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V - if VOLUME XMUMOKK CilUtlIC,IN f Jors Driof s & -vy-" ' -'-'v. - 6PENS BOMETEIi Patrolman and Mrs. Earl Whita ,rker and family moved into the Hometel In Warsaw. Mrs. Whltaker 'will operate it furnishing room but to meals. The building Is being ,. renovated and painted and iteam j Mat installed in each room. Banker tboy elected " R. S. Troy, cashier of the Wacca- maw Bank in Rose Hill was honored by the bankers of group 3 last Sat- k urday night at their annual meet "mg in Ooldsboro. Mr. Troy was ; A elected secretary-treasurer of the . group.-, . 4riANK THOMAS NOT ART ? Frank Thomas of Warsaw has ' 1 been appointed a Notary Public by Governor Kerr Scott The appoint- . ment was made on Dec. Sth for a . period of four years. Mr. Thomas Will make nis omce in tne present - ' . Thomas Accessory Shop building ' -,ln Warsaw. He Invites his friends Kcome see him, whether they are trouble or not FATING PROJECT Work was commenced Wednes day on paving 3.8 miles of road be - ginning at the Presbyterian church in Chinquapin and running towards Maple Hill. It to reported that work On completion of paving the Chin- Juapin-KenansviUe road la expect d to get under way in about 30 MRS. LEI DBS WILMINGTON ' ' Mrs. A. J. Lee, sister-in-law of Mrs. Lacy Weeks of Kenansvllle, ,, " died at her home there Tuesday -..h. nlghti Funeral services were held Thursday andJ interment In a Wil-..- mlngton 'cemetery. TO .DEDICATE HUT ; The .Wallace American Legion ":. Post Will dedicate its new home In w .wauac naay nigni. v a. ouam " jor Frank Graham will speak. Fol- owing thr speaking a dance will .. be held. tTTAH CENTENNIAL GROUP ! The Utah Centennial Group will appear In the Wallace High School Auditorium- Friday night March 3 under the auspices of the Wallace Lions Club. The group is made up . of a quartette, piano and violin and has a "national reputation. Music lovers In Duplin will welcome the opportunity to hear them. There v is no admission charge. fjOCAJL LIONS INVITED - Members of the Kenansvllle, Wal lace and Beulavllle Lions Clubs are , Invited to attend the annual charter .;- tight anniversary program of the Kinston Lions Chib at the Hotel Kinston on March 16th. It will be ladles night Quite a number of ; Lions and Lionesses from the three clubs are expected to attend. i J SPRINGS CHARTER NIGHT : The newly formed Lions Club at Seven Springs will hold its charter night Thursday night March 9th. " Several Lions from Duplin County . fire expected to attend. OLIVER HORN! IN HOSPITAL f Oliver Home, deputy sheriff of Kenansvllle, was taken to a Klston hospital this week suffering with ;' . pneumonia. V PLANTING TREES r I The Atlantic Coast Line is plant- W 2,300,000 pine seedlings along their track areas. In Duplin they 1 ' - are planting In the area of Rose MOVES TO COUNTY Dwigbt Raster, native of Iowa, Jus moved to Duplin County. He is doing special work for the Agricul tural Experiment Station. DUPLINITES HOLD t MILLION ; According to E. C. Thompson, V chairman of U. S. Savings Bonds ales DupiliwV Duplin. County "-'J; folks now', hold more than 'three million dollars worth of bonds. f i i'it ii LEGION HOME OPENS 1 . ; : The American : Legion Hut ' in ' Warsaw has been . opened to the public toe six days each, week. It . Is now known as the Warsaw Re- ;ereatlon Center.! "4 ..;.-; -CALYPSO ERADICATING RATS The Calypso Ruritan ' Club is playing! Pied Piper In a fight 'f gainst rats in that town. All homes and business places will particl-Tatei,,;:tiii.i';!-i;;:''-',i'f'i .. t;-' ; CrL. EETJBEN TYNDALL ; L:33 IN JAPAN was received this week . r n Tyndall of Pink " - ' t : ' ' : v r . j - County Survey Farm Housing And Construction Activity To Be Made Duplin County is among the 14 counties In North Carolina which are to be included in a national survey being made by the II. S. Department of Agriculture. This is the first nation-wide survey of farm housing and farm construction acti vity under the Housing Act of 1949. The work will begin In Duplin on Monday, February 20. Pauline Out law of Seven Springs, RFD, has been selected to interview farmers in the areas to be visited in Duplin County. The survey will provide a record of farm construction and will also show the housing quality and facili ties as related to the farm family Income. Reports will be obtained from about nine thousand farms throughout the United States. Such information will be treated confi dentially and used only in combi nation with that from other farms to obtain State and United States totals. The final results will be used by government agencies, state Judge Stevens Says He Vill Not Run For U. S. Senate Post NOTICE Next week's issue of the Times will be mailed on Tuesday. All ads