A Duplin County Institution
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peace inni win
put an end to
the present con
diet but a
lasting peace
that will bring
together opin
ions of men
who are now
struggling for
the mastery of
the human race.
Our battles
are being
fought for vic
tory. Our own
flesh is being
tom and our
■P *““*» S&d 5p£Sf.
m a ny battle
fields in this globial war. This
in^i sacrifice is being made for
the preservation of our princi
ples of freedom.
Oar hopes for victory and
peace are being borne by the
Wave young men from our own
city and county, as well as the
many other millions of brave
American boys from all parts
of these. United States. They
e&rty our banner of hope.
There will be joy for the bat
tle-scarred victors, and peace will
haVe a blood-stained significance
to them. We, who have not
sacrificed anything for victory
will find a hollow meaning to
the word peace. It will be an
empty peace that cannot be en
joyed or appreciated by a hol
lo* and selfish man or woman.
As we face the New Year of
^^Het’s plunge into the fight
jSt victory. Let’s get some
(pi hy fighting on th^hoiry.
lipi. Let’s ration ourselves,
jigs sacrifice our time for home
Pfphse on the observation
Let’s gather scrap iron
mplihe steel mills, and let’s
buy bonds and stamps. If we
sacrifice till it hurts then vic
tory and peace will have a deep
un abiding significance to each
There you go and what you
laay . not be of much im
lance in your own way of
iking, but to the boys in the
ed forces stationed at Army
§ throughout the country,
Hawaii, in the Solomon Is
fe, in England, In Ireland,
Australia, and in North Afri
It is news to them of the
f back home. They want
know what you are doing
; where you are going. They
appreciate reading about
in the personal column of
Enterprise. -
he Wallace Enterprise is a
er of the people and for the
pie of Wallace and surround
territory. We serve no spec
clique or class.
re have been criticized, and
Jy, for not carrying all the
rs of all the people in and
ind Wallace.
11 of the local happenings
aot be gathered by any one
ion. Though, -if all the peo
would cooperate with The
erprise Staff and telephone
1 happenings of their own
dies, or their friends, then
lies, U1CU
personal columns of The
yrprise would certainly be
i general than what it has
jephbning The Enterprise
! of family happenings
Id not be considered as self
1 or vain, but it should
lie in due regard for the
st Of the eager readers
ubacribers of The Wallace
mile, who want to know
you are doing and all of
appenings of yourself and
mch person in Wallace
. help, in telephoning local
hfags of the peqple to The
prise, then the personal
(nawould be of muchmore
st to it’s readers through
lappeal to each of you to
openings of your
ls and neighbors
We want you to
serve vour every
he coming year.
t year
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Bobbers Enter Cavenaugh’s
Chevrolet Building, Stan
dard Service Station, Good
Gulf Station, D. B. Town
send’s Service Station, and
Steal Everett Stout’s 1942
Oldsmobile Sedan Some
Time During Wednesday
Night.
EIGHT • HUNDRED GAS
RATION COUPON STOLEN
Same Group Held Up Filling
Station North of Fort
Bragg Early This
Morning
Three gasoline filling stations
in Wallace, and one garage was
entered by unknown thieves and
robbed on Wednesday night
Everett Stout’s 1942 Olasmo
bile sedan, which was parked
in front of his home, was stolen.
Cavenaugh’s Chevrolet Build
ing was entered from a back
window. Entry to the front of
fice was made by prizing open
the office door. The cash reg
ister was opened and $9.60 in
cash taken.
The Standard Filling station
on South Main Street, just be
low Cavenaugh’s Chevrolet
building was entered. The rob
bers entered through the side
window. Four hundred gaso
line ration coupons were taken,
which is approximately good
for 1200 gallons of gasoline. A
pistol and $70.00 in cash was
also taken. The money and
gasoline ration coupons
the cash regiater. t . .4,
Gull oil station located on the
corner of South Main street and
*. 8* Highway J
through the side dooft
300 gasoline ration coupons and
$20.00 in cash were taken by
the jobbers.
D. B. Townsend’s Service sta
tion, on North Main Street, was
entered through a back door.
Around 100 gasoline ration cou
pons and $8.00 in cash being
taken, according to reports.
Upon discovery that his au
tomobile had been stolen, Ever
ett Stout notified State Highway
Patrolman Provo, who in turn
notified the State Patrol system
and within an hour after the
alarm was given. Patrolman Pro
vo was notified that Mt. Stout’s
car was involved in a filling
station hold-up, early this morn
ing, just north of Fort Bragg,
and that the' car was headed
towards South Carolina.
