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Rapist Gets Gas' Chamber; September 25th Death Diate . Robert Hammer, a, negro, nauvn of Laurinburg, was sentenced' to die la. the gas chamber in Cental Pris on on September 25, by Judge "Hen ry L. Stevens, Tuesday, after a Du plin -Superior Court Jury returned a verdict of uflty of rape. Hammer was charged with tke rape ot Mrs. Virginia' Hatcher, 17, of Tin City, near Wallace, on March 29. The crime was committed short ly after Hammer escaped from a prison camp in Duplin County, where he was serving a 19-20 year term for attempted rape. . ,, - Mrs. Hatcher bad only been mar ried about seven months at the time of the crime and she lived with her husband on the .second floor of a tenant house on the farm of Henry Register. Mrs. Hatcher had been ' to the field about 400 yards from the house to carry water to her hus band who was there working, and on returning to the house had gone : to the bedroom. Hammer was hid ing in the .room and attacked Mrs. pa I':: i For Practically everyone is familiar with the fine program which has been carried on by the Boy Scouts ' ot America for the past forty-three years. , . This program has made a distinct contribution toward the civ- has been recognized by almost all ot our National .Leaders as a great factor in the training of our youth. . More than three million boys and men are now enrolled in this great Movement which provides a pro gram tor city boys and country boys of every race and creed. . Scouting Is a Volunteer Movement, the -success of which depends upon the thousands ot men, who give liber ally ot their time and talent to : serve in positions ot leadership. ' It receives no government subsidies, ' and makes no assessments upon' or- ganizations using the program. "' While Scouting is a huge organl- . lation throughout the United States, It does not actually operate a single Scouting Unit . The ' program ' of , Scouting is made available to chur ches, civic clubs, farm organizations and othfr" worthwhile groups to use as a taostValuable supplement 'to their own youth work. The avail ability of Scouting to such organ- lzations is' dependent upon a - func tioning Boy Scout Council in the area. Just what is such a Council? Your Local Boy Scout 'Council is an organization made up of youth minded men, chartered by the Na tional v Council of the Boy Scouts oi America, a is ui amy ox me Local Council to see that all boys in. a particular area have an equal opportunity to enjoy Scouting as is prescribed by Congressional Charter - and the National Constitution' of Local Council maintains a headH . quarters office in the territory serv- . . ed, and employs a clerical and Ex ecutive Staff. , .This office keeps a detailed record of membership and advancement for ; every Cub, Seoul and Explorer In the Council. It .also facilitates the registration process forv Scouting Units, and ( - maintains a direct contact between the volunteer Scouters and the Na- tional Office. Obviously, the main tenance of a staff of trained Ex , ecutives, the operation of a Council Office where volunteers cap go for help, . the keeping of records, and " the promotion of a good Scouting Program 'requires a lot of money. Scouting funds are raised through participation in Community Chests .or by independent finance cam paigns. ' An adequately supported . Council Budget is the only effective way to secure a good Scouting Pro- .gram. ' -'- c-..:.-. S- In addition to the services men tioned above, a Boy Scout Council : handles many other details. It must CONTINUED ON BACK Crash Minnie C"urtooi!sy of (f r Hatcher as she came In the door. Mrs. Hatcher testified that she fought off the Negro the best she could. : He picked up a pair of scis sors and threatened to kill her If she made an outcry During this interval, Mr. Hatoher, hearing some unusual noises from the field where he was working came to the house. The man was gone, but he found his wife In a highly nervous condition with numerous bruises. . ! The jury received the case for consideration at 4:1 pjn. Tuesday afternoon and returned a Verdict of guilty at 4:53 p.m, just a little over a half hour after retiring from the courtroom. Upon