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I 4 . Duplin Court, y Court will convent Mon an. 21ft for trial by Jury, or court will re-convene y Jan. 28th for one week of r&-'&' V 1X V ; "?' prtBy 'f- ::.Wise;Or; Married . ' If , man gives In when he's . wrong, he's a,-wise man. r If he give in when he's right, he's , married man. Washington, Vs., Rappahannock News... ,1 eases. -Judge Q. K. Ntm- r j :,3 will preside over Superior will preside over Superior' ;m j vii .v v v j J , ft . (j ! Vv 4 , P. I ,y.vv..-:'v. vuun. VOL. NO. 19 KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA , Thursday, January 17, 1950 :lo Yeas' (BMLlMtBrnMiesiPaMer. rtlt . turrits' ah man aJiiSlit : ...... 1 -. 1 s- " " ' " PRICE TEN CENTS Crete Merrit, white man ab6ut S3 years old, was snot and instantly killed toy his 19 year old son Mar-f ley, in the norae in Magnolia Sat- uroay night about 10 o clock. According to officers Merritt, his wile and some of the children had been visiting in Warsaw. On their return home, to a small 3 room house, an argument ' ensued. Mer- -Mt was reported to have been ruiiing. . About ten o'clock their 3 year old son (Marley returned oine from. the school gym and und his father beating up his other in bed, it was aald. Young amy quickly got hold of a shot an and blew the top of his father's iead off. The shot missed his moth er's head by Inches. Mrs. Merritt 1 and the children notified Sheriff Jones at once, who witlh Deputy JPerry Smith went to the scene of the shooting. Cor oner Guzman Powell' was called 'and ruled that It was a clear case if murder and no inquest was leceseary. i Marley was placed in county Jail in Kenansvllle. ' It as said that some Rose Hill and Ml aarnolla -friends asked that bond t4 admitted and Solicitor Walter . Bfrltt agreed to a thousand dollar : fcolnd which was posted (the next day ;uid the boy released. e will be tried at the January Vienna of superior court nere. ? A jpf erritt was the father of five cnildren whose ages ranged from (two to fifteen. Reports from Mag nolia say he was a respectable citl- iient and good to his family when saber. He plied the plumbing . trade and had the reputation as a good plumber.? V it wiU be recalled that Marley 4 Merrftt saved the life of a Turner ,boy last summer while In swim ming in atones rona near . Magnolia. I f: ; : : OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS of the newly organized Herring's Store lions Club In Duplin. They are, letft to right, front row: Rev. L. C. Prater, president, Ben B. Roberts, first vice-president; ltemus J. Outlaw, second vice-president; Fred Outlaw, third vice-president; Emmett Herring,' secretary; back row: Eugene R. Outlaw, Lion tamer; Tipp Scott, tail twister; Taft Herring, director, H. S. Tyndall, di rector; Melvln Powell, director, and Elmo Bllxzard, treasurer. Director Jamie Powell was absent when the picture was taken'. (Photo by Robert Dickinson.) y.v Dupl ID Basketball WALLACE 54. FAISON, . 36 ; J Ulris uome. - l0 t 8 11 1138 f allace . 11 19 1 1054 'Wlnaers' high scores; ' Elizabeth venaugn 33,. Bessie Mae W1M ns IS. Defensive leaders "Sane Tie, Sallie Rivenbark. ' ' nosers' high scorer: Lorraine Sut i 19. Defensive leader: E. War a. . r Duplin County game.' Clinton ays at Wallace Friday night. WALLACE 38, FAISON 24. i - - Boys Game. lson 8 5 2 924 ollace 8 10 II 788 Wttners' high scorers: Joe Wal- 9, Toots Carlton 9, Archie res 8.. Defensive, leaders: Toots Hon, Archie Fsires. Losers' high scorers. P. Mathews It- Precythe 8. Defensive leader: Cates .-y-ic.