Duplin County Churches Johnson's Baptist Church By: Ruth a Wells (The following Information was obtained from the fQe of the Duplin Times assisted by Mrs. H. E. Phillips) Between the years 1792 and 1803 Rev. Francis Oliver as sisted by Rev. William wells organized a Missionary Bap tist Church which was called Nahunga Baptist Church. The church was located four miles East of Warsaw near Cooper's mill, and is now known as John son's Baptist church. The Rev. Mr. Oliver was then pastor of Bear Marsh Church where he had been ordained in 1792. The Cape Fear Association met with the Nahunga Church in 1811 and the church reported thirty one members. The Church was moved from the Cooper Mill site about 1835 to a place two miles south east of Warsaw at the intersection of the old road leading to Ke nansvllle and Hallsviue. The house built was oblong with a door in one side and a door in one end. Pews made of pine boards had a narrow board for the back to rest against. This was the only Missionary Bap tist Church in the Warsaw area at that time. The site for the new location of the church was given by the family of Sloan Johnson and Associational minutes after 1835 refer to the church as Johnson's Oiurch. Many of the old records of the church have been lost, but In 1840 the reported membership was 76. Among the earlier pastors were : Rev. Francis Oliver, Rev. William Wells, Rev. Jona than Thomas, Rev. Nathan As kew, Rev. Robert MacNabb, Rev. A. J. Battle, Rev. Hiram Stalllngs, Rev. D. J. Rogers, Rev. G. W. Huffman, Rev. Isaac West, Rev. Jessie Howard, Rev. L. F. Williams, Rev. Alfred Guy, Rev. J. L. Stewart, Rev. G. S. Best, Rev. G. W. Huff man, Rev. W. M. Kennedy, Rev. H. S. Splvey, Rev. R. C. Sand lln. Rev. T. J. Baker, Rev. L. M. Curtis, Rev. E. D. Wells, Rev. C. E. Gower. The Church moved to the pre sent site In 1890, which was opposite Lane field Academy three miles East of Warsaw. A "creditable" house was built and was furnished with comfor table pews. Dedication services were held by the Rev. J.w. Powell August 2, 1892. 1925 saw the addition of nine "commodious Sunday School rooms to the Auditorium and a modern system of carbide light ing was Installed." D. S. Kennedy was ordained to the full work of the Gospel Ministry in 1906. Among the Mis slonarles going from this church were Minnie Mlddleton to China, J. C. Powell to Africa and Gorden K. Mlddleton to China. A former member, Katie Murray served for many years as a missionary to China. A $30,000 Educational Build ing was completed in 1962. The Sanctuary has been up dated from time to time includ ing electricity, and in 1965Mrs. Aaa Mlddleton Stanback, a for mer member, donated aheating and air conditioning system. Other ministers who have served the church are; Rev. W. L. Bilbro, Dr. N. B. Cobb, Rev J. D. Larkins, Rev. A. L. Batts, Rev. T. L. Brown, Rev. J. M. Page, Rev. A. C. Moore, Rev. K. W. Cawthon, Rev. G. W. Rollins, Rev. R. c. Foster, Rev Ross Cadle, Rev. G. Vatm Ste phens, Rev. Paul Mull, Rev. Eu gene Hager, and Rev. Alfred F. Gibson. Officers currently serving the church are- N. A. Phillips, Clerk; Sunday School Superin tendent, Jessie J. Quinn; Train ing union Director. Mrs. Amos Kirby; W. M. U. President, Mrs. J. D. West; and Chairman of Board of Deacons, H. E. Phillips. Firearm Safety ^ ^. . ? ? wiw lire musing season opening soon, we begin to think of guns, rules, dows and arrows, and our favorite type of hunting, we should also think of safety at the same time. Most of us are willing to admit, "It can't happen to me," but some of us still have an open mind that accidents do happen, and sometimes to the wrong fellow. First place firearm safety is in the home. Weapons should be stored in a safe place and ammunition stored in a separate place so that inexperienced persons in the home do not accidentally mishandle firearms. The next place is transporting the fire arms to the hunting field. Never load the weapon until you have reached the field. Carrying loaded weapons in motor vehicles causes many accidents. The 9 Commandments of Shooting Safety are: 1. TREAT EVERY GUN WITH THE RE SPECT DUE A LOADED GUM 2. WATCH THAT MUZZLE! Carry your gun safely; keep safety on until ready to shoot. 3. UNLOAD GUNS WHEN NOT IN USE, take down or have actions open; guns should be carried in cases to shooting area. 4. BE SURE BARREL IS CLEAR OF OB STRUCTIONS, and that you have ammuni tion only of the proper size for the gun you carry. 