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VOLUME NUMBER EIGHTEEN Sheriff Ralph J. Jones Announces For ;' Re-Election; Served Only One Term - Sheriff Ralph J. Jones, serving his first term as sheriff of Duplin County, this week announced his candidacy Jor reelection. In making the formal announcement Sheriff 4 Jones expressed his appreciation to 'the various officers, churches, or ' ganizatlons and individuals who have worked with bis office to bring about better law enforce ment In Duplin County. He pointed ' out several Improvements in the sheriffs office including the secu- ring of bloodhounds for this see , tlon. Sheriff Jones has arpopular set of deputies and his office in general ; baa met with favorable reaction from the public. As all new office-holders, he was bound to make some mistakes in getting adjusted to the work, but . he feels now that most kinks are ironed out and he can boast of one of the finest sheriffs departments la North Carolina. Mr. Jones not only thanks bis ; friends from all sections of the ' county who supported him in the W election but asked us to es pecially extend his thanks to the hundreds of people in every part of the county who voted against l him before for one reason or an : other who have dome to him and pledged support in the 1050 elec v. tlons. '-.. v ' He says he plans te continue the inmmtn nf imnrovement in the herlfr nj&fr,Mcf toTttnder.? "ter service from daV to day to all the people of DupUn County, re gardless of whethef they vote for him or not. Mr. Jones says "every " person not only Is entitled to vote for whom he pleases but should go -' to the polls and cast that vote. Af- ter the election is over, and for that matter before the election as I am now shearlff, I pledge my loyal support to every citizen in Duplin County for a continued go? forward program in Detter law en forcement, better progress arid bet ter understanding among the good folks of Duplin County. We are all just one big family working to ' aether in an effort to improve ourselves." Ici Strikes Duplin , ley weather struck Duplin this week with all its fury. After the balmy spring-like weather we have enjoyed most of the winter months Sunday night sent 'the mercury dropping to new low levels. Sun day and Monday nights saw it hov ering in the low tewenties and throughout the day Monday and Tuesday -it was holding down' be low the fifties. , k' Farmers, fear that much fruit may be damaged since nearly all the pear trees were blooming pro fusely. The ground frose Sunday and Monday nights and it is feared that tobacco plants may be dam- aged. They are awaiting the thaw out before estimating the damage. There was no frost Monday morn ing due to a heavy wind during the night but Tuesday brought a heavy -frost Warmer weather is promised .for the latter part of the week. (This writing is Tuesday morning). Rose Hill Girl Yins VMZ Contest Miss Ann Herring, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Herring, Rose Hill, RFD, was a prize-winner re cently in a talent show broadcast ' over Radio Station WRRZ, Clinton. Miss Herring, a pianist and stu dent at Pineland College, played a duet with Miss Nadine Britt, of Salisbury. ,;'' ( , The program is a reuglar weekly feature and is presented by the Clinton Exchange Club. . . NEW WOODWORK PLANT 5 The Warsaw Wood products Co. is now "open for business. The new , mnnfl?d by 'Chips'' Riggs, . i i , ., y - v f'rpet at the syy 1 RALPH J. JONES D. F. Sholar Dies D. F. Sholar, 74, died at James Walker Hospital in Wilmington on Saturday morning. Funeral serv ices were held Sunday afternoon at 3 O'clock at Sholar cemetery, Wall ace Rt. 4. conducted by Rev. Ran som Kennedy of Beulaville. Survi ving are bis wife, Mrs., Sua .Sholar; two sons, HerbeSt, A 'at Odell; four brothers, George1 D Roscoe, Lounza, and Kelly. , " Subscribe To The Times Enthusiastic Audience Hears Governor Scott At Pink Hill Ladies llight Meeting Gov. Kerr Scott Friday night continued his blasts against the State Utilities Commission by urg ing audience at Pink' Hill to "help me build a fire under the commiss ion" to secure telephone service for rural homes. j The State's chief executive also charged that Farm Bureau leaders are fighting the Brannan plan be cause it will not help farmers whose Income is above the $29,000 bracket. The