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Fci Frca::: Dunlin
The following letter was recei-j
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IfUUlMVU. li yCfiniB lift ItSCAl ,v
f v ' " March 12, 1951
.1 V ' I . Raleigh, N.C.
Mr. J. R. Grady ' '
Editor, Duplin Timet .
Kenansvllle, N. C. . ' y' '
Dear Mr. Grady:
Thank you lor lending me a
copy of your paper dated March
9, carrying ther "front page story
about Hattie Gavin. Mr. Esslck,
the. Assistant Commissioner, told
me upon my return to the office
. the other day of your visit I re
gretted , the fact that I was not
here to talk with you personally
about this matter. " ,
The cue was handled In accord
ance with our usual ' procedures,
and upon what we believed was
. sufficient grounds for clemency.
It may well be that we were' too
, credulous, but we had no reason
to . question the representations
tuftt weie made to us. ;
We assumed that here was an
elderly Negro woman who could
render a needed service for a dls
' tlnguished public servant. We told
Judge Stevens' brother that under
the policies of this office, we could
. not parole the woman to work for
v the Judge. Shortly after assuming
office, we issued a statement to
the effect that we would penult
-no parolee to be employed, by a
aUtet official. We explained that
the only way the prisoner could
become- a servant of the Judge
would be by having her sentence
- commuted to time served, and that
such action we could not take x-
. cent upon reoTnmn'4atiqp, jol the
trial Judja and Che (trial solicitor.
We have rather consistently foV
lowed the policy of reducing sen
tences whin both the trial Judge
' and the trial solicitor so reccom
mend. Consequently, when we re
ceived letters from Judge Burney
and Solicitor Britt we acted promp
tly, not knowing that there would
likely be any objection in the com-
munity. vy.r' :': -V.-; -t r
Another policy of this office has
seen, to pubiisn at least iwo weens
notice of parole consideration. In
the case of commutation, however,
no public notice has usually been
given unless our file showed pro
test to clemency. As you point out
in your article, our file on Hattie
Gavin contained only one brief
newspaper story. Wr subscribe to
a clipping service and nothing other
thai? this. had been furnished us
by the clipping servie ;
' I want to thank you for your pres
entation of this matter, and assure
you that we will give serious con
sideration ; to ; strengthening our
procedures.':- . w-yJ-y
With cordial best wishes, I am
, if.-, (Sincerely ' yours,
fU- i t;. T. C. Johnson,
' : L Commissioner of
Paroles.
0-1 Choir Meets
The Duplin County Choir will
meet Tuesday night, March 20, 19
51 at 8::0 o'clock in the Kenansvllle
school auditorium.
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Sweet Pofclo Demonstration Meeting
II;!dtrKenansville
During the sweet' potato produ
cing season, there will be three
sweet potato method demonstra
tion meetings held this year on the
J. H. Hines farm, one mile from
Kenansvllle on the Warsaw high
way; - ;:,;., -. U."!:'
The first of these demonstrations
was held today '(Friday. March 16)
at 9:30 A. M. Seed. Selection, seed
treatment and bedding was demon
strated by actually going through
the various steps recommended.
The success in growing a good
sweet potato crop largely depends
on getting the crop off to a good
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Mr. H. M. Covington, Extension
D.E. C3st Funeral
This Afternoon
David Earl Best, 71, died at his
home in Warsaw Thursday morning
at 12:30 after a period of declining
health. The youngest of the five
sons of John Wright and Lewellyn
Stevens Best, he had lived his. en
tire life in Warsaw where he was
recognized as one of the communi
ty's leading citizen. --
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Qusd County FIIA
The Qofld CouMiJfTin
makers oI. ,.eriffwkiv 250, rele
gates, from Jduplin, Pender, Samp
son and Onslow counties met for
an all day program recently in the
Kenansvllle School. Eight 1451 of
ficers were elected for the year.
Afarc Manning of Rlchlands was
elected president replacing Stella
Herring of Warsaw who presided
over the session.
