North Carolina Newspapers

f V Duplin' Cotton Diplli had tST farms- wit r "n Comity w alio, I - ,i,Z f -rtm of tobacco . In IMoJ. tlX 3.1 acres wwe plant ed m 4,918 furma. Total pro- , ductlon was I5.6B9.879 pounds averartnr a 1,221 pound per acre yield. 118 produce plant ed wlUxrat allotment and were penalised 192.1 acres cotton la mm. .z7.a acre planted. 49 farm had cotton allotment bat did not plant, which amounted to 1J74.4 acre. There planted fa ' VOL. No. 18, 1 P lrr M mm I A 14 year eld bay face possible prosecution in a xwpun i.vuHy u- ' . qaor case that was brought to light over the weekend., Deputy 6heriii Perry faith m- ported that following one raid Sat urday, several members of the de partment stopped at Emmet Tuck er's store on the highway between Faison and Bowden, to get a soft drink. When they got in the store, they found G. H. Rackley sitting on the drink box with pint bottle , of -whiskey in bag beside him. Deputy 'Smith said that be took v ka nrhrirov and turned to a boy " In the store and asked bim what it was and where the man gat it The (bov reolied that it iwas whiskey and that he had sold It to Rackley lor two dollars. . ... ' The sheriffs men followed the : iww'a tmrka into a little Batch of woods behind the store and found a tow sack and a demi-Jonn which contained a little waiskey. They . returned to the store -and vpl&oed Kanklev under arrest. ' (- v , , Deputy Smith said that he was not sure whatyould happen to the . boy, but be added that the owner . of the store, who was not present 1 at the time of the arrest ot Rack - ley,' would ' be summoned ".Into ' court. Rackley -was released under iinnd of S200 , ,k - Ofiicer$ are continuing Investi gation in the case. COL. ROBERT Lt WEST M 4 n.lmiiM Knhrx t J'llfent; haae aariataat adjutant feneral, has ben4 namea to one. paiuoir bujwwii general of the -New Air Foreln- aocoinauon i pjiwtw., Col. West was actively engaged In law practice before entering the service in 1942. In his home county M Dunlin in North Carolina, be served as a Judge for four years and prior to tnat was senator niri the prosecuting attorney for seven years. . . - x ' "' ";" ' A graduate of the officer train-; tag school at Miami, Fla.f Col West has ' seen service with the 20th Air Force on Salpan, and also has been sUtioned on Guam, in Tokyo and Manila. m Since September, 1949, CbL West has acted as mobilization assistant to the commanding officer of Pope Air Force Base, Fort: Bragg, TJ C. .He was ordered to Lakeland May 19th T" WeSalufe I . . .1 ii. I . -.I , or tout this week is to a, son of Ciwlln who has gone out and i. Vrra H. Smith SayS be i els he is still a vitol part of his itnme county sine destiny has crr lUn to t It tvf d b(ra no tunner away m n and his work Is devoted in tih im of the farmer. est Smith was born in Smith wn rt 1e le F'a J and went to t inston and enterea we i irti',,,f rnwuwi. I,.ter he. went ,t if it c tite lure o . i, i . ' i of htan an i he k.,.,..J t.. 0, i , .1 "d CS- w 1 hotels t re. ir wenfiot'e 1 H teat he rust lf's af a ijr y t in S Ml 1., 1 1 1 T 5 v. A veteran of World War II from Dupln County has been reported missing in actim in Korea since May 17.- J He Sgt-fc Rudolph E. Jones, 23, of Scott's Store. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff E. Jones of Mt Oltoe; Route 2, (Scotts Store) re ceived a telegram from the War Department . on June 9 notifying them that their son was missing. They have- received no other word' from him They did reatve a letter fmm Mm War Department imflBm- ing the teiegrafn and dafln'ig mis- sin8 m aton. wbch means tbat bis status or wihereabouts arenot fap- mediately Xaarnn.,.:0 , BopUeiger 111 Direct Before I tell you about my good will tour this week, I would like to tell you about "Old Betsy." Old Betey;' thinks she isjbe stall Last week she took off with all the paokards, oldsmobiles, cbry .1 ii T.inmiiu from Kenans- ville and went to White Lake for the afternoon. For tne J""""""" of those who don't know "Old Bet sy", she is a 1941 ford, and the best driving little car you ; most ev ,aw. Don't you knw fht loiikea small and helpless by those pack ads and oldsmobiles, Wednesday? Bill Williamson said that she kept right with the Others though. . , . - Now last weekend, ; Kenneth Rabon, linotype operator. for the "Times'"' droverber down to Wil mington. Kenneth didn't think much of ber because, she had a blowout Maybe that brought her dawn "oJf her, hlghhorse and she won't think she's such a bigshot now. She has