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"re- Av ii . VOLUME NUMBER EIGHTEEN Duplin School Officials Accept Mi Blanket v A Group -Accident Insurance Policy under which every child In .the Duplin 6chool System will be covered with accident Insurance, will go Into effect at the beginning of the school year. ' O. J. Johnson, Superintendent : of Duplin County Schools, report ed the action today. Mr. Johnson said that while the Board of Edu cation and the schools themselves have no legal liability In 'case of accident or injuries to children in the performance of their normal school duties, It has always been matter of serious concern to the school people when children were v injured and bad to be taken to the hospital, often they knew the pa rents were unable to pay the bills. He said that this type of coverage will relieve that kind of situation greatly and will assure every child attending school in Duplin County adequate medical attention in case any accident occurs to him in con nection with any of his school life. It. has been the desire for many years among both teachers and parents, according to Supt John son that some plan of coverage mlsht be found which would pro vide financial assistance in pay ment of medical or hospital ex pense that might come as a result of such Injuries. Since the cost of accident is higher than the average family feels that it can afford, very few children Have the benefit of such coverage, he said. However, through this new Group Child Accident Plan, each chUd will contribute 40c per year. Then all students In the school unit will be adequately provided with accident coverage during the school day, Me. Johnson revealed, v Tula plan has Jften -discussed with v number t iarlts all of wbom are enthusiastic la their oralse of the-action. ' At a recent meeting of the prln- Goldsboro Jaycees Plan Big Airshow Goldsboro, N. C. On Sunday, August 20th aviation enthusiasts will get a chance to see some of the topflight aerobatlc pilots of the country In action. A big airshow has been planned under the spon sorship of. the Goldsboro Junior Chamber of Commerce; The show to be held at Seymour Johnson Field will feature Betty ' Skenlton, International Feminine Aerobatlcc Champion; Woody Ed mundson, nationally famous stunt flyer of Lynchburg, Vs.; Joe Smith, famous comedy flyer, and George Bossworth, delayed parachute jumper, both of Danville, Va: Miss Skenton, tiny pilot from Tampa, Fla., will present a daring act of stunt flying in her Midget Pitt Special. "I Edmundson will demonstrate his flying ability In his famous clipped wing Monocoupe. He holds the P-51 speed, record between Wash ington and Havana both ways. Joe "Smith lives his audience a thrill along with laughs with Ms- famous comedy act : , George Bossworth.' a parachute ! lumner who was formerly with the ' famous 82nd Airborne Division at Ft Bragg, .Jumps from 4,000 feet ' nii nnena hla chute at 500 feet. His act can be followed by a trail of flour which he leaves behind nun until the chute opens. OUier acta on the program which eta underway at 2:30 p.m. include maneuvers by the Goldsboro Flight of Civil Ale Patrol. Pilot will pre- ".. unt a sudoIv drop. message pic 1 up and ribbon cutting.. There will be crop dusting demonstrations, demonstration of new planes ana , the arrival and departure of Pled- ' mont Airlines. v :. Jaycees will be on hand to direct traffic and assist with parking in '- the ample parking spacve so the ; thousands can see the show at close range., y. Kan Wooten of Wilmington will ' describe each move as .It is per ) formed ao spectators can keep up with what is happening. 1 . KENANSVILLITES J URGED PAY TAXES Mavor Amos Brlnson Is urging n taxnavers of Kenansvllle to pay their taxes on or before September 11 riinsvllle's tax rate is low i i"fla every cent r ' fry J clpals, It was decided, with the assistance of the parents, to under take the program of protection for our school children. The policy, according to Supt. Johnson, covers the children while within a school building or on the school grounds or premises, ef fective one hour before school takes in ana lasting one nour auer school dismisses. Another unique feature of the policy is that it covers practicing for or partlclpa- j ting in sports and gymnastics on the school grounds as well as while a member of an athletic team and practicing for or participating in school sponsored athletic contests and while a participating member of an athletic, team and riding to and from scheduled athletic con tests in vehicles selected by and under the supervision of the school authorities. Also, according to Supt. Johnson, the policy covers the chil dren on the grounds while attend ing afternoon, night or Saturday morning meetings held in connec tion with supervised school activi ties such as plays, etc. The policy provides for loss of life of $1,000.00; loss of two limbs or sight of both eyes, or one limb and sight of one eye, $5,000.00; loss of either hand or foofc$2,500. 