North Carolina Newspapers

s' r ....... . ;.7'rwp..' 1; I ; Volume number eighteen C"1jd Gavin ? i ? . ; ;S3:itencGd Out Still Gcas Free. Judge John Bufney of Wilming ton, presiding over a term of crUn if 1 court liere this week, threw ouf the case against Battle Gavin in court Tuesday morning. Solicitor T'a"er Eritt of Turkey and Clinton, 't ocutlng hi first court here, c 'c4 the case Tuesday morning, t tt was prosecuting without the I i of another lawyer.4Iattie.was e fended by Attorneys Rivers D. Johnson and E. Walker' Stevens. - Kattie was charged; with manslaugh , fer 1 In the death : of Katie Mae Moore, Magnolia Negro who died late last year in a Wmlngton hos pital as a result of an abortion. The prosecution was resting its biggest hope oh a death-bed statement of the deceased In which, she lmpllca- ted Hattle Gavin, -A , Wilmington doctor was called to the stand and ' testified, that Katie Mae was irra ftional at the time She made the death-bed statement Judge Burney ' -ruled that the statement could not be permitted, as. evidence and for ; lack of more evidence the case was .. thrown out of court Judge Burney ' stated later in open court to Solici- tor Brltt that "you did all you could In the case today, you just didn't '. have the evidence." 4 - Ai the afternoon session of court Judge Burney . sentenced Hattle i' Gavin, on an abortion charge of which she was convicted last May y before Judge Frtaelle. Attorney ;. Rivers Johnson first moved that the yerdiet be set aside Judge Burney stated that a Judge who did not ; bear the case could pass sentence but could not set aside the verdict. After a plea by defense Attorney i Stevens Judge Burney sentenced : the Gavin woman to 4 to 0 years In State Prison1 .Defense attorneys ';. at once gave notice of appeal to the .'' Supreme Court Appeal bond was "t at (290 and peraMee bobdat jJLZO. And again" JBa ttie a goes free. Just before passing sentcrio the judge stated that be had Mard quite a bit about the case and re- This I'BorribW illtuSr ' Maeii - comment - aaaong He spectators later was that they Were surprised at the sentence They thought she would get the ;' luaBlmmu. v; Lcdios Coals Stolen Frcin Thesf re lii r Vcrsaw; Returned A few weeks ago two young ladies were attending the show in War saw. Sometime during the show they left the auditorium, leaving their coats in the seat On return V their coats Were gone. No trace could be found of them., - One day -this week the Warsaw bus station called the theatre in ) ormlng them of a package arriving on but. When they , went for the package rthey found in it the two coats.' No names were on the pack" - age. It had come from Camp Le Jeune. ' v.. Jt Vvi;, i . The ladies, Mist Jean Shackle ford of Warsaw; and, Miss Dorothy ' Morse of Ooldsbora were notified and came for their- coats, . , :'. 1j PcSbnts Frbiri 1? C:;!in To Bowman iC.:y Ibipilal ; - 1 ' w ' 1 I'1 1 j Winston-Salem; Patients from 89 of North Carolina's 100 coun- i ties visited the Outpatient Depart 1 ment of the Baptist Hospital during ;i8'3 and increased to almost 10,. C:3 ever the number reported the i pr, is year. . During tfce year is yeac . uunng me iyeari run County bad 16 patient vUltsj . .,., ...... , 7.1 patient visits per 10,000 of I Dur lor white population. 1 V"iU.f - . .... V.1 I Wlf " tzt Jce L. Tillman, 22," son of -. 1 I rs. W. P. Taylor, r.t 2, j, has teontiy bsen as 1 i " ' ' -" -n Air Force "V : Cask TEiroivn Feb. 6 Is 40th Anniversary Of Boy Scouting In SUCCEEDS DOWELL ... Thompson Greenwood, above, of Raleigh is the new executive secre tary of the North Carolina Mer chants Association. He succeeds WlUard L. Dowell, also of Balelgh, who has served the 7,000-member merchants' organization since 1927. Greenwood who has been associa ted with the association since Tune 1, 1947, as assistant secretary, will assume his new duties March 1. News Briefs Scout Banquet " All boy and. girl scout in the Ke nansvllle district ' together with tfielr parents, wiH bold' 'a"uanquet m VMt local ioqge Duuaing.aaiuraay lght4U .