Duplin County's Newspaper | OTOmMLS THURSDAY,NOVEMBER Duplin at tho Crossroads - .T" wrgeUc capable and fc dicated people are the ones, who, in the final analysis, get the job done." The speaker is former North Carolina Governor, lather Hodges am he is speaking in his new book, Businessman in die Statehouse, on the part played by local people in the drive to attract industry to the Tar Heel state. In iwo previous editorials we have outlined the need for a. county development program and a full-time industrial and agricultural develop ment director. The county board of commissioners have gone on record as being in favor of such a program that would be supported by county tax funds. But the board feels that the lead in getting the program start ed should come from the people. Duplin County has seven com munity development clubs that have made giant strides in progress since their inception several years ago. . Each community development dub has worked hard and success fully at bettering conditions in their area. Now the time has come for these organizations to band together in this one effort to bring a program to Duplin County that would prove to be of immeasurable value. County community clubs have shown that they can get things done faster, better and with much more determination than any group or or ganization around. The secret of this success at community projects could be applied to a county-wide program. The first step in organizing the program would be to meet jointly to select a board of directors that would guide and advise the functions of the association. The board of di rectors should be made up of a cross section of community club leaders and others in the county interested in seeing Duplin County grow. Before any town or county is going to attract any industry, the people of that section have to show that they are willing to do their pert in helping an industry relocate or be gin anew. Many communities have gone so far as obtaining land and construct ing a building for a prospective in dustry. With today's competition in industry courting this has almost be came a must An industry is going to an area where they feel they are needed and wanted by the people li ving there. If another community or county makes an industry feel that it is wanted more somewhere other than Duplin and then takes the inia tive to prove it, industry is going to the other location. To carry out the program the way it should be is a big job and a big challenge but one which is not impossible. The potentials of Duplin County are great and numerous. All that is needed is the realization of these potentials and then positive action to develop them. By ignoring our capabilities and potentialities we are like the cpastal people who lived too close to the ocean to see the water or the moun tain folks who were too close to the forest to see the trees. The time for action is now. To morrow may literally be "too late." By Any Other Name... Although it has not been any thing on a grand scale, the DUPLIN TIMES h&s learned of a few words of unfavorable comment on our publish ing of names of those arrested in liquor raids being conducted by sheriffs officials and state ABC in vestigators. The policy of this newspaper is to present to the readers of Duplin County ALL of the facts in ALL of the news. Quite naturaly this will Sometimes involve placing people's names in the paper who would rather not see them there. We or any other conscientious newspaper cannot feel that we are treating anyone unfairly or that we ' are subjecting anyone to unncessary embarrasment by publishing names of law offenders. Protective coddling by some courts of "tender-age" or socially prominent" repeaters is an appease ment oi justice. It infringes on the rights of the people. Let die flagrant violators be exposed. Let the public know their idenities so it may be alert to their law-breaking habits Especially in the publishing of names of teenage law breakers is this criticism loudest and most often heard. One Midwest editor, prevented by archaic restrictions from publiciz ing the names of teenage hoodlums, f recently made this editorial plea: "When a youngster is capable of murder, shooting during a burbulary, f beating someone to death with a chain ? or hammer, rape, kidnapping and other crimes which merit the electric chair or life imprisonment, we are no longer talking about his first mistake or about a child whose repuation can be destroyed. These youngesters are no longer the sweet innocent things you bounce on your knee. In most cases, they'd cut your throat for sug gesting mercy. These children we're talking about are deadly criminals; with a gun or a switchblade