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County Court '
Life's Value
County Court will convene Mon
Jay piarch 3rd. Judre Hubert Phil
lip presiding and Solicitor Grady
Mercer prosecuting, n ,
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' Life la a casket, not preclooa In
, Itself, bnt valuable In proportion
to what fortune, or Industry, or
virtue has placed within it
Landor
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VOL. NO. 19
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ii 6 vear urn ooy uihs mstatner
iiotead 01 Going ToPe Farm To Work
.(Death struck 1 again Tuesday
morning in Duplin when a 13 year
Old Negro boy shot and killed his
father in cold blood. Sheriff Ralph
Jones swore out a warrant against
ilC illlU Uliai &II15 iliai u6i.w
with malice and forethought. The
warrant was sworn out before Jus
tice of the Peace C. B. Sitterson
here Tuesday who gave the boy a
bearing at once and bound him over
to the juvenile court. Juvenile
Judge K. V. Wells ordered him
held in jail without bond pend
ing further investigation. 1
' After looking up the law. Judge
Wells found the boy, being under
14 years of age, could not be held
In jail and released him under $500
bond. Hearing is set for March
6th. - '
; According to Sheriff Jones he
and Deputy Sheriff Perry Smith, in
vestigated the murder. They at
once called Coroner Gurman Pow
ell who ruled it murder.
The 13-year-old boy, Jesse Manley
' lived with his father, Robert Manley
; And mother just inside tne uupnn
i County, line , at the edge of Mt.
1 Olive. Officers said when they
went to the house to investigate
they found Robert had been shot
In the forehead, over the left eye,
with a single barrel shot gun and
died instantly. The snooting oc
curifd about 6:30 Tuesday morn
ing. Robert was 47 years old.
; j Young Jesse made no attempt to
escape and readily admitted the
shooting. . He told this story to
officers, Sheriff Jones said:
"About twelve o'clock yesterday
(Monday) he (the boy's father) ask
ed me if I was going to farm with
faim and I told him no, that it was
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County
Basketball
. WALLACE 82, FAISON
Boys Game
Wallace 13 1? 14 853
Falson 0 10 17'J5
. Winner' high scorers were:
TOOU Carlton 18, Pete Teachel 14;
Defensive leaders: MonkBiwn,
Archie Falrefciii..;.:. : M .
,Xoser8'. high tcorert ware! Bus
ter Precythe SO, Oortiss Cates .
Defensive leaden: - Jimmy. Pad
gett, Donald Matthews. .
Falson's record: 12-5, Wallace
15-2.:.;: V'. v,- ; ;
! FAISON 54, WALLACE 45
Wallace 9 IS 11 IS 45
Falson ..........II 14 17 11-54
Winners' high icorera were Mary
Baughara 21, Lorraine Suttoa 10.
Defensive leader: Julia Taylor,
Verna Taylor. ,
; -, Losers high scorers: Lib Cava
naugh 24, Bessie Mae Williams IS.
Defensive leader: Sally (Rlvenbark.
(Faison's record 10-7. Wallace 11-6.
B. F. GBADY 55, MAGNOLIA 47
1 - Boy Game ,
Magnolia ...... 21 , 4 6 1747
B. F. Grady 14 13 13 1555
Winners' hlgh scorers: Lynn
. Harper 19, (Nick Krnegay 14, Ken
; neth Kornegay 9. Defensive lead
ers: : Dona Wells, Oscar Sutton,
tuesue Turner. .
.' Losers' high scorers: A. Baker
i S6, Southerland 11. Defensive leadV
W VKi:B?Sx.PJiuaiin highway on Sunday Feb.
,
BrMdv- M 11 iueat Tuesday lught and drlv-(
'r'&'JZZS'tnr--20 17 11 Srl'tera of both vehicles, Norman Cur-1
sWi?,8Wgl, -f252i,;i?,sriSi Kennedy, white of BeulavUle
Smith 37. Mwgaret Wood 14, Nor-' S( jejffi stokes, colored, were
Losers' high scorers: ; Batcheleri
24, Lanier 12, Brown 6. Defensive
' leaders: Jones, Sasser, Johnson. i
, . WABSAW 39, MAGNOLIA 36
'i t :,: Bon Game
Warsaw .3 11 16 1839
' MaKnolia 8 6 10 10-36
fWinnera' high scorers: Houston ' rrhe Duplin County Health De
1 13, Carlton 10. Defensive leaders: aorbqent reports that during the
.Gerald Jones. J. T. Grady. ' . ImnnUn nf Januarv flftv babies were
Losers' high scorers: Austin Bak-
tensive leader: Billy Quinn, Biz-
. . i .... m,,
Eel) Wilson,
, CLINTON 44. WALLACE 24
.,.-.'.-, .- 'Girls Game .
