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Jv;o Sections 14 Pages 1 V. A This W VOLUME XXV 'KIANSvlLfcii6teI:CAfeC)DNA'v THUESDAYOCTOBEK 23; 1958. QMs To 8e r-r -r? 82k "-sV ..v. J''"""'""" 1 " - - - -- r "1 J Liu 3 . By Fail Banriok Kidnapping charge, against two. men and a woman who took a two- year-Old child Ironj her home near Pink HiU on October IS will probably be dropped. ' t ' , Investigation into the case .has reveale-d that it was the legal par ents of thj child, . Mr. and Mrs. ' ttacy Ransom, who picked up Mary . Cfttherine Ransom irq mthe home of her foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cagey .Houston. The , second man In the car with the Ransoms ;wai, a Mr. Brown, father of Mrs. 'Hansom.'1- , ! : i ,c-i :r ; : !.v . Duplin ; Sheriff Ralph Miller aid, today that according to in formation . he had rec.ived the ; tluee -and the child are now in Arizona..: He said be Jias not received a t' li&bovQ is pictured tbebertsciiiii(Hne Irfion.strai witiia iherrlersxip 'ot 30. Newly elected officers 1txi President! Mrs:. .Nettie Teacbey; Vice-president Mrs. " Susie Smith;' Beettiry,; Mrs. Louise Smith and treas1 w urerMrK:PessieiHoifc'i.V)'!; "- This club makes a total of 32 Home Demonstration N-clubs in Duplin ounty. -v :HcwH.D.XIub ' 'f A meeting was held at i;he Ai 1 bertson Community Building Se ptember 25 to organize a Home Demonstration ( Club. Mrs Alta Kornegay,, ' Hom Demonstration Agent, attended the meeting. The Club is to known, at Albertson Home Denmostration Club and ' plans to meet in the" Commu nity Building each Tuesday after the-, first Sunday at 2:30 p.m. The newly elected officers are Mrs. Nettie; Teachey, president; Revival At Baptist , ' BOMER .C BAKER. C ' Revival strvues will be con - 'ducted at the Beuliville Missio f nary Baptist Church October 26 ,;'V,w.. November 2. The , first er ;f vice J will be , on Sunday i even jf$ lag "and the. concluding service a will be on Sunday morning Nov .. ember 2. The service each eyen "! ing will, be conducted t at?:30 and !the'5 day i services Monday , through Friday will be , conducted "' -A The Evengellst will be the Re verend Homer O. Baker; who is I an evengelist, Pastor of Mt. Mo riah Baptist Churchy-of Edney ville, N. C, and one'of the inst ructors at Fruitland Baptist Bible Institute' for this winter He is f a graduate of Wake Forest Col lpe and the Southern Baptist Theological SenUnary,; lnl Irfui- vi"f, Kentucky.---' f ; '.-''V " r- ' ".c is cordially invited 1 . r "- i TT-T f;r t"?' u- '. - .. ' '." 11 1 "' Warrant, tn ) lhm nlrlt A i,n and extradition orocedirres. tar- ted. Neither, have the SBI or FBI been called in on the case. Houston said today that he has sworn out a warrant with Justice of the Peace Gordon Muldrow. of BeulaviUe, charging Mr. and Mrs., Ransom with kidnapping and hit , and run "'. t. il : , , 1 "rs- H"utT" 7le"el W d-1 nesday (October82) from Bowers. Medical Qlnid, in- Pink Hill where bus nits uccu uuuer krcauueni iur injuries she sustained when kick from the moving, car and run over as she tried to1 get. ths child back from the Ransoms. She was drag ged about 30 feet but there were no broken bones. . Sheriff Miller said his informa tion' is '' that- the Ransoms had 1 Mrs. Susie Smith, vice-president; Mrs. "Louise Smith, Secretary, and Mrs. Bessie Holt, treasurer. The October meeting as held with eighteen ; members present and two visitors, also Mrs. Alta Kornegay Home Demonstration Agent Mrs., Nettie Teachey, pre sident, presided. Mrs, Christine Southerland and Mrs. Ann Her ring were co-hostesses .and, ser ved refreshments , All interested women of the Community are invited to; join the club and attend the meetings. Hilda ML Jennings Mrs Hilda M Jennings has been named home t service represen tative for Carolina Power & Li ght Company la the Raleigh area it was announced today by Dis trict Manager Raymond Sncw. . ,i Mrs. Jennings is a native of Chinquapin in Duplin . County. She is. a graduate of East Caro lina 'College and holds a degree in home , economis. She , recent ly completed CP&L's home ser-i vicei training comKi;,,'' In her new5 position Mrs. Jen nings will serve the communis ties ojtf Raleigh, Apex, Cary, ' Wa ke Forest, , Fuquay Springs and Angler! Her' services, will include advice - and assistance ( to. home makers in planning for better li ving, demonstrations ;of electri