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T
f! THAT GOLDEN WEED -
wfco?'long with, h!s wife j have
yea , displays a t!ck of" that golden weed" which wi ibe mat- .
keted on an Eas.ern North Carolina T,iba(Xo Market4nex Taesay,
August lS.Fdimwrj ' "throughout th rer are noWadlnjgfand '-
.mpa.-ifariutiUoif jj.?W iopciung whicli: MwaytJ "puis
newj into Eastern Np:th Ca.olinaX Ph3to by Paul Ba&klU
TIMS
' r SHANNON BRW
Brown Injuftd': All' Confer
ibm . Shannon Bwwn of r $fn:
ansvUle will miss the opening
fam' against strong Pamlico
eptember 4; when the Jam
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'ivenan . ngers fcu
football season. .Coach BUI Tay
lor announced that Brown would
be out of action for about four,
weeks. Brown injured his ankle
during the summer and still' has
the cast on, Go Tigers go.'J.!,,,.,;,
FOOTBALL PRACTICE FOR
4 JAM!ES KENAN TIGERS TO .,
START AUGUST 18 1 ('
. . . IGO TIGERS GO ....
Coach Bill Taylor, James Ken.
an High School mentor announ
" ced last week, that football prac-
, tice wiU get underway Wednesr
day of this weeK woacn
said that all boys, who are. plan-
nine to o but ' for football- ai
' T - Van art tViis Spason 8r
urged -.secure (i;their.;.i football,.
' shoes and be ready to begin Drac
tice by that date. ' ' " '
FdotbaU practice-will bo helS
in Warsaw- athe,,old.. football
fields it was announced. Coaches
invite you' to all praotice '
sions and .to'BUrfootballrgame
for the coming year, ooacn lay-
lor and BUI 'Helton pointed oft
ha thm marking staff aDDrecia-
tea tho time and - effoi-t that
you havo to put-'forth r in ordet
that your bey ., can come out fot
. footbaU. Taylor went on to ay
"Wo 'will have -to havt whole
. hearted cooperation in order tc
: ram. Atit nm nrovraiTK ajiu
- ere ivaiUble" twenty-four jhouri
, 'm itn a tik Ahnnt our. boy.
Remember ypvif!ftoy become the
coache. ,boy,and they Sre juel,
as much, jlnterested in Wm a you
x The Tigers' Itacetougl! '"oppo
sition this season, with a num
ber of very outstanding games
scheduled, including a number ol
contest j i aeainst' highly rated
they are JuelJ
. . . I
teaTrs in hither con!e"?nces. The
i'-enica giiie Wika Famiico 1
LA II (U
Andrew Price, of Seven Springs,
lten : forking tcbacqo for piany ''
SPORTS
the; Coastal Conference on Sept
ember 4 should oe very interest
ing as they are a' step higher in
clasS AA classificatort Then one
Sveek Uater, the Tigers take on
highly-rated Class AA Massey
HilL A complete list of the op
position listed below: September,
4, Pamlico at James Kenanep
itember 1L James Kenan at Mas-
aeyi Hill. September 18, James
Kenan at Swansboro (confere
nce). October 2, James Kenan at
Wallace-Rose Hill. October 9,
Burgaw at James Kenan, (con
ference). October 16, Roseboro
at James Kenan. October 23, Ja
mes Kenan at North Puplin
(conference)." October 30, Mount
Olive at James Kenan' (confer
ence). November 6, James Kenan
at Beulaville (conference).
hasl "year the - Tigers got off
with a big bang . average yirty
tWo points over , the first three,
"games They defeated Dixon in
the opener 45-0. land came back
fiie next week to stop Swans
boro 27-7, with a follow-up 26-0
victory over Richlands. The Ti
gert lost only ;one conference
game last year against the con
ference champions, Ml. Olive. Of
course it will be' a different sto
ry this year but, 1 might add, I
hope1 the results are the same.
The first two games this 'year
will be aeainst two strong Class
AA- schools. James Kenan will
be Starting the I season Without
the:: services of, All-Conference
Shannon Brown.' Brown' a Keri
ansville boy was one of the" bri
ghtest spots in the line up until
about two weeks ago when he
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HOT, DIME
' T?nwCJonei. Droortetor of
Kenans vUle Cafe, is in possession
of an "unwanted dime' .
