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in if I- - , VI " ' 1 ' ' 'A :' 'W: JiJJi This Week I , ' -II 1,1 VOLUME XXII , 50. 30. KENANSVILLE, NOKTH CAftuUNA, THURSDAY", JULY 23, 1955. B(JB8CBIPTKN BATES: $3.69 per 7 ear In Dmplln and adjoinfaif nvntin- MM nntelrU thin am In N. C: (S 00 enMde N. C. PRICE TEN CENTS v. y III -'Y ::' .'' I . I - II I I I I I v .,1 T ' I: " 1 k- W i aidUVE . iii. ,ii nil , .1 ..f o ?st7lb fcraers lpvoie eirolos Dy Btj iJorgm ; Duolln bounty farmsrs r-over- "whelmingly appwved tot t con tinuance, of flue-cuxed lobia iuo- taj for three more years and the Tobacco Associates organization. According to Mrs. Dora Betty " Bell, WSC off ice unanager, a&6 farmers voted in fthe referendum Saturday in'Duplin'County. There axe approximately "7,900 - eligible voters m IDuplin. n hefjuBStiofiTjfrttObflctS uo tas, 3,147 voted in favor of the continuance for three years, 76 voted for one-year quotas and 112 voted against quotas. Voting in the various townships was as follows: Albertson, 303, for, fire against; Cypress Creek, 300 for, 24 against; "Faison,"99 for, five against; Flisson 210 to 6; Island CreeTt, 307 to 14; Kenansville, 318 to 2; 'Magnolia,, TOO tto 1; :4ineston(t 536 to 11; Rockfish, 129 to 10; Rose Hill. 95 to 17; Smith, 348 to 3; War- Oldest Memkr Church Dies "'The oldest member- of Alum Springs Baptist Church passes. H. Preston Chestnut, 84, of the 'Out law's Bridge community died Sun day in Duplin General Hospital at Kenansville after an illness of nine days. Surviving are one son.Dan el Chestnut of Route 2. TOt. XJlive; two daughters, Mrs. Charlie 'Ver non of Route 1, Seven Springs, and Mrs. Albert Jones of Route 1, Mt. Olive; seven grandchildren and six great - grandchildren. Tuneral ser vices were held at Rooty Branch Free Will Baptist Church at 3 p.m. Monday. The Rev. Paul Barwick of ficiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. He , was a member of Alum Spring Missionary Baptist Church. WHY NOT COOPERATION? There seems to be a division in thought between the; at ii AC i -n,,i; r Aj larniets ui hui uihu aiiu ouumciu jujjjuii Kvuiny. nu; it seems tne old JrJViA ana present asl. is tne center 01 the controversy. Just why the farmers from the northern end of the county and the southern end can't get together, I don't know why. We all have a common cause. Selfish in terests on the part of one farmer causes a loss to the community and no, gain, to him. We have a common nrnhlom anrl that ic mHntr f , . x, " . ? , . . try and gam more than your neighbor gams, gains no one anything. As the old saying goes we want to "Out- ,. T i Tir 11 1 j?. j ii. live the Jones. We all know this doesn t gam us any- thing. In the old days when neighbor helped neighbor "put in tobacco" and saved the cash that is involved to day we all go along better. Duplin is no larger than it was vesterday. Why can't the farmers and the ASC or ganization from all Sections, and work out a working organization? It can be done, if we'll just make up our minds to do it. Moss Hill Telephone Exchange Is Expanding; Albertson New Section Moss Hill telephone, exchange car pacity is to be increased by approx imately 10Q per cent within the next . year. ' ' W. E. Thornton, Manager of the Kinston office of Carolina Tele phone and Telegraph. Co., informs that equipment, is ordered and a . r.ew exchange building has been " built for the expansion program. , Albertson also known s Holt's Store, is to be served off- the ex- change, v . . . ' -.--i- ii . Thornton Informs that already, a " petition, with 99 names has reached his desk asking for telephone ser , ' vice off the Moss Hill exchange. " At present, there are between 108 "and 110(phonesvat Moss Hill. Com- munities served now Include Sandy . Hnttom. Mosa Hill. Seven Springs. ' to Frank Phillip's home on iigh- way 55 wast of Seven Springs, Lid- I deft, Hardy's Bridge (east), toward J ep Run about three miles and in-.! Oth..W. H. , Howell and Emmett Is sections.'.- ' v -ft .'