,t.y
At Slagnoa Is located the
largest tuberose hulU market
in the. world. Cannus also an
raised on aa extensive scale
there.,
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VOL. No. 18,
1 ' County Court lie ..
-4wW-.CMtr . Court wlU b
hell
- Mooday, May 14th with Jodce
' Hubert Phillip presiding. No
, Jury cases will be beard. A
fair doekett is sehednled It is
to last siily saw ay. - ,. , ' 1 .'
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TOJANSVILLE, NOSTH CAROLINA Friday, May 11, 1951
;pnnnPn
T3
! County Agent Lacy Weeks has
planned an interesting farm tour
fw nmiiln rlAiitiu .
I month Mr. Weeks says he believes
it will fee of inestimable value to
; those who can make the trip. It is
the first such tour Duolin County
fanners have had the opportunity
mm ana xar ween is anxious
for all who can make the trio. He
ys he realizes this is a busy, sea-
son nr the farmers tout it 1
through the busy season that most
can be obtained from such a tour,
ii He following notice has been
sent to most farmers in the coun
ty: ' , , .;(.,.
. i "A very interesting out of State
tour has been planned for Duplin
county larmere and farm leaders.
We will leave Kenansvllle, Monday
morning June 4, and return Satur
day, June 0. The tour will take us
up through Northeastern North
Carolina the ferry at Norfolk, Va.,
w Lancaster renn., oa to Washing
ton, D C BelksvlBe, Md, (Nation
al Experiment Station) back down
Skyline drive and Shenandoah Na
tional Park' to Durham, and on to
KensnsvUle On this tour we will
see truck farming, most alt kinds
of livestock and crop farmlna:. man
ufacturing plants using agricul
tural products, Experiments of to-
I "v-v vauiv ana swuie, SI OUT.
pauoBM Experiment StaUon and
imnv attmr nn(n. - i
i W W fUMlVn. .
,"A first class air conditioned bus
will be chartered.; The total J17
mue trip wiu cost each person
.about $58.00. Tha wjll Iduda tran-
portaaon, hotel room, and, meals,
r "Anxone Interested Jn going on
I this out of State tour should notify
i rae ounty agenu office by Friary,
I May 1rlWw 'Tt
dssalt '
I.(AY.June Laveenaas
; vllle at 5;l am.Td SaUsbury, Md.,
-iRt U to JBetiiel. N C Rt 64 to
WilUamston. N. C, Rt IT to Nor
folk, Va, Little Creek Perry to Khi
uviu, r, w, is to Salisbury; Md.
303 milM - srr4v l.nn -
f Lunch: Johnny and Sammy's Res-
uurant ' - c,,;,-,.,
Forty end Eight To Hold Wreck In
Varsav; To Activate Duplin Voifure
1
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No. 19
n pocv
h Dan fnsniitlv
liL3i3 Lbiiisn -itjcDv- Cor
Norman E. 'Brinson. see S2. at
Beulavllle was killed Instantly Sat.
urday afternoon when he was
truck by a car driven by Walter
Lee Tindiey, a Marine from Can
Lejeune. Accordng to Coroner C.
B Sitterson who was called to (he
cene by, Highway Patrolmen and
empaneled a cornors Jury, said the
evidence presented to the Jury was
that Brinson was in a drunken con-
dttkra and walked Into the car. A
hole was torn in his side Indicat
ing that the car door handle caught
him there. He was literally picked
up ana pitched over on his head.
Hs face and skuUwero crushed and
neck and right arm were broken.
the coroner's Jury held the acci
dent was unavoidable. '
! Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the
home of his mother, Mrs. H J. Wha
ley in Beulavlle 'by. Rev Ransom
Gurganeous, ;PrmaUve : Minister
Burial was in the Sandhill church
cemetery, near Beulavllle
' He Is the son of the late S T
Brinson of Beulavllle . 1
. He is. survived by his mother.
