North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME NUMBER SEVENTEEN MLLER HARDWARE illllllll JI Auuve you see the new home of Miller Hardware Company in Beulaville, which opens Tuesday. To the right you see James Miller, son of the late Lawton Miller, who was a member of the Board of County Commissioners for some time. At the death of Mr. Miller, who was a merchant in the Miller town section for years, James took over his business. A few months ago be sold out to Ashe Miller. He considered coming to Kenansville "' hut finally' decided to to to Beulaville. He will not -personally move - there at present as the distance is so short he can easily commute. ,' The new store, "devoted primarily to hardware, is located on a : corner lot next to the Model Theatre and next door to the I. J. Sandlin Company. The new building was constructed by James and has an attractive appearance. To the right you will see James looking over a rroup of people. v James to a member of a lone line of Duplin County people and his experiences reveal that he is a good business man. Your patronare to him Will be appreciated. Vccclmaw Bank i;;!ds Their 24lh fenual Meeting j -The twenty-fourth annual meet ' tog of the stock-holder of the Jffae ? camaw Bank, and Trust "Company was held in the lobby of .the White vllle office of the bank on Friday afternoon. : President K. Clyde - Council of Wananish presided at the meeting at -which, more than 10.000 of the 20,000 shares of capi tal stock outstanding, was repre- sented in person or by proxy. . The stock-holders -reelected the entire present board. of directors. In his annual report to the stock holders, -Executive Vice President Coburn stated that net 1948 oper ating earnings exceeded 1947 earn ings by about 10, Earnings am ounted to $5.60 per share. Mr. Co burn " commented that ..continued ' esi proaucu soio ai grauiying ' prices has helped maintain a high .level of deposits which were above ,21 million dollars at the end of the year. ; In the . directors meeting-immediately following the stock-holders meeting all present officers were reelected; these include 'for the local unit .of the tank, M. F. Allen, Cashier, and Wllma Q. Rivenbark, Assistant Cashier, ; The . directors' also transferred $100,000.00 from undivided profits to surplus, giving the bank a capi tal structure consisting of $200,000.- ; 00 capital; $700,000.00 Surplus, $126,813.01 undivided profits, and reserves of $37,408.97. Capital ac counts for the bank total $1,064, 221.98, or $53.26 per share. ; , " In discussing the prospects for the future, Mr. Coburn stated, "His torically, there is no precedent Of a major war not having been more' quickly. followed by a marked de cline in agricultural Income, due to falling prices resulting from over production." He pointed out, . however, that, with favorable wea ther conditions, a relatively high level of income from flue-cured to bacco, the principal source of farm income to this area, Is assured by quotas and price supports which will be In effect in 1949. ,s Mr. Coburn continued, "For these t isons,. I feel- that we can confi- ritTy expect a plateau year or I 'ness here, a high plateau, but M ia slight downward trend from :.e peak which has passed", The stock-holders were told that uld 'continue to be the policy i . ; e directors of the bank to set ; 1 iii' ng policies as to pot only s liquidity, but also its capa ' io meet the legitimate credit i of its customers. Mr. Coburn : f i ther that the management : nk was keenly aware of Hity for' alertness . and nlnatlon of loan applica nt this period of high values, and prices, tiaw Bank and Trust STORE, In Beulaville EDITORIAL A County Chamber of Commerce Duplin County needs a County Chamber of Commerce. Each com munity has its local Chamber of Commerce, Junior Chamber of Com merce or some civic club, which Is desirable and welljor the commun ity. Our little competition between ourselves are handled through such organizations. r , But from the standpoint of the county as a whole if we had an or ganization, representing the leading people in each community, we might get something from the out side. Duplin needs more payroll. Each of our towns are too small to fi nance efforts to attract something of great Importance from the out side. At present a cement plant, ap proaching a million dollar invest ment, is being planned for eastern Carolina. A New York company has already sent engineers to Cra ven County. There is no reason why ixipiin snouiu not be considered. The Times worked on this all dav Tuesday. It appears now that we might get the engineers from New York to make a survey of the possi bilities of Duplin. If we had a county wide chamber of commerce it could effectually work in further development of the county. Work for not just one com munity but for every community. Wnat helps one helps all. Let's think this over folks. Wilson Visitors In Kenansville Ved. Kenansville apparently was en joyed by visitors 'from Wilson on Wednesday. Mrs. John D. Gold, wife of Editor Gold, her daughter. Miss Celeste Gold and Mrs. Wood ard, widow of the late Dr. Woodard of the Woodard-Herring Hospital, visited our town. They toured it over and were very much impressed with the remains of the old James Sprunt Institute. Also" they