I Duplin County's Newspaper
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Duplin County has moved for
ward with commendable speed in its
Mjaaiwon to o poo to an Indue trial and?
?PiciWilre %%MHIission to work for
mar iifflHstrv and balanced
^^^^tufe.^oters "approved autho
that
Ta^ftnfluidied th'e census' records
?!?: Md siw how year after;, year there
^'vwas a large out-migration of its peo
|paMe' to other states, other counties,
tv Generally the abandonment of farms
by tenants and small operators pro
duced a new economy with higher in
ns* i come for the farmers. Machines were
now required and that made neces
bigger acreages for successful
farming.
Many a house in Duplin now tot
ters to dilapidated ruin where a few
years ago children played and there
- were busy families. These have gone
toijive in towns or in other cities or
States.
What is happening in Duplin is
happening in most strictly rural sec
tions of Eastern North Carolina.
Duplin's new government or
.aiimmL .z-V4 fcfta .-72 ?
ganization to attactand develooin
dustry is tnPMKrot J
home and to give then! jobs and op
?portunities. The leaders have pointed -
specifically to hopes they c^ngpake/;
new opportunities right at liome for"
their young people.
L ? fdlplitt ^i^hm less, thin a month
after tjiej yotars approved the idea
had organized Its new commission,
roughed out policy and had begun a ,
search for a competent manager.
Duplin County was one of the.
first counties completely to reorgan-'
ize and consolidate its schools in a
new move for quality 'education. The
change saw four high schools replace
twice or more than that number. The
parents themselves petitioned for the
consolidations. There was none of the
opposition which so often marks
school advances and changes in
many counties. Duplin's record was
so outstanding for its schools that it
was often cited as the new advanae
for larger high schools with improv
ed faculty, curriculum and better
trained teachers spread over the
state.
Maybe in the new industrial
venture we shall have another "Dup
lin County Story."
'Congress, 1 ssd this about Civil
"*! fcelieve that all citizens snould
towi equal rights under the law;
that alt citizens should have equal
' educational opportunities; equal
-tfreiibnenf h die courts of the land..
'' 1 added, "SOCIAL acceptance at
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'' persons of other races (which I am
1 persuaded is the real goal of the
I so-called liberals' in this field)
is a matter for the individual con
I science, and in my humble opinion,
ao amount of legislation and no
judicial decision - state or federal
can ever create friendship and soc
ial acceptance between persons who
are not willing to accept it."
Two and one half years of Con
gressional service have not changed
my original opinion, and 1 cannot
agree with the President and lead
ing Republicans who are advocating
fe^fefcdiing new legislation in the
field of so-called Civil Rights.
In the second place, while I am
the idea of Congress or any other
governing body being blackmailed
into action by street demonstra
tions, threats of violence and the
flouting of street and local law.
In the secon dplace, while I am
sincerely concerned about the so
called "Bights" of minority groups,
I am equally concerned about the
long-standing and established rights
vl majority groups and property
owners.
Lastly,' I- return to my original ,
thesis. There may be - as the Pre
sident said - a moral obligation on
all people to live as brothers, but
1 do aot believe it is either proper
or Constitutional for the United Sta
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tes Congress to attempt to convert
this into a legal obligaion.
Changes In Your
Social Security
The Social Security Administra
is vitally interested in making sure
that beenficiaries receive their
monthly checks promptly.
So, if you have recently moved or
plan to move shortly, notify,, your
Social Security Office immediately
of your new address.
Ordinarily, once a beneficiary is
on the rolls, monthly social security
checks come routinely and prompt
ly. But a change in address that is
not reported can temporarily stop
payments, with the grave risk that
a check' may be stolen or misdirec
ted, requiring a time-consuming re
covery process. Many beneficiaries
negelect to report their new add
ress until their next check is due
and express surprise that it has not
followed them on the their new res
idence. To avoid this, the'Social
Security Office should be notified
promptly either in person or by
mail. .
