Local News
Mr. H.H. Elliot of Wilmington is on a visit to Mrs. A.F.
Williams.
Mrs. Thad Jones has returned from a visit to Wilmington and
Castle Hayne.
Mrs. T.O. Coppedge is on a visit to her old home at Boone
and will return soon.
Misses Sadie and Mamie Loftin of Raleigh are guests of
friends in the village.
Miss Annabel Faraboa, who teaches in the Magnolia Graded
School, visited friends here Sunday.
Misses Mary Lee and Lucy Shine of Rocky Mount have been on a
visit to friends here for several days.
Rev. and Mrs. J.D. Larkins of McRae, Ga., and daughter are
visiting at the home of Mr. L.M. Cooper.
Mr. M. Baron, a Jewish Rabbi, was here Tuesday. He is on a
visit to his brother, Mr. Jacob Baron at Magnolia.
Mrs. J.E. Snelling of Portsmouth, who is so pleasantly
remembered here as Miss Edith Fulford, is visiting Mrs. D.H. Wallace.
Mr. Lawrence Sutherland has bought the corner store next to
the bone yard and will soon fill it with fall and winter goods.
Mrs. A.L. McGowen and her bright little children have been
on a visit to Mrs. McGowan’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. D.H. Wallace.
Miss Lottie Williams of Norfolk is visiting her sister, Mrs.
H.D. Williams. Her young friends are glad to see her among those who have added
greatly to the pleasures and life of this old town.
Capt. James G. Kenan, a brave Confederate soldier whose
acquaintances reach far beyond our own state bounds, has been on a visit here
for the past week. His friends were glad to see him looking well.
Miss Minnie Farrior of Raleigh is visiting her aunt, Mrs.
E.A. Farrior. Her school girl friends realize in her one of the sweetest
characters and they will always welcome her back home together with all the
family.
Through a drenching rain the young people went to a fish fry
frolic to Cooper’s Mill last Friday. The party was chaperoned by Mr. Fitzhugh
Wallace, who unfortunately drove a blind mule and made slow progress “there and
back.”
H.L. Stevens Esq. of Warsaw was here Tuesday to attend a
meeting of the Duplin Bar. The court calendar was made up for August two weeks
term which convenes here on August 29th and will be presided over by
Judge Whedbee.
Mr. William Ellsworth of Washington, who never forgets
Kenansville in times of plenty or adversity, has been adjourning here for quite
a while. His sister, Miss Mary Lillian, also visited here recently to the great
delight of her many friends.
The farmers are going to make more this year than they
really expected. On every hand we see wonderful signs of improvement in crops.
Cotton and corn will produce a great deal more than was expected about July 25th.
Forage crops are also fairly good.
Judge O.H. Allen and family are expected to arrive this week
for a several days stay. Now if the boys will give a fish fry at the “”Bamford
Hole” in honor of our distinguished guest, nothing could add more to his
pleasure while here. Sallie Mikel pipes will keep mosquitoes away and general
Scott Stanford will gladly act at toast master for the occasion, for ‘twas here
that he took refuge when a boy with Judge Allen just because all the people
said “the Yankees are coming,” and that was nearly 50 years ago.
Holly Hill Items
The picnic held at Jones’ Mill Wednesday was a decided
success in every way. There was a large crowd present and the day passed off
pleasantly.
Mr. Berry Price, a resident of Price Town, happened to the
misfortune of getting his horse’s shoulder knocked out of place Saturday by
running against a tree.
Mr. Bryant Outlaw went to Wilmington Sunday
Mr. Granger Whitfield
of Outlaw’s Bridge was in this section a short while Saturday.
Mrs. Della Stroud of Durham is visiting relatives and
friends in this vicinity.
Mr. Claudia Whitfield and Mrs. Sarah Southerland of Rhone’s
Chapel spent a few hours at Mr. H.K. Kornegay’s Wednesday.
