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'ii in h VOLUME NUMBER EIGHTEEN rr The Duplin Sfory C 1 1 Bp a i d f A how business "call board" Is an important thing In an actor's We. A theatre "call board' lists rehearsal schedules, casting news and plans for the day. The Duplin . Times begins "The. Duplin Story" Call Board with this issue. Official production announcements will ap pear in it each week. All pageant personnel are urged to watch it for : current schedules. , DUPLIN CHOIR MEETS TUESDAY NIGHT r The Duplin County choir will hold Us Initial meeting In preparation for the mid-cent- nry production 'of "The Dup- '. lin Story" at the KenansrlUe High School auditorium Tues day night, July 25, at 8:00 pjn. All member! of the original choir are urged to attend this ; meeting to help make rehear- . aal plans for this year's per formances, which will be giv en at the Hampton D. Wil liams Amphitheatre, Kenans vUle. Sept 7, 8, 9, 11, and , 12. ;; Mrs. Naomi Wood will again direct the choir. Sam Byrd ' will be present Tuesday night to outline this year's produc- tion plans. They are anxious to have each person who took part In the play last year to participate in this year's per- f ormances In their own roles. Please make every effort to attend Tuesday night's meet ing. Bring with you anyone you know who can sing and Is interested In singing In the choir this year. SQUARE DANCEEBS , "The Duplin Story" square dan cers will meet with Sam Byrd at 81OO p.m. Friday night, fuly 28 at 'S-" Knn Memonat.umtonum fJPifo fiscuSa rehearaoJ year fmumiua vr iuv vuv u. Lm WlUlams, Tocal 'chairman, has , issued calls to all who participated t "iin the dance last yeas and to others " ' who art interested 'to meet .with ' - ' ' V i ' . 1 ' ' . ') Crciders Approve ?; l!ew Bull , 1 The Coastal Coop. Breeders Assn. 1 approved the purchase of Midnight 3 j Hero of the Glen, Registered Guer- ., ney bull, by the Southeastern Arti f i flcial Breeding Association at - ; Asheville, N. C, an American .. " Breeders Service. i "Midnight" is definitely larger than average size Guernsey. He is i long and deep bodied with excep- tlonal spring of rib, his back and 7t rump are straight and strong a j splendid; individual. He is Just J, short of seven years old. H. J. Haga of Abingdon, Va. fawned him and "Midnight" was proved by his .; daughters in the Haga herd near i Bristol i , The records of "Midnight's", dau- w ghters show that he is proved to - be an outstanding transmitter of production . and acceptable type, '. i and give him an American Index i on 0 pairs daughter-dam comparl- ' sons of 1448 poundes of milk, i 4.75 test, and 691 pounds but- , terfat, based on -2X milking, 305- day, mature equivalent "Midnight" ;' daughters are a fine group of anl maU the kind that fill the farm- er's pails with generous quantities " of milk with high butterfat con tent "'.i'T.v?'viv,':rT On Friday July 14 the Wayne ' County Cancer Center held Its weekly Clinic and 21 appeared for examination, 9 - white women,. 5 - white men, 6 colored women an 1 : colored man. All examinations were ev leted and 10 were referred to tli t personal physicians for med ktl a.tentioa. '.r- :''V ;-;:. 'r? - everal were from out -of town. ; 1 trom Smithfleld, 1 front Willlam ' ston, 1 from Rose Hill, and 1 from , Cll. ton. Examinations are free to unynne with a danger slgnaL, - I 'Jen's of Kenansvlr'e and vi cinity are ef jeclally Invited to eo- e to ti.Ss Center, and, to think - of it aa their Cancer Center. ' . In order . that ; those who live tnn'-e than 20 miles from Goldsboro r- v be sure of an examination and ' t""e. trip in vain, priorities : . t, ou rcjnest So address r- , to; Cancer Cer ' . r 4, -v-f Gol, Soro " ' tin v i First Murder In Duplin In 18 Months Roosevelt Boney Under Capital Charge Roosevelt Boney, negro of near I velt went into his apartment, se Wallace is in the local Jail without I cured a gun, and walked' to the privilege of bond on a first degree murdering his wife's brother Leon ard James. '' According