-i . : Duplin County game: Play Clin. i Friday night at Wallace. Wal ;e has a 7-2 record. Chinquapin High School Organizes Choir Vilh 150 Active Members; Give Program Th Junior Choir of Ohinouapln . chorus In white Greek Costumes High School was organized last; overshadowing with all attention November. It is made up of the seventh and eighth grades who's teachers are Miss Effer Pickett, Miss Elplse Turner, Mr. W. . L Register and Mr. G. F, ; Landen. The Choir gave a P.T. A. program January 7th under the direction of Miss Sutphin, music director ef tihe school. The New Year's program featured : a ' Joyous ' and happy atmosphere of the ' song Happy, New Year, . Darling.",,,, It was sung first by the nymphs who were Kir is in Diuft costume formins cart-wheels with boy manaequlne in UU black bats as centers. Next. the boys chorus, then . the girls I centered on the little New Year, who was little Jefferson Landen, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Landen of Chinquapin. Little "Jeff" gave emphasis to Old Father Time of 1951. Tharon Shepard was the new year of 1952 and here to stay. Con cluding tb program were two songs by the choir, "Shorten Winter sadness" and"Caroilna Song." ' Officers of the Choir are: Prest dent, Elwood Glenn Lanier; Sec retary ana treasurer, syivia Ann Williams; Vice-president, Leon Sanderson; -Pianist, - Betsy Joyce James and Bobby Gresham. There are about one hundred active mem ber in this Choir. ? i v s i T. 4 I While Frinaed Beef e Found in Faison v vuiiiiui riuyiaiii ue new iiieie niuayi ii. National Guard Armory To Be Built In Warsaw At A Cost Of $180,000 TheWarsavi National Guard unit orial Auditorium in Kenansvllle, has been advised that it has been it is reported. -It will contain class awarded an Armory Building by rooms, officers quarters and an ath the North Carolina National Guard, letlc auditorium which can be used The building, costing approximate- for any and all purposes. Bleacher ly $180,000, is expected to be con- seats will be constructed on the struoted some, time this year. The sides ,a stage in one end. The Unit Is now forking on the loca- floor will be large enough for a tton of a site. The building will standard size college basket ball m Minn m fswe oi nenan Mem- court. Herring's Store Lions Club Gets Charter At Ladies Night in Grady School Cafeteria Install Officers The Masonic officers for 1952 were installed last Tuesday night in Warsaw by Lodge No. 677, A. F. and A. M. . The new officers were the follow ing; Q. J. Sutton, Secretary-James F. Strickland, tresaurer F. D. Bramlette, junior warden; D. Y. Hnll1naumH-h Antar warton S A Jones, Master R. W. Rlggs, senior J?110.11', rteujnrH Mslenn CarKnn- lunlor lnapei, steward. Graham Philios. senior! Springs, deacon, A. S. Locamy, Junior dea con, W. W. Baekourn, Tyler and the Rev. A, L. Crossno, chaplain. If ! The new Herring's Store Lions Club, boasting a total of 44 charter members, received its charter from Lions International at a gala ladies' night banquet at B. F. Grady School Thursday evening, Jan. 10th, which was attended by about 150 persons. It is the 54th club In District 81-E. The president, Rev. L. C. Prater, universalis minister, presided. The group sang "America" and pledged allegiance to the Flag. Rev. Lauren Sharpe of the Ken ansvllle club offered the invoca tion and benediction. International Counselor Jesse A. Jones of Kinston served as toastmaster and presented others on the program. Taitowister Wil liam Loftin of the Rones Chapel Club presented the tailfcwisters from visiting clubs who assisted him In his fun program. Zone Chairman Earl Jourdan of Golds boro gave the address of welcome and introduced the guests. In attendance were, delegations from Kenansvllle, Rones 8 39 9 19 ! BEAtJLAVILLE 39 - ., ROSE HILL 19 ' Boys Game. aaulavllle ....,;v....4 15" 12 os Hill .:....A 4 2 Winners' high scorers: Thigpen 1, Simpson 10. Defensive leaders: bson, Quinn, McDowell. Losers' high scorer. Jimmy own 11 Defensive leaders: Bob I Lee Jones, Tommy Fussell. i ?;:'rose hill, 58, ' JBEULAVILLE 37. ., - ! f- ' '.' Girls Game. sulavllle 9 7 9 1537 e H1U &..:..