were Impressed with our churches, the Presbyterian manse and the home of L. A. Beasley. While here they visited the Bob Gradys and while there went across the road to in spect the -old colored home, fot inerly on the Albert Williams farm. Their interest in the walling on the ,'nslde caused Mrs. Woodard to look up Tim Middleton, one of our re spected colored men, to see if she could buy it. This property is now in the hands of Vance Gavin so Tim could make no deal with her. ' Apparently they thoroughly en joyed their visit here. Mis. Gold is a noted author who has written many books. They spent about three hours here. They were very "much interested In the Pageant of Duplin. Maybe we'll get out of Mrs. Gold a book on the Pageant. Here's hop; tag. , . , Mr. and Mrs. Howard Casey of Warsaw Auction' Produce Market WarsawWarsaw's new Junior Chamber of Commerce is at work to organize an auction produce market for the town. Mitchell Britt, president of the group, said that more than S250'i of a . $7000 stock issue needed io assure the market had been sub scribed. The Jaycee organization is seek ing support for the plan outlined as follows: "The undersigned persons agree to buy callable 4 preferred non cumulative, non-voting stock as in dicated below at $50 per ;hare on the following conditions: 1. That a produce market witn the usual physical properties of such a produce market be built and operated In or within one mile of the Town of Warsaw. 2. That the produce market be operated in such a manner as to en courage the farmers of this region to sell their produce in the market and in such a spirit of good will that the farmers will be encouraged to trade and do business in the Town of Warsaw. 3. That the control and manage ment of the market shall be vested in a corporation known as the War saw Junior Chamber of Commerce or by a corporation which will be controlled by the Warsaw Junior Chamber of Commerce Corpora tion. 4. That any money made above expenses and necessary repairs by the produce market shall be distri buted as follows: A. To the retiring pro rata of In terest first, and principal second of all the preferred stock. ' B. To the improvement and ex pansion of the market. C. To worthwhile community projects iphe Town of Warsaw. 5. And on further condition that noperson shall be. obligated. to bvy any stock as herein agreed to un til the total amount of the sub scriptions herein mentioned shall equal or exceed $7,000. BOB GRADY -SAYS What progress we are making, we do not know. But, we know there Is a proposed Portland Ce ment plant for Eastern Carolina, if the News & Observer is correct. Engineers, according to reports, have made a survey of Craven County. According to reports coming to us, there is as much, if not more, minerals in Duplin than in Craven, that are required to make cement. Tuesday we contacted a number of local people who know the min eral content of our soil. Also we contacted Tide Water Power Co. who would have to provide most of the heat. We contacted the Depart ment of Conservation and Develop ment in Raleigh. Indirectly we are contacting Metropolitan Life Insur ance Co. New York. If a million dollar cement plant can be located in Duplin, no matter where the location, imagine what it will mean to us. We can ease up on the idea that we can't live without tobacco. Maybe we can't, at that, when it comes to smoking, buy may be it will ease up our economics. Maybe it will give us a balanced diet. The plague of Polio in North Carolina is approaching the White Plague .we have read about In his tory. It is n.ot up to the rest of the United States to take care of this State's patients. Let's go all out for N. C. we folks in Duplin, to tiie March of Dimes. FH A Assistance On Wednesday, Oct. 2nd, the an nual meeting of all farmer and their , wives who purchased their homes through Farmers Home Ad ministration will be held in the Masonic Hall building which is lo cated back of Jackson's Store in Kenansville. Mr. Holland, Duplin County Supervisor for FHA states that to date 65 farmers have purch ased farms through this program, Twenty-four farmers have paid in full for their homes to date. No borrower is at present delinquent on Ills lnan in this county. Ten loans ' ' "i C --' ' KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA " I r .r HELP - HELP, READERS, HELP We find that we have run smack, dab out of issues of September 24, 1948, and in dire need of at least 12 Issues for our files. Any help in obtaining from our subscribers a few copies of the above dated issue will be greatly appreciated by The Times. THANIYOV. Engineers Of Cape Fear Hear Rogers ( The Cjape. Fear'Tngineerts Club, lield Its monthly dinner and busi ness meeting Wednesday night of last week in the American Legion Hall on Green Street in Fayette ville with more than 50 members and guests attending. At the conclu sion of the dinner period, president Sam Wilson opened the business meeting with the assistance of sec retary Paul Nystrom. Thore was a lengthy and spirited discussion be tween members, after which the motion of L. C. Kerr, that the orga nization continue to accept invita tions to meet in cities and towns of the various six counties included in the club area, was carried out with out opposition. Guest speaker was W . II. 