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Vy v.. 1 V ! t VOL. 17, 1. P. C " ::3o. Giods QI..33 Lcsoiinn L'r; Wallace got the welcome news to day that construction of an ultra modern textile plant will start here In the immediate future opera tion date set for late summer of 1851. It will cost several million dollars. ' : JT, P. Stevens te Co.; Inc. has ac quired a 75 acre tract on the east side of;, the. old north-south Wil mington Road, a portion of which Is in the city limits, as the site for Wallace and Duplin County's first textile industry, it was made known today jointly by W, J. Car ter, executive vice-president, and H. C. Carter, vice-president of the Stevens Company. ';, ; Negotiations have been In prog ress for this plant for spme months and final arrangements material ized, this week,, A group of more than 200 Wallace citizens headed by Maybr Wlllard Hoffler, "made available to the Stevens Company by outright gift the Joseph H. Bryant farm property. v, The plant site is about one-half mile, from the main business dist rict and approximately two blocks from U. S. Highway 117. It Is lo cated on the east side of the old north-outh Wilmington Road and west of Little Rock Fish Creek. . Details as to the production ca pacity of the new plant were with held by the Messrs. Carter, -but Mr. H. C. Carter, general manager of the Carter Fabrics Operating Group of Stevens plants, said that the Wallace plant will contain be tween 170,000 and 200,000 square feet of floor space. It will employ about 300 employees, with an esti mated wtekl 'i payroll of $20,000. It la estimated feat between 29 and 30 of the employees will be techni- ZXJt ol and intermediate management alore- uchif pathos and ' --who- will beboutht h tHn,M other Stevens plant, and- will be-J come permanent residents and con tribute their share toward the com munity's progress. f - Plans call for securing, as far at possible, all nontechnical em ployees for employment and train- ing from Duplin and other counties in the vicinity of Wallace, The plant will, be under the direct manage ment of J. A. White, assistant gen , eral manager of the Carter Fabrics . Operating Group of Stevens mills, and Milton Southerland who will , be the plant's general superlnten- - dent, Mr. H. C. Carter stated today. V The Company wilT construct a ' wlndowless, year-round sir condi tioned,, high lever Illumination, .: brick, and steel structure to manu ; faoture fabrics from synthetic yarns. The new plant Will be de- signed by " Charles C. Hartman, ' architect and built by C. M. Guest and Sons, contractors, both of Greensboro, N. C. Mr. Guest, the genersl contractor, announced to day that his firm will employ local persons, as far as possible. Jn the erection of the plant. ' Executive vice-president. W. J. Carter today In accepting1 the plant site for J. P. Stevens & Co., Inc. ' as a gift from the Wallace citizens stated, "Decision to build a plant hero was made after several months ., of studying other possible locations, T ana inai v. . Stevens at uo., inc. was extremelr" pleased with the generous and wholo-hearfed "co operation . that the v citizens and officials of Wallace" .Mid, Duplin : County have extended, the: Com pany in bringing to a conclusion the selection of an Ideal; tlte for the new Stevens plant. We of the Stevens Company know and like the people of Wallace, Duplin . County, and surrounding area. We look forward with pleasure to be coming a part of s the civic and commercial life of this' fine com munity in eastern North Carolina." Mayor Willard Hoffleras spokes man for the group of eiticens who have been negotiating with ,the officials of J. P. Stevens if. Co,, Inc. during recent weeks said, "he mas happy that such ' a splendid organization as J. P. Stevens & Co., Inc. is coming 'to our town i ; I community. We appreciate r r confidence in the Wallace of and its future,, and we are y will niver regret their n." Mayor Hoffler also com 1 officials of the Tidewater Company for having the 'it to anticipate the op lies in the Duplin County s r Industrial development by Ing a high tension line which sure the Steve rs T'nut ade ''vtrlc service v' i com ; p'io tryrc Us ap- T. c. r KENANSVBLLE, NORTH CAROLINA, 1 L . ... . mW. I. CARTER, Executive vioe prcaident and member of the Board of Directors of J. P. Stevens Co., Inc., President of the Carter Oper ating Division aad .Director of Purchases for J. P. Stevens Co. Ine. ' FAISON SENIORS TO PRESENT PLAY -I" The Faison, Seniors will present their play on the evening of Dec ember 1st at 7:30 o'clock. For this year' performance they