North Carolina Newspapers

n Two Sections 18 Pcijos This Week X SPACE , - oowv 4 i r r r L7 I 1 t : r 4 1. VCLUMEXXVJ No. 47 V FIRST PLACE, TJiyPiiy being ; presented to p. William Grj Sutfivan, president , jtf j tbV; OsJBidgel Community " Development Club... by: Mrs.; Ruth.. P.." 1 Grady, publisher cf the nlin Times. The club also s" '" received a Check fjr ?150.00. bthers ' & the picture i '( ' reading from left to xieht, are Durina Holidavs t -..- . v .- I 1 - Three Wrecks wer investigated , by State Highway Patrolman E. C. - Wray during the past week, in Dup- i lin County. All were' minor accid- ; entai with no injuries' resulting and. . only : a; small 'amount ;of property damage. 'v vj.t i ' , '( .v. x ( The first accident . occured- on Monday floy. 23, at the Baltic in tersection en NC 24 weatef War; aw. involved in the accidenV-werev I- and Helen Ma ikaxny. Jof Jtt ,i J; , Warsaw. The Lttetamy car, 1952 j t ty. paved road No. 118 stopping at ' f . ' the stop sign at NC 24 tut, failed to ' ' I see the Lane car approaching.-The' I i V!S1 C"'7 -P41ed out .iirthe pa of l toe qnoeaauf r:resultlng lq.i4 I '. Bccident. ' 4 ' no injuries were busuuucv. n-W C proximately f 140, damagi was done - vi to the, Lane car and approximately 4 t $50 to. the Lockamy .ob---.,.--I. - v. Miss Lockamy was icharged with failing to yield right of , way. ; f ; t ' r The second wreck occured Sun i Pi '' r Nov. ; , at n-UiK. M. at 'J Y Carlton's crossing ,3 miles south of - it -warmaw, oo u. o, runaway lid in- A. oeax oi m. I nanaw onving a 19M Cbev. and, Clifton R. Brown ol Rt Rdke Hil drivltar a 1957 Ford v Both can ware traveling sootlS or' U. S. 117. The Best ear passed the ' Brown wand attempted to tare off to tbe tight at Carlton's cross " .ing. Tne ls? Ford, driven by Brown, etrncfc tine Beat car on the right We sustaining approximately ; $150 damage to both ears. J - f. B. Stroud,4 chairman of the f Duplin County' Board of ' Commis sioners, was named to the Board of Dlreclly ef the North Carolina Association of County Commission ers at a district meeting held in Clinton recently. The Sampson com missioners were hosts for -the all day session. ' i t ThreoMnnAre Injected In Hoy. :: There will be no registrants in- ed into the Armed Forces from Dup lin County in Nov. They were: . , Fred Alphin, Jr. ' j, Rt. No. 1 .Mt. OUve, N. C. . Arnold Adrain Halso Etl , s ' ' Chlnquain -J ' . i Ivey Elber Qulnn " . , , Rt, . r,fi:r: Seven Springs. N. C. There will be no registrars in ducted nor examined ' during the month of December 1959. . . Watch for announcement in this paper of the dates Local Board of fice will be closed for Christmas hol ldayt.' ' ,,, ' , GeorgeCowan of !n' Dunlin I Best was charged with making an improper turn. Accident No. S occured Sunday Nov. 29, at 5 P. M. on N C 111, -one mile north of Albertson. Involved in the accident were Glenn W. Stan di of Rt. 2, Kenly, N. C, driving a 1959 Cbev. fordor and Luby M. BradleV of Mt .Olive firivinff a 1953 Ford. ' . . I "BbtK cars were traveh'n' in the same Affection- in a line of traffic.' The Bradley car was in the process of passing when the Standi car also attempted to pass resulting- in a coUsion. Approximately $150 dam age was done to both cars. . i Staocil' was charged with . failing fa - 8 pwv e could be amade l No- fatal accldenU-wei prted ever the Thanksgiving Holidays. " h (V TwXfc TEENAGERS .INJURED ... Patrelman P, Williams of Beula yille investigated traffic accident during thr past week end In which two teenagers were injured and the driver of. the wrecked vehicle was underaged. The mishap occurred on a rural nnpavtd read, known as the old Beulayiue Chinquapin road, ar ound 1:00 o'clock- Saturday night pickup, ' driven by a 14-year-old Beulavflle girl. WKh her was a gril friend, also 14. : , , The : accident occurred when a tire blew out on the truck and the driver lost . controL the; vehleW overturning. . " ':'.' Both girls were Injured and were carried to the Duplin General Hos pital, Kenansville. It is understood that they suffered injuries to the back as . well as laceration and braises. Neither are' in serious con- Patrolman Williams said dam ages to the. truck were estimated at $mt -y.fJkVw;' The driver was i charged ; with drivinv underara - and will atmear before R. V. Wells. Duplin Clerk of Superior Court, and juvenile judge, in Dunlin Juvenile Court In Kenans- ville. " - . Duplin Co. Tax Collections Are Up Over 1958 in ilgures released by - Duplin County Auditor Faison W.' McGow-. en, Dunlin's tax collections for the current year throueh , October are approximately ; 40,000 above - the same period one year ago. The 1959 tax collections from July 1 through October 31 total $545,361.