- 1. I ) W 1 I J1 5. r VOLUME XXIV . NO. 32. - Duplin's Sen, By J. R. Grady' 1 Asonof Duplin, a pioneer in this field of educa tion, has been named chairman of the State Board if Education for North Carolina! want to thank Crovernor Hodges for naming him to the Board, rjand; thank (he Board members for recoenlzinff his . 1 .... . .. ...... W I y-v- -"'-J iT J ' ' iwc&l that I 'vma, o jnucn iweresi in puo;ic aucauon. r t jHe was educated in Duplin County School and attended Bavjdson College four years and. came out i Phi Beta Kappa: He does hot have the high doctor's -degree but he does have the, high degree pit, seeing ; into the future for our younger generation. He is about 41 years" old, but his mind has lived twice : that long. He is a scholar, a student and a' philoso "pher. He believes in the future Of Duplin, of North .Carolina, the U. S. and the world. He is a Christian gentleman, and elder in the Presbyterian church. He has developed into a powerful influence in vNorth Carolina and the nationin the field of educa- - tion on his own initiative, li ' - V ; Hectares to challenge the future. 'He is lowly, humble and meek, but with that, no saint He . recognizes that we all have to live together for a common purpose and that purpose is to survive, v v - He is willing to part with the past to gain a ' " better way of life in the future. Polling Pisces For Cotton Referendum And Nickels - For - Know - How Are Given Although the cotton acreage has been halved since allotments were re-established, cotton is still one of the major crops in the state. When all phase from production through manufacturing is considered, it Is North Carolina's , major industry. Besides being important agricultu- . workers in the state are employed I in cotton manufacturing.' .Theae manufacturing plants consume ev erat nines our annual proaumon. ' The need for a strong organized cotton program to' protect' the ln- Lvk xeresta 01 cotton on a jresearcn, eau- !AJtlm cational, legislative and promotional s-fw basis is vesy evident. Cotton is the . Ullty HUUHUH 1UUU.U 1U M state. In ether cotton areas where the- cotton industry is to a healthy condition, without exception there is strong organized cotton pro gram. 0 i U ' ' Legislatioit has been passed to al low tarmen to vote inf referendum y on .August 33, 1957 to assess them ; selvea 10 cent per. bale to support - this work. Money from this asses-' ment along with contributions from the industry groups of the Associa tion, Inc.' This referendum is being held Jointly with the Nickels for , Know How referendum being eon ' ducted by the North Carolina Agri cultural Foundation. - , - - Objectives of the North Carolina Cotton Promotion Association, Inc. are: " 1.' improve quality and value of North Carolina cotton by: V . r a Increased1 use of all known production techniques. b) Improved handling, classifica tion, storage, and merchandising of raw cotton. ." ' s ' c) riantirg full aQotmental iitiiii 1111 Dallas Herring . . . . . . .v-.w, 1141 111A11. y - .Dallas. beinff-ia:batcheldf2 2. Coordinate work of all interest ed private and public agencies. 3. Protect North Carolina cotton interests in state and national legis lation..' ..... . . , 4, Promote 'and support research arid, education in cotton. 5, Sponsor State Fair and . other cotton educational exhibits. :. j, , . Duplin' County's annual income from cotton is about $590,000. Pro duction could be increased 50 per cent to 100 per cent without an in crease in allotment if all recom mended production' and marketing practices were used. ', The Cotton and Nickels for Know How polling places in Duplin Coun ty are as follows: '. , v Albertson Township, Holfs Store; Cypress Creek Township, M. L. La' nier's Store; Faison Township, Fal son Town Hall: Glisson Township, Melvin PoweU's Store: bland Creek Township, Edwin Teachey's. Store, Charity; Warsaw Township, war- saw Town Hall; Wolfscrape Town ship. O. X. Alphin's Store; Kenans ville Township, Agriculture Build ings Magnolia Township, Magnolia Town Hall; Rose H1U Township, Rose Hill Town Hall; Smith Town- ship, Freely . Smith's Store and Rockfish Township, Rockfish Com- munltv builddine ' ' 1 aW v co::ccOareC ' -. 