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By Emily Klllefte f
Very often things in plain eight
are often unnoticed. An example is
the bell outside the Duplin County
courthouse.
Near the west entrance of the
Duplin County courthouse is a bell
which was used to toll for courts and
important meetings. The June 18,
1943 issue of DUPLIN TIMES carried
an article about the courthouse bell.
The article is reprinted below.
Duplin's Courthouse Bell Tolls On
The Duplin County courthouse bell
continues to toll for courts and other
important county doings though it no
longer hangs in the tree on the north
side of the courthouse, which was its
home for many years.
Recently the tree was found to be
%o badly decayed that it was not
thought safe. The bell, which weighs
211 pounds, was taken from the tree
and has been mounted on a standard
by the door on the north side of the
courthouse.
In the old Duplin County court
house, which was torn down in 1911
for the erection of the present
structure, there was a bell cupola, in
which a brass bell, which tolled out
calls to court for many years, was
hung. When the old courthouse
equipment was sold, the bell was
sold along with the other equipment
to a farmer somewhere in the county.
No plans were made for installing
a bell in the new courthouse but a
bell was purchased to hang at the
post office, to ring when the mail was
brought in. Gradually the use of this
bell was discontinued and the
county, in need of a bell, this bell
was brought to the courthouse and
hung in the tree, where it has served
its purpose for the past 15 or 20
years.
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Prior to the publication of the.
article about the courthouse bell, a
local citizen wrote a poem about the
historical trees in Kenansville. Helen
Helen H. Beems signed the poem
with her name and the comment,
"Who loves the' old trees in Kenans
ville." The poem appeared in the
March 18. 1943 issue of THE
DUPLIN TIMES and in later editions
several letters to the editor appeared
about the cutting of the pines near
Grove Church. Beems' poem is
reprinted as follows:
Tree* In Kenanavllle
If you're a tree in Kenansville
You'd better start a crying.
For the trees are a dying.
Their hearts are cut with axes
In the hands of men,
They are felled by people
Who can't make them grow again.
The cemetery is so stark
Where trees once stood it's bare,
The big pines lay upon the ground.
Doesn't anybody care?
The church grounds where the big
pines stood
Singing all the day
Of their chief beauty is denied
Since the trees were cut away
The trees that took so long to grow,
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Their days are without number.
But one short day and they will be
A little pile of lumber.
And man, with logic so perverse
That it might be called fanny
Doesn't realize that growing trees
Can't be replaced with money.
The beauty spots of Kenansville,
The lovely old pine trees
Will soon be lost forever more
There'll be none left for these,
O, tall pine trees, who one time held
Communion with the sky,
Because there's no protecting voice
It seems you all must die.
Alternate
Show Opens
j At The
iLiberty Cart
The Duplin Outdoor Drama
Jociety announces the opening of an
adaptation of A MIDSUMMER
filGHT'S DREAM on July 24 as the
1985 LIBERTY CART season alter
nate show at the William R. Kenan
Jr. Amphitheatre in Kenansville.
I A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S
DREAM is a classic comedy written
hundreds of years ago by William
Shakespeare. This adaptation of the
famous play shows for five consecu
tive Wednesday evenings beginning
July 24.
- "Shakespeare is one of the earliest
authors of outdoor drama," Director
pail Evans said. "Many of Skakes
peare's plays were performed in an
amphitheatre and it only seems
hatural to present the works of such
a great author as he had written
them.
t "Children and adults alike will
Cnjoy A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S fl
DREAM, " Gail said. "The play
involves elves and fairies in an '
adventure of romance and comedy.
And, like all tales involving fairies,
magic and mischief, the show gene
rates unlimited laughter!"
1 In addition to directing A MID
SUMMER NIGHT S DREAM. Gail is
the production stage manager of the
historical outdoor drama THE
LIBERTY CART. Gail has returned
to Kenansville for her second season
with the Duplin Outdoor Drama
Society. Last season she held two of
the leading female roles in the
production of THE LIBERTY CART.
She is a native of Virginia and a
theatre arts graduate of Virginia
Tech.
Join the Duplin Outdoor Drama
Society in its first production of a
timeless comedy by William Shakes
peare each Wednesday night thru
Aug. 21. Group and tour rates are
available for A MIDSUMMER
NIGHT'S DREAM. Additional infor
mation is available at THE LIBERTY
CART office. P.O. Box 470, Kenans
ville, N.C. 28349, or phone 296-0721.
Piano Tuning and Repair
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Technician
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Kenansvilie 296 0219
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