Governor was guest of honor at the annual Ladies' Night ban quet of the Pink Hill Farmers' Club, served at 6 p.m. in the school cafeteria. At 7 he addressed a near capacity audience In the school au ditorium. Bearing down upon the Utilities Commission and private companies for failure to provide telephones in rural areas, Scott called on rural folk to band together in sizeable groups and apply .for telephones. "I'm tired of having various utili ties in the State telling us what they will do. All the growth in. the State has come from -the soil and the people who develop it Let's get in the position to tell them what we want," he declared. , , ' v Charity Youth William Preston Bonhara, 21 kill ed himself Saturday night about 0 o'clock at his home near Charity Crossroads. Coroner C.: B. Sitter son made an investigation and ruled that an inquest was unnecessary. Coroner Sltterson said that young Bonham ate his supper with the family and on retiring went into the kitchen and shot himself in the head with a single barrel shot gun, killing himself Instantly, h ' , A note was found In his pocket on which he bad written that he dearly loved his parents. It stated that he had been suffering and that death was the only way out He said his family knew nothing of his suf fering. !':-,,::, ..: :J He was home, for the weekend from ECTC where he was an hon - Thurs. Fri. kt. Dallsr Days In Warsaw The Warsaw merchants - this week will put on a town-wide Dol lar Days event beginning Thursday morning. The b'S selling event will continuR v "i f ''. 1 ' ft. Coiml to Basket Ball Tournament Opsns Kenan Gym Wednesday Nite The 1950 basketball tournament for Duplin County will get under way in Kenan Memorial Gymna sium Wednesday evening of this week at 6 o'clock. The schedule as announced by the school princi pals is as follows: Girls: Thursday at 6 Calypso will play Warsaw; Wednesday at 6 Fai son vs Rose Hill; Winner Falson Rose Hill game will play Beula ville at 8 on Friday and winner of this game will play winner of Calypso- Warsaw game at 6 Saturday. Wallace vs B. F. Grady Wednes day at 8. Kenansville vs Chinqua pin on Thursday at 8. Winner of Wallace-Grady game will play Mag nolia at 6 on Friday. Winner of this game will play winner of Kenans-ville-Chinquapin game on Saturday at 8. Finals Monday at 7:30. Boys: Wallace vs Rose Hill at i on Thursday. Kenansville vs Beula ville at 7, Wednesday. Winner to play Faison Friday at 7. Winner of this game plays winner of Wallace- Rose Hill game on Saturday at 7 Magnolia vs Calypso Wednesday at 9; winner plays B. F. Grady on Friday at 9. Chinquapin vs Warsaw on Thursday at 9 and winner plays winner of Grady, Magnolia, Caiy ntn srouo Saturday at 9. Finals Monday at 8 JO. Reserved tseats are still on sale with the principals of -each, school. Tickets Willie issued to players. tickett Vor.ttnejal admission Pay at the Awr. JSats ,n both'slUes of the gymnasium have been com pleted and it is expected that there will be seats for all who wish to attend. j, "Whenever an organization has a franchise to operate in a certain area, it is not only their privilege but their responsibility to give ser vice to the people or get out and let somebody else provide that ser vice." "I wish these people would get on the Job, stop giving the excuses they've had so long, and give rural people telephone service," the gov ernor said. - . Scott cautioned his audiences against letting the companies build telephone lines down the main roads, taking the best customers and letting the rest go. No Need for Difference . He also warned rural dwellers not to let companies "skunk" them by charging "zone"' or higher rates for those who live some distance from town. "There is no need for any difference in price," he said. Touching on the Brannan plan, be charged that the Farm Bureau is fighting the plan because its leaders are against it because it only provides for payments to far mers who have an Income of less than $23,000 annually. Commits Suicide or student. He was a senior and would have graduated this spring. Bonham was very active In church work at home and at school He Xaught school at Chinquapin a few years ago. He .was unmarried. His family said they could not think of any reason to cause him to commit SUiclde.' !-.