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: VOLUME NUMBER SEVENTEEN
Officers Make Wholesale Raid On Stills
KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
FRIDAY, MARCH 25th, 1949
No. 13
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Duplin Man Locates
In Morehead City
Chemical Expert To
Speak Here
John Sikesr Comments On Sam Byrd,
Author, Actor, Producer "Duplin Story"
Last Week; Four Are Arrested
Sheriff "s deputies last week cap-
tured thro stills and arrested four
men two white and two colored -
who have been charged with having
In their possession-materials and
stills for the purpose of manufac-
during non-tax paid . liquor. Their
.cases have been sent to the general
county court for trial.
On Tuesday, Deputies C. W.W?g
"staff and W. O, Houston, assisted
..fey James Pope, whom they had
-deputized, raided what they thought
I .to be one still near Warsaw and
.found two stills ready for operation i white man. was arrested as being
nd 250 gallons of mash. As a re implicated with Alphin and How
suit Clifton Dixon, Negro, is in the j aid. It is alleged that lie ran after
county Jail awaiting trial.
? Tuesday night, Sheriff Ralph J.
Jones, and Deputies W. O. Houston,
Nineteenth District Of Home
Demonstration Clubs Meet Mar. 30
' The 19th District Federation of
Roma Demonstration Clubs will
bold their annual meeting at the
Wheat . Swamp School, Lenoir
County, on March 30, 1949, at 10:30
A. M. The 19th District is composed
of Duplin, Onslow, Pender and Le
noir counties.
Mrs. Guion G. Johnson will be
guest speaker at this meeting. Mrs.
Johnson is active in civic, relig
ious, and academic affairs, recei
ved her doctorate in history from
the University of North Carolina.
She is the author of two books in
i the field of cultural history.
Besides her work with the North
Carolina Federation of Women's
Clubs, Dr. Johnson has served sev
eral times' as an officer of the
; North State Literary and Histori
cI Association and is a member of
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Miss Betty' John, of Kenansvilleand the home which she con-
'v strutted with her own hands from a chicken house, mill strips,
and odds and ends that were given her.
- By: MBS. JAMES TUCKEE
Miss Betty John and her mother
moved from Charlotte to Kenans
ville about seven years ago. Two
' years later her mother died from
an Infected leg. With the money
Miss Betty had left, after paying
doctor bills, etc., for her mother,
the purchased three town lots for
$129.00. (an area of 150 X 150 feet.)
First she used her little plot of
ground for a poultry yard. Later
on, being unable to pay house
rent, she moved into her chicken
- house and during the summer she
built the house shown in the pic
ture above, in which she now lives,
using the chicken house as a start.
Her house is constructed of mill
strips (sold for fire wood) and
wooden bedsteads, given her for
N kindling. Miss Betty added her
- kitchen later, also-.built of strips.
- One side of the house is latticed
and walled inside with an old oil
1 cloth table cover; Her kitchen door
la covered with tar paper and the
hinges are of wire looped around
one of the door strips.
t On the inside of her home, she
- has covered the walls with corn
gated cardboard to keep out the
cold air. She has no flooring in
side other than an old linoleum rug
" hich was given her. Her furnish-
.ngs are very meager, Having 'no
space, adequate for a bed, she
, sleeps on an old couch-like affair
which is so narrow that a person
Would have to practically lie only
In one position to get any sleep. . -Mis
Betty's source of Income Is
a very small amount given her from
the county and the special contri
1 utlona taken up at meetings of
f 'e different churches, which wiil
. i t exceed more than' $10 per
onth. Often she takes one of her
ckens down to a grocery store
1 gets the worth of the chicken
oceries. Her fuel is donated by
' ent members of the town.
" bi!Mlng is; not sub
's i f ' rry weather,
Perry Smith, if. J. Sumnierlin. L.
W. Wagslaff and Sam Jones raided
a still near Summe.r!in's Crossroads
and catured a still, nine hundred
j gallons nf mash and eleven gallon;
of liquor. Also captured near the
I still - alleged to have been comii g
f 'nm it - wrre Herbert Hc.vard,
Negro, and C. W. Alphin. Sheriff
Jones reports lliat this was a ver.
large .-til!, 2(l'l ;all(ri rpac-
ily.'Everjthir.t: .:bonl It was eopoer.
even to the funnel used to fill the
jars and buttle?. Later Ralph Hardy
being recognized by some of the
raiding officers.
the Historical Society of North
Carolina, membership in which is
limited to professional historians.
