Two Sections
12 Pages
This Week
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VOL. 20 NO. 29
Duplin's 9th. Highway
Near Wallace
, By CLEO FIELDS - ,
On Saturday morning :bout 4
o'clock a 1951 Ford car driven by
Adam Cornelius Efird of Charlotte
wrecked on highway 11 about three
miles north , of Wallace causing
Duplin's 9th highway fatality for
1953. The wreck .occurred at the
tame spot Duplin's 9th fatality of
1952 happened, when an oil tanker
and pick-up truck collided killing
Norman Boney.
Survivors in the early morning
wreck stated they were traveling
about 55 miles per hour In a def
fog when Efird lost control of the
car running off the right side of
the road and into a ditch .turning
over two and a half times. Efird
was thrown clear the wreckage and
died of fractured squll and intern
al Injuries. . '
I7e I7enf
by J. R. Grady
Yes the Lions Roared in Chicago
from July 7th to the Uth. The
North Carolina Lions roared so
- hard they came off with top honors
- -that is they elected John L. Stick
ley of Charlotte third vice-president
who will move, up to president of
Lions International, the first time
a North Carolinian has ever had
; such an honor. "' : -,
Kenansville was represented at
this, the largest and best convention
In the Lion's history, by Lions Z. W.
Frazelle and J. R. (Bob) Grady
with their wives. I've been asked
to write something abobt our trip
so, in a brief way will tell yeu a
little something of our Journey.
On Wednesday morning, July 1st,
we left via auto from Kenansville
at nine o'clock. We set our course
through Wilson, to Nasheville, to
Youngsville, Oxford and over into
Virginia via Clarksville where we
saw the huge Buggs Island lake.
Clarksville is now virtually an is-
' land ' in the lake. From there we
' drove on to Farmville, Va. via Fort
Union Military Academy, missing
Monticello by Just a few miles, ana
into Culpepper. We were riding
along the eastern slopes of the Blue
Ridge and at some points could see
the Parkway on top pt the Ridge.
: From, Culpepper, wei) proceeded . to
Warrenton, Va," an interesting,
t quaint and historical town nestled
in the foothills of the 'Blue Ridge,
soifeing about 60-or--70 mites
". ,i ashTngton'Clty: We spent the
jvhere in a Motor Court. While
there I had -the occassion to call
the News and Observer in Raleigh
and someone overhearing the' con
versation approached me later and
said there was a Tar Heel working
in. a printing office, in Warrenton.
' It turned out 'to be Doug Debnam
of Snow Hill, brother of W. E.
Debnam,' news commentator over
radio station WPTF. I knew Doug
when we were kids. He took me
over, the printing office in which
he was foreman. They print a week
ly newspaper and a large number
of magazines and booklets. Warren-'
ton is the country home of many
of Washington's big.
Thursday morning , we ' headed
out towards Harrisburg, Pa, bi-pass-ing
the city and crossing the Penn
sylvania, turnpike. It is a beautiful
' country around Harrisburg, with
- broad rolling hills. Crops in the
area are principally grain with
'dairying a large industry. .From
Harrisburg we headed across a cor-
' ner of Maryland at Frederick and
back into Pennsylvania, and on to
Williamsport. I have always wanted
to go to Williamsport, the home of
the weekly newspaper "Grit". The
first penny I ever made was sell
ing the "Grit" long before i ever
started to' school and have since
had a" hankering to see where it
was printed. The first two days
of the trip was very hot, in fact
so hot we nearly got sick. As we
approached Williamsport the air
begaii to cool. We did not hit a
storm, but ran into- a cool mass of
air that resulted from a storm a
few h6urs before we arrived. - A
filling station attendant in Williams
port told us the thermometer drop
ped 20 degrees in about 20 min
utes a short time before we got
there. ' Leaving Williamsport we
went across the Alleghaney moun
tains and into New York State.. We
drove along at about 50 to 60 mile
speed. G6ing up through western
New York State we did not hit any
principal city, Just- missed Roches
ter to the east. About 9 o'clock we
were ' In the -suburbs of Buff aloe
and drove through and across the
International Bridge into Niagara
Canada. We were fortunate to get
hotel rooms in the General Brock
Hotel and our windows looked out
over the horseshoe falls. We check
ed In in time to see the multi-colored
lights ' playing , on the falls.
