North Carolina Newspapers

4 if t VOLUME NUMBER EIGHTEEN Six Doplin Scoiits Vrife Having Great Time At Jamboree Duplin Boy Scouts are having the thrills of their lives at the National Jamboree at Valley Forge, Pa. The following letter was received by the times last Satur? day :".,'',-: To the People of. Duplin County:, . "This is great," were the words shouted by Duplin Scouts Tuesday as we arrived in Valley Forge for the 1950 National Jamboree Boy Scouts of America. We marched into Valley Forge singing Dixie. After walking several miles we arrived at our campsite. Then af ter setting up our tents we quickly set 'about meeting boys from all, parts of the nation. We were nlaced In Troop 21, led by Mr. Glenn Py att. Troop 5, Dudley, N. C. The scenery in- Valley Forge Is very -beautiful. As we gaze upon thjs hallowed ground whichr our forefathers fought and died for, we thrill to the thought of what our country stands for.; We hope that the American people will strive to uphold the standards . which have been set here. We as aure you' that the Boy Scouts of Duplin County and -of the nation will never forget .the experiences we are Itaving now. -. ..i-1-1"-.. I--: u'.-Signed: ' ' ' v Bobby Miller, Hallsville f i ' -v '(-". - HI Bay Wells. Wallace? ' : ' Steve Gooding, Kenansvllle Alfred Wells, B. F. Grady Brooks and Curtis Cates Falson Hervey Koriiegay, Calypso ; The Jamboree Scouts of ! Duplin County.' -ANOTHER FROMDUPWiBQYS- Friday was tn- Dig aay at uie National Jamboree. We went Into Philadelphia Friday morning to see points of Interest We saw the place where Betsy Boss made the ' first flag. We traveled through Christ Church, where many histo rical events are portrayed. We saw Benjamin Franklin's burial place and the Liberty Bell in Indepenr dence Hall. On the way to the Museum we saw Carpenter's Hall. In the museum there were some excellent miniature scenes of the Revolutionary War. . " ' ; .' The Jamboree was officially op- 'ened on Friday night President ... . . . Tmnun delivered the '- main ad' i ', urna. Aim cw pwmicb mj h chief Scouts, we saw a beautiful - saseant nortravinB the hardships .jm" . . - rv,we bad church services; the theme - of the sermon was "Tower to Come", showing that a man was responsible for the face' he died with. It was preached by Bishop C. Raines, Indiana Ave. Methodist Church. Sunday afternoon there , was an Order of the Arrow meeting for all the members, A most lm? presslve service was given on Sun , day night on Liberty, and Freedom t of Religion.;::.'. '.s;.:;?- w: There are 63,000 Boy Scouts here t Valley Forge from all parts of the world. The United Nations has (' a special troop here also. Everyone Is enjoying the great event and ' all evidence points to si successful ? jamboree. 1 ', i ! ,i Sincerely, -: " " -;: The Boys from Duplin Dap!inr 7ayner :0nsbvrlcn3ir; Census Fibres Preliminary population . figures for Wayne, 'Onslow and Duplin counties, according to the 1990 Census, have seen received. The count which Is subject to revision and correction, gives On slow County a population of 41, $57, a gain of over 100 percent since 1940; Wayne County a popu- lation of 64,213; and Duplin Coun- ty population of 41,ll8.j'. " ' Th city of Goldsboro in Wayne ' has t population of 21,399. In Jack- . sonvllle, the population Is 3,930, . and Rlchlands has a population of 679 residents for Onslow County. In Duplin County, Beulaville has a population of 722 and Kenans vllle 673.' Chinquapin is hot incor porated and was not separately -iry cr";j report Sheriff Jones Lists Stills Taken In June From The Sheriffs Office The Sheriffs Office of Duplin County has been busy answering calls and Teports in the past month since the primary May 27, 1950. Below is a part of the work done by the Sheriff and his Officers: May 29th Captured a still !n Albertson Township, destroyed still and 65 gallons of whiskey and 2000 gallons of beer. Arrested at the scene were Willie and Milton Atkinson. These two colored men pled guilty in County Court and ! were fined $600.00 and Court Cost. ' This is believed to be the largest ' outfit ever captured in Duplin j County. I May 29th - captured another still in Albertson Township, de stroyed still