Candidates for office were pre
sented at the morning session witn
the election and installation in the
afternoon. ' ;
" Officers elected to serve tor tie
vear are: Jo Ann Brltt of Warsaw,
vice president; Betty Blanebard of
Warsaw, secretary; Gwyn Kelly of
B. P, Grady, treasurer; Peggy Jean
Grady of B. F. Grady, historian;
Shirley Brltt of B. F. Grady, re
porter; Eleanor Hatsell of Swana
boro and Imogene Aman of Jack
sonviUe, song1eaders..j:;:Hi;;;;:'
The principal aduress was deliv
ered by Dr. Leo W. Jenkins, Dean
of East Carolina Teachers College
at Greenville, who discussed the
problems Of marriage. He urged
the club members, to regard mar
riage as a practical , problem and
not to marry because their friends
are doing so. ,-v V.J v'vx'i.. V.
The opening devotional was given
by Rev. Lauren Sharpe and follow
ed 'by an opening message from
Supt. O J. Johnson.-. r
Mrs. Clark D. Reid of Rlchlands
served as club advisor. Supervisors!
were Misses Catherine T. Dennis
and Mary Hines Leonard of Ral
eigh and Mabel Lacy of Greenville.
KKNANSV1LLK, NOKT11 CAitOIANA ..FRIDAY, MARCH 16th., 195V
Abortionist
Horticulturist at State College, was
at the meeting to' show and discuss
the approved practices of seed sel
ection, treatment and bedding.
Sometime in May, the second
demonstration meeting will be held
at the same farm" on Land Prepa
ration, Fertilization, ridging, pull
ing plants, spacing of plants in the
row, and setting plants ; 4?
' In September, the third demon
stration will be held on harvesting,
rgnidlng and and curing: '
Such demonstrations will give
sweet potato producers an oppor
tunity to see all approved practices
from beginning ta end of the crop.
Millie Durch
Enters Finals
Miss Millie Burch enters the
State Finals of the American Le
gion Oratorical Contest in Albe
marle," N. C. tonight. Mist Burch
first won the school elimination
contest in Kenansvllle, after which
she took the County Contest, em
erged winner in the Pender-Duplin
Contest- and competed In the Div
isional Contest with 81 counties
represented to enter the State Fir
naia. .''.-
' Miss Burch is the tint Duplin
representative to ever qualify for
the State Finals. She' is is the 9th
grade at the Kenansvllle School
UttompHirvjn urchyf Keasym?V
vWlnriersf jbf Jthi State Contest
will advante to -regional, sectional,
and veatually national contest.
U ,'Army and Air Force Re
cruiter. Ottoway, announces that
he has discontinued bis Tuesday
schedule at Beulavllle. Until "fur
ther notice he will be in Beulavllle
Monday afternoons. Tuesday he
will be at the. courthouse in Jack
sonville;; Warsaw, Monday morn
ings and Wallace Friday mornings.
H no longer calls at Falson..
WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY
NOTE: This the 9th of a series
of -weekly summaries- of the work
of the North Carolina General As
sembly of 1951. It is confined to
discussions of matters, of general
interest and major Importance. '
. -V' .- A-' ' . March 10, 1951
. This week the legislators spent
a day at the marine base, at 'Camp
Lejeune; next Wednesday they will
visit Cherry Point To get home by
April 14, and both presiding offi
cers have said tills was possible!
they will have to hustle in the 29
legislative days remaining. Frayed
nerves 4nd deflated pocketbooks
signal the beginning of a concen
trated effort to finish the Job; night
and afternoon sessions are not far
off. V '. -?.-!' .' ! ; j introduced Friday, proposes amend
Reapportionment f LetislaUve ' ing the Constitution to increase
Representation , , ' ; I the number of senators to 60 and
Tentative' 1950 census figures the number of representatives to
setting North Carolina's population CONTINUED ON THEATRE PAGE
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Overflov Grovel
Attend Chi'::'
Meet In V.av
t The Evangelistic Cms. Je Rally,'!
