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Bear Marsh Church has a
long Christian background of
serving Duplin County and sur
rounding area. One example
of the service this historic
church has rendered during the
past two centuries was to or
ganise and help found Johnsons
Baptist Church at Lanafield.
The Johnson Church In turn,
and some years later, helped
organise the Warsaw First Bap
tist Church which in turn began
In 1959 amission that developed
Into Calvary Baptist Church.
The long history of the minis
try of Bear Marsh began more
than 300 years ago when ac
. cording to a legend, a commit
tee was organized to draw up
designs for the construction of
"this Church that all peoples
might come together In Chris
tian fellowship to worship their
God." It was then found neces
sary that a committee be ap
pointed to represent the wisdom
of this great and Important
undertaking. It was further de
cided necessary to appoint a
committee to represent the st
rength of this vast undertaking.
All materials, master builder,
and laborers were assembled to
begin the building of the Temple.
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' > Wisdom noticed UMt the men
0ve standing- ldl<M* one.was
working, and everyone was In
a stats of utter confusion and
the committee of wisdom cried
oat to the Committee on st
rength and said, "Why all the
commotion, why aren't the
men at work?" and the com
mittee on strength replied,
"There Is no-one to set them
to work, we do not have a com
mittee on beauty to Instruct
them In the designs of spiritual
construction." Immediately the
third committee was formed to
represent spiritual beauty-that
the workmen might see and know
the spiritual designs not only
4 that which beautifies and adorns
the house of God but also that
which beautifies and adorns the
lives of those who were to con
struct God's house.
The great honor of heading
this Committee on beauty was
entrusted to none other than
John Nobles and Jeremiah
Hame, two great leaders who
exemplified by their very own
lives a virtuous and honorable
conduct, and unfeigned piety to
God and an Inflexible fidelity
to the great trust that was be
stowed upon them. The Com
mittee on beauty brought to an
end all Idleness and confusion
among the workmen, everyone
I had learned well that the test
of true love Is to see and to
serve.
The first building was lo
cated about one mile northwest
ot the present building on what
was known then as the Sum
merlin Farm, and on the land
now owned by David Lane. The
? first building was burned In
1790. Having determined to have
a church In the midst the fa
milies of the community were
not long In deciding to erect
another building, and In 1794
the second church was built,
thif one being located Just
across the road from the pre
sent buildings. The second
building also was destroyed
by fire, this one in 1850. In
1857 the present building was
erected which had a balcony
In It that was used for slaves.
The balcony was removed In
1900. Kit James Enoch and Ned
Hlnes, white, and Bill Allen,
colored, built the present build
ing.
Among the outstanding minis
ters at Bear March Church
was Dr. A. C, Dixon on whose
life a book was written en
titled, "A Romance of Preach
ing." This book Is still highly
regarded and Is read in many
seminaries as parellel reading
by young ministerial students.
Dr. Dixon conducted a revival
In 1879 at Bear Marsh and as a
result, one hundred members
were added to the.church roll.
Another outstanding work was
done In the church under the
pastorate of the Rev. J. M. Dun
can, who served the church
from 1918 to 1926. It was during
this period that a baptistry was
built in the church and a Sunday
School Department added. Mr.
Duncan retired from the minis
try and made his home In Mur
freesboro, N. C.
Pastors who have served in
the past sixty years have been
Reverends R. J. Bate man, T.J.
Hood, J. H. Booth, W. B. Riven
bark, J. M. Duncan, J. E. La
nier, W. R. Stephens, Thomas
uwpei , v* ^rawioru, rom
K. Wood, Wade James, U, A.
McManuse, Russell Hlnton and
the present pastor R. H. Kelly.
Three men have gone out (rom
the church Into the ministry.
They are Charles Vause, Ken
neth Wilson and Norwood Davis.
Bear Marsh celebrated her
200th Anniversary in 1963 with
more than 1000 persons attend
ing. Dr. Herschel H. Hobbs,
president of the Southern Bap
tist Convention was guest spea
ker.
GENERAL OFFICERS OF
BEAR MARSH BAPTIST
CHURCH ARE:
Pastor, The Reverend R. H.
Kelly; Music Director, Mr.
Russell Brock; Organist, Mrs.
Pete Warren, Jr.; Pianist, Mrs.
