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
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Quips And Quotes
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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' * ' Uncle Pete
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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 o<f the present, they
fall far behind. Books can't be
prepared fast enough td keep
them abrest of today's fast-mov
ing developments.
t he daily newspaper is a most
valuable etkutlim taoJ. Editors,
aware of this, now supplement
the naws with numerous inter
pretive stories. " ' V** ?
.. And their skilled writers are v*
masters at reducing the most com
plex ideas to simple;-interesting
language easily understood- Tex
tbook authors, usually too wordy
and stiff, could take a lesson.
Newspapers carrjj feature sto- 4
ries on a wide range of education
al subjects Columns appear on ^
science, medicine, psychology,
travel, economics, government
and W>ljlj<n> 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. -
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PUBLIC FORUM
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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*
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>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.
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