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VOLUME XXXI No. 12 KENANSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1964. PRICE 10c PLUS TAX
PILLORY ? L. M. Whaley (left), popular operator of Wallace Drug Co. and "Bill*
Browder, Greyhound Bus driver, are pilloried by Mayor Melvin Cording. Passers-by jeer
at the victims because they have smooth shaven cheek and did not grow beards to cele
brate the Wallace Diamond Jubilee, April 9 to 12. (Staff photo by Gene Pierce.)
Beulaville Methodist
Break Ground Saturday
REV. D. E. EARNHARDT
nUEStDENTS'8 HOUSE ? Orore Academy opened in Kenansville in 17(5 "to flt young
nan lor college, or to prepare them for Ike ordinary walks of Ufa." It operated for IB
years. Jamas Sprvint Institute 'See editorial) opened ita door in ISM and taught until the
mid lWs. The two served the youth of this section over a span of 140 years, and all that
remains materially la the president's house of the Institute pictured above. Much interest
is being manifest in the renewal of poet high school instruction in Duplin ? "in polishing
the minds" of our youth both in the arts and in vecatiooal subjects
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Ground-breaking ceremonies
for the Beulavilie Methodist
Church will be held Saturday,
March 21 at 3 p. m. Construc
tion on the newly-organized ch
urch will begin within a few
weeks.
The Beulavilie Methodist Ch
urch was organized in 1958. Dr.
A. Jarvis Hobbs, district sup
?. erintendent of the New Bern
' Dit..rict; Rev Horace GBigiey,
pastor of the RichlaaiW
citt; and Rev W. B. Cotton; 1
pastor of the Methodist Church
in Ktchlands met in January of.
1958, in the Methodist parson
age in Richlands, fcr the pur
pose of making a preliminary
survey of the Beulavilie com
munity. On the basis of the
findings of this survey it was
determined that there was a
good potential for the growth
of a Methodist church in Beu
lavilie.
Services were held in the
Beulavilie School Auditorium
at 3 p. m? the first service be
ing held on Sunday, September
18, 1958. The response was
good. Due to cold weather,
some of the members made
arrangements to hold services
in the Masonic Hall beginning
in November. The Masons grac
iously granted the use of the
building rent free. Services
were changed from 3 p. m. to
9 a. m.
The church continued to
grow and on January 10, 1959
was officially organized with a
special service attended by
many officials or the Metho
dist Church Dr. A. J. Hobbs,
Mayor Gordon S. Muldrow, and
officers of the Haw Branch and
Gum Branch ChurcTies (the
other two churches on this cir
cuit.) Rev. Thomas Collins,
now president of Weslyan Col
lege at Rocky Mount, was the
guest speaker.
A building site was chosen by
the district committee from
several prospective sites selec
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Red Ooss ?
Hits #845
Reporting communities thro
i?hout Duplin show a favorable
trend at the end of the second
week of the annual Red Cross
Drive, Dr. Hugh M. Powell.
Fund Chairman, reports.
Communities reported contri
butions as follows: Beautancus.
$10; Wallace, $300; Rose Hill,
$200; Warsaw, $75; Kenansville.
$88; Potter s Hill, $82; Faison.
$10 and Calypso, $80,.
Mrs. Tommy Baker joins the
drive as chairman in the Wal
lace residential area, and Mar
vin Sutton in the Warsaw bus
iness area.
The goal for the county is
$5,000 and everyone is asked by
Dr. Powell to help their com
munity reach their goal.
The recent flooding in the
Ohio River Valley is a grim
reminder of the need for our
American Red Cross in this
country. A total of 110,000
homeless persons received Red
Cross aid in food, clothing and
shelter when 26,000 homes and
000 businesses were destroyed
or damaged. Dr. Powell says.
"Give today, that the Red Cross
may help tomorrow.
Rev. Earnhardt
to Conduct Rose
Hill Revival
The Reverend D. E. Earn
hardt of Durham will be the
revival preacher for services
to be held at Rose Hill Metho
dist Church during Holy Week.
Mr. Earnhardt is the son of
a Methodist minister and has
two sons in the active ministry.
He has served in country, vil
lage, and city churches; as
superintendent of the Fayette
ville District; and president of
Louisburg College. He also
served in both World Wars. He
is author of "The Wayside Pul
pit" in the North Carolina Chri
stian Advocate and is pastor of
McMaimen Methodist Church.
Durham.
On Sunday, March 22, Mr.
