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VOLUME NUMBER SEVENTEEN
KENANS VILLE. NORTH CAROLINA
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16th., 1949
No. 51
. Governor Scott's Fireside Chat
v, ' Governor Kerr Scott surprised quite a few peo
;ple Wednesday night when he made his first appear-
h ance beiore a impnn wouniy auuieuw i
meeting of the Duplin County Chapter, Tuscarora
" Council of Boy Scouts. The Governor, in the role of
' chief speaker, sat between Judge Henry Stevens and
Roy Cates. Judge Stevens was master of ceremonies
and Mr. Cates introduced the speaker.
The Governor appeared well and in fine spirits.
'He seemed to radiate the spirit of the boys that were
; crowding over the balcony rail to hear him talk.
5 His address, for their benefit, was directed mostly
i to the parents, scout leaders and all grown ups at
the meeting and throughout North Carolina. In a
; somewhat reserved manner, with a paused and cal-
duating countenance, he seemed to talk directly
t from his heart. There was no politics in his mess-
age. An occasional joke-like cut at some of the anti-
Scotts was well given and well taken. He spoke
' like a governor who might have been in his home
county giving out some good old fireside homespun
philosophy. He did not manifest a feeling of fear
for the days ahead but taking a world-wide vxew of
"the times and being cognizant that maybe the hope
h of the world rests on the people of the United States,
just such people as those whft were listening, he
countenanced that we "need to train our young
" folks for character buUding . . . fot nien and women
t who can stand in their own tracks, where they are. ,
"We are a part of a world government" he said, -a
' world government that must be worked out some
:. where, some time." "A world policing of all peoples
he said must take place. ; -
Invading the field otAtomic energy he prophe-
sied that the new discovery of the 20thjcentury
was going tacJaagmamM eur habits and customs
. ; in years to cneItis;ng to bring about : new
; worldanditisupto uatoadtheway.
Mentioning the act that crime is on the m-
- crease in the small Villages and rural areas he char-
I ged the home andirhurch with much of the respoh
5 sibility, saying that the responsibility of raising a 1
I ; child rests in the home and ehurcfrand not in the
. school. - - 1 . ,
I ' " The governor hardly gave the appearance of a
man in high office; more, he was a counselor who
: -was sincerely striving to inspire his listeners to take
a new lease on life, and in a cuuerent course.
His hearers sat almost spellbound, some with
- surprise but all acquiescing in what he said. No
"doubt those who heard bim Wednesday night will
- welcome the chance to hear him talk again in the
fireside chat atmosphere. 1 ' ; J. R. GRADY
In Clinton
Bv. ADDISON ROSEA
Abbey Simon, a gifted pianist
who takes pleasure In his talent,
nd mIovs sharing It with his hear-
era. delighted a capacity audience
,t th Clinton Theater Tuesday ev
enlng. Through what turned out to
be fortunate accident, printed
programs did not arrive in ume
fnr the concert. necessiiaimK
Simon's announcing his selections
from the stage His announcement.
with brief explanations oi tne pie
contributed much to tne en
of the program Dy inc
Warsaw G. A.s Present
Joanne Britt Receives High Honor
250 Scouts, Parents And Friends Hear
Gov. Scott Deliver Inspirational Talk
II.C. Farm
Time; Vestal Voting Delegate
Kortb Carolina Farm' Bureau's
i aia voting delegates to the Ameri
eaa Farm Bureau Federation's 31st
i annual convention at Chicago, DecTf
4 IMS, are easting ballots for. the
i first time at a national meeting of
i the organization.
i. ..
B. Flake Shaw, Greensboro,
NCFB executive vice-president has
reported that the votes of the Tar
:' Heel delegates will be observed
' closely by AFBF leaders this year
' because the NCFB leads the South
and rank 5th m the nation In mem
" benhlD. Voting delegates Include:
v C a. Maddrev. Ahoskie; B. V. Ves-
; tal, Kenansville; Troy Page, Smith
field: Carl T. Kicks, waiswnourg;
i Oeorge Sock well. Elon College,
and A. P. Allen. Lumberton.
