..J
4 n't
l r
h
2
VOLUME XXIV
brier i::ds D17 : Pclto Groqp;
lcu.-::!::d; C!::mcn Kuned
t .;r (Hikers
.. Wew officers ivra t
,; plans were laid for the. 1958 March
of Dimes Vhich Is to officially be
gin on January 3, when on Thurs
. day evening a dinner meeting wag
1 n held at the Kenansville Cafe. 1957
. Chairman, Mrs. Christine Williams
, called for a repor tfrom, Mr. W. E.
Craft, county campaign chairman
i. for the past year. Mr, Craft report
ed that 7080.98 was collected, which
.-.was one of the-best year that the
county has had, Mr. Craft was pre
sented a Certificate of Apprecia
, U LiUUasJO
WITH JOE.
' -l , Bealawflle Wtna tt-t '
BOYS , -s
V , BeulaviUe High with a 13-point
'lead went on to defeat Chinquapin
'last night in the opened for the
Panthers. Buddy JUerce wantop,
jcorer twith 12 polntsj while E,
. Sloan paced Chinquapin with H.
, The Chinquapin girls defeated
BeulavfUe 84-40 fir-the opening
?"j osMia Kt flu twin kill Mnl T Atilo.
umped.. in-. r4S points to pee the
' v .winning girls, and- -Betty. Wetos
ecored 13 for the Beulavllle "set
, - Beulavllle, Mercer 12, Thomas S,
" ,J'raft, 10,-HtAer 10, and Bratcher
V Beulavllle Vib l3ulntt VMat-
thewg 'ti. ;mtir.y-:-?;v
' ' Chlnfl"apln Hunter, Jj4 e
A at iSloan,' lif' Bowei' lOjtaiid
IvanfcSub: . Ball, 4 .and Saynojr
' CbhWuaf'S f feuel f
Chtnquaptn - ttierfwjrJfcjfcn
7J BnlavfU Blizafcrd. f(k Westoir'
Ocady -48?.' Hal).ai'Bjwn ;and.-
, wyrjia uinier iei . me vninqunr
tIn girls with 45 pointst arid Betty
Veston paced BeUlavlll ewlth 13. .
, , r w &-"jhtf: ?(." r
, JfACKSONtnXEVPINS OVER
jTJQfAN 5s-:;-t"jf-''' ' o :'
rjl . BOY:i'?;f'
, i Ken Cohen came ott4heench to
- lead the Jacksonville: Cardinals, to
jt a 523 victory over; the Tigers' of
IKenan High last" Tuesday night In
tne season opener for both clubs.
' Keith HobJ JUn Pripe and How
. ard lei the attack for Coach Bill
- Helton as they scored nine points
each. Coach Helton was pleased
with the way his club looks against
' -the strong Cardinals.
Farm Labor Representative Be In Ag.
Building Here 10 -12
Attiori n ' Hlrkman.i Farm Labor
': SepreseUUtive for. thU area will
be In the County; Agent's, office,
' Kenanltvyiiaf; from 10 jam, ; to s 12
-noon each Thursday beginning the
week of December S and win Con
tinue until March' 1958, Wednesday
he will . be ' at , the, FCX StoD:.in
BeulavlUe between , the hours of
10 and 12 o'clock noon.
I Farmers and. tenants who wish to
make a change for the 1938 season
should get in touch with Hickman
to discuss , labor problems. . Ac
cording to Hickman, farmers wno
have a labor shortage at the1 pre
sent time or who 'anticipate a, la
bor shortage in the harvest aea
on should make arrangements as
soon as (possible to correct this
shortage. - ' 1 ' " . '
i Diversified farming U fast, be-
lax Listsrs ForDuplintourity Ai
I!: J Dv Cc:rd Of
The following named persons
were appointed noT, approved tax
list take ndseessors for. 1958
at the meeting of the Bjord of
coir.ty t,Viomissi -ne 00 last"Mjn
tfay: ' $ y: fr$- ' ' ,': ; 2:
h Warsaw r" Mrs. R Best, jr.
and Miss5adie Bennett.. '
"Faison, Mrs. Eunice Falson and
: Mi Bertie Sloan.; "?:-;Mr.?.'f ri
Wolfscrspe ' Mrs. Harvey; CrteT
and' Mrss Russell Whitfield. '
- Gllsson, George Water. 'tv;; : .
