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I' .1 "V 7 jj-n ' v.; n i '.""it ' ; 1 v j V M.J ' J l I . J 1 ' fl 4 1 I I 1 1 I I TI:is Week x 4 VOLUME XXVU 4 No. 36 KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. Thursday August 11, 1960. SUBSCRIPTION KATES I3.H W Ten IB Unpun a4 muhbui OraaOaat ataMe thia are ta H. C4 fine nUie N. O. PRICE TEN CENT V- 7 1 Dcinr SoIiooIs: Open "-v ' "CATASTROPHE At KORNEGAY" James R. Bowe of Tri-County Electric Membership Corporation, Goldsboro, illustrates the fact that short circuit can be as much as fiv feet Ions, i The chicken snake, Rowe is holding got into Triounty's sub-sta-, -,' tjon at Koroegay last Wednesday night, short-circuited the station and 1 1 Caused a blackout, in the Albertson, Beulaville, Deep Run, Pink Hill ; , and Kenansvilje areas served by the Co-op. r , ' v. . ' . " ' ' The snake turned off the power in some 2,000 homes for about . ' two hours. Four such an amazing feat, however, the serpent paid with -!, bis liMINt'M''jiisUuiait efectracutidy; $ ' mm nftmw ',, & ,.' ' ' "" '.' ' ' . if!Jl-LJ:JLJlll! y. Eulas King, 37-year-old Negro of Calypso, was killed Sunday around . noon by shotgun blasts, allegedly ty his wife, Willie Lea King, 84. ,i The shooting took place near Cal "" ypso in the home of the Kings. " Sheriff Ralph ' Miller sad today , that the Coroner's Jury : Monday & airtKt In nlim.jl AlwlarA inA Vina woman placed under $2,000 bond for .action by thr County Grand Jury. ' She is out of jail under bond at the present time. : . v :' ' c Preliminary Investigation reveals that King and his wife . had been arguing over him staying out all Saturday night. King is said to have 1 .- . M . - l. I " argument and returned home a- Howls lime lo Sign Up For ACP Program . v. Conservatiod is Still a good buy - according to Rufus Elks Jr. Duplin ; County office Mgr.: for the Agricul-' - tural Stagilization and Conseryation v Committee. Tov the farmer on the . land, purchase of Conservation, is by . far the best buy, Conservation re turns dividends ; immediately ' in ' many cases and in all cases for (years to come. --5 ' 'Elks reminded Duplin farmers ' that the 1960 Agricultural Conser vation Program is still open for the . -.sign up of new participants, throu gh the ACP this "good buy" of con servation is made even Better by f the government sharing part of the cost of the conservation.' The government's willingness to bear a ' part of this cost. Elks explained, . comes from the fact that all good - conservation of agricultural resour ces, is a long term program that benefits not Just the farmers, but 4 all people. Elks urged farmers who have a conservation need to go by their county ASC office and discuss their needs with the ASC personnel. After this discussion farmers whose needs can be met thrtugh the pro gram could then sign up for qeeded conservation, practices . under : the 1-50 ACP. - i Conservation is a good buy tor the farmer but is also a good buy for townspeople when they, through the : government, share with the farmer some of the out-of-pocket cost of carrying out needed . practices. t Townspeople have a definite stake r conservation of our agricultural resources to assure that their sons tod daughters and future genera Cons of our rapidly expanding popu- 'Jon will be able to obtain suffi cient food and raw materials from t e farm. 4 I1 I t t round 11:0030 a. m. Sunday. ;. . Another ( argument started. His wife is ' alleged to have token the loaded shotgun, v gone around the house, and fired two barrels of the loaded shotgun Into King's right eye and right shoulder. He died instantly, Mrs. King was- said to have been standing in the door at the- rear of the house and within about 10 feet of her husband when she fired the shots., ' , Mrs. King claims ; her husband beat her with a hammer and that is the reason she killed him. She is charged with murder, pending Grand Jury action. Toe Kings have seven children. Warsaw Officers Have Busy July 59 persons were arrested and lod ged in. the Warsaw Town Jail during the month of July according to the monthly report of Police Chief Per ry Smith of Warsaw.' :, Chief I Smith said mat' this was well above the average) month and was probably due to the Tobacco season which brings in out-of-town workers.' -J- '' ,:.rW",vV;;,iH'-. These arrests include; arrests made in the town of Warsaw and in the -Warsaw area.. '-;.': ' Bread-down of the number "ef ar rests and charges are as follows: 34 Public Drunks -s Assualts 4 breaking and entering, larceny S driving drunk - S Capias for county Court 2 No operators Licenses -1 Larceny Worthless check - 1 No Auto In-i surance - 1 operating vehicle, on wrong side of road - 1 disturbing the peaceri..?::.;:;-;-is;;;."