never given me much trouble, and I drive her to Klnston, Wallace. Clinton; Mt Olive, and all over Duplin every week. : Last week when I started on my goodwill, tour,1 1 had left my map with my route mapped out on it in KenansvMe. so I picked P Miriam Turner, and dropped by the office to get it. We went from Kenansville to Charity then turned off there and went to Chinguapm, HallavlUe and back to Kenansville. We visited a lot ot people on our tour. Mrs. Ben Rivenbark drove up in ber yard about the same time we did, so we chatted with ber for a bit. - Mrs. ' Herring Mobley was sit ting on ber' porch prewiring some strhiglesi beans to eocik. &ha said that uie oniy way r nr to oh any money around tiiere now was to pick beans and she couUln't do that Mrs. Mobley . wai a rather ( out V" m and I Imagine it would 1 e very hard foe ber to pick beans. t 9 rtn.ly move! from Beula 1 . ' "')' " . ouJ S ,.;oa and 1 's wife 'were ,..1 ln ' ,. I Wnk 0 -7 " i i r. 1 4 i .i i i j ones seiwed with the Army En fflnaem In World War II but was not sent overseas as the war ended. while he was getting ms training ITnon diachanse from the Army he Joined a reserve unit and was re called to duty in November of 1950 He was sent to a camp in Seattle, Washington and went overseas aft er Christmas He would have com pleted bis si?c months service in Ko-t rea . on May; if ana wouui nave been eligible Jor rotation back to aba United States. m4 -i i . Jones, was serving rhlF 4Xr3Bom-j pany of the 38tb infantry .jtegk ment in Korea when he .was report ed missing in action. e asienoea BF -Grady ntgn scnooi. they must have bad a baby girl in the house asleep, because Mr. Jack son told one of the boys not, to leave her there by herself because she may wake up. He worked for twenty-one years .. with . the same man in Beulaville. He moved from there not too long ago ; O. C Murray, his wife and little girl, a colored family I visited, were busy washing squash. The lit tle girl looked like she was around two years old, and she was having a good time playing in the tub of water that they had the squash in. ' Mrs. Ed Foy was raking ber yard. She bad a very pretty yard with marigolds and seniak growing In it It was Just as clean as a pin with not one cprlig of grass. Mr. Foy was In Wallace on Business. . 5 On everyone of my tours I have found someone that I knew when they lived in Magnolia. We stopped at this very attractive house, knock ed on the door and who should an swer, it but Lula Mae Drew, now Mrs Eugene Rouse. I was very surprised to see ber. It was the first time I had seen her since I was In hih school. She bad two cute little blond, curly beaded glrla.V.';r,-;...-,.V-: . ..f.r We ate lunch with Miriam's sla ter Mrs. Martin DaiL We enjoyed our lttle visit with ber very much. Her daughter Ellen Ann is going In training- this fall. We didn't get to see her, because she was work ing in Wallace. One of Mrs. Dails Utile boys was mascot for the Ctain qutt;in graduates this year. &rs. 8 L. Lanier was not at home but we talked with her dau- pnr Dorothy. Mr. A. if. weoas e 1 y rwaa visiting Mrs. Lanier's lic.ie 1 ' 1 ':': t TJHD ' OBf BACK " ' '"" V g t 'iftT C4i.; any an-.-iitS yeWlry f r the fat J.C .J elec " ' f Ifiut to be located of t' r-e ' cf 1 !,- i i n h it ;- rii i aii i in tvi I iiii if iv 5 urncers i o X.IUUUI iiiuctt way KENANSVILLE, NOETII CAROLINA State's First Darn J .t' Von no1 v ' Cabin farmer. who holds the re card, it is believed about three weeks earlier than most of being the iirst farmer in North farmers in his neighborhood. The Carolina to barn the 1951 tobacco lugs are a bit short but Mr. Ken crop. Mr. Kennedy put in his first nedy thinks he has a barn of good barn on Thursday June 14th. It is tobacco that will bring a good price the earliest he bas ever barned, He nopes to De compieieo. Darning he says. He expects to put in his and grading and tying in time to second barn next Monday. sell his entire crop on the border He gave dry weatber as the belt the, second week, he says. main reason for the early barning ' Barden Introduces Federal Aid To Education Bill; For Public Schools Only Highway Patrolman Rlnhard C. Stroud, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tburman Stroud of Pink Hill, was among the 60 graduating trom the Highway Patrol school at ex ercises held at Chapel Hill Friday night. The graduates wilt be sworn in as members 9 the Patrol and receive station assignments at a date to be announced later. Education Meeting The Universaiiat