North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. 21, , .NO30 ILU5 UQ I I With SAM BYRD -' Art and The Outer Rank . The South hag 'become the butter- rollk and bourbon belt of literature. It has become pleasant for fel- - low artists to group un occasional, ly to swap talk and fan the air - with outlines, af new projects and . wash it all down with,, theme spiring draughts of bourbdn. The Southern writers generally fall into the violent school, the Jive-oak boys and the elderly-lady , tale spinners who drum up a follow. Ing' of women readers among the Clubs and libraries. The plantation has. taken a word ' : whipping since the first slave ship arrived on our. shores. The mind : inside out, the cook books stretch . from Key West to Kill Devil Hills, and the trick at the moment is for : the theme-twister to walk his dog . to the Magnolia tree along a more '- devious - route than his published predecessors. Last week we attended the North Carolina Writers Conference at Hat. , teras. .. -' The Invitation extended us be- I gan "Ship ahoyl and land ho! and V weigh anchors! The .conference will ; be 'gem' at Hatteras. village on the sand banks." 1 i Newly-come home and unacqualnt- ed with the North Carolina writers generally, we scanned the glittering - list to be 'present and eagerly ac , cepted the Invitation. . - Here was the chance to make .real literary pilgrimage. -, Okay,! So on the twenty-second we hit the mosquito trail. ' First stop Manteo and The Lost Colony. You may have seen this admirable symphonic drama with music and dance by Paul Green. I saw it early in its "Interesting run. If you saw It toward the be ginning of the run you will not recognize much of it now. The new .' r version features a; longer second act, battle, and line more of po c speculation on whether to dig f.; clams on the spot or follow teo and the friendly Indian it to Croatan. An Ibsenish chu-acter, torn with grief at the loss of her child and wrapped in a ' mighty gossamer : nightgown for a pioneer, tears at. fiM ftfil Bnit" tli MMltonM'a hMrt when the history needs a push up the hill. The battle impressed me as a chop-chop action, losing tension by lack of theatrical pyrotechnics. . The crowd scenes have been hand led expertly; the singing of the choir is beautiful; the lights brought down too low too many times for , mood effects and several times I . Itched for some flashes of electrical brilliance on the scene. . 1 The acting is often academic, suf fering, I expect, from family cast ' ing. Too much Playmaking and not enough Lambs Club guts. For example, the portrait of Queen Elizabeth is a broad carica ture which would anger the Queen could she see It. The Queen's Mast v eij of Ceremonies comes over as a - mere lad in fancy dress Jacking in the Queen. Frederick Johnson is quite good as Sir Walter. Father : Martin intones With increasing mon otony throughout the evening, but Grace Davis as Agona, the 'Indian squaw in pursuit of Old Tom Har- . rls, the beggar, is downright fine. v Fred Young was properly philo sophical and in good voice as the - beggar, but somewhere there in the second act when he stood atop. IVta u,nliu,allra nt tKA t tka colonists asleep and he a-guarding the lot, and became a man, I wished " Green had seen fit to write him in a lannara 01 riymoum sie insieaq of so many heady words. . . J The .Historian and John Borden "Were excellent, But Eleanor Dare . was of the opera and not the down- ; to-earth heroine I expected from this fine father of all the symphonic and historical dramas. ' . V ; - 1 ,tW- , ., At Hatteras, the conference was held at Durant's Motor Court, con verted from the old Coast Guard Station.