North Carolina Newspapers

v t Northeast River Water, ' .A chemical analysis of face water in the Northeast . River "m Dnplin County shows 45 parts per million of dissolv ed solid, 12 parts per million ef total hardness, and 78 parts per million of color. The wat er eaa be classed as very soft water that is low in dissolved ' , ' ' . ''t. - K"W -. - Duplin has had its soare of weath : er since last Saturday. Rain has covered every section of the coun ty and hail has fallen some but no serious damages reported from bail. Winds and storms nit Sun day and have continued off and on since but 'with leu fury than did . Sunday. Reports from Wolfacrape say that lightning struck the home of Preston Wells, chairman of the Duplin Board ol Commissioners, knocking out a switch panel. No ' other serious damage was report ed. In Kenansville the heavy wind blew a tree across the kitchen and one hedroom of Aunt Emma Ctoop- ' er's home, breaking in the roof. : No one was injured. . - The temperature was h!gh Sun day, and Monday but Tuesday pro tosbly marked up an all time nigh - for this section. There is no off 1 l cial -temperature reporter , in Dup--Un but editor Bob Grady has je- cently : secured a Taylor official thermometer,, which . records . the Ji&hest reading each day and Tues day it reached a high of 120 de grees in the sun. The thigh spot wag ; reached around noon and by late 1 afternoon it had dropped1 to IMS. Wednesday was another scorcher but the thermometer didn't quite , touch 120 degrees in the same spot. Tuesday night brought showers and some relief. Wednesday was hot .: but a breeze helped break the heat. Wednesday night heavy winds blew up in Kenansville and for a :ew minutes threatened damagebut soon abated and the thermome ter took a sharp drop as rain be gan to fall and by midnight the air was cooled considerably. ' -. , Farmers are' all wearing smiles and tobacco appears to be getting larger every minute. Corn and oth- - er crops are coining out rapidly. And the greengrass is growing all around.'" "... Ml Clubbers :X :f Lower Rites i '' WIS) have- been Ik&de witft the i ' business1' office of the Lost Colony ' of .ice of the Lost Colony at Manteo to recognize the 4-H Club Organl ; cation at the showing of the pa- :- -. geant on Sunday evnlng, July 1 At this time several outstanding 4-H members will be presented to . the audience and a brief ceremony will take place. ? On Sunday, morning the club members will attend church at Ft 1 Baleigh, and en Sunday afternoon '. special tour Is being arranged. aUs tour will include many his - tortcal tc'.Tit of interest on Roan :' okelsUnd. AU 441 members will be admit ted to the pageant for the price of a child's ticket Any 4-H'ers from ' Dupdln County are urged to' take advantage of this opportunity. If those who plan to attend will go by the Manteo 4-H Camp, there will be plenty of tickets available In order to avoid comusion at the ticket office. 7eS!3 ' HAROLD DAVID KORNEGAT Harold is a prominent farmer in Glisson Tawnahip known by every one in the northern nan at uupun and by most fo'ks in the southern balf. Harold isn't an old man, oniy 45 years old but has lead a very active 45 years. He was born in Gilsson on the farm where he now lives, son of the late T. J. and Alice Daly Kornegay. Is schools in the r graduated hi'ph w , 1928. His advun . ! cained in the Cc ' tended grade :irhooa and 1 in Warsaw in f ';jn was ( ; . I,. lice He married 1 1 s,- dnu- ', r ins t 1'S ' t Lf i is, rn- l r - ghier of the le C. Adorns of Randi' r v ie whihs she v; s t c r:t 'v sc hool. Be i ire 1. i j"( C. v 1 I V I on the fat1' 1,' ft -nt In i. ? Wiill tlie J ' f- le. 1 . r.- .:"iHe . i i wr. ' v , . . ; A V.'l ' " Labor Unions .)- . i ..'( - .aT '-aUBBBBBBaaaV.,. .aaaw ," . II ','.' fV f 1 II ' '. r- ' . ' .' ; j V ' .'. y I ' . Ja -J - ' . M I -:-f " WAj -Vr5 , . . , , TTf o AAAA ''CV There are ave Uber wiloiw i A ' ' 1 ' ''"v'''' .' .', r r 'v. a' at Wallace 'A t ow the time The present., standing of the Strawberry League, baseball, and teams composing the league is as , GW Wallace - 11 C'inton j, 9 Burgaw 7 Warsaw .- - 6 GL - 6 . 