-: ; Law enforcement Officers making the arrests were: Chief Smith. Bas al en, Creech and Brown ot-the War saw Police Dept. Deputy Elwood Reveele of the Duplin County Sher iffs Dept.: Graham Chestnutt. Con stable! of Magnolia Township; Pat rounen uruey : anq wray . me State Highway Patrol. Football Season ?4 Begins At J-K ; Coach Bill Taylor , coach ' at the James Kenan High school state that football equipment will be issued to the boys coming out for the James Kenan football .team this year, on Friday, August 12, at 3:00 P. M. He asks that the boys bring money for hoes, Jf they need football shoes. Official practice starts Monday, August IS. : . ; - August :23 Duplin Schools will optn for pup ils of the ocunty on Tuesday morn ing, August 23 at 8:30 A. M. All schools, in the county will open on the same day, according to an an nouncement from Superintendent of schools O. P. Johnson. ' On Wednesday, August 10,;the principals of the county will report for work. Tuesday, August 16 at 9:00 A. -M."a county-wide meeting of principals will be held at the Ken ans vilie Elementary School. i Friday, August 19, 9:00 A. M., a safety' meeting of bus drivers will be held at Kenansville Elementary School and busses will be delivered to drivers at the close of this meeting.-; rV; - Teachers will report to their re spective schools at 8:00 A. M. on Monday August 22, for a full day af' preparation for opening of sch- 90ls on Tuesday, August 23, 8:30 A. 11 Oa that' day pupils will report tfl their respective schools to re ceive books, supplies, assignments ana scneauies inducing opening hour or school next day. On Wednesday, August 24, schools open for a full day of instruction. : Duplin County has 213 White Tea chers and principals, 18 Vocational teachers, 2 supervisors and one speech therapist. In the colored sch ools there are 150 teachers and prin cipals, 6 vocational teachers and one supervisor. All of the vacancies in the coun ty are filled to date. There were three changes in white school prin cipals. At the Wallace-Rose Hill School, Donald D. Abernethy will be principal to fill the vacancy by the resignation of D. B. Teachey to become Curriculum supervison for the county. Neil Carlton will be principal of the Wallace Elementary School to fill the vacancy which occurred when E. D. Edgerton re tired. J. A.. Batson will be princi pal of the Faison Elementary School.- Mrs. Ruby Blount of Faison was principal last year. Miss Annie Mae Brown and D. B. Teachey will be. supervisors of the White Schools; and Miss Annie Mae Kenion.. supervisor .of the colored Schools. Mrs. Louise W. Mitchell wOltagaia be Speech Therapist-for county ;;'' .- ,; 7 Belt Begins Sales August 11 - x ...i''4.,;.'' Vr So far as Nortk Cartiloa to , bocco farmers, are eoacsprned. the tobacco seUlnf season be glut aezt week August 11, with the opening of the Border Belt Marketo. The big Eastern Belt will open oa August 23. . With the opening et the Bor der Belt, farmers win begin telling their leaf which Is said to be mixed fa quality. Early harvested tobacco is be lieved to be of exceptionally . high quality while the tobacco which has been harvested after heavy rains toward the end of the season will be of much lower qaality. As for expected prices, HtUe has been said in advance of sales on the Border Belt. This year's tobacco crop is expected to weigh heavier than the 19S9 crop. Bnt, this Is also an un known factor since the rains could -have . had . seme effect pen the overall weight factor of the leaf. ' , , 1,4 i- John Martin Retires :s:v.,v,KV-,Byi oha WeHs ' . ', " Few people have seen and noted the physical changes in the Town of Warsaw's Municipalities as has 67 year old John Martin, colored em ployee of the Town of, Warsaw for the past 40 years. . :$-.rJ.h As of July. 1st, 1960, John retired from the employment of the Town of Warsaw after 40 years ef service. Johnny, as he Is known to all the Town Officials and his friends, has literally seen the change of munici pal "Horse and Buggy' days to the modern present day system, .' Perhaps few Citizens of the Town of Warsaw realize that during the past 40 years, Johnny1 has been playing., a part in their everyday lives . . L Reading their ' water meter,' collecting their garbage, looking after the Town water pumps, janitorial service at the City HiU and. in the early days of electricity, firing the boiler that pro duced the lights for their homes. . John Martin began his employ ment with the Town in 1920, Just after receiving his discharge from 18 months service in World War I. Johnny's first 'Job with the -Tewn was the firing of the boiler of the Municipal owned power plant, which provided the lights In those Trial & Error Well, last week J got crowded out of the- paper. There was so much news that the .boys said "Mrs. Grady, something has got to give". And guess what gave-half of my column. I attended the dedication of The Poultry Pricessing Plant last Fri day in Rose , Hill, nnd the tour of the plant was they most fabulous thing I have seen in a long time. 1 had read about the plant and hod seen pictures of it, but I urge each of you to take off time to go thro Ught the plant. It s hard to believe that there, are that many chickens