.FRIDAY, JULY Cl K
THE DUPLIN TltinO
:nai;gville, nqstii Carolina
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- By: A. T. OUTLAW
Irt the County courtroom are por
trait of several of DupUn'a dis
tinguished sons. They have been
placed In the room at various times,
one and two at a time, during the
past thirty-five years. Most of them
were painted by Mrs. Marshall Wil
liams (nee Mary Lyde Hicks), of
Faison, who is a talented artist and
one of North Carolina's most no-t.-vhl
women. In most of the cases
the placing of the portraits was b
order or request from the County
authorities. Numerous persons, in
nnrl out of the County, have asked
the question: "Who are these men
(portrait's) and what about them?"
The followlna biographical sketch
es, in the same order as the por
traits on the wall, looking iroin
left to right, will answer that .ques
tion.
Colonel THOMAS STEPHEN
KENAN, son of Sarah Rebecca
(Graham) and Major Owen Rand
.Kenan, was born in Duplin, Feb
ruary 12, 1838. He was well edu
cated, became a lawyer and started
the practice of his profession in
Kenansville about the year 1360.
In the beginning of the Civil War
he promptly volunteered his serv
ices to the Confederacy and bore
an honorable part in many cam
paigns and hard fought battles,
u. u hajiv wnnnded and captur
ed at Gettysburg and remained a
prisoner until the close of the war.
He was Colonel of the Forty-third
North Carolina Regiment. After Uie
war he resumed the practice of his
profession and represented tho
rot in hi State House of Com
mons during the sessions of 1865
ioi!(! nnrine the vear 1868 he
oiiu - - .... r
was an unsuccessful candidate for
Congress. About the year ibos ne
i in wiVsnn and served as
' ' '
Mayor for sometime and was then
elected Attornew-General of North
Carolina in which capacity he ser
ved with ability and distinction
from January, 1877, to January,
1885. On March 1. 1886, he becan:
Clerk of the State Supreme Court
and was serving in that capacity at
the time of his death wnicn ocl-
rort nn December 21, 1911.
Reverend JAMES MENZIES
SPRUNT D. D.. 'on of Chrisfiana
(McDonald) and Laurence Sprunt,
was born In Perthshire, tland
January 14, 1818. He was liberally
educated in Scotland, came to Am
erica and located in Duplin about
the year 1840. He taught school at
Hallsville and Richlands. He then
i Dtae!HanpV of tne
Grove Academy at Kenansville
where he served for a pw
about fifteen years anu -
dent of Kenansville Seminary in-
Ik. Kooinnine of tne (Jivu "
About the year 1848 he
didatejornhe "
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rsXlnMay:i8EandServed
ectea vyuov""" , , t - B
North Carolina Regiment in ti e
Conflate Army. After the war
he resumed his work as a pastor
" a snnh for the bfi-
nastoral work ne seivcu -r-
KyasRegUterofDeeds rom
July,v1865, to about the year 1881.
Five of the men whose portraits
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erace tie - -
B i...t k him at the old
were iaue"1 " "
Grove Academy. There is a marble
plate to his memory In the old
Grove church. Doctor Sprunt died
at his home in Kenans
x n 1 OOA
. professor BENJAMIN TOAKK;
UN GRADY, son of Anne (Sloan)
and Captain Alexander Outlaw
horn near Sarecta, in
Duplin, October 10, 1831 He was
highly educated. Soon after his
graduation at the State University
he located in iexa . M .
mathematics and nat-
" ural science in Austin College, at
.horo he served for
- some time. In the beginrdng of toe
7 .. ..ArnntiT volunteered
his services to the Confederacy and
- enlisted in Company K, Twenty-
- n i -f totm Cavalry, ana
. nun neisiii.. - 't it
served a times as a sergeant. It
la said that he declined offers of
promotion, preferrlwfto be a plain
soldier. While in service U this
. " . . in ...itv, vnhniil
btate ne uecanw ju v- --
fever and remained in Peace Insti.
tute- nospttal at Ealeigh until the
" close of the war. After th war he
returned to his home county, IV
aumed toi work as a teacher and
was elected and served as Super
' lntendent of Schools from the year
1881 util elected as a member of
' ' Congress. In that capacity be se r
ved from March 4, 1891, to March
9, 1895, when he again resumed Ms
work as teacher and continued
' in that work for the balance of his
life. A handsome high school bulld
i ...I, icnrneffav's bridge bears
his name. Professor Grady died at
his home in Clinton, March 6. 1914
n. TrorM mtt.T.ER FAISON. son
of Martha W. (Hicks) and DqctorJ
Henry W, Faison, was oorn near
Falsoft, in Duplin. April 17, 1882.
