UME NUMBER FIFTEEN
jo Hovspoper Writes Feature
; h World's Largest Pepper M:rfcet
From Goldsboro News Argus i Immediate area but also from On
line' World's greatest pepper slow, Jones and Duplin counties.
k.et without argument, is the j Those who know say that the
n of Turkey, in Sampson County strength and flavor of the peppers
j A. A. Wilkinson in the Dur- in that region are without a super
i Herald, Turkey Is five miles lor. . , ' ' - i -.
f i Warsaw and 14 miles from i:--. It's no mystery how the town of
X a. For 15 miles around there's Turkey got its name. It is the seat
' ..'y a farm without an extensive : of Turkey township, a region which
liimmer crop of peppers, bell pep- f once abounded in wild turkeys. ,
; rs, hot peppers, and' the tiny j And incidently, while the town of
! rd's eye variety, all rivaling the; Turkey makes It hot for the epi
output of Mexi.;- i J j I cures of the world. Its municipal
Each day during the marketing 1 finance arrangements suits the
; son up to 13,000 baskets are taste of local citizens who do not
i .A in the auction markets of the
1'tile town which at best can count
a population of only J50" persons,
Jane and July find farmers and
traders bringing great loads of pep-;
ris into Turkey, not only from the !
-, At a special meeting held on Dec
.".3rd the Xenansville Chapter No.
15, O. E. S., initiated Misses The
1 3sa Gooding and Hortense Tyn
fall into the Order.-This was one
if the most impressive conferring
of degrees ,our Chapter has ever
put on. ' " "Vji
The hall was-attrai" ' ' - raw-
tad for, the occasion" with Christ
inas tree, poinsettas, candle ar
rangements, etc.; .f&Z&y:
i The cchange of gifts' preceded
t e social hour. Befresbiaents con
Twas the night after Christmas,
sad boy what a house J felt like
fie devil and so did the spouse. '
- The eggnog and. turkey and can
Cy were swell, button minutes later
.ttejr sure gave me h - t
The stockings weren't, hung by the
chimney with care; the darn things
were draped, on the back of a chair.
The children were .nestled all
snug in their bed. but I had a "large
cake of ice on my head." i; ' i
" And when I finally dosed off in
a nap; the tee woke me up whem it
fell in my lap.;;7.;.;:;;K;.:-;i;;
' Then for some unknown reason
I wanted a drink, so I started In
feeling for my way to the sink.
.. I got along fine until I stepped
on the cat I don't recall just what
occurred after that.
When 1 came to, the house was
flooded with light ,
Although I was under the table.
1 was as high as a kte. -'-
, While visions cf su?av pluiftS
danced in my head, I some how .got
up and then into bed," ; - -1
., s Then what to my wondering mind
should 'appear, but ' a miniature
sleigh and eight tiny reindeer.
Then the sleigh seemed to change
to a red fire truck and each tiny
reindeer turned into a bleered eyed
l uck. I kneW in a moment it must
Le Old Nick
I tried to cry out but my tongue
was too thick; then the old devil
whistled and shouted with glee,
while the, bucks piwed the, earth
nid looked daggers at me.'
Then he called them by name and
t ie names made me shudder, '
. Now Egg-nog, Bacardi, Four Ro
s s and Brandy, now Fruit Cake,
Cold Turkey, Gin Rickey and Can
( . To the top of his dome, to the
I p of his skull now whack away,
( t aok away.; with thumps that are
dull. Then in a twinkling I felt on
i y roof the prancing and pawing
I I each ' cloven: hoof. .. Vt:'-' :
' How long this went on I'm sure
I can't say, tho'Jt seemed an eier
i y, plus a long day. 1,.
But finally the night after Christ
r is had passed and I found I could
t '"k straight at last So I thought
i t the New Year a few days away.
' I'm sticking to water, don't even
lit ice, for there's , nothing as
y or nothing as nice. '
The night after Christmas may
her some guys but I've learned
lesson, and brother I'm wise.
You can have your rich victuals
1 liguor that's red but what
; to my stomach won't ge so
isead. -:V'v'vr' T''1',;V-;v;- '
a Big Happy New Year to you
I'm back on he . water wagon
e" I don't fall.
pay a penny in city property taxes.
Turkey dees very well financially
by getting Its municipal 1 funds,
through license taxes, fees and
fines. . : ,-
. E. $.
sisting of sandwiches and spiced
apple juice were served.
The Chapter was glad to have
many guests present. .