Earnhardt will teach the corn
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Dr. Boyette Files
Education Board
Dr. Edward L. Boyette, phy
sician of Chinquapin, has filed
as a candidate for the County
Board of Education in the
Democratic primary May 30th.
James J. AJbertson of Beula
ville filed some weeks ago for
the Board of Education.
Others filing since last week,
according to J. M. Smith, Chair
man of the Duplin County
Board of Elections, are William
E. Craft to succeed himself as
solicitor of the General County
Court; Gerald Herring and Carl
L. Hargrove for constable of
Wolfscrape Township and
James D. Brinson for constable
of Cypress Creek Township.
The deadline for filing as a
candidate in the May primary
is noon on April 17th.
James Sprunt
Offers Oil
Painting Course
The James Sprunt Institute
will sponsor a course in Oil
Painting, Monday, March 23 at
Rose Hill Automobile Shop
Classroom.
Registration will be held at
the first meeting in the class
room, and the class will meet
from 9 to 12 a. m. each Mon
day morning for ten weeks.
Tuition for the course will
be IS.
The instructor for the course
will be Mrs. Margaret Cooper,
a graduate of Meredith College
and the Cocoran School of Art
in Washington, D. C. Mrs.
Cooper is an accomplished ar
tist who recently conducted a
- "one-Man" show in Rose Hi^l
Trial
& Error
With the coming of Sprint
and the few beautiful day* that
are sandwiched in between the
cold and rainy days, the call
of the gardens of Camellias and
Azaleas is beckoning on every
side. Of course, the news re
leases which we receive each
day make the call more Tan
talizing, as they sound so mag
nificent.
Wilmington is in the midst of
getting ready for the annual
Azalea Festival, and from ajU
releases it sounds as if the flo
wers will be at their peak.
Releases from the famous
Charleston gardens sound as if
the weather is working beauti
fully to create gardens of par
adise. Middleton, Magnolia and
the Cypress Gardens are al
ready open tor visitors.
But none of the preparations
for the Wilmington Festival or
the Charleston Gardens or the
Easter Parade can out do our
own town of Wallace in their
preparations for the 75th Dia
mond Jubilee. Wallace is doing
this Jubilee in a big way, ana
everything and everyone is get
ting in order, from the bearded
men to the entertaining of the
dignitaries. ? - and do they
have plenty of them, I'll say
they do!
Spring and politics - which
is bursting faster? It is hard
to tell. Everytime you turn a
round in Duplin you run into a
candidate for something. Pre
yer, Moore, Cliff Blue, and
Stanbury, who are running for
state offices have visited the
county recently.
Local politicians are moving
around and the most "sought
after" Jobs seem to be the two
seats for County Commissioners
which come up this term.
Also along with Spring, Gar
dens and politics comes the
measles and mumps. Thank
goodness it is not the "bad
kind" of measles. At James
Kenan, the children have been
dropping out each day with
measles, but in most of the
cases ft seems that they are not
very sick. However, I under
stand that the epidemic of
mumps is quite bad around
Wallace and Rose Hill.
With each season must come
it peculiarities, so-long
Ruth.
BRIEFS
WARD RETURNS
FROM DALLAS
James A. Ward of Rose Hill
attended the National Conven
tion of Electric Cooperatives in
Dallas, Texas, last week. Mr.
Ward reports that there were
7S00 delegates and that he
spoke to some 500 of them
Tuesday and Wednesday on
the subject "Employee Train
ing For Better Jobs." Mr.
Ward, secretary-treasurer of
the Four County Electric Mem
bership Corporation, flew by
jet to Dallas on Sunday and
returned Thursday for his
third trip to Dallas.
CIVIL COURT
A two week term of Duplin
County Superior Court Civil is
now in session. Judge William
J. Bundy is presiding.
WINNERS IN CLINTON
CAMELIA SHOW
Winners from Duplin County
in Camelia Show in Clinton last
week end were D. D. Blanch
ard, Mrs. A. J. Cavenaugh and
John F. Branyon of Wallace;
Mrs. EM Sheffield of Warsaw;
and Mrs. C. F. Hawes of Rose
Hill.
NEGRO COUNTY-WIDE
P. T. A. MEETING
The Annual County-Wide Par
ent and Teachers Association
will be held at E. E. Smith
High School, Kenansville, North
Carolina, Sunday. March 22.
1964.
Dr. Rudolph Jones, President
of Fayetteville Teachers Col
lege will be our guest speaker.