at their hip, they're nine feet talL" Criminality is more than a dis ese. It is a chronic and infectious plague. It does not dry up when neg lected, evidenced by the fact that 78 bootleggers have been arrested in Duplin in a three-week period. Nor is it less violent when misnamed. Warsaw Attraction Residents of Duplin County who do not attend any of the Veteran's Day activities in Warsaw tonight, tomorrow and Saturday will be miss sing out on a grand time. The events and celebration, which includes three dances, a carni val, a parade and a beauty contest, are being sponsored by the Warsaw American Legion Post 127 which merits praise for recalling to the minds of us all one of the most im portant days in American history, a day that has almost come to be for gotten with time since 1918. Our hat is off also to the many people who will put in long hard hours of work to make the celebra tion a success, - to the organizations who will enter floats in the parade; the high school bands who will per form and the many (Mfoers too count If you haven't already made plans to attend at least one ol the sC Quips And Quotes . - 'VJ Then there's the feeling you get when your stretch socks disappear into your loafers in a crowded ele vator. If Khrushchev continues to be such a good little boy maybe next time they'll let him visit Disney land. One of the biggest problems fac ed by a newcomer to eastern North Carolina is telling the difference between sweet potato pie and pumpkin pie just by looking. Newly . crowned Heavyweight champion Sonny Liston said after battering Floyd Patterson to the canvas in less than one round, "I didn't think he would be thatt ough." Don't tell me they're now going to start naming every satellite they place in orbit a la winking star satellite Anna. Bed China may shoot its way into India but the United Natiois made itself clear that the same tactics won't get Peiping into the U. X. Why won't Republicans call them selves Republicans instead of ad- j vocates for a "Two-Party System/ in North Carolina." ( The next couple of weeks could prove us wrong but if there's a bet ter Class A football team in the state than James Kenan we would have to see it. In Greensboro last week a law enforcement officer shot and killed a man who failed to heed a warn ing to stop. But when it was dis closed that the dead man was shot four times one wonders if someone wasn't a little too "trigger-happy." Wonder why Duplin County can't get the Kenansvilie Beulaville high way resurfaced? Free Wheeling Ttf BUI Crawell I ? ' t ? j i > ? mmm* \ Look here ladies, the National, Safety Council says you're having too many auto accidents. Your crash rate is up and researches want to know why. In attempting to find an answer they are studying your driving ha bits and places where the mishap^ occur. Researchers know the majority of women are skillful urban driv ers, accustomed to short trip driv ing to schools and stores. And they do quite well in heavy city traffic. But on long trips the man of the house traditionally takes the wheel. There has been a big increase in the number of women drivers, meaning more women are driving farther and faster than ever. Since more have far less speed driving experience than their mates, may be they are miscalculating when traffic decisions must be made. Anyhow, more than one highway expert has suggested this may be true. Cars respond best to people who know how to drive them well and who know the rules of the road. For women who are, or who plan to do any long haul driving, these tips should be helpful: Adjust to weather conditions. Aa 60 miles an hour a car heeds 300 feet for a dry road stop. On welt pavement the car will tra vel more than 540 feet before stopping. Chi ice, more than a quarter of a mile. Driving at 50 miles an hour, you should be at least five gar lengths behind the car ahead. Au thorities recommend you add 20 feet more for every additional 10 miles an hour. Your distance ju dgment can't be based on slo wer city driving. Every year many cars driven ? "? 