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r"lt-:;-::;f...'i.i'.ff , ' . ' .1 ! . 1 7'; Plan To Attend EastCaro- ; Two Sections 7; - Memorial Auditorium 18 Pages JViday, Saturday, Septem ber 12 and 13. Tli!. WA.'- " IT. j-yOLi 19, N04 3S- Section One ? i NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER.il, 1952. SUBSCRIPTION KATE: SJiS per rear in Dnpllii and adjoinbif eountlea; .14.00 eqtside Oils ira liX Cj .W ootrtde V .C. PRICE TEN CENTS k'.-.'iii.ii 1! Fri, ind'Sato. "'.; v ' VV-' ': -!.V5 "' -' " - ' '.' -. ;' .a i 5? Festival ."v: Mil : V"' .. 1,. '''" .. Or V'-1 ' Nick Is Acquitted V ' BY J. R. GBADT Charlie Nicholson, former beau- 4-r CliAM and kfwilrlrAnnoi. Ao. Ok.. , . k, j uuviiu vwiwvccyci OIICl 'vf; Iff treasurer Ralph Jones, was aer v. quUed by a 12 man jury in Super . lor Court here last week on. charg ' 1' . s of embezzling between 4 and 5 ; thousand dollars from the county, i., ift J.ast week the .Times carried i . detailed repori of the case through . Wednesday night proceedings and since no new developments took . :'. place on' Thursday we will mot at j tempt to cover that day or give a . . rehash of the week's proceedings, :-K-m The jury was given the ;ase Thuia- . day' night, hut one of the jurors became stricken with the flu and 7.: they waited until Friday to render ' . the verdict. There was no question ,'. as to the outcome in the minds 'of 95 per cent of the spectators , who jammed the court room to -ov-" j. rflowing. Judge Burgwyn made a V brief charge to" the jury on Thurs- day night and Friday morning war ' . j.'.ned the audience before the ver--"dict was rendered that no demdn- $vtration would be permitted. When . w the Jury announced the verdict, i.'; Judge Burgwyn thanked them for . tj it and their services. He admon-'-.'UHtei the audience that personal p feelings in the case should be f or- gotten and that the lury.s verdict should he accepted by everyone as 4 truth in the matter. He highly complimented County Auditor Fai- . son McGowen for his impartial way' j. of presenting the important evl- - dence he had, calling -special at . tention to the fact that Mr; Mc- : ,y Gowen tried and did play fair with, 5 both sides. He complimented the 'r county for having bim as County Auditor. He suggested that Duplin ' '..abolish its obsolete form of the X -sheriff serving as treasurer to .. which Clerk of Court R. V. Wells .(. replied that a move towards that: - end was already in motion. Judge Burgwyn did not adjourn1 , court, he just let the session die out.. As spectators arose to tneir' feet V dearly 75 per cent of them-bad mediately, jruahed over to the Jury . to his lawyers, SoUdOtt Bcitt lat er outside the court bouse sated i that hfr had. a sworn-duty to do in prosecuting "Nick" -and Tie-dlo his w.w. nesu ' "uuciie iuwrnvyi nurwwa K Booey ndf-iHJge Albon Bunn -.s,aiMre elated over the vemict, hdtb . Saying In effect it bad to be that v . ,.vny eecaute myac-ynx innocent. f.i. ' - iflui con un woi onwu viw f Vv i story of Sberifi Ralph Jones nd v . Ralph ha gone to his reward and U I. m Knma with Mm -vV -'v 'Let it be hoped that the scandal ..--".;..y ."and publicity that Duplin County ' " . --'.bas been subjected to during the -: . '..pan 12 w 10 aroaws iuu came 17!!( ' ; to a close and the years ahead may I-;:.';'', v '-see Duplin and its public officials jp'1 -r ... v.' marching together jorwaro to a i, . ?v greater ana oexier .nupun vooay.i 'i?J..--?.i:ltaV tho Honorable HerlUge left usl ... uv our foreiatner. wxuen is pic- Vi i '- i walls of our Court House, continue '&X-m&& instill into aU of us th Weal b t i that corruption and intolerance will ?: iwe have a great county tb be proud of and that we are obligated to pass that Noble Heritage on to 'our coming generations. .; r - Aiifb And Cow In Vrf O, B. Miller, colored of bear ; ;l L. Kenansville Is minus a good milk ,Sf! '' mvw and Tommie Lanier of near Rosa Hill Is minus about $500 worth ."