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VOLUME NUMBER SEVENTEEN Paffolofi Earl Vhifaker Reports Three I!aarFalalA7recks; Careless Driving He Says Patrolman 1 Earl Whltaker,' of Warsaw, reports three wrecks In the county tost week end; either or all could hve been fatal wrecks and each a result of careless driv ing. The first wreck reported occur red about o'clock Friday night in the town of Warsaw, when a 1938 Chevrolet coach, driven by Gurnsy ' Miller, colored, age 89, of Kenans villa, swerved, to the left on high way No. 24, knocked down a light pole and rolled forward BO feet . where it crashed into a pecan tree ' and made "a super-duper sandwich" out of the car and tree. Miller suf fered a cut on the right arm and chest Injuries; josh Miller, colored, of kenansville, 'suffered cuts and 'bruises. and Zeb Williams, colored ' of Beulaville, received a broken : nose, cuts and ? injuries. Gurney Miller' was charged with careless and reckless driving, personal In ' jury and property damage. " Qn Thursday evening about six o'clock Mrs. Lena Carter Brown, age 56,' of Teachey,. while driving . a 19381 Ford coupe; east on highway 41 was making a lift turn off the highway into a dirt road. She crash ed .into M 1846 Ford pickup truck, operated by Albert Franklin Lanier, of 'Chinquapin. The officer said Mrs. Brown cut in front of the truck, driven by Lanier. Donald Brown, occupant of the car, suffer ed, 'an injured arm, when the door handle penetrated into the muscle of his arm. Mine stitches were re quired to- close the wound. Estelle Maieady, age SO, of Wallace, was a passenger in the trudt.and reeeW ved back . injuries and was carried to Jhe James Walker . Hospital 4n Wilmington. Mrs. Brown was char AtlFiilyAli 1 Mcatin toyi MACT COX : The mass meeting at Kenansville in the interest of a home; for our , aged homeless men and women on Sunday was a very enthusiastic - meeting but not such a Urge erowo present. Dr. Dr. J- F . Robertson gave a wonderful encouraging message and was given a hearty applause. He to 100 for this home and when he says such homes are needed he is in a position to know. If we have this home we will nave several rooms, for . convalescents and for other needs for such rooms which will be. a great blessing; as well m care for aged! It will be a thing that Duplin County needs and will be proud, of. The very beat people will; rejoice to have it Every body can have a part in It Those present Sunday wanted another meeting right away. At this first meeting we could only find if our people want the home. Everyone present voted that they do. At the neat meeting we hope to have more present to give; expression, and we can appoint a nominating committee who Will nominate offi cers, and the election of them will be at a third meeting, but we do not have to wait till organised to' DLlin tts'n Hold FcrTcb:cco Theft ..1 - - T 1 , Two youths were arrested in Le noir County last week on charges of the; theft tf a quantity of tobac co from a, Klnaton warehouse. Rodolph Sumner, 37, of Duplin County; and Cecil 1 Miller, 18, of Jones County are charged with the' larceny of between 100 and 150 pounds of tebacoo from the New 'Carolina Warehouse. Mii'fyfy fej Sumner wai taken into custody Thursday by Deputy Sheriff w. u. Houston of Duplin; who located the stolen tobacco niaaen in we wooai near Sumner's ' home. , Houston not "led Lenoir County Sheriff Sam CI. c'lllL who sent Deputies W; S. CI. pnts, JrH and D. F. Wilcox, Jr. to r eet Houston in Pink Hill Thurs d, y n!ht The three deputies then ; . iehended Miller in Jones coun ty. , , - . . ' - ' T e tobacco was allegedly taken ' by I lller, who was employed at the wa- nouse, in small amounts at v s times and secreted by the t "-n. The two men admitted 1 aceorsJSng to Churchill. g Held Here Sunday ged with careless and reckless dri ving. ; Saturday night about 8 o'clock a 1941 Ford coach, owned and driv en by William F. Pinner, Marine of the Marine Recruiting Station In Raleigh, crashed into a 1937 Ford coach, driven by George McKnight, colored, of Wilmington. Pinner was traveling east on highway 24, one mile west of Warsaw when the cars collided. After the impact Mc Knlght's car traveled 135 feet and Pinner's car traveled 122 feet. C. L. Varner of Raleigh, riding with Pin ner, suffered cuts and lacerations. McKnight received a cut lip,' cuts and bruises; Robert White, colored of Wilmington, riding with Mc Knight, suffered serious cuts and bruises. Sam White, colored, in the McKnight car received a fractured left hip, cuts and