- A former administration : building made 4 fin assembly- halh Cottages for the writers extended in two rows from this building leaving a sandy campus impres slon, " ' ,r- Thirty-two writers and their fam ilies attended the conference. - , STaVld Stick, a young ex-Marine Dav ha settled at KiU Devil Hills i his wife, three rental cottages security .and a thousand- books -00" the outer banks for research, poke the first evening on The Dare County Coast Country." -: Saturday morning,' - William T. Polk, associate editor of The Greens. : boro Daily News, talked on "The Writer and Today's South." Author of the splendid new book "South, ern Accent,"? Mr. Polk's talk was the high point of the week end. Between sessions, the writers bath ed in the sea, admired each other's children on the beach -and ate sea (Continues on Back), ' : Section I Roper I!?' A First President Mt. Allen College Mt. Olive l 1 I i ilfll in 1 1 1 i in mm , isj m.h,! m rn v l nil UH-HUH? HUH-UH! Baby Seai Lion wants to head for the ' ! tdeep end of the pool, but Mama ' ( says "nothing doing. ThereH : be no shennanlgans on Seal i i Island In the London, England, ! oo If she can help it The Teacheys Get If Tough Mrs. Graham Teachey of Atber taon suffered severe pain when a poiswnons snakt bit her on the loot at her heme recently.. She was taken to a Klnaton Hospital where she received treatment for several days. The Teaehey family, no don bt, feel that this ha bees) then bad year,.! Mr ; Teaehey. ha vine lost both of hia . parentii and hi home and all eontentf by fire, du ing the time. , . .. ' ;,.',yi, . Gredy Collage Hit Bf Topsail Slorni . The cottage of Dr. and Mrs. &C, Grady, af New Topsail Beach, was slightly damaged in last week's storm that whipped across the new beach development. "The Grady Cottage suffered wind damage at about $400. i Mrs. Grady and daughter Sylvia were In the cottage at the time of the. Storm but were unhurt, i Barefoot, Morgan And; Roberts Operating Big . Dixie Warehouse Whiteville Lubert Barefoot, of Ellzabethtown, Jimmy Morgan c'. Sanford and Clyde Roberts of Dur ham, will operate the Big Dixie Warehouse in Whiteville this year which Is located at the city limits, northeast of the courthouse, on the Claskton . Whiteville highway. The recently constructed ware house actually has three acres of floor space and is the newest addi tion to the Border Belt with com pletely new Equipment and facili ties throughout and boasting a-lighting system unexcelled in the en tire belt Barefoot, an Ellzabethtown busi ness man, has been (n the tobacco business for 20 years and formerly operated Warehouses in Fairmont and Lumberton. ; Morgan, who will Wayne Memorial Hospital Accepting Applicants For Practical Nursing The Wayne ' County, Memorial Hospital School of Practical Nursing Is accepting white students for the next class which will begin Oct. 4, 1954. To be eligible, for entrance applicants - must be between the ages of 17-45 years of age, in good health, .pleasing personality : and with a minimum of one year high schooling'. ' . v . - i ' -' There Is no tuition fee charged. Uniforms, books, -room and board, laundry of"untiorms and a monthly itlpend are furnished by the hospi tal while In training. Students re jeive training in the care of med ical and surgical patients, vara of Ceroid Cbrry Wins II. C. Trcctor Operators1 tonfest Gerald Cherry, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. X. Cherry of Wolfescrape, finished In third place in the State of North Carolina Tractors Opera tor contest. The contest was held In Raleigh on Friday, July 23 at State College. Cherry represented Duplin Coun ty in the 17-ounty Southeastern District contest and won the right to represent Duplin by winning the 4-H. County Tractor Driving coo N ANJMLLE,, NORTH CAROLINA, . THD KM m . -William Burette Raper, 26 year old ' pastor iopvtae huh Koaa rree ; Will Baptist Church hear Snow Hill; ' was appointed the firs president of the Mount Allen College, which will begin its - curriculum for students I in Mount 0)ive in September,; i ; His appointment was announced Monday, July 26, at an executive board meeting of the board of trust kees.' He was tne unanimous cnoice of the executive board, and plans to assume his, post August 2. ; ,t . .;? - Raper was born near Fremont and reared in the' Free Will Baptist Orphanage at Middlesex. ; He grad uated from Middlesex High School and received his Bachelor of X-rts degree in 1047 at Duke University. He received a Bachelor of Divinity from the same, university in 1052. In addition, to. serving as pastor, Raper is promotion director of the North Carolina' Free Will Baptist Convention; vice-president of the N, C. State' League Convention; a member of the board of directors of the Free .Will, Baptist Press at