North Carolina Newspapers

U ILJtu The Tuscarora Council Summer Camp, Camp Tuhcaron'was the cena of aoma very intensive acti vity In Leadership Training a few day ago. The sessiorJwas the te suit of plana laid at a metting, in Goldsboro several weeka ago.;j The purpose of the two-dayMieet-lng waa to train Leadership Com mittees of the 4 district ia' carry out a aerie: of training (courses for leader and committeemen of cbwt- troopfc--- -'- t ' o' The Sessions were highlighted by demonstrations, - games, - display and "gimmicks". The course "was divided into alx sections, each be lng complete within ltaelf. A ap propriate film formed he? oasis for subsequent discussion. Dr. Howard Bsucom of 'Golds - -Tobaoco Allotments Increased The Secretary of Agriculture an nounced Feb. 27 that the 1951 flue cured acreage aUotmeiit& willbe increased by 5. This increase was considered necesary because of the Increasing use of tobacco- fh this country and abroad and the fact that the Department considers it is under obligation to maintain an adequate supply of tobacco.1 With an insufficient production in 1981 it might be necessary but' into effect price ceilings an5 allocations which In turn might have' a , binding effect on export trade,' The flue cured Allotment for Duplin County will be 114.9 per cent of, the 1950 - allotment The total 1950 allotment for the -county was 20,674.2 acres, with1 an Increase of 114.8 the coun ty allotment will be approximately 23,738 acres. The farm allotments GEO. P. PRIDGEII Plumber STATE UCENSED , PIUMBINGH1 iCONTRACTORr BATHROOM EQUIPMENT " -i- rt- ''i-fti,' HOT WATER. HEATERS '-,; jjWAXER PUMPS ,., -j. ,; . rOTCHENT SINKS ,j ;., ,!;. ",'! .'i?;-r:! ' vtj i ::V t'J Ti'...'H ,5i'HUl)Jj.l. -ixftaftr..' pi& i Phone 473 , , WARSAW.'. N. C - 1 ,H ..'7: W ; .Xurnr t - 1 INSURANCE t ' T ,viNSURANCE . Pink Hill's Oldest rone, HtLi. Of ice "H'1 Kim ;AND; EQUIPMENT , L DESKS,' CILAIRS; ' FltlNG CABINETS LEDGERS, BINDERS, SHEETS and INDEX; Jc!:.n IL Cprtcr C:.T?:ny r ; nn;cTo:i. n. c THE DUP1.IN TIMES Published each Xrlday'ia Kenansvllle, N. C County Seat of : DUPLIN COUNTT ' - Editorial business and printing plant Kenansvlllei N. C V J. ROBERT GRADT, EDITOif OWNER ; Entered at the Post C":ce, Kenansvllle, N. C. - ' 1 ' a aecond class matter. ' " ' " TELEPHONE ' i Kenansvllle, ZS5-S ' I SUBSCRIPTION RATES:. $3.09 per y ar In Duplin County Lea'olr, Jones, Onslow, Pender, . on and Tjyn co--v tie; .13.50 per year oublJe this a a 1 1 North CarelL; a J $4.00 Per year ebewhere. ' Advertising rate furnLhed oa reiuest A Democratic Journal, devoted to the material, educational, economic and agricultural Interest of Duplin County. -fij J f! i z i - i. - boro was Course Director; Bill Hewitt. Scout' Executive, w co- advisor. Mr. Stephen Storm.jscout- piaster of troop SO, Henderson, waa co-advisor and guest of the council. VThe faculty forthe course were men .who are- specialist In their particular fields: Organization and Leadership, Paul Rose; Program Planning, Bill Hewitt; , Troop and Patrol. Meetings, Steve i Storm; Hiking, Kenneth Whitney; Helping the- Individual Boy, Bill Hewitt Attending the course from Duplin- District were Dwight Raster, Charles Brooks, Jr., and Francis Townsend. .-' ,. W'--' ''h, , Explorers Boy Brock of Calypso, and Ferret Shuford, Jr. of Clinton served a aide for the courses are being worked over in the coun ty office and will be mailed to farm ers in a" few' days. M " " ' i . f -veeeeet ." jf -.. J- V1S59 Harvested Tobaoco Acre ale - Duplin County harvested 21, 046.7 acres of tobacco in 1950. The average yield was 1221 pounds per acre; -sit ! Grassland Improvement Open Opportunities - Farmers of Duplin County should not overlook the-op- portunlty of increasing production for defense needs by improving their pasture and; forage crops as well as to step up production of row crops, says Henry S. Tyndall, Chairman of the Duplin PMA Com mittee. He. says that, of the two billion acres of grassland in"' the United SUtes,there are hundreds of millions of acres where the pro duction could be doubled by liming and re-seeding With Improved var ieties of grass and legumes, and improved management s V rt ; y ! While much progress has been made in increasing the production of row crops, particularly,, corn, not nearly so much has been done to Increase the production of grass lands. , ;,-.,i'!tM;..