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ft ) -'..Tco Sections "'C 'lv fw. O 1' 14 Pages-, This' Week; Y a VOLUME XXUI. NO n A Ifzr teao&a f aifence, fJ6 Drivers icenco, fa vGfld in A one wek term of Sup. Court cMvenM here Monday with Judge t Bundjr of Greenville presiding. It u Ju'dgs: Bundy'f first court' in Kenanaville. The docket wai made cut for three day I. Court adjourn ed Wednesday night - until Friday ' when a fourth day of cases will be heard.'. , . - V - - Ot rnuch .Interest and yet not ' quite understood, - was the ease against Willis Themas Wolfe, charg ' ed with carelea and reckless driv ing, driving after drivers license was revoked and ' manslaughter. ' Rivers Johnson, Jr., was appointed " by the court to defend him. Through -bis attorney he plead nolo - con. i tendfe. Judge Bundy heard the evi- dence and. declared the defendant not guilty. There wai.no jury. The - evidence showed, it was reported outside court room, that the defen dant's car and one driven, by Jack Loftln of Mf. Olive hit head-on on - a Duplin road near Mt Olive. The Loftin car was knocked backwards v come 40 feet more or less, and the collision occured on Loftin's side of the road as he was driving in his right-of-way. The collision occurred at night Loftin's mother, an occu pant of Loftin's car, died a short ; time after the accident Wolfe was already under suspended sentence and was driving after his drivers license had been revoked. He ad mitted having drunk some beer du ring the day. 1 The following account of the wreck was carried in the Duplin Times on August 11th, 1955. MOUNT OLIVE. ' One person was fatally hurt and four others were injured two seriously, in an automobile accident at Iones Cha pel Saturday at 11 p.m. Mrs. Roberta English Loftin, 81, died an, hour after reaching Wayne ..Memorial Hospital, Goldsboro, Local olxperience Gelling w Y-.li A seavchingvparty of approximate ly 200 men invaded Goshen swamp, in the vicinity of Summerlin's Cross roads, last Thursday night, look ing for a high school student and his faithful dog lost in the swamp. pavid King, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry King of the Summerlin's Crossroads community, was found shortly before midnight after a searching party had penetrated deep into the swamp. One of the two dogs he had taken with him on the hunting trip remained at his ade. The other had returned home ear lier, touching1 off the man-hunt. When young King tailed to return home at dark but one of his dogs did, the search for the Kenanaville High school student began. Members of the searching party said that when he was found, young King was wet from "head to foot" end expressed doubt he would have rurvived through the night, had he not been found. The you'h suffer e from only . minor exposure and was well enough to play basketball the following night , ; King left his home alone, except for his two dogs, around 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon to go" hunting, but before leaving told his fam ily he would be home in tithe to at tend a meeting of the Mount Olive Woodmen of the World. When he - -had not shown up in time, the fam ily checked with friends' to see if he had stopped, at their home. Duplin Methodist Leaders Meet Sunday ! "-'''-'! Hfci.-:.--- a' Warsaw, nan aV' The Methodist v ministers and church school superintendents all over Duplin County will gather to gether at the Warsaw" Methodist ; i'V 'Church on Sunday afternoon, Jan f f vvt ? M tM p.m, fttia' group, of ', , leaders, known as the Board of Managers, will make plana for the Christian Workers , School: to be held for Christian workers from all (4, ', of the Methodist. Churshea over the " County; . .'.' . "' ' ' ;. -. This group it expected to select 4 rrses, make recommendations for f itmctors, select the place and date v A tb achool ,elet a chairman .jpf 7?rs$ m To MM ?P tJtinglFriday; A special sad very Important ' meeting of the : Warsaw- Ground Observer Corp. will be held Fri day Bight In the high school a dlteriom at t p.m.: .- .;-';.'.-13.'; '-i-.u-" The pBrpase oC the meeting la to at np a schedala for the rail time watch which win rin begin 1. State-wide on February .: Those Interested In serving the GOC, eaU BUI Beyetto jm Mrs. JNeU Askew. 