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VOLUME NUMBER
Preceding this week's rain damage to tobacco wasjjie hail
storm which struck in the Faison-Calypso area week before last.
Above is a picture of a section of
Duplin Tobacco Estimated
25 To 30; East, South
The County Agent's office today
estimated the damage to Duplin
County's tobacco crop, inflicted by
the heavy rains of recent days, will
reach ' as- high as 30 percent. In
the worst stricken areas the gener-,-
- al average is estimated to be 25 to
' 30 percent. Those areas suffering
most cover the territory from' about
Pink Hill in the east, south to Chin-
. , quapin and west-to the railroad,
" North and west have, suffered but
" not so seriously. If the rain holds
up and the surplu! water can get
" ff before t hot sun begins boiling
down -" farm offCiaj jay s there
should be little further damage.
.When askedj what the farmers
should do .they said the only ad
vice they could give was to keep
. ditches open and drain fields as
fast as possible.
The rain started falling on last
Thursday - and fell continuously
through - Monday. Tuesday . and
Wednesday it rained heavy in some
Sections of the. county but was not
so general. Monday it fell In the
southern part of the county almost
as hard as it did Saturday, which
was the worst day. Many old timers
say it was the worst siege of rain
experienced in their lifetime in Du
plin for this. time of year. Last
year the farmers suffered a rain
seige but it came about two weeks
earlies than this season. Had this
rain come two weeks earlier the
',H tobacco crop would , have been a
Aw loss, it is said. In the south
ernpart of the county "many farm
ers were half through housing
while In the northern section some
- v had not begun when the rain struck.
( Where the leaves have drooped
and fail to regain their shape and
strength it is said they are ruined,!
however, if they droop and later
straighten up they can be salvaged.
Duplin farmers last year planted
a total of 20.000 acres with an esti
mated yield of 1165 pounds to the
acre, a low yield. This year they
planted approximately the same
acreage with a yield prospect from
1300 to 1400 pounds per acre.' :
TWO SEVERE FIRES J
-V IN WIXMINGTON "
Two severe, fires occurred in
; r Wilmington last Saturday night at
. V about the same time. The first fire
reported was at Godwon Lumber
' Company; A damage estimated at
i about $100,000 was 'done. Shortly
" after the alarm was given for the
v Godwin plant a second major alarm
r was sounded for the Ideal Laundry
afid Dry Cleaners. Reports say the
damage there was heavy but the
laundry and dry cleaning depart
ments were not destroyed and work
continued Monday as usual. Ideal
sends trucks daily into Duplin. No
Duplin - clothes were damaged, it
;y. was .reported.', .-. ,r'.v-.,,
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It was officially announced this
week that the United States Post
' Office Department has leased the
main lobby of. the old Hometel
. In Warsaw from J. J. Jenkins, own
er. Mr. Jenkins says he will re
model the interior vand probably
V s vpst'bule to the front Automa
. . i be Installed. The Tie
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tobacco owned by Johnny Arcurif
The Duplin Story"
In Spite of Rain
By: J. R. GRADY
"It's an ill wind that blows no
good' the saying goes and the wea
ther in Duplin has been somewhat
ill during the past several days with
tobacco farmers up to their knees
in mud and water trying to house
the 1950'crop of the enlden Weed.
Duptka farmers, like many other
Southeastern Carolina farmers, de
pend to a large degree on receipts
frpm tobacco sales to pay their
bills, make improvements and plan
for another year's work. The rains
of the past few days have put
something of a damper on their
spirits, but not so with the proma
ters of "The Duplin Story".
The Mid-century production of
"The Duplin Story" took on new
impetus over the past week end
when Sam Byrd, Author, Director
and Actor in Duplin's 1949 "Mir
acle in a Corn Field" arrived on
the scene. Following close behind
Mr. Byrd was the arrival of Corwin
Rife, Technical Director, and Scen
ic Designer of the pageant, from
the Dock Street Theatre in Char
leston, who handled the job last
year. The two, together with Byrd's
adopted daughter, Patricia Bolam,
a native of England, have rented
the remodeled colonial home of the
late Miss Martha Southerland in
Kenansville, and will make their
home there until the middle of
September.
The second edition of "The Du
plin Story" is scheduled for show
ing on September 7, 8, 8, 11, and
12th, two weeks earlier than last
season. It is hoped that the heavy
rains falling in Duplin these days
will be sufficient and we will be
blessed with fair weather in Sep
tember. , ' '
Mr. Byrd is "touching up. the
script He says the 1950 production
will be essentially the same as the
1949 showing with some Improve
ments in several spots. He expects
CONTINUED ON BACK PAGE
Audrey Butler
Reports From Fla.
