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VOLUME Si
Th* Horn* Nawspapr for 50 Yuri — Published Each Tuaaday and Friday — Subscription Rataa: Wayna and Adjoining Countii, |4.00 Pt Vaar; City Dallvary, $4.50; Elaawhara, $5.C
MOUNT OLIVE, N. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1954
NUMBER •
The
Mouth
Piece
Not all persons who appear to
be somewhat lacking in mental
capacities, are as short as they
makfe themselves out to be.
Bill Loftin was telling us the oth
er day about a youth he knew,
whose mental condition was suppos
ed to be sub-par. As an example of
this, friends who knew him well
v would test him by offering him1 a
nickel or a dime, and the youth
would always take the nickel.
These friends thought this proved
the youth was mentally retarded,
because he always took the coin
of least value.
Finally, someone asked the boy
why he didn’t take the dime.
“Don’t you know the dime is al
ways worth twice as much as the
nickel?” -
“Sure, I know it,” the supposedly.
Incompetent youth replied. “But by
taking the nickel,, instead of the
dime, someone every day tests me
this way to prove I don’t have good
sense. If I was to ever take the
dime, instead of the nickel, no
body would ever try to prove they
have more sense than I have, any
more. I get a nickel, or more, ev
-ery day this way.”
Ben Daughtry says that when he
was a student at Campbell college
there was a young man enrolled
there who lived so far bach in
the country that the first time he
put a necktie on, he stood perfect
ly still for a whole day—thought
he was tiedt
Police Chief P. O. James can
run! We know he can because he
did so, down Centfer street, yester
day to answer the police phone lo
cated on the corner of Center and
Main streets.
Cecil Kornegay, postal employee
who was mentioned in this column
recently in connection with his fish
ing activities, probably won’t make'
the column along that line for
some time to come. He had all
the fishing luck a man’s entitled to
for_a year, last Friday afternoon
»es’ mill, near here.
_ ag With shrimp for bait,
- Cecil caught his limit of blue
perch, crapple or “Chinquapin”
perch, and a five-pobnd bass! All
in one afternoon—all at ohe spot
in the pond.
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• We certainly appreciate the fine
spirit of cooperation, which Center,
Wayne, and Clear-Vue theaters,
have displayed in purchasing
“dean-up’’ shorts to show on their
Screens in connection with the,
campaign currently going on here.
.The drive is being co-sponsored
by the Chamber of Commence and
The Tribune.
. k. Mount Olive citizens, who at
tended Friday night’s fire, received
a perfect demonstration of just
how valuable the water tanker is
to the fire department, and to
the city as a whole.
The empty house which was al
most completely destroyed by the
flames, would have swept four or
' five more houses to destruction
with it, considering the wind di
rection, if the firemen hadn’t had
the^ 4,000 gallons of water which
the'tanker provided.
When firemen arrived at the
blaze, the empty dwelling was
aflame all over, but when the
tanker was brought into play it
was soon knocked out.
It cost the citizens of Mount Ol
ive a good many dollars to provide
themselves with the tanker, but,
as has been proven before, and as
was emphasized Friday night, the
investment is one of the best ever
‘ made for fire protection. The prop
erty saved from destruction Friday
night was, by itself, worth more
■ than the tanker cost!.
Morris Swlnson wonders if his
wife doesn’t mistrust him just a lit
tle bit. He went fishing last week,
with Rufus Ennis, and in prepar
ing for the trip, Mrs. Swinson pack
ed his bag for him. Down at the
beach, where they were to fish,
Swinson decided he needed n
Shave, and began the operation.
After his face was good and lath
ered, be found out Mrs. Swinson.
bad failed to put his razor in!
Could be that Mrs. Swinson decid
ed the fish didn’t care whether her
husband had shaved or not, and no
person at the beach was supposed
to get dpse enough for his beard
to bother! >; , ■ , .
Somehow or other, that reminds
if the story about a golfer who
and went to everlasting pun
medt, only to/find in front of
his dwelling a perfectly beautiful
lS-bole golf course, hundreds of
caddies just waiting to carry any
one of the multitude of brand-new
sets of golf clubs hanging on the
club-house wall. The weather was
perfect, and the golfer could hard
ly wait The h-1 of it was, (there
were no golf ballsi. j
, A day's experiece is worth more
than a year of advice, __ ,
fikemen SAVE HOME—Mount Olive vol
unteer firemen responded to an alarm on
Nelson street around 10:15 Friday night and
saved this house in which Daisy Brown lived,
but were not so fortunate in saving the
building at the right. Fire started in the
house, seen at the right in the photo, and
heat set the Brown home ablaze. Firemen,
at the extreme right, pulling the hose are
Walter Cherry and Bryce Ficken. Fireman
wearing dress hat and coat, is George Sum
merlin. Other firemen were not identified.