One' "day , last week, someone
gave him af "chopped off-dime.':
For several days, he tried to
get rid of thedim through cha
nge. Customer after customer
turned it down.: FinaUy a stran
ger came iirt and 'asked for some
change, with a sigh of relief, the
nMiumr .nut, the chanse in his
'pocket and ' sat ;down to order
lunch. " ' " ' '
When he finished lunch, he left
lip that's right, the chopped
off dim, The waitress happened
to be Roscoe's wife; Ruby. Ro
in HaH the dime back.: I '
Affain. he managed tc-ive the
dime V someopew.wnepuvniuijrt
!n uim chamre. "i know it cone
IIAV. iRoscoa 'said 'to Himself. vt
But,M when 'the'-peanut'-man
. I. ' Dun..
came mil ween, nc urv-nunw
some Change "when he paid his
biB.-To1 hi surprise; there: was
that chopped off dime in tne cna
nge.' .
"It looks like It' not Intended
for m to get rid w it 1 car-
red it. home and VIM keep it'
Koscoe added. , ' ;
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The big astern Tobacco' Mar- ' and was wilting in the fields,
ket opens next Tuesday, August Then, a period of excessive
18, on a note of optimism for rains hit the entire belt. Somt
most farmers but with others a areas reported drowned tobacco,
note of pessimism has already tioine fields with eight and 10 ac
been sounded. 'res of tobacco in them fell in
Tobacco markets throughout
tn Eastern' Ben are ready
for !
me Dig puan wnicn will get un
derway in ' the world's largest
flue cured tobacco belt
"Weather conditions have been
a very definite factor in the 1999
Ubacco crop. Early in the grow
ing season, rains came just right
and it looked like another per
fect crop of tobacco1 would be
harvested in Eastern North Caro
lina. After the first few weeks, a
period of drought set in an..d far"
mers wore long faces ' because
their tobacco was not growing
To Keep Him From Doing It
Kirby Smith Takes Life While Sheriff
fliilay To Place In
Klrby) Smith, 612, committed
stileide Tuesday afternoon aro
und :lu p.m.' at his home -about
one mile east of Outlaw's Bri
de School in the Albertaon
Community. . K ,
oaenn najpa uauier aaia awe
Smith's aoii' Harold, hadjicjflled
hhn to come fertha house that
his father was talking about tak
ing his own life.
Yi Sheriff Miller and Deputy Bill
Quinn went to the residents to
place Smith in custody,., but he
wasdead When they arrived. He
was lying under the shade of an
Teachers listed
James Kenan H S.1
Opens August 26
....J. "P. Harmon, principal of
James-Kenan High School, has
released the list of teachers for
the school. School will begin Au
gust 26 for the Kenansville, War
saw and Magnolia districts.
School children will register on
August 25.
Teachers for the James-Kenan
High School are as foUows:
Mrs. Martha J. Brinson
Mrs. SaUie Ingram
Mr. J. W. Newkirk
Mrs. Betty Fields Lanier
Mrs. Gertrude Pope T
Mr. W. H. Helton '
Mrs. Jo C. Jones
Mrs. Pearl McGowen
Mrs. Grace Carlton
Mrs. VerneU Stevens
Mrs. Kathleen Snyder
Mrs. Carolyn. Outlaw
Mr, C H. Pope
Mr, Clarence Warren
Mrs, Nell Middleton
Mr. Paul Newman
Mr. J. P. Harmon, Principal
TEACHERS NAMED FOR 1959
(' Beulaville Faculty
" Principal W. Ray Humphrey
ha announced the names of the
Beujaville Teachers, Bus Drivers
and1 lunch room, workers. The
BeulaviUe School "will' open on
August 19. Teachers will begin
work on August 17 at 8:00 A.M.
and the busses will run Tuesday,
August 18 to take children for
registration. On Tuesday morn
ing they Will be at school from
9:00 until 11:30 A. M.' The lunch
room will open on Augus 19. -Several
new teachers have
been laded to the Beulaville fa'
culty. Ervin Dobson, a native of
Beulaville, and a graduate of the
University of North Carolina will
be footbaU . coach .and Physical
jqudr
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Destroyed In
Duplin Cci-fify
r
Duplin County Sheriff OffU
eers i destroyed two. liquor j still
dnrinff ihtt naiit i wMlr. : " . v
per tm,-witn two copper con
denser, was destroyed, m (ills
son Township. It had 12 barrel
ol mash and was a kerosene rig.
On Tuesday, another 100-gal-
Ion copper still was destroyed in
Smith Township. Also destroyed
were three tuo-'Jon barrels ,of
ma-ih and tnree toJ-g&lion barrels
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CAROLINA, r THURSDAY AUGUST 13, 1959.
fields of water and were lost.