7 ,9 10 wauacs Lading the league on uu one naif games. . . . 1st Cclton Bloom Reported To Times W. A. Bvrd of Rt 2 Warsaw sends in the first cotton bloom of the sea son this week. He states he should have sent it last' week. For tnis report Mr. Byrd receives a one year's subscription to the Times. It is customary each year to give a year's subscription to the first person sending in a cotton bloom. Xorrecfion The Times carried a stdry last week of the drowning of Ervin Earl Sandlin at Hallsville Beach. The headline read . ..Ervin Earl Sander headline read "Erviri Earl Sander son." This is one of those ty$ogra cal errors that printers can't ex plain. They Just happen and we don't discover it until the paper is printed and It is too late ,to cor rect We regret the error. , i . FIxrttSfcTs' AndToDicbllill Henry J. Le; young white man of Alberteon Township, was to be .entered m the State Hospital in Raleigh late this week for alcohol ic treatment ' Lee was arrested a few days ago on charges of drunk en driving. Officers say be was driv ing wrexkless about bis home com munity, driving through1 field and doing property - damage.". When brought to jail he wasuetty wt. tanked up on bootleg whiskey. Wed nesdey morning his condition grew serious and doctors were called. He had gone out of his head and ilia UCflU SIIU be definitely. was - decided to sick, . presumably D. T.'s He, Tnni An mimtmr akb rA tin. oded the building, tore up bed sheets snd stopped up the comode. He took the small steel bed and .1 , ,1 j - ah li ranwnea un ecu uuur unui uie door was sprung so badly it will have to be replaced. An of. leer as king him what the trouble was he said he wanted to get out and do something, believing he was at. his home." He was talking out of his head consistently. - s -.,. .:,-.,.;';, I Vaai I i V , t,;';1 ll;!Jl-if7c 6isSr: rVtt ' The following children from Duplin-. County bad tbeir tonsils re moved in the Sampson CounUbos pital this past week through the School Health program. Dr. O. L. Parker was tne surgeon. , :. , . -The children were: Archie Lewis Dunn, B. F. Grady; Annie Eliza beth Dunn, Albertsun; J. D. Eason, Warsaw; Jane Gale Pickett-, .Chin quapin; Ltnda English, Warsaw; Bi llie Patterson, B. F. Crady; Larry Cavenaugh, Chinquapin; I. B. Sho lar. Chinquapin; Gorflon Ezzell, Jr., Kenansville;. Helen Jeanette Korne gay, Faison. The colored children were Fred Faison, Jr., Kenansville; Pricilla Moore, Kenansville; Shir ley Washington, Kenansville; Nel son Washington. Kenansville; Bar-' bara Jean Faison, Kenansville; Bar bara Jean Cooper, Warsaw; Willie James 'Love, Magnolia. .. Out of these seventeen children who ha- tonsils removed, eleven were piesohool children. These. , tonsillertomies were selected dur ing examinations in pre-school cli nks. We hi ' e that n doing work of this kind it will prepare our bovs and girls for better work In r iiool. 'i a vu mws mBa vmw ears " ' '; ' ; ttKNAWSVUXK, JNUKTI1 CAUUIUN. . ' ai r v '. ! aW ' ' . T' Water Will Flow 60,0 Gallon Water If) Feel Oversown : Back in 1942 the town of MM- $n"a thooii they .were going to get a aer'eTK sewer -yjriataJi, . The Carolina Drilling and Equip ment ComoantV,SanorC"'W. C. drilled a welt.wproxJmately 20V, feet deep back of the school build ing. Materials were shipped in.. Be fore any of the; other work actual ly got under we heard over the ra dio about the attack on Pearl' Har bor. Next thing we knew Uncle Sam - was sending trucks, in and taking' our supplies to Camp Davis and we realized we had a hole in the ground and our air castle had fallen Since )94Z water works We been discussed wttn jnisgivings unui bout a year ago when the town board decided to put forth every effort to rebuild thU jdr castle. After discussing the possibilities ! , i . .. 4 1 t ' ? ' ; ". ."' ".: j. - -- ftf; r m&h I .a w . ,-- VIA, w, niUUWI WWIIUUIIUI Will, witt, the WtoJ"" f-jAffjM wddenly Sund?, night were Camp, the fioara mace a inp 10 in the . JaU.1B'' presenteajne projeci to' Mr. EasterlinK.