El wind Dixon; Sunday School
Superintendent, Mr. Everett
Lee Kornegay; General Se
cretary of Sunday School, Mr.
Paul King; Extension Depart
ment of Sunday School, Mrs.
C. L. Davis.
Training Union Director,
Mrs. Elbert Bell; Woman's
Missionary Union President,
Mrs. John Prldgen; Church
Clerk, Mr. Russell Brock; Ch
urch Treasurer, Mr. Elbert Da
vis; Chairman of Board of Dea
cons, Mr. Leslie Southerland;
Director of the Mens Chorus,
Mr. Russell Brck.
HEADS OF YOUTH ORGANIZA
TIONS
Chapel Choir Director, Mrs.
Arnold Davis; Junior Choir Di
rector, Mrs. Donald Roberts;
Girl's Auxiliary Director, Mrs.
J. B. Faulk, Jr.; Girls Auxi
liary Counselor-, Mrs. Edison
Pate; Sunbeam Director, Mrs.
Douglas Brogden; Sunbeam lea
der, Mrs. Boyce Myers.
THE BOARD OF DEACONS
Mr. L. H. Byrd, Jr.; Mr.
E. G. Hatch, Jr.; Mr. Arnold
Davis; Mr. Roy Brock; Mr. Jim
my Kelly.
Mr. Leslie Southeriand,
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Chairman; Mr. Samuel Pipkin,
Mr. Everett Lee Kornegay; Mr.
Bertice House; Mr. Harvey
Myers,
(We are Indeed grateful to
the Rev. Mr. Kelly for his con
tribution in compiling this in
formation. RBW.)
Deputy Elwood Revelle re
ceives snub-nose pistol as prize
for winning entry at Carolina
Beach Sheriffs Convention.
Duplin General Hospital re
ceives Accreditation.
Wlllard Westbrookand "Rat"
Dail report loss of first tobacco
barns during season.
20 Years Ago
H. Roy Cates named presi
dent of Chas . P. Cates and
Sons in Faison.
Beulavllle installs suffici
ent street lights to light town
and begins system of - trash
disposal.
Prlntess Smith returns home
after being hospitalized for
some time at Veterans Hospital
in Fayettevllle.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Miller
announce the birth of a son
William Bryan. Mrs. Miller
is former, Lllliaza Atbertson.*
* i in Ml i iSfiWn
THIS NEW HEARING AID
designed to be wom In the esr
is so tiny it fits inside a sew
ing thimble. Called Zenette. the
improved unit from Zenith
uses integrated circuitry and
weighs just 1/6 of an ounce
with battery.
SAY YOU SAW IT IN
THE TIMES ? SENTINEL
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1 Year Ago
Two students from Nlgera
?pant week In Duplin County
observing farming methods,
primarily Interested In poul
try.
Mobil X-ray unit locates In
Duplin to assist In X-raying all
TB contacts above IS years of
Bank of Mt. Ollvo has grand
, as opening In Warsaw.
Duplin County Summer
schools cornea to succeasful
close.
B years ago
Mike Goodson named presi
dent of Duke University Bench
??h gar group.
Assistant Home agents, Jean
Hole and Alice L. Lee submit
resignations to be effective July
3L
Daniel D. Williams resigned
from board of directors of Dup
lin General Hospital.
John Anderson Johnson la
appointed new tax collector,
10 Years ago.
Chimes and amplifier de
dicated at Grove Presbyterian
Church.
"SHUCK'S! NOBODY'S THERE"
_
SINATOK
SAMERVIN
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WASHINGTON - The tradi
tional half-way point has been
reached In this session of Con
gress with most of the major
Issues yet to be resolved.
On the unfinished business
calendar are measures to li
beralise social security bene
fits, extend the poverty pro
gram, attack rising crime rates
In the country, and a new pack
age of civil rights proposals.
In addition, one of the most
pregstng rcsigi eselonal
bills. As of last week, most of
the money bills were In the
hearing stage In Senate and
House appropriation commit
tees. Two of the money bills
lor fiscal 1998 had been enacted
Into law, two others were In
Senate-House conferences, and
the remaining nine bills were In
committees.
The appropriations status Is
Indicative of the complexity of
the task facing Congress on Fe
deral expenditures and taxes.
