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VOLUME NUMBER SEVENTEEN , EDITORIAL W1KE UP . - Are you tt&iccpt . , 1 n . t u..a jirant to go. to sieepr a wave ua ""j . ; , p-r 1....U . iniimatotv familiar since back Warsaw, l snoiuu ixy, iii""- , ' n 1935- Over this period of nearly fifteen years you ' people have been groping for something. Your thoughts md interests nwuuwi a UWu.., -.. r . j . .11.1 j;nnnt Vnn Vinvp tried a DTO- . n Warsaw, somei ung u"--n.i. luce mantel, uuuww " . vhen you have none to sell? You have tried professional ' .aseball with hopes that the throngs attracted to your ;'...u'MH ;n q now crrowth and increased busi- J , j f '" nA5s you nave uieouicu u i , 1 i?v You have nooea iur a tuiuuu mm. . - . ...... Vmit. tnwn ViaS OTOWI1. VeS ery.iiuie conuu j& giuwiw xvw o--- rowh in spite of Handicaps. Some of you have bright ? , r j s: tv.a-fiituro Were it not fo ' hones ana sounu viiuu ;ui . this group the town wouia - J? , 1 . TO De sure some jrew i;uki"v - x..- . ' You now have a feed mill successfully operating, pro- rhmiin'Q natural resources and selling the finisn- . .Tua k to Duplin's new woodwork mills, using Duplin's timber; cement " mills "selling to Duplin builders. You have some new : Eess houses that are -succeeding. You have one of - finpst wholesale houses in this section. (Incident- " ally, right here let me add, that ijhouje tures pickles packed outside iiuca f , . aas three pic e piam - ;ale house ana your ieiiu . . . .i . u,r saw You feature corn meal M. .' . 411 when you nave a ium : UPYour assets and opportunities are unlimited. In your ' hurcnes and schools you excel. In city pride, you as m--dividual, have Plenty. Your nhudreds of new homes gone up m icv-cm. E good city government, your finances are m good ' -iTl, .Tw.ato th most attrActive.citv' hall an the pe.,:ypuhave,em ,3 . j ' v i m ii i ii ill . ir county' You have one oi uieouw6.y ..Carolina. You have no millionaires but you have quiw fir,oiaiiv substantial citizens. WHA1 b a nuiiiuei ui nuui.""v I would suggest that some of you, just l&e those in every Town, are anxious to see progress but expect Sne eise to come . u Mint 11- nncc huh i i)u " ome sky and - presto - you SoSng hundreds of people. piuymg iiunu r r some ot you expect me pcuFiC r ---- -- ins to your town to do their tradmg. ; . - g LA look around a little. Faisonhas a largc pro ' market Why? They exploited their natural re " ?U?imaiS I' ,2;e was there to sell. Wallace has a aTge produce market. Why? They had the produce tn sell Rose Hill has a produce market Why? They ' had the produce to sell. Calypso hasj a potato market. Why? They have potatoes to sell. Turkey has a large nenner market Why? They have pepper to sell. At one - S SolS was the freight terminal for a large part rfSiSS Why? Roads made it a natural. It was mbre S SW picture nas tnaiibc terminai ior uus shj. ."" - . , .ivV S se Warsaw because it is more economical. You Tave many advantages in WSffitTwa. not oxDloiting them. A wonderful opportunity was ' Sr0wnCay when the Atlantic and Carolina Bauroad ' was not Extended 4rom KenansviUe on to BeulaviUe Richlands and Jacksonville; It would have torown SenTridilffil area and Warsaw would have ' eaped more benefits than any other town on &e juH . You are now the most startegically looted town Jj e dSution of freight, mail, express and passenger . distriDuuon ui it b , trains, trucks, -travel in tms secuuu. - v f..u- Vmi S and mail carriers than any toWln DPYou S a natural for commercial' .delivery service tar foe