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r r I U U 1 i I r ; lit"' VOLUME NUMBER EIGHTEEN Tfcrco More Candidates Announce For Oi'ficcs; One Announces Withdrawal latest developments in the poll- ' Ucal races in Duplin teem to add more spice- to the flavor. It might have been thought st one time that , this would, be a quiet election but .?ew developments bring on new vjllfe and new life always brings new action. - ' This week one more has entered ' ihe race for sheriff. George w, iBuck) Bradshaw of near Rose Hill ' tossed his hat into the ring. This 0-, t uiiu& w m- ww wi uu uicii ill the race, the incumbent, Sheriff Ralph Jones, Gurman Powell and Bradshaw. -'i Lewis Outlaw enters the race for State Senate against editor J. B. Grady. This brings the total to In ' the County Commissioner's ; race George Bennett from Warsaw announces he will not seek re-elee- ; tlon. This leaves only one so far in the Warsaw-Falson-Calypso district, ' . Addis Cates. Preston Wells, incum bent from Wolfscrape, Smith, Gils son and. Albertson announces for ' re-election and LeRoy G. Simmons : :J of Albertson also announces for the post. Albert ..Ball of Wallace, Dallas Jones of Magnolia, and Ar - tour Kennedy of Beulaville so far . -have no opposition. But of these .'three only one has announced and ,'"he is Albert Hall of Wallace. i i C. St. Sitterson remains without . opposition for the Coroner's post, No other announcements have been .t forthcoming as yet. County Doctors Endorse Medical rj!:ipit:rfcsun:r.ce t " All residents qfDuplin county . " , will have an opportunity to get - Mutual Benefit nospnai snjrgicai, medical and maternity protection ' during"1 the ' special community- wide enrollment from Monday, March 20th through Monday, March ' '27th. , $ ; This concentrated campaign to , enroll the people of Duplin Coun ty in a special hospitalization and . v -pre-paid medical plan is sponsored by Mutual Benefit Health and Acci- dent Association ("Mutual of Oma Vha", world's r largest exclusive ' health and accident organization). ,. - A number of enrollment officials - ' will be in Duplin County anjj, con tact families and individuals, t ' 4 All of the enrollment officers ,) " It licensed by the North Carolina Insurance Department and are op ' crating directly out of the State V Office of the Association In Wlns i siton-Salem, -North Carolina. ' - 01 nit Special Community plan Is "considered an outstanding volun- tary -health plan and the Duplin a County Medical Society has made a statement which appears in the full page ad contained In The Du plin Times that they are in favor , 'of voluntary plans. Enrollment in . 4 other counties have been very suc - cessful. '!-:.' Every citizen In Duplin County Is eligible to apply for fhese bene : fits which are good in any recog ' hired hospital In the United States, j In the past, most hospital and pre- J paid medical group insurance has only been available to industrial ; groups, but this plan will include j. the merchant, the fanner and any other group of citizens who wish t to participate and will materially r help Individuals spread the cost of - - hospital and medical expense care In small, periodic payments and will thus safeguard the Individual .against unforseen . hospital and . ; medical expense. iln CCwii ' "Lrfra Dcparfisdif ,t A group of interested firemen met this week with F. W. McOowen in Warsaw to discuss plans for a county fire department Those at .he meeting were C A. Precythi and P. G. Adams of Faison, Bill Rose and Graham Pope of Wallace and James Miller of Warsaw. It was decided that a aeries of meet ings will be held throughout the county to educate the public on the ppd and plans for such an orga ntlon. , Announcement of dates 1 places for the meetings will be i later. '.. :; ...r''-'..' ' "i corn are News Briefs REUBEN TYNDALL FUNERAL SUNDAY - ' Funeral services - for Reuben Tyndall, 37, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Tyndall of Pink Hill, will be held at the graveside in the Tyndall Cemetery Sunday after noon at 3 p.m. The Willard Smith Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will render full military honors