- -- Joe Qulnn has been named Suut Master, for the Kenansville Troop of Hoy Scouts. - '. ') - Hunting Season Hunting season closed Tuesday and the time Is here to oil and store away the -jiatonother, year, according iu amulet game protector Ipock. No further hunting will be permitted until the season reopens In the fall. Woman Held Irene Dudley.County Negress, Is being held in the Kenansville jail without privilege of bond - in the shooting of her husband John An drew Dudley five miles, north of Wallace last Sunday. The victim is in the hospital. Sentenced In Wayne , : Woodrow W, Stroud of Golds boro, Duplin native of the Holt's Store Community, was sentenced In Wayne County this week to 17 years in State Prison In connection with the "Fish Fry" robbery near Goldsboro several months ago. Shoota Self John Robert Reville, draftsman for Reld and Reaves Building Con tractors in Wallace attempted sui cide by shooting himself in the i ut with a 22 rifle at the office of the construction firm early on Saturday. The bullet missed his heart about an Inch, It was said. He is expected to recover, : , i v. i' ;,v j " i' New Fire Watchman 'X, " Alvln Smith,assummed duties on Feb. 1st as watchman "at the Smith Township ' forest fire tower. The tower has been without a watchman for some time. Forest Fire Warden Ralph Miller, has been trying bard to fill the vacancy for some Ume.. Rotary Club- .U-: , Faison MoGowen was guest ker at the weekly luncheon of War saw Rotary Club this week. He gave ' f,v . r,,ii'. hrS?J es and a general break-down' ,, " vnaAm f tax- Pt how they were! spent Following the talk the group, went into a quest! op and answer period with the 'speaker. Builders Permit i. V .?'. Officials of the Town of Warsaw are calling attention U prospec tive builders that it Is necessary to have a permit: before any kind of building can be Constructed in Us corporate limit of Warsaw. This also applies to repairs 'ten addi tions to a building la lnv 'ed. Per mits nrny be secured ftm C. n- tMVjkh mf the, 5 KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA Cut The fortieth anniversary of Boy Scouting in the United States will be observed all over the land dur ing the week of Feb. 6 to 12. The theme this year for Scout Week ob servance is "Strengthen Liberty". Troops and Packs everywhere are planning programs of re-dedication to the Ideals of liberty and demoe racy. In Tusearora CouncL, Boy Scout Week will be ushered in by a huge Scout-Week Rally at the Commun ity Gymnasium in Goldsboro. Two Troops from each of the four coun ties comprising the Council (Dup lin, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne) will compete for Council Honors in a number of Scouting events. Such events as fire building by use of flint and steel, (also by friction method) first aid, signaling, pyra mid building, song and yell contest, and tug of war, will feature the Rally. Large delegations of parents and friends are expected to accom pany the teams to Goldsboro for the competition. Suitable awards will be presented to the winning Troops. There is no charge for the 'Rally everyone invited. ; Chapel Hill Professor To Speak In Rose Hill Dr. Guion G. Johnson of Chapel Hill will make a public address at the ose Hill Community Building on Thursday evening Feb. 28 at 8 o'clock. Her topic will be "Ameri, ca and World Peace". The Interna tional Relations Department of the nose ran -woman ciun isepeauior- ing Sr. Johnson. The public is in vited to attend. v. Dr. Johnson is director of the de partment of International Rela tions for the North Carolina Wo man Clubs snd is in great demand over the state as a speaker. She 1 a- professor in the department of Political Science, at the University of North Carolina. The International Relations com mittee of the Rose Hill Womans Club is composed of Mesdames I. A. Wilson, chairman, E. L. Lanier, J. M. Barden and A. R. Bland, Sr. BIDS RECEIVED ON 3 PAVING PROJECTS The State Highway and Public Works Commission Wednesday re ceived low bids for road paving on three projects in Duplin County. worn is expected to commence soon. The three roads are: paving on 1.27 miles from Intersection of Pine Street and V. S. 117 and NC 24 in Warsaw north along Pine to US 117. Paving, to