Losses! To Timberlsnd
Fire Grc:lly Reduced Fcrester Reports
. by Joe Herlevich. District Fooester
, : During the past four years, the
number of forest fires has been
reduced from 689 fires during the
spring of 1950 to 368 fires during
the spring -of 1953. The acreage lost
in 1950 was 100,000 acres and for
1953 the area lost was only 33,000
acres, according to Joe Herlevich,
District Forester, in Whitevllle.
Th'e program has been gradual and
is attributed to the use of heavy
' fire line plows, good communica
t tms - both radio ana telephone,
i.ici o'd effectiveness of the field
Section 1
Saturday Morning
Charles Kay Pope, son-in-law of
Efird and - passenger in the car,
received bruises on his hip and
head. .
Madeline' Efird Pope, daughter
of Efird, received lacerations and
bruises. : - ' ..V '
Francis Long Lawrence received
head and back injuries. These
three passengers were treated at
Burgaw hospital and released.
Ethel Pope Lawrence a fourth
passenger, remains in the hospital
in serious condition. She is para
lized from neck down.
It was stated that these people
had passed the wreck . Friday night
in Hoke County which took the
lives of seven. : .
Patrolman J. S. Briley was in
vestigating officer. .
To Cfifajgd
After a good night's rest 1 awoke
early and recalled I was not too
far from Lockport, N. Y, the home
of William Rand Kenan, Jr. I
called Mr. Kenan and' Be invited
us out to his home and dairy farm
at 1 o'clock.1 The ladies stayed in
Niagara while Frazzelle and myself
drove over to Lockport. Mr. Ken
an took us around to his home on
Locust street. Locqport is a town
of nearly 50,000 people. His home
is in the center of the residential
area.. An old English style two
story brick structure. ' Behind his
home was literally a farm of flow
ers and vegetable gardens, chickens,
ducks, and almost evify kind of
domesticated animal. Mr. Kenan is
an experimental farmer and had a
number of hoi houses . to grow
plants, flowers, etc. He had a field
of Buckwheat growing. I had never
seen,' Buckwheat From his gar
dens he took us several miles dut
of town to "Randlelgh," his famous
Jersey dairy farm. It is so expan
sive that it would take many hours
of study tov write up. 1 He raises
only Jersey cows and 'does not' be
lieve in pasteurizing the milk. The
milk is cooled and conditioned im
mediately after taken from the
cowt. . ; ;."-: . 'v .-
and uv'only a matter of a'few min
utes ii on its way to delivery. He
has about 500 customers, taken on
before' the war, that he still servet
but will not take on any more. Peo
ple flock -to "hisdafey . by the hunr
dreds. (Tally ,lo "buy the-srulk and
the rich ice cream made there. Hi;
dairy, like his gardens, are experi
mental and he bars no expense to
arrive at or find what he wants
and in spite of this Mr. Kenan says
it makes money. He grows all the
food his hundreds V cows eat, ev
en grows sugar beets on the farm.
Spreading out across meadows in
all directions from his ; dairy are
literally thousands, of acres under
cultivation. Nothing but feed crops
for his cows. He has six blue rib
bon bulls, bred on his farm. . It
was., interesting to note, walking
through the dairy and barns, that
all doors were screened and the
lower half was electrified to kill
flies. Every time you looked at a
door It was sparkling with blue
fire spots as the flies struck. He
has ingeniously worked out an as
sembly line for milking. :. Every
cow has a name, and the name is on
the stall. Each cow knows where
her stall is and goes directly to It
pne man milks 50 cows per hour
and they milk every eight hours.
The milk is never touched or nan-,
died by human hands. At every
milking : a sample is taken from
every cow and tested. The barns
and dairy buildings will compare
with some of the finest homes in
this section. Stalls where the cows
give birth to their young are; just
abobt air conditioned.'' He showed
us a very beautiful Jersey and her
twin Valves born the night before!