-;;.,,., f."';. .;.':'' .". !r " ' Funeral services were held at the Island Creek 'Baptist Church Mon day afternoon, conducted by Rev. N. E. Gresham, pastor, assisted by Rev. A. D. Wood, pastor of the Wes- lyan Methodist Church. Burial was in Clay Hill cemetery nearby. .He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs J. Wilbur Bonham and a brother, Jimmy W. Bonham of Bur- l gaw. merchants decided to repeat tne snecial selling event this year on a larger scale. Not only the de partment stores but the grocery stores, . hxr-Jware fend furniture ' t ? ; t r "'"'y pvrry line of liLViYJCIDAYSATUriDAY v:V. KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA Duplin Farmers Hear Dean Schaub At Luncheon Meeting In Kenansville By: A. M. DAVIS About 50 farmers, business men and civic club representatives from all over Duplin County gathered in Kenansville Friday evening to hear Dean I. O. Schaub, head of State College Extension Division speak on the prospects for farming inter ests in this section. "Unless we have another world war the prospects for advancement of our present cash crops are very dim," is the picture he painted for those pres ent. This meeting was a follow-up o: a plan that was put in mct'r-n !a.;t year under the leadership of Dup'.in County Agent. L. F. Weeks. The plan is to work out a system that might have a tendency to bring the farmer, business man and the civic clubs into closer cooperation in improving the living standards of the farmer and thereby giving him a better buying power that will in turn help the business man. After a dinner was served pro vided by the Farm Bureau of Du plin County, Mr. Weeks introdu ced Mr. J. H. Dotsoir. Agriculture teacher f B. F. Grady who pre Wntpr1. n ch't shovunsyihe present set-up of the agrici-.u.i al Mi-uclmc pf Dupiin County f.ind in doing so made suggestions that might im prove present conditions. In a sec ond chart he showed how the pres ent set-up could be improved by closer cooperation between the farm family, business man. civic group, farm organization and agri cultural workers. ; Dr. Schaub was introduced by Fred Stone of Slate College. He divided his talk under two head ings. First: Start from where we are. Under the present farm pro gram of depending on tobacco, cot ton, corn and truck crops for most of the farm income is not going to be a satisfactory solution to the present farm problem of decreas ing prices. Foreign markets are constantly working inroads into our farm markets. It is true that many foreign countries cannot make enough of these farm commo dities to supply their needs but they do not have the money to buy ours. The policy of our government in sending billions to these coun tries each year is the only thing that is holding prices to the present levels. Second, farmers must have a de sire to do better. If a farmer is sat isfied with sitting on a creek bank fishing for cat fish, it is useless to make suggestions to him or try in any way to help him. The State of North Carolina offers a good op portunity to livestock and dairying. We can produce a 10-month pas ture and In many instances 12 months of the year. Western states in competing can produce, at most, a satisfactory pasture only 7. It is true th'at we may run into controls In cattle and hogs in the future but that will have to come as it may. Dr. Schaub believes that the opportunity along this ljne will be the most satisfactory solution We can devise for the Immediate future. The results of the meeting and the work so far on the program wereglven unanimous approval by those present. All those present were appointed as a publicity com mittee to go out and tell Others about the work and if possible", sol icit their help. ; s WARSAW BUYS FIRE TRUCK , The Warsaw Town Board last week met with the Fire DeparW ment in the Town Hall and purchas ed i hew Oren Fire Truck. The same make as the one destroyed in the wreck but with later lm provements. H will be mounted on a Ford truck chassis purchased from Sheffield Motor Co. The cost of the truck complete, after allow ing for credits on the old truck and equipment Is $5,755.70. - : - ' i 10 of f T' "!, Pead 3 i n - . 