have1 cho sen an Irish comedy "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" by Robert O. Schimmel. This play has been so- popular and widely produced that it ha a fame all its own. It is like the song by the same name destined to go on torever because of its appealing qualities." Jthas'eomedy IIMIa 1 little EUeen, the ward of old Pat Geraghty, left her heart in Ire-! land in the keeping of an Irish lad from whom she has never heard since her arrival in America. Har ry Rlher, a crook, finds a lad who is the. Image , of .Eileen's vanished sweetheart, ' and persuades the young , man "to impersonate hint Then things' really begin to happen and .move quickly to a stirring cli max. Cast of characters follows: Mamie, an ambitious playwright, Mollle Stanclll; Eileen, Pat's ward, Bernice King; Harry Riner, a man with a past, Lloyd Sutton; Lou, In love with Riner. Ruth Parks; Pat Geraghty, a one-time price fighter, Janes Sykes; Tim Casey, an officer on the N. Y. police force, Floyd Sutton; Mrs. Mulrooney, a kindly soul who is fond of Jlmmie, Mary Ellen Hobbs; Mrs.. Feinberg, the. owner of Pat's tenement boarding house, Esther Price; Jlmmie Dug gan, much In love with Mary, Char les Lee; Mary Mulrooney, young and without much knowledge of what ahe wants (Mrs. Mulrooney's daughter), Mary , Lou Hill; Bob Geraghty, the son of Pat, and very much in love with Eileen, JJack Adams. "'''. t ;.v , Mrs.' M. C. Bowden is directing the production. ' . . OPTOMETRIST TO V LOCATE IN WARSAW , i Dr. J. M. Daly, optometrist, has opened his office In the Branch Banking 4c Trust Co. building In Warsaw. Dr. Daly and his wife and small -child came from Kinston where he has been located for the past ten years. He Is a native of LaGrange. They are making their home in an apartment in the Paul Berry home. -' : .. on eastern North Carolina. ' The Wallace plant when complet ed wlij become a part of the. Carter Fabrics Operating Group of Ste vens mills which now consists of ten plants employing approximately 5,200 employees, located in the fol lowing cities: Greensboro. N. C; Shelby, N, G; Stanley. N. C; Gas tonia, N. C; Slater, 8. C; Great Falls, S, C; and South Boston, Vs. J P. Stevens & Co.; Ine. parent organization of the new Wallace textile plant, has grown with Am erica from the first plant In 1813, a modest little woolen mill, to the position It occupies today as one of the country's largest textile firms. The 38 plants of the Com pany havs such a wide range of equ-pment t at it is poss";!e to i..'anuf. -tu-e B-o.it s y t: ct t V It (InnnnuO ; TGJtfb 1 Ffcht Still Found Hear DobsohChipel A whiskey still fouhd in Duplin County resulted in the filing of charges against James Pearce, own er of the still, Pat Williams. Pearl le Hall, and Rallle Williams for aiding an abeting James Pearce. The still was located off Highway 24 at Plcketts Crossroads near Dobson Chapel on the Ralph -Williams land behind Pat' Williams' house. ' . . James Pearce was charged with the possession of materials for the nuking of . non-tax paid 'whiskey and aiding and abeting. Found near the still were several barrels of beer, and a quantity of 'non-tax paid whiskey for the purpose of Sale. . . ' i.'' ,; Charges were tiled by Deputy Sheriff. W. C. Houston against Pat hWUliams, Pearlle Hall, and RaUle Williams for aiding and abeting James Pearce. -' Pat Williams testified that the still had been set up at this loca tion since Sept. ,1, 1890, and that he delivered two bags of sugar to James Poarce's still Sept 16 in the presence of Poarlie . Hall. Hall stated he bad helped James Pearce since the still was started and that he received all the whiskey he wanted to drink. He said the still last- ran Thursday, . Nov.: 10 and that they ran two barrels that day. Rallle WiUiams said' ha bad known the ttill was there, since JSeptem-r bar although he hadi never-been .to IK His mulelhad been used lo honl- augahgfbrn to isr atUU4 . The four men" were placed under the following bonds: James Pearce, 11,000; Pat Williams, 300 pearlle Hall, $400; and JUttia Williams, $300. All four are scheduled to appear In County Court Novem ber 27th.