Feed for erch cow is weighed, each
time and minerals added,
- After spending several hours with
Mr. Kenan Frazelle and I returned
to Niagara. In Niagara we took a
tour of the. city and the, falls. We
went down into the "tunnel ol
winds" under the big falls where
we donned rain coats and rubber
caps and went out on a ledge where
the spray from the falls covered
us. , We did not get to ride in .the
"Maid of the Mist' boat that is so
popular, nor did we get to ride
across the Falls in the cable - car.
Time was pushing and we had to
miss many interesting things. That
afternoon, Friday, we set sail
across the ' Province of 'Ontario,
Canada, from east to west, ; and
made Windsor, Canada,, that night.
About duskT enroute to Windsor,
we stopped at St Thomas, Canada,
for supper. While the others ate I
wandered up and down the streets
. (Continued on back page)
As Result Of Wild
personnel of the Division of Forest
ry and the splendid cooperation of
private citizens throughout the Dis
trict, according to Herevlch. The
district comprises of Bladen, Bruns
wick,, Columbus JDuplin and Pender
counties. All counties have shown
great progress in fire losses during
the period. ;.'-. -v
Local citizens are urged to con
tinue to cooperate In an effort to
continue to prevent forest tires and
conserve the timber products of the
County. and Statfl. :
KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAKOLINA, THURSDAY, JULY, 23, 1953
Fatality
Duplin's first polio ease was
reported from Wallace last week.
Nancy Elisabeth Hoyt, 2Vi-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph W. Hoyt, was stricken. On
Saturday she was entered In the
polio hospital In Greensboro. The
local health department reported
that all children who had come
in contact with UtHe Nancy have
been given gamma globulin. ,
"Tut" Fussell
Plays Host To
Voung Methodists
About 75 young people and their
idult advisors met at Lake Tut,
July 20, for an afternoon and even
ing of fun and fellowship. In the
lfternooii, swimming was enjoyed,
liter which a delicious picnic sup
er ' was served. The use of the
.acilities of the lake were, free, pro
ided by "Tut" Fussell, a good
Methodist our Youth Advisor and
jwner of Lake Tut.
In the evening service, Pansy
Jones gave a very inspiring devo
.ional. The Reverend Mr. Wheeler
of Wallace spoke on Loyalty. The
following officers were elected for
: 953-54: President r Sally Newton,
Kenansville;' Vice-president - Molly
Hipp, Warsaw; Secretary - Luellen
Langsten, Friendship; Treasurer -Arlene
Byrd, Unity; , Director of
Publicity Betty Ingram, Kenans
ville; Advisor - Mrs. W. M. Ingram
and Mrs. E. A. Newton, Kenansville.
These officers will be installed
it the meeting at Wallace on Aug
ust 24.
Mr, "Tut" Fussell brought up the
question, "What is a Methodist?"
After some- discussion it was de
cided to take this question back to
the local churches, and get their
ceation to an old fashioned Metho
iist All Day Meeting at Lake Tut
in October. This would include all
murches in the county. "
Recreation was enjoyed after the
meeting. The Methodist Youth Fel
lowship extends its grateful thanks
U,,Mr,Fussell Wics-June. Goldston!
our president' ''.v--'?'"-
Aaditional guests were Mr. Pierce
Layfield, -Duke Divinity Student,
Mr. Bob Goldston, Wofford Divinity
student.'
Hears Cases
From July 4 through July 21 the
following cases were tried - in the
local Justice of the Peace court.
Paul Jiv Williams arrested by
deputy N. D. Boone for non sup
port. Placed under $300 bond. Waiv
ed hearing to County "Court.
Ray i Williams arrested by deputy
Boone for non support of a child.
Defendant plead not guilty. Upon
hearing the case the Justice found
probable cause. Was placed under
$200 bond to be tried in the August
term of County Court.
Jacob Franklin Parker arrested
ay Patrolman J. S. Briley for oper
ating a tractor in a careless and
reckless manner while on the public
highway and resisting an officer.
Placed under $300 bond and bound
over to County Court
Emmitt Tucker arrested by deputy
R. M. Byrd for larceny of an auto
mobile and operating an automo
bile while under the influence of
intoxicating' beverage. Plead not
guilty, court found -probable cause.
