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VOLUME NUMBER SEVENTEEN "
rrThe Duplin Story" Moves Info High
Gear; Work Started On Theatre
By: J. .B. GRADY
Have you heard? Have you seen?
There's going to fc a Pageant
in Duplin. "The Duplin Story", yes
the story of Duplin but more than
just a story. It's a play with muilc.
The play'.i the thing; It's almost 100
per cent Duplin. Not only "The
Duplin Story" but.lt is being put
on by Duplin people" and will be
mostly acted hy Duplin people. It
will be Duplin in all its glory come
beptemDer zz, 23, and 24. Are you
helping? Have you bough: your
ucKeir '
; As you all know. Sam Bvrd. Du.
plin's grandson, has been in the
county several weeks now putting
the finishing touches on the script.
He has already begun selecting his
cast. Newspapers throughout the
State are getting more and more
interested.' Radio broadcasting sta
tions say that they are readv to g!.ve
us publicity. The ground has been
broken for "the 5000 scat amphi
theatre adjoining the local school
grounds. Mr. Hamp Williams is so
interested in the project he has giv
en the site, rent free in addition to
much parking space. The State Pa
trolmen say they will handle the
traffhv'j -
pn Tuesday and Wednesday
nights the Kenansvllle Lions rolled
up their sleeves at Colon Holland's
work shop and began making fur
niture for the sets. Even our dig
nified, court has lent a helDinr hand
by aUowlng Corwin Rife, the scenic
director; paint backdrops in the
courtroom while court was going
on. Some say Mr. fiife's work at
tracted more attention than did
Judge West and' the court Maybe
it was a break for the defendants.
A sidelight on the painting occurs
icu ynv uay,recenny wncn Mr. Rife
was painting the seen for the Bat
tle of Rdckf ish. As he was-meander-ng
his brush along the banks of
Sockfish Creek Judge1 West was
frying a defendant for possession of
liquor., Asked what he did with it
vhen the office jrrrived the de
fendant said he poured the stuff
n Rockfisb creek. It did not change
he color of the paint Rife was
lslng The defendants were found
tullty but since their work in the
courtroom that morning was in
onnection with Mr. Rife in de
ermining the various courses of
lockfisti, they were let off with
what was probably lighter punish
nent. Rife has been attracting much
tttentlon with his artistic work
iere DupllnitesL are getting a
limpse of what goes on along tho
Sreat White Way when a big show
oes into production. In fact the
vork going on in and around Ko
lansville these days is the Great
hlte Way in miniature. In short,
he Great White Way is being
irougbt to Duplin instead of Dup
Inltes going to The Great White
fay, .
Don't tell anyone but there Is a
umor that the ministers of the
arious churches In the county are
larborlng thoughts of holding a
ounty-wide union service In the
mphltheatre on Sunday, Septem
er 26th. What with a, powerful
lectrlc organ, a player of national
eputatlon from Cleveland, Ohio,
i seating capacity of 5,000 and a
hoir of 100 trained voices, church
ilstory may be made right here
ow. Such a program would be
itting and appropriate since "The
hiplin Story" Is being presented
a a dignified and serious vein-no
an fare, no carnival, do racing, no
lambollng. , y
When Duplin makes up its mind
Juplin can do things and do them
n a big way.
; Miss Gertrude Carraway, noted
!olumnlst and feature writer, was
lere Wednesday to observe what
as taking, place. She was literally
carried away with Sam Byrd and
vhat he Is doing. Miss Carrawav
aid the Duplin Pageant is so "far
llfferent" from "The Lost Colony"
' Common Glory" and other histo
ical pageants that seem to be tak-
ng the day in the Southeast "It
VU1 be breath-taking" she said. "If
he people of North Carolina could
ill know just what is to be. given
lere, your pageant will . have to
un weeks, and,", she added, "I. will
jpt be surprised if there 1 a de
nand strong enough to warrant a
'eproductlon next summer". That
ill sounds good Miss Carraway and
iuch a statement coming from you
Jives us much more confidence and
wpe. Miss Carraway plans .to do
several feature stories for many
papers over the state. When asked
"hat she was. going to charge us
'or her labors she replied, "That
vlil be my contribution towards
He Success of your , undertaking.