It Is now apparent that If Con
gress votes for all of the Ad
ministration 's spending re
quests for fiscal 1968, revenues
under the current tax structure
will fall short of anticipated
spending by as much as $20
billion. Such a deficit would
fuel the fires of Inflation and
other economic problems.
To date, Congress has shown
little enthusiasm for the Pre
sident's earlier request for a
six percent tax surcharge, and
has Instead been studying the
appropriations bills to see what
can be curtalle In the way of
domestic and foreign aid pro
grams.
Secretary McNamara's latest
visit to Vietnam is expected to
bring forth a now ploa for an
lncroaao in taxaa on the ground
that war expenditures are ris
ing.
This approach, however,
overlooks the fact that domes
tic spending has been accele
rating faster than defense
spending with the addition of
new Federal assistance pro
grams to fund a host of en
deavors. Recently, a Federal
compendleum came to my desk
giving a brief review of do
metHJc assistance programs.
Comparing it with the former
edition, only 18 months old,
demonstrated that the assis
tance catalog had grown in that
short span from 414 pages to
701 pages.
The truth is that there are
marginal programs that should
be phased out in preference
to enacting new tax burdens for
taxpayers who are often not
convinced that the Federal Go
vernment must underwrite vir
tually all the endeavors that its
citizens undertake to accom
plish.
A reduction of Federal spend
ing will take courageous action
by Congress and the President,
but it is the wiser course of
action for a Government and a
people dedicated to the princi
ples of liberty. Economic free
dom, including freedom from
unnecessary taxes, is the basis
of al" our liberties. For this
reason, I do not propose to
vote for any increase in in
come taxes until the Federal
Government takes some needed
steps to reduce expenditures for
non-essential purposes, and
makes it clear that a tax in
crease is absolutely necessary
to our national defense.
Rotary Reunion At Camp
Tusearora
George Worley, District Go
vernor from Clinton, N. C.,
announced the big Rotary Reun
ion at Camp Tuscarora, July
20th beginning at 5:30 p.m.
According to Worley, the
Goldsboro Club will act as Host
for the reunion with President
Graves Lewis as the presiding
officer. The reunion was worked
in conjunction with the Boy
Scout officials and a special
program will be staged by the
camp staff and Scout Executive
Dick Auger.
This Is the first time this
sort of activity has been con
ducted by Rotary clubs and is
being held for several reasons.
First, Worley said, It will give
the Rotary members a chance
to meet each of the members in
surroundings that are conducive
to this good fellowship. Many of
our members will feel more at
ease making up meetings if they
know members In other clubs.
Secondly, he added, of the ten
Rotary Clubs that are being
Invited to participate all of
them sponsor a Scout Troop.
This will give every member an
opportunity to see first hand
the effect of Scouting on the
lives of boys.
As a third enducement, a spe
cial program of Indian dancing
will be staged In Its natural
surroundings to entertain the
Rotarlans. Scout Executive Dick
Auger will tell the group about
the program for God Pilgri
mage that is to be launched In
1968.
The clubs that will be par
ticipating are as follows: Golds
boro, Fremont, Smlthfleld,
Clayton, Four Oaks, Roseboro,
Clinton, Wallace, Warsaw and
MU Olive.
?Hell! well!
?HeU*!!!
ly: RUIN Wilis
Some people have adorable
grand children to write about
and some of us Just have ador
able little ole mothers who can
hardly walk even with the help
of a cane. My mother got ac
cused of captollslng on that
cane to get gardening done and
that to when the sun flowers
V' '' ??. 4 'v<' ? y' 1
were transplanted into the okra
patch. It was all so amusing to
me I just had to share It with
my readers. Mother's neigh
bors. Mr. and Mrs. Walter
siover, whom she dearly loves,
contribute much to her life In
many ways including their good
natured ribbing, also contri
buted this poem.
MARY, MARY,
By: Kathleen Siover
Mary, Mary, quite contrary
To what the papers say
I admire your zeal
And also your skill
In growing a garden that way.
Mary, Mary, do not worry
When Insects come to prey
Or when it's too dry,
Or the sun's too high
Or the dogs in your garden
do play.
Mary, Mary, you're a fairy
To have made a garden at all
Under the rule of a "cane"
And mercy of the "press"
I'm sure you've had no ball!
