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uj. lit I.I I 111 A . I ft I I p I- I I I II l I "U 11 ' iw mm M- II att I I l. v 1 "-v 1 v:. VOLUME NUMBER EIGHTEEN Lightning Strikes All Tuesday; Lights 1t V 4 ... (. -An electric storm, struck with all Its fury in the heart of Millertown Tuesday about one o'clock .when the cluster of Miller houses were ' threatened with destruction and lightning came so close to taking a . "life W two that it killed a dog standing only four . feet from a ; little "child. One house was set ' 'afire, switch boxes blown from 'the walls and electrical units burn- ed out.,. . ., i v -V According to Balph Miller, the '."' storm struck almost suddenly. He ' and Mrs. Miller were In their home . when they heard two strikes sim- ultaneously. He and Mrs. Miller - ''ran from the living room -to the rear of .the house, one going one way and the. other another .They ; "met in the kitchen where they found large turner in the elec tric stove burned out and both the lorest fire system and the regular . telephone system burned out. The wall switch had been knocked from the' wall. 'They heard Mrs. Ashe Miller," Just across the way holler, . and running discovered the light - ning had set a curtain on fire in their kitchen, burned put the water heater, water pump and electric " stove. Lightning was still flashing " sharply when. Ralph ran to the water spicket in the yard for water to put out the fire in the kitchen. " At Jartjes Miller's house velectric ' fans and other electric equipment was burned out. A short distance way at a tenant bouse lightning . struck and killed a dog while it ' was standing only four feet from a small boy.. The poy was not hurt. OPEN LETTER To Duplin County - i r-vJust l&1Tixpresrarpntel. it loreigfiJfisionarV in rftwion'mV recent entanglement with the law. I was apprehended between Warsaw and Wallace, N. C, rday,,''Jone Vf elued wltft ceedlni1 the -speed limit by ten nxlles per hour. I was required to oo.-t bond of $36.00 which I con sidered rather high, However, loa Jsajtuulng to -iiCenansville Monday mnornlng, June 19, it cost me an additional 20 cento to be taken care of promptly to as not to have to lose a whole day of my vacation. Cpl. Brooks, the arresting officer was a very courteous and high type of policeman. The Judge, clerk of court, etc., I also found the be fine men. . But, for a first offense speeding charge, I consider $36.20 in excess of a fair charge. My home originally was In North Carolina and I have been -coming hire 5 for the .past five yfears for Vacation. However, this shall probably be my last va .cation in.t)iese parts. During these years I have recommended it as a nice vacation spot and have Influ enced at least four persons besides my -wife to "come here . for their vacations. .'". ,"":;',r:-':-- Since I won't be back, I' don't suppose,' any one will read this anyway. Still It makes me feel a little .better to get It off my chest. Sincerely, " William H. Batton, Ukv 632 Ridge Rd. S. E. Washington, D. C. EDUCATION OFFICE MOVES INTO THE tip GAVIN Hou;;: ilU ? The DupUa Board of Education and Superintendent's Office moved into new quarters this week. The old Gavin home on the Courthouse square- has been purchased by the county and the interior renovated and converted 'into office space. The crowded offices of the super intendent of schools were transfer- red from the courthouse this week. A new brick" vault has been con structed to care for vital papers. Th mmerintendent's offices oo- ewt downstairs offices and twb'upstalrs offices For7 the first time the white and colored school supervisors wjllv have office ; in " "The following prayer was copied from the Office of Luby Bell Motor Company in J'tC 've a few d ago. 1" It. App. I ? of v I Lity Me ' he i ' tot Over Millerlown Out; Fires Started -J-' yi REV. J. T. HATTER, J. native of Abineton, Va. who has been called to the pastorate of Grove Presbyterian Church in Ke nansville and Hallsville Presbyter ian Church in Hallsville. Mr. Hay ter moved to Kenansville the first of June and is now living in the old James Sprunt house .the church manse. He fills the pulpit in Ke nansville each second and fdurth Sundays and at Hallsville each first and third Sundays. He is not yet an ordained minister having come here directly from the Seminary. A special ordination service will be arranged in the near future. Mr. Hayter is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hayter, Sr. of Abington. He attended Kings College in Bris tol, Va.-Tenn. and Union Theolo gical Seminary in Richmond.- He is preparing for foreign mission work and expects to go to Korea in a year or so. He probably will remain with the Kenansville- Hallsvllle churches until he goes OUUU VUUU nuici been since October. 