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V" jT . a. m a jm I - " - VOLUME NUMBER SEVENTEEN HATTIE: GAVIN GOES FREE AGAIN; IS THERE! NO VALUE PLACED ON LIFE? k Whether she is guilty of the last charge or not remains to be decided by a jury of 12 men or women. .The doctors who treated Katie Mae Moore say that "a recording wag made of her voice on her death x bed in which sh accused Hattie Gavin of perform- ' ing an illegal abortion. At the time Hattie was free under an $8,000lxnd having been convicted by a jury in Duplin County of performing an abortion , on another Negro woman. Also at the time another charge against her for abortion was on file in the ; courthouse here for which she had never been tried. " - Hattie is indicted but nevef tried; Hattie is in ; dieted again, tried and convicted, but never senten i , ced and is set free under bond. Another abortion is performed while She is free, another woman dies, - she is again indicted and lodged in jail without pri- vilege of bond. While waiting the next term of court, j which she is to be sentenced for the conviction and possibly tried for the third accusation her attorneys plan to go before Judge John J. Burney in Wil- mington, not our local resident Judge Henry L. j - Stevens; and ask for a habeus corpus hearing, which i is their right under the law. Judge Burney agrees j . to hear them. j In the meantime Solicitor Barker, who ordered her held without bond, according to reports, dies. Governor Scott appoints Walter Britt, Clinton at 1 torney tQ serve out the unexpired term of Solicitor - Barker. One of the first acts the new, inexperienced solicitor performs, is to agree to Hattie being set free again under a $3,000 bond to appear at the next I term of court without habeus corpus proceedings. I ; True it's Christmas and it seems heartless to let an aged negro woman sit in jail when she could be en- joying Christmas with her family at homed it- , x& trua-othec abortions med during Christmas time. The writer is not saying iney were nor is ne saying Hattie is guilty of the last . accusation but the last abortion", by whoever per I formed, resulted in a death. We don't know but rea- son indicates that if Hattie had been sentenced at ; the time of conviction she, at least, could not have , t performed the abortion which resulted in the deaths c of Katie Mae Moore. ' - ' v t Is Duplin County to continue to let Hattie Gavin go free to do as she likes? Technically her defense - attorneys are acting within their rights and in good faith with their client and so are the solicitbrs arid judges but it seems to us that there come times when reason aiuf horse sense may be a little stronger than - legal technicalities when human life is involved. Areejpplaying along with Hattie just to see how -many cases they can secure against her? No we don't believe this but we do believe that the people of Duplin' County, white and colored, are fed up with Hattie Gavin and her kind and they feel that the security of human life among those who would patronize her, likes require that she be put away - behind the bars, for life if there is a law to permit it. Freeing Hattie Gavin under bond last week was an insult to ;the intelligence of Duplin County. ' ' "" ''V-J. R. GRADY. IT'S MOT TCOLATE- HLP FIGHT ...JIL.-.5 .: IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO ANSWER ML SALE LETTERS S who have forgotten or post I acknowledgement of their Christmas Seal letters are urg : .'o so in this appeal from Dr. . c: . ell Seal Sale Chairman ? Duplin County Tuberculosis . ;:!v . ,. .,:.,' fa re that we are accustomed r f 's on packass and let ''e Chrlutmas fwa, ; " 1 f r r i J could havi! jn-bfor: J. A. Ferrellr Jr. i. A. Fen-ell,' Jr., son of Dr. and I Mrs, J A. Ferrell of Raleigh, has I moved luto the county and located ' on ths ojd MoGowen farm in the Pearsall neighborhood near Wesley. The farm was purchased by bis father years ago when Dr. Ferrell was practicing medicine In Kenans vllle. His father it now with the State Health Department in Bal- ' Mr. Ferrell for the past several years bat been with the Federal Public Health Service with head quarters in Washington City. For the past three years he has been doing special TB work, hi last assignment being in the state of Washington. - .v' -H--'-; a i it v ii i i' " Ccziinily Service I!t;rYczrr$ Eve. There will be a special New Year's Community Service "at the Baptist Church here Saturday night, December 31st at 11 o'clock Rev. Lauren Sharpe will preach The ublic la cordially invi;esl to att 1. :.:-;' ' - Locefes In County Sheriff Jones And His Deputies Are Still Giving The Bootleggers A Run For Their Liquor Here By: EMORY SADLER During the past two weeks Sher iff Ralph J. Jones and his deputies have played havoc with several bootlegger's holiday profits. On