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' t. 11 if J ill'''.' '..'.-..-- .- a . .."' r jv S W loll . D uX ' VOLUME NUMBER SIXTEEN Gates firm lion Dollars A (From Wilmington Star) A growth in SO years from three acres of cucumbers to a pickling . volume of more' than a million dol lars a year is the outstanding rec ord of Charles F. Cates & Sons, Inc. of Faison. " In 1898 on the Cates farm in Alamance county the decision was , made to plant three acres of cu cumbers. That was an unheard of ' amount of cucumbers at that time. But then as now farm diversifica tion and the development of an ad ditional source of income was a goal. One of the Cates family then was a traveling salesman and an 'item in his line was pickles. Thus was born in the Cates family the determination to make money out of pickles. - - The factory at that time was a barrel. Indeed, barrels continued -' to be used for many years before they gave way to mammoth brine tanks. However, at the beginning the barrel was the factoryunlt for - the processing of cucumbers into pickles. A family formula, with a few changes added, today remains in the Cates family and is the se cret of the million dollar volume success. ' Albn with this development of a family formula that pleases the tastes of a large consuming public has grown business efficiency, the executive management required for a million dollar volume, a loyalty on the part of cucumber growers that has given stability to a apldly growing business, and a skill in marketing. j, This year Charles F. Cates and Sooa, inc., are using the cucum 1ers from 3,100 acres and the anti : cipatlon is that 4,700 acres will be under contract in 1949. The manu ;; , facturink plant is located in faison, "' " North Carolina, but brining' sta tions are maintained at Denmark, S. C; Rich Square, N. C.; Emporia, Va.; and Berlin, Md. A brining station is a pick-up station and storage point. It shortens the dis tance for the cucumber growers and holds cucumbers in storage without deterioration until they ' are brought to the manufacturing plant in Faison. The brining sta tions open the way for placing ad ditional acreage under contract. . 'The average acreage under cu cumber contract ranges from one to three acres. It is the purpose to kfltn 4hA .imaM small nmicrh in . : v.j ......... a C5 permit the farm family to do all the work. This eliminates any hired i labor' which cuts down the. grower profits. There is no gamble in grow tog contract cucumbers except in weather condition. The seed are furnished free. The price is agreed upon before the cucumbers are planted so that the grower knows - what he will receive for his cu- cumbers. There are no culls, ex cept 'that are two inches in diam eter. If a grower keeps up with the picking, the cucumbers never reaches that size. Except for the over-sized cucumbers all the others can be used either in pickles or relishes. Consequently if the farm - - family picked daily or at the most every other day, no cucumbers are lost and the contract operation is ''- a one hundred percent success. The - 'secret is in keeping the acreage -within the labor capacity of the farm family. .; Here iff a nincident that is ad mittedly rare and by no means an average.. An aged, white-haired Negro man In Virginia had three acres of contract cucumbers. He , was the only labor, but he did noth ing else. He did succeed by picking aH the time in keeping up with -his acreage and sold $383 of cu cumbers per acre. He was a pictur - - esque Negro and he added to that by hauling his cucumbers to the brining station In a cart pulled by an old goal-'..-:', -.h. .-i V - , - . The cucumbers that came to the " Faison plant in-1947 amounted to .' more .than 30u,(XHr bushels. .These - - were , manufactured into various ' brands of pickles and relishes. They were sold to wholesalers and - brokers. The plant keeps six sales--'- men on the road all the time. While -' sales axe heavy in Alabama, Qeor .' - gia, Tennessee, North Carolina, - South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia the sales coverage is na- - T tlonaL . -. .;V;-''' - . ':' , i ; Far from being a seasonal oper - atlon the Cates plant in Faison, in ef feci operates 14 months in the year, inasmuch as it uses night ' shifts part of the year. For the . past four yeass the sales have am ounted to more than a million dol lars each year. ' "Use jv .nrt-f j' rt was ' ' ti in Faison Grows To Nfcwspapor Heads at N. C. State Avery Brock of Mount Olive, left, and Bob McLeod of McBee, 8. G, will be the editor and business manager, respectively, of The Technician, student newspaper