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? 1 .i'l $iA&'b DuDlin Countv -;" - ' Superior Court -; Duplin County "v' 4 Superior Court will convene Monday December Srd'ifori a two week term.. Judge Leo Carr ", Is scheduled to' preside. The terms will be for civil eases . , only. . Duplin County has 410,(97 , ; acres of land in fanns of which , 136,540 are cultivated, or 33 per cent. fc-', "m 1 '0 i u "' ,vvv. .... ,1 ivX,. I,,,,,?? T , N k .V I S j.l 1 I I 1 -1 ! .WW S.T.V M ... ... ,.,,..,,, v, .- ', 4., ,;... ..'V'- j"" v VOL. No. 18, ' PrdBek TT-1 jam .Tide Water Power Company,' the - only power company to serve Du- plln county since the advent of electric power, will son pass Into historv and become a part of the Carolina Power Company accord ing to an announcement made Wed nesday by President Warren Bell In Wilmington. The following tele gram was received by the' Times Wednesday afternoon. . -WILMINGTON, Nov. 14 At a special meeting of the board of Di rectors of the Tide Water ; Pow er Co., agreement was reached' looking toward the merger of the Tide Water; Co, and the Carolina Power, and Light Co. Consumma tion of the merger will depend on approval by directors of Carolina Power & Light Co., and approval by the stockholders of each com pany. ' ' . The transaction by the two, com panies will take the form of trie statutory merger of Tide Water Into Carolina Power & Light Co., . which' means that the stockhold ers of Tide Water Pqwer Co. will receive Carolina stock for their in terest in Tide Water. Power Co. It Is proposed that the merger agree. pi SCHOOL and DEFEft By Superintendent O. P. 'Johnson Said Winston Churchill, "The f u : ture of the world is left.-to highly educated races who alone can han dle scientific apparatus necessary for preeminence in peace or sur- vival in war.'' Back of every mem-4 oer oi me armea lorces is a ieacn-table to us by the State and Coun ?f..?.,ta"ght him i toread; to be ty, ahd to provide the- best train- five- to Tstand on hie T own tL feel1 et and "ienced facultavail cZV U sha- o 8thniL0 & abl? to teach, lead; Inspire ind d take, hi, own par;. This preseni ctriiffolp frtr fraoHnm will nh.n. .n,h. in an umc'.wn class room today may BCUUV a UiUlQ - WHO UliXy ijcau UlCM . ywvVbiwi uj 1 worid.away 'from war to 4 world f t"ngtheningour schools ft thrty peace W freedom.' Let u's.liiU.te- study , a child who may lead ther negieic' thaf Our aim'fo the schools of TJuipself governing eitizens. 200 Cartons GigareffCigafeftickef About 48 hours' after a Glisson township store was robbed of over - 200 cartons of cigarettes, some ci gars' and pocket knives, deputies tracked down and arrested the."; theives, three- l)uplin youths; Dep uty Perry Smith reported., , . ., Smith said the youths rr Edward PriceLeslie Gautier and Joe Wil- , liam Arnett admitted .breaking In and taking the goods from Ralph Water's store in the township late Friday, night,. v , f ? A- ? . The three youths, all around 20 fave no reason for the robbery 1951 TB Christmas Seal Sale Begins Help FIGHT: TB : yj Cfirlcirnas Sddls ' iy sooo letters con . i . rlstroas seals will I s of Duplin county ( 1 1- hot f ovr r t 9 .1 r. Le; W. f" rarrn i. t" . ' r ( ' r i I i I C l- 1 ""f I tjt I... l'" t I - Announces Present byees CBe merit will provide that (A) each holder of 4 shares of $1.35 cumla- tive preferred stock of Tide Water shall have the right to receive in the merger, at his option, either 1 share of $5.0S preferred stock of Carolina or a sum in cash equal to the redemption price ($28.50) per .share plus accrued dividends) of his Tide Water preferred stock, and (B) each holder of 4 shares of common stock of Tide Wa.er, (in cluding holders of preferred stock of tide Water who convert their shares into -common stock of Tide Water prior.; to the effective da:e of the merger) shall have the right to receive in the merger 1.1 shares of'common stock of Carolina. At one time it was felt that Tide Water should continue its opera tions alone and a public statement wi;h respect thereto was made on behalf of the company. The terms of the proposed merger, however. caused the Tide Water management to Teach the conclusion that th. merger of the twa companies wau'.d ! be advantageous to we Tide Wter stockholders and to i.s customers ndu would be in the Interest of plln County.ls tq provide equal ed ucational; opportunities foi every ehild regardless of locality, color or creea. we are .doing alj in our power to provide adequate and : ment from the funds that are avail comiortaDie ouimings and vequip-1 SteS bfl Pie ri reSOUTCeS - OUT