1M8- Mr. Hay ter has another sister, Ann Preston Hayter,' who is tOW married this summer.'His. -parents are farmers. MVaytt .sert'ed World War II foe YT mbnUisi seeing 10 months service on Europe in the Medical Corps, v . . - '" Gastonia Girl Is "Lions" Queen Charlotte, June 20 Fannie Sue Falls, 19-year-old Gastonia blonde. was crowned beauty queen Monday night to represent North Carolina Lions Clubs in the International Lions contest in Chicago next month. - ' Miss Falls, a tall junior at Ste phens College in Columbia, Mo., won the title in competition with 14 other Tar Heel beauties Inclu ding Miss Anise Kelly of Kenans ville. fa Miss Kelly was accompanied to the State Convention in Charlotte by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Em- mett Kelly and Mr. and Mrs, -Gilbert Alphin. Visit In Kenansville Candidate. Willis Smith of Ral eigh, , seeking to replace Senator Frank P. Graham as United States Senator, made a whirlwind tour of Duplin last week. Accompanied by a motorcade and led by Robert L. West of Warsaw, Smith's Duplin manager, he visited Falson. War saw, Magnolia, Rose Hill, Wallace, Chinquapin, Beulavllle and Kenans ville. Small crowds gathered io hear him at each stop. - ; " On Wednesday of this s week Senator Graham opened his tour through Duplin after spending Tuesday night in Wallace, by visit ing M. L. Lanier's Store, Chin quapin, Lyman, Beulavllle, Kenans ville, Warsaw, Magnolia, Rose Hill and Teachey.-Small, crowds gath ered, io he? him at ' aU places In Warsaw wh they gathered in the Legion Hut Senator Graham was intre by Senator .Rivers D. John ,t; Representatives from Ke nansviile, Warsaw, Smith; 'Albert- son, GlissonC Wolfesfrape and Fai son townships hearj him. He? was THxmipanied on hll touf-by Bill Miser, a white boy from Fayette- Ville,4not a Negro as anas beFla, ir' .1) wim vM appointed by r f ' ' West Point. ' .Tn r rf the 1 Field Day At Coastal Station Monday, The Coastal Plain Vegetable Re search Farm will hold lis iirsi field dav on Monday. June 28. All farmers of this area are invited to attend. A number of specialists will be present to explain the ex periments being carried on. Mr. A. A. Banadyga, manager of the sta tion, will be In charge of the dis cussions and the tours to the var ious plots. The program of the meeting is as follows: 1:30 - 1:40 P. M. Welcome to the Station and introductions - Cecil Thomas, Director of Test Farm, N. C. Department of Agriculture. 1:40 - 2:30 P. M. The Needs for Research in Vegetable Crops in the Coastal Plains - The Program of Research at the Farm - Ralph W. Cummlngs, Associate Director, N. C. Agricultural Experiment Station. 2:30 - 4:30 P. M. Visit to the Field Plots. The group will have the opportunity to observe the re search being conducted on the fol lowing crops: cantaloupes, cucum bers, lima beans, snap beans, Irish potatoes, peppers, squash, sweet potatoes, sweet corn, tomatoes and watermelons. Specialists will be present to ex plain the work in detail. Emphasis will be placed on the following: (1) Control of the corn ear worm and other vegetable in sects - Paul Rich ter and Georjc Jones. (2) Diseases of vegetable crops - Don Ellis and Howard Gar riss. (3) Vegetable Varieties, breed ing, and growing Warren Bar ham and Henry Covington. Farmers Begin To House Tobacco Duplin farmers will afarly all be knee deep In the tobacco fields by the middle of next week. Reports say that a few scattered farmers in Cypress Creek and Limestone Townships began lugging last week and by the end of this week a large number of producers in all sections of 'the county will be harvesting. The crop in general is reported to be good. Most farmers are op timistic and are looking forward toward a good fall. What with 50 cents tobacco predicted and with a much better yield assured for Duplin this season, farmers and merchants may look forward to -a happier fall. Hundreds of farmers who did not pay or who barely did last fall, and a few held over from the fall before, . should come out on top this year. The seasonal rain last week came just right as some of the primings were beginning to show signs of burning. Many farmers predict thy will be through their housing by August 1st running about one to two weeks ahead of last year. ATTEND MEETING PRODUCTION CREDIT ASS'N. DIRECTORS Officers of the Kenansville Pro duction Credit Association attended the annual directors meeting of the North Carolina Production Credit Association held at Atlantic Beach Monday and Tuesday. Harry Cald well, head of the North Carolina State Grange, made the address and a talk was heard from Julian Scarborough, president of the Fed eral Land Bank Of Columbia. Attending from the local organi