Wallace i 5 10 824
Clinton :. i 11 7 12 14 44
Winners4 high scorers: Anne
Hicks 18, Dorothy Wooten 18. De
fensive leader: Lessie Gaddy. '
Losers' high scorer: ; Lib Cav
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rtmeral Here Friday
lira. SsIIie Shine '
Mrs. Sallle Southerland Shine
died in Rocky Mount at the home
of her daughter Ellen at 12:15 pjn.
to' ay (Thursday). Funeral ervic
U1 be held t the graveside in
.r-i . i a l. r.4m
t'oiden Grove cemetery in Kenan-
frie Friday at 3:30. The family
, request DO flower.
'1 p-- 1 Pi "'h
iCcriFclr
- i Falford et near Seven
t nrts -that last fall he
1 1 ,? be bi
l ; 'rltW'S
- I s
i IfHI :am
Scene At Albertson Fox Hunt
If s
With One Fox ItWasThe Hunters And Not
The Dogs At Albertson's Annual Fox Hunt
Albertson's 4th annual Fox Hunt
took place last Friday when about
150 hunters and 150 dogs from sev
counties eathered at William
Sutton's store about 8 o'clock In the
morning to participate m xne an
nual chase. It idas a modernized
fox hunt with everyone riding in
autos or traveling on feet, flo hors
es with riders in red coats and caps
dotted the spene. It was a perfect
day for the hunt and. everyone
seemed to enjoy it. "
The feature of the day,;, which
brought thrlUs to- all took place
when the dogs ran a fox out into
the open and about 60 men. joined
the . dogs in he chase. They soon
irnered the fox and tot men
caught him before a dog could get
mere.' -
At dinner,' after having caught
Millie
.ft
. Mica Willie Burciy daughter 1
Jto aSa'tfrs. Irvln Bnrch ol&
amwiiwt ms wbb won uw vm
Kj h AmarlMn Luatnn. iMlSt
Bvjch won out avtr MiM Muriel
Kramer of Wauace. sua wui enter
a district contest m iiumowwu
next Tuesday night a sne win
there she will go. into the state fi
nals to be held at SUer City. The
subj3t for the orations in the Unit
ed States Constitution. The con
test isjponsored by the Americai
Legion. . .
iLast year Miss Karen won her
way Into, the state finals in this
cme contest and came out there
with nigh mention.
Negro Dies Result
Wreck Feb. 17th
Authel Wllklns, Negro man, died
In the Burgaw nosptuu uus
f Allmwlnff ' injuries received in an
auto wreck on the Beulavllle-Chin-
hi7th. Four other were hospltadlzed.
iThe Stork Brings
3U Ue7 DdDltft
m tne county. Of this number
1 . . . " , ,., .
doctor ana y nve nua wwe.
. Sixteen deaths . were reportea,
four of the deaths were children
less than one year old and. one
less then one month old, the eleven
others were of different ages. -
Arrtaulture research shows.
Farmers intend to raise about 11
per cent more turkey in 1952 than
in 1951.
Patrolman Brown
Resigns From Job
(Patrolman H J. Brown of Ken-
auville ha submitted his resigna
tion to the State Highway Patrol
i effective March 1st Mr. Brown
t am ml a IaV Im a ! Vaan.
expect to get a job ia or near Ken
ansville and continue to live here,
he said.
'Brown, native of Grtftoo, went
with the Patrol 14 1-2 month ago.
UcrlilyOf :
Pi-ycr Tcr.:rrov .
The Wflrld Dfly of Prayer pro
5Tan wia be held at the local
-t Church FrUay, Feb. 29 at 3:.i .
vc y one is inv.' 1 to attend.
ft 5" "5, r: -"
KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1952.
mm
a ' I
r, -w
fm,r fnves the crowd retired to the
picnic grounds and enjoyed a bar
ibecue feast, without which the day
could not have been complete. Af
tr riinner the mernrchase carried
on and one more fox was caught
before night.