Miss Eula Sullivan of near Mount Olive is visiting relatives
in this community.
Mr. and Mrs. G.B. Holmes of Faison spent Sunday night and
Monday with Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Mozingo.
Rev. Mr. Bumpass, Presiding Elder of New Bern District, held
services at Bethel M.E. Church on Tuesday last. Rev. Mr. Beckton continued the
service until Friday night.
The continued rains are proving somewhat destructive to most
all crops. The old North East has been somewhat flooded.
--Price
Calypso News
At a called meeting of our township, road supervisors and
hands last Saturday, several changes were made. The slogan for good roads was
very pronounced. Now let our people build good roads by the present system or
vote for a bond issue at a small cost. Let each generation pay its part of the
cost. We have been wasting time and money long enough and now is the time to
call a halt. The farmers of Duplin need roads for this can only be their means
of transportation. Their tax for bad roads is increasing every day. Let our
next Legislature do something for the farmers by aiding in “building” good
roads. Mr. Editor, keep on hammering for good roads. We will get them as sure
as “the sun runs.”
Beulaville News Notes
Mr. Charles Sandlin and wife of Georgia are visiting friends
in this section.
Mr. Ellis Quinn and Mrs. Quinn are visiting Mr. O.W. Quinn.
Mrs. R.O. Sandlin of Magnolia is visiting Mrs. Alsa Sandlin.
Miss Bertha Sandlin has returned from a visit to her sister,
Mrs. Horne of Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. Berry Bostic of Kinston have returned home
after visiting Mr. S.S. Bostic.
There will be a grand picnic at Beulaville on Saturday,
August 27th. Everybody is invited to attend. It will be a pleasant
gathering and good speakers will be with us to entertain the large crowd
expected. Beulaville people always do things in the nice way, so come and be
one of us for one day.
Faison
On Friday last our base ball team went over to Clinton for
the purpose of crossing bats with the Sampson boys; but, we learn, that old
Neptune took charge of the weather and had the game called off.
Mr. R.C. Warren of Gastonia has been here for some days, the
guest of J.E. and E.L. Hoey.
Mr. I.F. Hill of Durham arrived here Friday last on a visit
to relatives.
Mr. G.G. best, our popular sheriff, spent a part of last
Friday in town on business.
Faison Township Road Supervisors met here again on Saturday
last for the purpose of hearing various and sundry complaints. Some objected to
the overseers, others to division of roads and adjustment of hands, while
everybody appeared to agree that an occasional mud hole prevented perfections
in a few places, on account of the recent heavy rains. Oh, these horrible
roads!
Some members of our Fox Club went over in the edge of sweet
Sampson on Saturday last and dogged an old fox about half of the day. The
plaguey thing had been killing geese.
Mrs. I.R. Faison returned home from Wrightsville on Saturday
night last.
Rev. John S. Wood of Weldon held services at the
Presbyterian Church here on Sunday last.
Miss Sulu M. Hicks, who has been away for several weeks on a
visit to various places in Georgia and South Carolina, returned home on Monday
last.
Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Hines, who have been spending some days at
Seven Springs, returned home on Sunday evening last.
Dr. C.D. Hill of Jersey City, N.J., is here on a visit to
relatives.
Miss Sallie P. Hines visited Goldsboro on Monday last.
Miss Elizabeth Hicks entertained a number of our young
people on Monday night last in honor of her guest, Miss Gladys Council.
Mr. C.C. Rich of Norfolk, Va., spent a part of Tuesday in
town on business.
Dr. John L. Lane, who has been located in Warsaw the past
few years, has again become a citizen of our town. He has rented one of the new
buildings on North Main Street, put in a soda fountain, and will have a stock
of drugs in the near future. We all welcome his return to our place.
C.S. Hines lost a valuable horse on Tuesday morning last. It
appears that the animal was running at large near the railroad and as the
Shoofly was leaving put out ahead of it, and fell into a trestle near the
section house, and was so badly broken up that it died in a few minutes.