snd Rev. N. P. Farrior of Pink Hill, chaplain and Presbyterian minister, will conduct the service. Tyndall died as the result of a heart attack while serving in the Army in Japan on February 19th. The body arri ved in Klnston Tuesday . RED CROSS REPORT . Mrs. Norwood Boney announces the first official returns in the 19 50 Red Cross drive in Duplin. B. F. Grady and Outlaw's Bridge and KenansviUe were the first to re port. Grady-Outlaw's Bridge re port a total collection of $158.96. Drive chairmen there are Rev. Prater for the whites and Prof. Ernest Ware of Branch school for the colored. The whites reported $71.00 and colored $87.96. KenansviUe reports a total of '$103.04. Colon Holland is drive chairman for the whites and Robert Merritt for the colored. The whites reported $58.84 and the colored $44.20. LIONS CHARTER NIGHT Charter night for the Beulaville Lions Club, originally slated for March 31st, has been changed to April 12th, Bud Miller,, president of the club has announced. CAVENAUGH APPOINTED - AiiBrnv I. Cavenaueh of Warsaw baa. been appointed thy- Governor Scott among fourteen eastern North Carolina men to represent the' state at the annual convention of the National Rivers and Harbors congress in Washington March 24 and 25. i. HOME BURNS Thn home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Strickland, of near Dunn was burn ed last week. Reports say it was nearly a total loss.' Mr. and Mrs. Strickland and family had retired. Thn fire was heard UDStairs. On running up Mr. Strickland found the upper floor in flames. He awoKe his son and daughter and a maid who escaped just in time! Most of, the household furniture waa de stroyed, it was said. The fire was thought to Have caught from a flue in the attic. They formerly lived in Warsaw .... NEW STORE Kenansville's newest store, YORE STORE, opened last week end and say they enjoyed a nice opening business. Henry West, Jr. and ha brother Joe west are pro prietor?. They carry a complete tndr of heavy and fancy groceries and a small line of hardware and notions. They operate a self-service market-grocery. COMMUNITY BUILDING M. B. Holt states that funds are still to be received towards the con struction of a community building at Holt's Store. So far about $200 has been raised and $500 pledged. A MERRY CHASE ' Deoutv Sheriff Perry Smith gave bootlegger Johnnie Parker of Sampson County a merry chase through parts of Sampson and Du nlin last Saturday morning. Deputy Murray- Byrd of Faison assisted Smith in the chase. They chased Parker from about the Duplin- Sampson line to the nortnern ena of Dunlin and back south on the old Bowden-Calypso road , until Parker wrecked his car. They said he was driving about 80 miles per hour . DEAD MAN CURVE "Dead Man Curve" in Bowden, as it has been labeled since the death of a Rocky Mount man two weeks ago, took another innocent victim Saturday when a . car driv ing north about 40 miles per hour skidded when the, tires struck the white mark in the center. The car turned aver in the right ditch. W. H. Eaton of Washington City was carried to the Goldsboro Hospital suffering bruises and Internal in juries. Paul F. Howe of Washing ton City was driving.' ; i j It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life, that no twin can ' ro'v try ti 1 ' s- M. H. BARB Mr. A. Brooks of Warsaw an nounces that Moman H. Barr, for merly clerk in the store, has now returned with the store as man ager. Mr. Barr went with Brooks in 1933 and worked there until 19 47 except for about two years he was in the Army. He left in 1947 and went with the Richmond Dry Goods Company as salesman. In his new capacity he will be general manager. His many friends in Warsaw and Duplin County welcome him back. His returning brought about this remark from a customer a few days ago: "the store looks likes Brooks' store again". Wilmington Plans For Greatest : AzJea Festival March 31, April 1, 2. "a: r Wilmington, N. C. A host of mm celebrities and beautiful girls will vie with late-blooming Formosan azaleas for top honors at the an nual Wilmington Azalea Festival set this year for March 30 to April 2nd. Local horticulturalists say that the