She is chairman of the National
Publicity Council for- Health and
Welfare Services of New York City,
and holds office in the Cummunity
Club of Chapel Hill and in the
Woman's Society of Christian Ser
vice of the University Methodist
Churrh, Chapel Hill. She is a Phi
Beta Kappa and a member of the
Chi Omega Sorority.
Dr. Johnson has two sons, Ben
ton, a graduate student at Har
vard University, and Edward, a so
phomore in the Chapel Hill High
School. She is the wife of Dr. Guy
B. Johnson, research professor in
the University of North Carolina.
The Lenoir County vPomen will
serve lunch at $1.00 per plate.
trudes. She carries water from the
homes of her neighbors. However,
she did try to dig a well for her
self, using a garden hoe. After dig
ging her well the depth of the hoe
handle, she then nailed a strip of
wood onto the hoe handle and dug
down to the clay part of the ground
and had to stop. The only water
that comes in her well is surface
water.
For all her efforts, Miss Betty is
a most deserving person. She asks
nothing from anyone and is al
ways appreciative of what is glveii
her.
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' Appeals have been made to the
different church organizations and
several individuals in town fcr
lumber, doors, windows, etc.; sev
eral have donated lumber, two win
dows and other items. Any donation
will be appreciated, and those who
are Interested can contact Mrs. P.
J. Dobson, who has been appointed
to take care of donations received.
Politics Slow To
Dates for filing for town officers
in Warsaw have not as yet been an
nounced and from general street
conversation the voters seem .to
have very little interest in the
forthcoming election. Reports from
several sources say that Mayor
Jenkins and all the present board
members will not offer for re
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W. M. Currie, runner-up in the
last election , for Mayor .has. an
nounced that he definitely will be
a candidate for mayor. No reports
have come from any other potential
candidates, ;' v i f' y
Currie is the former Ford Dealer
there and at present iwm t'ie
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Dr. Russell E. Outlaw has opened
his office at 1103 Arendell St. in
Morehead City for the practice oi
Optometry.
Dr. Outlaw is a native of the
Outlaw's Bridge section and a
graduate of F. Grady High
School. He attended State College
in Raleigh for two years; served
thirty months in the Naval Medical
Corps, 18 of which .were spent n
the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat De
partment at Key West Naval Hos
pital. Last September he was grad
uated from Northern Illinois Col
lege of Optometry in Chicago, 111.
where he was a member of the
Omega Delta fraternity (national
professional fraternity). Dr. Out-1
law served his year's interneship
at the Northern Illinois Eye Clinic
in Chicago. He passed the North
Carolina State Board of Examiners
this past February. '
Dr Outlaw is a son of Mr. ana Mr.
Luther Out! aw of Seven Springs.
Rev. JrG, Morrison
Receives Call To
Church In W.Va,
At a congregational meeting he d
in the Grove Presbyterian Church
last Sunday morning, Mr. Morrison
announced that he had decided to
accept a call to become Pastor )f
the Presbyterian Church in Ron
ceverte, W. Va.
Mr. Morrison's pastorate in Ke-
nansville began in 1940 and was
interupted by 5 years of service as
an Army Chaplain. While in the
Chaplaincy Mr. Morrison served
forty-two months in the Pacific
He was discharged in , September,
1945 with the rank of Major and
began once more his pastorate in
the Grove and Hallsville Churches.
During his pastorate a Sunday
School building was erected adj
acent to the Grove church and an
annex added to the Hallsville
church. Mr. Morrison took an active
part in Boy Scout work and served
as Scoutmaster of Troop No. 47
which he organized, in the Halls
ville community.
Tar Heels Are
By Appointment
Of F. P. Graham
Governor Kerr Scott struck like
a thunderbolt Tuesday night when
attending a dinner in Chapel Hill.
He announced the appointment of
Dr. Frank P. Graham, President of
the Greater University of North
Carolina, as United States Senator
to succeed the late Senator J. M.
Broughton. Dr. Graham accepted
the appointment and will be sworn
in in Washington in a few days.
