North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME 13 Bright Leaf Tobacco Markets Opening In N. C. And Georgia Georgia Markets open Tuesday - with Good Prices; Third day's Beport said Prices '.Rising; Border Beit Opens Wednesday Valdosta, Ga., July 26 Prices for the majority of grades In the Ga-Fla flue-cured belt continued steady to slightly .higher today the third day of auction sales, the marketing service of the USDA re ported.-,:. : , Medium quality lug cutters' via svuiv givvit wu mm- vanced $1 a hundred pounds to lead the advances. Green lugs, primings and non-descript, showed decreases of $1 to $2 a hundred. A general average of J41.35 was established for the belt Wednes- day, 13 cents per hundred higher than the opening day average.. 1' Markets on the Border on South Carolina belts open next Wednes day and warehouses are already filling rapidly. It is expected that opening prices will be tops, around ceiling. -;;''. ';-'' -., ,.; .. s ! Annthor amk will find most of T-...nii-. .k. v.n.,o anii hun. ArA r.t fartripn. re exoected to begin selling on the Border belt. FARM LOAN ACT AMENDED BY CONGRESS , V . Leading Power of Land Banks . and Farm Loan Associations "D,Wltt tTZ r.of th CUnton Nf"" y Association, sal lTjT U S eaactri by Congress, it will be SC2;CIN ANNOUNCES and the with nor of the lending SCHOOL PLAN$ proceM turned over to the assoc- . . iatlons. P' Principal Ralph Carlton of. the will d. told more -ulckly of whB Kenansville announceg the action WW oe witen on uier . .lOanS , pucauwia iw. " from the .Federal tan Bank of -nimhi. t v : . . Under the new law, the lana bank may lend up to 65 percent . ".L, !.,H,.,ai i. f the farm, whereas since 1917 it has been limited to 50 percent of the appraised value of the land plus 20 percent of the permanent im provements. - : ' - . : .-.Land Bank Comisslcner loans will be continued for one year from Jury 1, 1945.' They may be made up to 75 percent of the nor mal value of the farm. However, the contract interest rate on, these loans will be 5 percent txcept to veterans who may -borrow at 4 percent in the event the lean Is guaranteea unaer the u. x. am oij Rights. The contract rate for land bank loans through the assocla lion will remain at its present all-time low of 4 percent. ; Secretary Cart said that many of the Commissioner loans have been reduced to a point where Jthey . can easily be refinanced . with 4 percent land bank loans which will give these borrowers i . . - interest savings of 1 percent. i The' office of the Clinton Assoc-'(Grades: Mrs. Mattie Sadler, 8th; boro Hospital last Saturday morn- iatlon is located in Clinton, N C Miss Lela McDonald, 7th; Mrs. ing from injuries received at Bow and handles land bank and Com- Wm- Ingram, 6th;; Mrs. f Albert den Wednesday night of last week. - mlssioner loans In Rarnn r.. : ' riw on,! -Mica Pii7hth Tav.i He was found on the highway un, i-enaer, New Hanover and : Brunswick Counties. Army Chaplain 170th Anniversary Sunday iestimoniAii hv thM. mAi ' IVnilTlffAl In ArtUk4. i subject, What My Chaplain Meant to ITe, together with brief talks by Col. Ralph W. Rogers, Chaplain of t:.e Fourth Service Command, and fc DCl UUvUltl' iur. u. u JNewton, will hiehlieht i . . c'T2Z. i n;' i .a 173th anniversary of f U. L. Ari y Chnplaia Music t a t, t Ln - at wiU be furnished . hereon Chorus "4 Ceneral Ilonpital r fjr L'e broaloast f . 1 ( i FROM THE SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE MUST FILE FOR BENEFITS Tom" Larkin reached his 65th birthday on a Saturday. He was .Pleasgd as a kid bout it. "It's neat . a. U . . iUn limn ' to nave u cume uui ui - :8ald "I'll finish up the week and fl9ishN up the job at the same That nieht he walked home from work for the last time. "From now on I'm a man of leis ure," ' Tom said to his cronies. "With "our savings and my old- age benefits, Delia and I can live out the rest of our lives without me working. It's the pipe and pa- per f0r .me from now on." ' After that day Tom Larkin was always on the lookout for the rvicimm -i h was exnectinir his