You may report your new address
directly to the Social Security Ad
ministration by filling out and mail
ing the post card (Form OAC-6681
which is given to you when you be
gin receiving your checks. Or yon
may send a short note over your
signature to the Social Security
Payment Center, giving your name
and address, your claim number,
your new address, and the date
you plan to move. The address of
the Payment Center from which
your check comes is on your "Cer
tificate^bf Award."
Of course, the Post Office should
also, be notified, but the address on
the check will not be changed by
such a notice. This notice wil only
take -care-of Having, any checks al
ready on their way delivered to
you.
H you plan to Thangp your ad
dress, temember to let the Social
Security Admijnstration know jbst
as soon1 as you are sure. ^
For further information on this
or any phase of the Social Security
Program, contact your 6ocidl Sec
urity District Office at 311 East
Walnut Street hi Coldsboro. -Office
hours are 8:45 a. m. to 5:00 p. m.,
and the telephone number is 734
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FOR RENT
HOVSES & APARTMENT
tN .
KenansvilU and Warsaw
Mrs. Belton Minshew
Phone 554 ? . . ? Warsaw, N. C.
OR :??
j. j Mrs. Homer C. Brown
PImhm}3741 Rote Hill, N. C.
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THE DUPLIN TIMES
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Irubiisbed each Thursday in KenansvUle, N. C., Comity Seat of
DUPLIN COUNTY
. Editorial, busineu office and painting plant, Kenansville, N. C.
RUTH P. GRADY
OWNERand PUBLISHER
RUTH P. GRADY, EDITOR
Entered At Hie Post Office, Kenansville, N. C.
as second class matter
H I TELEPHONE?^Kenawville, Day 29 6-2171?Nifht29 6-2141
HpCRIPTION BATESff&50 per year plus 11c N. C. Sales Tax ia Duplin
?Mir, Jones? Onslow, Pender, Sampson, New Hanover and Wayne cottn
ljN-50 per pear plus MWi. C Sales Tax outside this area in North Caro
m^and $5.56 per year piue 17c N. C. Sales Tax elsewhare.
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Fl WONDER WHICH IS ME T
Uncle Pete From Chittlin Switch
SAYS
DRAR MICTV7D pni?PA?.
They was a little excitement al
the country store Saturday night.
Ed Doolittle come in and announ
ced he had wrote to the Post Office
Department a couple of weeks ago
and has now got his new Zip num
ber. Ed is a little sneaky in mat
ters of this kind. Mister Editor,
always trying to git ahead of his
neighbor. I can recollect during the
last World War when he finagled
around and come up with the first
gas ration card in the community.
Ed was busting with pride Satur
day night, said he aimed to paint
his Zip number, his Social Security
number, his Internal Revenue num
ber, his telephone number, and his
Army serial numer in World War
I on a piece of cardboard, frame
it and set it on the mantlepiece
in the parlor. Ed allowed as how,
now that we was running this coun
try by the numbers, his mantlepiece
deceration would give his status in
the community and also come in
handy fer quick reference. And in
case his house might burn down.
Ed said he was going to jot down
the numbers on his shirt tail fer
emergency use. He claimed that
ijext to a nuclear attack, he could
n't figger nothing nowadays WorSfe
than gitting caught 10 mile'from
home without your numbers.
Zeke Grubb reported he had saw
in the papers where Senator Tal
madge of Georgia was trying to git
a bill passed to clean upr elections
in the big cities like New York and
Chicago. Some of our rural Con
. ?.
: gressmen was claiming it had got
to the place in the big cities where
it didn't make no difference how
i the people voted, the politicians
, s\ile it the way they wanted it to
go Personals, Mister Editor, J don't
think human nature in these matters
is any worse or any better than
they was 50 years ago. I recollect
onct when I was a young man they
had to call off a election a week a
fore it was scheduled on account of
somebody had broke in the Court
house and stole the results.