Mrs. Audrey Butler, popular dan
cing teacher-in Duplin, is in St
Petersburg, Fla., where she Is spen
ding several months with her aunt,
Mrs. Butler writes the Times that
she is enjoying her stay on the
Gulf of Mexico. She says swimming
is much better In the Gulf than on
the Atlantic. Part of her letter
reads:. v i-v" ' '
J'l have been in Florida 'since
May and have thoroughly enjoyed
visiting the public schools, kinder
gartens and dance studios. I've
gotten lots of fine ideas during my
observation and much hard work
during my practice hours on Dance
Classics. I've been very much in
terested in Baton and Majorette
lessons-, as connected with high
school bands ( and ' parades. Some
of my private classes will be In
Baton technique., I'll be here for
quite a While yet .;. "Hello to
all my f ' - ", sincerely, Amlrey
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of near Faison. The field was
by the hail. He will have li ttle
was building.
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Damaged
Heaviest Hit
Generals Arrive
Optimism Prevails
WANT TO CALL
SAM BYRD?
TELEPHONE 256-2
r
For the convenience of those
wanting- to get ln tones with
Sam Byrd or Corwtn Rife they
have Installed a telephone at
their residence In the Annie
Rose Southerland home. The
number Is 256-2. And as usual
If . they dont answer O. P.
Johnson or Bob Grady may
have some notions as to their
whereabouts but please try
their telephone first
Two More Duplin
Road Projects
Be Let Soon
Special To The Times
Two Duplin County projects are
among those being advertised by
the State Highway Commission for
letting on July 25. Both will be fi
nanced under the $200,000,000 sec
ondary road program.
The first project calls for the
grading and hard-surfacing of 10.7
miles from the end of pavement
south of Kenansville southeast
via Dobson Chapel to a point on
NC 41 approximately 2.5 miles
west of Chinquapin.
The second involves the grading
and hard-surfacing of 12.7 miles
from Sarecta southeast to NC 41,
from NC 24 north to NC 41 and
from NC 41 north to the Jones
County line.
Specifications were also adver
tised on 28 other highway projects
throughout the state covering 220
miles of roadway Improvement
Low bids received on July 25 will
be .reviewed by the Commission at
its monthly meeting in early Aug
ust after which contracts will be
awarded. '
The $00,000,000 secondary road
program will reach peak construc
tion activity during the summer
and early fall. The Highway Com
mission has some 800 highway pro
jects unde'r construction at present,
the largest-number ever handled
simultaneously,
The art of art, the glory of ex
pression and the sunshine of the
light of letters, is simplicity..
Park Naturalist At "Cliffs" For Summer
V L. . Jack Wilson of Wilmington
has been employed as naturalist at
'Cliffs of Neuse State Park" for
the summer months. - "
Mr. Wilson is interested In con
tacting persons and groups who
like the out of doors and are in
terested in taking fleeld trips and
nature study hlkes. : - r- w.,
A scenic foot trail has been e
t ' ' -! from the picnic area to
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KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
completely riddled and shredded
use for the new tobacco barn he
SUPERIOR COURT
IS CANCELED
The July term of superior court
scheduled for Duplin has been can
celed by Governor Scott. The can
celation was a result of a request.
It is becoming customary to cancel
the summer terms in Duplin due
to farm work.
Draft Board Being Named
Clerk of Court R. V. Wells said
Thursday that two members of the
new draft board has been named
and a third one should have been
named by the time you read this.
The Times will list the members
! and the new clerk next week. It
! is expected that less than a dozen
men will be called from Duplin in
the present draft call.
BLOODSHED BOXSCORE
' On N. C. Highways
Killed July 7-10 c
Injured same dates
Killed thru July 10 ,1950
Killed thru July 10, 1949
Injured thru July 10, 1950
Injured thru July 10, 1949
8
152
452
399
5,907
4,552
FEDERAL COURT
IN AUGUST
A special erm of United States
District Court for the Eastern dis
trict will begin in Wilmington on
August 7th. Judge Don Gillom will
preside. The following cases invol
ving Duplin people will be heard:
U. S. A. vs M. Butler Cavenaugh,
et al; Babcock Lumber Co. vs J. A.
Newkirk, et al.
Presbytery Held
At Beulaville
' The quarterly meeting of the Wil
mlngton Presbytery was held in
the Beulaville church Tuesday. An
all day session was held with be
tween 75 and 100 people present.
Rev. J. D. Wlthrow, retiring
moderator opened the session and
presided until the new moderator,
Rev. W. Priestly Conyers, III, of
Morehead City took; over. It is in-,
teresting to note that this is Rev.
Conyers' first year -In the ministry.
A number of reports were made
throughout the day and two ad
dresses were delivered, one by Dr.
Marshall.' president of Flora Mac-
donald College and one by A. E.