Mrs Bertha B (if JrWhaley of Beu
lavlUe and . two sisters. Mrs J D
Spencer of Jacksonville and Mrs
Martha Teschey-of Beulavllle
Wotture 1301 will hold a wreck
in Warsaw for members of the For
ty & Eight, Wednesday May 16th
for the purpose of activating a vo
lture in Duplin county. Past Nation
al Commander, Henry L. Stevens,
Jr. of Warsaw, has many friends in
Jacksonville, and due to. this fact
it was decided to hold this wreck in
Warsaw as a compliment to him.
All voyageurs are cordially invited
State officials' will attend.
The program for the day will be
gin at 2:00 p m. with registration
at the Legion home. A parade, led
by -the Jacksonville high school
Band, and starting at the hlsh
school , continuing through tswn
will
wreck wm be held m the high
scnooi gymaauum at 5:00 p. m. with
the dugout following at the Legion
at 8:30 p. m.home Here a banquet
wui oe new at 8:30 p m All PC's
are requested, to report at the Le
gion home by 3:00 p m.
; Orov Academy
' Grave's Academy at Kenans
vllle sent William R. Kinf to
the ' irise-presidency of the
United States, and F. M. Sim
mons to the United States Sea- '
Place at 4 oWock Then
Fifteen 4-H club pullet protects
are being conducted in Rutherford I
By J. R. GRADY
The Duplin County Board of Health met in spe
cial session in the court house here last night and
heard the following written statement read: f
"I do hereby tender my resignation as Health of
ficer of Duplin County at the pleasure of the Board
of Health. G. , V. Gooding".
The above statement was written in long hand
and signed G. V. Gooding.
The above action grew out of an
I
Dr G V GOODING
AGbntOf Asphalt Kcdcdfca
cled In Duplin Ccsnfy ; v
s 'Leave Salisbury, Md., at 2:00 p,
M To Dover, Del -53 miles Activity:
Arrangements can be made with the
county agent to Include a stop In
ine Mar, Va., poultry area and
perhaps' a' processing plant also to
witaungton. Pel - Rt 13 - 47 miles.
lodging: Some hotel In Wllmlng-
ran, im. Miles traveled 1st day
403 '. ......
iuhsjoat, Jin 5 Activity: Ar
rangements can be made to visit
one of the DuPont plants Jn Wil
mington. Leave Wilmington 10:30
a. m to Lancaster, Penn,( .Bt 48 to
renn., Rt to Gap, Penn, arrive
incaster 12:00 p. m. '
CONTINUED ON BACK
t'. ' " - -
1
I!ey..l.Drc.vn;
Cc...l!i2s fled
'rojsCfcnllcre
Rev A L Brown of Beulavllle,
led Cross First Aid instructor for
uplin county, hss recently com
leted an advanced elssa in f
ad held here in the court house
Members receiving certificates
were: ttesdames, . B. Boney, Ellra-
eca cauon Katne, W. Sadler of
iisses Dinah Eubanks. DnrMiu
lethercutt and Mrs.: Mary Thomas
f Beulavllle. . '
' by JACKIE BURKE
The monstrous mass of machine
ry rising forth from the corn fields
or, Duplin, several miles west of
itenansvUle , Is , a - Hetherinflton-
Burner- asphalt plant owned fay
the ZelgleiCllne .: Construction
Company of FayettovUIe.
The plant made.in todlanapolJs.
Indiana, was moved to its present
site in January from HaUsvlile and
began operation the first week ef
February. I provides asphalt for
road construction work .la Dunlin
The maxdmun capacity -rot ro-'
iduotiott Is 0 tons' an hour and for
a ten hour day a maximuo of 1500
tons. It.
In order to feed the plant a bull-
doser, crane and tractor with pan
arerequired . .-;r i.t
Asphalt is brought by truck from
Savanah. Georgia and stone comes
oy truck and rail from Vender and
Neverson, N. "C. . Th sand used
in we mixture is local and taken
from the eight acre alto. on which
the plant is located. J ' ' '
me sssd and gravelAare mixed
and dried , in revoling driers and
stored in bends abovt the plant
and pulled down to mix with astm-
aK ai sou aegrees temperature.