-.:J3 13 10 18-68 Winners high scorers: . Shirley ilson 25, Blllie Waters 23. Defen- ve leaders: Ruth Brown, Lib aters, Faye Teachey. Losers' high scorer: L. Miller 18. efensive - leaders; Hall, Boggs, .haley, i::;;Ev:i'-t'5'''-''iv- CALYPSO 86, CHINQUAPIN 29 'v'-Glris Game lypso i . 7 24 22 8386 ''luapin .10 2 829 W miners' high scorer: Walker 85, ane GruUbs 28. Defensive leao : Koberts. ' v:.'; i.s-- v.;-:, Lc ws' high scorer: Nellie 6an r.i i 18, Defensive leaders: Peg ' Jji"je'Nancy Norris. ,. 'M M, B. F. GRADY 25. '. Boys Gamsi C miy i- ...10 9 7 2--5 i 9 13 7 10-89 rr high scorers: J. T. r 14, Belton Horoston 11. De a leaders: Van Bosttc, Max rs' weft, scorers: Kenneth r ay 9, Nick Kornegay 4, De- ve jeaaers: JB. Turner, J. ills. ; - Warsaw has 6-1 record in Duplin junty piay, overall record of 8-2. . F. C3ADY 35, PINK HILL, 84. . noys uante F. Grady 9 10 " 3 8-85 U-Ul M. 9 15 1484 ners high scorers: Jimmy n 11; Clarence Byrd 11. De- leaders: Bill Zack, Wil ert Smith. ' high scorers: Kornegay 7; .-1 ettenslve leader: s Wells. -......n ,8 . 8-3 - 2 9 11 11-83 ' r -.-.r; Joe Wal- ' 7. T " The;. white-f rinsed -beetle.' a dev tructtve agricultural pest has been (found In a large section of the town oi ralson. Tom Klnsey, with the, Bureau of Entomology and plant quarantine urxice in Goldsboro re ports that these insects attack practically all types o! crops, In cluding cotton, corn, soy beans, garden , vegetables, and flowering plants such as - chrysanthemums, zennlas and petunias. ,f Mr. M. F. McColmon, president if the Faison Lions Club, announces that a community meeting will be held t at the Faison - Community Building, at 7:30 Friday night, Jan. 18th at which time U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture representa tives1 will show slides on the in sect giving life history, nature of In- Jury and control recommendations. It is hoped that a community pro gram can .be organized to control this insect and prevent further spread. Mr. MeOolman urges all citizens of Faison and nearby rural area to attena this meeting. Suffers Burns Lucy Dunn,' daughter of Mr. and Mrs.. Walter Dunn of Warsaw, was . toltaonsd Jasfc FxJdayj-nilng won ier cwuunts was iguncu wuue she was standing near a heater. She suffered painful burns in her chest, shoulders and arms. Noted Religious Leader To Be At Pink Hill And Woodland Methodist Churches By Rev. C. Boone Dr. Rufus Mosley an Internation al Religious leader for many years, will be in Pink Hill and Woodland Methodist Churches from Saturday through, Monday night, January 19 22nd. - , Dr. Mosley will speak at Pink Hill Methodist ' Church Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. and at Sunday School Hour beginning at 10:00 a.m. Sunday morning. : At 11:00 a.m. Sunday morning ne will speak at Woodlahdi Methodist Church. Sunday night at 7:30 he will speak again at fink urn cnurcn. The closineT. service will be Monday night in Pink H11L There Will be no service at Woodland Church Sunday night , -. .g A lecture will be Iteld Mondav ana Tuesaay mornmg at 10:00 a.m. in the Pink Hill church. Dr. Mosely is a close friend of our Dr. E. Stanley Jones: the world's greatest missionary in this generation. He is a retired col lege Instructor going about telling the marvelous story of what Christ has done for him. He Is verv ener getic and a grand speaker in spite of his 82 years of youth and ma turity. You will want to hear Dr. Mosley. He is not a preacher, but he goes about testifying for Christ Brother Mosley goes to Weldon Methodist Church from here, then to Durham and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Rev. D. C. Boone . Pink Hill, N. C. Barbecue Supper At Outlaws Bridge There will be a barbecue supper in the school lunch room at Out laws Bridge Saturday, January 19th, beginning at 