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;.i . i f i" ' it'.' TLIs.Yfofc ' K' . ' Ait f 1 i ivom: NO. 8. KENANSVILLE N02TII CAROLINA, ). k THURSDAY FEBRUARY 21, 1957. wmucaanon bates u par ymr t duvi KM MWto fldi an tm K. C.i U N aU N. C. PRICE TEN CENTS rid nn T7f rp o n nr ' I r yuii V Uuu u id Li Ku lyLuL'wdc) dil EDITORIAL I'. HAVE A HEARTHELP YOUR HEART BY MARGABET TUCKER - Until w6 are forced to, none of us-stop to resize that our, heart is the most important organ of our body. 44seh to lht many forms of heart conditions,' that we, who are ignorant of these facts, pass off lightly. , Heart attacks are something that should be regard ed seriously. Often it means weeks in bed in an effort to repair or rest a damaged heart that was caused by just one attack. 1 1 ' sThe latest figures from the Public Health Statis tics shoy that diseases of the heart and blood vessels caused 51.5 ! of deaths in North Carolina with Cancer 12.2, accidents . including motor vehicles 7.7 with other diseases following in smaller percentages. . In Duplin County 203 deaths in 1955 were caused by diseases of heart and blood vessels followed by can cer '36, accidents 33, pneumonia and flu, 12, prematurity 6 and nephritis 6. , . ' .'Sunday has been designated as Heart Sunday. Plans are being made for collections on that day for the Heart Fund. When you are called upon Sunday after noon' please. '.donate. It will be your doctor and mine .that will help to find the causes for heart diseases. Have a heart-help your heart give to the Heart Fund. Collections should be turned into the Waccamaw Bank in Kenan9ville. Farmers Can tow Place All Tobscco In Soil Bank; Some Change En Cote Farmers can now put all their tobacco allotment into the Soil Bank. The announcement came this week from the Secretary ot Agri culture Ezra Taft Benson. Under the original set-up, farmers were permitted to put a maximum num ' ber of acres into the Soil Bank. ' "How they eah .pu'Alheir. allot ' irientinta the profw and receive Vthe sme ta-ment 6s tinder the. old agreement, 1(5 cents per pound. A change has also been made rn cotton regulations under the Soil Bank Farmers can now place up j- to 10 aeres in the. Soil Bank, but ' there is no limit as to how rpany h total acres can be placed under the program in Duplin County ana the United Stales. ' The coin program remains as is. E. G. Paddison Gefs For His Condition On !' E. G. Paddison, used car dealer v. from Burgaw, learned in Civil Su- perior Court in Duplin County that :: a person cannot take the witness r 'stand under the influence of al ' cohoL , Superior Court Judge Chester ' Morris slapped a three-day Jail sen i ' tence on Paddison in Kenansville v 'last week end for contempt of court ', because he took the stand in a case ' In which he was the plaintiff, un- ider the 'influence of alcohol.' i He was on the stand as the result of a law suit which he filed in Du plin Superior Court on July 30, ' , 1933 against Ben Rivenbark, of - Charity- The suit followed an auto V collision on June 17, 1953, at which V time Paddison's oar was damaged. P jfTrzri p.N j I 1UL i . r ' a I . - Hi- " 'y W " ... .-"4 4 Kjkfc-."" :' ; if ' 1 ..r- ;.i .i '.v.'" ;" ' v.i'. -: .a' '. :f.;-' -t. .A '. v, (W "'" Ti , I ' ' The ruth annual firm Prow, RmOo and TV in JtnW willbe held at Stata College, February. 