: Our Worthy Matron, Sister Beta
Henley, and a number of Brothers
and Sisters from Beulaville Chap
ter,, were present We were glad to
have Siste Ruth Honeycutt and
Brother O. M. Honeycutt of Fay
etteville come to meet with us for
this iaccasion. ; ; v'-;i
iVf to3ess!e Komegay, Reporter.
EtF. WEEKS
Red Spiders On Strawberries
" A recent survey revealed that red
spiders are present in a large per
centage of the strawberry fields.
This Insect is very difficult to con
trol due to. the difficulty of apply
ing Insecticide dust on the lew lay-
jig strawberry leaves.
The County Agents, insecticide
Dealers, and farmers from : the
strawberry producing counties' of
southeastern North Carolina met
with James Conner,. Extension En
tomologist, Dr. Deering, Director
of the Coastal . Plain Experiment
Station, and Dr. Fulton, Station Entomologist-last
Friday, at Willard,
to discuss this problem. It was
agreed that insecticides were avail
ableable that would kill the red
spiders if they could be applied so
that they would reach the-spiders
on the under side of the leaves. '
Dr, Fulton stated that good re
sults had been Obtained by use of
dinitro dust during cold weather,
and dust aulphurls effective during
warm. weatherDealers In Willard
and Wallace have ordered a supply
of - the dinitro dust and, sulphur
dust . for . farmers to use against
this pest It was pointed out that
it was important to adjust the dust
ing machine to apply only a small
amount of dust and to spray them
fast enough so that they would cre
ate a strong blast In order to drive
the dust underneath the leaves.
' The red spider is not a new insect
but have been with us a long time.
They can be controlled if these
dusts are applied so that they will i
come In contact with the spiders.;
.Hybrid Corn . t, j r t
;i Those farmers who plan to plant
hybrid seed corn this spring should
give careful consideration to the
varieties; selected. Some of the va
rieties are more resistant to weevil
damage, have better shuck coverage
at the tip of the ear, have stronger
stalks, and produce higher yields
than others. These are the varieties
which are recommended for Du
plin County: White Variety: N. C.
T20, N. C." 1111, Tenn. 10,; Yellow
Variety; N. C. 26. N. C 27, N. C.
T23. N, C. Til, Funks G714, and
Woods S210, vi'. ;.-r;&- v,
Other palmists come and go bue
'Madam Morris", stays on. She Is
the one you can depend ay Spec
ial personal readings during Janu
ary. ,.!. -. .. aly.
KENANSYILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
Clanry Ez'j Writes bsuma Sevan
:.S'-'Spic3S feil. En Recent Years
- H. C. DALE
Secretary-Treasurer of the Seven
Springs Supply. Company, one of
the oldest Farm Supply .houses'
serving the Northern Section of
Duplin County. Mr. Dale is a na
tive son of Duplin County, ..
Church Bulletin
The preaching schedule for the
Duplin Methodist Circuit for Sun
day, January 12, is as follows: Ke
nansville,' 11 o'clock; Unity, 3 P. M.;
Magnolia, 7 P. M.. The pastor, Rev.
John M. Cline will preach at each
of these services. :,,;. .
. On Monday, .Jauuary. 13, ft ,7:30
jf. m., tne Kenansvuie Young Peo
ple will be hosts to the Clinton
Area, Sub-District, of , the Youth
fellowship. The meeting will begin
witj a service of worship held at
the Methodist Church, followed by
a period of recreation at the Lodge
ttuuauig, . ,
PiriicHill
Woman Dies
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie
Blizzard Howard, 73, widow of Char
lie Howard of the Pink Hill section,
who died at 7:30 a. m. Friday of
last week were held at 2 p. m. on
Saturday from the late residence
Rev. W. K. Jordan, Free Will Bap
tist minister, officiated. Burial fol-
owed in the Howard cemetery. Mrs,
Howard was a member of the Chris-
tlon Chopel Free Will Baptist
Church for about 50 years. Survi
vlng are four daughters, Mrs. W. A.
Howard, Mrs. Fannie Howard, and
Mrs. Ralph Phillips, all of Pink
Hill, -and Bessie Howard of the
home; three sons, Walter B. How
ard, of Deep Run, and Percy and
Herman Howard of Pink Hill; and
several grandchildren. , - -
Board Of Health
Referral Centers
Expanding its program to make
psychological service available to
every county in North Carolina, the
State Board of Public Welfare has
designated 17 referral centers to
which surrounding counties may
bring cases requiring psychological
examinations each month to one of
the two psychologists of the State
Department of Public Welfare, Dr.
Ellen Winston, Commissioner of
Public Welfare, announced today.