and special notice for that issuae must be in the Times office not later than Monday morning. All correspondents please take notice. Attorneys please take notice, if yen have any tecais that must start next wefelf ret them in not later, thaii Monday morning, earlier if possible! Thanksw J. R. Grady Mrs. J. G. Kenan Dies In Wilmington Mrs. James G. Kenan, 97, died at her home in Wilmington Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock following an illness of three weeks. She was born at Oakland Planta tion In Duplin County, the daugh ter of the late Col. Christopher Dudley Hill and Emily Howard Hill and was a great niece of the late Christopher Dudley, at one time governor of North Carolina. - She was married in 1872 to Capt. James Graham Kenan of Kenans ville. Mrs. Kenan and her family have been active in local and state affairs ' for maify years. It was through her efforts that the Con federate monument was placed at the University of North Carolina. She served as president of the Wilmington chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy fo many years and was a member of the Colonial Dames. Until her ill ness, she was active in the affairs of St. James Episcopal Church. A nephew, William Kenan, endowed the stadium at the University of North Carolina. He also served as president of Florida-East Railroad, founded by Henry Flagler, Florida philanthropist and husband of Mary Lily Kenan, niece of Mrs. Kenan. She was educated at St Mary's School in Raleigh. " Surviving are two : sons, Col. Owen H. Kenan of Wilmington and Thomas S. Kenan of Atlanta, Ga.; one daughter, Emily H. Kenan of Wilmington; two nieces. - . Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock at St James Episcopal Church by the Rev. Mortimer Glover, rector, offi ciating. Interment was in Oakdale Cemetery in Wilmington. , serving in the U. S. Army for ten years. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. D. TyndaH of Pink Hill and is survived by a brother, Percy Tyndall of Pink Hill; two sisters, Mrs. Ora Belle Kennedy of Beulavllle and Mrs. Leo Batson of Warsaw, -y. ;. - 1 - .-: .. . , ;. Fatal Accidents 1949- "1$i8 Increase i V; '""' -' y ' As usual, rural areas led In fatal ities and , injuries . last year. 881 persons were killed and 7, 634 were Injur in the c ntry. . "" t -1 f-r r " colleges, and agricultural groups interested in Improving farm hous ing and farm service buildings. The survey will secure Informa tion on the number of farm houses built during 1948 and will provide a basis for determining the amount of expenditures on houses and ser vice buildings for new construction, major Improvements and repairs. At the present time no information is available on the number and cost of farm houses and farm ser vice buildings built each year. The Housing Act of 1949 passed by the 81st Congress established a program of technical services, fi nancial aids, and research for farm construction activity. It is also di rected that the Department of Ag riculture report on the housing sit uation and progress being made toward meeting farm housing needs. The survey that begins on Monday will provide some of the Information requested by Congress. Superior Court Judge Henry L. Stevens of Warsaw, in a formal and prepared statement, Sunday an nounced that he would not be a can didate for the United States Sen ate against Dr. Frank P. Graham and in a verbal statement made at the same time deplored conditions which he said makes It impossible for a poor man to seek the office. The former state and national commander of the American Legion said that he has been besieged with literally" thousands of letters, phone calls, and tele grams from citizens who practically demanded that he become a candi date and said he was sure he could have been elected. I say it humbly but sincerely said the Judge's written statement, that if I have ever been able to evaluate a situation I ame sure that I could have been elected senator this time. Judge Stevens, who said he had been called out of bed every night for the past weeks by friends and other interested citizens urging him to make the race, said it was the most difficult decision he had ever had to make in all of his years of public service. "Night after night, I have been laying In bed unable to sleep and trying to decide what I should do. But I have been compelled to think of the welfare of myself and family and I do not feel that I am in a po sition to make the personal sacri fice that being a United States Sen ator would entail," said his state ment Asked to elaborate on the written statement Judge Stevens said sim ply, "I am a poor man and every body knows that such a campaign would take a great deal of finan cing." It is bad to be poor, continued the