4 J,JKEtfANSVILLE, Vmdi; One where all were taken by ambulance following the accident. A Chevrolet driven by W. W. (Jack) Loftin of Mount Olive and a Ford said to have been driven by Thomat. Wolfe of near here were the, vehicles involved. ... Riding with Loftin were his wife, and far. ttther, Mrs. Roberta Eng lish D -a, and EraW Bullock all of Mount OJUvei A o Wolfe wa said to have been alone, '''VA.'VV' v. ""'"'-"'' '-. Loftin's " mother succumbed to head and Internal Injuries. Her son suffered a broken leg, back in jury, severe cuts and bruises. His wife's left leg was broken in two places" and -she sustained a fa cial Injury cuta and bruises. Bullock's ankle Was fractured and his face badly, tut,',. vY'.'A Wolfe was not seriously hurt Duplin County patrolman, J. S. Briley investigated the accident, in which both .cars were demolished. There were no V , witnesses and those investigating said it was dif ficult to determine definitely the direction in which the cars were traveling or the actual cause of the wreck. Evidence indicated, however that Wolfe was, driving on the wrong side of the; road, the Highway Pa trol said. t,' .. And yet the court said he was rot guilty., . Other cases disposed of were: Harry Vann Smith, three charges of possession of tax paid whiskey for the purpose of sale. Plead guilty. Prayer for' Judgment continued to April term of court. Garland Relrnon Casteen, was sen. teneed to four. months on the roads on the charge of careless and reck less driving. Sentence was suspend ed on payment of $25.00 and cqst. (Continued On Back) list jlurtlihg After receiving negative replies from friends and after one of the two dogs returned home, the Mount Olive police were 'notified. They in turn, according to reports, noti fied the highway patrol; the Duplin county sheriff's department also was called in Men of the com munity volunteered to look for the youth; blood hounds were also called for but failed to track the boy, and members of the Wood men camp joined in the hunt Armed with flashlights and guns, the searching party penetrated deep into the swamp, firing rifles now and then to notify the boy of their, locations. Several drove cars as far as possible Into the swamp and it was a party in one of these that eventually located the youth; ' . v A group, comprized of Tom dar ner of Seven Springs! Elmer Swin- son. Jr.r Gerald Che; and George Smith, heard the leallzine he may i shouts, and too weak to and swam to walk to them, wadi the youth. After his rescue, Ki(ig was quoted as saying he tried to .get the other dog to go. borne butt that the. pet refused. i Mrs. King," mother of the young man, said her son wa beginning to show effects of his narrowing ex perience. She said his throat - was so sore Sunday he 'rould hardly speak, and that complete feeling had not yet returned to h(a legs because of the exposure. f . i .a -J' ti! "V- I ''"' ! " the Board of Managers, Dean of the school, and treasurer. v . : 'All Methodist! ministers and church school supts. of all Method ist Churches in th . Kenans ville tone are urged to be present .' Churches or charges covered in the Kenanaville zone are: Faison Circuit Warsaw Circuit, Pink Hill Circuit, Wallace, Rose Hill Charity, Kenanaville Circuit Sa recta Charge. B.F. Grady HD Club Has Meet The B. T. Grady Horn Demonstra. tion Club held its January meeting with Mrs. Fred Williams, Monday, January 9th at 3:00. The pew officers installed were: President, Mrs. Wll lard Westbrook; Vice . President, Mrs. Graham Teachey:'. Secretary. Mrs.. Lawson Williams; and Trea- nrer,, Mrs. William Sutton. . Mrs. Mae Splcer, ' Home Agent gave a talk on "How to Have Better Club, Meeting. (. The club, voted for each member to, bring a gift to the next meeting to be used by eld erly people in-a boarding home. 1o .The hosteas served refreshments the thirteen members present The next meeting will be with Mrs, Scott "Herring on Saturday nighty reoruary ta at t:w pjn. , - f P.fA 1 y NORTH CAROLINA, lulled; Said Duplin Red Cross Holds Annual Meet Report Funds Are Dangerously Low The Seml-Annual Meeting of the Ibled two years during that period Duplin County Chapter, American as our Fund Campaign, Manager. Red Cross' waa held at 7:30 on last I This was accepted by appropriate Tuesday night, January the 17, 1958 I remarks from Mr. Kramer, who sta in the Chapter Office here in Ken- ted that he was stepping back to ansviUe. . Chapter Chairman, Harry vice-chairman and would be sue E. Kramer of Wallace called the ceeded as chapter chairman by At- meeting to order and presided. After the reading of the minutes a report of the Treasurer was given by Paul Ingram of Kenanaville. He stated that the chapter only has a balance of $65.00 which was danger ously low and he did not know how the January and February bills were going to oe paia umess some "Advanced Gifts" could be se- cured before the 1956 