The public is Cordially invit
ed to attend in large numbers
-Girl Scout Leaders, Boy
kcout Leaders and their Scouts
are urged to be present.
MOUNT ZION STUDY
The book, "Come Creator
Spirit," will be taught by Ger
ald Care at Mount Zion Pres
byterian Church, Rose Hill,
Iktesday light at 8 p. m. This
is a special study for men and
women being used by PreAy
terian Spiritual Enrichment.
MAJOR TOBACCO SPEECH
John C. Williamson, presi
dent of the Flue Cured Tobac
co Growers Association, calls
attention to a Speech which he
says will be of vital concern
to every segment of the tobac
co industry ? tobacco farmers,
manufacturers, warehousemen
and dealers.
The major tobacco speech
will be delivered by Congress
man Harold D. Cooley in Ral
eigh at 2 p. m. on Saturday,
April 4th.
In view of the fact that 26
senators voted recently to abo
lish our present tobacco pro
gram, this speech should be of
great interest.
This is an open meeting, and
all tobacco people are invited
to attend.
OPEN HOUSE
Dr. Oscar Redwine of Ken
ansville announces the removal
of his offices from Duplin Gen
eral Hospital to the New Medi
cal Building, Unit One in Ken
ansville. On Sunday afternoon
March 22 he is holding Open
House at the Medical Buliding
from two until five p. m. The
public is cordially invited to
come in and to see the new of
fice and building.
PRE-EASTER SERVICES
Pre-Easter Services will be
held at Snow Hill Freewill Bap
tist Church beginning March 23
through March 27. Mt. Olive
College students will speak to
the congregation each evening.
SUNRISE SERVICES
Seven churches in the East
Duplin School area will hold
Sunrise Services at the East
Dtgilin School on Easter morn
ing. More about these services
will be announced next week.
PALM SUNDAY CANTATA
The Choir of St. Mary's Epis
cupel Church in Kinston will
peasant Theodore Dubois The
Saves Last Words of Christ" on
Pttm Sunday, March 22, at 4
p. to^The public is cordially
Duplin Ranks No. 1 j
In Agriculture __ %
JUDGE DAN K. MOORE
Moore At Courthouse
Gubernatorial candidate Dan
K. Moore spoke to an enthus
iastic group of supporters and
well-wishers in the courtroom
at Kenansville Monday morn
ing.
Judge Moore said that while
he was a native of Western
North Carolina, his forebears
being the first white settlers
west of the Blue Ridge in 1787,
he felt at home in Eastern Nor
th Carolina, because the two
sections were similar, both rur
al and both long neglected.
He outlined his experience in
all three branches of govern
ment, legislative, executive and
judicial and his years as a
business man - lawyer, district
solicitor, Superior Court judge,
member of the State Legisla
ture and now counsel and as
sistant secretary of Champion
Papers, Inc. His academic de
gree from the University of
North Carolina was in business
administration. His experience
both in government and in bus
iness eminently qualify him for
the governorship, he reasoned.
He knows most members of the
legislature personally and
Rose Hill Girl In
"Twelfth Night"
Miss Sue Lynn Teachey of
Rose Hill appeared in one of
the leading roles in Shake
speare's "Twelfth Night" pre
sented by the Meredith College
Playhouse, at Meredith College
Auditorium, March 13-14.
Miss Teachey showed great
talent in her portrayal of Viola,
in love with the Duke. She was
received with much enthusiam
by the audience.
Miss Teachey. a junior at
Meredith College, is the daugh
ter of Mrs. Eldridge <Bud>
Teachey and the 1 ate Mr.
Teachey.
Spring Dance
The Rose Hill Jaycees will
hold their annual Spring Dance
in the Rose Hill School Gym
nasium Friday night, April
10th.
their problems, he said, and
at the same time he knows
about the problems and the
rules and regulations and
taxes burdening the business
man. He promised to do every
thing possible not to increase
these burdens.
Coming from rural Jackson
County, where the REA has
rendered a wonderful service,
he promised that he would not
do anything to impair the REA.
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Blue Visits
Duplin
H. Clifton (Cliff) Blue, speak
er of the 1963 North Carolina
House of Representatives and
candidate for Lieutenant Gov
ernor in the May 30th Demo
cratic primary visited Kenans
ville and Duplin Thursday.
Mr. Blue is a newspaper pub
lisher of Aberdeen and has
served nine terms in the House
of Representatives. He was the
author of the "Blue Bill" en
acted by the 1955 General As
sembly curbing the sudden can
cellation of Health, Accident
and Hospital Insurance policies.