churches of North Carolina hp'd a religious ed wartb.net1ing last -week in -the Rose Hill community building. Rev Carlton Fisher of Beaton office tH vessellsta church and Rev. Horton CoHhert were featared est the pra- Eddie Lee Smith is coolln off in Jail here under two charges of selling bootleg liquor. Sheriff Jones and Deputies Nicholson and Per ry Smith caught Eddie Lee last Sat urday afternoon at Bowden as he was attempting to make a get-away The sheriifa were all set for him and expecting the attempted get away had set up a road block at Bowden. Sheriff Jones and Deputy Nicholson were on the road block while Deputy Perry Smith went in for the chase. Perry took aft er Eddie Lee on a road entering Bowden. Eddie was accompanied by a Wilson Negro. When the chase really' got hot the Wilson Negro Jumped from the running car .with a toe -bag on bis shoulder. He and the bag went down and Wilson came up running minus the bag. Eddie sped on towards Bowden.' When he reached the highway in tersection Sheriffs Jones and Nich olson were waiting lor him. They took him under control while Dep uty Perry Smith stopped to investi gate the bag Wilson bad dropped. He found two broken Jars and two whole Jars of bootleg whiskey Ed die was Jailed Saturday and bis car held. Wilson was arrested Sunday and is out under a $200 bond. Ed die failed to igive bond and is still in i-S;;: v'.';rek'-.;S;--v- ! Eddie thinks the law bas added insult to injury because Deputy Oliver. Home overheard a conver sation and the law recovered more whiskey he had hidden away. The story on this is that on Wednesday (yesterday) morning Eddie's bro ther Bennle Smith went to the Jail brigbt and early. Knowing his bro ther would not be going out to work be assumed the Jailers slept late and sound. Bennle called to Eddie from the ground saying "I cant find tbat whiskey you told me about where la it?" Eddie hol lered back from bis Jail cell "right! where I told you." Givlna him fur- CONTINUED ON BACiC rACC o 1 mnnd. Pell gave the f-'l' ' t f -u : r' li'g the be!i'' t tf t a t o:,l V on.f War,' t t- "i rDiina's r - i i . In 1 1. v . f t.y war T ' ' ' 'I I v i ; THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1951 Tobacco Also, he said, .'e set his tobacco WASHINGTON A new pro gram for $314,500,000 a year ox federal aid to education was intro duced last Thursday by chairman Barden (D-NC). of the Wmme Ed ucation and Labor Committee. It limits state use on ituui- mon ey to public schools for teachers salaries and pay of supervisory, ad ministrative and maintenance per sonnel, for purchase of school lab oratory equipment and for build ing maintenance. During the last Congress Barden was severely criticized by Francis Cardinal Spellman and the Catholic hierarchy lor bringing up a bill pro hibiting federal aid for sucn wings aa school bus transportation for parochial and private school Chil dren. " By specifying the four uses to which aid may be nut the new. Bar den bill, again rules out ftijr! assistance to parooSiil ait 4.4ve' scaoai semees. . , r ; Although passed; fey the Senate, school aid never, got -out pi the House committee last Congress. It bogged down la outer religious and 1 political controversary. Under the now Barden bill, fed eral funds would be distributed to the states under a formula based on state wealth and ability to pay. States with a low individual Income level - would receive : mora tban states with a high income rate. The bill seeks to raise the par pupiX expenditures of the , states, from, all sources,- to $160 a year.- Gather Here; ' The children of the late Dr. P. L. Kornegay held their annual re Union in Kenansville Sunday June 17th. All the children, grandchil dren and one great-grandchild were present-together with a num ber of friends. A buffet dinner was served at. the local, lodge ball, . '. Members of the family present were: Mr. and Mrs. Regan Korne gay and son, Mr and Mrs. Marcel lui Kornegay, Pearl and Marvin Kornegay, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Kor negay and daughter Carolyn, Miss Sarah Kornegay and Jack Hunt of Greensboro, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sanderson, Ruth and Russell Sanderson ef Beu laville: Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Kor negay and Glenn, Mildred; And rew and Llnwood; Mrs. Mettle West brook; Mr. and Mrs Harley Smith. Rvan ana Mary omeiia: mr. ami f11la Cabin HDC Club Meets The Cabin- Home Demonstration dub met Friday afternoon June 13 In the home of Mrs. Wells Thomas. , Mrs. Bland Nobles gave the dem onstration on Salads a Sprint and Summer Tonic In the absence of mIm I.mnn The July meeting win oe oeia. with Mrs. Bay Thomas July 13ta ail 8 p. m c v O" 4 Just a few days after the ition of CPaoL's new $10,000.