at State College, during the next school year. - Brock, a Junior in industrial engineering, is a son of Mr. and Mrs; Homer Brock of Mount Olive. His father is editor of the Mount Olive Tribune. McLeod, a senior in agriculture, is the sen of Mr. and Mrs. Cary g. McLeod of McBee. Announcement There will be a meeting of the Duplin County Allied Church Lea gue in the Courthouse in Kenpns vllle on Friday night, July 30th, at 8 o'clock. The meeting is being call ed for the purpose of completing the Committee Program for carry ing on to Victory the fight against the sale of beer and wine to be voted on in the Special Election to be held on August 28th. All mini sters, laymen and laywomen and friends of 'temperance are urged to, be present " M. N. Teachey, Pres. D. C. A. C. League. Duplin Negro Is Making Good In ,D.C. Johi Robert Hoker, age about 25, is making good in Washington. Recently an FBI Agent come to Kenansville inquiring about his background, saying he was in line for a promotion. The young man was raised by his grandmother in the neighbor hood of Stamford School on the road between Kenansville and Magnolia. He finished school in) Kenansville. His general reputation is good. When he asked for credit at a local store at the age of 15, he was granted it. He liked to write poetry and the Duplin Times published a couple of hi poems. He was sincere and earnest in most of his undertakings. Going to Washington he secured a job as a Janitor. He made good and is now moving up Duplin is proud 'of -its good col ored people and we have quite a number of them. Attends Meet In New York Lions Gilbert Alphin of Summer- lin and H. D. McKay of Kenansville attended the International Con vention of Lions Clubs in New York City this week. They repre sented the local club. Cape Come to the land of the fish and sea Where the silver sands sound their call Where hearts and thoughts are free Down where they really say, "You all". r Cape Fear,, where history dares to tell The secfets of pirates dashing and bold Gone are the Pirates but not their spell " Which captured hearts both young and old. ' Treasure chests of prizes caught on lines Of fishermen who return when day is done .. . . Happy carefree hours and merry, merry times : ' fpent in this enchanted land of the sun. -rhie B. Jchrtcn KEN ANS VILLE, NORTH CAROLINA Year Business Judge Stevens Concludes Criminal Court Here Judge Stevens concluded a term of criminal court here Wednesday. The following cases were disposed Of: George Boney, guilty of assault with deadly weapon. Given 18 mo. on roads, suspended for 2 years." tiv Herbert White, larceny and re ceiving; 12 months on roads. Norwood Morriss Anderson, reckless driving and injury to per sonal property. Case dismissed. .Susanna Newkirk, murder, 12 to 20 years in prison. Walter Williams, breaking and entering. 12 months on roads. Remus Cole, murder, 8 to 12 years in prison. Edgar Moore and Joseph Smith, breaking and entering and larce.iy. 5 to 7 years on roads. Wilie White, rape, 13 years in paison. Tyndall Named As 3yr Committeeman For Duplin County ADDointment of Henry S. Tyn dall. Rt. 1. Seven Springs, to a 3- year term on the Farmers Home Administration County Committee for Duplin County has been an nounced. Mr. Tyndall succeeds Mr. LeRoy G. Simmons of Rt. 1, Seven Springs whose term expired Jhine 30. , Also on the Committee are Mr. David Lane of Rt. 2, Mt. Olive and Mr. Albert B. Lanier of Rt. 2, Rose Hill. A committee of three serves in each agricultural county throughout the nation in which the agency makes farm ownership and operating loans. Appointments are scheduled so that a Committeeal wasy has two experienced mem bers. Before f.ny money can be bor rowed from the agency, an appli cant must have the approval of the Committee. Fear BOB GRADY SAYS1 A welcome visitor called Mon day, Ralph Miller, Duplin's effi cient Forest Fire Warden. He stap ped by. my house and left two hu?e watermelons. Anymore visit ors who would like to be wel comed? Moral reputations are not nec essarily built on what you do but on what other people say you do. Recently I painted my screens with DDT. Not knowing the tech nique I overdid the amount of paint.. I have two. very playful kittens. When they are on the outside they are clawing at the screen trying to get on the inside. A few days ago as I walked into the living room my eyes caught the picture of a kitten sticking her or his nose on to the screen. I looked and stared to recognize which kitten it was. I couldn't quite determine, then it dawned on me it was the effect of the DDT spray. It was the perfect image of the kitten