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VOL. XXXI NO. 60 KENANSVILLE. N.C. THURSDAY DECEMBER 10. 1964 PRICE 10c PLUS TAX
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BEULAVTLLE CHRISTMAS PARADE. - Playing "Hark tba
Herald Angels Sing." the East Duplin High School Band led Beu
laville's parade Saturday afternoon. Dark skies threatened, bat
the long parade"made it before rain and most folks said that It
was the best one yet. Miller Home Demonstrtion Club won first
prize for the best float; Mrs. Macy Thomas' Kindergarten Chil
dren won second place and the 4-H Club came in third. Carolina
Bowen of Faison was crowned queen by Miss North Carolina.
Miss Sharon Finch. Susan Humphrey of Richlands was first run
ner-up and Iris Brown of Chinquapin second runner-up.
Annual DPCA Meeting
Jack Williams, executive sec
retary of the Georgia Associa
tion of Broadcasters. Inc. and
Assistant professor of Journa
lism, Georgia State College, At^
lanta will be the guest speaker
in Kenansville an Friday after- ,
* ' neon. . - *
W?itfairia?Wt)> speak at tlgTJ
Annual Stockholders; Meeting
of the Duplin Production Cred
it Association which will be
held Friday, December It at
3 p. ra. in the Kenpnsville
Grammar School Auditorium.
Reports of the operation of
the association for the past
year will be given, and a direc
tor will be elected. Door prizes
will be given.
Garland P. King, Secretary
Treasurer extends a cordial
invitation to everyone to at
tend the meeting and hear
Jack Williams.
Jack Williams spent 40 mon
ths as one of Uncle Sam's in
telligence officers In the Penta
gon specialising in foreign and
political affairs. He's a student
of the Soviet Union and has
studied the Russian language.
Jack has been a public rela
tions director for General Mo
tors Corporation: TV news di
rector for KETV, Omaha, Ne
braska; radio news director for
KCRG. Cedar Rapids. Iowa: and
a news editor for CBS. Chicago.
An honor graduate of North
western University in 1952. Wil
liams received a Master's De
gree and won both the coveted
Harlngton and Bastian Awards
for radio-TV achievement and
academic excellence from the
Medill School of Journalism, lie
has completed some work to
ward a Ph.D. in Journalism.
The 35-year-old. father of
three, is a member of Sigma
Delta Chi. the Radio-TV News
Directors Association, Associa
tion for Education in Journal
ism. American Association of
University Professors. Public
Relations Society of America.
JACK WILLIAMS
Trial
& Error
Susan Sykes. niece of Miss
Mary Lee Sykes, county Health
nurse, has painted a scene of
four carolers on the windows
of the County Health Depart
ment. It is a fabulous job. you
should ride by and see it. One
of the nurses in the Health
'' Department told me that from
CMttaued to page it
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Judge Lanier
Hears 137 Cases
Solicitor iW>. E. Craft prose
cutad numerous cases before
Judge Russell J, Lanier in
General# County Court last
week. Judgements were hand
led down in 137 cases
One man received a sentence
of IS months for making liquor,
lost his automobile and had his
pistol confiscated. Another re
ceived 6 months for speeding 93
miles an hour in a 60-mile
zone.
For driving without an ope
rator's license, a man will have
to spend the next thirty days
in jail. Two drunks drew 30
days each and one was senten
ced to six months on the roads
because it was his fourth off
ense in the past six months.
Judgments were handed
down in 69 speeding cases. It
is interesting to note that only
17 of these were teenagers.
Court records reveal that near
ly three-fourths. 52 out of 69,
of those cited for speeding
were middle-aged folks, a few
women, but mostly men old
enough to know better.
JUDGMENTS HAND ED
DOWN FOLLOW:
Bascom Mack Bristow. Wal
lace, operating auto while Int
oxicated, judgment absolute on
$200 bond.
Jack Wayne Roberts, Chapel
Hill, speeding. $10 and cost.
George Dewey Maready.Chl
nguapln, operating auto while
Intoxicated, not pros with leave.
James Pickett. worthless
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cneck, not pros, "cost taxed ag
ain* R.J. Hursey, prosecuting
whtou^s. , ,
M. H. Parker. tTlftldR ,
che<3t, not pros.
David Lee Speight. Walston*
burg, speeding, $10 and cos't.
Ralph Grady, Monroe, speed
ing, not pros with leave.