Chll- dreii. In any civilization that hones Uo surviyechijdren:i pome fiflBt, tetj "? Piw - ineir.;-:t3uction'T)y eIllglltena,' ana Store other than "We were drunk,, Smith said. Thev have been eharepd with breaking! ana entering and larceny smun stated, and will face trial during the January term of Du plin Superior court. !: Some increase in sweet potato acreage next year seems probable because of relatively high prices received tnis year. neighbor a gift of good health." The Christmas seal sal is the nne annual arpal of the- Duplin IB iclatlon for funds to carry on a it around work of VgUIr hit t -rculosis in this county. i!r, Out w alo atate that be fel - t ''t t nT are: f u : r 'y o y 1 i i 1 ' t t t 1 """" t Retained continuing and accelerating the in dustrial development of eastern North Carolina. The terms of an agreement have been worked out betweerithe officers of the two companies and Tide Water's direc tors today gave their approval. No definite date for the actual merger can be fixed until stockholder and regulatory authority approvals can be obtained. It is hoped that the merger can be completed at an ear ly date. Ii is my understanding that Ca- rolina Power and tight Co. con-; templates plans which would re sult in an increase of the total number of the company's electric employees In this -area. In my op inion there is no need for Tide Water employees to have any con cern about employment. It is by firm belief that Carolina 1 Power & Light Company will pro-1 vide for the Tide Water area a! type of service which has earned for t'lat company an enviable rec- ord in the area 11 now serves. Warren W. Bell, President, Tide. Water Power Co. Three Prisoners Escepe Prison Camp KereJ Three Negro prisoners have es caped from the Duplin County pri son camp here. ' The three escapees were James Waddell of New Hanover County, Wilbert Smt.h of Goldsboro and Perry Clark .of Columbus County. , prison authorities. said a car stol en- frdaa--th'brinn areabout the ! -xr Igttetlme.u wai .tnpughtto .have, Brother Local Man Drowns Trying To Win Bet At Carolina Beach (From Wednesday's Wilmington News) A '.Wilmington man was drowned fin the surf at Carolina Beach early this, morning when he lost a $10 bet'tha: he could jump from the fishing pier and swim ashore. Coroner Dr. Fred Coleman iden tified the man as John Daughtry a resident of North 13 street. The coroner said this morning that his 'Investigation of the death had so far failed to reveal a clear cut story, bu. that his information went like this: Daughtry, E. E. Pittman, and a party of others went fishing from the pier last night. Sometime aft er midnight, and after according to Coleman, Daughtry and Pittman bet each other $10 that they could Jump ' from the pier and swim ashore. 'They; banded the money to 'an other member of the, party and "otlicilist Rev. Robert IT. Collins has been assigned to the Duplin Charge of Methodist churches for tne new year by the North Carolina con ference, recently la session u Wil mington. Mr. touins succeeas m. K. Glover who goes to Glen Rav en. !--"';i"W" : fir-. ' Mr. Collins comes from Alabama but la a native Tar Heel having beta born in Wilmington. He la married and baa one child. At pres ent he is still In school in Atlanta where be will complete hia-course and move to the jwnonage In Ke- nansvuie la Joarran.. y i, Mr. Colllna come highly reeom- mended. He la young and enthus iastic and bat great promise In the tmnistnr. Those .mno nave met htm feel tnat the local charge Is fortunate in securing his services. His first- pulpit . appearance In Duplin will be. in the Kenansville church. Friday evening Nov-rber 23 at 7:30. This service is piauned or the entire Charge and the gen eral public is cordially invited. Mr. Collins well meet his other con gregations as follows:- Wesley, Sat urday, Nov. 24 at 7:30 p. m.; Mag nolia. Sunday mov. zatn at n a. m.: friendship, Sunday Nov, Kith at S p. m. and Unity sunaay wo v. zsu at 7:30 p. m. All members are urged to hear him and tne public a eaon community la invited to attend the services and meet Rey. Jr Cc lins. KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA ToMeiie WiMikrolina " 1 ' 1 : ! I'flfCKl'fxiM.Ufii Beauty Queens Chosen Warsaw Armistice Day The Beauty Queen contest that was sponsored by the American Legion with J, C. Page as chair man announce the following win ners: Miss Ann Ramsey of Wallace was chosen queen. She received twenty-five dollars from the Am erican Legion and an orchid from the Warsaw Floral co., Miss Doris Byrd of Warsaw won the second rrl70 anrl chp alcn rfppivpd an orchid from