wi?orv2i far as New Bern and Morehead City . ' S?havel5,S the port at WJlmington: If you you nave ,." iy i,;i1o Ranshoro and in- ' fS'Cet ' bUsy nd develop a meat W li, iaiu. v , v .tAina rnitnties m NortnCaTp- lma in nog y o , ; T product to pe P nTeeS elfe5S have done.it.JustlooKarpunyu WARSAW v 1-iPAti aslppn? Orr do you - - Uonri foirlw familiar Willi - --- a iMr1o nlftnt to no avail. . i4ii in q uontinn where nut, uc Bwui5. fatficod Viave onened UD. natural market You have 01 uupuu wwu uv te KorHpro Your whole- 7flnoiiade in r"Wa tmnr own flour mill in war- ground outside of Duplin in Warsaw and others Ul i Eastern nkiuutMv. v have a large Just because it is Warsaw, rjnnlin toj-un flock- & fte freight natural for ship- . already herer waiting, to ;rn7,nlin are anxious to Sell KKNAN-iVILLE, I. J. Sandlio Awsy At His Home In Bey aviile; Leader Funeral services for I. J S.uui- lin, Sr., 75, prominent citizen and 'businessman of BeulaviUe. wlu died at his home after a limuvin , illness Thursday, April 21st, were held at the home on Friday after noon. The Rev. N. E. Giesii-.m of Chinquapin, assisted by the lie-. Llnster Bryant and the Rev. W. H. Goodman, Jr., both of BeulaviUe. The Kenansvlllc Hisrh. School I) bating tTeam: Left to right: Gr Baker. Susan Brown, affirnsai Z. W. Frazelle, Principal: Mr:' KenansviUe Dek Showin ESS The KenansviUe Hish St';. - - baters made an enviable i::C ' the State Debating C:.i:r ,-. t: . year. The query was: Resolved t.'.aL the United Nations now b: n.; c a into a Federal World Govevninci-.. The affirmative debaters vi i : Susan Brown and Grace Baker, i'ii negative debaters Were An-:e j Daughtry and Mary Beth Sou'ii' i land. The first run-off was at Kenans ville School. Tae negative side. An gela Daughtry and-Mary Beth Sou- therland won. The second was a dual debate with Selma High School, at. which both of the KenansviUe tea :i v. n. The State District Contest w - lilpiis lit'"' "!''!? 4, 2500 Azaleas Sel-Out KenansviUe is looking forward to a beautiful and colorful spring ime. During the week end 2800 azai a:, were jjlanted in Kenansvillf?. Twenty-five" hundred wera plant ed hy' residents of the town an.i 300 were donated by the Womar j Club and were planted at the in tersections ofvth) highways at the post onuieT ana vncuvursaw-W il mington junction, -.around t ho Spring and space between K,enahs- Vllie ' UBIC ' ABU4' Dinvucil o uaiu&v which is tc- Re developed as a rfflma'- lure park. -, Important Meetinglo Be Held In Courthouse Here Sal. flight At 7:45 GilbeH E iAlphin,' Prcsidail"af the Duplin. Historical Association J has announced a very important meeting of aij committees and'Irf terested persons to bo held in the courthouse here Saturday night Ap ril 30,-at 7:43. . The purpoKB of tUe meeting is to inforiri the people of tho program being made in' "The Duplm Story" and discuss problems , arising, ami to plan' other activities for the Pa wrfnt of Duplin. There are many tliis' s to be done and the titne ior i 1 i. ' T-ir ,-iU i r Dunlin County NORTH CAROLINA 1'ilernornt ful lowed in the Gresbam Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Ray ( linn nf Durham, Clayborne Qulnn o( Burlinji'ion, Carl Quinn of Wll ii, C. P. Sandlin and Woody Sn- ri.ln at R ileigh, nephews Of the i,.,A'.- ;l v-,iter Gresham, James e,i a grandson W. J. ;' P.eulaville. ; ; hi ' son of the late Susan ':,' ' .0 '-in and the late Will :: n :;a id i.- of iftulaville. Survl- i.- - a..