Dr. Ralph T. Hinton, Jr., and
Marion Stanland. department psy
chologists, will be available at the
centers lor psychological examin
ations of adoption, juvenile court,
school adjustment, and other types
of children's cases as well as for
potential, eugenlcal - sterlllation
cases., '"fu v.S1.';; v ; V!i'-?fl'3;&
County Welfare Offices will
serve as the point of contact be
tween the psychologists and the of
ficials bringing cases to, the refer
ral centers.
Duplin County's referral Cen
ter is New Hanover County Wel
fare Department in Wilmington.
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By H. C. DALE
Past year's (1946) business was
especially good for -farmers and
labor in my section 'due to high
prices of products, ' especially to
bacco, .and the reasonable prices
they paid for farm Bupplies.
Labor his enjoyed this same
period due to the increase in wages
of from 3 to 500 pet, for all classes
of labor since 1941.. y .
My retail business, which I think
Is reperesentative of Eastern North
Carolina, has not been so prosper-'
ous due to the increased cost of
operation. Mine has increased over.
100 percent since 1941. This is not
a guess, it's an audit. However,
sales have been better, much bet--ter
each year. That is why we are
still operating.
Another year. I haven't talked
to a single farmer who expects
such high prices next year. How
ever, they don't expect anything
like 1932. That Is my personal op
inion. .:.
Labor on the other hand expects
just as high or higher wages for
1947. This applies to all skilled and
unskilled. !; v - ;
Material progress in my com
munity has been astounding es
pecially for the past three years.
I haven't actually: counted them,
but I am. rntisfied. there are twice
as many buildings On any road
leaving here, any direction, as
were three years agoj
We have-sold more paint and
building material in any one of the
three last years, as we did all the
years from 1930-to 1941.
In this little' Village of less than
200, would say about 170, the fol
lowing has been done in Improve
ment: " -'. ,': ;
. Mr. Ed Ginn, who is a newcomer
Hn-'our section, bough atarge farm
last year just across the river from
here, This year, in our little village,
he hss built a sawmill, mill and
equipment costing about . $15,000,
employing 22 men, three dwellings
at a cost of $8,000; remodeled and
enlarged-two store buildings, coat
$4,000; and has installed a modern
meat market and general supply
store; another building to be jused
as an up-to-date woodworking shop,
but at Mils time they haven't been,
able to buy the machinery; built
garage operated by C. W, Weeks,
Jr. 4Mr. Ginn employs two in nwuv
ket and store) garage cost $800.00,
My company has remodeled one
warehouse and we expect to build
a modern livestock sales stable as
'soon as materials and labor can be
secured, remodel our present sales
stable and convert it to farm ma
chinery sales space.
E. T. Ferrill has remodeled and
installed water system in his home.
So has F. R. Jarman, and Mrs. D.
C. Potter. Roger Dawson has built
residence, $3,000. L. A. Dawson
has remodeled a modern meat mar
ket and grocery. M
L. H. Head has remodeled and
converted a part of his sales stables
into a concrete block plant employ
ing six men when in operation,
built a mule pen, remodeled and
enlarged store building. Sells all
VA Officer Be
In Wallace
Lawrence S. Everett, Veterans
Certifying Officer of the -Was As
sets Administration from Wilming
ton will be In Wallace Thursday
and Friday, January 16 and 17, and
will be available to certify veterans
of World War II for the purchase
of surplus government property.
'Mr Everett will be able to ex
plain any questions the veterans
might have concerning their prior
ity rights and will give them the
"what where and how" of .obtain
ing surplus items. Eligible veterans
will be able to get their certifica
tions on the spot and will not have
to go to Raleigh or Wilmington as
in the past All that is needed is
for the veteran to Ving a photo-,
static or certified copy of his dis
charge or bis terminal leave papers.
This "mobile" certifying office
will be set up in the City Hall and
f win be open for business between
9 and 4 each day. On Monday and
Tuesday, January 13 and 14, Mr.
Everett, will be In the American
Legion Hut in Lumberton and on
Wednesday .and Thursday, January
22, and 23, he will be In Room 321-
2, in the Elks Building in New Bern.
.tal
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FRIDAY,
kind of livestock, farm machinery,
electrical equipment Employs 3
men in this branch. Enlarged his
feed mill, built one home, has part
of material to build another store
building 30 X 60. Expects to build
turee more homes next year.'
M. F. Phillips has built a new
home, $3,000. He is a newcomer of
two years. Operates a store here
and this year connected with one
of the popular oil tobacco barn
curers and was very successful rep
resenting them in the South East
U. S. A.
Mrs. Katie Herring remodeled
and enlarged her home to a two
family apartment. C. B. Dale re
modeled and enlarged his home.