held at the Warsaw Baptist Church
on Sunday. March f 1, wa attended
hv more than 500 BaiA.. 'S reore-
senting 38 churchei of the Eastern
Association. The : overfjo . crowd
was cared for in classroomK by the
ue of an' address systenj. -1 - '
' Preceding the general tneeting
at 3 o'clock, an Informal? prayer
hour was held In the ladles' parlor
of the church. Rev. A. L-.1 Brown,
pastor at Beulavllle, had charge of
this service, t
, Dr. J. u. canine, state secreiary
of Evangelism of the N.-j. State
Convention, delivered .'; thoughtr
prbvoklng, soul-stirring message
1 ( - ml . IU1 l T Vfn... An-
Wet." which Is the theme of the
Simultaneous Revivals of the Sou
thern Baptist Convention this year.
Every person preHnt went away
more conscious of bis 'world, his
state bis local and bb personal
needs, as informed and . inspired
by the .speaker. rl -p
Rev. Lloyd Barker of Fayette-
vllle, led the song service. New
gospel choruses were taught, many
old gospel hymns sung and enjoyed.
Mr. David Benny, also of Fayette
rille, was pianist Mrs. Glenn Brown
of Warsaw was organist. ''.. -r '
Thirty-three of the Association
churches plan, to participate in
either one or two weeks' revival,
March 25-AprU 9.fr4 . ,
Ucccamaw Afilies
piulayilli Cr:ncli
Thm WaooamaW Bank and Trust
Company hs utXred-n awUca-
slottothe State Banking Comnues
km foR authority to open a branch
in3eniavilte, to be known as the
Beulavllle Branch? - v . . "i
A Dublie-hearing will be held
In the BeXjlaville High School Fri
day, MarclrtOth. . '
The bank hopes to secure the
application and plana to open as
soon thereafter as possible." --"Mr.
F. Allen, Jr. cashier of the
Waccamaw Bank of Kenansvllle,
released (be . announcement con
cerning the application for a branch
in Beulavllle. ' , .. yrl:, " ; y. '
at 4,052.027 are the basis for bills
introduced on Tuesday for the pur
pose of reapportioning representa
tion In the General Assembly. SB
303 calls for Increasing the number
of 'senatorial districts from 33 to
38 giving 12 districts 2 senators
each. Forsyth, Guilford, and Meck
lenburg would remain districts by
themselves, but each would get 2
senators rather than 1. HB 526 des
igned to reapportion the 120 House
fiftftta vrnulfl mnfea , lffis rirant to '
Changes; representation would 're
main' as it now is except 'that the
second representatives now allotted
both Babarrus and Pitt would be
transferred to Alamance and Rock-
Ingham. Rep. Blackwell's HiB-574,
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."."'rt' " 1 1 - -Un at Kenans-
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1 1 , I -..a, of IV ii Gradyi
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f!AT.vpar riTPT.s rnnnfvVhnm.
plon basketball team: Jerry Bob-1
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i BEULAVTLLE BOYS, county
basketball champions: CecU Hun-
ter. Murphy Thigpen, Pete Weston,
MISS BETTY EDWARDS daugh-
ghter of Dr. and Mrs. H. A. Ed
wards of Pink Hill, was presented
in her graduating recital at Plonk
School of Creative Arts, Asheville,
at 8:00 o'clock Friday evening,
February 23. The school is located
at Sunset Parkway and Charlotte
Stret,-7;.':.v.i...S..'.";j,v
. Miss . Edwards gave a dramatic
impersonation at this time prelim
inary to her graduation on May
sotn. Former stuaents u tne scnoox
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Davis Reviews
Star Route ;
. S. B. Davis of Norfolk, who is
In charge of Postal Transportation
for this area, was in Kenansvllle
a few days ago reviewing the pro
posed mall route from Kenansvllle
to Pink HilL
Mr. Davis told the : Times we
could expect in the near future
the Star . Route which runs from
Rlchlands to Kenansvllle in the
morning and returning in the after
noon to be extended, to Include
Kenansvllle which should result
In definite improvements in mall
services on Pink Hill and Albert
son routes.
