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VOLUME NUMBER SEVENTEEN
KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
FRIDAY, AUGUST 5th., 1949
No. 32
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A COLLEGE FOR DUPLIN?
By J. R. GRADY
: 7 y ; Its time td begin thinking about Du
.. : :" plin tomorrow, post-war adjustments are
; bringing on many changes in this com
plex, uncertain world. In every field of
, movements change seems to be in order.
We either are going forward or going
backward. The world is moving towards
Communism, Totalitarianism, or putting
the acid lest on Democracy and free liv
ing. It is accepted by all thinking people
y that Democracy is the result of liberated
J thinking, of forward movement towards
a time when all people will have equal op
portunities for all has been the theme of
- American Democracy. The growth arid
expansion of our Democracy is a direct re-
- - suit of education. The children of Ameri
OajHave been given public schools. The
ypx step.' in education in America was
; the parochial or church school. Many
were taught in homes and private schools.
As fast as conditions would permit the
Little Red Schoolhouse came into being.
The three months school soon vanished
- in favor of the seven months school. From
that state we moved forward into the four
r years of high school. From the few scat
tered high schools we moved forward into
the consolidated high schools of today,
ending, we hope for all time, the Little
Red Schoolhouse. In just the past few
years in North Carolina we have added
1 the ninth month and the twelfth grade.
', f A college education is a worthy goal
u' for every child but the number actually
attending. college is small. Higher edu
'f cation must of necessity be carried to the
'. students if the average person is to hold
, his place in the growing economy and so
cial development of our civilization.
Duplin County has long been noted
forits interest in education.' Though we
have no colleges in our midst most of us
were brought up in homes that recognize
" the value of education and if we did not
- receive an overload we did have instill
: - ed in us the iportance'of the proper train
ing to the extent that we want our child--ren
to receive the very best opportunities
possible.
The jump from the rural high school
of today to college is too wide a gap. It
" " places an undue burden on the rural
child 'when he or she has to compete in
our colleges with graduates of city sys
terns. To be sure plenty of our high
school graduates do compete well and
outshine many city graduates but they
must do so at a disadvantage.
' f . When consolidation was first ap
proached there arose the cry that to con
solidate our schools would destroy the
community life and spirit. The Little Red
Schoolhouse was the center of commun
ity life. So it was. The Little Red School
house was finally destroyed but the com
munity carried on. It not only is the back
bone of the nation but it is the very foun
dation of our institutions. Duplin County
is not a county of large cities and may it
never be so. Duplin is inherently rural.
Its people are children of the soil and Of
nature. Duplin County is one among the
thousands of counties in the United States
that points the way to a stable life and
, economy. The educated child in Duplin
' today will become the leader of the world
- tomorrow. ',
,: As the curtain" rings down on our
first two hundred years of history and
"The Duplin Story" prepares to open the
t , first act of the third century it is appro-
- priate that we give serious thought to our
educational problems." That we approach
them in the light of progress with a view,
to bettering conditions in every respect,-'
The Times believes that a step of utmost
i .importance, is now at hand. It has beeri
J suggested . that , a movement get under '
f way toward this end, that is: "'- . . ,
A Senior High School be set up in :-'
the county seat,' comprising,:. we'll say;: . "
the 11th and 12th grades; a complete
coursein r1cu.lture and mechanical '
, siiiiiiiiiiiiiipiiili
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A Suggestion To Our Churches
On Wednesday, July 20th Tidi
Water Power Company installed a
Fisher-Pierce Photo-Electric Cell
Control, above, which automatically
controls the street lighting circuit
for the town of Beulaville. This cir
cuit is one of the mo-t modern,
up-to-the-minute units in North
Carolina. Only two or three cities
have installed one as yet, reports
Ralph Applewhite, District Mana
ger of Tide Water. The sun rays
control the cell which operates a
relay, cutting the lights on 20 min
utes after sunset and cutting them
off 20 minutes before sunrise.
Cloudy days have no effect on the
rays that activate the cell.
