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KENANS VILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. ; THURSDAY JUNE 29; 1961.
SUBSCRIPTION : RATES $3.00 per year In Duplin and adjoining
Counties; $4.00 outside this area In N. C; $5.00 outside N. C.
PRICE TEN CENT.
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; y A mass meeting of bro .cr pro
ducers in Eastern North Carolina
has been called for Frl. nlpht. July
21,' at I p. m. In the Araeuvan, 14:
gion Hut, in Wallace.
- L; J. Sandlln, president -of i Uie
Eastern North." Cao'lna; , holies.
Growers, t ; Inc.; said . tooay the
Board of Directors are asking all
members of we organization- ana
those 'who have not yet Joined to
attend the meeting In order that
"mutual problems an4 polot..Qt in.-.,
; terest can De aiscussea. , -v , i,
( ' Sandlin: also pointed, but that a
report will be . made, td growers as
to what has 'been done by.. the
Board of. Directors, sinc ,the, broil
er growers garo their go ahead for
the organization.! i , fi-''-
To date 141 broiler , producers
throughout Eastern lorth Carolina
have paid their $5.00 membership
fee. More are reported interested in
UMl.'..j ...III' I .
ll' A, jceived at the July 21 meeting in
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We feel the organization has
done a lot of good since il, was
organized,r Sandlin said. Be r "
f,' W VH WW M(V tUUp .MOO (WIS Wf
' , inus on nrouer proaucuon ana umi
t : the provision t include broilers
, " under the 'Federal Omnibus Farm
' lj Bill has been taken out ,., ,r,; ,
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jliaU4alJitagi6ent-41flrn(id-'and;
PK ' this week ..most of the - debris is
"cleared away, and most, everything
j is back to normal except my tele vi-
Had to make an uhexrf,teJ trip
to Salley; South Carolina" t.,.;a week
, to attend the funeral of my aunt.
Speaking of Southern vhoF',:y,
-we really t experienced It in the
:. small towd of Salley. All of (he peo
pre were wonderful . to and I
have never seen a much deliciouti
' food. We could not see much .of (he
. surrounding . country or crops as
'most of the riding . was done at
j' night and the rain, was very heavy.
I believe they haVe'iad about as
! much rain as we have had. but 1
was Impressed with Columbia, .C
however we did not bave -time to
see much af;..tte 'rfw'v? -frfr 't
y Ceramic seenr to " be the thing
now. I saw. a friend recently who
: had a beautiful display of ceramics:
She had taken up ceramics as a
.hobby. She had dishes, plates and
. many ether items.' Some of ber
v loveliest objects were vases of whl
j ch she had all shapes land . forms
- and told me" of their .many uses-'
.' some of which I had never heard
. Even at Camp Morehead the tiny
. tots are making cexaniic ear rins,
Speaking of hobbies, I was talk
it Ing with a, young man in South Car;
' oUna who was telling me about a
. lamp shop. The lady has a hobby of
designing and making lamps, and
lanmp shades. She has turned her
hobby into quite a lucrative busl-
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Vernon. H. , . Reynolds. Duplin
Farm Agent, is out of theCounty
for three weeks attending school at
;N. C. State College.. . ' , :
: About every five years agricul
tural agents are required to r"f''rn
tot school for refresl. T courses. s
provides the agents 'with the up-to-.
date Information on agriculture of
all phases. .- . v
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All advertiser r eirr. r .
spondeAts are v . r-f
their crv la eo r. m . e
Duplin Times of , I .'
closed most of nr u ' .,
" In order tor our ta
vacation, tt is n t ; ',
everyone take'vn'' i e
same tlmo ,s 11 '
n annual aff.;'r . r -.
to r ' tlsa esr'y t "
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The group also has opposed the
State tax on seeds, feeds, fertiliz
ers and insecticides. This also was
knocked out of the State tax law
before passage. ,
Since the Eastern North Carolina
Broiler Growers,' Inc. .was organiz
ed, the Board of Directors have
met every two weeks and have
been working on programs for the
organization and ' Just how it can
best serve the producers, who are
members.' , t
v A study of broiler Conditions in,
other sections of North Carolina is
now in progress. Most of the infor
mation 1$ being gathered by Paul
Berwick and Raleigh Lanier, mem
bers of the Board of Directora It
is hoped that a report' will be avail
able on the study and research at
the 'July 21 meeting. ;JV f;,?'V' ,
m BureauJIas;
Iliw Office InTT"
'' Duplin County's Farm Bureau of
fice in Kenansville ha a iiew.lo-eatieib-vyf
Hiv -'
.' The office is now located In 'the
old' bus station beside the Kenans
ville Post Office. Mrs. Pat Whaley
is office manager. ? f . .?