being asked, if any recommendation was made with the verdict, the Jury replied, "no", In making his charge to the Jury composed of 10 white men and-2 negroes, Judge Stevens , had told them, they could return one of five verdicts: rape, rape, with a recom - Coy Scant Council Dudget EAST CAROLINA FOLK FESTIVAL . Sept. 25-26 will be another big day in Duplin. Bascom Lamar Lunsf ord, the Minstrel of the Mountains who hails -from Turkey Creek, North Carolina, will again direct the second annual Eastern North Carolina Folk Festival. , : . The Festival this year will be held at the Grady High School instead of ' in Kenansville. The Grady P.T.A. is sponsoring the event , ? ; Mrl Lunsford says the dancing folks from Ashe ville will be down again as will the banjo pickin champ ion Joe Pegram. Remember- the 25-26. Watch next week's Times lor ment. ; iyjyfx';' Warsaw IlighiTifsersfO Friday lhl4ginst Ric!i!sid3t , "Ready ocaot, here we eome'Vj says Richlands ana the local xans hope that the '53 edition of the Tig ers is plenty ready to start this sea son off with a win when Richlands invades the. local field Friday night. Things should be very much of the football atmosphere around Warsaw Friday as there Will be a Pep Rally uptown at 2:15 J.m. with the entire student body , of Warsaw High School taking part and then from 6:15 to 7:30 'p.m. there will be a FlsH Dinner served at the School Lunch Room. - Anyone who has bought a season ticket from the Ro tary Club or either one of the Drug Stores in Warsaw will be. able to eat all the fish, hushpuppies, and Coffee they want for free but any one can getHhe same chance for a good meal for $1.00. The football team hopes to be able to climax all this activity with a victory over Richlands and they have looked very good In practice Since the first aches and bruises were ironed out. Of course the main trouble is still a severe shortage. of good substi- Fall Meeting Of Home Demonstration Clubs To Be Held Here Tuesday, Sept. 17 The Fall Meeting of the Duplin County Home Demonstration Coun ty Council: will be held in the Kenansville Masonic Lodge Build ing on Tuesday afternoon Septem ber 17, at 2:30 p.m. Mrs. J. B. Tor rans, Council President, will pre side.' .: , t . .:y--. , A special program to commemor ate Constitution Day which is Sep tember 17, is planned. Flannel- Pedrl'Ard Trc"p3 Dines on Dsrbcuo at 1 sure was handy T "inie Pt ui i c ! mendation of life imprisonment; as sault, with attempt to commit rape; assault on a female; or not guilty. Hammer sat alone at the defense table throughout the proceedings, and the defense counsel did not put the man on the witness stand. Chief witnesses for the prosecu tion were Mrs. Hatcher, her hus band and mother-in-law. - - Attorneys appearing for' Hammer were Russell J. Lanier and Norwood Boney, while District Solicitor Wal ter Britt . and Private Prosecutor Grady Mercer were attorneys for the State. : Following the verdict, Attorney Boney asked Judge Stevens to set aside the verdict of the Jury. This motion was denied. A ew minutes later, after Judge Stevens had pro nounced the death sentence, Mr. Boney filed with the court a notice of appeal of the decision to the North Carolina Supreme Court. a more detailed announce tutes"but the ilrst team looks like they .might be plenty tough this year and maybe the coaches night mares of broken bones and multiple casualties will not come true. The Tigers have good size with a line that averages around 173 pounds with the lightest man being W. C. Tew, L. E., at 155 and the heaviest being Hugh Mitchell, C. at 210 pounds so the weight is very well distributed. In the backfield there is both good size' and plenty of speed with a plus of driving power. The average weight of the backfield is 165 1-2 pounds with Gene Thomp son the lightest at 145 and Hughie Lewis the heaviest at 192 pounds. ' , - ' .... '--',.-'... Charles Braswell is brand new at the Q.B. slot and is only a Fresh man but has shown good possibilities in practice and Jesse- Henderson is new to the backfield as a nan dbck although he has been an outstand ing Varsity guard for the Tigers for the past two seasons and he has shown some real running power In practice to team with Hughie Lew graph speakers to take part on the program of "Our American en taee" wiU be. ' ' " ' ".