H attended Faison Male Academy
a n,Ai,ntoA At Davidson Col-
AI1U. mum (
lege. He studied medicine at the
University of Virginia ana comii
cd t postgraduate medical course
at New York Polyclinic in 1885
,h.h h nrnmntlv commen
ced the practice of his profession
hl hn-a onmmunltV. FOT many
years he visited the sick and afflic
years he was a memDer oi me
County and State Democratic Exe-
initivc Committees and served as
Chairman of the Board of County
Commlrsloners from tne year lUb
to 1910. During the year 1910 he
was the Democratic candidite for
Congress from the Third Congress
ional District and was elected by
a large majority. In that capacity
he served from March 4, iii, to
March 3, 1915, when he returned to
the practice of his profession and
riled within a short time at his
hnme In Faison. Aorll 21. 1915.
Lnneral STEPHEN MILLER, Son
of Winifred (Whitfield) and Col
onel Stephen Miller, was born near
Miller's bridge, In Duplin; Novem
ber 15, 1793(5). He was highly edu
cate, studied law and qu'kly be
.omo a lender in that orofessinn.
He reoresented the County in the
State House of Commons in the
vears 1823, 1824, 1825, and in the
State Senate, years 1826, 1828, 18
aa 1R30 and 1831. He was the au
thor of an Act to estab'isn oia
Bethel Aoadcmy awd served as one
of the original trustees of that in
stitution and also as a trustee of
the Hannah Moore Academy. Both
institutions were in his section of
the County. For several years just
prior to and after the year 1833 he
served the State as Solicitor of the
Second Judicial Circuit which at
that time included several of the
o,oin eniinties. It is often said
that his duties were discharged
with firmness and ability and with
great credit to hfmself and the
State. He was also an officer in
the State militia and his tomb in
he Episcopal cemetery in Talla
hassee, Florida, bears his miliUry
t'tle. General Miller died while on
f visit to his brjther in Flo-ida,
March 15, 1841.
Colonel WILLIAM ANDERSON
ALLEN, son of Elizabeth (Harri
son) and Reynolds Allen, was born
in Wake County. April 29, 1825.
After completing his education he
studied law and was admitted to tne
bar. He represented Wake County
in the State House of Commons.
About the year 1858 he located in
Duplin for the practice of law and
heroine a leader in his profession.
He served as Solicitor in the County
Court and was a Presidential elec
tor in the vear 1860. In the begin
ning of the Civil War he entered
the service of the Confederacy ana
hnre am honorable part in that
struggle. He was Captain of Com
pany C, Lieutenant-Colonel ana
Colonel in the Fifty-first North
Carolina Reeiment. After the war
he resumed the practice of his
profession at Kenansville. He was
a member of the State Constitution
al Convention of 1865 and repre
sented Duplin as a member ot the
State Senate in the years 1H68,1
1870 and 1872. About the year 1P80
he located in Goldsboro and contin
ued the practice of his profession.
He died at his home in that city
during the year 1884.
Reverend JOHN DICKSON
STANFORD, son of Martha Was
ington (Dickson) and Alexand t
Torranc Stanford, was born about
two miles south' of Kenansville,
March 12, 18ii3.Aftor completing
his education ne stuaiea law ana
was admitted to the bar. He loca
ted in Kenansville .for the prac
tice of law about the year 1856.
He represented the Couiity as a
member of the State House of
Commons in the year 1858 and
from that time, with a few Inter
missions, he was a member of
either the State House of Com
mons or the State Senate for a
period of twenty-eight yetrs. It is
said that he narticularlv interested
In the State's institutions and tha
welfare nf the Confederate soldier.
About the year 1885 he gave up
ho nractiee of law. became a rres-
byterian minister and continued in
Hint work for the remainder of his
life. His grandfather, Rev. Samuel
Stanford, had been a leading min
ister and educator in Duplin County
for more than thirty years. As a
mlnicter JnVin Ti Stanford orga
nized several churcfies in Duplin
and other counties. He died at his
home in Kenansville, January 24,
1901. His tomb bears the title oi
his favorite hymn:' "We will meet
in that sweet by and by".
