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h .V. VLVtVilV J-x-x ,ri. i.v n' . ,w-- Duplin Towns 12 P2S ; : This Week V in-551 : , ;.;.,.,;.C,:fe,sfffe i VOLUME XXIIKOl3 fg , III'1' -'-if -v : J ED IT A:-,:1$muf We don't care hor you bust them just as long as ybu buff the sound out of them. Just stop and tRink a . . minute. You are drmng along on .the highway and a car comes screaming, puffing or ; mostly busting at your rear. How can a cautious driver be' sensible , then? The theory is that automobile manufacturers put j adequate, silent, yet strong enough sounds on a muffler. So don't put the new gadgets, the wild gadgets, on ' your snuffler. , - i- : The State Highway Department in Duplin is giving Sample warning -that they are giving the public until April 9th to get their mufflers in order, after that date don't be surprised if vou are stopped by a Patrolman and asked "why haV ou got this noisy thing on your car?" ; Just be a little more quieter and you won't get f pulled. Information from State Highway Patrol J.R.G. TAXES ON THE FARMER'S MUSTS I'm not sure that I know economy but I know when you tax the little man too heavily with a v thought of giving big business an excuse to expand you are hurting the economy of the people. I don't believe in saturating big business but when you . saturate little business you are saturating1 the peo-i:--' :. pie."1" ". - ' ' . - Why add tax pnto fertilizer, which produces the food on our table, and let cold drinks and other luxuries go untaxed? If we don't want to buy these luxuries we can leave them off but we cannot leave off our. food. Where is the reasoning?, ! used, to wear long cotton underwear. Now I wear modern V underwear. If I don't have the money to payvfor this modern underwear I can wear the old style. I lived just as well 4hen as 1 do now. 1 The state is in a dither to find money. Well, find the money where it is. I'm reminded of Henry W. Grady's speech on "'the New South". Give the common people a beak and they will find the - way. Trust-tbcoJu wiU - f ollow. I think if we had listened to Governor itodges in the beginning the problem may have been solved easier. J. R; Grady. W O. P. HONORED AGAIN ' pVrintendent of Schools in Duplin, O. P. Johnson, last V-Jk, ( I -ived another high honor at the state .meeting of lAe NCEAAAsheville. He was elected president of the Divisiov'of Superintendents. Only a few days ago he was elected Vice President of the NCEA - which is tantamount to election to " residency. This only goes to show that Duplin can u Aings in a big way. we don t mean u. if. soicitea ims jod, in iaci we have our doubts that he even cherishes the idea but does indicate that North Carolina recognizes a leader '"hen we have one. More V. R. MURPHY WILLIAI The Presbvteriaa Church, no, I'd better put it that the Protestant Churches in the Greensboro area, ' have lost a great minister. Dr. R. Murphy Williams died there. Though he was a Presbyterian he was loved by all denominations in Greensboro. I recall several years ago I was visiting in the home of some friends there, who Were , critically ill and told me that Rev. Mr. Williams was " most attentative during, the illness. She is dead now but her husband is still living. ' He told me that Rev R. Murphy .Williams did i of Greensboro than any man in the city. Mr. Williams began his pastorate in Duplin County See story elsewhere, He Williams 6f the First Presbyterian Church in Wilson '- and Mrs. John D. Robinson of Wallace. He had other ' children; but at this writing I do not know who they . were. His wife was sister - Wallace, father or T. B. brother, Leslie N, w5hey, ' His first pastorate wa ey and Mt. Zioq (now Rose ... Although not a native son wf accepted him as an adopt ed son of puplin. J. R. Grady THE FREEZE. AND ITS POSSIBLE RESULTS The freeze over the week-end has damaged many hopes in Eastern Carolina, especially the Azalea Festival scheduled for Wilmington this week end. A letter'from Wilmington .today states that the freeze has hurt the Azaleas but that Wilmington is still beautiful and folks - will enjoy the sites during the week end. - . v 0 .. Nature has hurt us this year , but we must make h je best pf it. We, here in Duplin, may think we are offering but think -of the farmers in the Sand Hills , . who depend on peaches as we depend on tobacco. It has been suggested that farmers in Duplin who grow . cotton, loan part of their allotment to the farmers in r the Sand Hills, ; After all'Dupliri is no longfe 1 ' .cotton growing county so we wonder If some' of. our cotton farmers might loan . peach,CTowers::Vife& According to reports the tobacco plant bed damage . is not over about 15 per cent , It appears that there ."will be plenty of tobacco plants for everyone. So we would suggest that,we all be generous aud try to help out our ; neighbors,' though