" Resolutions adopted at the con
. vention by vote of delegates from
i 49 States and Puerto Rico. Shaw
i - said, will comprise the afbf's poi
lev on matter related to agrlcul-
, ture and the welfare of farm fami-
, Ilea. ' - . i'.
" 'Some 186 NCFB members are on
Chlcafls trio, with most of them
V. vtllng on the "A. C. Edwards
4 .rtesidenfs Special Train" on the
- Southern Hallway, Shaw said. The
'. ti-in left Ooldsboro, Saturday, uez
11 at 8:00 ajn., and was scheduled
t begin the return trip Thursday,
. : jc. 19 at 7:00 p.m. .
C;iw, a member of the AFBF
ri of Directors,.' and NCFB
.'nt A. C. Edwards, Hooker-
. a member of the AFBF Beso-
t Committee have key roies
national meeUng. W. w. ea-
. : racclesfleld. former NCFB
nt, and T. C. Auinan, West
i will represent NCFB on the
? field erops, and fruit and
committees, respectively
rip Escape
Asphixiation
W. E. Gresham, Beulaville's post
master, and son, Robert, and two
daughters Edna Earl and Mary
Jane, barely escaped asphixiation
one day recently when Mr. Gresham
and Robert were taking the giris
back to Greensboro. They were
driving along comfortably and no
one had noticed any peculiar odor
or anything out of the ordinary.
They were a little tired and the
girls somewhat sleepy, but notning
unusual on a long drive.
When they drove into Goldston.
a small town not so far from San
ford, Edna Earl, who was driving,
pulled the car into a service station
for a brief stretch. As she stepped
from the car she keeled over andl
completely passed out. As she feu
on the cement she suffered bruises
on her head. At (he same time tier
sister Mary Jane and Mr. Gresham
passed out. Robert did not quite
pass out. A hurried call was sent
for a doctor. In Just a lew minuus
they all were revived. The doctor
said they were overcome with mon
oxide gas escaping into the car from
a broken exhaust pipe.
The girls were carried on to
Greensboro where they were placed
in the N. C. W. C. infirmary. All
are fully recovered now.t
Schools Closo Vcl
ces,
Joyment
audience.
From his opening group ot uirec
Songs Without Words by Felix
Mendelssohn, it was evident that
the artist had full technical mastery
of his keyboard; he played "May
Breezes", Lost Illusions" and "The
Spinning Song". With his playing
of Beethoven's Farewell Sonata in
E flat Maior, it was recognized
that he had more than mere tech
nique: he played it with marvelous
clarity and deep feeling the three
movements described as Leave la
king. Absence, and the Return Mr
Simon concluded the first half of
the program with Da Falla's well-
known Ritual Fire Dance, no
was enthusiastically applauded by
the audience.
Mr. Simon explained his first
selection of the second period, a
Toccata by Prokofief, as having
been written during the period
when the composer felt that music
should . imitate contemporary
sounds; this toccata eulogized mach
inery. Its vigor and virility showed
iUelf in rhythms and, clashing dls
sonants. He then played Chopin's
Nocturne Hn B flat Minor, am!
Scherzo"fo"E Major. With the play
ing of Franz Liszt's from Pagani
oi's violin composition, the artis
reached the high point of the even
ing. Mr. Simon played Lisit Witt
great delicacy and feeling:
For his last group, the artist in
vited audience participation. He
called for four notes from memben
of the audience; the first series of
four notes he wove, into a truly
beautiful waltz In the style of Cho
pin; the second series into an im
pressive Prelude in the style of
Rachmaninoff; and the third series
became a Jerome Kern tune.
Mr. Simon was generous with
his encores, and the audience kept
demanding more. His first encore
was Chopin's Black Key Etude
(G flat Major); his second was the
Etude in E Major. The audience
asked for more, and he played Rach
manlnoffs transcription for piano
of Kresiler's Liebesleid. Again the
audience called him back, end he
played Chop.'n's hauntlngly beauti
ful Nocturne in E flat Major. Fjr
a final 'encore; he played Chopiu'
Etude in F Major.
