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VOLUME NUMBER FIFTEEN-
Ciias. F. CatGs fiSciio
. 'By TOM SHUTT
' " Recently at a regular meeting of
j the Board Of Directors of Chas. F.
" Cates & Sons, Inc.,, Faison; N. C.f
" Mr, Chas. F, Cates, founder, was ad
- vanced from the position of Presi-.-
dent of the Corporation to that of
Chairman of the Board. Mr. H. B.
Cates was raised from the position
of, Vice-President' to that of Presi
dent and Mr. A. P. Cates was" made
VlrA.PrAsfHAnfr in nriHiHnti.tn his
..position as Treasurer. O ' -Mr.
H. Roy Cates, new President
of the concern packing popular
brands of pickles , and relishes,
' came to Faison soon after the orga
nization of the company -in 1929.
- He-assumed the position of Sales
v Manager and Vice-President.' He
has seen Mb ..company advance
from a sales volume of $38,000.00
in 1932 to over one million dollars
In 1946. Tank capacity for brining
has grown from 20,000 bushels of
green cucumbers to over 300,000
" bushels. Chas F. Cates & Sons, Inc.
' has consistently maintained the
production' of quality products and
. held to a high principle of fair deal
ing with all those with whom It
has dealt farmers, employees, cus
tomers, and In all business assoc
iations. .." .,
Mr. H. B. Cates has taken aqac-
tlve interest in various affairs of
- his County of Duplin and Town of.
Faison. For the past eight years
he has been an active member of
- the Duplin County Welfare Board
He is a past Commander of the
Chas. R. Gavin Post No. 127. Ameri-
' can Legion at Warsaw, N. C, And
In 1945 received the "Go-Getters
Citation" from the State Command
er. He is a member of the Goldsborc
"40 & '8";.;f.;.;1 r
t Mr. Cates served a number .of
' years as a- member, of the Town
Board of Faison and was one of the
.' :hiDfi.fane Jixgottog rtr?.4
v. sewage for the Town. He is a ofutr
, ter member of the Faison,, Lions
' Club. - In that wide-awake civic
!' group, he served as Vice-President
for several terms and also as
Zone Chairman and Deputy Dist
rict Governor, He is. also Vlce-Pres-"
Ident of Tuscarnra Council Bov
Scouts of America and an lnterest-
ed promoter of scouting. In his
own community he has often led
. ' " the campaigns for Red Cross work
and promoted the development of
the .Faison Community Building.
v Mr, Cates is a 32nd degree Mason
and a member of sC Gabriel's Epis
copal Church of Faison. .
'In addition to the civic activities
in which."Mr. Boy" has an interest,
he is connected in other business
enterprises. He is a director of the
Branch Banking & Trust Company
of Warsaw. He is als President of
. the .Faison Telephone Company,
Inc.V: President of the Faison
Wholesale Company, Inc.: President
of the Builders Supply Company,
Inc. of Warsaw; and PFesident of
' the .Warsaw Appliance Company.
Before he entered the pickle In
dustry, Mr. H. R. Cafes had a var
- ied experience in agricultural busi
ness affairs. He ' was born on" a
- v farm in Alamance County, North
Carolina, was graduated from North
Carolina State College and studied
" farm economics as a graduate stu
dent at Cornell University. He
worked for four years with the U.
4 S. Department o! Agriculture in
" general farm management research
' work. The Government service was
interrupted -by his entrance into
- the Army in-1917." He served as
an Army Captain in the First
World War with approximately a
year of foreign service. After the
war Mr. Cates was Assistant Mana-
iet, Crop Insurance Department of
the Hartford Fire Insurance Com-
, pany, Atlanta, . Ga. During this
work he was stationed in San Fran
' ciscoi California as manager of the
Pacific Coast Crop Insurance .De
partment of the Hartford firm.
Later Mr. Cates entered the ser
vice of American ' Fruit Growers,
Inc., Atlanta, Ga. There he manag
ed "the crop loans of the company
in Georgia," South Carolina, and
' North Carolina, and supervised the
field work of the company in these
three states. . , . , ,
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Teacher Arrives
Special to the Times . -
Mr. John Enoch Johnson of
mpson County has ' arrived to
'io up his duties as agricultural
eher in the Pink Hill school..
' ' e Lenoir County Commission
a in regular session at the court
. ' v ,t 'y 7, voted an ad-
H. BOY CATES
Baseball
Rc'jndup
By VIRGIL ROLLINS
Sanford 19, Warsaw S
Sanford's bigh-rlding -Spinners
teed off on 3 Warsaw hurlers for.
