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VOL. XXXI NO. 31 __ KENANSVTLLE. N. C. THURSOAY. JULY 30.1964 PRICE lft? PLUS TAX
County Losing
400,000 Tons
Of Soil Annually
Soil erosion does thousands
of dollars damage in Duplin
County each year.
According to studies made
over the past years and recent
Trial
& Error
Rev. George Turner of the
Potters Hill Community was in
the office yesterday and told us
that he had completed barn
ing his tobacco on the day be
fore, Monday, July XI. That is
the earliest that I have heard
of this year. Mr. Turner said
that he barned his tobacco in
five weeks. I have heard sev
eral farmers talking about
their tobacco being green from
the wet weather, and that it
was delaying the barning.
Young Susan Craft of Ken
ansville said. "It is the 'hu
mility' of this weather that
get us." That is about as good
as Time Magazine which calls
it the "Whew-midity".
Cleo Hobbs of Warsaw, own
er and operator of Hobbs Town
and Country Shoppe, planted a
flowering .^^Jroe^^wt^wo
one side of the tree ted pea
ches on the other.
Elery Guthrie was telling me
this tale on Walter Stroud, a
farmer near KenansviUe. It
seems that one of Walter's fav
orite dogs got sick, in fact real
sick. So Walter hospitalized his
dog in Clinton for several days.
The anxious Master was not
content to leave the "pooch"
alone, so on "visiting hours",
Walter was always there. Each
time he came home he told
Thelma (his wife), "I know one
thing, my doy is not going
hungry". As a good wife shou
ld, Thelma would say "I'm
glad". Finally after several
days had passed Walter could
stand it no longer, so he says,
iWell aren't you going to ask
SW what he's eating"? So she
said, "Well! what is he eat
ing"? You guessed it. Choice
Steak, from the freezer!
Ruth
ly published in a booklet.
"North Carolina Soil and Wat
er Conservation Needs and In
ventory", Duplin County has a
bout 20,000 acres of land with
a moderate to severe erosion
problem.
The average soil loss per
year is about 20 tons or about
400,000 tons per year for the
county.
The effect of this soil loss is
very serious. Through the
years it has clogged our
streams both large and small.
It causes thousands of dollars
loss each year through flood
ing these clogged streams.
Farmers in the county spend
about $40,000 annually to clean
this silt out of drainage ditch
es and still the silt is washing
in faster than K is being re
moved.
Recent studies have shown
that each ton of soil lost will
damage tobacco on the land by
about 35c and many of our best
acres for growing tobacco have
tost 100 to 500 tons through the
years and are continuing to
lose at the rate of 20 tons or
more per acre per year.
The answer to this problem
is not simple and no one soil
conseravtion practice will solve
the problem. Some of the prac
tices recommended are as fol
lows: terracing, contour far
ming, strip cropping, grass wa
terwavs and diversion ditches
TheDvfpSrr-County SoB Con
servation District will assist
the farmers in the ceahty .i?
solving their erosion problem
when requested.
Ml. Olive
College
Financial support to Mount
Olive College for the 1963-64
fiscal year which ended June 30
has set an all-time record
Charles Harrell, college
treasurer, reported that gifts
included $214,384 in cash, and
$8,904 in real estate. $8,300
in bonds, and $1,850 in stocks
for a total of $233,438,
Leading contributor wa3 the
Free will Baptist denomination
sponsor for the college, which
gave $128,032 in cash. ~
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Warsaw
Policeman
Resigns
Archie Brown, ft Warsaw
night policeman has resigned.
Mr. Brown has served approxi
mately 13 year3 with die War
saw Police Department.
Police Chief Perry Smith, a
Ions with all other personnel
of die Warsaw City Hall, states
that Mr. Brown will be missed
by them and the local citizens.
He showed much concern for the
protection of property of the en
tire community.
Chief Smitn stated, "You
would think everyone would lock
up when closing their busines
ses; however, you would be
surprised to know how many
forget. Checking doors is one
of the biggest responsibilities
of a night policeman."
Chief smith went on to say,
"ID this capacity, Mr. Brown
was well known and liked for
he had served his community
welL It is with regret to see
him resign his position as night
policeman."
Mr. and Mrs. Brown have
moved to their home near Beu
laville.
111 1
Do i. Brown, (loft), Omaha, Nok., and Dr. Ronald Goldstein, Atlanta, 6a., representing the U. S. Junior
Chanbor of CaMorce, discoss the Jaycoes' now mental health and mental retardation program with
President Johnson at a White Honse conference. Aims of the program are improved mental hospitals and
community centered treatment and rehabilitation facilities. Jaycee chapters conducting the plan will
provide time, money and volunteers to overcome a 20-year lag said to exist in those areas of concern.