-directOlt. of the Local Government commission. Mr Easterling explained the procedure required fox such a project and the Kno-rl lf tfn lh,BV. ' ' "'V:-.. .. ,:.!. i Today 'the' preftiest object ' In Magnolia, or to the Magnolia citi sens is the water Unk. ThU tank was constructed by the Whitemlre Tank Co.j Jacksonville, Florida, and Is said to be one of the newest and IallaciCliritqn lltslf II nin G order Belt A meeting oi a special committee studying tobacco market opening problem met in Raleigh last week arxl heard number of complaints anl suggestions. 'Anions tnu mi ue,vuuon from Wallace and Clin ton markets urging that these two markets i be transf ei-ed from the Eastern Belt to the South Carolina und North' Carolina Bnrd"- "' rfevVc Fcr Servicemen Mr. ' N: A. Avers, Manager of the Wiknlngton Social Security office, pointed out today that W.orid War It veterans who served in active Jnilitary or naval service on or aft er ; iflnnbep 10, lw ana oeoore July za, 1947 now receive credits in the sr;lal security records for w s .V I t.lf!0 for each month of w spnviit., 'Since these credits m i r;'ven whether or not the v,u ,m oed in service or alter dls . , . , survivors in many cases v -i-nts were not possible i i l l law, will now be eli- r i mthly benefits because i e new senviceonnected h' that tf"rendent t. I Vvar JI yerant '"' 3 i niliauy - ' ion is ap- - : f n. 1 ge Credits KENANSVILLE, NORTII CAROLINA In Magnolia Now Tank Towers hest tanks. This 60.000 gallon Unk Is over 100 feet in the , air and can !.bsseeu...iMt .issjw,V .jnlles before I yoii reach MagndllaT' - The main water and sewer lines have been installed. Most f the smaller lines are also in the grounds About fifteen fire hydrants are spa-' ced over the town for protection. The disposal plant is near comple tion. - If,-,, v. .. -,-. : Though we still have some pessi mists who tnink this castle will fall the rest of us believe our dream is really coming true. , t . - The Chlorine has been in the lank the required number of hours and was to be arainea toaay, June 26th. Some of the townsmen have already connected with the water lln and It is believed they WlH be allowed to cut in not later than July 10th. The sewer connections rai contractor and is personally , . J . -.-,, supervising the Installation of the disposal plant. i . .: ' There are lota of headaches and much work for the town officials In a project of this kind. They hope It will be a means to a bigger and better town. They believe any thing worth having is worth working and waiting for and they have and are doing all they possioiy can vo Keep their, and our, castle from falling. Howard, Hubbard, Clinton lawyer, wm oDokesman for the croup. At another meeting in Raleigh to morrow representatives w tne Bright Belt will make their recom mendations and complaints on open ing dates for the 1051 season. The Board will then fix the opening dates .nd .regulations.,. Mr. Avert ', emphasized the im portance, of parents, who received at least one-half of their support from the World War II veteran at time of his death to contact his of fice immediately to file proof of sumoort Prior to July 1, 1951'. This applies regardless of parent'c age, as monthly benefits at age 65 can not be paid to a dependent parent who failed to file proof of support not later thanUune 80, 1951 or wi thin two years after the veteran's death. ' SH.n: 'The social Security Administra tion office is located at 125 Custom House Building, Wilmington, North Carolina v-Ji ? "''", f ,-' Clr. Avert stated that he or a representative in his off lee will be glad to personally assist the de pendent parent in filing proof ef dependency ', vir--l!4'.'-.; Core than 23 minion acres of woti nd are certified under-the Anici jean Tree' Farm" System to grow trees as a farm crop. Virginia Dare, rrandsughter of C - 3uln V hite, . leader r t I r-M-t ct men v -if-. i . f, wS Marti? THURSDAY, JUNE -..,.,.,4 r Little Junmey Jones, five year old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Earl Jones of New Bern, formerly of Duplin and grandson of Mr. and .vlrs. L. E. Pope of Magnolia was in .he dancing recital, "Starlight Star jrlght" presented .by the Rose icaool of Dance Revue in New Bern, June 15-16. The prologue was stars of to morrow. Jimmey took part in Alice in Flo werland, and wore a tuxedo. He