Placed under $200 bond to be tried
in County Court. , '
Dennis Powell Wainright arrested
by deputy Boone for speeding 70
miles per hour. Waived hearing to
County Court '
Donald K. Thompson arrested by
Patrolman Hester for speeding 70
miles per hour. Cited to County
Court v-;. ,:?:'- ; '..-. ..'-'
- Frank Williams arrested by depu
ty Boone for being publicly drunk
and off his premises. Plead not
guilty: Placed under $100 bond. Gave
appeal to County Court.
Eugene Robert Bell, arrested by
Patrolman Briley for speeding 90
miles per hour. Placed under $300
bond. Waived hearing to County
Court,, k r ; - - .'-'v..-.: .
John Norman Sharpless arrested
by Patrolman Briley for -speeding
63jniles per hour. Cited to County
Court. - .. . Vv.:-;
Lawrence Brock" arrested by Pat
rolman Hester for operating a horse
drawn vehicle on the highway at
night 'Without lights,, resulting in
property damage. Cited to County
iJourt." ',:: '"..'': .-ii'v
Andrew Wesley Davis arrested by
Patrolman Hester for speeding 65
niles per hour. Cited to .County
Court-. - , v
- R. M. Evans arrested by deputy
W. O. Houston for giving worthless
check. Defendant plead guilty. Sen
tenced to - the roads for 30-, days.
Gave appeal - to. General 'County
Court : ,:
i Meljor Lomax Mumford arrested
by Cpl. T. G. Brooks for' operating
a vehicle without operators license.
Cited to County Court. ' j v .
David Miller arrested by deputy
R. ,M. Byrd for possessioa of. non
tax paid whiskey for the purpose
of sale and aiding and abetting in
Polio
Miss North
fc"
H, i
This lovely beauty is Miss Noth Carolina 1953. She is Miss Barbara
Ann Crockett of Winston Salem who won the title at the annual
Miss North Carolina Pageant in Morehead City last week-end. The
19 year old blonde will represent North Carolina at the Miss Amer
ica: Pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey in September. (Photo by.
George Johnson, Goldsboro.)
Pulp and Paper Industry Plants
5 3-4 Million Trees
Atlanta, Ga, July 17, J953 Four
pulp and paper, companies located in
the state and three located in ad
jacent states and operating in
North Carolina are- responsible for
iiaving painted 6V4 million trees in
North Carolina during 1952-53. Mr.
Ralph Phillips, engaged in the bus
iness of producing pulpwood in
North Carolina, also cooperated in
this activity. ,
The information was compiled by
H. J. Malsberger, Forester and Gen
eral Manager of the Southern Pulp
wood Conservation Association, on
the basis of reports received from
The Champion Paper & Fibre Co.,
North Carolina Pulp Co, Riegel
Paper Co,"- Camp" . Manufacturing
Co., Continental Can-Co, and In
ternational Paper Co.- which are all
members of the Association, and
Halifax Co. Mr. Phillips is also a
member of S. P. C. A.
The pulp and paper industry pur
chased all of these trees from pub
the same. Plead not guilty. Court
found probable cause. Placed under
$150 bond, to be tried in the1 August
term of County Court.
Vina Hall arrested by deputy
Byrd for possession of non tax paid
whiskey, aiding and abetting in
same. Plead guilty, Was placed un
der $150 bond to be tried in County
Court.
William Gresham arrested by Pat
rolman Hester for Dossession of tax
paid whiskey with the seal brok
en. Cited to Couty Court.
Ned Houstpn arrested by Patrol
man Hester for possession- of tax
paid whiskey with the seal broken,
Cited to County Court.
Willard Jones Jr. arrested, by con
stable Sylvester Tew ' for L giving
worthless check. Plead guilty. Plac
ed under $300 bond to be tried in
County Court. '
Social Security
' The Fourth Annual Health, Wel
fare and Recreation Coiuereii..
held in Washington, D. C, recently,
pointed up many of the problems
of aging.