* * * ?
Last week Joe and I were
looking through some old trunks
and found a December 24, 1926
copy of the Richmond News
Leader. Mussolin was just be
coming a well known political
personality, and a bad train
wreck had taken many lives
in the mid west. Christ
mas was so uncommercial
llzed that there were no
advertisements wishing you
anything, no Santa Claus in the
whole paper, which was real
ly a surprise, but the eye ope
ner to me was that the paper
cost 8? per single copy and 10?
per week delivered.
? * ? ?
Heard over the week end
that David Williams, Jr., of Rt.
1, Rose Hill will be retiring from
the air force within the next
month or so. Alter twenty years,
David Is considering coming
back to Duplin, and a lot of
people Join me in thinking that
la just wonderful to have him
come bock home.
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yafcUPlWQN
WALTHAM, MASS., NEWS -
TRIBUNE: "Dr. Alastair M.
Stuart, a zoologist at North
Carolina State University...has
bored Into termltlan affairs
until he knows their social be
havior, their government, their
communications system. He
has also learned that termites
not only recognize their friends,
but know their enemies as well.
?Termites', he reports, "live
In a sort of democracy. They
even have what amounts to a
military draft. When danger
threatens the nest, a general
decision Is made as to how many
and which termites will be sent
out to combat that danger.' If
any termite draftees have burn
ed their draft cards, Stuart did
not report It."
ARGO, ILL, NEWS: "While
suburbs are tackling the ques
tion of open housing In terms of
the color question. It should be
pointed out that regardless
of color, religion or race. It Is
the couple wfth a child or se
veral children that find It more
difficult to find an apartment
or a rental place to live, re
gardless If they have money to
pay. Next, It is more difficult
for the single girl to find a ren
tal room than it Is for the ba
chelor."'
THOM ASVTLLE, GA., TIMES
-ENTERPRISE: "In view of go
vernment Intervention In pri
vate business, in the form of
wages and hours and mlnmum
pay scales and of so-called fair
practices In the competitive
world with reference to pro
ducts and services, It may be
come necessary for radical and
revolutionary practices to be
developed with reference to the
<care and treatment of the ail
ing...We would hate to see the
time come when the medical
profession and other profes
sions have to be directed and
regulated by a system of bu
reaucratic controls spewed in
Washington."
NEWTON, MISS., RECORD:
"Basic for any stable society
and healthy personality Is a
sound, consistent conscience
with well-defined moral pre
cepts. This Is needful from In
fancy to old age, in small groups
and large groups...Many people
take discipline and authority as
opposite to freedom and Indivi
dualism. The result Is confu
sion, loss of order and break
down of the individual reason
ing and rationale."
WARRENS BURG, MO., STAR
-JOURNAL: "The Constitution
Duplin Times
Progress
Sentinel
Published Weekly by
Progress Sentinel, Inc.
Kenansrllle, N. C.
Second Class Postage
Paid at
Kenansville, N. C.
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Single Copy Mc
In Dnplln and Adjoining
Counties
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A DupUn County Journal de
rated to the religious, Mater
ial. economic and agricultural
(irH^nint of DupHa County.
I Uncle Pete From I |j
j Chittlin Switch |
DEAR VTSTER EDITOR:
I got '"me figgers here on my
table thai has o! me shook up
considerable. ?<-neral rule,
I ain't much to read wn-' T>i"?v
Dean used to call "statics" when
he was talking about baseball on
television. But these statics here
was mighty disturbing.
A feller named Stanton Evans,
that was editor of the Indianap
olis Star, has wrote a book about
what causes crime in this coun
try. I always figgered newspa
per editors was pritty smart
folks, and 1 aint got no reason
to think this feller Evans ain't
got his figgers official, t
The gist of this piece I clip
ped from the papers is that pov
erty ain't the cause of crime
and that welfare creates more
crime than it cures.
He says crime in the United
States between the Depression
and now has increased 80 per
cent while the population was
increasing 47 per cent. He re
ports we got less pore people to
day than any time in our his
tory, but we got the highest
crime rate we ever had. He says
the town of Johnstown, Pa., had
the highest unemployment rate
in the nation in 1962 and had
the lowest crime rate in Ameri
ca.
