J v
J
fvi This 7c2k;
KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1957.
8m8CRirnON RATES: 13& per war in Daplbi and djainliif
Cwutteas KM nWi thli area in N. C: S5.M raMd N. C '
PRICE TEN CENTS
flffifitoini
Vs
x3 i
, J . . ,
: VOLUME XXIV NO, 11. ' . t
.wSi',:,;' ii i i ' ii . i " ' 1 il ' . 1 1 " 1
Suited
Noil
Uatse
Flood Disaster irisurancenProgram
Go Into Operation Soon, Says Barden
(Special to the Times) From
the oflce of Congreawaaii Graham
A, Barden. . : . , ,
Much of the maze of uncertainty
shrouding the new federal flood
disaster insurance program was
cleared atfay at ' recent meeting
held in Washington between North
Carolina Members of Congress and
Frank J. MeistrelL who will ad
minister, the program tmer the
Housing and Home Finance Agency.
Interest of the Tar, Heel legisla
tors in the, program was evidenced j
by the fact that 11 of the 12 House I
members attended the meeting, at
which, .North Carolina Insurance
Commissioner Charles Gold was
also present. Senators Sam J. Er- :
vin and W. Kerr Scott and Repre
sentatives Cart T Durham were
tied up in committee hearings, but
were represented at the flood In
surance meeting by their adminis
trative aides.
Most of the questions propound-'
ed by the Congressmen came .from
Representatives Herbert C Bonner,
Graham A. Barden and Alton A.
Lennon, whose districts along the
eastern shore have suffered repeat
ed, severe hurricane onslaughts in
recent years, causing widespread
property carnage as a result of ac
companying high tides and torren
tial windrdriven rains.
lit response to a question from
Bonner, Meistrell assured the group
that the program will be ready to
go into operation "by late spring or
early summer,' He said he expfcts
to have policies ready for signa
ture within 30 days after Congress
approves funds to cover adminis
trative costs. The agency is asking
for $100)00,000 lor this purpose,
Meistrell stated. '
The dlrector sald the rate struct
ure for policies has not yet been
perfected, but that his office, in
Mmsultation with private insurance
competes, hasattemjpted to eva
ftfttei exposure-' wiU reaii'ot to the
types of buildings as weu as loca
tion. "Piers, wharve and amuse
ment places right cm the beach
! would carry a higher rate," he said.
Barden and Lennon nrgea tnat a
'uniform rate' be adopted initially
in order to get the program under
lay as soon as possible.
fj'I don't think we should wait for
' perfect etp, insisted -Barderi.
The insurance program should be
put Into opreatlon as soon as pos
sible. Lennon maintained that to work
,- out a rate pattern all over the coun
try would 'delay the program about
a yeas..' He expressed disappoint
ment that the insurance Is not a
. vallable this spring. As a result of
severe hurricane damage to recent
i years,. he said, people in this dis
trict who wouldlike to build along
the coast are finding it difficult to
.- obtain conventional insurance from
private companies and 'can't bor
" row a cent from lending agencies.'
Barden expressed grave concern
' about the zoning provision of the
, Congressional Act authorizing the
insurance piogram. In order for its
citizens to participate in the pro
gram, all states are required to d
opt zoning regulations. Bardn said
the zoning responsibility should be
left entirely-in the hands of the
state and local- communities.
.The federal government should
not project itself into the zoning
business,' the Congressman assert-
ed. 'Zoning is a problem peculiar
. to local communities and states and
" I think they should be given author.
a ity to develop their own zoning re
gulations.' Meistrell agreed that the entire zon-
( Continued on Back Pare)
ID 110 MM
GIRL SCOUTING
' ; ' Most parents are concerned about what and how
- ' .. uiuui uicu uwuicuiciuu
; can't read as well as the youngsters next door, Mother
5 v and Dad want to know the'
' . And they worry, too, about what their children do
after school- what their friends are like how they use
" their free time: , -
. The Girl Scout organization, this week qbserving its
t 45th anniversary,: offers reassurance and tangible help
' , - -to worried parents. In Scouting; more than two mil
! i lion girls from 7 to 17 are learning in their free time to
- take care of home, to be
- j, people, to be good sports,
. , ' good citizens. "...
