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t VOLUME NUMBER k - - , i1 s,f 45 . .. A ' iii . Pictured above arc the officers off the Duplin Covin) v Hislr.rical Association discussing the Page ant plans with Sam Bvrd. The pic- SAM BYRD By: .1. It. GRADY MONDAY Sam Byrd arrived today Sam livid vv!io has written "The Duplin Story"., a two and one half hour drama depicting the his tory of Diiplin County for the past two hundred years. The drama will bo presented here in September beginning on the 22nd. ' The Duplin Story" is the highlight of Duplin's oi Centennial celebration. Duplin County was bevn in 1749. Well, as I started out to say, Sain arrived. tnl If oV. n " -.i,l.-l nil "Pat", but on seeing, the house they "rwere to occupy was not jusi quite ready, as he wished it, he just pass ed on through and spent the week end With his cousin Walter Cherry in Mount Olive and enjoyed a real old-fashioned Sunday dinner-with Iv-hia "Aunt Tootle", Mrs. M. C. S. , Cherrv. also of Mount Olive. Sr.m - told us he would come back Mon ' day. ' ' V Sam arrived Monday, not dtessed ; as'-one would expect to see a , Brcadwav star, producer and play- lwrrie. After having produced and played the star role 'in. 'Tobacco f . w.,i" nr Vik's' Great White fv CJJ -tr Way IAP 8. years,' his recollections, Awhile relaxing in Mount Olive on 'Sunday' must have carried him -. '.atk to the days when he was get- ting- all set for his premier of "To- 7' the-war-.Sam came into this siAall ( l ( Srtrthern, town in shirt sleeves, '. 'work pants and wearing working f r shoes. He sent for a couple of Ke t uarsvill's old time colored "Mammies" to clean up the now J vacant Presbyterian manse, the imte-belluito home of the late Dr. : James M. Sprunt, licadqnarters for C- the ; Duplin pageant and t Jiving . Vwftcrs foraml "Pat" and Rife, trflle rolled up (juV5lceves, his Jxpu- er legs and with "Aunt Emma" f Lirecting him, scrubbed the floors, .washed windows, washed doors, hauled off trash, connected VP an j j electric 'stove and a kerO-ene ofl I efri aerator. tVou know," one of '. Ihnca mlA fnt nnlintrv fnllr ' VU have to make a fire in it to make it freeze and manufacture ico.l Ho put up beds, swept floors and hun shades.- In between he BY JOHN HARVEY'FUBBAYiPHlDl . Among,thel8ubs Mutes nov,being used . totH icolinjJlce-skatingirlnKs the mostRcommonjiisVordinary photographer'sShyrSThisJchcrnj-? cul is spread (outfonthoground, or floor; and s'smoothedlouttwith tt hotlrohAWhcntitcools7feH makes ft tdry glossylsurfacenoij '(atine find', floes 'not'melt Jattor iry , if It I softer. i i- j "h!?. CE SKATING RINK5ARE NOT,ALWSlCEjLl!3j SEVENTEEN tare was taken In the courthouse here last February. Seated you see Sam Byrd and Mrs. I. D. Sandlin, Jr., secretary. Standing are John ARRIVES ate pears from the pear trect in the garden. He bought groceries, soap and powdtrs, brooms, dusters and mops. He stocked the kitchen ; nd the pantry shelves vith food to last four working people for two months of hard-down, concen trating work of selecting some three hundred actors and actreoses, an.l train'ng them in their parts for "The Duplin Story". He went over to the site of the 5000 scat amphitheati: that will be going up soon and gave it the the slant nd that Will form tne turf for the more than 50.000 spectators expected here on opening "lay, September 22nd ant' days fo'lowing. He glan ced at the number of weeds that will have to be removed and de cided that certain fences protect ing adjoining corn fields w'll have to come down. Sam found time to loiter around the Kenansville court house, drug store, post office and on the side walks to make himself known to ns new neighbors. No one stared at him. To the simple folk of Ke nansville ho was just a new. neigh bor come to town. Someone gave him a quirt of ker isone to start the if ire-burning refrigerator An other took, him into his horns and Kitchen, while the wife was ironing, for a slice of cold water melon. The Judge of our county court, Robert West, took him to Jones' Cafe for lunch. About five o'clock this afternoon 1 went around to the Sprunt House, situated in an old oak grove on a buff overlooking Kenansville's an cient landmark, the 'Spring, and found Sam sitting on the back porch steps, enjoying the late after noon breee.w Although yet some weeks before fall, the atmosphere had a iinglfi ot Jndian. -Summer 4n it. ''Cousin Robert" he said, (no I'm not his cousin, just a favorite expression of his) "I like this place. It's quiet, cool and comfortable here. It makes you want, to be lazy and makes you want to work. It ren mds me of place t visited CONTINUED ONBACK L vnth;.;- r ;:r - ti : Villus 'JywnEr4 .''