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-it-- . - trT m 1 f r i' - . j jl ii i i ia ju u ' J ejLliliiuy'i.i ...iiuiisvUie,. N. C, County .at ol BUT LIN COUNTY , CJitorial bualneu and printing plant, Kenansvllle, N. C. J. ROBERT GRADY, EDITOH OWNER ' nUrcd at the Pott Office. Kenansvllle. N. C. 1 -r. , " . M second class matter' I ',' ' 1 ' TEtEPDONE . - ' ... ... Kenansvllle, -255-6 , ,, , - SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $3.00 per year In Duplin County Leaolr, Jones, Onslow, Pender, Sampson and Wayne coun tiea; $3.50 per year outside this area Iff North Carolina; and $4.0t Per year elsewhere. 1 , 1 ;'m Advertising- rates famished on request A Deraeeratle Journal, devoted to the material, educational, ' . . .... - . ..- eteaemlc and agricultural Interests of Duplin County. , . H dtrafmti a STATE LAND TAX Recently Representative J. K. Powell of White- . . ville, nominee for .. the State Senate from Colum- bus county, reported that he had been hearing that i the 1951 General Assembly would be asked to levy, a State ad valorem tax on property for school pur ; . poses. Publication of the Powell report brought no ' V denial of such intentions from Governor Scott or , ' amy spokesman forTiis office. " '-'t ' And neither the report nor the absence of denial J is.cause for surprise in view'of the fact that the Gov ernor favored a land tax early in the 1949 legisla tive session. . ,The North Carolina Economy Advocate, edited ' : toy J. Paul Leonard, has reproduced a photostatic ;. copy of a letter written by Representative Kerr -, Craige Ramsay of Salisbury to Governor Scott on--August 26 last year. In that letter Mr-Ramsay told the Governor: ' "On the night of February 9, 1949, at the Exe ' 'cutive Mansion, almost everybody present was as tounded to learn of your proposed address to the Legislature on the following. In that address you 1 recommended spending an additional 2Z V2 million . dollars per year for General Fund purposes, and you ' made' no positive recommendations about, how to : raise the money except to levy a tax on land under the so-called Foundation Plan. I could not support you in this reversal of policy and told 'you so, as you very well know " ' So there is evidence of rather long standing that Governor Scott favored a levy of a State land tax. - -Presumably he has not changed his mind, but the 1949 Legislature gave. him so little support and en couragement that he did not press for such a meas t a. ure at that time. t' , '?., k' -. No one should be greatly surprised if an ad valor-, v em tax to increase the State's revenue is proposed -j.ahd urged when the General Assembly convenes :: . next January.' '. ' ' if. For generation the State levied an ad -valor- - or mcome taxes ana not even any xieavy gasuune H- tax. In 1933 the General Assembly abolished tile s' State ad valorem tax, leaving that source of reve--v nue exclusively to the counties and municipalities.1; That policy should not be abandoned. ' '-. ' - The Charlotte Observer I Southeastern All Star Basketball , Conference; Official Schedule ALL GAMES JAN. 17. 1951 ' Atklnara at Burlaw VCeaansYille at Wallace . taiaauapin at Magnolia , JAN. 24, 1151 fufgaw at Wallace j&JMsiifapla at Keaansville TEAM MANAGERS , ' urgaw - Fred Gaylor ' ' Atkinson David DeVane (home address Watha, N. C.) Magnolia - Sam Carr " . .' Keaansville - Jones co Drug Store , Chinquapin - O. J. Register . ' " ' Wallace Robert Watson CKIfc'S RACE mmmmmmmmmtmmmmmm hi ...... 1 V . p . ;. "y '' '--V- ... "A : . . :': 8:00 IJ. BL-i - . ' JAN. 81,1951 Kenansvllle at Burlaw Atkinson at Chinquapin Wallace at Magnolia 1 ' ; , FEB. 7, 1951 Burgaw at Magnolia ' Atkinson at Kenansvllle Chinquapin at Wallace ' - "FEB. 14, 1951 r Chinquapin at Burgaw Wallace at Atkinson Magnolia at Kenansvllle RESULTS Lib diLa Lesson for January 14$ 1951 -. SCRIPTUB: Mart 1:11-39., DEVOTIONAL BKAD1NQ: ..Flaunt 148:10-31. THEY say that In fdur regions of (he United States there are'four' different questions which are asked of newcomers. Injtbe New England states they ask a atran get "How m u ch do you know?" In -the wealthy noth e rn states they ask, "How much have you got?', .In the South where pedi grees are so much treasured, :: .th ey ask:- "Who was L.. Dr. Foreman your granfather?" But out in the wide-open west they have only one question: "What can you deT" . - Action In Religion . - . - - IT is a fair question.. If the answer Is 'Nothing,"; ' then , it does not make any difference avail what a' man can answer to 'the other three questions. . . To be sore, they look at this ;. 