He v ' ' 'e state will be rr 1
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ROBERT F. CLODFELTER
M. F. Allen, Cashier of the loca
unit of the Waccamaw Bank and
Trust Company, announced today
that Robert F., Clodfelter, formerly
of Greensboro and ' Durham, has
joined the staff of the Waccamaw
Bank and Trust Company as Trust
Officer. ,
Mr. Clodfelter was reared near
Greensboro. He was educated at
Jamestown high school, and Mars
Hill Junior College, and is a recent
graduate of the Duke University
Law School. He is a veteran of
World War II, having spent about
three years in the Navy, most of
the time as a communications Offi
cer at Sea. ,
Mr. Clodfelter will live in Whtte
ville but his work will cover the
entire territory served by the nine
offices of the Waccamaw Bank, Mr.
Allen stated. His services will be
fivailable to people. intheKenans-
ville area. fi!S"X'f
We ire glad to bring a qualified
Triist man to this section,' Mr.
Allen continued, "because, since
there is no other active trust de
partment here, he will be available
to act as Trustee, Executor, Ad
mi.iistratpr. Guardian, and in
other fiduciary capacities. He will
also fill the need for assistance in
estate planning and administration.
The need for qualified service in
this field is especially important
in view of the present and pros
pective Stale and Federal Estate
taxes."
Mr. Clodfelter, his wife, and one
child moved to Whiteville on Thurs
day of last week.
Newbold Speaks
Men's Church Club
Rev. Newbold, pastor of the War
saw Presbyterian Church, was tuest
speaker at the monthly supper meet
ing of the Hallsvil'.e-Kenansville
MCn's Club. The supper was held
in the Sunday School rooms of
Grove church. .Litch Huie of V ar-
saw and Sam Byrd andd Corwin
Rife of The Duplin Story were spec
ial guests. R. V. Wells presided
over the meeting. Mr. Newbold
talked. on matters to be considered
when choosing a pastor. About 25
men were present
rt From
Sheriffs Office
There were fourteen arrest for
possession of non-tax paid whiskey
for j,he purpose of sale during the
preceding week end. The were a
follows:
" "Mary Simmons (col.) Wolfscrape-
Twvnsiip; one gallon of non-tax
paid whiskey for the purpose of
sale, -v ,,
J. (F. Middleton (col.) Warsaw;
one-half gallon non-tax paid whis
key for the purpose of sale. Annie
Middleton, Aiding and Ahetlng.
-Tommy Robinson, (col.) possess
ion non-tax paid whiskey and trans
porting, from Wolf scrape.
Bennie and Edith Cooplin, (coi.)
possession; and transporting non
tax paid whiskey; Wolf scrape.
' John Henry Williams, (col.) Halls
ville, N. C, one and half gallons
non-tax paid whiskey fof purpose
of sale. . 'c' vr. ft- :..'-...
. Noah Burnell, (col.) Kenansville,
N. C, 8 pints non-tax paid whiskey
for purpose of sale. :
Riley Williams, W. j.' Hayer,
Charlie Williams, Rock Graham,
Thcmas Farrior, and Phylander
Williams, all of Wolfscrape; posses
sion and transporting non-tax paid
whl.';key. '
" ' "nit officers were D-iit
KENANSVILLE, NORTH
Sam Byrd puts the polishing
touches to a scene from "The Dup
lin Story" concerning the gradua
tion exercises of the Class of 19 i
on the grounds of the James Sprunt
Institute, Kenansville, Sam- is
shown here working in his office
bedroom in the Presbyterian manse,
temporary headquarters for the
County-Wide Evangelistic Crusade
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Rev. James T. Johnson
Evangelist
Wallace is to be the center of a
County-Wide Crusade of evangel
ism. August 21st at 7:45 the ser
vices will get underway at the Big
Tent whicii is to be located at the
Wallace Produce Market. Mr. Jim
mie Johnson will lead the campaign
and will be assisted by Mr. and
Mrs. Iner Baslnger, who have been
with Mr. Johnson in several large
campaigns.
Mr. Johnson comes from a
month's jcrnpaign in Lancaster, Pa.
Crowds packed a huge tent for
four weeks. The closing nlg'it
brought one of the largest crowds
ever to assemble in such a gather
ing. ,
During the past three years Jlro-
mie Johnson has held campaigns
from the First Baptist Church in
Tucson, Arizona and from there to
the large Avenue Road Church in
Toronto, Canada. He has also con
ducted services for a week's dur
ation at the largest Bible Confer
ences of the nation. Last year he
was at Montrose Bible. Conference
in Pa., commemorating the ' 40th
year of its founding by Dr. R. A.
Torrey. He was at Schroom Lake In
upper New York, at the First Bap
tist Church for the famous board
walk conference in Ocean City.'N.