22-23-, Inelndd on th procraat are, top tw, left ta hHM-vey-Wia Harwich LaGranfe GasetteV Latfranc? y Wflklnaon .WCEC, Boei ' kf Mount; BIB Hnmphrlea, Nawa and ObtervV Balelrb. Second tow, : W. L. Carpenter, Division of AalenVtnral InforihaUon, Stale doUece, Baleia-K B. O, Cranford, Hospital Case AssooUtlon, Durham; Dan . jPanl, K. O. Chain Store CouncU allh; W. 0. l-riday, President, tJnlTerslty of North Carolina, Chapel HU1. Bottom row, Jack Hank-,, inn, WELS, Klnstoni Dave Harris, WBTV, Charlottes C". B, Ktehford, Afrionltural Kxtenalon. Service, State, Collefo, Balelfh; B, U to- , vera. AfriettltuVal Experiment Station. State Collere. EaleW In other words, Duplin County can place corn in the Soil Bank until the allotted money is used up. am Brown, Duplin ASC office manager, said today that Duplin County still has $7i,lC4.40 dn hand to be usea in putting corn in the Soil Bank. Seventy-twoper cent o the mon ey has been used today with 579 rigrcements being reached and 7, 062.3 acres of corn being taken out 6f production. This Soil Bank pro gram means Duplin's Farmers have now received or will receive $184 801.60 ton the corn they have taken out of production. Figures in the Duplin ASC office show that to date 81 tobacco agree ments have been reached on 178.43 acies and $4.2,522.53. Co".on Egrecments now total 217 and 785.2 acres for $45,032.53. 3 - Day Jail Term Witness Stand He was asking $155.42 damages pfus court cost. DKG Members Entertain F.T. The Duplin County Chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society honor ed the Future Teachers of America in the County at a tea at the Wal lace - Rose Hill High School at Tea chey Saturday afternoon, February 16. Dr. Poston of the Wallace Bap tist Church was guest speaker. Ap proximately 50 guests attended. Mrs. Faison McGowen of Kenans ville is president of the society. mum. ArMOV DE5CAliO:-( Turiilns the .new $10!,0C0 Armory over (i i' e Varsaw Nitipnul Guard unit Friday night were Gen, John H. Man ning, A '-'v'-nt Gcrer.'l, :', G?n. Claude T. Bow: 1 A OPEN HOUSE Showing Miyor and Mrs. J. E. Strickland through Warsaw's no-.v National Guard Armory are the unit commander, Capt. Earl B. W&rmw Hatha! Guard Amorv Official Dedication Was Friday Warsaw's $104,000 National Guard Armory was dedicated in cere monies Friday night in the auditor ium of the new structure. Terry Sandford, of Fayetteville and former leader in the National Guard, told those attending that they could render service both to their country and community by being active members of the Na tional Guard. He pointed out the training which each Guard member receives helps him be a better citizen and realize the neea of dependence on others, in service or regular life. Heading the official list were Gen. John H. Manning, Stale Adjutant General; Gen. Claude T. Bowers, 30th Division Commander; Charles Cooper, Senior Army Advisor for the State Guard; and Col. Paul Ad ams, Army Advisor for the 30th Division. J. E. Strickland, Warsaw mayor, accepted the armory for the town. Wesley Piltman Returned To Prison To Finish Term; Must Stand Trial Again ' SdW folks seem to never leai-n. even through the school of hard knocks, that crime does not pay. Wesley PtttmanrW year old youth from near Rose Hill, was arrested Lat his mother's home Sunday after- I i n..-it-. cutM. -Ml. noon uy vuyuu a oiiqjtu. b uukvao and returned to Gates County Pri son Camp where' he as serving a 5 year sentence for car theft and jtaaJtttVr', J?& v. '.' ' : Plttman's troubles began when he entered a home near Chinqua pin and stole several items. He was apprehended' and placed in Jail in Kenansville to await trial. A friend, feeling sorry for him, stood his bail. Before he could Stand trial, Pitt man stole the car1 of the friend who stood his bond. He went to Goldsboro wher he in turn stole two more cars, v After bis trial he Was given the 5-8 year sentence with the hopes that it would change, him, r But it didn't work. . ; ' ; " . On November , he "and Cllttbn Hardison escaped from the Prison Camp, stole a oar and headed