The hunt for the fox across the
rolling coastal plain and through
the plney woods has grown great
ly In popularity since its beginning
four years ago. This year marked
the oeak hunt in attendance. Last
year 98 men brought 200 houudgJ
irom six counties to we vuase nu
three foxes were taken. The kill
this year equaled that of the first
hunt when five brushes were the
trophies of the day.
The- chase took place between
Maxwell's Mill and Deep Run'. ,
GimpAlMSliiitiles
IFaisDia!iKe95Z;tr
8 Duplin 4-H.CIub Boys Receive Purebred
Diiroc Gilts Saturday Through Pig Chain
Sight (8) Duplin County 4-H Club
Boys received pure bred Duroc
Gilts, , Saturday, reoruary a,
through the pig chain sponsored by
the Farmer Cooperative, Exchange
in cooperation with the County
Agent Office.
The pigs were purchased from
Mr. Ralph Barwick and Mrs. Mil
ton BosUc of Magnolia, N. C, and
were delivered from the County
Agents Office in Kenansville, N.C.
Mr. R. N. Wood, Raleigh, N. C.
and Mr. F .A. Mitcbner, Warsaw,
N. C. representatives of the F.C.X.
assisted in distributing the pigs.
Boys who received these gilts
will also get hybrid seed corn free
from the F.C.X. to plant one acre.
A prize of $12.00 will be given to
the boy making the highest yield of
corn and $8.00 second prite and
Homes Going Up t
George Penny of the Farm Sec
nritv Administration. low living
to Warsaw, this week broke ground
for the construction of a iwo-scory
Cape Cod type dwelling In Kenans'
ville. The new seven room home
will be located on Rutledge Street,
Beulaville hlehway. on the lot
lEaat and next to the borne of Mrs,
Caroline Gavin. -.;';;,, :; y ,,;;!
Miss Martha Pickett says she ex
pects to begin construction In a
few day on an attractive ranch
type home on Rutledge Street about
a block west of Vance Gavin'
home. Miss Pickett is building for
one of the doctors who is moving
to Kenansville In July.
Paul Ingram is about to complete
his new. home on Rutledge street,
next to the . new home of Lacy
Weeks, He expects to move In be
fore too long. '
. US, C. Tyndall last sveek moved
into his new home on Rutledge,
tacross the street from the Metho
dist enurcn. ? t:
j. r. Grady began construction
this week on an addition to his
home on the BeulavUle highway.
BarriardFiseUEnvisions Greater Daysln Duplin
BejrinsMammothRecreationProi
By 1. B. Grady
' Since Duplin County i not bless
ed with large lake or mill pond
resort developments Barnard Fu
aell of Rose Hill decided It was
time something should be done
about it Barnard 1 well known
throughout the county as manager
of the Johnson Cotton Company
In Wallace and 1 generally an ac
knowledged dreamer end planner.
Barnard envisioned a Johnson Cot
ton Company mercantile empire in
Dpniin and through untiring eH
' f s and planning be is seeinf that
-i r'i.ie tree. Johnson Cotton
7 in " i
Boney Hearing Fails To Materialize
Justice Of Peace Sitterson ; Disqualifies
Charley Boney. white man of Wal
lace, who has been indicted for the
alleged murder of his wife, seems
to be faring right well as far as
getting tried Is concerned. Coroner
Gurman ruled the' death suicide.
Since then members of the woman's
family have been trying to get him
indicted and finally, one member
swore out k warrant against him.
In fact two warrants were sworn
out but only one served. He was
arrested last week and placed under-
a thousand dollar bond. A
hearing was set for last Friday
night ibefore Justice of the Peace
C. B. Sitterson. When the time
came for the hearing a large crowd
from near Wallace appeared in the
Warsaw Baptists Approve: Plans For
$50,000 Elementary Educational Plant
Drnite action toward the pro
posea structure of a new elemen
tary educational plant for the War
saw Baptist Church was made Sun
day, February 24, by the church
body in conference. The plans,
recommended by the building com
mittee composed of George Ben
nett, Leslie Brown and Tobey
Jones, were heartily endorsed and
adopted by a unanimous standing
vote.