5. BE SURE OF TARGET BEFORE YOU PULL TRIGGER: know Identifying features of game you hunt. 6. NEVER POINT A GUN AT ANYTHING YOU DO NOT WANT TO SHOOT: avoid all horseplay. 7. NEVER CLIMB A TREE OR FENCE OR JUMP A DITCH WITH A LOADED GUN; never pull a gun toward you by the muzzle. 8. NEVER SHOOT A BULLET AT A FLAT, HARD SURFACE OR WATER: at target practice be sure your backstop is ade quate. 9. STORE GUNS AND AMMUNITION SE PARATELY, beyond reach of children. Of course, the facts, figures and per centages of hunting accidents in North Caro lina ui 1965 are high, and no age group or experienced person is left out of this report. The next phase of hunting safety and firearm safety is to wear clothing that can be seen and not mistaken for something that it is not, such as the game that the other fellow is hunting. One motto says, "See and be seen, and make no mistake of what you see." Another place to be very cautious with firearms Is boats. Carrying loaded weapons in boats moving from one hunting area to another is very dangerous. Alcohol and gun powder make a very poor mix. Alcohol may cause us to see incorrectly One word to those parents who- have youngsters who like to hunt. Remember the State hunting license requirement re quires those persons under the age of 16 to carry their parents or guardians hunting license unless such parent or guardian is in the hunting party. This tells us that you trust your youngster with firearms. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission keeps a file on all hunting accidents. Our file is large enough, and we call on you to make this a safety season. With everyone's cooperation, this can be achieved. Yesterday's News Notes 1 Year Ago Joe Morrison comes back to Duplin County. Beulavllle Host to Fourth Duplin Agricultural Fair. Three Duplin 4-H'ers, Anth ony west brook. Anna Lee H awes and Stella Wells, Win awards. Flea Market In Warsaw Oc tober 14, IS and 16. 5 Years Ago E. A. Newton, rural mail carrier of Kenansvllle retires. Leslie J. Bell named dealer agent for fertilizer Company succeeding the late J. O. Stokes. Mrs. John Goodson, RFD, Mount Olive, to head heart fund drive. FHA announces new credit regulations. 10 Years Ago Whiskey raid nets 38 half gallons, 104 pints Illegal booze from Log Cabin area. Kenansvllle M ethodlst Church Homecoming Is held as Renovation completed. Deputy Murray Byrd hospi talized result of 2 in 1 wreck. Mrs. Mattle Bradshaw ho nored at a birthday dinner. 20 Years Ago Captain Beecher W. Sitterson gets discharge from Army. Mrs. J. P. Harmon employed at County Truant officer. Miss Ruth Taylor of Falson and John Ben Parks of Falson are married. SAY YOU SAW IT IN TIDE TIMES ? SENTINEL ma; mm mug By: Ruth Wells m/ J,'; Mrs. Geraldine Wray. mana ger of the new Dollar Store in Warsaw, says tney were de lighted with the reception the store had received in Warsaw. Sales must have been good as the clerks were busy replenish ing empty shelves Monday morning. ? ? ? ? Antique lovers, sometime in the near future some of the furnishings from the Kenan Home in Kenans vUle will be sold at puuuc auction. I snook in the other afternoon where some of the Committee were inventorlng the items to be sold. Some per fectly beautiful things will go on tiie block, watch our paper for 3 the date. You Just can't afford to miss this. Have vou seen the grounds Around the welfare Department and Agricultural Building? Quite an Improvement! A lltue paving, where mud was pre viously ankle deep, surely Is pleasing to the eye (as well as foot) ? * ? * A friend of mine has just returned from a trip to the mountains, she, too loves fall of the year, and all the things that go with it. She found some of the most colorful Indian com and ornamental gourds! I love the arrangements made with ' fall's materials. ? ? ? ? Now they have gone and start ed having wrecks In outer space. News reporters tell us that two sat allies bumped funders, or somethiiw of the kind, but no serious damage was done. Both continued in orbit. Refferson saw it. we comcur. CofomSL \ ?*AmmJ\aV\.ou?rit. onxft -^suutoitt a, fnamjt*i?r i tor ^hJL^ih^ thru JLa&kAs. Ks^| STATEMENT BY HONORABLE DAVID N. HENDERSON (D., N.C.), CHAIRMAN. SUBCOM MITTEE ON MANPOWER OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SER VICE. ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA - TTVES. "Bureau of the Budget Moves to Curb Rising Labor Costs." Mr. Speaker. The number of civilian em ployees on the Federal payroll has been rising each month for more than five years. In fact, the number Qf Federal employ ees in August this year was 12 percent larger than two years ago. Undoubtedly overtime in several departments and agen cies has also Increased sub stantially. These factors apparently have had much to do with re cent action by the Director of the Budget. Director Charles Schu ltze, within the last few weeks, has issued Instructions to the heads of executive departments and agencies directing that over time be reudced, that employ ment be held to the level of June 30,1966, and requesting all departments and agencies to improve the utilization of their manpower. Due to the conflict In Viet Nam, the Department of Defense and Selective Service System have been exempted from the overtime and celling limitations. It has been clearly estab lished, through the Manpower Subcommittee's public hear ings, Inspections at Government installations, and other means, that restrictions on the total number of civilian Federalem ployees have frequently re sulted in the use of combat trained military and/or contrac tor personnel to perform work of the type that has been ac complished historically and sue ! cessfully more economically by career civil service employees. The Director of the Bireau of the Budget has clearly In i Duplin Times Progress Sentinel Published Weekly by Progress Sentinel, Inc. Kenansville, N. C. Second Class Postage Paid at Kenansville, N. C. SUBSCRIPTION PRICES Single Copy ? 10c i In Duplin and Adjoining Counties 8 Mos.-Jl.81 1 Yr.?83.11 Outside Of Duplin and Adjoining Counties 6 Mos?82.32 l Yr.?S4.J4 ! Unci. N. C. Sales Tai) Outside North Carolina 1 A Duplin Counlv Journal de voted to the religious, mater ial, economic and agricultural WASHINGTON RIPOKT from Your CongroMman ^MVID N. HSNPBtSON dlcated that the useot contracts must not be used as a device to avoid compliance with civi lian ceilings. I want to takethls opportunity to concur in the Ad ministration's action. Red Cross Needs Funds Several weeks ago. Dr. Hugh M. Powell, chairman of the Duplin County Chapter of the American National Red Cross, In cooperation with Mr. W. S. Wells. Jr. erf Rose HOI. N. C. who Is chairman of the Special Emergency Disaster Fund for this chapter made an appeal for funds to help the Duplin County Chapter reach Its assigned goal of $659. As of this date wenave received donations amounting to $162.50. We wish to thank the following for their contribution; Z. J. Carter & Sons $25, Kra mer's Dept. store, $25, Ralph Or It on ins. Agency. $10. Con gressman David Henderson, $10 Dr. Charles Dearlng, $10, The Cooperative Savings, $10 and Johnson Cotton Co. $10, all of Wallace; also, I. J. Sandlln Co. Beulavllle, $10 and Gardner Ed wards of Beulavllle, $5. In ad dition to $7.50 from Dr. H. B. Kornegay of Calypso, $15 from R lchie Lanier, $10 from Mer ritt Watson and $10 from C. W. Surratt, Jr., the last three from Rose Hill. The need Is still very great, Any one wishing to add to this fund Is urged to send their checks In to Mrs. N. B. Boney, Executive Secretary of the Dup lln County Chapter, American Red Cross at Kenansvllle, N.C. I THE / Minister's | Desk j jBvs I). E. I' ark?*rsonj 1 U u r<*a w ( A certain man had been see big a psychiatrist, but he had not been giving him the right kind of answers to his ques nuns, iiic psycniairisi sua to him, "You are a rather indecisive person, aren't you?" And the man answered, "Well, yes and no." The trouble with most of us In life Is that we cannot make up our minds what we want to do and where we want to go. Indecision makes It difficult for us to set a proper course In life. Not knowing what we want to do we do not achieve very much. Those who have con trlnited vitally to the life of this world have been men and women who have had wisdom and forethought enough to de cide what their goals should be and then work toward those Football Contest Winners Winners in the fourth week of the football contest will have to go to the women folks. First place winner of ten dollars Is Harriett Watson of Warsaw. Se cond place winner of five dol lars goes to Ann Berger of Wallace. Watson missed only two games the Duke vs. Mary land and Syracuse vs Navy game. Nathan wily of Albert son missed only two games but failed to put points on entry blank. Berger missed three games and was closest with total points. East Carolina scored 40 points against Davidson for total high. Mark offerman of Wallace missed only two games but failed to add total points also. Offerman's entry was post marked too late for contest anyway. I