' Leroj Simmons, President of the
Duplin Farm Bureau, announced
the change in office location today.
He said the purpose for changihg
the location from upstairs over the
Post Office to, its present location
Is to make the office more acces
aable hi order to provide more ser
vices to: farm' Bureau members.
n wasaeternrunea u a mi 'yea-
of the main functions and phases
in which Farm Bureau ouldlni-
prove its local . office was by pro
viding mere services to its man-
bers.---f '. .,:
Duplin's Farm Bureau baa had a
fun-time office secretary for about
three years, a i
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Excess Tobacco :
Duplin County 'farmers are rer
minded to leave unharvested that
portion of their tobacco crop which
is everplanted. '". -f. '
Rufus Euks, ASC office' manager,
said today that crop reporters are
unab to get into the field to
measure tobacco acreage and have
the excess tobacco cut down be
cause of the recent heavy rains,
1 "Most farmers know how much
they haveoverplanted, "Elks said,
and if they will leave it unharvest
ed, they will not be penalized for
beginning harvesting before the ex
cess acreage is destroyed." .
He added, ."We hope the farmers
will cooperate with us in the mat
ter". 1 ; , J7..yy,i..z-::. :J,
During Long July 4
;o::dve
f . By Paul Barwick ;
The long Juiy 4 holiday week end
begins Friday t tomorrow) at 6
p. m." and ends at midnight on
Tuesday, July 4. , ' ' , .. ..,
During this 102-hour span of time,
many hundred of. people wiU be
killed on the highways, other drow
ned, and others will die from vari
ous other kinds pf mishaps and ac
cidents. ' , ,
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r WHAT WILL IT DO Getting a tobacco crop to maturity is just
the beginning of headaches for farmers. Too much rain end too little
rain, Insects and tobacco worms, the .use of chemicals, proper curing
and marketing of the crop mean daily problems. This year is no dif
ferent, and in fact, it seems the headaches are greater thi! year than
h every:" The final results canngt be known until after the, marketing
season and all; debts have been paid.) V'4Photoby Paul Barwick).
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SE Disf ricDemlst
! Th Southeastern District 4-H
Demonstration DayVvaas held at
County was represented by 18 eon'
testante who participated in 16
demonstrations and 8 . contestants
who participated , in the " Talent
Show. District winners will compete
against other 4-H'ers from S other
district for State ' Honors during
4-H Club Week 4-H Club Week wiU
be held July 24-29 K Raleigh, North
Carolina; '
Gail Grady, daughter of Mrs.
Perry Grady of Route 2, ML Olive,
N. C. was eected president of the
Southeastern District and will serve
in that capacity during the coming
year. ., r ; ,;; .V...V
District winners . from Duplin
County included Annette and Jean
ette James, Wallace, N. C. Tap
Dancing; Mary Alice Thomas, Mag
nolia, N. C. Dress Revue; and
Owen Jones, Faison. N. C. Book
keeping; Runner-up contestants in
cluded Annette and Jeanette
James Wallace N. C. Fruit and
Vegetable Marketing; Mary Alice
Thomas, Magnolia, N. C. Sewing;
Jimmy Rich, Magnolia, N. C Poul
try Barbecue; and James Best and
William Outlaw, Mt. Olive, N .C.
Tobacco. . t- '
Other participating contestants
included Janice Alphin, Gail Grady
Linda Grady,' Judi KornegayrTho
masene Sanderson, Brenda ,'Kulli
can. Evelyn .Wflkins, Larry Best,
Bobby , Gavin, Seaton Matthews.
Holiday Weekend
Driving Can
The North Carolina Highway Pat
rol will be out in force for the 102
hours In an effort to cut down on
the number of highway accidents.
However , the highway patrol and
the various safety campaigns which
will be conducted across the State
will be. to no' avail if the . driver
does not heed the warning. - v
Highway accidents increase,' dur
ing the July 4 long week end be-
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nd Glerm. WU-
Uams, H f..t L- iV 1 . W,
v.TJnarjnUf.'iiige -contestants
are to be commended for their in
terest and excellent cooperation in
the 4-H program.
By Gov. Sanford
Leroy Simmons Is
Named trade
Fair Committee
Leroy 'Simmons, Duplin , County
Farmer of the Albertson commun
ity, was' named today , to the Advi
sory Committee of the North Car
olina Trade Fair., '
The Trade, Fair will be held in
Charlotte October 12-21, 1961, It is
designed to promote and sell North
Carolina products. It is the first
fair of its kind ever held in North
Carolina.
