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America is NOT a sick society. Let us stop condemning our whole populace for the sins of a few. Let us stop this nonsense of self-reproach and self-ridicule and throw off the guilt complex which threatens to envelop our country. When we face adversities and tragedies, let us do so with resolute confidence, avoid Panic, and reserve Judgment until all the tacts are known. Historically. Americans are doers, not wor riers. No country has ever done, or is doing, more for its own underprivileged citizens ami for the unfortunate people of the world thai the United States. Our record speaks for Itself. We have no reason to be ashamed; indeed, we have muc h to be proud of. This is not to say that our society is Infallible and has no problems. We do make mis takes, and we do have many grea problems. But they are not insurmountable if we do not desnair. Some* of our difficulty today arises from the fact that too much attention is given to various dissident elements which have a lot of noisy energy but little purpose. Many of them are complaining about conditions which they helped to create. Now, they want our whole society to plead guilty to mass ineptness. This is ridiculous. A noted columnist, commenting recently on the guilt complex sweeping our country, said, "1 am tired of the hangdog American. . .. a guy who Uvea In the greatest country on earth md feels he has to qwlogize for his own existence The hangdog Americw Is in dwtger of losing die fierce indepen dence and self-price of his pioneering ancestors. He is not only capltulwing to his carping critlcs--he is becoming his own worst critic by doubting or distrubing his own obvious virtues: courage, ingenuity, loyalty, generosity, Idealism. That is die worst thing that can happen to any man?to loost faith in himself." To me, this makes sense. Courage, ability, and pride are hallmarks of success in any endeavor. A defeatist attitude is seldom as tociated with a winner or a leader. Am erica is a world leader in the cause of Jus tice, liberty, and the dignity of man. We have no reason to act or think as losers or second-rate citizens. It is time for Americans to shed their apologetic demeanor and stop belittling them selves. The hard-working, tax-paying, law abiding people of this country are responsible far its growth and development. They pro vide the strength and resources which move our country forward. They aspire to the goals, principals, and ideals which are meaningful to all people. It is wrong to malign and accuse this vast group every time a crisis develops. No, our society is NOT sick. But I suggest we check the pulse of the self-styled diagnosti cians who see a social malady from every soapbox. Liberty Hall The guest book at Liberty Hall holds a record of all the people who have toured the ho use sit)ce its opening on May 11th. Is your name there? It should be. Liberty Hall is a product of an era that history regards as the foundation of the nation we are today. Built in the early eighteen hundreds, it ex emplifies not only a trend in architecture and design; but also a way of life. Liberty Hall is not a house, but a home. Unlike many restor ation, it has an air of warmth about it. It is easy to pic ture real people living there people who loved life and li ved each day much as we our selves live. It is a home that holds numerous traces of mem bers of the Kenan family. Ar ticles that means so much to them are displayed to all who wish to see. How simple it is to see An nie Kenan play the piano which holds her music book! Vis ualize Emily Howard Kenan sc scratching the verse of poetry on the window pane with her diamond ring. Can't youpicture the mischiveous look on her face? And no one can over look the Kenan men. It seems as if they have just walked out of the Liberty door after a long political "discussion." Liberty Hal 1 belongs to you, the people of Duplin Co unty. It was restored not only to preserve the Kenan heri tage, but also to serve as an Inspiration to fellow citizens. Viewing Liberty Hall is a step towards understanding our own heritage. If you have not to ured Liberty Hall, pleasedoso. Wanda Brown, East Duplin High School?Class