In the picture above, taken at
the time of Installation, you see,
from left to right: Cecil Brown,
Stokley Bostic, Mayor, Ralph Ap
plewhite, District Manager for Tide
Water, and I. J. Sandlin, Jr. On tha
pole, linesman Joe B. Lee.
Twenty-seven new 800 lumen
street lights were recently installed
in the town.
List Jurors County
Court Sept. Term
The following named persons
were drawn to serve as Jurors for
Duplin County Court - September
Term, 1949:
J. H. Sanderson. J. D. Ro' inson
James Wells; L. B. Mathews, Troy
Cole, Herman Bishop, H. D. Pick
ett, Lewis A. Westbrook, Robert
Best, L.-W. Jones, James M. Mills,
A. D. Ingram, Mrs". Jennie Hardi
son, Robert E. Turner, Walter Lee,
r n Nnrria. J. R. Halo. Offie
Hill, M. T. Tucker, Lewis Ray West,
T. T. Harrell, E. F. Sheffield, Her
bert Kornegay, and M. L. Davis.
Former Governor
Ehringhaiis Dies
. J. C. B. Ehringhaus, North Caro
lina's depression governor, died un
expectedly at his suite in a Ral
eigh hotel Sunday night at 7:30
The prominent political figure, 67
years old, died in his chair after
complaining of feeling faint. HU
wife was with him at the time.
A native-of northeastern North
Carolina, Mr. Ehringhaus was elec
ted jgovernor in November, 1932,
in the midst of the country's great
est economic depression, and dur
ing the next three years of ex
tremely "tight" financing, he kept
the state's money problems on an
even keel, despite the sizeable de
ficit his administration Inherited..
Funeral services were held in
Raleigh Tuesday morning. Ha was
buried in an Elizabeth City ceme
tery. ', , j v '
Specialist In County
Mr. Rail W. Turner. Farm Man
agement Specialist with Farmers
Home Administration of Raleigh,
spent Wednesday and Thursday,
July 20 and 21, in Duplin observing
progress farmers In the countv are
making In improving farm practices
nd farm enterprises. While Mr,
Turner was in the county, he took
a series of colored pictures on var
ious farms illustrating the progress
that is being made. " . ' ,"
Mr Turner also assisted county
supervisor' Marlon C. Holland, of
the FHA, and farmers in selecting
areas for alfalfa and iadlno clover
pastures, v , . ; v;;j
Tent Revival
. ; There is an old fashioned tert
wvival now in progress 4'S miles
from Warsaw ana 3 miles rr
, at TV
By: J. R. GRADY
It has been suggested that tin
ministers of every church in Du
plin County, colored as well as
white, pliin a historical program in
each of their churches some time
between now and the dates of the
Pageant, September 22, 23, and 24
If they find it impossible to cover
all churches by Pageant dates plan
to carry on the program after tha
Pageant is over.
As one expressed it there are
hardly, any of the younger genera
tion who know little about about
the founding and establishing of
their particular church. In fact the
ministers themselves may not know
just when their respective churches
wore first established, whether or
not they are using the same build
ing used by the first congregation;
who was the moving spirit behind
the organization; the total number
of members ennllcd since the first
meeting; and many other items and
events of history. It would do well
to devote one whole hour pwgram
to the historical background and
growth of the church. Such a pro
gram will b: timely and fitting to
the two hundredth anniversary
celebration of our county.
Readers of this article are asked
to bring this matter to the atten
tion of their churches and other
churches who may not know ot
the suggestion.
The Editor of the Times would
iike to hear from the ministers
. ver the county on this idea and
would like to print their sermons
in some issue of the Times. All of
them put together in one issue
would present an interesting ac
count of religious work in Duplin
during the past 200 years. The labor
required of each minister in the re
search work would not be too bur
densome and published collectively
in one issue would almost qualify
as a brief church history of Duplin
County. Let us hear from you ministers.
4-H Junior Club Members Attend
Camp At Milestone This Week
Forty-five junior 4-H club mem
bers from all parts of Duplin a e
attending Camp at Mile?tons Rocks
this week. The group left Monday
morning and expect to return on
Saturday.