Water Tanker Saves Property from Total
Loss as Firemen Fight Blaze Last Friday
Fire, which destroyed one house
in Mount Olive Friday night,
threatened others, but volunteer
firemen, through use of their water
tanker, averted further damage.
The department answered an
alarm to an unoccupied house on
Nelson street around 10:15 p.m.
Friday, but by the time they ar
rived, the flanges were out of con
trol. Several other houses, one with
in 20 feet of the destroyed build
ing, were threatened.
Lack of hydrants in the area
caused firemen to put the water
tanker into use in successfully pre
venting the flames from spread
ing. The house which was burned
to the ground had been occupied
until the day before the fire by
Will* Boone.
The fire started from an un
known cause in the back of the
house. No estimates of the dam
ages have been made, since it was
not known how much furniture
there was in the building.
Three Cases Sent to County
Court by May or. Saturday
Three defendants who appeared
in Mayor’s Court Saturday will be
judged in county court. Mayor sT.!
Kelson Ricks bound Frank*'Waters
of route 1, -who. appeared in clty<
court on' a driving tinder tt^e influ
ence charge; Edith Pearskll and
Alice Oliver, both Negroes of
Mount Olive, to county court, while
passing judgment on othej cases
brought before the bench.
The Pearsall and Oliver women
are charged with assault on each
other. Edith Pearsall is charged
with assaulting the Oliver wom
an with a knife, and Alice Oliver,
in turn, is charged with biting
the Pearsall woman on the lip.
Tossed out of court were charges
of larceny against Sam Oates,'Ne
gro, of Mount Olive; speeding
against Mae Sutton of route 3; an(J
indecent exposure against Joe Ar
nett of route 2, and Carl Creech,
also of route 2, as well as improper
brakes against Henry Stringfield,
Negro, of route 4. Several of those,
who were found not guilty on these
charges, paid costs on other
charges.
They were:* Creech, for public
drunkenness and damage to jail;
Oates, for disorderly conduct, and
Arnett paid a $10 fine and costs for
public drunkenness. Creech for
damaging jail property also was
ordered to pay $28.95.
David Powell, Negro, of Mount
Olive, was given a 30-day sentence,
[suspended on good behavior and
costs. Howard Williams, Negro,
city, paid costs for assault on
Oates and disorderly conduct. Al
so charged with disorderly conduct
was Winston Evans, Negro, of
Mount dive.
Other cases involved routine
public drunkenness or traffic
violations. Those defraying coprt
costs for public drunkenness were
William Herring, Goldsboro ;. John
Davis, Calypso; John Ashford, Ne
gro, route 3; Kater If a i son, Negro,
city, and Willie Cox, Jr., city.
For disregarding traffic signals,
the following paid costs: Dr. Ni
kifors Papaterpoa, Brooklyn, N.
Y.; Robert White, Jr., Fort^Bragg;
Fred Bunting, -Negro, Clinton;
James Ginnin, Negro, Mebane;
Clyde Pettit, Kinston; Warren
Coston, Negro, Warsaw; and teo
Latham, Negro, city.
Convicted for speeding were
George Powell, Negro, city; James
Murray, Negro, Wallace; John
Patterson, Negro, New York; and
William Burdon, Negro, Goldsboro.
Roscoe Garner, Negro, of route
1, paid costs for failing to comply
with the school bus stop law.
Mrs. Mollie Flowers
Buried on Sunday
Mrs. Mollie Chamberlain Flow
ers, wife of T. Waiter Flowers,
died at her home near Mount Ol
ive Friday afternoon.
Graveside funeral services were
held Sunday afternoon at Willow
Dale cemetery with the Rev. Paul
Maness, pastor of the Moupt Olive
Methodist charge, officiating, as
sisted by the Rev. Dr. A. J. Hobbs,
pastor of St. Paul*! Methodist
church, Goldsboro, li' | -
FIELD DAY—Captain Paul King, commander of the Mount
Olive National Guard unit, wearing dark glasses in the pho
to above, supervises bis battery in small arms firing on the
range at Camp Lejeune Sunday. About 75 enlisted men and
four officers of the local outfit spent the day Sunday at the
Marine base, preparing for the two-week encampment
which comes up. June LS.-rJPhoto by Pfc. Emil Dansker,
USMC.