-of automobile. as a result of a cow ' . car collision late Sunday afternoon "on highway . 11 near Kenansville. '.h Officers reported the cow was sup ..V posed to have been tied to a fence .in a nearby field but apparently . got loose and wandered onto the .highway. The cow was knocked . about 140 feet down the road and ; killed instantly, i The repairs to .- the car were estimated to cost L, about $500. '!: . ... .. '. Thi Beulaville football eleven - and Duplin's largest school now boasts of a modern, well "lighted r- football field to the tune of $4,000. v The new project 1" well under con- , structlon and is being sponsored by ' the BeulavUle Lions Club, assisted by the Woodmen of the World and Masonic order there. Other civic ' iilubs including the Women's Club are Joining in the program. - 1 32 new 1500 watt lights are being rut around the field. A Galvan i -i tin fence is being constructed 1 new seats are expected to be e t ui) before the season is over, on tickets are on sale for ' r this year nd the Lions went 100 per cent. Foot- j e-. . PaMi ft f 4t fi : v.. CHARLIE NICHOLSON Epp Taylor Found Dead; lite Sanderson Held - Ike Sanderson of Falson is being held on a charge of possession of non tax paid whiskey in connection with the de'ath of ,A 50 year old white man of a heart attack near Falson, "' :, . . ,:. ; ' Epp Taylor, about 50, died as a result of an attack brought on by continuous drinking, according to Sheriff Ralph Miller, who was call ed to investigate, r.; - . i The sheriff, summoned 'Coroner Gurman Powell tQV conduct an, in quest. Powell being absent rom the county, Clerk of Court R. V. Wells appointed Magistrate C. B. Sittersoa to act as coroner anaL in-vestlgatev-,!:;.-.,- Sitterson, when contacted, ' said that lie want Jo Sanderson's place and found Taylor dead.-' He said that 4bout 50 j. ejhpty half- salloivl f jars were ound .on the-, pmuitsi which he and the sheriff dewribed atjhighly unsanitary. !'. ;. ' . 'Taylor's bodyjras removed 4a a Blount OUve fweral home -ped-lng burial arrangements. - He as no known relatives although a deputy from the sheriff s offloe was sent to the Summerlln's Crossroads community to Investigate a rumor that a brother of the dead man was thought to be living there. y :, Sanderson was charged with pos session of non tax paid whiskey after a quantity of the commodity was found on bis premises, . ' Warsaw Foot Ball Id Practice t M . " Jerry Davta, son of Mr. and. Mrs. J. D. Davis of Warsaw,, was in jured yesterday afternoon in fbotbaU practice on the Warsaw Hia-h School football field. Youna' Davis suffered a kick or blow in the head and was knocked un conscious, s He remained in an unconscious state for some length of time. He was rushed to the; Clinton hospital where U wa first feared his injuries were ser-' ious. . Mrs. Sara Joinery Tunes correspondent of Warsaw report ed oalled the Hospital about ten -o'clock this moraing and bo waa reported to - be . rettina- plong nicely and was expected. to re cover. ;; v; f ' u v :'.-' Sfaff Changes AIP.M.A. Office The PJU. A. office has two new members on its staff. . They are Mrs. Ruth Q. Quinn and Mrs. Donle H. Outlaw both of Albertson. They '.':' '' - :'"';' ' ' Fchtllyi Life Trcisii: ScKool For II.D.C. Ucm Here l!:xt Wednesday A. M. ' Mrs. Pauline S. Johnson) Home Dmrmjttrntton AfMTt In I"""n announces a Family Life Tnuumg School for aH Family Leaders to be held in the Sunday School build ing of Grove Presbyterian Church in Kenansville on Wednesday mor ning, September 17th at 10 a. -m. Mrs. Corinne Grlnsley; Extension Specialist will conduct the school. Family Life Leader wiU give the ' t 'i demonirtrations during the i Ofl Novembejr and , every ' is urged . to ' attend t? U i and crry one person w.h Bureau rive On mm -Retiring and Incoming president, of the Grady-Outlaw Literary and Historical Association, Judge Henry A. Grady of New Bern and Lewis Outlaw of Outlaw's Bridge. Judge Grady was named the. first president' ox m' Association ana nas neia tnat