South: crossing state Vines. K I t In Oeorgia, he stole another eat. and returned to Korth Carolina where he was picked up again af ter abandoning the stolen car west of Rose' Hill last ! week. The FBI entered the case, be cause of the stolen cars which cros sed state ' lines. As a result PitV man. wjll have to. stand trial at the end of his present prison term for the deeds, he performed while en " "i" jam , H' fTTr, Mj yk k Capt. Earl B. Huie, Commander of the Warsaw National Guard unit, received the building for Company M, 119th Infantry. , Gen. Bowers and Gen. Manhing expressed their appreciation to the people of Warsaw and Duplin Coun ty for the support which they have given the Warsaw National Guard unit in its efforts to bring about the construction and equiping of the new Armory. Lt. Col. William M. Buck, Bat talion Commander, introduced the special guests. Major Robert Gris son, of Wilmington, Battalion Ex ecutive Officer, acted as toastmast er. Prior to 'the official dedication, a banquet was served, after which a Band Concert was given try the 30th Division Band. Following the official dedications, the band played for a dance which was also held in the auditorium of the new Armory. escaped convict. And it isn't likely he'll get a parole after escaping. Ironically, Hardison, also a native of Duplin, was arrested recently and returned to prison. His arrest was in Georgia where he was em ployed as a truck driver for a soft drink company owned by Superior Court Judge Frederick Kennedy. ' An interesting ; sidelight' about Plttman's apprehension is 'that he was found in the attic of his moth er's home. ' i' Sheriff Ralph Miller said had it not .been for the house being sur rounded by law-enforcement of ficers, he would likely have escap ed.' '. ' : On the raid were Sheriff Miller, Deputies W. O. Houston, T. E. Re velle, Highway Patrolman Oene Ste wart and Constable. Fusseli Specialists To Be Here To Talk Beef And; Swine 5 Jack Kelly? In Charge,1 Animal Husbandry Extension work, and James W. Patterson, Animal Hus bandry Extension. Specialist, ' from State College, will be in Dunlin County on Tuesday, February 28. : They. will visit several farm! in the County during the day and will Jf. 7 o era, 3i!ni jJ5iv.' icn Commander, and Lt. Col. William M. Buck, of VV .rsaw. Battalion Commander. (News Argus PiiGto) r 1 -r-T'-'Htfit Huie, left, and Lt. Col. B. A. Paterson, 119th In fantry Commander. (N'ws-Argus Photo) m Open House To Be Sunday; National Guard Armory Captain Earl B. Huie Company Commander of the Warsaw Nation al Guard Unit, announces that Op en House will be held at the Na tional Guard Armory in Warsaw Sunday afternoon from 1 to 3 p.m. Everyone is invited, to come and inspect the new armory and the National Guard equipment which will be on display. Refreshments will be served. Duplin People In Lenoir Co. Wreck Four Hospitalized from one, accident Saturday night involving two cars, 10 miles south of Kinston on the Pink Hill High way, according to Patrolman J. A. Crumpler. They wero named as Horace W. Pittman, white, 17, of Rose Hill Route 2, broken right knee cap; Grainger Turner, 42, white of Pink Hill Route 1, head and facial hurts; F. H. Daniels, U, white of Beula ville, multiple contusions; and Ev erette S. Smith, white, 40, of Beula ville, facial and chest injuries. All were admitted to Parrott Memorial Hospital. Pittman was later transferred to the Duplin General Hospital in Ke nansville whare he is now a pa tient. Crumpler said the accident oc curred when Pittman, driver of one of the cars, swerved into the path of Smith, driver of the second. The two vehicles met 'almost head-on.' Pittman was charged with reckless driving and driving