North Carolina Newspapers

Vol. 19 No. 12 2coiGrn Carolina Leoliing Forenard ToDi:m:ncn'S tealoa Festival M TOHjKJNGTON, N. C-. M; "J -JThe Fifth Annual Azalea Festival VywiU greet Sprig's sudden parade fot color across tHe Carolina low J r:..l ih wiuninirtim. . where more than a mllllo nazaleas "come before the rwaiiow ure, March 27-30. , , , First and most , breathtaking oi all the Festival's attractions are the sialeas themselves, vibrant crimson, magnets, -purple, pink, lavender and white masses of glow- ing uorai spienuui ... . gardens of Greenfield Lake, AJr- lie Gardens, Orton Plantation and throughout the area. more uiou 100 000 persons came to see them last year when the Festival climax- kd the season.'"- -,, )??: ? rtrponfield. Alrlle and Orton are the chief show places for the Fes tival, with their moss - draped cy presses and liveoaks, camellias, roses, wistaria and dogwood, be sides the ever - present masses of blooming azalea. V '.'v, Y Among the attractions at u are its mansion, a stately example of ante-bellum architecture stand ing white among, its formal gard ens. Alrlle Gardens, designed by a gardener of the late German Kai- scenic drive that goes over old i bridges and under stately live i oaks as it winds among the formal jinri natural eardens. - Present -to enjoy and augment ' tne xesuvars attractions wm o host of national ceienruies in sports, radio,, screen, music and outer news. .. ; North Carolina's Governor W. ft) Kerr Scott will be here. So will memoera ox tne aiais oo w Conservation and Development, the the State Highway Commission and S t the Esstern North Carolina Press association. These three Organi sations will hold their Spring . nuiHn In . Wilmlfvfftnn in min- cide wiui the Festival. , v ' v. Beauty . will be represented in ' thto yeWoe-oelected person of . Queen Azalea V, a young motion v tJlcture actress: Miss Lu Long og- burn, current Miss North Carolina and third rpltn miumr at Atlan i tic City last year; a. ourt of at T Iut Id Mv Oueena from th i state's major colleges and untversl- tiest a Wilmington Teen - Age ran- - cess and her attendant trom ai- most a score of Eastern North Car- olina counties. , SportsT I it 'iX Therell bo the annual $10,000 PGA Azalea Open Golf tourna ment on the noted cape rear country club course, a major link In golfddm's golden circuit . Ex acted to bo arrowing them at the Capo Fear course are Lloyd Man- frum, uue defender, Henry Fansom, who won in 1049, Dutch Harrison who won in 1950,. Jim Fer- ner. ta rurgoi. Jim Turnesa and their noted rivals In the fast pro- lessionat ieagues..v.';.: . More sports? -.vr-".. -"- A-,' v- i- ::. WelL you'll hve Otto Graham, one of the greatest college and orofessienal football xtlavers ever nJ to don shoulder-pads. And you'll have that legendary hero of the South's v gridiron wars,' Charlie "Choo-Choo" Justice. Both Otto ' and Choo-Choo are playing return ' engagements at the Festival. Music? , : V'tW-fc You'll get the native music of tne hins and pine forests in the folk music festival slated- at the ,lglon Stadium In Wilmington. Arthur Smith, CBS "King of, the ; HiU Billies", will head up the pro- Radio? '- 5 t v;, You'll have Harry Wlsimer, top sports commentator, to fill in the " nation on what's going on in Wll . mington; Ted Malone, beloved rov- ing reporter" and story teller; a queen from Mutual's Queen for a ' Day", Hollywood program; the cast of the Mutual program !Take a ,- Number" and Mutual's r youthful cowboy Bobby Benson, .fc J ! Radio programs from the Fes , tival will radiate from the Festival ' w., to all quarters of the countrv Firct lbe 0,6 'broadcast of thel , xaKe a Number" show. Then Ted Malone will broadcast from City Hall, and Harry wismer will report on the golf tournament. ' 0 , CONTINUED ON BACK n St ud Manager - C. ital Cooperative Breeders Association announced today that the b: 1-tean Breeders Service i ul it nvllle has obtained Dr. F. I ' i ; 't as Stud I'mr-ir. J -t, Dr. Lllj.ft '- ' 9 V 'ITi t . 