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THE ONSLOW COUNTY
News and Views
The Only Newspaper in the World That Gives a Whoop About Onslow County
VOL. IV. NO.~S2. JACKSONVILLE, N. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1914. ~ PRICE $2.00 PER YEAR
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DOWN EAST
WITH
BILLY ARTHUR
• c. E. Jackson, supervisor of
Hoffman Forest, aays I gave the
wrong credit in that goose story
last week.
Jackson says he admits that H. C.
Sadler shot it, but that credit does
n't belong to Sadler, "But to me,
because I ate it; that is, I tried to."
%Jim Collins received a letter the
ther day from the War Depart
ment offering to pay him for any
damages he suffered when troops
were maneuvering on his land.
"It's news to me, "Jim said. "I
didn't know anything about it. All
I've got is a back yard, and I ain't
seen any soldiers in it lately."
#Sgt. Homer T. (remember him,
Buck Burton) Burton was telling
the folks Saturday afternoon dur
ing all that rain how down at
Moore Field in Texas they usually
walked around in their shirt sleev
•a. Doggone him! And all that rain,
too.
0Meri Ferguson tells of the mar
wtoo advertised his guarantee on
metal caskets as lasting:
"Until the Last Man Shall Per
ish from This Earth."
£Tom Sliugart was telling the oth
er morning about a beggar asking
for $2.
"Two dollars!" exclaimed the
prospect. "My good man. I'm
deeply moved by your plight. But
to ask for $2 is too much. You
should ask for 25c or 50c, and prob
ably you'd get it."
"Please give me what you will,"
the beggar replied. "But don't try
to tell me how to run my business."
# REQUISITES OF A SALES
MAN. as given by Sam Sacknjff:
A salesman must be a man oi
vision and ambition, an after din
ner speaker, before and after din
ner gizzler, night owl, work all day
and drive all night and appear
fresh next day. Learn to sleep on
the floor and eat two meals a day
to economize on traveling expenses
so you can entertain your friends
in the next room.
Must be able to entertain custo
mers, wives, sweethearts and pet
stenos without becoming too amor
ous. Inhale, dust, drive thru snow
ten 'feet deeif HT ten blltfw and
work all summer without perspir
ing or acquiring B. O.
Must be a man's man, a lady's
man, a model husband. a fatherly
ther, a good provider, a plutocrat,
'U uoerat. Republican or a new
~ iler, an old dealer and a fast
uealer, a technician, politician,
mathematician and mechanic.
iMust be a sales promotion ex
pert, create a demand for obselete
merchandise, be a good credit man
ager, correspondent, attend all
dealers meetings, tournaments
funerals, visit customers in hospi
tals and jails, contact all accounts
in six weeks, in spare time look
for new business, do missionary
work and attend factory sales con
ferences.
Must have unlimited endurance
and frequent over-indulgence ir
wine, woman, wind and gab, a wide
range of telephone numbers in all
principal cities, must have a car
attractive home, belong to all
clubs, pay all expenses at home
and on road on five percent com
mission. Price chiseling and bad
debts will be deducted from month
ly commissions plus 2% excise tax
1% old age pension and 2r/c "Lost
Sales Tax".
Must be an expert driver, talker
liar, dancer, traveler, bridge player
poker hound, golf player, diplomat
financier, capitalist, philanthropist
and authority on palmistry, chem
istry. physiology, psychology, dogs
meats, horses, brunettes blonds and
redheads, etc.
Is it any wonder that "GOOD'
salesmen are hard to find????
01 asked Maurice Margolis what
about the diet he and Jack Pech
were to go, starting yesterday.
•*Who told you about that?'
Maurice asked.
Jack," I replied.
"Discount it," he said.
Sabisfon To Be Tax
Collector As Well
As Mayor Of Town
0That Clyde Sabiston will act as
tax collector in addition to serving
aa mayor of the Town of Jackson
ville appeared likely yesterday.
Sabiston, who had been serving
as tax collector at a salary of $200
was elected mayor last Tuesday
night, and figuratively if not lit
erally left the tax office vacant.