zation were Eugene Carlton, presi dent; Garland P. King, secretary treasurer; Fred Outlaw, vice presi den and Major Sutton, director. Union Bible School Here .The Kenansville community Va cation Bible School is now under way at the Methodist church. This year It Is under the supervision, of the Methodist Church with Rev. M. K. Glover heading the school. He Is being assisted by-Rev. J. T. Hayter of the Ideal Presbyterian Church. Student .assistants who ae here helping as teachers and in other capacities are: Miss Molly Honey of Wallace who will be a student at Flora Macdonald next year; Miss Mary Wlke of New Bern who will attend Greensboro college next year; Miss Betty Waller of Kins- ton, student at Piemer uoit.;i Vina Jennette Miller of V'V -rr v "1 Ye a F'ni tt t I KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA Plain Vegetable June 26th Man Nearly Dies Ho Doctor Available A few days ago officers from Warsaw were called to Ernest Arm strong, white man, near -Warsaw who had been injured when struck with a bottle. The bottle crashed on his left cheek leaving gashes. It was 3:00 o'clock in the morning. Town officers called deputy sheriff Perry Smith. Doctors were called from Warsaw, Clinton, Rose Hill and Kenansville. One doctor was contacted in Warsaw and he stated he had just returned from an OB case and was too exhausted to go out. Another in Warsaw was ill. Rose Hill was called and could not get the telephone to answer, ac cording to Chief Police Coombs. He said a doctor was called from Clinton and replied that it was out of his territory. The County Health Officer was called, he said, and was told he did not' have the equipment to take care of the case. All this time the man was bleeding profusely, he said. Mrs. Vann, of the Health Department, was then called in Clinton and she Instructed them to get an ambulance and rush the man to a Wilmington hospital. He was carried to the hospital be fore bleeding to death and his life was s?ved. If there had been a doctor available for first aid with in a reasonable time the man would not have lost so such blood and the taxpayers of Duplin would not be out the hospital and ambulance ex pense. Better still. If there had been a hospital in Kenansville the whole affair would have been a simple matter and the costs would have been negligible. Tobacco Organization Board Members) Meet In Raleigh Jun 30th Three directors will be elected to the 10 member board of the Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corporation at the fourth annual stockholders' meet ing in Pullen Hall, State College, Raleigh, at 11 A. M. Friday, June 30, it was announced today. General Manager L. T. Weeks, Raleigh, pointed out in making the announcement that three directors' terms -.- which runfor three years - expire annually Directors whose tenure expires this year Include :T. W. Allen, Creedmoor, N. C; Joe Blount, Lorls, S. C; and D. F. Bruton,' Adel, Ga. Nine of the. directors are elect ed by the membership, while the 10th is the public director, appoint ed by the Governor of N. C. E. Y. Floyd, Raleigh, director of the plant Food Institute of N. C. and Va., was re-appointed Public Director for 3 years by Governor W. Kerr Scott a year ago. Reports on the operation of the 373,000-member organization, that guarantees farmers a floor of 90 of parity for flue-cured tobacco sold at auction, will be presented at the meeting. Weeks said. He added that full reports of the past year and entire period- since the Corporation began in August 1946, will be made. "Everyone at the meeting," Mr. Weeks said,! ''will have an oppor tunity to .express himself on the work of Stabilization. We expect a large crowd and hope that every one Interested in tobacco product Ion and marketing will attend If at all possible." Beulaville Graduate Accepts position Miss Annie Raye Raynor, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Raynor of Beulaville, a 1950 graduate of Beulavllle. high school who com pleted' a business course there, has accepted a position as secretary and clerk to County Solicitor Grady Mercer. ; -i H V:: MRS BUTLER ATENDS DANCE SCHOOL j 7 Friends and pupils of 1 rey Alphin Eutlef wllf.be"' In knov "" ' - -"Mere the SUTiimei. 