Dr. J.M. Faison left here on Monday morning for the capital
of Onslow, where he hoped to meet quite a number of the boys, and perhaps talk
politics just a little.
Our base ball team, accompanied by a number of rooters, went
down to Wallace on Tuesday and crossed bats with the boys on their own diamond.
Faison team lost out by a small margin.
--O’Neill
Magnolia
Pardon us for silence last week. We were too busy to “tell
the news.”
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Groves of Georgia are visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Groves.
Miss Annabel Faraboa is visiting Miss Mary Lowder of
Kenansville.
Mrs. W.F. Pickett is spending a week in Wilmington.
Mrs. J.C. Horne spent last week with relatives at Benson.
Mrs. L.J. Carroll left Monday a.m. for Willard to see her
grand-daughter, Miss Lillian Colwell, who is very ill.
Miss Christine Middleton of Goldsboro spent Sunday with Miss
Sudie Middleton.
Mr. and Mrs. S.O Middleton of Hallsville were in town last
week.
Mr. Tom Gresham called on our merchants Monday.
Misses Lena and Evelyn Middleton spent several days last
week with relatives at Lanefield.
Rev. J.D. Larkins and wife were in town Monday on their way
to Kenansville.
The Baptist Sunbeam Band had a delightful picnic last week.
The children and parents spent a very happy and long-to-be-remembered day.
Mrs. Bettie McEntee of Wilmington is visiting Mrs. J.C.
Horne.
A party of 15 young people enjoyed a delightful picnic last
Tuesday at Beasley’s Mill.
Misses Lottie and Minnie Thorpe of Wilmington are visiting
their aunt, Mrs. Mary Maxwell.
Mrs. G.C. Scott and Misses Edna and Willie May Cobbs left
last week for an extended trip to Virginia.
Misses Mary and Beatrice Bass are visiting their sister,
Mrs. Jurney Blanchard near Wilmington.
Miss Lucy McGowan of Willard visited Miss Eva Middleton
Saturday night.
North Duplin Notes
The people of this section are busy housing their tobacco
and pulling fodder.
Mr. Isaac Hardy and his son Jessie have returned to their
home in Florida after spending some time visiting relatives and friends of this
section. We were glad to have them visit us and hope that they can come again
next summer.
Mrs. A.J. Barfield of Kinston has been visiting at Mr. H.A.
Outlaw’s for several days.
Mrs. Jimmie Kennedy of New Bern has been visiting at Mr.
W.D. Chambers’ for some time.
Misses Ella and Ada Grady have returned to their home in
Kinston after spending several days in this section.
We are sorry to note the death of Miss Fannie Keathley which
occurred at her home about 7 o’clock p.m. last Tuesday, the 9th. She
had been in feeble health for several months. On Wednesday p.m. she was laid to
rest in the family burying ground, where many were gathered to pay the last tribute
of respect to their friend.
We are sorry to note the death of Mr. Amos Simmons, which
occurred at his son’s Marion, about 5 o’clock a.m. of the same day, the 9th.
He had been in fairly good health until just a few days before his death. All
was done that loving children and a physician could do but his days were spent.
His race on earth was run, and we believe he is among the bright flowers that
are transplanted in heavy to bloom forever. He was about 82 years of age and
leaves nearly 100 children, grand-children and great grand-children, besides
many other relatives and a host of friends to mourn his death. He was loved and
honored by all who knew him and we are sure he will be greatly missed
throughout this section.
On Wednesday, he was laid to rest in the family burying
ground at his old home, where a large crowd was gathered to pay the last token
of love to their true friend. His sorrows, pains and cares of life are over and he is
resting ‘neath the sod. He was a kind and loving father and we extend to the
bereaved ones our deepest sympathy. May God comfort them. He is gone but will
never be forgotten.
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