Judge who paused for a mom ent, and then added, "it is really an indictment against the system isn't it?" "It ought to be so the poorest man In the country could run for the highest office in the land but it Just isn't so," he added. He said he had studied the matter very carefully and thoughtfully and said that because of the many thousands who have contacted him that he felt he should make a state ment at this time ao that any other person about becoming a candidate can come out . Judge Stevens said he would take no part In the campaign other than to vote, reminding, "I am still a Judicial officer of the state." The Jurist said the request tor him to run had come from citizens In both high and low places and from practically every county In the state and that many newspapers had offered him vigorous support He said thafbffers of support had come from some of the stats'e top political leaders but that be would not name them, some of the names he added, would really make news. in 1048, -v . ,', ' Surrounding counties reported for years 1949 and 1948 respective ly: Sampson, 10-12; Wayne, 10 4( Onslow, 9 8; Pender, 8 6; Le noir 7-11; Jones 2-1. ! Mitchell County reported no fa talities in 1948 or 1949. , ' The codling moth causes great "-' v hfn conations are favor- ".. i J ' - f"ven or more KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA Jtat An architect's drawing of the new Presbyterian Church in Rose Hi!l now under construction. Mt. Zion Presbytrian Church was organi zed in 1858 and the church building stood at a site near Charity Crossroads until 1909 when it was moved to Rose Hill, Rev. F. M. Bain is the minister and the church roll totals 239. When completed the church structure will cost about $65,000. The present contract calls for an expenditure of $36,000 and work on this phase should be completed this spring. The completed struct ure will contain a main auditorium. 7 class rooms and a kitchen. The classroom section will be two-story. It is being built of Ashley stone quarried in Ohio. It is patterned on the traditional gothic Scottish Parish design. Beulaville Folks Scy "Thanks" For Help In Furnishing Their Church Several months ago three ladies of the Beulaville Presbyterian j Church made a move to set new furniture for the church. A meet ing of the officers and pastor of the church, also the officers and teachers of the Sunday School, was ( held in the home of Mrs. Lou Belle Williams in December, 1948 for the purposeof getting aiO.K. 6"n the "move" and the wor4 to "go 'for ward" being granted, plans were made and the order was placed late in January of 1949 for the pews, communion set, pulp t and two pulpit chairs. Every church and Sunday School member cooperated wonderfully in this project. Not only did the mem bers of our church, but those from the other churches in town and friends here and away helped most graciously. Our pews, pulpit furniture and communion set were installed, paid W. A. McGirt To Be Laymen's Day Speaker At Methodist Church Here Mr. W. A. McGirt will give an address on "A Layman's Faith" at the Kenansville Methodist Church next Sunday morning, Feb. 26. at 11:00 o'clock. Mr. McGirt is a Meth odist layman well known through out North Carolina. He was a mem ber of the first highway commiss ion of the State. In his church con nection he was the Lay Leader of the Wilmington District for a num ber of years. It is expected that many people will hear his address next Sunday morning. This service is in the observance of Laymaen's Day thhroughout Methodism. It Is the one Sunday of the year that the Pastor sits in the pew and the Laymen take the Pas tor's place in the pulpit. In the Negroes To Close Series Meetings The last of a series of meetings held by Negro farmers will be held at the Kenansville Colored High School, March 1st at 9:15 A. M. according to R. E. Wilkins, Negro County Agent. This meeting will be ; devoted to livestock, as live stock is beginning to play an im portant role with Duplin farmers. Experts to be present are Mr. Jack Whaley, Swine Specialist, who will discuss swine production; Mr. W. O. 'Andrews will discuss poultry;! and Mr. Wynn, Negro Dairy Spec-' lallst, Will discuss dairying. Agrl- cultural leaders feel that this meet ing should benefit farmers more than any other that has been con ducted this year in the light of em phasis how being placed on live stock, and too, scinetiflc Informa tion is needed much more today than formerly, Consequently farm ers must have the necessary infor mation which will enable, them to cope with changing conditions more economically and intelligently. All farmers are not only lnvrd to at-t"-I this meeting but are encour t ft so, s.