' Simmon's appointment was made
by Governor Terry Sanford,
"I feel honored to be selected
to serve on the Advisory Commit-'
te," Simmons said "I will serve
because it is another area In which
a great deal can be' done -td make
North Carolina a better palce."
Cause so many more automobiles
are on highways not only, in North
Carolina but across the nation,
t Motorists who do get on the high
ways are being encouraged to drive
with extreme care and ot be a de
fensive .driver.) 4 . .'' ;,,''s'
Being a defensive driver takes
the fun out of driving but it could
mean . keeping life in your body.
Defensive driving means the driver
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Be Your
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Company's Position Revealed
Use "Off a 3-30 On Tobacco Scaid To
'Bo P nsofflsfactery To " leaparipl
Melvin Cording Says He Is Considering
Running For State Senate From Duplin
Melvin Cording, prominent Dup
lin County business man and poli-
Graduates From
Medical School
Donna Allison Wells of Chapel
Hill, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M.
Wells of the B. F. Grady School
Community, received the degree of
Doe tor-of -Medicine- from the. Uni
versity of North Carolina School of
Medicine in June. The graduating
class 'received their doctorate hoods
in the annual Medical School cere
mony at. Hill , Hall. The degrees
were .conferred by the University
with the -remainder of the degree
candidates that evening in Kenan
Stadium.
Donn graduated from B. F.
Grady .High School in 1953, and re
ceived his A. B. in English from
the University of N. C. in 1957.
During the summer of 1957, he par
ticipated in a Work Camp in Fran
ce sponsored by the World Council
of Churches, after which he toured
several European counties. In the
summer . of 1958 he was part of a
group sponsored by the Chapel Hill
Westminister. Fellowship ( Presby-
j-Jerian CJiurchJi who. worked, at the
State Mental Hospital m Raleigh,
studying various aspects of mental
illness. During the past two sum
mers he worked at Sampson Coun
ty Memorial Hospital in Clinton, N.
C. as an "Extern."
Duringthe next year, Donn will
be interning at the Medical College
of Virginia Hospital in Richmond,
taking a rotating program. After
that he will probably enter service
for 2 years, then take a year of
Residency for ' further preparation
for general practice. ..?;.,..
DONN A. WELLS
Life
Saver
is to constant watch the other man,
the driver he is meeting and the
driver behind him.
The defensive driver is' always
on the alert and looking ahead for
possible ways of preventing an ac
cident. The defensive driver Is always
courteous to all drivers and does
not become angry and upset in a
long line of slow moving traffic
or when some motorist does a fool
ish thing while around him.
This is the kind of driving that
will save lives and make it possible
for you to continue to be a driver
after the long July 4 holiday week
end. a:,''V:V'v; ;
Not only on the highways, but
also at resorts everyone is urged to
take particular caution .when a
round the water. Many people are
drowned at this time of year be
cause they do not take care and do
not treat water as a potential kil
ler, .-v -v -V :-.,"v -r -;vf
Walter recreation is a wonderful
thing and it can be a lot of fun,
but when water recreation, swim
ming, fishing and boating, are mis
used, l can be a life taker."
tician, said today that he "is con
sidering seeking election to the N.
C. State Senate' from the ninth
Senatorial District.
Henry Stevens, III, announced
earlier this year that he will not
be a candidate in the May 1962
Democratic Primary to succeed
himself as State Senator.
The ninth Senatorial District is
composed of Duplin, Sampson, Pen
der and- New Hanover Counties.
Under agreement, Duplin and
Sampson Counties alternate in elec
ting the Senator and Pender and
New Hanover, alternate in electing
one. The district has two State Sen
ators. Cording said, 'I have been hav
ing a lot of my friends to encour
age me to run and I am seriously
considering it,"
Cording is just beginning his
third two-year term as Major of
Wallace. He served 10 years as
Pro Tern before being elected May
or. Cording is also the Executive Sec
retary of the N. C. Jersey Breed
ers' Association and is a past vice
president of the National Jersey
Breeders. He is at present the dis
tributor of Maola Milk products in
the DUplin area and is also a milk
producer. He is a past president of
the N. C. Dairy Cattle Association
Cof dinJr '"."a "i dlrefctDr "of the
Dairy, Foundation at N. C. State
College.
