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Vol. 19. No. 20.
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At a called metsiing of the Board
of County ' Commissioners Wed
nesday nlgnt, May 14, L. P. Welta,
' presiding as Chairman, Ralph Mll
- ler was sworn in as High Sheriff
of Duplin County for the unex
pired term of the late-Balph Jones.
.The oath was administered by R. V.
Wells, Clerk of Superior Court at
7:22, in the Commissioner's room,
. In the presence of the members of
Mr. Miller's immedUte family, the
new deputies and a few-friends.
The new sheriffs term will run un
tfll Beecember, 1954. He posted a
bond of $43,000. The Commission
ers also designated all banks- in
the county as county depositories.
Mf. Miller announced the fol
lowing deputies -Norwood Boone
of Wallace to succeed Perry Smith
who had 'filed application for
sheriff; D. H. McKay of Kenans
, vllle as office deputy to replace
Miss Helen Hunt; Deputy-Jailer oi
i iver Home and DeDutv Oscar W.
Houston were retained. ' '
. Ralph Miller, 47, a tobacco grow
er has been fire warden for , the
past 17 years, taking over the Job
when it was created and is a mem
: ber of a well known Duplin Conn
ty family. He is an elder of the
HallsviUe Presbyterian Church. His
father was Lawton Miller, who serv-
OUR BEST WISHES TO RALPH MILLER
By J. R. Grady J
, Last night at 7:22 Ralph Miller became Duplin
r County's sheriff and Treasurer, Before his family
and a few friends he took the oath of office before
Clerk of Court R. V. .Wells in the Commissioner's
room here. The Times wishes to extend congratu
,' lations to Miller- and to compliment the Board o
L Commissioners for their selection. We have known v
Mr, Miller for a lontf time and are ready to testify -.
Jr.to his integrity, f aip-mindness ''and abujties. We.
I are yet to hear one1 report of disapproval of his
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ti Mr. Miller brings to the office a heritage tnat :
" is deep rooted in the history of Duplin County The H
r Miller family has been a partfof the develoDment r :
and growth of Duplin since before the revolution: .
wyerui; uupmi tum rvxutv. u sianas OEanar are
carrying on the traditions
uuu uy uiBix lAuieaa
uici- smoow saimig in nis new unaertaKing and
. f wish him many years ahead as Sheriff of Duplin
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Late Duplin Sheriff Dehi Any
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' Ralph' Jones, 54, late aWlff of
Duplin County, left a 16-page, long
band letter made public by "the
' News and Observer, which receiv-1
d a copy of lt from Jones after he
bad ended his life. The letter de
nied any connection with shortages
uncovered by the state Bureau of
Investigation in a ; probe ot the
sheriff s department, f . '-'
" a Ex-Deputy Charjes L. Nicholson,
bflder ' indictment on two counts;
bad issued a statement, to the coun
- ty commissioners in which he said
v that Sheriff Jones was responsible
; for -the shortage' - The: chairman
of the County Board of Commis
sioners, Preston Wells, had called
special session to bear th state-
ife'CcweW&fl
n.wnM.nJ. mill In '
Democrats will meet in County
Convention at Kenansville, N. C. on
Saturday, May 17,. 1962,, at 11:00
o'clock A. M. Delegates to the
State Convention which meets, in
Raleigh on, May 22, at 12:00 o'clock
noon, will . be elected. - A large
crowd is.expected. v , ; ;
Hcsc Hill Girl
A letter from the President of
the Aiooresville Women's Club, to
the Art Chairman of the Rose Hill
. Women's Club states that picture,
: ft 'nt&r 3nnn' naf niAil hv Mlu
Ann Davis Wells was purchased
by the North Carolina Federation
of Women's Club, and presented to
. the Mooresvllle Woman's Club, as
, an award for the best all-over art
program in the Stoto.-.i...'j,,';,v,-.;-;:;
: '- AH five 'Mooresvllle- delegates
were of one accord in selecting the
pii ture for their War Memorial
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'. and Mrs. A. B. Wells and has
n studying art under our local
! r, Mrs. John C. Cooper, Jr,
r the past year.
