Construction began Monday on Ken wis vllle's
ABC Store located on highway 24 west. The
architecture will be colonial and will have
paved customer parking In front and on both
sides of the store. The 135,000. building
Is expected to be occupied by early December
of this year. (Photo by Ruth Wells.)
Construction Begins On ABC Store
Construction began Monday,
August 26 on the new home for
Kenansville's ABC store,
Francis Oakley, chairman of
the Duplin County Alcoholic Be
verage Board, said they hoped
to occupy the $25,000. building
bf ealy Decemteratditajear.
. Tbe store will be located on
highway 94 in the triangle be
tween highways 24 arufll.
ki keeping with the restor
ation plans Tor Kenansvllle (be
Colonial type structure will have
a porch complete with white col
umns. The 32 x 55 foot build
ing will be veneered with colo
nial brock and will have paved
parkins in front and on both
sides of die building.
Chairman Oakley said the re
cent financial statement for the
fiscal year ending June 30,1968
showed total sales of $135,299.35.
This is an increase of $15,112.
over the previous year and
shows a net profit for the town
of $12,450.
Of the proceeds derived from
the store the town of Kenans
vllle receives 55^ of die pro
fits. Five percent of this is
earmarked for law enforcement.
The county receives the rema
ining 45 percent with ten per
cent of their funds designated
for drain age purposes..
To date the funds.hatve not;
been divided as the law allows
the store to retain the funds
unitl they acquire a good oper
ating capital.
Sales are expected to incre
ase In the new location as much
as 20 to 25 percent.
Other members of the Ken wis -
ville ABC board are Stakes
Westbrook Ahdjiypld Jones.
Commissioners Meet- -
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Duplin t County Commission
ers met in a brief session he
re Monday and declared L4?r
Day, September 2, 1968 a holi
for all county employees, j
" In further action the y appoln
ted VJ?. Craft and Hi. Steve
ns III special tax attorneys to
collect back taxes due In Dup
lin County.
Youth Killed In Poo Room
A "billiards" game in the
Juniper section of Rl. 2, Falson
was ended Monday afternoon wi
th a fatal shot, not from a cue
stick but from a 25 Colt Auto
matic.
Micheal Derrel Stevens, 15,
colored male of Rt. 2, Faison
was pronounced dead on arrival
at Sampson Memorial Hospital.
Charles Edward Bell, 28 colo
red male is being held in Dup
lin County jail without bond aw
aiting coroners Inquest.
The shooting occured about 5:16
Monday afternoon at the Stardust
Grill on Rt. 2, Faison.
Bell is operator of the grill
which also contains a pool tar
ble. He was alledgedly enga
ged in a pool game witn young
Stevens when he produced the
automatic pistol aid shot Ste
vens In the right temple.
"The small bullet probably
would not have killed Stevens,
said Deputy Sheriff Glenn Jer
ri Igor who is Investigating, "had
It not hit so vital a spot.'
The Stevens youth lived with
his grandmother, Mrs. Geneve
Stevens on Rt. 2, Falson.
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Warsaw Will
Have Beer
Warsaw voters, 439 strong,
turned out Saturday to vote for
the sale of beer ana wine.
The referendum carried in a
more than 8 to 1 vote with only
47 dissenting votes cast.
Ten years ago a similar ref
erendum was voted down with
about the same majority*as vo
ted for the beer sales 'In Sa
turdays voting.
Warsaw has had an ABC st
ore since November 1965.
Offices To Observe
Lebor Dsy
All county offices in the Co
unty Seat will be closed Mon
day September 2 in tbe ob
servance of Labor Day. Other
businesses that have notified th?
Times Office of thelriiloslnj
are: Coastal Froductiap Cre
dit Association; Federal Crop
Insurance; Farmers Home Ad
ministration; Booths Insurance
Office and Jones' Cafe, The
A & P Store In Warsaw will
also be closed.
Deputy Thigpen
Home
Sheriff T. Elwood Revelle
said that Deputy Rodney Thig
pen returned to his home Mon
day afternoon after being hos
pitalized fo r some time at Wa
yne Memorial Hospital. Thig
pen is reported doing fine and
should be back at work in the
not too distant future.
SMtli Reunion^.
Dessendents of the late Trent
Gorton and Lena Hardy Smith
will hold their annual reunion
at the Barbecue Lodge, on Hi
ghway 70, near Kinston, Sunday
September 8th, at 12 o'clock
noon. A Dutch Luncheon will
be served.
Uirtf* Hfll. evi ef Mr. and Mra. Buck HOI, In from of
their Tour Wk curing tobacco bama. Dwight la removing
the cured weed from the barn aid placing ft In aheets, re
auy for market, x obacco cured In these barns has proved
very acceptable to buyers and often brings a cent or two
more per pound. (Photo by Ruth Wells.)
Bulk Curers Ease Labor Shortage
The Buck Hill's. of Ik. I.
Mt. Olive may have found the
answer to the preaent labor
shortage that la harassing roost
tobacco farmers In this area.
Prior to the barnlng season
thia year, they purchased rod
installed four bulk curing barns.
Those bans are located side
^ rod are connected with
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Dwight HOI. their only sen,
Assists his psrents In their
firming operations. They tend
16 acres of tobacco and rent
out the remainder of their 23
acre allotment. They also tend
80 acres of soybeans, and 130
acres of corn. They soil bmk
the oilier 130 acres of their
corn allotment Other farming
operations include livestock.
more specifically hoes aid ch
ickens. They have nouses to
accommodate 41,000 broilers.