- 74 as compared to $539,297.03 for the same period in 1958, i October collections were respon- I sible- for the increases - with $139, 558.47 being collected this year as compared to $127, 445. 18 for Octo ber, 1958 vv;-- - -.f, Harry Phillips. Duplin Tax Collec tor, said today that all citizens of I Dhplin who owe taxes are urged to ' , i ii . .. l rr , come inro ine oiucb in nentmsviue and pay thefr taxes as soon as pos sible.. "We appreciate the coopera tion which the people of Duplin County give to us in ' collecting taxes,' Phillips said., FARM BUREAU, REPORT To date 942 - memberships have been reported by the Farm Bureau Office, 907 regular members and 35 associate membership. There is still t;me to join the Farm Bureau. Hun dreds of farmers of Duplin County should take notice. V - - ' KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA,, THURSDAY teaar Fork ' which tied for third place; Emmett Herring, president of Pleasant Grove Club third place co-winner; and J. 0. Batchelor, president of the second place winner, Potters Hill Club. ( Photo by Staff Photographer.) Thompson Named Key Banker I960 A prominent Duplin County ban ker has been named to coordinate farm activities cf t'ie N. C. Bank r: '"or'ation in this area.' NCA President G. Harold My nek of Lincclntcn has announced the appointment of E. C. Thompson as "County Key Banker" for Duplin County during the next 12 months. Mr. Thomoson is Senior Vice Pres ident ; cf "Branch -.Banking & Trust Company. ' - , ; ,v ' Myrick said that North Carolina's TOO County KiV Bankers "are the backbone f the farm, program that has won' a national award for Tar Heel tankers for 15 straight years,' rue . m, iJaiiKersAssociation re cently was advised that it has again wolf the' America Bankers Assoda tlon's, 'Agricultural Award for coa stmctive service to agrinLLtUre ; : And- Myrick. paid tribute ttf his local KeyBanker appointee. "Mr. Thompsom" he said, 'has proved his genuine interest in the welf are of the farmers of his area. He recogni ses, the importance of a sound farm economy in North Carolina, a pre dominantly agricultural state." ' The 10$ Key Bankers work as a statewide committee to promote the numerous farm activities sponsor ed by the bankers of North Caro lina. The'WCBA spends more money and time on its farm programs than any other phase of its activity. ' The, Association sponsors, among other things, a two-week school A State College each February', at tended by about 150 young farm leaders from throughout the State. All expenses' of the young farmers are paid by their hometown banks. - Also, the Association sponsors an annual farm credit conference, at tended by hundreds of farmers and bankers, who study;: the needs of agriculture. . Still, another project sponsored by the Association is a land judging contest to encourage a greater appreciation of the impor tance of soil conservation. Meanwhile, Tar Heel banks con-f tinue to lend twice as much money to fanners as any other institutional group of lenders. Recent reports in dicated that banks had - made $75 million in credit available to far mers last year. 150-Gallon Still Destroyed Near Warsaw Recently ; A 150-gallon submarine type liq uor Still has been destroyed in War saw Township back of Josh Hinson's Store, according to Duplin Sheriffs Department; xv ,, : ?' -. r-. -v. In addition to the still being des troyed. 12 barrels of mash were emptied. The rig was gas Operated. ' On the raid were Deputy T.E. Reveille and Constable Graham Chestnutt. ; ' . ' ;;. " 'i - -1111 i.nr ii' i 4 n i itiiinilir is i in .i Two MegraMen; Ciif In Warsaw ; Two Ne?ro men - from -. Warsaw were treated at Duplin v General Hospital last week end fqr cuts in flicted by persons whom the pair will not press charges against Duplin Sheriff Ralph Miller re vealed today that Paul Miller and D. V. Miller were cut Saturday night at a business location in Warsaw! but that, the two Negro men will not, or have not, yet sworn out a 1 warrant charging their assailants. I Farmers Participating In ACP Program Must Report Performance By Dec. 31 , Duplin County farmers who are participating in the 1959 Agricultur U Conservation Program must rove performance by December 31. 