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RALPH MILLER
ed on the County Board of Com
missioners for seven V years ' and
who was chairman of the board. He
attended schools in Duplin County
where he was born. His wife was
the former Miss Lucille Mercer,
and the Millers have recently cele
brated their 25th wedding: anniver
sary. ,
of the family laid down
onu iureiauiers.r we nre
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former declaration which be said
had been made under pressure. .-
The former sheriff who ended
his life with a pistol bullet last
Thursday wrote,''? am a sick man,
my body is weak, I was gassed in
World -War 1. I am not physically
able, to' stand the fighin this rot
ten tiolitical islander.; T My. con
science is. clear I am asking the
S. B. I. and ' 11 the lawyers In Dn
plln County, to stand by the trial
of C. L. Nicholson. : I am asking
the people to. clear the courthouse
of all this corruption. " They have
framed me and are making false
statements and directing Nicholson
in making these false lieful state
ments about me having anything to
do, with' the hauling out of whis
Foundation Poured
Monday,- May 12. the whole
neighborhood got together to help
the members of the Church of Je
sus Christ of Latter Day Saints
pour the concrete for the founda
tion of their new church.' It will
be a very imposing structure when
it is completed a brick and white
stone edifice against a background
of pines which will be 98 feet long
and 49 feet wide. The cnapei wiu
have a seating capacity of 160. It
was designed by Theodore R. Pope
of SaU Lake City.
The Albertson Branch of the Cen
tral Atlantic States Mission has 200
members. ,, Mr. Melvin. Potter Is
Branch President The deed for
the four acre tract was secured on
April 9th, the building site was
secured on April 9th, the building
site was dedicated on April 6th by
David L. Hlott, 1st Counsellor to
the Mission President, and work
was started on clearing the building
site on Anril 7th. When the church
is completed in November, lt wlU
be all paid lor before it is dedi
cated. :-
The members have raised mon
ey by all kinds of projects, and
there is a lively contest between
the men and the women to see who
can raise the most Lumber has
ben donated, and labor and ma
terials not only by the members
but iy the ne!rWn-s as well. There j
wt e i.(i;y pec, .e there kod:-
w men ano wwn. . fcor
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KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JtlAY 15, 1952.
SHeriff
Witnesses To
Meet At Harper
Home On May 25th
' "What Does God '.Require of
You?" is the feature public talk
of the rpedol week .of ; K'dm
Service activity to be held by Je
hovah's Witnesses near Pink, Hal
at Blannie Harpers home, May 29th
at 3:00 o'clock. , ; f '
f R. Elridge, a representative of
the Watch tower Society, and an
ordained minister for more; than
thirty 'year '- will deliver this free
Bible discourse and he will be glad
to answer 'your Bible questions fol
lowing bis talks without cost to
you. In view of the fact that many
have ; said, 'We must get back to
God,' he asks the public these ques
tions, 'Have you forgotten God?'
and Do you know His require
ments.'. : Further he says that if
you are honest and' sincere with
yourself you-will not want to miss
these, timely talks. ,:
Bdridge's visit to Pink H11J Is
part of an advanced Bible educa
tional campaign carried on world
wide by more than 439,000 min
isters In over 120 countries. He
will give two other timely talks
at Blannie Harper's home on Tues
day night at 8 o'clock, May 20th.
The subject is "Placing the Mark"
which is based on Eteekiel, Chapter
9. At 4:30 on Sunday, May 29, he
will discuss the subject "Love of
Man to Man.- , ( . ,.: r
'Troy Mercer says that the pub
lic i8( cordially invited to investi
gate the future prospects for man
on earth by attending these free
Bible discussions. He points out
that, no one attending these edth
catjonal meetings will be asked to
join anything or to be converted to
the speakers' religion. The pur
pose is to cans you to meditate
on the serious 'times and leant
what God requires of you in order
to meet the coming crisis.