15 base hits, and combined them
with 5 Red Sox errors and 10 bases
on, balls, to romp to a 19-3 victory
At Sanford Wednesday, July 9.
Dick Whitmir&was chased to an
early shower iri the third inning
after yielding 5 hits and 4 bases on
balls. Bird took over and didn't
fare much better, lasting only thru
the 5th. He, was tagged for 5 hits,
but walked only! one. Ensley, not
to be outdone in geherostly, allowed
5- safeties and issued. 9. free tickets
to, first base in the - final three
frames. A youthful righthander re
cently acquired by the Sox, Ensley i
is an American Legion Junior pro
duct who hung up a record of 17-1
with Kannapolis' champs of last
year. J i.:
Sanford's ace,! Hoyt Clegg, not
ched his 10th win against one loss
while hording the Sox to 7 hits and
3 runs, and Jimmy Wilson, league-'
leading batter, didn't hurt his ave
rage any with 5 for 6. -
Thursday night's game with San
ford was rained out.
Wilmington - 6, Warsaw 1 '
Wilmington's Pirates turned back
the Red Sox 6-1 Friday night at
Warsaw behind Lamb's six-hit pit
ching. Carl Johnson retired early
in favor of Conn, after giving up 3
hits, 3 runs, walking two, and hit
ting one batter in 12-3 innings.
Conh went in with two on base,
and the first man to face him sing
led them both in. He whiffed the
next one up for the third out, and
held the Bucs to 6 scattered hits
and 1 run for the remaining seven
VrccaMwBank
Declares Dividends .50 Per Share
, M. P. Allen, Jr., Cashier of the
Waccamaw Bank: and Trust Com
pany of KenansviUe, announced to
day that the directors of the bank
in a recent meeting declared a di
vidend of 50c per share payable on
or before July 15th to stock hold
ers of record as of June 30, 1847.
The dividend, aggregating $10.-
Duplin Goes Over The Top In
Tobacco Referendum Saturday
Duplin County tobacco growers
showed a great deal of interest in
the Tobacco Associates referendum
on July 12, by turning out a. vote
of 2928. . 2893 favoring the assess-1
ment of 10c per acre annually to
support Tobacco Associates. This
referendum is .a clear demonstra
tion- that farmers are alert and
keeping up with what is going on
when it conies to supporting Agri
cultural Programs affecting their
welfare. A summary of vote by
communities as reported by the
AIA.A. Office, who was in charge
of holding the referendum is list
ed below: ' -. :.
. Bear. Marsh - 36 for, 10 against;
' Beulaville - '161 for, 1 against;
Bowdens - 53 for, 0 against;
Cabin - 143 for, 0 against; -
: Calypso - 41 for, 0 against;
Cedar Fork - 181 for, 1 against;
Charity, - CI far, 0 against;
C ' ' - " ' -. 0 r '-
KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
In Faiscn
frames. But the damage. was done,
as the Sox were unable to solve
Lamb's fclants for a score except
in the 6th, when Scrpbola, doubled,
moved to third on' an error and
scored on Stephen's fly to right.
Wilmington 4-3, Warsaw 3-4 - '
Tho fin -inil ' Plrnfos &wAnrwri '
4-3 wins in a twin bill at Wilming
ton Saturday night, the Bucs taking
the first and the Sox the second.
Andy Pokelemba delivered the
winning blow for the Corsairs in the
opener off Bird - a homer In the 8th
of the scheduled 7-inning game.
Fairclofh bested Johnny Edens
on the mound in the nightcap, al
though yielding 12 hits to the Pi
rates, while the Sox were collecting
only 7 off Edens. .
Dunn-Erwln 16, Warsaw 4
The up-and-coming Dunn-Erwin
Twins battered the Sox 16-4 Sun
day afternoon lit, Warsaw, behind
the 6-hlt hurling of Vinajeras. The
Sox contributed to their own down
fall by committing 8 errors, and 3
Warsaw pitchers walked 10 batters,
while giving up 12 bits.
Whitmire was the starting and
losing pitcher for the Sox, followed
by Ensley in the 4th' and Bled in
the 6th. Bird held the visitors
scoreless on 1 hit the last 8 innings,
but they didn't need any more. Ste
phens accounted for the Sox first
tally by blasting a 885 foot homer
over centerfield fence and MUner's
two-bagger with the bases loaded
in the- 8th cleared the sacks and
drove in the final three.