'differently In the Orient.-Ae-eerdlng to the saclent phlloeo ;' phy of the East, it is only the inferior man who tubes areand doing things. The superior man ' alts mad -thinks. The. west's ad ; mlratioator action, aad the Or ' lent's admiration for . contem plation, enter into religion itself. " The typical Oriental "sala may be a. man Vhe never turned i - his hand to a piece of work la? ail hie life. The 'typical western , aaint" la likely -to fee very busy and active sort of person. 1 It is all the more interesting that' Jesus combined both the 'Western and the eastern, ideas of religion. He was a man of prayer and medi tation, yet a man of strenuous life too. . . - i ' , Life of Action r . " ! THE Gospel by Mark, : reliable tradition claims, actually-comes from Simon Peter.- During Peter's missionary travels he used to speak often about the life and work of Jesus, and young John Mark would take down notes of what he said. ' Then later Mark worked up Into a connected "gospel" many of those story-sermons. It Is easy to believe the tradition, because this gospel sounds aer? nihpch - like what( would appeal to Peter, a man of action. At any rate, la Mark we have,; Tery little , aald about Jeans teaching, a great deal aaM abont' -' what he did. Jesus does net have a spare minute,' not a day off. . . What about the rest of u? Sup pose some biographer were to write up you who read these lines. - Sup pose he could use in bis' story only your, actions, not your' words - or Ideas. : Would there be enough ma terial tor him to write a book? . ........ Words of Power WHILE Mark almost never tells : us what Jesus taught he does tell us that Jesus was a teacher'. In describing th synagogue-service in Capernaum Mark tells us the peo ple were astonished, and even two demon-ridden men were, struck down with terror. , ' ., '.. ' -'.What Jesus aald that asten- ' , lahed the people and alarmed - the demoniacs we da not know.'. ; Possibly Peter, who was there, . . may have been tee buy watch ing people's faces to hear what - Jeans was-saying. However that may be, Jesus la here Introduced -to us net only as a doer but ea st thinker and teacher. - Life Is not all action; It is also thought Jesus' acts were full " of power; so and not less so were his Ideas, words, teachings. Look at the rest of us again: We may be full of talk, but how much power la there In our ideasT e e e n Straightway ? ONE word is found many times In Mark's stories of Jesus: "Straightway" as the older versions nave It that is. Immediately, It la not Just Mark's style. It is his way of bringing out something im portant about Jesus' life and habits. . There were ne blank spaces, no pagea an written, ne empty , ' , gape, no waiting around, in Jesus' life. In his life one ac tivity foUewed ea the heels of another. - He bad a time te waste, and ha wasted none. Let the honest reader try to make a realistic budget of his time. At the beginning of a week let him draw up a kind of chart showing how he expects to spend his 1S waking hours esch day, so much for work, recreation, atudy and so forth. Ttn at the end of the week let him a. himself: Where did my time r"? He will often have to admit that be did not really live the whole day, any day, only parts of H. Living as a Christian means living one's full time, living one of those 16 hours a day. - ; CrMrM r ! lMrMlal C.n U HeiiiMaa ! khil l br VrntU ftMir.l ND ALL , : I J I. ... .i, i.'. C. J .1.1. 