0 .C.IIlVtTt RALEIGH - The Motor Vehicles Department's summary of traffic deaths through 10 ajn. August 8, 1957: . Kil!1 T Tw - -. 1 EX- 1-jT 'e Last Year.' ' C3. fT i KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. Tencftors Licted For James lonan Uarsau, Jagnolia, tenansyille of Teachers 1957-58 James Kenan High School J. P. Harmon, Principal; C, H. Pope. Ag riculture; C .1-: Warren, Agricul. ture; Miss Carolyn G. Outlaw, Home Ec; Mrs. Kathleen P. Snyder, Home Ec; : Mrs.' Manha' Bruison. Mrs. Grace Q. Carlton, W. H. Helton, teacher and coach Mrs. Sallie C. Ingram, Mrs. Jo C. Jones; Mrs. Pearl C, McGowen, Joseph W. Newkirk, Mrs. Loycei C Phillips, Mrs. Ger. trude B. Pope. Mrs. Vernell A. Stevens, Gary W. Taylor and Mrs. Faye Q. Williams. KenansvlUe Elementary School A unique and hopeful step will be taken on Friday, August 9, 1957, when a survey of Duplin county polio victims of past years will be undertaken at the Health Depart- ment in Clinton. All of the more than 29 post polioa in Duplin coun ty are urged to attend this ortho pedic clinic where an evaluation team of medical experts will give them a thorough medical check-up. ' This' survey of past polio victims is being conducted by the Duplin County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. It .,..Q..y. ;v'. 11 Patrolman Willie Rogers Investigated Highway Patrolman Willie Rogers has been busy for the past week with automobile wrecks. Oh Friday, 0:15 p.m. Frank Arm- wood, Jr., turned his 1951 Chevro let over on the Mount Otfve - Ken- ansville highway near Scottie's Pool ' . Armwood, Negro, 29, is charted with careless and reckless driving. He received":.. '-ir ' dislocated tight shoulder. The car" was estimated to be damaged t300.' iTOOjmM i(ceTO4aiakM mark were evident at the scene of ' the wreck. SW feet. ;' "- .Saturday afternoon at J a.m., two vehicles wen involved itt a Wreck on the Mount Olive - Kenansvllle highway, f ' patrolman Kogera saM Gene Ar detk Stroud, white, 17, route 2, War saw and MissAddle, Summerlin, Kenansville,.' collided near M6uy Wettbrook's Store as Stroud was JLmaklnc a tura off a paved road onto a dirt fead.' Miss Summerlin, white Cotton Farmers Will Vote Aug. 23 For Strong Support ' , Cotton farmers of North Carolina will go to the polls August 23 to de cide whether to support a strong promotion program for their crop. The special referendum, author ized by the recent General As sembly, will allow farmers to vote on assessing uiemseives iu cents a bale to carry on an active pro gram to promote the use and sale of cotton. . Wiley Long, Jr., Roanoke Rapids, president of the N. C. Cotton Pro motion Association, explained that two-thirds or more of those vot ing must favor the proposal before it. can be put into effect. Money derived from the assess ment, along 'with contributions from allied Industry groups, would be used to help the Promotion Asso ciation carry on its- program. Long said. i :- , ' ;. h ; j , The cotton"; referendum is being conducted Jointly with the Nickels J Yin w '-raliillE Again in 1958, North Carolina farmers met the hulk of their cre dit needs through loans from their local banks, . according , to E. C. Thompson, Senior Vice President of Branch Banking and Trust Co., who represents5 the North Carolina Ban kers Association as Duplin County Key BanSa. During the year, the state' banks, remained the leaders In farm credit service by providing far more -financial aid to farmer than any other lending agedcy: he noted.: 'j;::".-rr:-- "f.: ' Using figures from the sixteenth annual farm lending summary of the Agricultural Commission of the American Bankers Association, Mr. Tbomrxion pointed out that on Jan uary 1, 1--7, North Carolina hanks Z. W. Frazelle, Principal; Mrs. Mat tie W. Sadler, Mrs. Janet T. Regis ter, Mrs. Edna E. Brlnson, Lauren R. Sharpe, Mrs. Nannie P. Brinson, Mrs. Nancy Chesson Slmpklns, Mrs. Florence S. Currie, Mrs. Vu-ginia G. Penney, Mrs. Katherlne M. Wallace, Mrs. Coral B. Burch and Mrs. Lou ise W. Mitchell. Warsaw Elementary School William J. Taylor, Principal and coach; Mrs. Mary S. Farrior, Mrs. Mary R. Matthews, Mrs. Estelle R. Pelrce, Mrs. Maggie R. Crawley, Thelma S. Swinson, Mrs. Joan P. liiy Poli la estimated that there are some 80,- 080 