North Carolina Newspapers

he r . i rt- t be 12 Pc-$ OuiiW: -j tfcc 5 k Mix TjW- JfvrfU b4 ef XujA, VOLUME XXVI ; '"No. 27 KKNANSVIIXR. MiKTH CAROLINA. . THURSDAY JULY 9 IflKfl BOTWaurnON HATES S.M per fear fen Dasffla as PRICE TEN CENT Sa v pswv wwajssssaanv A Aw ' ! 1 ... . U Jo 4( hi hi DcanJ 2 ConirJsslciiGrs To f.bal Twice fwloralily The Duplin 3oard of County Commissioner! met on Monday July 8, at their regular session. A very busy day was had and many Important Items were taken : up v Two Board members were reap pointed to tho Duplin County Lib rary Board. They weie Mrs. Alvin Kornegay of Albertson and Mrs. W. H. Clirton of Faison, for a five year tern. Other members on the board are Mrs. Lawrence Souther land, Kenansville; Mrs. Hugh Mor rison., Wallace; Mrs. N. B. Boney, Kenansville; Mrs. Jaul Potter of Warsaw and Mrs. W. H. FusseU of Rose HiU. Effective July 1U9 the' Board of Commissioners will have two mon thly meetings; on. the first and third Monday of each month at WM A, M. Due to the great mount of county business, the commissioners felt that they could not fuHy take care of the county business in one day, The resol ution was adopted - en Monday, July a. T. W. McGowen wa reappointed Couaty Tax Supervisor for a two year term. Russell J. Lanier and Kenneth W. Turner were reappointed spec ial tax attorneys for one year term, . BUI Jasper, poultry specialist. Annual Red Cross Meet Reveals County Quota The annual meeting of the Dup lin County Chapter American Red Cross was held last Friday night In the chapter office in Kenan ville. Attorney Robert L. West of Warsaw, chapter chairman for the past three yeras, presided and wel 1 corned those : present who had braved the hfiat " wave" to come, "After, the reading 0f the minutes tot the lemi-annual meeting held last "January, a report .from the . Treasurer, was made by Paul In gram. 1 This report ave ijsreak down,..ot the 1059 Fund Campaign which revealed only about jW of r the juot Was rawed. .." v' The total amount, collected as of June IS was 239429. $1000.00 of this amount had to toe sent to Na tional Headquarters which tiU leaves Duplin County owing $544 -89, which is not on hand. There- fore a supplementary Fund Cam paign will have to be held to make up the deficit. - The Jr. Red Cross, chairman, Mrs. Lee Brown, enrolled 11 white ' schools and 19 negro schools last Marriage Law ive July 1st. Nntin to nil ministers and Just- - ices of the Peace: that Marriage !Law Change is Effective July 1, 1959 has 'been released by Mrs. Christine W. Williams, Register of Deeds a follows: The muddle 0f the North Caro Una Marriage License caused by a law enacted hastily during ad ' journment of the 1957 State Leg islature was corrected by the 1999 ' Legislature effective; July 1, 1959. The. new law repeals the law enacted in 1957 and puts back Into ' effect the time honored law which requires a marriage ceremony to '. ba performed and recorded in the county which the marriage license was issued. " ' The 1957 law, which was repealed M effective July 1. 1959, provided that '' If Marriage License was pur- chased la the County of residence of either party to the marriage, the License could be taken to an? Minister or Justice of the Peace ', anywhere for the ceremony to be performed. This law resulted in much confusion and anxiety among , parties . to ' marriages .families ministers, and Justice 6t the peace. , Many couple do not knew where such marriages are recorded. Un der the 1957 law, all of the mar riage performed in Duplin Coun ty are not recorded in our county u nunt Licenses were purchased la other counties' and the eaecut- , ed llceases were TOuna w " - county oJ purchase for recording. . ' Also, the Duplin County Registry has - recorded many marriage vhik hcMirrel In other counties 4 a persona who purchased licenses : la Duplin went to -other counties ', to b married. ' " ?,v' . -. The eooperatlon of all Mlter and Justice of the react la vup ' Jin County in performing in Dup ' . Kn County only