9: Gover nor : '.wit's ability -as a saltsanan Lkely will determine the length of tne 1..51 lei.i.al.ve session, in ad dition to -determining the amount of the buet. . . - . , 'iAa predicted here some weeks Ago, the Advisory Budget Commis sion recommended a balanced bud get This, totaled 1303,000,000 in General Fund expenditures for the two years an ell-time record but left OTtt pay raises for teachers, continuation of merit pay raises for State employees, increasing re serves of .the retirement system, state aid for hospital building, and permanent Improvements. 'The. governor, in his budget mes sage, called for addition of some S8 million dollars for the biennlum to the general fund budget-With this. added money he would grant the teachers a $200-$3,100 (A- certificate) salary scale, keep- the salary increment - -or pay raise - - setup for state employees,' provide, some" $6,500,000 for ' the Medical Care ' Commission" hospital build ing program, take care of Civil De fense, grant additional auditors to the Revenue-Department put f 10, 000,000 la the permanent Improve ments fund to help finish build ings, already authorized, build -a TB hospital at Chapel Hill, add a pyschiatric wing to the new hos pital at UNG, and construct a dia gnostic laboratory for the service of North Carolina's growing poultry and livestock industries vat N. C. State College. to do this, the governor recom mends eliminations of sales tax ex emptions and restoration of the notion picture theatre tax. These two even if basic foods still were left untaxed - would bring In enough to do the things he rec ommends. i . - - - Kerr Scott contends that these would not be new taxes -- the last two words being bugaboos to all legislators. ' - He says they are not "new" taxes at all. The elimination of sales tax exemptions is extension of a 'tax, he says, making it fairer. And the restoration of 'the motion picture tax is not a new form "of taxation "but aj, restoration of a tax from which a business was excused be cause it claimed a hardship which did not materialize." This flatter tax was taken off theatres during World:' War n when the motion picture; men persuaded the 1943 Legislature that they faced great hardships because of the war. ' a .- Most of the lawmakers this ytst are committed to a line of action calling for "no new taxes." So if would appear that the gov-' ernor will' have a selling Job1 cut out for himself in convincing them that doing away with sales tax ex emptions and restoring the theatre tax does not come in the "new tax" bracket' - '. Two, or three sentences in his special . budget message Monday night show that he is well aware of this problem. ' -. , - "The one thing that we can be sure of in this dark hour," he said, "is that everything we do must be first in the interest of our preser vation as a people and as a demo cratic nation. ' s "Anything . else , . . c everything else -- Is secondary-" "It is my belief that this is no time for new borrowing, or for new forms of taxes ; .- . It is also my earnest-belief that neither ' should we jeopardize our future by per mitting our services to deterior ate." f ' .v . His recommendations In the spec ial budget messages were not as expensive nor as expansive as con servatives in the Legislature had expected." Liberal forcer probably will feel that the governor did not ask for .enough,y-,-!'":i?;,-'';-,-''h. The temper, of this legislature, however, la one that seems to indi cate the lawmakers arejn no mood to tool around. There wilt be hard, and fairly long fights. But Que amount of the General Fund budget will depend on Dairyman Kerr Scott's selling ability. - Right now, it would seem a though be has about a 50-50 chance. Boys In the know around Capitol Hill are blaming Fred Royster's de- teat in the House speakership on, of all; things, the fact that Be sup ported "WH1W Smith in the Demo cratic senatorial primaries last Spring. :'. Ie seems that some of the former Broughton forces - -of which Roy- Ster was a part -- thought that he should have stuck with his former buddies, When he switched, they waited until the speakership race to "strike back. Ironically, Frank Taylor of Wayne -- the new speaker --is r-nerally classed as a conservative, but he supported Frame Graham. Although the ballot counting was stopped at 59 for Taylor and 39 for Eoyster, it is believed that the vote would have run to 63 for Tay lor and 41 for Royster if it had bepi rorr. Vd. ' I .Mon of the House on a liberal-conservative basis is believed to bo much closer than that, how-eve-, nearly an even fi-Ut to be exr.