cal appliances,; assistance to ele ctrical appliance dealers and "co operation with educational,; civic social, church' and other, organi sations " and agencies. -,: ;t ' Mrs. Jennlng's husband, Bryan Jeanlng, is employed by Dillon SiT''y Coin a fy. Tliey are lie- .. j. , - 1 33IT: " 1 II." .'' .') I nAt' nstur. MvliK fViAlf unMnf for adobttohVoi th child. Houston said toda v that Attorney Grady Mercer i A' Kenaqsvlll?, had the papers i'wblcb.11, the Ransoms had signed about, a year ago. Mercer, ' contacted In his office said.!" don't reca anything about the cat:. The frst ! knew about it was when I'fiadvit In the news- papers; It didn 'rin a bell then." He further tb)f'h? bad checked wlth 'sunerW Court ytfti'Uenn had tViA nan r anil tluit there an no papers filed wHj .thjs Clerk. Sheriff Miller .'. also ; said that Mrs., Thelma Tayiof,- County Wel fare' Officer. . said s'three strange people came to her' office last Wed nesday'and sked If adoption pa pers had been filed with her for the child. According to the Sher iff, she told them the papers had not been filed with her. Under North Carolina law ill adoption proc dures must be filed through the Welfare Department in the (continued en back) 0. L. Holland ASC In 1958-59 ,' O. t. Holland, of Warsaw, has been , elected chairman of the Duplin County ASC committee for 1958-59, according to ASC of fice manager Rufus Elks. He was elected at the annual convenltion, in Kenansvllle, : in the Agriculture Building, Tues- M' vWj'ti, r' . 12 . Others elected to serve with HoUarid Were: Randall Hargrove, route jrMourit CJiy vlce-charft. mtJifiiahley tieachete gulaf , memberf Alfcn Outlaw, ro ute 1, Seven Spring, Ifirst altef nate; and "W. U Miller, Beula trilte, second alternate. , AJ1 Of the duly elected chair men! of th Countyn IS townships Were 'n hand to vote in the Co- Unty ASC elections. There were will be present and be recogni nd vice-chairmen sitting in for zed. You are cordially Invited to the chairman. " f attend this meeting. HovTo Imrpove Voc. Agriculture Pilot Study Being Made Citizens Comm. By W- D. Herring . How can liigh school courses in -Vocational Aff-iculture be improved te- meet the changing needs of Duplin's future larmersr That is the question the Duplin Countv Citizens Committee for Better Schools wants former stu dents' to answer. Questionaires have been mailed to several nun dred young men who took agric ulture in the county's schools. Gail Newton To Be 'Presented In Recital Friday Miss Gail Newton, daughter of Mr. and MrsAE?. Newton, a Meredith College piano ' major, will be presented in recital in Jones Hall on the College campus at 8 o'clock on Friday, October v She has' programmed the fol lowing: i'i ' i 1'- Prelude and Fugue in E flat minor Bach, s ;.':.iV'-.1 Sonota, Opus 10, No. 1, Bee thovenv ' ' ''"t : Nocturne,' Opus 9, No. 2, Cho pin.' j" - 1 Proflle, NO. 1, Toch Rhapsody,," Opus 11, No. 3, DohnanyL, f' 1 , . . , Concerto', r A mirtor, Shumann Gail is a pupil of Stuart Pratt He wil assist at the second piano ln.ithe last number programmed. Gail formerly' studied with Mrs. W.i i Middleten, Jr, ,of Warsaw and with Miss Fannie K. Lewis of .Scotland Neck- and former, te acher in Kenansvllle. . ; ;: ' - Gail has; appeared twice in Ra leigh, -t already, as a soloist . on the-piano ' ensemble spring pro gram and also in concert for the summer piano clinic at Meredith. . Cn the Meredith Campus she serves as secretary ' Of the Natio nal Music Fraternity, Sigma Al pha Iota. She is music scholar ship winner of j three awards, The 'Paderewski Scholarship of Piano Guild, The Crosby Adams Scholarship . and the scholarship from the '. Federation ot Music Clubs ia rrth Carolina. . Tit F, ' f ".j concert is Eli Willie Junior Lee Killed Monday Night In Pender County; Under Investigation . Wilie Junior Lee, " 18, Negro, , Investigation so far reveals of Willard route 1, was killed j that Lee was with Victora Wri Monday night by a shotgun blast ; ght, a Negro girl. She says that fired thnugh a car window' in a Negro man came to the car Pender County, near Atkinson, j and ordered her out of the car. Duplin County Sheriff Ralph Miller said he was brought into the case because Junior Fryer, also a Negro, was the owner of the car in which Le was sitting when he was killed.! At the time of the shooting., Lee was in a house in Pender County. As soon as he heard