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- PLENTY OF MELONS Jason WaUer, of routed
. I, Mount Olive, ' ii pictured here with one of the
large nd quality watermelon) he to producing on
hu farm this summer as a member of .the N. C
Coastal Growers Cooperative.; Waller ha U acres
of watermelons. Average weight is 23 pounds per
Farmers Re
Marketing I
Watermelon producers in Duplin
and Sampson Counties, who are as-
soclated with the North . Carolina
. Coastal Growers Cooperative, Are
finding their first year experience
with the organization rewarding.
When the Cooperative was organi
. zed earlier this year, the purpose
was to find and establish outlets for
the produce grown, in the two-county
area This purpose has been fid-
filled. V--.'-..,.
, There are 257. acres of water
. melons in Duplin and Approximate-
' ly 1M acres . . ot watermwons y tp
toe Cooperative A . Florida busi
ness, Growers' Marketing Service,
Is responsible for selling the water
melons produced, oy Cooperative
snembess. v .r -.i
Generally speaking, "farmers saso'
dated with the marketing group are
recelvisg higher prices than those
v.:
-
racas
'A cutting and, shooting scrape at
George Ammons Grll, Saturday
sight in ' Xenamville resulted in
ne man being sent to the Hespital
two others being iarrested and the
plate glass, windows being . broken
from the GrOL ; ;
The fracas began when en argu
ment developed- between L. X Trou
blefield, ceJored of ft. F. p.. Mag
nolia and Adrain Graham,' colored
of Jtt F. Boss BilL
"During the " argument, Graham
palled a switched blade knife and
cut Trouhlefield around the ear and
down the neck,; Troublefleld ran out
of the Grill and got a 22 caliber pis
tol from his car and shot through
the plate glass front at : Graham.
The bullet missed Graham. Truoble-
if C.iitavAira r
Raleigh '- The Motor Vehicles De
partment's summary of traffic ica
. ths through 10 A. M. Monday, July
18.- I960: j Vtif--';-.xi-s
Killed To Date -.s twUUu. 587
Killed To Date Last Year!.. 592
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i V'',!''A''- f; .
'i Duplin County will have 25 club
members attending the State 4-H
Week, July 25 through 30. Several of
these boys and girls will be repe
senting the Southeastern District in
the State Demonstration contest hi
. the various State ' Demonstration
Contests. -: ' -vr'-.y''.
t Kay Sanderson and Janice Mare
; ady.of Chutquapln win be participa
ting In the Girls Electric Contest
Polly James and 'Joyce James,
Chinquapin, will he participating in
; the Farmers Cooperative Contest"
V' Joyce James will be participating
. in girls Public Speaking Contest.
. Zeanle Quion and John Rouse,
v Seven Springs, will be participating
in the Soil end Water Contest. -. '
Judi Kornegay in the State Talent
..Show. . .' -; :.!;"; -i
Evelyn Wllkins will be providing
eatertainment for1 various groups
during the week.' ',. -. : -rS-;
Joyce James and Melvin Williams
win be in the State Health Pageant
Polly James, Chinquapin, will be
running for 6tate j Vice- President
:. ior 4-H Council..: w;. ':'., ''
Emily and. Annette Stoan, Chin-
port Sat isf dctioh With
nCoasfa
farmers who are outside the Coop
erative. "Watermelons are how bring
ing outside the cooperative, from 50'
to 76 cents per 100 weigh. Fanners
who" are marketing through the N.
C. Coastal Growers Cooperative are
receiving' $1.00 per 100 weight.
. The group has also been market
ing cucumbers- and peppers under
the cooperative name. Results here
have been satisfactory. Peppers and
cukee-.-are handled by C. B. $mith,
also of Florida.
In addition to the farmers -in the
cooperative receiYing higher pric-
I Coope
e than tmialerlii'.piTiawAvr-
fawners who have been selring On
Eastern North 'Carolina "; audtkm
markets have been receiving higher
prices than Usual for- tbeir produce
because the : Cooperative 1 jarmers
have removed their peppers i and
cukes' from the .markets; thereby
creating less jx a surplus of the
field's piatel Jammed and he" threw
the pistol mrougli (he glass at Gra
ham. The two men began throwing
bottles and other articles at eaehr
other, breaking out the two front
glasses. Graham ran to (he back of
the building and hid aid Irtuble
field was taken to the Duplin Gosh
eral Hospital where approximately
160 stitches were required to sew
up the wound.