8. Carrlngton. plaat foteman.
has had 27 years axperienca 6i this
type Uvi&Jtk ipls- MMmSrwr
UOn. - : t. , ,'' W; : jf-
The fleet of trucks used forAaul
ing toe. finished. product to the
sites needed are operated by A. J,
bhackieiord of Saratoga '
It is well worth a trip to see sMs
gunt of production located on the
Kenansville-Caoper Mill road
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Rose Hill Bank
Moves Into Hew
Home; Reception
Cashier R S Troy of the Wacca-
maw Bank and Trust Company In
Rose Hill was wearing a broad
I smile yesterday afternoon as the
Mnk held open house for several
hundred friends and patrons Taste
fully placed around in the bank
were huge floral tributes sent by
friends of the Institution Many let
ters and telegrams of concra tula-
tons were received throughout the
day Punch and cookies were serv
ed to all who attended
The bank's new home is located
next door to Dr .Hewes' offices It
has been completely remodeled end
new fixtures Installed throughout
Waccamaw opened In Rose Hill in
1938 end has shown a steady growth
Since Mr Troy has been cashier
since 1945 succeeding the late M F
Allen, Sr, at his death
People In all parts of Duplin ev-
I tend heartiest congratulations to
the bank and to Mr Troy and wish
for them many more years of suc
cess and growth J R G
:rden
i1
PEAR TREE BLOSSOMS frame this 100.ye.r- old Bear Marsh pUsTehucTin
community. The present pastor is the Rev. T. K," Woody.
- ASHLEY BRINSON
'". GROWS BIG EGGS
' Ashley' Cr Brioaon, farmer ef
the Dobseu Chapel neichbor-
has a hen that believes
In doing a good Job when she
does ft, A few days age Mr.
Brinsoa heard the hen each
ling unusually loud and long;
He decided that this must be
something very important, so
he went to mvestlrate. Look
ing Into the nest where sua
bad Just left he found an egg
that measored g Inches around, .
. i . ...... . . . '
uwnca sans; ana weigaea
ounces. The egg had t yolks
20 Led Seniors
Receive Di:!:.-:3S
ODwenty Kenansvllle seniors
heard an address by radio com
mentator Debnam .here Tuesday
night when he addressed the clos
ing exercises of the 1930-91 school
year. Mr Debnam was presented
by Principal Z. W FreneUe His talk '
was very Interesting. His supject
was "Getting behind the iron cur
tain in Washington" He related
several experiences he had while
trying to get information from our
nations capital, fj ,''..;i i
The frill-umtM mh ...--.
r;""""' ia ma ef Mt i presented their diplomas:
31 ye, KFD Mesdames Margie Pic-1 WendeU Alphln. Jessie Ruth Brown
--- rop Jgnoiia; rcv, Mary Catherine Bryan, Mary Sue
- cuuise, MuiDunrn, tv.. W. Casteen. Doronhv
Grady, Theo HolUngsworth, Jimmy
jonnson, waoml Jones, Hubert Kor
negay, 'Cecil Outlaw. Erma Parker
' "snces t-awerson. Katie Mae Quin
Homo Nurstna- Claaa . IOhTm nni, t
- - - wvniuiiv UlUS nnin.
uan, Bocae WMtfield, and Marv
fl:;noliji Class Dajf
5 Dia Hit
History Vhispers Frci Walls :
Of Old Bear M:rsh Baptist Church
,j '. BY MAUDE SMITH
vn jLuesaay evening May 8. a
play "Always" was presented bv
the Magnolia senior class. The gen-.
erai comment from the audience
of
By LINCOLN, KAN
In 1703 two men came nut
Northeastern North Carolina to the
Beautancus community in Dunlin
Today, 188 years later the influ
ence of Jeremy Rhame and John
Truck Driver i f
urnld
was that it was the very best and I Nobles, traveling church organisers
the prettiest play they had aver J Of the Bear Marsh Mlssionarv Ran.
a. spent Friday at the local Rl
ross o.rice, completing plans for
r the home nursing class. Classes
'lie 1 IJ In the 'Home Ec dept.
