; VOLUME NUMBER SEVENTEEN KENANS V1LLE, NORTH CAROLINA
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25th. 1949
No. 48
CCcimty tniiii3triai Ualues Increase Over Cnel glisn And A Half Dollars
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The value added by. manufac-
ure of goods produced lnmanu
facturing establishments of Duplin
county haa Increased by apprwd
uately $1,587,000 since before the
ar, according to information re
ceived here from C Parker Persons,
Regional Director of the U. S. De
partment of Commerce In Atlanta,
f A Census Bureau report from
ts 1947 Census of Manufactures
hows, Mr. Persons said, that in 19
J9 the value added by manufacture
of goods produced by manufactur
ers of Duplin county was $434,000
and that In 1947 it waa $2,021,000.
The term "value added by manu
facture" means the value of manu
factured foods in excess of -the i
?ort of materials and supplies, the 673,000 in 1947. Also the number
Commerce Department official ex-' of establishments engaged in rrtanu
laiaed. i ..; j-JIK' - I facturlng' operations has grown
" Most branches of Dupi'n coun-1
es manufacturing Industrie have
trown correspondingly In the eight !
F:rm Bureau Value
Err.ph3sized In
North Carolina Farm Bureau's
'$3.00 annual membership dues in
1939 equalled tut price ox zo
pound of tobacco, 31 of cotton and
83 of peanuts, but today those tame
due can be met by selling only
sht pounds of tobacco, nine of cot
ton and 29 of peanuts. ' ' "
B. Flake Shaw, Greensboro, HO
FB executive vice-president, cited
the figures, this week to emphasis
the value of Farm Bureau's local,
state and national efforts to assure
farmers "a fair price for their com-.
nudities.". . -v rQ-V v:'S.V
i "North Carolina Farm Bureau
diiM art the same today as when
:we organised in 1936, Shaw point- Bute should be on the membership
4 out. "But prices of one iwmsad-WoUs by that date.!' ' ., l:
dittos are much fcetter ;far550nU f comaodaiNuir-
fcareauof aesessity wfagybe sin
much credit for thU monr eqaitatW
return on the time, labof and monV
jsy farmers invest in the production
pt crops. -'''f.-:'--
ln 1939 Tax Heel farmers re
ceived per pound: 15 cents for to
bacco, 10 cents for cotton and 4
cents for peanuts. The current av
r? ;e per pound is almost 00 cents
fur tobacco, nearly S3 cents for cot
ton and 11 cents for peanuts."
. Ehaw said the story of lmprove-
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' 11'sCcld Outside"; Season's First
Z::'jf Slid fell In Duplin Monday Night
i . The theme sons; of the week on
Monday night In Duplin was "I'm
Dreaming of a White Christmas".
, Though not officially here Old Man
winter mad his seasonal; debut in
a stride Ilk the month of March.
He came in Ilk a Lion. During the
esy Monday the weather was balmy
and at times tropical winds were
whispering through the trees. Later
In the afternoon a heavy cloud em
banked the western sy. Just after
slfhtfajl heavy winds Hew up and
the thermometer took a tumble.
it fell from the mld-slxtles in the
; . afternoon to a low of forty degree
ty eight o'clock. Soon after 8:30
rain began to fall and In ft few
.minutes sleet was pattering; the
.window panes and close to nine
' iow was falling pretty In gome
j's and lf2ht to others. Warsaw.
."ac and Kenansvlll reported
- vw and sleet.
Governor's Prct!:n::lkn
I urge ALL NORTH CAROLIN
UT3 to join in the crusade against
e great WHITE. PLAGUE that
a killed mora than nin hundred
? enr citizens to th past twelv
leal science has been success-
li f.ndlng the cause for TB.
nt research is discovering
r rl jotlng cures f or th var-
s and stages of th disease.
. : " T. death from tubereul-
ia Ei ....JSS. '-: : ;
;' i o r duty to provide th fl
it os for educational pro-
, f 1 work, early diagnosis,
- 1 immediate treatment,
1 research. It is our
to banish this killer
i snd future genera-
do r r share and more
j a; ' :Ung Tuberculo-'J
iS i, the sole monetar y
r i s tremendous taslc
it's . r "ht by ea!ars
year period, it was stated. The dum
ber of establishments engaged in
manufacturing operations, haa in
creased from 437 to 679, and sal
aries and wages paid from $190,
126 to $1,053,000. , .3
The Census Bureau report, copies
of which are available at tho V. 3.