1 .. A ? by women and carrying children are hit by trains. This illustrates the second most common driving. error among women: Failure to look in both directions where there are not raffic controls. The first error: Failure to drive with both hands. Use low beam headlights when approaching cars. The best dim ming distance is between 1000 and 1500 feet of an on-coming ve hicle. Dont stare into headlights or strain to see the center line. Instead watch the right edge of the road. Your instinct tells you to swer ve away from any slight obstru ction along the road shouldar. Don't since swerving across the center line is the chief cause of head on collisions. Always slow down when approaching the crest of a hill. On expressways don't straddle or jump lanes. If you miss an exit, don't swerve over suddenly and never attempt to back up. Keep on to the next exit. Every family car should have seat belts. Usually it's the woman in the family who forces the is sue to getting themf. And that's good. At dusk cut your speed 10 miles an hour and turn on your lights. Use the headlights, not parting lights. The most crucial accident hours are evening hours. Finally, don't drive beyond your fatigue pdfaL Women with child ? ren in the car tend to be distract ed when the youngsters begin to fuss. On the turnpikes figures show from 13 to 15 percent of the smash ups are caused by fatigue and loss of sleep. And it's probably a fac tor in an even higher percentage of the fatal wrecks. Changes In Your Social Security Br: Ed Dmn, Field Representative Duplin CMBty Upon the death of an insured per son under the Social Security kaw. a single Lumpsum Death Pay ment, in addition to any monthly payments, may be made to the widow or widower if she or he were living in the same household with the insured person at the time of his death. If there is no eligible widow or widower, then the person or persons who paid the burial ex penses may be repaid or, if the burial expenses have not been paid, the person assuming responsibility for the burial expenses may have the Lumpsum Death Payment sent to the funeral heme and applied on the bill. Hie Lump-Sum Death Payment a mounts to three times the wage ear ner's monthly benefit. However, the amount of the Lumpsum Death Payment cannot exceed $255. Alao, in case the Lump-Sum Death Pay ment is being paid to a person who paid the burial expenses or if it is being paid directly to the funeral home, it cannot etched the amount of the burial expenses. The payment of the Lump-Sum Death Payment is not automatic. An application for the payment must be filed with the Social Secur ity Administration within two years from the date of death. For further information concern ing the Lump-Sum Death Payment payable by the Social Security Ad ministration or any other provision of the Social Security Law, you should write or visit the District Office at Sll East Walnut Street in Gotdsboro. mm r ? 111 ? ? VI IllIltKta#! By:(ll.V.Mdr? HTbe Christian Understanding of IbeBMa vr. ? |The church and the Gospel to firmly anchorad in the Scriptures Wo aw all aware that CMaUm in sight begins with man's knowledge of the Bible, informed and illumi nated by the Holy Spirit. Therefore in Christian education the BBile to not one concern among many: it to the ground and guide of all con cerns. and in various ways the en tire enterprise of Christian educa tion. H comes alive in the exper ience of the christian as the word of God when the Spirit of God in spires the Words and the reader in a new realization of God speaking the living word. What is the nature of the Bible and what is its central message? Here we arrive at the heart of the Christian understanding of the Bible. Hie Bible to, in the first place, the record of the lila and faith af ancient Israel and the lUe. death and resurrection of dews Christ, and- Of tlye church gathered around Hi?. The Bible is ia die seoond place, the recard of "the mighty acts of God" in creation, in the giving of the Law, in judgment, in redemp tion, in the sending of Jeeus Christ, in the creation of the church and preparing for the Kiagdom. The Bible to the story of God's speaking ta Israel in preparation for his self communication in Jesus Christ. The biblical writings reveal man's progressive search for God and his growing concepts of God, man, sin, salvation. The church has held to I the value of both the Old Testament and the New Ttestament. There can I be no profound understanding of the New Testament apart from the Old Testament. 1 see bp the papers where he out tome figgers on them Chinese where they was gitting about as many letters oa this Hem as they had feathers so they decided to give out some information on the subject. The piece I got here says we had 10,005,900 pounds of 'em stored in 1161. It took 16 warehouses scatter ed around the country to store this item, fer a total of 314,823 square feet, and the storage costs come to $16.30 a ton. Bat things Is looking better for 1962. According to this piece, the Defease Department is gitting ready to use about a million pounds of feathers and this will bring the 1662 supply down to around 9 mill'"" pn?md? We was talking about these things at the country store Saturday night and Bd DoolitUe claimed this wob very encouraging news from Wash ington Bd figgered that if we kept on using