theybe, a hundred miles r .: ,(-) kenansville, north Carolina, nnnfi-; 3 RI A power to you, O. P. J.R.U. Methodists.. - One had been more good to the masses of was father of Rev, R. Murphy of the late Bruce Boney of Boney of Kenansville, and Sr., of Wallace. of Wallace,' Rockfish, Teach Hill) Presbyterian Churches. an allotment to some of the Prominent Greensboro Minister Dies R. Murphy Williams Began In Duplin Greensboro, March 27 The Rev, R Murphy Williams, retired pastor of the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant, widely known ..and rec ognized as Qreensboro's best known and best loved minister, died at Cone Memorial Hospital .tonight at 6:17 p.m. after 10 days' illness. He was 68. . He was stricken at his home the night of March 17 after a day of hospital visiting, working in his gar. den, and fishing. The funeral was held at 3 pm Tuesday at the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant by the pastor, Dr. Joseph M. Garrison and other min isters. Burial was in Green Hill Cemetery. Although he was a Presbyterian preacher by ordination, his mission extended far beyond the member ship of the church he built on Wok ker Avenue 45 years agd. He wajborn in Cumberland Co., June 24, 1868, one of 12 children of Charles Judson Williams and Lou Murphy Williams. He attended Sampson County schools, then poor, ly equipped in the postwar per iod. Tobacco Plants And Peaches Are Damaged By Cold Tobacco plants, peach trees and all truck crops were damaged by the cold wave which passed through North Carolina last week end. Probably tobacco suffered less but farmers reveal that from 15 to 20 per cent damage was inflict ed. Most of the damage was caus ed when canvass was blown loose and freezing winds allowed to hit the. small, plants. Peach trees were"-damaged ex tensively. Luby Anderson, authority on peach production in this area, says the peach crop "is gone.!' Some farmers with small orchards tried burning smudge pots but the freeze was too hard for the small and heat to make any difference. Strawberries have also been dam. aged. It is not known to what ex tent. The same is true with garden peas and other garden vegetables which had broken through the ground. I; is believed that some corn will have to be replanted. Sand cover, ed it uo to the extent that farmers are of the opinion that the grain will not brpak throne '"e nick cover of sand after sprouting. The Azalea Festival, in Wilming ton, will be staged week end with the parade Saturday morning at 11 a.m. The azaleas have been damaged but "the beauty of the plantations still can be seen." "4 ''I"!".'"" k'f T'l , FIRST WHITE BABY born in Duplin General Hospital is Mercheson Dunn Usher, son of Mr. and Mrs,. Charlie Usher of Rose H11L Dr. Mat thews of Rose Hill made the delivery.;- The baby weighed 8 pounds and 10 ounces. He is the Bth child. His father Is S3 years old and his mother 29. Mrs. Usher is the former Doris Stroud, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Stroud of Rose Hill. Mr Stroud was married at the age of 19.' It appears that the Duplin General Hospital has good future prospects, doesn't it? ' The nurse in the scene is Mrs. Reynolds of Ken ansville. -Photo by Bob Grady. ' ''' V ' Duplin Sheriff's Depirtment Is Busy Making Arrest And DuDlin County Sheriffs Depart ment has" had lts. hands full re. A 150 gallon submarine - type li quor stUl has been destroyed near Teachey.'' After deputies destroyed the still, searches in the woods re vealed 85 one bah? gallon Jan of il legal liquor. No arrests were made. Deputies w. v, Houston. T. K. Revellsy arid Constables W. C. Hill and Ward Carlton destroyed 79 gauon sun wiu eignt oarreis oi mash near Maxwell's Mill, in Smith Township, over the Week end. ; , In raids near Hallsviue. Sheriff Ralph Miller, Deputies Houston and Thursday, march in (),:.() In 1981, he entered the 'Agricul tural 'and ' Mechanical College (now State College) and complet ed work through the . sophomore class. He transferred to , Davidson College, where he was graduated In 189Q. Following that training, he attended the Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Va. His first pastorate was In Wal lace, where he served four churches, Wallace, Rock Fish, Tea chey and Mt. Zlon. During that time,' on June 11, 1899, he was or dained. Later he was evangelist of the Wilmington Presbytery for two years. . He was called in 1906 to the Greensboro church, which then had 50 members. The church has ex. panded its physical plant and mem. bership to more than 900 members. He is survived by the following children: Rev. R. Murphy Wil Uams, Jr., of Wilson;- Mrs. John D. Robinson of Wallace; Worth WU liams of Greensboro and Mrs. Thorn, as (Mary Bailey) Davis of New Orleans, whose husband is a Pres byterian minister there. School Of Dance To Present Program The Kenansville School of Dance will