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- County Court County Court will eonvtne Mo day May 5tii. A heavy docket iac- ,.,. ! i ei Judge Phillips and Solicitor Mer cer. i - ' -' . j- v.- f Mtvmt to m X i v 1 -" x -i t I VoL 19. No. X8. Cc.criaJ Dfotvn To 71p c-ss fjec-ffi: j fJoriiJ HedailWBall We, The People Stand Accused Helen Caldwell Cushman iWe, the people of Duplin County go on trial next week... Our names will not appear on the court docket,: but we are guilty, "We are guilty of a crime fbr worse than the one for which eight of our teen age boys' were arrested last week We are guilty of culpable negligence for we are to blame for the trouble these boys are in. ' . We shut our eyes to county wide corruption. We have refused to turn men out of office who have stolen- votes and boasted of it. We have aided and abetted our politicians in violating the sacredness of the ballot, and made it a thing of shame and dishonor. Samuel Gregory said that the universe is not rich enough to buy the vote of an honest mfcn, There must be a lot of dishonest men in Duplin County. We are to blame for the whole rotten mess. '. . ' These boys are our accusers. We have betrayed them. Our names, not theirs," should be written on the court record. We let them down. These boys are not own carlessness.. They grew up in our communities. What have we offered them for recreation? What efforts W.lve we made to give them wholesome entertainment? If we had done our duty, They need not have resorted to stealing to get a thrill. If we bad cried out against the underhanded practices of our men in public office, they might have taken crime more seriously. HSw could they know the evil of wrongdoing when some of our most prominent officials batve laughed at the law? ' , ' , - These boys are all first offenders. Some of our men in high public office have gotten away with far worse crimes for years. We have turned our heads away, we have winked at their smartness. . They were our choice, we kept them in office. When the deJ:iy and corruption smelled too bad, we held our noses, and continued to vote for them. We have eaten sour grapes afld bur -children's teeth are set on? edge.; We have NOT been fair and honest with our children, and these boys are our children, our, responsibility. When- they face he court next week, It Is their eyes that will accuse TJS, and. in their eyes, we stand convicted. ' ' Graduating Exercises Announced By Vi Principal High Wells announced hu nik the nrosram for com mencement exercises at B. F. Grady School. On FTtJtjywBlght4 thtffi week-closing exrcise& will be held .t Outlaw's Bridge. Dr. Leslie Bullock, Bible Instruc tor at Flora McDonald College and formerly supply pastor, to Grove Presbyterian Church in Kenans ville will deliver the Baccalaureate eermon at 3:30 p.m. on May 11th. Class night exercises are scheduled for May 12th at 8 p.m. Graduating exercises will -be held on Wednes day May 14th at 8 p.m. with-the address being delivered by Dr. C. Sylvester Green of Chapel Hill. V After six years as editor of the nnrham Mornina -Herald, Dr. r Green went in January, 1950, to mil n hMma Executive s.aif. w ' Vice President of the newly creat ' ed Medical Foundation of Ndrth ' Carolina, c J--'i- ' :"'' -V A native of Kentucky, he has 'lived in North Carolina most of ' 'bis life. He was graduated from i ' Wake Forest College, and did grad- 4Unlon Theological Seminary In j Richmond. He holds earned de ' crrees from Wake Forrest and Duke and honorary degrees from Wash Inzton and Lee. and the Univer- 'sity of South Carolina. . ;, As As "a pastor, Dr. Green served ' the Watts Street Baptist Church in -f Durham, and the Grove. -Avenue 1 .-I (Baptist Church in Richmond, going from the latter post to the presi dency of Coker College in Harts ;" ville, South Carolina j' i - (While at Coker, he was president of the Southern Association of Col ' leges for Women. He returned to Duke on a sabbatical in 1643 and served as "advisor In religious acti vities there prior to becoming eat tor of the Durham paper. ' Auther of two books on religious subjects, and contributor to many , religious and secular periodicals, - - Dr. Green has been affiliated with numerous church and civic groups m-Axi the several states in which he has lived. He is a member of the 0 Year Old Man Gets Lost In Woods kii!ung-For Ditch J. J. Andrews, 80 year old white L-Vlman went to his field to trans- plant watermellons on Friday eve '; cing around three o'clock. He had j ,- carried o rake and bucket with him. ; When he did. not return to his 1 home several hours later the fam- illy became '' worried and began searching for him. They found his i coat and rake at the field just v'' back of his home where he was Betting the plslnts.,;.