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VOL. no: 19 Sun Sfcsif Photo. The following story appeared in the Monday issue, Nov. zotn. Durham Morning Herald. :' Judge Grady toad just rounded his 80th birthday. We repjrlnt it Ihere through the courtesy of the Dur ham Herald. , v v By JOHN D. LANGSTON JR. Superior Court Judge Henry A. Grady, who 18 still hale and hearty despite the fact he celebrated his 80th birthday in ; September and has the distinction , of being the oldest judge on the North Carolina Superior Court bench, was well on the way toward another record as be opened a three-weeks criminal term here today. Duplin Beauty To Attend Princess At (WILMINGTON Fifteen pretty. dace ;aHd other forms-of nter rad talented Eastern North Caro-tainroen ..during the. wee -and Ilna tMWgil-ill beSl4 .Welf weeks . before, -the-Festl withw a few weeks to be attendant vk i,'HHV jV-1 .. to the Teen-Age Princes of the an- As keretofore .the Princess will nl WHminSon Azale- Festival, toe selects from New Hanover High March 2730. Festival officios announced to day that individual contests for the honor of a place In the Princess' court will be held, in 15 counties. These counties are New Hanover, Brunswick, Pender, ' Columbus, Robeson, Onslow, Duplin, Nash, -n , . . .MMnAAM 111 nrl An graven varveiw., Wayne. Cumberland and Wake. Entries in the county contests, sponsored by school, recreational and civic leaders, will be received until March 1. Boards of judges then will be selected and other ar rangements tnade to hold the com petitions, often In connection with County Basket Ball Tourney Starts March 3 District Tournament Be Held Feb. 27 Announcement was made a few days ago that the County Basket Ball. tournament will be held here In Kenan Memorial Gymnasium next month. Dates set are March 3, 4, 8, 6 and 8th. Schedule of play bas not been announced but will be published in the Times just as soon as they are released. v , f Prior to the county tournament a district tourney will be played in Kenan Gymnasium February 27, 28, 29 and March 1st This tourna ment was played here last year and the gymn ana anenaanca was so attractive It was decided to hold tt here again this year. . r. v ; v Teams participating in this tour nament will be all boys. Winners here will go on Into an area contest to be held probably in or near Clin ton at a later date. Teams from Duplin participating will be War- San Cc as Soma UIiiiIovj Otc;;ng En Englssd; .- Go-acidly Olios Oand St; Bt SAM BTRD (Editorial note: The next few paragraphs complete the story on World fw by Sam Byrd in Feb. 7th issue. Following that la Us second feature on Paris Nineteen. Sam, aa you all know. Is author . and actor; writer, producer and' director of 'The Duplin Story" who returned recently from an eleven month tour of Europe.) Our state department should nhava a slice of dollars off our next "riendsbip package to set up a course in etiquette for wives of ur occupying servicemen.- The be- vfour of the accompanying female c;rmny during the earlier oc on days was deplorable. The 'o of our young Warriors and nnnerlng insolence' of their is 'still subject for bitter gos- i t .e beer gardens. :-. .. i . most Ill-mannered human be T i i the civilized world is the led American m a 1 e ' ! . it , He talks loud, he ', "' ; ?cd wiUi comparing r' "ps food pric' ' fools ) JUDGE HENRY A. GRADY V it ' r , i '! The widely know jurist, who has served longer than any other liv- in Superior Court Judge, held 421 weeks of court last year more than any regular judge in the State, And with more tnan a monin still to go in 1951, Judge Grady al ready has held nearly 40 weeks of court this year -and may yet sur pass his own record; of last year. Judge Grady is an emergency . . , 1 1 judge, and as such is subject to be sent anywhere in uie state wnere his services may ' be required as result of conflicts or other causes which may prevent a regular Judge or specialjudge from holding those courts.. " -.'r " "'" -The distinguished jurist became an emergency judge following his school, o. This contest, which will be the principal feature of a dance at the Community Center here, will be. chosen on February . 