-f. ;s;r.'i On too many farm the pasture is allowed to produce what it will with little if Any attention. But there are many instances to show that, where pasture is given a chance, by the use of lime, phos phate, and the seeding of better varieties,; the production can be more than doubled.; fl; .'. t i . t r;'.'ri : uitA iff jiui 'c-t uit. ' 1951 Production Guide - Duplin County Cotton 5248, 1950 plant- ed acres; 10605 1051 guide (102 increase! from i960Ui .;. Corn - 78000,. 51 guide ; (minus 2 change from . 1950).., ! ' !' .) 1. Soybean , ,2000, 1951 guide (plus 2 Change from 1950X i binr r 1 ; : i 'lid V -';tvrl it. 1 H1U M JiU ? The U, S. Air Force hu plenty ol opening for; recruits thai offer good ODDdf tunities. i sceoTd ihff-. to .Recruiting Sgt Ottaway of Rleh- uiuua. fio Kuu uioi ten wag nave MM "1 Turner : AGENCY i f i 'AGENCY - T. . TURNER Insnranae Aeney - - - - N.Jh." Supplies w . .i i' tl-' sc,,TTrBs:! v-'ic it . DJkVvjriOrtAI, tuLADVUat IHjLlm Si BWhat Authority? Lessen for March U, 19514 TS irllflght orwrongT Thia i a 1 fair question always! But there is -anotDer question to go with It Who is to say whether it fa right or wrong? Who is; the authori ty T -Authority-means more than "ordesaJ!'. It mean the final Judge, tha court:, of laat 1 an : peV v , w. f D, 'ereaaaai' Kelihe'r Tot nor the Crowd (Q0ME SAW Nobody "can tell me what to do;tl do aa I pleaae. There is no authority I am bound He racognixe. Sucb a person has an uiooriiy, au Hi samei bimaeu. for aim, ,"what j; want" and "what I vaik"', are the only ressops for anything and all tha reasona he Now aside from the fact that such people are a nuisance to all con cerned, and the fct that they can't even prentend to be Christiana, thla point of view won't work. The per lon who act a hi own authority runs into other1 who" take them selves as their' authority, and the result 1 the awful mess called an archy.SO"nenalble people do recognize aoma 'authority i outside themselves. They .want approval from outside, from above. ( But whose pprval W ttert want? Under theae JnrisdktlaBvM i aa lawyera would say, da they ... ttrer Some reeocalse only that ' tssI and vagae aathortty knew! '' aa 'Everybody;' If everybody r does tt, U moat be rlgU. If M- ) body dees It, tt'a band k A ' j mmMt :--ih ; H'iU it . 'v. Well ' this 1 hot ' ttetr0jp' so. Fifty million Frenchmen can ' be wrong, or 1M minion American for that matter. Ton can't take a vote and decide. whafe right and whtt'i jrrong by a lmpl count of Ayes and Noea. Neither you alone, nor crowd no matter how big, can d ma nnai Autnority on Ule. ,j i':T:ltii VU'ii . li'.1'. tcrt; tivilna Calendar, Cede, Conscience 5. ANOTHER proposed authority, be lieve It or not, 1 the calender' Some people will not read a book or sea s show or wear dreis or listen to musie that isn't up to the minute. If if a "dated? it'a dead. unless the date is today; , That 1 ailly; on the fee -of it But there are other mora respect able luthoritlas which art (till not THE Authority. On of these Is the Law. If it'a legal if right, say some people, and it can't be right unless if Jegel., luu t-.s-4 '..iV nip f There Ja eomethlng true in. tht. f course. We should by all mean obey .the law, and also see Jhat good law are made and bad one repealed.; But law la not the final authority, on right and wrong. Law makers can make mistakes. What I a good law at onetime may be a ' bad law under other clrcum-' tancefct.fr, noxtUL , ; i The best taw eaa never Batch" 1 p wfth the moral of the beat A peopled Still ether people take 1 ,: their ' authority eensolenoe, , . meaning their own' eenseleaoe. ' This la net qalta the same a ; taUnf yoor ewe .wlsfaee er' pleaaare for year gulden Teer conscience may lay aweleeme bardena en yea. Bat while every, -" one ahonld of course fellow his : eonselence, still anybody's eon- ' , i