wore a military costume In saluting our :riends in service at Cherry Point and Camp Lejeune. In the Canary Cuties and Sylvester, the children sang "I wish I Was a Cat" and Jimmy was Syivester. He was dressed up like a black cat. In Kiss Boogie, he wore a zoot suit. He also took part in A You're Ado rable. ':, .";V,v -V ' Jimmy's mother. Mrs; Jones Was pianist for part of the program. His : grandmother, Jttrsi Pope,made his .msuweW' rr "vW . He has danced In recltits at New sport, Pollocksville and Dover. ' After the recital people came to htm and wanted his wtopriNDft and he signed frls-name a nicely at you please.' '?'''',. Also in the recital were B. H. Oates, Jr., and Murilla Oates. chil dren of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. -Oates wiho once lives in Kenansville. Vaccanatrnk Funeral services for K. Clyde Coun cil, 69, Wannlsh industrialist who copoucieu luesuay k ii a. m. irom bis home on the shores of Lake Waccamaw by the Rev. C. W. Worth ol Aberdeen,. former pastor of the deceased, v Interment followed in Lake Waccamaw Cemetery. iMr. Council is survived by his wife, the. former Emma Cole; two daughters, Mrs, Carolyn C. Averett of Fayetteville and Mrs. Jane cole Gregg of Wananish; two brothers, i. M. and Edison B. Council of Hen derson and five grandchildren. r Council was president of the Wa camaw Bank and Trust Company, Council (ool ..works and an indus trialist. Kenansville Lions' club has ta ken on a new project with much vigor. At a recent meeting it was decided to see what could be done towards securing a doctor here.. Committees were appointed and at the meeting held last night the committees rade reports., They were not so enthusiastic but only inspired the Lions to iurther ef forts. More committees were ap pointed and efforts will continue. Lion president Garland King, Se cretary Lacy Weeks and other of ficers rounded out a year's service' and presided over their last meet ing,.,, : . :::''.. . .. , .! . : 'A.. Couple Arrested " 4 Albert Creel, voune white man of ne& Calypso and his Negro oom panibn Wm. Chestnutt are-out un der bond after having been arrest ed for chicken and ham stealing. Deputies Murray . Byrd and Perry Smith made the arrests Saturday and Creel was given a hearing be fore Magistrate J. L. Oates of Fai son. His bond was set at $500 and bis father Nathan Creel stood his bond.4 Chestnutt was brought to Local lions Seeking Doctor For Meat Stealing Kenansville and Jailed, later .belng rel d under a f 0 bond, post ed lv,his father, t estnutt was a ! t)j t i on Creel's farm. The two twd wH'l 1 "fny an i are ! f T If) j) - f .ylt, 28, 1951 Governor Kerr Scott Will Address Gathering Sl ABAJZAllON LVleet Speakers Highligting the 5th annual meet ing of the Flue-Cured Tobacco Co operative Stabilization Corporation which will be held in Pullen Hall. State College, Raleigh, June 29, at 11:00 a. m. will be the reports of Pres. Carl T. Hicks, Walstontourg, (left), and Gen. Manager L T. Weeks, Raleigh (right), on the past m:W'te.M-mimm minima yi)iiiifWriiiiM s, J y 4- . & s a f A 'A-' 7 1 ! 1 i, I, iiiiaf -r iii niiiiiig : liimitiain uni $ i i n J 5th Annual Meeting Tobacco Coop. Stabilization Corporation Be Held MateionegeAi iiiomornw LeRoy Simmons, President of the Iaiplin County Farm Bureau, an nounced today that the 5th an nual meeting o." the Flue-Cured To bacco Cooperative Stabilization Co o iporation will be held in, Pullen Hall, State College', Raleigh at IjL m Tf itc 90 f retrt4ent Sinlwa satssstPKfrnganlsaHon, is thet4tjs owned and Ptl1 n'KuMni4fililiuaiil mt ..'n.'.j . Paul D Saarfert,: Richmond. Tir j'inia, Editor of the Southern Plant-! cr wilt be principal speaker on the. program, along tvtOi fetaibfrira tiods president Carl T. Bides. Wal- stonlhurig, and general ana ranger L. T. Weeks, Raleigli, rWho will read their annual progi rss ncsMu ts to the deleeates. - TOib 393.000 asembers Stabiliza- l&an Coiporation," Mr. 