Bxum-CUne Co.. Rocky Mount, $78,843.20; Moving buildings, to American Construct ion Company, Columbia, S. C, S17 675.00. . Grading and hard surfacing on 7.6 miles from a point on NC 111 north of city limits Of Beulavllle north to end of pavement one mile south of Pink Hill, to Exum-Cline Co. $77,475.50: structures, to N. B. Brewer Co., Raleigh, $14,754. ' Hard surfacing on 8.8 miles from Junction NC 41 at Chinquapin southeast 8 J miles on county road, to Exum-Cline Co. $23,956.00. Nurses Te Meet , Nurses of District 14 of the State Nurses Association will meet in Warsaw on Feb. 14. The meeting will be held at 8 o'clock in the Home Economic room of the War saw High School. For further infor mation contact Mrs. Eva T. Lewi in Warsaw. Letter Of Thank r Register of Deeds Tt T. Outlaw this week received- a letter from Col Owen Rand Kenan df Wilmlng. ton expressing the family's appre ciation for Mr, Outlaw's effort in securing the Kenan Historical Mat; ker and for hi tireless effort in preserving Duplin County's history. The Weather : Duplinltes, along with other Coas tal Plain counties, are still enjoying springlike westher in February. The thermometer here this - week ' has hovered in the high sixties, reach ing a high of 84 one day. Trees are bec'nnlng to bud out and flowers v s 1 ' a'l found. The state IT ' II' 1J 'I- kotMu. TujIOr POLIO DRIVE PICTURE I KltP IT f II v: ; - 1 k am m -w. The above window In the store qt James Miller in Beulaville shows part of the merchandise of Dimes cause and auctioned All receipts from the auction See story in this page. Calypso Lions Have Largest Charter Night In North Carolina Lionism The people in Calypso, and es pecially Patrolman Earl Whitaker were happy Wednesday night, and Justly so, for on that night the Calypso Lions Club received its charter at the biggest charter night for Lions Clubs ever held in North Carolina. The club with 64 mem bers received its charter from Dis trict Governor L. K Day of Rocky Mount H ' The meeting, in banquet form, was held in the Calypso school gym naslum with nearly three hundred people in attendance from c1;:!): from Rocky Mount to Wilmingluu. from Kenansville to Raleigh. The meeting was called to ord.-r by N. A. Sloan, president, Calypso Lions Club. Invocation was given by Rev. T- K. Woody and Lion N. L. Crumpler of -Clinton introduced the Tail Twisters. Roy Cates, member of the Faison Lions Club introduced the master of ceremonies, Neil Hester of Ral eigh who took the chair and pre sided from there out. Mayor B. C. Sellers of Calypso extended a word of welcome to which Robert Farrior of Calypso responded. Lion Hester Rose Hill Children Don't be surprised if your child comes home from school whistling or humming snatch from a Biset Symphony. It may sound something like child prodigies do, but it really is quite likely' in North Carolina where children hear the North Carolina Little Symphony. The children of Rose Hill and vicinity have been studying Biset's Symph ony and hearing it on records for the past seeral weeks in prepara tion for the concert the Little Sym phony will play for them on Feb. 13th. In the Rose Hill schools, Mrs. H. E. Latham has been preparing th children for the concert With ma terial sent out from the Symphony office In Chapel H1H preparatory note for teacher, and, Symphony Stories for the children -- the school have been getting ready for the concert Mrs. Fred B. McCall, who heads the Children's Division in Chapel Hill, know that children must bo familiar with music s to 'enjoy it. With this In mind she has issued Coastal Breeders Ml JI ssv The second annual meeting of the Coastal Breeders Association, Inc., serving Ponder,' Duplin and portions of adjoining counties will be held Monday n! ;ut, Feb.- 6, In the Wallace Hlgli hool Auditor ium. The meeting v "1 be,called to order at 7 "1 ry T Ivln Cording, ,,! ., . , , , t rf Pie- secre- ; C. . . 