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.7 r. JStiuuaM" i .i ------ x i r - - - i . i . ; v?-v -i; ; p . 1 ' VOLUME NUMBER FIFTEEN i w ' ' Duplin County's Stake Is Over 6 Million In Tobatco Vote Saturday Duplin. Couoty. growers have. $0,360,000 stake In the flue-cured . tobacco referendum Saturday, July 12. :rx- Thls is fhe amount they received for their tobacco that was exported in 1946 and represents 40 per cent of the $15,900,000 Duplin growers received for their crop" last year, L. W. Outlaw, Seven Springs, County yFarm Bureau ' President, today urged all Hue-cured farmers to get out ,and vite Saturday, as . he disclosed Jhe?e lmporta'nt facts. "In; other words," putlaw said, "40 cents out of every dollar to bacco brings to the growers must come from sales to other countries. The referendum will determine whether the farmers are willing to - .assess themselves 10 cents . per acre - or about 45 cents per year ior we average 'producer during the next three years. That market ' meant $200 per acre or almost ' $1,000 to every flue-ured grower -. last year." ,;. f -it. By L. F. WEEKS ',: . , With 40, or approximately $200 per acre, of the tobacco money com ing from export markets it is im portant that tobacco growers take steps to maintain and develop flue cured tobacco , exports. In the ref erendum next Saturday, July 12, every tobacco grower in Duplin is urged to go to the polls- and vote - whether or" not they favor assess ing themselves 10 cents per acre annually tp support Tobace Asso ciates in-nirjfxtSkJftjt Fcisori Produce Buyer Commits Suicide In Goldsboro Hotel , D. Louis Fox, 47, of Miami, Fla., a produce buyer on the Faison pro duce market, was found dead in his room of the Hotel Goldsboro about 8 o'clock last Sunday morning. , His body was hanging by the neck from a rope fastened to a hinge on the closet door. . '. - Officers said it was a plain case case of suicide. No note was found js. Mary A. Jones Ccbbrafes Her 71st Birthday Mrs. Mary Alice Jones was hon - ored by members of her -family at a surprise dinner. Sunday T)n the . anniversary of her 71st birthday. - The delicious barbecue dinner ." was served at the home of her son, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Jones.' Children and grandchildren - present included Mrs. Spencer E; Finch, Miss Thelma Joyce Finch, David Ray and Edwin Finch of Bailey, Mr. and Mrs.. Lloyd H. Thomas, Sr., Misses Rebecca 'and Jessie Ann Thomas, Mr. and Mrs.' , W. G. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Home, WilUe-and Addle Sue, Mr. and Mrs. James- Thomas and An- : nettes Mrs. Phoebe Pate, Carl and Atlas Pate, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Jones and Kate, and Foy Jones, !:Iice Change l " rny. Recruiting !:I;:dule Hours The Army Recruiting Office at TToldsboro announces that a change In Recruiters schedule has- been made and the new schedule is, as follows: s" ' ' - , ' The Recruiters' will be in War saw from 9:30 to 11:30A. M.; Ke nansville from 12:00 to 1:00 o'clock; and in Mt. Olive front 2:00 to 4:00 P. M. Anyone wishing -information c n contact the Recruiters at the t Office in the" aboved named es between the hours lis indl- 1 , - A V. KITE BABY girl left in n e of Welfare Dept., age 14-, " i, v ' t is helpless but i 1 ! f hhpi and 1 'vte Outlaw revealed that the 4,308 Duplin County farms produced 30,- 200,000 pounds of flue-cured to bacco from 26,225 acres last year. : "If two-thirds of the fanners voting in the referendum Satur day approve the assessment,' Out law said, "a broad three-year pro gram for protection and expansion of foreign trade in flue-cured to bacco will be stepped, up . imme diately. Tobacco Associates, a non profit organization formed to ad minister the program, is already operating, with the, full cooper ation; of . the . Farm Bureau, the Grange, the State College Exten slon Service and tobacco allied in terests." , , ' Cv Outlaw emphasised that the se curity of a healthy foreign market is vital to everyone in the flue- cured belt and added that the pro gram is endorsed by bankers, -ware housemen, and all other business men. , '-i.:'.;.'.-".-..;.'.,-'- ,':'V' . -v been, established for the' purpose of 'dealing with flue-cured tobacco export problems. It has been point ed out ' by: Agricultural Leaders who have studied the situation that a good strong vote throughout the flue-cured area will reflect con siderably the tobacco prices recei ved this. fall. It is only through full support of the tobacco growers backing their various programs that progress can be made. No grower should find themselves1 too busy to casi, jne jote nexj sacuraay. and no motive given.