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VOL. XXXXVNO #1 USPS 182-880 KENANSVILLE. NC 28348 DECEMBER 17, 1981 20 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
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County Board Agrees On
? Watershed Maintenance
The Duplin County Board
of Commissioners signed a
project and maintenance
agreement with the Soil
Conservation Service to
I maintain the first phase of
each of two small watershed
projects in the county after
construction has been com
pleted.
A Kenneth Futreal, district
^soil conservationist, said he
has been informed two of 25
watershed oroiects to be
started this fiscal year in the
nation will be in North Caro
lina and both of these will be
in Duplin County.
"We're just waiting for
them (the President) to sign
the budget in Washington
and we'll let invitations to
bid," he said.*
The projects are on Lime
stone Creek and Muddy
Creek in southeastern Duplin
County. The Limestone
Creek project involves 41,000
acres and Muddy Creek in
volves 31,000 acres of land
that frequently becomes
flooded or water-logged due
to drainage problems.
Phase 1 includes channel
t snagging and clearing on
about four miles of each
stream. Both streams flow
into the Northeast Cape Fear
River in the Hallsville-Beula
ville area.
The cost of the Limestone
portion of the project is
estimated at $68,700. The
Muddy Creek portion is esti
mated to cost $66,100.
Duplin County must pro
vide 19 percent of each
project, or a total of $25,612
of this phase's cost. Futreal
estimated the Phase 1 work
will require about four
months for completion from
the time contracts can be let.
He said that under the
agreement. Duplin agrees to
inspect and maintain the
project, clean the channels
after storms, repair wash
outs, etc.
Commissioners said they
didn't believe the cost would
reach 540,000 a year as the
county could use its own
equipment for such work.
Total cost of the two
projects is estimated at
S3.882,705. The county's
portion is estimated at
$896,205, of which S322.955
is the value of land rights
supplied by the county.
The two projects when
completed will include 45.4
miles of channel restoration
and 55.9 miles of channel
excavation. The projects also
entail an agreement by area
fanners to provide soil con
servation practices designed
to keep soil in place, thus
reducing channel sedimen
tation.
Duplin Farmer Tests
? Sprayer. For Chickens
A "chicken sprayer" to
remove lice and mites from
poultry and poultry houses
was tested in Rank Kor
negay's chicken houses in
Scotts Store area of Duplin
this past week.
The demonstration was
oart of an integrated pest
frjmanagement program (IPM)
for poultry and livestock,
according to Snodie Wilson,
county agricultural agent.
Built by North Carolina
State University's entomo
logy department for about
$750, the rig's pressure
drives sprw under the bird's
outside feathers to reach the
bisects.
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Duplin is one of two
counties in the pilot pro
gram. The other is Chatham,
Wilson said..
A pest management spe
cialist, Greg Burg, was hired
for the poultry and livestock
program in Duplin about two
years ago. Mites, lice, flies
and rodents, especially rats,
reduce production efficiency,
thus costing poultry people
money. ,
In the program, Wilson
pointed out, the agent moni- i
tors the degree of infestation
of the various pests in a flock
or house. He also attempts to I
show-farmers and integrators <
hoty to make their own^i
checks.
"The objective is to de
velop a threshold program
for spraying or not spray
ing," Wilson added. "Some
of our operators still believe
they should spray if they see
one mite," he observed,
noting that threshold level
means a point at which
treatment to eliminate a pest
would cost more or otherwise
do more harm than good.
"There've been a lot of
chemicals wasted," he
added.
Wilson noted few farmers
tave equipment that can
effectively treat their birds
for the various pests. The
program is being operated
with the cooperation of some
of the integraters (virtually
all broiler, hatching egg or
turkey flocks are owned by
the integrators who pay
farmers so much a bird, a
pound or dozen eggs for their
labor and capital investment
in buildings), Wilson noted.
Spray equipment, such as
that used last Thursday,
could be owned and operated
either by farmers or integra
tors, he said. Wilson said the
new program still does not
pay its way and may never be
able to stand'on its own as
the tobacco and soybean IPh4>
program now is doing in
some other counties.
Cable TV Firm Gets
Two-Week Extension
Univision Cable Television
Co. won a two-week exten
sion last week of its deadline
?for submitting a performance
bond to Duplin County be
fore receiving a franchise to
establish cable television
service to the unincorporated
areas of thf county.
The Duplin Board of Com
missioners granted the delay
at its regular meeting last
...rek. The new deadline will
?Oe Dec. 21. County Manager
Ralph Cottle said he had
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been informed the company
wanted the extension to give
it time to arrange financing.
The board has accepted
the Univision proposal of
three percent of its gross
proceeds from the unincor
porated areas of the county
in return for the franchise.
