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VOLUME XXIV. . NO. 28.
KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY,-JULY 11, 1957.
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PRICE TEN CENTS
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Herbert Lynn Being
Bond Pending Hearing
y Herbert Lynn to being held in
Duplin i County Jail, without pri
vilege of bond pending the outcome
: of coroner! inauest into the fatal
Bhooting of Mrs. Theodore Herring,
Thursday night, July 4, around 8:30
o'clock.
, 'Duplin County Sheriffs Depart
ment said today that Lynn is being
held on a murder charge and as-
sault .with adeadly weapon with
. Intent to kiUv
The charges grew out of a famiiy.
quarrell in the Red Hill section, of
Glisson Township near Scott's
Store in which Lynn killed Mrs.
Herring, who was his sister, and
' wounded Theodore Herring in the
' right thigh, just below the hip, with
a .22 calTber pistol.
Investigating officers said their in
vestigation reveals that Herbert and
his wife were at Theodore Herrings'
house when Herbert is alleged to
.-have slapped his wife down three
- or four times.
. Mrs. Lynn is the sister of Theo
dore and Oliver Herring. When
Lynn was knocked down, both The
odore and Oliver intervened. In
. the scuffle, Theodore Herring is al-
lleged to have knocked Lynn down.
- Lynn is then alleged to have got
up, went to his ear, took out the
pistol, and shot Theodore in the
leg.' '":". " "
t In the meantime, .officers sld,
Mrs.' Herring started around one
end of the ear nd ynn fired at
, her, the bullet hitting her jugtun-
der the right arm, passing through
her entire body and coming out un
Sder.4h left-. u--A$-tJ?
f . Officer believe afie Oletf instant-
Hv,' but she' was rushed to Lenoir
Memorial Hospital. Klnston, where
: she was prounced dead on arrival.' -
After Mrs. Herring was shot, Xae
" edore Herring's ton, Jimmy, slipped
up behind Lynn, grabbed bis arms
' and took the pistol away from him.
The coroner's inquest has been
set for July IS, in the Court House,
in Kenansville, at 8 p.m. ,
It was rumured that Herring's leg
was broken, but Sheriff's officials
said today that the bone was not
' broken and that he was already out
of the hospital.
, Deputy Sheriff Douglas Shlvar
. said today that Lynn is now under
! indictment for Illegal possession of
non-tax paid whiskey and with ,th
possession of materials to manulac
- ture non-tax paid whiskey.
Several-months ago, he was con
1 Victed on a similar charge.
I The case will probably be tried in
i the August 2d, term" of Criminal
' Superior Court, in Kenansville. ,
' Ten to twelve- enforcement of-
I I icers, including the Stat Highway
r Patrol, investigated the shooting,
l- , REWARD OFFERED
WILMINGTON, July 9 A Wal
lace man has offered $100 reward
to persons providing information
leading to the arrest and convic
; tion of thieves who ransacked his
I Island camp recently.
Sheriff M.' B. Register reported
'Jhaf BwUe C Sanderson of Wal-
,16 hat p Up tne money aner
f visiting his place in Myrtle Grove,
t Sound. i r?:rU'' ''
. Register lata the . thieves cltar
"f ed the place of all furniture and
kitchen equipmfcht whUe the build
; fog was unattended,- :.
J Plant vine settings now tor seed
sweet potatoes next year.
.v;';y?: lion Best .fvji-.
Infarnatlonal Praldant
Edward O. Barry of LitUe Rock.
Arkansas has been elected Inter
national President of Lions Inter
national at the association's 40th
Annual Convention in Ban Fran
cisco, California. Lions Interna
tional, with 564,300 members in 83
r.otmf r!es or reti'ons, is the world's
j : . rvi- e i'; h orgnnizatioa.
Held In jail
From Our Readers
. Kenansville, N.
July t, 1957
Mr. J. R. Grady, Editor
Duplin Times
Kenansville, N. C.
Dear Robertr
c.
There is so much truth in the fol
lowing item that I am typing it and
sending to you with request that
you kindly use it in your paper this
week. I am very much interested
in giving every person an oppor-1
tunity to read and think about the
true story it contains.
'A LIQUOR STORE SPEAKS'
By Robert M. Hardee
'If the store sprfke the truth, it
would say:
'I am a North Carolina liquor
store. I was brought into existence
because people became mightily
concerned over the revenue I would
produce, They forgot that I produce
alcoholics. An alcoholic is my fin
ished product. He has the highest
degree that my store can give him.