' After the rains stopped, leaf
diseases started snowing up. To
bacco ripened too fast in fields
and there was in manynstances
insufficient barn space for the
curing of tobacco as it ripened
in fields at once.
But, all in all, was not lost,
Some farmers who said they wo
uld lose their entire crop mana
ged to save a good portion of
the leaf. The tobacco has oeen
cured.
' A majority of farmers report
their tobacco does not have that
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Protect ive Custody
ak tree in the front yard at his
fece "when officer arrived.
He wed a tick to pull the tri
gger of a .12 guage shotgun in
taking hi life, -Sheriff MiUer
said.. The shot entered Smith on
the left tt of j.his chest.
DR.: O. L. REDW1NE
(Dr. O. L. Redwihe associate
surgeon of Dr. Glenn Rasmus
sen, at Duplin General Hospital.
Dr. Redwine began his services
with Duplin General about the
15th of July.: He came to Duplin
General from-Emory University
Hospital and Atlanta V. A. Hos
pital in Atlanta, Georgia where
he was doing post graduate trai
ning, in surgery for the past four
years. .
Dr. and Mrs. ' Redwine and
their four children are Hying in
Kenansville. . .
education teacher. He taught
and coached footbaU and was
Physical Education teacher in the
Richlands schoDl last year. i
Billy Bostic, also a native of
Beulaville and a recent graduate
"of the University of North Caro.
Una will teach History and coach
basketball. I
Mrs. B. Elkin of Wallace will
teach Home Economics. ' j
Mrs. Jerry DeBell is rejoining
the faculty after a few years
sence and will teach the seventh
grade. , -j
Faculty- members for the Elei
mentary School are as follow: i
first Grade ' Mrs. Lou Belle
Williams,' Mr.! Vera Bostic and
Miss Jessie Ann Thomas of BeulaviUe.-.'
, Second. Grade - Mrs. Elizabeth
MaUard fef WaUace, Mrs. Mamie
Bogga and Mrs.' -Christine Ken
nedy of Beulaville.
- Third fades . - Mrs. Eleanor
Norris, Mi-j: Hazel MiUer of Beti
tavme.?.;;, -vt-
- Fourth , GradeL Mrs, Made
Thomas Mrs. Hazel William of
Beulaville. .h-v-':',.. . v.,.;. i
Fifth, Grade V Mr.: Dorothy
Humphrey Mrs. Phoebe Fate of
BeulaviUe.-Ynn ; v. ' 'k
' Siarti graded "Mr. " Rayburn
Rhodes, -Ifc. Louise Brown and
MrT Lillian Grady of Beulaville.
Seventh Grade, , Mr. Ana
Craft of Kenanville, SSri. Carl
Pate and Mrs. Jerry P-'SeU, ;of
BeulaVi?!.?' ' v . i
Beulavllli
Coo'aea Ca Eaek
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Mrs. Witherington
Of Faison
Succumbs
Mrs. Annie Hicks Withering
ton, aged 91, passed away quiet
ly at her home Friday afternoon.
She was the daughter of Cap
tain L. T. Hicks and Rachel Mc
Iver Hicks and in 1889 married
Benjamin B. Witherington a
preminent merchant of Faison.
She attended St. Mary's Junior
College in Raleigh and was for
fifty years an organist for the
Episcopal and Presbyterian Chu
rches of Faison. She also taught
music in the local school for
many years. Her interests were
varied and resulted in her serv
ing as president of a number of
local oragnizations including the
District Federation of Women's
Clubs. She was by affiliation a
Presbyterian and maintained an
interest in the activities of her
church until the very end.
Mrs. Witherington is survived
by a daughter, Mrs. J. B. Stroud
of the home, and by a son, Robert
S. Witherington of Kinston, also
by five grand children and six
great grand children. Two sis
ters, of Mrs. Witherington sur
vive, namely Mrs. Nyda Hicks
Weatherby of Waynesville, and
Mrs. C. C. Phillips of Baltimore,
Md.
Funeral services werte held
from the Ptesbyterian Church
at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, August
9th. Interment was in the Fai
son Cemetery.
The Services were conducted
Lby the Rev. Leslie C. Tucker of
Dunn Presbyterian Church.
The -PaH 'bearers were Dr.
Dexter 'Witherlngtofr 'of KinStoh,
Dr.. Elliott Hester fit High, Point,
Mr. Ben Witherington of High
Point, Mr. A. R. Hicks, Mr. John
M. Faison and Mr. J. E Faison of
Faison.
Special Hearing
Road Matters
A aubUv hearing on impor
tant road - in Duplin
County r "held here
next Tt according to
Third -DivIsh HUtway Engi
neer C. E. m.