'Bill) Rogers, Jr., Administrative Assist ant to the Chairman of the N. C. State Highway Commission. Mr. Rogers stressed two important points in his address. First he urged the need for better public relations between members of the engineer ing profession and the general pi'h lic, calling attention to the fact that little credit is usually given a job wcH done, but that complaints are usually aired and circulated. Mr. Rogers' second point was that the Highway Commission urged its en tire membership and its outside as sociates to give the same loyal ser vice to the new State Administra tion as bad been given in the past, and that each individual put his shoulder to the wheel so as to give even, better service in the future carrying out fully such policies and programs as are set up for accom plishment. After Mr. Rogers' ad dress the meeting was adjourned. Duplin County members of the Cape Fear Engineers Club are A. J. Jenkins, Mayor of Warsaw; W. N. (Bill) Ingram, Resident Engineer with the Third Division, and E. C. Tyndall, County Maintenance Sup ervisor, of Kenansville, Mr. Tyndall is a member of the Publicity Com mittee. Fellowship Supper Sunday Night At 6 p.m. Sunday night the Com munity Fellowship Group will meet in the Kenansville Baptist church for a picnic supper. Following the supper a religious movie, entitled "And Now I See, will be shown. This is a new film and one of the best that has been produced to date. A cordial invitation Is extended to the entire community to attend this meeting. . -, -- I i . rr n llvls 1: FRIDAY, JANUARY 28th, 1949 EDITORIAL- What Is America? What is our role in the monu ment of civilization? What is the destiny of our place in the world? As I sit at my radio on Jan. 20, 1949 and listen to the Inauguration of Harry S. Truman as President of the United States, the abovi questions came to me. As a result of wars and wars the United States has surpassed the British Empire as the dominating country of the world. Have we become another Roman Empire? Our influence now reaches out its arms to every corner of the earth. As we think it thougrh, the obli gation falls upon the shoulders of every citizen in the country. Inter nal turmoil doesn't aid our obliga tion. President Truman took his oath on two Bibles. To guide our destiny we must all keep our hands on "that Book". Strife helps no one. Life is hard work but if we have no goal to work towards, the work is in vain. 52nd Anniversary OfP.T.A. Parent - Teachers organizations throughout the state will honor their founders during the month of February. February marks the 52nd anni versary of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers. The North Carolina Congress was organized in 1919 and its 29 birthday will be ob served. Mrs. E. B. Hunter of Char lotte is president of the North Caro lina branch. , In each of the 890 PTA's meet ings, plays, pageants and talks will be given describing h6w this great organization was founded in 1396 by Mrs. Alice McClelland Birncy of Marietta, Ga., and Mrs. Phoebe Ap person Hearst of California. These observances will include highlights of the history of the North Carolina organization and of the local PTA's own beginnings. Founders Day offerings will be taken and sent to the state PTA office to be used in extension work. North Carolina was the 37th state organization to join the Na tional Congress, which now has a membership of over five million. North Carolina now boasts more than 175,000 memberships. Annual Council Meeting Feb. 2 The Annual Meeting of Boy Scout Leaders throughout the Tus carora Council will be held at the Goldsboro Hotel at 7:00 P. M. on Wednesday, February 2, according to Roy Purser, Council President. There will be a business and fellow ship meeting to which all Scoute.-s and Cubbers, together with their ladies are invited. Mr. Hugh G. Is ley, General Sales Manager for the Carolina Power and Light Company will be the speaker. Mr. Isley is a talented speaker, and has a fine background of Scouting experinece. He has served for the past three years as president of the Occonee chee Council, with headquarters in Raleigh. He will have a real mess age for Tuscarora Scouters. Other important features of the Annual Council Meeting will be the election of officers for the en suing year, and the presentation of Silver Beaver Awards .to men who have rendered outstanding ser vice to the boyhhood of this Coun cil. Tickets for the Annual Council Meeting may be secured from any Scoutmaster in the Council, or from your District Chairman. Mr. Lionel Weil of Goldsboro is in gen eral charge of ticket reservations. LETTERS . - January 19, 1949 Mr. J. R. Grady Duplin Times Kenansville, N. C. - Dear Mr. Grady: : ' I am, by this mail, sending check for $100.00 to the Falson Commun ity Foundation at Falson, which is ence, held at Griffin's in Goldsboro, Pat Harmon of Warsaw wes elected president,' succeeding J. C. Stabler, of Mt. Olive, who has served since the c i -.' "-noe was -organized two v t r -.. f ' r c'"frs are VirgSI , r .t. MODEL THEATRE, In Beulaville iLrfMiMii3 Above is a picture of Bob Demorest's "Model Theatre" in Beu laville. It is located next to the new Miller Hardware Store. Bob, as you know, occasionally writes "Beulaville