of the shooting, he jumped in his car, according to Sheriff Miller, and drove into Duplin County, about 12 miles southwest of Wallace, from which point the Sheriff was called. W.H.Brown Fatally Wounded When Hit By Car William H.nry Brown, 65 of Rt. 1, Chinquapin, was killed Satur- day when struck by a car as he crossed a rural road oh his way to his home. Highwsy Patrolman A. S. But ler Jr., said Brown had climbed out of a car and was walking across the dirt road which runs Itf front of his home about three miles east of Chinquapin. Brown was thrown 47 feet when struck by a car driven by Democratic Rally A Democratic Rally will be held. at the Rockfish Community Bou nding west of Wallace on N. C Highway No.. 41, on Thursday evening, October 300, 1958, at 7:30 o'clock, pjn. County De mocratic nominees and officials 'Nothing has changed as much in the last twenty years as iar ming,' Superintendent O. P. Johnson said in announcing the Pilot Study which the Vocatio- nal Agriculture teachers and the'Gospei. a Commission of three Citizens have undertaKen along with other school officials and pe rsonnel for the State-wide Cur riculum Study of the State Boa rd of Education. 'We want our boys to have the best possible instruction in Continued On Back Have Permit Before Starting Fires Warns Forest Ranger Wells Eugene C. Wells, County For est Ranger, reminds Duplin resi dents that beginning October 1 and continuing to June 1, a burn ing permit must be obtained be fore starting any fire within ,500 feet of any wooded area. The Burning Permit Law (1953 Revision of Chap. 14-139 of 1943 N. C. General Statutes) provides: That a burning permit must be obtained from the state Forest Service before . starting; or caus ing to be started, any fire within 500 feat ot any .woodland area under the protection of the State r ; , OcfllOlBarbecul The Kenansvllle, School will have fu annual Halloween Carnival on Thursday Night, Oetobed JO. - A barbecue supper, will be eefr red from 8:M to T:30 P. M.. after whl-h the fun 'will "Win. X Everyone will be able to visit the "House' of Horrors"; go Tiaa Inf." jion the Cake Walk and vote for your, favorite King and Que " ' Th re Will be Hulal Hoop con test with a prit going to.the win? ner; EUmlnatioa ; eoatetts ; will fce: held before the .Carnival so tiiere will be som expert Hula-Hooping, it The ! ellmax win be the crown ing e the King and Queea of tt KeawMfBle SohooL All reoeipts 1 wtfl. fe to tke Keaaasville Sekl CeiMe eat ead.'.gtve' year. ''&'." yo-.r se-c; ctl'". .Oct. IS She got our. Lee was told to get out but he refused. When he did Sheriff Miller said the man stuck the barrel of the gun in Lee's face and pulled the trigger. Until Fryer reached Duplin Co unty, he- said he did not know Lee was dead but did know that he had been shot. No arrests have been made yet, but there is a suspect which of ficers in Duplin and Pender are seeking for questioning. The shooting occurred between 9 p, m. and 9:15 p. m. Monday. Jerry Preston Smith, 18, Hill. The victim died of Rose of head and internal injuries, the officer sald. No charges have been filed pending further investigation. Called to the scene of the ac cident along with Patrolman Butler were Sheriff Ralph Miller and Coroner Garland Kennedy Comer Kennedy said that an inquest is slated to be held Thursday night at the Wallace Town Hall at 7:00 P. M. ' Funeral services flor Brown were held Tuesday at 2:30. p. m. from the home of his son, Pete Brown. Officiating was the Rev. Johnnie .Durham,, .Burial followed In Cole Cemetery!" Surviving are his wife, Bertie Bown; six children, Mrs. Charlie Wilson of Clinton, James H. Brown of Waterloo, 111., Julius B. Brown of Jacksonville, Mrs. D. W.Dale of Baltimore, Md.. Pete Brown, Grace Brown of Wallace; his fath r. N. N. Brown of Chinquapin; two brotherers, Nathan of Warsaw and Dexter of Potters Hill; six sisters, Mrs. Mary J. Jones 0f Pot ters Hill, Mrs. Lydla Smith Of Wallahs, Mrs. Josephine SJntth. Mrs. Alice Rues 11 and Cora Brown of Chinquapin, and Mrs. J-ucy Ezzelle of Warsaw; 18 grandchild ren; one great grandchild. Ordination Services On Sunday evening, October 26, at 7:15, Gene Davis will be ordained as an Evangelist of the ...iii.sLers and two elders will have charge of the service. Immediately following, an in formal coffee hour will be held in the Sunday School building. The public is