maxriagea in ee where the Licenses were purcha- mA 1. riaUn Cbuntv 1 earnestly eolicited. - SUlet compliance wltJi thia law 1 neceary to preserve our system of Issuing and record . ing Marriage Licenses. , ( resigned effective August 31 to ac cept another (position. A delegation composed of Hugh S. Johnson, Dallas Herring, C. W. Surratt, Jr., Mayor of Rose Hill, Nash Johnson, ' Dennis W. Ramsey, M. T. Bostic, Shelton Lewis and V. H. Reynolds appeared befo e the Board in the interest of a Poultry Disease Diagnsi-ict ' Latbratory, which is to 'be located in Rose Hill. Mrs. William Spicer was ap pointed County Home Demonstra tion Agent to succeed Mrs. Troy Kornegay who has resigned. Officers (lamed Jim Bunce ha been elected pre sident of the Kenansville Lion? Club for the H6-0 year. Other officers serving with him are: Bill Jasper, first vice-presid ent; Pete Qulnn, second vice-pre sident; Z. W. TraaeUe, third vice president; Rev. Lauren)' Sharpe secretary treasureq; Lawrence Reece, Lion Tamer; Rufus Elks T4U Twister; and Director George Penney, BUI Helton and Vernon H Reynolds. fall. "1 Mrs. Mattle Sadler's Fi st Aid and Water Safety report was very good. Seven classes have been held during the past year and 132 cer-j ttficates presented. Fred Pickett has taught a swlmming'class at the Country Club in Wallace and is teaqfcing another one now. The Home Nursing report submitted by .Mrs. L. Sou thertand showed, that classes btA been taught recently and 7S certificates' Issued through ht Hotpe JNijrsiDg Instio4Utm. Community Services, rep ort 'showed that many organizations throughout the- county had cooper ated "with the Red Cross Projects at Camp LejTeune during the past year and many articles sent to the U. S. N. Hospital, such as pocket edition books, comic books, maga zines, pencils, combs, hard candy. These items are still needed, Mrs. N. B. Boney, Executive Secretary Of the chapter with Home Service responsibilities, reports. Willard Hollfer Recommended For Highway Position A resolujtion rejeomending J. Willard Hoffler, of Wallace, as a candidate to fill the unexpired term of Highway Commissioner E. L. White, who died recently, has been forwarded to Governor Luther H. Hodges, Resolutions have been sent from the Duplin Couaty Board of Com missioners and the Town offielals of Wallace- Hoffler is currently serving as a member of Ute Duplin County Board of Commissioners. In addition, he has served a Mayor of Wallace for 10 years, was a member of the Board of Directors of (he State League o' Municipalities for eight pears, and also served as president of the League Poultry Disease Laboratory To Be , In Rose Hill A poultry disease , diagnostic laboratory will be set up in Rose Hill in Duplin County to serve Southeastern North Carolina Poul try Industrie and producers, ac cording to County - Farm Agent Vernon H- Reynolds, Funds for the , laboratory were made available in the last Gener al Assembly when 137,000 wa set aside tor this specific purpose. The Couaty Board of Commissioners cam across with their end of the bargain by ; making available a building for the poultry labora tory. Duplin was X selected for the Eastern ' North Carolina poultry lab because of It leadership in poultry production In North Caro lina. 'There are 30,000,000 broiler, bout 100,000 turkeys and 300.000 laying hens In Duplin. The nearest laboratory to- tni area is In ' ' ' "" - -" - " 1 The- . tains which have fallen on crops in Eastern North Carolina in the past week have been more valuable than the one million dollar price tag attached in most instances. Farmers and merchants alike were carrying with them some long face until tb;e r'ns came. It looked like the entire Easte n North Carolina fanning Belt would go down at the hands of high Other Holiday Accidents Minor Negro Couple Killed In Accident Friday At Charity Cross Roads A negro couple was killed Fri day afternoon an automobile ac cident at Charity Crossroads. Kil led were Wyatt Y. Yelverton, 5, negro preac'ier of Route 