present four seasons in song and dance, in the Kenansville High School Auditorium, Monday eve ning April 4. The program will start at 8 o'clock and is being sponsored by the Parent - Teachers Associa tion. Admission will be 25 and 50 cents. "Juvenile Minstrel" To Be Presented At Warsaw ., School on April 7th v On Thursday evening,' April' 7th the Warsaw Rhythm Class under the direction of Mrs. W. W. Gar. ner will present a Revue in the Warsaw High School auditorium at 8 o'clock. The theme of the Revue will be a Rehearsal for a Minstrel Show. Forty (40) students in their colorful postumes will appear in dances, songs and skits which will be an attraction to the audience as weJl as laughs. The Warsaw Business and Pro. fessional Women's Club is sponsor ing the Revue, and are pleased to have these talented students to appear before the public in their musical rhythm. The admission will be 25c for school children and 50c for adults. Destroying Stills Douglas Shivar arrested Xd Houston for possessing non . tax paid whis key for; the purpose of resale. " Search of the area surrounding Houston's house uncovered about 2 gallons of liouor and several pint bottles of whiskey. ' He Is out of Jail oh a 1205 bond. . - Sam Williams, Jamas Henry Bry ant, and .Smith Bryant sre out of Duplin Jail today on $200 bond after admitting to law enforcement offic er that the liquor they, possessed was noh . tax paid for the purpose Of re-sale. They Jived, Iq the Halls- vma sacuon, . mi m u w u u w lm. Cooattei; A Report On ' A report from Mrs. Thurman Hussey of Seven Springs on Sam Byrd is as follows: "Think some of our readers will be interested in a late report I have had on Sam Byrd. At present he is again in Duke Hospital, where he is being treated by his doctor with a very new drug, in fact he is the 12th patient to be given it. He is in good spirits and full of plans. Although he did have a sudden drop in blood count on Sat urday night a week ago. They gave him a transfusion hurriedly and his folks were notified. On Sunday he was feeling much bet ter. Hope you all keep your fin gers crossed and how about some prayers? it helps a fellow fight. N. C. Brick Production Sets New Record Brick production in North Caro lina climbed to an all - time high during 1954 according to statistics of the United States Department of Commerce as reported in the Bu reau of the Census publication "Facts for Industry." Total 1954 production for all N. C. plants was listed at 487 million brick, a gain of about 6 per cent over the previous year, thereby set ting an all - time record for the state which has come to be known as the Brick Capital of the Nation. Spokesman for the local indus try point out that they are not at all satisfied with their 6 per cent gain, but in view of the 5 per cent drop in building permits from 1953 to 1954 reported by the North Caro. Una Department of Labor, any in crease tends to substantiate the claims of the Tar Heel brick makers that preference fo'&tbe product is on the increase. It is reported that six manufactur ers over the state are now rushing to completion costly expansion pro grams involving new tunnel kilns in order to meet the growing de mand for North Carolina brick in the variety of textures and pat terns now available. Duplin Basket Ball Tournament Clears $1430.83; Divided Among Schools A breakdown of the receipts and expenses of Duplin County Basket ball Tournament follows: RECEIPTS: 18 Feb 264.25 19 Feb 351.75 21 Feb 474.00 23 Feb 518.50 25 Feb. 615.00 TOTAL RECEIPTS 2224.50 EXPENSES: Referees '.330.00 Tickets 5.00 2 ticket punchers & 6 stamp pads 6.65 Telephone calls 13.00 set nets 4.50 Laundry on towels 8.00 Faison High School (calls) 2.00 Henry Moore 15.00 W. M. Ingram : . . 16.00 im White 4.00 Rosie Hardison ; . . . 20.00 Byron Teachey 20.00 C. A. Tanner 20.00 1 Electric Service 35.00 Trophies 297.52 TOTAL EXPENSES 793.67 Receipts of 2224.50 less expenses of 793.67 leaves a balance of 1430.83. This amounts to 143.08 per school. ation Milton Vesf Farm BT V. H. REYNOLDS Comity Agent A Demonstration on Irrigation will be held on Mr. Milton West's Farm 1 mile East of Warsaw, at 2:00 p.m. oq Monday, April 4. Mr. H. M. Ellis, who is in Charge of Agricultural Engineering Exten sion Work -at State College, will eon duct the demonstration. All of the major irrigation equip, ment distributors in North Carolina will have irrigation equipment on display. One complete system will be set up and demonstrated. -, Farmers need to know as much about Irrigation and irrigation eq uipment as possible before they in vest money in it The purpose of this demonstration is to give farm ers information that will help them decide' whether or not they want to buy irrigation equipment -and . if so How to Buy. .. .