. Monday night's game was rained
out. " -
Warsaw 4, Red Springs 3
Tuesday night, the Robins of
Red Springs came a-visitthg, and
the Sox sent "the cellulites back
holding the short end of another
4-3 ball game. Conn did- all the
pitching for the Sox,, scattering 8
jifU; fanning 6; and walking only 2.
None of the Robins' scores were of
the earned variety, as" all of them
-either gained life or crossed the
plate as the result of errors.
. The Sox rapped Coakley and Car
ter for 10 safeties, and the deciding
markef "came in the 6th when Otis
Stephens slammed a high hard one
up against the fence in right centev
for three bases, and Earl Lail fol
lowed suit with a two-base blow
down eft field foul line,
i The win, coupled with losses by
both Clinton - and Dunn-Erwln,
threw "the three-way battle for, 4th
place so close you could toss a
blanket over the three clubs. At
this writing (Wed.) Warsaw. is, in
f th. plice, half a game back of the
Dunn-Erwin Twins, who is in turn
trailing Clinton by half a game. So
the Red Sox are still only one full
game out of fourth place. (The four
clubs, you know, will participate
br a play-off series at the end of
the, regular season to determine,
the league champs.)-
- Old Jupiter Pluvius reigned (and
rained) over the : Tobacco State
"League I Wednesday night, as all
000 will be paid to more than 200
stock holders, who live principally
in the'areas served by the bank. . -.
Mr. Allen pointed out , that the
bank is enjoying a good volume of
business, and that the earnings for
the first six months of this year
were at a satisfactory level.
. Dobsons Chapel - 103 for, 0 no;
Faison - 27 for, 1 no; ri
Fountain - 89 f or, 0 no;
Gradys School - 161 for, 1 no;
r HaJlsville -115 for, 1 no;
k Harpers - 104 for, 0 no;
Herrings - 76 for, I no;
' ' Ktnansvllle' - 59 for, 0 no; .
Lanefield 73 for, 0 no;
Lanier's 69 for, 0 no; -f
f LaPlace .- 53 for, 2 no;
. Magnolia 71 for, 1 no;
"North East - 64 for, 0 no;
, : Outlaws Bridge - 176 for, 0 no;
Pin Hook - 88 for, 1 no;
: Potters Hill - 77 for, 4 no;
Rockfish 76 for, 1 no;
;-R.os Hill - 20 for, 1 no;
Scotts. Store - 101 for, 1 no; '
Summerlin X-rds -116 for, 1 no;
" Teachys - 32 for, 0 no;
" Teachey Town - 39 for, 1 no; ;
Wallace - 51 for, 2 no;
" vrarsaw - 92 for, 1 ttc;
t , f' "fl - C3 for, 0 no.
He Fiddled While
Rome Burned
He was sitting on his front
porch, apparently playin a
fiddle when : Duplin officers
walked up. Luther Robinson,
colored, was enjoying him
self with his fiddle..
The officers informed him
he was under arrest for oper
ating a still. - - I
The story Ms that officers
went in search of a still on
Tuesday near Magnolia. They
found it; a 100 gallon, capacity
outfit, but not in operation.
- They out the still. ) &t
On the Way out of the" woods
they passed a farm tenant
house and saw some Negro
children scram quickly to the
' house. Their actldns. aroused
the officers so they began to
look around. Discovering a
path and followed It into a
nearby ' woods and found a
' still in operation. There was
also 6 barrels of mash, several
Jugs and 200 pounds of sugar.
Following their hunch they
went back to the house and
round Luther on the front '
porch with his fiddle. On
searching the house they
found his overalls strongly
scented with whiskey.
Lather was Jailed on a
charge of manufacturing whls
key. -y's:j.'x ;
games in the circuit were drowned
out once more. (I don't know just
who tlie guy is, but apparently he's
all wet)
Bill Ingram, Sr.
InHo:
W.' M. Ingram, Sr. is a patient in
the Veterans Hospital at Fayette
ville where he was rushed in Thurs
day of last week for an c&rgency
operation. According in Jast reports
he was getting along as well as
could be expected.
Mr. Ingram is an engineer in Du
plin, for-the State Highway Com
mission. Tobacco Laborer ,
Drops Dead
Robert' Brooks, age about 45,
;pital
Two Important Cases Scheduled For
Criminal Court Next Week
A one week term of criminal
court is scheduled to be held here
next week with Judge Burney of
Wilmington presiding. A heavy
docket faces the court.