' The proposed plans are for a two
story structure of cement block
brick veneer 42'x75' which will be
connected with the present plant
by a 15' breezeway. The estimated
cost, excluding furnishings, will
be $50,000. The first phase of the
building program will consist of
completing the first floor for use
and hulling the exterior foundation
Of secsnd floor, at approximate cost
of $31,000. .. r.
On the first floor will be space
for a Nursery -Department, con
sisting of four units, a reception
center and rest rooms; a Beginner
Department with two units; the kit
chen, one large assembly-recreation
room, one small assembly room, a
$5.00 third prize will be given. ' r
A pig snow will oe neia next.
fall and these 8 boy will bring
in their gilts to be Judged by the
Danish svstem. All of those re
ceiving Blue ribbons will get $7.00
Red ribbon $5.00 and White rib
bons $2.00
The boys will Dave one year to
nav for tneir pies, mis wiu give
them time to raise a litter of pig to
sell before they have to pay for the
ailt.
Following la a list oi ciuo mem
bers who received pig. .
Rudolph Best, Faison; Larry Taylor,
Warsaw: Wavland Davis. Albertson;
Larry Ben Tillman, Seven Springs;
Albertson; Alfred Lanier, Wallace;
Cecil Smith, BeulavUle; Ernest
Kennedy, Beulaville; Hess Davis,
Jr., Albertson.
Three New Cases
112 persons were given chest X
rav ext-kiinations at the Duplin
Health Department during January,
according to Mrs.' Gordon Korne-
gay, in charge of X-ray were, m
this number examined, two new
cases of Tuberculosis were found.
One case was referred by private
physician, bringing to total 8 new
cases reported in January. Other
pathology was shown on some film
and patients were referred to their
private physician for treatment
Applications for admission to the
State sanatoriums have been made
for each of the three active TB
cases found. However due to the
shortage of hospital beds for TB
patients, these three, like many oth
ers in Duplin will be eared for at
home until admitted in a sanator
ium. Home care of all TB patients
is s-ervlsed by the health depart
ment. All contacts are given X-ray
examination in an effort to track
down the source of infection. -
X-ray Clinics are held at the
health department each Monday
morning and Wednesday afternoon.
Other times by appointment- All
film are read at the N. C. Senator-
establlshlng the mercantile enter
prise Barnard deciaea jie neeaea
jome diversification in hi mental
and business effort and turned hi
dreams to recreation for Duplinltes.
He want to see a resort in Duplin
second to none in Southeastern
Carolina , and is now lust before
completing a venture that ha pros
pects of Just that. Though smaller
than White Lake the project has
many added attractions, that will
surpass th Lake:-',-:. ;.;-'.-'-t.v-"
I mard, when he began dream
in?, became lust little nostalgic
a; I as his nund took him back to
lil'nod day l.e quickly cavnht
a f -e of -"t v-t t- vs
t I ' I cn I ; i J
court bouse. Justice Sitterson de
cided that In all fairness to every
one concerned he should disquali
fy himself because he had made
up his mind as to the guilty or in
nocence.; Sheriff Jones suggested
that Coaoner Powell empanel a
coroner'ss. Jury,, according to Mr.
Sitterson and Mr. Powell was about
to do sowhen he learned that he
could not legally do so since he had
already fiade a ruling in the case.
Some have expressed an opinion
that the case may die where it Is.
In the meantime those who were
summoned to the hearing would
like to have witness fees and travel.
But there was no hearing for them
to witness.
church' office-literature room, the
heating plant and rest rooms.
When completed the second floor
will house the Primary Department
with Assembly room and r,'x class
rooms, the Junior Department with
Assembly and eight class rooms. A
library, a church supply room in I
which each organization will have
cabinets and files for its particular
supplies and materials, and a stage
for dramatic productions will be
provided In the new unit.
Based on the 33 per cent increase
in the Sunday School enrollment
and average attendance daring the
past three years, the committee in
charge worked deligently to provide
plans for a physical plant that will
care for the spiritual welfare of
the Warsaw- Baptist youth for
many years to come.
Elected to serve on the special
finance committee are H. C. Allen,
Albert Askew, C. V. Garner. The
pastil' and the building committee
will serve as ex-officio members on
this committee.