Lumped together, Girl Scout activities add up'to
" ' f ' character building. It's character building in terms that
i - Tom sawyer would nave
1 ' ,,and adventure.
, trirl scouting exists nere and in other communities
, " because many parents are concerned about what their
children do : after school" hours. .Women volunteer to
serve as troop leaders. These are the people who trans-J
late character building and
merit and adventure children lovd.
TI ey are making good
, i f -aiiy affair. ,;.
Frank Thomas
Prominent Warsaw
Citizen Dies
J:
tu
FRANK THOMAS
Frank Thomas, age 60, prominent
Warsaw citizen died in the Veter
ans Hospital in Fayetteville last
night about ' B:00 o'clock. He has
been seriously ill 'with a kidney
ailment for ' the past six months.
During this time he has been a pa
tient in Watts 'Hospital in Durham
and the Goldsboro Hospital.
Funeral- services will be held
from the Warsaw Presbyterian
Church by his pastor,, Rev. Norman
Flowers, assisted 'by Rev. Herbert
Bakert of the "Warsaw Baptist
Church', Fsiday fternoo at 3:00
o'clock; Interment will be in Pine
crest cemetery in Warsaw. Masonic
rites '.will be held at the grave. - - 1
" He is survived by his widow, the
former Annam Lee Best; one son,
franklin Thomas, Jr. of Gaston
ia; one daughter, Mrs. L. M. Lan
caster of Rocky Mount; one half
sister, Mrs. Minnie Williamson' of
Winston Salem;' one brother, 'Mark
H. Thomas of Raleigh and two
grandchildren. ---
He was a member of the Presby
terian church, Mason, veteran of
World War one, magistrate, electri
cian and former member of the
Warsaw Town Board. He was very
active in American; Legion work
having served in every office of the
Chas E. Gavin Post of- Warsaw.
Frank was very popular among
everyone in Warsaw and was well
known throughout the county.
Gets 30 Days
Rohrt Freeman, Wallace Negro,
was Jailed in Wallace Sunday and
brought to the county jail here
Monday. He was tried before. Jus
tice C. C. Hester on charges of
simple assault, to wit beating his
wife; and given 30 days on the
roads. He was immediately car
ried to the prison camp here. Hes
ter issued a detainer tor him on
his release on a charge of assault,
having hit Liston Boykin with his
fists and threatening to kill him.
He will be tried on this charge as
soon as he completes the present
sentence;..; ,..., . . - :
A Family Affair
ill suiuui. u uaiic ui aiuuiiv
reason.
healthy, to get along with
and most important, to be
- . .
understood and enoyed tun
J r
citizenship into the excite-
citize
p as well as Girl
Briefs
BREAKS AOI
Little Gloria Edwards of Mag
nolia, daughter of Mrs. Norman Ed
wards is in the local hospital with
a broken left arm. She was return
ing, home from school there and fell
on the railroa track. Little Gloria
is seven years jna.
NEW ARRIVALS AT HOSPITAL
Baby boy Page, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Carlyle Page of Petersburg,
Va. and Chinquapin, Born March
H.
-Baby girl Southerland (colored)
daughter of Matthews Southerland
of Magnolia,' Born' March 8.
; Why are our obstetric cases going
to other hospitals. Duplin General
is as cheap as any. The baby and
mother have expert care. There is
always an emergency bed waiting.
Operative and sick patients are
coming more and more to the Du
plin General In fact February is
cbe best month the hospital nas bad.
Not the first patient yet is to leave
the hospital dissatisfied. In facl
most who have been to other hos
pitals comment that they get bet
ter service and better food here
than at other hosDitals. Dunlin
General is nearer to Duplin families
than any other hospital. You fath
ers of expectant mothers are help
ing pay for this hospital, why not
patronize it? Tell your doctor you
prefer the Duplin General. If you
have not been in it you have a real
treat "coming. Pay the hospital a
visit and ask to be shown over it.
