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v,.. f - . to lzz Qr.zt:ilGtc LMm Morsholl 'Carbine' Yillb.i's To Appear In Person At Ml. ' On Friday, May 2, the people of Duplin County will have n oppor tunity to meet Carbine Williams in person at the Center Theater in Mt. Olive. Mr. Harry Cook, the owner of the theatre, has secured this stellar attraction in connect ion with the showing of the film, "Carbine Williams" which will be shown at his theatre tn Mt Olive on 1, 2, 3, of May. Marshall himself wll be there all day Friday. The part of this famous man from North Carolina is acted by Jimmie Stewart,' the part of Maggie Wil liams is played by Jean Hagen, c 3 lO Y-i, 'Airr" 1.1 ( and Wender Corey plays, the role of Capt. H1. Tt 'Peoples' who was warden of the prison camp at Cale donia when Marshall-Williams was serving his sentence there. Carbine Williams fa A Great Movie I am not an ardent movie fan. Most pictures I tee leave me cold and unmoved, with a definite feet ins that I have wasted time tnat might have been better employed reading a good book or listening to some good music. It could be that I was conditioned eganist movies early in my newspaper career when I had to cover a different show every night It might be that years in Hollywood made .. me too con scious of their superficiality as a medium of entertainment It may be that I am merely captious and hard, to please, and hence a much more severe critic than I should be. Perhaps I have read too many sup- U s . . , i u the pt -ie siary tf a great a 1 a man, David Marshall Williams, it ., perfected the carbine gun while In a North Carolina prison serving a thirty year sentence for a crime that the state never 'proved be committed.' The picture Is accur ate In every detail including the grim prison life and Inhuman prac tises in our state thirty years ago. 'At the world premiere on Thurs day in Fayetteville, the audience remained absolutely silent' at the conclusion of . the film, .gripped by emotion too deep ,. for, words. "Carbine 'Williams'' is one of the most sincere and honest movies I have ever seen, stark in its inten sity, overwhelming in its dramatic impatic. Don't miss it k . "Carbine- WUiams'' wll be shown at the Duplin Theatre In Warsaw, May 8 and 9th. i The roving 'reporter. Carbine WilliamsHas A Day By Helen Caldwell Cushman- Park Drive-In Theatre PINK hill, n. c. Wbe The Hvhole Family Goes To See Good Shows Telephone "2341 Sunday, May 4 711 Ocean Drive Edmond Joanne O'BRIEN DRU Also: Color Cartoon Monday and Tuesday May 5-6 Pickup Beverly Hugo MICHAELS HAAS Also: Technicolor Short Heart Of Paris Wednesday and Thursday May 7-8 Branded In Technicolor Alan Mona LADD FREEMAN Chapter 1 Desperadoes of the West David Marshall "Carbine" Wil liams oam 3ck 7xlFayetteville last week. jjie camback with glory. The' tdW'tutfled out to welcome him, too, one of the great men of North" CMBIUWK a man who had proved- 4ii greatness under condition cso adverse that tney would have killed lesser men. But there armies men alive today of his heroic stature, bis indomitable courage, his relentless drive. If ever thesewas genuine person ification ertngged individualist, Marsh Williams- is. He is truly one of the md remarkable men I have been privileged to meet. His stow- basbeen told and re told, a movie.' has been made about part of his-Hfe.and it is a vivid and untorgettawe movie. He was always a man' who did things in his own way.ojHeiiiefusedto compro mise in detail to tnake things eas ier for himself or for his family. Perhaps ailfereat men are like that. Compromise i tr sign of weakness to men ,,ot,uch indubitable strength. shR if you shake his hand myword,what a grip that man has r. itatfc with him even a few minutes, you will know what Pen-JLitLDrive-ln -.Wallace Thursday- and Friday, May 1-2 FATHER'S LITTLE DIVIDEND Spencer Traey, Joan Bennett, and Elizabeth Taylor Saturday, May 3 Double Feature HARD. FAST and BEAUTIFUL CJ. ire Trevot and' Sally Forrest STORM OVER WYOMING Tim Holt I mean by calling him a strong man. He completely dwarfs any one else in the same room. The impact of his personality is over powering, he would dominate any gathering of people anywhere in the world. There' were organizations con nected with Carbine Williams day, the Exchange Club of Fayette ville, the Army at Fort Bragg, M.G.M. bad representatives there, including Wendel Corey who play ed the part of Marshall's friend, Captain ' Peoples, in the movie. "Carbine Williams,'' and played it very creditably. There were theatre owners present, and mem bers of the press and radio. But all these were as incidental back ground music and could not dim inish the real star of the occasion, Marsh Williams himself. He was our host at lunch . . . the best meal I have seen served in the state of North Carolna, and the most bountiful. We had hors d'oeuvres of all kinds, ripe olives, herring, smoked salmon, stuffed celery, dozens of different and ex otic things. There was roast tur key and chicken, and fried chicken, and wafer-thin slices of the most delicious ham, all glaced with rings of pineapple and cherries and blanched almonds. And the roast beef was something to remember ... the kind of well-aged, properly fattened beef that you never find anymore. It was a feast for the gods, that luncheon Marsh gave. After lunch, the press and radio had an interview with Wendell Corey. He is a handsome actor, and speaks simply and directly with occasional humor. He told us that he owned a farm in very bad farming country in western Massachusetts. One day a passer by remarked to his hired man that he must have a hard time making a livina ott tnai rocKy sou. ine A better than average earl run i of Virginia Mullet is keeping the thousands of fishermen that are coming dally to Carolina Beach fishing off the pier and from the shore busy.-. They are making ex tra heavy catches of these salty scrappers of the sea. Many other varieties of, fish are also challeng ing the angling skill of fishermen in these parts , Catches of front tuiy to boiler than hundred mul let are being made daily. The weather is ideal and ample bousing accommodations are available for the fishermen, our amusement area is open week ends fa? the enter tainment and enjoyment of their families. There is good fishing and plenty of "Fun for You In '52" at Carolina Beach. ' , ,'" World Famous Fc!!iir.;:r In Counly ,! Bascom Lamar Lunsford, author, lecturer, folklorlst and folksinger is in Duplin County this week. He is rounding up talent for his folk festival at Chapel HilL While here,1 he has suggested the possibility of an annual East Carolina Folk Festi val to be held in KenansvUle. Mr. Lunsford has been a pioneer to bringing back to the American peo ple their heritage of genuine folk music and dancing. In 1928 he founded the Annual D-nce and Folk; Festival at Ashevllle. H e organized and now directs the Carolina Folk Festival at Chapel Hill. The Annual Folk Festival at Renfro Valley, Kentucky, and the North Carolina State Fair Folk Festival He helps prepare the programs of the National Folk- Fes tival at St Louis. Mr. Lunsford has appeared all Sunday ami MoMTay May 4-5 DECISION BEFORE DAWN Gary Merrill and i - Richard Basehart Tuesday - Wednesday, May 6-7 Excuse My Dust Red Skelton ang .gaily Forrest Thursday. and Frjday,'. May 8-9 , RICH, VOUNG nd PRETTY v Jane Powell mi: Vie Damone and he remarked wryly The rev enue Officers never found all the stills I made either. Some of the corn . ; . . and it was good corn . . .was 90 proof, some as high as 110 proof. You caln't make good corn whiskey without good malt'' Carbine Williams has always been interested in guns . , , be made the first one 'when he was oniv ten. it was a wooden Distal with' t 1 aSeeafliulMr.