'tl Auf Peter' Eboi. in'.l T : ;fi FRIDAY, JUNE 23rd, 1950 w Local Lions Elect Officers The Kenansville Lions Club held election of new officers at their regular Wednesday night sup per last week. The following offi cers were elected to serve for an other year: President, Garland P. King; vice presidents, Leo Jackson and V. H. Reynolds; secretary treasurer, L. F. Weeks; tail twister, Billy Lewis; lion tamer, G. E. Alphin; directors, D. S. Williamson and L. H. Quinn. Boll Weevil Control Should Begin Now ' By L. F. WEEKS Poispning should begin now if you haven't already begun to "Fight the Boll Weevil". Boll wee vils have been found in all major cotton growing counties in the state. It is now estimated that about 2-3 of the overwintering weevils have already come out of hiberna tion and are causing a great deal of damage to terminal buds and squares which are now beginning to form. A good number of farmers have already started dusting and reports indicate an excellent kill of adult weevils where materials were applied properly. 37r (BEC) with 5 DDT is giv ing good results. 20 percent Toxa phane is also giving equal results. Either of these should be applied properly, avoid windy weather and dust at weekly intervals. The con trol program should be started im mediately if not already begun. Shortages of insecticides have been reported in some areas and growers ate advised to purchase amount of poison necessary for an adequate control program. Between 50 and 75 pounds of dust per acre of cotton will be sufficient for the entire season. HALLS VILLEfHBLE SCHOOL LAST WEEK The Hallsville Presbyterian Church Dally Vacation Bible School was held last week, June 12-16. The school was conducted by Miss Ann Jordon.of Wilmington, who had come to the community during the week fon that purpose. The enroll ment of the school was 81, with an average attendance of 73. On the final day, Friday, the parents and friends of the church brought a picnic supper which was eaten on the lawn of the church and which was followed by the final exercises in which all who had aHended participated. Duplin 5th In 3rd Congressional District Census The following summary of popu lation in the 3rd Congressional District, N. C, as compiled from preliminary estimates in the Golds boro Census Office, is given below for the nine counties of the district, and all towns of more than 1,000 population: Carteret County - 22,951; Beau fort, 3217; Morehead City, 5055. The county has 6752 dwelling units and 637 farm units; Beufort 917 dwelling units, and Morehead City 1528. Craven - pop. 48681; dwelling units 12188; farm units 2391. Newborn, ' pop. 15784; dwelling units 4653. . Duplin-pop. 41118; dwelling units 10843; farm units 5863. Wallace; pop. 1613; dwelling units 513; Warsaw, pop. 1596; dwelling units 499. Jones A pop. 11012; dwelling un its 2538; farm units 1594. - Onslow - pop. 41857; dwelling unite 9925; farm Units 2174. Jacksonville, pop. 3930; dwelling units 1182; Holly Ridge, pop. 1081 dwelling units 346. . 'Pamlico - pop. 9981; dwelling units 2971; farm units 856. .Pender - pop. 18301; d. u. 4916; f. Burg aw, pop. 1603; d. u. 447. - Sampson -Top. 49760; d. u. 12 3"f; f. u. 72,77. - v CVn pop. 4401; d. U. 1289. - ..V 4 A pop. 64213; d. u. 16308; IViU. -' .14 1 I, 1 i ' . Gold. rot pop. 21399; d. u. 5977. Tem pop. 1390; d. 421. t, - .v'pop. 3728; d. u. 1096, t rtef:.: totals: pop. 307964; d 3jt u.27921. v V: a -iTL I,,, . Kny if you heat Homecoming, Children's Day At Bethel Methodist Church Sunday M.I.O.SCHAU0 N. C. FARM PEOPLE WILL HONOR SCHAUB North Carolina Farm and Home Week, to be he!d on the State College campus in Raleigh from July 31 through August 3, will be dedicated to Dr. I. O. Schaub, di rector of the State College Exten sion Service for the past 26 years, officials of the 'annual event an nounced here this week. Plans are also being made to honor Director Schaub by estab lishing a scholarship in his name at State College. Mrs. J. S. Gray, president of the N. C. Federation of Home Demon stration Clubs and H. G. Shelton president of the Farmers Conven tion, have sent letters to farm fam ilies throughout the State inviting them to contribute to the proposed scholarship fund. A number of families and home demonstration clubs already have sent in their contributions. Officials said the scholarship could be established with a mini mum of $5,000. The interest from this amount, it was pointed out, would provide an annual scholar ship award of approximately $100, to be made to an outstanding 4-H Club member studying some phase of agriculture at State College. Families desiring to make contri butions should send them to H. G. Shelton, P. O. Box 5157, State Col lege Station, Raleigh. "Dean" Schaub, as he is affect ionately known throughout the State, will retire this fall. He has been director of the Extension Ser vice since 1924. In addition, he was dean of the State College School of Agriculture from 1926 to 1945 and acting director of the Experi ment Station from 1937 to 1940. He served as the State's first 4-H Club agent from 1909 to 1913 and was Southern States field agent for the Cooperative Extension Ser vice from 1918 to 1924. He has been chosen for membership on many important State and national