Ask any patient who has been
there.
DETAINER SENT
'Freeman Miller, Jr., Negro, now
pulling time on the roads, will be
tried'' for -giving worthless checks
as soon' as his time runs ou1A de
tainer has been Issued for him, by
Justice of the Peace C. C. Hester.
INJURED IN FIGHT
It has been reported that Roose
velt Miller (Negro was in a fight
Saturday night and suffered multi
ple contussions and lacerations of
the lip and face. He was treated in
the-local hospital. It is reported a
large crowd was together near Ke
nansville and no one seems to know
who hit Miller. No arrests have
been made.
IN DUKE HOSPITAL
Mr. Hehry Middleton of near
Warsaw, proprietor of Middleton's
Nursery, was carried to Duke Hos
pital on an ambulance yesterday.
On Tuesday night he suffered a se
vere heart attack.
PATIENTS AT DUPLIN GENERAL
Among the patients at the Duplin
General Hospital Wednesday night
were: Mrs. Alice Sloan, Fountain
town; Mrs. Florence Currie, Joe
Wallace (Joe probably went home
today), Mrs. Doris Wilkerson, Mrs.
Luna Cavenaugh Lee, Martha
Stanford Monk (colored) and Ju
lian Sanderson, Kenansville; Ro
bert William Futrell, Wallace; Mrs.
Wilfred Tyson Harrell and Mrs.
Naomi Brock, Rose Hill; Mrs. Rosa
Banks Jackson, Kinstoh; H. G. Mer
ritt and William Newkirk (colored),
Warsaw; Miss Glennie Miller, Jo
seph Guy Thomas and Mrs. Golonda
Thigpen, Beulaville; Mrs. Bettie
Stonestreet, Jacksonville; James
Thomas Summerlin, Rt. 1, Kenans
ville and William Yancey Taylor,
Rt. 2, Mt. Olive; Gloria Edwards,
Magnoia. '
Two Students Break
Legs While Playing
Basket Ball
Two Duplin County high school
students are patients in the local
hospital suffering from broken legs
from playing basketball.
J. K. Thomas, Jr., age 17, of Beu
laville was brought to the hospital
Tuendav with a fractured right leg.
The leg was injured Just above the
ankle. In addition to a bone frac
ture many of the ligaments were
torn loose. He is in the 11th grade.
J. K. was practicing basketball in
the school at lunch time when he
slipped and fell while running. He
had been playing only three weeks.
He suffered a break in the same leg
at the same )pc4f five months ago
while "playing football v
Billie Branch (colored), age 18,
junior in the Kenansville colored
high school, suffered broken left
ankle Monday afternoon while
playing basket ball In the school
gym. He and two other boys were
jumping to retrieve the ball when
he was hit and knocked down. He
is from the Garner's Chapel neigh'
borhood
' VALUE OF IRRIGATION i"
; Experience has shown that irri
gation will increase the Income
from an acre of tobacco by M much
as 200. j. ,
The students of Mount Olive Junior College dedicated the 1957
edition of their yearbook, Olive Leaves, to the Reverend J. C. Moye,
Sr., Snow Hill, North Carolina, in recognition of his deep interest
in the College. The Reverend Mr. Moye recently made the largest
gift in the history of the College in the form of a trust fund for the
library. Doe to Illness Mr. Moye was unable to attend the dedica
tion service at the College, but Miss Hilda Boykin of Wilson, editor
of the yearbook, made the presentation to Mir. Moye in his home.
Looking on are Mrs. Moye and W. Burkette Raper, president of the
College.
Asheboro, Ramseur, Hot Springs
Win Top Tiner Carolina' Award
Asheboro, Rammv Hot Springs I Twenty-five other towns in North
Achohnrn Ramseur and Hot and. South Carolina share cash pri-
Springs -have
been named first
place winners -in the loB 'tlner
Carolina' contest sponsored by Ca
rolina Power and Light Company.
Scrapbooks submitted to the jud
ges reflect a gratifying urge for
civ ic improvements,' commented
Louis V. Sutton, president of Ca
rolina Power and Light Company.