fDV,,Ma. - - , I benefit check to come in any mail But it didn't come and it didn't come After two montiis time twt T nrkin mt mad. He wrote , tn thA Social Security Board.' "What's the matter you don't send me my benefit check?" he said "Is it because there's a war: on? ? I nped mv benefits now. not, when im dead!'; He got a letter pronto. And that was the first time Tom knew he had to file a claim before he could get benefits. ... Are you another Tom Larkin? I nrtirantntm Jnlmi 1. f ill ncr - our claim may mean a smaller Average monthly wage';. So don't - ff m ag come 65 years of age. i nffldal ODeninB date as August ,-,. ,-. niinPPl thnt ri6th Mr, Carlton announcea mat . ntg cnildren enterlng l 1 u- m.im o. .i v aM 7 befo . Oct 1st otherwise the child cannot be admitted. He urged that every beginner.be at school, on opening "day. " Mr. Carlton stated that ah chil dren beginning school ror me iirsi j year will be required to take vacci- j nation for typhoid and smallpox if j the have not alread been vaccina- uted, Parents, are urged to have this done. Mr. Carlton' will be in, hls office at the school building on Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 13 and I 14 from 9:00 to 12:00 and 1:30 to , plan calls for the following pro ,3:30 for the purpose of advising posed improvements:. and assisting students, who have 'problems concerning their school work and parents who may nave school, matters or problems who want to talk them over with him. I Ononiner PvorrtsM will he held, at 9:15 and all patrons are invited' to attend these exercises and at i an time during the school year as they can ana wish to. , , Teachers in the local school are , Miss Louise Ellis, French and English; Miss Martha Goodman, vMath and Science; Miss Dorothy eFrederick, Home Ec; ' In the lor. 5th; Mrs. Hazel Scott and Mrs, Oliver Stokes, 4th; Miss Mildred (' Pate and Mrs, Louise Mitchell, t3rd; Miss Gertrude Johnson, 2nd; Mrs. I. C Burch and Miss Eliza- I V,k Cnnrlrmon 'lot I , aiii Annrr frr AVVMIiULU - . CONDUCT MEDAL tt tlT-t, W Whnlov nf Ke- nansville has beena warded the ClrmA CVmAunt Modnl for "exem- conduct, efficacy and fide- uiy-: " ;' - Pvt- Wnaley is a member of the famed Infantry "Wildcat" Dlvi- slon- which last fall wrested the Palau and other Western Caroline Islands from the Japs. 1 His mother, Mrs. Matilda Wha- 1 y, re on Houte 1, Kennns- KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JULY 27th., 1945 RECEIVES BRONZE STAR MEDAL 1st SGT. ROBERT H. STKES First Sergeant Robert H. Sykes, of Kenansville is shown receiving the Bronze Star Medal from Brig Gen. Carl A. Baehr, VI Corps Artillery Officer. Seventh Army VI- Corps, 36th F. A. Bn., Haar Germany. . , adiamc w j-iijw nvifuifUM HEAR REPORT ON TOWN SURVEY Van Camp Reports Prog ress On Warsaw Muni cipal Post .War .Survey. ' At the weekly Rotary meeting Thursday, July 26th., Paul M. Van Camp, consulting engineer of, Southern Pines, N. C, was the speaker. Mr. Van Camp is conducting a survey and drafting a municipal plan for post wax improvements for the town of Warsaw. His talk I was a progress report to acquaint the Rotarians with what he has y " " . ' . i . , done and what his plan caUs for Mr. Camp traced the history of Warsaw and presented charts to show that Warsaw's growth ran parallel with the steady popula tion increase of Duplin County. He pointed out that Warsaw's geo-' graphical location and excellent I existing transportation facilities make it a-natural distributing xst for the area. K xhe purpose of this survey is to find out just what Warsaw has in the way of municipal engineering and to outline a rational and or-' derly blue print for expansion. I This municipal improvement 1st year:, Water and sewage ex. tensions and improvements 3rd. year: Street paving impro-,; vampnts 4th. year: A new modern city hall and an area municiDal air-' port . j 6th. year; Additional street fn- provements. ' Accident Victim Dies Iri Goldsboro Hospital . James F. Newsome, 19 year old Falson youth, died in the Golds- 7. WIU1 uiio Vjv vvtk9 turn hwdv vwn vu and a fractured skull. A -,. 