J., and at various other camp and
conferences. .Twice receritly he has
spoken in Town Hall, New York,
City. He is founder of Your Daily
'A group of about 20 Warsaw busi
ness men gathered in the 'banquet
hall of Mttchenert' Cafe there on
Monday night and organized aunii
of Lion's International. New offi
cers were elected "and instilled.
This is, the second , civic, c'ub in
Warsaw, . the Rotary, Club , was, ort
panlzed several years. ago,j ;
Officers elected were: Sterling
Mirrln'or President; J. A.'RaclJey,
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CAROLINA
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working staff of the pageant. On
Sam's 'can be seen a copy of Frills
and Furbelows, the James Sprunt
Institute annual for 1910,' and a
scrapbook of valuable papers and
newspaper clippings loaned the au
thor by Luther A. Beasley.
(Photoo by Vaden Brock.)
I Devotional
Program, heard
over
W.P.T.F. every morning at Raleigh,
conducted and directed by Tommy
Steele. He ia also founder and di
rector of King's Mountain Bible
Conference.
His schedule for the first three
months of 1950 will lead him to
the First Baptist Church of San
Jose, Calif., Watsonville, and Glen
dale, Calif, and to many other pla
ces on the west coast.
He is a graduate of Wheaton Col
lege in Wheaton, 111. Also a gradu
ate of Bob Jones University of
Greenville, S. C. Twice he has
made tours, of Europe and South
America. For five months he prea
ched in the British Isles.
One of the features of the cam
paign will be his relation of ex
periences in the jungles of South
America, .
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Mr and fttrs. Iner L, Baslnger
Muslclanfi
! With Mr. Jqhnson'tfl .thef coming
campaign will be Mr. and Mrs. Iner
Baslnger. Both are young musicians
of wide experience,. Mr. Basihger
has sung in nearly every state in
the Union. He was editor of a news
paper before going into the field of
Evangelism. They, spent a year In
Carada on a large radio program
conducting a daily broadcast.
' These meetings are of an inter
denominational nature:! All chur
ches and all people -are Invited to
attend. ;' . "v-' '
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ips Lioq Vamer: Blti Hines,; Tail
Twister; R. G.. Lewis, J. C. Page,
J. C. Surratt and Milton West di
rectors. Officers were installed by
District Governor Lewis K. Day of
Rocky , Mount, -assisted ' by A. V.
Shlpp, President of the Clinton
Lions Club; Lion ' Visitors were:
W. A. Pike ' of Plkevllle, Deputy
Governor of Region 4,' David Sou
t!ir!and, Goldsboro; Howard 1 n-
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FRIDAY,
County Votes Dry; No Legal Stores
Duplin county voters said "No"
In no uncertain tones to a proposal
to establish ABC stores in the
county.
The vote against ABC in Tues
day's county-wide election was not
quite two to one.
Reports from 20 out of 20 pre
cincts showed 2600 voles against
ABC and 1591 for ABC. Approxi
mately 12,000 voters were eligible
to vote In the election.
Six precincts voted for ABC. The
proposal was approved by narrow
margins in Faison, Wallace, Mag
nolia, Albertson, Smith and Chin
quapin. The county-wide election was
called as. an aftermath of bills pass
ed in the last General Assembly.
Special acts had given Faison, War
saw, Wallace and Kenansville privi
lege of calling town ABC elections
if'the county did not do so within
60 days after, the' end of the Legis
lature. The county-wide vote fore
stalled ABC voies in the towns.
In other recent votes cn ABC
stores Sampson county voted over
whelmingly against the stores.
18th Annual Reunion Grady-Outlaw
Clan Af Outlays Bridge Aug. 27th
The 18th annual reunion of the)
Grady-Outlaw clan will be held at
he Outlaw's Bridge School on Sat
urday, August 27th, it was announ
ced last week by Paul D. Grady of
Kenly, vice-president of the Asso
ciation. The program will open jii
the school auditorium at 10:30 iit
the morning. A feature of fne pro
gram will be a presentation of the
Colonial Dames of Kenansville,
Beulaville and B. F. Grady. Writer,
Sam Byrd and scenic designer Cor
win of Tne Duplin Story will be
guestos for the day.
Judge H. A. Grady, president of
the Association, will deliver a mem
orial address on the late W. J.
"Uncle" Jock Grady and Attorney
Norman Sheppard of amitnfield
will deliver a memorial to the late
Dr. James C Grady of Kenly. Mal
colm Grady will introduce vibitinR
guests. Following the program a
picnic dinner will be spread on the
picnic table. Everyone attending
is urged to carry a full basket. That
night the usual square dance will
he held in the Grady school gym.