00; and loss of sight of either eye, $1,000.00 A $500.00 Medical Expense is al lowed to pay all medical and den tal expenses up to $500 including such' things as bills from doctors, hospital, surgeon, nurse, etc.,. and fees for such things as anaesthe tics, X-rays, operating room, la boratory supplies, etc. The medical expense payments are made in ad dition to the amounts paid for loss of life,- dismemberment, oj loss of This policy w$ written through the office of Ralph Carlton,' Wallace insurance agent Cavenaugh Holds Open House Aubrey L. Cavenaugh, popular Warsaw Insurance agent rounds out 30 years of insurance business in Duplin County Saturday August 10th with an open' house at his office in Warsaw. Mr. Cavenaugh is proud of his service to the peo ple of .Warsaw and the county. He has deyoted thirty years to the in surance business but has given a good percentage of that time to the upbuilding of Duplin County. Mr. Cavenaugh : has a great love for his native county and is always willing to give of his time and ef forts towards any worthwhile cause. He first opened his insurance business in Beulaville in August, 1020 and moved to Warsaw in 1929 where he has been since. Prior to entering the Insurance field he served as assistant cashier of the Planters National Bank in Rocky Mount and cashier of the Bank of Beulaville. Mr .Cavenaugh is sincerely ap preciative of the fine business the people have given him during his Insurance business and solicits their continued support and good will. ' He is now a member of the State Department of Conservation and Development and Is giving un stlntingly of his time. Mr. Caven augh has some very practical ideas about development of Southeast ern Carolina and with the support of the people believes he can make a definite showing., Commission Sells Duplin Security Issue Bonds. The N. C. Local Government Commission last week sold $75,000 in Duplin County refunding bonds at 2.467 per cent interest. , ...... - J. Lee Peeler and Company, Inc., of Durham, and Vance Securities Corporation of Greensboro bought the bonds which have an average maturlny of 17.4 years. BLOODSHED BOXSCORE , ..' On N. C. . Highways Killed Aug. 11 - 14 Injured same dates KUlpd thru Aug. 14 1950, ; "V 1 V !1 " ! 14, 1-" : ' : -. 11. - 11 157 ITS Eastern Celt Tobacco Met Opens Uoniiay; Georgia Closing Delay Date Tobacco markets in, North Caro lina's eastern belt will delay the 1950 opening day from today un til Monday, August 21, it was decid ed at a meeting in Raleigh Satur day night. The delay was protested by eastern warehousemen, but was overruled by the Board of Govern ors of the Bright Belt Warehouse Association Old Belt openings were delayed f rom September 11 to' September 14, while Middle Belt dates were left unchanged. ' Postponement of Eastern mark ets opening day was occasioned by the need for buyers and govern ment graders to remain on the Ga. S. C. and Border Belt markets, the meeting brought out. Unfavorable weather during the growing and curing season in the southern belts delayed harvesting of the tobacco there, it was reported. 2 Road Projects To Get Underway Two new road projects will get underway shortly In Duplin County, the State Highway Commission an nounced today. The projects will be let to contract on August 29. One project calls for grading and paving on 5.43 miles from a point on NC 24 at east edge of Beulaville south to Lyman. The second, part of the $200,000,- 000 secondary road program, calls for the hard-surfacing on 4.6 miles from Dunnie Lanier's via Cedar Fork to the Onslow County line. Specifications haVe also been ad vertised for August 29 on 28 other road jobs throughout ulte state, some on the primary and "others on the secondary road system. More road projects are under construction at fit T"'""'" time that at any similar time in the Highway.'Commission's history, ac cording to Highway Chairman H. W. Jordan. "If weather" conditions continues to be good, 1950 will be North Carolina's greatest year of road building," Dr. Jordan said. About 20 of the $200,000,000 secondary road program was finish ed as of July 1, 1950 and some 500 projects under this program are in various stages of construction throughout the