- Durham Grady hasturn wifPe mous cartine du?mg his tern to 7" nd rep0rted Very lnterest' over the country as a lecturer, talking to erudite groups about mountain music. '-, He has taken teams of dancers to Pittsburgh, Dallas, Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington. It was in Washington that he presented his, team in a command performance before the King and, Queen of England in 1939. ; Mr. Lunsford is t charming man; and a most interesting conver sationalist. - He knows every fid dler, banjo-picker, . ballad singer and square dance team from Atlan ta, to the Ohio. ': While In Duplin, he has been the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Piison Smith of Albertson. Mr. Smith Is a champion clog dancer and has won state wide recognition for his 'chocolate' hoe down num prison. For the last ten or twelue years he has been working In New England at Remington, Winchester and Colt. He already . has more than 80 different patents. He pre- lers wonting witn a large arms manufacturer 'because they put au weir talents at his disoosaL they go all out to be sure he is cov ered in patents, and have the best draftsmen, tool makers and model makers." He works all the time, never knows when he will get an idea. He stressed the points that the development of an idea is cri tical . . . you have to know at .what stage to quit. He has enough ideas left to last a life time. After the interview, there was a parade, with bands from Fort Bragg, high school bands, and the well known scotch-kilted band from Laurinburg. Marsh and his wife and son Tode in an open yellow Cadillac. He presented to the city a portrait of the sheriff who had taken him to the State prison and who had allowed him to say good bye to his family without hand cuffs, former Sheriff N., H. Mc- Geachy. . "Cap" Peoples was in the parade, too, and his wife. Captain Peoples had been warden of the prison If aim at Caledonia and had helped man replied. "I ain't so poor as"""' "b va ma o5ing a yob think I am ... I don't own theled to work on his gun and of- derned olace.'' And then came the piece de re sistance ... we met Marsn Wil liams and talked with him. He spoke slowly and deliberately, and has a keen and dry wit underlying bis deep seriousness. He said'that the movie based on his life story was authentic in every detail as far as it went. The still was an exact replica of those be had made, . Friday and Saturday May 9-10 Double Feature Gunfire DON "Red" BARRY Stardust And Sweet Music "Good Pictures Never Die They ,i Just Play Away" -.t..-. 1 n MayMawlasB4tslMk WKWm lUlifl ; WARSAW, N.C. Snada and Monday, May 4 and 5 (Technicolor) AARON SLICK FROM PUNKIN CRICK With Alan '"YOUNG and Dinah SHORE (Also Cartoon) Tuesday and Wednesday, May 6 and 7 (Technicolor) , f FLAMING FEATHER With Sterling. JOAYDEN and Arleen WHELAN (Also Serial) ' Thursday and Friday, May 8 and 9 CARBINE WILLIAMS With James STEWART and Wendell COREY (Also Cartoon) i ' Satn'-day. May 10 (Double Feature) LEADVILLE GUNSLINGER With ROCKY LANE THIS IS KOREA f fering.to serve his time if he es caped." His faith in Marshall Wil liams, and his efforts to secure his release from prison must have been one of the few bright spots in those grinj years of Carbine's life. ; v ing trip. ' Miss Edith Byrd and Donnell Kornegay of Mt Olive spent a re cent week end at Camp Gordon with Pvt. and Mrs. Earl O. Sears who was the former Miss Elsie Byrd. She accompanied them back to ersume her duties at a Rocky Mount hospital. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Byrd made a busines strip to Rocky Mount re cently. Mr. and Mrs. Coy Qulnn went to Wilmington Sunday to visit their son who is still a patient at bid berry's Hospital there. They re ported bis condition to be lmprov- ins slowly ' Mr .Edward Davis. Malcolm and Paul Bizzell were in Chowan Coun ty on a fishing party Saturday and stopped in Edenton and visited with Gaston Frederick Grady who lives there on their way home -- Mrs. Egbert Davis, Vernon Davis of Moss Hill and Mrs. Edward Da vis and children visited Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Hester of Hope Mills Sundry. Mrs. Leonard F. Grady visited with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rouse Mon day and her sister Miss Dora Out law who makes ber home, there. Miss Outlaw was much improved from 'an attack of flu. . Mrs. Robert Grady and daughter o Ann isittended the Mother-Daugh- terter Banquet , at B. F. Grady School Saturday night. Mrs. Leonard F. Grady and son's visited Mr. and Mrs. Jhonas Stroud of Seven Springs Saturday night There will be regular 1st Sunday' church services at Pleasant View Church May 4 at 11 o'clock and Sunday school at 10 o'clock Supt. Robert Grady: Pastor. Rev. N. P, Farrior. All are invited to attend coin services. : ; t 1 2.000000000000000000000000000000000000 ....-.mt ... i ..... . ' .rr. ' ,Y '"'!.: '" .it' 'v-T "'' '.v; i? o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o r ) OJ ) ) ) ) ) IN PERSOtAflCenter Theatre IN MT. OLIVE ALL DAY FRIDAY MAY 2 . t r VTA o o o o o o o DAVID MARSHALL 'Carbine' WILLIAMS '..lid vi- .t.y.T.f': AT; The Tar Heel ExConvict Who Made Good See His STORY His PICTURE Carbine; Williams n't: o o ..8 o o o "li Jf : O Starting James STEWART fean HAGANWendeU COREY q O o Thursday, Friday, Saturday May-1; 2, 3 Popular Prices:. . V'.'.'- - -.fct:".-' it. .Ca- ' At night, there was a banquet at the Prince Charles hotel.' and the speeches were brief and. the food was good, There was a gala array of honored guests, top brass from f ort Bragg, Mr. Langley of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, the members of the Exchange Club of Fayetteville and the State pre- siaent, ut. J. v. Morris. There were many members of the large Williams family, and !"Cap" and Mrs. Peoples: Walter ' Keul. the artist who painted the portraits of Marsh and Maggie Williams was there with his charmlne wife anri his nine year old son. very hand some in his summer, tuxedo. Jim Whitfield, the state editor of, the News and Observer was there, and the theatre owners and the press ana radio, too. After dinner came.the hizhlieht of the occasion, the world premiere of the picture based on the life story of the hero ot the-day. It was a premiere with all the bells and whistles, tynical Hollvwood fashion . . . search-lights sweep ing the ram swept sky, 'an honor guard of M.P.'s from Fort Bragg who looked like giants. Marsh spoke before the curtain rose and so did Wendell Corey, and Marsh's family and "Cap Peoples' were introduced. . The movie was a pow erful, highly dramatic one, superb ly acted by Jimmy Stewart in the leading role. If you can't meel Marsh himself An n th . nTMiirw You will understand why the au- L dlence was quiet and thoughtful at its conclusion. , Yes, Marsh Williams had quite a party . . . one for the books. It was a good party, but it was not gay. Somehow I felt too deeply moved for gaiety, I felt humble in the presence of greatness, I felt a bewilderment about it all, over whelmed by inexpressible emotions.' How could I describe such a trem. endous man with . ordinary words, how can 4 give you a picture of him? He1 is beyond adjectives, too virile anov alive to translate into prose too huge to be reduced to canvas: ..But I am grateful to have been there, and I thank you, Mar shall Williams, tor the invitation. c 3 CENTER THEATRE Mount Olive, N. C. Thurs.i Fid.i and Sat, May L2, & S Carbine Williams Starring James STEWART, Jean HAGAN and Wendell COREY Outlaw's Bridge Rev. L. C. Prater attended the Bonnodatio nof Universalist minist ers held at Cambridge Springs, Pa., South Erie, last week. The . Young . adult class which meets regularly each month have elected the. following new officers for. the coming year. President Hula Drive In Theatre CHINQUAPIN, N. C. i f. suid IC J. 1.... .