Incidental, Zeke is a authority
on affairs at the national level, and
he announced President Kennedy
has hit a brick wall with his social
medicine program fer the aged.
Zeke advised us old folks to avoid
needing to git in the hospital afore
the next general election in 1964.
But Ed told Zeke he needn't be
counting on this item in 1964. On
account of Ed being a Abe Lincoln
Republican, he is supporting Rocke
feller or Goldwater fer 1964 and he
said he ain't saw where either one
of them has come out fer social
medicine. '
Isaac Cornfodder, that is our au
thority an matters at the interna
tional level, reported he had saw
where Castro wis having all burg
lars in Cuba shot. What was puzz
ling all the fellers was where Cas
tro ever learned it was wrong; to
steal. ,
Yours truly.
Uncle Pete
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I This Is The Law p
? By Robert E. Lee J
CREDIT CARDS *
Credit cards are being extensive- '
ly used and there it slowly f
beginning a body of law controlling '
their usage.
The 1961 General Assembly of 1
North Carolina passed a statute (
making it a criminal offense for <
any person to knowingly obtain or
to attempt to obtain credit, goods,
or services under a false, fictitious, <
or counlerfiet credit card .or other t
credit device. - *
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The statute is also made applic
able to one who uses or attempts to J
use a valid credit card or credit de
yice of another without the aijtheri
ty of the person to Whom it was
issued. I
It is furthermore, a crime for a '
person to use his credit .card op
credit deyice after he has received
a notice that it hae been revoked. '
There are two broad systems
whereby the credit card systeiti op
erates; the two party, system and
the three-party system:
Under the two-party system the n
store issues a credit- card (com- t
monly called a "charge-a-plate" 1 1
to its credit customers. This card ?
may be used only at the issuer's t
establishment and the issuer bills
the user directly. Thus, the issuer .
and creditor art the jsame party. 1
In the three-party systerp the bofei ?
der of the credit, ca^d is able to 1
obtain ready..credit at numerous I
places throughout-the World. The es- 1
tablishment furnishing the goods is 1
paid by the credit card Coihpany,' <
who in turn sends an itemized bill
to the person to Vrhom the credit .
card has been isued. If the user of
the credit card does not pay his
bill within, a certain length of time, *
the clairti is turned over tp a oollec- .
tion agency and the cfedit card is
revoked.
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The credit card. corhpany custo- t
manly charges the establishment i
furnishing the goods or services a <
commission for its services. <
The establishments are ? notified ,
by the credit card company not to |
honor the credit card if ffiere has <
been a revocation. .
The user of a three-party card ap
pears to have a two-fold Hjfcility
through, the use of the card:
the time of ? purchase be becomes .
resented to him by it.
The business establishment usual
y looks first to the credit card com
pany for the payment of the debt,
tut if the credit card company sho
lld for any reason fall to pay, *h?r
establishment may still go against
he user.
The user of a credit card cannot
told the issuer liable if a business
establishment refuses to honor the
eard.
This is the last of a spring series
>f articles that have appeared
veekly during the past three mon
hs. They have been written for
he non-lawyer as a public service
if the North Carolina Bar Associa
ion.
BIBLE FACTS
OF INTEREST
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BY: Ella V. Pridgen
. "The Cross Means Life" " I
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(Read Mark: 13) Christ's sacrifice
vas sufficient for the whole crea
ion God sent his Son into the wor
d to redeem the whole world, for
dl men who stand in need Of salva
ion.
Jesus and his disciples had been
n the upper room. The upper room
Kas fhe' adleroom to Gethsemane.
t was preparation for the agony
irayer in the, gpcdCQ The sacra-,
lient for the Lords Supper had
?een celebrated and explained
lethsemane-cross. '? <
Why?. The Cross was a plan in
he mind of God planned for our
edempthm. We must get these
>oints byried deep, in our minds '
Keahing of. tb^ Cross First it is
he supreme ex'arrtple'of the identi
ication of God with man. Man does,
lot go through any valley alone, not
he valley 'of -suffering or death,
the cross represents Gods complete
nitreach toward man. God has be
:ome what we are in order that we
nay become what he is. God has
iroken the power of evil and has
ieclared He is the victor Who can
live to all thow who five by his
trace.