-., .To get to Mr. West's Farm from Warsaw, take Highway 24 towards Kenansville, to. Bradshaw'a store near Warsaw Town Limits. Take road, tattho left of Bradshaw's Store and go about 1 mile to, pasture and pond beside road. . . . j All people interested in rrigatlon are urged to attend, ? durtrS RATES: ! fSa pei' 1er in wea in . v.; sjf Calypso American New Hul; Estimated Calypso American Legion will oc. cupy its new "home" Wednesday night when a big round and square dance will be held. The structure cost approximately $4,500 and is 40 feet by 60 feet. Norwood Brogden, Post Com mander, said most of the work was done by members of the organiza tion. "In addition to our members saving us money, the workers yve had to employ to lay the blocks donated one day of their labor," he said. The main auditorium has a hard wood floor and will be used for roller skating in addition to danc ing. Brogden points out that "This building is to serve as a community center. We have worked hard and for a long time for such a building in Calypso and we are proud of it." ' A kitchen, 15 by 18 feet, is to be constructed at the rear of the new structure in the near future. Calypso American Legion was or Declaration Of Independence Is Given Students Seventh grade, pupils at Seven Springs school have been studying the United States and history asso ciated with it, causing it to develop into the greatest nation in the world. Jim Dunigan, instructor, directed the students in making a United States Flag. The boys and girls ct out the strips for the stripes and sewed stars on the field of blue rep. resenting each state in the Union. This Flag was hung in the room. Bill Chaffin, special representa tive of Jefferson Standard Life In surance Company, visited the room and saw the work done by the pu pils. After returning to his office, he had a facsimile of the Nation's Dec laration of Independence made and sent to the pupils. This document is to be framed and presented to the Seven Springs school and will hang in the school's library for all students to observe the Declaration. Faison School Man Is Honored C. P. Ellis, Chairman of the Faison High School committee has been named Vice-President of the Soijjh eastern District of the School Board 'Association. Appointment was made at a meeting of the group in Clin ton, March 16, 1955. The district is composed of Brunswick, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender, Duplin, Sampson, and Wayne Counties. 27th District Meeting Home Dem. Clubs Be Held Here April 14th The 276i District Meetine of the North Carolina Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs will be held on April 14th in the Kenan Audi torium, Kenansville with registra tion beginning at 10:00 a. m. Mr. Fulton Hodge, an Interna tional Foreign Youth 4-H Exchange Student, of Shelby, N. C. will be mt snenker Mrs. David Williams of Rockfiah Club, the Presiding Of ticer, and Mrs. A. B. Lanier of Rose Hill Club, Secretary, are in charge of this meeting which comprises Cumberland, Sampson and Duplin Counties. Bowden Girl Makes Dean's List Miss Doris Mozingo, daughter o.' Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Blalock of Bow. den, and a member of the senior class at Flora Mcdonald 'college, was named on the dean's list for the first semester, recently rel eased. This requires a grade av erage of 90 to 94. . Miss Mozingo, who will receive her bachelor of science degree in home economics in May, has made an excellent record at Flora Mc donald. In addition to good scholas tic work. She has been prominent In a ' number of extra-curricular activities. 'Her' junior year she was a mar. shal from the Zetesian society, and is Zetesian vice president this year was secretary of the Junior class and president of the home ec club her Junior year. This year she is one of the three seniors on the May Duplin M Jinlni Mtalde N. C. v T . Legion Completes Cos! Is $4,500 ganized in 1946. Soon after that time, an abandoned service station, on highway 117, was purchased from Legion member B. C. Albritton. From the beginning the organiza tion wanted to have a structure such as it now has. Over the years, through various money . raising drives, approximately $2,500 was raised. This money was used to pay for materials and labor.