Fund Cam-' nnlffn Drive actually becina on March the first Any Board mem- ber or anyone else interested in the progress of the Duplin County Chapter, -ARC.; may make a con tribution toour Treasurer as nam ed above or to the Execu'ive Sec retary, Mrs. N. B. Boney at any time in the near future. The Jr. Red Cross report showed nine white schools and ten Negroes enrolled during 1955. They sent in a total of $278.06 which is $89.15 better ' than they did in 1954. In addition to the cash donations, they filled end shipped overseas 59 gift boxes value at $1.00 per box. The Home Nursing chairman, Mrs. L. Summerlin reported three Home Nursing Classes during the past six months and a total of 52 certificates while the First Aid report showed that 34 certificates had been present ed since the annual meeting last June. Dr. IL W. Colwell of Wallace dis cussed Je, relationship, of, the Red Cross' with" Civil Defense' and ex pressed ' the ', hope that we some oay n the very near future would have at least one member of every Duplin Family trained in First Aid and Home Nursing so we would be better prepared in Time of Disaster. Mrs. Sam Newton told of the 8 gift boxes sent through this Chapter to men on the high seas who could not get.home for Christmas and the 50 gifts sent to Camp Lejeune to help bring Christmas cheer to the patients there in the U.S.N. Hospi tal. In addition to the gifts we sent 50 lbs of hard candy and 10 lbs. of nuts, -also numerous maga zines, pencils, comic books, play ing cards and other games. She ex pressed gratitude for the various or ganizations in- our county who con tributed these Kerns through our Community Services Project. Mrs. Boney gave a brief summary of the Home Service Statitstical re port for the past six months which phowed an average of 45 cases hand led per month. She also awarded a Five Year Service Pin to Mr. Kram. er who 'has been chapter chairman for five successive years and dou- Telepbhe Company Begins Rural Lines Kenansv Chapel; Beulaville-Lyman-Fpunfain Lines In Projects Telephone company construction forces are .scheduled- to -begin- work within the next two weeks on pro jects involving an estimated expen diture of some $17,000.. The projects will provide, telephone service to approximately SO rural applicants in two different sections of Duplin. This was. disclosed today by W. Y. Vanh, local manager for Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company, who stated that the telephone com pany expects to have service avail able to applicants in both areas by the first of March. The largest of the projects will involve construction of some 9 miles of new pole line out of the Beula ville exchange southeast to the Lyman and Fountain sections nt tw county. The Company expects to serve approximately 40 applicants in this area. In another section south of Ken anaville toward Chinquapin tele phone, company forces will build ap proximately two miles of new tele phone lines to serve 7 rural appli cants in that area. These new appli cants will be served out of the Ken anaville exchange' while the Lyman and Fountain applicants will be m Is Injii " Mrs. Mabel Watklns, of Warsaw, is in Duplin General Hospital where sne is receiving treatment xor broken ankle: - .h-'-'i . Mrs. Watkltts fell .when crossing the railroad- in- Warsaw Tuesday morning: 'The icy- weather condi tio nis attributed as the cause. - : The-ankle i broken in three'plao. ea. v She is employed at the Branch Bank and Trust Company in War- THUESDAY; JANUARY 26, Hot Guuiy torney Robert L. West of Warsaw who was not present' due to the fact that he was in Richmond but planned to take over as soon aa he returned to the county. J " Frank Hollowell, Field Represen tative, with headquarters in Golds boro was present and made some , ueipnu remans concerning our ' work and the coming Campaign. It was announced that our 195S goal was S54S5.00. I Attorney Russell Lanier of Beu- iaville, our current fund campaign manager was recognized as was County Agent, R E. Wilkins who will manage the Negro Division and they briefly discussed their plans in securing community chairmen to assist them and hope to circulate literature in the next few weeks. Beulaville Coach Resigns To Take State Job Allen Dale Bucklew, coach of Beulaville High School has resign ed effective January 31 to accept a position with the Safety Division of the North Carolina Department of .Motor- Vehlels.Hia work-will he in Wake County training school bus drivers and working with traf fic violators. He has been a coach in Eastern North Carolina for the