Bugle" for the Times and occasionally advertises. On the left you see an attachment which represents, or actually, is the home in which Bob and "Marge" live. It's a nice three room apartment, including: a bath. Bob loves his ' baths. Kenansville Eastern Is Host To Five The Kenansville chapter. Order of the Eastern Star, entertained ti;e Beulaville, Pleasant Hill. Rosehoro, Hose Hill and Wallace chapters at a special meeting Friday night honor ing the Worthy Grand Matron and Worthy Grand Patron. The meeting wes held in the Kenansville Meth odist church. Worthy Matron Mrs. Thelma Stroud, of the Kenansville chapter, opened the meeting and acknow ledged worthy matrons of the guest chapters. Worthy Grand Matron, Miss Ethel Lovett, and Worthy Grand Patron, Alvis Tingle, were escorted to the East and were given Home & Foreign Bowden, N. C. Jan. 2 The Women's Home and Foreign Mission Conference of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc open ed its service at 10 o'clock A. M. Topics discussed were 1, Service As Taught by Jesus; 2, The Power of Service; 3, Condition of Servicr. Forum for 15 minutes which was i-. interesting discussion. Enrollment of annual members and churches. Officers, ministers and visitors were introduced to the Conference. Moderator of the K. E. M. B. Rev. j J. M. Newkirk sang "A Cnarge to Keep" and presented the speaker, Rev. H. O. Rhoe, State Representa tive to the National Baptist Con vention, who spoke on "Women's CountyAgent's Office L. F. WEEKS there will be a meeting of fann ers in each community in Duplin County during late January and February. At these meetings, the County Agent and other Agricul tural Leaders will discuss and show pictures on the screen illustrating the latest recommendations from the Experiment Station on various crop production, such subjects as approved varieties, fertilization, di sease and insect control of various crops, permanent pasture recom mendations, corn production rec ommendations, Better Farming for Better Living Program and other Information of interest to farm peo ple. A representative of the Duplin County Farm Bureau will be invited to discuss recent activities of this farm organization in order to keep abreast of the progress being made in agriculture, our farm people a well established elemosynary in stitution and for years has been the recipient, of considerable do nations by me. I will request the Trustees of the Faison Foundation to expend this $100.00 in assisting the promotion of the Pageant of Duplin. - In the event that you do work out your plans for the Pageant, I will thank you to play up some of the old people like Henry Faison and Diana Griffin and Col. Isham Falson - and other well-known per sons who formerly lived, at Fatson but have died. However, this is a matter for you to determine and not me, and any way that you desire to work out your plans will be en tirely agreeable to me. , , VVitlvery best wishes, I am ', No. 4 Star Chapter Chapter Groups grand honors. Other grand officers were presented and welcomed. Miss Lovett gave an inspiring address, after which Mr. Tingle an nounced that the meeting of the Sixth District would be held in Kinston on Saturday. He also made appropriate remarks concerning Eastern Star work. A collection was taken for the Eastern Star and Masonic hospital, and gifts were presented Miss Lov ett and Mr. Tingle from the chap ters. After the meeting punch and cookies were served to around 125 guests. Mission Conference Work in the Church. After Rev. Rhoe's sermon Pres dent Mrs. Hattie Royal made sev eral appropriate remarks. A delicious dinner was served at the church. Topics for evening discussion were 1, Grow in Love; 2, Service Through Love; 3, Walk in Love as Christ has Loved us. Enrollment continued. Open forum topic "God is de pending upon our service through love in every area of his Kingdom" which was well discussed by Rev. J. M. Newkirk, and Rev J. M. Mal lette brought out the thought that if you behave yourself the Holy Spirit will come where you are. need to keep up with the latest rec ommendations of our Experiment Station. Every farmer in Duplin County is invited to attend one or more of these meetings. A schedule of these meetings follows: Rockfish Com. Bldg. Thurs. Jan. 27. 7:30 p.m. Wallace School bldg. Tues. Feb. I, 7:30 p.m. Magnolia School bldg. Thurs. Feb 3, 7:30 p.m. Beulaville School, Fri. Feb. 4, 7:30 p.m. Rose Hill School, Tues. Feb. 8, 7:30 p.m. Chinquapin School, Wed. Feb. 9. 7:30 p.m. B. F. Grady School, Thurs. Feb. 10, 7:30 p.m. Outlaw's Bridge School, Fri. Feb. II, 7:30 p.m. Calypso School, Fri. Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m. La Place Com. Bldg. Tues. Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m. Faison School, Wed. Feb. 23 at 7:30 p. m. Warsaw School, Thurs. Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m. Kenansville Agri. Bldg. Fri. Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m. L. F. Weeks, County Agent cooperating with agri cultural teachers. Duplin Deputies Destroy Still a m m AkllnM tl riim ine ca urn re 01 ou-kmiwu liquor still Tuesday. Five barrels of ; masn ana two gaiions ox n wuwi- - i . iAia4 Im tha ralrl EU llUUUVk , - Deputy Perry Smith said Klvey 4 Huiiman, a nexrv, w i, y; ,, the ra"4 la ECO';''