The towns of Beulaville,
Kenansville and Magnolia
have agreed to award fran
chises to the firm. Wallace
ard Rose Hill have given
tentative approval pending
receipt of performance
bonds. The firm will pay the
towns three percent of its
gross proceeds from their
areas.
The firm will provide 21
channels for the base fee of
$8.95 per month per cus
tomer. It will provide movie
channels for additional fees.
In other business, the
board approved resolutions
from several towns concern
ing use of the county build-1
ing inspection service.
The county building in
spection department will
provide Warsaw and
Kenansville with electrical
and insulation inspections. It
will provide Beulaville,
Faison, Greenevers,
Calypso. Teachey and Rose
Hill the full inspection ser
vices. In all cases, fees will
be charged for inspections.
The county accepted the
$8,615 bid of Phelps Ford of
Warsaw for a station wagon
to replace the compact ve
hiclp tntnllpH rpppntlv in 9
collision at Charity Cross
roads south of Kenansville.
The insurance company has
paid the county $6,310. The
county is attempting to col
lect additional damages for
two-way radios destroyed in
the collision.
The board approved trans
ferring $5,000 from the con
tingency fund to the rescue
vehicle repair fund.
Odell Raynor, county
forest ranger, retired this
month. District 8 Forester
Laird Davidson asked the
board to advertise for a new
ranger and supply him with
at least three names to
submit to the state forester in
Ra'eigh. Candidates will be
screened by the state per
sonnel office, which will
make the selection.
The board elected Calvin
Coolidge Turner chairman
for 1982. and D.J. Fussell
vice chairman. Alan Nether
cutt was chairman and Tur
ner vice chairman for 1981.
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Wallace Mayor
Warns Of Threats
To Municipalities
Following swearing in
9 ceremonies for new and re
elected town officials earlier,
Wallace Mayor Melvin
Cording declared towns must
mane tnemseives more at
tractive to potential residents
or die.
Cording was re-elected
mayor for a two-year term.
Also sworn into office as
town commissioners were
David Jordan, the first black
? to be elected to the town
board, and Luther Powell.
Jordan is assistant prin
cipal of the Wallace-Rose
Hill High School. Powell is a
retired Wallace Town Clerk.
The two replace Lloyd
Boone, who did not seek re
election, and Willie Biggs,
who was defeated in his bid
to retain a board seat.
Cording, commenting on
general urban problems,
Qfcaid, "Street lights and
paving are no longer enough
to keep people in town. They
are leaving the city limits to
escape double taxation. If we
'don't make towns more at
tractive to our people, the
towns will die."
He noted towns will face
increasing financial pressure
as federal grants are reduced
^ or eliminated. He noted an
W nrxation can add to towns'
tax bases, but annexation
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also can be costly as towns
must furnish the newly an
nexed areas with all muni
cipal services available to
other areas.
Cording said annexation
would cost Wallace $7 mil
lion to $10 million for water
and sewer lines, paving and
waste water treatment faci
lities. Annexation could
dilute minority voting
strength and bring the town
into conflict with the Voting
Rights Act, Cording added.
At the meeting, the board
also approved a second read
ing of a cable television
franchise that could lead to
granting of the franchise to
Rockfish Cable Television
Co.
The board earlier in the
fall had approved granting
the franchise to Univision
Cable Television Inc. of
Richlands, pending receipt of
a performance bond. Uni
vision has until Dec. 22 to
provide the bond. If it fails 'o
provide the bond by thai
date, the franchise will be
awarded to the Rockfish firm
if it meets all requirements.
The purchase of two police
cars from Bostic-Hawes Ford
of Wallace also was ap
proved.
ROSE HILL MAYOR AND TWO COMMIS
SIONERS SWORN IN Mayor Ben Harrell
and two commissioners, Clayton Herring Jr.
and Felton Rackley, were sworn in by
Magistrate Janice Johnson Tuesday night at
the town board meeting. Mayor Harrell
began his 14th year as mayor. He also
served several terms as a boaro.nember.
Clavton Herring Jr. has served on the board
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for the past 8 years and now begins his 3rd
term, heiton Kackley, a former board
member, who served from 1969 to 1975, was
also sworn in. Rackley replaces Jimmy
Robinson who did not seek re-election. Other
board members are Clarence Brown. Jerry
Cottle and Keith Hinson. Shown above, left
to right. Janice Johnson, Ben Harrell,
Clayton Herring Jr. and Felton Rackley
Quinn Named
To Board
Qf Trustees
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Milford Quinn of Warsaw
has been named to the
Campbell University of
Trustees. Quinn is president
of the Quinn Wholesale Co.
Inc. in Warsaw. A former
member of the board of
trustees, he is an alumnus of
Campbell.
Quinn is a member of the
Warsaw Rotary Gub and the
Duplin County Club, and has
served as chairman of the
Duplin County Development
Commission.