The conference panel stressed the
importance of recreation designed
for the entertainment of the aged
groups. Such activities as Golden
Age Clubs, Creative Centers for
he Arts and Crafts, ; including
Ceramics, and neighborhood discus
sion groups, all contribute to the
.veil being and personal satisfaction
jf aged groups, giving them the
Reeling of really belonging rather
Jian just being tolerated.
It was also pointed out during
;he discussions that perhaps one on
the most disappointing experiences
laced by the aged person is his in
ability to secure employment Sta
tistics show that although in most
cases the older persons product
ivity oecreases, his accuracy and
thoroughness increases, in. many' in
stances employers are pruhioileu
irom hiring or retaining workers
over .65 oecause of their retirement
insurance contracts. "' -
.The importance of the aged in
our population can be seen quite
.teadilyirom the figures on theraged
prepared by the Department of txeJ
.search and statistics of the United
Community Services for Washing
ton, D, C, as of April 1950. :
These figures show .that 5.9 per
cent of tne total population was
35 years of age and over. Out W a
total population, of 1,464,089, some
0,484 White and 15,441 Non-White
were 65 and over. v
- IT'S A FACT
Most people are very thankful
:hat the. "good old days" exist in
memory and not in fact. -
We will never profit by our mis
takes as long as we blame other
people for them. . , ..-
Carolina
..-'
In North Carolina
licly operated nursery.
"At the rate of planting 1,000
trees per acres," Malsberger states,
"the industry is responsible for
bringing back into forest production
6,250 additional acres of worthless
land in the state."
The industry planted 3,750 acres
of its own lands and gave to small
landowners enough trees to plant
2,500 acres of their lands. In many
cases, the use of tree-planting ma
chines by the landowner was also
arranged for or provided by the in
dustry. In addition to the industry's act
ivity, in tree planting, it continues
to engage in action programs lead
ing, to -expand -forest- tire control
services, adoption of wise methods
when cutting trees, and the control
of forest insects and diseases in or
der that all the forest lands in the
South shall continuously grow full
crops of trees.
George Bennett
Buys Out Sheffield
Hussey Warehouse
George Bennett, prominent War
saw tobacconist, reported to The
Times this week that he has pur
chased the interests of Granville
Sheffield of Rose Hill in the Hus
sey's Tobacco Warehouses in Wal
lace. Messrs. Bennett and Hussey
will again operate Hussey s Ware
houses as in the past. In the spring
Mr. Bennett sold out his interest.
He says the house will operate
again this year with the same pol
icies as in the past and farmers can
rest assured they will receive the
most in courteous treatment and
that Hussey and Bennett as usual,
will plug for the high dollar for
their customers.
Hospital Report
Applications are now being re
ceived for positions in the Duplin
General Hospital which is expected
to open in the early fall of 1954,
according to reports made at the
regular session of the Board of
Trustees here Tuesday night. - Ap
plications have been received for
the office of administrator, nurses,
dietician, housekeeper and many
jther professional and non-profes-jional
jobs. Anyone interested in
ipplying for a job may receive an
ippfication form from Faison W.
McGowett, J. R. Grady or any mem
ber of the Board of Trustees. The
Board expressed the hope that as
.ar as possible the jobs be filled
jy county people.
12 Persons Have
Narrov Escape
Twelve persons narrowly escap
ed serious injury last Wednesday
avening when a pick-up truck, pull
ing a trailer, crashed into the side
tt a mail truck about 5 miles east
jf Kenansville on highway 24, Her
jert Brock was driving the pick
up . loaded with tobacco workers
when he attempted to n)ak a left
hand turn and crashed' into the side
-if a mail truck which was attempt
ing to pass, according to reports.
Three of tbfe people were hospital
zed but are reportedly home and
safe now. - Others received minor
injuries. It was reported the pick
up truck waa damaged about $350.
Only a fender was damaged on the
nail truck. .
WBSCKlPTiON BATE: XM per year in Vnpltai and adWnlM
e atta tM oortoldo this aw ta S. C4 M mtatdo' C
Average Prices On Georgia-ftorida
Tobacco Mill 0peningVJere Loner
Duplin Sheriffs Confiscates Two Stills
And Two Bootleggers Over Week End
During the week end and through
Monday the sheriff's department
contisticated two stills and two
bootleggers.