solenee aaa be asleep or ml- V takenv'li,"'y,,'i'' ' ' - Bom of the worst crimes in his tory have been committed by some of the most conscientious people. . ' God" Last Word i , , : jU'i' fjrHAT, THEN, Is tha highest au- thorlty for the Chrlstlanf Noth ing and . no ' one less than Jesus Christ hlmaelt, As w were think ing a ie .week ago, the very word "Christ": is a symbol of au. thority at the highest level. ; Ia Jetes day there were twe ; npreme symbols of God: the ' Law sad the Temple. Jea net ' ealy assumed superiority te the ... Law, bat (aa ear Lessen re ; mlods aa) of the Temple ltaelf, , thoogh he waa a priest and had ecclesiastical position what ever. H there Is a dUferenee be ' tween Christiaa and aon-Chrie-tlae today, tt Is not that Jesus ' Is the aatherity for ona and " not for the ether j rather H le that the nea-Chrtstlaa - refuse to recorslie 'what I the faetr thai for aa aad - for aU tarn, : Jeans , Christ . as . God's : Hlaat Vwerd", ..to- mankind. n t v TAnd If torn ay that the law of lov.l th supreme authority, I theravk'ny real difference between the ailnt f Jesus and the law of love? Forr t. ia Qod's lov bv arnate,,.!l.;'v.i5"v oi ki-HteiU.U t (COTrtrtt -11 :i 0m DM.I.a ' ( krl.ll.a It .all.a, M.U.UI I ....., ( tk. ti rt Chrl.4 la I.,. I,. 1 luti .1 Aai.rl.a, H.taana f Itajt; a a.ar...) , seen servi e ma enlist with the samsT rank they had when discharg ed tf they have continued work in the jsame 'eld they had while In sepvjf A.:;-')ne Interested may see tt ' rln I Ailaville on Tue- e i, .. oa V.az-xi and .r. i fciTrj,y ... ' ' i li , : &aleU,j One of the most inter esting questions before, the Legis lature is: Is farm machinery manu facturing equipment ; Farm machinery now cornea tin der the 3 sale tax. Manufactur ing equipment, such as textile ma chinery, doe not but is? Charged tn' wholesale tax of 1-eo of one percent . v.r, Rep Bi I. Satterfleld of Person and Hep; John Umstead of Orange last .week-sponsored amendments raising the wholesale tax. Batter field's -would boost it to 1-10 of one percent While Umstead's would raise it to 1-5 of on percent. Both would classify farm machinery as "manufacturing equipment", and shift it from the 3 bracket to the lesser'iwholesale tax1 charge. .? - H the General Assembly follows its general attitude of . "no new taxes' the proposed raises in the wholesale tax will be defeated. ' But there is a strong possibility toi shift farm machinery Into the lower tax bracket t V,' .. Rep. Satterfleld claim that farm machinery i used "in the nwnufao- re of food" and is much manu cturing equipment as textile ma chinery. "Textile machinery manu factures, what goes on the outside of a 'person," he says, "while farm machinery is used to manufacture the food that goes Inside of that same person. And this i Just as important if not more so, than the manufacture of textiles,! ;; , i He has a good arguing point but you can bet that he will find opposition from the textile industry and the urban centers, who more than likely will label the proposed amendment as "Just another grab by thefanner.T'.'',-"?.H4!J, ; i If this reclassification of farm machinery can be effected, with tt being placed in the lower tax brack et, the action would have direct effect on another proposed reve nue : ect - amendment This is the one sponsored by Vmetead, to raise the sales tax limit on sale of single article from $18 to1 $30. ' - Much of the opposition to such a boost come from the farmer, who . don't1 relish paying higher taxes on their farm equipment If this change to manufacturing equip ment and the lower -wholesale tax goes through; however, it would automatically eliminate opposition. Thu, by passage of either the. Satterfleld or Umstead amendment, the Joint Finance Committee would wiP out a big part of the opposi tion, to raising the sale tax limit This -would eliminate valuable ally of the N. CV Automobile Deal ers Association, ahd the N. C. Mer chants i Association in their fight against boosting the sale tax lim it ' ' ' The 'battle last week ' between the par and non-par banks, won by the latter had some 