tecent cold spell, which killed most of the thousands of blooms brought outx toy this section's warmest January, also delayed the blooming of the late Formosas so that it should coincide with the Festival dates.' v l ' Mote than a hundred thousand visitors tare expected to converge on Wilmington as North Carolina's Festival offers such outstanding personages as Ail-Americans Char lie Justice and Doak Walker; Ted Malone, ABC network's popular story-teller; Norman Cordon, for mer Metropolitan Opera star; Son ny Dunham and Bob Astor f and their orchestras; a yet' unnamed movie star queen; the nation's top professional golfers, including Sammy Snead, Gary Middleeoff, Jack Burke, Jr., Jimmy Demaret and others; and outstanding state and national dignitaries. , : Festival visitors will be treated to a mammoth, glittering parade through downtown ' Wilmington, featuring more than 40. gaily be decked floats and a number of bands and marching 'units. Queen Azalea will ride on her elaborately decorated queen's float along with her court of 10 May queens from North Carolina colleges andurii versifies. The parade will take place Saturday morning, April 1. Friday's program will include a broadcast by Malone from a plat form In front of the city hall and r ' r f - ' - f 1 ' " , i: KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA Chinquapin Yreck Last Saturday Takes Two Lives; Five Since January 1st. OurFingisI Are We are sorry folks to be so late, but better late tfcan nev er. ' f Just as we were about all set to go to press on this is sue of the Times last Wednes day, our make-up mast:-and pressman, Moses Cooper .,was downed with the flu. You: who have had it on this go around need no explanation, - you know what it Is. Moses -went out and the press went down. We may possibly could have found someone somewhere to handle the situation 'but our experience has been that .every time we get someone t help out on the press we, get Into trouble.. Machinery, you know is like human beings, when It gets old it has to be handled with care. It is our hope that by the time another year pass es we will be able to improve this situation with a '; w press. So please bear with us. We hope the next issue of the Times will reach you in Uu ' time. " J.tt.G. festival will be highlighted by the appearance - on the program of Cordon and by music rendered by a number of local choral groups. A teen-Age Azalea ball at Lumina ballroom, Wrightsvllle Beach, that night will present Bob Astor. ' The $10,000 PGA Azalea Golf tournament will get underway on Friday on the Cape Fear Country Club links and will continue ihru Sunday. The seven leading money winners of professional golfdom will be on hand, along with many of the other top-notch players. Festival activities will actually get underway Thursday night with a community sing program at the Custom House, followed by a street " dance in the downtown business area. ' The grand climax for the four day event will come Saturday night at the Azalea Coronation Ball, Lumina, where the movie star queen will be crowned by Doak Walker on-a handoff from Choo Choo Justice. It will mark' the first time the nation's most pub licized, football players have been on the same team. ' Sonny Dunham and his famous "Jive" orchestra will provide the music for the balL . STRAWBERRIES Strawberries may be set at any time when good plants sre avail able and when there is little risk of the soil" drying out after setting. The usual times of planting are in the late fall and early spring. Soil which is easily managed and his, considerable humus Is generally preferred for atraw berry production. FRIDAY, Funeral services were slated Monday for two Duplin County men who' were killed In a truck car collision on the Chinquapin- Fountain Store Road late Saturday. George Bradham, 19, of,Chinqua pin, Rt. 1, was taken to Parrott Memorial Hospital in Kinston but was pronounced dead on arrival. Mike Burton, 31 of Chinquapin, was carried to James Walker Memorial Hospital In Wilmington, suffering from a fractured skull, collarbone, wrist, leg, and other internal in juries. He died early Sunday morn ing. The accident occurred