? ? ?? PRICF TFN PFNT VOLUME XXIX No. 50 KENANSVELLE, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY DECEMBER 13,1962. pin.i?.i sides x Smith, Potters Hill Community Clubs Among SENCIand WinnersjFriday Night "5 j y ? n Z. . _ ?w? "upiin roBBty community came away with awards in the ttwciand Area Development Judging held Friday ni^bt fifthe Burgaw Khool cafeteria. ,. ~ fitters 'Hill community ?u pre empted a $50 first-Place- award in htfpe beauUfication projects and Smith community received second plpce money of $100 among clubs CW?petinK for overall betterment of their community North WWtevide Of Columbus reecived the first place award of $100 and a coveted loving cup in Ihe overall division Smith's (tecond-place award was $100. The Smi.h Community Club a'so received a third-place award of $25 |qr their youth programs The principal speaker at the a WBrds presentations was Robert L. iUdiings' New Bern, head of the s ale c onservation nr.d Develop $nwit board: Presentation' of the MHuus awards were made hy spon sors of the program Six counties, BUlden, Brunswick, ColumhMS, ,Dup Mil. New Hanover and Pender, are represented in the SENCland area. jGeheral HpSpttal,-was sworn in'Dec ^,'sSdi<^^?tigtechMtogy at JfalVSchbol of Medical Technology ifctfons. the Jayceos and Om Meth odist Chinch. He presently isserv fm his second term as vice presi dent of'the North Carolina Associa tion of Meplcal Technologies and he was chosea e state Tec! hnician jy the Year of 'l96fc. ,;'mla*d lb*l M bargain* rill ?;** pthni by Warww mere fMnwrrew sight' (Friday) ler M ptr cast cash dls iA nllnhTrg ni ilutl* 11 rgi? y |NPPP|IW^ ukh Horcs ^ wnftplcte the stare* and merchants Speakers at the swine conference held in K?* ansvllle last Week included, left to rlpM, Dr. E. lt Barrtck, C. N. Stewart. A. ?. Bncktbal and L. If. Outlaw. Stewart. Buekthal and Outlaw were meip . I|?eru ot a nanei tkat diacussed the opportunities fft ?i. ~i i ; ,?r'i"?- fv/fo't ft.. ? v ..t'A . iSfo.Lt pork prodaetlon In Eastern North Carolina. All " three are packing company representatives. Dr. Barrlck, head of the Animal and Dairy Husbandry J > Section, State College, previewed the future of the , swine industry. Y ; ' r i ggi , 1 )? ???>? Speak at Conference i !? ' ? Two Varieties Added to 1963 Discount List Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman has announced that the discount Variety program on flue cured tobacco will continue in ef fect on the 1963 crop and two addi tional varieties - .Coker 3166 and Reams ? * will be added to the dis coent list. Discount varieties are supported at one-half the support for other Varieties. Breeders of Coker, 316 and Reams 64 have advised USDA that seed of these varieties are being'held from distribution. These varieties are be ing added to the discount variety list to insure that seed of these var ieties now, in the hands of farmers and seed dealers will not beidant ed. Farmers are urged to consult wKh county agricultural agents or agricultural experiment stations for advice in selecting varieties for pttnting in 1963. King Allen Barnes. 28, Rose Hill is being Mid in the county jafl in lieu of $>,500 bond following his arrest Sunday mofning for the shot gun, shooting of Wendell (Buster)' Swinson, 48, also of Rose Hill. Sheriff's deputies, who investigat ed. said that Barnes shot Swinson in the upper left arm and chest with a single hlast from a dougle barrell 12-guage shot im. The shoot mg occurred in Swinson yard. According to officers, Swinson ordered Barnes out of his house around 1 a. m. Sunday so he could go to bed. Barnes left, went to his house, got the shotgun and return ed to Swir> son's place and called Swinson out in the yard where he Shot him. Both men told investiga tors that they had been drinking. The shooting was witnessed by Lasper Watkins who, it is alleged, lives in the Swinson home. Swinson was taken to the Duplin Gereral Hospital by a neighbor, Isiah Sanders/ His condition is list ed aS satisfactory- * Barnes was arrested without in cident at ids borne. He is chareed with assault dfflh intent to kill Special deputy Cordell Johnson made -the arrest. 