the Warsaw Floral co Miss Peggy Judge of Chinquapin was third runner up. She received ten dollars and an orchid from the Warsaw floral co. The judges were from out of the county and were Mrs.I.Z.Vann,Clinton, Mr. George Walston, Clinton; and Mr. Billy Mc- Fail- Mt- 0live' Local Student V Makes Fraternity Gilbert Smith of Kenansville, student at Wake Forest College, has been pledged by The.a Chi fraternity according to announce ment made this week. Wilson Market Closes On 30th The Wilson Tobacco Market will close for the season on Friday, November 30th, according to an nouncement by Alton Boswell, su pervisor of sales. Mr. Boswell said that with the close of this season the "Wilson market Jias paid iO its customers .more money than any tobacco market, regardless of type . - -m - -v - - prior . to -anfl -iniluding the ;ip51 - jumped into the surf. Pitiman made it, but at the end of the swim was so exhausted that he had to be taken to James Walker Memorfal hospital, where today his condition was "satisfactory." Daughtry did not make it. The other members of the party suc ceeded in getting his body ashore. Dr. Coleman said his investiga tion of the case was continuing. Daughtry was an employee of Bryant Electric Co., working on me neigei project ac Acme. He Is survived by his wife, Mrs. Marie Butler Daughtry; three sons J. R., Manley and Mike, two daugh ters, Barbara Ann and Jean, all of Wilmington, his mother, Mrs. Ada Daughtry, Clinton; three brothers, Clifton and Hubert of Clinton, and Hallie of Kenansville; two sisters, Miss Willa Daughtry .Washington, D. C, and Mrs. Louise Klee, Hollywood,- Calif. , m " ; , V Minister Here What Olhers DUPLIN PUSHES AHEAD Action, by the voters of Duplin County last week in approving a bond Issue of $250,000 to provide a 50-bed hospital for that progres sive county stands out as an ex ample of faith in themselves and the future which should be a chal lenge to many ofher neighbor counties.. ' --w i- " ' The vote was overwhelming. There were: 1 $20 for the hospital and only 480 vojes cast against (Like other similar projects over the State) the hospital will receive aid from the State Hospital and Medical Care -Commission. It will Include a 25-bed nurses home and a health center. Ample provision for expansion up to SO more beds will fee made for the future. The people of Duplin County have recyjnized "their , responslbil ty to provide adequate hospital fa- cuiuea for tnemseives. Tnere are many arguments that might have been advanced to discourage this viewpoint and no doubt were, but the people were essential to their health and medical care program. The people of Duplin County are to be congratulated upon their ef forts. They have much further to go before their much-desired hos pital will beccme a reality, but they have set.4heir bends to the plow, so to ape-.V- and we are con fident tlsere be bo tur ? t i row. It Is in e ;"-e the t e of a .an we .would . t IV i t.e f "1 rTle rf 1 n t I, - .' e-- i - --- ' THURS., NOV. 15, 1951. Mst And In " M. THE ABOVE rendering shows an aerial view of the recently com- pleted new Charity Colored school, The lunch room is in the fore - Two Modern School Plants For Negroes In Duplin Are Now About Completed Work on the new Hieh school for er's rest room, administrative of- inp infliides pla.wroofft'tvall storage Iharity and Faison has ted- according toJP. it. of Schools of it'jiiitl County. The buildings are designed to be fireproof and employ the latest teenniques and methods in construe tion, lighting, hea.ing plumbing and ventilation. The predominant materials on the exterior are brick and giass and the interior walls are n.asonry block, painted in con temporary colors pieaiia io l.ie chiiuien's eyes. The Charity school contains: 11 class rooms, home economics, sci ence laboratory, library, lunch room and kitchen, offices and ,eache-s rest room, book room, toilet facili ties, and auditorium-gymnasium. Faison school contains: 9 class rooms, library, multipurpose room witn kitchen, health room, teach- Beulaville Saturday There will be a Turkey Shoot at Beulaville Saturday November 17. The shoot will be held one mile north of town and will begin at 10:OQ a. m. and last, until dark. Barbecue' sandwiches and cold drinks will be sold. The shoot is sponsored by. the Beulaville Lions club.. Come on out and get the Thanksgiving turkey. Are Saying DIf Officers Executives To f ijsf Here Monday- f A special meeting of the officers anil executive members of the Du plin Industrial Council Is called to te1 held In the courthouse here Monday morning at 10 JO. The pur-' pose pf the meeting laf te make plans for the annual meeting to be held in December. Members of the' executive committee are mem bers ef the boards of commission ers, education, mayors of all towns or their duly appointed represen tative. Any one interested is in vited jo attend. T ' r c r a I a wars win .and If-" e- ft i : . i ' j Fresdntbchools Dunlin County CHARITY HIGH SCHOCX. ground, gymnasium auditorium on the right administration and library in the center and class - rooms are in the two rear wings, flees and toilc faciiUes,,iit (ndfaeTrrKCTrfn!