1 ...IH V, U1A ... : U11S , tit LCX ' UillWIl DUBifWW foul play. V, ' Funeral services were' held at the home Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. D. L. Jones,' pastor of the Falson Presbyterian church. Burial was m uie laiiuiy oiuv ui ui iwaun Cemetery. , ' 'V , ' ; ' Jourviving are ni parenia, one brother, Leonard Newsome, Jr., rwitn tne Army in uermany; ana ter, Evelyn of the home Notice Colored Teachers Duplin County teachers Federal Credit Union,' has $988.96 'avail- able for loan to the teachers, They may apply anytime for a loan. ' - .. Prinrlpal Robert A. T '-rrltt, I H H.IIB II .111, IH..IIIILIJ I U..mU "-"- I I if. f I iv"v : Wr, : - .t 1 Nash Unveils 1946 Car t -. lu,'fl' Skw DETROIT. MICH-Ab6ve you set first look at the hew 1946 low-priced Nssh passenger automobile which will feature light Weight, more room and more economy according to Georire W". Mason, presi dent of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation, the car will give 25 to 80 miles 1 per Kallon of gas at moderate speed and embodies many improve-' ments In styling. These will be the first new cars turned out by the ! company since 1942. Its wartime experience in mass producing air-' craft engines. Mason said, will result in many improvements. ' - Local Camp Supt. Gets Promotion John Sharpe" Williams, superin tendent of the Dpulin County State Prison Camp since 1931, has resigned, effective July 1st, to take over the job of prison maintenance supervisor for the Eastern part of North Carolina. His headquar ters are In Raleigh and he is ex-pected-to. move .there around September tat-f ' Mr. Boone, at one time, a night guard under the supervision of Mr. Williams, succeeds him as super visor of the prison camp. DUPUN SOLDIER ' HdME ON FURLOUGH Pvt Horace Brock of Warsaw and Falson is Jpending a few days furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brock of Falson. , Py.. Brock saw action with the Timberwolf Division at Terry Is land; in the European area. He has been overseas 8 months. He won tha-Purple Heart and Oak T rliioffl. nnA Tnfnntrv Mpdal 1 of Good Conduct. . Pfc. Hardison Fought On Okinawa Pfc. P. G. Hardison recently wrote as follows: Hello Friends: We have finally quit fighting on Okinawa, so Til tell you that I was In it xne Datue lasieu hi least 90 days 'and it wasn't so ood at times. I was lucky to come' through thought Mritiisii o . imrrn. 1 at times my tima ftad come but with the help help of God I fnade it O. K. Tm sending a hel- to to all. ; h ' as ever " i :" ' Paul I get the Duplin paper P. S, often.. Since I have been to Kenansville, T have had many interesUng chats - with all kinds of people from all .... m t a -11 with all kinds oi peopie irom u nrallr'o nt llfn Tt Ifl thrOUCh COnVel ith nni. thnt one eets uwu " f"k . an insight Into their natures and personalities. ( Generally'speaking though, there is something else revealed as one .talks with the people of a certain , community, and that "something" u , revelation of the "pure es sence" of the community's souL ' From my general observations and conservations, I believe this '"pure essence" is composed of many of the. higher things after which '.any 'community would strive. , " Jj' ' . :. : To a "newcomer", the people of Kenansville ar the prime centers "of interest, ecause the town 'doesn't offer'., any skyscrapers or I the like for the curious to feast their eyes 1 n. 1 1 1 ave rr- - 'a 1 " ' .' 