h? wife and daughter help out. The layers eat 16 tons of , feed per week and are under contract to FCX of Wallace. . 'Anyone thinking of getting into the egg businens will need wound $4.50 to $5.00 per bird to build their bouses. r . my ? Mm _ *?umy F I^^^Hivrclluctlan ing for more than one-fourth industry and other benefit of production, wepe sufficient tremendously from the North to supply the needs of 2.2 Carolina egg industry. Feed million out-of-state con- used by the state's egg turners. i industry in 1978 amounted to The number of egge pro- 1.2 billion pounds (600.000 duced n1g< f Ion ire backerf up by t wo and Haninurstein" includa m m;t"uinsmr?re%rod. on. ?|Mt? F^J?Ttl*r ? a staged against ? background ingly beautiful "Toulttlex natures From the Walk Alone' from Can productions reprc set" : SfAtLi SJS H* .fil?? ?. id around an informal nanrstive 'wheel Sine Am om< I Refnoiftped Court house I " lS-EWlaited April 9 1 1 M BR The Duplin County Board crfCommissiooers announced Wednesday that the Criminal courtroom in the newly re owdeW courthouse will be re-dedicated on Monday April 9 at 10 a.m The Honorable Judge Henry L. Stevens. Ill will be the & p"wk The commissioners are planning Open House on Sunday. May 6th for the new jail and newly remodeled courthouse and annex addi Hon. The jail was completed at a cost of $690,500 The major part of the money to con struct the building was Federal Revenue Sharing in the amount of S540,891. fees paid SJ43.444 ana the county gknernl fund. $1,165. The new jail houses the Sheriff's department, central commu nications, emergency services (civil preparedness, ambulance and fire), magis trates office and jail facilities for 40 inmates. The construction and re modeling work on the court house is expected to cost $800,000. A major portion of Tax Deadline Extended RevenUewVffficials of the NX. Department of Revenue advise that all tax returns | required to he filed with the I department on April 15 will jbe accepted as timely- filed J returns if tley are filed no plater than Tuesday. April 17. * This is because April IS is on Sunday, and Easter Monday on April 16. Personnel will be available on Tuesday of each week I through April 17 and on the N 16 of April to assist in filing ate income and intangibles I- tax returns. f B| The KenansviHe office is ^^Bated on South Courthouse ^^?bare. and assistance is f available between the hours or. of 3:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. ?[ > G. HarofV Rosa, local ?revenue offirrr. requests at taxpayers bring the ?gre at addressed forms which were B mailed to them from Raleigh. ? Taxpayers filing their own ? returns, should mail those ? which indicate a refund tc ? N.C. Department of Reve ?Me. P.O. Box R. Raleigh, K NC 27634. Other completer ? returns should be mailed tc ( N.C. Dept. of Revenue, P.O. V Box 25000. Raleigh. NC I 27640 T*SBP"V; f this project is also federally funded under Local Public Worts in the amount of $603,000. The county general fund is expecting to have $191. I9f invested, and court facility fees. $5,808. The courthouse now ho?v? county- commissioners, manager, personnel, mail room, adult probation, board of elections, district attorney, criminal courtroom, clerk of court, register of deeds, arts council, tax supervisor. veteran service officer, tax 1 collector, housekeeping, civil J courtroom, juvenile court '1 counseling service, county ' accountant, law library and the criminal and civil judges' H chambers. Carolina Seniors To I Be At James Kenan 1 The Kenansvillc Jlycee* - I ?re pleased to announce that ; l the aenidrs from UNC's ACC I Champions will play at James Kenan Gym on April I 19th at ^30 p.m. The Tat hee la will be led by M Dudley Bradley. "The Sec- 1 retary of Defense." Bradley, m a 6 ft. b in. forward from 13 Edge wood. Md.. was the I winner of the Everett Case 1 award as the MVP in the . 