Annual Party For
Lhave their annual birthdav nartv
4 Sunday evening. May 18 at six, o'-
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wv" vicun; aupp jn uie
ladles parlor at the Pleasant View
church and program following on
birthday work. Regular church
services will be held at 9.30 by
Rev. N. F. Farrior . All are invited
to come and bring a picnic lunch,
key and threatening Charles Nich
olson."
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On Wednesday. May 7. S.BX
headquarters received an. urgent
telephone call from the sheriff ask
ing that ' Agent -Durham contact
nim immediately.' Durham, busy
.with other assignments, got to Ken
nsvllle Thursday t Unable to lo
cate, the sheriff -at the courthouse
he went to Warsaw to the sheriffs
home. Outside" the house; he was
met; by a minister -who told him
that the sheriff had died of a heart
attack. .-j- t .,
S.B.I. Director Powell' said hft
bureau had no comment on either
the suicide note or Nicholson's new
statement..' .--.,v .,"
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For Alberlson Church
be such good humor, sucbdellght-ijud
ful Joking all around. Everyone
was having a good time.
These people are very friendly
and are very proud of their new
church and they wanf everyone to
know it The plans have a place
for a stage where they will pre
sent dramas, a kitchen where they
will serve meals, rooms for' the
relief society and the lesser priest
hood. It'squite a project these de
termined! .members have and .a
rather amazing one. A splendid
new church started in April and
completed and paid, for by Novem
berno mortgage at all. Faith
and zealous work have bad a great
pan m wis story, and the coopera
tion of the whole community. ,
II. D. Club Choir
To Sing Friday
The Duplin Home Demonstra
tion Club Choir will meet Friday
afternoon, May 23, ln the Sunday
School Building at the Kenansville
Presbyterian church at 3:00 o'clock.
Please notice the change ln the
meeting place. iv.. --
All members and anyone else be-lon-'rj
to the club who are Inter
esitJ are urged to attend.
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of Kenansville, Left is Lt. Roy G. Lanier, JrT, who Was drafted in the
Army in January, 1991. He received his basic training and leadership
schooling at Breckenridge, Ky., attended O.C.S. and received his com
mission at Ft Benning, Ga., March 17, 1992; completed his jumpmaster
course April 23, 1952 at Ft Benning and will be stationed at Camp
Rucker.'.Ala.;;.".-- ; -';!f--vh'-2
On right IS Pvt Samuel Lanier who Joined the Air Force on
October 23, 1991. He received his
pleted tne Field wireman's course conducted by the 23rd AW Bat
talion of 8th . Infantry division's specialist training regiment at Ft.
Jackson. S. C, Before entering service Sam was electrician for the Con
tainer Corporation of America.
nome at t ernanaina, jria. sam
To the traditional , strains of Sir
Edgar Cigar's Pomp and Circum
stance, the seniors of Kenansville
marched into the school auditor
ium Tuesday night for the last time
as students, and left as graduates.
The simple and dignified ceremon
ies seemed fitting for these young
people who have . graduated into
the world. The academic proces
sion was led by the speaker Dr.
Robert L. numbers from Green
ville and Mr Z. W. Frazelle, The
seniors were'- ushered In by Miss
Ruth Reynolds and Master Charles
Ingram dressed In white cap and
gowns. On the stage were lovely
baskets of spring flowers the gift
of Miss Rosa Deen Rtvenbaxk, a for
mer member of the class,
' The Reverend A. " D. Wood de
livered the Invocations ; Miss An
gela Daugbtry, salutatotian of the
class, played a plane selection. Mr.
Fraselle introduced the speaker,
Dr. Robert L. Hnmber, who deliv
ered an address on the opportunity
and responsibly of youth to re
irttie wnr-iaijie urged-the
suMriis to (dedicate t'lenfeim to
emWfi4tHStraisceatMt 'sett.