More than BOO members of the
Clinton Community Concert -Asso
ciation were pr ;ent to hear Abbey
Simon in t' . first concert of a
series of ,ee to be presented in
Clinton vhis season.
According to Don Britt .president
of the Association, one factor which
contributed much to the success
of the concert was the privilege of
holding it In the Clinton Theater.
"We want to express our thanks
to the management of the Clinton
Theater for making the theater
available for this concert without
charge, as a public service to this
community."-"'.i:'v,,'-,v &
Ushers for thrbccaslon were the
following boys and girls from the
Clinton High School: Jack Robin
son, Hulon Warren, Billy Rober-
son, Dick Bethune, anil Misses Ann
Bostlc, Blanche Casey, Maryanna
Bradshaw, Edna Clifton, and Jean
ne Best.
By: MRS GRAHAM PHILLIPS
The Girl's Auxiliary of the War-
... v -.MAjiantAil ItS
saw Baptist v-nun.-u i"
third annual Coronation ana nei
ornitlon service Sunday evening
t 8 o'clock in a most impressive
candlelight reremony - amidst a
background of white gladioli, fern
nd lvv- m ,
Each girl entered the auditorium
one at a time, according to her
rank, carrying a lighted candle.
Miss Joanne Britt entered first,
accompanied by her cape-bearer,
Fisher Mullens, and was presented
her cape, signifying the rank of
Queen Regent, and was presemeu
her cape by the Rev. A. W. Green
law, pastor. Dr. Greenlaw said, "1
ic a nrivileae to present you this
as a token of having reached the
hlehest honor of Girl's Auxiliary
work. You are the first in this
church and one of the few In the
State of Southland to achieve this .
After the presentation Miss Peg
gy Mitchell entered with her sceptre-Dearer,
Neal Mitcnell, and was
presented her sceptre by Miss
Britt, which denoted ner ranK,
Queen with a Sceptre.
Five young ladies followed nex.
and were crowned Queens by Miss
es Britt and Mitchell. They were
Misses Betty Phillips, Iris Ezzell,
Georgia Hopkins, Ross Garner and
Joyce Whittle. Each was accompa
nied by a crown-bearer who were
Ellen Anne Pollock, Jerry Powell,
Sheila Rocque. Marena Blackmore,
and Boho Potter.
Next came the Princesses: Miss
es Naomi Eason, Marjorie Davis,
Betty Ann Parker, Peggy Torrans.
nd Fay Blackburn. They received
their gold G.A. emblems from the
Queens.
The Ladles-ln-waiting, Misses
Barbara Jone, Llllle , Mae Phil
ips, Barbara Lassiter, Barbara
itancil, Shirley ShWe,'ebeoca
ason and Helen Herring wert pre
mted their white stars also by
he queens..
hntn PhilliDs said the goodbyes.
A Christmas party following the
reception was enjoyed by the G.A.s
their leaders and invited guests.
Special Recognition
Special recognition shou'd be giv
en Mrs. Wilbur Garner and her as
sistants Mrs. L. S. Whittle and Mrs.
N. A. Mitchell for their splondid
leadership and untiring efforts tli.it
made this training possible for tne
joung people.
Big Event Opens
In Kenansville
Paul Ingram, popular manager
of the Duplin Mercantile Company
in Kenansville announces the open
ing of his big sale today. Mr. In
gram says that all merchandise has
een marked down and tne wruei
can vouch for that statement as he
has been in and looked it over. It
will be recalled that the store pu
on a large sale last season. This is
the second. Read their ad on an
other page.
3rd Tonsilectomy
Held Here Wed.
Duplin County's Health Depart
ment heTd its third tonsil clinic ir
the Health Department building
here Wedncsdpy. Fifteen children
undei went the operation and all are
doing fine. Dr. Parker of Clinton
performed the operations. The fol
lowing children were patients: '
Governor Kerr Scott Wednesday
night declared that rural and com
munity churches had "fallen down"
In their duties toward, the children
of the United States.