1 ft 1 ! I Tbrsday Through Sunday nA,n I ItV JUIJ lVtfll And Four To Go Norman Bryant , and his sister, Beatrice, colored, were caught with fdur Jars of whiskey in Rose Hill Township for purpose of sale over the weekend. Also five other jars found. Deputies O. A. uorne ana w 0 Houston made the arrest. , They were ootn piacea in jau. . Spring Weather And Then Snow And Spring Today Spring weather one day, snow the next and finally comes spring! That is exactly what we have been having. On-last Friday people were walking on the streets in their short sleeves, but Saturday morn ing it was cold and soon large snow flakes were, falling, xney fell until mid-afternoon. Every one was excited even though it only stuck in a few places, and melted within a short time, Some damage was done to early iblooming peach trees, one farm er' estimated. The cold weather Was not considered of long enough duration to hurt the fruit, by, gen eral opinion. . , And today, ' March 20th, Just five days after the snow Spring makes its official debut. Young sters are - springing around in short sleeves: onC the school grounds yon see then' squatting around' in circles snooting manbles, and no doubt you . look . in. the woods behind the school house at recess time you wUl see the boys limine) off tholr ihnaa T ...x i-s. Sf;ck Dividends Rale. March 13 " Carolina Power A Light Company has de clared dividends-of fl.25 per share on preferred stock and 60 cents per share oa common stock, it was. announced today y cuj. Curry, secretary of we company. Re ferred dividends are payable Ap ril I, to stockholders - of' record March 18: common stock dividends are" payable May 1 to stockholders of record April 1Q. The Health Department of Du. plin County wishes to advise, the Public of the dangers of. Rabies and request the cooperation of all pitizpna . . Rabies la a serious disease among human, -cattle, dogs and cats etc. A virus is its cause. Dogs and cats and foxes commonly spread ' this disease by biting other animals. It is very serious when once develop ed. There ds no known cure. Pre vention is our hope. Vaccination and control of dogs -are our best means of human control of this disease. . -iDlv iPhnHnjl nf Wnllnc W f Ic the County. Rabies Controller, ,H will Jiold vaccination clinics over tno county In the near future. rosters giving the place and date wm ue uispiayea in puouc places, N j , By John F. Powers, MJO, Health Officer t $ i 4 "i" ' ' ' . .Twenty-five to thirty' per': cent ui me BQuus m the U. S. are over weight" .. . . .;.T '''."rtiMM.i For Local Breeders Breeders '' Service stud at Ashe- ville. This tABS stud furnishes Semen to the' local association. Dr. Elliott graduated from Ohio University with a major in Dairy HusDandry, received his. PH. ; p. from Cornell, and assisted Dr. S. A.. Asdell of Cornell, in teaching and research in the physiology of reproduction, r He left Cornell, to .become .Director of the Livestock Project of the Near East-Foundation. The core of his work was the establishment of artificial breed ing of dairy cattle in Greece. Prior to his work at Storrs.i he was i As sociate Professor at North Caro lina State College. -To . .!"' J Dr. Elliott replaces Mat Dletrick who has been promoted to Opera tions Manager of the six American Breeders Service Studs. ; Con-lnl Cooneratlvo Breeders v 1 r . Mat- DiPt I tVra so w'l, 1 s Public" 1 Health : h 1 ;v,,Jlem Candidate mmtmmmm ......... n. .1.1 1 ) If ' ' J. S. BLAIR . Wallace business man who is candidate for the House of Rep resentatives from Duplin County. This is Mr. Blair's first venture in county politics. - Although not a native of Duplin he has been here so long that he "belongs", he says. Mr. Blair was reared in Marshvllle, Union County. He graduated from the University of North Carolina, and first came' to Duplin in 1926. He was principal of tjie Magnolia schools in 1926-27 and Wallace schools from 1927 to 1937. Leav ing Wallace7 he , went to Bladen County where he was county sup- enntenaent ot scnoois irora 1837 to 1945. He then returned to Wal lace and opened Leading Motors, uoage auto agency, Hc la married to the former Mar garet Blakeney of Monroe. ' They have 'three sons, Mott PC a dentise in the r Navy, attached to the Ma- nnesati ran