Ayden," nd a member of the Na tional ; Free Will Baptist League Board,,. Raper is married to the former Miss Annie Rose Mallard of Trenton and is the father of two daughters, who are one year old and one week old. He will finish his unexpired appointment as pastor of the Hull Road Church before moving to 'Mount Olive. Fire Destroys Blizzard Mill The Blizzard Mill at Herring Cross, roads on Mt. Olive, Route 2, was destroyed by fire when lightning struck the building about 10:00 p. m. on July 21. When the fire was discovered the top was falling in, and the en tire structure was destroyed. The mill was eight to ten years old and was equipped ' well and in good condition. Damage was estimated at about $30,000. ' The home of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Rhodes on Pink Hill, Route 1 was also slightly damaged when a chim ney, was struck i durmov the-..same storm that night ' ' ' - The . outcome of a man's court ship nowadays Is largely depend ent upOQ his income. Any man who lives to help other people will soon have other people living to help' him. serve as auctioneer for the firm, is a native of Sanford and has been in the tobacco business as an auc tioneer for . 27 years at Clarkton, Durham and."in' Whiteville. Rob erts, who Uvea on a farm near Dur ham, has put in 30 years in the busi ness fy Lumberton, Fairmont and Durham. Roberts will lead the Big Dixie sales and the assistant sales man ager will be Ralph Stevens, of Or rum and j Lumberton, who has had 17. years tobacco experience. Speaking for 'the firm, Morgan said that he and his partners select ed Whiteville for the location of their new warehouses because "Whiteville is the best tobacco mar ket lit the Border Belt. the new mother and baby; and care of sick chidlren. Training in the operating room, emergency room and other special departments is another.- feature of. the program, 1 . Upon completion of the 12 month course, the graduate is eligible for state examination to receive her license as a Trained Practical Nurse. Those desiring information : may write to the - School of Practical Nursing at the Wayne County Mem. orial Hospital in Goldsboro, N." C. Mercer Craft was the losing pitch, er, giving up 7 hits and, 5 walks. Bobby Rowe and Rickie Baldree were best on defensive for Falling Creek. ' - . . Third Place Jn test held in Wallace in June. In-ad- ditlon to the prize, he received the trip to the 4-HClub Week in Ra leigh July 'l9 to 23 where he rep. resented the Southeastern,- District of North Carolina In the State Trac tor Operator contest v; '-' The first winner was Max'Shoat of DavidsoA County: second place winner: was " Larry -Lancaster of f Beaufort County; and third place winner Oerald Cherry of Duplin. Record MISS ANNIE MAE BROWN County Supervisor of White - Elementary Grades Elementary Supervisor Miss Anrtie Mae Brown who has been teaching in the Rocky Mount schools for a number of years has accepted work as county supervis or of. the white elementary grades to begin work on August 1. Miss Brown comes tu Duplin County very highly tecommended. She is a graduate of Greensboro College and has a Masters degree. Miss Brown Is a graduate in music and was offered a job as supervis or or principalship in Rocky Mount but decided to come to Duplin County instead. Her work will be supervision of the elementary grades in the white schools. She is replacing Mrs. Susie Kate Teaehey who has resigned as county supervisor to go back to the class room, and will Jeach the sec ond grade in the Wallace School. Miss Brown will live at Charity with Mrs. D. E. Teaehey, Sr. Urn I Challenge You D. S. Williamson, a prominent farmer in Kenans ville, challeng. eo anyone m the eoonty of Dn- Hmntt TohnMa.