and 500 gallons of beer. Gene Stroud was arrested at the still. June 5th - Captured a still in Rockfish Township, destroyed still i and 100 gallons of beer. No ar rest. . ' t June 7th Captured a still in1 Limestone Township, still destroy-1 ed and 250 gallons of beer. June 22nd Captured a-still In the home of George Goodman in Glisson Township, destroyed still ahd 50 gallons of beer in his smoke house. Goodman was arrested and is now under a $200 bond for ap pearance in County Court. June. 23rd -"Captured a still In Cypress Creek Township, destroy ed 120. gallons of beer and 5 gal lons of white whiskey? June 23rd -, Captured a, 1949 key In Limestone Township, found 4V$ gallon jars in track. Arrested Mathew Turner the owner and op erator of the truck who Is now under a .$200.00 bond. Truck is confislcated by the Sheriff. ' June 23rd - Raided L. C. Smith flution in Faison Township, and found one gallon of nontax paid whiskey and three cases and 16 cans of Illegal beer that he was selling from the Ice box. Smith arrested and has posted bond in the amount of $300.00. June 24th Another still cap tured in Albertson Township, de- strayed still and 800 gallons of ' . . a A .. . Ll.l f beer and 16 gallons of whiskey. O, B. Adams arrested and has posted bond in the amount of $500.00. June 26th - Captured a still in Kenansvllle Township on Mr. T. J. MoGowen farm, destroyed still and 125 gallons Of "beer. Officers participating in the above raids were Sheriffs Jones, Smith,. Home, Houston, Nicholson, Summerlin, Byrd, Futrell, Rouse, Daniels, and Carter. D. H. Murphy Age 93 Dies David Hanson Murphy, 93, died at his home near Rose Hill Monday afternoon. He had been in declin ing health for several months. Fu neral services were held st 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Bethel Wes leyan Methodist Church at Charity, conducted by Rev. A. D. Wood, pastor, assisted by Rev. C K. Gen try, pastor of the Wilmington Wes leyan Methodist Church. . Burial was in the family cemetery. Sur viving are two sons, M. B. Murphy of Wilmington and T. R. Murphy of Rose Hill; five daughters, Mrs. J. E. Teachey of Rose Hill, . Mrs. A. W. Whaley of the home commun ity, Mrs. G. J. Ott of Laotto, Ind., and Jessie and Velma Murphy of the home;' 17 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Jurors Drawn County Court ' - " . I The following have been drawn to serve as jurors in the August term of County Court: S. O. Johnson, Paul Kennedy, 6am Herring, Thurman Baker, C. . Ezzell, B. B. Fussell, Jr., R. V. Phillips, I. J. Sandlln, Jr., Walter Blizzard, H. E. Register, A D. Ben son, S. W. Jones, P. C. Thlgpen, Richard Rouse, Robert Best Har vpy B. f-mlfh, Colon F. Thomas, . n ' " ". J. I. ctt-BFTAev OS STATE Dean Acheton bright), with Charles M. Spofford, who ft to serve as deputy American repre tentative to the North At lantic Council. The councils tadc l la iMtd the coordina tion of wetttm Europe's de fenses agalntt attack. xyj-'l f '""ssl TELEVISION'S outstanding newscaster it John Cameron Swayse who b heard on the . Camsl Newt Caravan Mondays through Fridays at 7.45 p.m., e.d.i.t. over the NBC television network. Swayze It a former newspaperman end a tele- vltten plonstr. SHOW AWARDS SPONSOR-Tl T . w, n.!-: i raaio ona in vninu, m,. Herbert Kent, "the worlds bert watch best soon." Th. occasion marked th. nnait in in. na,nu, m to chow, the country-i top TV amat.ur who will recive th. $2000 Old Gold Scholarship ond a gold trophy when the mall bag votes or. counted. Duplin Mostly Duplin ' County spent a reason ably quiet Fourth of July. No ser ious wrecks were reported for the 4th or the week end preceding In dependence. Day . Patrolman Brooks of Wallace said he was proud of his territory. Only a few wrecks of any signifi cance were reported and only one injury. Saturday night, shortly after mid night, Bill Puckett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Puckett, turned his car over a number of times on the Ronea Chapel road. Reports say his left arm was torn off. He was rushed to a Goldsboro hospital. Some time after the wreck his arm was found some distance from the scene. He was reportedly rid ing alone. Patrolman Whitaker reported a minor wreck on