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J t ,4 I VOL. 17, ; No. 38 KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd. 1950 Kenansville Soldier Wins Bronze Star For Courcge In Korean War I THANKS TO "THE DUPLIN STORY" CAST . ' -1. ' v.. ',... .j ' .. I - ' M J " r - ti 7 II iii Inr! ... IA?n, .J J Jl : " . ' y' ' ' " Editorial ft- , Il:rp2r - Souhferland Church - , D; JicolicSemces To Be Held Sunday The parper-Southerland Memo- i rial Presbyterian cnurcn win noia , special dedication aervlce Sunday at 11:00 A. M. of the new brick : church in memory of the members - of the. Harper .and Southerland families who were killed by light ening in 1938 during a church erviee being held in a frame building used temporarily for wor- ship. - v U :-- :s. ". Th church will be dedicated in memory of Asa Harper, Ada Harp er, Woodrow Harper' and J. B. Southerland who so tragically lost their lives at a Sunday afternoon service twelve years ago. .- The building. has been in the process of construction over a per iod of eleven years and was fin ally completed' this spring when the church was Ugtored,tServicei were .held in, the trollding. before C;:::vi!:5Fc;lll t'cLjl Wiih Loss "Beulaville inaugurated its first football of the se'ason last Friday 5 in Warsaw by taking a beating 27 " - to 0. Some might say, this was a drubbing but not t5" the supporters of "Snatchlt". Considering this was ' the first football game the. boys ever played and the ,flrtt I team Beulaville ever fielded, the school ' and supporters were -well pleased ,. - with the showing. - a ; .. Beulaville, the county's largest - school, has felt for some time that x' they should have a football team. Many believe that in the past some ' , Beulaville Jtoys' names might have , been seen in headlines as college football players If they had a team - to develop 'the local talent.. This year it wai decided to do some , thing about it The school, the boys 'A ioo:;i:i: ur vByj A. M. DAVIS Again we come to the end of The Duplin Story.- The 1 curtain rang down last Saturday night to perhaps the last showing of a great story and an exhibition seldom sur passed in these parts. It makes us feel a little sad that it has endecT We are sorry that -many people k ; even in our own county, failed to aee It in the. two years it was play r ed. Many wanted to . see- it and " '"could have gene but just couldn't get around to gotaj-- . - The Duplin Story as many of ' , , you are aware, required ; a' lot' of hard work and -cooperation from the 1 people' of the county. We , should be proUd -of the way in which all the people who were con nected with it put everything they had into the effort. - When the production was being planned in tne early part of the summer I was doubtful whether the same characters could be as sembled again. Many of them had expressed the. fact 'tit, the .end of last year's showing t : they never would be brought into 'anything like that again. They didn't. have the time, they didn't i we themai ney or they didn't, have, thls.'qr i, that to drive to Kenansville again "!'' another year. But r- ardless "of urtint thpv KA A Inst,,,, fir. mnnt ftt them were right back again this year and at the end of the show ve could hear the same story all niin. If the r' nw Is given yenr t?" ill l;o r; ' ! ' ' j: vJ-WJfi alii If ill It was finished. f ; v f Dr. G. A. Wilson of Nashville, Tenn., Superintendent of Home Missions, will deliver, the sermon. Mrs. Nick Smith' will -give the his tory of the church and J. Blan chard Southerland will give a brief building report of the church. The services will be conducted by the pastor of the church,, the Rev. N. P. Farrlor. . Invitations to attend the service have, been extended to Mr. W, H. Eubank,, the niinister- speaking at the time the lightening struck and the pastor who followed film, Rev. fay Ray Dickens. The Women of the Church of the Covenant in ,Wil mington plan to attend the .dedica- tlon.'. , J,;:;;.; -tA picnic lunch will" follow, jthe service.-'.... -fa '',... "Sn3fchib"0pen To Varsov It and Beulaville merchants all-went together. Jn a cooperative spirit and came out with a football squad fully equipped. J The merchants bought the uniforms which) cost around $30.00 each. Each player bought his shoes and sox on around with all the help they could get .itntil "gnatchlts fotball eleven took to the ffehi. Not too optimistic about this season they believe they will come out with some wins and in good shape to point towards a good second year. Teams, in and around Duplin will do well to keep on the look-out for Beulaville in the future. A school as large as "Snatchlt" is bound Jo turn out some good - football teams. ' The "Snatchlt" boys intend to snatch some victories. , , ., pne-Lcoaed Man Three-Vheel Cycle Clutch The Lavhr ' It Isn't -unusual for a person to be caught driving drunk bit it certainly isn't the usual for a man With one leg to ride' a motorcycle while drunk. This is what William Hunter Sloan was doing Saturday afternoon when Patrolman Cooke overtook him on the highway be tween Kenansville and Chinqua pin. Patrolman