past 7 years. His coaching football at Beulaville " nst ver and a half was highlighted by Benny Thigpen, the t.iit Beulaville boy making the all-eastern team, and his girls bas ket ball team holding current first place in the pounty. He also coach ed base ball. He has been active in the affairs of the community, who Join Prin cipal Ray Humphrey in regret at his resignation but wish him sue-1 cess in nis new Held oi occu pation. He received his A. B. Degree at Fairmont State, West Virginia and his M. A. at the University of West Virginia. His wife, the former Jean Davison of Clarkburg, West, Va., and child len, Allen, Stevie and Dianne will reside here until school is ended and then move to Wake County to make their home. . Mrs. Buck lew is one of the 8th grade teachers. served from the Beulaville ex change. These are one of many such pro jects undertaken by the telephone company to expand its service fa cilities to rural applicants in East ern North Carolina. Over one hun dred such projects are scheduled for completion during 1956. Negro Man's Girl Friend; Turns Out To Be Orgy Actor George Washington Farrior, Negro farmer of near Kenansville, was re leased from the Duplin General Hospital yesterday after having been a patient since early Sunday morning suffering with a severe knife wound in the back. According to Sheriff Miller,-George Washing ton was carried t& the hospital about two A.M. last Sunday with a deep wound in his back, allegedly cut by a Negro woman. Farrior, at the time, stated he did not know who cut him. Doctors said he was ap parently stabbed with a scout or hunting knife. The skin wound was not large but the blade penetrated deep, -fcarely missing the vertebrae and lung. The -inside .wound was large. --.-ia " Officers Were searching for the attacker but had no important leads other than suspicions. . Yesterday Miller admitted te Sheriff Miller that the person who stabbed iiim was Lena Mae Bright a Negro 'wo man who reportedly has been living with Miller -while his wife Is away. A warrant has been issued for her, charging her' with" assault' with deadly weapon, but she has not been apprehended,. Officers, talked with Lena Mae on Monday but the de nied any knowledge of the Affair. 'y:.'r'p:', J's --:'.'..'. 1956. Annual Methodist Church; Rev. Bradshaw Speaks V ' REV, R. W. BRADSHAW"?. The annual district conference Of the Goldeboro District of The Methodist Church will be held at Goshen Methodist Church in' Samp son County February 1 from 9:s0 a m. to 3:30 p.m., according to , an nouncement .by Rev. H. M. McLamb Superintendent of the District. Dr. Howard P. Powell, pastor of Edenton Street Methodist Church Raleigh, will preach the conference sermon as a feature of the pro gram of evangelism. Rev. J. V. Ear ly of Smithfield, district secretary of evangelism, will introduce the speaker and present the church's program on evangelism. Rev. R. W. Bradshaw, pastor of First Methodist Church of Wilson, chairman of the N. C. Conference Committee on the church's New Fi nancial Plan, will explain the plan to the conference. This will be fol lowed by a panel discussion of the plan, by A. C. Edwards of Hooker ton, District Lay Leader, and the associate leaders. J. D. Joyner of Farmvllle. Jesse--Sumner trf Wit- lard, Robert Rose of Goldsboro, and J. T. Douphtie of Clinton. Rev. L. C. Vereen of Farmville, district secretary of missions, will report on missions. Rev. T. A. Col lins of Raleigh, director of church extension in the N. C. Conference, will report on progress and plans In this field and Rev. A. F. McClung will tell about the new Grace Church in Clinton of which he is pastor. Christian education will be in charge of Rev. D. L. Fouts of Mt. Olive, district director of church school work. Sharing the program with him will be Rev. and Mrs, H. D. Minor of Faison, adults and children; Rev. W. H. Kirby of Fre mont, youth; and Dr. C. P. Morris of the conference office in Durham. Mrs. Shelton Boyd of Mt Olive will report on the Woman's Society of Christian Service. Rev. R. H. Lewis of Goldsboro will report on Hospitals and Homes. Rev. J. F. Coble, superintendent will speak of the Retirement Home in Dur ham and Rev. F. D. Hedden, superin tendent, will bring information a bout the Methodist Home for Chil dren in Raleigh. Dr. A. J. Hobbs of Goldsboro will discuss the N. C. Christian Advocate and present its new editor, Dr. R. P. Marshall of Greensboro for greet ings. Other speakers include Dr. D. E. Earnhardt of Clinton, temperance; J. D. Pike of Goldsboro, district trustees; and Rev. E: E. Whitley of