island; or. J. s. Blair, Jr. of Wallace and Houston, v.. or waiiace. mnar oi ue jBJPJL. Implement Coapny.He it OMoaepast KMter owe. Wallace waeuon, w ipensuuf w tn president of Wallace - Associates. A Steward in the Methodist church. member of the Wallace town board, he 'teaches the men'r Bible class. Leave - rci Boatswain Mate 3rd class Rue- sell Summer lin of the friendship neighborhood : returnediome on April Oth front Japan and Korea. He has a 30 day leave. This is his first leave in 21 months. Sum merlin has been oversea, for one year doing 'shore duty. He now expects to b stationed in Califor nia' at the Oakland Supply Cen ter. He volunteered when 2L He Is the son of JUr. and Mrs. Robert H. Summerlin of Friendship and graduate of the Falson High - N. 7' .' (Editor's Note) Mrs.. Helen Caldwell Cushman at present is making her .home in Kenansville, She- came here a few 'months ago from Maine where she has lived for many years. She says she likes Kenansville and ( Duplin County very much and would like to make her home here. - Mrs. Cushman is well known in the theatrical and educational fields. She is a close friend Of- Sam 'Byrd, producer of "The Duplin Story,'.' v, and . former star In the Broadway show "Tob acco Road." Mrs.1 Cushman's first husband. Ersklne Caldwell, was au thor, of the best seller "Tobacco Road" nd son of a North Carolina Presbyterian preacher.- Mr. Cush man,, is. the,, daughter of , the late ''Pop" Lahnigan, famous 'track and basketball coach of the University of .Virginia fdr23 years.f She was born In Boston .but raised in Vir ginia,;; Duripg .. b er interesting, career she has taught English at the college of William and Mary re porter on the Atlanta Journal and worked there with Margaret Mit chell, author of "Gone With The Wind'1;" .script-write for 1 Metro Goldwyn Mayer pictures and book reviewer - for .the'Cjhar-lotte, ptf-' server, sue edited "Tobacco Koad ' for her- husband-author, .before' "it went to press. The Times is proud to nave, Mrs., cushman in Kenans- Woojw of then Vorld imdfleo4w'-'.:.,'fc'.; ,-,.J ville and hopes from time to tim'e.flntmunlty to influenza; they would she wiUda some Duplin features for-us. - -'"P.f;.':"-;,':-': .-V -' Helen Caldwell Cushman There's no business like show business' unless it's the newspaper business.' "And they have many things.in common. The show mustl go on regardless oi all illness or personal crisisi tory .must be covereit in spite of the currently popular virus. . The performance is scheduled for tonight it has to be given. The story won't wait, you get it today or not at all. ' v.'hfi t.ie editor of te Dtrclln T' s i d me to so Wilh him to i t t t t KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 20 .Foot Shooiiiiigs Imi W.eek-eM; 60th WEDDING MB. AND MBS. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Wal- ter J. Smith held open house at the home, of their daughter and sonoin-lw Mrrood Mrs. J. F. May in tnk HiU. Sundav March flth froBh3s30 until 5:30 o'clock in hon- injur own wsapiag anniver- mifw wnv srtteiea t me ooor by Mr. and Mrs. 3. J. Smith who invited them Into the living room whfro Mr. and Mrs. May introduc ed them to the honored couple. GUest were then directed into the dining room by Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Slvenbark, Jr and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Patterson, when thev were served punch by Mrs. J. B. ilSoutherlanil iuliitul hv un r. ace Smith and Mrs. R. J, Smith. Mints, cheese straws, sandunes, and salted nuts were served by the granddaughters, Misses Margaret Ann Carr, Ann May, Frances Jean Patterson, and ijhirly atmrnons, and Mrs. Charles Nash and Ridv ard Stroud. A. color scheme of green and white was carried out in the deco rations. The table was covered with a handsome cut work linen cloth and centered with a lovely arrangement of white snapdragons, carnations and maiden hair fern in his Invitation to the newspaper euuurs ana puoiisners of South eastern North Carolina, and I love boats. A trip toy train or car is a means to an end with me. , you can have the trip and welcome. I take it only to get to some other place. But