climbing and sticking its nose onto the screen, wanting to get in. It's still there when you look at it from the right angle. NEW LIONS PRESIDENT Eugene S. Briggs, Enid, Okla., is the new president of the Interna tional Association of Lions Clubs. He was elected by unanimous vote at the 31st annual convention of New York City on July 29. Briggs succeeds Fred W. Smith, of Ventu ra, Calif. There is Lions Clubs in 23 coun tries now on five continents and is claimed to be the strongest and most active service club organiza tion in the world. X-Ray Unit Return For T. B. Re-Takes A mobile X-ray Unit returned to Duplin County this week for re takes of all unsatisfactory films made on the units during our Re cent mass X-ray survey. This mobile unit will be station ed on the main street in Kenans ville near the Postoffice from Thursday July 29 through Satur day July 31 and will operate from 9:00 to 12:00 A. M. Those who failed to get an x-ray during the recent mass survey can also get one at this time. All con tacts of tuberculous persons are especially urged to come for x-rays. School teachers who have not had a recent x-ray should not let this opportunity pass. A special chest clinic will be held at the Health Department on Wed nesday, July 28 through Saturday, July 31 from 1:00 to 4:30 P. M. This clinic is for those being mailed letters requesting them to come to the Health Department for more thorough examination. All these services are being offered free at this time but after the com- pie tion of this survey a fee of $1.00 will be charged by the department for x-rays. V i - -" - 3 Truck And Vegetable Experiment Station May Develop In Duplin Co. A Truck and Vegetable Experi-i ment Station may be in the Offing j tor Duplin. I nrougn xne euoru of the Faison Chamber of Com merce, headed by aggressive James H. C. Hill, a movement Is on foot to secure legislative action to es tablish such a station at Faison. Some ' favorable comments ,have been made from State College and " - r --t cf ' " FRIDAY, JULY 30th. 1948 There's Going To Be A Big Time In The Old Town Saturday Night Scout Chief Ready imi..jj,.iWJJWJWiiM ; . iw i . '?- Ik - ' t Vfo fP h, v ' I a ; j', Qi. fl fv, tvt Z&sK- " 'M Dr. George i. Fisher, left, national commissioner of the Boy Scouts and honorary president of the Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild, checks a model automobile with W. S." McLean, secretary, as state and regional judging got under way in the 1948 Guild competition. National winners, whose names will be announced by Dr. Fisher in August, will receive university scholarships. ' Car And Tanker Collide At Charity Patrolman Harton o fKenansville investigated a wreck at Charity Crossroads Thursday night, July 22. According to Mr. Harton an oil tanker headed north, truck a car driven by Roy Johnson of Rose Hill. The ruqk-ender struck the left Morrison Going Back To Camp Rev. J. G. Morrison of Kenans ville leaves Saturday for Ft. Jack son, S. C. where he will encamp " ' " 7 -n"? ision. Mr. Morrison will be on va cation from his local churches. While away. J. B. Huntington, elder in the St Andrews Covenant Presbyterian Church in Wilming ton and Rev. L. A. Taylor, executive secretary of the Wilmington Pres bytery will fill his appointments. Ministerial Student Former Chemist Now In Duplin Rev. Murrell K. Glover, a native of Maryland, and student at Duke University, is in Kenansville for 5 weeks to aid Rev. John M. Cline in Ministerial work. Before enter ing the ministry Mr. Glover was a chemist and supervisor in industry. He was located at Cumberland, Md. with the Celanese Corporation. Tax Rate For Duplin Schools 65 1-2 Cents Duplin county school budget for 1948-49 is $233,501.64 (exclusive of Veterans Farmer Training and Lunchroom funds). This total is $21,766.06 less than last year, ac cording to F. W. McGowen, county accountant. The tait rate for schools is 65 Vi cents. The budget for Old Age Assist ance, Aid to Dependent Children and Aid to the Blind is $16,778.16 greater than last year. The county W. Frank Taylor of Wayne coun ty has shown an interest and says he will cooperate. A meeting was held in the com munity building at Faison Monday night In addition to the Faison people attending, Supt of Schools O. P. Johnson of Duplin,. Agents Lacy Weeks of Duplin and Mints of Wayne, Aubrey L. Cavenaugh of Warsaw, r ; lin Legislator Lew for Model Judging rear of the car, turning it com pletely around. No one was injured. Damage to the car was estimated at $200. Only damage to the tanker was a headlight broken out. Driver of the tanker was Charlie Fox. No arrests were