Albe tson, Mrs- Hess Davia and
Mrs. Annie Mae Kennedy., ,
' Limesotne, George Sumner , and
Mr Leonard Kennedy. - '
Cypress Creek, Elmo Maready.
Island Creek, Mrs. Leland Teach
ey, and Mrs. A. C. flail, Sr. j
Rockfish, Paul Smith.
rose Hill, Mrs. C. T. Fussell, Jr.
t -..tnniia. Jake N. Home. ' '
tl::!:d At Meet llsro
tion by Mr. Williams, and she also
gave me treasurers report for Mrs.
Rosamond Brock who was unable to
attend, . ', , ,
Dtr. John i A. Power Pnuntv
Health Of fleet, gave a report on the
oaix vaccines which had been giv
en In Duplin County. Even though
not a many people have taken ad
vantage of the service as it was
hoped, at least about twelve or. thir
teen thousand have taken the shots;
Dr. Powers urged any and, every
(CONTINUED OK SACK) - A
COSTOf. v
Kenan Hobbs, 0; Price, 9; Usher,
0; Powell 3, Bishop 7. Subs: Rouse,
3, Hall 3; Mathis 1. ; :
Jacksonville, Morgan, 5; Dubose 7;
Crawfotd,,8,-Selji. S; and Sanded
son, 11.-1 Subs:. Norton 2, Trader
Cohen. 13. e.s . , 'J:.'
In the Jay ve game James Cavei
fnaugh led ' the "'attack for- Kenan
with H polhts as the Jacksonville
UayVelsl.cJedr tne door . on the
iiftiKlsUe v?.'Thi Kenirn Jay-
kerteam xorislfcf -Morris Cherry,
uames avenaugn. cqioy jonnson.
BUI Suaug)n .jq ieU Cbestnutt.
Willie Bottle Ralph! Culberth, Dtftf
nle Euell "and iWiUie; Home. ; i
1a?he.B;? Grady oyi defeated
Pehderfca U-M a the girls of 3rtf
WAIXACT1 BOSKHnxTpfS f;
ahead the fine per-:
WVeaL, -iBurgaw 42-34 -last
Tuesday night in the opening-game
of ,5the basketball season fof:3oth
ehtbs; ; HalSm.Kh ile4.iH!2jaa
nerr with IS points. ,
WaUaceSillv;f 12; tmtif 4;
Hall, 4; Smith; 18; and Piner l.r J
Sub; Field . '
Burgaw Boryk, .8;' , Hood, 4.
Strickland, 2; Farrior, 4; and Smith
18. Subs: Brinson,' McLendon, 3;
Taylor.. ..
' oirls v-v :-
Wallace-Rose Hill 57, Burgaw 44. ',
Carr; 15; Wells, 18; Murray, 24;
Dempsey, Reeves, Johnson. , Subs:
Huffman and G. Garr. : j. .
Burgaw' Bowden,128.Sridgen,
16; Newkirk, Cooper, Hall" and
Tokoly Jonkher. Subs: K. Mur
ray. , t.;';.
a.m.
vtmlhff m munt in the f arm' oroffram
to provide additional Income for
the farmers, who nave, oeen cut
considerably in their money (pops.