without a per mit. be at the County Agents office in Kenansville from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. to discuss beef cattle and hog problems with any farmers who are interested. All farmers Who would like to discuss their livestock With Mr. Kelly and Mr. Patterson are in vited to be at, the County Agents office' at 4.00 p.m. , New Appointments To Duplin General Hospital Board Seven Duplin men have been appointed to the Board of Trust ees of Duplin General Hospital. Six of the appointments were for Board members who have served since the hospital's organization. Receiving reappointment fur six year terms were: II. E. Lr.th.im, Rose Hill; J. R. Grady, Kenansville; K'udnlph Simmon?. Alt;ertson; Grov-p- Rhodes, fmilh Township; J,.-n Smith. Cypress Toun-hin; ;:n V. F. ?T IV.', I 'nii''ono T'u'-iislnp. Ed Herring, of Calypso, w.-.s r.t. "i'm i.k i, to 1. 1! an u,'c.;'iiv(l iwi,- .;,' tor Township n iTpri':,onl iiif! n,.';o.': Po:t;1. ; rer.rmt I : !': ,,'"ii of V i d c In i i .t'm: F. ' , J. o. t:ii'y: Li SMi ITCSMTAI, NOTES Asiio 11. o i-Jtioi.is at Duplin Gor.oi.l liospilui iodiiy ale: Mrs. Coi f iinn.si.'n, Kenansville; Mrs. E. C. Crariy, LaGrange; Mrs. Lottie Harper. Albortson; Mrs. O. C. John son, Kenansville; Miss Gail New ton, Kenansville; Mrs. Alioe Sloan, Fountain Town; Mis. Kathleen Suy df:r, Warsaw; Mrs. J. R. Teachey, Kose Hill ana Mrs, Roger Miller and Nathan .Bonum of Magnolia. Mrs. Roscoe Daniels, practical nurse at the hospital has resigned and will leave her job next week. She resigned because of ill health. COUNTY COIRT County Court will convene for a two day sesswu njjxi; I,ie5day, F.eb iuai j ;:j;l-. ! f?UPERIOR COURT There will be two weeks of sup erior court for trial of civil cases next month. March 4th and 13th. A j week of criminal court will con vene ffn the first day of April. Judge Cher.'.er Morriss of Currituck County is aiding this district for the present six months term. NEGRO TOURNAMENT The Duplm County Negro Basket Ball Tournament will be held in Kenan Memorial Gymnasium Feb ruary 26th and 27th. CLASS A TOURNAMENT The Class A, Section 2, Basket Bali Tournament will be held in Kenan Memorial Gymnasium March 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 8. OPERATIVE PATIENT Charlie Braswell of Warsaw, member of the Warsaw Basket Ball team is a patient in the local hospi tal. He was operated on for appen dicitits and had to miss the tourna ment games . RED CROSS DAYS Saturday, March 2nd has been designated as Red Cross Sabbath and Sunday, March 3rd has been de signated as Red Cross Sunday. Re ligious programs of all denomina tions and faiths are being asked to include special Red Cross feature and appeal for support on these days. DUPLIN STUDENTS Three Duplin County students were honored by inclusion in the Campbell College Dean's list for the fall term, as released this week by the office of A. R. Burkot, aca demic dean. The students cited for scholastic achievement are Mary Jo Blan chard, Wallace, Joyce Teachey and Roy Lee Hood, of Rose Hill. Four Injured In Wreck Near Grady Last Saturday Four persons, two of them child ren, have been discharged from the Duplin County Memorial Hospital her after being admitted for in juries they sustained in an automo bile accident. The four were named as Neill A. Morrison, Jr., of Albertson and his two children, Neill HI, aged 2, and Donald, aged 6, and Ernest Houston, 48 of Kenansville Route 1. They were injured, according to Highway Patrolman G. R. Stewart, in a two car collision near W. W. Smith's store at the intersection of Highway 11 and 111 some four miles west of Pink Hill at 1 p.m. Saturday. The accident apparently occurred, Stewart said, when Hous