The twn most outstanding cases
on docket are those of James Pearson,-Jr.
17 year old Negro, charged
with a capital offence of raping a
70 year old Negro woman; and
Johnson Announces
Dates Aug. 21sf
; Supt O. P. Johnson announced
this week school opening dates.
August 21st and August 28th were
the two dates set, optional with the
local school committee.
- Mr. Johnson sent the following
latter to the various principals:
Kenansvllle, N. C.
July 16, 1947
Dear Principal;
- The Board of Education has set
the following dates for the opening
of school: August . 21 August 28.
Please see your local committee and
select one; notifying us as soon as
possible, -. '.'vrf
It is suggested that you keep in
mind the fact that these are about
eight days - later than the dates
used last year. If- you select the
first date, it will correspond with
the last date last year. Since spring
Beulaville To Get Town Lights
By Mrs. M. M. Thbjpen
M a mass meeting Tuesday even
ing attended by the aldermen and
residents of the town, and over,
which Mayor S. P. Bostic presided,
it was decided to install a suffici
ent number of street lights to light
the town. It was also passed upon
to begin a system of trash disposal,
specific plans to be announced at
a later date. "-,. s.V" ''''
At te meeting, Mr. Ray Humph-
" ' of the Beulaville
in ;'- r I ' "
FRIDAY,
DUPLIN COUNTY TURKEY FARM GROWING TURKEY STEAK
THE WARD AND WILKINS FARM a I Wallace was left with a great number of un
sold turkeys "(upper left) after the holida 'n-ison last year. Result: something new
TURKEY STEAK. Ward and Wilkins called in experts to devise ways to get rid of the
surplus turkeys at a profit. Somebody proposed turkey steak as an every-day delicacy. A
deep freeze plant, built by a farmers' co-operative at near-by Burgaw, offered means
for preserving the steaks for steady supply. The pictures show how turkeys are turned
into steaks. Upper right: A bandsaw meat cutter divides a turkey's body into nice thick
slices after spindling drumsticks and bony neck are trimmed off. Lower left: Steaks are
weighed, sealed In cellophane and labeled for storage in freezing lockers. Lower right:
A close-up of a turkey steak processed at the Burgaw plant. ;
(Story and Cut Courtesy Goldsboro News Argus)
Faison Navy Map
Arrives In Guam
Mi 1 R A pmotrnnd 9ft . flroman
I son, has arrived at Guam, aboard
the transport USS General A. E.
Anderson. The Anderson is trans
porting civil service workers and
Navy and Marine personnel to Pa
cific bases.
colored tobacco worker from Mt
Olive dropped dead Wednesday
night of a heart attack while work
ing on the farm of John Cam Smith.
Coroner C. B. Sitterson was call
ed and ruled no inquest necessary.
Hattle Gavin, Negro of Warsaw,
charged with performing a number
of abortions-.
They are both docketed for Tues
day.
It is reported that Rivers John
son and Walker Stevens will de
fend Hattie Gavin and Norwood
Boney will assist Solicitor Barker
! in the prosecution.
School Opening
And Aug.'28.
was so late and crops are late, it
was decided to move the dates back
a week.
I am told that tobacco housing
will be completed before the first
date; and in .the event it is not
completed, the worms will get the
balance.
Tempus fugit The summer is
almost gone, and we wilt soon be
meeting 10,000 children of the
County, I look forward to. seeing
you and getting down to work
again with you. -
Please advise me what vacancies
youvhave. :,: .
With Sincere good wishes, I am
r Cordially Yours,
; O. P. Johnson,
Superintendent ,
i r- .' Duplin County
, v : Schools. . .
and appealed'to the children and
parents to cooperate in preserving
the school property.' Parents' .are
asked to keep children, off ; the
grounds, particularly during the
construction period as they hamper
the progress of the contractor and
employees. Some damage has al
ready 'been done to equipmept ln
the new building, and many win
dow panes have been broken at the
gym, so the support and cooper
ation of the- entire community is
F 1. "
JULY 18th, 1947
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Congressman Barden Seems To Doubt
Veracity 01 National Music Boss
CongressmanGraham A- Barden
-f amS ?"sar Pell.1' fJ
L. Lewis of the .musical world. Mr.
Barder is on the Congressional
Committee investigating the acti
vities of Mr. Petrillo.
The following story by Fred Oth-
man appeared in the Washington
Daily News on July 9:
"James Caesar Petrillo, the boss
music-maker, sighed. His troubles
stretched from the presidential pi
ano to Congress to silent bands of
Chicago's high schools.