abrasions. Pinner was charged with careless and reck less driving, personal injury and property damage. Pinner was Just tried October 10 In Duplin County Court in Kenansville on drunken driving charges, and was fined $100 and his driver's license revoked, however, they had not been taken from him at the time of the acci dent Saturday night Patrolman Wbltaker observed that there is entirely too much careless and reckless driving on our highways among all classes of peo ple, .young and old; Possibly only a miracle, saved the lives of the twelve people Involved in the above three wrecks. Three of the cars were literally, destroyed. The pro perty damage, physical damages and time lost plus the costs of in vestigation, arrests, trials, and dis position of the cases will run into untold amounts h dollars and cents.- take pledges. The more pledges we have, the more we will be en couraged we will be to organize. Cut out the pledge on this paper and sign it and mall to me. This home will not be built with tax money, so instead of our taxes be ing raised, it will be built with free will gifts and have a board of di rectors. We can't tell all the good things .about it in writing. Go to Kenansville again on fifth Sunday afternoon at 2:45 and we will tell you more about it If you are inter ested in our old people, be there. We want the old and young, all ministers and all professional and business people there. Fill your cars, announce it in all churches and schools. Miss Macy Cox, Magnolia . Acting Chm. for Com. PLEDGE FOR HOME FOR AGED Name Address Amount, f ; Not to be paid till later date ' County Court jurors Drawn 'The following named persons weie drawn for Jurors - County Court November, 1949: John D. Home, D. L. Cherry, A. P.t Williams, Warren Brown, W. F. Taylor, F. R. Carr, O. H. Blanton. George R. Cowan, Mrs. Clara I. Wells, N. V. Johnson, Shelton Carr, M. J. Kelly, W. N. Bostlc. Theodore Rouse, Vauge Maready, Mrs. Myrtle Harrell, Samuel P. Jones, ; W. ' J- Thomas, . Walter Bright, Clyde Stroud, Richard Reuse, C. H. Caudell, J. A. Wilson, C. S. Scott, D. P. Moore, and W. T. Brock., Rev.MilbrToBe A week's revival will commence at ; the '( Hallsville Presbyterian church Monday night at 7:1:0. rev. J. W. Miller, former pastor at I ills vine "1 Kenansville, will (" pre ' ' t "! 1 VACUajAT .jwn the ZdkouJUe. Duke Prepares For luration Durham, N. C. University of ficials, faculty members and stu dents at Duke University are busy with last minute preparations for the three-day Inauguration on pro gram to be held this weekend in honor of their new president. Dr. Hollis Edens. The ceremonies will be attended by distinguished guests from all over the Nation and representa tives from over 350 leading educa tional institutions. Included are some 60 college and university presidents, 35 deans and vice-presidents. Oldest educational institution to be represented will be Harvard University founded in 1636. To be held on Duke's Main West Campus Quadrangle, the General Convocation,- entitled "Education for the Atomic Age", starts at 2:30 p. m. Oct. 21. Speakers will In clude The Honorable. Sir Oliver Franks, British Ambassador to the U. S., and Dr. Raymond B. Fosdick, advisor to the Secretary of State and former President of the Rocke feller Foundation. Norman Cousins, Editor of "The Saturday Review of Literature" will deliver an address at the For mal Opening of the Duke Univer sity Library Addition at 8:30 p. m, Scheduled for Saturday are the Inauguration , Ceremonies, install ing Dr. Edens as President of Duke University. Beginning with a car illon recital at 10:30 a. m. by Anton Brees, University Carillonneur, the program will include an academic procession and messages from Gov- Christmas Seal Sale Drive Now . Under Way; Chairman Appointed Mrs. Gordon Kornegay, Execu tive Secretary of the Duplin County Tuberculosis Association announ ced today that the 1949 Christmas Seal Sale drive is all set and get ting off to a good start. Chairmen for the drive in each community have been contacted except Chin quapin and she is sure they will be moving there by time this issue of the Times reaches you. Mrs. Kornegay and other officials are hoping for an increase in con tributions this year over last. The drive last year was considered suc cessful but the more work found in the county the greater the need for additional funds. The drive this year, coming before other planned drives for money is expected to be in favor of those who are suffering from the White Plague. Communities and their chairmen contacted are as