cordially invited to come and share in this sac red occasion. Forest Service between the hours of midnight and 4:00 p.m. from October first to June first; in clusive. This Section shall not apply to fires started within 100 feet of an occupied dwelling ho (oeaMcmed m Mek) Tiners C Poni Jjers Undefeated In Cc . - ;:;! u b'h ? i,y X:-: "' - - , , TOES ::- -:- -:- :a.v- ' , :.. James Kenan Defeats Tigers Travel To Mt Olive ' Coach Bill Taylor's James Ke nan Tigers ran their record in the Bast Central Conference to 4-0 with a 20 - 0 victory over highly-regarded North Duplin last week. Victory simply wasn't in the card tot Coach Dick Ka leel'a Rebels u hl lost two of his first string backs by-way of injury during the . course : of the hard-fought 'battle. The Rebels were never able to muster a th reat during the entire" gam,-as the . Tigers ecored twice; in :the second period and eaace in tee final mum.:.!':-:- V'.r. - A- delighted' homeoofatat ere W t UMt watched1 tHe r- t - I th hsdm. t e m t j., rc'i te- it' ' ? Poultry Processing Plant In Hose Hill Bids will be opened here No vember 18 for the construction of a poultry processing plant, which will be operated by Mer ritt Watson, of Lowlands, and Ebran and Jessie S. Watson, of Raleigh. The Watson brothers are experienced poultry proces sors and distributors. "The construction of this fine modern plant will round out our rapidly growing pountry indus try," Mayor H. E. Latham said in announcing the completion of plans which were ' begun last June. Rose Hill is the center of an area now producing some fif teen " million broilers annually, with three large food mills opera ting poultry programs. It also has three hatcheries, two of which were established in Rose Hill this year. The plant's main structure will provide 42,000 square feet of floor space including a large fre ezing room and a cooling room as well as work and storage areas. It will be looated on a thirty s 1200 Gallon Overflow A large overflow was found on the farm of G. P. King and L. H. Quinn recently. The ovcjrflow gives about 1200 gallons an hour. It is near the home of J. A. Hall.. In Georgia G. V. Penney, Duplin County Work Unit Conservationist, left Sunday for Athens, Ga., where he will attend the Soil Conservation School at the University of Geor gia. While there he will take a one month coursa in Advanced Soil and Water Conservation. During his . absence, William Splcer, the Work Unit engineering technician, will sen as Acting Work Unit Cons watiowat BevWal A revival will begin at the Cabin Free Will Baptist Crurch on Sun day night, October 28 and continue through ' Saturday. November 1. The evangelist will be the Bev. Johnny Eason from Middlesex, N. C. The public i cordially Invited to attend services throughout the week at 7:00 P. M. on Sunday night and 7:30 P. M. during the week. District Officers At the North Carolina Educa tion Association district meeting held in Kinston on rrioay, Mrs. j Pastor, he will be strengthened, in Business Mens liud. oui w er Mary Dixon Brown of Warsaw was four important endeavors: ving as Senior Patrol Leader in elected president of the Guidance j Tq be more faithful in his rc - his Troop. Division and Mrs. w. m. Ingram u Kenansvilb was elected secretary. The Eastern District is composed of Carteret, Craven, Onslow, Dup lin. Lenoir! Greene and Wayne Counties. Goes To Chicago Mrs. Alta L. Kornegay, Duplin County Home Demonstration A ent, will be among a number of North Carolina home demonstra tion agents attending the 1958 meeting of the National Home Demonstration Agents Associa tion in Chicago, November 2-5. Art Exhibit An Exhibit of the work of Mrs. Margaret Cooper's art classes was held on Saturday afternoon, Oct ober IB, from 3 until 6 o'clock in the studio and yard of the Cooper foontlaaed on back) SPORTS By Joe Costin : : : North Duplin In Thriller 20-0 Fri. In Game Of The Year anything much during the first quarter. Late in the first per iod the Thaylormen begain 'to roll after the Rebels lost the hall on a fumble. The Tisers ma rchod 74-yards to score. J ames Kenan drove down to the five when the first quarter ended.. Jn the ibeginning bt the second per iod with the bell on the five Full back Danny Batts plunged over m,.just two plays. T" . , in ith letter part of the ',ee cond Iquarter the Tigers march ed 80-yards to their second score Halfback Buddy Blanchard score from the three , eft catching &i from Quarter b Sill Stra-u.