His eyes misted as he described
for the House. Labor Committee
his love for music, children and
his fellow man. His burgeoning
wings were making bulges beneath
his linen. jacket when he interrupt
ed himself. "- ,
"Don't get me wrong," he said.
"I am not an angel."
"I have not been inclined in that
direction," replied Rep, Graham A.
Barden of North Carolina." 1
' Huh?" asked the non-angelic
one. .,
"I said I did not believe you
were an angel," said the Congress
man. Petrillo said by all that's holy
(his language -was stronger) that
the U. S. Army Band could make
no phonograph records unless the
iymphonic soldiers were mcmbev.)
of his American Federation of Mu
sicians. Rep. Rep. Richard M. Nix
on of California said yes, but the
new labor law made it illegal for
a worker to strike against the Gov
ernment.
"If they can't strike, I can't use
'cm" the downbeat Caesar said.
And while"Were talking about the
Government, what'll we do about
President Truman. He plays the
piano." V "
Rep. Carroll D. Kearns of Penns
ylvania said he sv posed that if Mr.
Truman wanted to play a tune on
the radio, the Federal Government
would have to- kick back a fee to
Butler Bradshaw Shoots
Family Looks On; Veteran World War 1 1
Mk Olive, July 13. Butler Brad
shaw, 30, died instantly this after-,
noon of a self-inflicted shotgun
wound at his home two miles west
of here.'-- ' 'v;
According to the account given
by neighbors, whom Mrs. Bradshaw
called immediately after the trage
dy, Bradshaw took the gun and went
to a day bed inf the living room of
the home, ' lay . down, and in the
presence of .his family, shot Jiim
self through his left eye, dying in
stantly, : ; V : -; . '
Members of the family could
give no reason for the act except
that he had been In a hfghly ner
vous condition since sustaining a
serious back injury while serving
in the Army during the; recent
war. He was an employee of the
Kcratt Clive Arto Farts Co-
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Petrillo' s union for a stand-by pit
aoo player. - AkI
"That tfas too near thtliVT
sound funny toRep. Nixon. Only
a few weeks ago, he said, the mayor ' :
of Mexico City visited Pittsburgh. ,
His honor made -with a boogie
woogie rhumba on the radio and 1
the management had 4to pay Petril
lo & Co. for a union pianist to
stand by. A fine, international good
will gesture, Rep. Nixon said. '
"Yes," said Petrillo. "And did '
they pay our man in Mexican mo- "
ney?" .
The lawmakers called a reluct
ant witness, one George Jennings,
director of radio for the Chicago ; "
public school system. He said he'd
prefer to say nothing, because he ' -was
sure he could work out some- r
thing with Petrillo. The congress-
men insisted. So: Jennings said the
school board had built its own fre- .
quency modulation broadcasting
system to carry educational pro- '
grams into its own school rooms, - -but
that he dared not allow the
students to Broadcast their own ,
music on their own radio station.
"You mean Petrillo doesn't: al
low it?" demanded Rep. Barden;
"Noi unless we pay stand-by fees
to union musicians," Jennings He-,
plied. He said, in fact, that - no
Chicago high school band is al
lowed to march in any parade or '
appear at any public function be
cause of the union. '-h ' ,
The committee recalled Petrillo. SV
Did he know anything about the si- ,
lenced bands of Chicago? -;; i . ' '
Well, sir, said Petrillo, he lived
in Chicago, all right. He was a park
commissioner. But he was president
of the national union and the high
school bands were a local problem. -The
matter never had been brought
to his attention.
"What?" cried Rep. Barden.
"I give you my word," Caesar;
said, placing together the tips ef -his
fingers, as in prayer.' , '
Surviving are Mrs. Sradshaw, the
former Emma Kelly of Calypso, and
two small sons; three sisters, Mrs. .:
Catherine Guy and Mrs. Gertrude
Harris, both of Calypso, and Mrs.:
Coley of Sampson County; three
brothers, Raymond I and ;, Henry ,;
Bradshaw of the Piney Grove com
munity of Duplin County, and Ed
gar Bradshaw of the Suttontow
community of near Mt Olive.
He was the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Stephen Bradshaw of the
Piney Grove, section.
The preaching schedule fer the
Duplin Methodist Circuit for Sun
day, July 20, is as follows: - .
Friendship 11:00 A, M. .
Wesley - 8:00 P. M.
The Holv Communion t "
observed r.t each f t""-- r