the Magnolia Concord Church road in which a car loaded with negroes was wreck ed. No one- was injured. PtL Brooks reported a wreck at Limestone Creek bridge on high way, 11." A car loaded with men from Beulaville turned over after hitting the fill railing. No one was injured. - Three Negroes driving near Bow den hit a telephone pole on the 4th. No one was injured. A new Ford with only 400 miles driving was totally destroyed by fire during the holidays. The car belonged to Arthur Andrews of Faison and he was driving on -the Falson-Clinton highway when sud denly fire burst from the bottom. He leaped out and called the. Fai son Fire Department. The car was destroyed. . '' ' -. North Carolina reported 23 deaths from auto accidents over the holiday week end. Three more than was predicted. . Format Resident KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA SOUTH KOREAN ARMY froopi Amer ican built truck oi they defend eountryland against fcmlan Invasion. The North Korean Communist troop ilnvadea the American sponsored South Korean republic, coming on intemononoi ywn CHANGEABLE TAF FETA polkd dot greerr and bronie dress wai selected for Diana lynn appearing In Paramount' "Paid In Full." It hat a square neckline with flanged collar ond cufft. t - v : 9 l- Jf" ' l l s,r A triujiir " j&JSdZi ... , ; ( H Mark (left) master of w"""""'" fo' un..p - nnwih to Old Gold Prtiident, r - -- - ., - a Patek Phllippe-for the world t Patrolman Warns Gutted Mufflers Cpl. Brooks of Wallace asked the Times to' warn motorists about gutted mufflers, straight exhausts and Hollywood tone mufflers. All three are illegal he says and his men have been Instructed to crack down on them. If your car is guilty of possessing either Cpl. Brooks advises that you make a correction now. It will be cheaper before than after arrest, he says. SGT. CARROLL HOME Sgt. L. R. Carroll, Jr., of near Kenansvllle, is now at home fol lowing several months on Bafflin Island. He has a 30 day furlough after which he will report to Cal ifornia for service. Sgt. Carroll is a radio technician in the Army. His time of service will soon be concluded and he ex pects to open a radio repair shop in Kenansvllle, he says. Hail Damage Reported In County Farmers in the Falson-Calypso area, east of the railroad reported severe hall , damage last Friday. One farmer displayed in Kenans vllle. a sample of the damage. Stalks he displayed were literally beaten to pieces, all leaves stripped. He says this was true on most farms in a four mile strip between Faison and the Frledshlp neigh borhood, : ' S. D. Broadhuret, insurance agent in Mt. Olive says he surveyed a large area in th Calypso vicinity in which some patches were 100 per cent losses and others suffer ing a minor 'oss. ' ' i last Friday. He shot himself in the head' with a pistol. Ill health' was given as the: reason. -J i'-?,X-4 Dr. LInoberry is a former health - f T " i C "y, f-MlniJ FRIDAY, Sam By rd Arrives; Wii Is Beginning 1950 Production Of aTlie Duplin Story" Health Officer Cautions Parents To Have 1st Year School Children Examined A child entering school for the first time should have a certificate to present to his teacher showing that he has had immunizations for whooping cough and diptheria and i successful vaccination for small pox. This service can be secured from your private physician or the Du plin County Health Department. Unless your child presents a certi ficate to this effect, he cannot en ter school on the opening date. If you desire the services of the Health Department, you can bring your child to one of the following clinics: White patients please come to the following places and time scheduled here: t'aison City Hall, 1st Tuesday of each month from 11:00 - 12:00 o' clock; Warsaw Town Hall, 1st Tues day f):00-10:00 A.M.; Rose Hill Town Hall, 2nd Tuesday from 9:00 10:00 A.M.; Wallace City Hall, 2nd Tuesday from 11:00-12:00 o'clock; Cording Reports 1950 Red Cross Fund Drive; $2,366 Is Raised Melvin Cording of Wallace, chair man of the 1950 Red Cross Fund Drive, has released the official figures on the drive. A total of $2,366.76 was raised. The follow ing communities, with their com munity chairman reported their canvass as follows: (figures follow ing names of each chairman show the quota assigned and amount raised respectfully) B. F. Grady and Outlaw's Bridge, Rev. L. C Prater; $250; $182.77. Kenansville, Colon Holland; $4 75; $322.29. Teachey, Mrs. Edna Hearn; $100; $50.01. Rose Hill, Woman's Club; $625; Warsaw Sends Aid To Samaria Good cooperation was found amnns the citizens and residents of Warsaw Monday when Sterling Marriner, S. A. Jones and Dr. A. W. Greenlaw set out to secure aid for the farmers of the storm wrecked area of Samaria. $300 worth of staple groceries, such as milk, lard, flour, canned goods, meal. etc.. were accumulated for these unfortunate families. $130 In cash was contributed and used toward buying the food. The re maining part of the $300 worth was contributed in merchandise. The call for help, alven by Carl Goerch on the Radio Sunday was heard by Marriner and the appeal was made in both Baptist and Methodist churches Sunday night. Monday night the donation was loaded on a truck belonging to F. D. Bramlett and he and Marriner made the trip to deliver the goods in person. Mr. Marriner stated that condi tions in the Samaria section were pathetic. Farmers were still gaz ing at their destroyed crops in be wilderment. Some babies had no milk in two days. In all some 750 families were destitute. These in cluded three to four thousand peo ple. This section is in the corner of Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson and Wake counties. STEALS CAR FROM HOME GARAGE Monday night a thief quietly en tered the garage at the home of Sterling Marriner and drove off with his new Plymouth sedan. The theft took place in the early part of the evening while Mrs. Marriner was at home entertaining a church circle. No on noticed the car drive away. Mr. Marriner was away. To date no. clues have been found as to its wreheabouts, reports say. TO . VISIT MAINE f Dr. and Mrs. A...W. Greenlaw of Warsaw will leave Monday for Maine ' where they will vacation until about the first of August Dr. Greenlaw is a native of Maine and will visit his old home at Sears port, on the coast. r is r"""r r' j e Wnr?gw nd Jl" JULY 7th, 1950 B. F. Grady School, 3rd Tuesday 9:00-10:00 A.M.; Beulaville White School, 3rd Tuesday from 11:00 to 12 00 o'clock; Kenansvllle, at Du plin County Health Department 4th Tuesday from 9:00 - 10:00 o'clock; Chinquapin School Home Econom ics cottage 4th Tuesday from 11:00 to 12:00 o'clock. , Colored Patients: Faison City Hall l.,t Tuesday 1:00-2:00 P.M.; Warsaw Citv Hall. 1st Tuesdav 3:00 !to 4:00 P.M.; ltose Ilill Town Hall '2nd Tuesday 1:00-2:00 P.M.; Wal I lace Colored at the Community I Building 2nd Tuesday 3:00-4:00; Chinquapin Home Economics Cot tage on the white school grounds 4th Tuesday from 1:0012:00 P. M. At these clin.c-. your child will be given a physical examination by the Health Officer. Vou will be advised as to the child's physi cal defects that can be corrected, thus enabling your child to make better progress' in sehool. $274.95. Warsaw, M. V. Orr; $750; $501.80. Wallace, Kramer, Carter, Shields and others; $900; $713.15. Magnolia, Jack Chestnutt; $150; $13.50. Faison, Lion's Club; $500; $87.92. Potters Hill, L. M. Bostic; $65; $63.50. Chinquapin, Mrs. Bert James; $175; $59. - Beulaville, Bob Demorest; $400; $90.87. Calypso, Ben Sellars; $400; none. Bowden, Morris Jordan; $143.00; $5. Camp Lejeune, Civilian Employ ees; none; $20. Faison Man Is Involved In Wreck Raymond Brock of Faison, dri ver of a Chas. F. Cates & Sons truck was involved in an accident near Wadesboro last Monday night. An occupant of the car that crashed into the truck was killed. Brock was uninjured but the van was severely damaged. Loses New Ford By Fire Mon. Nile A new Ford car owned by Ar thur Andrews of Faison was de stroyed by fire Monday night near the Sampson County line on the Clinton highway. The car was be ing operated by Mr. Andrews. The Faison Fire Department was called but they got to the scene too late to save the car. T. B. Office In New Location The Duplin County Tuberculosis Association's office which formerly was located in the Health Depart ment building is now located in the County Courthouse in the office recently vacated by Superintend