- p,;-::;f-. ' Deputy W. O. Houston was.call ' ed. Houston and a negro guard i from the prison camp with a blood X.h hmitui mint to search for Mr. An- draws. During the tune the of ficer was called ana tne xime ne ot there It had rained .Rk It was fmpossiWe for the dog to pick., op ' the traciis. , -Husslan Bostic and : " 'ler r'rars beard the nun .ng. y found bun aibout'two I c" ' ? t r is from where he ! i s. Mr. Andrews ' - -s in tse wooR 'bbsJ PrGr-iuge Proposal bad, they are victims of our At Grady Is Principal Yetts Council on Chrlstlwn Education of the1 North Carolina Baptist State Convention, and was for three years chairman or mat, count", well as a member of the Educa tion Commission of the Southern Balptist Convention. , : SENIORS urmiam'-. Carl Adams, Leroy Grady, Franklin Delano Harrison, Donnell Edwin Kornegay. Kenneth Ray Kornegay, Nick Deens Korne- gay Donaw iweiui uuiu, viwi'n Smith. Junior: Glenn Mc- Crea Smith, Leslie Lawton Turn er, Matthew unrjsune ueu, wm Mae Bishop, Jane Grady Holmes, Iris Marie Hardy, Letha Hill Man ning, - Blanche . Lucille Howard, rsmfMa Tavlor Judge. Mildred -Roatt-ic-A Korneaay Myrtie Elaine! Lee, Shirley M-fle Lee, Joyce Ma-3 rie Outlaw, Marcia wane own, tabti narrol Smith. Nellie Jevon Smith. Lily Gray Stafford, Mary Anne Sullivan, Sarah. Ruth Wat era Lola Nan Wilkins. and Bes sie Outlaw Beasley. , . the ditfch. 1 The men found him tsxound twelve o'clock that night. Mr. Andrews home is located about two miles from Cedar Irk. During the past few year the farm people of North Carolina hive spent at least $36,000,000 an miaiiv for health ournoses. This representsan Average of $120 per farm family and Is about six per cent of the family" total net In come. Surveys anew, nowever,iu' this expenditure, falls far short of filling medical neeas. - . A. J. Jcntias Beds Mr. A. J.' Jenkins, prominent Warsaw resident was elected pres ident at an organizational meeting held' last night In the Whttakers Restaurant The chief aim of the new organization is the acquiring of an Industry for the town of War- S8W' '' "' : ;' ".' Forty five charter members were Invited to attend the meeting and the purchasing of a share of stork valued at 25 dollars was the r requisite. Before th Jext : . t ing to he held on May the first a charter is to be drawn up and firespxtffi to roup for a"r"0- If J f x i 1 1 I . , C. SYLVESTER OREEN VcMiivTOTmro xmoTn n.pAimi TmiWCnAV " MAY1 KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, THUKJsDAY, -,) i MAX 1, 1V0. Colonel R. -C. Brown, district en gineer. Army Corps of Engineers. of Wilmington will aaaress a mass meeting at the Kenansville Court House, Mondi.y, May S, at 8 p.m. on the possibility ' of dredging the North East' River, This is the second effort that has been made to get the river dredged. Aubrey L. Cavenaugh of Warsaw contacted Colonel Brown to ascer tain what could be done to get proper authorization for the pro ject. Colonel Brown, will outline the steps to be taken to secure feden 1 aid, and will cooperate with Duplin County in the undertaking. Editor Bob Grady called Con gressman Graham Harden who said he would make every effort to at tend the meeting. However being chairman of the House Labor Com mittee, present emergencies may make it impossible lor mm to ex tend. ?: Studies of the situation in Duplin County, comparing ' it with .the same project now ' underway in Jones County indicate that the pos sibilities of the undertaking are very- favorable. It Is believed that the War Department under which the project would operate will ap propriate up to $50,000 if the plan is found, feasible and practical. Everyone in Duplin, farmer or businessman; who has the interest of the County at heart, and wishes to see the County progress, should attend this meeting. . - Duplin