-'W mm iof Mi tobaeeo leaf larger than one he found In his tobacco field. Mr. Williamson broaght the leaf to the office and several witnesses watched the measuring, 37" long and 23 1-4" wide BeUeve it or not! Recently B. V. Mallard of Johnson County had a leaf which measured 36" long; and 21 1-2" I In width. Accident Summary The accident summary for District Five Troop "B" July 19th through July 25th 1954 is listed here with figures in the following sequence Accidents, Killed, Injured and Pro perty damages. Duplin County (in that order) 5, 0, 3 and $2,375.00. Sampson County, 6, 0, 2, and $3,125. Wayne County, 5, 0, 0, $1,475. Total for the district, 16, 0, 5, $6,975. So long as the sale of alarm clocks i son the increase there is no reason for being alarmed. a i i -i C. HEALTH CRUISE SAILS YEAR-AROUND-Vnder the watch- ful eyes of the nurse-captain of the "Robert JS. Lee," two young patients board the cruise ship at the unique children's clinic of the Niagara Research Foundation, at Meadville, Pa. The clinic, : which treats cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy and spastic pa 1 tients, is outfitted with "do-it," toys,' all. of which require the I voun natients to exercise their affected limbs to product a desired fleet, such as whistle blasts -ig-' -Mi aboard th JULY 29, 1954 1 Haul "ATOM"IZERS FOR THE NAVY With all hatches, ports and vents buttoned up, the light cruiser U.S.S. Worcester steams through maneuvers in Caribbean waters with her "atom"izers going full-blast. The sprinkler system, which is designed to free a ship of contamination when it is subject to effects of radioactive dust and mist from an atomic explosion, was developed during ' recent bomb tests in the Pacific. . , County Briefs Mr. Charles Gillespie of Burns vine, N. C. registered druggist, has taken over the duties of Mr. Price at the Brewer Drug Company in Pink Hill. He is a 1854 graduate of the University o( North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Price and family have moved to Kenly. A certified bond -for $2500 was posted on Thursday .morning to re trieve the pane' 'thick which was confiscated in the A. B. C. whiskey haul made on Tuesday by Con stable W. F. Williamson. Dr. John F. Powers, Mrs. Gordon Kornegay, Mrs Brock, Mrs. Helen Bowers, Mrs. Norman Kennedy and Joe Costin attended the Eastern Dis trict Public Health meeting in Clin ton last week. Mr. Eloise Houston has accepted work with Yore Store, replacing Mr. Stokes Westbrook -who is going to opeate a service station. Mr. Howard Whltington. V. D. in vestigator from the U. S. Public Health service, visited the local i health Department- m Tuesday. As of Tuesday, no new cases of Polio have beer reported in Duplin. Supt of Schools O. P. Johnson and PWm D. Herring, chairman of the Board of Education of Rose Hill will go to Cullowhee College on Friday? July 30 to attend a School Board Association meeting. Mr. Herring will hav a part on the pro gram. On August 6 and 7 the School Board Association of this district, which represent; ut fifteen coun ties, will meet at .. -st Carolina Col lege in Greenville. All school board members are urged to attend. Reg istration is at 5:00 on Friday and the meeting closes at noon on Satur day. The easier a man falls for get-rich-quick schemes, the more he must stand. It sometimes helps a man up tn the world if he falls in with the right people. Monye is like a good book - the greater the circulation the more good it does. and old-timt "steamboatl. ttutio river tieamerr.-.!...y,'-ex rmmt tjjry K ':s?f ft MUBSCRUTIO 4 RATA eewnlest 14.09 onMd Of A 'A' . .. ' ' Must Improve 'Mixed' Condition Tobacco Meet Foreign Competition Two Tobacco Associates leaders declared this week that if farmers are to capitalize on the advantages American - grown flue - cured to bacco has in taste and aroma, "we must equal or surpass foreign pro ducers in on-the-farm grading and handling our tobacco for market." J Henry aughan of Elm City, N C, chairman of the group's board of directors, and E. Y. Floyd, Ra leigh, secretary, both tobacco farm ers, declared in a statement: "In recent months foreign manu facturers have increased their corri plaints about the 'mixed' condition of our tobacco. At the same time, there has been a noticeable and steady decrease in percentages of our tobacco used abroad caused by the manufacturers' preference for tobaccos which are marketed in uni form conditions as to quality, type of leaf, and size ofbundles. Furth ermore, it has been their experience that the foreign consuming publ'" will accept blends produced with gradually decreasing percentages of U. S. tdbaccos. "We have real competition abroad because foreign producing coun tries are doing fully as well as we are in