Monday, December 19th, they ar rested Giles Hayes, Johnnie Gra ham and John Robert Hayes on charges of possession of non-tax paid liquor. They destroyed a stiil located in the farm of Mrs. Frei Baars, near Bowden. On Tuesday, December 20th, Sheriff Jones called his blood hounds into action to trail a negro, James Johnson, from his home to his still and back to his home where he was arrested. The still, located in the Magnolia section, and a quantity of beer was destroyed by deputies. They found a quart of beer from the still in the barn of Johnson. On December 24th Sheriff Jones and his deputies went to a still lo cated about three miles southeast of Mt. Olive on Fortner Carr's farm in Duplin County to destroy it, having been previously located, and had been watching in an effort w patch the owners operating It. Fail ing to do this and fearing that il would be moved they put dynamite in the barrels and the still and, Lions Club Will Celebrate National Founder's Week On January Eighth . ji nuary is founder's month for Rotarjt,InVBtional. auary 13th iciai-urnvri jncivin rfunvs. i.ions club in Duplin County and through out the nation will celebrate the founding of the organisation during the month. On January 3th Drew Pearson, noted newspaper colum-son, Chas. S. Murphy, Duplin Native Named Counsel To President Truman Feb. I Farm Incoipe Tax Law Is Changed Income tax time will soon roll around again for the nation's farm ers. Two important changes in laws relating to filling returns and pay ing tax on farm income have been made, as follows: In past years farmers have been required to file an estimate of their income by January 15, pay on thi basis of this estimate by the same date, and make final return and payment by March 15. They wil! still will be able to do this for the current Income year. If they pre fer, however, they may wait until January 31, making final return and payment at that time. Another change is that if the farmer's business year does not end on December 31, be may file his return and pay -his ta any time within 31 days after the close OH bis business year, or he may file an estimate within 15 days and make the final return and payment any time within two and a half months. The latter change, however, will not affect most North Carolina far mers, since a majority of them close their business year at the end of the calender year. Everyone whose 1949 income was more than $600 before expenses were deducted, must file a return regardless of whether he has to pay any tax. ;-':. Dividend Checks M. F. Allen, Cashier of the Ken ansville office - announced that checks have beenmailed to apprrxl mately .200 stockholders of the Waccamaw Bank and Trust "Com pany covering the fourth quarterly dividend of Sue per share in 1949.1 This makes, a total of $2.00 per share paid' to stockholders this OTmC.? iMliVi'i This dividend which aggregates $10,000 was payable pn or before December 20th to stockholders tf rwwd at of Per liber If), 1 1. KENANSVILLE. NORTH CAROLINA blew It up. It made quite a noise and pieces of the barrels and still sailed high Into the air and some few pieces hung In trees. As the officers left the still a small boy about ten or twelve years old met them and said ''Sheriff you're shooting Christmas, ain't you? Tha' still and them barrels sho' did go high". Sheriff Jones asked him if he knew the still was there. He told the sheriff that he did. That Ernest Bennett, Joe Hayes, Mlncey Royal and Charlie James Williams had promised his grand-daddy some of the whiskey if he would let them put the still on his land. The offi cers then arrested Fortner Carr, the boy's grandfather, and the other men charging them with possession of a still for the manufacture of non-tax paid liquor; manufacturing non-tax paid liquor and aiding and abetlng. The prisoners admitted that what the boy had told the of ficers was true-. All of the above were negroes and are being held in bail for County Court. G. W. Wilson, colored, was ar rested in the Magnolia section on Christmas Eve and charged with possession- and transporting non tax paid liquor. He was held for County Court. nir.t and, radio news analyst, will give prominent mention. of Seer; tarJ'-GeHert lour a K.wtll give Lions international a TAt on the shoulder". The week of January. 