'Because we feel that our contest
has played some part in stimulatinp
this competitive spirit for local
betterment, we are now sponsoring
the 'Finer Carolina' contest for the
sixth season.'
For Asheboro this is the fourth
consecutive win. It is t,he third 'Fi
ner Carolina' honor for Ramseur,
which was first last year, and sec
ond the year before.
For Hot Springs, a community of
800 in Madison County, the first
prize is its first. Hot Springs won
by establishing a 13-room medical
clinic and procuring a practicing
physician, the community's first in
several years.
These three towns will receive s
$1,000 cash prizes each for outstand
ing community development and
improvement during the past year.
Revival Set Rose
Hill Baptists
Rose Hill Baptist Revival ser
vices will be held March 18 through
24 with Reverend, Shields Webb,
pastor of Starling AvenueBaptist
Church. Martinsville, Virginia, as"
the guest preacher. The services
will be conducted Monday through
Sunday evenings at 7:30 o'clock and
Tuesday through Saturday morn
ings at 8:00 o'clock. Music will be
by the church choir with the pas
tor, Rev. Julian Motley, directing
both the choir and the congrega
tional singing.
Nurseries with competent work
ers will welcome the children
through three years of age. This
will enable the whole family to
attend together. The guest, evan
gelist. Mr. Webb, may also be heard
over the Morning Devotional broad
cast of WLSE at 9:00 o clock Tues
day through Friday of the revival
week.
: The church extends an invitation
to you to attend these services.
April 15 Closing
Date Conservation
The closing date for signing up
for the conservation reserve Is Ap
ril 13. Some advantages of the con
servation reserve are:
L Establish a permanent vegeta
tive cover crop for soil protection.
2. Treat farmland to permit the
use of legumes and grasses' for soil
improvement.
S. Establish trees or shrubs, "i
' 4. Build, dams pita, or ponds' to
protect cover-crops or to store wat
er. ; -
f . Protect wildlife through coven.
water, and marsh management. ' or
dam and pond, construction,
' 4,
4. V
Js ana mmoraDie mention awarus
in the contest.
Winning second place prizes of
-RIO in the 1956 contest are Har--"11s,
Soruce Pine and Roxboro.
Third place winners, receiving $250
each, are Norlina, Wallace and San
ford. First place winners in the new,
special project class are Swannc
noa, its neighboring community of
Black Mountain, and Clinton. They
will receive $250 each. Second place
project winners are Farmer, Row
land and Wadesboro. Two South
Carolina towns, Pageland and Dil
lon, won third place in the projects
competition, as did Wrightsville
Beach, N. C. They will receive $100
each.
Plaques for honorable mention
will be given 10 towns in the thret
population classifications: Mays
ville, Wagram, Clio, S. C Swans
boro and Aurora in the 11,000
class; Burgaw, Pittsboro and Troy
in the 1,0013,000 class; and Harts
ville, S, C, aqd Rockingham in the
3,000 and over class.
Prize money totals $6,750, and
(Continued on Society Page)
Wallace-Faison
Men Co-Chairmen
Cattlemen's Ass'n
Mr. L. E. Taylor of Faison and
Dr. H. A. Phillips of Wallace have
been named membership co-chairmen
in Duplin County for the North
Carolina Cattlemen's Association.
This was announced this week by
Mr. A. R. Howard, Wilmington, area
chairman, in the current campaign
of the Association to acquire mem
bers for 1957. Mr. Taylor and Dr.
Philips state that the N. C. Cat
tlemen's Association was formed a
bout a year ago for the purpose of
promoting the production, market
ing and consumption of North Ca
rolina beef. He urges that cattle
growers in the county and others
join the Association, stating that it
has been set up to promote the in
terest of livestock producers in the
cattle industry. Membership in the
organization was 1300 last year.
Goal for 1957 is 2500 which the As
sociation leaders hope will be
reached this month. Annual mem
bership dues are $1.00.