-',"'l V." ins. , FRIDAY, - , , , . . . , . . , tZ:nLiC: f l ?. ' 1949. There being some cash left. '.' v.i" ''""icled that the center pul pit chair and Baptismal Font be ord-rrd. These were delivered a few weeks ago. For all this we are very grateful and in behalf of the Beulaville Presbyterians, I wish to thank ev ery person from the other churchss who helped us in any way: those friends here in town and out of town who contributed by donations or by buying tickets to our suppers, anil our own dear members who stood by ;ind were ready to help ;:t every rail, il could not ask for better cooperation). By Lou Belle Williams, chairman and Treas of the Pew Committee. P S. Minutes of all the meetings held concerning this business trans action will be filed in the office of the Elders of the Church. ecclesiastical calendar next Sunday is not only Laymen's Day, but also the first Sunday in Lent and the Board of Temperance has listed it as a day of Committment to sob riety. In the Kenansville Methodist Church C. E. Quinn will preside over the Service. Other Laymen's Day Services on the Duplin Circuit are at Magnolia Methodist Church in the morning at 11:00 o'clock and at Unity Methodist Church in the evening at 7:30 o'clock. Our Charge Lay Leader, O. P. Johnson, will preside at both Unity and Magno lia and Roscoe Whitman and Char les B. Braswell will give the ad dresses at Unity. Come to hear our Methodist Laymen. BIBLE LECTURE IN HALL SUNDAY P. M. PINK HILL TOWN "EARTH'S NEW RULERS" is the subject of a free public Bible lec ture to be delivered this Sunday, February 26, at 3:00 P. M. at the City Hall, Pink Hill, N. C. by G. D. MILLER, minister of Jehovah's Witnesses from Brooklyn, N. Y. The discourse is part of a nation-wide Bible educational cam paign now sponsored by Jehovah's Witnesses to encourage more study of the Bible in the homes of per sons of all beliefs. It is non-denominational, all per sons are invited to attend. No sides are taken on politics, but it Is gen erally known that Jehovah's Wit nesses are positively opposed to Communism and other totalitarian forms of government. This talk "Earth's New Rulers" is now being given In no less than 3,000 cities and towns in the United States'' ; -' ' . Seats arrtree, and no collections are taken at any of these discuss ions. '' - The average American hen last year laid 163 eggs. : FEBRUARY 24th, 1950 6 Year Old School Child Runs Out In Front Of Car; Killed Instantly BASKET BALL The 6th district N. C. E. A. basket ball elimination contest will be held in Kenan Gymnas ium tonight and tomorrow night. Winners of this event will compete for eastern hon ors in the Class B state champ ionship contest. A large turn-out is hoped for each game. The Lions Roar And The Lions Eat The Kenansville Lions Club was host to the Wallace Lions Club and officers of the Kinston Lions Club at a Zone meting here Wednesday night. A supper was served in the local school lunch room. A total of 36 Lions and two Lionesses were present. No formal program was given. President Mitchell Allen pre sided. President Ackerman of the Wallace Lions was called on and introduced the Wallace guests. President Poole of the Kinston club introduced the Kinston visitors and Lion Poole made a short talk on Lionism today. Zone Chairman Gil bert Alphin introduced the visiting officers. Misses Anise Kelly and Eleanor Gay Herring rendered iiiuan. i.iiao i tile ifianu anu iMiss Herring singing solos. The main order of the night was eating. And did they eat? Well, in cluding the ladies who prepared and served the meal a total of 45 people partook of and consumed roughly the following: 200 biscuits. 32 pounds old Du plin County cured ham, fried "like Mama used to fry it"; M bushel of hominy grits (measure made af ter they were cooked); 7 dozen Du plin County hen eggs; 1 Vi pecks Duplin County sweet potatoes, ba ked in the oven (hot candied); 1 pecks Irish potatoes, hash brown; seven cherry pies and 5 gallons of coffee. The meal was served family style with orders to "help your self. The ladies who prepared and served the supper were: Mrs. Mary Southerland, Mrs. Ivey Bowden, Mrs. W. E. Lewis. Mrs. Bob Grady, Mrs. Margaret Tucker, Rebecca Grady, and a colored helper, Marie Middleton. Surveying the stove and kitchen after the feast was over there was no question but what the meal was enjoyed, all pots, pans and spiders were cleaned. It took only a light amount ofwashing before they were ready to be put away. Poultry Chain Is Started In Duplin Ten Duplin county 4-H club mem bers have been selected to receive 100 pullets chicks each through the Sears Poultry Chain, according to V. H. Reynolds assistant county agent. The ten selected from the 22 applications were: Ray West brook, Rt. 1, Seven Springs; Ed ward Thigpen, Betty Smith and Maurice Mercer, Pink