when a 19 49 pickup truck operated by Brad ham failed to make a curve about two miles east of Chinquapin and crashed into a 1931 sedan driven by Burton, according to Patrolman L. B. Lane, who investigated the wreck with Patrolman T. G. Cooke. A Duplin County coroner's jury ruled the accident was due to care less and reckless driving on the part of George Bradham while under the influence of intoxicants. Funeral services for Burton were held at 3 p.m. Monday at the grave side in the Sloan Cemetery near CMnqnapin, with Rev. Ernest G eshjim officiating. Surviving are 'lis .vife, the former Bonnie Alber son of Ihe home, and three small ehilfl.cn, Edith, Joyce and Joeline B,irton; his mother, Mrs. Beulah Wood Burton, all of the home; and i sister, Mrs. Bill Quinn. Rites for Bradham were to be held Monday from the Chinquapin Baptist Church with the pastor, Rev. N. E. Gresham officiating. In terment was to be in the church cemetery. Surviving are his moth er, Mrs. Bessie Bradham of Chin quapin, and one brother, L. C. Bradham of Washington, D. C. This brings to a total of five people killed by automobiles in Duplin County Since January 1st. 1950 Census Crew Leaders Named To Receive Training In Goldsboro GURMAN P. POWELL of Kenansvilie, who is a candidate for the office of Sheriff of Duplin County. Mr. Powell served as a Deputy Sheriff of Duplin for 23 years. JANEb.Mi)JUCKS above, is the new assistant secre tary of the North Carolina Mer chants Association. She succeeds Thompson Greenwood, who on March 1 became executive secre tary of the organization. Mrs. Hendricks, for the past three years has been public rela tions director for the American Retail Federation In Washington, D. C, wjll assume her duties with the association on May 1. A native of Concord, N. C, she attended si. Mary's in Raleigh and Salem Coll ege in Winston-Salem, f i , Farm earnings over the Nation were lower in 1949 than in 1948, ? . i r MARCH 17th, 1950 Lewis Outlaw Announces For Seat In . State Senite; Was Representative r LEWIS W. OUTLAW Albertson P.O. Opens April 1st. It has been officially announced that the new Post Office at Holt's Store will open on April first. The name of the new office will be ALBERTSON. Mrs. Frances Kelly will be the first acting postmis tress. At present she runs the lunch room at Outlaw's Bridge School. It is expected that a rural route will be set up from Albertson soon after the post office is opened. About thirty miles will be served by the route. Details are now be ing worked out. Mr. Holt states that a new build ing of cement block construction will house the post oflce. ", Organization work, preliminary to the 1950 Census enumeration, is well advanced in the Third Con gressional District. This informa tion was given out by Nere E. Day District Supervisor, from the Golds boro Office Friday. Mr. Day also announced the names of Crew Leaders who have been named to direct census taking in the various counties of this District. The Crew Leaders reported March 14 to com mence a period of eight days of in tensive and technical training in the procedures of 1950 Census taking. Mr. Hugh Bell of Washing tor, will direct the training. The following Crew Leaders have been na.nad in the District: Hopie E. Bearaon. New Bern, HFD; M.ss Viola Barbee, RichHnds; Mrs. Arabel C. Borden, Goldsboro; Mrs. Tressie E. Campbell, Clin ".an; Cole man Carter, Garland; R. K Cnase, Eureka; Rodolph Duffy, New Bern; iltrnice A. farrior, KenaiuSvilic Bertie M. Ferrell, Clint ji; Mrs. Kate B. Hales, Jacksonville; Mis. Meta D. Herring, Clinton; Earl G. Johnson, Harkers Island; Mur vin R. Jones, Mt. Olive; David O. Lancaster, Goldsboro, RFD; Mrs. Alice G. Moore, Vandermere; Tho mas H. McGowen, Wallace; Mrs. Norma R. Sawyer, Burgaw; Will iam M. Thomas, Beaufort, RFD; and Mrs. Christine W. Williams, Pink Hill, RFD. Colored Pre-School Clinic Be Held April 3, Chinquapin 9 A. M.; Beulaville 1:00 P. M. April 6, Branch 0:00 A. M. April 7, KenansviUe 9:00 A. M. April 10, Warsaw 10:00 A. M. April 13, Calypso 9:00 A. M.; Faison 10:00 A. M. April 14, Iron Mine 9:00 A. M.; Teachey 10:00 A. M. Little Creek 11:00 A. M. April 17 .Wallace 9:00 A. M. April 