Dr. Graham has submitted his
resignation to the University and
the Board of Trustees will meet on
Saturday to accept it and probably
discuss the new president of the
University;
E. Walker Stevens of Warsaw is
a member of the Board of Trustees.
At Wallace
Hon. L. t. Ballentine, State Com
missioner of Agriculture, will speak
at the Wallace High School audi
torium at 8 p. m. Friday, March 24
The meeting Is being sponsored by
ptmVn County Farm Bureau
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MAYOR F. R. JARMAN ol
Seven Springs, (above), has been
appointed temporary postmaster
at Seven Springs. He took over
ma auties Wednesday..
T. D. Sutton, the former post
master, has been appointed car
rier on rural route 1, from the
Office. Examinations for perma
nent appointment will be an
!BPUnced at a later date.
Serious Case T.B.
Found In School
Mrs. Gordon Kornegay Executive
Secretary of the Duplin County T
B. Association and who also serves
as X-Hay technician and Til worker
for the Health Department, reports
that dunn;; a recent routine exam
ination of school children by the
health department a 13 vear old
school child was found to have 'u
berculosis. f..r advanced.
Because of the urgencv of imme
diate treatment for tlris child, she
as admitted to the Sanatorium
Viitliin two weeks time. Streptmycin
i.s licing given and hope for her
recinery is held.
All contacts of this child have
been examined and no other case
found. However, these contacts will
remain under the supervision of
the Health Department for a per
iod of lime.
Mrs. Kornefiay says this brings
the number to four active case
found among school children with
in the past seven months, two white
children and two colored. She also
reported that three children of
school age in Duplin County died
of TB in 1948.
Rose Hill Plan
Elections May 3
Plans for Rose Hill elections on
May 3 were recently announced by
Mayor Dallas Herring.
Registration books will be open
from April 18 through Saturday
April 23. Challenge Day wi!l be
April 30. Candidate's must file not
later than noon, April 23. Election
officers will be appointed at th'
next meeting of the town board of
commissioners at the Town Hall
7:30 p.m., April 5.
Town officials, other than Mayor
Dallas Herring, include Commiss
ioners E. P. Blanchard, W. H. Hall,
E. L. Lanier, H. E. Latham and li.
S. Johnson, Jr. -Mrs. Martha Scott
is towr clerk and C. L. Faircloth
is fire chief.
Pink Hill P. L A.
Hears W. C. Reed
The Pink Hill PTA and Home
Demonstration Club met in joint
session Monday night with PTA
president, Mrs. W. H. Jones pre
siding. Following a brief business session
the guest speaker. Rev. W. C. Reec'.
Supt. of Kennedy Home Orphanage
spoke on "Citizenship", stressing
the qualities of a good citizen oi
'the ability to get together, to
work together, to pull together, and
to lift things up for the betterment
of the community."
The speaker declared that a
good citizen must be a "four
square" citizen, who is strong phy
sically, mentally, socially and spi
ritually. Religion is (he most basic
part of a human life and is, the
stabilizer of a true citizen, he said,
In stressing the usefulness of a
good citizen. Rev. Reed compared
man to t)he legend of the great pine
tree, "the monarch," which claimed
to be the finest tree In the forest,
The good Citizen never stops grow
ing but as the years, pass, he be
comes more of an asset to the
community and grows vnward to-
M M. SRUNIR
M. H. Bruner. experienced speaK
er on chemical progress as it af
fects the average American, will
lalk to the student body of the Ke
nansville School on March 28 at
9:00 A.M. and will demonstrate
several score of the newest devel
opments of modern chemical re
search, some of them yet to be
publicly introduced. The prorgram
was arranged through the Carolina
Assemblies, IV.nclpal Fnztlle an
nounced. Mr. bruner is - . : . r anager
of the Extension Division of the
EE. I. du Pon: : Nemours Com
pany, with he;.r'.;uarters in Clem
son, S. C. During the past 5 years,
he has appeared before scores of
civic clubs, high school and college
groups in Southern States.
Mr. Bruner is a graduate in for
estry of Pennsylvania State College
and has a master's degree from the
Yale Sr',001 of Forestry. He has had
experience with the U. S. Forest
Service in North Carolina, Tennes
see, and Louisiana, and with the
Agricultural Extension Service in
Arkansas and South Carolina.