Thin ran Tin dnne to a 'ffOod advan-
tmra ff : harvest operations 8re
plahried Just -as -the planting oper-,
ation is planned, po farmer should
hold back planting diversified crops
for additional incomd. on account of
labor, for harvest operations.. Thtf
can e .taken care ot wirougn ue
Farm Labor Program, proviaea, tree
nt chares to the farmers through
out the fate by- planning ij'our
krf with ths Farm Labor Rep
resentative in 'plenty ,f , tujrti for ;
the m)mmn season, . rr-i $
HichmaB wUl be in Mt , Olive
each Monday from 8 .Ou to " PJ
Phone Mt OUve' 3844. 2:-0,1
'Gomimssiohers
f?r.V
inn un. Mmu wuido. ' - '-i
The" art takers will meet' at the
Courthouse in Kenansville on Mon
day! December 18 for general eon-
'omnliitli llat of all rra
Lperty in the county ana or assessing
in accordance witn ttw au property
which is- to be assessed during the
approaching listing pertoo,s J
A 'Miuin of 19572 crops, etc. will
be taken by the tax Jisters aa they
i-A.ioica . .J.'
.Listing of 1958 taxes win begin
ni .Wednesday January 1.' 1958.
Penalty .?, for late listing i will be
charged on all taxes ustea on or
after February 1, Je. v ,
A-,:- 'i -i'i ' - ' 1
; The TJS9 Prineeton,vthi first Na-
wanhin to have bropeclng ma
chlnery below the waterllne out
of reach 'Of enemy shot, was
:.
launched at ' Philadelphia, Deo
..." KENANSVILLE, NOKT T 'ROLINA;
' SENCDA WtNNKBS Bepreseatativea AC the
j! top five oemmBnitiee In five counties, winners erv
1 awards la the gBNO-land Development Association
contest, re preaested oheofca Monday night by
' John Fox Vesldent' of SENCDA. Fox- FfeWt
Pleasant Grove Club
'nSEHCIand Development Association
A loving cup, two trophies and a
total of $500 were awarded to five
SENCland , Communities Monday
night at the annual meeting of the
SENCland Development Associa
tion,
..-.ifaking top honors wtth . the.;'tt?'ftt jooawnunitjr ' In - eaefe 'ovnty do
ing cup, which, is awarded tqthi
community " doing -the - most - Out;
etaneclpb overall ; irtiprover ;
ment, ' Wasj PieasanrtGnwr ot JDut
iplin .CfjBh'. Beprejsentltig the winr
ning community waa llmo Bltaard
Rye B. Page,. publisher of the Wil
mington Star-News Newspper. , (
ft Runner-up in this category, ws
repreeonioQ oy f jociuwiar.;
den Union received' 4 special trot
thv for the aeeond vlace position.
tualrmen of theSClaa Com
fnilnillPeVeWbeat-nvlMcno-
:j-OXj,-.-jqBaae; tnof preeeataiion. . ,f ,
. Lanon mhi t-Tee communiiy
ai'ifvejr 'Jk tpwtot Ward M
the Jorni "jif'i phy f of its; gM
neighborliness exhibited ouring tne
pasfyear ',,7, ! ' ;,?;'"''' $
Winneta in the three subdivisions
of judgment Were':' . Home beauti
ficatiens, - Long Creek of Pendar
Cotinty, represented byEverette
Lewis; Increased incotnei Pleasant
Grove, represented by Elmc Blis
zard; and youth program' develop
v, TOP AWAJ) Elmo Bllzaard ef the Pleaaaat Grove oem-if
i--'nm the' 'Star-NeW:ewappera ;'trtphTi,wa4rV:
th nio 'entstandlng aver-all
;:Deveiopittent'HAaSof
- SENCDA annnat meeting. - (WUnungton Ste) .
li6Ya. Mk'ixwn
mm
t Rev'stephen G.:(5jnlth of JOtjpUn
and Middlesex was - carried to a
Kinston hospital this norning w
cutt and .bruise and possible, other
injuries after heing Involved .In 'a
wreck, at, 10 sum.' about two mUes
from 'BfulaVille .on, h.UV-'farm.' on
highway 4L' i i:C i.;lfr? --
According to reports ! Mr, ; Smith
wa- driving ; towards; Beulavllle;
slowly, la nto l95T Chevrolet: look
ihg ai his farm. A pick-up truck
came up from behind, .driven by
Nick Bostlc. According to reports
Bostie said he was looking up and
saw the Smith Car. He looked down
In the foot of his ear forsomethlng
and suddenly crashed. Intp the rear
of the Smith car. His .truck hit the
Chevrolet so hard the Chevy, buckr
led up in the center. It .was toWl-,
TIIL
cheek to Wilbur Earl, ef Lebanon Mllla. Others In
scene are Everett Lewis (partially concealed by
Fox) ef Long Creek, L. H. Harrelaoa of Bendy
Plains, D. L. Beard ef Bladen Union and Elmo
' BUsanrd of Fleaant Grove (Wilmington Btar
Takes Top Honors
ment, rh Prong of Columbus
Cow . ';.,- .'.-
'jT-i: communities' of Lebanon Mill
Creek .Bladen Union,, Sarffly Plains.