-jj f od ; for - aw ywds. 1 acre site miles north of Rose Hill on Highway 117. Bids for the construction of 12 acres of -waste disposal lagoons will also be opened, as well as bids for a 400 gallon-per-minute deep well and pumping system Edwards, McKimmon and Et heridge, of Raleigh, are archi tects for the project and Paul M. Van Camp Associates, of Sou thern Pines, are designers of the sanitary disposal system. The construction contracts will be j made with the Farmers Indus- trial Development Corporation, now being chartered, which is an organization of poultry gro wers and other citizens of this area. The facility will be leased to the Rose Hill Poultry Corpo ration under a debt liquidation Scouts Receive God Glenn Williams On Sunday, October 28th, Glenn Williams and William (Bill) Hatch will Receive the coveted God 'and Country "Award in ceremonies fol lowing the ' ftSaaV Morning s r- 4 Vice in the Pink Hill Methodist Church. The presentation will be made by the church pastor, Rev. Hay wood L. Harrefl, who has worked with th.se scouts for the past year In carylng on the religious pro gram .'rquirtd for receiving me God and Country Award. Bev. Harrell says that the God and Country Award is an award for the use of all Protestant chu- rches in the religious education of their boys who are scouts. He points out that as a Scout strives to achieve a God and Cou- ntrv Award with the help of his Warsaw Dept. Store Formerly A. Brooks To Open Under New Ownership Warsaw Department Store of manger of Mullins Department Warsaw formerly A. Brooks De- Store in Mullins. S. C; H. D, partment Store, will open for bus-i Strickland, manager of Bennetts iness on Thursday. October 30. ville Department Store in Bennet Manager W. T. Low'ery states that tsville, S. C; I. W. Sansbury. optr they are very busy marking their ator of Harrsville Department stock now and will be reay for thiir new customers on Thursday morning when the doors open. Brooks Department Store was purchased by the following men: W. T. Lowery who will manage the Warsaw Store. C. S. Simons who op rates Fowler-Simmons De partment Store in Elizabethtown; H. L. Shelley operator of Laurin burg Deprrtment Store in Laurin burg, N. C, R. M. Fowler, Jr., t tri: x ijju.cnAK'fi;,-i Co Optaine of the undefeated. Barnes Iu;an Tigers, Eud ly Blan chard and Drew Grlce. The Tl- f- rave 4 0 tecori in the arrangement. The latter corpora- tion is owned by the Watson in terests. Merritt Watson, president of the Poultry Corporation, will re side at Rose Hill and manage the plant when it begins operation in early 1959. The plant will have an eight-hour sift capacity of 40,000 chickens and 5,000 turkeys, with provision for expansion on the original site. It is expected to employ approximately 125 peo pie initially. Location of the plant at Rose Hill will save poultry producers the cost of transporting flocks great distances with consequent lose in weight and is expected to help stabilize the new industry as it continues its rapid expan sion. & Country Awards William (BUI) Hatch ligious duties. 2. To deepen his personal devo tional life. 3. To ensourabe him to derper study of the' teachings, practices, policies and organization of bis own church. 4. To give practical expression to his religious convictions in ser vice to his Church. Glenn is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lehman G. Williams of the B. T. Grady community and is a member of Albertson Scout Troop 64 spon sored by the Albertson Branch of the Church of Latter Day Saints. He is serving as Junior Assistant Scout Master for his Troop, Bill is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Manley Hatch of Pink Hill and is a member of Pink HiU Troop , 244 sponsored by The Pink Hill Store in Hartsville, S. C. These six men own the six department stores log ther and each man manages a store. W. T. Lowery will move to War saw and make his home there. Stock will be added to the stock; which was purchased from A. Brooks Store and many borgains will be waiting flpr the public when the store is opened on Oct ober 30. ? 3: c:3 Phy i. . .1'- --;r. drew ...crick East Central Conference. fv-- -th ill Fii M t VSH', V..-JJP; " 1 s- 'St " dames iwenan vaveis to mouiu.. ( Olive Friday night in a battle ot undefeated In conference play, j 1: TO)