'interesting sidelight. V. . First perhaps,!! definition is in order. A par bank is one that cash es a check at face value. A non par bank la one that makes e small charge for cashing the check.' The fight came about over a bill to make it illegal to charge for cashing a check. This would have no effect " on ' Urge banks, which do not make the charge, but would have affected the small town bank most of which do make the charge. (i At, the hearing, dt- waa 'pointed out that the bin would be disast rous to many small banks, which don't do a , large 'enough bulk of business to carry, on Without the check-cashing' charge - which in many Instances makes the differ ence between . the bank making a ... - ... ,rti,iiir.. Small banker charged that the bill would run them out of busi ness,' and allow the big banks to open up branch offices In their towns thus having the effect of being a bill that would favor the big banks of the State. - - ' ' One of the biggest banks r of North Carolina ' is Wachovia Bank and Trust Company. One of the company's vice-presidents is Leroy Martin of Raleigh, behind the scenes power In the Conservative Democrat rtnks. . And" Tt Just so happen that one of the leaders of the fight for the par bill - - labeled by small bankers as a measure that, would, drive them out of business was liar tin' nephew, Thompson Green wood, executive secretary of f N. C Merchants Association. I admitted in arguing for the IT that his association was split ovi the question; hi association won' likely lose some members becaiv of espousal of the pr-tank bill t. the association's lenders. Incidentally, talk around Hal elgh la that the par bill was i dream-child of Wachovia iTai.' aimed at figl.:'rg Flrst'Cillzcn Bank .and Tri t Company, wi. headquarters f r i'V 27 ' Smlthfield. AU tf TLX i 27 banks are'r i-rr, ll w. "t have been hit at" j tto i. the bill had t i r -1 ' In case you 1 i t 1 !, t par bank bill ; t i i i ' , report by the e.-uaie Couiiuii on Benks and 'Tanking. The oi.:. dissenting vote came from Sen&toi , A. B. fitoney of Burke Who, alor - with Senator Leathermaa Of 1 coin, introduced the bill. . I Sit joint rs-'.'uilca cslUrj c- the UN to open each session with prayer was passed by the Senate by an overwhelming vote last week. It met objections from some sena tors, who said they had no author ity to tell the UN what to do, point ing out the varying religious differ ences of TJN members, and charged that they were being made to look a though "we're against prayer" by opposing the resolution. The measure waa introduced by Sena tors Hardy Talton of Wayne, Adam Whitley of Johnston and I ,H. Fountain of Edgecomb. Talton said he bad introduced the measure at the request. of. parents of boys fighting in atorea. ' "They toVji .sne", Talton V aid, "that they felt like thia If the UN can send our boy to fight in Korea, the least they can do is to pray fttheittj.?i f .? ;.Atl 1 1 The resolution passed the Senate one day, but en attempt was made the ' next -day to kill it because' some, senators felt it would Just "give the Communists something else to use for propoganda, claim ing we're trying to tell other peop les what religion they should have, '.This attempt was defeated, with most' senators teeming to believe that the entire world ia -- atandin1 In, the need of prayer.",-- r;;,.?: f . r'M' it. ; Big news of , last week was the decision of the Joint Appropria tions Committee to turn over its whittling job to a aub-committee, .1 Prior to this decision, the Joint committee bad heard requests for some (80,000,000 over and above Advisory Budget Commission rec ommendations The .recommended budget, would have left most of the State agencies Operating at a lesser, degree than in he current blennlum , despite loud claims that it merely "held the line". , tHWell,! "hoid-the-Une" committee chairman issued a Joint statement Senators .John Lerkins . of Jones and". Joe.