-, wife, Mrs. Lura Gres- one son, I. J. Sandlin, -M-.ille; six daughters, '.,!!!: Jones of BeulaviUe, , '!a Sharpe of Jacksonville, iidwai-J Hoeutt- of Claytou, ;, i S-.ndlin of Jacksonville, i r tc S. Currie of Beulavil'e, Dniinftt Clark of Beula- 'iree sisters, Mrs. R. E. Quinn i s. C. C. Sandlin of RaleiRh . : -,. W. 1.. P. Jarman of Rich I ' !ie tirandchiWren and three .v .;i aiKlchil.lren. He was. a mer nl and farmer. Served as a mem , iiu- County Board of Com i ' ifiu-K, once by election and '." ; 'ipoinlment. He was the i i ."ii-i- of l'ie I. J. Sandlin Coiri I . i ,((: 'avilic, one of Duplin's i , ,..st farm supply stores. W. McQowen, Coach; Mary neth Smilljfrlvid and Angela Dausjhtry. ,m Fine c Contest it , 1 A I 7:0i in the evening, en iMimiinted except the . '' irritive, Maxton af Uena.i.ivillc negative nil neg .tive. In the finals nisi ille teams were de mm v feateii.'. This :',... '-.' probably the first time learns from one school ia 0 MfulM to the semi-finais in liie s-Jte. i:"ii: bafeis were accompanied iiv the,, principal, Mr. Z. W. Fraz eile, aTid their coach, Mrs. F. W. McGowen. ::e:,l "at Flora McDonald College, d'- H. Throughout the day ue s -'.ere held in the society i KenansviUe t The" ! KenansviUe Woman's Club and thy Town of KenansviUe de serve 'Snuch credit forthe work theyhav done. Mrs. P. J. Dohion, !res;Ui3nt of the club, and Miss Hil da Clontz chairman of the Amerl-i can Home and Beautlfication De- partrflent, with the help of many of th members, have supervised the planting, which was paid for by the tfllvn. s i Nejt spring visit ui and see the results: -: ST--.- Tlifes is-one 'of many programs expected in the future to beautify the town. ' mubVuioro to the celebration than iust tho play. And there Js much more to the Pageant than Just Ke nansviUe. It Is a county-wide affair. It will bring together the largest crowd ever to assemble in Duplin coiintv and will go down as the Hi jlesl ovont of Us kind ever held in puplin. Plans are tentatively b'."iir-made for some participation hv tirei-v town in the county. That is sffinet'h'ihg' to be put on by each owl in addition to-the' play in Keii'M.bVille." It -is important 1 ev eryone interested at ten 1 fl I i i, 1 t i e" - IIWUI'1 BP ' FRIDAY, ll. C. GODWIN New Bern, April 23 R. C. God win of New Bern, a 30-year Legion- aire, has received the endorsement of the 7th N. C. Legion District as a candidate for commander of the State American Legion, according to an announcement here by Henry A. Grady, Jr. Grady, who will manage God win's campaign for the top Tar Heel Legion job, said that the en dorsement by the candidate's home district followed numerous other endorsements from Legion Posts and groups throughout the State The district embraces 13 Legion Posts in five southeastern counties. Candidate Godwin, present Le gion Department membership chair man and former local, district and division officer in the organization, has served for 10 years as State Veterans 'Employment Representa tive. Godwin declared that his pro gram as head of the Legion would put positive emphasis on "the re habilitation of veterans of both wan, increased consideration for veterans, their families and etc pendents, with particular projei s for' added service to the disabled Tand tfie"families of those who died in service of this great nation." The New Bern candidate is a charter member of the Donersoa Hawkins Post No. 24 here. He is also active in the affairs of the New Bern Voiture of the Legion' Society of 40 and 8, fun and honor organization. He maintains busi ness offices in Raleigh and travels extensively over the