-t. 1 .. I nor has It t' nt 7" rob-your-? C ' ! rN , tt i J i i (.1 l i.,'..Ly of state cr-iie 12. - ' Incumbent Tliad Eure reportedly has hi ce on the governorshlp. That ia lj.ng low. on that subject, however, since . an "accidental" trial balooa back In . pre-election Jaunts around the state. The home folks down Gates-Hertford, county way-are boosting Thad's stock. -, . Robbins is a graduate of law from Duke University, where he taught for one session. He was an admiral's aide during the war and has been active In politics for some time. - : Since the secretary of state off ice has not been held by a western er for some time, Bobbins reported ly thinks the time might be right -- particularly should- Eure "enter the gubernatorial race. ' ' it,- , " Phil .Whitley of Wendell, one of Wake County's representatives, was sworn in. as a legislator all by him self. He sheepishly admitted that he got a-Jate. start -from home, so missed the swearing .in of repre-1 sentatives in-a group on opening day. He -slipped back into the speaker's ofiice and was adminis tered the oath, so he would be qual ified to vte on .u.ty matters that might have cor. a; up the first day. ' - . - .. . Lots of folks nave been wonder ing why the Advisory Budget Com mission came back to Raleigh for a . short session some two weeks ago. All Borta of speculation went on, including rumors of vastly in creased anticipated revenue. Matter of fact the boys orgot to provide for the pay raise voted for the leg islators. This corner hears that the budget group had provided enough to-pay the same amount as last time. That would have caused some real howls of anguish. . NOTICE Having qualified as executrix of the estate of Julian M. Dobson, de ceased, late of Duplin County, North Carolina, this is to notify all; persons -.having claims against the estate, of said deceased to ex hibit them to the undersigned at Bunnlevel, North Carolina, on or before the 30th-day of December, 1951, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; All per sons indebted to said estate will please ynake immediate payment. This the 27th day of December, 1950. , , , e , f v VLMrs. Jfarle. Dobson Canady, ' - ExecutrU j& 'the estate of, - ' Julian M. Dobson. , 2-2-dt M. C. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE, TO CREDITORS ' Having qualified as executor of the estate, of D. B. Johnson, de ceased, late .of . Duplin . County, North Carolina, this Is to notify all persona laving claims against the estate of said deceased to ex hibit them to the undersigned at Chinquapin, N. C, or Grady Mer cer. Beulavllle.N. C. on or before the 14th day of November, 1051; or this notice will be pleaded In bar of their recovery. All persons in debted to said estate will please make immediate, payment This 14th day of December, 1050. v George Frank Landen, Exe- cutor of D. B. Johnson. Grady Mercer, Attorney at Law 1 1-26-fitGM ' ''. kiczh Tc!J To GLs:rdFr::lIr:;s Frcni hico iZzds Raleigh, Dec. 30 - - Fruit growers to guard their are being warned C.jB. im, m0 W y - W 'W w w W for Sale diWlle- k S V AwaJf, - .-...- j. ' aX''Cir.irrrr. : z-M:r.TAT-, ?Ai:.rD, izz ' ea comrirz, zzm: fTT I'M' " ' -'' pT- - t - - r - ti C? . - -XiIj , $ 5- Cv fir"" ' T "' JlaJ A f " .' . - 'vn-A I,,. J( ' ' . Cherry Point, N. C.