- -Mrs. C. C Ivey, Sr, County Citiz- enshin Leader. . Mrs. A. B. Lanier, County Family Life Leader, and Mrs. C. L. Sloan, Incoming Citizenship Leader. Every club member is invited to attend this meeting. . ' I They were so grateful to the boys I wio Jnvs t-v to take advantage TY that t!ie s'-j Couple Handed Prison Term On arge Mrs. Anele-Luzton, 40, and Mr. Eddie Odermatt 38, were both hand ed 3 to 5 year prison terms by Judge - Henry L. Stevens -In Duplin Superior Court, yesterday, after they had plead guilty to charges of Per jury and Adultery. . The prison term was the sentence dictated' by the jurist on the Per jury count and the couple received a 12 months suspended sentence in Duplin County Jail on the Adultery charge. Mrs. Eddie Odermatt, a 30 year old telephone operator was en route back to New York with her father and her three children whom she had not seen in over a year until last Friday. Her husband and the woman he ran away with last year taking his three children from their mother were to be taken to Central Prison today to start serving their terms ot punishment. The couple was found -not guilty ot a third charge ot neglecting their child ren. :s u ,v Six children have been involved in the case, three of whom belong to Mrs. Luzton, and three belong ing to Mr. and Mrs. Odermatt. After yesterday's court t proceedings, the Luzton children were turned over to Sampson County Welfare Author ities for care by Judge Stevens. That Department has been caring tor the children since last Friday. The case was brought to light last week when Mrs. Odermatt, who traced her husband's car through the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles after more than a year ot fruitless search, utilizing the facilities ot the F.B.L and num erous 'New York State agencies. came to Duplin County and asked the belo ot county officials in get- 1 ting her-three childrenjyho, jsh 3Tsaid' disappeared with her husband and Mrs. Luzton a year ago. : v The perjury charge grew out of a case brought before Duplin Coun ty Court last Spring in which Od ermatt and Mrs. Luzton were charg ed with neglecting their children while living in Magnolia. - ai mat time they had sworn they were leg ally married and that all six of the children belonged to-the two of them. . Odermatt and Mrs. Lutzon were not represented by counsel yesterday as they bad been uname to secure the services of an attorney who would take the case, and the Court is not required to provide counsel except in capital offense cases. ,,'.;.'.'"' The case drew widespread atten tion through out this area and yes terday's proceedings were attended by a large crowd who almost mi' ed the Duplin Court Room to capa city. is who has the power of a runaway freight when he gets, going. -If Braswell and Henderson come up to the possibilities they have shown in practice the Tigers will have a very potent running attack because Hughie Lewis can be de pended on for those power drives through the line and Gene Thomp son can really turn ; on . he speed around those ends. ' The schedule of the Tigers is now complete and local fans will notice there has been a change in the date of the game against Smithfield. .The first two games which are against Richlands and Beulaville are both at home and then every other game will altern ate between being away and at home for the balance of the season. The now complete schedule is ; CONTINUED ON BASK Kenan Auditorium J taem." I ine' " I t j. al!y, the "Little Red Wa- 1 i - f it's two big loud ' ' t i a s'l-'"'! r- I - .....i.i.ui , IIWMIIIM1W..JMSSSMWWSS ' GRADY - OUTLAW REUNION Some of an estimated 200 persons gathered for above. ' It was the 23rd annual event for the two clans. , N C Farm BureiXu Back Bond Vote The North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation has thrown its full sup port behind the bond referendum for schools and mental hospitals, which will be held throughout the State on October 3. Executive Vice-President R. Flake Shaw of Greensboro, speaking on behalf of the organization's 71,000 farm families,' announced this week that the Farm Bureau