piaasant" Groe andf-rrs -".CmekJ
each received a chec for for
inc ; that most outstandine loo in
over-ail improvement .
-The-, main speaker was True D.
Mtsej onder secretafi of the V S.
Depertment of AgricuTture who ar
rived by plane Monday from Wash-
' Speelal guests included: V. 6.
tem 'Alton; A. Xennon; p'TC. Bal-
Titiue, ', 3 tat commissioner of
agrfculiure; D. D. W.Colvard, dean
of -the School of Agriculture at N.
C. State CaUege; Annette Boutwel)
of the State Medical. Society Hor
aee.freiAflu ireetf of the farm,
Hhcae- Adnirtnrtotffj6hia.,,W;
f rawf.an4-iR 8:tJ)axeneri both
extensidiT. program , planning; spec
ialists of K: C State CoOege' Ma-rion-Holtettd,-
digtriet Tepresentative
of the FHA; and C. S. Mints, south
east extension .district agent.
.. Twenty nine' members were pres
ent from Brunswick County, 31
from Bladen; 35 from Columbus, 48
from Buplin,' fronv'New Han
over, "19 from Onslow and 22 from
-:'.'. '. '
Mmprovenwnt In the .BKNCland,
m ar m b s
iiilii
ly demolished; 'it waa aeld, Boetic
suffered minor cuts and bruises
and. was under observation by a
BaulavlB doctor. Hia truck "was
very .badly damaged but can . be
ealvageiilt ;;waa aald.a)The - truck
ReV:
s- j - , ) - - ' ...
r.I Smith ia superintendent
of the Free Will Baptist Orphanage
at Middlesex and is well known
throughout Duplin ' County. Qis
friends -wish for him a speedy re
covery. ' ' . J; '
The tfeS SwordfUh sank Jp
merchaht hip, Dee, 18,. 1941 to be
the first U.S. submarine to Sink an
enemy warship. , . - ..
Y DECEMBER p, 1957.
J-
:
i-- ia i Jv-if
Brieh
Times ? Tardy, Christmas Schedule
The Times is reaching you a- lit
tle .later this- week due to the fact
thetTwe were closed three days last
t t W five our help time off for
TL isgbriaig and the unusually
bf" "v rua of Christmas advertising
U.. ..fek.'YoUr paper will borne to
yoil ai usual after ' this. Note:
Christmas week,, the Times will
feue if.TueadaJr as we did last
wefta and the offiae will be closed
the rest -of the Veek, Please bear
this sn mind andveiour news and
advertising in early for that weok.
,,;:U1 Work Done Here Now
'JSmith Dry Cleaners has now in
stalled an all complete dry clean
ing eiuipment in its Kenansville
plantv Since It first opened here,
M?.! Smith has been doing the dry
cleaning in Warsaw an Impressing
I, 'enansville. He piwinei in the
beg -.nlng to 'complete the plant
hejeoand nof ft has becomq j ct-
The equipment , la the newest, wi".
most ' modern to be found in Du
pllri County. Now fta may carry
your, suit, dress, coJ etc. tte
local dry cleaners 'n" the morning
and get it back all i'i.-iUbod.jn the
afternoon. Mr Smltn tmployes ex
pert workmen to do the work and
all work is guaranteed.
Dr. Willis Is. Gone
Dr. Robert F. Willis left Kenans
ville for West Virginia Monday. He
returns to, his native state where he
will become physician for coal min
ers In the state after January 1st.