producing uniformly bright colors and they are also doing a much better job than we are of preparing their tobacco for market. Consequently, we feel strongly that in the future, we must succeed in offering the foreign trade a more uniform product or else lose the preeminent position which our to bacco still has among world con sumers." Vaughan and Floyd said U. S. to bacco growers face a competitive situation and the way to meet com petition is to "equal or surpass them in quality and on the farm grading and handling our tobacco." In preparing the current crop for market, they urged growers to (1) market separately lugs, cutters, leaf and tips; (2) pick out carefully all green, red, dead and burned leaves and sell separately; (3) carefully pick out all string and other foreign matter; and (4) tie in uniformly sized bundles with butts about the size of a half-dollar. The two farm leaders emphasized that "since over one third of the to bacco we grow is exported, it is essential that every effort be made Argentine Governor To Visit Alphin's Tobacco Harvester Plant Governor Ricardo' Durand of the Argentine Province of Salta, South America will visit Alphin's To- bacco Harvester plant in Albert- son township on Friday afternoon. Geo. W. Giles, head of the depart ment of Agricultural Engineering of State College, called Mr. Alphin Tuesday morning to make an appointment. Tobacco Variety And Sucker Control Meeting Scheduled For August 4 Meetings will be held at Tobacco Variety Demonstrations on Wednes. day,' August 4, 1954, oft the farms of E. V. Vestal, Kenansville, N.C. and Marvin Raynor, Rose Hill, N. C. Rt. 3. The meeting at B. V. Vestal's farm, which is located about' 2 miles from Kenansville on the Chin, quapln Road,; will be held at 10:00 a. m. Varieties in this demonstra tion are: Vesta L Vesta 8, Vesta S, Dixie Bright 101, Dixie Bright 102, Virginia Gold, Oxford 1, Oxford 1 181. 2041, 3001, 3007, and 3044. The, meeting at Marvin Raynor's farm, which la located about 3 miles south west of Brlce'i Store and loins James. Ward's farm, win be ield at 3:00 pjn. Varieties in this demonstration include Vesta L Ves S.Mt dm year a Uupua and edJoinla tun t, . n. . s.'a.ii-.w.- this area m .ltti IS. hM Q Chickens ' 'TV-, A by growers to prepare the current crop for sale in such a manner as to please in so far as possible the foreign manufacturers who use our tobacco." Floyd added that tobacco growers have mad real progress the past 20 years and they want to hold these gains. He emphasized that they can do this "if they keep abreast of developments and adjust their course to new situations. In conclusion, Vaughan and Floyd said that "county agents and other agricultural workers are fully aware of the seriousness of the on-the-farm grading problems we now race with foreign users of our to bacco and are prepared to, provide growers with detailed information on the subject. Farmers Warned 01 Tobacco Rumor " " (EVom Kntsto'rf'tFreV'F-ress) The perennial rumor among far mers that they can just gather up a sheet of assorted- tobacco, carry it to the Georgia market and get top prices for it was spiked by a statement made Friday by Negro County Farm Agent W. N. Payton, Jr. Payton, who spent the early part of this week observing he Georgia market, emphasized that there is no validity at all to the rumor. Rather, he said that farmers will get a good price for their leaf there only if they observe the same prep aration steps as if they were sel ling in Kinston markets. Payton pointed out that he obser ved unsorted, dirty leaf there was bringing about ten cents less than properly handled weed. For the benefit of those farmers who may be taking tobacco South for early sales, Payton said they should grade it carefully, remove all dirt, strings and other foreign matter, get the leaf in workable order, ffick it tightly on the sheets with the heads out in a straight form. "Buyers in Georgia, just like those here, are interested in buying tobacco, not trash," he added. The governor is making a study of North Carolina tobacco grow ing methods and wants to learn about "modern methods in the to bacco industry." Mr. Alphin's recent invention of a tobacco harvester, has been of much interest to Duplin