1 ACC tournament. The other seniors off this M year's Carolina team are Ged 1 Doughton and Randy Weil, j Doughton. a fiery point i guard; was a valuable mem- -1 ber of this year's team. Hia J outside shooting was impor-lfl tant as he filled in as a j started for Dave Colescott. Jl Randy Weil, a native of the 1 island of Curacao, is a fine j athlete. He ran in the 100- :1 yard dash iir the Olympics "J the teaan will be composed of alumni 'bf UNC who have I played in the past.* The opponents for th^-M Tarheels will be s team ?supposed of area coaches sol) former players in the are*. Already committed to play are: Ray Respass (ex UNC star). Butch Budd (East Duplin). John Graham (ED). Williaai Frederick (ED). John Barrow (JK). Billy Byrd (JK). Fred Burroughs (W-RH, Stan Gelbhaar si._it OwHey Bradley ... 1 r..-. ???- - - I* k,. ?nd alvt tn?u?u in. fun for people to sec bow ' these coaches and players v stack up against these cur rent college stars. Tickets for tire game wiH be $2 for adults and (1 for children under 12. Proceeds will go to the Jaycee projests ? tibleiy kfhlctit Department. 'Ticker* ?aics will begin neat week. I ind distribution pistes in "M jaeh town wrtl be set up vH hen. Contact a Jaycee about ? his event (or more informs I ion. or watch your papct -'1 ictH week for an ,?? I .. %M 0* VUpiin i?a? n.v. I i fi 'J Duplinj retained its Urge i lead in Agricultural income ; over otlfcr North Carolina > counties fast year with total farm profuct sales of $207.1 , million. Recording to an ex I tension i service report > released last Monday. The total was a record for the coifpty, topping its previous record' by $23 mil lion. However, extension officials were quick to point out the increase over pre vious years came largely : from inflation. They i indicated inflation more than made up for the increase i from the previous record set in 1975. Weather conditions re duced marketings from the county in 1976 and 1977. Total agricultural sales were $164.5 million in 1976 and $157.4 million in 1977. Salqs of poultry and poultry products accounted for just over half the total for 1978. according to Snodie Wilson, agricultural extension agent in charge of poultry. Duplin has long been the leading poultry producing county of the state. In 1977, poultry sales brought $104 million to the county. Tobacco brought 534 mil lion qf the i?fc6 million acrfiliMf . JHl_ ^wlrf flans is 1978. Farmers sold 25.56 I million pounds of tobacco for 1 an average of SI .33 per Ib.'.^H according to Agricultural 1 Stabilization and Conserva- 9 tion Service records. Horticultural crops brought a 300% increase in 'jfl 1978 over 1977. Among hor ticultural crop returns for 1978 were $2.8 million for squash. $2.6 million for pep pcrs. S3.S million for greens. $2 million for sweet potatoes and $2.3 million for pickling and fresh market cucumbers. I Among other horticultural 1 crops produced were egg plants, green beans, blue- fjH berries and sweet corn. In the livestock area. Agri- M cultural Agent Robert Swain j reported swine brought * I M million, an increase of $6 | million over 1977, due ' en^^J ttrely to higher prices aa 11 fewer hogs were produced. Corn production ?a I valued at $11.7 million anllH soybean output at $5 million: J in IQ78 ' * V Hwy 24 Supporters 1 Meet In Clinton Supporters of the N. C. I Highway 24 improvement voted to incorporate under I the name of N. C. Highway I 24 Committee. Inc. at a meeting held in Clinton I Thursday night. 8 , Counties and towns jjj through which N.C. 24 extends from Cumberland to tee's efforts on the task of * Businesaes and industries desiring to be members can ana t_anerci ana is a mam artery between Fort Bragg. Camp lojeune and Cherry Point military bases. The committee is workint with Regions M and F Council of Governments which serve the counties ir obtaining socio-economk Statistics for the N,C. 2* corridor. This informntior will be used to prepare pre scntations at the N.C Department of Transports tion public hearings to b< held in May in a bid fa highway improvensen support ftom the W.C Department of transpor tation fv , % GUNSSTOIgFW $ A Wallace man reporter last Tuesday th,t M ? pre stolen ftMi ? '-q'jm