atnee unw nis voiun tarv retirement at the Gradv-Outlaw reunion" on Aueust SOtb. Mr. Uinuiw Hi.ianrar ana lonner A LegUlaturfo (Photo, by. .taleft,wmiWaTte. mmommjmmMSam Be Avail. On Tuesday, September 2, a Pink' HHl delegation, beaded, by Lyn- wood' C. Turner appeared before the Lenoir County board of com missioners in regular session at the Courthouse in Kihston, asking help from the county to purchase a fire truck for Pink Hill. The group agreed to furnish $5000 toward the purchase of -same, and it was ruled that ,if legal, the town would be allotted an additional $5,000 for the county on . the purchase of the truck. T However, county attorney Thomas J. White later Informed the commissioners that this plan does not conform to either of two methods by which fire protection can be afforded in rural districts. Although this plan did not go through, a member of the Pink Hill board of Aldermen has inform- Cancer Drive Under Eisenberg Exceeds Goal; $2,268 Collected In Duplin; f merchant who . headed the 1952 cancer fund drive in Duplin Coun ty recently announced the success ful completion OI we urive ivr iijib year. t , ' Under Mr. Eisenberg.s guidance the amount of money collected for cancer relief In this county this .year not only exceeded, but nearly tripled the quota set on the basis of the amount last year. ; Total money collected during the filled the places of Miss Mary Mur phy of Charity who is now employ ed with Carolina Power and Light Co in Wallace and Miss Edith Byrd of Albertson who Is to be married this month. v - - ' PJzaiidl. In Sfcj "'Agriculture teacher McCullen of the local school announces that Mr. DeLeon Wells and Dr. Philups of Wallace will sponsor a fat stock show to be held in, Wallace tome time. In. the s""?. The sow is CTen to . -y i . A hoy in L "n I 'iT -a Co. '.ies-i-Aout J e .! 1 1 1 rl tc:d ;::,; , 1 lyapiiu vminiy Aeprneaucuvf m aiv ed our reporter that the town is going ahead, and has already plac ed an order for a truck to be paid for by the- town of Pink Hill. Al though delivery cannot be made immediately, it is expected within a period of 90 days. . ,Th .Pink Hill sroun has made it clear from the beginning that it be available to neighboring . com munities of Pink Hill whether in Lenoir. Jones or Duplin Counties. was their desire for-the truck to Since the town is purchasing the truck on its own, residents of these areas feel sure that this protection will be afforded Pink Hill and the surrounding communities have1 suffered fire damages amounting to thousands of dollars .within the past few months. drive was $2,268 dollars as com pared with $840 for, last year.,... ,m$t : " - .::o.Ati-.-; : Announcement The Warsaw JP.T.A.. will, hold its first fall meeting on the: night of the sixteenth at eight o'clock at the Grammar school. .' V,:: Ballad Singer From Lenoii County LeRoy Simmons, President of the Duplin County Farm Bureau, this week announces the annual mem bership drive which gets under way September 15th and continues through October 15th. Differing from past drives will be the fact that the Home Demonstration Club .Women will take an active part. At a meeting last week of officers and directors HDC members were present 'and helped work out the plans. Lloyd Weeks of Raleigh spoke to the meeting and encour aged the farmers of Duplin to buc kle down and lead the way In new members this year. Last year was Duplin's banner year with 1409 members. In the tobacco referen dum a few weeks ago Duplin led the state In percentage vote when 6,095 votes were cast. There are an estimated 8,000 farm families in Duplin County and they should be DOtentlal,' Some counties in the state hW over 90 per cent of its farm families members of the Bu reau..v a'f"' - Every' other profession or trade is organized, Mr. Simmons said and if the fanner is to get his just shar of the nation s wealth he too must be well ofg&nlzed. Ten years ago 28 peii' oL-.Of the people In the United Stages lived on farms, today only 14.9 per' cent live on farms, Unless they get together they may be crushed fy the others. With orobef coofleration thev can de mand and'' will get what is justly theirs vtof.ywe farmer feeds the world. "jfM!" , TownsdrttfiChainmen their last year membership and 195? quota Is as. follows: (first figure quota and second figure last year) Lime stone, Joe Williams. 