-Bagles, -Jr.r- of - Wilson (Senate chairman ahd- vice-chairman respectively), and House Com mitteeman Liirry Moore of Wilson and Vice-Chairman Kerf Craig Ham say of Rowan had eomethlng to . . v - - - wy. i Thej said, they were in favor of more money for school teacher,' schools, state employee and saw a need ' for generally increased ap propriations for all. agencies to take care of increased costs. They blamed1 the necessity for this on the Korean war and Inflation, ' ilt la possible that a 'House reso lution signed, by some 77 mem bers to -.the' came effect 'had something to do with this group' attitude, despite their Intention at the beginning of the session. . But they still claimed no new taxes . would . be necessary. They said inflation was the cause ; of their change. of heart toward ap propriation,, which, would - else cause revenue to increase to- the point , that ell this , can, be done 'for the next blennlum without new taxes , .' y If they do what they ay. it will cost an extre jthirty-fiv of forty I million dollars - mights-perish the thought come out exactly -the $38,000,000 f figure -'the: governor said waa needed. e y All of this faUs to dlstrurb the hold-the-liners. They smugly look into their private, little crystal ball and inform one and all that inflationary-induced Increase reve nue wlQ take care of everything.; They must nave some Informa tion no . one else has. ' Revenue Commissioner Eugene Shaw re ported March ! that the etata's take for February was lea than es- umaiea inree nonin ago. He. told me early this week that he would be unable to make any V ti - -1 i4 1 L -Li Cchvccn ,fV l- i: ,t ce Ut of '. . Lven the 'most opUmfuUc gu ho been from other than revenue Department sources, and it was that another $5,000,000 to $10,000, 000 a year might be forthcoming. In other' word, the most to be ex pected, this source claimed, was about $20,000,000 more for the bl ennlum. ,'V 'Ar' ' That's a far cry from the $39,000, 000 to $40,000,000 that will be need ed if the "bold-the-liners" follow recommendations of their own leaders. But they still holler, no new taxes. ,;.. : -Now you see why legislative re porter get a ahade cynical It ap pears obvious that enough money to do the Job will, hot, be, forth coming without new taxes. So if. no new taxes are added, and they put in the extras they advocate, it would teem, that the budget .will be some $1,000,000 or more out ' balance. ;t'.,".''vr" It makes you wonder if that Isn'4 the aim of the conservative force, hoping that such happenings Would point the finger at Governor Scott cause , widespread -dissatisfaction with him and hie liberal admlnl- strati on, : thu throwing the next election into the ; conservatives lap, i 'fcicirli- i-'i,.:''.'- Legislatures sometimes make you wonder if the political "outs" aren't more interested in getting back In power than they are in passing good legislation. ' m . eeee f That euto-commlttee named to study i appropriations and 1 make recomoiendatlona to the full com mittee is not merely stacked with conservative hold-the liners --it's loaded. M - , M . ' ' ' 1 It lists House members J. K. Doughton of Alleghany, C Gordon Maddrey of Hertford, E. B. O'Her- ron, Jr., of Mecklenburg, C. Way- land Spruill of Bertie, Frank H, Brown, Jr., of Jackson, Harry L. Mints, Jr., of Brunswick, William B. Rodman of IBeaufort Hal W, Little of Anson, and Tom A Wil liams with Senators Joe Carruthers of Guilford, li H. Fountain of Edge combe, Paul S. Jones of Pitt Grady Rankin of Gaston, and Clyde Nolan of. Cleveland. The chairmen and co-chairmen also 'are x-officlo members. - ':"tr 'Vi " .'U' i Only Maddrey, Mlntx and Foun tain - by any atretch of the Imag ination could be classed as other than down-the line hold-the-liners, i Here's a prediction: they'll add enough money to take care of the schools, tupplies, salaries, because theyVe seen the handwriting on the wall They'll toss in Some sops for individual, member of the. sub committee, apropriafjng money for their' pet projfct But this select group of .ax-wieMera will still claim that the $30,000,000 or more boost they add can be met without more taxes,-- j v .Hf.i?9fl",t : ,J ' ',;i-.