Cooke, naturally, did not give him the straight-line test but the Negro could not effi ciently use the one good leg. When he stopped the motorcycle it re mained standing because someone with forethought had him buy a 3-wheel cycle, but the Negro top pled over, , , The oase was reported to Justice C. B. Sitterson who bound him over to -County Court. ' . i t .m w 4 vy 14Wtfvllasf Another case of polio developed last week in Wallace. Victim of this attack was little Linda Blan ton, 2, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Blanton. ' Linda is in Rex Hospital, Ral eigh; where se was sent following pv-Moinfition -y Pr. pvine Hiind '. A, i ' f ' T (Special To The Times) : With the United Nations' Forces in Korea;, The demonstration of outstanding., ability . and coolness under fire during the early days of the KnRed Invasion In Korea won a Bronze Star Decoration for a United. States Army Officer from Kenansville, N. C. 1 The Officer, 1st Lieutenant Wil liam H. Grady.Of Rt., 1, Kenans ville, while serving within advance command for the General Head quarters Group . In Korea, as assist ant communications officer, was responsible for setting up com munications, at;Suwon, . Korea. With limited facilities available, Lt. Grady assisted In setting up and operating a message center which was the only means of communi cations between Korea and General Headquarters, Far East Command. The Citation read, in part: "He assisted In the unloading of cryp tographic and radio equipment during an enemy air ' attack on June 29, 1950, and : contributed materially :: in the establishment, supervision, and operations of cryp tographic facilities.". 7;. p, . " The Citation continued: "On 30 June 1950, when, ii became nec essary to destroy "'these facilities to prevent their capture by the enemy, Lt. Grady remained behind with a small group to -Insure com plete destruction of vital classi fied cryptographic materials. Later he assisted in the reestablishment of a communication ' center and cryptographic service at Taejon Korea . . -. through his initiative, technical skill,: and disregard for personal safety he assisted in pro viding the staff of V . ; with the Communications weans essential to their mission f coordinating the urgent requirements Jojrjpersontnel, supplies, and equipment in Korea." Lt. Grady Entered the military service in juay i47 ana arrived in th Far East Command in April 1949. .During World War II he served i with the United States Navy: 'V - -.. v . . He is the son of Mr. and Mrs, Stephen H. Grady, of Rt 1, Kenans ville, and is the Husband f Mrs, Claudine Lee Grady, who resides In Tokyo, Japan, with their six year old daughter,' Donna Louise. Officer Attacked By Hand-Cuffed Man bites dog? No, officer at tacked by hand-cuffed man. Tuesday Deputy Sheriff W. O. Houston was called into Glisson Township, to subdue one Norman Holmes, white man of Beautancus, who was : causing quite a disrtir- i;U;-' -:;vv''-; Before he was finally landed In Jail in TCenansvllle the drinking offender had disturbed the peace of 'a quief community: trespassed on the premises of R. C. Harrell, making Improper remarks to Mrs. Harrell, using profane and -vulgar language and ; exposing his pri vates in the presence of ladies. After having been handcuffed by Deputy' Houston and placed in an auto he Attacked the deputy in a deadly manner with his handcuff ed fists, the cuffs inflicting ugly and painful scars and wounds. As sisting Deputy C. L. Nicholson es caped 'unscathed.. ...- X After being, placed in jail he broke up a bed in the jail cell. (-Following,-. this- incident Deputy Nicholson placed him in the crazy cell where ' there was nothing to break Hp but himself. 1 Lasf-reports were to the effect that he. was slowly and painfully sobering up. - , . ; ' Justice of the Peace bound him over to County Court on three dif ferent charges' to be tried on Oct. 9th where he will receive further directions. ' . ' He has been recently released from a two-year term on the roads. ONE OUT OF Zt One out of 32 persons in the United States was disabled one or more days by injuries received hi home accidents during 1949. Home injuries totaled 4,650,000, according "to the 1950 edition of "Accident Facts," the statistical MARKETING QUOTAS ON COTTON - ' . NOT SUSPENDED .' ' Information reaching this " office from various sources , indicates that rumors are pre valent that the Secretary of Agriculture suspended Mar-, keting Quotas on the 1950 . Crop of Cotton states Joe E. , Sloan, Chairman Duplin Coun- ' ty PMA Committee. This is not -true as quotas are on cot ton and all cotton producers will -need a Marketing Card' on which to sen. -f1"; ' f A producer having excess I cotton will be charged a pen- . alty of 15 Vi cents per pound ' on an estimated boll epunt of his excess cotton. This pen alty will be paid at the -Coun- '. i ty Office In advance.' . Farmer should call by the' County Office for their Mar- : netlng Cards, states Chair; man Sloan. Red Cross Board Meets A meeting of the Executive Board of the Duplin County Chap ter, American Red Cross was held on Friday