Co-sponsors are the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. FonndatiM, Sears Roebuck and tbo RockofoHer Brothers Fund.
Either Sex Deer Hunt Proposed
The North Carolina wildlife
Commlaaton has announced that
landownars and sportsmen
wishing to rocommond either
sex door hunts In their localities
must ill# requests with the
Commission before August 10.
Such hunts will again be allowed
la areas of high deer population
on the basts at local requests.
Frank a Banck, Chief ofthe
Wildlife Commission 's Division
of Coins said that" upon receipt
of requests the Commission will
investigate local situations to
determine whether doer popu
lations warrant the taking of
antlerless doer. If this is found
to be the case s public hearing
will be held near the area being
proposed to determine local
sentiment In regard to the pro
Inch hearings will be
held during ths ?Mk of August
31.
Rssults of tbs hustings and
otasr nndlngs will than bs coo
sldsrsd by tbs commission and
approvsd srsss and datss will
bs sdMhdod during tbs month
of Dscsmbsr. As In tbs put,
bow and srrow hunt or a mny
tabs antlsrlsss dssr on such
KENAN8VILLE LIONS TO
SELL BULBS TONIGHT
The Kenansville Lions Club
expected to sponsor a light
bulb sale last Thursday even
ing but were rained out. The
weather permitting, they will
be around tonight. Thursday.
July 90. The Bulbs are in a six
port beca Ips
Duplin County 4-H'er
Elected To State Post
Mary Alice Thomas of Mag
nolia, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie J. Thomas, was
elected Thursday as secretary
treasurer of the State 4-H Cou
Two
Days
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August 1, Saturday, the
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dard 13.50, plus 11c tax.
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Lhity Dinner
Friday
Representatives from Duplin
are expected b) attend the
Democratic Unity Dinner in
Charlotte on July 31, according
to T. W. McQowan. County
^^Sate^bemecrefkr4, Party
chairman Lunsford Crew stat
ed that more than* 1300 Demo
crats from ail over the state
are expected to attend the af
fair at the Park Center at 7
p. m. when Secretary of Com
merce Luther H. Hodge win
make the principal address.
All state and district candida
tes have indicated they plan to
attend. In addition. Crew stat
ed that he had received word
from the majority of the un
succesful primary candidates
that they will attend.
Party meetings will highlight
the business prior to the Unity
Dinner. These include meet
ings at 3 o'clock of county
chairmen, YDC presidents.
Democratic Women presidents
and regional coordinators.
ncil. Some 1300 delegates at
tended the meeting held at
State College In Raleigh, a
four-day session of State 4-H
Club Week.
Bob Shipley of Watauga Cou
nty was named president . .
Other officers included Beth
Hurdle of Perqimans County,
vice-president and C. J. Rey
nolds of Montgomery County,
historian.
Miss Thomas has been inter
ested in 4-H Club work for sev
eral years and has won a
number of prizes and honors.
Duplin Library
Board Members
Are Reappointed
The Duplin County Board of
Commissicrer-,, has reapoint
ed Mrs. Alvin Korneray of Al
bertson and Mrs. Walter C.
Mangum of Faison to five-year
terms on the Duplin County
Library Board.
Other members are Mrs.
Lawrence Southerland of Ken
ansville, Mrs. Hugh Morrison
of Wallace. Mrs. N. B. Boney
of Kenansville, Mrs. Paul Pot
ter of Warsaw, Mr?. W. H.
Fussell of Rose Hill and Faison
W. McGowan cf Kenansville.
The board reappointed Mrs.
Alvin Kornegay of Albertson
and Mrs. Walter C. Mangum of
Faison to five year terms on
the Duplin County Library
Board are: Mrs. Lawrence Sou
therland, Kenansville: Mrs.
Hugh M. Morrison., Wallace:
Mrs. N. B. Bune , Kenansville; *
Mrs. Paul Potter, Warsaw:
Mrs. W. H. Fussell, Rose Hill:
and Mr. Faison W. McGowen,
Kenansville.
COOKOUT ! t
All teen-agers of Kenans vi lie
are invited to the M. Y. F.
(Methodist Youth Fellowship)
OOOKOUT at the home ot
Elaine and Dixon Hall in the
new housing housing develop
ment on highway SO. The fun
will begin at 7:00 an Monday,
August 3. Supply your own
steak and coffee, or enjoy you
rself and bring hot dogs, ham
burgers, and soft drinks. You
bring it ? we'll charcoal it!
Members of the M. Y. F. wffl
furnish rolls, buns, ice, and
other food. See ya there!
Dr. 0. S. Matthews
Funeral Services For Prominent
Warsaw Physician Yesterday
Funeral services for Dr. Otto
Stevens Matthews, 44, were
held from the Warsaw Presby
terian Church Wednesday af
ternoon at 1:00 o'clock by the
_ Rev. Nonwtfn Flowers, pastor.