to Coroner C. B. Sitter son on July 9th Roosevelt and his wife were at their home, a two apartment house in which her bro ther Leonard James lived in the adjoining apartment. Roosevelt had been drinking and probably his wife too. They had been fussing and arguing during the day. Dur ing one argument she Vent from her apartment into the apartment of her brother, Leonard. Roose- Georgia Tobacco Market Opens Monday Herring Reports Crops Short There CHARLIE HERRING Charlie Herring, veteran Duplin tobacconist who operates warehous es in Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee, called the Times Wed nesday from Metter, Ga., stating that on his arrival in the Ga.-FIa. tobacco belt he found that the crop there was much shorter then was expected. Last year he called the Times on arrival and advised that the markets in Georgia would be glutted through the entire season. This year, he says, his two ware houses in Metter, Ga., the Metter Warehouse and Brick Warehouse, will be able to handle any amount of tobacco from Duplin County most any day it is carried down. He says there will be no heavy block opening day. Commenting on the fact that many Duplin farmers are in need of ready cash he says he has ad VJsed his.sUff to pay particular. floors of both houses from' Duplin County. The trip is not lqng he says, and if the farmers load their trucks heavy it will pay them to take the drive. Also it is rememi: hered that tobacco sold in Georgia does not have to be graded and tied. Mr. Herring says he is looking for high prices during opening week. The demand is strong and the present war situation Justifies the belief Jhat the weed is going to sell nigh. Charlie is a native of Duplin, born and reared IB the B. F. Grady school community and a graduate of the Grady School. He is a tob acconist at heart; having been rai sed with it and has been selling tobacco since reaching young man hood. He is vitally interested in Duplin County and is always wilK lng to do what he can in aiding any movement that is for the best interests of Duplinites. NEGRO COUPLE HELD ON CHARGE '' m q Effie Mae Underwood and Ez zell Underwood, posing as man and wife, are being held In jail here in default of bond on the charge of committing the . act of Sodomy. They will be tried in the next term of Superior Court. . NEGRO HELD FIRST DEGREE BURGLARY Herbert Brown, Negro, Is being held In Jail here without privilege of bond on a charge Of first degree burglary. According to Justice of the Peace C. B. Sltterson,-Brown allegedly entered the home of J. T Heath, white, in the night of July 16th while the family was sleeping., Mrs. Heath awoke just as Brown was approaching her bed. She. yelled for her husband and Brown ran from the house down the road. In attempting to Jump a ditch he lost a shoe. Sheriff Ralph Jones was called and his force: with the bloodhounds, traced the negro and picked him up in a little while. At a hearing before Sitter- son Brown pleaded guilty and was bound over to Superior. Court' He was already out under bond on a charge of breaking and entering. MRS, WALTER HERRING BITTEN BY SNAKE Mrs. Walter Herring of near War saw was bitten on the arm by a copperhead snake. She was rushed to Warsaw where Dr. Ewers render ed first aid and then was carried to Goid boro I!o !.'M. The snake Inflicted a c : p -mt of front door of Leonard's apartment. He called to his wife and, she told him they had fussed enough and that she was not going to return. Leonard was standing in a second room back from the front door. Roosevelt raised his gun and fired at him through the screen door, the load taking effect in the left side of his back. He died later in a Wilmington hospital. Sheriff Jones says this is the -first murder in Duplin in over 18 mon ths. A record he and his force are proud of. Mother C. E. Quinn Mrs. Emma L. Quinn, 79, widow of Alonza A. Quinn, died at her home here Wednesday at 4:45 p.m. after a lingering illness for some time. Funeral services were held at the home at 4:30-p.m. Thursday, conducted