Red Cross Quota Short Of Mark The Duplin ' County Chapter, 1 Bridge section and the one at Pot ARC, announced this week that its Iter's Hill. Both of these surpassed goal of $5093.00 had not been met. the amount given them to raise. The total amount raised as of April Donations are urgently needed 26 was $3284.00. Only two com-.since recent disasters have raised munitiea have met their essignedthe amount ' required by the Red quotas, the B. F. Grady-Outlaw's Cross to meet its emergency fund. F. H: Jeter Urges Pink H jllians To Accept Challenge Of Building North Tbjr3nlc HJiefvics aiublh.;aia cpnuaunj as the its '7th annual Ladies--Night meet' in in the cafeteria: of the. 'Pink Hill school Friday night. 5 Presi dent Wilbur Tyndall presided. The speaker of, the evening, M. Frank Jeter, aginculture editor : of Ra leigh, was introduced by John E. Johnson. ..iMr.1' Jeter urged his hearers to accept the challenge of building North Carolina into the nations greatest fanning state. He Try-outs for the Americ'an Le gion Junior baseball team will be held at the Warsaw ball park, Fri day, May 1. at 2 P.M. -' Any boy from' the surrounding section who was born titer 1934 is eligible to participate. There are four teams in the league, Wilmington, Wallace, Jacksonville and Warsaw. All games will be played at night, and Local Seniors To Hear Rev. Jerry Newbold of the War saw; Presbyterian ; Church will preach the baccalaureate sermon or the seniors of Kenansville ecnoo on' Sunday afternoon therll May 1952 at . 3:00 p.m. at tbe school auditorium. ' ." j. : Monday night the 12 May 1952 the seniors will present the annual class day exercises at 8:00 p.m.- in County T. B. Association Holds Meetings The Duplin TB Association met at the Health Department in Ken ansville -on Thursday night, ' April 17th at 8 o'clock at the Health De partment. Dr. H ,W, Colwell, pres ident, presided. v- ::. , In the absence of the treasurer, Mr, Garland King, Mrs. Kornegay, Executive Secretary gave the treas urer report showing a balance of $288.11 in the treasurer. -(Mr. Lewis Outlaw, Seal Sale Chairman reported that the 1951 Christmas Seal sale to be $1699.21. . Mrs. Ruby C. Kornegay gave a report on her work for the past 10 months- and also showed .film entitled "Time Out" ; ',1 ' : y ' . A committee composed of Rev. A. W. Wood, Lewis Outlaw and Mrs.; Kornegay were appointed by Dr. Colwell to nominate new offic ers and ' make plans - for another years work. ' ' Hoy Ylcrsm, f;nt nt inMirooration. The town board of commission ers have already moved to do their part by making water-and sewer connections available, building a street If needed and using Its of fices in holding the tax valuation down to a minimum. ..... her officers elected In add!ti to Jenklr-ar, Vice Pre-Jdf, Lee I wn; i cretary and Tr "" cf 11 are fee M. G. Eritt 'Saw Godwin, S l'nneU, A. V. BUWiuru . C. .1 """"I. I 1 ' t r f f '" " '' ' "- i . Duplin Blood Donors In Geldsboro Amona Dunlin County residents who donated their blood at the Red Cross Center in Goldstooro on Friday, April 25 were Mrs. Nor wood Boney' and Mrs. , Clarence Murphy of, Kenansville. V ; From 'the Welfare Department contributors were Mrs. Edna Stroud and Miss Arah Lee. Sgt. Ottowav of Warsaw and the Mis ses Bessie Kornegay, Margaret Smith and Ruth Taylor; teachers at the B. F. Grady school, also gave their blood. -.: ' ' During the day, Mr. L. W. Hew itt, field Scout executvie aonatea his 66th pint of blood. A blind boy, George Long, entered the woman's club building with his seeing eye dog to offer another pint of blood to the cause.. Fifteen Veterans of Foreign Wars also contributed theri blood. The next opportunity to help in this great cause wiU come in July. Why not make a date witn tne Du plin Red Cross Chairman, Mrs. Norwood Boney, to give blood yourself? , Music Recital Mrs. W, J. Middleton, Jr., pre sents her music pupils in recital on Tuesday night, May 6th at eight fifteen o'clock in the Warsaw Hieh School Auditorium. backbone of the forward movement now going on in irural Tarheelia. Co-oDeration is the kevnote he said. and with improved crops and land must come better churches, better homes and better schools to main tain the pace. , Mrs. L. H. Turner spoke on be half of the ladies and Rev. D. C. Boone