made. debt service total budget is $13, 348.61 more on account of increas ed maturities. J. W. Frazzelle To Head Local School Next Year Mr. J. W. Frazzelle. native of Richlands, has accepted the posi tion ai principal of the Kenansville school for thu ensuing year. He will replace Woodrow Taylor, re signed. Mr. Frazzelle is a graduate of ECTC and has an M. A. degree. He was an unsuccessful candidate for State Treasurer. He comes to Dunlin highly recommended While at ECTC he headed the College Store. Girls Attention: He is single. Graham Barden Goes To Europe Congressman Graham A. Barden Duplin's representative in Cong ress Has taKen leave ol anscr.ee from the present special session of Congress and has sojourned to Europe to investigate the Russo- American situation in Germany. He will give his report in due time on arrival back into the U. S. A. Man Arrested Car Prowling It is reported that Jake Merrit, a white man, was arrested ia War saw Saturday nifht during a base ball game for prowling in cars. It is said he took some coats and some Masonic material from cars from Beulaville. is. Outlaw and a representative of of the Weil's farms in Wayne at tended. From reports at the meeting in dications point favorably to the e tablishment of such a station which may be comparable in size to the Willard Test Farm and The Tobac co Test Farm at Oxford. No. 31 Saturday night, August 7th is going to be a big time in Kenans ville. Under the direction of J. L. iLesi Williams, Kenansville's af fable Post, Master, and lover of vhe old time square dance, a street dance will be thrown. Purpose: to celebrate completion of new paved street and new paved sidewalks. The dance will be held on the main drag in front of the Court , House at the new paved street which intersects at Fred Hardy's Store. The exact time of the dance ,will be about 8:30. However, it is 1 expected the music will begin a little earlier. Mr. Williams is going to do a solo on his fiddle. Probably other attractions will be added. Duplinites are known to be lov ers of the square dance and a large number are expected u atten-.l. The Times hopes to fet a picture of the "Virginia Reel." In recollection it brings to mind the "O'.d Soldi 3rs Reunion" which was held in Kenansville annually on the first Thursday in August. Thousands used to flock to town from far and wide throughout Eastern North Carolina. Capt. Jimmy Jerritt's train brought many in from Warsaw. Horses and bug gies drove in and the old bone yard was a mecca for the animals. Lemonade and all sorts of cold drinks were sold on the streets and the courthouse square. Those were the "good old days". ( The last reunion was held in 1934, at which time the now Judge Leo Carr of Burlington, a grand son ot Duplin, aenverea me u- dress. According to the older folks in town Confederate Veterans Har- per Pridgen and "Buck" Barden of Duplin were in attendance. There may have been others. "Les" Williams suggests that the celebration this 'year be a revival of the old time jamboreesJUso tobacco puttin' in time is about over and the farmers should enjoy getting together. The old Spring" in Kenansville is still running and there will be plenty of water for all. In case you want to do any shopping the stores will be open. Everybody plan now to come out to Kenansville the first Saturday " night in August and let's all have a good time, especially John Ivey Smith and Heddie Blanton. Judge Grady Suggests Reunion Be Called Off Due to the Polio epidemic Judge Henry A. Grady, of New Bern, pres ident of the Grady-Outlaw Literary and Historical Association, has sug gested the annual Grady-Outlaw Reunion be called off this year. A decision is expected to be made in a few days and a definite announcement made. Beulaville Cafe Robbed Tuesday 1 A robbery has been reported in Beulaville. Last Tuesday night someone entered Rhodes Cafe and , : made away with about $4.00 in . cash and a quantity of beer. Last ' reports were that no arrests had , . been made. Criminal Court A SelAugJO f A week of civil court set for Aug ust 30th was cancelled last weeK and a week of criminal court sub- , stituted at the request of the local board of county commissioners. The Governor assigned Superior .; Court Judge Henry L. Stevens of Warsaw to conduct the criminal.; term. , $ School Opening May Be Postponed Supt O. P. Johnson says school opening dates in Duplin may be postponed. The Board of Education is awaiting advice from the State Board of Health. But with the con tinued spread of iollo parents may , expect ??lay 'a sebo'jl cpenirj. j i
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