In stressing the need for a strong
state-wide organization of cattle
growers, state agricultural leaders
point out that during the five year
period from 1950 to 1955, beef num
bers in North Carolina more than
doubled. There are now nearly
400,000 head of beet cattle in the
state and North Carolina gross in
come from beef cattle in 1955 am
ounted to nearly $30,000,000.
In addition to promoting the con
sumption of locally grown beef, the
Cattlemen's Association sponsors
the annual Feeder Calf Sales and
Fat Cattle Sales in the State. They
also hold an annual Cattlemen's
Conference at N. C. State College
each December. (
Farmland under ' irrigation - in
North Carolina exceeds, by at least
2.000 acres, the totals for any of
Jits neighboring states. .
Without Reaching The Jury; Notice
Of Appeal To Supreme Court Given
Methodist Revival
Wallace, March 17
The Spring Revival services at
the Wallace Methodist Church will
begin on Sunday night, March 17
at 8:00 p.m.
The Reverend Arthur L. Thomp
son, the pastor of the Long Memor
ial Methodist Church in Roxboro,
will be the visiting preacher. Mr.
Thompson was reared on a farm
in Moore County. He finished high
school in Moore County and then
attended college at Duke Univer
sity, received his degree from Duke
in 1929. His pastorates have been
the Louisburg Circuit, the Faison
charge, Ahoskie, Fairmont in Ra
leigh, and Grace Methodist in Wil
mington. He left Grace last July to
take up his new work in the Long
Memorial Methodist Church in Rox
boro. The Thompsons have four child
ren. The oldest boy is studying for
the Methodist ministry at Duke
University ana the oldest girl is
in the Duke University School of
Cursing. The two younger ones are
at home.
Mr. Thompson has been an out
,tanding member of the N. C. Con
ference of the Methodist Church
For eight years he served as. chair
man of the Conference Board of
Beulaville National!
Guardsmen Visit
Duplin Schools
On February 14, 1957 the 150th
AAA Battalion Adjutant, Capt. Carl
W. Walker and the 252d AAA Group
Adjutant, " Major Henry v. Reid
and the Administrative Mainten
ance and Supply Technician, SFC
LeRoy J. Kennedy of Battery B
150th AAA Bn (90-MM Gun) JNC-
NG, Beulaville, visited Beulaville
High School, Pink Hill High School,
Chinquapin High School and B. F.
Grady High School, speaking to the
Junior and Senior boys who are
normaly between the ages of 17
18 1-2 years of age explaining the
Reserve Forces Act of 1955 and the
?ffect it had on all physically able
young men between these ages, and
also to invite each man to open
house at the unit in Beulaville, on
February 24, 1957, from 8:00 to 5:00.
On hand at the open house, re
reshments were served to the vis
ting personnel. After lunch hour,
init vehicles were dispatched to
eligible young men for the guard
and to bring them in to discuss
their enlistment in the North Ca
rolina National Guard. Out of the
number contacted by their buddies,
a total of eleven men was enlisted.
Below are the names of members
who enlisted on muster day: J. A.
Albertson, L. B. Carter, Alton J.
Dail, Travis Futrelle, Simpson Ho
ward, Lynn Jackson, Jackie R. Nor
ris, William D. Sandlin, Malcolm
E. Thigpen, Sidney A. Whaley and
Franklin H. Williams.
Captain Richard S. Bostic, Bat
tery Commander of the above Unit
wishes to express nis appreciation
to each of the Principals of the
hieh schools contacted for their co
operation in making National
Guard Muster Day a success.
Miss Andrews New
NCEA President
Miss Rosalie Andrews of Charlotte
will take office March 22 as new
president of the North Carolina Ed
ucation Ass'n.
Miss Andrews, who was unoppos
ed, was elected in mail balloting by
the association's 22,000 members.
Glenn Robertson of Mt. Airy was
elected vice president over Mary
Hall of Granville County.
Fodie H. Hodges of Chicod and
Edna F. Rogers of Haywood Coun
ty were named to three year terms
on the board of directors.
Warsaw Sets Town
Election May 7
Election to name a new mayor and
board of commissioners for War
saw has been set for May 7 by the
town board.