John Howard Blanchard,
Warsaw, no operator's license,
not guilty.
James Oliver Sutton, Wilm
ington, speeding, not pros with
leave.
Continued to p*|t I
Joe Lewis Deaver was ar
rested at his home near Ken
ansville and charged with pos
session and seiling non-tax -
paid liquor. Officers Alfred
Basden, Glenn Jernigan, E. S.
Thigpen, E. G. Chestnut!, E
E. Proctor and Earl Chestouti
investigated
BAKE SALE
A bake sale will be sponsor
ed by the Woman's Society of
Christian Service of I'nity
Methodist Church December
12 at 2:00 P. M at C M. QM
law's Grocery Store
Editorial
Next Tuesday, flue-cured tobacco growers
will vote on whether to continue the current tob
acco program. This is one of the most inpmortant
votes to come along in Duplin County and in
North Carolina for many years.
We believe the referendum will pass. We
hope it will pass by a big majority as it has in
every referendum on tobacco quotas since 1938.
But in that year, growers voted it out, with the
result that tobacco prices fell sharply, down to
15c a pound average. It costs at least twice that
much now to produce a pound of tobacco.
Some people about the county are confused
about what they will be voting on next Tuesday.
A great many of them think they're voting on
whether or not to cut tobacco acreage. That's not
it at all. Some think they are voting to shift the
system to an acreage-poundage control system.
But, this is not it at all. Some have heard this and
some have heard that.
What is the farmer voting on? The vote is on
one thing only: "DO YOU FAVOR CONTINU
ING MARKETING QUOTAS ON FLUE-CURED
TOBACCO FOR THE NEXT THREE MARKET
ING YEARS, BEGINNING JULY 1, 1965?"
If more than one-third of the votes are "NO"
there will be no tobacco program at all. If more
than two-thirds are "YES", price supports and
quotas will be continued
iWhtput supports, the financial losses on the
farm, in the processing industries and in the busi-;.
ness community in general could total more^man
a billion dollars a year.
It would be impossible to solve the problems
of tobacco without a price support program. By
continuing this support program hundreds of mil
lions of dollars in income will come tn North Car
olina that would be lost if the program were re
jected. If the program is rejected, next year's
tobacco in Duplin will probably sell for an aver
age of less than 30c per pound. There will be a
loss of some 950 million pounds of tobacco being
held in Stabilization. Lending agencies will im
mediately drastically reduce their loans to farm
ers. Many people in Duplin will be forced from
the business of farming.
Few farmers will have trouble making up
their minds. It amount to a choice between some
degree of prosperity, of a way of making a living
in Duplin and poverty which will force many off
the farms, even away from Duplin to seek other
ways of earning a living.
Congressman Urges Vote
To Continue Leaf Programs
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ON NOVEMBER 3. 1964, the
voters of North Carolina turn
ed out at the polls in record
number to cast their votes for
the leaders of the "overnment
of our state and the nation. All
of us recognized the import
ance of that vote.
Of almost equal importance
to the people of eastern North
Carolina is the referendum to
be held on December IS on
whether we will continue the
basic tobacco program for the
next three crop years.
Unlike the election of our
public officials, continuation o(
the tobacco program requires
an affirmative vote of 2 3 ot
the eligible voters, who are
tobacco growers, either land
lords or tenants or self-employ
ed farmers.
To vote "NO" in the referen
dum means that you are vot
ing to abolish all price supports
and all allotments. It means a
return to what we experienced
in 1938 when everybody watt
free to produce all the tobacco
he wished and at selling time
a tot of it failed to bring ware
house charges.
To vote "YES" in the ref
erendum means that you ex
press your desire to continue
to receive the protection of
price supports and your wil
lingness to accept governmen
tal controls in order to have
price supports
Don't vote "No' because you
think the currently-announced
cut is too big or because you
oppose poundage controls or
because you think your allot
ment should be increased.
Don't vote "No" unless you
favor doing away with our
program altogether. Vote
"Yes" and give those of us in
authority a chance to work out
our problems in Congress and
by further administrative ac
tion within the Agriculture De
partment
Rose Hill Yule
Events Tomorrow
"Santa Claus is coming to
town!" is the tunc everyone is
singing these days. On Friday *
afternoon at 3:30 p.m.. all will j
have a chance to see Ole Santa n
In person in the annual Jaycee ?
Christmas Parade in Rose Hill. ^
Shrinu the spotlight with ..