I .w;::e ehool, beginning
y 2? t and continuing through
5 : Th hours wiU be from
. h. ti 4 p m
Evelyn Wlliamson.
"WUllam D. Booth, seaman, USN
ui vaiypso, nas returned from a
seven-month tour 6f duty In Korea
aboard the attack cargo ship USS
Mon-fr 'ue .(.,,...'
r i x
--y I .
3 1;
3
r cf their t-..-V.s were as fol-
seen.
The setting of the play"Alwava'
was in the Magnolia Garden. The
characters in the play were: Amor-
ette. Insley, Irene Herring; Leslie
uoone. Jack Carr; John Plhzrkn.
Fred. Pickett; The Dreaming sen
ior Haywood. Usher; President,
Emma Brown The Historian was
Willie Newkirk, the Prophet. Earl
Qulnn; poet, Miriam Turner. Gift-
orana Pauline and Darwin Evans:
Talent Scout, Sally Jones; Testat
ors, Ellen Sheffield and Garland
Brown, and Aunt Tildy was a fiend
tne class, Susan Brown. The
mascots were Diane Turner and
Doabj Smith.
Mrs. Clarence Pope, the senior
teacher, wrote the play, and it made
such an impression on the people
tont everyone la hoping she wll pub
lsh'it .-.irJ:?
Mrs. Pope is one of toe most out
standing teachers in the county and
Hie Aiagnolia people think she
marvelous She teaches French and
cngJUfU in the school. She srad-
uweu (rom Meredith colleee 1920
ana was such ao outsundiag French
tuaent that she was given ao op
portunity to go to France to studv
She decided to teach school for a
few years before going, but after
meeting Mr. Pope she ohoae mar
ried life to r'rance.
Mrs L K Alderman of Rose Hill
assisted as planlat wth the presen-
unon oi toe play ry .
The Mgxum senior dasa fat
' vuiswnuuW' au oa way
inroucn scnooi. When they were
in tne f h grade, Mrs Barden said
as a v . tUe class had more 1 no
li T k' Vdtv than anv iu -v.
i ev er taught They have gone all
e v ay through school with this
r 1 Jon. and class niht they
inyti their talent ss a group
1 T' "
XT. -2
e last time, tv sir
. 8 .Of I
I "Al-
XUv J",
et :ie
.... . ,
usi cnurch can still be felt., But
then, they didn't , call themselves
Missionary Baptists.
Since that tune the church has
oeen burnt twice and rebuilt twice
Each time at a different spot The
am was about half a mile from
the present site, on the land now
owned y David Lane. , . . ....
When that burnt down, the con
gregation moved to a new site on
a hill, and built This burnt down J
again, in loo-, a Hundred years
ago, work began on the present ch-
urcn.
Huge handhewn sills were drug
UP steep slopes and set in place op
posite tne chsrred remains of the
second building. A winding path
separated the "two sites. Chanting
Negro slaves of wealthy plantation
owners toiled and sweated, sing
ing their simple faith in God, by
building his house for their mast-
era, ' ' -U.--V.OV;'.
And in 1837 when they were do-
U. D. C. Memorial I In Hot Asphalt
!: :, mt',''frm.":'i I" Alton Cavenaug h of
worship along with their
masters. The stairways to the bal
cony have been sealed off, and the
balcony gone, but doors still open
into the staircases on either side
of the building behind the altar.
That was done in 1890. ' -
The completed building was
square box with no frill. The front
was plain. In 1920 the church need
ed .more Sunday" school rooms.
They Were built but no longer with
slave labor. The bands of the con
gregation themselves were put to
WOrk." ;":;".;- V.-; .
Id 1943, the plain drab front was
given a new appearance. A vesti
bule and 4 steeple were added. (A
man named Moringo suffered a fall.
and later died as he, put the top on
the steeple, according to Bernlce
Williams, a member of the church
who lives in Mount Olive.)
A broad hlscxvtopped road flows
past t" church how.' A far cry
t - "fl tie plain btif 11ns In w!.U-h
m ' r rrac 1.