1 ' e hard -HvtU. WfcaxJh ctj FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd, 1950 i r ' , that was contributed to the March off in the Model Theatre there. were donated to the Polio Drive. then introduced the speaker of the evening L. Y. (Stag) Ballentine of Raleigh, State Agriculture Com missioner who gave a very interest ing talk on service to your fellow- man. Lion Ed McMahon presented the Extension Award to Lion Earl Whitpker, president of the Mt. Olive club which, sponsored the ealypso club, Whitaker then pre sented the Bell and Gavel, a gift from the Mt. Olive club to the Calypso club, which was accepted by Robert Farrior. TV -t f!ovc.T.cr L. K. Day of Koiky Mount was then introduced by deputy-district governor Sidney Gordon of Goldsboro who present ed the charter to the club. President N. A. Sloan made the acceptance speech. Prizes were given to many pres ent and the meeting adjourned. The success of the organization of the Calypso club goes mainly to Patrolman Earl Whitaker of War saw, president of the Mt. Olive club. Whitaker started out to make it the largest newly organized club in the state and through sheer deter mination he came through in a big way. Ready For Concert materials for teachers and written a booklet, Symphony Stories for the children. This year the main work to be played will be the Biset Symphony In C. The orchestra will play ex cerpts from all four movements for the children. Other numbers on the program will Include Victor Her bert's "March of the Toys". "The Sleigh Ride" by Andrews, and Per cy Grainger's "Country Gardens." The children will have an op portunity to sing a hymn with the Orchestra and students whose birth days occur on the date of the con cert will participate in a musical venture. These admission-free concerts are made possible by memberships in the North Carolina Symphony and the state support cf the Orches tra. When the Little Symphony of 23 musicians plays in Rose Hill there will also be an adult concert in the Rose.. Hill Theater at 8:30 P. M. These concerts are made pos sible through the Initiative of and sponsorship by the Rose Hill Music Club, of which Miss Estelle Fus- ell is president in Three directors are to be elected; one to fill the unexpired term of John ; Bakon, Burgaw, deceased. E. W. Falret is now serving until election. The term of O. L. Hol land, Kenansville, and R, M. Left ler, Willard, have expired. Coastal Breeder was organised 18 months ago for the purpose of Improving future, dairy cattle in the " through the use of art'l- c or rtrx i sc. 3 But Beulaville Auction Gov. Scott's Cigar The Model Theatre, incoopera tion with the Beulaville Civics Club, staged an old fashioned1 "Country Store Auction" in the current drive for the March of Dimes. Forty-two local merchant" donated gifts to be auctioned off to the highest bidder. Having the mer chandise displayed a week in ad vance grought a good crowd out and all items 'brought more ihan retail value . Highlights of the evening was the spirited bidding on a cigar and c plug of chewing tobacco given for the occasion by Governor W. Kerr Scott and a necktie from U. S. Senator Clyde R. Hoey, the tie be ing bid in by Bob Demurest who got bidding experience in Wallace buyiiig blind mules) and the cigar and cut plug going to Murphy M. Thigpen. Proceeds from the auction were one hundred sixty five dollars and thirty-five cents ($165.35) another forty-four dollars and fourteen cents ($44.14) brought from aud ience collection during the week brought the total to two hundred nine dollars and forty-nine cenu ! ($209.49) passing the two hundred ! dollars which had been set as a goal. Proceeds from coin collectors and other activities have yet to be counted. The auctioneer was Bud Miller, representing the Civics Club, as sisted by James Milter, and Bi'b Demorest. Kenans Contribute More To Auditorium Supt. O. P. Johnson received two checks totaling v $2,000 over '.he week end to be applied on the ICenan Memorial Auditorium. The fist check, for $1,000 was sent by Wm. Rand Kenan, Jr. of New York, received on Saturday. On Sunday Mr. , Johnson received nollier check for $1,000 from Mrs. Graham Kenan of Wilmington, sis ter to Wm. Rand. This brings to a total $22,000.00 the Kenan family has donated towards completion of the building. The last two checks made poss ible resumption of work which was stopped a few weeks ago when