- ' -J "When Fox did not come down at the usual time,' his brother-in-law Morry Fox, Us business associate, went to his room and with the help of a bellboy he opened the door-and found the body. A piece of rope a little larger' than a clothes line had been used. Tobacco Curing Starts Off Slow , Tobacco curing got undewway in Duplin this week bat fewer farmers than were expected began housing. Next week will See most farmers in their tobacco-fields. V . bid In Warsaw Town -officials were drain ing the, water tank this ,w6ek a customary.' routine action, -and., a report got" out that the city water contained typhoid germs. Investi gation by the. Times revealed that the report -was false. - " .- - h T s h3'$:; OpiHere 04- Fied Hardy, prominent .business man and member of Kenansville Town - Board, ' this ..week ' opened Hardy's' ; Atlantic Service Station In' Kenansville. ' "I-, .This, the first time Atlantic JPe troleum Products have been sold in Kenansville. - : - "':: i Atlantic Products are distributed in most of Duplin County by Bird HoTyph JOU Company in Mount Olive. The dew station here will be rec ognized by the red, white and blue colors on the building, "v ; W F. Numh is. manager of the station. . - ' " ClinJca Flcral Co.; Purchases Varsaw , FbiifSI-.cpFraThaLsnisrs :. j- : , t-, . . "Ted" Boney, proprietor of the . the Duplin Theatre Building and Clinton F!or" t r ' ( t fhoo hv '1 novo Bs soon as the building - , , ... , 1 r,.t 5 , KENANSyiLLE, NORTH CAROLINA 'V ' '? ' ".WiPes'-sat V mrmau an rod nowiNa.iM.ra..t iu . .. off. II - I ?e"9"?.d ,0 "dl ol! ' Wallace Motor & Implement Co. Announces Hew Volume- vrvuucuon or a small, low-cost tractor, and a full "o ui matcned implements, which will provide economical, practical and complete mechanization for the smau tarrn operator, has Just been announced , by the International Harvester Company. , ' - ;'- . . . '. Designed snecificaltV 'fn n.. ters.gf small general farma, the new U-Purpose Farmall Cub represents the latest step in the evolution of we r arman swem of farming..- TJUUzation of the' Farmall Cub, (Jhe company stated, will make mod ern farm traetor nower. hnetnt nr. considered commercially nmrituhi. m renerai jarming. only on farms naving over 40 crop-acres, availahl with comparable economv anii .mi. ciency to approximately 3,000)00 farmers naving small : prop acre ages. . The Farmall Cub is betas intro duced Into the Farmall tractor line iii response to the desire of the small acreage- farmer to compete on a more- comparable Jasis with farmers jof larger tracts. ' A full line of implements is being produced for use with this new tractor. They are: One and two- way moldboard plows, disk plow, narrow plow, disk harrow, mower, cotton and corn planters, vegetable plantersttorn and cotton cultivator, sugar beet and commercial bean cultivator, and a vegetable cultiva tor. All these tools, the company pointed out, are designed for quick change and easy operation. . ?, ? - Farms which now have low an nual gross incomes will he able to increase production through the use of more complete, profitable and economical mechanization. : Complete mechanization will per II sician Convicted For Violating Child Dr. John(F. Powers of Wallace, .was convicted injCounty Court this week of permitting his 13-year-old son, Ernest, of driving a car in the town of Wallace.. According to re ports, Dr. Powers and Ernest were riding, down the street when Pa- - Due tOrinclement weather Tues day night, the mass meeting, tailed by the Mayor and Councllmen, was poorly attended and next Tuesday night, July 15th, has been set for (.another meeting which will be held at 8:30 p. m. in thei high school auditorium. , " The purpose of ' the meeting is to discuss whether the town shall have street lights and other matters for the improvement: of the town. A full attendance all residents Is requested and urged. " ,, YilleldWnM Tobacco Reff (BirendiiiB namifll nW raRMII tUD Tractor cw operatic. Th. obcv. A. . Cuk. Farmall Tractor mit workers in industrial plants to lessen their time in field work on the farm. These are only a few of the benefits to be derived from the use of the Farmall Cub. ' The 'Farmall Cub, pulling', a fclncrTo 19 l-i ui j l.. Plow up to m acres per 10 hu.Jrom toe potentb of Otis Steph in most anlia ' or, -riii i ens? - ...4-.-. - hVw, u ..v... biuuvaic One to four sows of crops at a rate of better thaa one acre per hour. Fuel consumption of its four-cylinder, four-cycle engine under max imum loadjs considerably less than inches to meet all row crop require ments, bingie rows of corn and cotton also may be cultivated. The roomy, comfortable, well located seat provides full vision one gallon per hour. , - lhe Farmall Cub weighs 1.200 pounds and has-approximately 9V4 horsepower on the belt and 8 on tne drawbar. 