-oatB aiiJ I :rf"ptfiK iave'-C jiait-.JI ir.irrtictional sa:;r--B. ' -'lie:., arid UwofiSj- . 'i4ie Charit.vc:wi was built a'. Ventilation and lfgBttng for class rooms is obtained through windows on exterior walls and by clerestory windows near corridor walls, which according to the architect, insures the besf . ality and most even dis ribution of light at desk level. When natural lighting intensity is lew. concentric ring indirect in - condes'jent liht fixture provide the necessary supplemental iignt. A 2 foot overhand of roof and Vene tian blinds provides sun control' K.e?tric Company, Wilmington. p:T at window walls. , formed elee.rical work and R. C. Lucas & Son, Wilmington perfor Roof construction Is of present re nlLVi nluinbing and healing contrac inforced concrete slaps which are ;ors. painted on the underside to form the finished interior ceiling. Floor? are quarry and asphalt tne over concrete. Equipment for the build- Leroy Simmons Makes Desperate Appeal For Farm Bureau Quota This Month Leroy Simmons of Albertson, president of the Duplin County Farm Bureau made a personal ap peal to Farm Bureau membership workers in the county "to go all out during these last three weeks of the drive to reach our quota of members." Simmons said that the farmers of North Carolina need Farm Bureau now more than ever before to help combat the serious problems confronting the agricultural pro duce the greatest variety of crops and livestock in the nation' , he said, and added that due to this widely diversified system of agri culture "our problems, too, be come greater." Mr. Simmons pointed out that "the only way we In the South I keting through a strong Farm Bur can hope to compete with other sec-1 eau Organization.'1 tions of the country for the existing' He called the county member - commodity markets, is to build a strong Farm Bureau membership to protect our Interests. He said "over SO per cent of the nation's total farm population is Local PTA Has Largest Membership In History 01 School; O. E. Alphin, president of the local Parent Teachers Association, at the Nov, meeting congratulated the members on the very success ful district meeting held here on Oct 18. A letter from Mrs. M. w. Rochelle, district director, was read. She complimented the com- munHy on the excellent Job done. Mrs. Sadler membership chairman, reported the largest membership in tne nistory ox tne scnoot, loo. Mrs. Ingram's seventh grade with a membership of 51 was, the banner room, and was voted a prise by the associations. The devotional for the evening P"?-.?, jft ' P PRICE DUPtW eOUNtY; ,! M3RTH, CAR The building was designed by Les- lie N. Boney, Archi.ect, Wilniing- ton, North Carolina. i a to.ai cost ot MIJ.JS.UU aim ine oV::-: y-. M J 1 F.i;son School cost S131.6o5.00. iltL,dcd can onl he fullv appreciat The Architect Leslie N. Boney, e , bvy10se wh;, witnessed the ear cf Vvilmington has eloigned over ,v beginnings and wno iive today 000 schools and schoo. additions, see and appreclale the grea. ad in North Carolina. Hie buikl.ng .v?ncement made in educational fa has been planned to ;:t a lnii.lc.i , ;;;tjes budget and yet prov.de lor future!'' , ,. , , expansion in several directions. Duplin County s pubnc schools General contractor for Charity of that ear y date around IdOO ,.:,ni ,n r.nHu.-in Rnodin- were, with few excentions. one B.ock Company of Warsaw. Adams The Faison school was built by I Godwin Building & Block Company- CONTINUED ON back in the South, but the per capita incomes are lower than in any other seo.ion.'' The Farm Bureau leader made it plain , that "the farmer is not receiving his fair share of the na tional income." He said that the average hourly wage on the farm is only 50 cents per hour. "When you compare this figure to labor's average wage of $1.46 per hour," he added, "it Is a small wonder why the farmer is becoming less and less of our total poplation." Simmons said "it is more impor tant for us here in Duplin County to reach our Farm Bureau member ship quota than it ever has been in the past ... we must maintain our system of production and mar- ship workers "to leave no stone unturned in getting in the mem bership before the November 30 deadline." Alphin President waa given by Gail Newton, Nadine Brinson, Linda , Alphin, Patricia Bell and Bill Qulnn. Mrs. Daugh try's sixth grade presented an ex cellent program on "The United Nations". Gall Newton ended the program with a piano selection.; . The Association will hold it's December meeting at 7-00 on De cern!" IB. A short business meet ing Mil be held at this time. At 7:30 O'clock, the same evening, tne primai y grades under the direction of Mesdames Mitchell. Burch, Wal lace, Currie and McKoy will pre sent ' full length operetta "Christ- mas Tide. f 'y -''j , At dJsoifWn b CO T ""r 'u i! TEN CENTS No. 45 Last eek the Tunes featured most of Duplin'-', white schools. -Due to lack of time and space some of our inipoi'tjn, stories were ommitted. Tins week we are pub lishing them alons with a feature on our Negro schools. When wl were considering a possible source of informal ion for schools past and present over the years we natuiaily turned to one of Duplin County's native sons, Leslie N. Boney. Architect, who cut his tee.h and scratched his ground itch, and learned how to cultivate strawberries at Wallace. North Ca rolina. With few exceptions Mr. Boney has designed all of Duplin County's schools s:ncc lDUfi. He has devoted most of his professional life since 1920 to the design of schools and other public buildings. As we drive through Eastern North Carolina, we see his handiwork in a.tractive architectural designs in almost every county. We think Rip ley's column would he interested to find the out-of-ordinary fact that Mr. Boney and his three sons are all registered architects J. R. Grady. When we observe the school buildings. v.i;h their modern facili ties of Duplin County today and make a men. a! review of school facilities of yesteryears, we must admit that rather wonderful prog ress has been made. About !he turn of the century the Charles B. Aycock move for better schools began to pentrate even the most rural communities and fathers and mothers all over this county awakened to the need of better educational advantages. They were encouraged by the faith ful teachers, who though few in- number and most t n j.,vutorTi- . (' H ; lead in a tjutet but etie.Uiive way ' arousing general public interest. How well the efforts of these v pioneers, parents teacners, , .. rnmmunitv leaders sue- room, one teacner scnuuis vcij crudely hunt wun lnaaequaie nsiii ing, no heat and no sanitary faci- Uties. The buildings in many of the school districts were built by the parents of the community rather than at public expense. For two decades prior to 1900 private schools in the county had flourished. Among those were the Samuel W. Clement school at Wal lace Rckfish Academy 6 miles west of Rose Hill, one at Magno lia Faison Academy at Faison, James Sprunt Institute and Grove Academy at Kenansville. Some of the county superinten dents who guided the educational work of the county during this half century were Mr. Millard, Mr. Sam Clement, Mr. Wooten, Mr. B. C. Sisk, Mr. J. O. Bowman and for the past 12 years Mr. O. P. Johnson Community interest began to crystalize about 1906 and several districts with some coun.y aid raised funds to build small school buildings. The Teachey school dis trict lead by Professor Shaw organ ized and built a two story brick high which was used as such until this school was merged with Wal lace and Rose Hill. The Board of Education bought this building and remodeled same and it now serves as 6 Teacher Colored school. Under the leadership of W. B. Souther land,, Rose Hill, built a 3 room frame school costing about $1500. This building served the school needs for several years. About this time two young college gratuatea Shaw and McNeil built a rather pretentious two story brick school in South Kenansville. This was a private school and ran for several years. Magnolia, under the leader CONTINUED ON BACK Goldsboro Radio Station Goes On Air Goldsboro's new radio station WFMC, . World Broadcasting Sys tem went on the air Saturday. Ixxsated on the truck lane south-: west of Goldsboro, the station will broadcast with 1,000 watts power on a frequency of 730 kilocycles. Owners of the station are Hayden Stuart, K. T. Marshall, and B. H. Belt William R. Murray recently, with a radio station in Pulaski, Va will be manager. LccalLas it... ....... 1 u .., The Keeensville Lion ctu2 at a re-ular aneeting .e'o y t t i ded to iBntiis s r rJ-y nS t i , r ...... (g f . I K - 1 , ?