As a Legislator he is a lead
er in many fields of legisla
tion, including Education, Wel
fare, Roads, Conservation and
Development. Insurance, Pen
al Institutions, Water Resour
ces, and Community Colleges.
He was born in 1910 and rear
ed on a small farm in Hoke
County, and served for sever
al years as secretary-treasurer
and sales supervisor of the
Aberdeen Tobacco Market.
He is married to the former
Gala Lee Nunnery of Roseboro
and they have four children,
is an elder in the Presbyterian
Church and has served as Sun
day School Superintendent for
31 years.
The Red Springs Citizen
says, "Those who have follow
ed Blue's career, readily see in
him a Democratic of the Old
School - one built on the ground
of honesty and integrity."
RALE'GH - The Motcr Ve
hicles Department's summary
of traffic deaths through 10:00
A. M. Monday, March 10:
Killed To Date 273
Kilted To Date Last Year 213
Duplin County has regained
its rank as the number 1 agri
cultural county in North Caro
lina according to figures com
piled by Dr. Charles K. Pugh,
In Charge of Extension Farm
Management at N. C. State.
The 1963 agricultural income
in Duplin County was $55,272,
285, up $7,048,497 over the 1962
income. Duplin County was the
leading agricultural county in
North Carolina in 1958, 1959 and
1960, but due to excessive rains
in 1961 and 1962, it fell to third
place behind Johnston and
Robeson in 1961 and second
place behind Robeson in 1962,
according to Vernon H. Rey- -
nolds. Duplin County Extension
Chairman.
The 1963 agricultural income
in leading counties was: Dup
lin, $55,272,285: Robeson. $54,- .
186,599; Sampson, $47,649,944;
Pitt $46,340,144 and Johnston, J
$45,657,298.
Total agricultural income in
North Carolina in 1963 was $1,
412.324,932, up $49,992,369 over
1962 income.
Duplin County's gross agri- *'?
cultural income in 1963 of $55,- |
272,284 was the highest agri
cultural income in the history
of Duplin County. The $50,000,
000 agricultural income in 1960
was the previous high for Dup
lin County. In 1962 agricultural
income was $48,233,000 or about
$7,000,000 less than the 1963 in
come.
Tobacco was the leading 1
farm enterprise. ia Duplin Coun- |
ty, with a yield oft?.131 pounds
per acre on 13,055 acres har
vested. Total pounds of tobacco
sold was 32,062.205 which brou
ght $19,249,323. This was the
first time Duplin had averaged
over 2,000 pounds of tobacco j
per acre.
Poultry income ranked a
close second to tobacco in 1963,
bringing in $19,057,500. Twenty
five million head of broilers
were sold for $12.5 million and
625 thousand turkeys for $2.
812.500 : 450 thousand laying
hens produced an income of
$3,745,000.
The third major item of in
come was from corn, with pro
duction of 5.400,000 bushels
from 60,000 acres planted, for
an average yield of 90 bufiels.
This yield was approximately 30
bushels higher than any pre
vious yedr's average. Approx
imately 3.5 million bushels of
corn was sold and the remain
der used on the farms for feed.
The income from corn sold was
$4,200,000. Farmers sold 90,000
head of hogs for $3,150,000, the
fourth leading farm enterprise.
The total farm income from
crops was nearly $29 million
and from livestock and poultry
over $23 million, forestry pro
ducts accounted for nearly $2
million and government pay
ments, including feed grain
program, $1,259,630. Total farm
income increased in Duplin
from $26 million in 1956 to over
$55 million in 1963, more than
a 100% increase in income in
seven years.
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Sewage Contract
A general contract for an ad
dition to the Rose Hill sewage
treatment plant has been let
by the town board to Godwin
Building Co. in Warsaw for a
low-bid of $78,000.
Final action on the contract,
according to town officials, is
subject to approval by the
State Health Department.
The town's present sewage
plant, constructed in 1SS8, was
planned for a population of 700.
The town now has more than
1500 residents.
The new plant is planned to
take care ef a population of
3,000 and will cost a total ef
$120,000.
Work is to begin immediately
on the project and it is expect
ed to be completed in August.
The hoard also voted to em
ploy the Atlantic Coffin and
Casket Co. to fill in a drafe
age ditch on North Elm SHwst ? >
in Melroee Park and dig a
new drainage canal soma OS
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