22. ; - The plan wherein the 15 coun ties may be represented at the Fes tival was developed by th Teen-Age committee of annual celebration. The maids of honor will arrive in Wilmington Friday . afternoon, March 28, and 'will attend a tea at the home ef Miss Nancy Knox. Early i that evening they will be among the guests of honor at the annual Teen-Age banquet and the group's colorful coronation ball will CONTINUED ON BACK saw and Beulaville. Counties com prising the district are Duplin, On slow, Pender, Jones, Carteret and Brunswick. (Participating teams will share in the gate receipts. Robert Wells In Alaska Col. Robert C. Wells of Clinton recently was transferred to Anchor age, Alaska where he expects to be stationed for about 18 months or more. "His family expects to Join him there some time this summer. Of every four acres cultivated by North Carolina farmers, one is devoted to corn. . - declaim that everything Is better at home. It probably is, but he in sists on proving it One evening at opening time I was approaching an English Inn In Dorset with a friend. As we walked along the street youngster ran past us and (topped at a nearby gate. "' , 'Mr. Jarvis," be shouted, "Papa said tell Mr. Jarvis to come on to the pub as quickly as he can: The wretched Americans are drinking up aU the beer.'' . The October Cesarewltch stakes at Newberry is one of the annual race-horsing classics in England. This October 1 sat with friends from London in a box in the mem bership section. American guests occupied the adjoining box. They were cloak-ana-sulter Americans who arrived in American Cadillacs the talkie, over-tkping kind of Americans who are ruining the (French Riviera for the average-sal aried traveller In the way they ruin ed I -n l J h. i' il " ?,tf.ef nousTn ' " i 4 '-it i r i r KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, retirement from the regular Super- ior Court bench on Jan. 1, 1939. This coming Jan. 1 will round out his zatn year on me Dencn, but he has held more weeks of coun sinve ma icuicureui. i... .... did durine the 17 years before, Judge Grady first was elected to the Suoerlor Court bench in the Sixth Judicial District in 1922. He was elected for an eight-yean term A 1 4. . . limn a1aa4ai1 fVl that year, and was elected for an other eight-year term in 1930. He continued to hold his position on the regular bench until his retire ment and subsequent automatic status, under the law, as an emer gency judge for his lifetime. Continued On Pink HOI Page Duplin County Man Struck By Kinsfon : Oscar Smlth,:lWiate farmer of nk Hill Rouy 2, suffered a painful cut bove the right eye when he was struck by a police patrol oar at King and! Queen streets at p.m. Thursday of last week. Oapt B. w utea uau, re ported. The car was making a left turn and its red signal light was on. It was operated by Bobby G. Wrightenberry. s Da 11 said Smith's head came in contact wan tne car at a poini near i the rear of the vehicle. The in- jury required 11 stitches and Smith was detalnea overnignt at rarrou Memorial Hospital, although doc tors said his condition was satis Capt. Dail planned t o complete an investigation of the accident on Friday, be stated. First Money Ordered By Commissioners The Board of County Commis sioners voted at its last meeting to issue bond anticipation notes in the amount of $25,000. This issue is the first financial act in the be tinning: of the new Duplin County General Hospital. The money will be used for preliminary expenses and towards the purchase oi the hospital site. Lott Kornegay Silvia Pecora . Will Estimate County's Timber Th Thmlin County Board of ViTmniHiinners have long felt that all timber acreage of Duplin Coun ty Is not carrying its just portion oi ha to-r insfl . uierauy nauwiui nf nc nt nulowood land is be ing held by large pulpwood owners and the tax they pay is hardly neg ligible. Much of this land is good farm land and would be listed on the tax books properly if it were not held by large outsiae interests. The Commissioners bave no desire to levy an unjust tax on anyone but they believe that productive land whether it be in old timber, pulpwood, farm land or city pro perty should pay its Just portion of the tax mad. ; " " They the Commissioners appoint ed Silvia Pecora, Bowden, and Lott Kornegay, Warsaw, to make esti mates on timber tracts throughout the county. - Tilt estimates will be used in the forthcoming tax evaluations. The commissioners recently : voted a 12 1-2 per cent horizontal Increase In real estate values for the pur pose of taxation. - - Last time a survey was In 1947 and the commissioners feel - new estimates are necessary because timber tracts could change as much as 20 per cent In value dur ing that time. . : -'' Hy of