Tantain iVILLTAM JAMES HOU
STON. son of Elizabeth Anne (Wil
kinson) and Samuel Houston, was
i.orn near Kenansville in the year
1823. After completing his edu
cation he studied law, was admitted
to the bar and located in his home
town for the practice of his profes
sion about the year 1850. During
the vear 1853 h2 was elected Soli
citor of the County Court and ser
ved in that capacity until July term,
1854, when he resigned to become
a member of the State House of
Commons. He served also as a
member of the State Senate, sess
ions nf 1856 and 1858. During the
first year 1859 he became a State
Solicitor of the Second Judicial
District and served in that capa
city until about the beginning of
the Civil War. It is said that his
eloquence usually -attracted large
crowds to the courtroom. In tne
hesinnine of the war he promptly
volunteered his services to the
Confederacy. He was Captain of
Company I, Ninth North Carolina
navalrv Reeiment. and has bean
described as a brave and fearless
leader. He was killed in battle near
Ashby's Gap or Upperville, in Vir
einia. June 21. 1863. The Duplin
Superior Court minutes contains
.a lenghty resolution of regret con
cerning his death.
Reverend .JOHN
STALLINGS, D. D., son of Mary
(Sandlln) and Rev. Hiram Mailings,
was born at HallaviUe. February
10, 1832. After completing his edu
cation at the State University he
studied law, was admitted to tht
bar and located at Kenansville for
the practice of his profession about
he vmt 1R.V7. Durlnx his first year
as a lawyer he was elected Solicitor
of the County .Court ana iune
arvaH Solicitor In the State
Court In the absence of the regu'ar
Solicitor. During the year laou ne
run a i-omilArlv ordained m l mlnU-
"
ler in the Baptist cnurcn inn u
.ears he was both a lawyer and a
mtniotor At the dose oi tne U1V1I
War he organized and directed the
- nnii Pol I re and rendered valu-
. his umiiw in the neonle of IJUPlin
rtnuntv throueh that organization.
He was a member of the State
Constitutional Convention oi i?o
K,.f tv. voir 1 RR4 he Cave UP
the nrnnHre of law Altd devoted hlS
full time to educational and minis
terial work. He moved from iu-
niin ahmit the year 1886 and as
Fumed the Presidency of Thomas-
ville Female College, At tne same
time he served as pastor for a num
ber of churches in the Piedmont
ceetinn and as Moderator oi 'ne
south Yadkin Baptist Association
for a period of about eighteen.
years. Doctor Stalllngs died in
Salisbury, February 2, 1913. Stal
lings Memorial Baptist Church In
Salisbury, honors his name.
Pink Hill Church
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FIRST -CITIZENS BANK & TRUST CO.
AS OF THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS JUNE 30, 1949
PINK HILL, N.C.
Resources:
Cash in Vaults and Due from Banks ' $ 27,554,564.90
U. S. Government Securities $40,880,190.24
(Direct and fully guaranteed)
Federal Housing Authority Obliga
tions, Federal Intermediate Cred
it Banks and Federal Home Loan
Bank. Debentures 2,112,468.09
State Bonds 6,727,499.75
Municipal Bonds 11,572,110.82
Federal Land Bank Bonds and
Other Marketable Securities 4,672,998.60 65,971,267.50
Accrued Interest 398,136.50
Loans and Discounts 31,723,205.95
Banking Houses, Furniture and Fixtures and Build
ding Sites Less Depreciation 649,409.22
Commercial Building Corporation Stock 1.00
(Cost $105,000.00)
Other Assets - 6.00
- (6 parcels of Real Estate carried at $6j0O
' Appraised Value $16,500.00)
$126,296,591.07
Capital Stock Preferred $200,000.00
j, ' Common 800,000.00 1,000,000.00
.Surplus 5,000,000.00 r
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uncuviaea rronra jl4o,ouo.
Reserve A
Reserve A
ifl PnafprrpH Stock Retirement Fund
C Accrued and Unearned Interest.
Taxes, Insurance and Other Keserves
deposits :
200,000.00
, "3,679,170.92
116,289,114.67
A $126,296,591.07
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