However, with taxes coming in
- - they are and with the town anx
^ to save all the money it can,
, wared that Sabiston will col
^ die taxes for the time being al
ivaat without putting on anymore
CANADA'S WOMEN AT WAR
Members of Canadian
women's auxiliary
services enlisted in i
i armed forces: (1) I
[ Royal Canadian Air I
I Force: (2) Royal Ca- I
I nadian Naval Service; I
■ (3) Canadian Women'* I
1 Army Corps; (4) Nurs- fl
I ing Services; (S) Wo- ■
■ men Doctors. ■
jjF close to 1.200.000 gainfully occupied civilian women in
Canada more than 260.000 are engaged directly or indi
|ly in war industry. Women enlisted in the armed forces
liber more than 35,909 as follows: <
Women's Royal Canadian
Naval Service 4.247
Canadian Women's Army
Corps 14.000
Royal Canadian Air Force
(Women's Division) 15.000
Nursing Services 2,620
Women doctors in the armed
services 42
The Women's Royal Canadian
Naval Service was established in
June. 1942. and aims to have a
strength of 5.500 by March. 1944.
By October 22. 1943. 4.247 were at
tested. Their purpose If to take
over shore jobs and release sailors
to man ships.
During October a new WRCNS
barracks was opened at Sydney.
Nova Scotia, to house officers and
ratings. Sydney is the seventh city
in which an organized unit of the
W. R. C. N. S. has been established
to take over shore duties formerly
performed by men. <
A recent development is the es
tablishment of a group of W. R. C.
N. S. dietetic advisors who will
supervise the food of men and
women in the Navy. A new cook
ing school at H. M. C. S. Cornwal
lis. naval training establishment at
Deep Brook. Nova Scotia, has a
Wren as chief instructor.
The Canadian Women's Army
Corps was established in August.
1941. «C. W. A. C. personnel are
serving In the United Kingdom, the
United States and Newfoundland.
There are ©ore, than 50 trades.
"" WSr e than 13,000 had enlisted by
October. 1943.
Enlistments in the Royal Cana
<1 inn Air Force (Women's Division)
totalled more than 15,000 In Oc
tober. 1943—100 times the strength
of the division on the same date
in 1941. when the first 150 recruits
were in training in Toronto. The
R. C A. F. (W. D.) was the first
Canadian women's service or
ganized in this war to release men
for active duties and was the first
to send a contingent overseas
Nurses wearing Canadian war
uniforms totalled more than 2.t'.20
by the end of Oc tober. Th in
clude nursing sisters, d! 'is.
Dhyslotheranists ami hum <.
There are more than 1.856 in th«
Royal Canadian Army Medical
Corps. 206 in the Royal Canadian
Navy nursing service, and 314 !o
the Royal Canadian Air Forc«.
There are also about 250 Canadian
nurses serving with the South Afri
can military nursing service. Ca
nadian nursing sisters are servlaf
with their units in the Mediter
ranean.'
There are 42 women doctors in
the armed sorvices. four In the
navy. 24 in the army and 14 in the
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Jax Post Office
To Get First
Class Rating
% Stamp sales at Jacksonville poet
office during the calendar yeai
were sufficient to give it a firsl
class rating, which will become ef
fective July 1, 1944, it was announ
ced yesterday.
The stamp sales amounted tc
$53,842.79 with a net of $45,766.38,
wihich is more than enough to give
the post office a first class rating
Thus, in two years time the
Jacksonville post office has climb
ed from third to second class and
from second to first class.
l"he Deember quarter showed
the largest stamp sales with a total
of $15,916.62, while the June quar
ter was next to the largest by ex
hibiting a volume of $12,744.14
Stamp slaes in the March quartei
amounted to $11,633.44 and in the
September quarter to $11,840.21.
During the year the post office
issued a total of 49,231 money or
ders for a total of $847,234.42
realizing from them fees amount
ing to $5,681.39.
The Thompsons Will
Open New Cafe On
Morehead City Road
% Mr. and Mrs. Walter Thoinp
an, well-known sea food cafe cp'
erators at Siwansboro, will open i
new restaurant at Hill Street, just
across White Oak river bridge
near Swansboro on Friday night
January 14.