6th is known as founder' teeek. Lions clubs in Dupllns are lo cated In Kcnansville, Warsaw, Fal- Calypso and Wallace. President Truman announced to day that Presidential Assistant Charles S. Murphy, whq, worked ' with him on the old Senate War Investigating Committee, will suc ceed Clark Clifford as White House Counsel, effective February 1. Murphy, 40, a native of Wallace, N. C, has been an adminlstratie assistant since 1947. He was at tached to the Office of the Senate Legislative Counsel from 1934 to 1946. Prior to that he practiced law in North Carolina. Like Clifford, he is married and has three children. Murphy, a drawling North Caro linian, waa active behind-the-scenes in President Truman's climb to na tional prominence. As a member of the Senate's law drafting staff, Murphy wrote the first draft of the resolution setting up the famous Truman War Investi gating Committee. The committee exposures of graft and mistakes lu the defense program, catapulted its chairman, then Senator Harry S: Truman, ' Into the national spot light. Duke Law School got the young lawyer an appointment that led to his first Washington Job a $2,100 spot as a legislative counsellor on Capitol Hill. ' 1 It was there that he met Mr. Tru man, then a relatively unknown Democratic Senator from Missouri. " CONTINUED ON BACK ' Highway Petrol Guarding Trcffic Highway Patrolmen Inspected 100,133 vehicles during November in connection .with a drive to re move faulty vehicles from th high ways of the State. i ihy. A total of 1, 389 light tickets, . 15 equipment tickets and 3,173 warning tickets were Issued.' ; The partol spent 127,383 hour on duty, traveling 1,268,822 miles. . - Fifty-nine iiepont Were killed and 717 Inji fed Jn,M63 ftddents Investigated My tfc patrol! f . v Complaints Investigated number ed t.r 3. A total ot e,?T eit-' .hs l"4cd out --1 7 ' 7 t U FRIDAY, Mamie Turner, Negro Educator, Honored Here are some of the top educators- who came td ' Magnolia last week to pay tribute to Mrs. M. I Turner, who is retiring as Duplin County supervisor of elementary education after 25 years of service. Left to right, O. V. Johnson, Du plin County Supt. ot Education; Dir. ... 7. . .....r. reared super visor of elementary education for Duplin County, is shown receiving $1000 In war bonds from County Superintendent O. P. Johnsan. The money and other gifts were contri Dr. Clyde A. Erwin Speak At Testimonial Program Honoring Mrs. Mamie Turner, Retired Jeanes Supervisor of Colored Schools in Duplin County. By: EMORY SADLER A Testimonial Program held at Maanolia N. C, December 14th, honoring Mrs. Mamie L. Turner, retired Jeauea Supervisor of Negro Elementary Schools in Duplin County was attended by white and colored educators of the state and county. Among those present were Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, State Superin tendent of Public Instruction; Mr. O. P. "Johnson, Superintendent of Duplin County Schools, and - from Negro Colleges and Schools - Pres ident S. D. Williams of Elizabeth City State Teachers College; Dr. J. W. seabrook, President Fayette viile State Teachers College; Dr. N. H. Harris. Director Elementary Education at Shaw University; Dr. W. A. Watson, Principal Sampson County Training School, Clinton, and m iny otner well known color ed principals ad tachers from over the state and county. All were glad to pay tribute to a woman, who for twenty-five years, has la bored diligently and conscientious ly to raise tha standerds of educa tion for her people. "Mamie" - as she is known fami liarly throughout the county re ceived her education at Elizabeth City State Teachers College, Eliza beth City, N. C, and Hampton In stitute, Hampton, Va. Before com ipf to Duplin County in 1924 she taught in the public schools of Pas quotank and Bertie Counties 'for thirteen years. She was married in 1903 to Rev. W. A. Turner. He is now pastor of St. James A. M. E. CONTINUED ON BACK Christmas Lighting Awards Made In Beulaville Contest 'The town of Beulaville went all out for Christmas in the form of heme lighting this year. The Civics Club there offered three prizes totaling $100 for the best lighted yards. They were broken down in to $50, $30, and $20 each. Judges Were Mrs. A. T. Outlaw, F W. Me- Gowen and Bob Grady of Kenans ville. First prize went to J. D. and ChaHfon Sandlin who live in a t ' nent home. The second - r 1 r""-r n1 the DECEMBER 30th., 1949 Clyde Erwin, State Supt. of Pub lic Instruction; Mrs. Turner; Pres ident S. D. Williams of Elizabeth City Teachers College; President J. W. Seabrook of Fayetteviile State College; and Dr. N. H. Harris, of Shaw University. buted by more than 121 teacher's and educational workers of Duplin County. At the right looking on, is Dr. Ciyde Erwin, State Superin tendent of Public Instruction. Thirty Children Have Tonsils Removed Here Thirty Duplin County children had their tonsils removed at the weekly clinic held here Wednesday of last week and of this week. Dr. O. L. Parker of Clinton did the operating. Dr. Parker said this week that il was almost miraculous the success of the local clinics so far. More than 70 children have had their tonsils removed and he has not been called back to see one. This has never happened to him before, he said. He paid high' tri bute to the local Health Depart ment in the way it has been hand ling the