Hill, Rt. 2; Mary Esther Whaley, Teachey, Rt. 1; Shelby Bell, Mt. Olive, Rt. 2; Archie Dunn, Seven Springs; Jerry Cottle, Pink Hill; and Clara Lee Kornegay and Albert D. Mozingo, Mt. Olive, Rt 1. Cautious Washington, Feb. 18 Tom Mc Gee of Mt Olive, secretary to Rep. Graham A. Barden of New Bern, returned to Washington from an automobile trip to the State, report ed he had traveled at the slowest rate of speed he has used in any such trip in 15 years. The reason, said McGee, was that his assistant. Mrs. Jeanette Harrison Gunter of New "Bern, had approached him as he prepared to leave for the State and announced gravely: "Mr McGee, I dreamed about you last night I dreamed you were dead.", BLOODSHEDBOXSCORE Killed Feb. 1? - 20 10 Injured same dates 137 Killed thru Feb. 20, 1950 108 Killed thru Feb. 20, 1949 110 Injured thru Feb. 20, 1950 1,481 Injured thru Feb. 20, 1949 1,060 Fillera The fall pig crop is expected to be marketed earlier this year than bit No. 8 Clarica Hill, age 6, colored dau ghter of Ed Hill Hill in Warsaw was instantly killed Wednesday morning about 8:30 when she dart ed onto the highway in front of a car driven by Flnley Bryant, color ed. The accident occurred in front of her home and in front of the Warsaw colored school building. According to reports, she had gone to school with her mother, who is a teacher in the Warsaw school, and started back home for something she had left. She was running along the highway East as a car was approaching from that direction. Bryant's car was ap proaching from the West. She did not see the Bryant car and just as the other car passed she darted out into the road. She was struck by the left light and fender of Bryant's car. Her neck and left leg was broken. She was rushed to a doctor's office but was dead on ar rival. Coroner C. B. Sitterson was called and empaneled the following jury: J. A. Raekley, Glenn Rollins, R. P. Britt, C. B. Guthrie, Jr., W. Hill, Jr., and B. A. Farrior who ruled the accident unavoidable. The girl's father appeared before the jury and stated that it couldn't be helped. Beulaville Group Forms Lions Club The Beulaville Civics Club on Wednesday night voted to become affiliated with Lions International, thus making the 6th such organi zation in Duplin. International Councilor Norman Trueblood of Elizabeth City was present and in stalled the new members and offi cers. Twelve men are the original signers and compose the new offi cers and directors. They are: W. F. (Bud) Miller, president; Wm. G. Jones, Jr., 1st vice-president; I. J. Sandlin. Jr., 2nd vice-president; James Miller, 3rd vice-president; Richard S. Bostic, secretary-treasurer; Arthur Kennedy, Lion Tamer; Cecil Miller, Tail Twister; 2 year directors. Bob Demorest and Dan iel Lanier; and 1 year directors, S. P. Bostic and Macon Brown. The club decided to meet every 2nd and 4th Friday nights at 8 o'clock in the school lunch room. Charter night was set for March 31 and they are going out to make it the largest charter night In the history of Lionism in North Caro lina. Calypso now holds the state record with 65 charter members. The Beulaville club is being sponsored by the Kenansville Lions Club. At its organization Lions F. W. McGowen, Mitchell Allen, Gil bert Alphin and Bob Grady of Ke nansville were present. Pine Seedlings District Forester Joe Herlevicb of Whiteville has just received no tice from the Dept. of Conservation and Development's forest nursery at Clayton that several hundred thousand longleaf and slash pine seedlings must be sold within the next two weeks or it will be too late to transplant them. He states that unseasonable weather makes it necessary for the Department to issue a call for help from farmers and land owners of Duplin County. "If you are going to wait until later to order your seedlings," says Herlevich, "please reconsider and order immediately. Normally you should have until the middle of March to plant, but warm weather has advanced the seedlings about one month." Application blanks can be had by contacting Duplin County For est Warden Ralph Miller of Beula ville, District Forester Herlevicb, or the State Forester, Raleigh. COMEDIES FROft! EVERY DAY LIFE By: Mrs. Howard Joyner A distresses young women, who had put up with her husband's week end drinking sprees for ten years, decided to try different tactics. Recently, when he came home very, very JatejnL.f at the out door latch, she met him dressed in her finest negligee, and sweetly ushered 'him In. Leading him to his easy chair by the radio, she proceeded to put her arms around him tenderly and exclaimed, "Darling, aren't you going to kiss mer Rubbing his eyes so as to clear them, he exclaimed, "Well. ' I might as weU for I'm gonna eaten J HeU when I get home anyway."