As planned it i expected that
the carrier will arrive in Kenans
vllle at 7:30 A. M. and depart for
'P'nk Hill on recent of mall from
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erte. Doris Guv. Joan Grutohs. Janet i
Bell, Barbara Wilson, Betty Joyner, I
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Eddie E. Griffin, Joe Jackson, Del-
!ano Simpson, Richard McDowell,
I Ronald Qulnn, Ted Clark, Jerry
Pre-School Clinic Opens Here
! Wednesday; Children Be Examined
Barden Stock
Yards Open
The J. J. Barden Stock Yards
opened Tuesday . with Warsaw's
first livestock auction market. A
crowd of about 2000 : people at
tended the opening, it was reported.
Much enthusiasm towards the new
market was shown and: owner
operator Jim J. Barden was well
pleased with the reception. Over
$15,000 was paid stock-growers for
hogs and cattle sold in the after
noon. Cattle brought as high as
30c and hogs 21c,
Mr. Barden is a veteran stock
man and is known by all farmers
In Duplin and surrounding coun
ties. As a business man with know
ledge of stock he is recognized as
second to none in this section.
About the opening Mr. Barden
said,"! If eel very grateful to the
citizens )n the community for show
ing so much interest in "the sales
To those who patronize ma, I'll see
that they get the top price at all
sales. I intend to build up mark
et that wlU ba a benefit to this
section." ''''six-, , .
Auction sales will be held each
Tuesday afternoon ..beginning at
one o'clock, rain or shine. The
farmers may sell anything they
have to offer. The new stockyards
are located on highway 117 in the
northern end of town. V
Ends Marcli 23rd
The series of meetings beginning
February 26th, conducted by Coun
ty Agent Lacy Weeks to inform
the farmers of the farm trends in
Duplin County will conclude , on
March 23rd. - ' -: ' '.; -Agent
Weeks, his assistants and
corps of workers are presenting a
Long Range Farming Pattern that
they have developed as wen as sucb
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Beulah Walker, Jean Grubbs and
coach H. E. Grubbs.
(Photo by Daniel Lanier)
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Thigpen, Ervln Dobson and Ercel
Bostic.
(Photo by Daniel Lanier)
The Pre-School Clinic in Ke
nansvllle will open Wednesday,
March 21st at 1:30 p.m. for exam
ination of pre-school children.
Parents are urged to see that
their pre-school age children who
will reach their 6th birthday by
December 1st are present for the
Clinic Examination.
The present 'school law states
that when a child reaches his sixth
birthday by October 1, he is eli
gible to enter the fall school term.
A new bill is up before the legisla
ture changing the date to December
the first. If the new bill is passed
the child can be eligible for the
fall school term upon .reaching his
6th year by December 1.
All children are required to take
shots for the prevention of small
pox, whooping cough and diptheria
before they enter public school.
A birth certificate to get in the
school the first day also will be
required.
If pre-school children have al
ready received their inoccupations,
parents should notify "the Health ,
Dpartment in order that they may
be posted and certificates of im
munization Issued to them.
Certificates of both birth and im
munisation are necessary to enroll
in the school the first day. If the
child does not have these creden
tials he has to wait until the next
school year.
Red Cross Drive
: The 1951 Red Cross Drlva is still
going strong In Duplin with L. M.
Bostic for the third consecutive
time to be the first to meet and go
over the quota set He has turned
in $60 tor Potters Hill section
whose quota was $65. ,
The drive began March 1st with
the goal for the county set at $4.
970 for 1951. $2,230 is to remain
In the county and $2,746 to go to
the national fund.? Tha national
goal it 35 million dollars.
The county has been divided in
to townships with a chairman foe .
eaoh conducting tha campaign.
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