- iidsboro gener'In? plant ca- cf producing 8..0,(lu0,000 kil f Vurs per yearvln yTTvrl eiVatw's pri5fled.$3,- i t'lant will dimUe the ! r ) 1 1 Mi. 'Mi I , i I 1951 Ervin Earl Saridsrson, 14 Drdnns V 'l Via y r ; l ,1 aiiatawiiasanwtilif Ma--.M '" REV. AND MRS..R. MURPHY WILLIAMS. Church Honors Pastor, Wife GREENSBORO The Rev. R. Murphy Wlllams, pastor emeritus of the Presbyterian Church of the Co venant in Greensboro, and Mrs. Wil liams, were honored at a reception given by the congregation of the church recently. The occasion marked the Wll liams'50th wedding anniversary. They were married June. 11, 1901, in the Wallace Presbyterian church of which the Rev. Mr. Williams was then pastor. Mrs. Williams was Mr- Lillie Boney of Wallace. The officiating minister at the ceremony was Dr. H. D. McGeacbey, now liv ing in, Montreal, who was present. ,i. Several otnarMiiairaiers 01 me wadding Barty alaa attended the reception. , l. ' FieldPp Coastal Farm IljxtThursday; Albert Banadvsa.' gnerbttendenti of the Coastal Plain Vegetable Re- seareb Farm at Faison announces a Field day will be held at the Farm on next Thursday, June raw at 1 p m-'The exhibition win De ot interest to all farmers and gard ners. C. D. Thomas, director of test farms will be present along with other specialists from State Col lege, including Dr. F. D. Cochran, horticulturist, D. E. Ellis, vegeta ble disease medalist. P. O. Ritch- UM iJiMi MMiMMMMMMMM Draftees Who Have PeSsed Physicals But Not Ordered to Report for Duty May Enlist in Choice Branch From June 15 To July 15 Alderman Family Holds Reunion The Alderman Historical Asso ciation held its annual meeting in the Auditorium of the Franklin High school at Harrells store on Friday June 13. I w " A picnic kmoh was served for all those attending at 12:30 and the meeting began at 2:00. Mrs. Lillian Driughon, of Dunn, S resided since the president, Mr. ernes Alderman Powers, died dur ing the past year. Mr. H. W Tay lor of N. C State LUliege, secretary of the Association, helped In the arrangements. . A large crowd ot kinfolks en Joyea tne gatnenng. TTTV ' T1 11 i:Mli(Ili . Tm'l ... C.ii L Bell went on to say tbat Tide Water is betting on this section of the country. The plant will mean more power will be. available in future years to meet the Increased demand, of how industry la our The new generating jsTsnt (will k .i.4." -r i a sic " PRICE FIVE In Korth The Rev. Mr. Williams, one of Greensboro's most popular and best known citizens became pastor of the Presbyterian church o the Co venant in 1906. Under his leader ship, the church has grown stead ily until it claims one of the city's larger congregations worshipping in a large edfice near Woman's col lege. Among the special guests at the reception were the Williams' five living children. They are Mrs. John D. Robinson. Wallace; Worth Wil liams, Greensboro; James Williams Wilmington, Del.; Mrs. Thomas M Davis. Now Orleans. nd the Rev .,rMtJihlWmaj. a.v. . Ano uner cuutf, taviagstone, died several years ago, 1 On Sunday the minister's son preached at the Chutch of the Co venant. . .7 . Plain Testis Public Invited er. etomokwist and H. J Evans, soils and fertilizer specialist. Oth- era will be on h -ver all questions and d' ''1, about the farm. Tne pv 'ted. July Dr The lin Is will . t call for Dup- . mam nnnlln jiAite two more vol- un h nave just emiswa. Sgt. Henry J. OtUway, Jr., of the Jacksonville office of the Unit ed States Army and Air Force re cruiting service announced today that he haa Just received some late Information that will be of Interest to young men of Duplin county. Sgt: Ottaway states that third Army headquarters in Atlanta, un der whose Jurisdiction the state of North Carolina falls, has Just in formed bkn that during the period June 15 through July 15th, men Who have received their physical and mental examinations, but who have not received their final or ders to report for Induction, may be enlisted in the service of their choice. These men, If enlisting in the Army Air Force, will not be requred to undergo further phy sical examination provided not more than 120 days has elapsed since the previous one. This oolicy will remain in ef fect only through July 15th, there fore anv man interested in enlist ing, rather