Addressing more than 250 Scouts,
cn,ipr. Cubs and their guests at
the annual meeting of the Duplin
county district of Tuscarora Coun
cil. Bov Scouts of America in the
National Guard Armory in Warsaw,
the Governor said, "Churches all
nwr the country have sougnt to
delegate to schools the teaching of
the Bible and the moulding of the
.Wacter in children." He added.
"Even the Supreme court has ruled
this wrong."
The Governor told the gathering,
church workers, civic organizations
and Scout leaders and particularly
narents have a great responsibility
in the moulding and building of
character in children who must
some day take the place of those
who are at the helm of the govern
men and the world today. Mr. Scott
also touched briefly on world af
fairs during the course of his talk.
He asked for a world government
which could control atomic power
nnd use it for the good of human
ity. He said, "I realize that this
(world government) is going to re
quire a lot of work, but it is nec
cessary that atomic power be used
for constructive rather than destruc
tive purposes."
The speaker brought quite a few
chuckles from his Scout audience
when he referred to his campaign
tour through Duplin county. "I was
down here a little while ago doing
some scouting myself," he said and
added, "and I found quite a few
wild Indians." Duplin county voted
f against Scott in the election.
The event was presided over by
Judge Henry L. Stevens. un'
the course of a business meeting J.
C. Thompson of Warsaw was re
elected president of the council. He
is now a patient in Dune nospiwu
A wire from him wishing success
for the meeting was read. Other
officers included Koy carter,
Wallace, vice-president, and Henry
L. Stevens, III, of Warsaw, commis
sioner. The vote was unanimous
for all three men.
Charles Boyer, director of the
Tuscarora Council, William Cra
ven, field director .and John Dlefel,
council representative, offered re
ports. Governor Scott was Introduced
by his boyhood friend Roy Cates of
Faison.
The supper was prepared and
served by members of the Warsaw
National Guard. The menu consist
ed of Italian spaghetti, candied
marshmallowed yams, lettuce salad
with french dressing, hot rolls, hot
coffee for guests and milk for the
scouts. Members of the guard pre
paring the meal were Sgt Felton
Rouse, Carroll Best. Ptc. Brocx,
Paul Carter, Grover Hall; Pvt. Rod
ney Hall; and Rets. Chas Guy, Bob
by Dudley and Mose Strickland.
The meal was prepared in the Arm
ory on regulation Army Field equip
men. Boy Scouts served the plates.
Members of the Honor Guard
standing at attention at the en
trance were Cpl. Ralph Best and
Sgt. Sam Martin.
At the opening of the meeting
Rev. R. L. Crossno, Methodist pas
tor, led the invocation The audience
sang "America" led by Bob Her
ring of Rose Hill. At intervals dur
ing the program Herring led the
crowd in singing.
The last group to enter Wire t!i'-'
.laldens who received their green
lands from Miss Betty Phillips,
rhey were Misses Pat Hubbard,
Jewel Faircloth, Frances Matthis,
Sarah Alice and Jackie Fussell, Bet
ty Faulkner and Ann Lee.
Preceding the Recessional the
entire group sang, "We've A Story
To Tell To The Nations." the G.A.
Anthem. Mrs. Paul Potter, organist.
Peggy Armstrong. Colby John
son, Peggy Chestnutt, Rlchaisl.
Taylor, Joyce Bryant, J. C. Bryant,
Jr., Mary I.ee Rouse, Elwood Hardy,
L. H. Rouse, F.lv.ood Bruce Tyn-
I u.ni, t' lioiyn Hhjcard. Lawsnn Wil-
li.,:n-, Ji-liln-.l 14 -.Hop. EIWIMK1
' House ,;irul Oladjs Dixon.