Filling fees for the offices were
put at $5 for mayor and $2.50 for
commissioners.
Candidates may file with Mrs. J.
P. Harmon town clerk, until April
20.
Mrs. R. H .Best, Jr., was select
ed by the town board to serve as
registrar for the election.
Registration books will be open
from April 20 to April 27. Chal
lenge day will be held April 27.
Mrs. Harmon said all new resi
dents of the town were urged to
qualify for balloting In the election.
Now serving in the posts are
Mayor J. E. Strickland and Com
missioners D. J. Rlvenbark, Jr.,
J. C. Page. W. E. Bartlett. H. F.
Lee end Sanford Packer,
- z:
;fCVfa' his
REV. A. L. THOMPSON
Hospitals and Homes. He is now
serving as the secretary of the
Board of College vis. tors and is a
member of the Conference Worlc
Service and Finance Commission.
Morning Services will be held
jach morning from 8:30 to 8:55 and
evening services will be held at
8:00 p.m. Sunday through Friday.
All members of the church, their
families, and the general public are
cordially invited to attend these re
vival services.
Grantham Takes
Class A Tourney
In State Finals
Grantham High basketball team,
Wayne County champions, defeated
Swansboro, Onslow County cham
pions in the finals here last Friday
night of the Class A, District 2, eli
mination contests. Grantham will
play Mebane tonight in the Durham
High gym in the state finals for the
class A championship. Eight teams
will participate in the finals.
The Class A tournament was well
attended here this year. In fact
money taken in at the door, about
$1600 represented more than twice
the attendance at any of these
tounaments in the past.
Little Jennie Lee
Says 'Thank You'
I would like to thank everybody
for their kindness during my stay
in Duplin General Hospital and es
pecially the nurses and doctors who
were so nice, they will never be
forgotten.
Little Jeanie Lee
, BROKEN LEG
Little Jennie has been a patient
in the Duplin General Hospital for
two months and became the pet of
the hospital. She slipped on ice and
fell during the sleet storm in Jan
uary and broke her leg. She has
been a mighty patient patient. Dr.
Gascock of Faison was her doctor.
For weeks she lay in bed with both
feet pulled high and part of the
time not much more than her
shoulders and head resting on the
bed. She was a little figity and fus
sy at first, but she soon adjusted
herself. Little Jennie is in the first
grade in the Faison school. JRG.
2 Wrecks Reported
It is reported that two wrecks oc
curred Saturday night and early
Sunday morning near Beulaville
Patrolmen report they have found
no evidence of the wreck, however
one person is in the local hospital.
Mrs. Betty Stonestreet of Jack
sonville was hospitalized with a
possible fractured jaw and severe
laceration of the left eye, bruises
and scratches. She told the Times
she was riding in a car driven by
Anthony Cerere and two other peo
ple were in the car. It has been re
ported that the other two were wo
men but their names were not lear
ned. Mrs. Stonestreet told the Tim
es that she was riding in the front
seat and her head hit the dash as
the car struck some sand in the
road. The car did not overturn. She
said she thought it was damaged
about $300. It was a 1953 Mercury,
she said. The wreck occurred a
bout eight miles from Beulaville,
Mrs. Stonestreet remarked, but she
did not know in which direction.
She said they were heading to
wards Beulaville.
Faison Town Board
Meeting Postponed
' Faison's town board has postpon
ed its meeting for a date later in
the month to set up machinery for
town elections In the spring. Mrs.
Dorothy Armstrong reported to
day. The board, which usually meets
the second Friday each month,
March 29, she added. ,
will convene either March 2J or
At two - thirty this
Judge Donald Phillips
a motion of non-suit in the
of Dora Betty Bell vs LeRoy I
moiis. Attorney's for the plain
tiff immediately gave notice ssT
appeal to the supreme court tmI
were given 90 days in, which ta
write their statement to the de
fense on the appeal. The defense
was given thirty days thereafter
to file counter claims or excep
tion. The judgment ordered that the
plaintiff pay all court costs in
connection with the case.