of 1968. > WUl enter University of No rth Carolina at Greensboro. been placed on roe and the st rain of other pressures that surrounded that office at the time my vacation began. I would like to quote you from a letter of recommendation that I received from Mr. Faison Mc Cowan, Duplin County A:coun tant, in which he states, "When we checked her records this year we found them In balance and In verv good condition. She is a capable person and does a very good job." It is my desire for Duplin County to nave the best govern ment possible. It is also my desire to see that everyone Is treated with all the respect that is due them, and I do feel that I was not being respec ted when I was asked to pry Into a grown. Intelligent man's affairs, even though that man is my son. I say to you, "Let's not hide from the taxpayers what is go ing in the offices that they have to support." Sincerely, Sincerely, Mrs. Ruth R. Westbrook EDIT OmMmr To The . Editor After giving much consider ation to the situation that has recently confronted me, I sin cerely feel it is my duty to inform the Citizens of Duplin County of what has taken pl ace concerning the termination ' of my employment in the Duplin County Tax Office. I began work as Duplin Co unty's Assistant Tax Collector, September 1962 and worked in that capacity until I began my annual vacation in July 1968. While on vacation I was infor med that John A. Johnson, Dup lin County Tax Collector, had met with the County Commis sioners concerning terminating my employment. Immediately,! began to investigate this and after talking with County Com missioner Emmett E. Kelly it was obvious to me that this was political, even though Mr. Johnson has given me no rea son or notice. The political pressure began last February when my son David T. Grigg, Jr. announced his intentions to file as a can didate for the Office of Regis ter of Deeds. At that time, Mr. Johnson called me in his office and wanted to know why David and I had not gone to nlm and discussed David's filing before he made a public announcement of his intention. He said "I do not see how you can stay in the Tax Office if your son runs for the Office of Register wwyg??jPipfy of Deedsr" t tBldhirathat my son was almost tS years via, that I did not tell him what to do ana if that was%what he wanted to do, I would not stand In his way. I didn't see what his filing had to do with me that I was not filing and I was not campaigning. The day mat David filed, Mr. Johnson approached me at ap proximately 5:45 PM and ask me "Why hadn't you told me that your son had filed." I told him that I didn't know he had, that I had not seen nor heard from him since I left home and at that time he had not filed. He again said that he didn't see how I ccutd stay in thai offlcd with my son running for office. I told Mr. Johnson, "I will not stand in his (David's) way and that you will have to do whatever you must do." Immediately, I contacted Co unty Commissioner Emmett ?E." Kelly and told him what had taken place. Mr. Kelly told me that he would contact Mr. Johnson and talk with himr Mr. Kelly said, "It would never do to let things get st irred up just before an elec tion." Mr. Kelly phoned me the following morning and told me he had talked with Mr. Jo hnson. I was allowed to stay on the job, since 1 was the bookkeeper, until the books were audited in July. However, before my vacation began, my husband and 1 had discussed my quitting work in the tax office because of the stress and str ain of the pressure that had I concur with your article entitled "Trees-Trees Hi-way Department to cut down one of Mr. Willie Brinson's trees in front of Ms house.? Mr. Willie came out and ad dressed the State Highway Em ployees with this Statement: Quote-"It takes God, Almighty, 50 years to grow a nice tree, and a dam fool 5 minutes to cut it down." Unquote. Thought you might like to use Mr. Willie's quotation. A.C. Holland 8-15-68 Putyour money where your boys are. Right Now. This very minute. The American Red Cross is the vital link between you and our service men in Vietnam and around the world... Support Our Servicemen ?the Red Cross does. us&li hulol Published as a public service in coop eration with The Advertising Council. _ TELL ME jm. WH&N OIP 1W* fiflLVCfrfOM , SSSS~ HOW LflR6g IS ft KAHOAKOO AT 01IMH? I "^noSSIw^.