" . ' t r ' -
JSy a, (C
The James Kenan charter of the
ViDC held its annual Memorial
service in a Warasw church Sun-
aay afternoon with Dr. b. Frsnk
Hall, Presbyterian minister of Wll.
tnington, delivering the address He
was introduced by Rev. Jerry New.
tJOW.-'-,:' 'V'V'5'
The invocation was dven bv Dr
Alton Greenlaw audi Mrs. A n
Wood, county music supervisor, re-
naering : . vocal selection "The
Lord's Prayer
; Mrs. Henry L. Stevens, Jr. UDC,
siaie president gave the vol! call
of local veterans killed in the Spa-
nwn American,' War between the
States, and World War I and II,
also deceased members of the UDC
Mrs, Stevens presented this hi the
absence of Mrs J. C. Brock, chap
lain Following this Mrs Wood sang
laps' itev it L. crossno pronoun
ced tne benediction
Following the ceremonies at the
A fAr auditorium kn4 rvm.
ovauiaocus i gressman Graham A. Barden de-
(Photo by Lincoln Kaa) I Hver the eofmnencemeitf address
in the Rosa Hin,htgh school's su
dstorunt Tuesday night. His sub
ject was the picture in Washing
ton today'. The Congressman said
there is -nothing wrong with our
Federal Government that a Utile
integrity and common sense can
not cure. There are crooks in some
government departments and they
should and Will be kfekeri rait tu
Alton Cavenaug h of Warsaw, said. In Democracy like ours and 1
i asphalt truck driver "on the high- with a federal government as hie
way 11 construction Job is in Samn-1 as ours it is natural that some
son Memorial Hoaital in r.lintnn crooks .will set in thv a-
suffering serious burns about the stay so very long.
i!!?V" ' "!! olr Democracy, , id. Is one type
aoaaenxweunesday. He was driv
ing me truck loaded with hot as-
pnaii wben it left the road and
crashed into a tree about twenty
i irem xne road right-of-way.
me trues: was about mmnM.lv
uTOiuiiznca, omcers stated he was
alone on the truck. No reasons have
been setablished the wreck It u h-
lleved he proably fell ssleep.
Three Arrested
ing Still
ne, there was a balcony for the .1- Wi the jZ K.Z rV.nSr
aves to worship along with their 252 1?" J??
ciueruroea ai an outdoor tea on
the rear lawn of the , Henry L Ste
vens nome as a compliment to Dr.
nail. Chapter members. C of C of
ficers and a few Invited guests at
tended Mrs. Norwood Boney greet
ed guests at the gate and Mrs Ste
vens served punch from a atce-cov-
ered table, centered with an ar
rangement of red roses Sandwiches,
cookies and strawberries' were also
served.
Following a still raid at WoA...:
aay as last Week Dunlin for...ti.
have arrested Giles Hayes, Masco
Carol, and Walter Jam .u w
eo, ana tinarged them with oper
ting the still. They were given a
hearing before Magistrate n n ci
terson and are out under bond
awaiting truU atthe next term of
Kuuoiy court. ; . ; - ' .i.;" -. y,-,,- . -
xne sou was a gasoUne drum
type with a double condenser. Six
barrels of beer and seven gallons
l. ere aroyed. The
as found In - Kmu.uu
lownship on the Bland Casteen
Both North Carolina and h .
tlon as a whole are
Pxhice more meat milk, and eggs
this year then kst
7. -P
L'2l
ox government that people must
have respect and confidence In. In
a dacUtorship the thoughts and
feellngj oi the people do not mat
ter. But not so with a Democracy
for Democracy is the people and
not a person
Touching on the present world
conditions be declared that Con-
great should, be called on to de
clare war when war is to be de-
CONTINCED ON BACK PAGI
Was All Quiet
H.enansviiie's election went off
quiet Tuesday and only one chance
tastes piece in town officers. H D.