55 Attend All-Day Swine Conference Approximately 56 persons attend ed an all-day swine conference In Kenansvilie Thursday sponsored by the county farm agents offke. Discussions by packingdWRse re presentatives and hog marketing experts highlighted the conference. James F. Bunce, Agricultural Ex tension Agent, was master of cere monies for the conference. Ports producers is the county were told by representatives of the packing house firmsjbat production at present is not up to full capa city. Shiplng hogs out of the state accounts for a little of this deficit but packers reminded farmers that nearly 10 times as many hogs are shipped into the state. Farmers were told that Duplin County presently is the second ranked county in the state in swine production. The 1960 income from swine was $3,900,000. This figure . cnnbl.hp nearly doubled if farm ers fallowed programs outlined in ? the conference. $2,000,00 of this in crease, could be realized if 200 far mers in Duplin County added 20 sgws each to their hog program. | Other subjects discussed at the conference included feeding effi ciency, liter size, records and cross breeding. . Those attending the conference enjoyed a barbecue luncheon ser ved, in the Agriculture Building. TO GIVE CONCERT The James - Kenan District Rand Christmas Concert will be held on Tuesday, evening- Dec. 18 at Warsaw Jr. High School, at 7:M p. m. Robert W. Craft of Betalaville U director of the band. An interesting program of Christmas music is planned. The beginning band ? will also prespnt several numbers. RobertOfard Appointed T. Head Efforts To Curb School Dropouts -j_. ?u HlBa?C?mty Coordinator to spear to county schools ?. ' ^-^- il1'" fiJ ?caiUpri^jp must' supply im kiqijhcii* ?HL' - $*fSR" * By calling together loaders as? ? ' 1 *"*-? -{'%? '*? iST&ws&fl ?$ the area. He is presently serving his second term as president of the Rose Hill Elementary. School PTA. While the dropout statistics for Duplin County are traffic. Mr. Ward points out that thy,county, compares /avorably with;the drp?yt rate on a state-wide basis. Oil the state level/ there were P2.876 fifth grad ers enrolled to the public school for the 1954-55 term. while only 49,068 of this number graduated with their classes in 1862. On the na tional level North Carolina is far below other states is the percen tage of students enrolled who ulti mately graduate from high school la pointing up the Job that lies ahead in the bpttle of the dropouts, Mr. Ward Stated that 'no single factor causes k student to leave school N'' Rather, be charges a com bination of home, school and com munity ills as'weakening ar.d even tually destroying the desire of'the pupil to cbnttaue his education ' "Carefully' planned and initiated, programs, to deal with concentoat ing on conditions in the home, school and community are under way since these three factors are inseparable," stated Ward. When one to inadequate, the other two must compensate* or all three wiU s^fer ^ Names Drawn For January , Jury Service serve as iirors for the Jin. 31 terhi of criminal Superior Court and general county court fame been drawn. Named for Superior Court Fpr the ridiculously - low admis sion'.price of only 50 cents, Duplin residents will fce able to witness the ' i'-'-est theatrical farce ever pre sented when the ftenansville PTA stages V Mr. Philip Krctsch, Jr. Cashier ( of Waccamaw Bank and Trust Com pany, Kenansville and Duplin Conn- t ty Key Banker, representing North c Carolina Bankers Association, has I announced that the banks of DupHn Ccunty will sponsor two scholar- t ships ifor young farmers to attend - the Snort Course on modern farm ing at l^tate College Jan. 28 to Feb. 8, 1963. The banks of Duplin Coun ty have sponscred scholarships to the Modern Farming Short Course for the past several years. Young farmers, who have attended in the past years have been very impres sed with the information presented at this two weeks Short Course. The banks of Duplin Ccunty will pay all expenses including regis tration fee, room and board for the young farmers selected to attend the Short Course. The Short Course wil linclude new ideas to increase farm prcfits through lectures, dis