5:30 p.m. sponsored by the school for the benefit of the school lunch room. All patrons and friends are invited to be present. The Community Club will meet following the supper. Mount Olive, Seven Goldsboro, Kinston and the host club. The special music featured solos by Jimmie Thig pen, accompanied by his sister, Anne Thigpen. Deputy Governor Jake Strother of Kinston present ed extension awards to President Aldine Whitfield, Secretary Mor ris Rose and Tailtwister William Loftin of the Rones Chapel Club, which sponsored the new club. Whitfield presented the gong and gavel for the new club to Tamer Eugene Outlaw, District Governor Rogers of Apex delivered the principal ad dress and challenged the new club to be of service to its com munity in the highest traditions of Lioni&m. He cited the growth of Llonlsm to 34 countries with over 8,000 clubs and over 420,000 members and declared that that growth was due to the unselfish service rendered by the clubs each year. He Invited those pres ent to attend the mid-winter dis trict convention at New Bern January 21-22, when the interna tional president, Harold Nutter, will be guest speaker. Governor Racers nrpnontorf ho club charter to President Prater, who accepted and expressed appre ciation to all who helped with the program. The home demonstration club and the Lions and their ladies served a barbecue supper. Favors for the ladies were small corsages. Gifts for visiting ladles were distri buted by TailsiWiSter Loftin. The officers of the New Club are President Prater, VlcenPresidents Ben B. Roberts, Remus J. Outlaw and Fred Outlaw, Secretary Em mett Herring, Treasurer Elmo Bliz zard. Tamer Eugene Outlaw, and Tailtwister Tiipp Scott. Directors are Taft Herring, Jamie Powell, H. S. Tyndall and Melvin Pnumii The other charter memihpm .ri Leslie Bell, R. A. Bishon. Bill Her ring, D. D. Herring, Earl W. Her- rlngj lasper Herring, Leland Her ring, W. Coy Hill. Edward Hnim J," ?,HSW' A- W-Ivey- George Kellyi J. W. Kelly, Carl W. Kornegay, Ed Kornegay, H. D. Kornegay, B. F. Outlaw, Rommie A. Outlaw, Theo dore Outlaw, Nathan Scott, Fred Scott, LeRoy G. Simmons, R. D. Simmons .Clyde Aroud, .Harry Stroud, L. J. Taylor, D.j. Warier, Steven A. Waller, Joe Westbrook, Lewis A. Westbrook, W. L. West- brook, A. J. Walker. iAvifev,-:' No. 3 r Alfred and Donn Allison Wells Two WelB Brothers Awarded Eagl e Scout Badge At B. t. Grady Court Of Honor Two brothers, Alfred and Donn clpal of Grady school. Allison Wells, sons of Mr. and Mrs.) Principal speaker at the Court Hugh Wells of B. F. Grady, were of Honor was Dr. Postin nactnr nf awarded the Eagle Scout awards the Wallace Baptist Church and Grady school in DecembeK' Alfred is a student at Davidson College and Donn Ellison Is In high school at Grady. Their father is prin- new Advancement chairman. The subject of his address was "Scout Advancement". A number jf other awards were presented to troops of the county. Miss Joyce Jones irSui Carolina Telephone And Telegraph Company Asks For Rate Increase Outlaws Bridge Club Meets The Outlaws Bridge Home Denv onstration Club-will meet in the home of Mrs. Remus Creel Monday afternoon, Jan. 21st. This is the first meeting of the year and all members are urged to attend. Corn yields of 100 or more bush els per acre have been produced by hundreds of North Carolina farm ers in the last few years. Sweet Potato Meeting Be Held Jan. 24th There will be a county wide xieeting of the sweet potato growers in the Agricultural Building in Kenansvllle, Thursday night, Jan uary 24, at 7:30 P. M. H. M. Cov ington. Extension Sweet Potato Specialist, from State College will be' present, to discuss ' sources of good sweet potato seed, bedding, transplanting, fertilizing, cultivat ing, disease control, and other questions of interest about this crop. The outlook for sweet pota