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lJ9 I m , - Br PAUL BAB. WICK -When the war between the States! staffed in 1861, Gilbert E. Alphin wi one year old; but before it end-l d be had heard the sound of I homuneua oursung in the battle of White Hall and teen 'Yankees' ; destroying the property of hit peo- Soon after he was born, Us fath er was taken off to war, and al though he was. away most of the time. Mr. - Alphin - remember hia father coming home once or twice) before he was wounded. Hit, father ; died because of the wounds and never returned home, , It was while he was in a cot-1 ton new picking cotton with his mother that the batrile of White Hall was waged. 'I don't remember : seeing anything,' be said, 'but as we walked through the cotton patch that day, I remember t b e sound of the shells bursting and 4 Ha thunder that 4f jtaiioAri . I Not long alter tne war was over. I aiartuN Mr. Alphin went with-his brother1 g Whlte Hai t0 0ae 000 Bme wiS Tell ......... a 2L7)v N . Jfe V SONNA HAVE A A & r- GARDEN until vou rtiie m liMfcTOGKCW. AND Y3U CANT JUDGE A CIGARETTE TILL JWVBTKIEP (T AS OUR STEADY SM0KE. TEST CAMELS FOR 30 DAYS. VDURT-ZONE'Wlr-TE I, HOlV MLD AND FtAVORRX. A OGARETTS CAM BE.' products-whicb he had made. 'I wish you could have seen the frees. Tieee as big as , lumbering trees splintered and bombshells were sticking in some treed not explod ed. ' . V. .s-'A- .Til never forget those' days the elderly gentleman said as be leaned forward in his rocker. 'I didn't see it myself, but when I Wis running a store, down in Duplin CouMaf, Serth Jones, who was there and older itaan I. used to come to the store to talk about the War. 'It was a terrible sight, Gil bert,' the would say. 'Well, I saw some of our boys throwing the Yanks in the well and the same for them.' ,; ' (.';. ,f 'We were forced to give ground,' Mr. Alphin, said, 'but .when we reached the top of the bill, we stood pat and drove the Yanks back across tne river.' Tn most vivid exoression which lingers is til e statement which nryer iton jiornegay made as he came through the cotton field on the day of the White Hill battle. The lawyer remarked at. he fled. 'Well, Sally, they're in here on us.' Aitnougn nis eariy me is marrea by t h e memory of the War in which he lost bis father. Mr. Al phin has lived to a ripe old age, and on Sunday. May 25, be cele brated bis 92nd birthday. Alter working on tne rarm for' several years, he left home and started on his own. It was a long road to success, but be made it. When 16 years old. he was a hired hand on the farm; where he trav eled, but then he decided one day 1 to begin a business of bis own. 'Goldsboro was a small place then,' he said, 'but I went there and and started selling apples ana pea nuts. My counter and whole place oi business was a Darei neaa which I would wit on front street. 'I Uved tight then,' he added, 'and toon saved a little money. How ever, I still had to use a barrel and that was my beginning.' . At Hhe time when be was moving from place to place on the streets of Goldsboro, tne mayor oi uoiasooro was Joe Peterson, who was a very good friend of bis. Police Chief LOOK OUT MISTER BOLL WEEVIL IF YOU WANT SANTA CLAUS TO STOP AT YOUR HOUSE THIS ' CHRISTMAS, YOU'D BETTER BE GOOD TO YOUR COTTON! We Now Have A Supply Of f" '; :t-" t 'u 3-5 COTTON DUST BETTER GET YOUR REQUIREMENTS TODAY! ENGLISH & OLIVER CENTER STREET MOUNT OUVE 5 Hurst was also ..amuoaj-his. close mends, and they helped him a great deal in reaching his goal ; Aiier a xew years wore, he ac cumulated aoout and leased some land from Colonel Humphrey for his business establishment. Th land he leased in the two blocks Detween the Goldsboro Hotel and the Court House Square. On this land he put up a little (.tore, 10 by 20 feet This was his first building 'I was doing right well, and the people were nice to me In Golds boro, but I had to buy my peanuts from Will Bob and Charlie Griffin who. had a place of business down the street You know, be said and Fatted himself on the knee, 'before left Goldsboro, the Griffins wert buying their peanuts apples and the like from me. I had a big busi ness, but I decided to move to Clin ton.' Me