cussions and tours covering the fol lowing subjects; Poultry, Market ing, Field Crops, Farm Planning, Food Processing, Soils and Ferti lizers, Insect and Disease Control, Fruits and Vegetables, Wildlife Management, Farm Mechanization, Livestock and Forestry. Young farmers, who have com pleted high school and are between i the ages of 18 and 35, are eligible I to apply for these scholarships. Ap- ' plication blanks for the scholarships are available at the County Agents Office in Kenansville and from the I banks and agriculture teachers in Duplin County. All aplications shou ld be filled out and returned to the County Agents office in Kenansville by Jan. 1, 1963. Glenda Outlaw Named Beulaville Christmas Queen Following Parade An attractive B. F. Grady high school student, Glenda Outlaw Sat urday was crowned Beulaville Christmas Queen in pageant cere monies highlighting the Jaycees sponsored Christmas Parade. Miss Outlaw was cnosen over some 40 other contestants from throughout the county. She was cro wned by last year's queen, Miss Sharon Mercer. Miss Alice Faye Smith, this year's County Dairy Princess, was chosen first runner-up to Miss Outlaw and Miss Sharon Brown of Chinquapin was selected second runnerup. Miss Smith, a B. F. Grady high school graduate, is presently a student at Douglas High School float was pick ed as the first-place winner and re ceived a $25 cash award. Second and third places in the float com petition went to the Potters Hill Community Club and the Beulaville Baptist Church. The Potters Hill float received a $19 cash award and the Beulaville float was awarded $10 in prise money. - Bloodshed RALEHGH - The Motor Vehicle's Department's summary of traffic deaths through 10 a. m. Monday, December it, 190? Killed TO Date 1223 Killed To Date Last Year .... 11M ossum trcm supper. The father, Onnie W. "fall 65, said lat his son had come home late rd had to eat after the others had aten. AV'hen he discovered that not cough possum had been left for jm. the elder Hall said his son egan quarreling with his mother, 'he younger Hall's quarrell soon hilted to his father and the fight isued in which Charles was fatal 1 stabbed. The incident occurred .! round 7:30 p. m. Tuesday. The Kenansville Rescue Squad las summoned to the scene and mind Hail dead. The sheriff's de artm"rtt was notified and arrived ? t the Hall homo around 8:15. In addition to the dead man and is father, there were four other eople in the house at the time of he stabbing They were Charle's not her and s:stcr, Minnie Ann Hall md Artes Mae Hall; a' cousin, togers Dale Halt; and a neighbor, Iffie Monk. , Stab wounds were found on Hall'k icdy on bolh sides of the upper. host, the top of thf le'.t shouMeir Sd on the left sine urkh"-cherfc-ftt, ,j| he base of the ear. The murder weapon was a twobladed pocket nife. The father is be:ng held without loivd in tiie county ja.. on a murder haiye. He was given a preliminary tearing Tuesday morning before lustice of the He ace Ji.ck Sittcrson vho turred the case over to the Jrand .Jury. fr.vcs'igating efflw* were Depu- 'I ics E. G. Chestnutt, Oscar Houston tnd Jack A'ber'son and Highway patrolman E. C. Wray. flail's body wis taken to the Gar ?is funeral home at Mcunt Olive. New Distributor Murphy Rivenbark 111, afoove is now the distributor and representa tive in the Duplin County Area for Wayne Dairies Inc. of Goldsboro. Mr. Riverbark, a native of Wallace, was previously affiliated with Seal test Dairies. Tobacco Allotments Cut 5% for 1963 It has ben announced that flue cured tobacco acreage allotments for 1963 wi3 be five percent smaller than for 1962. The discount variety program on flue-cured tobacco will continue in effect on the 1963 crop and two ad ditional varieties will be added to the discount list-COKEK 316 and REAMS 64. Discount varieties are supported at one-half the support for other varieties. Growers are urged to fallow the cultural practices in '960 which will produce ripe, grainy, full bodied to baccos which are acceptable to do mestic and foreign users. Such pra ctices Include too close spacing of plants, over-ferttlliation and im l>n>per use of chemicals to control