a boat, now that's a memoa pi transportation I can wax really enhusiastic over. Just to noe on one Is exciting to me, even a tug boat . . ,xf,Last Wednesday, 1 was feeling a little smug and complacent be cause I had avoided the high in cidence fever. Only the weather for Friday concerned me. I hoped it would be warm enough to. wear a ' suit, but not too warm for mv Bieu iweea sun. ' The tweed is one of those severely tailored four piece custom made Jobs wWch seem to emphasize a gal's intel lectual abilities while hiding any more obvious ones1; . Oh brother, did I get mv come-unnnnen nil uin scores. Wednesday night a family o mice moved into my head and spent the next four days and 'nights moving furniture from wall to wall, not failing to drop any heavy piece 'with a sickening thud. And the dear little vim spa decided they would teach me with a Vengeance not to be so darned superior ana hoity-toity about my PHt-on a show .with all th hn. and whistles and relegate me to my'proper place In short order; 'in this case, send. me to bed aching and repentant . Objective accom plished. I won't catatonia all my- acnes-ana pains. Suffice it to say that 1 found .where, each bone in my., body-was Joined to every VUa: UUI1B. A3 SOOQ aS One OlaCa fdJuChlnft ' nnep would of begin . Then a new variation would !of occur as each extreme would hurt uun.cu iy acrviiu intermediate ones simultaneously. felt mls- eraoie. i was miserable. Come Friday, I -could hardly crawl out of bed." 1 was in no frame of mind to to imir"d w!"i anything r-" t i i'i J r r : mtfmimr..m. - fr . .jmr-- I . .I, iLJJUJJWammiLLmmJL ANNIVERSARY WALTER i. SMITH held in silver bowl on reflectors. This was flanked by burning tap- ers held in silver candelabra. The three tiered wedding cake at one end and punch bowl at other com pleted -the table arrangement. . xnorri Spring flowers were "4tk burning tapers ttmm$9. ' Mr' and'Mra. R. M, Carr' nte sided at the register. , -or'i -Trp galrf Mr. and Mrs. k. A. Grady of Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Simmons of Approximately 12& guests nW. d during the afternoon. - All 10 children were nrmwnt fm the occasskm. There an 21 grand- vuuiuea . nu i greairanacnild- Moves To Warsaw Recruiting Officer Ottoway who has been recruiting in Duplin for several month, has moved his Etta "T, SXtST shVdid family to Warsaw. For some time acr job single handed while oth they lived In Richlands. er contestants worked in pairs. Becomes A Committee For Good Government In Duplin Organized; Rev. Poston Chairman Nearly 75 persons gathered in the Court House here Sunday after noon and organized ' the Duplin County Unit of the Citizens Com mittee for Good Government. The organization is sponsored by the State Baptists and Rev. E. E. Pos ton, pastor of the Wallace Biptist Church, was named chairman. ' Rev. T. E. Williams, noted Ken tucky minister, addressed the gathering. ,.,',. i The nominating committee, com posed of C. E. Quinn, Rev. A. L. Browd and Rev. A. D. Wood, Mat thew JTeachey, John Warren and The Solicitor Wins Checker Board Honors In Magnolia's St, Patrick's Day Contest i The Magnolia Lions Club spon sored a checker tournament Friday night, March 14, at the Magnolia Club Building.: It cost $1.00 to en ter, the . tournament and 25c for spectators. ' . Sixteen men entered. Homer Taylor and Stacy Evans played in the semi - finals, Stacy advancing to the finals. - Grady Mereer ot Beulaville took him on and romped him all over the board, finally winning in the finals Mon Tobacco Barn 'nnetrHtlnn nrill n J. St. Stroud, about 3 miles south Kenansville, west of the old Mr. R. M. Ritchie, Jr Extension Agriculture Engineer from State College, will ' actually construct and install one of the new type Ox ford ventilators on tri of the barn. This new type vepf -r has been " f "nrs vt to ..j p't cent of - - t -1 ! V t ., C? ' SUBSCRIPTION RATE: counties; $4.00 outside 1 Dead, 1 Critical Farmer Camnbell , MRS. VALLEY CAMPBELL Mrs:. Vallie Campbell, a young widow who lives Just outside the town limits in Beulaville, won 9th place with 981 points in the ''Bet ter Farming For Better