State in the interest of job development for veterans of both wars. Godwin's endorsement by the Seventh District tame at aregular session of that group here earlier this week. District Commander Al bert J. Ellis of Jacksonville pre sided and tagged the action of the district as "particularly appro priate because of R. C.'s long and unselfish service to the Legion." Local Boy Pilches 3 - Hit Games In Strawberry League "Bobby". Ingram, KenansviUe high school student, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Ingram, is making a name for himself early in profess ional baseball. Bobby is an ace pitcher for the Rose Hill nine in the Strawberry League. His first try at semi-pro ball. Sunday he pitched a bang-up game I for the Rose HiHians when they defeated Watha, league club, by a score of 8 to 4. Bobby struck out 14 men at the plate and only al lowed the opposing team three hits. Fussell led the Rose Hill batters. They play Wallace in Rose Hill Sunday afternoon at 6 ociock. Bobby Is very popular with the fans in Row Hill. . Can Religion's Unite? WHY NOW DIVIDED? Will Barriersto unity be overcome? The Above heading and addition in bold face type' is the theme of a subject to be delivered in aa ad dress to the public by F, Cl WIL SON at the Courthouse i3 WenAn viUe on Sundayf Way fc -at thVee o'clock. M. f.8 i :-tf 3 V! You are invited tb' altdnd. !. : . AU Welcome: :mJ No' Collection have no idea of planning and put ting on the affair within their, own selves. It is a part of every com munlty in the county and ach t!-nuld be represented and express r V ' ' ts and desires. lict's f r: !:r;iiv tiinht a APRIL 29th., 19-10 Dobsoir's Chapel Plan Rebuilding Prcfp; Hope For Brick Church Receive "I an, , , in .the .sum -. vanceni'Mu Founda! ;"' plin t " 1 1 -1 1 : i -i ,-,: m' -i eliei I; I'll 'HI .S ill .:d Til.- Nnli...ii ,.. ., ... i;-.'i:l polm ImU. (". i"." . in- !!' hnspital .i iiv in .lull, as ... i i ! o j 1 1 ! a 1 . U'll ' inliiia." S:-1 1 i i -.on, Treas. ( ', unity Infantile l-'uiul. Our Diipi i. ! has fiv . ized, all Walker ... niingl.n. , K.nl.e ( Dupl i n Paralysi- Fashion Show Talent hick SfrewLy ?fRee In maki:: !,:. ::, for the Straw berry Jam'w ir ;:iii'.;ram for t-.vi. days and nkhU, May 12-13, it was decided that ThursJay night would be devoted t.i a Teen-age Fashion Show and T.i'. pi Parade, followed by a street !.: a ... For the Fashion Show, girls may model Suits, lln ssy Dresses, Even ing Dresses, m- Sports and Pla.". Clothes liii h they have made themselves. A First, Second, and Third ca: li ;u each group. The Talon! -:e v, ill be given for Car.ti: will ciHisist i f i lane- -. !; and tie- '.- .-in . nients. , u re . tile v; l:i"T- : tioii. evei.yui)'- ?.r.- i-.trx- p a i.i reci-.- ",; Tiie,e i Itiissey's ' . : , !'. M. Tii'ir- All !: .:. :. stunt of imisie:,' 11 a e. a First. In adu:- dri to 'h, na.asv ::l d : H.im. lie by T. . Alta I. Home .' til ::nt HDClo Beginning 10:30,A. IK Dcmonstrrd ; be on-the air talk on horn" in'iDuplin Cm man I in ;io flem, rid '. Mav D.-,r..;.iT '.dani A-ei. Hilda !.. I I'Hil.' tli, nn TO ATfrN'li l.!i:i!AiiV ASSp 1 TIO ' f The gloria CiiMMn.-i l.i socjation will lioid ii - i;ar DOBON'S CHAPEL i , Cash or TO T1H2 nUI'I.iN TIMES KenansviUe, N. C. i ; i , .