1) FRIDAY, MARCH 3rd, 1950 TRAINING Pvt BUUe B. Brock, above, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Brock of Rt 2, Warsaw, is now nnderfoing amphibious training at the na val base, Little Creek, Va in preparation for participation in joint air-sea-ground maneuvers called Portrex, to be held in the Caribbean this month. Duplin County Council Of Home Demonstration Clubs To Meet Mar 2 Jesse Sullivan Dies Of Heart Attack Jesse Sullivan, 60, well known resident of Duplin County, died at his home Sunday night as a result of a heart attack. He had not been ill, as far as was known, preceding his attack. Funeral services were held Tues day afternoon at 3 o'clock from the home. Interment followed in Wayne Memorial Cemetery near Woodland Lake. Surviving are his wife, the for-j mer Miss Addie Herring; two sons, James of Rt. 2, Mt. Olive and Cpl. Arba C. Sullivan, stationed in Wash ington, D. C; one daughter, Mrs. Morris J. Barwick of the home com munity; one brother, Ivey of Rt. 1, Mt. Olive; four sisters, Mrs. Gulep Taylor, Mrs. Llla Bell and Mrs. H. C. Jones all of Rt. 1, Mt. Olive, and Mrs. Macy Dall of Wilmington; and 12 grandchildren. Mr. Sullivan had been a member of the. Junior Order for several years. James Rouse Found Dead In Field Magnolia were held from the Meth Funeral services for James Rouse 55, who died suddenly at the home of his nephew, Joseph Rouse, near odlst Church there at 2 p.m. Tues day, conducted by Rev. M. K. Glo ver, pastor. Burial was in tire Wells cemetery near Magnolia. Surviving is a son, Sgt. James M. Rouse, Ft McClellan, Ala.; two sisters, Mrs. Bascom-Hawes, Oceola, Ga., Mrs. J. H. Newton, Amite, La.; a brother, J. S. Rouse of Rose Hill. , The deceased was found dead in a nearby field Saturday afternoon. Coroner C. B. Sltterson ruled death i natural causes.; ;; . Bids Totaling $216,761 Approved For Duplin School Plant Additions Last Week Red Cross Assignments Melvin G. Cording of Wallace, who has been duly appointed as manager for the 1950 Fund Cam paign for the Duplin County Chap ter, American Red Cross announ ces the following unit directors and their respective quotas: Ben Sellars, Calypso. $400.: Lions Club, Faison, $500; Morris Jordan, Bowden, $143: M. V. Orr. Warsaw, $750; C. D. Chestnutt. Magnolia. $150: Womans Club, Rose Hill. $625; Mrs. Charles Heam, Teachey. $100; Roy Carter and Harry Kra mer, Wallace, $900; Mrs. Bert James, Chinquapin, $175; Mr. Bob Demorest, Beulaville, $400; L. M. Bostic, Potter's Hill, $65; Colon Holland. Kenansville, $475; Rev. L. C. Prater, B. F. Grady and Out law's Bridge, $250. The colored school principals in each of the above districts are ask ed to work with these groups and appoint co-workers to canvass the negro citizens in their district. In order not to prolong the cam paign and let it lag. the workers are asked to try and get their re ports in to Mr. Cording or to Mrs. N. B. Boney, Executive Secretary at Kenansville, by March 10th if possible. CORRECTION Last week we annouced Frank Thomas In Warsaw had been ap pointed a Notary Public. This was an error. Frank was named a Just ice of the Peace. We are glad to make the correction. MOVES TO RALEIGH Mrs. C. C. Ivey, Jr. for the past year or so a clerk in the Clerk of Court's office here has resigned and moved to Raleigh with her husband who is a student at State College there. The Duplin County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs will j meet in the Agricultural Building, Kenansville, March z, at z:ju p. m. The Council is made up of the officers of each of the 27 Clubs and County Project Leaders. This is the body which takes up the business of the county organization. There are several important things to be brought up at this meeting so each club is urged to have their mem bers present. Officers are: Presi dent, Mrs. David Williams, Rose Hill; Vice President, Mrs. Lehman Williams, Pink Hill; Secretary, Mrs. J. B. Torrans, Warsaw; Treasurer, Mrs. James King, Mt. Olive. Mrs. Whitfield Dies Mrs. Bland Whitfield, 38, of the Summerlln Crossroads section died at 1 a.m. Friday in Wayne Memorial Hospital, Goldsboro following an illness of three months. Surviving her are her husband, B. E. Whit field; one daughter, Edna Earle of the home; the parents Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Outlaw of the home com munity; four brothers, Marable Outlaw of Rocky Mount, Ervin, Clifford and Cecil all of the home community; five sisters, Mrs. Frank Grady of Mt. Olive Rt. 1, Mrs. Earl Banks of Kenansville, Mrs. Herman Waters