follows: Sheriff Jones Attributes Decrease In Murders In Duplin To Less Liquor Sheriff Ralph Jones is calling on the good people of Duplin County to continue to assist him In stamp ing out the manufacture f illegal whiskey for sale in the county. - A statewide meeting called in Raleigh by Governor Scott last Wednesday packed the Hall of the House and was attended by 79 sheriffs, 14 deputies, 11 police chiefs, 69 ABC enforcement offi cers, 8 Highway patrolmen, several Federal Alcohol Tax Unit agents and a number of State and local officials.' among them Revenue - Commissioner Eugene Shaw, Atty- Gen. Harry McMullen, Highway Patrol Commander C. R. Tolar and SBI Director Walter Anderson. Governor . Scott made a thirty minute speech and -appeal . to the officers of N. C. to conduct a cam paign ih their respective counties to stamp out illegal liquor traffic which he described as having grown big and arrogant over the state. After the Governors' appeal the meeting was turned into open for um and officers discussed their problems and many cited the need for the courts to deal out stiffer sentences to convicted bootleggers, The sheriffs particularly cited the lack of sufficient deputies as one of the main draw backs. Sheriff Jones came to his feet with the answer in more help. He said he was from one of the best counties in N. C. and that Duplin County has as fine a set of County Commissioners, General County Court Judge and Solicitor as In the state. The sheriff's department gets 100 per cent cooperation from them and they have provided 14 denuty sheriffs for law er'rrptnent h P !Irt County, Y r ''"I ot. t' fi ' -. ' KENANSV1LLE, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21st., 1949 Weekend Of LilM DR. HOLLIS EDENS ernor Kerr Scott, Dr. Edens, Mayor Dan Edwards of Durham, students, alumni and faculty members. An Inaugural Service will be held In the University Chapel on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. The speaker will be Dr. Ernest Cadman Colwell, Pres ident of the University of Chicago. Dr. Edens will preside. The last event of the three-day program will be an organ recital by E. Power Biggs nationally famous organist, at 4 p.m. in the Univer sity Chapel. In addition to the inauguration of President Edens, Duke Univer sity will observe Its annual home coming for alumni featuring the Duke-Virginia Tech football game Saturday afternoon. Warsaw - Mr. Sterling Marrlner; Bowden - Mr. H. A. Parker; Faison - Mr. Jack Davis; Calypso - Mr. James Strickland; Beutancus - Mrs. David Lane; Rones Chapel - Mr. Al- dlhe Whitfield; Summerlin X-road Mrs. Edd Goodmans B. F. Grady Mrs. Zollie Kornegay; Outlaw's Bridge - Mr. Lewis Outlaw; Holts Store - Mr. M. B.'Holt; Smith's - Mr. Clarence Shepard; Sarecta & Cabin Mr. Roland. Thomas; Pot ters Hill Mrs. Naomi Bostic; Beu laville - Mrs. Margaret Brown, Miss Catherine Waller, Mrs. Lula Park er; Hallsville - Mr. James Miller; Kenansville Womans Club; Mag nolia Mr. Clarence Thomas; Lane- field - Miss Sadie Bennett; Charity - Rev. A. D. Wood; Rose Hill Wo mans Club; Wallace - Dr. H. W. Colwell; Chinquapin (to be con tacted); Rockfish - ,Mrs. Graham Williams. had destroyed 172 illicit moonshine stills which turned in approxima tely $65,000.00 in court costs and fines which went into the General County School Fund. The first year Jones was in offi ce there were 14 murders In the county of which 13 directly re sulted from illegal, whiskey. The second year there were 5 murders and during the ten months of the present year there have been four murders. :- Sheriff Jones attributes this de crease in murders , as result of their constant fight against Illegal whiskey and he is calling on all the good people of our county to con tinue to remember the high ideals and integrity of our forefathers and have a clean place to raise future generations.- - j f conccotu U ON . C. HIGHWAYS - It Killed Oct. 11-14 - r. 4 Injured same dates 48 Killed thru Oct. 14, 1949 , 630 Killed thru Oct. 14, 1948 537 Injured thru Oct. 14, 1949 7,005 Injured thru Oct 14, 1948 5,656 Killed Oct 15-17 , , , .;, . - Injured, same dates 1 ' ? 