-' The Moss Hill exchange was ,pu into operation in April, 1953. Moss - Hill's Ruritan Club took thai se rf curing Of phones for the rural com munity iits'maln project At the time, feler Davis was presi " dent of the Club. ; ' Davis points out that through the ' Club, th rights-of-way were secu- ed, fights-or-way cleaned ana tnree ," 1 jjibonei per mile signed up.-,..-t "The Club worked for over two ' "years to get the telephones.'' Davis .v: skid. "We are mighty proud of what the Ruritans did, for the commun ity.' ."- ''; A i The constructioii of larger ex " " change marks' the' community" at' l- cne of progress The new concrete ' Mock building was constructed by v ). J. Rouse and Son Contractors.! Thare has bee no defaiite action, saw, 175 to l;.snd. Wolfscrape, 167 jto 7. 1 ' .This is a percentage of 96.5 in favor of, tobacco quotas and 3.5 ag ainst it. - ,i v . Voting i Set iTobaceo. i Associate? were 303 Jtecmers. wlHje. 119 voted against the Program Voting by townsWpswas. (firet ijgure ! beirjigtlhP.sevVolS for and second fcguift; those. yotiRgflgainst); Albertson, 803 to 10; Cypress Creek, 309 to 22; Fawon, 102 to 6; Glisson, 1:16 to 3; Island Creek, 319 to Kenansville 321 to 4; Magnolia 166 fo-4; Umest0ner534 to 17rfftockfish, 1 36: to 10r RoseSHUU M ia I7r Stntth 344 to 3; Warsaw, 180 to 4; Wolf- scrape; 174 to V. BY BOB GRADY JPtohnue M 'tew days aso I receive the :4ourt.h .editioli . of "Incidents By The Way.' from Wm. R. Kenan, "Jr., published in 1955. Bjs prologue 'as: The size of wage or . salary Or prominance on earth Is not the -true criterion Of-what a man is worth It matters not how large or small "His pocketbook may be But what he only trie to do For his Community. He Adds Mr. Kenan adds in the forepage: "The educational program should be devoted 'to the whMe student not only the training of the intel lect, but evolution of The spirit and the rounding of personality. I shall always feel that what ever success T have attained "I owe in large measure to those indtiUible : impressions created in my cellege i days through my association -with Faculty and Students." a livincr fnr niir famttips Tn Of the COUntV get together , Briefs ,VNEW BUILDING The largest building shown is the new -Moss HiU telephone exchange. It will go into operation-sometime within the next year.., The small building' in the background Is the present and original exchange. The Moss Hill exchange is being increased tn capacity. Al bertson is to be served. (Gazette Photo.) ' ' Thornton-informs, but the D, Mr Price section , on highway 111, southwest of Seven Springs, also- Is to receive service oft the Moss Hill exchange. t;-: . ' - ;,:. - - "There must, first be some inter est by the pepple in the commun ity,) her informs. - "The three main requirements' of cleaning and - se curing ' rights-of-way" and "those who want phone3, are left up to the people entirely." , . -Not only has Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Co. -expanded ia the Todocco Saturday Post Office Giving Extra Service r ,conf0rmity ,to postal pracliqes Kenansviiie Post Office has j Saturda after. ,nCat , n.(.lo(.v However duvto the increased labor of the farmer at this season of the year and the i&bundanee , of -psthigges ; for -fasnpi rbor ptmterT. Holland hs I , . ... tpmnnrarv rehef - vice which will allow the local post office to remain open until 4 o'clock each Saturday beginning July 23, and ending September 3rd, in clusive. After this date, the office will resume normal operation. This is a local service for the busy farmer at this time. Persons wisttmg delivery of packages are urged to call for them before 4 p.m. on Saturday. After the hour of 4 p. m. the postal employees will be busy dispatching mail for the day. I, F. Wifheringfon Dies In Chapel Hill Mount Olive, July 27 Isham Faison Witherington, 64, secre ager of the Mount Olive Pickling Company, died Tuesday night at fl:30 o'clock at North Carolina Me morial Hospital in Chapel Hill. He had been a patient at the hos prtal since July 20. Death was at tributed to omplications following an operation. TTitherington was the son of the late Benjamin B. Witherington and Mrs. Annie Hicks Witherington of Faison. He was an alumnus of the University of North