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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,
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Sunday and Monday, May 4-5
(lis lind Ov Ooman
' Robert MITCHUM Jane RUSSELL ,
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' 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
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