Davis Price has part of material
on ground to remodel his home.
Marvin Stroud Is remodeling his
home now.
The Methodist people have spent
about $6,000 remodeling "The
Church on the Hill". Not complete
yet and we expect to enlarge it
as. soon as materials are available.
This is the oldest church site in
this section, some say built about
125 years ago. The original build
ing was burned by the Yankees.
However, when it was rebuilt, a
gallery was built in it (or use of
the Negroes as they had no church
of their own In this community.
The slave gallery was removed
some 60-odd years ago.
The colored Baptists are con
structing a cement block building
(church). The colored Holiness are
constructing a tile brick church
building. . 11
The road to "The ehurch on the
Hill" has be wi Unproved, day,
sand and cinders. W hope to pate
it. The- rwd Jrom, No. 5&oiorth
through town to No. 70 bis been
made ready for surfacing, which
will be done next spring. The same
for road from LaGrange, .south,
crossing Rockford Bridge two miles
East of here, connecting with 111
at Holt's Store (via LlddeU) In Du
plin county.
Home Dem. Notes
The Home Demonstration Pro
gram for 1947 has been planned
around the theme Better Health
for Rural People.
In January the topic of the
month is What is the Outlook for
Farm and HOme in 1947; February,
Eat Your Way, to Health; March,
The Needs of Your Children; April,
Better Health through Better Food
Conservation; May, Is Your Water
Supply Safe, Adequate, and Con
venient?; June Vitamin C in the
Diet; July, the Selection and Buy
ing of Furniture; August Recrea
tion; September, Using Sewing Ma
chine Attachments; October, Save
Your Eyes; November, Fashions
For Work In The Home; and in
December will end the year's pro
gram with each club having a
Christmas Program.
urt
Judge Henry L. Stevens is hold
ing a two-week term of civil court
here this week. He has been clear
ing the docket of many long stand
ing cases. He dismissed the jury
and worked with all parties in ac
tions to clear the cases off. He will
hold a two-week criminal term fol
lowing county, court during the
week of the 19th. -
Doctor Heath
Locates Here
Dr. H. Heath of Kinston, opened
offices -here- this week for the prac
tice of medicine. His offices are lo
cated . In the Gooding building,
formerly occupied by Dr, Gooding.
Dr. Heath is a graduate of the
University of North Carolina. He
took his medical degree from Mc
Gill University in Montreal, Cana
da.' He also interned In Montreal.
He spent two years in service in the
Navy. He is tve son of Mr. and
?. r ' r "i of Kinston.
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JANUARY 10th., 1947
Farm Survey In Duplin Scheduled
For 1947; turkey Man Designated
' J. M. Hunter, of Rt. 1, Turkey,
has been selected by the Statistics
Division of the State Agriculture
Department to conduct a farm sur
vey in Duplin and Sampson coun
ties this year, it was announced
by Agriculture Commissioner W.
Kerr Scott
The survey, designed to obtain
information on farm accidents, em
ployment, wages, expenses, and in
come, will begin on January 13, and
continue well into February.
Sponsored throughout the nation
by the Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics, the survey, employing 15
special enumerators, will cover
representative segments of 28 coun
ties in North Carolina.
Federal Gov't.
Announce Exams.
Examination for probational ap
pointment, leading to permanent
position of Conservation Aid, $1954
to $2644, for duty with the Soil
Conservation Service located in the
States of: Conn., Delaware, Maine,
Md., Mass., N. H., N. J., N. Y., N. C,
Pa., R. I., Vermont Va., W. Va.,
was announced today by the Exe
cutive Secretary, Board of U. S.
Civil Service Examiners at the De
partment of Agriculture, Upper
Darby, Pa. .
Ini addition to experience and
training requirements all appli
cants must pass a written test The
age limits of 18 to 62 for this exam
ination will be waived for veterans.
Applicants must be citizens; of or
owe allegiance to the United States,
or must be citizens of', the Republic
of the Phillipplnes. IV i,
Duties of these jobe include lay;
ing out simple contours; collecting
soil .samples assembling informa
tion from field notes; applying soil
conservation practices, such as ter
racing, contour cultivation, tree
planting, woodland improving.iarm
drains, irrigation and . land prepa
ration; and supervising the work of
assistants.
Applications for this examination
must be. received by the Executive
Secretary, Board of U. S. Civil Ser
vice Examiners, Department of Ag
riculture, Upper Darby, Pa., not
later than January 28, 1947.