Carolina and aveferan of World War I. He had been secretary-treasurer land general manager of the Mount Olive Pickle Company since its or- ganization in 1924 and had seen it snw from a small business de- Knod to saVag ;e a surplus crop Into a large concern. He was an eider in tne Mount 1 Olive Presbyterian Church and had served for a number of years as superintendent of the Sun day school. He was also a member of the Rotary Club and the Cham ber of Commerce, U Funeral services were held at the 1 graveside in Maplewood Cemetery j Thursday at 10 30 a.m. with the Rev. b. e Dotson. pastor of the ITirst Presbyterian Church, officiat- m ing. Surviving in addition to his moth er are his wife, the former Ruby Neal Thompson of Orlando, Fla., one son, Dr. Dexter Witherington, Mt. Olive; one daughter. Mrs. Elliot Hester, High Point; one brother, Jr., Faison. A Moss HiU. section, but . throughout its area. ' Thornton says that" during the past year, the Company hat aver aged installing 60 new phones, pev month.- This : is an increase per month. He pointed out that the Kin ston 'area' had an increase last month of 108 telephones. This means we had to handle something like 300 or 350 installation or tak ing out of phones during the month, he said. tJ-r :,x -f-:j '?. v : ;'-t From Our Readers i TOPPING TOBACCO yThe Carroll Plaz Hotel 230 Market Street, Paterson 1, NJ. Dear'.J!ditor: Couldn't help but notice your ctrticle about topping tobacco. I often, wondered about that too. I know my Dad always topped his to bacco early? One good thing about it is She later you break the tops out the less suckees you have to break oaut. I anv-eencloslng a .Bjoney order. Please Vkeep the Timas coming my way. I !Btl like I am ra , Jojag way from home and get pretty homesick sometime, and reading ,Mie-paper from home sure helps :a lot you know ThankKrsgood luck, and CGod bless you, Sincerely, Mrs. Hebecca E. Fretle-Hitft Nathalie Gas Is Introduced Here By Johnson Cotton Coi "Nathane" a new name in fhe liquified petroleum gas industry of tne Carolinas, went on sale thi week in Duplin County and throughout 43 other counties of North and South Carolina, it was stated today by L. Si. Fussell, man ager of Johnson Cotton Company in Wallace. "Nathane" is the reg istered trademark name of a pro pane gas all-purpose fuel which is being distributed exclusively by the stort-s of this firm. The fuel is packaged in a new l.ulk plant recently erected in Dunn. At the present time it is- put up in 20 pound and 100 pound cylin ders for both residential and com mercial use. .Later, bulk delivery Eervice and tanks will be made av ailable to large commercial and industrial consumers of the area. Johnson Cotton Company start ed in the gas business in 1947, with their first installation bein made on July 12 of thtrt year iriTheTiome of the late Mrs. A. A. Wallace in Erwin. N. C. This installation is now Wing used by her daughter. Mrs. Elwood Johnson, who is also using the gas range installed for her mother. Since this customer service first began, the list of users has grown to a figure well over 5,000. J In this area the use of L.P. gas Pnnvpnipnt and dpnpndable f j has kept paca witn the industry in the United States as a whole and, with th' exception of the elec tronics field ITV, etc.) it is Ameri ca's fastest growing industry. In addition to its economy, cleanliness and great speed, the safety record of gas leads the entire fuel indus tiy. The new bulk plant assures cus tomers of the Johnson Cotton Com pany stores of ample supolies ef fuel under the most demanding con ditions. The plant is now delivering is many as 300 filled cylinders in ten hours, and its unloading pumps can empty a railroad tank car in five hours. The 30,000 gallon bulk tank has a storage capacity of about two and one-half railway tank cars. The plant yard has sufficient size to accommodate many additional ?torage tanks as the demand for Nathane grows. Shipments of this premium quality fuel are received regularly from one of the country's newest and most modern refineries. Propane gas is a by-product of the manufacture of gasoline, and