^ at# 1 PU WCH UOHGt I I I xss^lh^sss^jl we trust\\ AjbrOu/ ///OGoJtrt^^ ;f"'; . . *? if ?, ' ~ -40$*' * '?'? i ?"? 7 ?; .V- - ' ' ^.1'/ ?? -. ? Hurricanes watch and warning WATCH AND WARNING are key words in Weather Bureau bul letins concerning severe wea ther such as hurricanes and tornadoes. Knowledge of the di fference between the two can save you unnecessary worry and could save your lite. A HURRICANE OR TORN ADO WATCH means Just that. Watch for further developments. Be the latest Weather Bureau ad vice. A HURRICANE OR TORNADO WARNING means that a storm is imminent. If a Tornado War rning has been issued for your area, the storm has been spo tted and you may have only a matter of minutes to protect yourselfl If a Hurricane Wa rning has been issued for your area, the effects of the storm will be felt shortly. Hurricane warnings are seldom issued more than 24 hours in advance. HURRICANE ADVISORS WILL HELP YOU SAVE YOUR LIFE. . . BUT YOU MUST HELP. FOLLOW THESE SAFETY RULES DURING HURRICANE EMEPGENCIES! Enter each hurricane season prepared. Every June through November, recheck your supply of boards, tools, batteries, non perishable foods, and the other equipment you will need when a hurricane strikes your town. When your hear the first tr opical cyclone advisory, listen tor future messages; this will prepare you for a hurricane emergency well in advance of the Issuance of watches and warnings. When your area is covered by a hurricane watch, continue normal activities, but Stay tuned to radio or television for all ESSA Weather Bureau advisories. WHEN YOUR AREA RECEIVES A HURRICANE WARNING: Plan your time be fore the storm arrives and av oid the last minute hurry which ? might leave you marooned, or unprepared. Keep calm until the emergency has ended. Le ave low-flying areas that may be swept by high tides or st orm waves. Moor your boat securely before the storm ar rives, or evacuate It to a de signated safe area. When your boat is moorpd, leave it, and don't return once the wind and waves are up. Board up win dows or protect them with st orm shutters or tape. Daiger '^jeff'SatiStSblown away or Uprooted. (Tarba^e cans.gar den tdols, tflws, Signs, porch furniture, ana a number of other harmless It ems become missies of destruction in hur ricane winds. Anchor them sr store them Inside before the storm strikes. Store drinking water in clean bathtubs, jugs, bottles and cooking utensils; your town's water supply may be contaminated by flooding or damaged by hurricane floods. Check your battery-powered equipment. Your radio may be your only link with the world outside tne hurricane, and em ergency cooking facilities, lights, and flashlights will be essential if utilities are inter rupted. Keep your car fueled. Service stations may be inoperable for several days after the storm strikes, due to flooding or in terrupted electrical power. Stay at home, if it is sturdy and on high ground. If it is not, move to a designated shelter, and stay there until the storm is over. J Remain indoors during the hu rricane. Travel is extremely dangerous when winds and tides are whipping through your area. Moniter the storm's position through ESSA Weather Bureau advisories. BEWARE THE EYE OF THE HURRICANE-If the calm storm center passes directly over head. there will be a lull in the wind lasting from a few minutes to half an hour or more. Stay in a safe place unless em Well! Well! Wells!!! By: Ruth Writs My friend LIU Mae (Mrs. Lei and) Teachey brought me some of the most unusual and Interesting tomatoes They are sorta pear shape?or have a neck. They are non acid and are about half the size of our regular-tomatoes, and Mrs. Teachey says one of her for mer pastors, a Mr. Beal, bro ught these seed from the Holy Land, They seem.to be more WjfiUlk than our varies of to - ?;..