1, Beuia ville and his wife, Priscille C. Yel Ve ton, 62. According to reports, Pearley Carlton of Richmond, Va. was driv ing a 1951 Pontiac toward Rose HIU, failed to stop for stop sign and proceeded to cross 'Highway No- 11. A 1950 Ford Pickup truck, driven by Henry R. Carter; 47, mhttwylmiif? "Wallace Was travelling South eh" highway 11, the Pontiac pulled on the high Way in front of him directly into the path of the truck- When the vehicles collided, the Impact knocked them about 40 feet into the corner of the store owned by Edwin O. Teachey, Patients At Duplin General Hospital The following patients were ad mitted to Duplin General Hospital during the past week. PINK HILL Baby Girl Lyles Bernice Herring Baby Boy Herring Grace Evelyn Bryant Eleanor. Jenkins Smith Baby Girl Smith ALBERTSON Ruth Sanderson William A, Davenport WARSAW David Thomas Chambers Judy Rouse David Michael Standi Linda Faye Ward Matt Vann Edna Walters Robinson Marion Whitfield Letha Mae Carlton Banbara Ailene Scott CALYPSO Livie Oates KENANSVILLE Isabelle Jones Murphy Ella Kenan Hall Baby Boy Hall Annie Ingram Cora Bostlc Brinson Max Allen Jones Gordon Miller Don Carroll Hall PENN. Joyce Ann Bell . ROSE HILL Phoeble Lefler Johnson Baby Boy Johnson Martha Carter Henderson Baby Girl Henderson Richard Malone Lively Dorothy Graham Sylvia Fae Brawn Amy Southerland Brown TEACHEY Sam Hardiaon VIRGINIA ' Pearley Carlton BEULAVQJLB ' . Golden Wright -. Baby Girl Wright WUbert FutreU , . ' i Dor Hall Bayaden FAISON : , ' Manerva Artls Baby Girt ArU CHINQUAPIN "- ' Timmle Maready f i . , . John B. Melton ' ' , . WALLACE. r: Hattia Patrick . MAGNOLIA I-.- - ' . Ida Dudley Hudson RICHLAKDS " y Susaa Home ' ". temperatures and drought, but the rains saved the day. Some of the bottom leaves of tofoacro have been lost. They Vave burned up in the field. In some Instances, as high up as the third crop-ping of tobacce has been damaged. Corn also was revived by the rains. ( Photo by Paul Barwick.) knocking out a gas pump. Yelver ton and his wife were thrown from the car and killed almost instan tly. Carter driver, of the pickup re ceived a crushed left elbow and other cuts and bruises. Carlton, the driver of the Pon tiac, received no broken bones but cuts and bruises. He was admi ted to Duplin General Hospital, but released on Saturday. Patrolman Burge investigated the accident. Carlton was charged with carelessan dwreckless driv ing, manslaughter, and was release ed under $3,000 bond until the in quest which was to be in Wallace the next week. This accident, eventht $h it was not considered a fourth of July accident, marred the good leport that Duplin County would have had for the holidays. One wreck was reported on highway No. 50 near Chinquapin white school involving two Mar ines. One wreck was reported at the Topsy Turvey, Involving a truck and one minor wreck near Teachey. Hits Parked Truck On Monday, July 6 a 1956 white wholesale -distributing trutk driv en by Martin Anderson Farrior of Klnston and owned by Heny J. Kane of Coastal Plains Distribut ing Company, was parked in front of L. H. Quinn's store in Kenans ville. Go don Miller, colored of Route lf Kenansville was coming dowa Highway 11 driving a 1957 Chev rolet four door owned by Benjam in Dunk of East Orange, New Jer sey, and ran right into the back of the parked truck, completely de molishing the Chevrolet. Miller was taken to Duplin Gen eral Hospital by the Kenansville ambulance and treated for cuts and biuises on the chest and head but , was not too seriously injured. Miller says he blacked out and did not see the parked truck. ac wording to reports. Only about $50.00 damage was done to the truck. The accident was investi gated by G. R- Stewart. WRECK AT LIDDELL A car driven by Elbert Smith of Pink Hill and another being oper ated by Roosevelt McNeil Negro of Fayetteville, collided at Liddell Cross-roads, near upper Duplin, in Lenoir County, about 10:30 a. m. July 4. Mrs. Smith who was riding with her husband, was reportedly, the