polio victims throughout the country. There is strong evidence , that some of these may be able to further overcome the after-effects of polio thanks to brilliant achcieve- ments in orthopedic surgery, correc tive devices, and the whole field of rehabilitation. The survey of local patients at the clinic on Friday Is the first stage of a March of Dimes project that pro mises 'A Forward Look for the Po lio Patient.' The program seeks , to extend help to patients who could astWeek female, 21, was attempting to pass at the time and hit the car in the left center. ; Stroud's car was damaged $200 and Miss Summer! in's car, a 1957 Ford, was damaged $500. No charges were preferred. Monday, 7 p.m., three miles south west of Beulaville, a head-on col lision resulted, in injuries to two persons. Patrolman Racers reoorts. Investigation reveals that.Tom. mfe Carroll, white. 39, teute' t Ben- lavOIe. Was rouhdina-ft curve on the wrtaglstde of the dirt WghwayTffld coumm aead on with 1951 feed driven by Woodrow Jones, white; W, also of Route 1. BeuMVUJe Mr. Mna Mae LeeV white, female ae, and her son, Roger four, month old, riding in the Carroll our, , re ceived injuries., v -, Damage to both carp ya estimat ed at $359 each. . '; , Carroll is charged .with driving on the wrong side of the road. for Know-How-balloting. In cotton counties, polling places will be the same for both referenda. Long described cotton as one of the state' major crops, even though acreage has been cut in half since allotments were re-established. 4R is even more important,' he went on, 'when you consider that about 40 per cent of the industrial workers In the state are employed in cotton manufacturing. Our mills consume several times the annual cotton production in this state.' Long said that the cotton indus try generally is in a healthy condi tion in those state which have a strongly organized cotton program among growers and industry. 'Our farm leaders and many farm er themselves have long recognized the need for such a program in North Carolina,' he added. The good you do and embody gives you the only power obtain able. Mary Baker Eddy Society is built upon trust, and trust upon confidence in one an- other's integrity. Robert South had a total of $68,510,000 in loan outstanding to farmers, compared with $87,412,000 a year ago. On the same date $29,814,000 was held in North Carolina farm, loans by Fed eral Land Banks, the second largest lender to the 'state farmers; $28, 728,000 was held by Insurance com panies; $12284,000 by. Production Credit Association; and $27,944,000 by the Farmers Home Administra tioh. UjkMi: V;-:- The total of farm credit outstand ing in banks was made up of $31,. 935,000 in production loans and $3& 575,000 in farm mortgages. In ad dition, North Carolina bank held $2,753,000 in C.C.C. paper not IncludV ed in the. above total Ur. Thompson commented es'peo- THURSDAY, AUGIJST 8, 1957. Beat, Mrs. Elizabeth H. Page, Mrs. Laura W. Barwfck, Mrs. Rose.w! Holllngsworth, Mrs. Martha H. Buck, Mrs.' ; Margueritte B. West, Miss Lenora Womack, Miss Nell J. Bowden, Mrs. Lena C. Carlton, Miss Nora Blackmore, Miss Maggie W. Bowden, Mrs. Magdalene Stancil, and One teacher we do not know. Magnolia Elementary School L. H, Fussell, Principal; C. J. Thomas, Margaret G. Fussell, (Mrs.) Mrs. Genevieve R. Tucker, Miss Betty F. Home and One Teacher We do not Know. Survey Denein irom care at a respiratory or rehabilitation center, from new types of self-help or adaptive de vices, or from recently developed surgical techniques. The Duplin County Chapter has contacted as many of these patients as possible, but there may be post polios who do not appear on its 'books either because of change of address or because they have never registered with the Chapter. How ever, all polio patients regardless of age or extent of present disability are urged to attend Friday's clinic. Briefs WE LIKE THIS Hamlet, There is a big hearted thief in this section. Last week, Richmond County De puty Sheriff Jack Heeney reported tha the was looking for thieves who 'hit. a new low' when they stole a rjozen watermelons and several can taloupes froma produce stand oper ated by George Watts, crippled with arthritis for many years. The