-. ..!,'. , " - ...... . . i KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA hikes, publicity chairman, Gilbert Alphin, president, and tX. F. Allen, treasurer. Hog Growers Ass'n Formed Duplin county farmers have or ganized the Duplin County Pure Bred Hog Growers Association The new association scheduled a sale and sot the dates as September 15 or 22. J. V. Smith of Beulaville was elected president. Other officers are J. M. Holland, Mt. Olive, vice president; and Ralph Barwick ot Magnolia, secretary. Lacy Weeks, Duplin Courty Agent, who preMdelayej.the meet ing which began in his-office, sta ted that between 15 and 20 hogs were consigned to the sale which will probably be held in Wallace. Variety of breeders included in ihe new organization embraces Du roc Jerseys, Poland China,' Spotted Poland China-and New Hompshire. School Opening Dales Set For August 18 Or 25 The Coui.ty Board of Education has decided to permit each District Committee te select one of the fol lowing opening and closing detes for the year 1949-1950: . Open August 18; Close May 10 Open August 25; Close May 17. Schools will close two days tor Thai ksgiving, seven school days for Christmas and one school day for Easter. Help Vets The-American Legion Poet -will assist all Duplin veterans in apply ing for their National Service Life insurance dividends." ' : Man Does Not Bite Dog Man bites dng is news; therefore, when a man rims over an automo bile, that should be news, too. And, particularly so when police are try ing to find a statute under which they can indict the man. l-vse Garlsnd I'ar'a-d, 20-year-old Chinquapin negro, ran sraaci into the side of a 1949 Plymouth, belonging to and driven by Gar land Murphy of Jacksonville, on a street there Tuesday afternoon, larland escaped with a skinned el bow and a bruised hip. But the automobile the front door was knocked in, the glass broken and Ihe rear fender dented. And Murphy suffered a skinned elbow. To make matters worse. Murphy's insurance on lhe cSr was for lia bii'ly on v. and 'ie feels Karland should pay the damages. But police are undecided tinder which statute they can indict Farland. They have c.'.'led Recorder's Court Solicit A. Turner Shaw, but he hasn't luled as yet. Voting Places For The Quota Referendum Saturday TIME: 7:00 A. FRONT y ALBERTSON - Holt's Store CYPRESS CREEK - Lanier's School CHINQUAPIN - Quinn's Store FAISON - Faison Town Hall CALYPSO - H. B. Kornegay's Store GLISSON - Scott's Store LOCKLIN - Hanchey's Store CHARITY - D. B. Teachey's Gtore WALLACE. - Wallace- ovmJIall KKNANSVILLE - A&jttti Building " Rhones Chapel Church Will Hold First Horce Coming Sunday By: PAUL BARWICK. JR. The first Home Coming Day in the history of Rhones Chape! Meth odist Circuit Church, located abotu three miles east of Mt. Olive, will be held at the church on Sunday, July 24. The pastor, Rev. W. E. Wilson, said that the church was especially inviting .til former Mem bers and friends of the church to attend the Home Coming. A special progra.ii will be prepared for the day starting at 10 o'clock and con tinuing until dinner. Dinner will be served on the grounds at 1 O'clock. Committees which have been ap Tobacco Price Support Set At 42.5; 1.4 Less Than Last Year Grower prices of the 1940-orop flue-cured tobacco will be support ed by the government at an ave rage of 42.5 cents a pound. The Department of Agriculture announ ced the figure Friday. . Last year's crop was supported at an average of 43.9 cents. The support rates this year range from nine cents for nondescript grades to 70 for top grades. FRIDAY, JULY IBfh., 1949 Corwin S. Rife, Technical Director Of "The Duplin Story" CORWIN RIFK Tobacco Marketing M. to 7:00 P. M. MAGNOLIA - L. M. Sanderson's Store HALLSVfLLE - At Hal!.svi"e BEULAVILLE - Mrs. Lula Quinn Parker's Store CEDAR FORK - At Cedar Fork ROCKFISil - Rockfish Conmiun- ity Buildiny ROSEhUL - Rosehill Town Hall SMITH - Freely Smith Swre CABIN - Roy Kennedy's..Store WARSAW - Warsaw Town Hal! VVOLFSCRAPE - Gilbert Alphin';; Store. pointed in preparation lor the Home Coming are: program, Mi,; Belle Grady; invitation, Mrs. S. D. Hudson; publicity, Aldine Whit field; church preparation, Mrs. Har vey Carter, Mrs Leon Whitfield; registration. Mrs. Russell Whitfield; decoration, Mrs. Preston Wells Mrs. Jarvis Carter; ushers, Preston Wells, Jr., II. C. Lewis, Cleborn Stevens; ground and table, Billy Farmer, Ehvood Underhill, Emmett Kornegay; parking, Clyde Stevens Woodard Davis; dinner, Woman's Society of Christian Service; and special equipment, Preston Wells Sr. Untied tobacco will be eligiLle for support prices at four cents a pound below that for corresponding rates of tied tobacco. The government has supported tobacco prices every year since 19-3b. I ' 'WW ..tiled h, v -v. VT v j 2..