Mr. Frazel!"' announced that the
public is invited to hear the lec
ture. PRESBYTERIM HOUR
1949 MID-WINTER SERIES
preeenflftg
"TIME FOR DECISION
Christian
Testimony''
MV.P.T.
TONES
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High Point, N. 0
The last speaker in the mid-winter
series of the Presbvteri'in M.n:.
wiil be I he Rev. Paul Tudor Jonos,
Jr. Mr. Jones is a native of Mississ
ippi. He received his undergrade U'
training at Southwestern CV'I. i
in Memphis. Tcnn. and Ux.fc '
theology work at Louisville Pres
byterian Seminary in Louisville,
Ky. Mr. Jones has had an out
standing ministry among the young
people of his several congregations.
His topic on the broadcast wi'i
be "Time For Decision for Christ
ian Testimony", and may be hea c!
in this section over Radio Station
WPTF. Raleigh, on Sunday.. March
27, at 8:30 A.M.
Theme Song Is
Expected Shortly On
"Carolina Jubilee"
The Times received notice th-.t
we could expect .several hundred
copies of the "Duplin Story"
theme song in a few days. The
printing Job has been compteted.
Price per copy will not be over 50
cents, possibly less. They will be
on sale at all news stands and drug
stores In the county or you can
mail your order directly to the
Times and one will be mailed to
you. Also we hope soon to have
some recordings for sale. Arrange
ment have been made in- pipe
organ and piano for the recording
You hear the pipe organ arrange
ment each Sunday over "The Du
plin. Story" broadcast from radio;
lion V'""T, Wallace and CHn-iV"
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The following -was clipped from
John Sikes' columft "Ramblin' in
SENC" in the Sunday' Star News-
The f i 'st time I saw Sam Byrd
lie was a scrubby, po'-.vhilc-lrash.
hook-v onny y:ike! who spent the!
I'bet'.ei- part of tv. hours each night
chunking a rn'.bcr ball against the
sid-- of a !'i! Y 'i. tumb!ed-dovn
cabin.
The cat.-n; .;s Fi k!nc Caldwell's
notion ol a hovrl in which existed
a family of C'aldwellian low-dnv. it
ers by ti'.e name of Lester.
The cabin was part of the s-la:.;!'
set in the Forrest Theatre in New
York. And Byrd was "Dude Lester",
son of "Jeeter" in Caldwell's "To
bacco Road".
"Dude" - er. Sam, born with thv
best of 'em in Mt. Olive, chunked j
that rubber ball throughout the
long run of "Tobacco Road", which,
until "Life With Father" hit tin
boards and stuck, held the record
for longevity on Broadway, surpas
sing even Anne Nichol's "Abies
Irish Rose".
Byrd out-stmk a couple of "Jee
tcr's, Henry Hull and James Barli.n.
Kenansville Is Host To Annual Meeting
District State School Board Association
Konmsville played host Wednes
day evening to the annual meeting
of District No. 2 of the State School
Board Association. A delightful din
ner was served in the school lunch
room her- to 125 persons. Local
teachers, headed by Mrs. Carclyn
Outlaw, prepared and served the
dinner. Following the meal tho del
egates gathered into the sehoi 1 au
ditorium where Earl Faires of Wal
lace, president, presided. Roy Car
ter of Wallace, is recording secretary-treasurer.
Addresses were delivered by Mr.
Henry Scott of Haw River, brother
of Governor Kerr Scott, and Presi
dent of the State Association. His
subject was the school picture in
general. Dr. W. H. Clemmons.
professor at Chapel Hill and secre
tary of the State Education "Com
mission spoke on the Education
Commission.
New officers elected for the en
suing year were: Dr. W. H Youi:g.
Burgaw, President; Supt. Ray Arm
Simmons - Mewborn -
American Legion
Three World War II veterans who
gave their lives for their country
were honored at the dedication of
the new meeting place of the Sim
mons, Mewborn, Turner Post No.
379 of the American Legion at Max
well's Mill last week end. Honored
were the late James Dempsey Si i
mons, Tyson Hardy Mewborn and
Ralph Morton Turner.