<*? gnl I do feel sorry for people who no longer 'Tiave" Wth days. I've had quite a few, and do believe each one is ni ce r than the others. So, that ergency repairs are ateotutety necessary. But remember, at the other side of the eye, the winds rise very rapidly to hu rricane force, and come from the opposite direction. WH2N THE HURRICANE HAS PASSED: Seek neces sary medical care at Red Cross disaster stations or hospitals. Stay out of disaster areas. Un less you are qualified to help, your presence might hamper First-aid and rescue work. Drive carefully along debris filled streets. Roads may be undermined and may collapse unde r the weight of a car. Slides along cuts are also a hazard. Avoid loose or dan gling wires, and report them Immediately to your power company or the nearest law enforcement officer. Report br oken sewer and water mains to the water department. Pre vera fires. Lowered water pressure may make fire fight ling diffi cult. Check refrigerated lor spoilage if power nas been off' during the storm. Remember that hurricanes moving inland can cause se vere flooding. Stay away from river banks and streams. ESSA Weather Bureau bulletins and Mtements will keep you infor med on river flood stages. i year ago Roger L. Phillips joins BUI Boyette accounting Firm in Wa rsaw, N.C. James Sprunt Institute is un der new legislation and no lon ger connected with Wayne Tech. E.C. Thompson of Warsaw, retires after 39 1/3 years with Branch Banking and Trust Co. BeulavUle Free Will Bapti st Church is consecrated. s YEARS ago Smith sisters?Helen and Margaret Ann to be tried for assault with intent to kill and robbery of Mrs. Dora Waters. J.P. Harmon wins Ford St ation Wagon in Coca-Cola Sw eepstake. Mrs. Annie S. Muldrow of Florence, S.C and mother of dciiiitrille's Mayor, G?S. Mul ID YEARS AGO H.F. "Chub" Seawell Is guest I speaker for Grady -Outlaw re union. Carolina Telephone installs phone to 72 new subscribers along highway 11 and northeast of Kenansville. Miss Mary Elizabeth Packer is August 17 bride of Mr. Joe Kornegay in Warsaw. Mr. Albert McLendonofMont Rose, Calif, visited friends in Kenansville over the weekend. 20 YEARS AGO Warsaw Shoe Store is opened on Railroad Street in Warsaw by Mrs. Leatrlce Rivenbark. Faison Mw, Marvin Reece Bell, is found dead in New York Hotel. Parts of Duplin County inelu ding towns get1 ? DDT dusting J!! " prominent citizen of Surn Duplin Times Progress Sentinel Published Weekly bp Progress Sentinel, Inc. KensnsyUle, N. C. 28348 Second Class Postage Paid at Kenansvflle, N. C. subscription"pucrs Staple Copy Me ta DupMi sad AS) lulu I Mes. - |1J1 I Tr. - ?U1 OutaMe Of DusRu sod I Mas. ? ?M 1 Tr. - HM (tad. N. C. tatata) , SstrtH North Cardtaa ' i tlr, ?????? mj8 f; eeaoHOMMe lu? Ml uWclipnieit 9m LPSpuR U ?? - . " '-'WC'iStffcJ'5"fflSbiY' While them crmdldates^ran politlcs, the feller* at the coun try (tore Saturday night wee de bating the Imuee. far instant, Zeke Grubb come out strong at the opening of the session in fa vor of giving the vote to 14 year-olds. He said the situation was gitting desperate and we had to make a move to git the Guvernment out of the hands of the pollsters and television net Ed Doolittle was agreed with Zeke. said he had saw a survey where 64 per cent of the peo ple was in favor of letting 18 year-olds vote. He was of the opinion that if the young*uns took over they would elect their own President and would have to march and demonstrate agin theirselves. Farther-more, allow ed Ed. when they captured a university It would be like a farmer stealing his own chick-j ens. Clem Webster of the Great So ciety reported he had took note where President Johnson was in favor of letting the young*uns vote and he didn't like to be agin a decision of the President but it would be a little unsett ling to him fer the country to have ? bunch of 29 year old ex Presidents running around. Bug Hockum butted in to say being a little unsettled over matters didn't bother him no more, that he stayed a little un settled about everthing. Per in stant. right now he was un settled about his old lady not . -V , having any vegetable garden. Bur reported the vm "MwIm the could buy quick fro* items at the store cheaper than she raise "in in^ that they wasnt nobody working a garden now but city folks that was do ing it for the exercise ' . ' Id said he had been married 40 year and he had long, since ?