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Kirby Gives
Statement on
Withdrawal
v J. Russell Kirby,, -twice mayor
of Fremont, who withdrew from
.the Seate Senate race shortly be
fore the filing dea41ine April 17,
said this week that his withdrawal
was motivated by his personnal
conviction that a three-way race
would almost certainly lead to a
second primary, which would be
an unnecessary expense to tax
payers, and not because of any col
lusion or deal with any candidate
or political faction.
About the time Kirby stepped
out of the race, Dr. David Rose,
retired 'Goldsboro physician, now
a farmer, announced he would be
a candidate for the seat being va
cated by Hardy Talton, who said
he would not seek re-election.
In, a prepared statement, Kirby
said:
“I should like to make it clear
that in withdrawing from the State
Senate race I was not a party to
any collusion or deal with any
candidate or political faction. My
action was motivated by my per
sonal conviction that a three-way
race would almost certainly lead
to a second primary, which would
be an unnecessary expense to the
taxpayers of the county.
“I wish to thank sincerely all
of those people who offered me
their support and I want to say to
them that in’time to come I hope
to serve the people of this cpunty
in such a manner as to justfy their
faith in me.” ^
Elton Parker on
Board Destroyer
53ton R. Parker, radarman third
class, USN,, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Parker of 503 Steele st.,
Mount Olive, is serving aboard the
destroyer USS John W. Weeks
which has reached the half-way
mark of its ’round-the-world cruise,
The ship operated with United
Nations Blockade and Escort Task
Force 95 in Korean waters.
The Weeks is scheduled to re
turn to Norfolk, Va.,. by way of
the Indian Ocean and Mediter
ranean Sea in late spring.
Half-Holidays
Begin Tomorrow
; At least 32 Mount Olivo (torot
and businesses starting tomorrow
wfil bogin staying 'open only a
half day Wednesday, and will
continuo to close at noon oach
Wednesday until the Eastern
Bolt tobacco market opens, it
hfs boon announced. .
Tho Chamber of Commerce an
nounces it has closing signs,
free to all members, and those
who are not members of the
chamber can get them for 25
cents. Those wanting signs are
asked to pick them up at the
chamber office.
Outlaw In
Duplin Race
For State Job
Albert Outlaw of the Wolfscrape
township of Duplin county last week
announced his candidacy for the
State House of Representatives for
Duplin county .
Veterans’ agricultural instructor
at Calypso, Outlaw, in making his
announcement, said he was born
and reared in Duplin county and
has the “interest of people and the
county at heart.”
Outlaw was once a member of
the Duplin Selective Service board
but resigned in protest over defer
ment of college students. He said
he did not believe college students
should be exempted at the expense
of mill and farm boys, who could
not afford to attend college.
A ^ graduate of' Calypso high
school, Outlaw attended Atlantic
Christian college, Wilson. During
World War II he served in the1
armed forces, including 30 months
overseas. When the Mount Olive
National Guard unit was activated,
he joined as an enlisted man, and
now holds the rank of master ser
geant.
Rotary Club Votes
TO Buy Presents
Hie Mount Olive Rotary club
Thursday night voted to purchase
25 birthday presents for veterans
a\ Fort Bragg. Another recipient
of *.gift-was Faison Witherington,
who was given a present in cele
bration of his 34th wedding anni
versary. Harry Cooke made the
presentation in behalf of the club
members. "
James Francis gave a humorous
program on “Random Thoughts of
a Transplanted Hillbilly.” Clay
Casey spoke about the Fat Live
stock show and Sale being held at
the new fair grounds today and
urged members to support this
show and sale.
Mrs. Greenlaw Here
Wednesday Night
Mrs. Alton W. Greenlaw of War
saw, Woman’s Missionary Union
State Community Missions chair
man, will be guest speaker Wed
nesday evening at 6 o’clock at a
joint meeting of the W.M.U. and
Brotherhood of the First Baptist
church, Mount Olive. «
A dutch barbecue supper will be
served in the Loyal Soldiers class
room.
Dudley Citizen Is
Buried Saturday
Funeral services for George W.
Smith, 65, who died at his home
at Dudley Thursday afternoon,
were held from the home Satur
day afternoon. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Services were conducted by the
Rev. J. B. Ferrel, the Rev. M.