moat seriously injured, al though the driver and three other occupant in the McNeil car suf fered ; minor injuries and were treated at Lenoir Memorial Hos pital in Klnston. Mrs. Smith was held there for X-ray. McNeil. was charged with failing to yield the, right-of-way. BURGE MOVES TO WINSON-SALEM Patrolman B. V. Burgee who ha been In Duplin County for the past tt years, u being, transferred to Wlngton-Salem on July 15. He will fee patrolman in that tectloa. Burge came to Duplin County frota Durham and haa made his home In Beulavlll for the past several year. ; '-. Teachey Negro Killed Saturday Night At Cabin Joe Lewis Chasten, Negro, o' the Teachey community, was kil led instantly Saturday night iround midnight when he wa. shot in the eye with a .32 calibei Pistol by Lillle Mae Peterson Negro woman of Teachey. The shooting occurred at The Log Cabin, west of Teachey. The Peterson woman is beinjr held in Duplin County Jail and is charged with murder. The case will be heard In the August 3) term of criminal superior court VL. -I . . . . J .,. I. J Jly, Sheriffs Chief Deputy Nor wood Boone, and Constable Robert jPoweli and Highway Patrolman Sam Briley. August 19fh And 25th Dates Set For Duplin County School Opening T e County Board 0f Education' ools for full days work on Mon ;ele tort Aug.! t 19- ;nd August 26' day and Tuesday prior to the open as t!ie days ojr schools will open I Ins of their s?hools on the fol this Ml. T-p committees in each lowing Wednesday. They will use Mgh school attendance a't'a may this time to prepare for the open sslet eit'.er of these dates. If they j ing 0f school. When school opens select Aujuft 1!?, their schools will I two days later we expect to have a close on IV'ay 12. nnd.if they select I fuu day of school the first day and Auf -st 2P their schools will close i each day thereafter. The aim of on Msy 19. The VV';,i'.e Schools will close for the District Teache. s Meeting in New Bern on Tuesday, October 20, and the Negro Schools will close on Friday. October 30, for their District Meeting, the place to be announced later. Schools will close two days for Thanksgiving, November 26, and 27. All schools will close on Tues day, December 22 for Christmas and remain closed until Monday, January 4. The only Spring Holiday s Easter Monday which comes on April 18. The State Board of Education has provided funds Iff Its budget to pay teachers for three days in ex cess of the usual 180 school days. Teachers will report to their sch- J. Gordon Blake Attends Probation Officers' Seminar J. Cordon Blake from Kenans ville, N. C. has completed the Pro bation Officers' in-service training seminar held at the Institute of Government in Chapel Hill. Delegates Included the entire So man staff of the North Carolina Probation Commission. Probation law and techniques of probation Investigation and. super vision were covered with emphasis being placed qn the problems en countered by probation- officers. Lee Bounds, Assistant . Director of the Institute of Government, was in charge of the seminar. T. D. Stohv one of the Commission's five Division Supervisors and a member of tie 'Commission I since 1837, acted as moderator.- Commis sion Director C Gordon Maddrey, Assistant Director W. & Burjeaoa, and PUbaMon Officer Supervisor R4 I Gay all apoka on. adminis trative matters, . -tr: ; f - The seminar .iwaa held July-"! through ' July I. 'a. Drfefs . NURSES' A8SO. TO MEET District No. 14, North Carolina State Nurses' Association, will meet at Lakewood Park near Fayetteville, N. C. on Tuesday Juiy 14 at 0:30 P . M. Please bring a picnic supper. The Dunlin County ASC office reports that initial measurement ias been completed on all farms n the county and all notices have been mailed. The office erpresses U appreciations to the farmers for the coopeiation they have re ;eivd from the farmers, Duplin County Is now being spotchecked by. state office per sonnel in order to determine if all tobacco has been measured. This work is being done by heli