did well In Clinton but mov ed back to Goldsboro and stsyed for a while. Before he left Golds boro the first time, be sold out his business and that was three in number. . men he decided to go back to the farm, so be purchased a 400 acre farm In Duplin County and still owns the farm today. Gilbert Jr., Is running the farm now, for when Mr. Alphin was 78 years old he decided to retire. When he re tired he moved to Mt. Olive, built himself a home, and has been there ever since. . . . . . i Never was Mr. Alphin idle and always he was thinking up some method to improve the conditions about him. - So one day while look- big over a window shade faaneer ana curtain . holder, be saw that the fellow who was working with it didn't know what he was doing. After arriving at home, be went to work and invented a Curtain and Shade banger -which he had patented. The first model waft not as good as be liked, so be im proved upon it and had another patent for it 'I made right much off the invention,' he -said, 'and after about fixe or six years, I be gan to sell rights to sell the inven tion to different ones in different conn s. I sold the rights by coun ties,' he added. ' Since retiring, Mr. Alphin has been working a garden each year and telling the products which grow, there that Is above -what they use on the table at his heme. 1 wanted a little something to do, so' I have my garden. If I'd stop getting about and ait here la this chair all day, I'd soon be stiff and couldn't get about as all, and you know-I like if He has pretty garden, and it's not a little garden. But it is for his curing oi not pepper for barbecue Places, mat nes Known best now. Each year be sells about $150 wuravi uui pepper. The 02-year-old gentleman took bis hoe from a middle in the oar- den and after a question about the work ne repuea, l do all my work the plowing, chopping, planting and anything else that needs to be dole. I've never had a penny's worth of work done in my garden by someone else.' Mr. Alphin has been livine with his present wife for 50 years. Be fore, their marriage, he was mar ried o Miss Florence Summerlin who died after seven years of mar ried life. Soon after h. first wife's death, be married Miss Cally Win dows ana tney nave five living children. Too. there are 12 grand children. When asked to what he nittrihu- ted bis long life, Mr. Alphin didn't have to ponder about it. 'I attri bute my ripe old age to a number of things, but there are three main ones. -I adopted them when I was a very young boy and have held to them throughout life. The first one is to be industrious, not be laty and wait for someone else to do It all. In other words keep your self occupied. Tne recond one is to take care of your money and don't worry too much. If you take care of your money and don't let it rule you, you have a contended mind and that will cause you not to worry. The third one is not by Keep The Feed Fresh, Palatable Caa nt Dtnrux tvzzs. tstjksdat, jtjnx k, any means' the least and mat is ui ask God's guidance in life aad live a holy life.' - His eyesight is no4 as good as it could be, but pretty, good.' His a hearing is a little bad, but he's still full of life.- A-lot has entered the lifevef Gilbert JE. Alphin, but he has lived it well. ,'I think you nuiua live ana oe nappy, lor life Is something God gave to us to en Joy as long as we treat it like we should He's fa years old now, and is active as he watt when be retired some 17 year sago. - ITT r. CHRYSLER AWARDED SCROLL Queen of the Tournamihi f JUiiM, Kkt Niy True Thortie, presents a scroll to Joseph A.. O'Malle ft ptteiim m charge Of sales of Chrysler Division, flhrvnlpr CnmnrattlM. ittkifflno' that anil of th two All America Rose winners for 19SS will be ffltltd lbs "Chrysler Imperial .. Bo". The presentation was made in few York Tn ettmection with the Chrysler Division, Chrysler Corporation dtfuitfing that one of the two annul Mmonies held by All America Rose Selection namln? the fine! roses of tM year. The Chrysler Imperial Rose; which if considered the ideal red eXRlbitieB rose was developed by Dr. Walter E. Lammeris ot It's Here! ... r! . . 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