Ottbson, elder in Wilmington
church. A marked ' degree of in
terest was manifested in the dis
cussion on the recent Montreat ac
tion regarding the question of
segregation. j,
An adjourned meeting of the
Presbytery will be 4ield in Grove
church, Kenansville; on July 25th
to receive Rev. J. -T. Hayter Into
the Wilmington Presbytery.
The next quarterly meeting will
be held in the fall at Hopewell
church in Pender J County.
study trails are setup so as to por
tray the unusual floral features of
the park which includes lush semi
tropical growth In close proximity
with plants that are indigenous to
mountainous areas. v
; Mr. Wilson will be on hand and.
very glad to guide . interested
groups on tours over any of the
trails. Tn -the near future, , nature
study trails will he labelled so as
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FRIDAY,
"Duplin Story
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Letters
The Times will, from time to time
publish letters received concerning
the coming production of "The
Duplin Story". Below is a letter
received last week:
Manager of "The Duplin Story"
Kenansville, N. C.
Dear Sis:
I am planning to bring another
group to see "The Duplin StOry"
In September, and will thank you
to advise as soon as possible, the
dates the pageant will be shown,
so I can arrange for our t'ip. Also
adv'fe the price of tickets and time
t ie performance begins each night.
The group I brought last year en
joyed it so much that I have re
quests to go again.
Best wishes for continued suc
cess of the pageant and we hope it
will become a yearly event.
Sincerely,
Edna W. Parker,
Residence Director
Young Woman's Christian Assn.
11 July, 1950
The Duplin Times:
Dear Mr. Grady:
Inclosed herewith is my check
for $1.00 to complete my year's
out-of-town subscription to the
Times as per your advice of about
three weeks ago.
I am planning to have my family
attend the Pageant starting Sep
tember 7th. If the Association gets
out any publicity, I would like to
be put on their mailing list, as I
would like to write my old friends
who were in Kenansville a half
century ago to join me in a re
union on this occasion.
I was rather taken aback by your
publication of my letter last month,
not that I mind particularly but I
fear it might offend the Wilming-
ton District Engineer and have an 1 people of Kenansville and sur
adverse effect in the Northeast , roundine area. The Dlans are to
River project.
Sincerely,
H. R. Faison, Sr.
EDIT. NOTE: Thanks for your
letter Mr. Faison. I'm sure the
Wilmington District Engineer
would not have been offended by
your letter. If you were in Duplin
today you could see first hand why
we need some drainage in this area
It is too early to predict the loss
but the damage to our 1950 tobacco
crop, caused by the fact that the
excessive rainfall in the past few
days has been unable to get away,
will run into many thousands of
dollars.
We like your idea of a reunion
of old friends during "The Duplin
Story". You will recieve practically
all publicity, that goes out, through
the Duplin Times. J. R. G.
2nd District VFW
Meet In Pink Hill
About 100 VFW members and
their Auxiliary guests attended the
secondSdistrict meeting of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars at the Wil-
lard Smith Post in Pink Hill Sun
day afternoon. Guest speaker was
Past Commander-in-Chief Otis
Brown of Greensboro.
Comrade Brown reviewed his ex
periences with the VFW since the
first world war and emphasized
his experience while he was Com
mander in -1940. He praised the
service of the VFW in war and in
peace and appealed to them never
to forget the widows and orphans
and the men still in hospitals as
a result of their service during ths
past struggle.
The program Sunday got un
derway with the address of wel
come by Senior Vice-Commander
Jasper D. Tyndall of the Pink Hill
post and Mrs. Ferrell Stubbs, who
heads the second district's Ladies'
Auxiliary. Department Command
er Earl Knauf of Jacksonville head
ed the list of distinguished guests
and addressed the business meet
ing. He described plans to erect
the North Carolina Cottage at the
National Home by 1951, and stated
that- much of the material to be
used in Its construction would come
from North Carolina. He also stres
sed the importance of civilian de
fense, especially in Eastern Caro
lina, and warned there would be
little time to prepare In the event
of another global war. He appealed
to the VFW to head up efforts to
set up adequate civilian defense
organizations in all their communi
ties. rU,'-.-:.;v-.'-.-''' ';;..'
Other guests included Depart
ment Chief of Staff Irvin Verone
of New Bern, Harold Dale, com
mander of the 4th district, and a
number of other 4 district members
and Auxiliary guests.
The second district group will
meet at 2 p.m. August 8 in Golds
boro. All members in the district
vr'U t3 Invite 3 to a"!' -
JULY 14th, 1950
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f INK. HILL BHEWBKS
and Mrs. W. E. Brewer of Pink Hill. The little ones are, left, Barbara
and right, Betty. Mrs. Brewer is the former Marsha Hood of Kins
ton. The Brewers have recently moved to Pink Hill from Kinston.