Investigating Officers A. J. Sum
merlin and Graham Chestnutt ar
rived at the scene and arrested Gra
ham for assaalt with, a deadly wea
uon and Johnny Lee Troublefield.
son of L. J. Troublefield, for. cutting
the tires on Graham's truck I. J.
Troublefield is also being chanted
with assault with deadly weapon.
Cliffs Attendance
f Attendance at Cliffs of tne Neuse
State Park for the week ending July
17, totaled 5,714, according to Kich
ard SUer, Park Ranger. ,
i The largest single day attendance
was 3,640. on Sunday, July 17,
' Swimmers for the week, totaled
1.828. , f . ' ' . .
nt DuDliri
quapin, will be participating in the
Poultry Contest;v:.''';4::'-:-"';;;.-;:;
There are numerous duties and
committee assignments which these
and other Duplin Club members will
be expected to carry out and attend.
It is always an honor for a boy or
girl to attend State 4-H Club week.
As you can see, these outstanding
boys and girls will be busy during
the week, and they are all expected
to bring honor to Duplin Cuanty and
the Southeastern District' These
boys and sirls are Indeed trvinv in
make the best better. '
' While at club week, delegates will
attend morning classes in e '. , ? V
. 1. H Record Keeping .,- "
I S. 4-H Club Group Meetings. "
3. Careers for ' -H'ers ,-' . . y . "
4. Personal Improvement ' ; i
' Special classes will be conducted
in recreation leadership and song,
leadership. ' ;,;...- ..T.'.'.V-'v
The delegation wfll leave from the
KenansviUe Agricultural -Building,
Monday morning and plan to return
around 11:00 A. M. Saturday morn
ing. The Kenansvllle Activity Bus
will be used for this trip"..;
watermelon. They are marketed in Ohio, New York,'
Pennsylcania,- Michigan, and other northern staets.
Approximately 450 acres of watermelons and being
grown this year in Duplin and Sampson Counties.
Photo by Paul Barwick
rative
produce in the area. (
There are at present approximate
ly 75 members of the Coastal Grow
ers Cooperative and from all in
dications, there will, probably ' be
more farmers to Join the organiza
tion in an effort to be assured oi an
outlet of their produce.
Tom Newman, , of. Clinton, is pre
sident of the Cooperative. A. D.
Harper, of Albertson. is vice-president;
and A. B. Johnson, of Magno
lia, is secretary-treasurer.
CeasUales Appointed . r
At the Board of County Commis
sioners meet on Monday, Willie
Johnson Smith was appointed Con
stable for Sjnith Town&hip for a
tend ending first Monday In Dec
ember, I960. He took the oatfa of of
fice before Chairman J. B. Stroud.
This . is the first " Constable that
Smith Township has had in many
years.
Elton E. Proctor was appointed
Constable for G Mason Township for
a term ending the first Menday ia
December, 1960. He took tht oath
of office before Chairman J. B.
Stroud. Glisson township has beea
without Constable for quite some
time. Proctor ran in the election
and was elected but would hot have
been in office until December.
Jewish Leader To Address MYF
Dr. Leon Ciporian, a Jewish lead
er from Temple Isarel in Kinston,
will address the July Rally of the
Kenansville Sub-District Methodist
Youth Fellowship. The Rally will
be held Monday night July 25 at
8:00 P. M. at the Warsaw Metho
dist Church. Dr. Ciporian will dis
cuss the Jewish religion as part of
a Sub-District study of "Religionsx
of the World."
Melvin Williams, Sub - District
President Urges a large attendance
to hear this outstanding speaker.
This is the last meeting of tht cur
rent year. New officers will assume
their duties next month.
Attended Farm Home Week
Those from Duplin attending
Farm Home Week in Raleigh were:
Mrs David Williams, Rose Hill;
Mrs.' Margarette Teachey, Wallace;
Mrs. C. L. Sloan, Calypso; Mr. and
Mrs. Hubert Boney, Teachey; ' Mrs.