pro duce Stand provides a meager liv ing for Watt and his mother during the summer. juesaay, answer report was made by Deputy Heeney who saM rthajt - 'oopseienec' apparently sj a oesj oi iae tniei, AocoraiBg to his report, the aigbi after the story appeared ia newspapers "more than twice as teaay melons a had been stolen werereturaed to Watt stand under cover of darkness. , 'It only goes to. prove', said Dep uty Heeney, that the pen is might ier than the blackjack.' BABIES BORN The following are babies that were born at Duplin General Hos pital the last week: Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Wilson, Magnolia, a girl, August 1; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Neth ercutt, Kenansville, a boy, August 2; Mr. and Mrs. Billy B. Pope, Clin ton, a girl, August 2; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Helton, Kenansville, a girl August 4 and Mr. and Mrs. Lester H. Jones, Kenansville, a boy, Au gust 4. FARM BUREAU There will be a Farm Bureau meeting, tonight at 8 o'clock in the auditorium of the Agriculture Building. The purpose of the meet ing is to discuss the marketing of discounted tobacco. PATIENTS The following are patients in Du plin General Hospital: Wilms B. Anderson, Magnolia; Lillie Carolyn Baker, Rose Hill; Florence William son Bizzell, Newton Grove; John Bowden, Faison; Grittie Bradley, Baltimore, Md.; Kathleen Register Byrd; Klnston; Gertrude Davis, Wallace; Sutton Fountain, Chinqua pin; Percy Gavin,' Warsaw; Oscar Hardison, Teachey; Betty K. Helton, Kenansville; David Edgar Lanier, (Continued On Back Page) tally on the increase In farm capital requirements to the present very nigh levels. This increase,' he said, 'has created a r trowing need, for loans with repayment periods of longer than one year. Banks ,are meeting this need in part by using a larger proportion of real estate credit to finance non real estate tovestments.:;'.-,. ' J:U The shift to comparatively great er use- of real estate credit for capi tal improvement and production purposes is Indicated by estimates that over one-half of all farm real estate loans are now used for pro duction and operating expenses, new machinery, improvement of livestock herds, and the Hke, T -- 'A further reflection of bank ef gif Ld niBSCUrnONl BATI81 fLM pee Tear to Dnptta nt adjoining O atlce; H90 tsUo turn are In If. Cj iM NWta W. C. IDonuri County Collected 1 Taxes Year s Game Laws To Be Strict This Year In Duplin Fishermen and hunters beware. Check your fishing and hanting licenses now. John Edwards, Duplin County Game Warden, said today that all combination hunting and fishing li censes expired on July 31, meaning that new ones are essential now. . Too, all of last year's hunting li censes expired on July 31. There has been a price increase in combination hunting and fishing licenses from $4.10 to $5.25 annually. Hunting licenses also show a in crease -01 $1.00 from $3.10 to $4.10. Duplin County licenses will re main $1.10. Edwards points out that hunters and fishermen should make sure and carry their licenses when hunting and fishing this year. 'We are going to be more strict and we don't want to have to bring some one in for failing to comply with the game license laws.' School Faculty Named For Beulaville Beulaville School Faculty for 1957 1958 announced by W. Ray Hum phrey, Principal, also school open ing date for Beulaville set for Au gust 20th. First grade: Lou Belle Williams, Vera Bostic, Jessie Ann Thomas. Second trade: Christine Kennedy, Mamie Boggs. Third grade: Eleanor Korrts, Joyoe Nixon.. Fotpth grade: Hazel Williams, Made Thomas, Frances Mercer. Fifth grade: Phot be Pate, Hazel Miller, Dorothy Humphrey. Sixth grade: Jean Sucklew, Louise Brown, Lillian Grady. Seventh grade: Ann Craft, Carl Pate, Dale Buckle w. Eigth grade: Dorothy Thlgpen, Lurline DeBell. Madeline Smith. High School Faculty: Science: El dridge Thlgpen and Malcolm Mc Whorter. Commerce: William Ger ald Jones. Home Economics, Bet- ty Smith Turner. English and jthe issue will be applied to reduce French: Isabelle Grady. History: the company's outstanding short Vance Spence. English: Blanche term bank loans. Hill. Math and English: Benc'er Guy, W. D. Thigpen, Mary S. Mer