Living" contest sponsored by the Tide Water Power Co. and Wallace Lions Club in conjunction with the Farm Agent's office in Duplin County. Mrs. Campbell is secretary to Mr. Lacy Weeks, County Agent; Mr. V. H. Reynolds, assistant ag ent; Mrs. Alta Kornegay, County Home Agent, and Miss Betty Mel- vln. Assistant Home Agent. She and her mother, Mrs. Susan Turn er live alone in their farm home. For this contest Mrs. Campbell had to keep a complete record of her farming, .operation. Points could be secured for improvement on the noma. land improvement. crop production, canning and freez ing roo 03, community activities. vara improvement, and ny any la bor saving devices. , . Mrs. Campbell put - asbestos ahioKies sidbK on her home wbieft tf Ktr M lieose, dn't fetl tins completed), pot aspnatt root ing on house, nao 9 acres ox corn with toy beans growing 1st same field, 4 and 0-10 acres of tobacco with peiottta planted in lame field. The beans and peanuts were pro- traced to fatten nogs for nome use. one had to use hired labor, and would have completed her house If labor hadn't been so hard to get Miss Campbell said she could have completed more of her plans If she had known earlier that she was quilif . was qualified to enter the contest The contest was begun on Novem ber 15 and the deadline was Nov ember 3 the following year. She didn't get started with her pro jects until last January. She plans to enter the contest again this year if it is held. Mrs. Campbell was sineled out for distinction during the presen- Reality Rev. Alton Greenlaw made their report. Officers elected were: Rev. Pos ton, chajirman; Arthur Kennedy ana -Mrs. leiana leacney, co- chairmen; Mrs. Homer Boney, treasurer and chairman of the fi nance committee; Rev. J. V. Case, publicity chairman; Rev. A. L Brown, candidates committee chairman; O. C. Blanchard, Sr., transportation committee chair man; Rev. N. E. Gresham, rally chairman and C. E. Quinn, precinct committee chairman. day pight. Maybe it was the Irish In Mercer since it was St. Patrick's Day. Mr, Mercer received $5.00 which he turned back in to the Lion's Club funds .Stacy Evans, runner up won $2.50, and Homer Taylor won $1.00 for third place. Another tournament will be held in the near future. The Lion's Club will meet Wednesday night to decide on the date. Demonstration may be Installed ' on old barns. Every farmer interested in learn ing how this , new type of venti lator is constructed is Invited to come to Mr. J. B. Stroud's farm at 3:00 p.m. on March 28, and see this demonstration. tuvamf prices averaged exact, ly at parity In mid-February, the flrat time they have not been above t t lvl sine the outbreak of 3:00 per year in Duplin and adjoining tola area in N. Ci 5.00 outside N. C. CoMity Over A violent weekend with four shooting cases, one of them fatal. kept Duplin County sheriffs of ficers busy until early morning hours Monday. Jessie Bryant, 38-year-old Mag nolia -Negro, surrendered to Du plin Sheriff Ralph Jones, about 2 a.m. Monday morning after he had been sought in the shooting of his wife Sunday night. On Friday night James Wells, Faison Negro, killed Buddy Arm wood, of Faison. after an argu ment over women. Sheriff Jones said. Willie White, a Negro of Beula ville, is accused of shooting Free man Outlaw, another Negro, as outlaw was molesting White's wife, Sheriff Jones said. Frank Kenan of Albertson was arrested for firing a gun into a car' in which a man and his seven children were sitting Sunday. This case was settled Wednesday night after the warrant was withdrawn. Officers said Armwood was kill ed by a blast from a shotgun in Faison. Wells and Armwood were arguing over women in a cafe when Wells left and went to his brother's home. Armwood follow ed and Wells shot him, killing him Instantly, Sheriff Jones said. Deputy Perry Smith and Faison Policeman Murry Byrd trailed a truck Wells was driving 20 miles in Sampson County before he was apprenenaed. Wells is being held in jail pending a coroner's inquest. Bryant, who shot his wife, Dor othy L. Bryant , at her mother' home in Magnolia, gave himself UP after fleeme to his sister's