He reported the Guvernment
was spending $9.58 billion on
welfare in 1SS9, $35 billion in
1958, and $71 billion in 1964.
And the crime Aggers, be said,
show.-d crime kept climbing
right along with ever increase in
welfare. Per instant, he report
ed, when they had that riot la
Loi Angelea la 1MB, they check
ed and found 37 per eaat of the
juvenile* arrested had been on
welfare all their lives.
Furthermore, said this editor
feller, besed on population, these
fancy Federal bouMng develop
ment! had the highest crime
rate of any type of community
in the world. Thes? was the
areas where the Guvernment was
charging low rents and moat of
the folks was on some sort of
welfare or Guvernment hand
out program.
He put the stopper in the jug
by giving flggers that showed
crime in this country never got
in high gear from poverty but
started going sky high when we
went on this all-out welfare and
hand-out binge that covered
thousands of folks engaged in
crime.
I was planning on pasting
these figgers up behind the
cheese box at the country store
but I've changed my mind. Them
fellers at the store, Mister Edi
tor, was miserable enough ever
time they took a look at the go
ings on in Washington. I think
it would be unchristian fer me
to add to their misery with these
statics compiled by that news
paper feller in Indianapolis.
And, incidental. Mister Edi
tor, 1 know you got a lot of mis
eries yoreself about these mat
ters in genera! and I apologize
fer this little piece this week.
Temra My
Uaete Pete
The Minister's Desk
By: D. E. Parkerson
Carboro, N. C.
In a sotrhern city a few
years ago a young lady In a
courtroom came to the wit
ness stand to testify in her
own behalf In a breach of pro
mise suit. "That man." she
said, as she pointed to her
former fiancee, "made love to
me, promised to marry me, and
then ran off and married another
woman. He broke my heart and
I want $10,000." She got It. The
next case was a damage suit
brought by a woman wno had
been run over by an automo
bile and had three ribs broken.
She was awarded $275. What a
sense of values!
A lot of husbands must have
read reports of this case In
the newspapers. They operate
on the philosophy that it is
cheaper to break a wife's ribs
than It is to break her heart.
Some break both ribs and heart.
At least, according to our story,
hearts are worth more than
ribs.
i nis would De true in every
case that I know except one -
the first man Adam's rib. God
took one of his ribs and made
Eve. Therefore, mat's first
experience with women resulted
In a broken rib. It hasn't been
the last time either. The broken
rib. In Adam's case, however,
brought great joy to him. It
forbids cruel and unusual pu
nishment. Well, the punish
ment meted out by Municipal
Judge John a Lawrence of
San Bernardino, Calif., to a
couple of teen-age girls who
pleaded guilty to shoplifting as
certainly unusual. Some might
even say it was downright
cruel...What Judge Lawrence
did was to order the two girls,
both overweight, to whack off
10 and 15 pounds respectively
within six months or spend ano
ther 29 days In pokey."
was not long before Adam had
a broken heart to go along with
his broken rib. That smarted a
bit!
The world's first family had
sinned. Why was this the case?
Each member of that family,
both Adam and Eve, lost their
sense of values. The fruit of the
tree took on a value higher than
it should have ?Material things
were suddenly valuable
I guess it was at this point
that history began repeating it
self. From that day until the
present moment men have got
ten their wires crossed. Men
keep making the same mistake
that Adam made. When the world
kicks in our ribs we whine,
but then, rathtr tharf rising
above the world's standard by
believing in a practicing noble
deeds, we give In. We adopt
the world's level of groveling
existence. By doing this we ex
change broken ribs for abroken
heart.
What are the valuable things
in life for you? Be honest with
yourself! In ten years how va
luable will this thing be that
Is now of Infinite worth to you.
How aboir twenty year3? When
you come to the end of the
road and look backward how
much comfort, strength, and
hope will you derive from those
things to which you give your
undivided attention now? Wnar I
am saying Is that you are bet
ting your life, and also your
eternal life, on what you trea
sure the most. It is best that
you give your life to something
that will last. Your sense of
values involves more than the
immediate present. It involves
forever.
In making these points I am
not trying to rib you. I seek a
heart to hea-t talk with you
about your heart. How well is
your heart? "As a maithinketh
In his heau-t, so is he," (Pro
verbs).
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