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 <n North Carolina ih tons).
just one week would be more Most commercial eggs
than enough to lay a row of produced f^rtH- Carolina
eggs end-to-end at the rate of are also processed in the
AtlanW to Los Angeled, Cat. ifSuslry paid approximator
Yel, far Heel layers work S6 million for cartons, cases
day and./right to lay down and other packaging mate
this large supply of high rials used during the year,
qualify food. - The cost of moving egga
The feed industry, from farm to processing
hatchery industry, equip- plant and on to retail food
merit manufacturers, trans- stores, restaurants, schools,
partation industry, packag- hospitals and other users
ing materials industry, drug amounted tp more than St
million in 1978.
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I
-d performs to b? found any- JOS Be rugt,<!g*r
st where. These six singer-ac- "Art' :; ?: K>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 <JSI>
si._it
OwHey Bradley ... 1
r..-. ???- - - I* k,. ?nd alvt t<i Hie James Kenan . ?
diiu vuu rwiiui ? ?i >n?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