the money ran out. Work was started Monday on the north side seats. The two thousand will nol complete the seating section but will make possible usable seats in time for the basketball tournament. Another one thousand dollars is necessary to complete that side and Mr. John son is hoping that amount will show up so that it may be com pleted without stopping. Duplin Choir Holds Meet The Duplin County Choir met in the Kenansville Schol Auditorium Friday night .January 27, at 7:30 The following communities were represented: Teachey, Rose Hill, Kenansville, B. F. Grady, Calypso and Chinquapin. Around thirty-five were present. Mrs. Margaret Reynolds was elec ted Community Chairman for Ke nansville: Mrs. L. R. Lanier for Rose Hill; Mrs. Bertha James for Chinquapin; Mr. Edgar J. Wells for Teachey. The next county-wide meetlns wil lbe held in the Kenansville chool Auditorium on Februarv 24. 1950, at 7:30 P. M.. at which time a report will be given by the Music Selection Committee concerning musical selections and programs to be given by the choir. We again urge all communities In the county who were not reore- sented to attend our next meeting ana oecome a member of the choir. BLOODSHED BOXSCORE Killed Jan. 24 thru Jan. 26 7 Injured same dates 65 Killed thru Jan. 26, 1950 57 Killed thru Jan. 26, 1949 51 Injured thru Jan. 28, 1950 728 Injured thru Jan. 26, 1949 493 Killed Jan. 27 thru 30 9 Injured same date 161 Killed thru Jan. 30, 1950 66 Killed same dates last year 57 Injured thru Jan. 30, 1950 889 Injured thru Jan. 30, 1949 620 About 00 more broilers and fryer are moving to market now than a year ago.' State College au thorities urge homemakers to use more poultry in their menues dur ing the next few weeks. No. 5 Brings $155.35 Sold; Sen. Hoey's Tie MERCHANT son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry West of Warsaw and West Siding who will open a new, modern self-service grocery store in Kenansville about March 1st. The name of the new business will be "YORE STORE". Young Mr. West has just completed his college career at Wake Forest College, having completed all hi work at mid-term, on January 27th. He will receive his diploma in B. S. :n business science at the regular commencement exercises in the spring. Mr .West is a graduate of Kenans ville High School (1944). He attend ed Mars Hill Junior College in the summer of '44 going from there into the Army where he served two years. He was given an honorable discharge with the rank of Infantry Technician. Following his dis charge from the Army he entered Wake Forest. Mr. West will open his new busi ness in the store building formerly occupied by the C. E. Qulnn Furni ture Company. He and his father have recently purchased the Dall brothers store property here and expect to erect a new modern brick building on the site some time In the future. See "YORE STORE" ad on another page in this paper. Negro Tonsil Clinic Started In County Last week the Duplin County Health Department inaugurated the Vegro Tonsil Clinic here. It will jperatc for seyeral weeks in the health department building on Wednesdays, just as the white clin ic has been doing. The white clinic lias been suspended for the time !ieing. Dr. Parker of Clinton is doing the operating. Patients oper ated on last week were: Margaret Faison, Shirley Stag ings, John McGowan, Ida Pitts, Katie Dobson, Elijah Bryant, Bob by Bryant, Evelyn Barden, James Satchell, Lillian Hatcher, Gerald ine McKiever, Charlie McKlever. Martha Monk, Christine MacMillan and Morris Murphy. A Big Hog J. F. Bryan of the Bryan-Pearsall neighborhood recently butchered one of Duplin's largest' hogs. The hog weighed over 800 pounds. He was so heavy he broke the lift t the Warsaw Abbltoir. Bryan said he cooked out over 200 pounds of lard. LttMjl LmJMfm I HENRY M. WEST. JR. hint' hisjnfca, K , jwnuv ttJLaasnaM aiaWaTfkJ I Us. L W PSSSSMSJ W Vl ) toot tea, lf. f i Ssntm M-riwiiii. o. tiiii'iis) 5 kr,lttt : JjjJyPQti SIMrtory OAS. Cffifl f 545?- f-flnt MMMM, t). t m- 5 aft k 1 a ' ' fjLsdtAaeaVAMdi f g, W SPCOTnSaVKV VWCVa) MpBJSSj f j mm 1701; 20,000 WW. C I ; FWWW y in it . A . an -i. . . A ssjsi vsyasv Bi