In the CTods. man sees the depth
a his sin. The Cross brings lis face
? face with God's gradggs Jove.
Don t Starve Your
Beautiful Shade frees
' cording to University bf "jvnnessee
;? Extension Forester, ^ohk Sharp,
mars the JUBtnai Plartf Food In
"Vfhfe'f'fSmithern Regional Office.
Tips elements needed in the grea
test quantities for healthy tree gro
win are nurbgen, pnosphate and~po
fash They are deficient in most
soils where shade trees are grown;
development, unhealthy color, dy
ing branches and poor growth in
general.
A balanced fertiliser, such as 10
10-10 or 12-13-12 is recommended
for shade trees, From one to one
and one half pounds of fertilizer
for each ineh of tree diameter is
sufficient. The fertilizer mgy be
appHed through a series, of holes
made over the root system from'the
trunk out to the "drip line", or as
far as the branches ex end. The
holes should be 12 - 18 inches deep
and one foot apart for small trees
Tertiilzers are^Wply SJteead on the
surface of the around th be car
ried downward water. Since
mo4 of the tree'^cmall feeder roots
aro lust under the soil surface, is
tertvAned with grass roots, sur
face'applied plant nutrients readi
TjTJgfich "iftroTBesarMd "are qufcF""
ly absorbed. Because roots exteU|C
well' beyond the crowns, or drip
line * ufteii eiceedhig IWty feet ftn ?
youK polemize trees - fertilizers
should be spread bt yond the- span
of the tree crown when using this
method
Most people will find it more con
venient to fertilize tffeir lawns and
trees at the same tine, using the
broadcast method. #hen this is
done, be sure and J spread extra
fertilizer tinder the trees over anU
above that required by the grass, f
This, reminds the Institute, will
help assure not only beautiful shade
trees, but a beautiful lawn as well.
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Health and Safety Tips
From r- : t ? > ? ;'
The American Medical Association '
The great American holiday - the
July 4th weekend - is almost here
again.
For millions of American famili
es it will be a four-day holiday this
year. And for almost every family
the long holiday weekend will bring
at least one family picnic.
The July 4th picnic is as tradi
tional in America as the hot dog ?
which is a main staple of the pic
nic lunch. Even the flies and the
ants have a big time at picnics.
But now and then picnics end in
t-agedy - the tragedy of food pois
oning. Most foods spoil quickly ip
hot weather and away from refri
geration. If there are a few stap
hyloccic bacteria present, they
need only a' few hours of time and
a warm temperature to grow rapid
ly. Some foods can become poison
ed in as little as five or six hours
on a hot day.
There are some easy and simple
ways to avoid food posoning on a
picin, One valuable item is
a good portable ice box. Chill the
foods thoroughly in the refrigerator
at home. Use plenty of ice. Make
sure the lid is tight. This will keep
your perishables fresh.
Take along the sandwich ingred
ients in the original wrappings and
containers and make up your picnic
lunch on the spot, just before meal
time. Take the ham in a sealed can
and open it at mealtime. The same
applies to mayonnaise. Keep the
boiled eggs and potatoes separate
in the ice box, and mix the potato
salad at the last minute. (
Stick to canned foods and sealed ,
jars and bottles that can be open- ;
ed just before serving. Be careful <
about pies and cream-filled bakery ,
items. They spoil very fast on a <
hot day. Fresh fruits keep better \
and will make good desserts. I
It's actually not very difficult to 1
insure safe picnic meals. Just fol- t
low your home practice of refrige- *
rating those foods that neod it, If c
you make up a hamper of sandwich- '
es, load it into your hot auto trunk, .
head for the beach, and eat many
hours later - well, you're asking for
trouble.