Roseboro, Christian Cocation. Rev. N. L, Jones is pastor of Go shen and Keener churches which will be hosts to the conference. A free dinner will be served. Paul Grady Guest Gov. Stevenson Chicago, nil. 1211958 Paul D. Grady, Sr., of Kenly, N. C. was a guest of Governor Adlal Stev enson here today. Grady who' has been spending this week in Chica go on business was invited as a member of a group of business men representing every section of the nation to attend a conference with the Presidential Candidate and give to him their views on the agricul tural and general economic situa tion in the country, . Grady, the only southerner in the group, stress-' id the conditions peculiar to south ern agriculture and that of North Carolina in particular. He has been invited to appear before the Com mittee of Congress to give them the benefit of his observations- gained during his travels throughout the nation. : ; co:;5coke i RALEIGH The Motor Veoicles Department's summary ef traffic deaths through 10 ajn. Jan. 23,. I Killed this year: 68. i Killed to data last year: 67. t If safety is worth life, drive and walk carefully! ' I I SUBSCBIFTIOtr BATES: flM per few la Duplin a4 adjoinlnf Oaantic HN HtaUi this mm in K. C; IM wMd W. C. ' District Conference BY J. R. GRADY TOWN TAGS IS A MUST -Many motorists in Kenansville and other towns in the county have not purchased their 1956 town auto tags. These tags are just as neces sary as are state tags and the law requires every vehicle owner, car or truck, to purchase and display one on each. The law says dis play as well as purchase. To date less than 50 per cent of owners in Kenansville have purchased their tags. The deadline has been set for Feb. 15th. After that date a penalty will be added. The tag costs only $1.00 each. Incidentally your town tegs should be displayed on the front and State tags must be dis played on the rear. Take heed. SNOW, RAIN, SLEET Old mother nature just won't take Care of the chillunses In Du plin, it looks like. They read and see pictures of snow mans and the joy Yankee children get out of their sleighs and Just can't understand why here in Duplin they can't have the same fun. Why, they have not even had a chance for a good snowballin' or to make snow cream this year. Tuesday morning they awoke with glee seeing ice, sleet and frozen rain on the ground, and snow falling. Icycles were hanging from trees and houses and every thing was set just right for a win ter wonderland when old man Sol had to. come out and spoil it all. The weather man predicted snow for today but later changed his mind and said it might come Fri day. Here's hoping, for the child ren's sake, and many a grownup who doesn't like to stay grown-up all the. time, especially one or two rather stout ' persons we know in Kenansville. "Make me a child again, just for tonight." TO FLORIDA Norwood Boone left this week for Florida to retrieve two Duplin Negro men who have been jailed somewhere near Miami, Fla., at the request of the local sheriff's office for non-support. Their spouses say they vanished to Florida and are now living within two blocks of each other making a living by pick ing and eating oranges. They will be safely behind bars in Duplin short ly. FOUR MEN INDUCTED The following men from Duplin County were inducted into the Arm ed Forces on January 18. They were Lee Arthur Whitley, Route 2, Fai son; James Douglas Smith, Route 1, Seven Springs; Lloyd Franklin Andrews, Route 1, Chinquapin and Elwood Ray Lanier, Route 1, Chin quapin. A NEW LOOK School officials were happy this week to receive one of fifty new school buses allocated to North Carolina counties. The new bus, number 64, went to the Chinquapin school aid began its travels yes terday, f The new bus is a departure from the old types in power, size and safety. The general outside appear ance isf about the same as present buses except much longer and the cab is over the motor. It is made by the Eerley Thomas Car Works of High Point and cost about $6,000. The motor is a 255 horse power G. M.C. The old buses average 125 borsepower. Seating capacity is 72 with a maximum load of 90 as com pared! to 48 seating capacity with maximum of 60 on the old buses. All seats are leather upholstery with Steel frames. Inside color is greeny" and brown. Outside, orange. it nas nyaromatic transmission eli- mlnating gear shifting, as in mod ern autos. The windshield is much lsrger giving more and better vis ion. With the cab up front over the motor the driver has unobstructed vision around the front of the truck. The new bus is being driven by Elwood Lanie of Chinquapin. 