yet to be held are as follows: all starting at 7:30 p.m. Magnolia School, Thurs. Feb. 3; Beulaville School, Fri. Feb. 4; Hose Hill School, Tues. Feb. 8; Chinquapin School, Wed. Feb 9; B. F. Grady School, thurs. Feb. 10; Outlaw's Bridge School, Fri. Feb 11; Calypso School, Fri. Feb 18; La Place Com. Bldg. Tues. Feb. 22; Faison School, Wed. Feb. 23; War saw School, Thurs. Feb. 24; Ke nansville Agri. Bldg. Fri. Feb 25. Warsaw City Hall In Operation Warsaw's new, modern, and t- tractive Town Hall was officially opened Tuesday. Mrs. Dorcas B. Rogers, Town Clerk, was the official greeter to the many people who dropped by to look the building over. Her off ice, clean and sparkling, is located on the left of the entrance hall, and she was beaming with pride and happiness to be moved and in a permanent office. ' The imposing building is a com pliment to the town of Warsaw. It is compact, and every inch of space is utilized. The Police Department and the Highway Patrol will - se the office to the right of the en trance hall. The entrance hall leads to another hall, running the length of the building, with entrances to the assembly hall, the Mayor's off ice, the four jail cells, two fo: white prisoners and two for colored prisoners, the fire department, a storage room, and another room which is not yet assigned. , Town Officials are Mayor A. J. Jenkins .and Commissioners"A. L. Cavenaugh, B. C. Sheffield, Jr., F. J. Strickland, J. M. West and S. H. Britt.. : ; . .-. i r'-ms are now underway but Sn 1 ! f i i' "i e!reise Kenansville. N. C. January, 31st, 1949 The January Term of Duplin Superior Criminal Court opened todav at Kenansville with Jude J. Paul Frizzelle, of Snow Hill, pre siding. In the absence of. Solicitor J. Abner Barker, of Roseboro, who is ill, Senator Rivers D. Johnson, of Warsaw, acted as prosecutor. In his deliberate and impressive charge to the Grand Jury, Judge Frizzelle especially called their at tention to the fact that the oath administered to them was the most "comprehensive, significant .in ' solemn" of oaths and directed them to have this oath either re cited or read to them after they retired to their room that they might 'better understand its signi ficance before embarking on their duties as Grand Jurors. He admon ished them to look well to their duty as grand jurors as it was a most important one. The rest of the day was taken up with cases where the defend ants wished to enter pleas of guilty. One suchh case was that of L. P. Hollingsworth, 17 year old Negro of Pcnsaeola, Fla. who was charged "The Story Of Duplin" Be Given Sept. 22, 23, 24 The pageant committee of Dup lin County met here Saturday night and set the dates for the event for Sept. 22-23-24. Representatives of every community in the county were present. Sam Byrd, nationally known play wright and producer of several Broadway hits, who will direct the pageant, was present and outliner his plans. The title of the pageant, "The Duplin Story", portrays the county EDITORIAL There have been, apparently, er roneous reparts concerning the Muddy Creek Baptist Church. The following letter was written by the Clerk of the Church. News- that's destructive is no; particularly good for any of us. We all make mistakes. Here is the letter: To The Editor: It is indeed regrettable that an erroneous report about Muddy Creek Primitive Baptist Church, is being given such wide publicity. The Church is one of the oldest and most conservative in all the countryside. Muddy Creek Church has only 46 members and there are 10 ex members. It is true that there has been some trouble between the two groups of people. But no weapons of any kind were used by the church members on the Sunday mentioned in the false report, or at any other time. One sympathiser on the ex-member side got over en thusiastic but was restrained. The trouble arose over use of the church and because someone had been tearing down "no tres passing" signs and someone broke into the church on Saturday night, and took the new locks off the church doors. Warrants were issued against six men for forcible trespass. They were tried in magistrates court and found guilty of trespass and simple assault. The case was sent to coun ty court. Signed C. E. Fountain, Clerk. Grand Jury Reports . The report of the Grand Jury for the Term of Superior 'Court which ended here today shows that they according to officials. The lawn has been leveled, a seed bed prepared, and lawn grass seed sown. Walkways to the main en trance of the building, the entrance to the assembly hall, and a driveway to the fire department have been laid off and cut out. Crushed stone will be put on these walkways snd drives within the near future. , The public is extended a cordial invitation to visit the new town hall and look it over. Mrs. Rogers will be delighted to show anyone over the building during office hours. Office hours 9:30 to 5:00 daily except Mondays and Wednesdays 9:30 to HO. Library hours T",h y I with bre.ikine and entering. From i evidence presented it appears that Hoilingsworth came to North Caro lina with a circus and remained to find himself in jail. After some con sideration Judge Frizzelle asked the colored people in the court room if they would be willing to contribute money to send the boy back to his home in Florida. A col lection was taken up among the colored people which amounted to $20.35. This not being sufficient, white people contributed $13.65 lo make a total of $34.00. Judge Friz zelle then sentenced Hollingsworth to two years in the common jail as signed to work the roads; sentence sus-pended upon condition that Hol lingsworth return to his sister's home in Florida and remain there and not return to North Carolina for a period of ten years. In the opinion of this writer the Court is to be commended for the just, reas onable and sensible manner in which the case was disposed of. The letter of the law is not always the answer - - sometimes the spirit of the law better accomplishes its purpose. of Duplin for the past 200 years. G. E. Alphin, president of the Duplin Historical Association, an nounced that over $2500 has been raised so far in the campaign. Bob Grady, editor of The Duplin Times, presented a check for $100 from Gruvcr Maxwell of August, Ga. Checks were also received from Tom and James Kenan of Atlanta. Other checks are expected to be rece'ved from other members of the Kenan family. considered 17 bills, returning 12 True Bills and five "not true". Tljat tlvy inspected County Buildings, School Buildings and School Buses. That whi'e thry found all of the chool buses in excellent condition, this was not true as io all of the school buildings. Of the following schools the re port had this to say: Beulaville Colored School - We recommend an additional bus. At tendance less than 50'; due to lack of transportation. Potters Hill School. White - We found toilet conditions unsanitary; 180 pupils and only four toilets. Toi lets full and overflowing. Water backs up from toilets to school buil ding. 180 pupils drinking from one pump. (County School Superintend ent O. P. Johnson, advises that work an the installation of new toilets ind water works for this school was to have begun last Monday, but will start tomorrow). Kenanrville White School - Build ing needs repair. Plaster falling on stairway. Calypso Colored School - Build ing needs repair and is also over crowded. Wallace White School - We found buses in good repair, but found No. 61 overcrowded with 75 students and No. 1 overcrowded with 65 stu dents. Small children have no seats. Recommend new bus to relieve this situation. Rose Hill Colored School -Crowded. Recommend more room. Recommend fence along highway on school ground. The main build ing Is only 75 feet from paved high way and the high school only 21 feet from highway. Playgrounds very limited. In a supplemental report the Grand Jury made this recommenda tion: We, The Grand Jury of Duplin County, do recommend to the Leg islature the passage of a bill appro priating the sum of fifty million dollars for school building pur poses. The report was signed by Marvin Bradshaw, Foreman. Governor Scott Heads Cancer Drive Governor Scott has accepted the appointment as honorary chairman, of the American Cancer Society's April fund-raising , campaign tn North Carolina it has been announ ced. Mr. E. Y. Floyd, of Raleigh, T will work with Mr. Scott at active chairman. ; ''''.'...-'v;'- Quoting the Governor,' "It Is a . distinct pleasure to accept the port of honorary chairman and to wo.k with Mr. Floyd and his associates i Si' u "i