'Among the attachments for the tractor are a belt pulley, a nower take-off shaft, electric starter 'and lights and a swinging drawbar. Rubber tires are standard equip ment. Ample crop clearance of20 inches is provided under the chas sis of the tractor: Three forward speeds of 2, 3 and 6 miles per hour; reverse, 2Vt miles per hour. Wheel treads are adjusted to spacings of 40, 44, 48, 52 and 56 of operations at all times. Commenting on the potential market for the Farmall Cub, the company1' pointed out an in creasing trend of industrial work ers, for .procuring small farms. Jhese workers, it was stated, hope to work part time in industry and reduce excessive city living costs by raising a portion of their food. Drivers Law trolman Provost stopped them and advised Dr. Powers he was violating the law. A while later Patrolman Provost saw the' boy driving the car again. He then ' arrested Dr. Powers. The court fined him $10 and costs. . Preaching Schedule ' The preaching schedule for the mm Ii", I "--yvr XTAKVl 9 Hit To jWe'll Be At The v. , Heps To FRIDAY, JULY 11th., 1947 Times Suggests Seven Springs For Proposed VA Psychopathic Hospital Editorial By J. B. GRADT The Veterans Administration has been searching for a -site in this section of North Carolina to locate a 1,000 bed, $10,000,000 hospital for neuropsychopathetics. News release from Wilmington states that consideration of towns under 10,000 population has been discarded and now Wilmington, Wilson and Goldsboro are being considered. Warsaw 13, Red Springs 6 Rebounding from recent rever ses, the Red Sox ran roughshod over Red Springs, and routed Red Norris' Red Robins 13-6, here Wed nesday night, July 2nd. The Sox scored three runs in the first three innings,, and applied the clincher with a five-run out burst in the fifth,' on a double by Jordan, singles by Bohannon and Lail, a pair of walks, and a homer over the scoreboard in right field Cy Faircloth held the visitors hitless until the 6th inning, when Carter, who had replaced Hlava on the mound for the Robins, poked a high outside pitch into right field for a single, and went all the way around when the ball got by Steph ens and rolled to the fence. The Birds pushed five more across in the 8th on two doubles, -three sing les and a base on balls, but the Sox pulled safely away again with four markers in their half of the 8th, using four base knocks and a free pass. Faircloth retired the Robins 1-2-3 in the ninth. Bed Springs 7, Warsaw 1 The cellar-dwelling Robins gain ed a split with Warsaw by adminis tering a 7-1 defeat to the Sox on Thursday night in the Red Springs park. Cona was the victim of this one, and although "Hard Luck" Hamp'gave up only eight safe blows his Warsaw, mates again failed to score the necessary runs behind him. T. Jones got himself a triple and single in four tries, while "Bo" Bo hannon drove in the only Red Sox tally with a two-bagger in the 2nd. Warsaw 12-11 Smlthfield 2-9 The Red Sox cut loose with a few fireworks 'July 4th, and . took both ends of 'a double header from the Smithfield-Selma Leafs 12-2 and 11-9, in a we'll play in your backyard this afternoon . and you come to see us tonight arrange ment The Sox blasted a total of 30 hits for 59 bases, including six home runs in the two games', ' In. the afternoon contest Lefty Dick Whitmire received perfect backing and held the home club, scoreless' after the first inning, while the Sox were romping for three in the second, three in the fourth, and two each in the sixth, seventh "and ninth. Red Stephens was the the big gun with 5 for 5 -TW O home runs, a double ahd two singles, and Jones was -not far be hind with a triple, double, and two Duplin Methodist Circuit for Sun day, July 13th is as follows: h Kenansville, 11:15 AM. - .Unity, 3:30 P. M. ; Magnolia, 8:00 P. M. " , The pastor, Rev. John M. Cline, will preach at each of these ser vices. - Baseball Roundup By VIRGIL ROLLINS Tobacco Is Our No. 1 Crop Us ?o!Is July 12 Sc 5 Yc-j There H Seven Springs Is close to Golds boro. With the proposed develop ment of tr3 C.:ffs on, the Neuse as a park, it strikes us that Seven Springs would be an Ideal location. The community is ouiet. the scene' ry on the Neuse is serene, its lo cation is convenient, its history is mostly that of a health center. . , For such an institution the Times believes the VA can find no better spot in' Eastern North Carolina We suggest Gold.