The cafe will feature sea food
fried chicken and steaks (when
available). Private parties will be
catered to.
Business Men's Club
To Have Important
Meeting Tomorrow
0 There will be an important
meeting of the Jacksonville Busi
ness Men's club at the clubroonu
over 6cott'« cafe tomorrow after
noon at 3 o'clock.
Scrap Paper Will
Be Collected Again
Starting On Friday
Scrap paper collection will
be resumed Friday, Coleman
Bynum, chairman, announced
yesterday.
The collection, he explained,
was suspended during the
Christmas holidays, but will be
started again by fireman and
local Boy Scouts.
Local residents are urged to
tie up scrap paper and maga
zines and place them on their
front porches so that they can
be gathered without any loss of
time on Friday.
Norwood I. Koonce
Finishes Training In
Submarine School
0 Norwood T. Konce, 18, seamar
1c, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Henrj
Koonce, RFD No. 2, Jacksonville
has completed basic training at th<
Sumarine School, Submarine Base
New London, Conn., for duty with
our growing fleet of undersea:
fighters.
Seaman Koonce will be entitled
to wear the twin dolphin insignii
of the submarine service after fur
ther experience aboard a submar
ine during which he must demon
strate to his commanding officei
that he is fully qualified to carrj
out the duties of his rate. The in
signia is regarded as a mark oi
distinction throughout the Navy.
Koonce has been in the Navy
since Semptember 1942, had basic
naval instruction in Florida and
served on board patrol vessels.
M. N. STROUT DIES,
f M. N. Strout. 55, Marine Base
employee, who died in a Kinston
hospital early Saturday morning
following a stroke suffered Thurs
day night, was carried to his home
in Thomasville Monday for burial.
Colored Couple Land In
Hospital As Result Ot
Stabbing Affray Friday
0A lovers' quarrel resulted In the
stabbing of two colored employee!
of the Marine Base Friday night ir
the Dew Drop Inn section.
The couple involved were Tern
per White and Ray Ingron. Ingror
was stabbed in the heart with i
knife by the colored woman whe
he in turn stabbed in the back with
an ice pick.
Both were carried to a hospital
in New Bern by ambulance, thf
condition of each reported serious,
NO COUNTY COURT.
0 There will be no session of
county Recorder's Court today, be
cause lawyers are attending a spec
ial session of Federal court for trial
of condemnation cases in New Bern.
The condemnation cases resulted
from acquisition of land for New
River marine base.
Mrs. Leroy Henderson
Slays Deer With Little
Effort And Much Surprise
# Mr*. Leroy Henderson, On
slow county woman, emerged
the champion deer hunter of
the season when she recently
brought down a huge buck
right at her kitchen door with
a broom stick her only weapon.
Mrs. Henderson was quietly
going about her house-keeping
dutles^o the report foes, when
she heard a terrific crash at
her back door. Rushing to the
source of the noise, she flung
open the door and there lay a
buck, apparently stunned from
the lick he had received when
he had crashed head-long Into
Mrs. Henderson's domain.
About the time that the
peaceful lady was recovering
from surprise, the buck began
gaining his bearings and
making motions preparatory
to flight
Glancing about the kitchen
quickly for a weapon, the only
one Mrs. Henderson saw was
a broom. She heaved ho with
all her strength, breaking the
handle but stunning the deer
sufficiently for her to scream
for her husband who rushed
In and finished the kill with a
butcher knife.
Mr. Henderson stated after
wards that he would hence
forth conserve on gun shells
and Invest his money In
brooms.
Officers Quarters
To Be Erected At
Amphibious Section
0 Erection of offficers quarters
and building of walks and services
at various parts of Camp Lejeune
has been authorized by the Navy
Department* bureau of yards and
docks in the amount of $160,000,
It was announced yesterday by Hep.
Graham A. Harden
, The new construction «o¥«rt con
struction of quarters, mess hall and
galley for 80 officers at the amphi
bious base, and roads and other
services at various parts of the res
ervation, Harden said.