by the 'Rev. Murrell K. Glover, assisted by the Rev. James W. Sneeden of We9t End, a former pastor, and the Rev. J. T. Hayter, pastor of Kenansvllle Presbyter ian Church. She had spent all her life in Duplin county with the ex ception of two short periods, living in New Bern and Seven Springs. She was the daughter of M. J. and Mary Phillips of the Albertson section. She was a member of the Kenansyille Methodist Church. Surviving- ate two- sons, Clarence E. of Kenansvllle and Thomas W. of near Summerlin's; three daugh ters, Mrs. Clifton Williams of Pink Hill, Mrs. Ella Byrd of Kenans vllle and Mrs. J. T. McDonald of Miami, Fla.; and a number, of grandchildren. R. W. BLACKMORE RETIRES; CARLTON BUYS BUSINESS R. W. Blackmore, who has been operating the Blackmore Insurance Agency for 48 years, has recently sold his business to the D. H. Carl ton Insurance Agency of Warsaw. Mr. Blackmore explained that ill health has forced him to retire. The sale was effective July 1. In a public letter, Mr. Blackmore said "I have reached the conclu sion that, due to the condition of my health your Interests and mine will be better served by turning over my business to one better equipped physically to give you the service to which you are entit led." The letter added that Mr. Carlton will retain the same com panies which Mr. Blackmore has represented for many years. Mr. Blackmore concluded Dy saying: "I cannot let the opportun ity pass without expressing to you my everlasting appreciation for the lovaltv you have display ed me down through the years. My life has been a happy one, and my busi ness and personal relationship with you has brought me rich blessing. I will be around a long time yet, and while I can't get around as fast as I once could, I can still get around, and you'll be see ing something of me for a long time." INDOOR SPORTS CLUB BE ENTERTAINED BY COSMETOLOGISTS The Sampson-Duplin " Cosmotol oglsts Association entertained the Indoor Sports Club at the DrPep per Plant in Clinton on Thursday night Mrs. Frank Hobbs of Warsaw is president of the association. Jim Reed of WPTF, Raleigh, was there to make recordings of interviews of members which - will be broadcast on Sunday afternoon. Miss Janie Belle .Blackmore is a member of the Sports Club. v - HUNTING LICENSE The 1950-51 hunting license are now -available at your dealers. Be sure when buying them you get copy of the hunting laws. , . Please report to your local game protector any out-of-season hunt ing, as the game belongs to all of who-do not respect the--laws, or the people and not to Just a few r'::hts of their neip'i'inr. 1 . KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 173 Farmers Ag. Workers Attend Meets Seventy-three farmers and agri cultural workers attended the two field, meetings Friday afternoon, July 14. These meetings were held at Grover Rhodes' farm in "Smith Township, and Bill Dail's farm in Cyprtss Creek Township. The group studied 9 varieties of tobacco planted side by side on black shank infested soils. Mr. H. R. Garriss, Extension Plant Path ologist from State College,, was present and discussed the various tobacco diseases threatening the tobacco crop of Duplin County. He discussed the varieties resistant to the disease and emphasized that resistant varieties alone would not produce the best crop of tobacco. He pointed out that crop rotation, proper spacing, fertilization, cul tural practices and insect control were also very important. Root Knot, he says, is causing severe loss in poundage and quality of the flue-cured tobacco crop. For this disease there is no resistant varie ty, but crop rotations will help to keep this disease down when it becomes severe in many cases. The soils may be fumigated. The three new varieties of tobac co from the Experiment Station this year for the first time was showing up very nicely in the varie ty test. These are Dixie Bright 27, resistant to Granville Wilt, and Dixie Bright 101 and Dixie Bright 102 which are resistant to Black Shank and Granville