He Is active in Duplin County af
fairs and is Chairman of the Coun
ty's 4-H Club Development Fund
program.
He is an Elder In the Wallace
Presbyterian Church.
Cording is a native of Nebraska
and attended the University of
Nebraska. He is married to the for
mer Helen Rhundy, of Nebraska.
They have three children, Dick, 25
of Wallace; Mrs. Kenneth Pierce,
23 of Raleigh; and Terry, 21, of
Wallace.
Flue-Cured Weed
Meeting To Be
In Raleigh Fri.
Flue-cured tobacco growers from
Florida through. Virginia will be at
tending Stabilization's 15th Annual
Meeting. The meeting will be held
on June 30th, in Raleigh, N. C, at
the Sir Walter Hotel, beginning at
10 a. m.
L. T. Weeks, -General Manager,
and W. A. Allen, Director from Dis
trict No. 6 (Eastern Belt, announ
ced that Horacl D. Godfrey, Ad
ministration, Commodity Stabiliza-
linn Cnnrio U c rianQrtmont n f
Agriculture, Washington, D. C, will'
be the principal speaker. Godfrey.
a native of North Carolina, neaas
USDA's largest agency and is also
Executive Vicg-President of Com
modity Credit Corporation. Before
assuming his present responsibili
ties, he was Administrative Officer
of the Agricultural , Stabilization
and Conservation programs in
North Carolina. Both Weeks and
Allen pointed out that Godfrey's
views on the-. tobacco program, and
particularly-the price support pro
gram, will be pertinent inasmuch
as the agency he directs has re
sponsibility , for price supports on
all commodities, including tobacco.
They urge aU flue-cured counties
to send a large delegation to the
meeting. X ' . .
' Other highlight of the program
will be the annual reports of Gen
eral Manager Weeks and President
Cart T, Hicks;-. :vv- ,v.;--v '; .,
During ' the business ' session,
there will be a confirmation of di
rector who were elected at the dis
trict meetings earlier this year.
Directors elected were: James R.
Pate, District 4 (Border Belt); W.
A. ' Allen, District Eastern
Belt).- and W. H. Knight. District
(Old Belt of N. C. All Tfere
elected for 3-year terms. ; ' '
The use of MH-30 (maleic hydra
zide) for the control of suckers in
tobacco has been discussed from
many angles in the past two years.
In a letter to The Weekly Gazette,
D. A. Coulson, president of The
Imperial Tobacco Company, discus
sed at length his company's posi
tion in regards to the use of MH-30
on tobacco.
The flue-cured tobacco industry
of the United States now exports
40 per cent of the total crop to
foreign countries and the Imperial
Tobacco Company is the major ex
porter and buyer for the foreign
trade.
The letter from President Coul
son to Editor Paul Barwick reads
as follows:
'During the past six years we
have made extensive investiga
tions, testing very many samples,
in order to establish the influence
of maleic hydrazide upon tobacco
quality. These investigations have
been made not only in the United
States but also in other countries
which supply us with tobacco.
We feel, as a result, that our find
ings are well established.
"In summary, they show that
treatment with maleic hydrazide in
recommended dosages and as nor
mally used results in a loss of
color-and texture of the tobacco, in
an unfavorable change in its chem
ical composition, in impairment of
smoking flavor, in impairment of
the physical properties of the leaf
including a reduction in what is
known as its 'filling value.' All
these changes, .combinedmake for
a lass oi quality oi jue touacco
which is directly refletced in dam
age to the quality of our products
and more particularly our cigaret
tes. Farm Bureau Is Backing
Bill To Permit Small Acreage Transfer
Is Now Being Considered By Congress
After attending the Tobacco Sub
committee of the House Agriculture
Committee hearing on H. R. 1022
'a bill "to amend the Agricultural
Act of 1938 to provide for less and
transfer of tobacco acreage allot
ments! in Washington, D. C, yes
terday. B. C. Mangum, president of
the North Carolina Farm Bureau
Federation says there is a good
possibility that Congress will pass
a measure enabling tobacco farm
ers to lease their allotments on a
year-to-year basis, with proper safe
guards for the protection of the
tobacco program.
. 'This bill,' he said, "is designed
to help those tobacco farmers who
have such small allotments that
they can not realize economies of
size." Mangum made a statement
before the subcommittee in behalf
of the lease and transfer provisions
of the bill.
Although the voting delegates of
the North Carolina Farm Bureau
Federation have not adopted a re
solution on lease and transfer of
tobacco allotments, they have ask-
d that the matter be studied. The
farm Bureau wenty-man tobacco
committee concluded, after much
study and consideration, that the
lease and transfer measure in H.