5TH SUNDAY SUPPER The regular1 6th Sunday Fellow ship supper in Kenansville will not be held next Sunday. FSA OFFICE CHANGES Mr. George Sturgeon, local man ager of the Farm Security Adminis tration office is being transferred to another county due to the fact that Duplin County has been moved up to a higher ranking. He will be replaced bjj a Mr. Chaney. Mr. Stur geon says he regrets having to leave Kenansville. POLIO DANCE . There will be a dance at the American Legion Hut at Maxwell's Mill Saturday, January 28, 1856. This dance is sponsored " by ; the ' B. JP. Grady Home Demonstration Cliib, Admission will be 75c each. All pro ceeds will be given to the March of Dimes Polio Fund. , Mr. John Dave Grady, chairman of the Polio Fund Drive tor Albert son township urges all to attend tali dance. Briefs BY PAUL BAR WICK Reply to Mrs. Dora Betty Bell's law suit ' against Leroy Simmons has been filed in the office of Clerk of Superior Court, in Ken ansville. The reply was tiled Fri day morning. The answer of Leroy Simmons' to Mrs. Dora Betty Bell's law suit, is in the office of Clerk of Superior Court, in the Court House, in Kenans ville. . R. V. Wells, who has been Clerk of Super ior Court, in Duplin, for some 27 years, says it is no unusual thing for law yers to come to the office borrow documents to take with them to their office for study. The an swer of Simmons has not been done away with or permanently misplaced, according to reports, merely temporarilly out of file a short time Mon day A. M. It is not a strange twist to any miss ing records. In his reply, Simmons denies that the information initially appearing in the News and Observer issue of October 13, 1955, which he released is "false, defamatory, libelous, de rogatory, and slanderous." Mrs. Bell, who at the time the article was published was secre tary - treasurer of the Duplin Coun ty Farm Bureau, has filed suit ag ainst Simmons, president of the Duplin Farm Bureau, asking for $50,000 in compensatory and puni tive damages. The article brought to light Sim mon's alleged discovery that Farm Bureau records were missing from the office of Mrs. Bell, in the Agri culture Building. She is also Office Manager of the Duplin County ASC. Simmons states in his answer that "the defendant alleges that the plaintiff stated to him and to a com mittee consisting of Eugene Carl ton, Taft Herring and Arthur Whit field, and later to the same com mittee and to Ralph Miller, Sheriff Hugh Johnson, Lifelong Democrat Of Rose Hill, First To Announce For House Appointed By Governor To Succeed Carr Hugh ' S. Johnson, Jr., Rose Hill business man, became the county's first candidate to announce for public office in the campaign which will be decided in this spring's De mocratic primary when he issued his formal announcement today. Appointed by Governor Hodges to the legislature following Robert M. Carr's resignation last year, John son will seek election as Duplin County's representative in the state's General Assembly for a full new term Meanwhile, if a special session of the legislature is called prior to the general election next fall, consid ered probable by some because of the Supreme Court's school segre gation decree, ' Johnson will repre sent the county. . Johnson was an aviation cadet in the U. S. Naval Air Corps during World War H and was discharged after three years service as a Lieu tenant, J.G.). He is now a member Patrol To Begin Enforcing New Laws : Concerning Lighting Equipment krAulos Due to the number of persons in quiring about the changes in the laws regarding lighting equipment required on certain vehicles the Highway Patrol wishes to set out the following information: (a) On every bus or truck, this includes pick up trucks of all sizes, there shall be on the rear two 4 in. reflectors, one on each side, one stop light, also on tail light visible for a distance of 500 feet under nor. mal atmospheric conditions. (b) On every biw or truck 80 in ches or more in over all width, two clearance lights, one on each .side of the front, amber in color on the rear, two clearance lights one on each side red in color. On each side, two side marker lamps, one at or near the front end and one at or near the rear. On each side, two reflectors, one at or near the front and one at or near the rear. c) On every truck - tractor On he front- two clearance lamps one at each tide, , : j-' On the rear one stop light (d) On every, trailer, or semi trailer having a gross weight in ex cess of 3,000 pounds: u On the front two clearance lampsj one at eacn