in its purification process the re finery removes those carbons which are not consumed readily at the normal cooking temperatures, so that domestic and commercial pro pane gas burns completely without leaving smokJ residues on cooking utensils. The distribution of Nathane gas in me uupiin . Sampson area is under the management of G. T. Mat- lins, manager of the appliance de partment of Johnson Cotton Com pany. Local service and installation are in charge of Morris Harrell. The new bulk plant in Dunn is under the supervision of Marvin Godwin. Jack Crawford is plant manager, Billy Hobbs is plant operator, and Jesse Strickland is in charge of dis tribution to the stores. "Nathane," the name, is very ap propriately based on the first name of Nathan M. Johnson, founder of the group of stores. In this connec tion W. O; Smith, Secretary - Treas urer of the concern, states: "It is with great pride that we introduce a product and a service of the quality of "Nathane',' ,and we take additional pride: Jft the significance of the name. Eaeh"member of our organization in the Carolinas pled ges himself to see that every "Na thane" gas customer is given the finest- service, the greatest value and the most complete satisfaction that the Jiamedmpliea. Mr. Fussell says: "We are happy to have our own supply source for our gas. We know that we will have ample- gas for "-allour -customers, and that this gas will really be a premium grade product which we .can sell at regular gas prices. . The assurance of an abundance of this uniform, ' high - quality fuel will meofi a great dear to bur hundreds of .customed 4o fwhom Tsthane is now being' delivered." t-i . 4 - - . . ; - i-ww. iiMISBliMilifi .4 THIS IS TOBY, hoping lo take iV l ifa. . ' l'x.i" M'-O with a hearty "thank you" to evei yone who contributed to the Christmas Fund campaign of The Children's Home Society last December. The Society, only state-wide, wo3untarilysuj)ported adoption agecy in the state, helped 478 children from all parts of North Carolina last year. With headquarters in Greensboro .file agency has given its services lor 53 years free-of-charge to mothers needing to wiake adoptive plans for their .Children and to coupleB wanting to adopt a child. Record Volume Of Tobacco Moves On The Georgia - Florida Market Duplin 4-H Gir! Attends Music Workshop At Catawba College; Tells Of Experience BY SHELBY SHEFFIELD ' sion of .special recreation training, The week I spent at the Catawba i where we enjoyed folk games. Music Education Workshop in Sal- Wednesday night we sang in the isbury was a wonderful experience First Baptist Church at their regu for me. - . - ' lar ta.ver'servioe. We sang "Heav- The week began with registration enly Light," an anthem we learned Sunday afternoon, followed by a tea in the Administration Building. On Sunday evening we attended in spiring vesper services held on the 'awn of Mt. Vernon, home of Miss Huth Current, State Home Demon stration Agent. After vespers we enjoyed a social hour. Each morning, Monday through Thursday, began with flag raising at 7:15. Classes in Vocal Techniques, rnd Music and Recreation were conducted throughout the day. At r.ight we attended special programs. Monday night w? saw a demonstra tion on "Opera Film Forum.' which followed a very interesting talk on opera by Norman Cordon, Head of the Institute of Opera at the Uni- versity of North Carolina. Tuesday night we attended a ses-' From Congressman Mr. J. R. Gradv. Editor DUBLIN TIMES DUPLIN TIMES Kenansville, North Carolina Dear Bob: This morning I received a letter from Colonel Hill concerning the Ordination To Be Held This Sunday Mr. Stradford Thomas Snively, the minister - elect of the Grove and Hallsville Presbyterian Chur ches, will be ordained and install ed this Sunday morning at the Grove Church. The service will begin at 11:15 a.m. .Mr. Snively, who hails from Ocean Grove New Jersey, is a graduate of the State Teachers Col lege at East Stroudsburg Pennsyl vania where he received a Bache lor of Science degree in Education. He comes to Kenansville from Un ion Theological Seminary in Rich mond Virginia