Burial was in Devotional Oar
dens.
The Duplin Coupty Medical
Society and officers of the
Warsaw Presbyterian Church
served as honorary pallbear
ers. Active bearers were Wal
ter P. West, Dr. Mett Ausley,
Dr. Troy Kornegay, Mayor Ed
Strickland, George Clark and
James Norwood West.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Joyce Carroll Matthews; his
mother, Mrs. J. A Matthews of
Roseboro; one daughter, Lynn
Carroll and two sons, Jeffrey
Stevens and James Ottis Mat
thews, all of the home; one sis
ter, Mrs. Bod Edwards of
Smithfield and one brother,
Dr. Roland Matthews of Bur
lington.
Dr. Matthews was born on
August 28, 1920, in Clinton, N.
C? the son of James Abbie
and Lula Jane Robinson Mat
thews. He graduated from the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill with a OB. s. Degree
In Pharmacy with the Class of
1942. Dr. Matthews then at
tended the University of Mary
land at Baltimore, where he
received his MX) Degree in 19
49, and served his internship
at the Medical College of Vir
gil na Hospital in 1946-47. From
1947-49, Dr. Matthews was on
active duty with the U. S.
Army Medical Corps. He held
the position of assistant medi
cal resident of DePaul Hospital
in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1949
50
He established himself in the
private practice of medicine
in Warsaw in 1950, and on De
cember 16. 1951 was married to
Joyce Lynn Carroll of Warsaw.
Jeffrey Stevens was born in
1956, Lynn Carroll in 1968 and
James Ottis in 1960.
He was a former chairman
of the board of deacons and an
Elder in his church, and was
on the board of directors of
the North Carolina Tuberculos
is Association, a member of
the Phi Delta Chi Pharmaceuti
cal Fraternity and the Alpha
Kappa Medical Fraternity. Dr.
Matthews was an ardent gar
dener and rose culturist.
Border Market
Opens Next Week
First auction sales of this
year's crop of tobacco began
yesterday in the Georgia-Flo
rida Belt
Indications are that the crop
is from a few days to two
weeks later in its growth than
last year over the five-state
flue-cured area.
Kenansville
Tobacco
Meeting
A public meeting to offer the
most current tobacco informa
tion available will be held in
Kenansville at 2 p. m. on Tues
day. August 11. State President
B. C. Mangum of the N. C.
Farm Bureau, in announcing
the meeting, said that it is
open to Bureau members and
anyone else who is interested
in the health of the tobacco in
dustry.
Fourteen such meetings have
been scheduled over the State.
"Tobacco farmers have many
crucial decisions to make this
year." the Tar Heel farm lead
er said. "Keeping the industry
on a solid footing is going to
require a thorough knowledge
of the situation and a lot of
calm deliberation. We can't
solve a probMm if we don't
know quite what it is." A good
turn-out is expected for the
Kenansville meeting, the only
meeting to be ' helii in tLii
area.
August
Jurors
Jurors General County Court
for August, 1964 are as follows:
Jack Dempsey Byrd, Clifton
E. Wallace, Woodrow Black
burn, Wilbur L. Turnert T. E.
Gurganus, James Waitus Har
rell, Sam E. King, Rom Alph
in, Robert Henry Hobbs, Ar
chie Horace Kennedy. Michael
Fox, Boyce W. Boyette, Gor
don Brown, Lloyd Lester An
derson, Harry Miller, Jimmy
Gray Barnette, Levy Sander
son, Haywood Brown, Jr.
SAY YOU SAW IT IN
THE TIMES - SENTINEL
The South Carolina Warehou
se Association recommended
that the Border Belt be opened
for sales on Thursday, August
6. The Border Belt Warehouse
Association voted at Lumber
ton Friday night to begin sales
on this date.
Earlier, an advisory commit
tee to the Bright Belt Ware
house Association recommend
ed that Border Market open on
Aug. 6, the Eastern Belt on
Aug. 27, the Middle Belt on
Sept. 10, and in the Old Belt
on Sept. It.
These recommended dates
are five days later than last
year for the Border and Eas
tern Belts. The i ndividual
warehouse association must
approve the dates.
The Eastern Warehouse As
sociation in Kinston Tuesday
approved Thursday. August 27
as the opening date for the
Eastern Belt. This date was
approved as it was thought to
be to the best interest of the
eastern N. C. farmers. Some
of the directors wanted an ear
lier date but were overruled*
by the majority. Frequent sho
wers and cloudy weather con
tinue to keep tobacco green In
most eastern areas, but most
farmers agree that the rains
have greatly improved the con
dition of the tobacco.