Duplin Towns Get
$336 In Tax Slice
Sheriff And Depufift HncCf Gr.ristnias
Plans For County's Bootleggers
i Dunlin Cniintv towns shared lis
.ior.lt in a Statp-pnt melon when 1
payeasou.yc.unng .ne em.re ,er-; ,he Hevemw Department dlstribu
vivc. uiuuicueaiws n ci c imijj uai- ,A j ,, j r;nn
III, lu JV luiiu v it u, ILi ..u..
ncr, Sue Whittle, Juuy Rollins and
Judy Standi.
Following the service the WMU
neld a reception in the Ladles
Parlor, honoring the Girl's Auxi
liary and the new pastor and his
wife, Dr. and Mrs. A. W. Greenlaw.
Mrs. i'rank Thomas, WMU presi
dent, greeted the guests. Mesdame
Allan Draughon and J. F. Strick
land presided at the punch bowl.
They were assisted In serving by
i of the six ritT cent franchise tay tn
Mftfidamps DsrAr UpcI V A Qtjm. . . . ....
- -- inn miiniruiaimps
All Duplin Schools will close on
- f. rit f rt'- r ! s
Mostly lin v
As we write, Thursday evening,
the weather is threatening that long
awaited (by children) white Christ
mas. Though yet several days be.
fore Christmas it looks as If we
might have a snow. Some snow
and sleet have been reported seen
in Kenansville, Warsaw and Beula
vllie but not enough to hardly
count; its been mostly rain.; The
thermometer Is hovering a little
above freezing and it may be that
tomorrow wlU give the youngsters
what they have been wanting to see,
'Total worH p'"s Trn''
'm 1
a
the franchise tax which the 194
General Assembly assigned to cities
and towns.
For the State, the pot came Ic
$126,973.39, but most of the checks
were small ranging from $2 up to
more than $18,000 paid the city of
Charlotte.
The General Assembly voted to
apportion three-fourths of one
ier cent, slightly less than one-sixth
oil, Kathleen Snyder, Ceo. Bennett
and Henry West. Misses Dorothy
Eason, Joyce Jones and Mrs. Gra-
Duplin Farmers
In BFDL Contest
The total i jceipts in Duplin am
ounted to & il .55 shared by seven
towns.
At a meeting of the sponsoring
Lions club In Wallace Monday night
awards were presented in the an
nual "Better Farming For Better
Living" Contest in Duplin County.
Melvin Cording presided over the
meeting and made the awards. First
place in tne contest went to Mr.
and. Mrs. O. S. Blizzard of Kenans
ville. They received cash and mer
chandise awards amounting to $33.
Others listed in the first ten, In the
order of their awards, were Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. KpIr Jof Teachey; Mr.
and Mrs. John F. Arcurl of Faison,
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Sutton Of
Mt Olive, RFD; Mr. and Mrs. Chai
les Hern of Teachey; Mr, and Mrs.
U. P. Wood of Warsaw;' Mr. and Mra.
Bland Noble of Pink HU1; Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Rhodes of Beulaville;
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sanderson of
Beulaville; MT. and, Mrs. Eugene
Outlaw of Mt Olive! RFD. I
The merchandise !awards came
from merchants ot Wallace. Cash
awards In each, i county entering
the contest are presented by local
banks and the Tide Water Power
Company oT Wilmington. , :
Appearing cn the program and
offorlM eor"tu!s"na to tat win-
r iv 'it, r v '' r'! e"
Weil Beby Clinic
In order to better serve the pub
bil's demands the Well Baby Clin
ic in Warsaw will be divided into
two parts, one serving white and
one colored. The Clinics will be
held at the City Hall on every first
Tuesday from 11 to 12 for whites
and from 3 to 4:30 for colored.
At this clinic babies are immuni
zed against diptheria, whoopiig
cough and smallpox.
Mothers are given advice on the
care of babies. Advice on planned
parenthood is also given.