-.;-ih-,tiii;..v ; Revenue Commissioner ' Gene Shaw can atage quite a filibuster when he takes the notion. He did Just that the other day in Finance Committee, and talked an amend ment to death. ; The law calls for all retail mer chants to keep .records of purcha- -.e and sales for three year An amendment was offered that would have out this limit to two year. Shaw Jumped up, began talking. Among other things, he said Is they would force the Revenue Depart ment to almost double tax collect or or lose million of dollar 4n taxes. He talked , and talked.. He must have been convincing, because the committee men ..finally broke into the middle of his speech, to kill the amendment c? inis ' ';" . Tt xibf : j Everybody aeem to take great delight these days in blaming de terioration of highways On trucks. Much talk ha been made about the last Legislature raising the truck weight limit nd now there's a bill calling for reduction of llm- The lA t c .: 1 SHOP 1 THE TOWN :3.ar.i.cA: cr . 'LL Owner I ...uys,! . A a i.. .e same : iu.. .. 2'ruk.a.era claim they build ' one .out of every three miles of ' high ' -y in this state through the taxes t... y pay. That may be an ex' aggerated claim, but they are pay. '' lng their way. - N . ' Weight limits now in effect run ' approximately 15,000 pounds per axle. At LaPlata, Md., where a number of state highway depart ments -- Including our own chipped the kitty for tests,- they' started testing weights over 18,000 pounds; per axler They-apparentiy; thought the 18,000 pound limit per' axle-was ot- too- heavy for" our " roads,, $ eay apparently,, because they hare not announced any -con . -cluaione from - their jtestj wS V Why did he State Highway Com missions go on" record a, favoring the present, weight limits, less a 5 tolerance? The highway com- . mlssloners ' recently' ( went to La Plata to see- what was what ' Ap parently the test did not convince ' them our present weight are too high, ui, ic!J, ;;sRr:'tfS ;ini-4 ' Here are some other things to consider; More than,. 18Q0 towns and communities In the state de pend upon trucks for , their i sup piles. Railroads have a $40,000,000 propaganda fund,, part of which Is being used to fighU the trucking industry.' .'.V . i. , . '-i ; ; I ' u! , t-:.i k . After all, truck taxes hav paved many a mile of highway foe the adtomdblles to ride, over. )- . .. a NOTICE OF SALS , . " 1111 'i'J . North Carolina . ...iuj...ji ,u . Duplin County , J ,w Under and by virtue of the pow er of sale contained In a certain deed of trust executed by Hay wood Merritt and wife Georgia Y. Merritt, dated tha 27th day of July 1050 and recorded in Book 488 at page 109, in the office of the Reg ister of Deeds of Duplin County, North Carolina,,, default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and . said deed of trust being by the terms thereof subject to f orecloc- . ure, the undersigned trustee... will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the , Courthouse door in -Kenantville, : ; North Carolina' at ,12:00 noon on : the 17th, day of March, 1951, the ; property conveyed In laid deed of trust the same lying and- being in the County of Duplin and State of i ! North Carolina, in Magnolia Town-1 ship, and described as follows: j i , !? " " - ,m ., Being the Haywood Merritt house ' , anu m aa ia oucrawa iu u. Aeea irom n. e. jNewoerry ana wue to ( . W. L. Merritt as recorded In Book, 110 page 257 of the Duplin County . , Registry, and to which reference t is hereby had for a more particular. ' v description.' : ' ' ' ', v ':".'. !'. '"'.'.' : ' The following personal property .t Is also included in the said deed of trust: ' " " " One International Truck BLD-, , 269-89249 KB7-56087 20000 160.00 W2787C 1946 50 ". f One Kentucky Trailer 8327 20000. 160.00 Z980410C 1948 21Q (The'"' above : personal property is de-. scribed . t by ' way of their' North " Carolina registration cards); 1 '' A ten per nt deposit 'Win btr' required of -the seceetsfuf bidder" a evidence of good faith.. - 14 Advertised this 14th day of Febv-"i , 'ruaryv 1951.i!ow wji;, jm,,' 1 ' A. MltcheU Brltt Trustee 8-li-4t RL " ... JL' tJlJ 1 i FOR ALL OCCASIONS Mrs. Garence Murphy Phone 248-1 Agent, Mt OLIVE FLORIST Opening OF lIBi SA '-'V.