'Simmons pointed out, Was dsielaped by the North Carolina Farm Bureau in 3846 :as a non-profit organization for the purpose of setting up the machinery through which tobacco growers are able to -obtain at least 90 per cent of parity for their leaf am She warehouse 'floor. Since this longaritcation iwas founded, it has ta- j By MAUDE T. -SMITH This week r"01d 3etsy" and I went from Kenansville tout to Uni ty Methodist church, turned left and went on into Warsaw. As I -was riding along I saw a colored woman walking along thej road, sne was Mrs. xiva Frederick, and the was going to her mail box which (was quite some ctiataace from her home. I jknow she was a bout to "stew", because it was such a hot day. Just be lore I got to lola Smith's home 3 saw a lot of amoks en down the road. I thought someomes house was burning up, but when I stop ped at her house she said it .was an asphalt plant. She is only plan ning to be here for about two weeks snore and then she plans to go to New Jersey to live with a couple of her sons for awhile. She had same flowers in her yard that I had never seen before. They were called Snow on the Mountain. When they get big they turn real white and look like snow. Grover Mathis and his wife were working on their new home trying to get ready to move real soon. They now live in Kenansville and when they move they plan to tend their own far... . J. D. Alphin was sitting by the side of the road talking with a R. 'Fleke Shaw, Greensboro, Ex ecutive Vice-President, North Ca rolina Farm Bureau,' gave a ver bal, lathing this week to the OPS plan for a stand-by tobacco celling price as being "totally without Jus tification", and tagged the govern ment's so-called position ot pro tecting the tobacco consumer, "all wet". '" - , . He . pointed out that ' "down through the yean, when the price of tobacco has been reduced on the farmer, the consumer , has never oeen afiectea in the least" In ill ustrating bis point, ! iw said that li the farmer r e. awv the-to- "cco req'- t rr!int'hjre' an Rambling In Puplin rami Bureau Official Lashes OPS ftr3tai-B PRICE FIVE Here L'onda year's operation. This non-profit self-help organi zation of over 393,000 flue-cured to bacco growers in the five bright leaf states, has guaranteed farm ers a 90 per cent parity floor price for their tobacco since it was foun ded in 1946. ' Stabilization has over 200.000 flue-oured tobacco grower-members in North Carolina alone. ken under loan over 500 million pounds of flue-cured tobacco. Op erating funds are borrowed from the Commodity Credit Corporation and repaid as Stabilization re-sells the tobacco under loan. President Simmons said that one r iv. m.m-,iim r ,ui- of the outstanding features of this derated by the' tobacco growers in the five flue-cured states and is a perfect example of , what can be done when a -group sets out to pro vide a seif-halp program designed to overcome problems that have proved . easily down through the yean., , He urged that "every member who posssbly can, should attend this important meeting in Raleigh June 29. Our tobacco program is good but we still have many prob lems to iron out in the bright leaf belts." Mr. Simmons added that Stabili zation has already refunded grow ers substantial .payments in divi dends for the 1947 flue-cured crop, and will continue operation on this yearly oasis. colored man who was plowing cot ton. 1 talked with Mrs. Marlow for a few minutes. I think she must have been preparins lunch. Robert McGowan, George, Wins, ton, and lola Almons, Thelma Park er and Mary Alice McGowan were cleaning and packing cucumbers for tne market. I noticed two little boys, James ranter ana Norwood Almons, play. lag. While I was talking I heard one of them yell. The little boy around two years old was sitting on top of the larger one, around three or four years old, and was rubbing his head in the dirt. I was really amused because the little fellow was out-fighting the laitger one.. Lovie D. Miller takes the "Dup- nn imes'' ana enjovs it verv much She said she wondered if she would ever get cauglhj up with her work jusi Deyona ner flome I came to the asphalt plant. You could feel the heat of it from the road. I know those men have a hot job. The Sudie Glapsie family was really In a "dither", Some of the girls were putting out a washing while some , of the younger ones tended the babies. ' One child