plans to leave no stone unturned in the rural areas to obtain a record turnout at the polls in favor of the bond issue. The North Carolina General As sembly during its last session autho rized the election, which will give all citizens of the State an oppor tunity to vote on the issuance of $50 million in bonds for public Fish Dinners Warsaw School Friday llight, What miaht be called a "Season Ticket Sales Promotion Dinner" will h held at the . School Lunch Room on Friday night from 8:15 to 7:30 nreMdina the football game in which Warsaw meets Richlands in the season opener. This dinner win consist of all the fish you can eat along with .hushpuppies ana conee for $1.00 with the money to go to the High School Athletic Fund. Those who have bought season tickets from the members of the Warsaw Rotary Club or either of the ,Drug Stores in Warsaw will be admitted for Free to the fish dinner so this dinner is for sales promotion of the season tickets. These season tickets are to be ood for all home games of the Warsaw-Tigers in football, basket ball and baseball for this scnooi year and are going for the very reasonable Mice of $10.00. There will be six home games in football, about ten in basketbaU and about eight in baseball so these season tickets are really a bargain even If you are not interested in the promo tion of athletics at the local High School. The Warsaw Rotary Club Is do ing a fine job in promoting the sale of season tickets and the local Lion's Club Is buying a bus to transport the athletic teams which wiU be a big help to the long time problem of transportation at Warsaw High School. This interest, shown by these local Civic Clubs is the first shown in Warsaw in a long time and is most apprepiated by Principle Pat Harmon and Coaches Bill Taylor and Dick Kaleel. , . Yours truly says, "Bless" you gen tlemen" and it Is sincerely hoped that other local Clubs and fans too will follow the lead you have set All local fans who can should be uptown in Warsaw Friday after noon at about 2:15 p.m. when there will be a pre-game Pep Rally held with" the entire High School student body taking part The local football field will be the place to find all your friends and acquaintances on Friday night at 8:00 p.m. so be there folks. Men Of Church To Hold Supper Meet Pink Hill Members of .-The Presbyterian Men of the Church" in Rev. N. P. Farrier's charge at Pink Hill are be ing invited to a meeting at the church in Pink Hill Friday night September 11. Supper will be serv ed at 7:30 sharp. The speaker of the evening will be Dr. W. C. Me- bane of Wilmington, N. C. All men in this charge are invited and urged to attend Dr. H. A. Edwards is pre sident of the organization. Rcrcivaf Degree : .Mrs. J. H. Dotson received her A. B. Degree from Atlantic Christ ian College 'on Friday, August 21, l".' I.Trs. Dotson was employed s ' 1 t -- 't"'c"-"P-for six years school improvements and $22 million for mental hospital improvements. Shaw said the Farm Bureau is acting in accordance with its reso lutions concerning schools and rural health in rendering its support to the bond issue referendum. "Rural people recognize the need perhaps more than any other group for better school and hospital faci lities in our state. When we look at the outstanding work now being carried on in other states, we find that the people of North Carolina must also assume a greater respon sibility for improving these insti tutions," he declared. The Farm Bureau chief pointed out that the schools of the State are Crusade For Christ Opens Monday Night In Clinton; DR. HYMAN APPLEMAN 3rd Annual Boyelfe Reunion Held Hear Warsaw The 3rd annual reunion of the family of the late Hiram Shaw and Annie P. Woodward B o y e 1 1 e of Warsaw, Duplin County was held Sunday September 6th, 1953 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. u. W. eoyeiie, 3705 Market St., Wilmington, N. C. There were 64 members oi tnis family attending. Of the original family of ten child ren, there are seven living, they are Mrs. A. B. Cook, Clinton, N. c; Mrs. L. P. Kennedy, Raleigh, N. C; H. Spencer Boyette of Norfolk, Va.; Ernest W. Boyette, Kinston; Mosley G. Boyette ot Carthage, N. C; Mrs. G. F. Peterson, Brunswick, N. C. and