of the home community, Mrs. Earl Herring of Newport News Va. and Adell Outlaw of the home community. Funeral services were held at the home of the parents at 3 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. W. C. Wilson, pastor of the Mt. Olive Methodist Church in charge. Burial was in the Whitfield cemetery five miles from home. She was a mem ber of Bethel Methodist Church. LISTEN TO RADIO County Fire Warden Ralph Mil ler asks all Dupllnttea to listen to WRRZ each Saturday 0 to 9:15 a.m. to 19 minutes of music, Information and fun. The program Is sponsored by the State and U .3. Forest Ser vice. Featuring the program Is Jel ly Elliott and his 3 Knothesds. Boxholder SAMPLE COPY No. 9 Bids totaling $216,761 for five Duplin county school projects were approved Thursday by the Duplin Board of Education. The bids were forwarded to the State Board of Education for final and official approval. The bids were asked as part of North Carolina's fifty mil lion dollar school bond program. They represent the first work for this county. A total of fourteen general con tractors submitted bids. Projects approved by the board and successful bidders are as fol lows: Chinquapin - Eight room addition to the present 16-room building, $46,725: J. L. Coe Construction Co., Charlotte, general contractor; B & W Electric Co., Fayetteville. wiring; Ideal Plumbing Co, Wilmington, heating. B. F. Grady - Sx class rooms and a cafeteria. $50,078; Southeast Construction Co., Charlotte, gencr il contractor; B & W Electric Co, wiring: Goodyear Plumbing Co, Wil mington, heating. Warsaw colored school - Eight classrooms and an auditorium, $83, 531; E. F. Taylor, Goldsboro, gen eral contractor; Roseboro Elecric Co., wiring; Goodyear Plumbing Co. Wilmington, heating. Rose Hill - New cafeteria, $14, 567; E. F. Taylor, general contrac tor; H. C. Cook Co., wiring; Ideal Plumbing Co. heating. The Goodyear Plumbing Co. was awarded plumbing contract for all projects. Leslie N. Boney of Wil mington is the architect. Mr. Johnson stated that the board of education was not able to award contracts for the new regro High school at Charity, the elementary school at Faison and the completion of the school at Branch because the State Board of Education had requested a revision of plans for these schools. It is expected these contracts will be awarded in March. Supt. Johnson said that he was well pleased with the bids and that all of them came within the budget ed funds. R. M. Carr of Wallace is chairman of the county board of education. Other members are A. P. Cates of Faison and Chesley Will iams of Beulaville. CAMP LEJEUNE WINS Camp Lejeune High School won the district elimination basketball contest here last week when it de feated Magnolia boys in the finals 56 to 28. Magnolia defeated New port 38 to 29 and Lejeune defeated Southport in the smi-finals 52 to 28. Lejeune will now play Massey Hill next week at Roseboro and the winner there will go into the State tourney at Durham. KENANSVILLE DIVIDES The Kenansville boys basketball team won its 6th game out of the last 7 starts Monday night here when they defeated Chinquapin 36 to 25. The Chinquapin girls defeat ed the Kenansville girls 37 to 21. MAKES DEAN S LIST A total of 24 students at Pine land College and Edwards Military Institute made the Dean's List for the first semester's work, it was re vealed this week by the president, W. J. Blanchard. In order to be eligible for the Dean's List a stu dent must achieve an academic ave rage of 90 or above in all studies. Among those in the list are Miss Ann Herring, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Herring of Rose Hill, RFD, and Miss Ann Johnson, dau ghter of Mr. Clayton Johnson of Kerr. COMEDIES FROM EVERT DAY LIFE Recently, I hired a young colored girl in spite of the reports that she was dishonest and could not resist taking things that caught her fancy. A month passed and she proved to be very smart, and I found nothing missing. As I proceeded to pay her. , I tipped her a dollar and explained that I was doing this because she had been so smart and honest. (I emphasized Honest). She grinned as she replied, "Lord's takes. Miss Sara, don't you. worry none 'bout me. All your things are so drab and-, unstylish-like, and 'sides, notbtn' I tries on, fits", - i Li W ,k- A X ' - t ' 11 4 ' T in