The first still was picked up a
bout seven miles west of Wallace
on highway 41. The still was
mile off the highway. It was a 200
gallon submarine type, also picked
up were seven barrells, The still
was not in operation. No arrests
were made. On the raid were Sher-
rif Miller and deputies Houston,
Boone, Revelle and McKay.
A 50 gallon steel drum still was
destroyed in Glisson township Mon
day afternoon. Also disposed of
Telephone Co.
Head's Statement
The reaction of Carolina Tele
phone and Telegraph . Company of
ficials to the order of the Commis
sion was expressed by Company
President Hill who said: "The fur
ther development of Eastern North
Carolina requires adequate tele
phone communications and the pro
vision of that service will make it
necessary for the Company to con
tinue to raise large amounts of new
capital. Our expansion and im
provement program will be Hp
ermined by our ability to raise
that new money irom the invesu,.
public. The amount of money that
jan be raised is directly related to
the Company's earnings and the
Commission seems most optimistic
of our ability to raise this new
money in view of the very limited
increase in rates granted.
President Hill also stated that
Rose Hill Senior
Gets Scholarship
At E. C. College
Greenville, N. C July 3T-r Ea
Car ilina Colt ge has juJ tsentud
scholarships amounting .o i'-0 each
to twenty-nine graduatess of North
Carolina high schools. Recipients
include thirteen men and sixteen
women who are scheduled to begin
work as freshmen at the college in
September at the beginning of the
1953-1954 term.
Those to whom scholarships were
given were chosen by a committee
at the college headed by Dr. Clinton
r"- c'or ' student person
nel. Other members included Presi
dent John D. Messick, Dean Leo W.
Jenkins, Business Manager F. D.
Duncan, Dean of Women Ruth
White, and Registrar Orval L.
Phillips.
Applicants for the scholarships in
cluded 140 high-school graduates
who were recommended by offi
cials of the schools which they at
tended. After a careful screening,
recipients were chosen on the bases
of scholastic record, participation
and leadership in school affairs,
character and personality, special
talents, and qualities indicating suc
cess in college work and in future
activities.
Among those chosen was Miss
Barbara Caroline Tucker who is
i graduate of the Rose Hill - Mag
nolia school. As a student she has
an enviable record there, for in
the spring of this year she was
chosen as valedictorian of her class
and was. the recipient of three
medals indicating superior accom
plishment. These were the valedict
orian's, the scholarship, and the
citizenship medals. She is a member
of the Beta Club for outstanding
aigh school students, has served as
pianist for various school programs
xnd has taken tart in several school
plays. During her senior year she
was president of 'the graduating
class of 1953.
Mrs. Gib Fussell
Dies In Rose Hi
Mrs. Louise Fussell, age 72, widow
of the late Gib FusseL died at her
home in Rose Hill early Wednesday
morning after several years of de
clining health, :
Funeral services were conducted
from the Rose Hill Methodist Chur
ch this afternoon at 4:00 o'clock by
Rev. W. B. Cotton, pastor, assisted
by. Rev. C. T. Rogers, of Tarort
a former pastor and Rev. Wade
Allison, pastor of ' the Rose Hill
Presbyterian Church. Burial was in
the Fussell Family Cemetery near
Rose Hill. , . v
She is survived " by - six sons,
Commander L. H. Fussell of Patu
xent River, Md, Bernard Fussell of
Wallace, B. G. Fussell of Penderlea,
Bill, R. E. and J. L. Fussell all of
Rose Hill, three daughters, Mrs.
W. M. Rochell of Burgaw, Mrs.
Edith Alderman and Mrs. L. R.
Lanier of Rose Hill, ten grand
children and three great grand
children, three brothers, Lee Eakins
of Pensacola, Fla, Jackson and
Curtis Eakins of Watha, three sis
ters, Mrs. J. L. Harrell of, Burgaw,
Mrs. G. B. Savage of Hopewell, Va.
and Mrs. G. O. Griffin of Rose HilL
ere 3 barrels of mash. No arrest
were made. Raiders were deputies
Revelle, Boone and Houston
Saturday afternoon, Rossie Pick
ett, Will Green and wife Lillian
Green were picked up by deputies
McKay, Houston, Revelle, Boone,
and sherrif Miller for bootlegging.