Adrain Davis, Mrs. J. D. O. Sutton,
Calypso; Mrs. Jerry Smith, Mrs.
Faison Turner, Mrs John D. Smith,
Mrs. Ben Wolever of B. F. Grady
Club. This was the 23r year that Mr.
and Mrs. Hubert Boney had attend
ed the Farm Home Week. , '; -
DaH Reunion
The Annual Dail . Reunion was
held at Goldsboro Park Lake, Sun
day, July 17. Approximately 125 at
tended. New officers were elected
as follows: President, Bill Daughtry
Secretary and Treasurer, Mrs. Cy
rus Rhodes. A picnic lunch was en
joyed by all. ' '"';V
.AW Afield Day :
Scout Explorer Jubilee Field day
for Explorer and senior scouts and
their dates will be held Saturday,
July 23 from 1:00 P. M. 'til 9:00
P. M. Field Day wfll cost absolai
tely nothing and is planned solely
for fun. Sports events being held
will be Marksmanship, -' Archery,
Canoe Race. Obstacle Course Sur
face Diva. Swimming, Rowing Race
Egg Throwing, . Archery-Golf, and
Canoe Tilting, also a weiner roast
and dance. Wear sports clothes and
take your swim suits. .-. ;.. .: . .';
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Flying Duplin
A helicopter arrived in Duplin
County Thursday to begin a spot
check of tobacco fields within the
County. j
Rufus Elks, County ASC Office
Manager, said today that if the spot
checks 'turn up anything suspicious
or definite, then a complete chpek
will be made, of all iobacfj fields in
Dunlin County."
Last year, several fields of hidden
tobacco and overplanted allotments
were found when the .ASC helicopter
flew over the County in a routine
spot check of the crop.
Waccamaw Bank Refused
Bid For Warsaw Branch
(From The News & Observcer)
The State Banking Commission
said "no" Wednesday to Waccamaw
Bank & Trust Co. of Whiteville,
which asked permission to establish
a branch iii.Wasaw.
The commission tuned down the
application after it heard some
harsh words about Warsaw's pre
sent lone bank, Branch Banking &
Trust Co. y.
Tommy Phillips, a Warsaw real
tor, said that "in the last 25 years
Branch Bank has held the progress
of Warsaw back to the amount of
million."
Asks 'New Day'
Phillips even b rough Governornom
iee Terry Sanford into his plea, for
a second bank for Warsaw. He said
Sanford 'promised North Carolina
a new day" and the commission
,could "bring a new day to Warsaw.
Waccamaw President Lacy Tate
had about 25 Warsaw citizens pre
sent, including Mayor J. E. Strict
land to pump for the branch.
Branah Banking President J. E.
Pasohall introduced abdut 15 ' peo
ple in opposition to the Waccamaw
application.
Paschall said the town, with a
population of about 1,600 is too
tl. C. Banks Major
Study Shows Credit
North Carolina banks were serv
ing farmers with 21 per cent more
production credit than a year pre
vious on January 1 of this year,
according to E. C. Thompson, Sen
ior Vice President of Branch Bank
ing ft Trust Co. who represents the
North Carolina Bankers Association
as Duplin Copnty Key Banker. Dur
ing 1950, the state's banks maintain
ed their leadership in farm credit
services.
Based on the 19th annual farm
lending summary of the Agricul
tural Commission of the American
Bankers Association, Mr. Thompson
reported that "at the beginning of
the year. North Carolina bankers
were supplying farmers with 4P
per cent of the production credit
provided by institutional lenders.
Total bank credit to the states.
farmers stood at $85.million, 14 per
cent more than a year previous.
The total Included $43 - million in
production loans and S42-million in
farm mortages. At the same time.
$36-million In farm loans were held
by. insurance companies: 148-mil-
lion by Federal Land Banks; $37
million by Production Credit Asso
ciations; and $36-million by the Far
mers Home Administration.
Mr. Thompson reports that "more
Mrs. David Williams Named President
State Home Demonstration Clubs
Mrs. David Williams of Rose Hill
was formally installed as president
of the North Carolina Home Demon
stration ' Clubs last week at the
Farm Home Week fat Raleigh. She
succeeded Mrs. Gilbert R. English
of Trinity.