Department of Commerce offices in
Atlanta and Charleston, S. C, at
20 cents a copy, also rejects, the
rapid strides made by North Caro
lina industrially since befora the
war. For example, the value adder)
by manufacture of goods produced
in the State as c woole increased o:
more than a Villon dollar since
1939, going from a valuatio,T of
$544,181,000 In that year to $1,646,
from 294,314 to 381,480, and salari
es and wagea paid from $246;834,
206 to $758,895.000,
To Farmers
Membership Drive
ment is the same In all commodities
and that it stresses the "price-wise"
value of Farm Bureau. Working
with federal and state government
al agencies, Farm Bureau helped
make this improvement possible,
he said. V
. "Yearly membership dues of $3.
00 are returned to Farm Bureau
members many times over each
year through more equlUble prices
'for their crops,". Shaw said. The
state - wide campaign for 83,000
members will close Nov. 30 and
each f armer who f eela Farm Bureau
haa helped him and his family in
its 13 years of operation in the
4 sold to equal me $9.uw annual
dues, with the-' 1939 figure first
and thf 1B49 .figure secona, in
clude: corn, 4 and 2 bushel; wheat.
3 and 1 bushel; sweet potatoes, S
and 1 bushel; Irish potatoes, S and
2 bushel; hogs, 44 and 16 pounds;
chickens, 20 and 11 pounds; tur
keys, 15 and 8 pounds; eggs 13 and
6 dozen; milk. 111 and 61 pounds;
peaches, 2 and .1 bushel; commer
cial apples, 4 and l bushel; and
strawberries, 28 and 11 quarts.
Winds damaged power lines in
Kenansvlll and for about a half
hour power was off in one section
of town. RA power lines were re
ported out of commission in the
county. , .
At the time it was snowing in
Kenansvllle the eastern sky was
all a-glitter with stars.
Later in the night th wind
calmed and the thermometer stop
ped falling. Tuesday found it bright
and cold. That mgnt, tnougn sou
fair, th thermometer tumbled and !
at 12 o'clock registered Z4 in Ke
nansvllle. As we write, Wednesday
morning, the weatherman says to
day is due to get 13 degrees warmer
than Tuesday.: v:.--..-:;;:?
Old timers say it wu the earliest
snowfall recalled her. Duplin ex
perienced whit Thanksgiving to
1912, some say.
because you have helped to this
way to banish suffering and sor
row from th worn. ; ,
s- W. KERB SCOTT, Governor.
Grahim Paiillips
lbs Close Call
Graham Phillips, Nstlonal OU
Distributor In Warsaw, has return
ed from a Klnston hospital where
he was taken two weeks ago when
he suffered a concussion of the
head as a result of injuries sus
tained when two heavy pipe Ml
on his head. Phillips was working
at the bulk oil plant to Warsaw
when the accident "harperted. Be
was struck by the heavy r He
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Parade scene Warsaw Armistice Celebration. The Warsaw National Guard Is leading
what was said to be the most, interesting and attractive parade ever held in Warsaw.
Inset is Congressman Graham A. Barden, speaker for the 31st Armistice Celebration.
ARMISTICE
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Sue Lanier, 14-year-old Beula- 1948 queen. Others in the picture Duplin County. Five hundred per
vllle high school girl, was crowned are Mildred Falson, left, of Faison, , sons turned out for the beauty con-
queen of Warsaw's 3lst annual ; pno piacea wira, na retssy ci.a.., , ... "r" " : ";s.Zl
Armistice Day celebration Friday I right, of WaUace, who placed sec-1 events .f sAn
vitoht Ailluitlna
head in the picture Is Evelyn Pavls,
Barden To
Goldsboro, N. C Rep, Graham
A. Barden, veteran Congressman
from the 3rd N. C. district, will be
chief speaker at the groundbreak
ing here December 2nd, when the
Carolina Power & Light Company
generating plant in its system. The
announcement was made by Presi
dent W. V. Westmoreland of the
Goldsboro Chamber of Commerce,
which will be host at the ceremo-
nles. Several hundred -persons
throughout eastern North Carolina
have been invited by the Chamber
to participate In the town's "Elec
tric Power Day" program ! ; "
The event, scheduled for Jl A.M.