state. n In Carl Lanier, proprietor of the new tourist court in Wallace has announced . the opening of the court Monday. Mr. Lanier has not yet. decided on a name and a cash prize will be offered for the best name submitted there Monday. Barbecue luncheon will be ser ved in the restaurant from 12 o'clock on throughout the day. A number of Duplin merchants are participating in the opening program which is being featured over the Wallace radio station. Mr. Lanier has gone to consider able expense to give Duplin a mo tor court second to none. It is lo cated on U. S. Highway 117 at the northern edge of town. The court has 21 cottages completed with a total of 24 beds, a. service station and cafe. It is constructed of granite stone, Slate stone and mar ble rock and Is very attractive when completed. Mr. Lanier says It' will envolve a total cost of around. $180,000.00 i i ints Rose Hill Man Rep. "' Graham A. Barden has named L. K. Alderman, Jr., son of Mr. and 'Mrs. L. K. Alderman of Rose i Hill, as a temporary staff member of the Committee on Edu cation and Labor of the House of Representatives, Barden is chair man of the committee. - Alderman, who received his, de gree in Political Science from the University of North. C-ollna last June, is doing researc' i the Lib rary of Congress, w ""iward his masters degree li .utlonal Law. '. , KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA World's Largest Bright Leaf Tobacco Market Is Ready By ALTON BOSWELL Supervisor of Sales Wilson, Aug. 13. Wilson, the world's largest bright leaf mart, is also in an industrial boom. At the present time Wilson has Some 66 different industries manufacturing 35 different items. Take the tobac co factories out of this list and you find the town of 22,946 has 56 different industries manufactur ing 34 different items. Since January 1, 1950, four new industries have been brought to Wilson. And the industrial com mittee of the Wilson Chamber of Commerce announced the other day that it is working on three more. This is in addition to a num ber of new retail businesses that have come to town in recent months. Tobacco for Tourists. The tobacco market is being pro moted as a tourist attraction again this year in Wilson by the Cham ber of Commerce, and a special promotional program to begin shortly is in the hopper. Tourists will be urged to come to the mar ket during the season to see the tobacco auctioneer, made famous by radio. An expansion of Wilson's recre ational facilities and its recreation program, in general, has also bene fitted the town greatly in recent months. With a full time recrea tion commission and director, the result of work by the Chamber of Commerce, the program ha de veloped into one of the best in the south and one .of the best, surely, in North. Carolina. Sixty-First Year. Monday, August 21, the Wilson tobacco market will begin its 61st year as an auction tobacco market. Everything is being put in Class A condition to take care of one of the best tobacco crops that has been produced in the Eastern Belt "Type 12" flue-cured tobacco for an all-time record, that is, from a quality: and color stand point; pounds are expected to be less. Owners, operators and buyers on the Wilson tobacco market sincere ly wish it possible that all of the export trade could tour the tobacco producing area from which Wilson sells tobacco, and get a glimpse of what a selection 'of tobacco one has the opportunity to choose from when purchasing requirements per sonally or on order in Wilson. It is with great pride that the Wilson tobacco market has buyer representation unsurpassed by any tobacco market in the world. The market has eleven companies repre sented, who purchase tobacco di rectly or indirectly for practically every tobaccq manufacturer in the world, ' Byrd Rounding Out Cast For The Story Sam Byrd Is tired but not down following a week of rounding out his cast for the mid-century pro duction of "The Duplin Story". He says that practically the entire cast Is all set and the Battle of Rockfish, which has been some source of a headache, Is ready to roll. Rehearsals are expected to get underway In a few days. In terest Is picking up in the county now and when schools open the old spirit of 1949 is expected to reveal itself. Duplin Polio Fund Gols $500 Check A check for $500 to help pay for medical care of local polio patients has been received by the Duplin County Chapter of the. National Foundation for Infantile Paraly sis, it was announced yesterday by H. E. Phillips, Chapter Chairman. The funds were provided by na tional headquarters of the March of Dimes