't 95 Killed thru Oct, 17, .1949 .V; 839 Killed thru Oct 17, 1948 548 Injured thru Oct. 17, 1949 7,100 Injured thru Oct. 17, 1948 ' 5,786 ; Until recently, potato diseases were of only minor importance to Ala-" m farf" . How, however s"-' f ( !' ' i 1 ! - we become 3 ' Little Steve Jones Loses One Eye Children please play carefully. If you dont, well, look what happened Monday: Little Steven R. Jones, 4, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Jones of Ke nansville, was in the Memorial Gen eral Hospital, Kinston, Monday evening suffering an eye injury he received when he accidentally stuck a knife in his eye. Doctors said young Steve's eye had to be removed. There was no chance of saving it The cornea was sliced all through the center. Steve had been visiting his aunt nearby with other children to look at some young puppies and was returning home when the accident occurred. Other children In the party said Steve had a knife in his hand and they thought his elbow might have been struck by some member of the party accidentally. Fellowship Supper There will be a Fellowship Sup' per at the Baptist Church the 5th Sunday evening at 5:00 o'clock. Everybody is invited to come and bring a basket. Three Arrested In Pink Hill Robberies Three men were beins held Sat nrdav hv Kinston Dollce under a $7,000 bond each on charges of breaking and entering, larceny ana nnssesslon of - btirnilar tools. The men were chareed with robbery of two Pink Hill firm on Tuesday niirht and a Beuiaviise siore. on Mnndav n lent, it was renorted. bv Kinston Police Chelf MaaieB Hssf kins. James C. Sutton of Kinston Rt 5, and Henry C. Stroud were arrested by Detective W. S. de ments, Jr., on Thursday and Lan dron N. Hanley of Burlington was picked up by Burlington police on Friday. Investigation of a parked car which contained burgular tools In Kinston Tuesday night led to the arrest of the three men. The car was discovered by Capt B. W. Dall and other members of the police force. Some of the merchandise found in the car was identified as coming from the stores of W. H Jones and Tom Davis in Pink Hill safe of the Farm and Home Equip ment Company were rmea ana scattered over the office. The safe was not locked. Clinton Cafe Destroyed By Stove Explosion Damage caused by an explosion which wrecked a Clinton cafe and damaged other establishments on Tuesday was estimated unofficially at $100,000. Cafe emnlovee Barlv Bryant was In a Fayetteville hospital where doc tors said he had a good chance to recover. Police said Bryant told them ac cumulated gas from the stove prob ably caused the explosion at about 7 a.m Tuesday. He explained that the stove apparently was left on Monday night but the flame had gone out. The blast occurred when he struck a match to light the stove. The force of the blast totally wrecked the Sandwich Shop, caused $5,000 damage to the store next door and smashed windows as far as a block away. ni '1 Warsaw To Have School Boy Patrol f .The Warsaw Grammar Schools, both white, and colored, are proud to announce that plans are under way to begin a School Boy Patrol organization in their schools Mon day; Oct 24. Patrolman Earl Whit aker and the Warsaw Police Depart ment will over see the organization and give instructions. The school grounds and bad cross ingr adjoining the schoolyard will be petroled. A walking sone will be Jo n ejnqijnuoa m onO won MtsJSM eqx 'OAjes 01 eoueqa sXoq HI OA8 O) JOpJO U 9JH0J IffM UIO) -ifs sjqi 'siojd put 'utuinan 'UfrjflKa jo sarnp otnnsst o) lootps Sam By rd Is Willing Since our editorial of two weeks ago suggesting Sam Byrd for Duplin's new Welfare Officer a lot of interesting questions have been asked. At first thought hardly anyone believed that Sam would be interested in taking this job. But, as the Times be lieved, Sam is interested. There are many reasons why but the important reason to us is that Sam Byrd likes Kenansville and Duplin County. He left here after the pageant with high hopes of some day making Kenansville, or some. spot in Duplin, his permanent home. Sam Byrd is our type. He be longs, he fits, he is needed here, and maybe we should add that Sam needs Duplin. Mr. Byrd's work is in the field of Sociology. Wel fare work is the field of sociology, so, well, - - they just fit, that's all. The only obstacles in the way now, if there are any obstacles, is favorable action on the part of Du plin's Welfare Board; Duplin's Board of County Commissioners, who after all must be considered for they are the gentlemen who pay the bills, that is, after we taxpayers give them the money; and the State Board of Public Welfare. It is believed that Sam meets all qualifications but the State Board must pass on and accept his qualifications. It is expected that the County Welfare Board of Commissioners will meet in a joint session on the first Monday in November, or soon thereafter and take action. Following that the State Board will act and it is hoped that Sam Byrd will be not just an honorary citizen, but