The first annual picnic of the
Gradys and Outlaws, which include
nearly everyone in Albertson and
Smith Townships as well as hun-
Street Dance In Kenansville Saturday
Night; Come Out, Meet Sam Byrd
There will be another old fash
ioned street dance in Kenansville
Saturday night, August 20th. There
will be square dancing and round
dancing. The Kenansville Kut-Up.i
will furnish the music and as usual
"Les" Williams, and John Ivey
Smith will call figures. The dance
is scheduled to get under way at 8
o'clock.
Sam Byrd and daughter.Pat and
Mr. and Mrs. Corwin Rife will be
the honor guests. Sam says he won't
be in ninth of a speaking mood that
night but had rather dance. lie says
he is itching to get into the swing.
Rev. C. Fitzgerald
in
Baptist Church Sun.
; Rev. Curtis Fitzgerald, Jr., Ral
eigh; N. C. wlli occupy the pulpit of
his uncle, Rev. N. E. Gresham, pas
tor of the Sharon Baptist Church,
Chinquapin, N. C. on Sunday t Aug
ust 21 at the morntng services at
11:00 o'clock. ' ; -w;
Mr. Fitzgerald's mother is the
former Miss Lillle Gresham who
was reared In Beulaville," N. C. but
since her marriage has resided in
Raleigh. . .
Rev. Fitzgerald graduated from
Wake Forest College in June of
tnls year and expects to eitcr the
Southern Baptist Seminary this
fall. He grew up in the Haynes Bar
ton Baptist Church, Raleigh, where
he has for several years been a lead
er in Sunday School and young
ion 5; Norman Trueblood of Eliza
beth City, L. G. Crumpler and L; A.
Corbett of Clinton. Warsaw is
member of Zone 1, Region, 5, Dis
trict 31-of North Carolina. ,
T.ie next meeting will be held
at Mitchener's Friday night, Sept.
'i at 7:30. It was decided to hold
.(,., ?"f,it, v-i'ieh will be their
AUGUST 19th., 1949
while in (he western section of the
state Catawba and Rowan counties
voted for establishment of stores.
Mecklenburg voted sometime ago
to open stores.
Here fs the vote on the 20 pre
cincts reporting:
Against
1117
128
til
314
134
180
249
53
114
219
145
111
62
25
71
J24
5
4 a
74
63
For
121
41
122
43
139
23
292
20
44
205
16
33
53
90
90
121
45
46
31
44
Kenansville
Olisson
Faison
Itose Hill
Magnolia
Calypso
Wallace
Locklin
Rock fish
Warsaw
Charity
Wolfscrape
Cabin
AlberUon
HalUvillc
Bculaville
Smith
Cliinqpapin
Codar Koik
C; pi. Citfi
TOTAL
2t.au ir.oi
dreds of kin I'm (.: -viiout the ccunty
anc. K.iilorn North Carolina was
hold in 1930. II lhe weren't G'-adys
and Outlaws they were Simmons,
Korncpays. Wcslbrocks. Maxwells,
Harpers. Holts, Jones, Smiths, Al
dridges, Quinns. Williams, Whit
fields - or what have you - and
Sam Byrd says now they can claim
the Byrd;. at least through his stay
in Duplin.
Tbe -gitmp organized themselves
'nto the Gra ly-Outlaw Literary and
Historical Association. Judge Henry
A. Grady was elecled President and
Albert T. Outlaw, Vice-President.
They have held Ih.'Se respective
offices since. Only one gathering
has been called off and that was
last year, due to the Polio epidemic.
At the firct reunion a crowd of
5000 or more were estimated in at
tendance. It ' as held at the E. F.
Grady School and since then has
been held alternately at the Grady
and Outlaw's Hridse Schools. Mem
bers of the elan in Duplin are di
rect descendants of John Grady and
James Outlaw who settled in Al
bertson Township long before the
Revolutionary War. A large crowd
is expected to attend this year.
Mrs. Rife, a native of Ohio, says
she v.'ints to see how the Virginia
Reel is done in Old Duplin. Maybe
she will hive us a demonstration of
the folk dances in Ohio. She talks
like they lvve plenty. Also with
a little encouraging mavbe Sam
and Gilbert Alphin will give a
"Charleston Coniest". We'll wager
our money on Gilbert.