in the country. The entire process is to marvelous to describe, you will just have to go see for your self. The entire program was well planned and the chicken dinner was delicious. One of the unplanned parts of the program was quite amusing. While Governor Hodges was telling a joke about a revival at which one of the people was asking the preacher to speak a little louder, "the Governor was emphasizing "a little Louder' for the third time. Just at the exact proper time, one of the photograph er's flash bulbs exploded and put the proper emphasis on the Gover nor's joke. This heat is even nffpc'mc the youngsters, my young daughter told me aaiuraay inai ner "get up and e.O had done not lin and went ' anH that seems to be about the feeling oi everyone you contact. Newspaper work is lots of fun. People always think you know a lot more than you do about what you don't know, and a lot less than yeu do about what you do konw. It really keeps you stepping to stay in oaiance, lor at times you get so in volved in news stories and issues of various sorts, that you forget the technical, side. But not for loni?t because bang, one of , the tea mil lion screws on one of the machines will slip out or break or some thing; the. 'mouthpiece, to the pot will bum out, the press will break down or the Linotype will bet out of order. 'Immediately, news is for gotten and technicalities take first place. But newspaper friends are very wonderful about such things, they all respond when you are in trouble, with graciousness and the feeling that we all have. "That we must , make the mail, regardless." Cletus and Elmer Brock, Mt. Olive Tribune, have probably been ready te shoot me on sight at times, and you know they haven t even talked ugly to me. But confidentially speaking, if it hadn't been for them, there are several times we would have missed the mail-and how! AJso the Goldsboro News Argus has help ed us out many times when we were in dire need. And other times if ur good friends Joe McClanahan of the Sampson Independent and Pete Bradshaw of the Wallace Enterprise hadn't helped us set some type, there would have been several blank pages in our. paper. We have even reached out as far as the Smithfield Herald and borrowed their capable mechanical superintendent, Macy L. Hoyle. to help us install some machinery. But if I go any further, you will begin to think this is not an Independent paper, that it be longs to just about everyone in the state. But still! its mighty fine lo have friends. After 40 Years days. His first Boss was William Kennedy, superintendent of the Municipal power plant, Kennedy is now living in Va. Mayor of the Town at that time was R. M. Brow der, now of Wallace. v ?Thera were long days back then' Johnny recalls "and hard ones too. -V,' (eentismed an back) i At Rom Hill Poultry Governor The Poultry Processing Plant at Rose Hill was dedicated on Friday with an address by Covernor Luther H. Hodges. A group of about 800 people were there for the tour of the processing plant, the dedication and the chicken dinner served on the grounds. Governor Hodsjes said in rolY-r-ence to the processing pLint: "This progress has not been, accidental. It has required a tremendous a mount of cooperation on the par! of many people over a p-jiiod uf years to produce the results we see today. This plant, we have come litre to dedicate is, in many ways, a sym bol of that cooperative effort. It is a testimonial to the faith that many people have had in each other in the past few years. It is here because the farmers, the feed dealers, the hatchery operators and now the processors had faith in one another, respected the other's ability to up hold a specialized end-of t!ie bar gain. It is a fine example of the kind of local ' and regional coopera tion we have been trying to encour age throughout North Carolina and it is extremely gratifying to see these wonderful results." This is a very true story of the Poultry Processing Plant of Hose Hill. A few years ago the idea was dreamed up m order to lake care of the rapidly expanding poul- Parker Attends FHA Work Shop Bertie A. Parker, Jr., County Sup ervisor for Farmers Home Admin istration in Duplin County, attended a two-day work shop on farm plan ning on a farm in Carteret County near Newport this week. FHA sup ervisors from eight eastern coun ties, attended this two-day work shop 'The farm waSWSte oh which "Soli Conservation Service soil scien tists had worked out the capabilities of the sous on each type of soil found on the farm and recommend ed treatment for these soils to get maximum production. The Forestry Service had worked out woodsland management program. Soil test of soils in each field had been made and liming and fertilizer recommen dations were made. The Farmers Home Administra tion supervisors studied this in formation and made a tnorough in spection of this farm. Then they planned a system of farming that would make the best use of the land and give maximum income from