where he received his diploma in May. Wilmington Presbytery examined Mr. Snively on July 25, 1955 and has appointed a Commission of Presbytery to ordain and install him. The ministers on the Commis sion will be The Rev. James Mil ler, formerly the minister here in Kenansville, The Rev. Leslie Tuck er of Chadbourn and The Rev. N. P. Farrior of Pink Hill. The elders assigned to the Commission are Mr. B. V. Wells of the Grov C"i-h and Mr. Andrew Miller of the HaHs- Ville Church, Rev. Miller will ie- nearly two hundred people have at. Uyer the message, of the morning. tended nature toftrs conducted at ( This Saturday night from 8 p.m.lthe c'"s o the-Neuse State Park to 10 p.m. an informal reception WJU I awce the park went on its summer be held at the manse in honor Of ' schedule at the first of June. Tout s, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Snively ,the pa rents of the new minister. Mr, and Mrs. J. O. Pittenger, aunt and un tie to Mr. Snively, and Mr. Ge'orge Penn, a family friend of the Snive ly!, are expected to be present. Members and friends of the two churches are cordially invited to attend. .After the Sunday services, a din ner will be served on the lawn of the1 manse for the members of the two churches. turn '"A I,, f-s'w m "'1 ' ' J . Vi. -I your mind off the rising mercury in the general session conducted each day by Dr. Arnold Hoffman. Director of Music in North Carolina Public Schools. Thursday afternoon we gave a thirty minute concert over a local radio station in Salisbury. Thurs day night we gave a public con cert, singing the songs we had learn d during the w;ek. The 4-H mem- iters sang "America the Beautiful" with a descant. I could never tell everything I learned nor all we did at the work shop. But I can truly say I enjoyed every minute I was there. Dr. Hoff man and his staff of fine workers were wonderful. I want to thank everyone who helped to make it j possible for me to attend the Mu- sic Workshop at Catawba College. 1 Graham Barden North East Cape Fear River pro ject. You will note from the en closed copy that rather than submit an unfavorable report, the matter was called back for further study in August 1950, but due to the fact that the Korean War curtailed their money on navigation and flood con trol reports, they haven't been able to give the matter further consid eration. It appears from the Colonel's let ter that he plans to complete the ftudy just as soon as funds become available and in all probability in connection with this, they will hold public hearings. Of course, when they get to the point of a hearing, that's where you folks come in. I'll depend on all of you to convince the Corps a favorable report is justified at the public hearings. Wo can't move further on the matter until we are able to get a good report. With personal regards, I am Yours very truly, Graham A. Barden 21 July 1955 Honorable Graham A. Barden House of Representatives Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Barden: (Continued On Back) Nature Trails At CHIfe' Prove To Be Popular Among Visitors 'Despite the hot weather and competition from the park's lake which' are conducted by the pa.-fc naiuraiisi, James f. Gillespie, are in connection with the nature pro gram of-the park. In addition to those attending conducted tours, an estimated 1,300 persons have taken hikes alang one or more of the park's three nature trails, - . . Vie largest group to attend a na ture tour has been from the Rec reation Department of Mount Oliv-i with an attendance of 41. Some other special groups taking nature ASC Officials Conduct Hearing At Ag Building BY PAUL BAR WICK Twenty - six new-grower tobacco allotments in Duplin County have been under investigation and spot checking for the past month, It has been revealed. Agriculture Stabilization and Con servation officials from Raleigh and Washington, D. C. have been sit ting in on the Board of Review this wpek at he Agriculture Building, in Kenansville. Of the 26 new grower allotments, 21 were cancelled after investiga tion by State ASC officials, John W. Jump and Don Moody. The Review Board is