The case of Mrs. Dora Betty BeB
vs LeRoy Simmons opened here
Monday morning with convening of
civil superior court with Judge
Phillips of Rockingham presiding
in the place of Judge Morris of
Currituck who is ilL
Mrs. Bell is suing Duplin Coun
ty Farm Bureau President, Leroy
Simmons for $50,000 as damages for
allegedly slandering her by state
ments attributed to him in connec
tion with the records.
Monday was taken up with,
securing a jury and Tuesday
with Mrs. Bell testifying and at
torney for the plaintiff Albion
Dunn of Greenville reading a de
position from the defendant Le
Roy Simmons. Aiding Mr. Dunn in
the prosecution of the case are
attorneys Hubert Phillips and Nor
wood Boney. Defense attorneys are
Jessie Jones of Kinston, Rivers
Johnson, Jr., of Warsaw and Tom
Griffin of Kinston.
Wednesday's evidence in the trial
continued with the plaintiff calling
several witnesses to the stand to
testify in the behalf of Mrs. BelL
Late Tuesday, with Mrs. Bell on
the stand, she denied that she had
told Simmons, president of the Du
plin Farm Bureau, that any of the
records were missing.
She said Wednesday that the re
cords were placed i.i the basement
of the Agriculture Building. There
is where they were at the time the.
alleged statement by Mrs. Bell
which indicated the Farm Bureau
records were missing .
According to testimony received
from Jack Brinson, he went with
Mrs. Bell into the basement of the
Agriculture Building and located
the alleged missing records.
Mrs. Bell said that after the rec
ords were found, they were placed
in the trunk of the car and that she
carried them home with her. They
remained at her home until after
she came from the hospital. At this
time she brought the records with
her, to her sister's and brother-in-law's
home, in Kenansville, Mr. and
Mrs. Colon Holland. She said the
records were at Hollands for about
five or six months.'
Mrs. Bell said that she learned on
January 6, 1956 that she had been
succeeded as Secretary of the Farm
Bureau in Duplin County. Mrs. O.
S. Thigpen was named as the new
secretary-treasurer.
Mrs. Bell said, however, that she
would not turn over the records,
to Mrs. Thigpen unless Mrs. Thig
pen would agree to sign a state
ment which she had prepared stat
ing that 'all of the records were
there.'
In the cross examination by At
torney Jesse Jones, Mrs. Bell was
asked if she agreed with Simmons
that all public records should be
kept 'above board.'
Mrs. Bell replied that she 'thinks
all public records should be kept
orderly.'
Mrs. Bell was asked, 'What is your
interpretation of above board?" She
replied that it meant to her, 'order-
jiy.'
1 She was also asked by Attorney
Jones if she knew what was meant
by the statement 'I'm going to
chop wood and let the chips fall
where they may.' Mrs. Bell's re
ply was, 'I do not know what it.
means.'
Again Mrs. Bell said that she did
not tell Simmans that the records
were missing. She further testified:
that she knew where all the
ords were.
According to her testimony, after
working hours (after 5 p.m.) on Oo
otber 13 she and Brinson went into
basement of the building of the
agriculture building and found all
the records.
After Mrs. Bell's testimony. Dr.
W. C. Crumpler, of Mount Olive,
was introduced as a witness. He
said that on the day of October 16,
Mrs. Bell was brought to his office
for an examination. In the doctor's
opinion Mrs. Bell 'had been under
nervous strain all day.' He farther
added that the nervousness was not
a physical one.
Dr. D. E. Best, of Goldsboro, also
testified stating that Mrs. Bell was
a patient of his and was admitted
to Wayne Memorial Hospital on the? '
night of October 16, 1955. She re
mained at the hospital until Nbvem-e
ber 7, 1955.
Dr. Best said that Mrs. Bell was '
having difficulty breathing, a short
ness of breath, a severe headache
and other complications. Because of '
her shortness of breath, she was v
placed in an oxygen tent. He fur-,
ther said that she had . little no
any at times) appetite ni hf o
(CONTINUED ON BACK FACE) ;
A'