20, Rose Hill 9:00 A. M. April 21, Magnolia 9:00 A. M. There are signs that the demand fop cigarettes may be leveling off after a series of record-breaking years. U. S. smokers used one per cent more cigarettes in 1949 than in 1948, but at the same time the population increased more than one per cent As a result, per capi ta consumption, of cigarettes was lower, . No. 11 -by J. R. (Bob) Grady Lewis W. Outlaw of Albertson Township announced his candidacy this week for the State Senate to Represent Duplin County and the 6th Senatorial District. Mr. Outlaw is a well known and prominent farmer of his section and a leader ir the Universalist Church. For the past two terms he has repre sented Duplin County in the House of Representatives, having defeated incumbent C. E. Qulnn the first time and was re-elected without opposition two years ago. He is said to be an ardent supporter of Gov ernor Scott. Mr. Outlaw is president of the Duplin County Farm Bureau and a director of the RSA. He has worked hard for the extension of rural power lines in Duplin and has been a crusader for better farming prac tices and better cooperation amonj the farmers in Duplin and through out the state. His reputation is that he is frank and to the poi t and pulls no punches. He believ in what he is doing and goes after it with all his zest. He has made Du plin County a capable representa tive and came away from Rileigh with a good repuation and a record for hard work. He comes from one of the county's oldest and most respectable families. As a farmer he is recognized as a very success ful one and in his community al ways working for its betterment. Although single he has lent a big hand in Boy Scout work and has always shown a keen interest in the welfare of young people. He helped to organize a Boy Scout troop at Outlaw's Bridge. Duplin County certainly is not ashamed of Lewis Outlaw and will be well represented if he is elected. Farm Loan Group To Hold Meet Tues. Land Bank Official To Speak Stockholders of the Clinton Na tional Farm Loan Association, a local farmer owned credit coopera tive, will hear a talk by B. S. Burcb, assistant to the president of The Federal Land Bank of Columbia, at their annual meeting in Clinton next Tuesday, March 21. The meet ing will be held in the Community Building, beginning at 2 p.m.. ac cording to announcement by De Witt Carr, secretary-treasurer. Mr. Burch has been an executive of the Land Bank for the past 18 years. Most of his business life has been spent In the field of agricultu ral credit. He will outline object ives for extending credit services to farmers n the future. Another feature of the program will be a quiz contest conducted by T. E. Haigler, regional manager for the bank in North Carolina, who is well known. G. J. Sullivan, president of the association, will preside and re ports on operations will be pre sented by Secretary Carr and mem bers oi the board. The business session will include the election of tc directors. FIRST DANCE The first dance to be held in the new Kenan Memorial Auditorium was staged last Saturday night. The Senior Class of the Kenansvilie High School sponsored a square dance. About 200 people attended. Music was furnished by the Ken ansvilie Cut-Ups. COMEDIES FROM EVERY DAY LIFE By: Mrs. Howard Joiner A minister in charge of a little Church in the mountains near Ashe ville. N. C. was holding a meeting for the purpose of raising extra funds, as his salary was far behind. He explained that he realized that the crops had been short and that money was scarce, but suggested that they donate provisions. One brother stood up and said, "Preach er, I donate a stand of lard." The Preacher replied, 'Thank you Bro ther." Another man stood and do nated two hams. Again the preacher replied, "Thank you, Brother." A third man stood and sand, "I donate a large sack of corn meal." The preacher replied, "Thank you. Brother." An old mountaineer, sit ting in the back, slowly raised him self up and said, "Preacher, I've got you a large jug of the beat Mountain Juice that you ever tas ted." The Preacher, smiling broad Iy, replied,- "Thank you Brother, and God Bless You Too."