He will take a Vacation during De
cember. Going with hint was his
nurse Miss Homer Weslthersby, na
tive of -Tennessee. ; Friends of Bf..
Willis in Kenansville and Duplin
regret to see him fleave. He has
been, a vital asset ,iri the develop
ment of the DupUn General Hospi
tal. &fe .
fW '
Weather Prophet Vj Catching Fish
. Eugene Wells, -Duplin's forest fire
warded, was jtelline tho dther
day of a nold.flshermari-who' pre
dicted weatbe by, the way mn one.
We've never heard this. She, before.
Mr. Wells didbt seem to knofr tW
old man'4 exact -formula but when
he .wanted to knew what to expert
. . .... .' .-.V - 1 . . j
from tne weatner o- . wouia o
fishihg, and :''sWaas.-tIil nl
neighbors itol hiWfthat the old
man'r . prognoltlgations were gen
erally : correct iSome time ago he
went fishing nd came home with
the stoty , that.w .were In for a
rough Winter. ''v'
Many Benesta For Pine SeedBngs
Mr. Wells told us that he is get
ting right' many requests for pine
seedlings, from Duplin farmers this
tfaU They the farmer H per
thousand.- -delivered to his home.
The seedlings are usually about 1
year old. loblolly' pines. There is
still an adequate supply., he wa.
and anyone wanting them may con
tact Mr. Wells at Rose Hill.
,. Driving through the county one
can seei .literally thousands Upon
tljousands of i acres rof idla' land
that could well be put to pine grow
ing. ,It tekes'jbout 12 to W years
to grow a M WP of wppA Koip.
and 25 years, and up for a timber
erop There is no Jtlvation.- ' V
The following are patients at Du
pUn .Oenerai Hospital:' r.f i; ,7 ; '
i Alberta .Harden, . Dora'- Branch,
Mary FarrWWlUard Ray John
son. Carol Fays, Burgess, Jean Sea
son Snively and' DeUa Hall Wha
ley of Kenansville; Lacy .Frances
Brown! RUthla Brown,-BerthaT S.
James, Lois Grady , Maready ,of
Chinquapin; .'Jesse Howard Butler,
Goldsboro- .Hilda ' Bytd. ' Maude
Crawley, Deborah Ann Futrell, Wil
Uam Earl Griffin and Julia Dean
Thigpen, Beulavilla. ;. '
. Fred Pierce Costin and Parenthia
Bass Wallace, Warsaw: Barbara
Hardison, Teachey; .-Kevin. .Doug-
. (ConUnnoi On Bark Faga) ' -
BtmsCRBmoN BATES: tSM per tear la Itapim and adjoining
OanOeat BIN aataide thla ares in if. C.i 8.M mvUMi X. C.
Leon 'Brown pittirmaii-Coiiiily BqarcS
6nimissiiRers; Beetleln County
Hearings Set On
1958 Tobacco
Violations
Hearings are being held In Du
plin County by the County ASC
Committee In cases where there has,
been excessively high yields, too,
many acres of tobacco planted and
some instances of blue card tobac
co farmers. i
Sam Brown ASC office manager,'
said the committee has already held
three meetings and plan to hold
more in connection with the pos
sible violations.
He points out that "two or three"1
violations have been detected to
date.
Thedford Harrell is chairman of
the committee with Gordon Lanier
and O. L. Holland being the other
members.
682 Baptists Gather In Rose Hill
Mondav For "M" Hioht Exercises
. i
Six hundred and eighty-two peo-:
pie from the Baptist Churches of ,
Eastern Baptist Association gath
ered in the Rose Hill Baptist
Church on Monday, December 2 at,
7:30 p.m. for the -M' Night exer
cises. 'M' Night is an annual pre-;,
sentation of the Training Union
Department. Bear Marsh Baptist Church of
Route 2, Mount Olive and Beulah
Baptist Church of Turkey received
the attendance banners. Bear Marsh
bad the largest number in attend-'
ahce (77) and Beulah had the lar
gest percentage of enrollment pre
sent (97). r
All of the .churcbts of the Asso
Mntlniv hava TValiina V Union D-
nrtnienta exeeD?icht. Training
Union' ta atf entng service, opt
Wlhdays; ' :, - : l
gain of at least four more Un-
Questions; Voting I$iff Dec. 10
How farmers vote in the cotton
marketing referendum to be held
1 -roughout the Nation's cotton-g-owinp
irea on December 10 will
-tpten-iine whether quota penal
ties will apply and also the level of
price support for 1958-crop cotton.