a million poinds: a year fer 9 years and didn't buy no more, we'd git this item caught up and could close out the storage costs. But Clem Webster allowed as how Ed was mighty ignorant on how things was operated in Wash ington. Clem perdicted that them boys in the Pentagon was already busy replacing the million pounds they was using in 1962. All the fellers was agreed that in another four months the Defense Department was liable to come out evati mnouDce w iat *ina of feaf) ers they was and what tbey wjs^ doing with 'era. And while the Defense Depart meat waa pitting the taxpayers ip- * formed on the feather situation, the Government Printing Office come out with a new list of volumes that is now ready fer the taxpayers. . W Senator Williams of Deleware give the list to one of them Washington column writers, and 111 have to ad mit, Mister Editor, tbey got a little somepun fer everybody, For In stant. they got one volume on how to trap bobcat* aad ana. on bow to control stray dogs. But the one that todfc tty'lpye was "Problems of Present Day Poetry in Romania." I aim to order that ese fer my old lady, and this column writer said , I could git it by writing to the Guvernment Printing Office, Wash ington 25, D. C. If you ain't got I your copy yet. Mister, I'd git my order off today. After all, you help ed pay fer it. I And to put the stopper in the Jug fer this week's news from Washing ton, I see where, in 1361, the De partment of Agriculture sent Soil Bank checks to 2 colleges, 3 peqi- (i teneries, 3 airports and 4 golf cou rses. I aim to git my cemetery lot on the list fer next year. ^ t ; ft Yours truly, ' * ' Uncle Pete * " ' 1 - i ? A. L. D. For The People by Beraadette W. Beyle Public Information Officer N. C. State Board of Public Welfare "Pubiice Welfare has never meant merely the giving of mo ney to needy persons. Always there has been a genuine effort 00 the part of the caseworkers and administrators alike to help needy. persona help themselves." Dr. Elllen Winston, Commissioner In a smbll NorR* Carolina town. Mr. W-, a 35-year-aId man, high ly respected and regarded as one of the outstanding young business men in his community, recently stated that he, his brothers, sis ters, and mother received aid to dependent children when they were young. The father had de serted the family and the mo ther was una Die to support them. Mr. W. says that aid to depen dent children is the reason he and his brothers and sisters were ab le to stay in school and complete their high school education. He himself enlisted in the armed service and tor two years served in the Korean War. When he re turned to his home town he was employed as a salesman end is now in business far himself. Be serves on the town board, is ac tive in church work and holds of fices in both church and Sunday school. At present be and his wife are mulcting a home. His brothers and sisters are all employed and are self-supporting citizens, now contributing to the support of their mother. This is one of the hundreds of cases in the files of the county departments of public welfare in North Carolina which make the citizens of this State take pride in its public Welfare program. They know that the expenditure of their tax money keeps child ren in school, provides them with the necessities of life during the years when they are dependent and unable ito support themsel ves, and helps to make them con tributing citizens of their city, State add nation. ... The boys and girls who have received aid to dependent child ren grow up to become tax-pay ing citizens and are themselves a tribune to the Constitution of North Carolina -which,'nearly a hundred years ago, made provi sions for helping the poor and un fortunate. The taxes which these young men and women will pay during their adult lives put back into the coffers of government many times over the small amount used to help them during their years of dependency. Such persons as the Mr. W. of today's column - who was na med Young Man of the Year" in his community - are the ibest testimonials which the citizens of North Carolnla offer t# the nation as a whole as one of the reasons for its program of public welfare - for the people. Mn. BUSINESSMAN - A DUPLiis TIMES WANT AD WILL SELL YOUF PRODUCT. School And Your Child * By John Corey Education Depyftpont ? Appalachian State Teachers College A noted science professor told Earl H. Hanson, the Rock Island, 111., superintendent oi schools so well-known for education artic les, that, "what freshmen now learn at the (Massachusetts Ins tu tu te of Technology is out of date when they graduate." Newpapers and magazines help "switch the past to the present." iKor .this reason