toes in 1952 is good, this crop of fers a good source of additional in come for Duplin County farmers. Every person in Duplin County interested in sweet potato produc tion is invited to attend this meet ing. . r Lisis G"t Tb-'r CHrter Meeting Held On Wednesday, January 2, a meeting was held In the District Forester's office at Wfaiteville. All permanent personnel of the De partment of Conservation and De velopment, Division of Forestry, who, work in District 8 (Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus. Duplin and Pender Counties) attended the meeting. : - -w . . : -Many problems were discussed in regards to the coming fire sea son, and County Ranger Ralph Mil ler feels that the solution to most of tbem can be obtained by the continued and improve! coopera tion of the dtizeo hers in Duplin V County. Be sure to set a sennit Ifor all of your brash, grass and field burniac which you are plan nitff ia rfn tuhlniHMtn thjk ffrat Amv of February and the first day of June inclusive. Do your burning late in me afternoon or at night. Do not burn when the March winds start to bkxwnlg and the woods get powder dry, Or to sum up the whole thing, be. extremely careful whenever you have a fire, be H cigarette or brush pile', in or near the woods. The Carolina - Telephone and Telegraph Company filed a petition on December 27 with North Caro lina Utilities Commission request ing permission to raise its tele phone rates by about $900,000 per year after taxes and addtional ex penses. The petition stated that the Company's earnings for the first 10 months of 1951, adjusted to an anual basis, amounted, to only 3.50 per cent on the Com pany's gross investment and to only 4.25 per cent on the net in vestment. The Company requested that the Commission decide where the increase should be applied. The Carolina Company, which maintains its headquarters in Tar boro, serves more than 98,000 tele phones through 104 exchanges in Eastern North Carolina. Since 1946, spiraling costs, including higher salaries and wages, have forced the company to seek general rate increases on three occasions. The petition pointed out that the Company's plant Investment has increased by about $8,289,400 since June 30, 1950, the date on which the investment was consider ed in the Company's last rate case. The investment at the end of Octob er was about 831,787,300 and ah additional investment of close to $1,000,000 is contemplated for Nov ember and December of this year. The Company has had two recent stock issues. The first was a 20,- 825 share issue during November and December of 1950 and the last was a 41,650 share Issue during the same months of this year. The pro ceeds, less expenses, of. both stock issues were applied to snort term bank loans which the Company had made to carry out Ks expansion and improvements program, rne com. pany's petition stated that about $4,000,000 of such loans will still be outstanding at the end of 195L, to fix the earliest possible date for a hearing so that further evidence could be presented. In a statement concerning the petition for higher rates, L. W Hill, President of the Carolina Company is to continue to play its part in the growth and expansion of Eastern North Carolina, we must keep our Company on a firm fin ancial basis. We have, therefore, petitioned the North Carolina Util ities Commission for an increase in telephone rates. The increase in our costs and the corresponding decline in our earn ings make it necessary that we seek this increase now." ' Miss Mary Alice Blackmore, his toriaiuof the James Kenan Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy announces that Miss Joyce Ann Jones will read her es say on "Robert E. Lee A Con federate Soldier,, itpver Radio WRiRZ on Sunday afternoon at two o'clock. Miss Jones s essay won the first prize last year in a