They are the proprietors and operators of Brewer Drug Company
there. Mrs. Brewer is a registered pharmacist. See the three Pink
Hill pages in this issue for details about Pink Hill business. Inci
dentally the town of Pink Hill will be featured in this week's issue
of Carl Goerch's State magazine.
Kenansville Youth Center Planned
Presbyterian Manse Made Available
By: SAM HAYTER
Plans are now being made to
make use of the Presbyterian
Manse and grounds as a recreation
al and social center for the young
have one room for pine pong and
two rooms for eu'xi indoor games
and activities, one being primarily
for the younger aged group and
the other for the older aged group.
The kitchen will be available for
any use, and bottled drinks will
be kept there for purchase. Also,
i the Boy Scouts plan to have one
of the rooms for their regular
meeting place. On the outside
there will be croquet, badminton,
volley ball, horseshoes, and it is
hoped that lighting facilities can
be added to permit outside activi
ties at night.
The Program will be under the
direction of Rev. Sam Hayter, who
now resides in the Manse, and the
young people themselves are do
ing the work and are already busy
in fixing up the house and grounds
for their use, but the support of I
the townspeople is solicited in get-
ting the house and grounds equip-
ped for the various activities. Fol-1
The Boys From Duplin Write Of Closing
Days At Scouts National Jamboree
The following letter was received
by the Times this week. The Du
plin County Boy Scouts who attend
ed the National Scout Jamboree at
Valley Forge all have returned
home and report a great time. They
say it was the experience of their
lives. The letter:
To the Duplin People:
As the Jamboree is closing we
are visiting all places possible. One
of the beautiful scenes was Wash
ington Memorial Chapel. It con
tains a museum which covers the
history of Valley Forge from Wash
ington's day to the present time.
Tuesday night we had a page
ant on the United States from the
days of the Indians until now.
General Eisenhower made one
of the most impressive speeches
during the whole; jamboree. After
his speech Tuesday night we saw
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BROOKS STORE PUTS
ON BIG SELLING EVENT
On the Warsaw page of this issfle
will be found an ad of the A.
Brooks Department Store in War
saw. While Mr. Brooks is away for
his summer vacation the new mana
ger, Moman BarT, new in manage
ment but an old tace in tne store,
is staging a special selling event.
Mr. Barr has completely re-worked
the stock of merchandise and says
he Is offering a large number of
unusual values for this time of the
year. The "New Brooks Store" as
some are calling It 4s taking on a
new atmosphere sWe Mr. Barr re
turned and took i er. Mr. Barr
says this aale Is -'!jed be
cause ir""- roo ' t"
for new l 1 m - -
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No. 28
Above is the family group of iu.
lowing is a list of the supplies and
equipment that it is hoped will be
made available; sofas, day beds,
easy chairs, folding or straight
chairs, magazine racks, small ta
bles or card tables, piano, radio,
record player, curtains or curtain
material, scatter rugs, floor lamps,
materials far out dor lighting fa-,
cilities, materials for outdoor orea,
picnic tables, and any kind of in
door or outdoor games. Cash con
tributions are also solicited, as
there will be some expense in the
installation and maintenence of this
program. If anyone has any of 'the
above amentioned items which
they would like to either give or
loan to this program they will be
greatly appreciated. If you have
something please contact eithed
The Duplin Times, Mrs. W. M. In
gram, or Rev. Sam Hayter, and
some of the young people will be
by to pick it up.
For the benefit of any of the
young people of the town or sur
rounding, area who have not heard
of this program an invitation is
extended to all to come to the
Manse and join in the fun, any-
time in the afternoon or evening.
$5,000 worth of fireworks; with
George Washington kneeling in
prayer, as a climax to the display.
Wednesday night we had a page
nat presented by troops from North
Carolina.
Thursday we made preparations
to break camp and Thursday night
we had a pageant on Strengthen
ing the Arm of Liberty.
Friday we- made the long trip
home.
Sincerely,
The Boys from Duplin
Suffers Heart Attack
Paul Berry of Warsaw is in the
James Walker Hospital where he
was carried a few days ago suffer
ing from a heart attack. This is
the second attack in recent months.
Mr. Berry, a railway mail clerk on
the A.C.L. was at the Warsaw de
pot awaiting the train when he was
stricken. He was rushed to the Wil
mington hospital by ambulance.
His condition is reported better.
COMEDIES FROM
EVERY DAT LIFE
By: Mrs. Howard Joiner
A grandmother was lecturing her
young granddaughter on the lack
of modesty In the girls of today.
She raved forth, "Why the girls of
her time were modest and inno
cent and even Mushed at the prop
er times, while the girls now were
brazen, bold and didn't blush at
anything." The young girl listened
respectfully aad then replleed,
"Gran ' -r.ther. If the girla of your
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