peculation in North Z Is SI I M per square Poucemunialfc Boney To Be Here In Alleged Murder Honv vou ain't going to kill met are you?' he said to her, as he lay. on the bed and she pointed a gun in his face. .'No, but I want to," she said; or that is what officers' auoted Charley Boney as saying1 when questioned about the death of his wife several weeks ago. The story, as related to the writer by a county officer, was as- follows: ' In late January Mr. and Mrs.' Charlie Boney, young white' couple in their middle twenties who live near Wallace on the Chinquapin road, retired one night .as they 1 were having a family quarrel. Bon ey told officers, (his last story, they said) that they were quarrel ing when they, went to bed. He thought he heard a Cog outside and Home Aqent Gives Schedule Of Home Dem. Club Meetings If you can't buy buttons to match tVio ahIai t a ihlmiRP or drefiR. vnu can do a button-tinting job at home. Use either a cool or hot dye solu tion, depending on the type of but ton. For hot, select real wnite pearl burtons because other types may melt. Make a strong solution of dye by 4 3i W'aa WIHX BE ENLARGED The mem- Ibership of Stanford Presbyterian church in .Wolfescrape Township, near Beautancus, has voted to en ft;. - - v,..,. """-- m,, - Dunlin Farmors JeansOr The first move to organize ef forts and thinking toward meet ing the tremendous goal set for production of agricultural commo dities In this country in 1052 Was made by the Duplin County agri cultural mobilization Committee here Thursday. The meeting was held in the Courthouse, and was at tended by representatives' of all county, state and federal agricul tural organizations in the county, and by businessmen, members of farm organizations, and prominent farmers. . --x (;(;,V.'i!-;' - M. T. Bostic, Chairman of the County Agricultural Mobilization Committee said that this meeting was the "klckoff" towards accom plishing the challenging job of not only raising agricultural production over six per cent higher than last year, out at the same tune, main taining and adding to the fertility of the soil of the County. 1 Mr. J. M. Henley, District repre sentative of the PMA. explained to the group the overall outlook for 1V52, as well .as a review ox the production programs, and gave a comprehensive discussion of what Is expected of agriculture now. and then projected that responsi bility out into the future to 1975. iExplakilng by means of slides that where a table now has to be set for four, ttwre will be five plates to f ill in IS . 3, he warned that most f t rt i "fit -,aed feed IP"t come " 1 1 14 1 'f r I :tr"ri Given HearingFri. Night secured ' his sun, loaded it, and went out to shoot the dog. He found no dog and returned in the house, hung the gun on the holder on the wall and went to bed. He slept on one bed rail that night and his wife on the other. He said they fussed all night. About midnight. he said, she got up and took down the gun. He asked her "honey you aint going to kill me are you?'' and she replied "no, but I want to." She set the gun down beside the bed and slept with it there the rest of the night. He got up rext morn ing, put the gun in the closet and went out to feed the hogs. The gun was still loaded, he said. While out he heard the gun fire. He went back in the house and found his adding only a small amount of wa ter to the dye powder. Boil the but tons in the dye until they have the amount of color you want. Ten or 15 minutes may be necessary. ' Choose white luster buttons for the cool-dye-soluyon. Because this type of button absorbs color quick ly, use a weak dye solution. Place buttons In the dye, let them remain only a few seconds (or until they are; the desired color) and remove J them. When using either method experiment with one button before plur tng the entire supply into sol utlon. Inxpensive Toys for Indoor Plays: Play materials collected or made at home are often appreciated more large their building, shown above, by adding four additional Sunday school rooms ana a auicnen across the back of the buildings. Logs to leacliingCrop Meet And Discuss Uays more agricultural land can be brought into the picture, he said. He did say, however, that one of the ways we can prepare now for this additional population is) to renovate and make productive the Idle land found on almost every farm, land that is now producing only broomsedge and briars. There is only just enough meat, dairy products, and eggs the high protein