night, Sept. 15 at 8 o' clock in Kenansville: Chairman Harry H. Kramer called the meet ing to order. Among those present in' addition to the chairman were: Dr. H. W. Colwell, Disaster Chairman; Mrs. L. ;' Southerland, Home Nursing. Chairman; Mrs. Sato Newtoh,.Pro- duction & Supply cptinnan; Miss Dorothy Wightman, Advisory com mittee member; and ' Executive Secretary, Mrs. N. B. Boney. "In the absence of the Recording Secretary, Mrs. James S. Murphy, the former Isabel Jones, the Ex. Sec. .read the minutes of the an nual meeting held tn June which were duly approved: She also sta ted" that the reply to our letter written to National' Headquarters CONTINUED ON FA1SON PAGE II Instantly Killed Charlie Ragby, Jr 42, of Rich lands, 'a lineman foe a high tension wire installatioh . contractor, was accidentally electrocuted near War saw Thursday of last week when he came in contact with a 2,300 volt charge'V'. Bagby was employed by R. H. Boulingny, Inc of Charlotte, a firm which was installing lines for the Tide Water Power Company, asso ciates stated. He had been a line man for about 20 years. , It was "reported that Bagby was aiding in the installation of a new transformer. -He was said to have been standing op Uie, cross bars at the top of -the pole, with one hand gripping the guy Wire. Apparently he.r, thoughtlessly grabbed a hot Wire and was Instantly killed. . : Funeral services were conducted from the Edwards Funeral Home in Kinston at 11 o'clock Saturday mornirig. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery The-Rev. Rufus B. Hunt of Kinston and the Rev. E. B. Quick of Richlands officiated. - ' " - i Surviving are his wife, Eula Mae Harper Bagby 'of ''Richlands; to children; a stepdaughter; his mo- Druggist, Mr. Robert L, McMan ther; Mrs. Carrle3agby of Kinston; us of Chesterfield, S. C, who be three" sisters, Cynthia Dunn Bagby work the .first of the week, of Kinsfon, Mrs. Edwards Bubact He replaces Robert Lanier who is of-jChlcago, and Mrs. James F. leaving for new work in Raleigh. ... L . . . ...... , 1 J , J i.t Brown of Philadelphia".. : . ;; Two Vcc!(s Crbh:l Court 0nsll;;day; ,,v.- '. ,,' ' 1 I" 1 V.. -i : " Two weeks of , Superior Court will open here Monday morning for the trial of criminal cases.. The first week is the regularly schedu led term and the week .beginning October 2nd is a racial term'call ! l v C-v - t in an e"-rt 4 " ' . : I v '' ' HMninaitiflfiT'riffr Frank Phillips of Charlotte who has accepted appointment as State Chairman of North Carolina's 19- 1 March of Dimes campaign. The appointment was made by Basil O'Connor, New York, president of the National Foundation for In fantile Paralysis. Mr. Phillips suc ceeds Dr. Ralph W. McDonald. Local Man Gets Duplin Recruiter's Post MSgt. John R. Creech, Duplin County's Army and Air Force Re cruiting Sergeant for the past six months has been relieved of that duty and ordered to duty in his reserve rank of First Lieutenant, with his corps at Ft. Bragg. Sgt. Creech is being replaced by one of Kenansville's own citizens. Air Force Technical Sergeant, Early C. Newton. Sgt. Newton is ex pected to make his home 'in Ke nansville while "ssigffji' o- this duty. . vr;.v.. Beulaville Gets ( Forty-thre telephones were re cently Installed for new subscrib ers in Beulaville it was announced today by W. Y. Vann, Warsaw Group Manager of the Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Com pany. The new subscribers are attached to the Kenansville office which is in the Warsaw telephone exchange group. The telephone company substant ially enlarged the old line to BeuH laville to provide service to the 43 new customers .Two cross arms and six wire circuits were placed on the existing line. The company also constructed distribution faci lities in Beulaville to reach those subscribers who live off -the main highway. v Mr. Vann stated that the total cost of the project was almost $14, 000, not including the cost of the telephone sets and other necessary equipment. j This project is part of the large rural expansion program in which the company is engaged to keep up with the greatly increased de mand for rural telephone service. New Druggist i Bill Sheffield, proprietor of War saw Drug ' Company, . announced this week the employment of a new wife expects to join him this week. He is a druggist Of much experien ce,. Mr. Sheffield stated. SOLDIER AVVOL . . : Sergeant ; Rudolph Hargroves, who had been AWOL since June 26th from Washington, D. C. was taken into custody Sunday morning at 7:30 in Beautancus by H. J. Summerland to be turned over to the Provost Marshal at Ft. Bragg. He had served in the Army for 3 Hattie Gavin C'oi"-t w ' iff' case. The Supreme 1 a new t-'-l n t 'i t'-e ! ' The Mid-Century production of "The Duplin Story" is now history. For the second time Du plin has done the impossible. Last year we were celebrating our 200th anniversary. The primary purpose -was the celebration. Duplin rolled up its sleeves and came forth in successful triumph, the like of which had never been seen before in this section. The success was so great that most of the leaders and