organization. . A heavy case-load from the 1940 epidemic, worst in the nation's his tory, in addition to the costs of this year's polio incidence has e hausted the chapter's 1950 March of Dimes funds, the chairman de- ': 5, the J!a"3!i FRIDAY, AUGUST 18th, 1950 To Open Market Supervisor ALTON B. BOSWELL fiales Supervisor and Publicity Director of Wilson Tobacco Board of Trade Place Orders Now For Beef Cattle County Agent Lacy Weeks has received information that Duplin farmers interested in buying: beef cattle must act quickly. He has called a meet ing -of all fanners interested to be held in the Agricultural building Monday night at 7:45 for discussion of the matter. Farmers who would like for the County Agent's office to assist in securing some beef cattle should place their orders by September 1. f the orders for the cattle are placed promptly, they may be bought from the western part of North Carolina, from disease free area. There will be a good number of heifer and steer calves from 6 to 9 months old weighing from 400 to 600 pounds available this fall. There is a big demand in the east ern part of the state especially for heifers for starting beef herds. Cattle prices in general are a little higher than a year ago, therefore, we expect these calves to cost ap proximaetly 27 to 30 cents per pound this fall. MISS ELEANOR GAY HERRING STUDYING N WILMINGTON Miss Eleanor Gay Herring, Du plin Story actress and "Mis North Carolina" for the Veterans of Foreign Wars is in Wilmington this week where she has been for the past two weeks studying under Mrs. Hannah Block. Mrs. Block will accompany her to Chicago on the 24th where she will compete for the honor of Miss America in the National Veterans of Foreign Wars beauty contest Rockfish Fox Club To Meet The Rockfish Fox Club will hold its annual meeting and Bench Show at Clear Run, N. C. (7 mUes west of Harrell's Store on NC 41) August 25th. Barbecue dinner will be served. The Bench Show will be held, immediately after dinner. Dr. P. D. Ross of Gastonia will be the judge. All member's and interested fox hunters are Invited to. come and bring their dogs. Officers of the association are Ben Powers, president, and James Ward, secre tary. Foundation has advanced $4,350, 235 this year to chapters whose funds have been depleted by both new and carry-over cases, Mr. Phil lips stated. . - , . , At present the Duplin Chapter is providing funds for the care, in whole or in part, of three patients afflicted this year and is continu ing to pay costs for the care cf three stricken in former yen. ' -. 1".', -I Border Belt Reports Higher Averages For Second Week Selling Higher average prices were paid for most grades of South Carolina and Border North Carolina flue cured tobacco during the second week of sales. According to the U. S. and N. C. Departments of Agriculture, quality of offerings was not as good and volume of sales was light but heavier than opening week. Increases in average prices by grades ranged from $1 to $7 per hundred. Most gains were, however, from $1 to $3. The greatest increas es were for green lugs and prim ings. Some of these grades ave raged from $15. to $19 above their advance loan values. Volume of sales was light the first of the week, but deliveries began to increase during the latter part. Most warehouse floors were full Friday. Heavy sales are ex pected at all points next week. Gross sales for the week ending August 11, totaled 23.641.693 pounds averaging $56.84 per hun 7 V '''W;U.-feiHAIL New agricultural teacher at the Kenansvllle High School. Mr. Mc Phall heads up the first agricul tural department In the history of the school. He comes from State College where he recently graduated. He and his' wife live in one of the Strickland houses here in Kenansville. He is a na tive of Tommahawk in Bladen County. Clean -Up Week In Kenansville Next week is clean-up week for the Town of Kenansville. The town truck will run every day. Everyone is urged to pile all rubbish where it can be picked up by the truckmen. If there is any vacant lots near you please see that all tall weeds are cut down. We want the town clean ed up before the pageant starts. If the truck fails to pick up any trash contact Mr. Sltterson. Clifford B. Weeks Victim Of Heart Attack Clifford Bryant Weeks, age 53, died of a heart attack in the Falson Motor Co. building in Faison about 10 o'clock Monday morning. Mr, Weeks had been a resident of Fai son for about 2 years. Prior to that time he had made his home in Rocky Mount and had been con nected with the Gay's Funeral Home and Hardware store. He re tired from active work two