Post Cammander C. S. Thomp
son led the dedication exercises
and the Rev. L. C. Prater, Univer
sal ist minister from Outlaw'
li ,'ge, delivered the principal ad
i v.- .. Eulogies to the men foi
li: .a the post was named were
Duplin Lagging In
In Red Cross Drive ,
J) n,!n ins -aist-d $475.57 of its
' ,4;t"! !ird C-s Ouol'i. ann.T.mred
Mrs. N. B. Boncy. executive secre
tary c the county chapter. I
Po'tcr's Hill is the oniy c..-,-
i .i y w'lich !:as rc.rhed its -iia!.
he s;.-.i2d. L. M. !' i t :c chairman
of Potter's Hill reported a total
collection of $61.52.
Reports from other communities
are- Warsaw, $60: Rose Hill. $100: ,
Chinquapin. $13: and Kenansvill".
!?239.05.
Re-Enter Used
Car Business
Your attention is called to tho
advertisement of Community Mo
tors, your Ford dealer in Golds
boro. Community Motors Is one of
the largest auto dealers in this
section of North Carolina. They
announce they are back in the used
car business as well as new car
business. The repairing and service
is second to none. - ; , ...
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rlrst c,aS3 repair service
Visit them In Goldsboro.
in that play.
"I suppose," Byrd sighed a little
today. "I'll always be known i.;
Dude Lester' ".
Bui there really isn't reason for
h i nt to be so typed. He's done too
many other things, including a
flock of plays, two or three books
and a turn in the Navy since. Right
now he's on the faculty of the Col
lege of Charleston, a full-fledged
Guggenheim Fellow, and working
mi the script of "The Duplin Story '.
the name of the pageant to be pre
.riilrd next September in Kenan-;-ilie.
highlighting Duplin's 200th
anniversary.
S:im's not only writing "The Du
plin Story", he will also star in it.
produce and direct it.
Why such picayunish bagatelle
s', ick in my mind when I should b.-r
..valiiig away at something sign1
ficant I don't know. But the thing
liial I remember most from my
dial wilh Sam was his statement.
"You know. I still have that rub
ber ball 1 bounced against thai
cabin the last night 1 played Dude."
strong of the Goldsboro City S-honl
Vice President: W. B. Moore, Supt
of Jones County Schools. Secretary
Treasurer. It was decided that the
next meeting will be held in Swans
boro. This is the first time the orga
nization, now about 12 years o'd,
has ever met in a small town ard
members present attested that .
was the best meeting ever held
and the largest attendance report
ed. All counties were represented
except Lenoir and Pamlico.
The following counties and city
systems make up the 2nd district:
Brunswick, Carteret, Craven, Du
plin. Greene, Jones, Lenoir, New
Hanover, Pamlico, Onslow, Pender,
.Sampson, and Wayne. The follow
ing city systems: Clinton, Fremont,
Goldsboro and Kinston.
Members of the organization are
Superintendents of city and county
systems, principals, members of
county and city boards of educa
tion, and school committeemen.
Turner Post
Hut Dedicated
read by Thompson, Prater and Dur
ham Grady, newly-elected post
commander.
Thompson invited the group to
use the building, which was for
merly a surplus property item at
Bogue Field, as a community build
ing as well as a gathering place
lor the 95 members of the post.
The ceremony included recognition
for a number of members of the
post who were active in the assem
bly of the building, and two Kins
tonians - Ely J. Fe. iy who donated
the site, and L. L. Mallard, who
aided in planning tho structure.
Scout Camporee
Is Suggested
Pageant Week
A Buy Scout director in Duplin
i.is come forth with the suggestion
. jat the- annual Bey Scout Campo
i ce for all scouts in Duplin be held
the week of the Duplin Pageant. If.
approved and plans worked out the
.scouts will pilch camp around the
outdoor stadium in Kenansville
during the playing of "The Dupl'n
Story". The Scouts will aid in any
capacity needed. Probably serve as
ushers, help clean up the theatre
.:!(' day and help wait upon ar.d
look after the visitors.
Sam Byrd Here
This Week-end
Sam Byrd, author! producer and
leading player in "The Duplin
Story" will be in the county over
the week end. He will broadcast
from WRRZ at ' 3 p.m..' Sunday
when the Charity community puts
on its program. 'Tune In. Sam is .
also expected to broadcast . from
Wilmington while In this section.
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