In "The Southern Planter" issue
of July. 1960 Mrs. Wililams has
been written up in a spiended arti
cle entitled "A Woman With Vision"
which teH her life story - her pro
gress , in overcoming obstacles and
her success as a farmer. . 1 '
Last year Mrs. Williams attend
ed the Associated Country Women
of the World Conference which was
held in Edinburg, Scotland. She
flew,from New York to Scotland to
attend tire big occasion. AV '-:'.
When Mrs. Williams'; husband
died in 1951, she decided to remain
on the farm and fceep it going. For
her, managing and working a 375
acre farm, 7S acres cleared) was
a challenge.' She had seen farming
from every tafarriSK
Mrs. Williams has a four-acre to
bacco allotment, 30 acres of corn.
two acres of strawberries, two acres
$50 Million Loss Annually
Hyilnli
Unless swine producers get busy
in a hurry, North Carolina can ex
pect serious outbreaks of hog cho
lera this summer and fall. Dr. H. J.
Rollins, State Veterinarian, warned
today.
This prediction is based, he said,
qn the lew percentage cf swine that
have been properly vaccinated and
the increased movement of hogs
that may be infected with hog cho
lera or exposed to it.
Small to support two banks.
) Mayor Strickland took issue with
his figures and said the U. S. Cen
sus Bureau had advised him that
the preliminary 1960 census showed
Warsaw with a head count of 2,218.
Only one member of the commis
sion, Harold Myrick of Lincolnton,
voted to approve the nar Dranch.
Commission member Edwin Dun
can of Sparta said he thought it
would be "most difficult for that to
be a marginal bank if you have two
of 'em. It doesn't make more pro
gress; it merely divides what is
there."
Phillips had argued that Bradnch
Banking would not lend money rea
dily .enough to Warsaw business
men. "We cannot obtain the proper
predit . . that we need,' he said.
f Myrick said he voted for the
branch because he did not want to
be accused later of voting it down
So a national bank could apply for
a Warsaw branch.
?fyrick is the only member of the
commission oonecled with a-ntka-
al bank. Both Branch and Waeoa-
maw are State banks. The Comm.
ission has no control over national
bank expansion operations.
Lenders To Farmers
ing
and more, the banks ia North Caro
lina find that farmers need a new
type of credit to help finance farm
capital requirements. To meet this
changing need, an mcneasiag amou
nt of farm credit from North Caro
lina banks is on an intermediate-
term repayment basis.
intermediate - term leans are
most frequently needed for farm
machinery and equipment, live
stock, soil improvements, additional
land, and refinancing short-term
notes. Over one-half of all bank
farm mortage loans are used to
finance these intermediate - type
capital expenses.
"As a further service to help
farmers improve their operations,
about one-third of all other bank
farm loans have a repayment pro
gram longer than one year. Banks
serve farmers with far more in'.er-mediate-term
credit than any other
group of lenders."
Mr. Thompson believes that "far
mers and bankers working together
in this way make North Carolina
agriculture more prosperous." He
reported that over 94 per cent of the
insured commercial banks in North
Carolina are serving farmers with
agicultural loans.
of sweet potatoes, 10 ares of pas
ture and five sows which cause her
to market around 50 hogs annually.
She has two children, David, Jr.
who is in the Air Force and Mrs.
Rebecca Hiads, who lives in Char
lotte. Cotton Quotas
I
' KenansvOle-The marketing quota
penalty rate on "excess" ,1960 crop
cotton will bo 19.4 cents per pound
according to O. L. Holland, ASC
County Committee Chairman,
Controlling legislation provides
that the marketing quota penalty
rate be sef at SO percent of the par
ity price per pound of cotton effec
tive June 1. The parity price for
upland cotton as of June 15, 1KO,
4 U CiaHaned Oa Back .f'
I Needs Chang
In U. S.