C. Wiley Boyette of Wilmington aU these attending. Long tables were set up on the lawn under tall pine trees, where an abundance ot traditional food was enjoyed by alL After the picnic luncheon, an in teresting program was entered into. : Manly H. Cook of Asheville, N. C. was master of ceremonies, Mrs. L. P. Kennedy, was program chairman. M. G. Boyette delivered tne prin ciple talk ot the afternoon, follow ed by several short talks from mem bers ot the- family. ; ' ' There were several old fashioned - songs sung by tne group lea Dy Mrs. Betty Sue Morrison ot Nor folk, Va. The present officers were re-elected to serve another year. Manly H. Cook of Asheville, pres ident Mrs. George Dennis of Nor folk, Va, secretary; and Mrs. L. P. Kennedy ot Raleigh, corresponding secretary. r,: ' ivi -;'v .......... 1 .t;:.V 5 Are Inducted In September The following five young white men from Duplin filled the Septem ber draft .quota and -were' induct ed on Tuesday ot last week: Wil liam Franklin Brown, Rt 1, Chin quapin; James Waitus Cowan. Rt 2, Beulaville; James Owen Johnson, Kenansville; Lonnle Horace Miller, '. 1, T and Pex Randal 1 tef 'ah the Grady 7,783 classrooms short Ihis .fall, which makes it necessary lor 550,000 children to be crowded into inade quate or substandard classrooms. Shaw emphasized that the popu lation In North Carolina's mental hospitals' has increased from -8,300 patients- In 1945 to 11,300 in 1952. "Our facilities for taking .care of these patients ere far from adequate when we consider this 25 . per -cent increase," he added. NO special registration is required for voting 'in the school - hospital bond referendum on October 3. Citizens who have not .already .reg istered will have the opportunity of oing so on one of three Satur days ,- September 5, 12, or 16. Jew To Preach Dr. Hvman Anoleman, nationally known Jew Evangeilist will open the two weeks Crusade for Christ Mon day night September 14 in the Big Sampson Warehouse. Over 60 churches have joined in co-qperative Erts to sponsor this campaign. TVt thiee months com mittees oi over iuu peopie repies enting these churches have prayed, planned and worked lor this revival meeting. This is the first meeting on a large scale basis to be held in Clinton since Cyclone Mac was here some 80 years ago. The general chairman, J. C. Mit chell, pointed out that this town is extremely fortunate to secure this man of national reputation. Dr. Appleman, a former lawyer con verted in 1925, has preached in cam paigns in some of our largest cities as well as in other countries ana therefore is also known internation al!? as an evangelist. "This is the greatest spiritual opportunity that has ever come to this city," Mr. Mitchell added. The sermon subject for the first night is, "Think Fast America." This night is designated as all-church night and each church is making efforts to have a large percentage of its membership present. Also chartered buses will bring people from New Bern to this initial ser vice. A similar campaign was con ducted there this spring. On Tues day night Dr. Appleman will speak on "Fire Worshippers" and on Wed nesday "The World's Greatest Em ergency". Other special nights in clude Men's night on Thursday, Young People on Saturday, and Sunday School night on the second Monday. Dr. Appleman will also be heard over WRRZ each morning at 8:30. Transcriptions will be used up to the 14th and beginning Monday a live broadcast can be heard each of the campaign days. One half an hour before the ser vices each evening before the ser vices are scheduled to begin at 8:00 P.M. there will be prayer for the Juniors, Young People, and Adults. Dr. Appleman will lead the .adu. in the room behind the warehouse and Earl Davis, the song leader will lead the young people and choir members on the choir platform. Rev. Paul Mull, Chairman of the prayer committee, asks that every church be well represented in these groups on the first night. Seating arrangements have been made for 8008 people in the ware house and an additional 1000 chairs will be brought in for overflow crowds, announced Clarence Shipp, chairman of the housing committee. Felton Baggett, chairman of the ushers, will use a corp of 40 ushers from co-operating churches to seat the, people each night. Last Week's Highway Report ' Duplin experienced a rather quiet Labor Day week end with no fatal ities reported and only one or two wrecks. No one was seriously In jured in either wreck. JThe report for District "5",' August 31 through September 6 as given, by CpL Xu. Brooks ot Wallace is as follows: . Duplin Co.; Acc 2 K.