- ;:. ,,, Duplin tlative Dies In Plymotith : V Jamea Henry Newkirk, 57. died athls home in Plymouth Sunday morning at 1:30 following five years of falling health. He was born in Duplin County, the son of the late James H. and Eva Wlndley New kirk. He was married in Wilming ton to Nancy Johnson of Watfaa. About 13 years ago Mr. and Mrs. Newkirk moved to Plymouth where he was a machinist for the N. C. Pulp Company until he retired on account of 111 health. Surviving are his wife; one daughter, Mrs.' Frank Ocheltre and ono granddaughter of Plymouth; two sisters, Mrs, John B. Davis of Burgaw and Mr. Wil liam Gllason of Wilmington; three three brothers, Marlon and Joseph of Burgaw, and Edward of Wllmlng ton. Funeral services were held from tha Plymouth Methodist Church Monday And Interment was in the church cemetery.. Ccrclha's Living Cl:risb:s Tree Wilmington, N. C. More than 3,600 lights and six tons of Span ish moss are being made ready for the' decoration early In December of what is believed ta be the world's largest living Christinas tree. Wil mington's tree, a water oak, is , 73 feet tall and has a .spread of 110 feet. Its age is estimated at 300 years. The tree was first lighted in 1820 and has been the center of the community'! Christmas ob servance every year ; except the black-out years of. World War II. pormAc holds new Rjbpa, school f Fontiae has called 60 zone service managers and tone service Instruct ors to the factory for four days of intensive study of ' mechanical changes In the 1831 Silver Anni versary Pontlac. The traditional Field Service Training Program is under the d'rcflon of Forvloe g4 . Zflianksgiviftp , Prayer v- For the Preservation of Our Home We, th homamakars of Amttiea, numbafing ntoto than SO million, waridng toftther, cut be the graettat tingl unit of ia auniee in a world Bahnag for laadng peace. Lst us work to gether, and thus Impel the peoplta 4 of othar countries to awakan to the r Illation that fraedom and damocracy as tt Is known and practiced to Amarica . . . as it must ba known and practiced In other lands . . . bs tins in the noma, dapsads en the and mi nrr..fi il fiarin.a of the prindplai on. which our nomas are lounaaa. , i ; . turnad. our way saarrliltsjy.- Aa (uaroiana ol our nomas wo moat, wawitt, aivii our bast to that niay nndantand mors clearly the pnwoona nut aunpia trutn that Amariea. tha ti strontaat nation on aarth, la ana Krong narauat ol tna naas ana atrannn at torn who organise and Fifty milUoa woman can not be defeatad. With divine halp, whaUorar lies in our handa to do can be dona . . . with flrmnaas. and without doubt. - Draft Board Report Berniee A. Farrlor, Clerk of the Duplin County Draft Board No. 31, released the following list of names of the men from Duplin County which waa effective November 13. A total of 87 men reported to Ft Bragg, 24 white and 13 colored. Thn renortlna ware: white)! Leon A. Lanier, Leonard Ray Her ring. Paul -Edward Dail, Morris Daniel Korneaas. James.. Marcus Taylorr Lemuel Wabr Strood, Joe Lee Costin, Charlie ADen Powell, Edward Paige, Samuel Eugene- Tay lor. Norman Whitford Jones,' Rod ney Zollie Kornegay, Harvey Brin son, Elmore Batchelor, Irjdn Man ley Outlaw Olger Exerton Outlaw, Alfonso Qulnn, George .William Parker, Russell Paw, Charlie Tru ett Cottle, Charles Eugeaa Wells, Reuben Carnell Sloan, Avery Tur ner Kornegay, and Falaon Lind bergh Butts...- Arr;M:- Abo reporting were (colored): Russell Aubrey Williams, George Branson, David Mora, Nathan Bry ant Smith, Graham . Southerland, Woodrow Wllkens, James Lee Hall, Davie Junior Miller, Madr Clinton Wlggens, George Norman Frede rick, Harold Whitehead, James Earl Williams and Jot Nathan Wil liams. . ... 46 MEN REPOST FOR PRIMNDUCTldN Forty-six men reported ITuasday, November 20th for p re-induction examination. Another ftre-Jnduc-tion call for 40 men bat been made for December 1. f The next induction" call will be December 7th with a call for 20 men from Duplin County. OiilySix We;!. Left For R, STs Raleigh The R. 0. T group of motorists represents the largest of the groups who must stand examin ation for drivers license renewals, and only a month and a naif re mains in which they may obtain renewals, the Motor Vehicle De partment 'said today.!'. . c Approximately 180,009' North Carolinians are Included in the R T group: With over three-fourths of the examining period past only 130,493 persons have taken the ex amination. The Department urges the remainder to go to their near est examiner as soon a possible, fnxaminlng period tor motor ists whose surnames fcegia" with U. V, W, X. Y, and Z will begin on January !',', ; ; Chci-coCrbiDTo 0 '-. L--.vf j The sensational drama of the Eastern Band of Cherokee tadlans, "Unto These Hill:;", 111 open a Week earlier It 1S.1 (n Cone 23.) and play six i "j -X j through Labor Day. V . a d ma Is pre sented In n c ' " FRIDAY, Cavenacgh Plans Warsaw Dinner Discuss Duplin Aubrey L. Cavenaugh of War saw has issued a letter to the var ious mayors of Duplin County con cerning a dutch tinner to be held in Warsaw Friday night, Dec. lst. Mr. Cavenaugh