He summarised three invaluable
qualities which they possessed to
take their place In the fulfillment
of destlnv" vmitK mn. .ml
faith; ' Education by experience is
no more valid than education by
imagination, be said, and that it is
impossible to have peace under dip
ptomacy. ' He advocated a world
government to make and enforce
the laws for every nation. ;
' -Mr. Z.?W. Frazelle thanked the
speaker and concluded with these
two- remarks to the class. "The
life you live will be your own, make
the most of it" The boy and girl
-who - graduates today and stops
learning tomorrow will be unedu
cated the next, day."
After a Trombone sold, "A Peis
feet "Day" by the Reverend Robert
Collins, Mr. Z. W. Frazelle present
ed the awards and medals to the
students . Diplomas were given
by Mitchell Allen, a member of
the Kenansville school - board for
ten years. , The valedictory address
was delivered by Juanita Dunn.
The Reverend Robert. Collins .de
livered the benediction;',
- Marshall were the . Misses Mary
Lee Rouse,. Ernesteen Jones, Sal
ly Newton,, ; Milly . Burch,' , Pianne
Stokes and' Carol Burgess. The
graduates were Jeannette Barnelte,
Paul Grady To Address Annual Meet Of
Federal Land Bank
It was announced by the Speak
ers Bureau in Columbus, Ohio, May
5th that Paul D. Grady, Sr., of
Kenly. North Carolina, and Colum-
been invited arid has accepted
an Invitation to address the An
nual Meeting of The Federal Land
Bank to be held in Raleigh. North,
Carolina, on June the 2nd and 3rd. Mr. Grady's subject for this meet
- Mr. Grady is a director of the ing will be "The Philosophy of In
Farm Bureau Insurance Companies' surance."
Funeral Services For Duplin War Hero
To Be Held Sunday Ai Mf. Olive
' Military services for PFC. Wil
liam Daniel Price of Kenansville,
killed in action ln Korea Sept 1,
1949, will be held at Tyndall's Fun
eral Home ln Mount Olive Sunday
at S pjn. Burial will be at the
Salem Advent Church on -the
Goldsboro Road. He is 'survived by
his mother, Mrs. Lillie Price of
Kenansville, seven. brothers, Lan
nle, James, Perley and Perry
Price of Kenansville, Gurney Price
of Mt Olive, Earl Price of Clin
bold a spectacular horse show on
Friday, May 16, as part of the
First Annual Pickle Festival The
show will be held at McGee Ath
letic, Field at 7 pjn. There win
be riding exhibitions, classes and
various games, and a stellar attrac
tion .that will feature- Cohocton
Gold. ''Arthur Godfrey's Palomino
5 taLlon.' Following the horse show
tiiere-will be an e tubit of serial
and ground firewoits. '''.",; ;'','-.- i
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basic training and recently com
He and his wife were making their
nas oeen snipped overseas.
Lena Brlnson, Sarah Brown, Caro
lyn Cherry, -. Flora Dan, Angela
Daughtry, Juanita Dunn, Steve
Gooding, Adron Goodman, Imelda
Grady, J. C. King, Grady Lowder,
Sarah West Outlaw .Eddie Quinn,
Kathryn Qulim and Mary Beth
Southerland.
On Monday the class night ex
ercises were held. The history of
the class was presented as a news
reeLjvlth Jimmie Bowden as com-
meiMitor. ;. Angela Daughtry pre
sented the humorous gifts and Sa
rah Brown read the last will and
testament of the class. The seniors
gave a plaque to the school and
gifts to those who had helped with
the senjor play and class night. The
class elections were read, too. The
wittiest were Angela Daughtry and
Eddie Quinn: Most ambitious. Juan
ita Dunn and Adron Goodman;
class babies. Imelda Grady and
Grady Lowder; most studious, Car-
t ri . n j T s-i xru.rt.
Eddie Quinn; Prettiest girl, Flora.
Dail; .Handsomest bey, Steve Good-!
Swi'a1n&
ro.mMiek u3wTn mn,"n-.i.h.'
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Southerland and Eddie quinn. AI- JliT- i. T iL
M rv, n,.t extension section is made up main
ter the exercises, Mrs. Aioert out- . . i Ji.,,.,,.-
'--i Gooding were VKllZLS
betoicla
f ih hi.h .ltnni in th hnm. ln several pages of articles and
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onomlcs room. Refreshments of.