committees and has received nu merous honors. Cancer Clinic On Thursday, June 15 the Lenoir County Cancer Clinic examined 32 persons, 14 white women, 6 white men and 12 colored women. Twenty of the patients were re ferred to their personal physicians for medical attention. Persons attending came from Deep Run. Pink Hill, Kenansville, Dover, Winterville, Hookerton, La Grange, Vanceboro, Rose Hill, Kln ston, Chinquapin and Pollocksville, The clinic is held each Thursday. Examinations are free. Registration is from 10:30 to 11:30. Persons outside Kinston should write for appointment. Address request to Cancer Center Clerk, P. O. Box 49, Kinston, N. C. Wallace Boy Suffers Broken Arm; Leg Walter Murphy Rivenbark, 10-yr. -old son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Rivenbark of Wallace and grand son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter J .Smith of Smith Township, barely escaped death Monday afternoon when he was run over by an auto in Wallace. He was rushed to James Walker Hospital where it was found both arms and one leg was broken and a fractured with possible Internal Injuries. Last reports said he was still too critical for doctors to set the broken limbs and still not able to retain food. - The accident happened In front of his father's place of business, the Rivenbark Dry Cleaners. Re- mmmm W 0y ran In front i toy a Mr. Fuss- e an una void No. 25 On Sunday, June 25, Bethel Methodist churCh near Summerlln Crossroads, will observe its annual Children's Day and Home Coming. At 11 o'clock the welcome will be given by R. J. Alphin, Sunday School Superintendent. A short devotional will be given by the Rev. W. C. Wilson, pastor. Immediately following the devotional a pageant entitled "Who Bids?" presented by the children. After the performance dinner will be served picnic style, to which all are asked to carry a well filled basket, along with tea . At 1:30 there will be special music by the choir and homecoming address by W. T, Byrd. C. C. Ivey will have charge of the parking .Garland Alphin, Wil liam Sullivan and Willie Outlaw will serve as ushers. The day's activities are under the direction of Miss Helen Sullivan Mrs. Perry Grady and Mrs. Jim Grady. Gulley Washer Wednesday Night Farmers in the area extending about 2 miles of Kenansville to Beulaville can not complain about dry weather. . Wednesday night . rain literally fell in sheets for more than a half-hour in the area. It rained so hard one could hardly drive an auto. The rain seemed to be pretty general over the coun ty but not so heavy as in this sec tion. Power lines "were put out of commission from Falson to War saw, Kenansville to Beulaville and stayed off in some places for an hour or more. WARSAW CANNERY NOW OPEN Housewives of Warsaw, Kenans ville and surrounding area will welcome the opening of the War saw school cannery which will op erate again this season the same as last. The Cannery is under the supervision of Ross E. Wadklns, agriculture teacher in the Warsaw school and will be open on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday of each week until August 15th. B&P W INSTALLS NEW OFFICERS The Business and Professional Women's Club of Duplin County held installation services at their regular supper meeting Monday evening at Mitchener's Dining Room. Mrs. R. L. West was instal lation officer, and installed Mrs. J. P. Harmon, Pres.; Miss Mary Lee Sykes, 1st vice pres.; Mrs. Frank Hobbs, 2nd vice pres.; Mrs. Henry Rivenbark, Treas.; Mrs. Carl Winders, Recording Sec; Miss Mary Alice Blackmore, Corres ponding Secretary. Mrs. Avon Sharpe gave an inter esting report from the State Con vention helcf in Winston-Salem last week. Delegates attending from this club were Mrs. Harmon, Mrs. Sharpe, Miss Blackmore and Mrs. West. It was announced that the B&PW would participate in a soft ball game Friday night in the ball park n Warsaw. This program is being sponsored by the local Lions Club for the Filford Teachey Fund. Visitors of the club were Mrs. Dorcas Rogers and Miss Alta Law- son. There were 25 members pres ent. BLOODSHED BOXSCORE On N. C. Highways Killed June 16 thru June 19 5 Injured same dates 144 Killed thru June 19, 1950 392 Killed thru June 19, 1949 349 Injured thru June 19, 1950 5,200 Injured thru June 19, 1949 3,897 COMEDIES FROM EVERT DAT LIFE Br. Mrs. Howard Jetaer. The young husbartd returned from work to find his wife-In a rage. He gently inquired what she was so angry about She raved forth, "While I was visiting mother last month, you wrote me that you 4 were spending every night at home and so lonesome for me.tt,rou could not stand it, Wy Inquired, "AndV Atg about that?V , ttd r "Take a goou( . r. l'"H' bill that Justr,u r . whole amount w leo--.