He is married 'to the
former Reba Sanderson and
they are members of the
First Baptist Church of
Warsaw, where he is a
deacon. They have four chil
dren: Terry, Craig, Robin
and Kim.
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MAGNOLIA OFFICERS - Pictured above on
the Magnolia board are Ruth Qninn. Hubert
Tucker. Billy Usher and Melvm iVj
Magnolia Seeks End
To Dispute Over Plant
While awaiting arbitration
on a disputed electric power
line extension, the Magnolia
Town Board has instructed
the town attorney to work out
an agreement with its con
tractor, So-Par Utilities Inc.
of Jacksonville, to complete
work on the town sewage
treatment plant and sewer
line project.
The dispute centers on
who should pay for a three
phase electrical power ser
vice to the new treatment
pl.ii_ Co$f of the three
phase line extension will be
$9,757. Carolina Power &
Light Co. has told the town a
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one-phase service could
serve the treatment plant
adequately. The contract
specifications called for
three-phase equipment.
The town wants to draw
the cost of the three-phase
service from the funds obli
gated to the contractor,
pending results the arbi
tration.
So-Par has stopped con
struction work because of the
dispute.
rh'e company coniend?- it
smmtd no* have to pay lor 'he
line extension. The town says
installation of the line was
included in the contract.
Town Attorney Garrett
Ludlum told the board that if
the arbitration judge finds
the town at fault, the board
should consider suing its
consulting engineering firm.
Town officials said that if
work is delayed until the
arbitration settlement, the
system is not expected to be
operative until next summer.
In other business at the
meeting last week. Hubert
Tucker. Ruth Quinn and Billy
Usher v. ere sworn in to foar
ye<U terms ? as tow* .-m
missioners. They succeed
Millard Williams, Charles
Bowman and B.R. Pope.
KENANSVILLE OFFICERS SWORN IN -
The Kcnansville officers were sworn in by
John Anderson Johnson, clerk of court. They
arc Zan Stepp. Carolyn Hall and Earl
Hatcher.
Woman Mayor Sworn In
Carolyn Hall became
Kenansville's first woman
mayor last week. She suc
ceeds Douglas Judge, who
did not seek re-election to the
post in November. Judge had
been mayor for nine years.
Mrs. Hall and her hus
band, John, own and operate
Whaley's Rest Home. They
are part-owners of the
Graham House Inn.
Earl Hatcher, who did hot
file for re-election to the town
board and then ran as a
write-in candidate and
became the top vote-getter in
the November election," also
was sworn in to a new term
1 as commissioner. He is part
owner of Kenansville Drug
Store.
Also sworn in as a town
commissioner was Zan
Stepp. He is employed as
Guilford East textile plant
near Kenansville.
The board voted to extend
the town water line about a
mile along N.C. 11 north of
Kenansville. The cost is esti
mated at $18,000 with most
of the expense to be caused
by putting the line under
_Dove Creek. T.A. Loving Co
of Goldsboro is the con
tractor.
Commissioner Betty Long
voted against the extension.
Voting for it were. Hatcher,
Jimmy Johnson, Robert
Kennell and Stepp. Mrs.
Long said she voted against
tl\e extension because of the
cost and because only one
customer had signed up
along the projected line.
Town employees will re
ceive $75 this month as a
Christmas bonus. Depart
ment heads will receive $100,
according to Board action.
The low bid of Central
Builders of Rocky Mount for
$19,300 to build two tennis
courts in the municipal park
was accepted.
All bids for fencing for the
tennis courts were rejected
as being too high in the
board's opinion. The board
decided to ask for new bids
for fencing and also for
lighting for the courts.
The board agreed to delay
the deadline for receipt of
performance bids for the
cable television franchise at
the request of Gail Bailey of
Univision Cable Television
Co. of Richlands.
The board appointed Emil
Coggins to the town Alco
holic Beverage Control Board
for a term expiring in No
vember. 1983. It also ap
pointed Bennie Prince as
ABC board chairman for a
term expiring yi 1984.
Charged With Murder
Pearlie Lee Hall, 56, of
Rose Hill, was charged with
murder in the shooting death
of Ruby Glaspie Hall, 38, of
Route 1, Magnolia. The
charges were filed Saturday,
Dec. 12.
Duplin County Sheriff's
Deputy Alfred Basden stated
the shooting took place about
11 a.m. Saturday morning on
the "Harveytown Road"
State Road #1739. "The
couple was not married,
though I was told they were
staying together." Basden
said. "They left home about
4 a.m. Saturday morning.
They had been drinking.
Ruby Hall got out of the car
and began walking along the
road.
Pearlie Lee Hall allegedly
shot her over the right eye
with a 30.06 rifle. He drove
the car down the road and
wrecked about three-fourths
of a mile from Dobson
Chapel.
Hall is being held without
privilege of bond in the
Kenansville jail.
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