350232: Al- Dertson, k. a. smitn, 100 17Z; Glisson, Taft Herring, 110 115; Smith. Freeley Smith, 165104; Island Creek, Lofeind Teachey, 165 33; Kenansville, Arthur w nit field, 163 151 Cypress Creek, M. Li. Lanier, lzo ae; wouescrape, Ed Grady. 121137; Falson. H. B, ,Kof negay, 140 150; Rock Fish, Heddle Blanton ,95 148; , Warsaw, Lot Kornegay. litt 14U; Magnolia, W.-.L. Bosllc, til -58; Rose Hill, : a nuxtber of easn ras-ar'- ing off erd tie qjje, panicuar- lv tn - in ..HnnwUhnnnunuan Clubs for grtuug (he .moat memJ bers. . To she :ubs: 1st prize, $100; second prise $50 and third and fourth prize each 125. To tha individual securteg the most mem ber! the following, amounts will be paid on their trip expenses to the national convention. In Chicago: 1st, $100; 2nd $50 and third and jourtn eacn 92a, . Local Lions Scout Executive The Kenansville Lions Club heard two very good speakers at Its reg ular bi-monthly meeting last night Bill Hewitt, Scout executive of Tus carora Council talked Scouting to the group. The Local Lions this year are sponsoring the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts in Kenansville. Following Mr. Hewitt's address Lions District Governor Paul Ly man of Raleigh told of experiences in Mexico City in June when he attended Lions International con vention In that city. This was Lion Lyman's first visit to the local club and he made a very fine impres sion. . The club recommended that the Kenansvttle Town Board place ap-ptopriata-parking signs around Dr. Willis office-here. Committees to work with the East Carolina Folk Festival here Friday Minstrel Of The 1 I '"II WW A i 1 b:(:V Bascom Lamar Lunsford By Helen Caldwell Cushman Bascom Lamar Lunsford, world famous authority of folk-lore, is a man of many talents. He is a man who loves the ballads and folk dances of the. mountains, and who has devoted ibis life to that love. Fiddler, banjo-picker, ballad ier, Bascom Lunsford is a director such as Hollywood dreams of and seldom finds. He has a very high standard, for all who perform ud der his meticulous direction, he in sists upon maintaining that stand ard, and he gets wonderful results. A very real genius is required to take some six hundred performers, -teatittkw to perfection; nd bleed all helr. Variqu tatent" into one cohesive, JojJt" festival each, flit fennt,: but each authentic. Mr. Luneturd has that genius. Further he can inspire, such enthusiasm in those who work under him that they give their best, with an equal fervor.'';.:'; . ' ; ; '!- "a . "'' --'V Bascom Lunsford': 'comes by bis lovs for folk music naturally. He grew up with it. It was part of hit heritage. He has sought bal lads in their original forma all over the United States. Once he dic tated from memory some 316 old ballad for Columbia University. He was a farmer and a lawyer, but he loved folk music so much, he felt his heritage so deeply that he wished to preserve this rich treas ure of our culture in its natural state without all the false embel lishments that hillbilly and cow boy outfits were adding. (From Turkey Creek he started out on bis search. He knew that 200 Cases On County Court Docket Here ' Kenansville is quiet and relaxing this week even though an unusual ly heavy docket is being tried in County Court. Judge Phillips says that more than 200 cases are on the County Court docket and he and Solicitor Mercer hope to nearly clean them all up this week. The Times will give you a report on the cour tnext week. and Saturday nights were appoint ed. -'.. FaHsQirs rJJain Fz'lhers Two Youth's Money Case To Duplin; To Be Heard Here Tomorrow ' GOLDSBORO. Sept. 4 Wayne Juvenile Judge Loren Derr said today that trial of 13 year old Hu bert Dail of Mount Olive, who re cently went on a spending spree with some $2,900 in tobacco money belonging to bis uncle had been transferred to Duplin County. .Then- action followed a disclo sure that the theft occurred just across the Wayne County line. The case is scheduled to be heard be fore Duplin Juvenile Judge R. V. Wells tomorrow. ,.