While at camp, they will have
special instructions in swimming,
recreation, handicraft and marks
manship. The camp has excellent
facilities for all types of recreation
Miss Alta Lawson, Assistant
Home Demonstration Agent, and
Lacy F. Weeks, County Farm Agen:
accompanied the group to Camp,
Also Miss Annie Laurie Rivenbark
from Wallace, and Joe Quinn from
Kenansville went along as luaders.
Seven County Clubs Attending
4-H Short Course This Week
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Seven "Ouplin County, 4-H Ciub
members left Kenansvifto Monday
morning to attend a 4-H Short
Course in Raleigh. They were ac
companied by Mr. V. H. Reynolds,
Assistant County Far.ntti m. They
were looking forward to n vei in
teresting and helpful pioyi.ni:
Members from Duplnl attrnrlin?
the Short Course arc: Evelyn Davis
and Dorothy Eason of Warsaw; W
L. Miller and Bobby Miller of Beu
laville; Dick Cording of Wallace;
Mary Lou Hill of Kaison- anJ
rilainc iijislcr of Hose Hill.
Fliiinc Kogislcr vill rr.lr, llv
Stale Or. ; !. v.:.' nn;t,',l. ami
i)ifk C'oivl.ii will .'let I I'.ui-y
lJro;ltl. lio.i I)i'm:oii 'i;ilii-:i ro:ile-l
Boys and Gjrl; Make Mone
Picking Up Pine Tree Cones
t
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The Department of Observation!
and Development, Division of For
estry, is in need of pine seed to ful-1
fill the demand for nine seedlings
from our nurseries. i ,
The Whiteville District would like
to see young jlrls and boys who
live near logging operations, or
who have pine trees in their yards,
collect pine cones. Vou young peo
ple are being asked td collect Lob
lolly cones (short straw), and Long-
leaf cones (long straw), and you
will be paid $130 to $1.50 for Lob
lolly and $.75 to $l.fW for Long-
leaf per bushel. These cores are
usually collected around October l,
and you can tell when the seed is
ripe, which are inside the cone, by
putting one or two cones in No. 10
diesel oil. The ripe cone will float.
You can also tellby the yellowish
brown color of cones, and on open
ing show the seeds and wings to
be brown. Still another way is to
collect rones when the squirrels
aic ''titling tliein flown. RememDer
lli:i! I he seed ale inside the cone,
and tie want the seed to be inside
the (" ii." when you collect them.
Aft " you have collected your
cones, put them in a cool place,
and keep them spread out, lliis
will keep the cones from opening
and prevent the loss of seed. As
soon as vou have collected all you
can, notify Mr. Ralph Miller, Beu
laville, yo-ir County Forc' Warden
giving him your name and address
and he will Dick up the cones and
you will receive your check in about
a week.
Remember, we are going to de
pend yn you young folks to collect
these cones foi us, and in the long
run, help to make out State one
of the most beautiful, and il will
bring posterity to us as a lum
ber producing State.
Local Breeding Association
Has 5000 Visitors Since Jan. I
?When' Southeastern Artificial
Breeding Association of , Afiheville
began operations on January 1, 19
48, very little public!!? was given
to the beginning of i tremendous
breeding . program through artifi
cial insemination. However, after
several weeks tho public manifes
ted an enthusiastic Interest in this
'-;;'i n' ji -i j.
program and tha stud itself, and
Southeastern'' was soon rec6ivlng
requests for appointments to wit
ness the entire operation of the
stud and ah' opportunity to look
over the fine Proved Sires, housed
in a modern barn. There has been
as many as ,200 visitors In cortain
groups who came' 'from.; far and
near in private1 cars' ant chartered
buses. tex'. kdfcS ".-"..V '-.
$o aWtiere tiavjs Tteenjpprox
liriately $.000 persons who have vis
ited the Asheville Stud - representa
tives from 35 states, f. C, Canada,
China, Cuba Italy WrtWenezuela.
Southeastern is proud to have been
host to these visitors and extends
a corrli.il invltn'i"i toone and all
i it" . !, i hips soman
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mel.