will include a concert by the Golds
boro High' School? Bandr And a
brief talk by L .V, Sutton; CP&L
president,-who also will officially
22 Tonsilccfomies
Wednesday In
Duplin County' first county op
erated hospital at the county seat
went into operation Tuesday morn
tog. The Gooding building which
houses the Health Department on
the second floor and a suite of of
fices on the first floor was turned
Into a temporary operating -oom
and patients' ward for the operation
and care of tonsllectomles. Twenty
two children were brought here to
have their tonsils removed. Dr. O.
L. Parker, eyerar, nose' and throat
specialist of Clinton performed tho
operations, assisted tfy Ms staff of
three nurses, Mesdames Mae John
son, Anna Jane Harper ' and Eva
Mathews of Sampson County. The
F"'t of the Duplin Ir"alth Depart-
,tha crown on her ond. Entrants were cnosen Dy voie
DAY QUEEN IS CROWNED
in their respective high schools in
begin excavation for the steam
electric generating plant by remov
ing the first spadeful of earth at
the site, which is on the Neuse Riv
er five miles from town. Barbecue
lunch will be served at conclusion
of the program, which is to be
broadcast from 11:00 to 11:45.
Initial installation is to be made
of a unit of 100,000 horespower
capacity, with plans for a second
! unit of the same size to be put in
later, and basic provisions made
for two more units when need arise.
: The new plant; largest in East
ern North Carolina, is the second
facility to be built In Carolina Pow
er & Light's post-war $78,000,000
expansion program. Recently, a
120,000 horse-power steam electric
plant was dedicated at Lumberton.
Health Department
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the patients were removed' after
coming from under the Influence of
ether. Mrs. V. H. Reynolds and
Mrs. Kstherlne WUlard of Kenans
vllle were the night nurses. -
The clinic will be held here each
week for the next fifteen weeks. Dr.
Gooding said.,.-""!- I., C,
The ' following . white ' children
were operated on Wednesday:
Uni8ula Brenda Williams, Joyce
Lee Whaley, Lillian Kennedy, Ka
tie Grey Miller, Shirley Dean John
son,. Preston Hill, Seth , Thomas
Bllzard, Edith Ann Varker, Katie
Everette, Elolse - uanler, Daniel
Norris, Emmltt Leo Outlaw, Billy
Ray Chambers, Kenneth Perry,
James O. Batts, Jerry Turner, Lo
retta rior, r r -'l, Jlascl
than 10,000 persons.
Grove Services Sunday
Mr. Marion L. Simmons, student
at Union Theological Seminary, in
Richmond, will fill the pulpit at
Grove Presbyterian Church here
Sunday morning.
Banker Thompson
Carried To Duke
E. (J. Thompson, vice-president
and cashier of Branch Banking
and Trust Company In Warsaw was
carried to Duke Hospital Sunday
night He is suffering from blood
clot, it is reported. He was strick
en while at the Rotary Club lunch
eon in Warsaw last Thursday. Re
ports say he will have to remain at
Duke for several weeks and will be
out of work for quite some time.
His condition is reported serious
but with proper care doctors say
he should come out all right-
COIISCORE
R H. C. HI HWATI
Killed Nov. 19-18
Injured same dates 90
Killed thru Nov. 18 this year .,, 713
KiUed thru Nov 18, 1948 '
Injured thru Nov. 18, 1949 ! 7.924
Injured thru Nov. 18, 1948 ' 8,449
Killed Nov. 19-fil -,, 18
Injured same dates 79
Killed thru Nov. 21,. 1949 : 730
Killed thru Nov, 21, 1948 838
Injured thru Nov. 21, 1949 ; BJ0OS
Injured thru Nov. 21, 1948 002
Farm people save a lot more of
what they earn than 4o city folks.