copter. MAKES TOP HONOR LIST Ruth Eve Llneberger pf Rt. 1, Wallace was one of sixty studeats it East Carolina College who won top academic honors for the spring quarter. Her name is included on the "All Ones" Honor Ross in re cognition of the fact that she received the highest possible mark in all courses in which she is en rolled. ATTENDS CLERKS CONVENTION Mr. R. V. Wells. Clerk of Sup erior Court of Duplin County, at tended the Clerk's convention held in Asheville at the George Vander built Hotel last week. Wells said that 64 out of the 100 Clerks 0f the state were present, whlah was a very good average. Two Liquor Stills Are Destroyed Two seven-barrel liquor still have been destroyed in Duplin County in the past week. One still was destroyed in Ken ansville township Monday and on Tuesday another was destroyed In Wolfscrape township. fa On the raid were Deputies W. O. Houston and Bill Quinn. : the State Board of Education in providing these extra days is to give the children 180 full days of Instruction. We expect to imple ment this aim in Duplin County. Mrs. Mae Spicer To Be New Duplin I Co. Home Agent Mrs. Mae Hager Spicer has been employed as Duplin County Home Agent. She replaces Mrs. Alta Kor negay who resigned effective July 31. Mrs. Spicer served as County Home Agent for one year begin ning in 1955 and prior to that time had been Assistant Home Agent to Mrs. Pauline Johnson. Mrs. Kornegay succeeded Mrs Spicer. Mrs. Snieer will begin her duties as Home Agent on August 1. She is married to William Spicer, who is associated with the DupUn Soil Conservation Service T. C. Summerlin Gels New Post Appointment of Tllden C. Sum merlin to the position of service representative in the Dodge Char lotte region was announced here today. In his new post Summerlin will supervise Dodge service activities in the Richmond district. - Summerlin Joined DeSoto Div lslonf ChryslerCorporatlon in June, T933. previously , he was er vice manager of automobile deal ership in rersbuig v.and.' BjIch mond. T. . ;-. ;v;As:t-:7! T- 1 He liveral 3ee.W.,'Wtover Ave, Colonial Height. V. H wa 4borav.m KaansvUl. N. C, V TIMES SPORTS -:- -:- -:- By Joe Cost m LITTLE LEAGUE STANDING Won Lost Lions 3 5 Legion 7 3 rt.ir, 7 3 Jaycees 0 10 RESULTS OF GAMES LAST WEEK Legion 7 Rotary5 Lions 6 Legion 5 Rotary 18 Jaycees 5 Lions 3 Jaycees 6 LEGION 7 ROTARY 5 Last Wednesday afternoon, Man ager Wilbert Boney's Legion team handed Manager Ted Wilson's Ro tary their second defeat of the sea- j son, as they trimmed the Rotary ' 7-5 behind the four hit pitching of Mickey Walker. The Rotary team' corried a 7-1 repord into the game. Of course Manager Wilson's team was playing without the service of three of his regulars. To make a game of it Manager Ted brought up several players from the farm one of the finest Little j Leaguers anywhere, also collected three hits, two singles, and one dauble In helping his team upset the front-running Rotary. Ray Lane, another power hitte' for the ' Legion had a perfect day withj three-for-three. Little Johnny Cai yton led the Rotary with two-for-three includ-1 Tobacco Price Support Rate For Some Flue-Cured Subgrades Will Be Lowered Price support rates for a number of flue-cured tobacco subgrades wtU be lowered considerably with this year's crop, Aocording to H. D. God frey, ASC State Administra tive Officer, this move is desig ned to put more tobacco on the market itather than under Stabgrades to be discounted include tobacfcfljs $rtth unde sirable qualities, usth as those with a gray-green, wick, slick, leathery appearance Accord ing to Godfrey, new sebgrades have been added this year to cover these types of tobacco. Bill Jasper Resigns To Become Poultry, Bill Jasper has resigned his pos ition as Assistant Farm Agent in Duplin County, specializing in pou Itry, to accept a position with the North Carolina Extension Service as Poultry and Egg Marketing Specialist. He wilf replace Dr. Clayton P. Libeau who has a leave of absence In order that he may go aboard in the Middle East to teach in one ot the Universities for the next two years. Jasper, a 1958 State College Graduate, came to work in Duplin Rubbish Fires Cause Much Loss Of Property Tires that started in rubbish de stroyed property worth $J1.106,00i in 1957, a Jump of $10,000,000 over 1956. 