- h- towards ttii Bapti' 1 ' lii'ii "it : fund of fiiMU'd: HERtll IS -FOLKS- ' ini'lowm-; editorial appeared in. the Lenoi Nws. p ildishcH in Kinston, April' WI, 1949: .4 ' Count y i v , n ;i -Bad Mews At the latest u.d ry of the communities in Dupin. County will set up ABC jiiiic, in not. One of nice. of cut neiclilun . io the south. an ambitious school building program and it expected to pay for it out of the liquor profits it got cpuntlei. Now, if Duplin's county just abput out the Pink Hill store out of business. The crowning monkey wrench in the- works would be stores in Goldsboro. At present the "dry" jinvple of Wayne County are grange, store than all the "wet" nighty nice oi' them to help build d indebtedness and we hope they flaybe wo can convince the folks mill d, corn tot. Ihrir rommiinltv-to wild be better Tor their morals ' ""''if! 4i.ir ei'i'm'inion No. 18 Oobson's Chapel is planning a huge drive for funds to replace the old church building which was humeri down last week. Rev. I. E. t.resham of Chinauanin naslnp nl the eliiirch, has announced A spec mi meeting was called last Sunday m:.'t at which time Mr. Gresham rimed committees and outlined In ; eneril plan of procedure. The . i vices were held in an old teti n! Ii.en-e near the church site. "muk'.-i.v school was held in tUe morning with an unusual large at tendance. The little tenant hous a. paekel full and overrunning .1 the night session. Following Mr. Grcsham's announcement of plans i i the future, Editor Robert Grady made a short talk after which Mr. (iresham preached an inspiring ITIIlO'l. A planning committee composed of ("larlie Brown, Verdell Tcachey, oil is 1). Brown, and Adrian Bostic " i- nan'ed to begin laying plans. f:,iance committee was named. mdnt: David John K'lp ' " ft"ister. Mrs. M ; ' . i. U"'i. Air I r.ei.'. B jic. Dobson and Miss Lillie Teach i -. The two committees were urged i a begin acting at once and be ready to make a report soon. It is liopied that the church will be re ; iaitnl by a modern brick structure. iivone wishing to donate to 'the building fund, regardless of their tlernmination, may send contribu tions to one of the committee mem bers. Rev. Mr. Gresham or to The Duplin Times. The Times has agreed to accept money or plerigft for the building program. 't ile .irtivp ETmin mf BlnKclft ht4 . us! completed construction of a n. e Sunday school addition wheu i lie pudding was destroyed. iaa .rave vvis carried. The building aa, aid to be over 100 years old. I1 ei's Cliapel is an old landmark in i he county and from the enthu m . nd spirit manifested lavt mm is destined to become a ii -w land mark. If you care to Bull : . ai i :l)iitions or pledges to tie i a s use the coupon below. Church Directory The KenansviUe Baptist Church iil have morning services next Snaday, May 1, at 11:15 o'clock. I'll.- minister, Rev. Lauren Sharpe, ill speak on the subject. "God and the Bible". There will be special music by the choir. Every mie is cordially invited t attend. meelii.g in Durham, April 28, 29, and :iOtli at the Washington Duke Hotel. Miny worthwhile speakers will he present and a full program has been planned. Mis: Dorothy Wightman, Duplin i :'minl Librarian who is doing outstanding wark in Duplin, will attend this meeting. BUILDING FUND Pledge or Pledge $ Dobson's Oh a pel Missionary o 0 0 For Lenoir- daily papers it seems that several soon have a vote on whether to these is KenansviUe. This is not Lenoir County is embarked upon from the neighboring bootleg liquor seat gets a liquor store that will buying more liquor from the La people in JLonoir County, r-It la our schools and pay off our remain such for longtime to in KenansvUU (hat an ABC atort a frlshteninc decree and t&at it if they, continued driving o'fT t wine. " ,
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