County and to the farmers of the State. ta 5,' Vesta 8, Dixie Bright 101, Dixie Bright 102, Golden Cure, 2041, 3001, 3007, and 3044. ' All Duplin County farmers and other interested people are invited to anena inese meetings ana oo servethe different varieties grow ing side by side. Al varieties in the demonstration are Black Shank re sistant except Virginia Gold and Golden Cure. Some of the experim ental varieties look very good and probably will be released to the farmers soon, 1 1 , , , , . .' . . Backer ' Central With MH-38 , There will also- be a plot treated for sucker control with MH-30 at each of these demonstration. MH-30 was "used for .sucker ..control in J North Carolina tor the first time In 1989 and looked very promising, C ' ' Constable Bill Williamson of Ken. ansville caught two Goldsboro Ne groes with the goods Tuesday night, the goods being the biggest A.B.C. whiskey haul in the history of Du phn County. Williamson was .in his car out on No. 11 a mile north of Kenansville waiting to serve papers on a man. Approaching Kenansville was a black Chevrolet truck that remind ed Williamson of a truck the sher iff's office had been on the look out for during the past several months. Williamson stopped the truck and asked Ira Blount, Negro man of Goldsboro, for a look at his driv er's license. In the front seat with Ira Blount was William Henry Blount of Goldsboro. The men are noArothers. , The truck was registered in the name of Raymond Scott of Golds boro and is used for hauling chick ens, Sheriff Ralph Miller said. Inquisitive Constable Williamson thought he would like to see the Blount boys' load of chickens. The truckload of chickens prov ed to be 284 pints of A.B.C. whis key, better standard brands, wrap ped four to a paper sack and pack ed neatly into chicken crates. Labels on the pint bottles proved they had been secured from the Pink Hill A.B.C. store. There were no chick ens in the truck. The two Negroes were lodged in the Duplin County jail, charged with transporting tax-paid whiskey for the purpose of sale. Mr. Scott of Goldsboro identified his truck Wednesday morning at Kenansville but disclaimed any knowledge of the Blount boys' whiskey hauling. The Negroes were freed under $750 bonJ each Wednesday morn ing. James F. Strickland of Goldsboro stood the bond. MRS. ADA CLMORB CARLTON Mrs. Ada Elmore Carlton, age 77 widow of the late M. J, Carlton, died suddenly of a heart attack early Monday morning, July 26 at the home of Mrs. Myra Carlton in Warsaw after having been in de clining health for the past several years. Funeral services will be held Tues day afternoon at 4 KM from the Johnson Baptist Church near War saw; by Rev. Paul Mull, pastor. The body will lie in state at the Church for one hour prior to the funeral service. She is survived by three sons, James Elmore Carlton of Raleigh, Eugene R. Carlton of Warsaw, Wil bur F. Carlton of Charlottesville, Va., two daughters, Mrs. Estelle West of Clinton and Mrs. JX R. Barringer of Burlington. Seven grandchildren, two great grand children and several nieces and nephews. Clarkton Vhse. New Management Clarkton Warehouse, formerly op erated by Dudley and Dale, is now owned and operated by Dallas Rake straw of Stoneville who has been connected with a- Reidsville Ware house since 1929; Jeff Webster of Stoneville who has worked in Ware houses since 1944; Dewey Huffins of Reidsville, who has been in the obacco business since 1924 and Bust er Pinnix of Reidsville, an experi enced tobacco man since 1929. Bos well Is the auctioneer with a sale every day. August second, opening day, there will be a second sale. Strouds Arrested O. B. Stroud and Forst Stroud, were arrested Sunday night- by Deputy Sheriff W. O. Houston and Patrolman C. C. Hester. The arrests were made near Magnolia. O. B. Stroud is charged with drun ken driving and operating a vehicle after license was revoked, Houston said: One-half of a one-half gallon jar of bootleg whiskey was found in the car. Forest Stroud is charged with public drunkenness. Both are out of Jail under $150 bond each. Curings coming from the barns show nice quality, with plenty of color and grain. LAFF - A - DAY if -Jl "Who made out . v.aiK.n WHdultt". t,M'lMMV 1.11 It 31 M I I