L. Johnson and the Rev. R. C.
Proctor.
Firemen Answer Call
To Blaze H^e Sunday
Fire broke out in a box contain
ing pieces of rubber at Clifton’s
Tire Service in Mount Olive dur
ing church hours Sunday morning,
but firemen report the blaze had
been brought under control before
they arrived. No serious damage
was reported.
Guard Unit Practices at
Lejeune for Summer Work
In the early morning hours Sun
day while most of the town still
slept the Mount Olive National
Guard unit crept out of the city on
its way to Camp LCjeune to under
go a daV of field training in pre
paration for summer encampment
All military vehicles on assign
ment to the local battery were
packed with members of the units
and a number of private automo
biles also helped transport the
group to the Marine base. Once at
Camp Lejeune, members of the'
battery, along with other National
Guard groups, were given instruc
tions on filing small arms.. . . ...
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The Mount Olive unit will leave
June 13-for two weeks , of field
training at Camp Stewart, Ga.t and
Captain Paul King, commander of
the local battery, said instructions
received Sunday will, help prepare
men, many of whom have never
been on the field, for the two weeks
at camp.
Last summer, a couple of weeks
after the battery was' activated
here, 20-odd members of the unit
attended the summer camp. Since
then enlistment, has more than
doubled,' Captain King said, and
about TO to 80 are expected to at
too# this summer.
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FEDERATION BANNER WINNERS — The
Mount Olive chapter of the Future Farmers
of America won the county Federation ban
ner for taking first place in a county-wide
livestock judging contest Thursday at Gran
tham. Judged were beef cattle, hogs, and
dairy cattle. Here members of the local judg
ing team read up on livestock, while the ban
ner they won is displayed in front of the
desk. Members of the team are, left to right:
Graham Cook, Royce Jones, Kenneth Best,
Shelton Best, and James Hall. Ray Pate,
another member of the team, was absent
when the picture was taken.—-Staff Photo
by Vaden Brock.
Mount Olive Future Formers Capture Top
Honors at Wayne County Judging Contest
.Teams from, the Mount Olive
Future Farmers of America chap
ter walked off with first place in
a county-wide livestock judging
contest Thursday at Grantham and
two Mount Olive FFA members
were judged best in their respec
tive departments.
For winning, Mount Olive was
presented the highly coveted coun
ty Federation banner, which is
given in recognition of outstanding
ability in FFA work.
James Hall and Kenneth Best
of the Mount Olive chapter, along
with Ray Howell of Pikeville, took
individual honors: Hall with a 97
average was tops in judging dairy
cattle, and Best with a grade of
90 topped the hog judging contest.
High School Seniors to Get
Diplomas Here May 26th
Speakers and marshals for the
commencement exercises at Mount
Olive high school were announced
this week by Principal J. A. Batson,
who reported graduation exer
cises will begin at the’ school May
21 with class night and close May
26 with the awarding of diplomas.
The Rev. Ted Williams of the
First Baptist church of Mount 01
Rites Friday
ForManWho
Died In K.C.
James Edwin Parker, 31, former
ly of Mount Olive and Wilmington,
died in a Kansas City hopital Mon
day morning at 1'o’clock. He had
been in ill health for four months
and critically ill for one week.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Mary Taylor of Durham,
and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
H. Parker of Mount Olive, route 1.
Funeral services will be held
from the home of his parents Fri
day afternoon at 2 o’clock with the
Rev. T. W. Williams, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Mount Ol
ive, and Dr. Clyde Baucom of Wil
son, Officiating. Burial will be in
Maplewood cemetery at Wilson.
Officers in
Raid Capture
Illicit Booze
Moonshiners left in a hurry when
deputies approached their still near
Mount Olive Friday, and while the
illicit liquor manufacturers re
treated .to safety before deputies
could capture them, their still and
a quantity of mash and whiskey
was destroyed, Deputy Alton Daljt
reported.
Destroyed by deputies were 29
barrels of mash, 18 gallons of
whiskey and a large submarine
type kettle still, one of the larg
est found in recent months. One of
those running the still tried to sal
vage a case—12 jars—of moonshine
as he ran through the woods, but
stumbled and 10 of the 12 jars were
broken. The man continued on his
way without trying to salvage the
remaining two jars, Daly said.