'There is little value to discard ed clothing and broken furniture stored In attics basement garage, but these accumulations can feed a fire that could destroy valuable property and endanger lives," war ned Chief Lauren Sharpe of the Kenansville Fire Department. Chief Sharpe advises that rub bish be cleared from storage places, to remove this danger of fire. ' fo cWar sway rubbish tni iflfBJin',! rJf, iM.j t-vtrf ';.., J ing a tremendous grand slim home run in the third wilh the score tied. The Rotary scored all tneir runs in the third on two walks, three hits, and two Legion errors. The Legion scored twice in the fourth to win 7-5. Arthur "Show boat'' Minshew started for the Ro tary and was the losing pitcher. l.IONS 6 JAYCEES 5 The Jaycees almost pulled the biggest upset of the season as they fell short of a victory over the Lions by just one run. It was a well played game as Manager Paul I' anil his Lions seemed to Just exert enough to win 8-5. Charles Anderson, the Lions outstanding little pitcher allow ed only two base hits, one by cat cher Harry Lee Thlgpen, and the other by Tommy Costin. Leading the way for the Lions were Frank Ezzell and Paul Britt with three hits apelce. Britt drove in three runs and Ezzell had two RSI's. ROT ART It JAYCEES Manager Ted Wilson's Rotary jumped all over the last -place Jaycees Saturday afternoon and swamped them 18-6 behind three hit pitching of Johnny Carlton. Carlton also collected three of hi teams hits and scored twice. Arthur Minshew, Henry Carl ton, and Bobby Gavin led the wln Continueft On Back Among the cultural practices generally associated with the undesirable charatceristica are heavy fertilization, close spac ing, new methods of sucker control, topping practices, and Irrigation. Curing techniques used by some growers to offset the changes introduced by new varieties or cultural practices also are a factor in the lower quality flue-cured tobaefcoa being offered. Godfrey urged that growers use only proven cultural har vesting and curing practices in order to realize the greatest return for their production- Duplin Position Egg Specialist in June, 1958. His resignation is effective August 31. While filling the position of Poultry and Egg Marketing Speci alist, Jasper will be enrolled in the State College graduate schaol work Ing toward a Masters Degree in Agriculture Economics. Jasper is a native of Burgaw. He Is currently vice president of the Kenansville Lions Clubs. He Is a member of the Catholic Church. Jasper is to be married August 15, to Alis Carol Norman, of Char lotte. They will reside in Raleigh. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs J. A. Jasper, of Burgaw. NEGRO ENTERS HOME NEAR PINK HILL A negro entered the home of Mrs. Richard Stroud near Pink Hill and struck her on the head with a drink bottle, according to reports. Mrs. Stroud and her two child ren were resting on their bed. when the breeze in the window I stopped. Mrs. Stroul got up and went into her living room to see If someone had entered the house. ! When she did the man hit her on the head as she yelled at him. He ran out of the back door. On Thursday night, a possee of over 100 men searched for the negro near Albrittons Crossroads, but the search stopped due to heavy rains. According to reports the man was later found in South Carolina and has been brought back to Le noir County- DOXSCORB i.C. lltlVay. -.RALEIGH . The Motor Vehicle Department's nmmary of traffic deaths through 10:00 a. m. Monday July : Killed to Date 656 Hilled to Date Last Year 4f Note to Editor The official July Fourth toll computed from too p. tn. Friday July 3 through mid night Sunday July 5 eame to B- ' Fifteen died over the same per iod last year.