0. L. Holland, Duplin 'County Chairman of ASC, said those far mers who have signed up for ACP n the permanent type program uch as installing tile, ditching, torestry projects, and liming, must eport by December 31. These farmers who were under 'e ACP vegetable cover practice - sniail grains were planted, had to prove performance by Nov jmber 30. Farmers who failed to meet this deadline will not. be able o receive financial assistance for ?he vegetative cover practice this year. In North Carolina, approximately 39,095 farmers have signed up to participate in this program. Holland reports that of this figure many farmers have qualified foi Federal cost-sharing except for re Third Annual SENCIand Meeting In Wilmington, Dr. Caldwell, Is Speaker The Third Annual Meeting of the SENCIand Development Associa tion has been scheduled for 10:30 a. m. Saturday, December 5, at the Front Street Armory in Wilming ton. The featured seaker will be Dr. T J. Caldwell, Chancellor on N. C. State College, Dr.' Caldwell is new to North Carolina and will be mak ing his first visit to this area. His messages promise to be highly interesting. At ' the completion of the meet ing andi award presentation, there will be a picnic or covered dish luncheon: Everyone is requested to bring a "basket," Drinks v. ill be served, free of charge for lunch so those attending need noly bring their lunch basket. 5 V.;;.- .""V .Jt . : .. Christmas lights- have been put up in the Town of Warsaw for the 1959 Holiday Season. Other decora tions will be added soon. The Holiday lights and decora tions is a project sponsored by the Warsaw Junior Chamber of Com merce this year, as has been for the past three years. The Jaycees are to be commend er for their efforts in adding this holiday touch to the Town of War saw. , These helping in putting up the lights were Jaycee members, Frank Steed, Colon McLaurin, Charles Page, Calvin Pittman, J. T. Kelly, Marvin Sutton, Albine English, Al len Draughan, Arnold Jones W. C. Martin, J. B. Herring, Al Smith and Joe L. Cochin, President of the Warsaw Jaycees. Others helping were Mr, O'Brien and Mr. Jasper of the Carolina Tel & Tel Co. T Duplin General Hospital Presented An Duplin General Hospital Auxiliary purchased and presented ah incub ator to Duplin . General . Hospital Wednesday afternoon. . ...... . .' ' This is the first incubator which has been purchased by the Auxiliary and presented to the hospital, but the hospital has two other .incuba tors as well as several croupettes. Money to purchase the incubator was raised through county - wide contributions through sponsorship of the Hospital Auxiliary. The new incubator cost $230.95. , The Hospital Auxiliary has been organized since Duplin General Hos pital has been open, which is five years this year. They have furni shed a gift case from which gifts Duplin Tobacco and Allotment Cards For 'Tobacco srii cotton farmers in Duplin County have been mailed their allotment 'cards for the 1960 year,, according to Kuttus tilts, Dunlin ASC Office Manager. ! Tobacco allotments in Duplin for 1960 are unchanged. Total allotment fnr the County is 15.443.95 acres. This, 'tobacco allotment is : divided between 4.559 farms. - Total cotton acreage for 1960 In Duplin is 4,632.3 acres being allot ted to 1,118 farms. ' ';-.'. In retards, to tobacco allotments in North Carolina, Elks points oat that the quota of 1,078.6 pounds con verted to acres results in 715,110 acres available for allotment in 1960. Acreage available for allot ment in 1960 totaled 714,327 acres.; The small Increase in 1960 for flue cured tobacco is required by law to be used for establishing allot DECEMBER 3, 1959 porting performance of practices for which prior approval has been given. Holland says, "Conservation of the soil and water resources is so vital to the welfare of the State that we all must do everything we can to see that only good conservation farming practiese are carried out on tho land." Under this year's ACP program, as well as the program planned for next year, conservation practices which help to build up and store potential productive capacity in the soil are being stressed. This, Hol land says, is mighty important at this time when thousands of acres of North Carolina farmland are be ing taken out of prouction of al lotted crops. "Saving for the future has always been a good policy," Holland said, "but it's still better when applied to our life sustaning topsoil!" All community folks from 1 to 101 are cordially welcome, It is hoped that entire clubs will "pack up and attend.' "This will be an excellent op portunity for SENCIand folks to get together,' the spokesman for the SENCIand group asserted. The awards presentation will be a highlight of the program and everyone concerned will certainly want to get a good look at SENC land's finest communities. There