10 Meetings
An imoottant . series of farm
meetings has been scheduled: one
at each High School in the county,
according to Lacy well. At nese
meetings, the Agricultural Outlook
for 1952, Disease Resistant Variet
ies of Tobacco, Soil Fumigation,
Insect Control, and other impor-
tant problems' facing farmers will
be discussed by the County Agents,
Production Goals for 1952, and
Federal Crop Insurance will be dis
cussed by a member of the County
P.M.A. Committeee. - Representa
tive of other Agencies and Farm
Organizations will be present to
discusjstheir phase of the Agricul
tural Program.
With the fast change taking place
in Agriculture and the problems
increasing yearly, every fanner in
Duplin County should make a spec
ial effort to attend one ox the meet
ings listed below.
Rose Hill School. Monday. March 3,
7:45 p.m.; Wallace School, Tuesday,
March 4, 7:45 p.m.; , Magnolia
School, Wednesday, March 5, 7:45
pjn.; Warsaw Sdhool, - Thursday,
March 6, 7:45 pjn.; Faison School,
Tuesday, March 11, 7:45 pjn.; Ca
lypso school, Wednesday, March
12, 7:45 p.m.; B. F. Grady School,
Thursday, March 13, 7:45 p.m.;
Kenansville Agricultural Building,
'Friday, March 14, 7:45 p.m.; Beula
ville School. Monday, March 17,
7:45 p.m.; and Chinquapin School,
Tuesday, March 18, 7:45 pjn.
Millers To Build
Store Building
Norwood and Ottis Miller of near
(Hallsville have recently purchased
the corner lot in the business dis
trict Kenansville formerly be
longing to "Slim": Dail on which the
old Dail store stood. They plan
construction of one or possibly two
brick store and office buildings
there in the near future. Mr. Miller
say they plan to build two-story.
iney win duiki lor rent- for any
type of business Interested. '
During October and November
of 1951, U. S. cigarette manufactur
er produced more cigarettes than
during any other two consecutive
months in history. - v;
a mile and half southwest of Rose
opUutlook
(Kill on the old Rom Hill-Wallace
wed, which. I now paved.
Barnard began with a bulldozer.
He went out in the middle of the
field, adjacent to the Fussell ceme
tery and began moving dirt He
scooped out a bole covering approx
imately 8 acre. Tbm scoop moved
the dirt and leveled up one side so
a to make a perfect wade-in swim
ming bole. The bottom begins at
the top of the ground on the east
side and gradually gets deeper until
when one reacbe the west bank
wa'-r 1 dP enova to float a
rood lis boat - Anr providing
1 r tte - 'v cf V e l!.!s be fci-U
at c i' "-t t e
; I v . " ; t itrti
CountyBasket Ball
Tourney Schedule
Fifty-Fourth
taAKrviaP 54 YEARS Mr. and
Mrs. John W. Waters of Glisson
Towaship, who observed their 54th
wedding anniversary Saturday. Still
living in the house they moved into
Duplin Democrats Name Stevens Election
Chrm.; McKoy, McGowen Also Named
Duplin County Democrats met in,
the court house here last Saturday
and named county election officials
for another two years. The Demo
crats were represented by a mem
ber of the local precinct or via
proxy. Senator Rivers Johnson pre
sided and nominated E. Walker Ste
vens for chairman, H. D. McKoy
and Carlton Precise members and
Faison McGowen secretary of the
Duplin Board of elections. Without
further nominations those were
elected. It was reported that furth
er nominations seemed out of ord-
Eorest Fire Preventon Jjid Suppression
Program Given'At Rftse Hill Fife Tower
On Thursday 21st about 15 Dup-
linites gathered at the Rose Hill
Fire Tower to hear District Forest-
er Joe Herlevitch talk on forest fire
work in Dunlin County and Dis
trict 8 of which he is head. Dis
trict 8 is composed of Bladen, Du
plin, Brunswick, Pender, and uoi-i
umbus New Hanover is actually
a part of the district but does not
participate in financing the pro
gram. Among those present besides
Duplin Forest Fire wardens were
County Commissioners D a 1 la s
Jones and A. P. Cates, Department
of Conservation and Development
Commissioner A. L. Cavenaugh and
Joe Johnson of Pender.