the farm. They also planned all buildings and land improvements needed for the system of farming planned. They set long-time goals that could be accomplished an4 planned the farm management practices that would be necessary to accomplish these goals. Parker reports that he expects to be able to use this information gain ed in the clinic in doing a better job of planning a more efficient pro gram with the farmers he is work ing with in Duplin County. Parker states he would be glad to discuss the Farmers Home Ad ministration program with any in terested farmers. His office is lo cated in the Agriculture Building in Kenansville and is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a. m. to S: 00 p. m. ' Lions To Install - Officers. Tuesday ' The Warsaw Lions Club will in stall new Officers for the coming year, at their regular meeting Tues day night, August 16, 7 P. M. at the Warsaw Restaurant New Officers to be installed for the coming year are; H. C. McCul len President; Perry Smith, 1st Vice President; A. W. McNeil, 2nd Vice President; Johnny' Jenkins Jr. Secretary and Treasurer. Out-going President,. Perry Smith, urges all members to be present for this, occasion. A special program is being plan ned. Four. Men Inducted In Service In 5JuIy The following named men were inducted into the Armed Forces from Duplin County in July 1960 ac cording to a report from Mrs. Mar garet Oakley, Clerk Local Board No. 31. , . John Lewis Williams Wilbert MiaVfleton, Jr. Carl Andrew Jones Jimmy Boyd Powell ji , ' The August induction la for 3 men to be delivered on 19 August. I960. 34 registrants will also be forward ed for Armed Farces Physical Ex amination on that same date. .. Processing Plant Dedicated E3ddaes Praises Dunlin's Initiative , " mm 1 .....r-'..- - ... ' . "it f v ' J 'i f Governor Hodges being greeted by Rose Hill Mayor, C. W. Surratt and H. E. "Chug" Latham of Rose Hill when he arrived by plane. Governor Hodges spoke at the dedication of the Poultry Proces try processing need in the caunly. Area citizens and pou'try men got together and purchased over $90,000 of the Development Corporation de benture bonds to furnish the first "irt of the plant's capitoI needs. The rest was obtained from the Small Business Administration and the First National Rank of Jackson ville. The plant is leased for a figure which will retire the total debt within 13 years. Gov. Hodges further stated that Duplin County is living proof jI the fact that vision, cooperation, real ism, self-confidence and hard work are the ingredients needed to ealize the economic and cultural potential. He said that Duplin should serve as an inspiration to. other counties. "This is particularly true with re gard to predominantly agricultural areas that have been caught up ia D. C. Williamson Receives Promotion David C. Williamson, native of Kenansville, has been named Divi sion Commercial Manager fer Sou thern Bell Telephone Company in Charlotte. Southern Bell will have two divi sions in North Carolina, efieotive August 1, and Mr. Williamson will head the Commercial operations cf the business for the West Division whic"h includes the Charlotfe, Gas tonia and Asheville Dktricts. Mr. Williamson began his career with Southern Bell in 1948 and was promoted to Gastonia District Man ager in 1958. In September 1959 he was named Charlotte District Man ager and has held that position sin ce then. Mr. Williamson is a member of the Charlotte Rotary Club and is also on the board of directors of the Downtown Charlotte Association. Charlotte Better Business Bureau, Family and Children Service and the Carolina's United Community Services. Mr. Williamson is the son of Mrs. D. S. Williamson and the late Mr. Williamson. He is married to the former Thelma Reavis of Winston Salem and they have three sons, David Jr., 11; Chris 9; and Don 6. The Williamson's reside at 3340 Eastburn Rd. in Charlotte and are members of Providence Methodist Church. Mrs. Ethel Kitchin Funeral Thursday Mrs. Ethel S. Kitchin, wife of Paul A. Kitchin died suddenly early Tuesday morning at her home in Warsaw. : Funeral services were conducted at the Warsaw Methodist Churca by Rev. L. T. Wilson, pestor assist ed by Rev. D. E. Parkerson, pas tor of the First Baptist Church of Warsaw. Interment was in Devo tional Gardens near Warsaw. In addition to her husband she is survived by one daughter ' Mrs. Charles Veauto of Washington. D. C, three grandchildren. Four bro thers Bert Snow of Henderson, Posey, L T. and Bedford SnOw of Fancy Gap, Vs.; three sisters Mrs. Chester Newman of Winston-Salem Mrs. Pearl JSaacomb and Mrs. Mark Bolden of Fancy Gap, Va, 'J sing Plant on last who attended the dinner. the economic upheaval of recent years." He further pointed out that Duplin "is an example of what can be done by a county whose peo ple have the ability and the cour age to roll with the economic punch and then come back fighting". Lo cal leadership is very important to each county, and adequate local leadership is available in Duplin County. The Governor cited that in t9t in the five counties of Bladen, Samp son, Pender, Wayne and Duplin broiler production has increased from 2,719,000 to more than 20,580. 