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One survpy In Iowa shows that farm
' t . ' " t f'.ce as cw'-h
A WORTHY CASE
A Duplin County doctor reports that Virgil Mel
v!n, 72-year-old farmer of Bowden, is in dire need
of help. "Mr. Melv'n ;.nd his wife live in a one-room
apartment in u broken down shack in Bowden.
They have one son who is ovei seas. They receive $37
per mon.h iron he government as their son's al
lowance for them. This is all the income they have.
T.asL vpa Mr. Melv n farmed until his health forced
h'm to stop work. He is nearly an invalid suffering
with a hern:a. The doctor says the hernia is the size
of a. water bucket. Otherwise Mr. Melvin's health
s & ,od and he would be able to earn a living for
h:s wife and himself if the hernia was corrected.
The doctor has contacted a surgeon who is willing
to perform the operation free of charge if the hos
pital bill is paid. The doctor called the Duplin Coun
ty Welfare Department about the first of October
informing them of the circumstances and he was
told they were not eligible for Old Age Assistance.
The editor knows one person in Duplin on Old Age
Assistance who is able to ride the buses and go
where he pleases. And generally he does, but this
couple, they say are not eligible. The Welfare De
partmta. .d the doctor they would investigate.
On Tuesday of this week he called the Welfare De
partment again and they told him they had not had
time, since the first of October, to go to Bowden
and investigate this case. Said they would as soon
as they could.
The people of Duplin want to know what a Wel
fare Department is for. The department is oper
ating, what's wrong? The county has a chance to
, get Sam Byrd here for the job but some would
" prefer to have Joeai politics take it course tkan'to
have a well-qualif ed man for the job. If Sam Byrd
wtie on ihe job the case of Mr. and Mis. Melvin
and other similar case.? would not exist. And the
cases of Old Age Pensioners riding the highways
in buses would not exist. Many inequalities now ex
isting would be erased because Sam Byrd puts
human welfare above politics and local favoritism.
The Melvin case is a clear example of why we need
Sam Byrd. Sam doesn't need the job, it needs him.
if any of you readers would like to help Mr. and
Melvin, send your contribution to the Duplin Coun
ty Welfare Department in Kenansville or send it to
the Duplin Times.
With an operation, and he is able to stand it, Mr.
Melvin will be able to go back to work. J. R. Grady
(Reproduction of Lead Ed l total in the Raleigh Times Nov. l.r)
RETURN TO ITS FIRST PRINCIPLES
Raleigh welcomes the 2,000 messengers and dele
gates to the Baptist State Convention which con
venes at Memorial Auditorium Tuesday and Wed
nesday. In addition" to discussing the administrative af
fairs of the church, the delegates will consider the
report on the General Board, the body which admin
isters the affairs of the church between the annual
meetings. It is always to be hoped that the govern
ing delegates to the State Convention will set up a
group of objectives that will be rational, reasonable,
and religious. Last month a Methodist Assembly in
Goldsboro adopted a resolution which said that any
one who approved of liquor, in any way including
its legal sale and its use, should not be permitted to
stay within the governing councils of the church. If
this resolution were strictly applied, which it will
not be naturally, some of the strongest lay members
of many churches would have to get out immedi
ately. We are more interested in church groups grap
pling realistically wilh religious problems of the
day rather than wandering iiuo nearby fields which .
are more dramatic but less definitely the provinces
of the church. It is widely recognized that church
membership today is considered important socially
as well as otherwise, from the individual's point of
view. Somewhere and sometime some church is go
ing to have to look the problem in the face and try
to deal with it honestly and fearlessly.
' One of these days some church is going to revert
to first principles and devote itself to the study and
practice of Christian doctrine as indicated by the
Bible. When it does that and stops spending its ener
gies fighting movies and dances and liquor and car
toon books and politics, the church will find that it
has returned to its initial reasons for being. And
when that happens, a lot of people who have stop-
ped, will start going to church again. .
! The church, like its congregation, needs to return
to first principlesV lhe sooner it does, the sooner it 'v
in , . Kam ffco Porrtict Rrnt f"Vn
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lil force in re-asserting its.