City "an unty officials
and the ' tl public are
invited 'U discuss road re
quests and problems with re
presentatives of the State
Highway Commission at this
meeting, which wiU be held
from 2 until 4 p.m., Tuesday,
August 18, . in the Mainten
ance Office of the Highway
Commission in Kenansville.
This is one of a series of
public hearings being held in
the Third Division.
Similar meetings are plan
ned for Burgaw, Clinton,
Wilmington and Jacksonville,
when persons in those areas
will' have an opportunity to
present their road requests.
Alton Smith Is
Jailed On Peeping
Tom Charge Sun.
Alton Smith, 16-year-old Negro
boy, is in Duplin County jail on
a peeping torn charge. .
Sheriff Ralph Miller said
Smith was arrested Sunday night
soon after he was seen looking
into the house at Wesley Siding,
about 5 miles west of Kenans
ville. ,
Smith is being hed in lieu of
$500 bond.
NOTICE
The local post office in Ken
ansville has recently been hav
ing trouble with children going
in the lobby after dark and scat
tering materials and supplies all
over the floor and leaving the
lobby in a general mess. This is
givernment property and cannot
be tampered with. The postmas
ter is appealing ta all parents to
see to U that the children are
not allowed to do this damage,
or it will force the Postmaster
to have ta lock the lobby after
a P-Tn. when personnel is not on
duty in post office. .:
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Rev. Harrdl To Teach f -? :
Group At Bethel V ;'.'
ev. H. I Harrell, pastor of
the Pink Hill Methodist charge
will go to Roxboro Sunday to
instruct a group of risin v seniors
on Preparation for A t ristian
MarH--, at t e 1 .t chu
rch. uX Suivan, 1 y '". cf L.e
Bethel Church, wil f. 1 his re
gular wv--n0'-t at Y'cVmdi
at 7:5 ' r . f " -e-
SUBSCRIPTIQN KATES S.M
M-M aataide Otto im !
Mrs. Stroud Delegate From HD
Clubs At Rural Women's Symposium
MRS. J. B. STROUD
Mrs. J. B. Stroud wno waJi , oi inese aajuMnientb.
sent as a delegate from Duplin , The Symposium opened on
County Home Demonstration Monday morninR with the as
. ... . . ... . spmh u nf CirouD Modprators.
rMl"!rtB and Coordinating e had been given one SaHc vac
held at N. C. State College. Committee Mrs Fernie Laugh- cine injection in 1958.
Mrs 3. B. Stroud of Kenans-
vue ix. r. i-i., aiienueu met
ral W urien's Symposium held at
the Student Union Building,
North Carolina State College,
August 3-6, as the delegate from
Duplin County.
She served as one of the nine
moderators ar.;i rt.jorts that the
Symposium was an experience
in self-discovery for thinking
individuals.
Negro Man Killed In Faison Monday
Might; .AnotherJs Seriously Injured
A Leach Neero
w killed
Monday night at F&isoh, and
Duplin s Sheriffs ofificess are
still investigating as to "how."
In Duplin County tieneral tios.
pital, with three wounds in his Vlr isaid that David Leach has not
body, but in fair condition, isfapd will not talk about the cise.
David Leach, Negro, also of Fai
son. The Leach man who was found
Ve'non H. Reynolds Reveal
Duplin Comity Farmers
Egg Production 400
Egg production in Duplin Co-
untv is'up over 4l0 per cent over
18 months ago.
Vernon H. Rejnolds, Duplin
Pminiv farm Appnr rpnorti'd
t-Nrf-, fh-.t q enrvnv cmnnlptpH
this week by Assistant County egg buving station in Rose Hill Reynolds points out that an addi
Agent Bill Jasper reveals there '; Rterts' home office is in Mais- tional 600,000 commercial layers
are 351,400 laying hens in Dup- land. I would have to be put in.
ain Com). v. Eighteen months , These two markets provided ! What this would mean to Dup
ago, a similar survey showed u , a local and ready market and ; lin's agricultural income is Sim
layer census of 85,000. I fanners have gone into the com- ply this. The 6,000 additional
Reynolds said he attributes the ' mercial egg production business j cases of eggs would bring in a
tremendous gain in layer produce 1 in Duplin on a large scale. At a gross income of $4,500,000 based
tion to the establishment of two , meeting held in Duplin Tuesday, 1 on an average of 38 cents per
markets for Duplin's eggs. i Berkley and Roberts said they ; dozen eggs.