cer, Football and Physical Educa tion: Richard Nixon. Agriculture: Temple Hill, Colon Shaw. Public School Music and Band Director: Robert Craft, Jr., Piano and Glee Club: Goldie Alderman. Time For Farmers To Do Important Jobs One of the most important points In an efficient farming operation is to get done in an off - season those jobs which do not have to be done during planting or harvesting, says V. H. Reynolds Farm Agent of Duplin County. And, Reynolds continues, taking soli samples is one such important job. Right now is an excellent time to take samples from those fields that are to be planted either this fall or next spring. Soil sample can be taken any time of the year (Continued On Back Pae) Mm forts to meet increased needs for intermediate length loans is the substantial portion of production credit outstanding at the beginning of 1957 which carried a repayment period of longer than one year. , ' . Mr. Thompson stated that these Investments made through use of longer term bank loans nave con tributed substantially to the ef ficiency and progress of North Ca rolina agriculture..; ' Mr. Thompson reported that 101 of the US insured commercial banks in North Carolina served: agricul ture by making farm loans during Durmg 1956-57 Collection Fiaures MrGn! ' i ' ' '.' - ; 1 I I 1 t f ' 'IsbWMHbbbMb SGT. BRADLEY C. KATZ (AHTNC) Army Sgt. Bradley D, Katz, son of Mrs. Ida S. Katz, 506 E. College St., Warsaw has been selected for assignment with one of the six earth satellite tracking Stations which stretch from Fort Stewart, Ga., to Santiago. Chile. Ser geant Katz will serve as an opera tions and repairman in helping track the satellite to be launched during the International Geophy sical Year. The tracking stations are being established as part of Army Map Service's 'Project Vanguard'. Katz entered the Army in May 1956 and completed basic training at Fert Jackson, S. C. A 1955 graduate of the University of North Carolina, he is a member of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity. U. S. Army photo. one Co. as Underfctes fluge Program Te' largest financial undertaking in the history of Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company was com pleted on August 1 when the com pany offered and sold $14,000,000 principal amount of thirty year 4 2-3 pgr cent debentures. Proceeds from The order of the North Carolina Utilities Commission authorizing the financing summarized the com pany's progress since the end of World War II. Pointing out that post-war de mand for telephone service in the forty - one county territory served by the company has been the great est in the company's historg. the order stated that since the end of the war, Carolina Company tele phones in service have increased from 55314 stations at December 31, 1946 to 147,953 telephones at the end of May 1957. The increased demand for service and the growth of the oompany, with improvements to its plant and facilities, have been the direct cause of the greatest construction activities in the history of the com pany, The 1956 gross additions to telephone plant exceeded any pre vious twelve months' period and resulted in the largest telephone gain in the company's history. The accelerated construction pro gram is being continued during 1957 and the telephone gain in the com pany's history. The accelerated construction pro gram i being continued during 1957 and the telephone gain for the first five months this year was 4,074. With emphasis on rural develop ment, more than 8,900 telephones classified as rural have been gained during 1958 and the first five months of the current year. In Carolina Telephone and Tele' graph .Company's construction and improvement program, gross addi tions, to telephone plant for the per iod extending from January 1. 1947 to May 31, 19S7 have approximated $77,652,980. If present demands for service, continue, the company ex pect v that expenditures for total. telephone plant and facilities will approximate $8,000,000 in the re mainder of 1997. Placement of the company's de benture Issue was handled by Kid der, Peabody and Company, Inc., of New York and involved sixteen pur chasers. This, the fourth debenture issue, raises the total outstanding funded debt of the company to $28r 000.000, i".