ton attempted to make a left turn across the path of Morrison's car. He didn't make it ,'.' i'; ; The hospital reports Injuries not too serious. Only lacerations, bruU sea and shock. No bones were, brofcl en.'Vs;'.s :Q':fly-''-'L Wallace-Rose Hill Places Two In Finals; North Duplin Boys Upset Beulaville For Finals Berth; Chinquapin Girls Hopeful The 1957 Duplin County Basket ball Tournament goes into the fi nals Friday night when North Du plin boys, who upset the dope buc- ! ket by defeating the Beulaville five ' last night, plays the strong Wallace- i Rose Hill five. Though losing to North Dup'in in the tournament1 Beulaville still hnld.s the honor of top pace in th etoiifcrcnce standing for the season. In t hi- girls division Wallace-!; .r. HMl, after 1:tkii:;: a hard foiieM from ti e Mi eaolia la nr -:i the C li ijin Kills. i by M., l.!.L'h soon founty. Willi, !!V -ti:0 b.,v-; i B.:sk. i v. : the fnr oxct ill'; d. i ho . Hill w. ; tor:!', in ii.'.mori : ...! ul pi;. , :OS luO- '. '!1 f.l !1 l.-v - in I ' ' or ,1 UK' '. C .:id 1. , n 'ill I .jin'.s .'pi : :1 Dunlin .Mir h eh Ih'.N ed an ( xei: i'a; ; won by Maf.iuil.a. paved the way for 1 nolia with 32 po Boone and A. IVpt points respect ivoiv. (.i-.i'i. ,1. r;. icLory f.,r :','.::' nls. However, had 1!) an ' la Ni.i'th Duplin'., leader was Best with ZU points followed by Lindsay with 20. Kenansville's girls have played two exciting and nerve rurkir.:.' games Against Beulaville, Ken in. -ville scoi'ej a bucket with f.vc s o onds to play to give I hem a a'i-a! victory. Paving the way for Ken an.svior's victory were B. lirowi: and J. Trice with 23 and 22 pn:n! p-jipectivi'ly. Both L. Grady ai o Weston, baa) 2l)for te losers. ' JJhere h..ve hcc.i away games as 'well as c'o.e ones. Vv.diaee RosV'Hill bfesled V. .saw ;.i'is by the score of 02-31. doubling ti. score, Nancy Wells pace tin W. lace-Rose Hill attack with i!2 tal lies. Carter was the leadi r for War saw with 16 tallies. In the semi - finals, Chinquapin eeked past Kenansville by one point getting a 69-63 win. Myra Lanier, who scored 10 points in her first tournament game, was held to 5C points. For Kenansville, J. Price paced the attack with 31 points Chinquapin pulled ahead early, but Kenansville rallied in the half to make the game very interesting. In the boys' division the result; are: North Duplin combined a well ba- Weekly Legislative Summary NOTE: This is the first of a se ries of weekly summaries pre pared by the legislative staff of the Institute of Government on the work of the North Carolina General Assembly of 1957. It is confined to discussions of mat ters of general interest and ma jor importance. Convening in February for the first time under last fall's Consti tutional amendment (after observ ing a January convening date since 1875), the 1957 General Assembly spent most of its first week in Ra leigh enjoying inaugural festivi ties. By the end of this week, how ever, it has received an extensive legislative program from the Gov ernor, completed its organization and set sail into the first of many expected financial battles. Claude Currie of Durham wss elected Pres ident pro tempore of the Senate aid J. Kemp Doughton of Sparta as Speaker of the House in February 6 opening day formalities, and late this week the full list of committee assignments for both houses was announced. Governor's Prornun Governor Hodges, broke with tra dition at his impressive Inaugural ceremonies February 7, when he confined his address to a general look at the state and its opportuni ties. But on Monday night he de tailed the program which he ex pects the General Assembly to ad optand it was a big one. The bulk of his Biennial Message was devot ed to