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SENATOR ERV SAYS
WASHINGTON " - As - Congress c
moves toward the 6th month of the $>
session most of the domestic legis- n
lative program is. still in commit* b
tee. Earlier the President announ* ?
ced that the prime issue of the ses
sion would be over a tax program y
he was requesting for enactment t
by the Congress. As the session has a
gone along, however, the fundamen* I
' fal issue remains: "Should a tax r
cut be granted without a corres- t
ponding reduction of Federal ex* t
penditures?" Two keys to the ans- <
wer to this question seem to lie in P
what action the House Ways and <
Means Committee will take on the '
tax reduction program and how
much the Congress is willing to t
cut this year's foreign aid authori- t
that his Committee would recess ?
zation bill. Last week Ways and t
Means Chairman Mills announced '
deliberations en the tax measure, 1
and substantial criticism was being t
voided on the "Senate floor by mem- J
bers of the Senate Foreign Rela* ?
tions Committee about the expendi- >
tures for foreign aid programs. c
Originally, the Persident asked s
for $4.9 billion for foreign ad in 1
his budget request. Then came the 1
Clay Committee Report which stern- i
ly critfeizdd; the foreign aid pTo- "
gram. Last week Aid Tlirtfctor Dav- t
id Sell had pared the Administra- 1
tion request for this program from
$4.9 billion to $4.5 billion.' Even Bo. 1
Senators Church and' Morse were *
busy pointing out that this figure P
couto be cut a great deal ? more. a
Senator Church pointed out that g
"apart fromt the Sino-Soviet bloc, v
there were only eight countries left ?
in the world which did not receive
(some) form of' foreign ? aid from
the United States',, Re rqade q de
aid froih (some Tor of foreign aid
tailed criticism Of aid to "rich NA
TO countries" whb continue to re
ceive military assistance at our ex
pense.
Senator Morse told the Senate: I
do not know of another time in rtiy<
more important to have a detailed
19 years in the Senate when It whs
examination df Witnesses on a fore
ign policy bill than in this ye^r of
1963 in connection with this bill.", .
Congress itself finds it difficult
to find the time te analyse the tre-.
mendous number Of programs beihg
conducted within the structure of
the Agency for International Devel
opment, the so-called foreign aid
agqncy. Periodically there are mea
sures introduced to investigate the
conduct of the program. If this is
true of Congress, the American taxv
payer faces an equally difficult
dilemna in analyzing the foreign
aid program which has oast the
rease the national debt ceiling to
907 billion wHl be requested again
ational debt ceiling to a much tan
efore August 31 to increase the
;er figure.
As presented to Congress, this
ear's foreign aid package proposal
equests economic assistance "for
it least 73 nations and 7 British or<
)utch territories or possessions and .
nilitary assistance to at least 58
lations", according to Representa
ive Passman, Chairman, 'Foreign
)perations Subcommittee on Ap
iropriations.
rial results which can be obtained
lations supposedly rest on benefi
These grants and loans to other
hrough money for our national sec
irity effort. However, time and
igain, hard-pressed advocates of
he programs admit that, perhaps
he programs ought to be pustified
no re adequately on benefits which -
rill be reaped by American job
loiders or American businesses. It 1
s well to ask if these are legitimate
easOns to continue a program whi
h is acknowledged to have become :
i steady drain on. our entire Feder
il financial structure including our
[Old reserves, to have resulted in ,
nounting billions of increase in our (
latioual debt, and to have lessened <
be chance every year of balancing (
he Federal budget. i
The tax reduction proposal brings j
he question -once more: "Are we j
rilling to be realistic in the appro- i
nation of funds for foreign aid i
?d a multitude of other pro- <
Tarns?" If not, any tax reduction I
(01 imperil the financial sturcture
t the nation. , J j
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' Operators Of
Coin Operated Phono- [
graphs and Pool fables. n
Cigarette Vindors. New
The God, Who Acts
Lnm far fair 7, isn
Blbl* MaUrtelt q?n??t? 1 and a.