Rossie Pickett had Wi gallons of
non tax paid whiskey. Will Green
had a third of a half gallon and
one pint jar full. Lillian Green" was
picked up for aiding and abetting
and her daughter Lillie Bell Jen
kins was arrested for being pub
licly drunk.
'The rate base used by the Com
mission was as of October 31, 1952
ind that the rate base used elimi
nated a portion of the amount of
money carried in the construction
work in progress account. By de
Jucting this amount from the rate
base, the Commission assumes that
the plant in such account will earn
at the rate allowed by the Commis
sion on other property when it i.
placed into service. This has not
been the experience in the past."
President Hill added: "The Com
pany has increased its telephone
plant investment by more than $5,
j00,0O0 since October 31, 1952, which
will tend to reduce the very con
servative rate of return allowed by
the Commission."
Mr. Hill concluded the Company
will continue to meet the demand
for service in its operating terri
tory to the best of its ability but
warned it no doubt would be neces
sary to make further applications
for relief to the Commission.
A public official who can be
bought usually gives himself away.
Home Work
(Do you believe in it?)
Polio Centered
lilies
RALEIGH N. C.
- Dr. J. W.
Norton, North Carolina State Health
Officer, issued the following state
ment: "No one need interrupt plans for
a summer vacation in North Caro
lina. ;
"Incidence of polio is abnormal'
in only a relatively small area sur
rounding the cities of Lenoir and
Hickory and including three coun
ties. In this area all agencies dedi
cated to combatting polio are work
ing vigorously with all possible
measures including inoculations
with gamma globulin. Sixty-seven
cases have been diagnosed in this
i-county area during July. In the
epidemic area there have been 167
ases reported since the first o!
January, with six deaths during
the entire year to date. (July 17).
"In all the other 97 North Carolina
counties, which embrace its major
.nountain and coastal resorts, onij
120 cases have been reported foi
the entire year, or approximately
three per 100,000 population.
"National medical authorities ci(
not consider polio is approaching
epidemic proportion until the num
ber of cases reaches 20 to 40 per
100,000 population.
"North Carolina's resorts, assem
blies and summer camps are pro
tected by rigid sanitary laws, and
are under strict health inspection
at all times.
"Ninety-seven of the 100 counties
in North Carolina are polio free
or have an incidence that is normal
or below.
"There is nothing about the polio
situation in North Carolina which
hpuld interfere with vacation t?av-
1 except into the small epidemic
area, and it is hoped preventive
measures now underway will clear
ihis area within a short time.
"These are the facts about polio
;n North Carolina."
Dr. Norton said that he was issu
ng this bulletin to provide news
papers and radio stations with cur
em and correct information to as
sist them in handling polio reports
.n proper -persptective. He said he
realized that great ' injustice could
oe done not only to North Carolina's
:ouvst industry, but to vacationists
themselves if they were deterred
.rom holiday travel to North Caro-.
ina resort areas because of misin
terpretation of reports regarding
.jrevalence of polio.
Body Repair
Shop
Coming Here
Service, Motor Company of Ken
ansville announces plans to open
an auto body repair shop here very
soon. They have purchased the old
Bowden garage and plans are un
der way for rebuilding it Work is
expected to commence next week
according to Emme,tt Kelly. - ,
' .. : - SMART HUSBAND Vs V' ? ,
A smart husband pretends to be
so busy his wife has io boss taing:
oecause he-hasn't time.
' V
PRICE TEN CENTS
Valdosta, Ga, July 16 Average
prices by grades on opening sale of
the 1953 crdp of Georgia-Florida
' flue-cured tobacco were generally
j lower than the first sale last year.
According to the U. S. Department
I of Agriculture, lugs and primings
which predominated the sales rang
ed from $1.00 to $7.00 lower. Also,
nondescript was down as much as
$6.50. Most of the losses amounted
to $1.00 and $2.00. However, leaf
I and cutters were steady to $3.00
per hundred stronger. Better tobacco
usually topped out at $64.00 with
occasional baskets going for $65.00.