than waiting to be draf ted, is strongly urged to contact their recruiting representative at their earliest convenience. Sgt Ottaways Office Is located In the Onslow county court bouse Where be is on duty Tuesday, Wed nesday and Thursday of each week. Mondays be is at the bus: station in Warsaw from 9 to 12 a. m. Fri days he will be found at the Post Office la Wallace from 8 to 12 a. m. At any other time be may : be found in Richland s. - . . :, ". ll::!;li Dp:Hnienf ToO;:at!:!;rnS;7; 0::::II:roJ::223 r - 1 nil r A No. 25 Years C!dr Dives into cold water toe soon after bike ride; Rev. Barter ; recovers body; funeral serv , ices largely attended Tragedy struck in the Sandlin ; and Wilson families last Friday when young Ervin Earl Sanderson of near Hallsvllle drowned In North East River at Hallsvllle Beach.. Er vin, only 14 years old, and a group , of neighborhood boys went to the swimming hole for their after din ner swim. As young boys do they -hurried to the river bank and.fuH of glee and excitement dived in. . MaMne it was "the last one in was a rotten egg" or some other boyish expression as they prepared for , the swim. Ervin came up on his bicycle. He : was hot and prespiring but it nev er occurred to him to rest a few v minutes before diving in. He iuiup ed from his bike and made a run- , nlng dive, so the story goes. This was a little after one and probably too soon after dinner also.. .When" . he hit the cold water and went un der he failed to come up. the boys said. After about 25 minutes Rev. Sam Hayter of Kenansville with a group of Hallsville Bible school children approached the river- Ig norant of what had taken place. Also a boat load of men had come up Mr. Hayter, on learning what had happened, dived in where Erv in had gone under and recovered the body. Dr. Norriss was called , from Beulaville but it was too late t to revive him. The doctor said he . probably died from cramp. Mr Hayter said the body was not ca-, ught under roots or anything. ; Coroner C. B. Sitterson ruled the death accidental. Ervin was a member of the Halls : ville Baptist church and Sunday school and graduated from the 8th . grade in the spring. Funeral services were held Sun- J day afternoon at the Hallsville Bap tist church with his pastor. Rev.' A L. Brown officiating. Interment, followed in the cemetery, near the church. He was the son at Mrs. O. H. Register of Chinquapin and the? late Mr. V.-T. Sandlin of BeulaviUa. Surviving in addition to bis moth-, er are his Uncle and Aujlt witb . whom he lived, Mr. and Mrs. Willie ' ,Wilson, one brother, J. S Sandlin , of Camp Lejeune, three, sisters ' Mr. Thomas Smith, Camp Stewart KJa Miss Mary Ida Sandlin, Fay- enevuie ana vicn saeiton or tne? home. His paternal grandmother,. Mrs. Victoria Bostic Sandlin, two nelces, Marilyn and Linda Smitht of Georgia. Pallbearers were Warren Ken nedy, Lee Troy AJbertson, Lloyd FntrMI. Rffnnv .WhaUv BaumMlt Mercer and Ellis Vestal of kenans ville. Those who carried flowers were classmates and friends. They were , Lois Boyette, Veachie Rhodes, Jan- Ice Albertson, Janet Rhodes, Car mell Eubanks, Pearline Whaler, Jean Craft, Joyce Ann Baysdeo, Mary Grace Wbaley, Virgil San CONTINUED ON BACK Lost Colony Manager WILLIAM M. HARDY MANTEO, N. C William Mc Nardy, general manager ot PE Green's symphonic drama. Use ' Lost Colony, bas arrived on Roan- oke Island to set up the business office of the drama which bas lived longer than any other outdoor pro ducton In America. Following Har- : dy to historic Roanoke Island were ' members of the drama's technical staff and a bevy of personnel wbe , have to do with the syiuuboute drsma's setting up for the season which this year begins on Saturday ' night, June 30 at 8:15 o'clock. Re hearsals for the 1951 showing of . the drama which bad its original . premiere In 1937 are scheduled to get underway this week." Hardy said eve 4 them.1i the price of Just about everything has increased since last season, tfaere will be ae advance in the cost of admission to ' see the Lost Colony " he added. - (Lost Colony Photo.) . i , ' rem mil.! . ' teStfc::llls!d;K The vacation Bible school at Pe nalls Chapel FWB ehuroh closei CENTS East River Friday if (j , 4 , , J r raaay afternoon witn a picnic scn per at six o'clock and commeni e ment exercises at seven. The school progressed very nicely under t l-.-derahip of Miss Lucy V'e . 1 re was an .enrollment of 74 -'s Witb 67 of these r- act .. attendance cert herswere: -nnrs, J s. nwelland? s. J. K. Fr -v. I''.S. f f