ent of Schools, Mr. O. P. Johnson. Mrs. Gordon Kornegay, Execu tive Secretary of the Association, and who works under the guidance of the North Carolina Tuberculosis Association and a local board of directors, hopes with the cooper ation of the Health Department and other organizations and voluntary workers to promote not only a better casefinding program, but one of public health education and to encourage and help our arrested patients to take advantage of the training offered by the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. To subs tan titate the need of a TB control program, Mrs. Korne gey cited the fact that out of 75 X-Rays made at the Health Dept. in June 4 active cases of TB were found. Two of. these being so far advanced that they died before -'"n to a s" No. 27 Sam Byrd and daughter, Pat, ar rived in Kenansville Wednesday to begin full time work on the 1950 mid-century production of The Duplin Story. Corwin Rife, techni cal director, will arrive Sunday and full scale work is expected to get underway next week. Officers of the Duplin County Historical As sociation, O. P. Johnson, Faison McGowcn, Oliver Stokes and Gar land King who are heading up the pageant this year, met Saturday and named various committeemen to have charge of different phases of the work. An advertising and publicity program is scheduled 10 get underway next week. Mr. Byrd says the play will be essentially the same as it was last year with a little tightening up in some spots. He expeets to shorten the time some. He says he hopes most all the players will take their same role again and especially the leading characters. If this is done practicing will be easier and it will not take so long. Mrs. Naomi Wood again wi" direct The Duplin Story Choir. Ticket sales expect to begin about the middle of August. In stead of having to depend on sales of tickets to finance the project as it moves along patriotic Duplin citizens have underwritten part of the expenses and others are ad vancing money as they are called on. This money is not a gift but a loan and will be refunded as soon as the pageant is over. Byrd returned from New York last week where he has been se curing equipment that will be need ed. He says that everything can be gotten just as needed and will be of a better quality than last year. The contract for the sewad effects - has - toeenr made. . P. William. Wnt "fipt agMtod to the use of his field where the play was staged last year and it will be called the Hampton D. Wil liams Amphitheatre this season. The State Highway Department again has agreed to lend lumber for the seats, and to let its equip ment be used to shape up the ground. Very little work will need be done in this respect. At the present, Sam, Pat and Rife will make their home with Miss Annie Rose Southerland in stead of at the Presbyterian manse. WHITAKER HEADS WARSAW LIONS At a recent meeting of the War saw Lions Club Patrolman Earl Whitaker of Warsaw was elected president. Whitaker was president of the Mt. Olive club last year. Local Post Office Now Second Class Effective July 1st the Kenans ville post office moved up to sec ond class. The first time in the history of the local post office that it has made this rating. Cash re ceipts have been steadily increas ing since beforethe war. It quali fied for second class on January 1st but actually did not move up until July 1st. Jack Sitterson, a veteran of World War II, became clerk on Monday of this week. This brings the total of full time em ployees to three, including post master Les Williams. Mrs. Williams is an extra helper. Mrs. Davis Farrior is continuing as clerk. BLOODSHED BOXSCORE On N. C. Highways Killed June 30-July 4 23 Injured same dates 218 Killed thru July 4, 1950 439 Killed thru July 4, 1949 385 Injured thru July 4, 1950 5,719 Injured thru July 4. 1949 4,389 any new cases that might exist so that treatment can be started In time to effect a cure. COMEDIES FROM EVERT DAT LIFE i By: Mrs. Howard Joiner A popular doctor was busily en gaged in sending out his monthly bills. Attached to one he had added "This bill is one year old tomor row.' On the following day he re ceived a reply from bis expatient ' r ". "Happy Birthday, Dear