Rose Hill
Explorers Will
Edge Sidewalks
Next week, Monday through
Friday, the Rose Hill Emer
gency Service. Explorer Poot
45, will hold a community
clean-up week. The main pur
pose is to edge the sidewalks
of the town.
The Explorers will edge the
sidewalk in front of your lawn
for the flat rate of $1.50 per
lawn. You will be contacted
by an Explorer.
COMMISSIONERS TOUR
GARMENT FACTORY
The Duplin Board of Com
missioners, J. W. Hoffler,
chairman, were conducted on
a tour of the Beulaville Gar
ment Factory by I. J. Sandlin,
Jr. and Cecil Miller. This fac
tory is at present employing
155 women.
Coastal Plain Could Be
Eastern US Breadbasket
The Coastal Plain of North
Carolina, as agriculturally rich
as ft has become, has baicly
scratched the surface of its
true potential.
Large acreages of tile-drain
ed and irrigated crop and pas
ture land producing vegetables,
grain, poultry and livestock as
the "breadbasket of the east
ern seaboard;" bristling port
facilities busy shipping Tar
Heel farm goods to an expand
ing world market; corn, cotton,
tobacco and peanut production
effifcency unexcelled.
These projected pictures in
to the future illustrate some of
the potential for continuing ag
ricultural development in the
Coastal Plain area.
They represent the Coastal
Plain of the future as seen in
the eyes of Or. H. Brooks
James, economist by profes
sion and dean of the School of
Agriculture and Life Sciences
at North Carolina State.
"The Coastal Plain of North
Carolina is one of the most
promising farming areas in
the eastern part of the United
States,' J)ean James points
out. "It has tremendous pot
ential for growth and develop
during the next decade.
"... It can become the
breadbasket of the eastern sea
James puts the potential on
an individual bases with the
comment that Every farmer
in Eastern North Carolina can
increase his income ... (if)
they work at it . . . and give
more time to planning and
managing their farming and
marketing activities."
Being an economist, James
likes to support his opinions
with facts. He does this by cit
ing such factors as the strate
gic geographic location of the
Coastal Plain and the area's
versatility in terms of being
able to produce the commodi
ties for which there is an in
creasing demand in the nation
and in the world.
He points out that the North
Carolina Coastal Plain is with
in about 500 miles of 50 per
cent of the population of the
entire nation.
"The total demand for agri
cultural products is much
greater than North Carolina
farmers can possibly supply,"
he explains. "The real question
is not one of market but of
who will serve that market.
Our favorable location adds to
our ability to compete with
other regions of the United Sta
tes."
The port facilities that are
immediately available for ex
porting Tar Heel farm prod
ucts are another factor sup
porting the dean's optimism.
"Our exports can be Increas
ed materially if we will be
come much more aggressive
in gaining for ourselves a lar
ger share at this market."
Continuing, James calls at
tention to the advances in sci
ence and technology and what
they have already meant to
North Carolina agriculture.
"These advances favor the
Coastal Plain," he said. "Each
time we develop a new mach
ine, a new and cheaper source
of fertilizer, and new method
of chemical weed control, the
Coastal Plain becomes a little
more competitive in American
gariculture.
"The area is in a posiiton to
utilize much more scientific
and technical knowledge in the
years ahead. We've seen what
this has meant in the last 10
years. Tobacco yields have in
creased tremendously. We had
39 peanut growers in the state
in 1963 to harvest yields of over
two tons per acre. We have had
entire counties with com yields
of 100 bushels per acre."
James pointed out that the
Coastal Plain is reaching the
stage of development where it
can utilize much more capital.
"As mechanization takes
over, more capital wlH be
needed for machinery, irriga
tion. dranage an dthe many
other things that go with mod
era scientific farming.
"The increased use of capi
tal will mean a greater output
a. > i ' ?? jIa - ?'? - f v? v-*>?
(al Plain will be tile-drained
and irrigated. Even so, the in
vestment in this land will still
not be as heavy as in much of
the irrigated land of the
West."
The Coastal Plain area of
North Carolina doesn't have to
take a back seatito any section
when it comes ti the potential
for diversified farming.
James places considerable
emphasis on the potential in
vegetable production.
"The room for growth is
great." he comments. "A food
processing industry is develop
ing in the state. As the indus
try develops, many farmers
will find it profitable to pro
duce vegetables for proceed
ing."
These are the potentials, but
what is the key to developing
them? "They key is the people
themselves." Dean James re
plies "Things don't just hap
pen. People have to work if
they expect to increase income.
"Whether our Coastal Plaia
area will stagnate and contin
ue to lag behind, or whether H
will move ahead and more
nearly its full potential de
pends on the people of Cast era
North Carolina.
"I don't think we have any
choice. We owe it to ourselves
and to all the people of North