are 52 organized communi ties' participating in the Rural Community Development Program in Southeastern North Carolina. The Cedar Fork Community was the ."top" SENCIand community last year. , Suit' File! For $90,pn Fatal Wreck In V, A 4uit asking $90,00 , from the Wayne Dairy Cooperative, Inc. and Norwood Glenn Anderson was filed in Wayne Superior. Court yesterday' as a result of a fatal wreck on April 18. In Warsaw. . Filing the suit was C. B. Hinson, administrator of the estate of Win' dell Oddis Hinson, who died two days after the wreck. The accident happended four miles south of Warsaw. The suit says Anderson was driving a milk truck owned by the cooperative "hen the truck overturned pinning Hinson, 16. It alleges Anderson was driving too fast for the conditions and that the truck had defective brakes. Of the total judgement asked $55,000 was for death and $35,000 for pain endured and for medical expenses. Hospital Auxiliary (have been sold to visitors to the bespItaL Mrs. Margaret Dafl, an employee of the Hospital, has assis ted with selling the Items. She is assisted by employees in the busin ess office also. Proceeds from gifts sales have helped to purchase the Incubator. The Auxiliary has had printed Post Cards with a picture of Duplin General Hospital on the front The Post Cards are on sale throughout Duplin County. Officers of the Duplin General Hospital Auxiliary this year are President, Mrs. Hugh Wells Second vice - president, Mrs. Hugh John son; secretary, Mrs. L. U. Chand ler; Treasurer, Mrs. Ed Strickland. Cotton Farmers Get I960 Cultivation ments for farms ' that have not grown flue cured tobacco during the past five years, for correcting er rors, and for adjusting Inequities. In a refereundum December 15, 1958, a total of 96 percent of the State's flue cured tobacco growers voted in favor of quotas through 1961: Marketing quotas have been in effect for flue cured . tobacco every since enactment of the Agri culture Act in 1938 except for 1939, when they were disapproved by gro wers.; ' -t , i.f . .,. ... ... ,; RALEIGH1 . The Motor Vehicles Department's summary of traffic deaths through Monday, November 90: ;-.;Vv. ,:. v. Killed y.l,..:.. 1054 KiUed To Date Last Year ...... 996 8CBSCUPTON RATES &M O nttat S4.QS Mae Mi jwi In Oak Ridge Oak Ridge Club won first place in the Duplin Community Development Clubs Awards Program held in Kenan Memorial Auditorum on Tuesday night. A check for $150.00 and the coveted silver cup was pre sented to William G. Sullivan, pre sident of the Oak Ridge Club, by Mrs. Ruth P. Grady, Publisher of the Duplin Times, as the climax cf the evening. This award was given to the organized community mak ing the most progress during the past yea:-. Second prize of $100. was won by the Potters Hill Club. Third place was split in a tie between Cedar Fork and Pleasant Grove, and a prize of $25.00 was awarded each club participating in the program. (ontinueA en back) Brieh LEGION MEETING There will be an important meet ing of the Warsaw American Legion Post 127 Friday night at 8:00 ac cording to Post Commander Wilbert Boney. This will be a special meeting and all members are asked to be pre sent. Regular meetings are held on the last Friday of each month. COMMUNITY DINNER The Albertson Community and the Glisson Township Community are giving a dinner on Friday, Decem ber 4 at 7:00 P. M. in the Pleasant Grove Community Building. This Continued On Back Annual Council Meet At Smifhfield ' The' Annual Business Mooting ef Tuscerora Council wfff be held at Brannon's Court, on Highway 301 south of SmithfieJd, on December 4. 1959 at 7:30 P. M.- This is the meeting where new Council Officers are-elected, and where other impor tant business in transacted.' Each Institution sponsoring a Scouting Unit has voting power at the Annual Business Meeting. They to gether with the members of the Council Executive Board, transact the business and elect the new of ficers. The members of the Council Executive Board from Duplin Coun ty are: E. Walker Stevens, Warsaw Roy Carter, Wallace N. L. Vann, Wallace Dr. Mett Ausley, Warsaw J. P. Harmon, Warsaw Milford Qulnn, Warsaw Dr. Glenn Rasmussen, Kenansville Pnul Ingram, Kenansville David Henderson, Wallace Beaufort B. Longest, Rose Hill Dr. Cedric Zibelin. Wallace I. T. G res ham, Warsaw Thse men, togetht' with the re presentatives of the institutions, should be in attendbiice at the An nual Business Met ling. This is a dinner meeting for which reserva tions ire necessary Such reserva tions should be mailed to E. S. Simp son, Box SO. Smithfield. N. C. Sost