Lara a part, of a legislative program
of the State, therefore every person
(whether he or she knows or realiz
es it or not) has a part in my pur
poses and function.
. I am considered popular. I am vis
ited by all classes of people, espec
ially those who should be spending
their money on milk, food and cloth
lna .for their eaiWren. I aro the ene
my of soft drinks for my "claim' is
that I have more kick. s.
"When people drink my products,
they et .foolish. They get mad.
They net silly. They want to fight
They get careless and I am respon
sible for more crime than anything
else.
I appeal to gentlemen of distinc
tion by ' my false advertising. I
wreck homes, I am the cause of
divorces. Preachers fight me but I
expect that. ;
I make all types of promises that
are misleading. I use Christmas dec
orations during the Christmas sea
son. I have never been able to see
any connection between real Christ
mas cheer and the headaches that
I produce.
Most of my customers, the ones
who have patronized me the" long
est iiave ended up in the hospital,
and automobile wrecks, in the jail,
or on the road. I will ruin your re
putation and character .if you, pa
tronize me long enough.'
Sincerely,
C. E. Quinn
August 20 or J7
The Board of Education has adopt
ed two dates for the opening of
school for the 1957-58 school year.:
District Committees may sefcet "ei
ther August 20 or for their dis
tricts, tt a high school serve more
than one elementary school the en
tire district must open on the same
date.';;;-' '
Schools that open on August 20
will1 close on May 14 provided no
time la lost. For those that select
August 27 May 21 will be the , clos
ing date provided no time is lost.
,3 The school calendar, provides for
the following vacation days for the
schools:' Octqber 15. District Teach
ers Meeting at Fayettevllle, Thurs
day: and Friday November 28 and
29 for Thanksgiving. The ' schools
will elose Friday pjn. December
20 for Christmas and remain closed
until Thursday, January 2. The Only
vacation pprtod after Christmas to
Easter Monday, April . ,
Duplin County Health Depart
ment Board will meet Tuesday, July
18, at 7 p.m. at the Kenansville Cafe
far a supper meeting. ;, 'r;,:
Following the supper, an official
meeting of the Board will.be held.
The Board -to' composed of E.. E.
Kelly, , chairman) O. P. Johnson,
Superintendent of .County Schools;
the Rev. Lauren Sharpe, mayor of
Kenansville; Bill Sheffield, I.War
saw; Dr. Troy Kornegay, Warsaw;
Dr. C. , F, Haw.es, Rose Hill; and
John Rhodes,. Beulaville. ;
Dr. John F. Powers is secretary
to - the i Board and County, Health
Officer. Joe Costln is County Sanitarian.
- ROOF WORK NEAEING Workmen have nearly completed the
exterior walls and part of the interior walls of the Kenansville, War
saw and Magnolia consolidated high school. The brick building will
SpiiMra Off uplin Irtps
BY 'PAUL BAR WICK
Crops in Duplin County do not
measure up to what they did last
year, according to County Agent V.
H. Reynolds, mainly because of un
favorable weather conditions.
The big potential loss has come in
tobacco because of heavy rainfalls
earlier in the growing season. In
1956, when tobacco averaged from
I, 700 to 1,800 pounds per acre, wea
ther conditions were much better.
However, it to ; estimated now by
some "that4h yield per acre this
year may drop to about 1,200 pounds
per, acre. "
'However, this does not present as
dark' a picture as would, off hand
be surmised.
"Tobacco acreage was cut 20 per
cent in 1957 over 1856 through the
Agriculture Stabilization and Con
servation program,' In addition to
$15,000 Set As Tentative Budget For
Town Of Warsaw Says Strickland
A tentative budget of more than
$115,000 has been set up for the
town of Warsaw for the coming fis
cal year, according to Mayor J. E.
Strickland.
Strickland said today that the new
budget called for revenues estimated
to be $115,248.89. This is higher
than the expected expenditures
which have been estimated to be
$87,620.,
The present financial and budget
estimate was prepared by Mrs. An
nie T. Harman, town clerk and pre
sented to the town board for ap
proval. Mrs. Harman said today that
the final action will be taken on the.
budget July 29 after it has been
made public to local residents for
twenty days,
Revenue for the coming year
Were listed as: cash on hand, $?,
006.73; taxes 1957 estimate, 840,
532.20; taxes 1956 estimate, $8,
115,28; taxe 1955 estimate 83,859.