The Coastal Artificial Breeding
Association, Inc., is. ohe of the 19
associations that is servicing dairy
farmers in this area with semao
from thetee High Index Proved
Sires at the regular Insemination
charge.
Opening Prices On Border Belt Shows
Decline of $2 to 14; Fair To Choice
We're Late
The publisher of the Times
regrets the necessity of getting
out so late this time but things
beyond our control made it
necessary.
Lloyd Mercer, our pressman,
was taken sick over the week
end, probably from the hot
weather last week, and was not
able to return to work during
the week. A new helper sched
uled to come in Monday taried
to get relieved from his job to
begin work on Thursday but
could not convenieutly do so.
This is the first time In his
tory of the Times that we fail
ed to get out on time due to
labor shortage and let's hope
it will be the last.
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The REV. O. KELLY INGRAM
pastor of the Rrwln Methodist
Church, who is serving as district
supervisor for Cumberland, Duplin.
Hoke. Jiihiisl.nt f-!.in!M.ii and
Wayne reunlii s in the CROP
Friendship Food Train comctioii.
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Ii. v (I Kelly liu'iain. pastor :)f
i he Kr,'A Methodist Church, i.s
,.ne of the 17 Noilh Carolinians
erx inq :.s- a d. ti iel supei vis r for
I he Christian Kur.il Ovoisoas Pro
ram in North Carolina, il v 'is an
.iiiuihed lod.iy by I.. Y B:ll'nl;n,
oniiiiis aoner it Agriculture and
l..te chairman of the N. C CROP
Com miltee.
The Kee. Mr. Insrani will be m
rharg." of iinaiii'.ation in a si
eounty area which takes in Cumber
land Duplin, Hoke, Johnston. Simp
son and Wayne counties. His duties
will include setting up county orga
nisational meet'iur; aiding county
officers., and assisting in organiza
tion on the piiininunity level.
According to the announeeinen .
cotton, wheat, corn, peanuts, soy
beans, and dairy products will be
sought for the 194i CROP Friend
ship Food Train in North Carolina
The tentative campiUn schedule
calls for intensive collection in the
fall and for completed county orga
nization by early September.
CROP foods and fibers ire ship
ped overseas at government ex
pense. At overseas ports the con
tributed goods are turned over for
distribution to" the established
church relief agencies which are
prepared to make it available to
the neediest in Europe and Asia.
CHOI' foods have, this year, been
ii;,ed in supplementing the food
supplies of church hospit ils, or
.ihanases and homes for the aged.
They have also made possible
iiool lunch programs lor under
nourished youngsters and the con
tinuation of camps and homes
where seriously undernourished
children are restored to health.
Court Of Honor
The Duplin County District ot the
Boy Scouts of America will hold
Its regular Court of Honor Monday
tfight, Aug. 8 at 8 o'clock in the
Warsaw High School gym. Twelve
neighboring troops will be repre
sented. John Fonvielle, County Advancs
meht Chairman, will be in charge
of the meeting. Lee Brown is leader
fgr local troop No. 20, of Warsaw,
which has 30 members. .;
.! ; - , i i m:y ;
'sgt. c Warren O. Whaley of the
9ftnth Air Base Sauadron. Pope
Air Force Base, has been honorably
-linrffed from the U. S. Air force
. i er ' or of the Medical Service,
i in V ' r-'"'n v !"i !e
Lower average prices by grades
and heavy volume characterized
opening sales Tuesday on the South
Carolina and Border North Carolina
flue-cured tobacco markets as com
pared witli first sales day in 1D48.
Declines in grade averages rang
ed from $2 to $14 per hundred.
Most decreased, however, were
from $4 to $7. The greatest losses in
dollar value were for low quality
lugs. Extreme prices for individual
lots ranged frm $4 for common
nondescript, which carries no sup
port price, to $67 for choice lemon
cutters. The practical top was $65.
Bulk of sales consisted chiefly of
fair to choice lugs, low and fair
primings and fair cutters. Lugs
made up around 2-3 of the market
ings. The offering were lighter
bodied and confined a much lar
ger percentage of lemon colored
tobacco than last year.