Brush Burning Now
Permissable, But
With Authorization
£ Brush burning—with permits—
will be permitted in this area again,
according to Lonnie Griffin, one of
the forest protectors in this coun
ty.
When the government put in
dimout regulations along the coast
when the war started, all brush
burning was forbidden. But, since
the dimout has been lifted, the
brush burning permit law is back
in effect. Therefore, before any
brush can be burned, a permit
must be secured. Anyone failing to
do so will be subject to prosecu
tion under state statute.
VISITING AT HOME.
f'Pfc. Nolan B. Waters, a member
of the U. S. marines who has seen
service In the South Pacific, is vis
iting at home here.
Draft Officials Eliminate Screening
Exams,- 21-Day Furlough Authorized
# Selective Service headquarters
have announced that, effective Feb.
1, draft registrant* facing induc
tion will be given their physical ex
amination first and then, if they
pass, will have at least another 21
days before they are formally draft
ed.
The revised regulations thus pro
vide for a general pre-induction
physial, eliminate the preliminary
screening tests, and set up a uni
form system of pre-induction "fur
loughs" of at least 21 days for both
the Army and Navy.
Selective Service said the 21
day period will be extended as soon
as a large enough pool of physical
ly-acceptable men has been estab
lished.
Such a pool may be stalled this
month. Local boards will begin im
mediately to order a substantial
number of 1-A registrants to re
port for pre-induction physicals.
This will be done while the boards
are filling their January quotas,
which will not be affected by the
new regulations.
One of the effects of the new sys
tem will be to eliminate uncertain
ty. A registrant will know in ad
vance whether be la physically
qualified. If he passes his physical,
he also will be notified by his drift
board in advance of Induction
whether he is being assigned to the
Army or the Navy.
Under the present system, a reg
istrant classified 1-A first is called
for a screening test. Then he Is
sent to the induction center for
his final physical, inducted imme
diately if found physically fit, and
then given a 21-day furlough if he
is taken into the Army, but only
seven days if taken into the Njvy.
Under the new system, regis
strants will be ordered to report
(or pre-induction physicals. As a
rule, they will be called by order
number, first for volunteers, then
non-fathers and finally from the fa
ther group. If rejected, they will
be classified 4-F. If they pass, they
will be returned to their local
boards with a report that they are
qualified for "Army—general ser
vice," "Arm>%—limited service" or
"Navy," which includes the Ma
rines and Coast Guard.
The records then will be sent to
their local boards, and the men will
not be drafted sooner than 21 days
after the examination.
Meanwhile, the loeal boarda will
mail them a certificate of fitness
showing whether they are accept
abel for service and, If so, the type
of service.
Husband Ordered Held
As Alleged Slayer
State s Farm Youths Win
Marketing Contest Awards
Rufus Benton Turner Marcelene Simmons
SIX North Carolina farm youths i
used their spare time so ef-!
(ectively in vegetable growing,
last summer that this state took!
• lion's share of the awards in
tho National Junior Vegetable!
Gi wers' Association production;
•iv marketing contest this year,
Pr . Grant Snyder, of Massachu
•<.; ; State College, adult advisor
of the group, announced at the
annual convention in Chicago.
Rufus Benton Turner, 18 years
olci, who lives on his parents' 150
acro farm in Anson County near
Pi ton, will receive as Southern
re >nal winner $200 from a
|(i >0 scholarship fund provided
by the Great Atlantic and Pacific
Tea Company. Three other win
ners of $100 each are Marcelene
Simmons, 15, of R. F. D. 1, Ml.
Airy; William Breedlove, 15. of
R. F. D. 2, Nashville, and Howard
r. Blalock, 18, of R. F. D. 1. Dur
ham.
Other North Carolina awards
went to Wilton Ward, 15, of
K. F. D. 2, Clinton, and Carmel
Hr/ilingsworth, 17, of R. F. D. 1,
Waynesville, who will receive a
(25 war bond each. All the
iwards are to be used for atten
lance at a college of agriculture
>r for the purchase of equipment
»nd supplies to develop somi
>hase of vegetable production
ind ..larketing.