P.??0??l lattii PWOJB JJ:m. '
DELIEVING there U a God la
. If miwiff fa Mlighai; hm feat
me educated; believing there la
a hospital somewhere wilTfct
riage. So believ
ing that God ex- .
tesdoea not make
religion, it ia only
Hie bare start of ,
it . 1
That God to, to
important; what
ne in, is more important; but the
Christian religion, and the Jewish
before us, believe that we haven't
got to the heart of the matter tQl
we have asked, What does God
dot The God of the Bible is not
a serene infinite Contemplator,
lost in his own great thoughts,
viewinig human affairs with in
difference, as an emperor might
look at an anthill. The God we
worship is a God who acts. He is
a God whose actions, so fsr as
they are concerned with us, have
been revealed to us through the
Bible. At the beginning of the
Ten Commandments God is iden
tified, not by describing what He
is like, but by recalling what He
'.133 dene.
Why 8ed sets
The very first mention of God
n the Bible, in the very first sen
ence, tells of something God did:
Pie "created the heavens and the
laitb." We must not fancy that
lod had been spending eternity
n idleness and that now for the
irst time He was stirred up to
iction. But whatever else God has
lone. His dealings with men and
vomen began, we may say, when
ie made the world in which we
ive. The Christian theologians
[enerally believe that God didn't
lave to create any world at all,
ir this one in -irtieular; K} was
entirely free i reation.
Still, He mu . have had reasons.
*?> -it a God who does any
? '
thing ' iuet-i.* the Jvn,o{ it.*' VV'a
arc -n; '. ft tc sheer guess work.
not comprehend
Create anything at
all; Put we can think of some good
reasons why God created this kind
of universe. The story in Genesis
tells of God's creating a world
carefully ordered; a world begin
ning with light; a World Riled with
life, it is a fair belief that God
acted in this way because He does
not approve of disorder, darkness
and death. .
Where Sod sets
God doubtless acts in ways and
places far beyond our power to
follow Him even in thought. But
within the range of our line of
sight, so to speak, God acts in two
realms: the realm of nature and
the realm of man. God does Dot
force His way into nature or the
life of man. He belongs in both
because He created both, and He
did not shut himself out when He
made them. People sometimes
make the mistake of ascribing to
God only events that are mysteri
ous and terrible. On insurance
contracts, for example, "act of
God" means disaster of some
kind. But God is in the world on
a sunny summer morning Just as
much as in a blizzard. It if by an
act of God that the sun is bright
and the sky is blue; for it is by
an act cif God that there is a sun
and a sky at all. Christians do not
believe that God made this world
and tossed it?this earth and all
the stars there are?6ut Ittto space
to spin in the emptiness as best
It -cam-Rather, God upholds the
sarth and the heavens, keeps
them going, is at work oontinu
?Hy. The growth of a tower Is as
much of a miracle as could, be
imagined, only we have grown
ised to the mighty and nmasing
lay ^ ^ ^,W? C4n- eVfry
Hew Bod mti
God also actq in man. We be
leve that all good Comes from
iim. Wherever we see 'an unself
sh act. wherever wd see a sett
ees devotion, wherever there la
iincere repentance fdr -atn, there
ve see God at worthy HiwifrHi
Vhoever abides in love abides in
Jod, aneapoatle wrote,?for "God
i love."
But bow can the Holy God work
n unholy man? How can the in
inite God who is Spirit be at work
d [this, material universe? This
ve do not know, and God has not
evealed to us the how of His sc
lob*, tf We knew how God acts
a the universe and in man espE
it'ly. we ttiould Irtiow as much
s God dees. To recogniie Ghd, to
?ve and to serve Hhn, it la'not
ecesaary tost to explain Him. * ?
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The most rapidly expanding sag
tent of American agriculture ! h
to family farm with $10,000 01
lore worth of annual sales, accord
ig to the U; S. Department of Agri