It is presumed that the same
person or persons who robbed
the filling stations and garage
in Wallace, are the persons who
stole Mr. Stout’s automobile.
Dealers Can Sell
Used Or Recapped
Tires To Autoists
Under the Mileage Ration
ing -Plan Any Holder of a
■ade Three Certificate
Can Buy Either Used
Tires, Recapped Tires, or
Tires Made From Re*
claimed Rubber.
It was pointed out this week
by W. Hance Hofler, |3tate OPA
ration Officer, that motorists
who get rationing certificates
under the mileage rationing
plan entitling thefh to buy grade
3 tires may choose between any
of the three kinds of casingB in
thatv4P»dft. .The .ttees in this
grade are used tires, recapped
tires, and tires made hrom re
claimed rubber. This was point
ed out because many North
Carolina - tire dealers thought
that they , could not sell used
tires under any elrcufnstanoes.
The fact is, they can sellthem
to any holder of a Grade 3 cer
tificate. ' / \ ~ j*, > v- "i
Office Hours ^ ?
Rationing Office
The hours for the local ra
' ' ‘ office, states Clerk
le Lee will be from
■ from 2 till 4, with
: out for din
ner, Monday's through Fri
day’s. Hours for H
will be from 9 till
In Pacific
Pfc. FRENCH WELLS, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wells
of Teachey, who has been
in service since February,
1942 is now somewhere in
the South Pacific. He was
stationed at Camp Shelby,
Miss, and Ft. Ord„ Calif,
before going overseas. Word
was recently received of his
safe arrival in the war zone.
Postal Receipts
Soar At Wallace
During Past Year
Miss Margaref lCol&en, * Act
ing Postmaster, Atfeounces
that Festal Receipts Ad
vanced 15 Per Cent for
1942 Over the Total Re
ceipts for 1941.
Miss Margaret Colwell, acting
postmaster for the Wallace Post
Office, announces that the post
al receipts for the Wallace Post
Office for the year 1942, which
includes stamp sales, box rents,
permit matter, and newspaper
mailings advanced 15 per cent
over the sales for 1941. The
total receipts for 1941 were $12,
396.78, and for 1942 they were
$14,291.99. A gain of $1,895.21
over the previous year.
Receipts for the month of
December advanced 47 per cent
over the total receipts for De
cember. 1941. They were: for
December, 1941, $1,130.93, and
for December, 1942, $1,658,13, or
a gain of $527.20.
Money orders issued for 1942
were: 15,371 for a total amount
of $162,737.69, against 11,992. is
sued in 1941 for $108,384.03. This
was a gain of 3,379 money or
ders for a total of $53,353.66.
The total purchase value of
bonds issued during 1942
amounted to approximately
$147,000.00.
General' County
« Court Begins
Monday, Jan. 4
General County Court will be
gin on Monday, January 4, at
Kenansville, instead of Monday,
January 18, as previously an
nounced. Judge Hubert E.
Phillips will preside., All ‘de
fendants and witnesses both for
the State and the defendants
are requested to appear.
' TKe Iffst Sfeftaay nr «aen
month is the regular scheduled
time to hold County Court, but
we to conflicts of scheduled
terms of Superior cburt the
Coupty court' has had to hold
regular monthly terms at later
dates. The regular scheduled
term of civil superior court
scheduled to begin on Monday,
January 4, was cancelled. *
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Representatives
Leave Tuesday ,
For Assembly
State Senator tt D.
and Represenfative C.
on _
, for 1
Burning Rat Sets
Furniture On Fire
County Coroner, Ralph J.
Jones of Warsaw, had the ex
perience of seeing his new
plush settee in his living room
catch on fire three times
without knowing what caus
ed the fire.
When he arose on Wednes
day morning he lighted a
fire in the living room. There
were some papers in the
grate, but just only enough
to get the fire started. After
starting the fire Mr. Jones
went out of the living room.
Soon his daughter came run
ning to tell Coroner Jones
that their settee, which was
at the back of the living
room, was on fire and blaz
ing. He rushed in with some
water and put the fire out.
It had burned a big hole in
the back of the settee. Fol
lowing this Coroner Jones
went out of- the living room
to prepare for breakfast, and
soon again his wife called
to him stating that the set
tee was again on fire. Coro
ner Jones again rushed in
and put out a blaze which
was burning at another place
in the settee. Still he did
not know what caused the
fire. Again he went out of
the living room to prepare
for breakfast, and the third
time his daughter called
stating that the settee was
on fire at another place.