Christmas At The
Brinsdn Home
ily: EMORY SADLER
Sheriff Ralph J. Jones and his
deputies have had a busy time for
the past five or six days running
down bootleggers and manufactur
ers of non-tax paid liquor. On last
Friday they located and destroyed
a 100-gallon still on the timber
iropertv of the Plymouth Plymouth
Company, about six miles east of
Magnolia on the old Raleigh-Wil
linglon dirt highway. This still was
ii operation when the officers
found it, but the negro operating it
outran the deputies and got away,
On Sunday they located another
till about one mile distant from
he one found nn Friday. They
",-itchjd this still until Wednesday
hoping that the operators would
come to it. However, no one appear-
d so the officers destroyed the
still and eight barrels of beer.
In Wallace on last Sunday Sher
iff Jones and his deputies secured
search warrant for the home and
garage of Ed Newkirk, Negro,
wiiere iney found a quantity ot
non-tax paid liquor inside the gar-1
ige building and a fifteen gallon
copper still hidden under some or. j
bed-ste;i(l. and bed springs Ailliii.
five feet of his back door. The still !
showed considerable use, though it !
was not set up for use when found. I
From Newkirk's lliey weut to a
colored club or i s-.!a:irant known
as the "Night-in-Gale" and ttu
Ambassador Grill" operated by
John and Emma Ingraham, negroe.
where they found John Ingraham
preparing to color or flavor thre?
one-half gallon fruit jars of non
tax paid liquor with fly tox. Her.-
one of the officers noticed that the
coal pile behind the house had re
cently been repiled. They dug into
it and found a case of twelve one-
half gallon jars of non-tax paid liq
uor.
In the Chinquapin section Sun
day sheriff's deputies acting with
a search warrant raided the borne
of George Hill and found a quan
tity of non-tax paid liquor in the
house and one and a one-half gal
lon jar of non-tax paid liquor bid
den under a lard stand just outside
the house. Hill told officers that
he couldn't get work and had had
a bad crop this year and that it was
either steal or sell liquor and that
he'd rather sell liquor than steal.
Sheriff Jones says that he belie
ves there is more liquor being
made and sold In Duplin at th.s
particular time than at any time
he remembers and that he is deter
mined to do everything possible
to stamp it out. He Invites the ci
tizen of the county to report I)
hi in any violations of the law that
they know about and assures then
th.it immediate steps will be taken
to apprehend the violators.
Bail Player Suffers Broken Heck In
Wreck Near Pink Hill Last Week
David Roger Smith, 18, of Deep
Run suffered a broken neck and
I other serious injuries Thursday
night in an automobile accident on
j u curve near the fire tower as the
youth, with other high school noys
were returning from a basketball
game at Grady School. He was first
taken to l'arrotts Hospital in Kin
ston where a splint was applied
The home of Mrs. Cora Brlnson
on the Chinquapin road about two
miles out of Kenansville Is attract
ing much attention these holiday
nights Her sons and daughters took
upon themselves to fix up the home
for their mother and themselves
with Christmas lights. The old col
onial home, sitting some little dis
tance from the road, presents an
attractive and Inviting look to the
passers-by. v
' Extension work has become a mo
tive force for greater agricultural
nrft(?netlon and better rural life In
and then immediately to Duke
Hospital at Durham. He Is paraly
zed from his armpits down.
A group of seven boys were In
the car but Smith was the only one
critically Injured.
The car was owned by Jesse Tyn
dall of Deep .Run but be was not
an occupant The driver, Elwood
Whaley, was held for Investigation.
To Present
Christmas
Program
The Presbyterian Church in Pink
Hill will present its Christmas Pro-!
gram Sunday night, bee. ,18, at
7:00 in the form Ta Cantata (The
Choir of Bethlehem). This cantata,
prepared by Noel Benson. features
phrases of music from Handel's
Messiah and other notable composi
tions. This will be the only music
In the program and is presented
by the church choir under the di
rection of Mr. J. H. Wellington; Jr.
BLOODSHED BOXSCO&E
Injured thru Dec. 9, 1049,
Injured thru Dec 9, 1948,
Killed Dec. 10-12
Injured same dates
Killed thru Dec 13. 1949,
Killed thru Dec. U. 1948,
Injured thru Dee. 12, 1949,
Injured thru Dec. 12, n'
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