in the house woke up it I was leav- , CONTINUED ON BACK mlng public in playing up the im portance of price controls." Shaw said further that "This proposed regulation on tobacco demonstrates that OPS Is not In sympathy with the tobacco program from the far mers point of view." v Shaw Issued this statement fo clarify : the North Carolina Farm Bureau's position on the current tobacco situation with reference to prise controls. ' r He also re-emphasized Farm Bureau6s recent resolution which endorsed Congressman Harold D. Cool' Chairman of the House Ag ricul re Committee, for h sta on h' 'v c rav. rsi. I Title Of 1 V - ( lYoH'Wt 1 A r-' Act . e CENTS y July 9th Plans are about worked; outt ftw the visit of Governor Kerr scow and other state and highway offi cials to Kenansvilla en. Monday ju,y uiu. Governor Scott will speak in front of the court house here a bout 7:30. Following his address and recognition o; other disting guished visitors the Smith brother stringed band it Beulaville; wilt strike up with "Old Joe Clark" aniS others and the governor is expect ed to lead off the street dance which is becoming a tradition here each summer. Thousands aza expected to attend from all ove" Duplin County and adjoining coun ties. As we all know, Govemc? Scott is just a country farmer liv ing temporary in the governor'J. mansion in Raleiigh and he thorou ghly enjoys getting out and ming ling with farmers and talking their language. His speech is anything but poli tical. It has to do with the Duplin Industrial Council and why and hnw Duplin towns and communi ties may secure industry to balance off their economy if they really want to. The Governor comes from a county that has just such a ba lance and he sihould be able to give us some good advice. Everybody is invited to Kenans ville Monday July 9th at 7:30 in. the afternoon to- hear Governor Scott speak and to dance with himu and their neighbors in an old fash ioned street dance for which Ke-. nansville is noted. Come one! Come: all! It's all free! Local Banker Attending School M F. Allen, Jr., Cashier of the Waccamaw Bank and Trust Co., is a member of the class of bank of ficers in The Graduate School of Banking as its annual summer sese sion this year. The session is be--; ing held at Rutgers" University;. New Brunnurfck, New Jersey Jumr 18 UirpugMO. '. ' x i, Mr. Allen is one of ver; 1,000 : v...., ... i -. - - - . . . veiMiviB wuu is aiicmuiis'ujc vwv weec session ot sne scnooi. wmcnt is sponsored by the American'. Bankers Association. This student: body '.rom forty-two states, tbee District of Columbia, and two f biv eign countries represent e' area- ' pacity enrollment The Graduate school was found ed by the ABA in 1939 to provide' an opportunity for advanced0 stu- dy . for experienced bankers. The faculty for the 1951 session num bers fifty-eight, plus twenty-sev-en special lectures. It consists ef outstanding bankers, lawyers, eo . onomists, bank supervisors and gov- eminent officials, who, during the ' session, will cover all phases of banking, economics, law govern ment and related subjects. In addi on to attending the sum mer session, plus similar sessions in 1952 and 53, Mr. Allen , matt Mimnlota faiM, VMn 1 AVtMIHlin study at home tnd write t thasiss U.KU ufwu v, .5.'.. - . some phase of finance to be eligi ble for graduation. .. ROBERT GRADY JOHNSON M ' R.G.Joh Dies Suddenly 7 Robert Grady Johnson, age 56, '! died suddenly in his newly built i v home In Burgaw Friday night, June ' v '2 a few minutes after returning ' from a civic meeting. The late pub- " r lic official complained of feeling Ill - ,1,- MnamlMtf. .J J present advised bitn to go home. . t He walked , from his car into the . house, accompanied by the doctors V and bis wl e, and Collapsed as be;-" A entered the' bedroom. He was pla ced on the bed and both doctors worked as rapidly, as possible. He did not lose consciousness immedi ate'y. An oxygen tent was ordered and all possible aid by the doctors were being given: P"bert Grav tnoke up and tn i tney had given n ' wl and cl' "1 ! H . i i ttri-.ut- it , t. ix. l Luc aini' imu nwius v i-cent p 1 - V e c't- .1 ; e ' - A 1 )t OT1 7