1 j' , . .. , ,. .. , ' i Chats Of Interest m,:lm INCREASED LARD SUPPLY FORECAST North Carolina housewives were told this week by the state depart ment of agriculture that they may be able to purchase more lard next year. D. S. Coltrane, assistant agri culture commissioner, said that the hog crop next year is expect ed to be about 13 percent greater than this year. Hogs now' being marketed, he added, are from the 1944 fall pig crop, which was 34 percent small er than the record fall crop of 1943. -. NEWS OF WARSAW MEN IN SERVICE Sgt. Johnson Home From Overseas Sgt. J. P. Johnson, arrived at his home ftl Warsaw Monday to spend a 45 day furlough with his mother, Mrs. C. L. Johnson. Sgt. Johnson returned last week to the states after serving in the South West Pacific for 33 months. He was attached to the Medical Corps Hospital unit and before go ing overseas was trained, at Ft. Custer and Ft. Ord. Home From Pacific Lt. (jg) Edward Strickland, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Strickland of Warsaw, arrived Thursday and 10 sucuuiiix a i ui iuuhh .thai ii parents. He received his wings and commission in 1944 and went over- seas last December. He was pilot- nig bombers from the deck of gets at Iwo, Okinawa, and Tokyo. He is with his parents at Carolina Beach this week. reference, appear to be very "easy going . They don t rush to and fmm ummL ' Knf 4ncf aaam r tmlrA "r.."": .T m ,xnings oi mis nature in tneir 'stride To the newcomer, then, newcomer then, these folk seem to live, move, and ""v mns la6 nave oeen un- a 38th Division ruie company, in have their being in a world all able to et maximum use'out of eluding S-Sgt. William T. Smith, their own, ' I the Umitod labor available f or 0f BuelaviUe,, North Carolina, ; . farm work. 'killed 67 Jans, cantured manv Upon further investigation, onej will find that most of the people are very proud which gives them an aristocratic appearance or air. Still further, one will find that these same people are very spirit ually minded, as well as, being well informed people, and having, civic inclinations. - Finally, these same folk all have a culture of high nature which al ways gives a sound foundation up on Vhich society can build. To a 'passer-by", Kenansville is a "wide space" in the road, but to a lover' were generally reported "too wet were later UBed against the Jep of people and one who would for peanuts". Pastures made an ne8e- know more of anthropology, Ke amazing recovery and milk pro-) S-Sgt. Smith is the son of Mrs. nansville is a "metropolis". ' ; ductlon Js exreoted to reach a J- 1. Smith, who resM f - i i '. t ''"The Newcomer'' War Ration New Gas FSA Families Profit From Native Fruits FSA families in Duplin County will find it easy to fill their fruit canning quota this year due to the ' abundance of local fiuit X Mrs. Leslie Hinson, a FSA Ten- ; ant Purchase borrower, says that; : she has canned 110 quarts of huck- J -' leberries and sold over $100 worth picked in the woods near her home by her and her family. j This extra money helps out the ( . family finances at a time when labor is high and is needed to take . ' care of the tobacco crop. j Last week, Mrs. Hinson, with the use of a feed mill, demonstra ted to her by the Home Supervi sor, Mrs. Madeline E. Smith, can ned 28 quarts of tomato juice. Mrs. Hinson says, "This Is the easiest way to take care of a bumper crop of tomatoes and my family likes tomato juice every morning for breakfast." With seven in the family, it will take 560 qts. of canned foods to feed the Hinson family and Mrs. Hinson is confident that she will reach that goal Warsaw Infantryman Awarded Medal Pfc. James F. Costin of Warsaw, has been awarded the Good Con duct Medal for exemplary conduct, efficiency, and fidelity, Pvt Costin is a member of the famed "Wildcat" Infantry Divi sion, which fought so nobly in the Carolines against the Japs. His wife, Mrs. Pear lie A. Costin, re sides at 2618 3rd Ave., Columbus, Ga., and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Costin, at RFD 2, Warsaw. Auto Dealer Pays For Overcharge The Raleigh District OPA an nounced yesterday that a "parti cularly serious'' case of an over charge in the sale of a used car has been settled with the payment of $1,155.00 in treble damages to the Treasurer of the United States by J. C. Beasley, used car operator of Colerain. ""The case was settled after the price clerk oP the Colerain WP& RB checked the transaction and refferred ' the matter to the dis trict enforcement attorney. Investigation revealed that the purchaser paid Beasley $1,065.00 or $385 above the OPA ceiling for a 1940 model Chevrolet deluxe, town sedan, whereas