CfioleEri 1m! eimic Oufeofc
5i UBiless
"Federal stafistic show thjt only
35 percent or less of our swine pop
ulation has been vaccinated,' le ex
plained, "and the minimum needs
for prevention of extensive out
breaks of hog choleri. require that
approximately 65 perccr.t of the
swine population be vacrir.aicd. A
much higher percentage of vaccina
tion of the swine pnpulatmn should
be maintained at all times, both
from a disease - control and econo
mic standpoint.
Poinitng out that United States
has been a leader in control and
eradication of many senous live
stock diseases, the veterinarian
said:
"We have maintained a continu
ous attitude of appeasement and a
willingness to suffer recurrent los
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The Southeastern District 4-H Demonstration Day was held at
Hobbton School in Sampson County. June 23. 441 Club members from
: seventeen southeastern counties were competing ia the various types
of demonstrations.
Kay Sanderson and Jankl Maready of Chinquapin, were winners
in the girls' electric demonstrations. The title of their demonstrations
was "Electricity Dollar ($) and Sense Wise." These girte will com
pete in the statewide contest held in Raleigh at North Carolina State
College in July.
These girls appear in the picture above.
The 4-H Electric demonstration are sponsored by the Etectrie
Membership Corporations of the State. Four Coanty Electric partici
pates in this sponsorship. As being selected as disrict winners the giris
expenses will be paid to 4-H club week in Raleigh in July.
Commissioner Ballentine
Importance Of Forage Crops And
Ensilage Talked At Millard Farm
By Paul Barwick
The importance of the forage crop
and ensilage feeding in dairying pro
grams and proper use of poisonious
chemicals were featured Wednes
day afternoon in a Field Day at the
Coastal Plain Research Station at
Willard near, Wallace.
L. Y. Ballentine. N. C. Commis
sioner of Agriculture, emphasized
in opening remarks that 'North Car
olina needs more emphasis plased
on forage production per acre.
Farmers need more know how to
produce such crops and then how to
save them. Evidence of the increas
ed interest and emphasis being pla
ced on better cattle feeding is the
appearance of more silos throughout
the State."
Ballentine further stated that
when North Carolina started to
build its cattle industry several
years ago that poor cows were used,
poor feeding practices were in evi
dence and there was poor use of the
son available for abundant forage
production. "Now we are changing
all this and we are doing a better
job." Ballentine said.
He pointed out that where pois
onous insecticides are Used . near
and on forage there is a danger of
,the cows producing milk which will
contain some of these poisonous ma
terials. He pointed out that an Eastern
North Carolina fanner just recently
had been permitted to t seH milk
from his cows after a' four-month
delay because it was learned that
bis cows had been fed materials on
vtoich poisonous chemicals had been
used. ,v' jc , -v- 'v
A check snowed that insecticides
had been used on corn, peanuts and
alfalfa being fed to the dairy cattle
Precautions T
ses from hog cholera. It is conser
vatively estimated that this disease
costs the U. S. swine industry $50
million annually, and many count
ries embargo pork originating from
the United States because of the
dangers of this disease. T:e blood,
crab's a:.ct '.i-su . : of hogs sick with
hog cholera, or thai die from it, are
seething with virulent virus of the
disease."
Dr. Rollins said the multi million
dollar losses from hog cholera are
needless and, with lew exceptions,
such losses can be preveted if far
mers will adopt the following sani
tation, management and vaccina
tion program:
1. Maintain a healthy herd on
clean and uncontaiminated prein-
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Speaks
and traces of the chemicals showed
up in the milk in sufficient quanti
ses to cause the milk to be removed
from the market produced by the
cows for four months.
"I would like to caution you on
the use of all insecticides around
forage crops which are to be grazed
by cattle and which are to be put
into silos," Ballentine said. "If
your neighbor is using insecticides
on various crops, you should ask
him to wait, if possible, until the
wind directon is away from your
grazing and forage crops."
It was pointed out a the Field
Day that heptaclor can now be used
on alfalfa for the control of weevis
provided it is applied between Oco
ber 1 and October 15. This time of
application will give maximum re
sults for weevil control and will al
Annual Red Cross Meeting Held Friday
The Annual meeting of the Dup
lin County Chapter of the American
National Red Cross was held here
in the Chapter House on last Friday
night at 8 o'clock with the chapter
chairman, Attorney : William . E.