Wilt. The farmers present estimated that above 90 per cent of the to bacco on plots planted to non-re sistant varieties was dead as a re suit of black shank. Faison Man On k N. C. Road Finance Board Roy Cates of . Faison has been renamed to the finance committee of the North Carolina Railroad. Re named with Cates were R. T. Bay nes of Fairfield and Merle It. Stu art of Shelby. All other officers, including President C. A. Fink of Spencer, were reelected with the exception of John Reynolds of Asheville who was succeeded by W. W. Jones of Raleigh in the secretary-treasurer's post. The railroad, owned by the state, connects Goldsbbro and Greens boro under lease to the Southern Railroad. Cates is an official of Cates Pickle Company of Faison. Hog Prices Hog prices continued upward 1 this week, with gains at most sou thern markets ranging frqm 25c to $1.25 a hundred. A seasonal scarcity of hogs in the deep Sou theast found' prices up $1' to $2 at packing plants in the , peanut belt, and $1 to $2.50 above a week ago- at Montgomery. Closing Hog. Prices Closing prices- Friday for best (weights of butcher hogs at lead ing southern markets were; Atlanta $23.75 to' $24; Nashville, $24; Rich mond, $23; Louisville, $23.50 to $24; Memphis, $24 to $24.50; and Montgomery, $22.50 to $24. GEO- IVEY BROCK FUNERAL TUESDAY George Ivey Brock; 89, died on Monday night at bis home in the Sarecta Community after several months of declining health. Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon at the home at 3 o'clock by Rev. M. E. Godwin of Dunn, assisted by Rev. W.. R. Kennedy. Burial was in the Brock family cemetery near the home. In addition to his wife he is sur vived by three sons, Charlie D., George I., and Levi A. Brock; three daughters, Mrs. S. E Jones, Mrs. Simon Jones, ! and Mrs.VWilbert Jones; one. foster daughter, Mrs. Willie Brock, all of the home com munity; 13 grandchildren; two brothers, Ransome and C. T. Brock; one sister, Mrs. Ellen Anderson, all of. Duplin County; three half sisters, Mrs. Willie Psnson,' Mrs. Winnie Dunn an! T t. A. D. Gra (' , - f r V :unlty., FRIDAY, JULY 21st, 1950 Tobacco Damage In County Put At Less Than 15; Other Crop Damages Light Corn leads Crop Acreage In Duplin Tobacco Top Money Crop; 1949 Census The farm census, recently com pleted in Duplin, shows in a pre liminary report 410,697 acres of land in farms in the county. The census was carried out by the Board of County Commission ers, through a farm census super visor and township enumerators, in cooperation with the U. S. and State Departments of Agriculture, Division of Statistics and Farm Census Office. The survey covers 1949 crops, and is based on farm census facts secured from the farmers of the county in January, 1950. Of the 410,697 acres of land in farms in the county, 136,540 were shown as cultivated. This is about 33 percent. The report shows seven percent in pasture and idle, and 61 percent wooded and all other uses. Corn occupied more land than any other crop, taking 56 percent of the cultivated land. Tobacco, cotton, vegetables, soybeans, les pedeza, grain and hay also showed up as important crops. Tobacco occupied 15 percent of all culti vated land, cotton eight percent, and all other crops took 21 per cent. In addition the county survey showed the following totals: idle Flue-Cured Support Rates Set The average Federal price-support loan rate for flue-cured to bacco of the 1950 crop is 45 cent's per pound, the Duplin County Com mittee of the Production and Mar keting Administration announced this week. The average rate for the 1949 crop was 42.5 cents per pound. "This rate is 90 percent of the parity price for flue-cured tobac co as of July 1, 1950, the level re quired by the Agricultural Act of 1949," Mr. Joe E. Sloan, Committee Chairman points out. Mr. Sloan reports that the sched ule of 1950 loan rates, by grades, has been established by the Com modity Credit Corporation after consultation with representatives growers, PMA Committeemen and the trade, in a meeting at Rich