Mr. Hill has tried other type
curing barns which did not pr
ove satisfactory.
Nine persons, which includes
two truck drivers, have har
vested the fifteen acres of to
bacco. This includes 4 crop
pers in the field, and three
persons at the barn. A bam
can be filled by this crew In
5 to 51/5 hours.
The green tobacco Is placed
in th e racks and because of
the weight of the uncured pro
duct, a winch Is used to place
the rack In the barn. Each ra
ck contains as much tobacco
Wallace Tobacco Market hears the chant of the auctioneer
Monday as he s?ig dollars in the pockets of farmers. The
golden weed's first days sale averaged about $70 per hundred
with strong buying demand.
Prices Good On ?astern Belt Opening
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Tobacco markets In 17 eastern
towns which compose the Eas
tern North Carolina Belt, opened
Monday morning August 26. The
belt-wide estimated average of
sales was about $70 per nun
dred pounds.
Sales through the eastern belt
were on a five hour basis
with a four day selling week
set for the first week of sales.
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Hie offerings were termed
" an excellent crop of smo
king tobacco", with harvesting
in this particular area virtually
completed.
In an overall picture of the
belt, sales receipts by the Flue
Cured Stabilization were
estimated at 8 to 10 per cent
of the gross sales.
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On all markets, buyer parti
cipation was very good, quality
was thought to be better than
last year and farmers generally
were very well pleased.
Most warehousemen are book
ing space in an effort to pro
vide an even flow of the leaf
from farm to auction floors.
Some warehouses are allocating
space to their "regular" cus
tomers on a weekly basis, the
amount of space reserved being
determined by their poundage al
lotment.
Untied or loose leaf will be
price supported throughout the
entire season and virtually all
offerings on opening day were
of the untied variety.
Stolen Tires
Recovered
six young white men from the
Beulaville area and a 15 year
old F ayettevllle youth are
, under bond for appearance in
the September 12th term of Ge
neral County Court. They were
charged with larceny.
They were given a hearing
Saturday before Beulaville's
magistrate Gordon Muldrow.
Deputy Sheriff Alfred Basden
said the Beulaville men invol
ved were : Bronnie Futrell
17. of Rt 1; William Wade. 25
and his brother Glenn, 19 both
of Rt. 2; James Futrell, 19,
Rt 2; and Donald Lewis Tyn
dall, 25, Rt 2, Also invol
ved were Adrian Norris 21,
Rt. 2, Pink Hill and Cleve
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Phillips Heads "Democrats for Gardner"
Gubernatorial candidate Jim
Gardner announced today the
appointment of Hubert Phillips
as Chairman of the "Democ
rats for Jim Gardner" in Du
plin County.
Mr. Phillips was born in
Warsaw, North Carolina, and -
is married to the former Vi
olet te Draper Kornegay. They
have three sons. He gradu
ated from Warsaw High School
and received an L.L.B. from
Wake Forest College. He se
rved in the Navy and U.S. Ar
my during World War II. The
family attends Johnson Baptist
Church in Warsaw, and Mr.
Phillips is presently servingon
the Board of Deacons as Ch
airman, was Sunday School Su
perintendent for several years,
and taught Adult Sunday School
Class over a period of 25 ve
ars. He is a Mason at St.
John's Lodge # 13, and works
for the betterment of his com
munity. He has been practic
ing law in the Town of Ken
ans vllle for 30 years. Mr. Ph
illips' political activities inclu
ded serving as Judge of the
General County Court of Dup
lin County for 10 years; At
torney for Duplin County for 4
years; Attorney for the Bo
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Tobacco Burns On
? Way To Market
Two unusual fires have des
troyed tobacco on the way to
market recently.
Kenansville firemen were
called upon Monday afternoon
to extinguish the freak fire here.
Mr. Alton Newton, farmer and
retired mall carrier, had a
pickup truck loaded with an
estimated 2,000 pounds of to
bacco, in sheets, presumably
on the way to market. As he
traveled highway 24 south near
the Presbyterian Church the to
bacco caught fire.
Dan Fussell, Jr. local con
tractor, traveling in back of
Mr. Newton saw the fire and
blew his horn in vain, in an
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National Spinning Contributes To College
National Spinning Company,
one of Duplin County's major
industries, has pledged $10,000,
to Mt. Olive College.
Mr. Freddie Bell, general
manager oT the Warsaw plar
of National Spinning presente
a 15,000 check to Mr. E.C.
Thompson for the college. Mr.
Thompson is Warsaw chairman
of the college finance commit
tee. The check today was pre
sented in behalf of the Natio
nal Spinning Company, and alike
amount will be presented
in 1969.
A three year campaign was
launched in January of this
year to raise one million dol
lars for the development of
the college. National Spinning's
gift boosts to 130,000. in cash
or pledges received by the ins
titution since the campaign
began.
Duplin has the second lar
gest enrollment of students at
the college with 36 students
each year or 10 percent of die
entire enrollment.
Mr. W. Burkette Raper is
? resident of the College which
i a fully accredited two-year
liberal arts college.
Dr. Hervy Komegay, a nati
ve of Duplin County, is pre
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Mr. Freddie Bell second from left, general
manner Of National Spinning presents a check
to Mr. E.C. Thompson. The check is die
first half of a $10,000.00 pledge to Mount
Olive College. Looking on are Pres. B.P.
Raper left aid Dr. Hervy Kornegay President
of Mount Olive College Area Foundation.
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