members of the cast wanted to repeat the "Story" in 1950.' After many months of hard work the second edition of "The Duplin Story" went off in fine style. In spite of the weather we" came out on top in more ways than one. On the whole the play was better than last, exemplified by the press reports. In spite of the rain enough people attended to pay all ex penses and leave a small profit. The rain again showed that Duplinites will pull together when it becomes necessary. The cast lived up to its heritage that once a job is begun it must be fin ished. There is no doubt that a greater finan cial profit would have resulted if it had not rained but the test ofthe mettle of our people would not have been proven so well. Last year it was expected that they would face almost any hazard but this year it was different. There was no celebration. It was just plain hard work and nearly 1000 Duplinites responded as they were expected to. The officers of the Association, O. P. John son, F. W."McGowen, J. O. Stokes and Garland P. King join me in thanking every member of the cast and the entire personnel for the fine man ner in which they displayed themselves. The smallest part was as important as the largest. Like a chain, each link had to hold. The Lead ers in the program have been acknowledged and thankgd and .we wish here to thank thenv again. but to as thVinTpxjrtant people were the rank and ' file of the cast who stuck through thick and thin, taking orders rather than haying a say so in how the show was to be run. Like soldiers in the ranks "it wasn't theirs to reason why it was only theirs to do or die" and they DID. Thanks again folks. If- there should never be another "Duplin Story" the people of Duplin should have no re- . grets for the two years they devoted to the play. Leading business men of the county claimed . their faith in our people when they advanced . more than $5000 to help finance the play this year and every dollar of it was refunded.. The play has given Duplin a name throughout North Carolina that Wfll live with the ages. J. R. Grady. McLELLAN'S REOPENS IN KINSTON First Store Of Chain A special ceremony will open the doors of the completely re modeled McLellan's store Friday at 9:00 A. M. in Kinston. This is the first store ever opened of the vast chain of McLellan stores in the country today. . . The store will be formally open- ed with the cutting of the ribbon by the Mayor of Kinston with a special gold scissors made for the occasion. The scissors will then be presented to the Mayor by the Mc Lellan Company. Present for the reopening of the new, modern unit in Kinston will be the first manager of the store, W. L. Nolan, who is now Chairman of the Board of Direct ors for MoLellans. . Also here for the event is R. A. Robbins, former manager of the store from 1931-33, who is a buyer for' McLellans; and R. P. Walsh, 'manager of Mc Lellan's 5th Avenue store in New York. The present' manager is George Turner who' has been with T.B. Association Board Meet! The Board of Directors and Offi cers of the Duplin County Tuber culosis Association met in the Court House Wednesday night of last week. Thta anerlal mo.tlno called at the request of 'Dr. H. W. Col-1 the Beulaville' Auditorium, spon Fund Chairman: hut not hav-isored by the Beulaville Eastern lng had a- meeting since acquiring quarters of -its own, the association had many matters of, business to attend to. Dr. E; P, Ewers, presi dent, presided. "t Dr. ColvHell, practical minded as he U, Impressed the group with " Irr-nrtnnce of putting on a I ( "i money Is t r"'-!ln's McLellan's for thirteen years. The store was acquired from the Interstate Chain in 1916 by W. W. McLellan and by 1917 had grown to a chain of 9 stores in North Carolina. By 1950 the chain has grown to 231 stores operated in 29 states with a total sales of over $54,000,- 000.00 for the year 1949. ; Over 7500 people are employed by the McLellan Company. McLellan looks forward to continued "moderlnl zation, and enlargement of existing stores, and expansion program." Special features of the remodel ed store in Kinston includes ' a start nl ss steel candy case,-, see-r'ru-ough picture front, and for -weary shoppers convenient benches in the front part of the store. ' ' The manager wants the "people , of the community to feel that Mo Lellans is their store and that they made this store." . . The store will be open for busi ness following the ceremonnies. some much needed activities which are being held back because of fund shortage. Plans are now" being made for this drive and will be announced ; later. , ,. . . FIDDLER'S CONVENTION There's going to be a genuine Fiddler's Convention Friday night. September 29th at 7:30 o'clock in Star, Chapter No. 237. The program Includes fiddlers,' guitar . players, banjo pickers. string bands, and quartet singers. . There wlU be, plenty of music for all to enoy ; ' Prizes will be awarded to the winners. Judges for the event will be selected from other communities The admission is 40c for a :?.! nnH ? tnr "' n. F'""'"-9 is
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