Making the raid were Moscoe
Britt, Daly, Owen Jackson and
ATU agents. The still was located
about one and a half miles east
of Mount Olive near the Seven
Springs highway. *
j Some self-made men leave parts
of the job unfinished. _
ive, will deliver the baccalaureate
sermon Sunday night, May 23, and
Dr. C. W. Phillips of Woman’s col
lege of the University bf North Car
olina, Greensboro, will be speaker
at the Wednesday night ceremony.
Marshals for the commencement
will come from students of the
11th, 10th, and 9th grades* with
Billy Byrd, a junior, serving as
chief marshal, Batson said. Other
marshals are Sallie Wolfe, Naomi
Jennette, and Sylvia Martin, jun
iors; Rebecca Oliver, Shirley Lew
is and Lawrence Wilson, sopho
mores, and Peggy Barnhart and
Virginia Martin, freshmen.
Promotion day for eighth grad
ers will be held Wednesday morn
ing, May 26, around 9:30, and at
this ceremony, awards will be giv
en various students, Batson said.
Thieves Hit
At Firm for
Second Time
For the second time in five
weeks, police are investigating a
break-in at Thompson and Stevens
Wholesale company on South Cen
ter street, but in the latest break
in nothing was taken, police re
port.
Chief of Police P. O. James, fol
lowing initial investigation, said
whoever entered the building ap
parently tried to break into the
safe, but was unsuccessful. The
combination on the safe was brok
en off, he said.
Entrance to the building was
gained by breaking out a window,
and police report a lock on a door,,
leading to the room where the
safe was located, had been twisted
off, apparently with the aid of a
crowbar.
When the building was broken in
to on March 10, thieves marched
off with approximately $3,800 worth
of cigarettes.
City Is Two-Thirds
Of Way to Quota
With reports from one organiza
tion not yet in, Paul Patten, as
sistant chairman of the Red Cross
drive, said that roughly $1,000 has
been collected in Mount Olive. Quo
ta, for the city is $1,500.
Pour civic organizations, the Na
tion Guard battery, Business and
Professional Women’s club, and
Legion Auxiliary, have canvassed
the town in seeking contributions
for the drive. Norbert Wilson as
chairman has keen co-ordinating
their efforts.
Howell bad a grade of 96 to lead
the beef judging. Judged in the
contest were beef cattle and bog
and dairy cows.
Mount Olive won first place in
the beef and hog judging contest,
and'finished third in the dairy
cattle group. Grantham was first
in the dairy contest and Eureka
was second, while in the beef
and hog departments Pikeville was
second. Those finishing one-two
in each department will represent
the county1 in the district contest
to be held next month in Elizabeth- " ;
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"Best, president'of Mount Olive’s
FFA chapter, Ray Pate and Royce
Jones composed the local beef and
hog judging team, while Graham
Cook, James Hall, and Shelton
Best composed the dairy judging
team.
In winning in the beef and hog
departments, Mount Olive rolled
up 84 points more than the second
place finisher, getting 540 points
to Pikeville’s 456. Mount Olive was
credited with 230 points in '-the
dairy division, 17 Jess than sec
ond-place winner Eureka and 26
less than the winner, Grantham.
In the over-all judging, Mount Ol
ive received 771 points to win and
Grantham was second with 736.
Possible points obtainable in the
overall judging was 900. Follo\u| •’
Mount Olive and Grantham in S '
ting the highest number of pouns
were Eureka with 733, Pikeville,
717, and Seven Springs with 529
points.
In the departmental contests,
Pikeville finished fourth and Sev
en Springs fifth in the dairy judg
ing division,. and Mount Olive,
Pikeville, Eureka, Grantham, and
Seven Springs finished in that or
der in the #beef cattle and bog
contest.
Bose Grady
Was Buried
On Saturday
Funeral services for Bose Grady,
64, of near Mount Olive, who died
Thursday afteroon at the home
of his son, Norwood Grady, in the
Broadhurst’s Bridge community,'
were held Saturday afternoon
from the Hopewell Baptist church.
Burial was in Wayne Memorial
Park. y
Surviving are one daughter,
Mrs. Ruby La Rosa of Framington,
Mass.; two sons, Iforwood of Golds*'
boro, route 3 and James B. Grady
of Mount Olive; five sisters, Mrs.
C. L. Farmer, Raleigh, Mi’s. B, B. y
Casey and Mrs. J. W. Holmes, Dud*
ley, route. 1, Mrs.' J. C.
Seven Springs, route 2,
Harvey Joiies, Houston,
two brothers, Zeb and A. T.
of Dudley, ronte 1.
Mr. Grady was a member
Hopewell Baptist church.