000 annually. Income form froilers alone has climbed from $1,618,080 in 1956 to $10,460,000 in VJ5'J. The Poultry Processing Plant of Rose Hill, a new modern building which takes the live chickens in at the back door And within one nour turns out 5,000 chickens dressed packed and ready for cold storage, is an amazing sight to see. 125 peo ple are employed in the plant. The obickens are carried by a conveyor system from the trucks to the sla ughter room, then into the scalding vat where their feather are loosened then into a picking machine from Two 4-Hers Attend Wildlife Camp Linda Grady and Jimmy Rich at tended the State Wildlife camp this week August 7 through August 11, at Swannanao 4-H Camp, located in the mountains of our Tar Heel state. Linda is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Gardy of Mount Olive and is the first girl delpgate to at tend wildlife camp fom the county. Jimmy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Rich of Magnolia and has at tended wildlife camp for several years. He is very active m 4-H Club work .especially wildlife. While in camp the delegates will be instructed in various wildlife con servation practices. The care, need and importance of wildlife on farms will be impressed upon each dele gate before they leave camp. An interesting program was plan ned for delegates to this camp and these two 4-H Club members were indeed fortunate to have been sele cted to attend. Two Duplin HD Women To Attend National Meet Two ef Duplin's outstanding Home Demonstration women - will attend the National Home Demonstration Council to be held at the University of Wisconsin August 28-31. . Mrs. David Williams, of Rose Hill and 1961 State HD Club President; and Mrs.'C. L. Sloan, of Calypso and District 27 HD Chairman, will leave from Raleiga on Saturday before the convention oa a Charter ed But, which will be carrying other Home Demonstartion women to the meeting from Norn Carolina. Mrs. Mae Spicer, Duplin Home Agent, said this is the big meeting of the year tor Home Demonstra tion women in the United States. Friday 4 i ij t ' V' Friday to a group of about 6W dedication and barbecue chicken which they come out fully picked. They are then put on the conveyor system with their feet hanging down. After the feet are removed they are swung upside down again and go throug assembly line where they are complete dressed, and at the end of this line compressed air is sent through tr.e body ;o ( ContinoM D Back ) Sept. 30 Deadline Gas Tax Refund September 30 is an important date to most Duplin County tanners. That's the deadline to file for the federal gasoline tax refund which is available on gasoline used on the farm between July 1, 195fl, and June 30, 1960. Vernon H. Reynolds, Duplin Coun ty Agricultural Agent, reports that the refund has been estimated at about $52 for the average eligible North Carolina farnfer. "1 am convinced, that there are many farmers in the county who neglect to claim this money to which they are entitled.' Reynolds says gasoline used on a farm is subject to either three r four cent per gallon refcnd, depend ing on the date purchased. In order to file for a refund, you must own, be a tenant on. or ape rate a farm. If someone else uset their equipment, on your farm you as owner, tenant or operator are considered the ultimate purchaser and eligible for the refund. Persons who file a claim must have records to support their claim upon request from the District Dir ector of Internal itevenup. Care must be taken not to include gasoline used on highway.? for per sonal use or non-farming purposes; or for processing, canning, packag ing or freezing operations. The Iar provides penalties for those who Se false or excess claims. Duplin County farmers should send their claims to the District Director of Internal R e v e B a e hpreensboro. North Carolina. rorm oam is w w usea in cumv ing the refund. Farmers who fiWd last year will receive forms auto matically. Other farmers may -tain forms with additional inhuma tion from your county agriraBuraf agent or by writing the District Dir ector of Internal Revenue. Sarecta FWB ) New Schedule "Sarecta Original Free WHl Bap tist Church, near KensnawflR. makes the following announcements Beginning the 1st Sunday Sent, I960, regular worship services wSl be changed from 2nd and 4lh to 1st and 3rd Sundays. Home Coming Day will be b served at Sarecta on 3rd Suadajr, Sept. 18, 1960. The day wilt hegua with Sunday School at 10:W a am. and worship service at ll:0v Fuaaav ing a picnic lunch, there w9l Je special singing in the affessusar: All singers are urged to cane audi participate. ' Rev. M. EL Godwin. Dunn, N. C is the pastor i dialry Invites everyone to take i of these announcement and i these services. ; r I J. T I X .A . ?