Interested persons may obtain
information and necessary applica
tion forms from the commiss
ion's Local Secretary, Mr. Fred
J. Baars, located at Warsaw Post
Office; from most first- and second
class post offices in the area for
which the examination is announ
ced; from the Directors of the First
U. S. Civil Service Region, Boston
9, Mass., the Second Region at
New York 14, N. Y., the Third Reg
ion at Philadelphia 6, Pa., and the
Fourth Region at Winston-Salem 3,
N. C. or from the Executive Secre
tary, Board of U. S. Civil Service
Examiners, Department of Agricul
ture, Upper Darby, Pa. j
Hallsville Farmer
Thurman Brown, 55 year old
Hallsville farmer, suffered a frac
tured skull Wednesday afternoon
when he was hit on the back of the
head with a board. Brown's trac
tor was stuck in the mud in the
field and the board was placed un
der the- wheel. Brown was standing
beside the tractor as the driver at
tempted to drive it out The board
flew out striking Brown on the
back of the head. He was uncon
scious at 7:45 that night The Times
has heard no report from him since.
HI
Mrs.' Blanche S. Wilson and her
mother, Mrs. G. G. Steele received
severe and painful Injuries Mon
day afternoon about 1 o'clock when
then: car collided with one operated
by Mr, Jim Cooper in front of G.
A. West's Garage on the Kenans
vllle Highway. . .: x-
Reports were that Mr. Cooper
waa not injured, but Mrs., Wilson
and Mrs., Steele each were badly
bruised and shocked. Several stit
ches were required to close a gash
near Mrs. Steele's eye and she- also
received a fractured rib. Mrs. Wil
son suffered a bruised or disloca
ted snouider and side bruises; a
g"ish on the tack of her tii and
c" t l-f' I !'r(tri!-"'
No. 2
Scott explained that the reports
to be gathered would be kept in
strict confidence, being used mere
ly for county. State and national
averages in compiling information
of use to the average farmer, ,
Although the initial reporting
time will extend for only a few
weeks, other surveys will be made
Intermittently throughout the year.
Counties chosen for the survey:
Forsyth, Guilford, Ashe, Yancy.
McDowell, Swain, Buncombe, Stan- ,
ly, Anson, Wayne, Edgecombe, Le
noir, Jones, Duplin, Sampson, Chat
ham, Richmond, Johnston, Harnett,
Granville, Warren, Northampton,
Martin, Currituck, Cleveland, Blad
en, and Robeson.
County How Has
Three Patrolmen
With the addition of Patrolman
L. B. Lane, of Craven County, to
the local troop, Duplin now has
three State Highway Patrolmen
stationed within its borders. Pa
trolman Lane and R. J. Porvost are
located in Wallace and Patrolman :
J. A. McColman is stationed in
Warsaw. .:
When asked why two patrolmen
were stationed in Wallace, Provost
replied that approximately 60 per
cent of the arrests in the county
are made in Island Creek Town
ships. ' .
Young School Boy -
Narrowly Escapes
Vilh His Life
Larry Lambert, TOBng- school
boy of Bowden narrowly escaped.,
with his life Wednesday morning
when he was struck by an automo
bile and dragged . about" 15 feet -down
the highway. ' ' . ' '
According to reports, a school
bus was parked at the side of Par
ker's store in Bowden, the usual
loading point and a group of chil
dren across the highway started
to cross over to get on. J. A. West
brook of Warsaw was driving by at
a low rate of speed just as the
children dashed Into the highway.
Young Lambeth was struck by the
car, apparently bit by the fender.
Westbrook rushed him to a War- -saw
doctor where It was found he
had received no injuries. The acci
dent was termed unavoidable. .
Contracts Let
Two contracts were let Monday
by the Duplin County Board of
Education for the erection of build- -ings
at the Branch and Warsaw
Negro schools. The Branch con
tract calls for a four room unit-..
Later eight more rooms and an aud
itorium will be added. Warsaw con--
tracts call for a four room unit
with plans to add 12 rooms and an -auditorium
later. The contract went
to the Gillett Miller Company of
Wilmington. Each bid was for $14,-
300. Incidently, Gillett js the son
of Major Gillett who was the Army,
engineer for Southeastern Carolina
for some time. He investigated
snagging North East River. ; s .
Uncle Sam Sayt
Benjamin Franklia'. devetiaa te
Sarlfi la aa well known I my n!e nt
ad nephawa aa his lave of liberty.
The twe ye hand la hand becati'u
with wise aavtnca yen eaa tVa t"
eelf the freedem t mi-"-r iW,y
personal faals for y-- f f-.
fly. We remember 1 . a't -nem
that a pmr-r i in a r.
ear"'!. Vera i, i va t
wu4 rev: f"iii f f
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