a legal citizen of Duplin Cbunty after January 1st. The Times is yet to hear the first breath of opposition to Mr. Byrd becom ing Welfare Officer; in fact, we believe we can say from the reports we have heard;, that it is almost becoming a demand on the part of the people. J.R.GRADY. Initial Meeting Opens Drive For Little Symphony Members On Oct. 14th an organizational meeting was held in Rose Hill to open the 1949-50 drive for mem berships of the local chapter of the North Carolina Symphony Society. Mr. H. E. Latham, chairman for the drive, presided. Committees for the drive are H. E. Latham, Drive Chairman; Mrs. W. H. Saunders, Secretary; D. J. Fussell, Treasurer; Mrs. L. W. Williams, Arrangements Chairman; Ben Harrell, Ticket Sales Chairman; and Bob Herring, Publicity Chairman. Reports from committees will be made public in the course of the campaign. The goal is 400 member ships in order to bring the Symph ony to Rose Hill for both chlldrens' and evening performances. During a discussion there was presented a comprehensive picture of the work of the Symphony thru out the state, stressing the import ance of membership droves in ma king possible the concert season. The Little Symphony is made up Armistice Day Celebration For Warsaw Taking On Life; Hew Plans; New Group The boys in Warsaw, that is the World War II veterans and mem bers of the Chas. B. Gavin Post, American Legion, are taking a lead ing hand and going ahead shaping up plans for the 1949 Armistice Day Celebration, scheduled tor the usual day, Friday, November 11th. The young vets say they are going to have something different this year. They will of course be the usual parade, speakers, carnival, ball game and dance but these fel lows have ; something up their sleeves. They believe it is going to work but are not ready to give out any Information until everything is all set. According to J. C. Pae, Jimmy Strickland and Woodrow Blackburn, they should be in a po sition to give us some dope by next week's paper. One thing sure at this writing they are going to have one of the the equipment needed. . ' 1 - The Rultan Club in Calypso will sponsor a similar Patrol in the col-j ored school there which is located at a highway crossing. : ' The number of milk cows on N. C farms has been gradually de clining for the past five years. A total of 777 million eggs were, produced on N. C. farms during the . first 8 months Of this year. I " llvf-ir f r-rorUtCtlon j No. 43 Of 23 professional musicians. It is scheduling concerts for the coming season now, and a place is being reserved on the itinerary for Rose HU. The final date for the concerts will be announced early in January after the fifth annual tour schedule is complete. Membership in the Society may be purchased next week from mem bers of the Rose Hill Music Club or the Rose Hill Civitan Club; or they may be obtained by sending $2.00 along with your name and ad dress to Ben Harrell, Rose Hill, N. C. A society member receives a real bargain for he may attend every performance sponsored by the society throughout the state for the price of Just one concert. Duplin County has never been honored by a concert by our own State Symphony, presented within the county, and it Is felt that this would be a deeply appreciated ad dition to our cultural life and en tertainment. best dances they have had in many years, not only just a round dance, but under the direction of Otos Swinson, they are going to give the dancers of Duplin, old as well young, a chance to show themsel ves in real old time square dancing in the school gym on Saturday night after hte round dance. The boys are asking the Dunllp Square dancers, under the direction of Mrs. L. A. Wilson of Rose Hill to lead off the dance that night. Our dan cers will be back from the State Fair tomorrow and we will know what kind of a showing they made there in competition with the hill billies from the mountains of N. C. The committee for the Armistice Celebration are working night and day on plans and are promising something really different this year. Keep your eye on the Duplin Times' for more information. . The average yield of lint cotton per acre in N. C. last year was 447 pounds. The estimated average yield for 1949 is only 277 pounds. : Milk cows on N. C. farms produ- ced an estimated 150 million -pounds of milk during August : 'Devaluation of monetary "units by Great Britain and other foreign . nations in September is not eyt ed to have a marked effect r ces received by U. S. fan
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