Again Mr. Jones put the fire
out. But, this time he found
a hole where a/rat could en
ter the settee. ’ Further in
vestigation revealed that a
big rat had-caught on, fire in
Z -SSshM-tl *3
stopped the settee would
catch on fire,
Additional Farm
Equipment Given
To Duplin County
County Agent G. E. Jones,
Has Been Notified That
an Additional Allotment
of Farm Machinery and
Equipment Has Been Al
located to the Farmers of
Duplin County.
MACHINERY COMMITTEE
CONSIDER APPLICATIONS
Allotment of Disc Harrows
Can Be Either Tractor
Drawn or Horse
Drawn
Additional farming equipment
has been allotted to Duplin
county for the year of 1943.
This increased allotment was
made, according to G. E. Jones,
county agent, under the new
farm machinery rationing plan
which is now in effect.
The increased equipment al
lotment for the county is as
follows: Four garden planters,
one transplanter, 24 fertilizer
distributors, five horse drawn
mowers, three tractor drawn
mowers, three dump rakes, and
eight six-foot combines.
Under the first allocation
made for Duplin county five
disc harrows were allotted, and
according to a letter received
today by Mr. Jones these har
rows can either be tractor
drawn or horse drawn.
Applications, for purchase of
any farm machinery and equip
ment must be'filed with your
local farm machinery dealer or
at the County Agricultural Of
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FORMER MAGNOLIA WOMAN SETS
RECORD AS RED CROSS KNITTER
Mrs. J. A. Newkirk, 77 Years
, Old, Has Knitted More
Than 1,000 Hours for the
Red Cross Since Pearl Har
bor Was Cited by the Dis
trict of Columbia's. Civil
ian Defense Office for Her
Voluntary Contributions.
MRS. NEWKIR& MADE
OVER 3,769 GARMENTS
She Was Born In Wallace
and Lived at Magnolia
Until 1911
Mrs. J. A. Newkirk of 3220
Seventeenth Street Northwest,
Washington, D. C., is firing
knitted stitches at the Axis with
rapidity which may be not only
discomforting to the enemy but
a world’s record as w/ell.
She has knitted more than
1,000 hours for the Red Cross
since Pearl Harbor and a total
2752 hours since she began
knitting for the orgfmization
back in 1940. .Roughly, this is
something like 3,709 garments.
She has, it is obvious attended
strictly to her knitting.
Mrs. Newkirk, 77, is the moth
(Continued on page 8, column 7)
Superior Court Will
Convene Mon. Jan. 11
• a one week's1 term of Civil*
Superior Court will begin on
Monday, January 11, 1943. Judge
Henry L. Stevens, Jr., wUl pre
side. The first week of the
two-week’s scheduled term of
Civil Superior Court for Duplin
County was cancelled and the
January term of civil court will
consume only one week for the
trial of civil issues, i4,,
Fuel Oil Coupon 2 J
Valid Until Jan. 23
The second ration period in
fuel oil heating ration books is
Get Containers Now
For Shipping Fruits
Growers of fruits and vege
tables in North Carolina, who
will be shipping their crops next
year, should begin now to ac
cumulate second-hand wood
boxes, crates, baskets, barrels
and hampers. The War Pro
duction Board said this week
that by saving these second-hand
items you can help ease the ex
pected heavy demand for wood
containers.
Strawberry growers are urged
to begin now to get their straw
berry crates for the strawberry
crop this spring. It would also
be wise to gather enough corn
and bean hampers while it is
possible to do so.
McMillan to Speak
At Monthly Meet
State Director of Office of
Civilian Defense W III
Speak to the Monthly
Meeting of the Warsaw De
fense Corps on Thursday
Evening at 7:30.
Mr. R. L. McMillan of Ra
leigh, who succeeds Mr. Ben E.
Douglas as State Director of the
office or Civilian Defense will
speak at the monthly meeting
of the Warsaw Civilian Defense
Corps at the Legion Hut in War.
saw on Thursday evening, Jan
uary 7 - at 7:30 o’clock, p.> m.
Each community in the county
is urged to send as many rep
resentatives- as possible to this
meeting. Let's give our New
State Director a. hearty welcome
in 'Duplin.
Superior Court Will
Not Convene Jan. 4th
Rationing- Office
Established Here
For This District
Rationing Board for Duplin
County Establishes Three
Rationing Offices to Serve
’ the People of County In
stead of One As Formerly
Maintained.