....AAhT. 'ZZliTT rfwT. made from an oil painting by Staff
ESSSJ'SIS ? ' Artist. N. S. Youngsteadt, is in
toaf cake and coca cola were serv-. a mpble u,
ea '', '.'). (of agricultural progress in North
The baccalaureate sermon was Carolina over the last 50 years,
given on Sunday by the Reverend Single copies of Agriculture As
Jerry Newbold of Warsaw. The , tride the Century may be obtained
seniors enjoyed the inspiring mes-. from the local county agent or
sage that he 'gave. The invocation, home demonstration agent, or by
was given by the Reverend Lau
ren Sharpe, Scripture and prayer
by the Reverend A. D. Wood, and
the Benediction by the Reverend
John T. Hayter.
- Wednesday the seniors joined
most of the members of the high
school class on an outing at White
Lake . Next Monday the class will
leave for a week , in Washington,
where they will tour the capitoL
visit both houses of Congress, and
learn how democracy . in action
works.
In Raleigh In June
of Columbus, Ohio, of the Peoples
Broadcasting corporation, opera
tors of Radio Stations in Ohio and
Washington, D. C, and of the Co
operative League of the United
States of America,, wth offices in
Chicago,. Illinois and Washington,
D. C, as well as a number of North
Carolina corporations,
ton, and Dan Price of Louisville,
Kentucky, two sisters, Mrs. Lillie
Arnett of. Mt Olive and Mrs. Vera
Whaley of Beulaville,,- -.",
PFC William Price was twenty
years old and entered service In
December, 1948. He trained at
Fort Jackson and was shipped to
Korea in April 1049. He was first
listed as missing ln action. . His
mother received a posthumous pur
ple heart May 10, 1952., s .
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for the June term of court by the
County Commissioners: ,
Shad Kornegsy, Clyde Brlnson,
Jesse Bryant Roberts, W. E. Wal
ler, W. A. CarrolLRalph Sheffield.
Roy L. Dunn, C. V. Brooks, Jr., S.
R. Lanier, Lloyd Taylor, C. A. God
bold, Robert L Pate, C G. Brown,
C. W. Smith, A. J. Da 11 Troy DaiL
Robert E. Torner, and Albert Wm
fields y-;:.ir,- sir.y ' i
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SUBSCRIPTION KATE:
eoanties;
$4.00 ootoide
Colonel ft. C. Droivn Addresses large
Audience Here On ItoriheastDrainage
Hews Stands Vhere
You Can Buy The
Duplin Times
Buy your Duplin Times news
paper at Sutton's Gas and Appli
ance Co. in Magnolia. They are for
sale here each week.
Call Mrs. Maude P. Smith at 2147
on Monday mornings If you have
any news you wish to have publish
ed in the paper. You may also can
213-4 any night.
The Times is also on sale at
Wallace Drug Co., Fussell Drug in
Rose Hill; Clarks Drug, Warsaw
Drug and Whltaker's Restaurant in
Warsaw; Parker's Store, Bowden;
News Stand, Faison; Glenn-Martin
and Clinic . Drug, Mt. Olive and
Soda Shop in Beulaville.
Agriculture Astride
The Century
The mid-Twentieth Century may
be down in history as the period
of peak progress in Tar Heel agri
culture. This idea Is emphasized in "Ag
riculture Astride the Century," the
1950-91 annual report of the School
of Agriculture, North Carolina
State College, which has just been
published.
Ninety-six pages in length, the
report covers, for the first time,
the work of all three divisions of
the School of Agriculture resi
dent instruction, research, and ex
tension. As a result, readers are
given a unified view of the agri
cultural program conducted by the
Tar Heel State's land-grant col
lege. The decision to publish a com
bined report was, made follow
ing reorganization, of the School
,",Lt nf ABriculture Astride
.. "fJii r 1 T no
resident' instruction section 'gives
on enrollment, new
buildlncs ' and facilities, scholar-
charts.