Turner, ranked at the top of all
:oiit* 'ants in 13 Southern states,
ep> ieu a $455 profit oti his
wo-..cre Eard< n rroiect I- is
a senior in high school, president
of both the 4-H Club and Future
Farmers ol America chapters and
is active in athletics. He hopes
to attend North Carolina State
College after the war.
Miss Simmons, who lives cn a
60-acre farm in Surry County,
reported $252 profit on a two-acre
garden project. She is president
of her 4-H Club, treasurer of her
senior class, and is active in glee
club ard orchestra work.
Breed love, who lives on his
parents' 98-acre Nash County
farm, had $373 profit on a
acre garden, is a tenth grader, is
president of his F F. A. chapter
and last year was president of
the 4-H Club.
Blalock reported total receipts
of $2,976 on vegetables grown on
25 acres. He is president of his
4-H Club chapter, has been cap
tain of the basketball and football
teams and previously had earned
m year's scholarshio to use at
North Carolina State College
after he finishes producing food
for war needs.
Boys and girls from 33 states
participated in the contest this
year. They carried out success
ful vegetable projects and com
pleted the required studies ol
production and marketing meth
ods showing why efficient mar
keting is vital to food production
both in wartime and in peace
tin1 ""inner of the grand na
t: ~d of $500 was Waynt
K -en. 19. of R. F. D. 3
Tern- ... ate. Ind.
Gray Plans Paralysis Campaign,
Mrs. Cowell Named Vice-Chairman
0 Tentative plans for the annual
Infantile Paralysis campaign in cel
ebration of President Roosevelt's
birthday were disclosed yesterday
by Rev. A. D. Leon Gray, county
chairman.
Gray, whose 1943 campaign was
a marked success, said that he hop
ed again to go over the top and be
yond the county's $720 quota to
combat infantile paralysis. The
drive will get underway January
17 and close January 30, which is
President Roosevelt's birthday.
Contribution chests will be plac
ed at strategic places around the
county, and a business sign-up
drive as well as a school campaign
will be employed.
By those the minster hopes that
Onslow will surpass the creditable
showing it made last year when it
placed seventh in North Carolina's
100 counties in per capita contribu
tions.
Mrs. M. A. Cowell has been ap
pointed by Gray to be vice chair
man and in charge of the women's
part of the campaign.
Other appointments he has made
include: Alton Capps, Sneads Fer
ry; Miss Ikie Brock, Richlands;
Rev. C. H. Mercer, Swansboro; Lt.
Ida S. Martin, Camp Davis; and J.
C. Thompson, Elliott Petteway, A.
J. Ellis, Deane Tayolr, Sam Leder
and Maurice Trachtenburg, Jack
sonville; C. Bruce Hunter, Dixon
school; A. B. Johnson, Jacksonville
school.
Appointments are yet to be made
by General Henry L. Larsen at
Camp Lejeune and Gray at Holly
Ridge
NEW DEPUTY COLLECTOR.
£ Thomas L. Johnson of Asheville
has succeeded Ralph Monger as de
puty collector for the Department
of Revenue in this section. He is
making his home in Kinston and
will visit this community periodi
cally.
WOMEN TO MEET.
£ The Jacksonville Woman's
club will meet at 3:30 o'clock at
the Pine Lodge Thursday after
Boon.
OPA Officials Are
Warned Against Use
Of Stolen Coupons
0The Onslow OPA office has re
ceived a warning from the State of
fice of a growing increase in the
use of stolen gasoline and food ra
tioning coupons in Eastern North
Carolina, and has been urged to
use extra precautions that no ille
gal coupons get in circulation.
The illicit traffic in ration cur
rency has become a rackei, the lo
cal board has been advised.
Not only Onslow but also other
ration offices in Eastern North Car
olina have had ration coupons stol
en from them in recent months.
Here, the First Citizens Bank and
Trust company has been keeping
the coupons and books not in use,
and only a small amount are re
moved each day.
0Marcella Humphrey, Richlands
section tenant farmer, was ordered
held without bond by an Onslow
County coroner's jury Thursday in
connection with the death of his
wife, who was found dead at their
home near Richlands on the night
of October 28.