siae. t , . j v : . Or) each side, two marker "lamps on at or near the front and one at :or.nea the rear.t On each side, two reflectors, one at or near the front and one at or near the rear.' . . . . . , On this rear, two clearance lamps. one at each, tide, also two reflecton, atJULe Niiiiiiiiwimi PRICE TEN CENTS of Duplin County, that the Agricul ture Building in Kenansville,. Du plin County, had been broken into and a desk drawer broken open and y Farm Bureau records taken there from, and that on the night before the said breaking and entering, and the removal of the said records, she bad left in the said drawer $120.00 ASC money, which was- untouched. She further stated that she did not know how the entry to the building was made, and observed that it must have been by the means of a key. The defendant further alleges that the only information he has con cerning the breaking into' the said building, the breaking of the desk drawer and the stealing of the re cords therefrom, ' are statements made to him by the plaintiff, and 1 which wer erepeated to him in his presence on at least three different occasions." Simmons also says in his reply to the suit that "his visit to the said office was to ascertain.' why Home Demonstration Club mem bers hadn't been paid for their pre ceding year's work in the merhber ship drive, and why the attendance was so small at the kick-off meet ing.' The defendant alleges that he did not have any knowledge con cerning the Duplin Farm . Bureau records when he made the visit to the said office, at which time the plaintiff informed htm that the records were missing, and assigned the absence of the records as her reason for not making payment to the Home Demonstration Club , members who had participated in the previous year's membership drive." " Mrs. Bell, in her suit which was filed in the Clerk's office on Dec ember 5, says, that she "has suf fered great humiliation and mental anguish, -has experienced' I 'great nervous shock, causing her to be in capacitated and hospitalized for several weeks, causing her to incur medical bills to the sum of approxi mately $900.00 and her treatment at a hospital In Goldsboro for said nervous shock occasioned by the ertiele which was published. There is a possibility that the rase will be heard in February. Civil Superior Court to be held in Kenansville on February IS and February 20. ::.-., .'..- - Simmons has employed as attor ney Jesse Jones, of Kinston. ' Mrs. Bell has acquired as attorney Al bion Dunn, of Greenville. The two lawyers are among the outstanding attorneys in North Carolina.:. of the U. S. Naval Reserve. A past master of Rehoboth masonic lodge, he is also a member of the Ameri can Legion. He served recently as chairman of the county's TB Seal sales campaign. Born in Rose Hill, Johnson is a iife-long resident ef the county and h?: long been active in civic and political affairs. He served as a town commissioner at Rose Hill du ring the street paving, project of 1946-47, when many municipal im provements were made. He is a graduate of Rose Hill High School and he attended Oak Ridge Mili tary Academy and Mott's Business College in Wilmington before en tering the Naval Air Corps. - He and Mrs. Johnson, the former Evelyn Furr of Stanly County, are the parents of five children. A Presbyterian, Johnson has served the church as a deacon for fifteen years. A "Life Long Democrat" one at each side, and one stop light (e) On every pole trailer in ex cess of 3,000 pounds gross weight: On each side, one aide marker lamp and one clearance lamp which may be in combination, to show to the front side and rear. , On the rear of the pole trailer 1 or load, two reflectors, one at each side. (f) On every trailer, semitrailer oi pole trailer weighing 3,000 pounds gross or less:" , :,. On the rear, two reflectors, one on each side. If any trailer or semi ( Continued On Back) Kenans Contribute in A few days' ago Superintendent O. P. Johnson received two more checks from the Kenans to be ap plied towards final completion ot ' the Kenan Memorial : Auditorium. , Mr. wm. Rand Kenan, Jr., of Lock- -port N. Y. and Mrs. 'Jessie Kenan -Wise of Wilmington sent checks for $1,000 each to Mr. Johnson a few days ago. Mrs. Graham Kenan, their sister, .who has been contributing along with her brother and sister, is. reported ill at her home in Wil mington. Duplin is grateful to the Returns for their . generosity to wards the Auditorium and hospital. Cot Owen R Kenan has contribut ed $1,000 towards the hospital. l .V -. mm 1 fit s.i'-Y-.ftV'v . '- , '. ). - J J1 )