14; taxes 1954 estimate $6,710.80;
taxes 1953, estimate, $2,776.54;
taxes 1952 estimate, $1,923.91;
taxes 1951 and prior estimate,
$3,240.29; penalty and interest, $1,-000;-water
rents, $20,000; privilege
A total of 145 tobacco farms in
Duplin County are listed in the Du
plin County ASC office as 'possible
discounted tobacco varieties or can
not tell variety.' - , ,
It wastKilnted out today by the
ASC office that the 145 figure did
not mean that all these farms did
have the discounted ' tobacco var
iety planted. It does mean that there
is gome doubt and that the; State
spot checkers on this phase of the
program will make an investigation.
.the big news concerning tobacco
discount varieties in . Duplin Coun
ty broke tost wek"end when it was
determined that a large number' of
tobacco 'farmers- who thought they
had-, planted " Bis'sett's 711 variety
were informed that some ' fields
were entire'? V, which, is a dis-
$1,000 In Cash Awards & Prizes
In Our Community Programs
this,
off.
the tobacco yield is definitely
The support price is up over 1957
however, and with tobacco yields all
over the tobacco producing area off,
the prices are expected to be much
higher on the markets once selling
begins.
Some tobacco warehousemen have
predicted that tobacco prices on an
avenge may be as much as 20 per
cent higher this year than last year.
This figure could be even higher.
Competition in any field ha al
ways "brought a better price and
product. - Tobacco companies will
have to have enough tobacco to pro
duce cigarettes and other manufac
tured tobacco items. It is true that
there is a1 tobacco surplus, but it
wall not last long and tobacco com
panies have to look ahead about
three years in purchasing their to
tax, $2,500; law enforcement, $1,000;
miscellaneous, $2,000; tapping fees,
$2,000; intangible and franchise, $2,
0?5; town tags, $550 and Powell
street fund $8,000.
Expenditures for the coming fiscal
year are listed as: street depart
ment, $10,000; water department,
$15,000; sanitation department, $8,
000; police department, $10,000; fire
department, $1,500; miscellaneous,
$2,000; cemetery, $500; debt service,
$20,000; firemen's relief fund $120;
drainage, $1,000; Powell street fund,
$8,000; and tax collector, $1,600
and general government, $10,000.
BY J. R. GRADY
STAFF, COMMITTEE MEETS
HERE FRIDAY NIGHT
The Medical Staff and. the Execu
tive of the Duplin General Hospi
tal will meet in the hospital for a
Joint supper and separate meetings
Friday night, July 12th. '
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counted variety, and in Others it
was VspottyV but tili ,244,4 v
: Under the discount tobacco pro
gram as set up, if a farmer has any
portion of any of the discounted
Varieties on his farm, the": entire
crop has to be sold on a Blue Card.
This is in addition to the Red Card
whlth signifies overplanting ttt to
bacco. ; &t-lr:V s
f The Blue Card mean that a farm
er cannot receive more than 50 per
pent of support on his entire crop.
Some of the farmers in Duplin
County have already indicated that
they plan to enter law suits against
Bissett to recover the loss which
they will have because of the dis
counted variety. ' ' . t,:r ;
The County ASC office Said there
Briefs
contain 17 classrooms, a library, offices, toilets and storage area.
The school, scheduled to be completed in early September, has been
named the James Kenan High School. (News-Argus Photo)
bacco.
Duplin's tobacco allotment this
year is 15,400 acres. County Agent
Reynolds said today that he believes
about 1,000 acres of tobacco is dam
aged 50 per cent or better from
water, but this still leaves a good
acreage.
Corn has also suffered from the
water and drought. Right now it
appear the corn yield will be cut
about 25 per cent unless some rain
comes and even then, the yield can
not be expected to increase very
mucn. . -v
' When the heavy rains cauie and
drowned tobacco, it washed a lot
of fertilizer out of corn fields. Soon
after the wet season, hot and dry
days followed. When some addition
al rain did come, the fertilizer was
not in the fields for the corn to
take advantage of and grow.
To Add Local Ag. Building And Build New
Negro Ag. Building; Bids Being Accepted
Bids are now being accepted for
the construction of a new Negro ag
riculture building and an addition
of one room to the present agri
culture building for Duplin Coun
ty. Faison McGowan, Duplin County
auditor, said today that the sealed
bids will be opened July 25. Im
mediately after the bids are open,
contracts are scheduled to be
let for construction to begin.
The new Negro agriculture build
ing will be located near the E. E.
Smith High School on the Warsaw
highway. The present plans show
that the building will be 38 by 24
feet. In this area there will be three
offices, two toilets, two storage
rooms, a heating space and a hall.
It will be a one story structure.
The addition of the room to the
present agriculture building will be
to house the ASC office that to at
the present time located down town.