spoke the invocation and benediction. . arsaw there will be two home games a week. Mr. W. J. Taylor, former freshman coach at Duke will coach the team. The legion wants to see as many out as possible for the try-out. Eighty-five per cent of major league players come from American Legion sponsored teams. No boy who has ever played Ameri can League Baseball bas ever been involved in any major , crime. ' Dr. Robert Humber the form of a play "Senior Merry Go Round." a On Tuesday night the f 3 May Dr. Robert Humber of Greenville, will deliver the commencement ad dress. At this time diplomas will be presented and special awajtfs given. The program for thlt Mrl of commencement will begin at p00 P.m. ' .;. i J j -'. Refreshments were served and the meeting adjourned at 9.30. . Spark Chasten and his wife were cleaning a gas dnum, last Wednes day, preparing it for use:"-It was thought to be empty, but when Spark held a lighted match over the opening in tne arum, tne arum exploded, hitting his wife, In the erfif-Brvt aH . ' orimialv.. inirrfnff fiAr She was rusnea to tne nospitai, ' ,f t uus on 1 a. at'.ve ii va.Wus r-it."!'? left to right: ' 1 --r-t Kow: James Eari Qumn, Magnolia, and BeWe Elanohard, Fmmeir P.M. A; )fiMmB5y3 taken bv staff photographer Shubert Wil-; f-'" p ( Hams of WeQIbco at the annual Mu. sio and Art Festival in Kenansville on April 18th.' This shot was made on opening night ana snows a pur- Groom Of Month Accidentally Shot ''iJ.-17 m.riMi 1m' than a month r ' was accidentally a salesman for the C and B Food shot in ?he Western Auto AssoCo. Mr. Boyd picked up a 22 pis ciate Store in W.llace Tuesday. He tol from the counter not knowing fs m SulTcohdition at the it was loaded. He twWuig it Jame Walker Hospital in Wilming- on his fingers when tbe gun dis r Jl . -i., v n k chareed. The bullet struck Heath se, VP Lease Ball Park The Warsaw Lions club met Monday night at the Whitaker's restaurant. ' During the business session, it was voted unanimously to lease the local ball park for an indefinite period of time. The purpose of renting the ball park i was to use it for practice and games of fine Junior base ball 1 team which is to be organized at 'an early date. The Junior base ball team for Warsaw and adjacent , towns is being sponsored by the American Legion: Twbf Sunday Collisions In Duplin SD:te Highway Patrolman Proc tor reported two collisions in Du plin Sunday!' Sunday afternoon at 12:40 pm, at Williams Crossroads, George Robert Whaley of Route 2, Kenansville, driving a 1934 Chev rolet, ran into a car driven by John Robert Walker, a serviceman whose home is at Mt. Olive. The injuries sustained were not ser ious. . Sundav nieht at 11.30 p.m.. Ma rion Lee Carr of Magnolia, was Calypso Planning Buy 4,000 Gallon Water Tank To Be Equipped With Pump & Hose Interested citizens and firemen of 'available to the town a tractor to Calypso have started a campaign 10 raise funds to purchase a 4,000 gallon water tanker and equip it with a pump and hose. y The tanker was to be brought from Charlotte to Calypso by Ches- iter j&uib, ww m w ; Afve At 7&Le I .rcst t rniin County student who are ue Wake Forest College campus. f carol we" Teachey; SUBSCRIPTION BATE: . ceunttea; 94.0 outside Kenan Auditorium Packed To Capacity tion of the packed house. Over 3500 people were estimated to have . nuAnJanAa onA larcto num. been in attendance and large num bers turned aWiy. Patrolmen es timated over a thousand cars. The auditorium is still new but seems tackle to Mr. Boyd of Wilmington, rw till' l -! lOy Best friend Cpl, Hargrove Gets Cpl. Carl Llston Hargrove, of Mount Olive, has been discharged from the Army at Fort McClellan, Ala. Cpl. Hargrove entered the Army in July, 1948, and is a veteran of the fighting in Korea, where he served for eleven months with the 2nd Infantry Division. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R M. Hargrove, of Route 2, Mount Olive. driving a 1948 Ford, going north on highway 117. He was sideswiped bv a ear driven by Tom Jones of Rose Hill. Passengers In the car driven by Marlon Carr were Miss Wonder Strickland, and Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Hardison of Warsaw. Miss Strickland suffered a. sprained arm, end Mrs. Hardison received bruis es about the face and arms, and her back was injured. Damages to both cars were estimated at $250.00 each. pull the tanker until the project is completed, ana money is avail able to buy a truck . Between $2,000 and $2,500 wih be needed to purchase the tanker, install a Dump on it and secure a truck-tractor to pull it. A barbecue supper will be lieid In the school lunchroom Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. to raise funds for the etfuipment. Pigs for the barbe cue are being donated by various citizens and farmers. Training Course ' The Rose Hill Boy Scout Troop No. 45, attended the Junior Lead er's Training course at Camp Tus carora, April 26, 26 and 27. All patrol leaders assistant pa trol leaden and scribes attended the camp. , , - - Those from Rose Hill attending were: : Jlmmie Carr, Elwyn Murray, Dan-- Fussell, Aubrey Fussell, Wade Henderson, John Henderson, Dan Alderman, Billy Brown. Jlsmes FusselL Bobby Blanton and Worth: UOUOn. , , " :';.0-.:rA-5 Entomology has been added to the list of projects which Tar Heel 4-H Club tnemoers may carry m 8:00 per yeaf W DnpUa and h this area In 5.00 onttde W. 1 to have outgrown ksgi already. Supt. Johnson states lie hopes to get seats installed in the East bleachers this summer ,which will seat 'S few hundred more. i his spine, leaving him completely paralyzed from tne cnesi aown Hpmh's sten father. Mr. Jo! Butts, is a State employee, and works Dart time for the Wlallace Police force. No charge has been brought against BOyd, Died Of Cancer Wave vou ever seen some one you loved dip of cancer? Have you watched them seized with that unbearable pain, seen them writhe in agony, knowing you were help less to aid them, that you could not relieve their suffering? If you have, you will know now urgent is the need for funds to carry on the splendid work of the American Cancer Society. Demands on it for funds are ever-increasing, and in 1951, the Society was only able to grant half the money needed by scientists fighting cancer in the laboratory. Do you know how your dollar for this year Cancer fight in North Carolina will be spent? It will go towards the following: Educating more of our people as1 to signs of the disease and methods of cure. Administration of the Cancer Control Program, Support ing Cancer research in our insti tutions. Helping to support approv ed centers where all citizens may be examined, without cost, for signs of cancer, Helping those who need financial (aid pay for hospi talization for Cancer, Providing special services and aids for the comfort and well being of Can cer patients and Helping to support a State Nursing Home at Lumber ton for incurable, needy Ccncer: cases. Your dollars will save lives . . . ease pain . . make death less cruel. Last year 215,000 American men, women and children died of can cer I know how tragic is a needless death from a;ncer ... my best friend died that way. Had she visit ed her doctor in time, she would have been alive today. I think one of the most thrilling nights in my life was when my life-long friend, Barbara Dixon (that was not her real name) re ceived ten curtain dills after the opening of her new musical on Broadway. She was a lovely girl with a beautiful voice, and she had worked long and hard for this op portunity. After several years of success, she retired from the Stage to have lai family. I saw her again after her son was born, and she was one of the most radiant mothers I've ever seen. She was deeply pleased when her child began to exhibit signs of musical talent tt jsix.' I attended a recital of his music school when he was only eight. The applause that followed his well executed Chopin number was deaf ening. Barbara had tears; in her eyes then, end so many plans for him and his future. Tne next lau he was to begin instruction with one of the best piano teachers In New York. But Barbara was not there. She had died of cancer of the throat She had had a per sistent cough for years which she ti-d attributed to sinus and' kept putting off visit to ,.Jernhysi cian. v A; --:-;""' When ' l vieited her -during the summer. I was shocked at the bchange In -her appearance; and insisted 1UM sne go wttn me to a hospital for an examination. I saw the ashen horror on her faN when the doctor toll lr tne grim tni'h v. . v n t r - . , 1 