states that the in vitation Is open to the public and withes everyone who can to attend. The letter In part Is as follows' and speaks for itself: Dear Sir: There it more industrial activity in - Eastern North Carolina, and Particularly Southeastern North Carolina now tht a at any time In our life. Our day seems to be dawning. In order to keep things moving, we must do some plan ning, i The first thing that we should do, from my personal view point, is to find out what wo have to offer Industry. To get this Information, we should take an inventory of our assets and attractions, of which we have MANY.. Then we could, with complete accurate Informa tion, solicit Industries that use the things that we have to offer. With that thought in mind, I have invited Mr. Paul Kelly, Asst. director of the Department of Con servation and Development, to be in Warsaw, Friday night, Dec. lst at 7 JO at Fussell's cafe (DUTCH DINNER) and he will assist us in making plans for this Inventory. He knows what industrialists sre looking for and his advice will be ejulte helpful. We want you to come to tins meeting and bring with you any one or more whom you think would be interested and helpful, includ ing the ladles. They have been and are still doing a tyjtrjobm our business world a4iuld like for them to be present,, .. Mr. Cavenaugh says It is nec eaary to know how many to pre pare plates for and asks that all who plan to attend to please notify htm not later than Nov. 28th. James A. Powers Dies At Old Home Burial Af Rcckfish James Alderman Powers, 88, for 20 years the solicitor for the Sixth Judicial District died Sunday morn ing at the Powers home near Wal lace after a brief illness. Mr, Powers, who had practiced law In Wallace since moving from Kins ton several years ago. became ill Saturday night and died at 8:30 a.m. Sunday. The son of the late L. C. Powers and Ella Alderman Powers, he was a Mason, a Shriner and a member of the Lions Club. He was a promi nent Baptist layman and for 29 years taught Bible and served as a deacon In Baptist churches in Wal lace and Kinston. Funeral services were conducted Monday at 2:30 pm. from tha Wal lace Baptist Church by Dr. Hudson H. McMillan of Blverton. Burial was in Rockfiah Cemetery. ' Mr. Powers was married to the former Mary Watson of Riverton, who survives along with four sis ters. Fan and Lidie Powers of Wal lace, Mrs. J. W. Reade of Burgaw, and Mrs. W. C. Boney of Hamlet; three brothers, Dr. O. L. Powers, Wichita Falls. Texas. T. B. and W. F. Powers of Wallace; 12 nieces and nephews. , Census report shows that 802 bales of cotton were ginned in Du plin County from the crop of 1030 prior to November 1 tt compared with 1,323 bale for the crop of 1849. !:. & Mrs. Smith KiiliVHllkw A baby girl was? born October 16, to Mrs. Louise Smith, wife of Staff Sgt. Clifton C. Smith, USMC, of 512 West College St, Warsaw, at the U. fi. Naval Hospital, Camp Lejen". The fc&ty has been named r . ' x : ' 'is arv?f at NOVEMBER 24th, 1950 Ragan Picks llat'l. Lost Colony Comm. Raleigh Sam Ragan, managing editor of the News & Observer and chairman of the Lost Colony pub licity .committee, today named . a number of prominent newspaper and radio personalities to help him tell the nation Ibout the Roanoke Island dram i.' They include Don Bishop, NBC, New . York; F. Bosley Crowther, film critic of the New York Times; Ralph McGill, editor of the Atlanta Constitution; Hal Boyle, Associat ed Press columnist; Bob Ruark, Scripps-Howard columnist; Mrs. E. E. McCulloch, editor of the- Bla den Journal, Ellzabethtown; Henry Belk. editor of the Goldsboro News Argus; Hugh Morton, Wilmington photographer; Carl Goerch, editor State Magazine; Warner Twyford, Norfolk Virginian Pilot; Pete Mc Knight, editor Charlotte News; Al Dickson, editor Wilmington News; Tom Schlesinger, Washington Post; School Supervisor Attends Conference On Education Of Handicapped Children Mrs. William R. Teachey, Ele mentary Supervisor of Duplin County Elementary Schools, at tended the conference on educa tion of handicapped children which was held at the Sir Walter Hotel in Raleigh on November 17 and 18. This conference was sponsored by the North Carolina State Depart ment of Public Instruction in co l doeration with the North Carolina League for Crippled Children. The program or tne conference was de voted to the study and discussion of problems in the education of the speech defective and slowlearnlng children In .North Carolina's Pub lle Schools. -v " n Specialistfof national reputation in the field on special education present at the conference were: Dr. Warretl J. Mase