County Ranger Ralph Miller
opened the meeting and presided.
He presented Mr. Herlevitch who
briefly reviewed the work of the
Forest Fire Service in Duplin since
Ralph Miller took over 17 years ago
and the work in the division since
Warsaw And Beulaville Basketeers Lose
In Opening Games
District 2, Class A basketball
tournament got under way in
Kenan Memorial Gymnasium here
last night when Newport took War
saw after a thrilling 5 minutes over
time contest. The Warsaw boys
finally went down under a 54 to 52
defeat. In an earlier game Jack
sonville toppled Beulaville by a
38 to 35 count. Warren scored 14
and Turner 12 points for Jackson
ville and Thigpen 14 and Clark 9
Bids Are Received
Roads In Duplin To
Raleigh, Feb. 26 The State High
way Commission today received low
bids totaling $4,014,258 on 31 pro
jects involving improvements on
247 miles of road sin 27 counties.
Low bids will be reviewed by the
Commission at a meeting in Ra
leigh. ' .
older swimmer. At the north end
of the nond he built a bath house to
that the swimmer can dress in a
hurry and ahnost dive from the
dressing room into the pond.
Along the east bank he has con
structed a picnic shed large enough
to accomodate two or three large
picnic crowds at the time. Next
to it is a modern club-like building,
finished on the Inside with knotty
pine. This encloses a hug tlanee
hall with a large stag in the end,
a dining ball, private dining rooms,
kitchen and grflL
; Next to the dance hall one finds
a large building housing living
quarter In one end and rentable
comw-lon In the other. Next
c. .a-.s tie boat and bath bouse. Ch
eetNearRoseHul
PRICE TEN CENTS
Anniversary
on their wedding day, Mr. and
Mrs. Waters were hosts to about 75
friends, including all their 11
children. Photo by Charles Kraft.
er. Only three names will be cer
tified to the State Board, It was
said, and they will be Stevens, Mc
Koy and McGowen. . No publicity
was given to the meeting and ex
cept for those in attendance hardly
anyone knew anything about it.
This seems Duplin Democrats' us
ual way of doing things, call it rail
roading or dictatorship it you want
to. At least it is not Democracy the
way we are taught It. It smells
more like Stalinism and is the path
that leads to destruction of Democ
racy.
he took over. When Mr. Miller took
over there was no kind of fire pre
vention in the county. Today Du
plin is equipped along with the best
in the East Mr. Herlevitch paid
sDecial compliments to the Boards
of County Commissioners in Duplin
who have cooperated in every way
since the work was started.
In District 8 there are about 2 1-2
million acres of forest land and in
Duplin approximately 400,000 he
said that must be protected and
preserved. Not only is the depart
ment protecting but it is encourag
ing planting of new forests. Seed
lings are available at the state nur
sery in Clayton for $3.00 per thou
sand, he said. Miller said that
probably more pine seedlings have
been put out In Duplin so far this
year than any time before.
The two main objectives of the
department is Prevention and sup-
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Of Class A Tourney
for Beulaville.
In the last game Wldgeton scored
24 points for Newport and Carlton
24 points for Warsaw.
The second round of the tourney
tonight pits Jones Central against
Richlands and Atlantic against Bol
ivia. Semi-finals will be played Fri
day night' and the finals Saturday
night.
On 10.95 Miles Bond
Cost $54,312.00
Duplin projects included in the
list were:
(Bond project) 10.95 miles of pav
ing from Maready crossing to Cy
prus Creek; . from Kenansville to
Red Store; and From Sere eta west
wardly toward NC 11. Paving
Brown Paving Co., Lexington, N. C.
yes, as well a swimming, there will
be plenty of boating and plenty of
boats for rent
Plans around the lake call for a
miniature golf course, tennis courts,
shuffle boards, hobby horses and
ferris wheel. Also a bowling alley
is expected to be added. For out
door eating will be barbecue pit
and oyster roasts. 4n all the pro
ject adds up something like the
better part of White Lake, Caro
lina and WrightovUle Beach and 6t
Petersburg, Fla. Barnard hasn't
told us yet but we believe that if
enough golf enthusiasts In the
county will express themselves a
nice golf course mr' 1 be develop
ed. There hit one I i te county
COA.-..i"l 1.1 IJLVJL
No. 9
Princioal Z. W. Frazelle of the
local school this morning released
the schedule for the Duplin County
basket ball tournament which will
be played in Kenan Memorial Gym
nasium here March 3, 4, 5, 6, and
8.