( and 2-1 111 t i-f ftV, t'epic; II ', I ' A- V j I 'iimlv ini( ) ; II"- "" Arrives; Begins Work By: EMORY SADI.l'.R The arrival ot Mr. and Mrs. Cor win Kile here last Tuesday threw e machinery for staging Th Duplin Story" into high gear. Mr. Rife. Technical Director, of '.uo Dock Street Theatre. Charleston. S. C . is on ie ,ve of absence from :t tlieatre mi thai he mav act a.. Technical I), ret lor for "The Du- pajcan! to he pre .1 September 22nd, "The Duplin Story" ' histnry of lHiplin ! . I'litiPdiRK in 1749. -nd producer of ". hjs been here : Satiinby. The Kites and i! ai . ..i. k i ii i their head In tlr.' i'le.djytcrian manse ilnl eel.iiunl home located ii'il'i! .i ove far bark froi.i een Technical Di ,i! the D.iek Street Theatre l.'llti lie , for'nerly asro .ifii rie K.."awl,a Players ' V , . the Kalama . .,i:i Park Tlioalre i and the N'ash- yii'e !'!jiii-, i. y Theatre. La.si j ..! .! , , ',,est director at She DflH-e School ill I CounU Hi' (,. rado University Ire. The Dujilin Association and the pc( k of Dtij-Sin are very for tunate i:i obtainin'-' the services of one si, eminently qualified by ab ility and t., er. ence ic handle tho technical problems incident to the staging of "The Duplm Sl..ry". Mr. Rife is now preparing to begin work on the eight scenes to be used in the two-ad. eight huh? drama. While still in Charleston Mr. Rife designed ;,hd drew the plans for the amphitheatre to be built here and will direct its con struction. Tnc amphitheatre is de signed to scat more than five thousand people. Mrs. Rife. wi:n has appeared in musical comedies at the Cair, Park Tncalre. Cleveland, and re ceived tiiealrical training at the Cleveland I'lav house, will lend a helping hand to both Mr. Rife and Mr. Byrd. Mrs. Rife also studied under Lila Robeson of the Metro politan Opera. Mrs. Idle says that at the monien' she is very busy being a good housev. ile. However, come re-hearsal time, her talent and exponent', '.ill he imieh in demand. To Washington The li'lh'w in.; left Ki-n:in.-vilU yesterday for Washington Ci'.." where they have an appointment at the While llou.-c with President Truman Friday afternoon: (iilbert Alphin, M. F. Allen. O P. .lo'inson, Mrs. J. D. Sandlin, ,!i', A. C. Hall, and Sam Byrd. In Washington they will be joined bv Dr. and Mrs. John D. Rohii.Mjn and .Inoge and Mrs. Henry L. Stevens, .Senators Clyde Hoty and Frank Graham and Congressman Graham A. Barden. They will extend an invitation to President Truman to attend the Duplin Bi-cenkoinial celebration in September. Governor Scott, Senator Frank Graham, and Dr. J. H. Hilton, dean of agriculture at State College, ire among speakers slated to address boys and girl.s during State 4-H Club Week, August 1-5. in CI,;.,-;, No. 29 r WALTER C. FISHER Qui enston, Ontario, Canada, is he new president of The Interna tional Association of Lions Clubs, Lions International). He was elect- d by unanimous vote at the 32nd annual convention of the Associa tion which closed at Madison Square garden, New ork on July 21. Fisher succeeds Dr. Eugene S. Briggs of Enid, Okla. Warsaw Firms Help Furnish Manse The Duplin Times wishes to ex press its appreciation to two firms in Warsaw and one in Kenansville for so generously lending furniture and appliances to be used in fur nishing the Presbyterian Manse in Kenansville. The manse has been rented by the Duplin Historical Association as headquarters for the Pageant. "The Duplin Stf"". Sam T....rl n r - - . . -y I U C1MU UdUgllLCI ETJ'J ,gjir' ' and Mrs. uorwin Kile will maxb -Jn their home in the building for the duration of the celebration. The building was not furnished and through the efforts of Bob Grady, Leslie Brown, of the War taw Furniture Co., loaned mat tresses and springs for beds loaned by G S. Best and the Quinn-Mc-Gowcn Furniture Company. Quinn McGowen also loaned chairs and tables. P.iid Ingram of the Duplin Mer cantile Company in Kenansville loaned an electric cook stove and a kerosene burning refrigerator. GUTS TICKET NUMBER ONE Ticket No. 1 on the "The Duplin Story" has been purchased by O. P. Johnson and sent to Wm. Rand Kenan of New ork, a ten thousand dollar donor to the Kenan Memorial Auditorium. DtOODSHED BOXSCORE ON H . C. HIGHWAYS BO SCORK Killed July 12 thru 15 9 Injured luly 12 thru 15 9-i Killed to date? 401 Killed to date in 1948 341 Injured to date 4,564 Injured to date 1944 3,687 Killed July 16 thru July 18 8 Injured July 16-18 96 Killed to date 409 Killed to date in 1949 353 Injured to dae 4,660 Injured to date 1949 3,774 : ( IT T!"3 two htifre fireplaces at Cie new r! I' e!' 'jT' n et t" A
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