composed of O. L. West, A. R. Bullard and w E. Johnson, of Samnsop County. They were appointed by Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson to review the 12 applications, out of the 21 cancelled, which asked for a review of theii new-grower al lotment cancellation order. E. F. McKeown, who is a member of the General Council of the Unit ed States Department of Agricul ture, is also on the questioning board along with J. L. Nicholson and J. M. Henley of the North Ca rolina ASC. New-grower allotments which A record volume of tobacco mov ed on the Georgia-Florida flue-cuc-ed markets opening week of the 1955 season. The U. S. Department of Agriculture reports average pric es by grades lower than during the first week last year. Most offer ings consisted of primings and lugs with little chango in general qual- uity. - Gross sales on July 21 and 22 amounted to 22,740,664 pounds and averaged- $48.35f per- hundredr The average dropped $3.49 from the first two days last year Volume increas ed nearly 8 1-2 million pounds. In dividual market averages for the two days were from $44.05 to $53.17 compared with $43.38 to $57.27 last i year. Declines in grade averages were mostly $3.00 to $9.00 per hundred. ' Extreme losses in lowest quality lugs, primings and nondescript ranged to $14 75. Medium quality lugs and primings which moved in a large quantity were down gener ally $300 to $8.00. Auction bid av erages on leaf, cutters and better lugs were only slightly higher or $1.00 and $2.00 lower than their sun. port levels. Averages on other grad es ranged from $5 00 to $14 00 above their respective loan rates. Growers delivered around 30 per cent of their offerings to the Flue cured Stabilization Corporation for Government loan opening day. This was one of the highest takes since the support program on an individ ual grade basis was started in this belt in 1947. Last year receipts for the first two days represented 5.4 percent of sales. A larger percentage of the mar ketings was made up of low and fair primings. However, the propor tion of low and fair cutters increas ed. The shift was principally from low to good lugs. The markets are allowed to sell 2200 baskets or piles per day per set of buyers. Preston Chestnutt Funeral services for H. Preston rhestnutt. 84. of the Outlaw's Bridge section, were held Monday afJ nnri p ?, p.m. He died Sunday in Duplin Gen eral Hospital, in Kenansville, af ter an illness of nine days. Surviving are one son; Daniel Chestnutt, Mount Olive, route 2; two daughters, Mrs. Charlie Ver non Seven Springs, Route I. and Mrs. Albert Jones, Mount Olive, Route 1; seven grandchildren and fix great grandchildren. The Rev. Paul Barwick officiated Burial was in the Rooty Branch Free Will Baptist Church cemetery. Chestnutt was a member of Alum Springs Missionary Baptist Church. t-.urs have beea the Girl Scouts, amp xrauee, lioiasDoro; intermed iate Class, Freewill Baptist Church, Jacksonville; Boy Scout Troop 114, LaGrange; Girl Guards; Salvation Army, Wilson; Boy Scout Troop 8, Wilson; Wyse Fork 4-H Club, Dov er; and Boy Spout Troop 88, Kin ston. ' ..J .v. The three nature trails fouad! in the park, nsw clothed in their sum mer foliage, provide an unusually beautiful stroll for those who en Joy walking ia the woods. While the wild flowers' are not spectacular at this time of year, many flowers are now in bloom. Bouncing-bet, ump-seea, butterfly-pea, milk-pea; dwarf St John's wort, spotted St I John's-wort, St Andrew's Cross, were cancelled by the State Office are: Corbett Hall, operator, on Rob ert F. Williamson's Farm near Ken ansville; Vernon Thomas, Beulaville, route 2; M. W. Lanier, operator, on. Nelson Carlton's farm; near Waff saw; Walter Newkirk, operator, pnu Billy B, Fussell's farm, near Rose Hill; Wayne Davis, operator, on Sam R. Jones' farm near Warsaw. James D. Bowen,operator, on El more Lewis Sandlin's farm, near Beulaville; James Roberts, operator,, on Sally Gray Roberts, farm, Fai son, route 3; Joe Outlaw, Kenans ville, route 1; Charlie Mitchell, op erator, on W. J. Middleton's farm,, near Kenansville; O. R. Blizzard, Kenansville, Route