The following is schedule of first
round of plays: Girls Games
Monday: Kenansville vs Faison at
6 p.m. Wallace vs Warsaw at 8 p.m.
Tuesday: Calypso vs Grady at 6
p.m. and Magnolia vs Rose Hill at
8 p.m.
Boys Games Monday: Urady vs
Faison at 7 p.m. Rose Hill vs War
saw at 9 p.m. Tuesday: Beulaville
vs Magnolia at 7 p.m. Chinquapin
vs Wallace at 9 p.m.
Cases Heard By
J. P. Sitterson
On January 21, J. S. Briley, high
way patrolman arrested Fred Hall
for operating an auto while intox
icated. He was bound over to Coun
ty Court under $200 bond.
February 24, J. S. Briley, High
way patrolman arresiea jonn it.
Cox for speeding 65 miles per hour.
Cited to County Court.
Shirley Gray Cockrell was ar
rested by H. J. Brown, highway
patrolman on Feb. 24 for operating
auto without operators license. She
was cited to County Court.
Gordon Sy Scott was arrested by
T. G. Brooks for speeding 70 miles
per hour on February 20. Cited to
County Court.
Johnnie- Kushion Can was ar
rested by H. J. Brown on February
16 for speeding 65 miles per hour.
Cited to County Court.
10 Children In
10 Years; She
Needed A Rest
Last week Negro woman went ,
to Clerk of Cliurt R. V. Wells of
fice to see about getting her hus
band into the Negro insane asylum
in Goldsboro. She complained
that he was mentally off and she
had put up with him as long as
she could. They had been married,
she said, ten years and he had
fathered ten children for her, the
oldest 10 years old and the young
est 3 months old. One child had
died. She need a rest, she said.
Mr. Wells didn't say whether he
was sent to the asylum.
Fulure Teachers
Honored At Tea
AT Hotel Goldsboro
The Iota Chapter, Delta Kappa
Gamma, were hostesses Saturday
afternoon at their annual tea, hon
oring future teachers from the high
schools of Goldsboro, Wayne, Dup
lin, and Sampson Counties. Twenty
three high school seniors attended
the tea which was held in the ball
room of Hotel Goldsboro.
Mrs. J. A. Batson, of Mount Olive
president of the local chapter, was
assisted by a committee, headed by
Miss Eleanor Simpson, of Golds
boro. After a delightful social hour
during which punch, wafers, can
dies and salted nuts were served.
Mrs. Batson presented Miss Emma
Lou Garner, program chairman,
who in turn introduced Miss Kate
Parks Kitchin, of Rocky Mount,
State President of Delta Kappa
Gamma.
Miss Kitchin gave a very inspir
ing address on the role of the teach
er whose privilege it is to trans
mit the best ideals and ethics to the
youth of our world. She spoke of
the heritage, challenge and reward
which a teacher enjoys, declaring
that a teacher's reward consists
not intangible things but in the
joy of helping develop personalities
that will mature emotionally into
people free, sturdy, and spiritually
alive.
Every army needs reinforce
ments", said Miss Kitchin, '"and
North Carolina needs each year
thousands of teachers who may
well be called "Commandoes of
Peace." New recruitments must
be found.
Miss Kitchin was accompanied to
Goldsboro by Miss Annie Gaynor,
of the public health service In
Rocky Mount.
Teachers from Duplin County
were Mrs. Ethelene Cupp from Beu
laville and Mr. Pearl McGowen
from Kenansville. Attending from
Kenansville were Sarah West Out
law, v Juanita Dunn, Ernesteen
Jones, MlQey Ivey, Mary Lou Sum
merlin, Carolyn Cherry. Several
students went from Beulaville also.
Have Your Dogs
yeccindtparcbl:
iDr, H. A. Phillips, veterinarian of ;
Wallace and Duplin Rabies inspect
or will be at the high school build
ing Saturday, March 1 from one to
four o'clock to vaccinate dogs. The
law require all 6 -zn be vaccinated.
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