homo in Newton Grove. His brother- in-law returned him to Kenans - ville- The Bryant woman is In crdti- cal condition in Sampson Memor - s r. 1 ror ixenansvuie xnooi uistrict An, important meeting for Farm- ers in the Kenansville School Dis-, tilct i cbeaf jrri(Uy night March 21 at 7:30 p.in. Wthe AgrA culture ciass room at tne school. At this meeting an evening or shop class will be organised for adult This meeting is strictly an or ganization meeting to do the fol lowing: 1. Make up a roll of in terested farmers, 2. Decide on which type of class is desired, 3. Burgaw Minister To Speak At Citizens Committee Mass Meet Here Next Sunday Rev. William Poole. Pastor of Burgaw Baptist Church will be the principal speaker at a mass meeting of the North Carolina Ci tizens Committee For Good Gov 93 Duplin Ladies, Not To Be Outdone, Learn Art Of Corsage Making At Meeting A demonstration on corsage mak-J nations and make two flowers from ing was given by Miss Pauline one. Directions were given on Gordon, House Furnishings Spec- making ribbon into professional ialist from State College, in the looking bows and then how flow Agriculture Building in Kenans- ers were made into corsages. Tha ville on Thursday, March 13 at corsages were made of hyacinths, 10:30 a. m. There were 93 Duplin narcissus, iris, roses, gladioli, car ladies present at the meeting. nations, camellias, d:ffodils, and Miss Gordon told the ladies how, others, to condition flowers, as follows: She failed to advise them on She showed them how to wire how to condition their husbands., flowers and wrap stems and wire however, when corsage time rolls, with florists tape, how to split car- around. " , i g -vi. St . -v' ML.3 GLORIA DE HAVEN, beautiful motion picture actress who has been Starred or featured in almost a score of HnllvuKUxl nrorinnrlnnii ' will be Queen for a day of the 5th w maia oi nonor Will 00 Miss Ltt Long Ogburn, current Miss; . North Carolina, and her court, will be composed of the May Queens r othr pretty i from a dozen major North Carolina colleges and : PRICE TEN CENTS lal Hospital in Clinton from wounds in the right hand and the chest. Bryant had said that he and his wife had been quarrelling and that she had left him. The woman was shot twice with a shotgun, Jones said. The following is Bryan's con fession: 'We never have got along to gether since we have .been married. On Sunday, March 15, 1952, me and my wife left home and went to church. She told me she was going to leave me and go to her mothers after church and for me not to go after her. Me and Buster Boone rode around together thru church hour. When we went back to church, church was closed. "Buckshot" and a girl rode me around . We went back to my house, got my shot gun and went to her mother's house. The first one I saw was her mother. She told me to come in. I went in the house and my wife was sitting by the heater . I told my wife I haA come there to hurt her but didn't want to kill her. I shot her with my shot gun and she fell in the floor. I shot another time after she fell but I didn't know where I hit her both times or not. I left there as quick as I could before she was taken to the doctor, and went to my sister's home at Newton Grove and carried my gun with me and told my sister what I had done. Then my sister's husband brought me to Kenansville where I was put in jail." Outlaw was shot by White with. a .22. calibre rifle loaded w i t hi 1 scatter shnt White uc hmnaht to jail by Deputy Sheriffs Oliver 1 Home, Perry Smith and Herbert : Summerlin. He is now out under bond, I - ? I I . . Set the time of future meetings. 4. Decide how often to meet and for how Ions, and 5. To And ont what uw laracTO mu nave lwormai. tion on. - " If it is at ill possible and you are interested in classes Of this type, you should be present at this meeting. W. L. McPhalL Jr. Vocational Agriculture Teacher Kenansville High School ernment The meeting will be held at 3 pm. March 23 at the Baptist church m Kenansville. AQ citi zens who are interested in Good Government and CICvic Righteous " ness are urged to be present. Wilmington Azalea Festival, March