McGowan said that the new room
on the side of the building will
give 600 square feet of floor space.
McGowan said that L. N. Boney,
architect of Wilmington, has the
plans for the construction and
bids will be accepted until July 25.
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are not more than four or five of
the farms out of the 143 which
planted a discount variety of to
bacco intentionally. In all of these
cases, 139 was planted and not 244
as is the current case where the
mix-up in seeds are reported.
Bissett has Visited Duplin County
and seen - some of the varieties
which are aaid to be 244. He has
told some of the farmers that it
cannot be 244, but tests and all in
dications point to the fact that it
Is the discount variety.
Along with this unfortunate turn
lh events has come the farmers dis
pleasure with, the program, Several
farmers have expressed, a definite
displeasure at the entire affair and
think that something should be done
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Corn yields in Duplin County
averaged about 45 bushels per acre
last year, according to Reynolds.
Farmers in Duplin Cou.ity, who
have had truck crops this year,
are looking ahead to the fall months
and trying to figure eut some other
means through which to increase
their annual income.
It is not too late to' begin plan
ning fall crops and as soon as tobac
co season is over, other crops can
be planted to help off-set the possi
ble loss in income from tobacco and
corn.
;Smt tarmeri S Vmemt
Mnt nut that thnv rtoall many
point out that tcey recall many
years when late in the growing sea
son crops did not look good, but on
the average the income for the area
turned out good, mainly because f
enterprizing farmers who looked
ahead and planned for some crop to
furnish additional income.
Alberfson Man Is
Jailed Here For
Auto Larceny
Elmer Harper, of Albertson, is in
Duplin County jail charged with
temporary larceny of a 1949 Chev
rolet pick-up truck Monday morn
ing. According to the Duplin Sheriffs
Department, Harper was supposed to
help Alvin Stroud, of the Albertson
community, barn tobacco Monday.
When he arrived, he is alleged to
have beeli drunk and took Stroud's
pick-up truck and left the scene of
tobacco baroing.
Harper wrecked the truck just
outside Klnston and was picked up
and charged with public drunken
ness by Lenoir County law enforce
ment officers.
Stroud's truck has been recovered.
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to protect the farmer from having
to bear the load of the seed produc
er, which appears evident in this
case. However, the producer of the
seeds denies that ft is a mix-up in
seed.
Farm officials point out, on the
other hand, that the farmers can
not afford to do away with the pro
gram. It would mean that supports
would be off and tobacco prices
would drop sharply and would prob
ably remain low' until some tobac
co farmers were forced into bank
ruptcy.
Although the . program seems
weak by some farmers at the pres
ent, Farm officials know that the
program must continue "and all the
support it can get Is needed now.
43 Duplin Merchants Underwrite
Program By Pledging Money For
Prizes; 5 Communities Participate
Duplin County's Community Dev
elopment Program is 'making re
markable progress' in all aspects of
the work.
J. A. Glazener, Program Planning
Specialist with N. C. State College,
Company 'M' Wins
Coveted Trophy
Co. 'M 119th Infantry, Warsaw,
has just returned from one of its
most successful summer encamp
ments since they were organized
in 1947.
The Battalion Training Trophy,
aware'ed annually to the most out
standing and best trained company
of the Battalion was presented to
Co. 'M' this year.
Capt. Earl Huie said this was
made possible only through the out
standing efforts put forth by his of
ficers and NCO's with wholeheart
ed cooperation from the men in the
ranks.
Training this year consisted of ri
fle and pistol firing the first two
days with the remander of the first
week being used to fire the heavy
weapons of the company, 30 caliber
machine guns, 81 mm mortars and
105 mm recoiless rifles.
The second week was spent in
Bivouac in the field running field
problems conducted by the plaliion
leaders. SFC Samuel Quinn was
recognized as the most outstanding
,t
:-'-.j4-
camp
this
year.
NOTICE
Relocation of a section of high
Voltage power lines will necessitate
a power interruption Sunday morn
ing in part of Duplin County, ac
cording to L. A. Pearce, Local Man
ager for Carolina Power and Light
Company.
Pearce explained that early morn
ing was chosen as the time a power
interruption is least likely to cause
customers inconvenience.
The interruption will permit line
men to make repairs on the main
lines; and crews will take advantage
of the outage, Pearce added, to
perform maintenance work that
would be dangerous with the lines
energized.
Power will be off between 5:00
and 7:80 a.m. Sunday morning,
July 14, 1957. The area to be affect
ed includes Warsaw, Bowden, Tur
key, Magnolia, Kenansville, Beula
ville, Chinquapin, Rose Hill and
Charity.