contest sponsored by the James Kenan chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Hi Cpl. E. R. Dixon Wounded in Korea Visiting At Home Corporal Emerson Ray Dxicm, son of Mr. and Mrs. Everette Dixon of Route 2, Mount Olive, is spending a furlough with his parents. He will remain here until February before reporting for duty. The soldier was wounded in the Korean fighting in Octtooer 1951 after having been in the war zone since June first. After recuperat ing in a Tokyo hospital. Corporal Dixon left on December 20 for Se attle, Washington, by boat and from that city boarded an Army trans port plane on January 1 and was flown to Fort Jackson. He arrived in Mount Olive shortly after to be gin nis furlough. . : (District Governor George T. Rogers of Apex is shown above as he presented the club charter to President L. C. Prater of the Herring's Store Lions Club at B. F. Grady Sichool last Thursday evenlrtg.; The club has 44 members and Is number 54 In the District 31-E over which Rffsrs presides. In the background at left is Jesse A. Jones of Kinston. ta'f.lonial counselor, iv'ho rvH as tna"riter on the charter nlt ?t ; i, t; it ic .' z ' (c. i. r- : n-'.o.) j- iV;'Ce Magnolia Lions " , ' ' j To Sponsor Supper ' The .Magnolia Lions Club will sponsor a barbecue supper every Friday night in the Magnolia School Cafeteria at Six o'clock. Plates will be $1.00, and 50c plates for children. Everyone is invited to attend and help raise funds for the Magnolia Twon -HelL . . , Voluntary 4-01 Club leaders In Wayne -County have achieved an iinuHnl record. Of the countv's i i have total of i; In pointing out the telephone gain , the petition stated that the Company had increased Hs.number os KiguMnia uy iu,vii or lift during the period between July 1, 1950 to October 81, 1951. To make this gain the Company had to in stall S9J339 telephones and re move 29,284. On October 31, 1951 the Company bad on hand about 13,000 unfilled orders and stated that in its opinion there was an un expressed demand for service which could not be measured. The Company's petition stated that wage increase during 1951 had further Increased its costs by an estimated $342,500 per year. The petition stated that the de clining rate of return would make tt very difficult -for the Company to raise the necessary capital to continue its present and proposed plans to improve .and expand Ks service to meet .the demands of the public it serves. To secure an ad equate return, the Company re euested f'J'0.n"a per year after t -i"s and auj.CioniJ ev unses. The ; "-y re-re-' "ltUU - -n'- Ion DEBORAH ALDBN In the performance of SCHOOL FOR LOVERS by the Grass Roots Opera Company under (he spon sorshlo of the Duplin County School, January 91st, the role of ue spina, the maid will be sung by ueooran Aiden While attending Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, Miss Aldea had her .own television show and sang with James Metton on be HinMt ftf Stars radio program. With the Colony Opera Guild, she has sung leading roles in Menotti's THE OLD MAID AND THE THIEF, THE SJ0UKU7T CW SUZAiNNE, THE GONDOLIERS, LA TRAVIATA. SCHOOL FOR LOVERS, and THE MARRjAGE OF FIGARO. Miss Alden's other experience includes many radio, concert, and oratorio appearances. At present she is As sistant to the Director of the Caro lina Opera School in Raleigh, and also can be seen in other Grass Roots Opera Company productions singing the role of VloletU in LA TRAVIATA and as Mlcaela In CAR MEN. -V ., y' :.