Santa wilf f .? Miss North t'aro
lina. Ester Sharon Finch of :
Thomasville. and the Poultry s
Princess, Jean Marie Haggerty
of Wallace.
DECORATIONS: The Jaycees
are installing completely re
worked Christmas decorations
along villi new decoration along
Highway 117 and invite every ]
one to visit Rose Hill to see (
this. The lights will be turned j
on the day of the parade. ,
HANQl'ET: Miss North Caro
lina and other area beauties
will lie feted by the Jaycees
and wives at a special banquet
Friday evening at 7 30 p.m. at
the Rose Hill Restaurant
CHRisJMAS DANCE: Kin
,hing cut the .Tayeecs Christ
tas activities on Friday. Dec.
I, will be their annual Christ
las Dance with Woody Hayes
land of Raleigh playing. Miss
L C. and the other area benn
ies tvi'K t?a?p- g.i< t appear
ances The dance will be held
it the Rose Hill Elementary
school Gymnasium beginning at
l p.m.. admission three dollars
>er couple. Everyone is invited
o make plans now to tak^ in
ill the day s festivities
RALEIGH - The Motor Ve
hicles Department's summary
?f traffic deaths through 10 A.
M Monday. December 7:
Killed To Date 1447
Killed To Date Last Week 12M
ORANGE BOWL OR BL'ST
Congratulations . . . Mas
Offerman of Wallace It
about the luckiest man In
the county . . . Max is the
big winner in the Duplia
Tlmes - Progress Sentie-I
U-week Football Contest.
As a result Mr. Offer
man wins the grand prize
of two tickets to the
Orange Bowl in Miami plus
$100.00 for expenses.
Max will get to see the
number one team In the
country . . . undefeated
Alabama. (10-0) tangle
with Texas with a 9-1 rec
ord. By the way Texas was
pre-season favorite as the
number one team. It will
definitely be the best post
season game. The game
will be played under the
lights . . . the first post
seuson game ever played
at night . . . Best of luck.
Commissioners
Recommend
Value Cut On
Tobacco Acreage
The Duplin County Board of
Commissioners at their meet
ing Monday, recommended to
the County Board of Equaliza
tion and Review that the value
placed on tobacco acreage al
lotments in 1964 be reduced
SlS.Sa*? for 196S on account of
the change in acreage allot
ments.
SAY YOU SAW IT IN
THE TIMES - SENTINEL
Bow den Man Bends Crowbar Over Barb<r s Head
Paul Williams of Bowden told
sheriff officers that he hit Car
son Lane. 38. over the head
with a crowbar because Lane
attacked him in his own home.
Lane is a barber at Seymour
Johnson Air Base and lives <n
Mount Olive. Officers Glenn
Jernigan and K. E. Proctor are
investigating and charges are
pending Lan'e condition.
Lonnie Monroe of Hose Hill
is in jail in default of $1000
bond on charges of assault
with a deadly weapon and pos
session of non-tax-paid whis
key. It is alleged that Monroe
shot Kobert Williams in the
call of his leg with a 25 auto
matic. Monroe claims they
were playing with the gun and
it fired accidently. Investiga
tion was made by Deputy Gra
ham Chestnutt and Constables
K ,E. Proctor. J. E Creech and
J. K Chestnutt.
COUNTY OFFICERS TAKE OATHS OF OFFICE BEFORE
JUDGE ELBERT S. PEEL. JR. IN THE COURTROOM MON
DAY MORNING. (Left to right) Judge Peeie, J. B. Stroud, re
. elected to Dist J as county commissioner representing Rom HOI,
4 Magnolia and Ken.in?vii>e Townihiph Joe A Sutton, elected this
HI
year for county commissioner for Dist. l. composed of WarMMr
nod Faison Townships, to fill the vacancy when Mr. Lott K or needy
decided not to fUe to succeed himself after serving the 4UM4t
lor ten years; W. E. Craft. Solicitor of the General County Ceutt;
Assistant Registers of Deeds Mrs. Zoma Q. Jenkins. Miss Elisa
beth G. West. Barbara S. West, Ruth S. Herring and Miss Janice
Smith and Mrs. Christine W. Williams, Register of Deeds since
December. 1962. Mrs. Winifred T. Wells was reappointed County
Attorney for a two year term. Mrs. Wells has served since IMS.
Commissioner J. W. Hoffler was re-elected Chairman of tin .
Board of Commissioners (or a one-year term. Other members at