-.:vr;" r'.i'. We may be a good as we please if we. please to be good. - Isaac Barrow - Teleoh PRICE TEN CENTS $239,690 Id Above Lozv BY PAUL BAKWICK Figures released today by Duplin County Accountant Faison W.. lie Gowen and County Tax Collector Harry Phillips reveals that total tax collections for the fiscal year "end ing June 30, 1957 was $239,092S above the 1956 total colleetlons. McGowen said he attributes Jae excess collection to 'an all "out 'ef fort made by the County to collect back taxes.' Total collection for the year was $798,144.54, which was $97,367.12 above the total tax levy of $700,777. 42 for 1956. At the beginning of the 1957 fis cal year, the County Board of Com missioners appointed attorneys Rus sell J. Lanier and Kenneth W. Tur ner to collect 'all back taxes.' This move is attributed with tho increased collections. As a result, Duplin County now has a balance of all uncollected taxes of $425.00, McGowen said. With the additional money on hand, County school building pro grams have been speeded up with new cafeterias being constructed at North Duplin, near Calypso; and Wallace - Rose Hill high schools. James Kenan Consolidated High School to serve Kenansville, Magnolia and Warsaw, is nearing completion and is to be occupied during the 1957-58 school year. Since 1947, when a complete re- valuation of aH real estate made, the County tax rate has been most years $1.50. However, in 1954 the tax rate was increased to $1.55 per $100 valuation. Be cause of increased expenses, in 1998 ine tax rate was increases 10- This year a SO per cent horizon tal increase en all teal estate went into effect. At the same time, the County Board1 of Cbfnmls'Jhwera announced strop i) the tax r from $1.70 to $1.25 pes.StOtt jsalwa tion. A close look at m tan reeorde ew veals that seal and personal prop almost doubled since the uation in 1947. '; ! '' McGowen points out that the real and personal tax levy in 1MV yleaV- ed $374,511.48. In M88, the yjef from the tax levy was $700,777.4. Recognizing the work done by Phillips during the past year the County Board of Commissioner) voted this week to employ Pbillipa as Tax Collector for another yes. Duplm County A.S.C. Report Farmers who plant 'acceptable' flue-cured tobacco varieties and 'discounted' varieties on the same farm, under some conditions, may make arrangement with ASC to sell their acceptable tobacco on a white card. According to H. D. God frey,' Administrative Officer the Ag ricultural Stabilization and Con servation State Committee, farm operators who have produced both discounted and acceptable varieties of flue cured tobacco on the same farm but in seperate fields or plots who wish to be issued a white marketing card for use in mar beting the acceptable varieties should contact the local ASC coun ty office immediately. Prior to any marketing, the far mer who expects to market his ac ceptable varieties on a white card) after he has disposed of all dis counted varieties will submit signed statement to the ASC coun-' ty committee describing the steps he has taken and will take to insure that acceptable discount varieties are being kept separate. Informa tion furnished will include (1) man ner in which the tobacco was or will be kept separate during har vesting, 2) the manner in which It was or will be kept separate dur ing curing, and (3) the manner in which it was or will be kept sep arate in the pack house and during the sorting and tying. According to Godfrey, a minimum of two farm visits by ASC person nel will be necessary to cheek the farm operator's plan to keep the to harat cenarate and to draw reoufirw ed samples. The farmer will be required to pay a $12.00 fee to cover theese two visits. If additional visits- ' are necessary, tney wui do w ir th muntv am. bonmiHn --., ; method of keeping the discounted ; variotlM apnarate Is adequate, the am: representative wnue farm will draw two sample of to- 1 M V. .1-oT analtnl A nnh ' 1 . . .... Ltl. h. HCCV 1OT wjcimyn. v' pie will be drawn of the tobacco re- " presented by the farm operator to I. be of the discount variety. S TM , according to Godfrey is a further check required by the Department (Ceatinaed On Bark rage)