the certifi- :C price. The case was settled only 10 ' days after OPA advised the dealer or its imaings, cnecK ior tne aam- age has been received in Raleigh and a forwarded to the Treasurer- This should serve notice to deal- ,un .ui j 0 aiiu uuuv uiiiw viiub a vivt and proved violations are costly to those who try to get away with illegal sales. General Weather -Crops Conditions; July 15-21 Rainy weather interfered with the barning and cropping of No him i thi. .prtinn thro,1Crhot - 1881 1 weens, ,wnn aunui rrequent rains along tne east- Asm ArrA rf tVa nlAmint riovA v... j....... . greatly improved the outlook for corn, late, tobacco, pasture and hay crops. The rainy weather, on the other hand, has drowned some tobacco in low poorly drained spots and delayed barning thereby overrunning curing barns which " " vwu c " U1" resulted in heavy losses on some F?" " ' "i:''! . farms. , 1 heavy and 5 light machine Cotton made rapid growth but guns knee mortors. 8mu 811 -was becoming somewhat "woody" anuunltkm and demolition stous, favoring weevil infestation. Soils a,8 feU into American hands and avf.-l tsz'"- 1. . ' No. 30 Book 5 Book In Dec. Schools Will Again Serve As Agents For Distribu tion. ?MB War Ration Book No. 51 "small-, er than a dollar kill" and contain ing just half as many stamps as the last book issued, will be dis tributed through the public schools in December, OPA has announced. The new A gasoline ration book will be issued at the same time. , Distribution will take place from December 3rd through December 15th, OPA stated. The A gasoline books will go into use December 22 and war ration book ive will be used soon after the first of the year for food rationing and for rationing of shoes. The new books will-be easier to carry and handle it was said. It will be just as long as book four, but only half as wide. Arrange ment of stamps are more conven ient. The new stamps will be the same size but will not have both a letter and a number as the pres ' ent stamps do, and OPA hopes the new edition will be the last of the series of wartime ration books. At the current rate of making stamps good, OPA explained five red stamps and five blue stamps at the beginning of each month war ration book five can last if needed, about 15 months. Since war ration book five will not go into effect before January 1, it will be necessary to use other . . ' iur iwuo aiiu timiLs uu, 11 u. interim. ' war ration dook live wui oe ine fourth war ration book to be dis tributed by school teachers and other volunteers. The first was distributed on May 4, 1942. The new A gasoline book, the third issued under rationing, will differ from the present book only in color. The book will ' contain -five sets of coupons, six coupons to a set number A-18 through A 23. Each set of coupons will cover a different period. The first set numbered A-18 becomes good on December 22, it was stated. . OXFORD 26 TOBACCO Farmers are generally well pleased with the results ef the new variety of tobacco, Oxford, 26, on wilt land. At a field meeting on Ellis Raynor's farm near Chinqua pin, a group of fanners estimated that 9fi percent of a five row. check plot of Mammoth Gold was i lost from Granville Wilt It was estimated that less than 3 percent of Oxford 26 planted beside the Mammoth Gold was affected with W dreaded disease. Other similar comparisons have been reported. ' Approximately 400 acres of Ox ford 26 was grown in Duplin Coun- year, on wilt Infested land. I This new variety of tobacco is on - ly recommended for wilt soils. It at e Oord 26 lr AS T ZT', 7 e the Oxford Experiment Station where it was developed, will saw the farmers of North Carolint $60,000.00 from losses from Gran ville Wilt. BEULAVILLE SOLDIER WITH 38th DIV. -nattW for . seventeen , d:;ys j - j t mru'tne airra raaaie muunuum prisoners and large amounts of - ..... equipment to wipe out tne last remnants of enemy resisUnce in th t n . .. , t Blowing up a score of cives in its advance; kthe company tcok two complete T7MM guns wh1 h tn lu.. 1. 1 J J A 1 L. ... - I P'ulav!" . . ,