'TJ PRICE TEN CENTS C. " Following publication of last weeK fi uupun nines uie cuiiul was approached by Marlow Bostic and Moseley Phillips, separately, re garding the article tbout the P.M.A. office. Editor Grady informed them of the source of his informa tion and stated that the pages of the Times were open to tnem for any statement they might wish to make regarding the stoi y and their activities in connection with the P.MJL The following is the statement of Marlow Bostic, verbUtem as sub mitted to the Times: Bostic's Statement "TO THE FAHMERS AND CITI ZENS Ob' DUKL1N COUNTY. it is unfortunate that last week's article in the Times did not have all the facts. Full information on the entire situation would, no doubt, have changed the entire tone of the article. "There were some 100 applica tions lor new growers' allotments filed in the P. M. A. office in Ken- tnsville, N. C. for the year 1952. These applications were carefully screened by committee assigned to do this job and who were well qual ified, having done this work for several previous years. Some 52 of the applications did not sub stantially meet the requirements, the remaining 48 were recommend ed and approved without any dis crimination or personal gain. These applications were forwarded to the State P.M.A. office in Raleigh and approved there and returned to the County P.M.A. office and the farmers notified of their allot ments. Shortly thereafter there were complLints made to the State P.M.A. office by 7 or 8 farmers, some of whom had received new growers' allotments within the last three years. Thereupon an investi gation was made and a portion of the new growers' allotments were cancelled. The County Committee, in every case, -tried to give the farmer the benefit of the doubt and Was of the opinion, and is still : of the opinion that the applications substantially met the requirements. 1 regret to inform the farmers that this instance caused by 7 or 8 persons is, causing the farmers of Duplin County to lose about 85 acres of tobacco this year lat a loss to them of an income of about $85, 000.00 and will In the future dimin ish their income by about $100, 000.00 per year and which will be multiplied each year. My conscience is absolutely Clear in this matter and I have done nothing for personlil gain or selfish gain and am still willing to do everything within my power to aid the farmers of Duplin County. The farmers themselves are the ones however who are making the criti cism and causing the new growers" allotments to be cancelled. The farmers of the State of North Car olina are entitled to 67 per cent of the National new growers' al lotments and are only receiving 22 per cent of same. When this Is not consumed by North Carolina it Continued on Back Page (Sec. I) Beulaville Lions Hear Dist. Governor Beulaville Lions had as their guest speaker Deputy District Gov ernor Jake Strotner ot lynsion last week for their annual meet ing. President for their annual meeting, Cecil A. Miller, welcom ed Lions from the Kinston and Richlands Clubs along with local visitors. Enjoyable entertainment was furnished by the high school band, and wi s commended by Lion Strother as he spoke on Lionism. A delectable barbecue supper was served and plans for the election of new officers to be made at the next meeting. Duplin Home Dem. Choir Give Program Here Last Sunday The Dunlin County Home Dem- nnstration Clubs held their special religious service in observance of Nation;! H.D.C. week, April 27 May 3, on Sunday afternoon at three o clock in tne tt.enansvuie Hig'h School Auditorium. qjhr Duplin H. D. choir, which consists of 42 voicel, representing 24 county clubs, sang a special, "O, Master. Let Me Walk." The Rev. J. V. Case, pastr oof the Rose Hill Baptist church gave a very interesting message, his topic, "To day's Homes Build Tomorrow's World.!'- :Those attending from Hose hiu were Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Alderman, Mrs. David Williams, Mrs. Annan- da -Williams and Rev. J V. case. sonP-Oaiii i-permanent: postrhasterat Albert- aon " wecaieaaay,--Apru w, receiving his appointment several weeks ago. Kornegay succeeds Mrs, Fannie Kelly, who has been actnlg - t distress sine the office was ' :ied several months ago, ; '. ' V t.. j'-i i-'-,-- ism-