ef the meal will be $1.50. Coriez Blackmore Succumbs At 86 Cortex Blackmore, 86 died early Tuesday morning after a lingering illness at bis home in Warsaw., Funeral services were conducted at the home Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 O'clock by Rev. Delmar Parkerson, pastor of the Warsaw Baptist Church, assisted by Rev. Paul Mull, pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church. Interment followed in the family plot at Pinecrest Cem etery. He is survived by his wife, the former Irene Stokes, three daugh ters, Mrs. Paul Strickland of Ral eigh, Mrs. Helen Harrell of Chapel Hill, Miss Nora Blackmore of the home, one son W. C. Blackmore rf Burgaw, nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren, cie bro ther, Howard B'ackmore of War saw, one sister Mrs. Stella Bnwn cf Greenville, S .0. and a number cf neices an nephews. JAIL IS EMPTY The Duplin County Jail is emrty of all occupants as of Wednesday, Dec 2. Deputy WJp.' Houston, Jail er,, of Duplin County Jail, reports that , the last two occupants were sent to the camp at 12:30 P. M Wednesday. ' . At 4. 30 P.' M. Wednesday. The Duplin County Jail was still empty. This is the 3rd time in 15 years that Deputy Houston remembers that there was no one lodged in jail De puty Houston wouldn't predict bow long the jail would be empty. Community iFcJ"V'c JJ",nXJ First Place Development Program Iv- . h " ' Governor Luther Hodges chats with Dallas Herring of Rose HOT,, chairman of the State Board of Education, at the Commuity Develop- -ment Club Awards night when Governor Hodges was guest speaker.. ( Photo by Staff Photographer.) IS TIMES SPORTS -:- By JoeCosfin I -LAST ...Joys ii Chinquapin 49 ..... Long Creek 29 B. F. Grady 60 Deep' Run 39 Girls Chinquapin 44 Long Creek 43 B. F. Grady 59 Deep Run 39 GAMES THIS WEEK: December 4th Chinquapin at James Kenan North Duplin at Beulaville B. F. Grady at Deep Run Now is the time for al good fans to leave the side lines and go in doors and Watch their favorie teams shoot for the 1959-60 basketball championship. The championship of our conference will shape around the "Big Five" of our county con- Duplin's Farm Income Up The following appeared in Thurs day's "Under The Dome" in the News and Observer: CHANGE In reference to the changing economy in North Caro lina, Governor Hodges said, 'I'm not sure we're really analyzing what we're doing in the State." He reiterated some statistics on Duplin County to illustrate his point. Heretofore, Duplin has de rived about 75 per cent of its farm income from the money crop, to bacco. This percentage is now about 35 per cent but Duplin's farm income has risen $17 million over the past year. "I think we've failed to see the significance of it," the Governor said, reiterating that many of the State's "poor counties' haven't done everything they could with what they have." : ' The .New Western Auto Store fat ' ouuer, owner ana operator OI we store am ; from the old store has now been completed. T $ more than twice the space of the old location. 7 i on North Railroad St in Wallace. -' PRICE TEN CENT Dinner f r-4 Y; fljorth tLin. Jamso sUtmi a.-' Grady, 'Csinquapht, BeulaiJ Last year Coach Larry Beulb oiewanBj g. r. .Grady boys intO ' thC UirnlmMf with 14 nd bb jiefcats and lost to a slow Jane, njH..five the semifbutls withjp4r w- Coch Bm Aa ton's gir. noa the champknship and als,.iturnament with a 15-1 record,' fcae suffering only one overtime i during the season to ninneruns f. Grady. The. 'dangerous Beulavfflv boys Coac. by Ray Humphrey walked awiy- with the tournament championing after B. F. Grady went undefeated with a 14-0 sea- 4mue On Back Mrs. Spicer To AlteniJ Literacy Workshop Dec. ? The Nojth Carolina Lfteraey Movement Wi bold a District Workshop in FayetevuTe, December 9, in the Cumberland County Court House. The Workshop wffl begin atr 9:30 a. rt,. aml will be an all-day-session. Mrs. Mae Spicer, Duplin Honse Agent, vm attend the Workafaoau Some of the dime De mens fr adorn Club Educational Leaders in Dup lin Couhty are expected to make: the trip also. Home Demonstration Clubs a Croat North Carolina iave been asked! ft organize the rural areas in the State in, an enc:-t to teach all men and wonen in tl e State who cannot read or write to do so. The ineeting in FayettevIIIe is for white Home Demonstration Agents oily. The organizatoin of the Nefcro division of the North Carotin Literacy Movement wul be announced at a later date and a Workshop held. '.i"1 Wallace is I ow rren. Robert Lu . 1 that Gm change; J new location has ? Store at located till?- ' - , i