from the Uni versity of Florida; Dr. Lester N. Myer, chief of special education at the Pennsylvania State Department Of Education; and Dr. Romaine P. MacUe from the United States Office of Education. Destoyed By Fire Last Friday ' A corn mill belonging to Durham and Robert Grady adjoining their store In the Outlaw's Bridge com muninty was burned Friday. The cause of toe fire was unknown. The loss waa up in the thousands of dollars which was partially cov ered by insurance. Quick work on the part of persons in the commu nity prevented the spread of the fire to other buildings nearby. E.C.T.C. Alumne To Hold fcef Here - Greenville. Nov. 20. -Plans for the organization of a chapter of the East Caroling Teachers College Al umni Association in Duplin County are now being made. A meeting will be held Tuesday evening. Nov ember 28, at 7:30 in the auditorium of the Kenansvllle High School. Former students at East Carolina are asked to-be present.. Mrs. Ruth Garner, alumni secre tary at the college, will be present for the organizational meeting in Kenansvllle 'and will assist those present with the formation of the new chapter, A moving, picturing scenes and ' various activities at East Carolina- will be ahown. 20 PER CENT FAIL DRIVER'S EXAMS. ,".,..,4-. Raleigh Driver's license examiners'- records for October showed a 20 failure among applicants, the N. C. Dept. of Motor Vehicles said today.'''' f ' Of the 38,353 applications, 7,102 were disapproved. A total of 27, 251 road testa were given and 27, 418 operator's licenses, 18,083 learner's normlts, 3,147 duplicate licenses and; 1,888 chauffeur's li censes were, applied for and ap proved. - -.'l t ;. ,. . A total of $58,781.80 was collect ed by driver license examiners. ' Persona '"'"g for licenses to drive f t f f -it" f-r f '..TIT No. 47 SAM RAGAN Burke Davis, Baltimore Sun; Alex McCullough, Spartanburg Herald. I Ragan explained that "The Lost Colony" has long since become a national institution and its publi city efforts should be nationwide in coming years. THANKSGIVING The Times comes to you a little brief this week. Right much local news and several features have been omitted. They will appear in next week's issue. The Times cus tomarily takes off Thanksgiving week end and in order to do this it is necessary to curtail the papef. Next week your usually large Times will reach you. NOTICE The Wayne County Cancer CJjnic will not be held Friday, November 24th. This is the day following ThanksgivingAnd the usual Clinle for Fridt' nnBeol-'". - Following this one postponement the Clinic will be resumed as usual on Friday of each week until fur ther notice relative to the Christ-i mas holiday. Hear Dr. Ewers On Station WRRZ Dr. E. P. Ewers, president of the Duplin County Tuberculosis Asso ciation will be heard next Monday afternoon. November 27th at 2:00 o'clock over station WRRZ, Clinton, in a talk concerning the tubercul osis situation in Duplin County and North Carolina, and their combined efforts towards its eradication. ALCOHOLIC'S BAD HABITS MORE THAN ONE "The average alcoholic is a spec ialist in bad habits," C. D. Cunning ham, Director of the Keeley Insti tute, Greensboro, revealed today. "Clinical records and research con ducted at Keeley indicate that the patient before coming for treat ment has no regular time to sleep and eats little if at ail. Substituting whiskey at meal time, the alcoholic derives quick-burning energy from the calories in the whiskey, but misses the minerals, vitamins and proteins found in a balanced diet. Serious digestive troubles can come from badly-timed meals of Impro per food taken into a stomach al ready crippled by alcohol. Sleep usually comes only from sheer ex haustion or when knocked out by alcohol or other sedative drugs." "With natural health giving hab its ignored the resistance is weak ened and alcohol's toxic effects take an even stronger hold on the victim." "Sobering up the patient is thus the first step in rehabilitation. Still nervous and. undernourished, the patient must be helped to reestab lish normal sleeping and eating habits. Return to n&tMtional bal ance is aided by vitamins in con centrated form, lipotropic and other dietary factors, as lndica tedin the Individual-case." "The cooperative patient, under carefully reguja(ed .tgatment, has good opportunity to maintain cor rect health habits. In 'time.' good habits nuy be as -naturally the or-, der of the day as baa habits." - "Rehabilitation athe alcoholic Involves treatment t-of the Whole man," Cunningham insists. "As "e general health "la. recovered 1 r-'v'li.is c "iving for alcoho ' r r 1 c-