_ quit gitting unsettled about Us old lady, but they was a heap of things that was keeping him a little off balance. Fer instant, he said we didnt reconize they was any such country ?u Bed China but he had saw where the Red Chinese would have th nuclear bomb by 1972 and it would be mighty unsettling to git blowed up by a country that ain't even there. Zeke allowed as bow if your jaw got swole up you better reconize you got a bad tooth and go see the dentist and he would- , nt be suprieed none if we H hadn't better put Red China on the map so's we'd know from which direction we was gitting blowed up. The fellers was about even de rided , Mister Editor, on recon izing Red China but they was all agreed it took a heap of jumping and dodging the* days to keep from going crazy. You can't git around the facts. Mister Editor, and a Washing ton column writer had the Ag gers to show the biggest TV advertiser in 1907 was a head ache remedy. Tears My (hdi Bete. The Minister s Desk By; 0. E Parkerson Fred Somebody, Thomas Everybody, Pete Anybody, and Joe Nobody were neighbors In the same community, but they were not like you and me. Any resemblance between their actions and ours would be pure ly co-Incidental. They were odd people and hard to under stand. The way they lived was a shame. All four of these men be longed to the same church, but you couldn't have enjoyed wor w3Tt9 visit Yds? relatives or friends. ANYBODY wanfcd to worship but was afraid SOME BODY wouldn't speak to him. So, NOBODY went to church. NOBODY was the only decent one of the four. NOBODY did one last week was the nicest yet. Each remember ance was sort of extra special including the life size "Scottle" dog on a card. Until last Friday afternoon, we sorta felt slighted about rain, but believe me we arc cacthing up fast. In an hour's time we had 4.8 Inches of rain. It was ope of those rains like Leslie Bell tells about, "All the big chips said to the little chips. Come on- lets go to Go shen". They went. And while we are here sw ' elterlng in the heat the County ? Commissioners and their fam ilies are attending a convention in Ashevllle. Lucky people! t 8 F armers are quite busy now finishing barning tobacco and getting, dry tobacco ready for market. Have heard of two or three farmers who are mar keting the! r tobacco so fast that they are bypassing the pack house completely. *** ***** the visitation. NOBODY worked on the church building when re pairs needed to be made. Once they needed a teacher for a young boy's class. EVERY BODY thought ANYBODY would do it; and SOMEBODY thought EVERYBODY would teach. Guess who finally did it? That's right ... NOBODY! It happened that a fifth neigh bor (who was not a Christian) came to live in the same neigh borhood among them. EVERY BODY thought SOMEBODY should invite film to church and to become a Christian ANY :JBQPYioeuidhave at least-made .An pffoDLi Bunguessnwho fi nally brought die man to church and .wen him to Christ? That's right...NOBODY| The church was not meeting its budget for the year. Build ing a new church structure bad certainly been expensive. ERYBODY and SOMEBODY thought that ANYBODY ought to tithe so that the church would not have to limp along with half support. But who was it that saved and sacrificed apd increased his giving? You guessed it again. It was... NOBODY! The attendance at the evening worship services and at the mid-week services at their church was sagging. Not nearly as many people came to those services as formerly?In the "good old days." EVERYBODY knew that he should attend these services. SOMEBODY felt that his presence would never be missed, since he -was just one individual. He stayed home, too, because in the back of his mind he knew ANYBODY might be there. As a result of this situation the number in at tendance at these services grew smaller and srrpller; The mi nister grew disheartened. He knew there was only one fellow who was always faithful and loyal. The Lord could count on him. His name was NOBODY! J* ? 34. ^refore P **Bg'* 38. Andes beast l** I m" : :?:^err LTrJBBC 44. Detail " 45. Copy 91. Either 51 Deal with 2- Jmtraaaol 48. Morning 53. Unable 58. Bird homee 26 psjordar 50. Nutriment 55. Consolation 36. Charmed DOW* M. Coin ijSL. IS ^^$5we$?
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