-,'. . . . 'Derr said be had not been in formed, when he gave the case a preliminary bearing last Saturday, that the boy's uncle, Mathew Park er, -lived M Duplin County. Derr red.udgmentjiafter bearing .t-"t!ft until ne r i t - iber-study. . .. om short 1 twatdf. he sald, j . t L ; uuui't t.jme, 'where tit Appalachians - HLHII'yUWl'WW most mountain people are shy, they dlslika performing before strangers. - But Bas:om Lunsford was no stranger. Those cqramunL ties Into which he went on his qUiest soon recognized him as one of their own kind. He was no out sider; H6 could play his fiddle and , pickets banjo with the best of thenn' He knew ballads they hadn't beard or vaguely remembered their grandparents . singing, so iw swapped' tunes, they swapped ver stfs.ot tho same. song. The. cham pion performers -. agreed to come to. bis first great' folk festival at AstoevtUe 4heycae.' from Soco Gr'a))CAwf sCreek. .They came from sl?eV with such melod ious name as JTatahala -and Hia wassee. Fiddlers, and swng bands, and clog dancers, team of square dancers v with champion callers, team like that of our own team from Chocolate In Duplin County directed by that marvelous person, Susie Smith, and called by a real tobacco auctioneerand danced by nun too. Many callers are a part of their teams, they actually lead th; .'complicated : " sets sets that vary -from. County to County, and section to section.' Even if several teams were to dance the same set, it would be different Tradition has added its own flavor, its parti cular . Interpretation through gen' e rations an improvement here, a shift of tempo there, a fortunate improvision by some leader with more zest than usual, some caller with imagination. The test is that It All hp natural A.nH GnnntanMMic Continued on Back Page (Sect. D Specialist Examines H. R. Garris, in charge of plant pathology extension at State Col lege, examined 700 diseased tobac ico plants at clinics held in 37 coun ties this summer. 'ww vv The . clinics were conducted, to enable farmers to obtain identifi cation of Undiagnosed diseases in their tobacco fields. Garris pointed out that black shank was still the leader among the diseases identified, but root kooijr -caused ' by nematodes, had increased greatly. The pathologist observed that nematodes .lessened the expected Is Sent From Wayne theft occurred, was not In Wayne. Derr said he understood prac tically, all of. th stolen $2,500 has been recovered, including money refunded by a jewelry dealer for two rings and a watch that young Dail had bought for himself and a boy and girl companion on bis spending tour.' Even the taxi driv er that the youth, tipped extrav agantly, for chauffertng bto party around has returned th4 Tp, Derr aid,. rather than face passible court action. 1 N . . ' Tb main Island of ndooesia. Is Java. - -:; -.'" ' '' - .1" . t;.y, BalL where Hladu vNf odt , ta reign, I. plae-' of temple and dance and one' t imwlc. '. '; spectacular rice' ,raJ, illtterj.-g ' 1 j.J&eeV . V" . 'I vmit. " 'am Jr. " " ' 1 . 