The cover of
the publication,
writing the Publications Depart
ment, N. C. State College, Raleigh. (
END SPRAYING PROGRAM
The Town of Faison, with the aid
of its citizens and farmers of the
community, have just completed
an extensive spraying program for
control of the white-fringed beetle,
discovered in that section last sum
mer. In the above picture work-
km Pest Control
fefeon fs Hearing Completion ;?
An aggressive control program
at Faison for the control of the
Fringed Beetle, a destructive agri
cultural pest is nearing comple
tion reports Lacy Weeks, Duplin
County Agent A rather large in
festation of . these beetles were
found during last summer in the
residential area and a limited am
ount of farm land at Faison.
After the area around Faison
had been closely Inspected a com
munity meeting wis organized by
Lions Club Members and other;
civic leaders in an effort to work
out a control program for this pest
Tom Kinsey witn the Bureau of En
tomology and Plant Quarantine at
Goldsboro explained to this group
that the White Frlnd Beetle Is
a rn-f '"g insect and f's most
3:00 ner year In' Dcolln and adjobilnr
tola area in N. Cj $5.00 outride N.
Colonel Roland C. Brown,
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District Engineer of Wilmington,
litnnke hpfnra a lr?f audience at
the Kenansville Court House on
Monday night. May 9, on the possi
bility of clearing and snagging the
Northeast River. Before his ad
dress; Pat Riley of the Dept. of Con
servation and Development, show
ed a very interesting and informa
tive film relative to the importance
of water and its control, called
Pipeline to the Clouds. Mr. Riley
emphasized the grave danger our
nation was incurring through lack
of flood control, and stripping the
' lands along our watersheds of trees
and forests. He showed how there
can be no civilization without an
adequate supply of good water.
After the picture, Mr. Aubrey L.
Cavenaugh of Warsaw introduced
Colonel Brown. Colonel Brown
began his remarks by saying in
part. ;f
"It is the policy of the Corps of
Engineers to 'assist interested in
dividuals and groups, as well as
State and Federal agencies, in the
cooperative development of our wa
ter resources for authorized pur
poses. "The Northeast River basin is
in southeastern North Carolina, en
tirely within the Coastal Plain. The
drainage basin is relatively ob
long in shape. It contains about
1,650 square miles and is about 70
miles long. The principal occupa
tion of the inhabitants are farm
ing and lumbering. Livestock rais
ing and dairying are increasing in
Importance. Extremes of temper-
Junior Baseball Starting In Duplin
All Boys 17 And Under Are Eligible
Baseball is American, and as oneis to be Manager. Uniforms Have
of the symbols of the American
way of life it teaches, citizenship,
sportsmanship .responsibility, team
work and the ability to take the
good with the bad the victories
with defeat and upon these basic
principles American Legion Jun
ior Baseball was founded. Any
youth activity with these high
ideals is certainly worth backing
by every citizen of Duplin County
and it has been proven by' twenty
five ytrbT Junior Bifeball with
out an "active player ever having
been arrested for any major crime
that these ideals are taught and
enforced. Although Junior Base
ball is a brand-new activity in Du
plin County, it is beginning it's
twenty sixth year and we of Du
plin County certainly should want
to help carry on Junior Baseball's
fine traditions. Any boy in this
area who was born in 1935 or af
ter is eligible to try for the Charles
R. Gavin Post 127 team. The try
out for boys will be Friday May
16th at 2:00 p.m. in the Warsaw
High School Park and. each boy
must have with him his glove, shoes
and most important of, all a copy of
nis mrm ceruiicaie. Mr. w. j
Taylor,- who coached, at Chinqua
pin High School this past year, is
to be Coach for the Post 127 team
ers of the U. S. Department of Agri
culture, show how. their equip
ment sprays all sections of streets,
roadsides, ditches, etc. v Watching
are, left to right, Assistant County
Agent Reynolds, County Agent
Weeks and Mayor John R. Faison.