When the original survey was ' could handle "another 6,000 cas-1 What makes this tremendous
made in March, 1958, Berkley es of eggs weeklv," according to j growth in layers in Duplin so
Egg Market of Norfolk, Va. came j Farm Agent Reynolds. remarkable is that the growth
to Duplin and started purchas- ! A breakdown of the present has been accomplished on a re
ing all available commercial or layer, census shows htere are 265, latively week market.
'Hable" eggs. The Berkley Mar- 400 commercial layers and 86,00 Continued On Back
'1 SPECTACULAR VGEOWTR Bill Jasper
Duplin Assistant farm Agent specializing in
Poultry and. soon 4 become North Carolina Pout
trir andlgg Juetlhg BpeWJst
, of Duplin. County. JA .whkn.hA.W lilB-poiiiteAdwAio
W Pviin MM dtnfa
N. 04 UM nWi K. C
' The delegates (one from each
j county in the state) were invi
ted to participate, to share and
, to join the widening circle of en-rifhe-i
jdeps and experiences to
stimulate a never ceasing flow
of information, inspiration and
education through the Home
Demons'-at'on program.
The objectives of the Sympo
sium were:
1. To analyze the social, econo
mic, technological trends affect
in? North Carolina families.
2. To identify needs of families
in view of current trends and
ir ':- H'irtiona1 implicat'ons.
3. To examine the responsibi
lity of the Cooperative Extension
PpVv're to families in North Ca
rolina. 4. To consider adjustments
.i, ., ;ncreas(. the effectiveness
"F "ime Economics Extension
work.
5. To enrnur?? implementation
i.iBiiuusc, ouic .iruouit! u, w.
D Clubs, presided. Miss Ruth
purpose and plan of the Sympo-
sium.
Thp fnllnwinff npnnlp crmkp In
I the group during the four day
session.
p. S. Weaver, Director of N.
C Agriculture Extension servici
on "Trends in N. C. Agnculturt
Affecting Farm Families."
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dead back of his house Tuesday
morbing just befwre day was
shot in the chest. '
The pieces have not yet been
nut togother. Shriff Ralph Mil-
Deputy Murray cyrd is cjn-
numg the investigat.on.
ket sn:d it would take 1.000 eases
of cg (30 dozen t cum.-) per
wo-eU. That has already been sur-
passed.
Then. abou. six mothns ;ik'1
rnim-ts Ken Marki't set UD an
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polateo a nwp,
PRICE TEN CENT
One Death
Already Is
Reported
Five cases of poio, four of them
within the last seven days, have
been reported in Duplin County.
One of the children, three-year-old
Mary Magalene Chase, of War
saw, died Sunday around noon at
Chapel rtil: Memorial Hospita.
According to Dr. John Power
DupJin Health Officer, the first
H l'o case in Duplin was reported
en July 17 .VHhony G. Jones 19-niD.uh-old-b,y.
'oute 2, Pmk Hill,
was stricke i. H had been given
one Salk anti-polio shot.
The next case was on August 7,
that being the Chase child She had
not hd any Salk vaccine. She was
buried Tuesday She was the dau
ghter of Mr. and tMrs. Jimmy Ro
gers Chase, of Warsaw,
The next case of nolio -was re
ported o n Auiust 8. That was
Larry D. Rose, seven-year-old
Negro Iboy was diagnosed as polk).
u August 10. James U. Mall, iz
ar.oW Negr) ' boy 0f Warsaw,
i als came down with the crippling
disease.
Then, on August 12, the 15-mon-ths
old baby brother of Larry Rose
James G. Rose came down with a
preliminary diagnoses of polio. He
is at Duke
As can be seen, four of the
five cases have been reported In
the Warsaw area. The other one
was on Pink Hill, route 2.
There is a very limited supply
of the Salk vaccine 0n hand in
Kenansville at the Health Depart
ment. Dr. Powers said that only
children through ! y"s of age
would be given anti-polio shots. No
fourth shots are being given any
more because of the shortage of
Salk vaccine-
The report of the five cases of
polio in Duplin has increased traf
fic greatly into the Health Depart
( C- n!inned On B?ck )
Increase
In IS Months
hatching egg layers. These com
mercial 1: vers are producing be
tween 2,700 and 2,800 cases of
op"s weekly.
In order to supply the addition
al t,000 eases of eggs weekly.
3t
every broiler, turkey and egg producing fanner
in the County. Duplin's egg production has in
creased 400 per cent In U months. The County
lead fa North Carollaa la broiler u,d turkey pro4
j(Jr5otiJiuyklek.)
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