H. 1002 is in the best interest of
tobacco growers with small acre-
Honor Students
At East Carolina
The All A's, Dean's List, and
Honor Roll has been released from
East Carolina College for the spr
ing quarter of the present school
year as follows for Duplin County:
AU A's Anne P. Jackson, Beula
ville; William F. Pickett. Magnolia.
Dean's List: Nancy L. Grady,
Kenansville; Geraldine Kennedy,
BeulaviUe; Barbara R. Lindsay,
Faison: Dorothy A. Mills, Wallace;
Judy E. Pearsall, Warsaw.
Honor Roll: Nancy ,L. Clifton,
Faison; David G. Fussell, Rose
HU1; . Leonard S. Guy, Calypso;
Caroyln J. Hatcher. Rt. 2, Faison;
Sally J. K. . Houston, BeulaviUe;
Virginia P.. Quinn, BeulaviUe; WH
De Sbepard, Jr., Wallace;
,E Marie Smith, BeulaviUe;
James W. Todd. Rt 1 Warsaw;
M Jeanette Turner, Teachey; Sue
L, Whittle, Warsaw; Janice B. WU
Uams, BeulaviUe,. ' r .
To us, as manfacturers -In the
United Kindgom, however, the eru-
cial issue is the loss of filling value
of treated tobacco because the
British manufacturer operates un
der a unique system Involving the
payment of a very high rate of
duty ( $9.03 per pound ) before the .
tobacco can be received into ' the ,
factory for manufacture. The Brit-
ish market demands a firm, well
filled and well made cigarette
which needs tobacco. of good filling
value. To compensate for the loss -in
filling value of treated tobaccos :
a corresponding increase in ciga- '
rette weight is required. Resultnig
from the high duty the additional
cost to us of using treated tobaccos- -of
reduced filling value is well
over one-half the original cost of
1 1. I .... j . .1 . i : m. ka.x.a..a
feet upon British manufacturers
of maleic hydrazide treatment is
thus apparent.
'Last season we did our best to
avoid buying treated tobaccos but
unfortunately they cannot be iden
tified for certain reasons under the
conditions of selling at auction.
They can only be so identified by
laboratory measurement sand in -factory
operations, that is after we
have bought, paid, for, and shipped -our
purchases. Thus, we are forced
to use tobacco which does not meet
our required standards and which
we do not want.
"Maleic Hydrazide is not used in
Canada, Rhodesia nor India which
are our other principal sources of
supply of flue-cured tobaccos.. In
order t mainttmlkaceepfabilfty
to us of U. 3. tobacco and its status
in relation to he crops from com
peitive sources, it is quite clear
that the use by the American farm
(Contlned on Back)
age allotments and the entire to
bacco program.
The North Carolina Farm Bureau
President expressed opposition at
the hearing to suggestions by the
Department of Agriculture which
would permit allotments to be sold
or leased for more than one year.
Other North Carolinians appear
ing in support of the lease and
transfer of acreage include: Fred
Royster, managing director of the
Bright Belt Warehouse Association ;
Frank B. Snodgrass, vice president
of the Burley and Dark Leaf Tobac
co Export Association; Carl T.
Hicks, chairman of the tobacco
committee of the North Carolins
Farm Bureau. From the Winston
Salem area were J. B. Harper, w.
E. Matthews and Harvey Dinkins.
Those expressing opposition to Uw
lease and transfer of tobacco allot
ments include: Kentucky Farm
Bureau and the North Carolina
Grane.
At Greenville
Tobacco Field
Day For Area
To Be July 5
The annual Tobacco Field Da;'
vin be held at the Lower Coastal
Plain Research Station at Green
ville on Wednesday morning, July
5,
The program begins at 9:00 A. V.
and all interested tobacco farmer! , -farm
leaders, businessmen and te- .
bacco warehousemen and others in- .
terested in tobacco production ar
invited to attend.
This will be a good chance to see . '
the experimental work that is be
ing conducted on t obacco, pluJ
some demonstrations showing somrt
of the best and most up-to-date
production practices. Some of tho .
things that will be seen and discus-,,
sed at the Station are: Old and -new
varieties and promising lines
topping and suckering. fertilixei
rate x variety, research on interest .
M.(l kMAind far riiaMSA rrif. -
VWIIUVI. wVtu.K .v .
taince, brown spot control, and
growing pianu unaer yiosui:.
The nroeram will last about three
hours. , '.r .. '; ' : ;
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