After hearing evidence in the in
quest, the coroner's jury returned ft
verdict that Mrs. Humphrey came
to her death as result of charge
from a gun "fired from the bands
of Marcella Humphrey, her hus
band.
The jury was composed of J. C.
Petteway, W. A. S. Aman, C. E.
Smith, E. W. Provost, P. V. Capps
and G. F. Phillips.
Coroner G. W. Jones now is
holding Humphrey without bond
in jail, pending the convening of
the March term of Superior Court.
Solicitor J. Abner Barker is ex
pected to ask the death penalty for
Humphrey.
The husband, who took the stand
in his own behalf, testified Thurs
day that there was no one else to
his knowledge in the house at the
time his wife was slain in the hall
way of their tenant residence on a
D. W. Russell farm near Gergory
Fork. Their daughter also testified
similarly, and said that she heard
no gunshot but only a commotion
in the hallway and that she got
there about the same time her fa
ther did.
Marceiia, wno married again on
December 29, said that he thought
he saw the shotgun standing in a
corner beside the door on the day
that his wife was slain.
Coroner G. W. Jones and Mar
shall F. Clark, Quinn-McGowan
Funeral Home undertaker, testified
that there was hardly any possibil
ity that Mrs. Humphrey could have
been accidentally shot.
The gun had been on a resting
place on the side of the hallway,
and it was first supposed that on
the night of her death and even la
ter. the husband said that the gun
was standing beside the doorway,
and that Mrs. Humphrey accident
ally knocked it over as she went
for a glass of water, and that the
gun went off accidentally. No one,
however, in the house at the time
said they heard any shots.
The charge of gunshot proceeded
downward in Mrs. Humphrey's
body, and authorities said that it
would have been impossible for
the charge to enter her body so
had the shot been accidntal. Both
Jones and Clark testified that they
tested the gun, that it would not
go off when thrown down upon the
ground with force, that even when
fired into mattresses that it made
sounds which were heard across
the street from the Jones funeral
home where the tests were said to
have been made.
Mrs. Penny Horne, mother of
Mrs. Humphrey, testified that she
knew of Marceiia and his present
wife, a Miss Swinson of near Cath
erine Lake, going to church togeth
er frequently and going to persons
homes "praying" long before her
daughter was slain.
DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL.
®u\ere Day, son of Mr. and Mrs.
N. E. Day, who has been undergo
ing treatment for a back ailment
in the Naval hospital in Portsmouth
for the past five months, has been
discharged and reentered the Uni
rersity of North Carolina in Chapel
Hill as a V-12 student during th©
weekend.
Capt. Don S. Knowlton Will Speak
At Bond Rally Here Tomorrow Night
0Capt. Don S. Knowlton, USN,
director of the Medical Field Ser
vice school at Camp Lejune and a
veteran of Warl War I and II, will
speak when leaders in the 4th War
Loan campaign meet tomorrow
night at Coleman's Diner at 7 o'
clock.
A chicken supper will be served
to approximately 50 leaders from
throughout Onslow County, who
^'ill direct the sale of war bonds
in the forthcoming drive, accord
ing to Chairman Jack Thompson.
The drive will gei underway
January 18.
Captain Knowlton is a renown
ed surgeon and doctor, and wag
surgeon for the First Marine Div
isinn that captured Guadalcanal
The decoration he received foi
his work in the South Pacific ij
Is one of several he has receiv
ed for meritorious service in the
armed forces of the nation. In ad
dition to being director of the
Camp Lejeune school, he is alio
in charge of the Camp Dispea
aary.
Thompson said he had not ytt
received acceptances from som«
township chairmen, but he was
confident that they all would
serve. They also have been invit
ed to attend tomorrow night's
supper meeting along with guests.
As for Onslow County's quota,
Thompson has not yet been noti
fied what will be, but it still ex
pected to be somwhere be
tween $425,000 fand $471,000.
Chairman Thompson will pre*
side at the meeting. The program
was arranged by a committee
composed of Rev. William O'Byrw
ne, Albert Ellis and Billy Arthur.