years ago due to a severe heart ailment He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Inez Lewis Weeks and a son, Willis Bryant. He has one sister, Mrs. Julius Williams, Rocky Mount, and a brother, Paul Douglas Weeks of Whitakers. Mr Weeks originally came from Whitakers and was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bryant Weeks. Funeral services were held from Gay's Funeral Home in Rocky Mount with Rev. Peacock, Baptist minister of Whitakers officiating, assisted by Rev. J. Murphy Smith and Rev. Dennis Kinlaw of Fai son. Burial was at Whitakers, WARSAW CANNESS TAKE NOTICE The Warsaw cannery will be open for processing of foods only on Wednesdays of each week during the remainder of the canning sea son. Patrons who have canned foods at the cannery are requested by Azrlcultaral teacher Ross wa " '" ' j t T'v t em. . No. 33 dred to establish a new record high weekly average. The average was $1.35 above the high average of $55.49 set opening week. Season sales were brought to 41,113,227 pounds for an average of $56.27. For the same period last year 84, 034,042 pounds were sold at an av erage of $50.66. Increased proportions of low and fair qualities lowered the general quality. The percentage of leaf grades was much greater with a corresponding decrease in prim ings. Sales were comprised chiefly of fair to fine lugs, low and fair primings, fair cutters, and non descript. Receipts of the Flue-cured Sta bilization Corporation, under the Government loan program this week .Monday, Aug. 7 through Thursday, Aug. 10, were around 2c'c of gross sales against a little over 3.5 last week. Season deliver ies through Thursday were approxi mately 2.8 of sales. DUPLIN STORY CHOIR DESPERATE NEEDS SINGERS Mrs. Naomi Wood, director of "The Duplin Story" choir is not meeting with to good a reception at practices. Last year the choir, in the minds of many people, stole the show in the pageant. So far there have not been a sufficient number at practice to justify much hope for this year's showing. Folks the choir is a definite part of the play and it would look mighty bad if on opening night everything showed up in fine fashion but the choir. Duplin County is on the spot this year. If the pageant had not gone over last year it wouldn't have sur prised many people but this year our good name oi doing things in a big way is at stake. Last year Duplin did what was called the im possible. This year we know it is possible; surely we are not going to fall down on the job. "The Du plin Story" is a county-wide pro ject and a choir of 100 members can hardly be expected to bob up in any one community. If you can sing at all please come out to the practice tonight (Friday) at the Kenansville high school and lefs show Sam Byrd and Mrs. Wood that we will not let tbem down. J. B. G. DUPLIN STORY RADIO BROADCASTS Sam Byrd of "The Duplin Story" will be a feature on a special Tob acco network broadcast this morn ing from WRRZ in Clinton between 10 and 10:15. Mr. Byrd will be in terviewed by Fred Fletcher of WRAL, Raleigh. On Saturday morning, August 19, and 26, Pat Bolam and Col. Hart Shewmaker will give a ten minute broadcast over radio sta tion WGTM in Wilson. 'A LOOKIH' UP Ip AM. DAVIS Undoubtedly one of the things that make living in a small town less attractive to many people :s an almost lack of recreational fa cilities and places to go to find entertainment. Moving pictures in the past few years have relieved the boredom to some extent but many people do not like the movies. They are attracted to the outdoors and sports and if a small town-does not offer such it is not a complete home to many. Faison this year has been rather fortunate in offering recreation be yond the movies to many of its people. We should feel proud of the fact and try next year to en courage the activities that have shown progress this year and add a few more. The Faison baseball team of the Produce League has just completed its regular schedule of games at the top of the league. The team is one and a half games ahead of Calypso their nearest rival. I don't think that many of the people of Faison realize that fact. We all should realize it and feel proud of our boys. They are all Faison boys with the exception of Bobby Ingram of Kenansville. , , Each spring a group of men of our town meet at the Town Hall and discuss whether the town will attempt a ball team or not Most every year a team Is organised. Last year the Faison boys teamed up with Calypsdl This year a team was organised under the manager ship of Frank Casteen and has been most sucrensful. . . :'c:.Ti:..r3 csrT'-rtrrt rics