McKay failed to file for reelection
as town commissioner and was re.
placed by Bob Grady Amos Brin
son had no ODDOstlon for
nor uia tne ave candidates for town
commissioner. There was one writ-
m lor mayor and three names wrl
tten in for town commissioner The
vote was as follows:
For mayor: Ahos Brinson. 2B- Pnt
Craft 2; for town commissioners:
Ivey Bowden. 20: Rstoh T Brawn.
28; Leo Jackson. 31: Stokes West.
brook, 28 and Bob Grady 30. Write-
ins were: Mrs Andrew Patterson,
7; Pot Crstft,! and Mrs A. R Bland,
investigation by County Auditor
F W McGowen at the order of the
Board of County Commissioners -
' The following was taken from the
minutes of the executive session
of the commissioners on Monday: -"T
W McGowen, County Accoun
tant appeared before the Board
and reported that Miss Marv a
Whitfield, Supervisor of nurses in
the County Health Department ad
on April 23, 1931, reported to hbn
certain irregularities in tne Coun
ty Health Department' regarding
travel checks, and that he h a d .
made a thorough investigation of
Miss Whitfield's report, and bad
examined all travel checks Issued
to the County Health Officer and
to the employees of the Health De-
partment since the time when Dr
G V Gooding became full tame Co-' '
unty Health OCfacer - -
"Mr McGowen stated that Wj
examination had been made In line ,
with his duty as County Account-,'
ant and that he must then present !
his findings for the attention of the
board , . f
"Upon finding the facts, as pre
sented by the County Accountant
the Board unanimously agreed that '
a hearing should be protnoUv held. !
and the Chairman announced 4:00
o'clock p m of the same day to be '
set for hearing ttha personnel eft
the County Health Department con-.
Oerning the irregularities- &ouod V
.."ThfalBauuiand ail asamluaa ,
fHthe Board, the attorney, aooouht- v
lht and clerk, all expressed regret -
over tue necessity for such a meet-.!
"At the appointed time, or there.
about (4:00 p m) Dr G V Gooding. I
County Health Officer. Miss Marv 1
A Whitfield, Supervisor of Nurses '
and Miss Mary Lee Sykes, a nurse
iU appeared at. the hearing Tha
Chairman announced the purpose K
of the meeting and Dr Gooding )
was the first to be heard -
"Following the bearing it was eon. '
eluded that the evidence token l'
should go to the County Board of
Health for their examination and i
decision, and the Chairman rkn
is also ex officio chairman of the
Board of Health) then instructed J -the
Clerk to call a meeting of the J
Board of Health for 8:00 p m Thura- j
day night May" 10. 1951, and the
Clerk mailed a notice of said meet- i
ing to all members of that Board .
During the meeting of the Board i'
of Commissioners Dr Gooding and
Health nurses Mary Alice Whitfield i
and Mary Lee Sykes appeared and
answered a number of questions 1 ,
asked by various "members of the
Bosrd The nurses were examined i
separately ' .- v ... . ,
A stenographer was callod b mr,A ,
the entire proceedings recorded and
are now on record tn the Register
of Deeds office The, length of the
questions and answers make it aj.
most prohibitive to prist here ao
we will not attempt to go into de
tails The amount of monev Inunfo.
ed is only about $100 Dr Gooding
admitted to Irregularities tn re
porting mileage for collections The
evidence brought out that there
was wrongful use on the nar r rw. .
Gooding of the money for hie own
personal self Also two checks in .
which the endorsements war mum-
tionable were presented The mir- J '
ses testified to some irregularities)
on the part of Dr Gooding I
There was no evldenn. ,
that any nurse in the department
bad done anything wrong - '
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M . t V 1
The followina- la M ..-
of the mlnutoa of the Board of
Health meeting held last night: f
"The County Board n u..im. -
DupUn County met tn -...Jl
. araav wjajy '
house in Kenanaviiu kt r
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- .i.i yon reUw .-lr--r.r''lrsf
; : a saw Wallace
? . 'Jclng togeth
it ' iter to move
' shoot him."
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he reUted that
blm down hi t.e
trying to "run s
It made me anas:
ttt I went home i
- htaridel;
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