( Dec 21. An old trick with, a new twist is (suing used by the officers and enlisted men, of Marine FiKhter Squadron 122, a unit of the Second Marine Air Wing at the Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point N. C. The principle of the ordinary defroster is enlarged and Improvi sed to prepare Jet aircraft for flight on the cold, rainy days that plague he flight schedules tf Marine fight er planes of Cherry Point Ordin arlly the formation of Ice on air craft would ground tlje squadrons, but a plan devised by First Lieu tenant C. B. Lafayette, fight, llhe officer for VMF-122, is enabling them to fly under adverse weather conditions. , . This plan calls for a jet to taxi to an angle with "the exhaust blast aimed at a point between the tail and wing section of the second plant The heat" of the exhaust whisks the ice from the other plane without doing any damage by ex cessive heatlns. This rocess la then repeated from the same angle on the other side of the craft. Thus, the, F2H Banshee fighters of Lt. Col. D. E. Marshall's squadron can put an eight plane formation In the air within a half hour of a possible call. even, though the Ice would otherwise render the aircraft prac tically useless. . " It takes about ten minutes to jockey the "defrosting" plane Into' position and administer the treat ment to one aircraft. The process is shortened by the heat from the jet exhausts of front line planes melt ing the ice bn the rear line planes, trees against . damage from pine mice by taking effective control measures? The warning comes from L. C. Whitehead; rodent control specialist for State College Exten sion Service." .. "Whitehead says recent freezes have shortened the rodents' feed supply -of i windfall apples and weeds. As a result, the pine mice have begun to attack the roots of fruit trees Growers should visit Hheir county agent to find out where to obtain supplies of poison ed grain or the ZnP rodentclde. sGIVGS i ' ' ' at Attw mm . it i:iSEr.::u J GEO, P. PRID6HI STATE LICENSED Plumber plum bin a :. CONTRACTOR : SUPPLIER ; , ; BATHROOM EQUIPMENT HOT WATER- HEATERS , , - WATER PUMPS " - KITCHEN SINKS - Phone 473 WARSAW, N. C. Is- - ' ' Lot "SliLc Our Dank If your day starts out and you're feelma i Just start riuht in to s. And a smile will brc , i. If you greet each new bo ; ; . With a Song; a sunny t ; Old man trouble can nm. If-you're -singing all 1 When old man trouble i i n knocking Meet him with your 1 For if he sees you're r He'll not linger , or c . Don't ever cross your br' ' Until they com into v Don't look for old man t Let him come a look!. J, i . Greet each friend and ev -y s Vi bor - With your very bl ' V; Help them their day to I; -en - Then you're happier all ( v ' Je. Mrs. A. I - , ii My SolJIrr r Dedicated to my S " " . if t Alton K. Dunn. Ft B" " ' ,U He's grown, my chubby i And watched with lovL j He's six-foot . three, a .wne man, - . ' 1 With blue eyes and bloiiJ hair. It seems that only yesterday - -, His studies first began; He seemed so proud his first school day, My chubby little man. . . ...... '." . .... .... .j . . .-" . , ',!.,,!. , Now Uncle Sam has called him . ' To duties so far away " But in my heart is a simple prayer . God send him safely back some "day. J,.K , I 5 He' saya now. "Mom I've chosen r . A loving wife, you see, But next to her in all the world -..My best girl you'll always be." But some day maybe I'll have ' - My chubby baby sweet, When my blue-eyed blond haired Grandson is playing round my. feet ; ; , "... . Mrs. A. K. Dunn Center CI On Thursday, Jan. '4 the Lenoir County Cancer .Clinine examined 7-white womehv 3 white man,, 4 colored women and 1 colored man; Persons . . attending the clinic came from Bethel, Albertson, Clin ton, Dover, Pink Hill and Kteston. . There will only be aeven more clinic sessions held before the clinic Is closed permanently. Registration is from 10:30 to 11:30 on Thursdays. Examinations are free to all men and women, 35 or over, and to any one with a symptom of "D, :cr Signal", regardless of age. ....p- pers are furnished, but if you pre fer, you may furnish your own housecoat ' Persons living outside of Kins ton should write for appointment. Ad dress your request to Cancer Cen ter Clerk, P. O. Box 49. Kin; ton, N. C, and indicated two dates on which you can attend. . MRS, M M. THIGri I Beulavllle, N. C. - . Representative For - WARSAW FLO COMPANY WAESAW. N. C I' Us Ycur EarA" FUN iw i I. MOUNT OLIVE Home ? I " S Ti