foods for the population we now have. We shall have to give serious thought now to the feeding of these additional people If the food is to be available to them. Our defense program is' calling for additional food and fiber, and It is necessary to produce adequate supplies if we expect to bead off Inflation. We are sure all Duplin County fanners will do their part In this Increased production Mad Dog Scare 6 pegs Killed LivriSoysVcccinafe Xenansville to Grady might thank Joe Wells for bis alertness last week-end when a mad dog wf found on the Iooe.; " Joe, I "' e '-ed one t Tetns 7 , l - I"'' Z Cf ff."' 1 ' - 1952. Of His Wife wife lying on the floor, face down, the gun under her. She said 'Charlie, Charlie, do something." He went out of the house and to Tin City to tell his people about it. From then on he said he recalled nothing until he was talking with coroner Gurman Powell back in in, his home. She had died while he was away. The officer said only one side of the gun had been loaded and the trigger was still cocked. The other barrell was empty. Burns on the body revealed she had been shot at close range. Coroner" Powell ruled it a clear case of suicide. However mem bers of the family have not been CONTINUED ON BACK than expensive toys. Most child ren show a great interest in hand ing clay. The younger ones like to feel it, and later learn they can pound and mold it. A recipe for making clay is: 1 cup flour; 1-2 cup salt; 1 tablespoon powdered alum; enough water to hold ingred ients together, and vegetable color ing. When the clay is not in use, keep it in a covered container. When the surface (becomes dry, you can knead in a little more water. Research data shows that pasture and hay provided, in 1942-46 more than 51 per cent of the nutrients consumed by all classes of live stock In the United States. - m A .i I-;-., (supply lumber for the project have already been cut, and work is ex- peeu w auun m ub y u w Iture. Photo by Cletus Brock. 1952 Quotas mediately when he discovered a rampant dog was not acting normal ly.. - Near his home, in the Pearsall neighborhood back 'of Wesley, last Thursday he received reports mat a possible mad dog was on the loose. Joe soon busied himself and learned the dog belonged to Free man Miller, a colored man, living near the Frank Mouowen 'farm. Joe went to Miller's at once and learned the dog had been acting unnatural for several days and Miller told bint he had the dog tied up but be got loose some time toe fore day Thursday. Joe began checking around over the commu nity and found dogs belonging to Robert Houston. Ernest Houston. Will Barnette and others bad been bitten. Will Barnette killed the mad dog near the Lou Miller place on highway 11 add buried it beside the road. Joe, together with Jim Grady, J. T. Grady and Ernest Houston dug up the dog and Joe cut its bead off and brought it to the local Health Department They packed the bead and one of the nurses carried tt to Raleigh im mediately where examination re vealed the dog bad hydrophobia. On Saturday Mr. Wells and County J Sanitarian Gib Buck took their r-ms and went on a dog rampage. V"y visited every ylace in the i i f y ""-" to f w,hen . .nil A - -V PRICE TEN CENTS if i Mr. And Mrs Brice 60th Anniversary At Mr. and Mrs. Charlie J. Brice were , entertained by their children on their 60th wedding anniversary at their home with an informal open house reception to all friends and relatives Sunday, Feb. 10th. About 165 guests called. Ten years ago they celebrated their golden an niversary. Mr and Mrs. George R. Brice greeted the guest and directed them to the register where Mrs. Martha Scott, neice of the honoree, pre- sided. Mrs. Harry 'isner ana Mrs. iom Herring introduced to the honored th riii, fne rooar where Mrs. Paul iFussell, another neice, poured, eof- ft' and Mrs. Henry register, a cousin, served pound cake. Mrs. Detain Carter of Clinton, Mrs. wu liam G. Blanchard of Warsaw, end Mrs. McDonald Bouse of Rocking ham, granddaughters, assisted in serving. Goodbyes were said to Mr. and Mrs. Uaraner icawaras. -b, In the center of the table stood a two-tiered wedding cake flanked by flower arrangement of yellow daffodils ana aouoie enrysuu ean- delbras. In 1892 the late Mr. "tEd" Allen of Delway baked the wedding cake also one for the golden anniversary Rambling By BOB GRADY This week we saw the first pear tree blooms of the season. As usual, in Duplin each spring tne first pear blooms will be found near