mond, Va. on July 3. The schedule will be available for inspection in all county and State PMA offices in the flue-cured area after July 15. The Chairman says that, as In the past, price support will be made available during the marketing season to eiigiDie growers on eligible" tobacco on auction floors throughout the flue-cured area. The warehousemen, who advances the grower the proceeds of the loan. Is reimbursed by the Flue-cured To bacco Cooperative Stabilization Corporation at Raleigh, N. C, with funds borrowed from the Commod ity Credit Corporation, he explains. "An 'eligible' grower," says Mr. Sloan, "is one who is cooperating in the 1950 acreage allotment-marketing quota program for flue cured tobacco. "Eligible" tobacco, the Chairman explains, is flue-cured tobacco of the 1950 crop which (1) Is covered by a "Within Quota" marketing quota card issued by the County PMA Committee, (2) is in sound and merchantable condition, (3) :s delivered by the original grower to an auction market in the flue-cured area for display, inspection and sale, an (4) is free and clear of any and all liens and encumbrances. After ..all tobacco of the 1950 crop pledged to the CCC for loan by the flue-cured cooperative has been marketed, any net gains will be distributed by the cooperative to the growers who placed the to bacco under loan, Mr. Sloan point ed out TO COMPETE IN TALENT CONTEST Charles Hales, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Hales will enter the Tal ent Contest during Farm U Home Week in Raleigh. He will put on his impersonation of Betty Hutton doing her famous interpretation of "Papa, Don't You Preach To Me". This Is familiar to many in War saw who saw Charles perform at the TaleYit Show sponsored by the Junior Class last year and also t the Spring Fashion Show. ... Bovine T3 is still a problem And culDe should be tested parlo&'rul's. land, 16,786 acres; pasture 9,998 acres; wooded and all other land, 247,372 acres; non farm land tracts 71,666 acres; rural population. 28, 192 persons. The non-farm tracts included land not suited to farming. The rural population includes persons living on tracts of three acres or, more in January, 1950. Big Crops Acres devoted to specific crops are shown as follows: coin 15.533: cotton 10.573; tobacco 20.455: pea nuts 1.039: soybeans planted alone 1,777. and interplanted 7.907: les pedeza for seed 419: soybeans and cowpeas for hay 1.965; alfalfa cut for hay 4.491: small grains cut for hay 1.150: lespedeza cut for hay 1.965: alfalfa cut for hay 2.416: Irish potatoes 2.442; sweet potatoes 1,637; vegetables grown for sale 5,313. The survey showed that there are 5,442 apple trees of bearing age on the county's farms. Duplin farmers had at the time of survey 152,255 hens and pullets of laying age, 2,494 milk cows and heifers two years or older; and 5,871 sow and gilts farrowing. During 1949, farmers reported they used a total of 35,958 Ions of fertilizer, not including lime. Pictured above is Katie Sue Grady, 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Grady of Rt. 2, ' is.enansvme, wno nas snown um- standing wuik. hi iiiumc. una wns her first year taking piano and she achieved two year's work in one. A music medal was awarded to the student who had the best lesson and accomplished the most at the Beulaville School this past school year. This medal was awarded to Katie Sue in competition with over 60 other pupils from the first grade through the twelfth. Katie Sue is a pupil of Mrs. K. M. Taylor, outstanding teacher of piano and voice from Richlands. TOM JARMAN DIES NEAR CHINQUAPIN Mr. Tom Clayton Jarman, age 43, of near Chinquapin died Mon day evening of last week of a heart attack while firing a tobacco barn furnace. He had been in ill health for several years. Funeral services were held the following Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock in the Hallsville Presbyterian Church with interment in the church ceme tery. Rev. Walter Goodman, pastor of the Beulaville Presbyterian Church conducted the