The referendum therefore is of
vital concern to every cotton grow
er, says Thedford Harrell, chairman
of the Duplin County Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Committee.
The market quota prbgram will
be in operation for next year's
crop, the chairman explains, if at
least two-thirds of the votes cast
the referendum are in favor
of the program. In that case, price
svpport will be available to grow
Duplin Allotted Crops Acreage Remains
About Same For 1958; Notices Are Sent
Duplin County ASC office has
received notice of., acreage allot
ments for the county's four allot
ed crops according to Sam Brown,
County ASC office manager.
Notices Sre being mailed all farr
mers notifying them of the acreage
on their particular farm. 1
; Allotments for , 1958 will be ap
proximately the same as 1957 on
tobacco, corn; cotton and peanuts.
Tobacco allotment to individual
farmers will be the same with the
exception ot violations and ad
justments. Brown .points out that
where a farmer has peep aetectea
The "Fifth Quarter"
BY E.' B. SIMPSON
Assistant Coonty Agent
Mr. Leais Jones of Faison, ha.
' a very unusual oew. 1 But before
I tell too what is unnsual about
her I want to telr yea iKtjeY l
abeat her. She Is one of the cmt
es that ho has raised from fam
ily oaw.. Mr. Jones wanted to
show me his calf because he was
werrled over the fact that she had. ,
. give teats. I told him not to worry -
because this was not anasnal In
cattle and the fifth one would
never develop. I went so far as to'
bet a Coke thai It wouldn't e"
velop. Well to make a long story
short, I bought him a Coke that
week, after watching him milk.
about a cupful out of a fiftn
sjnartar 4
Baptists OpeivXmas
Season With Music
V '
On Sunday afternoon, December
8 at three o'clock.. Ctuiafmar.M-
rol sing wid bo held in the Turkefl
Baptist Church, Turkey, for all tho
4 LEON BROWN
ton Brown has been elected
chairman of the Duplin County
Board of Commissioners for 1958.
. The election, came at the regular
ions was one of the several goals
adopted for the coming year
.1 Of the forty one churches and
one mission comprising the East
ern Association, miriy two naa
members present for this meeting.
Among the . churches of this area
Slth. persons in attendance were:
arsaw, 5; Magnolia, 19; Corinth,
67; Kenansville 4; Teachey, 7; John
sons, 2Z) Concord, 6; Island Creek,
lai JRose' HUl, 72; Pinhook Mission,
47; BeulavUle, 42; Sharon, 18. Shi
loh, 42; Cedar Fork, 27; and Dob
son's Chapel, 8.
.feap4res of the program' were the
singing, presentation and adoption
oiHoals in Training Union work
fdr Uw-.yar. and a main address
I brought . bjl the Reverend Julian S,
Hopkins, State Secretary of Evan
gelwm or tne worrn ivuna nap
at
ant
ers who comply with their farm
rllotmentk, for the 1958 crop of
cotton at a level between 75 and 90
Der cent of parity and quota penal
ties will apply on any 'excess' cot
ton. If more than one-third of the
votes are against quotas,' there
would be no quota penalties and the
price support level to eligible grow
ers . would drop to 50 per cent of
parity.
Chairman Horrell explains that,
even though quotas are disapproved
acreage allotments will remain in
effect, as a means of determining
eligibility . for price support.