scaools today subscribe to an increasing num ber of periodicals for tneir class looms and libraries. For example, William Ross, veteran teacher at the laboratory Appalachian High School on the campus of Appala chian State Teachers College, Boone, N. C., subscribes to IS newspapers for use in his history class. "The high school librarian. "MrsT Vera Randall reports that dive newspapers and approximately SO magazines are available in the school library. Teachers emphasize the import ance of the publications and ire quently assign reading in them. Wise parents do likewise. They subscribe to periodicals, read ar ticles in them and discuss these among the family. Superintendent Hanson adds that -ha nti-vspapers and maga zines "keep th? currimim alive, on tkne> and on the frontier of knowledge." , ?. . ,ru They, break down subject-mat ter boundaries he states, enabling pupils to drew upon many sub jecis for', understanding e speci fic event or solving a problem. ?Newspapers and magazines br ing to date the last chapter of k textbooks. They print the NOW of practi cally every subject from science ' to oistory. This is a tremendous service to teacners anu students. Without knowledge oljlj art, literature, home making, music, drama, industrial arts health, English and guidance, to mention a few. , And even those are being ex tended. Bonk reviews, once reser ved dor Sunday, literary pages, are now being used bp .some small - papers throughout the week as liners. - ? ? ? PUBLIC FORUM To-lheEdit^ ^ ( j ^ The Kinsten Salvation Army wants to take this means of thank ing every farmer and farm owner who contributed tobacco or money to its support during the tobacco season, and to the public-spirited warehousemen who allowed The Army to accept gifts of tobacco from the farmers who sold tobacco in their warehouses. Major Frank Hall, the Command ing Officer, says it would be im possible for him to send a personal letter to ail the farm friends who contributed, inasmuch as ha does' not have the names or addreaaes. The east would also be prohibitive inasmuch as Major Hall Wants to conserve the funds to Mp in need. He wants to assure the farmers that The Army will continue to work with the farm familipp. ? In 18M more than 587 farm fami iiea were aidedLrThis does not in clude the Christmas program, whi ch is a separate program and is financed separately, t does con sist of head, dotting, medicine, rents, and other emergency needs to the farm families as tar as funds will allow. No oae is refused be cause of his or her race or religion. Were it not for the gifts of tobacco, the Kinston program would certain ly h?re to be curtailed Again, the Major, and all of the local Advisory Board, from the Laugh of the Week For neatly 80 years the United i States government has tried to ta : duce farm output to certain levels, and has failed. ; For more than 40 years the Rus , sian government has tried to raise farm output to certain goals, and . hasjailed. depths o? their hearts say, "Thank you, ?arm friend*, warehousemen aad staff, and buyers from the var ious companies." The Bible says it is more blessed to give than to receive, but if cir cumstances beyond your control forced you to ask for help, you would certainly be grateful that someone cared enough to give. Sincerely, _ Prank L. Mock, Jr., Chairiaai Army Adviso* ~ _ Board v >r Remember the Sabbath I?ay, 1 Exodms tO: 10 I The fiat day of the week became the Cbriattaa holy day in honor of the RuiimitfSrii It is a day of rest and, iladnees and a day of worship and phace. I know a man who loafs all the wnek and rests on Sunday. Thoea who are slaves to the sabbath idea point Mm out as a very good man. ford last Sunday afternoon^ count from the Jake Those people repre- * KtJfcdency in our coun ItH^Hveof public worshop giveJp conscience and a God Hs basic in Christian Ttw.JMfLjwr to pick a good wife is to grnrffmrfti and look at the choir. When I see,those attractive ^ #rbs singimf ia church choirs I feel Own hfa with nobody to support j THE DUPUN TIMES Published each Thursday in Kenansville, N. C., County Seat of g DUPLIN COUNTY Editorial, business office and printing plant, Kenansville, N. C. RUTH P. GRADY I OWNER and PUBLISHER j RUTH P. GRADY, EDITOR ; Entered At The Post Office, Kenansville, N. C. li?: _ ^ as se?0mi class matter . >j, ? jfe-, TELEPHONE?Kenansville, Day 29 6-2171?Night 29 6-2141 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $3.50 per year plus 11c N. C. Sales Tax in Duplin ?enoir, Jones, Onslow, Pender, Sampson, New Hanover and Wayne coun ?es; $4.50 per year plus 14c N. C. Sales Tax outside this area in North Caro Bna and $5.50 per year plus 17c N. C, Sales Tax elsewhare