Representative markets reported
the bulk of sales ranging from
$40.00 to $62.00. Estimated general
averages for morning sales at sever
al markets rapged from $48.00 to
$55.00. Last year first sales were
held July 21 with gross sales total
ing 8,837,440 pounds for an average
of $51.61 per hundred.
There was enough tobacco st
most markets for a full day's sale.
Deliveries are light and some are
expecting to clear floors to
morrow. General quality of the
offerings improved as compared
with first sales last season. The
percentage of good leaf and cutters,
good and fine lugs and fair and
good primings was larger. More
tobacco graded lemon and orange
color and less green. Bulk of baskets
contained fair and good lugs, low
and fair primings, low cutters, good
leaf and nondescript.
Compared with the 1953 loan
rates most grades averaged $4.00 to
$12.00 above their support prices.
Deliveries to the Flue-Cured Co
operative Stabilization Corporation
under the Government loan pro
gram were estimated to range from
8 to 12 percent of the sales at
several markets. Last year the take
during the first day represented
nearly 13 percent of gross sales.
Markets are allowed to operate
i hours daily or to sell a maxi
mum of 2,200 baskets per set of
buyers.
PEARL C. McDOWEN
Times Feature Writer
Twenty-five years ago my old-
, j . i 1 w...
gLiasmonea leacneia anu nj
"jishioned parents believed in home
Mwork. Bless their hearts! And
they believed in giving it regu
larly and in generous doses.
If a poll had been taken in our
school to see what per cent of the
students favored homework, we
probably would have voted it out.
But no poll was taken. There was
no controversy about whether we
should or should not have home
work. It was accepted as a neces
sary part of school activities.
Twenty-five years ago, generally
speaking, there was a TIME for
studying; there was a PLACE for
studying. It is true that there were
different types of homes. Some
were conducive to study; some were
not.
I knew a big family of Joneses
who came in from school, did thtir
evening chores, ate supper, then
assembled in the big room that
served as an everyday living room
and also as a bedroom for Pa and
Ma Jones. The winter evenings
were long. Friends often dropped
in for supper and sat by the open
fire to chat. Fnenas oiten visited
the Joneses to sit three or tour
hours after supper to talk and talk
and talk. Such interesting tales
were told by that old firesiae! How
the youngsters enjoyed listening!
Tales of long ago ana present ad
happenings were discussed. Cousin
Nathan Jones, who helped break
tne Hiderberg Line ana who was
seriously wounded, was asked to
; repeat stories he had so otten al-
ready told. Aunt Lou Jones, a
spinster, could entertain with tales
: of her girlhood days. After a lew
' minutes together each evening, rd
Jones announced that it waa t..i,e
to study. What a sname! Tne cnn-
dren went (sometimes very reiua-
antly) to the dining room where ti.e
big table servea as a aesk tor an.
That TIME for aoing homewoi
was in the daily schedule just
as eating and Sleeping were in i,.e
scheaule.
Next door to the Joneses lived
a family ol Smiths who rarely ev.r
studied at home and wnose paiviiuj
did not seem to care if they diun t.
The Smith boys went hunting, list
ed in the neignbornood ponas, and
went to school only oceasionai.y.
Their irresponsibile attitude towaiJ
school attendance and school work
could best be described by saying
that they were as carefree or as un
concerned about school as tne Iu
sie boys, (See "Taps for Private
Tussie' by Jesse Stuart.) A teacher
once said in referring to one of
those Smith boys, "He is just not
college material." There was
(Continued on back page)
FACTS ABOUT PEDESTRIANS
"at rercrntig of traffic fa
talities are pedestrians?
Of the 1.115 persons ki'led In
North Carolina traffic accidents
uurinr 195J, 248 tff re walkers,
according to fre Stite Depart
ment of Mstor Vehicles.
- w ot tiose pedestrian
fatalities were youngsters in t!ie
6-9 year age bracket Wherever
rve.- Walsh out tor chil