Cratf, presiding. He gave a special
welcome to Lemuel A. Davis, Red
Cross Field Representative and his
friend, Mr. Richard Atkinson of
Greenville, the later being a volun
teer worker ia the Pitt County Chap
ter. Minutes of the semi-annual meet
ing were read by the secretary,
after which- the terasurer,- Paul In
gram presented" Us report- In the
absence of the Fund Campa'gn
Manager, Ingram told how the var
ious communities raised $2918.92 in
the spring campaign, this total in
a ecu
2. Vaccinate healthy pigs at the
proper age ( not less than six weeks
old i before exposure.
3 Rotate feeding areas and pas
tures at regular intervals.
4. Maintain the herd free from as
ternal and external parasites.
5. Provide separate, completfy'
isolated, quarters for all herd addi
tions and keep them under observa
tion for two to four weeks before
placing them in a healthy herd. The
quarters should be constructed so'
as to be easily cleaned and disinfec
ted. 6. Transport all swine in clean)
and disinfected trucks.
7. Do not feed uncooked garbage
to swine. Avoid all contact with
hogs that have been fed raw gar
bage. 8. Vaccinate or obtain official vac
cination records of all swine purch
ased for herd additions.
9 Immediately separate diseas
ed animals from healthy swine. Do
not visit diseased herds or premis--as.
Provide clean and disinfected'
rubber boots for visitors that come
in contact with the swine or swij
raising operations .
10. Control rodents and other ani
mals which may spread infection ro
the farm.
11. Employ a qualified veterinar
ian to maintain the health of the"
herd. Consult him immediately or.
finding any disease in one or more
animals. Early diagnosis and im
mediate treatment are of major
importance in controlling the dis
ease and reducing death losses:'
Dr. Rollins said there are sever
al methods of vaccination for boj
cholera available for use in North.
Carolina. He listed (1) anti-bog b
lera serum, which will produce Re
mediate but temporary immmtJCy. .
lasting a few weeks or Jean;,
modified -live- vin.acciaas.Srt!fato
gives longer immunity, and 139
dead virus or inactiviated vaccine
which produce an active immunity
in approximately 21 days that osav '
ally lasts six to eight months. He
warned, however, that the dead vir
us vaccines are not recsmmende
for use on contaminated premise
er exposed swine.
He urged producers to eensatt
their veterinarians as to the kiwT
of vaccination program they shook!
now use to head off a late saramer
or fall epidemic of the disease. He
atso pointed out that some bad re
sults will follow Vaccination f tea
hogs have other diseases, arc in
fested with internal or external par
asites, or the vaccines have not
been properly refrigerated, handled?
and used.
He said none of the methods will
produce 160 percent immunity, bat
modified virus vaccine will produce
J immunity in 90 percent or more of
I the healthy swine properly vaceint
ated. so leave the alfalfa with no residual
of the chemical. Heptaclor had been
removed from the list of chemicals
recommended for the use of weevil
control in alfalfa because of the re
sidual of the chemical in the plant.
Research determined that it can
now be used with success if applica
tion is made between the dates
mentioned above.
Sam Dobson, Extension Pasture
Specialist at N. C. State College,
was in charge of the tours of the
Willard Farm. Some 100 persons
made the tour of the farm, obser
ving research on Coastal Bermuda
grass for grazt.ig of dairy cattle,
grazing under continous and rota
tional methods, growth of millet
varieties and cutting, and results of
research on tower and bunker type
silos. cluded $638.90 from the Negro Divi
sion headed by Mrs. hene Can af
Rose Hill. Mrs. Carr was recognis
ed and spoke in appreciation of hex-co-workers
giving the detailed, re
port as follows;
Wallace $HJfj.s
BeulaviUe and Chinquapin, combin
ed $13C0 ,
Rose Hill I114.1K
Charity School Area 6Jar
Teachey Community S40.lb
Magnolia tsaflP
Kenansville $2Xse
Warsaw 9NU? :
Alberteon v. . . . . S20J0
Faison and Calypso combined; $2134 ,
. A report oa Jr. Red Cross Work
revealed 15 acsool Sen-rolled last
fall for 165 rooms $1.09 per reomr
( Osaiinaed Oa Back )