-Q In. 2 Property Damage $400.00. . Sampson Co. Ace. 13, K, 3, In. 6 Property Damage, $5,065.00. ... Wayne Co., Acc. 5 K. In. i2 Property Damage $3,025.00. '. . . T.-f H rf .. , -!,-. A or. r K. - Outlaw reunion are shown (News-Argus Farm Photo). About 200 Attend Grady-Outlaw Meet (Left out last week) America's continued greatness dsx pends on the education of the mass es, Judge Paul Grady of Kenly told approximately 200 persons gather ed here Saturday for the 23rd an nual Grady-Outlaw reunion. Judge Grady, recently returned from a tour of Europe, cited the failure to educate the common man as one oi the chiel causes oi uw fall of great European empires. In Europe he said, A genius Born in a cabin was never auowea vno opportunity to develop that genius . . . while a dullard born in tie higher level of society enjoyed every advantage, notwithstanding that all efforts to make someuung of him was a total loss." Judge Grady declared: "The cap acity of every child is an American asset. He pointed out that unless; talents of each individual are e panded and developed, America) might travel the same road which) has lead to the downiaii oi i.uro--pean countries. At the close of the reunion, mem hprs of the Gradv-Outlaw clan vot ed to make Judge Henry Grady, and Albert Outlaw president and secre tary emeritus for life, respectively. Both have served in these position since the reunion was organized iO 1930. 14 -H'ers Take ?j Part In Poultry j Sale Here Fourteen farm boys and girls of Duplin County participated in th annual 4-H Club poultry show and sale at Kenansville, each club mem ber showing 12 choice pullets. Thsr event which attracted a large crowd of poultrymen, farmers and their wives, was hold in front of the Du plin County Agricultural isunainu As usual, it was sponsored by Seartf Roebuck and Company, who donat ed $100 as prize money. Last February, 4-H Club members participating were furnished Wltl 100 baby chicks each all New Hamp shires. Records of feeding hava been kept by the farm boys and girls and these were examined at , the show by the judges, C. J. Maupin and Thomas Morris, extension poul try specialists from North Carolina State College. Ten of the participants were awarded blue ribbons and $8 each as prizes. They are: Norris L. Mercer, -Pink Hill; Melvin F. Harper, Alb ertson; Eddie Ray Maready, Wallace" Elwood Thigpen, Pink Hill; Carole Fountain, Chinquapin; Polly James, Wallace; Bill Hill, Albertson; Dur ard Sholar, Wallace; Louie Jones, : Faison; Earl Henderson, Chinqua pin. , Four others were awarded red rib bons and, prizes of $5 each as fol lows: Donald Weeks, Faison; Jaker Dawson, Pink Hill; Glenda Thomas, Pink Hill; Bobby Raynor, Wallace, Al Howard, agricultural agent for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, acted as auctioneer and the sale netted an average of $2.48 for each pullet. Gospel Singers To Be In Wallace All plans and arrangements hav$ been completed to bring to Wallace High School two of the nation's; best Gospel Singing Quartets fron Atlanta, Ga. The Sunshine Boys Quartet and the Blue Ridge Quartet have trav- , . eled throughout the nation singing: Gospel songs, new and old, thrill ing the hearts ot its large audience everywhere they go. Plan now to attend this four hour Concert. Bring the whole family, ' Advance tickets will be on sale lit Wallace at the Wallace Drug Store, Richard's Esso Station, Western Auto Store : and Gowan'S Drug: Store. - .. '- :' i v -.r't'. The doors will open at 7:00 p.mV, for the program begins at 8:00. . Grady P.T.A, ' f The B. F. Grady P.TA. will mei t Monday Sept 14, 1953 at c ;,ht ' o'clock In the school auditorii -vi. Plans for the year wi'l 1 ' cussed followed by refi " the 1 'i rn i. 1, I.i. Hi. .rfy 1 .,...., ' i.f't).
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