Summenin s caossroaas on the Mt. Olive road. Tuesday night down at Seven Springs I ran into George "Tine" Sanderson. I was glad to see .'"Tine", hadn't seen him in several years. He is a little oiaer man i but our memories of school days at Seven Springs bring back pleasant davs. Wright and Arthur Smith of Outlaw's Bridge were among the lot back in the days when seven Springs high developed Its first basket ball team, in tnose aays any boy in school could play on 4 Hospitalized In Wreck Between Beulaviile And Chinquapin; Near Fatal A near fatal accident on a wholesale basis took place about three miles from Beulaville on the urunqua- pin road early Sunday night when a pick-up truck and a Ford coach collided in the middle of the high way. According to officers it was hard to establish just who was to blame and drivers of both vehicles were arrested. s Officers report the truck ws driven by Norman Curtis Kennedy, I 18 year old white boy, accompanied by Calvin Basden, another 18 year old white boy. The truck belong ed to Norman's father, Luther Ken nedy of Beulaville. Norman suf fered cuts and lacerations and Bas den suffered lacerations and head Injuries. He was carried to a Kin gton hospital. ... The Ford was occupied by five negroes. All but the driver, Jere miah Stokes were seriously injured and hospitalized in the Burg aw hos pital. Stokes was herdly injured. Riding with him were Cora Boney, age 19, lacerations of the forehead and face; Doris Boney, lacerations of lower lip and left arm Injured; Nora (Boney, broken left knee. possible fractured Skull and cussion oi mam. , -i - r ilt wss reported an ev"wrltness said the Fond rs"d I' about 00 St Lxra t s j-' t tf v r.v and t e No. 8 1 .y-)t Celebrate Their Home in 1942. Her daughter, Marion, presented one for this occasion us ing the traditional receipt. Decorations throughout the house consisted of a yellow color scheme with arrangements of yellow daffo dils and tanks of Magnolia leaves. Mr. Brice is a son of the late William and Margaret Register Brice and Mrs. Brice is a daughter of the late Frank end Julia Bland Register all of Duplin County. Their nine children are William F. Brice, Mrs. Tom Herring, Mrs. Leo Usher, George R. Brice, and Mrs. Harry Fialer all of Rosehill. Mrs. Mary Brice Hogan of Columbia, S. C, Luther L. Brice of Newberry, S. C. Edwin C. Brice of Arizona, and Mrs. Gardner Edwards of Beula ville. They have 30 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Bnice has one brother, Luther W. Register and one sister, Mrs. J. H. Maratiburn, both of Rosehill. Out of town guests were Mr. Wal ter Brice and two daughters, Edith and Peggy, of Elm City; Mr. and 9s"."Joe Price and son, William Foster of Fayetteville; Mr. and Mrs. Pritchard Moore Jr., and son Bobby of Wilmington; Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Register and son, Mrs. Laurta Bland RRackley, and Mrs. Charlie Powell, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Boone and two sons of Clinton. In Duplin the team. The first team was com posed of Sanderson, his brother Earl, now passed on, Wright and Arthur Smith, Willie Griffin of Seven Springs and Don Outlaw of Outlaw's Bridge. 'Tine" recalled (that he played on that team for seven consecutive years. During the time the team only lost one game on the home court, to Mt. Olive. After that they went to Mt. Olive and beat the boys there so badly several times that they re fused to schedule another game. Tuesday night '.Tine" was on his way to the school gym to see the 1951 editions of Seven Springs take on Mt Olive. "Tine" now 11 tea near Mt. Olive 'but he is still pulling for the Springs. It will be recalled CONTINUED ON BACK Ford was driving somewhat In. a zig-zag manner over the road. Both car and truck, the witness said. seemed to swerve as if In an at tempt to miss the other. Patrol men Briley and Norton made the investigation. Thad Kornegay Mew Post Master ' A"cordlTg to reports from Al hertann Thad Kornegay of Grady School last week was notified of his appointment as post master at ; Alfaertson. He will succeed Mrs. Kelly who has been acting post master since the post office open ed. . t::::yAZ Warsaw Music Class To Broadcast 24th The Warsaw Music Club , will broadcast over radio station WRRZ . Sunday, February 24th at 2 o'clock. Those playing the piano will be Joyce Whittle. Sally and Gall New ton.. Ross Gamer and Betty Phil lips will sing solos.
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