(Photo by Cletus Brock)
Program At
larva feeding on roots of young
plants in the spring of the year.
They are capable of doing extensive
damage to practically all farm and
garden crops such as Irish potatoes,
cotton, corn,s tobacco, soybeans,
strawberries, beans, etc
it was recommended to the in
terested group of farmers, ' mer
chants, and other Individuals at
the community meeting that a. 10
pound D.D.T. treatment be incor
porated into au of the cultivated
land in the Infested area and a 26
e"j"',.lks-
pouno V.U.T, application oe ap
plied to the remaining Infested
areas, such as lawns, road-sides,
cemeteries, ditch banM, etc. where
cultivation Is not practical It was
estimated that sroT'-ately
pounds of t 1 U t fr t "J
dd.t. wouii i -j t
e et!re i " i f 1 '
PRICE TEN CENTS
C.
ature range from 0 to 105 degrees.
The average rainfall is about 49 in
ches. "Most of the severe storms In
the basin are caused by tropical
hurricanes, and the largest floods
result from the heavy rainfaU that
accompanies hurricanes. The only
stream gauging station in the ba
sin is near Chinquapin. The maxi
mum known flood occurred in Au
gust, 1908, when a stage equal to
19.S feet on the Chinquapin gauge
was reached. Floods occur slight
ly more than once a year. There
have been no improvements for
flood control on the Northeast Riv
er. - There is an existing project
for navigation which was author
ized by the River and Harbor Act
of 1890. This project for clear
ing the natural channel for small
steamers to HallsviUe and for pole
boats to Kornegays Bridge. The
clearing of the channel was com
pleted in 1896, but little mainte
nance has been done above Halls
viUe since that time."
There are two methods by which
the Corps of Engineers receives
authority from Congress to clear
and snag channels for flood control
and-drainage. The first method is
through authorization of a project
by Congress. This method was
tried, and the recommendation was
not favorable at that time. A pub
lie hearing would have been held
in 1950, but the Korean situation
effectually stymied this, and the
report has not been revised.
The second method is simpler
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been secured along with a dozen
bats, a full outfit of catchers equip
ment, and a dozen balls to start
practice with. All this equipment
is of the very best quality and the
American Legion Baseball Com
mittee composed of Post Command
er Ed Strickland, Mr. H. F. Lee,
Mr. Walker McNeil and Mr. Wood
row Blackburn has done an excel-.
lent job of getting Junior Baseball
started in Duplin County, other
Legiomtirest are working tn ether
tewns around this area which have
members in Post 127 so prospec
tive players may contact them
about playing.
Board Requests School
Be Retained In Magnolia
The County Board of Commis
sioners at a special meeting Wed
nesday night, May 14, unanimously
adopted a resolution petitioning;
the State School Committee to re
tain the high school at Magnolia.
The reasons pointed out in the pe
tition were that high school at
tendance in Magnolia will increase
next year, and that to do away
with the high school would leave
surplus rooms unused and would
aggravate an already condition if
the students were transported to
Rose Hill. .
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erates in this program to the extent,
of furnishing the necessary spray
equipment and operator or super
visor for the application of the
DJ3.T. but it is the responsibility
of the individual or community to
furnish the D.D.T. for treatment.
The cost of the D.D.T. would be
about $1300.00 and it seemed that
this amount of money would be
difficult to raise however, the old
saying "where there is a will there
IS a way" could be properly used
here for some of the leaders seem
ed to stick to this slogan thus the
money was collected. The town
of Faison $200.00, and farmers.
merchants, industrial concerns, and!
other individuals contributed $572.
OUT. applications were begun .
in February and at this date a total
of , 112 acres of cultivated area
fields, , gardens, etc. have been
treated with DjD.T. at the rate of
10 pounds per acre and 59 acres of .
non-cultivated area has been sur-"
face treated with DJD.T. at the
rate of 25 pounds per acre. The:
surface -treatment has been com-
picted and only a few acres remain
to be soil treated. The entire com- .
munity will again be inspected dur
siimmer while the adu't
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i any other rc' t" t
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