Special Dedication
Services At Piney
Grove Sunday
There will be a dedication ser
vice at Piney Grove F.W.B. Church
at Albertson, July 14.
The guest speaker will be the
Rev. Waiter Carter of Rockingham.
Lunch on the yard will be at 18
o'clock.
Special choirs will render the
singing. All the public and mem
bers of this churcch are urged to
attend.
Unmarked Car
Coming To Duplin
Another unmarked patrol car
third for the Fifth. Highway Patrol
District -r was received at district
headquarters at Goldsboro Tuesday.
The announcement was made by
District Sgt T. W. Fearing as the
H patrolmen serving the three
?ountv area gathered there for a
regular district meeting.
Fearing said the new car goes
to V, W. Heath, patrolman at Rose
boro.! Already operating unmarked
cars are Patrolmen W. J. Sum-
merlin at Goldsboro and D. W. Wil
liams at Clinton.1
Fearing said a fourth car is ex
pected withln the next few days.'
It will be assigned to a patrolman
in Duplin County.
Tha cars will be used throughout'
the district, often saturating high
way travelled areas. Fearing said
that while the same drivers will
operate the cars continuously, they
will not always be In the same area.
and Vernon H. Reynolds, County
Farm Agent, reported today thai
over $1,000 in prizes have been es
tablished for development in Du
plin County curing 1957.
Five individual community elubs
wi41 be competing for the prize
money with the purpose of turning
back into the community all win
nings to help make the commun
ities a better ulace in which to live,
work and play.
Forty - three. Duplin businesses
have agreed to sponsor the program
through monetary contributions.
The five communities which have
combined to organize the county
wide program are Pleasant Grove,
Cedar Fork. Lyman - Fountain, ,Sa
recta, and Bowden. Approximately
400 families are involved in the De
velopment Program at present
However, Reynolds and Glazener
point out that it is hoped that by
1958 at least 15 new Community
Development Clubs will be organ
ized, bringing the County total to
20.
As established, $200 has been set
aside to give as first cash award ttt
the organized Community making
the most progress during the year.
1957; Second cash award $100, third
cash award, $50; and $25 will go to
each of the other organized com
munities participating in the pro
gram... Inducement prizes in the differ
ent classifications are: (1) Com
munity contributing most to in
creased farm income through im-
proved practices and new sources
of income, $50 and $25; (2) Com
munity having highest per cent of
families producing and conserv
ing one-half or more of total food
needed, $25 and $10; (3) Commun
ity contributing most to honre im
provements, $25 and $10; (4 Cim
munity contributing most to pSoil
Conservation with highest oer cent
cf farms participating, $25 and $10.
(5) Community sponsoring a 4-H
Club with highest per cent of mem
ber possibilities completing pro
jects with records, $25 and $10; fl
Community with most Future Far
mers and Future Home Makers
completing projects with records,
$25 and $10; (7) Community doing
most community projects With high
est per cent participating in other
organizations such as church, PTA.
Farm Bureau, Grange, Home Dem
onstration Clubs, etc., $25 and $10;
(9) Community doing most to pro
mote health, safety arid sanitation
with highest per cent participation,
'$25 and $10.
To be eligible for the following)
awards, 60 per cent of the commun
ities must participate: (10) Com
munity winning county Softball
tournament, $15 and $5; (11) Com
munity winning county volley ball
tournament for men, $15 and $5;
volley ball tournament for women.
$15 and $5; (13) Community win-'
ning county horseshoe tournament
for men, $15 and $5; horseshoe tour
nament for women, $15 and $5; and
Community winning County Quartet
contest.male , female or mixed, $1S
and $5.
The County Community Develop
ment program has selected as av
motto, 'County Progress Thrwighx
Community Development by Alt.
Working Together." The objective -are
(1) increased farm income and",
(2) convert this increased income
to improved living.
The 43 Duplin businesses spon--
soring the uniy jjeveiuiiu-;u. .
Program are:
At Albertson, Simmons Grain si.
Feeds. At Beulaville, Beulaville Far.
mers Exchange. I. J. Sandun Law.
James Miller Hardware and Waeca
maw Bank & Trust Co.
At Faison, Branch Banking
Trust Co., Chas F. Cates t sons.
Inc. At Kenansville, Duplin Ctt,
Farm Bureau, Duplin Times, Ken
ansville Cafe, Kenansville Produc
tion - Credit Association, bctvic-
(Continued On Back Page)
"Let's al) swap problems
since everyone always dn.iwf -how
t solve the ollict
person's." ' '