So, come on out folks, let's whoop
it up aga:n in Kenansville Remem
ber the one a few weeks ago? This
will be the last big blow-out before
the Pageant.
people's work. During this summer
he has been engaged in religious
work in the western part of the
state under the auspices of the
Baptist State Convention,
it is expected that many friends
of Mrs. Fitzgerald and her family
will be pleased to have the oppor
tunity of hearing Mr. Fitzgerald at
this service. , ."J
DASHED
DOXSCORE
N.C.HI G II W A If 5
ON
Killed Aug. 13 thru 15 3
Injured Aug. 13 thru' 15 , 110
Killed thru Aug. 15 this yr. 470
Killed thru Aug. 15, 1948 ! 409
Injured thru Aug 15 this yr. 5,519
Injured thru Aug.' 15, 1948 4,583
Mayor's Court
Town Of Warsaw; I 3 v I'vO 5 1
Louise Middleton, colored,' inter
fering with an officer while dis
charging his duty; fined $15 and
DEOO
. Sam 3. Adams, Wilmington, fail
ini? to stop at Rtnnli'H at Ihn in
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No. 34
LETTER
Nurses Needed In
Polio Work
August 3,
194S.
Mrs. N. B. Boney
Executive Secretary
Duplin County Chapter
American Red Cross
Kenansville, N. C.
Dear Mrs. Boney;
We know you will be interested
in an up-to-date report on the re
cruitment of nurses for assignment
to the care of polio patients.
Since July 1, 81 polio nurses
have been recruited by southeast
ern Area Nursing Services. Ten of
these were assigned to the Charitv
Hospital in New Orleans, four to
Grady Hospital, Atlanta, and 67
were assigned within the jurisdic
tion of Eastern and Mid-western
Areas.
At this lime Nursing Services
iias 30 unfilled requests for polio
nurses for Oklahoma City, Okia.,
San Anpelo, Texas, St. Louis, Mo.,
and Vickshurk. Miss.
Will you check your local nurse
resources and notify area head
quarters of the names of nurses
who are available for assignment
lo care for polio patients. We vould
also like to know whether or not
the nurses have had previous polio
nursing experience.
The need for polio nurses is ur
gent, and we hope you will find
nurses vithin your chapter Juris
diction who are available for as
signment. Sincerely yours,
Francis P. Simerville
Regional Director,
Southeastern Area
Funeral Held
For W.J. Grady
Funeral services for William Jos
hua Grady, age 84, were held from
the home of his daughter Mrs. Fai
son Smith, in Albertson Township
Saturday afternoon at four o'clock.
His pastor, Rev. L. C. Prater of the
Outlaw's Bridge Universalist
Church conducted the services,
assisted by Rev. N. P. Farrior, pas
tor of the Pink Hill Presbyterian
Church. Interment was in the family-cemetery
near the home.
Active pallbearers were Reuben
King, Perry Smith, Roscoe Daniels,
M. B. Holt, Cecil Kornegay and Le
Roy Simmons.
Masonic rites were held at the
jjrave by members of St. Johns
Lodge No. 13 of Kenansville of
which he was a member.
Mr. Grady, retired farmer and
public official of Duplin, died about
noon Thursday of last week after
a long period of declining health.
During Mr. Grady's long career of
public service, he was postmaster
for 33 years, justice of the peace for
12 years, a member of the Duplin
County board of commissioners for
two terms, with one term as chair
man, and was on tne Doara of edu
cation for about 20 years.
Surviving are his wife, the former
Kate Ford; three daughters, Mrs.
O. G. Simmons and Mrs. Faison
Smith of Albertson and Mrs. H. W.
Spcnce of Kinston; two sons, C. W.
and Paul Grady of Albertson; tu o
sisters, Mrs. G. M. Maxwell sf
Seven Springs and Miss Catherine
Grady of Greensboro; 13 grand
children an.l nine great grandchild
ren.
Charles Hales
Is Dramatist
Charles Hales, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. B. Hales, has just complet
ed a two months course In Drama
tics taught by Miss Sarah Neaell
Alexander of Clinton. During this
training Charles was given experi
ence in stage setting, costume de
signing, lighting effects, and make
up. He bad the leading male role In
four plays and took part in several
monologues.
Miss Alexander has taught Dra
matics in Goldsboro City Schools
for the past three years and con
siders young Hales to have quite
a bit of talent He won prizes for.
his "Feudin', Fussln" anda f ightin' "
skit at the Strawberry Festival in
Wallace this spring. He designs
and makes costumes and scenery ;
as vell ad acts.
.Worried About Tax . j
In Wilmington, Ohio, a man told
police he stole $4.80 to help pay
his $110 income tax bllL ,
, Total cotton acreage In tne U. S.
is estimated at 26.3 million acres.
A Barred Plymouth Rdck hsn at
N. C. State Poultry Farm hs 1 ;t
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