Volume of sales was extremely
heavy and all markets were report
ed blocked. The general average
on opening day sales is estimated
at around $50 $6.09 per hundred
under last vear's opening.
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UCODDSI-
JC's Entertain
The Junior Chamber ot Com
merce entertained at dinner Thurs
day evening in Mitehiner's Dining
Room. Guests for the occasion were
wives and those who helped with
the minstrel, recently given by the
Jaycees. A cold dinner plate was
served.
President Lee Brown presided.
R. D. Johnson, Jr. introduced the
speaker, Mr. J. T. Gresham who
gave suggestions on possibilities for
the advancement of the Town t
Warsaw, Including the improve
ment of the sidewalks and a pav
ing project. The message was inter
esting and Inspiring..
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boxsccsie ;
'. ON H.C. HIGHWAYS I
Killed July 30 thru Aug 1 3
Injured July 30 thru Aug. 1 95
Killed thru Aug. 1 this year 44G
Killed thru Aug. 1 1948 376
Injured thru Aug. 1 this year 5,014
Injured thru Aug. 1, 1948 4,079
List Jurors Superior
Civil Court Aug. 29
The following persons were na
med to serve as jurors for C'vil
Superior Court - August 29. 1949'
FIRST WEEK: I. J. Sanderson, L
L. Stroud. Geo. W. Sumner, T. W.
Aycock. Oscar Langston. Gaylor
.Vl.aeady. H. W. Farrior. J. V. Bon
ham. Arininus J. Carr, L. H. Tho
mas. Thomas Carter, John Bache
lor, R. G. Qui.in. Elbert Hill, Paul
Heath. J. C. Bishop, David Wells.
D. W. Raynor, Jim Raynor, A. E.'
James, Gardner Edwards, Lincoln
J. Henderson, Coy Carter, Gurney
Scott, Mrs. J. L. Bradshaw. Albert
A. Carter. R. Vance Harrell, J. G.
Rich, V. B. Blanchard, Albert Ken
nedy, V. S. Bradham, Jr., B. F.
Boone. A. B. Bordeaux, J. Luther
Po.vell. J. A. Smith, Ellis Hateher,
Samuel W. Wells md S. J. Waller.
SECOND WEEK: Mark Hill, B.
F. .lessiip, Melvin Powell, A. C.
ounR. D. R. Craft, J. A. Ward. Y.
D. Frederick, H. V. Boney, Johnnie
. Watkins, Hayes Raynor, Joel
Kennedy. M. L. Outlaw Jr , J. J.
Murray. Daniel Whitfield, Stephen
II. Brock, W. L. Smith, Archie I.
Lanier, Zollie Kornegay, J. Howard
Cottle, Wilbert A. Jones, E. J.
Whaley, Winford Guy, James Bar
den, Simon Quinn, W. H. Merritt,
L. M. Bostic, Robert B. Jones, M.
B. Holt, William Blizzird, R. P.
Wood, James Ray Thomas, Mrs.
Cora K. Clifton. Ben Suttan, I. B.
Teaeoey. .1. M. Sandlin, and Eugene
WclU
Town Board Meet
PTA Executive Meet
There will be an executive meet
ing of the. Warsaw P. T. A- Friday
niftm. August 8 at the Tev.n Hall.
"F.ver'yone Who has an into t in
The Board of Commissioners of
the town of Warsaw held their reg
ular meeting Monday night. Mayor
W. E. Currie presided.
At this meeting three town ordi
nances were repealed - The Pool
room Ordinance of 1942; Bus Ordi
nance of 1945; and Taxi Parking
Ordinance of 1940.
A Poolroom permit was granted
to F. A. Mitchener. It was agreed
that the Town would finance the
expenses of the Fire Department'
to attend the State Fire Convention
being held at Carolina Beach this,
year. Their attendance is compul
sory by law.
Mr. and Mrs. Wall
To Tour Europe
? Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Wall left on
Wednesday of last week for New
York where they will sail on the ;
Queen Elizabeth Thuwday for a .
western tour of Europe. In New
York they will Join a party that will
make the tour. While abroad they
will visit Italy, England, France,
Switzerland "and other European
(.nmitrios. '