-1 ' imro former ret--.io wp imona visitors for the tau- day morning services. - - . Mr1 Mrs. Ed Smith were bests to the local bridge club at their borne saturaay lugnu -r nd Mrs. Albert Cory Out law of Raleigh visited here Sunday. Quite, a i "lou.iv'S Si ) V .iiow'l World", y Kev. J. V. Case of Rose Hill. Duplin Home Demonstration choir sang special music ; . , . .. Pleasant View News - . . , The farm labor supply is becom ing acute in some parts of the , number attended the. country, ., . , v. VAIITED: young man to learn Inside operation of feed mUL - High school education AgTicuStural background . :--' helpful but not necessary. Should be capable of sales. Y work and working men . Good starting salary with , 'opportunity for advancement ' Drunks and loafers need not apply. tIf Interested, contact at ao ;, WARSAW FLOUR AND FEED MILLS ;y..V';;:'.H: "S Warsaw, N. C. . ' Sunday-Monday May 4-5 King Solomon's Mines . Starring Deborah KeT and .Stewaet Granger New-- Tuesday : Wednesday, May 6 - 7 The Company She Keeps Starring Elizabeth Scott and Dennis O'Keefe ii .vii- , Little Rascals Follies Cartoon .Thursday - Friday, May 8-9 Two Weeks With Love Starring Jane Powell and : Ricardo Montalban ' . Cartoon and Short , , : Saturday, May 10 Devils Doorway . Starring Robert Taylor Cartoon Short and Serial a Sunday and Monday, May 4-5 (lis lind Ov Ooman ' Robert MITCHUM Jane RUSSELL , ; . ' '. ' Tuesday; May 6 Jet Job Stanley CLEMENTS Elena VERDUZO , Wednesday, May 7 , , v Callaway Dent : Thataivay Fred McMURRAY Dorothy McGUlRE Thursday and Friday, May 8 and 9 , Carbine VJilliams James STEWART Wendell COREY ., Jean HAGEN The picture you have been waitingforii-A true story of a Tar Heel ex-convict.' - . Saturday, May 10 ' Gun Play Tim HOLT Richard MARTIN "MOUNTAIN RHYTHM" Also Serial - Sunday, Monday, May 4-5 Rancho Notorious. Sta'-ring Marleno DIETRICH, Arthur Kennedy and Mel FERRER Tuesday, My 6th Only Mask Of The Avenger . Starring John. DEREK 1 Wednesday, Thursday, May 9-8 Something To Live For Starring Joan FONTAINE, Ray MILLAND and Teresa WRIGHT Friday and Saturday, Max 9-16 Retreat Hell If you can't meet Starring Frank LOVEJOY, Richard v;akuhn and Anita iajuisk mmmm ( ""v' irmmiiiE! r V P 1 I i 'Ji!Iiinii?",iw"(UBiiintr IT u H Bit. 3 LJtir '-' fr-nssiski:..li,. BEULAVILLE, N. C. , DUPLWS NEWEST AND LARGEST DRIVE-IN THEATRE WEEK OP MAY 4 I i Wal ,,, I V l (" r kl',; - Starring Das CT23WS and Dorothy MoGUDlK Fl I! ! ! i: Tniday ami, Wednesday vr. M ?HERU& LIFE SIORY OF A GREAT CAROLINIAN I iSavipltlfarshan "Marsh" .Williams of ,Cpain, ' ; ? Cvimberland County, North Carolina. Bajfried gifhis faniLl5!f1,t to-prison.Xorri.er.ims.he ' Pnevsrf'ftoiamtiadv He overcame' tha fshameof ' Sfitt o,ainavan4 a .pardon, yiperfecting;a - with ,av girl - who' never' lbst'XaitV'in himi hi $ history of the men who' have jono so ouch' BOOS pai r f I ;i i .V TV" i ; Is ' IT , ' J E9 !'.) 1 Starrmr Bod ArSQTT and In COSTBLLO ''' Thursday and Friday 1 , Starrbic Hn"-HT EOGART and FlMnor Htm Kim L riay (Double Feature) ' '2 Charles Starret SaoHey Burnett j - afl - H r-" sj ' l.'d ,MtW7i am&xt U hj. tt r'-rT J3VTf T Ti - - ll," -rr ' . si ' '; T P i.4 I. J i,. Lynn Koberta E'ery KXU '
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