factor (low per capita in come, lagging population growth, and extremely low farm income) which he believes call for a major effort to industrialize the state, and the measures which he propos es for doing this primarily a revis ion of the state's tax laws 'to bring us into line with the approach used by the great majority of the states.' The Governor expressed his belief that the legislators would be im pressed by the reports of various study commissions. In addition to the recommendations ot the Tax Study Commission for -revision of the tax laws, he particularly men tioned recommendation to (a) re organiee the State Highway Com mission, (b separate the prison ays lanced attack and scoring punch to down Magnolia 59-47. K. Mozingo and C. Byrd each had 16 points for the winner while Ezzell collected 10 for Magnolia. Wallace-Rose Hill's boys really made shambles of B. F. Grady by j; ining a 7fi.7 victory in first round play. Smith was the loading point 3!l. B. Hill was B. F getter Willi , Km could collect but far tin nlcst. one of the -1 betweer with Ke liie edge rry led the points. J was ( rial W Or h 1" V. f..r ti ' l.i.- rs. cam.- through a r i.hinquapir . i i i 1 outing ". '. lor's attack : il'.in also ..I ':'..ipi:i. ' .1. Is Wed ... liWt to .; in a Witt ':u. 2U-25 : k with ; . .- g line tc .' . . ire bcorf .. . .a the lea .1 -1 three i.en Wal- . I--', sl.ghtly a e v. dors were i :i. t. points l in.id 3 points . un 'J points ville were G 12. Ben.son, 5 and Stroud 2 vvv, 1st. Ken Wallace 4; 2nd I. Wallace -after, Kenans 11:11 8; 4tr 1', Wallace-Va!lace-Ros : '.' Kenans tfirows.. iiill Magnolia off at a slow lead of 11 to 1 f. 1 lin-s,' I'd. I Hi i . ,.i 1'i i' po . l i.s: fol- veil Ch.ro 1 r.ei, : Sc.-: r lO : P i ,-nsvi! ie qua. tor. Ho. e Hi v.'le 11: He , 1! II. l.-Vllll r . nil ii.'-H.' lov Tolai .11 I'VU".. Vol -;ed I.' free ..ol.'Ce-Ko'r ::i stalled .ol.ici a u'o 1" i i. u.e !.. .. s..u ' rii ui'u's an i it be I . !. ; n i..r that Magnolia might i . : he ::i Uv sudden the 1 nen ail oi a apparent unciercogs lv . found the basket, turned out to be nip fouii.i them: and the g in and luck i.uoiig.. the tii-st nan. un Ihe first u'ler Wailace-Rose Hill scored 15 points and Magnolia 10; in the 2nd quarter Wallace-Rose Hill scored 7 points to Magnolia's 15 putting Magnolia in the lead at half time by a 25 to 22 count. In the third quarter Wallace-Rose Hill came back to score 19 points to Mag nolia's 10. In the 4th quarter Wallace-Rose Hill continued to carry (t ON I IN I ED ON BACK PAGE) WINS FIRST PLACE Debbie Rivenbark, ae three years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Rivenbark of Warsaw. The above photo won first place in the N. C. Photo Contest held in. Charlotte this month. Another posce of Debbie won third place in tn some contest. The photo was entered by Mr Charles Kraft of Kraft Studio ilk. Mt. Olive, N. C. tern from the Highway Commission,, (c) create a new Department of! Administration, and d) rean" tion legislative membership. For tfte next biennium he recommended creation ot aew stad? esHunissiens (1) to ceaaiBae raargamizatioa stu dies ef the state gavernsaaat, to submit reMmmendatlens for mad eraiaatian f the State Constitution, and (8) to plan a sew capital office and legislative buildiag. The Governor also laid stress en a varitty of new approachfe ta the problem of the public schools and collages. In addition to asking sa lary increases for school rwionnel, he recommended a stepped-up pro- -gram of vocational e 'ucatlon: ithe " initiation of an experiment in the v useof closed circuit TV to re'Jce' th number of classroom teaevm '. required and more sumvt J (CONTINUED ON BACK AGE . "A r. . 1 e w 'i t - rt - en 1 1 r r