-bontes give some thought to this singles In five chances. Bohannon and McCarty also nomered for the Sox. Ford Jordan's ninth inning ho mer over thn right field barrier snapped a 9-9 deadlock and won the night affair fo- Ve Red Sox 11-9. The game was ruuer ragged throu ghout and consumea nearly three hours, a good part of which was taken up in argument. With the score 8-3 in the fifth, the Leafs pulled alongside with a 5-run assault on Bird, aided by a couple of Red Sox errors, and after Warsaw had forged ahead again with one marker in their half of the fifth, the visitors evened things up once more, with a single tally in the sixth; Cy Faircloth took over the hurling chores trom Bird to start, the 7th and held the Leafs scoreless on two hits the-last three frames. Then in the last of the 9th McCarty strolled and. Jordan step ped up there and smacked the first pitch out of the park - and neither pSmithfield nor Selma could do very much about that. Jones, hit an in- side-the-rjark homer In the finv' Mo fourth inning, in Which five runs were scored.' Lumberton 8, Warsaw 7 Lumberton's amazing Cubs scored run in lhe last of the ninth to edge out the Red Sox 8-7 Saturday night at Lumberton. Warsaw had pulled into a tie with two runs in the top of the, ninth. Carl John son hurled the lirst eight innings for the Sox, but Bird pitched the ninth and was charged with the 10SS. -. Bohannon hit a two-run homer in the second, and the Cubs' Dixon homered in the fifth with the sacks empty. The Sox outhit the Cubs 13-11. Lumberton 4, Warsaw S The Lumberton ' Cubs made it two in a row over Warsaw in anoth er close one Sunday afternoon 4-3. Cy Faircloth held the visitors to six hits while the Sox were collect ing eight safe blows off Osgood, but they were unable to put two of them together in the same in ning .except the efghth in which they scored two runs. The winning run was scored in the top of the ninth when Cabaniss hit sharply to left and Bohannon played it to catch it instead of play ing it for a single. He didn't quite make it ahd the' ball went under his glove for a triple. He scored on Osgood's fly to deep left. Warsaw 17, Clinton 5 The Red Sox bounced back into the win column by snowing under their arch rivals, the Sampson Blues of Clinton, 17-5 Monday nighf at Warsaw. Hampton Conn went the distance on the mound for the Sox, and gave up ten hits to the Blues, seven of them coming in tne f u-st three Innings. O'Shields Clinton Shortstop, hit a homer with none on in the 8th for the Blues' 5th run. Andy Scrobola lined one over the left field wall with two mates aboard in " the 5-run sixth, and Otis Stephens pasted one in the eighth that struck the fence In right center field oniy a couple of incnes from the top; good for a double. , Ford Jordan paced both clubs at the plate with five for six, including a pair of two baggers. Tuesday night's game at Clinton was rained outi- Brother Shoots Brother Over Who's To Take The Girl Friend Home. Melvin Jones, young Smith town ship Negro was shot in the chest and seriously injured Sunday night when he and 1;3 br "vir wore r fating who v ; 1 f ' I f No. 28 Tax Collector t ! 4 G. E. ALPIIIN, JR. , , Native of Wolfescrape Township. was appointed Tax Collector of Du plin Monday. Mr. Alphin will take over his new duties September 1st. ' In the above picture he is shown - with his youngest child, Eva May. r standing by his plane, the Aeronca, Giloert is plane' pilot and owns - ' his plane. -.-.?,$; - He is a steward in the Bethel - ' Methodist Church; Has Been a Jus tice of the Peace in WoUjescrape for a number of years. He -served "' as Secretary of Duplin Young Bern ocratic club and Is at present vice " chairman of -Hie AAA. He : is, T' member of the' Kenansville school ' Board and appraiser for the Veter an'. Administration G. I. Loan. Drnv' v ing.the war he served -on the Ra-u" ' tioning Board and -a number of ' other boards in war service Gilbert . . , is a merchant and farmer and Uvea at Summerlin's Crossroads, v - - He will succeed I. N. Henderson who has been tax collector for the last several years. - V . . Speaker PRITCHARD S a. Aims a Rev. Claude H. Pritchard, D. D, of Atlanta, Ga., will be the speaker - ' over the Presbyterian Hour net-'- " work Sunday, July 20, at 8:30 A. M. ' EST. ' Dr. Pritchard is a native of Vir-" , ginia. He was educated at VPI to be an electrical engineer recei- -ving the degree of M.S. In the -first World War he served in the- air corps of the U. S. Army. Re- ' " turning to civilian life he resigned . ' ; assistant proffessorship at VPI "to enter Union Theological Seminary ' in Richmond. Hampden Sidney College conferred upon hint the de gree of D.D. , , . ;' ' After serving in Charleston, W. and Atlanta, Ga., he was elect-"" , cd educational secretary. of the General Assembly's Committee on Home Missions: He was later elect ed Executive Secretary, which po sition he now holds. f : His topic Sunday will be "The Law of Sin and Death.", ' ?. ' r - This broadcast can be- heard " t over WPTF Raleigh. . ' sorts Macon Jones took a 22 rifle and shot Melvin. He was rushed to a Kinston hospital and accor ' 'SyJt ' r-- - 't 5 f"l h a '