All farmers who were engaged in
the production of cotton in 1957
will .be eligible to vote in the ref
(CONTINCED ON BACK)
for, a violation, his acreage will
likely be cut. In adjustments, us
ually in hardship cases, there will
probably bo some Increase. The
tobacco allotment for Duplin is
16,421.18. - yl
V Peanuts will be the same with
an allotment of 6.3 acres. There are
two peanut growers in the Coun
ty. :
, Somafew farmers will receive
increases in acreage. On the other
hand, Brown said, some of the far
mers may receive a decrease. This
is due primarily' to the minimum al
(Continued on Back Page)
TV
forty One Churches in the Eastern
Baptist Association. This is the
first activity, in the new Music Ed-
ncqtvpn program emg uiuncucu
this year, and. everybody1 is warm
ly invited to come sing and make
the carol slog a real success.
:- :!ft
I:! . I If '-
77V ' , ,,
Holiday Closing
to1.
. The' jfollowlng men from Duplin
County were Inducted into the Ar
my on the 3rd of December, 1957:
Vernon Julian Salmon. Walter Ivey
Smith and Archie Louis Dunn.
1 . . mi. -M, . ... v. r
v niv uiun vi. .lie iupuu vuuii;
Draft .Board win be closed from
rimW IS, 1957 until January i,
193$ jfof the holiday poason.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Board meeting in Kenansville this
week. Brown has been a member
of the Board since December, 1952.
Ke is a native of the Beulavllle
communitv.
In other action, the Board voted
to assist with the financing of the
white fringe beetle control pro
gram now underway in the Warsaw
and Faison communities. Part of
this program, federally sponsored,
is being paid for by the landown
ers. Vernon H. Reynolds, County
Farm Agent, said the white fringe
beetle has been in the two sec
tlons for about IS years but has
never been wiped out. This effort
is designed to wipe out the beetle.
Reynolds said that the beetle grub
attacks roots of plants. On farms
where the white fringe beetle is
found, that farm Is under a federal
quarantine. This means that certain
type crops can not move freely
from the farms infested.
Tax Collector Harry Phillips re
ported to the Board that collec
tions for November were down
over the corresponding month
year ago. The current month col
lections were $44,367.04. Novem
ber, 1958 collections were $57,799.14.
This is the first month in 1957 that,
a decline over the previous year
has been shown in Duplin Coun
ty. :
The Board also passed a resolu
tion asking the State Utilities Com-'
mission not to grant Carolina Tele-
phone and' Telegraph Company the
requested increase in telephone
rates. ,
Members of the Board, other than
Brown, are E. E. Kelly, outgoing
chairman; Lott Kprnegay, J. B.
Stroud and J. W. Hoffler.
MR, H. F, SEA WELL, JR.
Mr. H. F. Seawell, Jr., guest speak
er here Friday, December 13, in
connection with Kenansville Pro
duction Credit Association annual
meeting. Mr. Seawell is an out
standing lawyer and speaker. He
has been acclaimed by many as be
ing one of the best speakers in the
state. His parents were of Duplin
County. All stockholders and. the
(Continued On Back)
Duplin Board
01 Commissioners
Passes Resolution
Duplin County Board of Com
missioners passed a resolution in
its regular monthly meeting Mon
day protesting the request of Ca
rolina Telephone and Telegraph
Company to raise telephone rates.
Telephone bills are now up but
the Utilities Commission has asked
or a bond to cover the hike in
prices just in case a refund has to
be made if the Utilities Commission
does not approve the request.
The resolution as passed is as fol
lows: -.
NORTH CAROLINA '
DUPLIN COUNTY
. Resolved by .the board of Com
' Continued on Back Fage) v
Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese .planer
bombed Pearl Harbor, sinking six
U. S. warships.
Dec. 11, 1936 King Edward
VIII abdicated, becoming Duke of
Windsor for the woman I love.
Dec. 19, 1777 George Wash-.
ington and his Continental Army
troops started winter encampment
at Valley Forge, Pa, ,
' Dec. 29,1851, The first Yourg
Men's Christian Association' tn yt
established in VS. opened in Boa-
ton,
.
- ' 1
j
-i i g,
....;a
I
.1
4
i.
; -,r.svllle, Mrs. Jim Bowden,
"4.1.