-,s This perfotmnce will take place at the Kenan Memorial Auditorium in Kenansvllle, on January 81st, at s:oo o'clock witn an afternoon performance for school children. This amusing Mozart oomic opera wiU be sung in LncUsh, Basket Ball Teams Started in Warsaw Coach Wilbert Boney has organ ized two of the best basketball teams in this section He Is anxious to schedule games with neighbor ing all star teams either at home or away. So far, he has scheduled a game with Mount Olive on Jan. 16th with the second game to be played in Warsaw on Jan. 20th. All home game receipts will go to the Warsaw high school athletic fund. Line up for the Boys team in cludes, Capt. Billy Houston, John, Steen, Ray Faulkner, E. D. PauL James Creech, H. C. Allen, Allen Draughon Jr., Linwood West Charles Jones. Bobby Boone. Lester Brown, Milton Smith, H. E. Regis ter, John Fonville, Duke Mathis, w. n. runet. Playing on the Klrls team are Mable Byrd, Olivia Dixon, Carolyn Carr, Ann West. Estelle Cnntln. KaKthryn Wells, Ester Lamm, Doris Taylor. Ren Smith, rvnttiia jBradshaw, Wink Brinson and Luis, j-oiier. Deaths i WILLIAM B. WARD 'William B. Ward, 71, died at foist home in Chinquapin Friday after noon January 11th after a brief illness. He was a member of Chin quapin Presbyterian Church and had taught Sunday School for 22 years. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Wallace. Sur viving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Ann Ward; a daughter, Mrs. J. F. Kuhlmann of Manchester, Conn a brother, J. C. Ward of New Bern; an adopted son, W. J. Mobley at Kinston; and five grandchild ren. Funeral arrangements will be announced. FRED J. BAABS Following the death of Post master Walter P. "Bridgets ' of Warsaw, former Assistant post master iTea J. Bears- has been named acting postmaster. Mr. Baars was notified of his appointment by Congressman Graham A. Barden, who made a brief visit to Warsaw last' week. The appointment from acting post, master to postmaster will be given to him as a later date, Mr. Baars said. He added that the other em ployees in the Warsaw cost office will also be advanced. The ' new , acting - postmaster served ' as assistant postmaster for 12 years under Mr. Bridgers. tie was appointed to the posi tion at the '. same time Mr. Bridgers became head of the local post office, -j,...- ;vJ;..:.o.'. STEPHEN J. WILLIAMS. Stephen J. Williams died Thurs day at 8 p.m. at his home near Chinquapin. The funeral was con ducted from the home at 3 p.m. Friday and interment was in the Brown cemetery near the home. The services were conducted bv th Rev. Ranson Gurganlous and the Rev. Willie Walton. Surviving are his wife,. Mrs. Mary M. Williams three sons, Albert, Jerry and San ford, all of Chinquapin; four daugh ters, Mrs, Dollie Sutherland of Chinquapin. Mrs. Katie Morton and Mrs. Grace Sellers of Wallace; ia grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. ARDETH SMITH TO MARYLAND Miss Ardetb Smith of Park View hospital in Rocky Mount, daughter oi rs ana wan. naymond Smith, left Monday for Chestnut Lodge, Rookville, Md.,-fort three months. She will take a snecial eourie in Psychiatry during her-stay there. She graduates. Scpte&iber 15th, 1952. -.-a : . - CRETO DOLPHUS MERRITT Creto Dolphus Merritt, age 38 died at bis home In Magnolia Sat urday night. Funeral sendees were held Mon day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the Magnolia Methodist Church by Rev. R. L. Crossno, pastor of the Warsaw Methodist Church. Burial was in Magnolia Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, the former Matrtie. Elizabeth Brooks of Magnolia, one son Marley Merritt. four daughters Judy, Hattie Mae, Velms Ann and Tamara Hope Mer ritt all of the home, his father W. L, Merritt of Magnolia, three brothers Ed and 'Haywood Merritt of Caro lina Beach and Bennie Merritt of Magnolia, and one sister, Mrs. Ros oe Potter of Magnolia. , -. ; . v : -' . yrf'-r. -V Seed sf a hew home-garden leaf lettuce called Salad Bowl, the only lettuce ever to win the All Ameri can Sections gold medal, should be available from many retail seed dealers In 1952, according to the U. & Department of Agriculture, :.)-V. VlS";-'