Chittlin Switch trfj*" | ' DEAR MISTER EDITOR: Moat of the fellers at the coun try atore Saturday night was agreed that things in general waa gltting worse. Ed Doolittle more or leas took charge of the seaaion and when Ed glta wound up he don't leave much time fer the commercials Ed is the kind of feller that if you aak him what time it la hell set down and explain how you can build a eight-day clock. What got Ed started waa Zeke Grubb reporting be had saw two items in the papers that had got him shook up a bit One item announced the Guverament was spending $6,300,000 to turn a old hotel into a Job Core center fer 1,000 girls to study water skiing, makeup, dancing and gar dening and they was going to have a teaching staff of 330, or one teacher fer ever three girls. The second item, reported Zeke, was about the Guvernment set ting up $91,000 to teach 60 wim men in Gibson county. Tennes see, how to cook. Ed claimed that actual this was small change in the over all program agin poverty they was running in the Great So ciety. He reported, fer instant, that Senator James Pearson of Kansas had found out this new fangled office of Economic Op- J portunity had paid a private f company $87,000 just to compile , a catalog of the Guvernment j anti-poverty programs, and had give the same firm another $25,000 to print a comic book goals. Lingering In the valley of Indecision only makes a per son satisfied with the status i quo. He allows society to moulc his life rather than trying to mould society. A safe rule for every person to follow Is to be yourself; and be the best slef that you can be. Find your own talent and use It. Analyze your own abilities and devote tnem to a , cause - the best cause you can find. The results will be amaz ing. what I am trying to say is expressed In a poem by an anonymous author: "De sunflower ain't no daisy An' de melon ain't no rose; Why Is dev all so crazy to be Sumfin' else dat grows? aimed at promo tin* the Job Core. Senator Peanon, said Ed, had reported that they decided not to use the stuff and that the books was now {n a warehouse running up a storage charge of $129 a month. Clem Webster of the Great Society claimed the Gurernment was tightening up on them things and the situation would git better. Personal, Mister Edi tor, I dont put much faith in Clem's perdictions. He's what my preacher calls a optamist and I hare took note through the years that when Clem goes fishing, which is pritty regular, he always takes a frying pan with him. The last time I saw the pan It was practical new. But the storekeeper allowed as how maybe Clem was right, reported he had saw where the U.S. Department of Agriculture had announced that, as of Janu ary 1, 1987, soup companies would have to put 2 per cent ' chicken and 2 per cent turkey in the can afore they could label it "chicken" soup or "turkey" soup He told the fellers the soup companies had been fight ing this rule in the Federal court in New Jersey since 1964 and it probable cost the taxpay ers a million dollars fer lawyers but he was expecting a increase in his sales of canned chicken X>up when they started putting i little chicken in it. Yours truly ^ Uncle Pete. Jcs' stick to de place your planted An' do de bes' vo knows; De sunflower or ae daisy - De melon or de rose. Don't be what yo' ain't - Jes' be what yo' Is - If yo' am not what you' are Den yo' is not what yo' Is. If yo' is es' a 111' tadpole Don't try to be a frog; If you' Is de tall, Don't try to be de dawg. Pass de plate If you' can't Exhawt an' preach; If yo' Is es' a 111' pebble. Don't try to be de beach; When a man Is what he isn't Den he Isn't what he Is; An' as sure as I'se a-talkln' He's a-gwlne to get his. FARM MACHINERY AUCTION SALE Tuesday, Oct. 18th, 1966 10 A.M.*. 2 Miles South of i Goldsboro, N. C., r. _ ' PMHYfHjiM* on Highway 117 Terms ? Cash ? Not responsible in case of accident. PHONES ? OOLDSBORO, N. C. HUGH PATE ? 735-4797 DICK SMITH ? 735-0246 BUSINESS ? 734 4234 WAYNE IMPLEMENT I 'NC ? Dine Out Often I With The [ Entire Family At KING'S! 4^ Tke kMo will tort K! Tke M h awtrk Um tcrrlec A prompt. tfcr ibnwhtrt plraunt. Mdnl prion! # Air ftrilliwui ? Wo Color To Portico If IMf'C BARBECUE l\in>3 J RESTAURANT 4? K. NSW BUN ftOAD DIAL UMltt / . ??? 16 TRUCKS TO SERVE The Mount Olive and Duplin County Area. QUALITY - SERVICE - PRICE Phone 01.8-4321 Mount Olive. N. C , ~ { Griffins Baifaecue I I Goldsboro, N. C. I a Now Open For I |t Sunday Lunch j if Hours a > : From 8 A. M. to 2 P. M. f