clinics and the care of the patients following the operation. i Those operated on last wek and this week were: I Dec. 21st - R. D. btroud, James Earl Herring, David Pate, Judith , Bnnkley, Lois Pate, Betty Lou j Broadhurst, Janet Swinson, Marg-! ery Pridgcn, Thonuis Hill, Leslie ' Raynor Nunn, John Cottle, Janet i Moore, Louise Atkinson, Hilbcrt Swinson and Norman Swinson. Dec. 28th. - Durwood Grady Franklin Whaley, Douglas Brnd shaw, Pansy Carter, Joseph Carter Ray Bell, Annie K. Murphy, Dalla Marie Jones, Tboms Hardiso'i. Annette Sanderson, Ossie Mae Knowles, Harold Barnes, Shell)) Bell, Patricia Sanford, and Sammj Daughtry. Duplin Choir Group Meets Jan. 9th Here The Duplin Choir will meet i: the local school auditorium on Jan uav 9th at 7:30 p.m. for the pur pose cf perfecting the organization. Officers will be elected and plans made to present an Easter Cantata in the Kenan Memorial Auditorium. Officers to be elected are a presi dent vice-president and secretary treasurer and directors. The tem porary choir committee Is composed of Mrs. ; Harold Kornegay, Amos Brlnson, Mrs. J. T .Gresham.'Rif ton Raynor, Bob Herring and Mrj. L. K. Alderman. All choir members and thoe interested in the choir movement are urged to attend. About 23 million Christmas trees , 17 No. 52 Sam Byrd Visits In Kenansville Sam Byrd and daughter. Pi-1, were visitors in Kenansville Thurs day afternoon. They will retu. 'i here Saturday morning for a roui ci of discussions with various peop'' concerning possibilities of glvii.g "The Duplin Story" again in 195'1. The Duplin Times has contin -ally been rcre':vinTinfiuiries from Lhroughi.'.i' '.ha -Hit- mi Uh. ' states about whether or not the Pageant will be held again in 1950. Only a few days ago the State News Bureau sent an Inquiry, stating they hoped it woulii be repeatid and asked that they be notified at once when the decision was made so that they could begin publicising it. Many hav expressed the opin ion that a slightly revised "Duplin Story" in 1950, given over a little longer period of time will steal the show from "The Lost Colony". A second undertaking In 1950 j will be somewhat harder in some j i-espects than was the 1949 show ! ing due to the fact that it will not I be celebrating Duplin's 200th anni versary but everything points to an even greater success from t' standpoint of attendance than wa' the 1C49 showing. . As Miss Gertrude Carraway, noted state news writer, said "Ke j nansville and Dupiin County now are cerUinly on the map because of 'The Dublin Story', and. due to the Tact that so few people had a chance to see il who ica'!y wanted to after they le.ii-m-'.i ilut Duplin really had something to offer, many feel that we are obligated to tiie people of North Carolina to havo a 1950 production. Ii will be recalled that an editr.ia: n the Kinston Free Press sa J ii should continue show ing until everybody in Northi Caro- ; Una had seen it or it should be recorded on film and then send around. i It is hoped that" in next week's paper we will be able to give you more inf irmation on the prospects for 1950. Watsew Merchant HoHinq Sale On another in this issue will be found a pa .e advertisement far l.he Stricklai 1 Department Store In Warsaw. Slr.rkland is Warsaw's newest department store and ha.', a good stock of all kinds of mer chandise. This is their first store wide sale and hundreds or good buys are being offered. The sale will only continue through January 7th so if you want to save money better read their ad and do your shopping earlj. Warsaw Names Edgar Williams Tax Collector The Warsaw Town Board in a re cent meeting named Edgar Will ams js 'own tax collector. The bookj will be turned over to Mr. Williams the first of the year and he promises to bring in the money from those who have not paid. There are many improvements needed to be made In Warsaw dur ng 105U hut cannot be made unless taxes aie paid Mayor G. E. Beet said. The town officers are deter mined to go forward during the year in many things but first thev must go forward with tax collect ions. Many changes are in the olf -ing during the year most noticable of course will be the widening and paving of Pine Street from the In tersection of highways 117 and 2' to H7 at the Lewis filling station North of town. Mr. Williams will have his off ice in !he City Hall and will begin collection of taxes on installments from those who cannot pay up other wise. WAN NA PLAY? Any independent Basketball team interested In scheduling basketball games should con tact Harold Jones, at Kenans ville Drug Store. BLOODSHED BG TSCORE Killed Dec, 20 26' Injured same dates Killed , thru Dec. 26, 1949, Killed thru Dec. 26, 1948. Injured thru Dec. 26, 1949, Irired thru Dntf. JI, 101 21 ? 820 729 9 417 '7.353 . :
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