1 ' ' j By J. R. GRADT Tomorrow is the Big Day. East Carolina's First Annual Folk Fes tival will open tomorrow afternoon for a two day run. The big show will be in Kenan Memorial Audi torium Friday and Saturday nights beginning at 7.30. Supt. Johnson has completed installation of seats in the East end balcony of the auditorium and over 500 more peo ple can now be seated than here tofore. Plans call for a thousand chairs to be (placed in the floor and with tight seating more than 3000 people will be able to comfortably see the performance. In addition there should be standing room for a hundred or so more. From reports reaching Kenans ville an overflow crowd is expected for both nights. Reports from outside the county indicate that the Festival is probably better known away fiom Duplin than in Duplin. Chartered busses are com ing from long distances. One bus bringing 40 people will come from Durham and 32 of the forty will participate. They are coming Sat urday night. Mr. Lunsford has scoured the woods from Chapel Hill and Dur ham to the Atlantic Coast and from Wilson County to Brunswick Coun ty. He reports that between 4 and 5 hundred participants will display, their art on the stage of Kenan Memorial Auditorium here Friday and Saturday nights. We asked him to list some of the outstanding performers who will appear and he began with Duplin.s own Floyd Smith of Albertson who took state championship and cup at the State Fair last year for Fiddling. Vieing with him ' for honors will be George Pegram from Iredell County, who took the state championship at the State Fair for Banjo Picking along with Smith. 'Buncombe County and Turkey Creek, home of Prof. Lunsford, will send the Han'.on Mountain Dance team under the direction of . Earl McElneath. This program was one of the mam features at the Asheville Folk Festival. Albemarle in Stanley County will send a dance team under the leadership of Mrs. Ned H. Cooper and Dr. Iv ester. Mrs. Jackie Hale of Kin ston will bring two groups, one on Friday and on on Saturday. Mrs. Ruby - Lovingoodi famous ballad singer of the nounutns, n tn -, Buncombe Count j?. will be here along with her husband, Bascom , Lamar Lunsford, Jr. Paul Joins. famous bano pioker from Wlnstonr ' Salem, will be here to try and out-' ; do George Pegram. There will bo a group of youngsters from little Washington, down in Beaufort County under the direction of Mr. June Martin. - .- 1 From Duplin, in addition to Floyd Smith will be the Chocolate dancers from Albertson, the Ward square dance group from Rose Hill, . ukelele players from Chinquapin ' and others. The Mozingo familyi of singers from Seven Springs will be on the stage. Pender County, will send several as will Onslow and Sampson counties. From Samp. (Continued on Back Sect 1) performance of black shank resis tant tobacco varieties. The recom mended treatment for nematode control is soil fumigation and ro tation of tobacco crops. Garris said .that many samples, indicated more than one disease in a tobacco field. Garris carried portable labora tory equipment to the clinics and the 1,400 farmers who attended were given an opportunity to study microscopically the organisms that were destroying their tobacco. Records were kept of all plants examined and from these a study is being made. Gets Bootlegger Chief Coombs of Warsaw arrest ed Phillip Pinyatella last week in Warsaw with 48 one-half gallon jars of moonshine whiskey in his car. He was reported selling it on -the streets there. He was put under a $400 bond. Andrew Jackson. Negro of near Faison, was bound over to Superior Court here Monday by Justice of the Peace V. B. sitterson on char ges of incest. He is alleged to have ' fathered two children by his dau ghter. The first, a girl, was born on Dec. 27, 1949 when the mother was only 14 years old. The second, a boy, was born on March 12, 1952. The young mother, Annie Ma Jackson, recently told her mother bout the affair j and she and her mother had . her father Indicted. , ' According to Sitterson Annie Mae told him that her father never forced or threatened her but prom, lsed to pay and did pay. her some times. When asked why she didn't tell her mother earlier she said her father told her not to but not under threat She also said ber Hather encouftaaied ber to have sex relations with her brother but she never did. ; At one time she was about to and ber lather r"t mad and threatened' them. U. father denied th allegations a the way through. ' Th case wi I t" s " ft t" nest term of Hts; r t t.-" , v.. J