WALLACE OFFICE TO
SERVE 3 DISTRICTS
All Residents of Wallace,
Rose Hill, and Chinqua
pin School Districts
WiU Apply Here
Duplin County Ration Board
announces today that three ra
tioning offices have been es
tablished in the county to serve
the people, instead of one, as
formerly maintained at Ken
ansville. These offices will be
maintained at Wallace, War
saw and Kenansville. Each of
fice will serve certain and spec
ified school districts and resi
dents of these districts are re
quired to transact their busi
ness in the office which covers
their district.
The office at Wallace will
serve Wallace, Rose Hill and
Chinquapin school districts. All
people living in these districts
will make all future rationing
applications at the Wallace Ra
tioning Office which is located
in the Wallace Post Office. The
entrance at the back side door
to the Post Office.
The Warsaw Ration office will
serve Warsaw, Magnolia, Faison
and Calypso school districts.
The Kenansville office will
serve Kenansville, Beulaville
and the B. F. Grady school dis
tricts.
At each ration office a local
board will handle the gasoline
rationing for the district. The
board for the Wallace office will
be composed of Roy Carter,'Wil
liam Farrior and L. R. Haygood.
Dr. Truett Begins
Annual Series Of
Third Annual Series of Ra
dio Sermons Begins Over
Station WPTF on Sunday
Mornidg, January 3, with
Dr. George W. Truett
Speaking on “Christ’s An
swer to World Needs.”
Dr. George W. Truett, pastor
of First Baptist Church, Dallas,
Texas and past president of
the Southern Baptist Conven
tion and of the Baptist World
Alliance, will iniaugurate the
third annual Baptist Hour se
ries of radio sermons at 7:30
CWT (8:30 EWT) Sunday
morning, January 3, over Sta
tion WPTF. He will speak on
“Christ’s Answer to World
Needs i
The Baptist Hour for 1943,
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1943 Begins
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List Taken for Duplin
at the
ty Will Be
nated Places in __
Township for the Purpooe
of Listing All Real and
Personal Property in the
County.
ALL MALE PERSONS
TO LIST POLL TAX
Farmers Are Asked to Be
Prepared to Give Farm
Census Informa
tion
Tax listing begins tomorrow.
Friday, January 1.
All property, real and per
sonal, subject to taxation, shall
be listed for tax purposes dur
ing the month of January.
It is the duty of every person
owning property, real or per
sonal, to list it for taxation.
Ail male persons between the
ages of twenty-one and fifty
years shall list poll tax even
though they do not own or have
in their possession any taxable
real or personal property to list.
All dogs over six months old
shall be listed by the owner or
the person having them in
charge.
ah livestock, motor vehicles,
refrigerators, appliances, trac
tors, etc. shall be listed for ta*a_
tion whether paid for in full or
not.
The intent and purposes of
our tax laws is to have all prop
erty and subjects of taxation
assessed at their true and actual
value in money, in such man
ner as such property and sub
jects are usually sold but not
by forced sale thereof.
It has been declared to be
the policy of this State so to use
its system of real estate taxa
tion as to encourage the con
servation of natural resources
and the beautification of homes
and roadsides.
There will be no increase in
the tax vakifttion-of real estate
^result of the Owner’s enter
(a) Planting^and care of
lawns, shade trees, shrubs and
flowers for non-commercial pur
poses.
(b) Repainting buildings.
(c) Terracing or other meth
ods of soil conservation to the
extent that they preserve values
already existing.
(d) Protection of forests
against fire.
(e) Planting of forest trees
on vacant land for reforestation
purposes (for ten years after
such planting).
Look for your township list
taker’s advertised dates, and see
him early in January and list.
There will be no extension of
the listing period.
Be prepared to give Farm
Census information. Know the
number of people on ypur farm
—males and females, and the
number over 14 years of age.
Most of the information asked
for will be acreages planted in
FjarmRepresentatives
Attend District Meet
Sevejil farm leaders from
Duplin county attended the Dis
trict farm meeting held it
Clinton on Wednesday. Thii
meeting was sponsored by tlx
U. S. Agricultural War Board
and Agricultural Workers to
impress upon farmers the need
for all-out production of food
and feed crops in 1943. Produo
tion goals were also discussed
but they will be decided at sub
sequent county meetings.
Those attending the na__
from Duplin County were:
E. Jones, T. M. Fields .L.
Weeks, Arthur Whitfield, L.
Outlaw, Garland P. King,
liam Blackmore and Mrs
Herring.
Well Known
Dies In Po
complete surprise t
acquaintances in 1
was employed as
with the Wallace Mi
piemen t Company, a
with this concern
years.
Surviving is his