- The remaining $2,000 was borrowed. Purvy Davis, who was foreman of the block-laying asked his men to contribute part of their time, a day's labor, and each did so. "We are encouraging the youth of the Calypso section to use the building," Brogden said. "'Too, any worthy organization desiring to use the Legion facilities can do so.". B. C. Albritvon, who :ias been in strumental In the Post becoming a success, is at present serving as Dis trict Nine Commander of the Amer ican Legion. Warsaw Girl On Dean's List Miss Ann Bowden, daughter of Mrs. S. R. Bowden of Warsaw, and a senior at Florial Macdonald, was named on the dean's list for the first semester, recently released. This requires a grade average of 90 to 94 Miss Bowden, who will receive her bachelor of arts degree in elemen tary education in May, is vice presi dent of the senior class; recorder of points for the student body; has been on the staff of the college news paper, ''The Skirl"; vice-president of the French club; member of seve ral other students clubs, including the Math club and William Bartram Scientific society, both of which re quire a high grading in scientific subjects. ....... - Total Bonds Sales For Duplin Are Listed E. C. Thompson, U. S. Savings Bonds Chairman for Duplin Coun ty, today announced the purchase of Series E and H Savings Bonds to taling . $22,762.50 during the month of February. This brings the Sav ings Bonds sales total for the Jan uary and February period to $53, 118.75 which represents 16.0 per cent of the county's 1955 quota. A monthly sales report compiled in the Greensboro Savings Bonds of fice of Walter P. Johnson and re leased by State Chairman of U. S. Savings Bonds Advisory Committee, W- H. Andrews, Jr., showed, that sales during January and February for the entire state amounted to $10, 637,617.50. which is an 18 per cent achievement toward the 1955 state quota and a 21 per cent increase over 1954. Club Discusses Framing Pictures The Miller Home Demonstration Club met this week with Mrs. John Miller as hostess. A demonstration, "Framing Pic tures For The Home', was given by House Furnishings Leader, Mrs. Bland Rhodes. "Pictures should be judged and selected with care just as clothing, peices of furniture and other things in the home," says Mrs. Rhodes. , Mrs. John Miller, Community Ser vice Leader, urged the Women to help with community activities. Home Poultry, Care of .Baby Chicks, was discussed by the group. Mrs. Flave Mercer lead the devotional. TO THE LIVING FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS A VITAL MESSAGE FROM THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY "Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind . . The Rev. John Donne, noted English poet and philosopher, so wrote la his "Devotions," published in 1624.' Then this wise man added that which is now more familiar to. us: ", . and therefore never tend to know for whom e heEl tolls; it toils for thee." " ' Bella will toll at 1 piiiV E.S.T.) Friday April 1, through out the nation to signal the formal opening of the 1955 fund raising Crusade of the American Cancer Society. - They will toll on a note ot both solemnity and hopefulness for those living who through our joint efforts in this Crusade win be saved. -i ,, . Let us aU heed the words of John Donne this day and throughout April; let us not further diminish ourselves. Heed the bells. They toll for Duplin CountyThey toll lor you.. price Ten cents mm Screen jSiat aratflwne Eighth Asalea Festival Queen Sara Shane, lovely Hollywood act. ress seen in Universal . Internation al's "Magnificent Obsession" and countless television productions, has been selected Azalea Queen for the Eighth Annual Wilmington Azalea Festival. A native of St. Louis, Mo., and now a resident of fashionable Bev erly Hills, Miss Shane is five feet six, has blue - green eyes and honey blonde hair. Tentative plans have Queen Sara arriving at Wilmington's airport at 12:12 pm Thursday afternoon, March 31, after an overnight stay in Wash, ington, en route from Hollywood. She will remain in Wilmington for all of the elaborate Festival activit ies, and will end her reign late Sun day, April 3 when she awards the prizes in the $12,500.00 PGA Azalea Open Golf Tournament. Miss Shane had a career as a fa shion model in New York before moving to Hollywood. It was through chain store heir Huntington Hartford that she met her husband William Hollingsworth, a Califor nia realtor and socialite. Photographs of Sara Shane have appeared on the covers of many mo. tion picture and television publi cations, and she is currently shown modeling Bermuda shorts in a full page color picture in March 21 is sue of Sports Illustrated Magazine. , Though some girls might think that life had nothing else to offer after experiencing Sara's thrill ot being cast in a role opposite Rock Hudson in "Magnificent Obsession", Sara looks forward with unbounded enthusiasm to her first visit to N. C. and to playing her role as Aza lea Queen. She also anticipates excitement in a few hours of sight - seeing in Washington en route to Wilmington. Sara is a much - travelled young lady, but she says she has never seen the nation's capital except in the movies. Correction The Times regrets that the legil notice entitled "Notice of Sale" in the matter of Margaret H. Wolfe to R. L. Coburn; trustee, published last week and this week in tha Times was in error. The Times takes the responsibility. J. R. Grady '... T ,.)4;yi,;-aVf?.r - 4l
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