rites. Surviving are his wife, the for mer Sarah Cressie Bostic; three sons, Clayton, Randall, and Steve; two daughters, Wilma Price and Hilda Grace, all of the home; three brothers, Rom and Robert of the Friendship community, andj James. Jarman of Warsaw; three half-brothers, Junior Albert and Ellis Jarman, of Fayetteville; three Sisters, Mrs. Leona Brock,, Mrs. Robert Harrell and Mrs. Leon Bla lock, all of near Hallsville; two half-sisters Mrs. Jim Harrell of Ke nansvllle and Miss Anna Lou Jar man of Fayetteville; and his step mother, Mrs. Betsy jarman also of Fayetteville. Several nieces i and nephews also survive. No. 29 A recheck with the County Agent's office since last week's issue of the Times reveals that last week's report on rain damage to tobacco in Duplin was an error. We stated that the estimated loss in the county would run between 25 and 30 per cent. County Agent l.acy Weeks says Misestimate was in error, that the loss suffered by our farmers would not exceed 15 pvi- cent and probably would fail short of that. The figure might be put somewhere between 10 and 15 per cent, he said. Damage to corn, cotton and other crops was much lighter, he said. The rain naturally makes the boll weevil menace worse but farmers may be able to cope with this with sufficient work in poisoning and fighting them . On the whole, Duplin can look for a fall no worse than last year and in view of the weather this week crops should yield consider ably better than last year, is the opinion of many farmers. Bobby Ingram Pitches Wallace To 8 To 4 Win Bobby Ingram, popular Kenans vllle baseball pitcher, hurled the Wallace AINStars to an 8 to 4 win over Winter Park in the American Legion stadium there Wednesday night. Bobby struck out I1 men, walked 3 and allowed f hi. The losing pitcher was Smith. OfOclali said this was one of the best ball games of the season. Schedule The following games have been scheduled by the All-Stars: Saturday night at 8 p.m. in Wal lace; Wallace vs Whiteville Inde pendents. Tommy Dann will pitch for Wallace. Friday night the All-Stars will travel to Bladenboro. Tuesday, July 25, All-Stars vs Bladenboro in Wallace at American Legion Park. Bobby Ingram will pitch. Game at 8 p.m. Thursday night, July 27. Wallace All-Stars vs Campbell-Buies Creek team in Wallace. 8 p.m. Tuesday night, August 1st, 8 p.m. All-Stars vs Seagate in Wal lace. BEULAVILLE LIONS TO SELL BROOMS; OFFICERS INSTALLED "Buy a broom and sweep away the darkness" is the slogan of the broom sale to be conducted by the Beulaville Lions Club. The sale wjn De fteid Friday and Saturday between the hours of 5 and 8 p.m. Members of the Lions Club will make a house to house canvass. Brooms also will 4e on sale at I. J. Sandlin, Brown & Miller and the James Milier stores. For the bene fit of those living out of town, brooms may be bought at these stores any time during the day on Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tues day. Profits from broom sales will go to the blind fund of the Lions Club. The Beulaville Club held its first regular Ladies Night last Friday night in the school lunch room when officers for the new year were installed. Visiting lions attended from Kenansvllle, War saw, Wallace and Richlands. New officers installed were: Pres ident, Wm. G. Jones; Vice-Presidents, I. J. Sandlin, Jr., Gordon Muldrow and Arnold Thomas; Secretary-Treasurer, Clinton E. Camp bell; Lion Tamer, P. C. Shaw, and Tail Twister. Cecil Miller. BLOODSHED BOXSCORE On N. C. Highways Killed July 14-17 14 Killed thru July 17, 1950 469 Killed thru July 17, 1949 414 Injured thru July 17, 1950 6,121 Injured thru July 17, 1949 4,749 COMEDIES FROM EVERY DAT LIFE By: Mrs. Howard Joiner A retired and wealthy man was talking to his listless grandson, "Why don't you go out and get yourself a job? When I was your age,, I was working for three dollars a week. At the end of ten years, I owned the atore." i The grandson replied indlferent ly, "You can't do that now, Grand father, for they have cash regist ers.";: ' V.