I. Henry Stallings, operator, on Ca therine Stallings' farm, Beulaville, route 1;-Lester McDuffie, operator, on Donald Ray Best's farm, War saw; Wallace Miller, operator, on Arthur Brown's farm, Pink Hill, loute 2; Durwood Hall, operator, on Peggy Joe Rhodes' farm, Pink HiU, loute 2; timer G. Sholar, Wallace, route 4; James Carroll Sholar, Wal lace, route 4; James McDuffie, op erator, on Harold M. Best's farm, near Faison; William Chestnutt, op- Lerator, on Cecil C. Davis farm, Mt. Olive, route 2; James Byrd, War saw, route 1; and Adrian G. Wil liams, Chinquapin. Tobacco allotments which were- approved by the State ASC office are: Sampson Dail, Magnolia; Mi lo W. Harper, Deep Run, Route 1: iH. M, Rhodes, near Kenansville;- Kenneth Nethercutt, Beulaville,. route 2: and Chester Rouse, Rose Hill, route 3. Mrs. Dora Betty Bell, Duplin ASC" office manager informs that the lief of those new-grower allotment can cellations appealed to the Review Board csnnot be given to the press:. She was advised on this matter by a member of the Stxio A"" o''ce. The hearings are public, however. Tt has been brought out by ASC Official Jump that this investiga tion was brought about by changes in applications since the allotments were applied for and irregularities discovered in applications which w ere nit apparent to the local ASC committee. In the late afternoon Wednesday, Mitchell Britt, Warsaw attorney, and Don Moody, ASC Official, and E. F. McKeown, U. S. Bepartment of Agriculture representative, got into a "heated" discussion while Mitchell was representing James Byrd, of Warsaw, route 1. Of a sudden at the end of the hearing, Mitchell stated, "You come down here and assume that we in Duplin County are a bunch of crooks." McKeown replied to Mitchell that. "We come down here in goed faith to review these new-grower tlllot ments. We do not assume anyone is a crook. I don't know why every thing is so touchy. All I can say is that it must be because of something wrong that is being done." Byrd then interrupted that, ac cording to a fellow Hill in Warsaw township, an ASC official from the State office was credited with saw ing, "We are going to take all the new grower allotments away in Warsaw Township." This was unreservedly denied by all of the officials who have been working in Duplin County during the present check of new-grower allotment, Nicholson. ASC official, inform ed Mitchell, and the group pre sent, that all of the new-grower allotments in North Carolina, flue cured and burley; are being spot checked. He informed that Duplin is not being checked and other counties allowed to run at will, and have the new - grower allotments approved without a State spot-check. In connection with tobacco, nu merous farmers in Duplin County have expressed dissatisfaction with the measuring this year. Complaints are being made to the effect that sufficient deposit was made in am ple time for re-check on measuring? of tobacco allotment but the final measuring has been delayed. In some instances, farmers have renorted that they have been forc ed to barn tobacco without the final measurement being made. f tf hns a'sr been brouPnt to the attention of The Duplin Times that lateness in measuring has nr"Vn ted some farmers from receiving the tobacco card in time to sell to bacco on the Georgia tobacco mar ket. More hearings are planned for Duplin new - grower allotments in the near future. yellow stargrass, creeping wood- sorrel, common thistle, star thistle sunflower, and rattlesaake plain tain are only a few of the flowers' that have been recorded in th few days. - , 'iv-'K i-A 1- '.' ' ' J-T'"' '.- " 'i'.'V 5; ' Any" group interested ia taking a tour over the nature trails should" contact or write the Naturalist iir care of the Cliffs of the Neuse State Park, Rt. 2, Seven Springs, N. Scheduled tours are held at 2:30 pV m. on Wednesday and Saturday aft tern oo as, and at 2:30 and 4:00 p. nv on Sunday. Tours can be arranged on other days and at ether timer (except Monday) by request Tbero is no charge lor these tours." ' I - -k v
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