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; KENANSVILLE, NOKTII CAROLINA. THURSDAY DECEMBER 29, 1960.
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. Thre men are being held in jail
at Southport and in the New Ban
over County Jail under $25,000 bond
each for the December 20th armed,
: robbery of a Leland country atofe;
Mr was announced by .Brunswick
County Sheriff Ed V. Leonard. .
. , Those held are Virgil Sanderson,
22. a former Beulaville man who
has been working as a Wilmington
insurance agent: John C. Whaley,
21, of Beulaville; and Troy Brown
45, of Leland. ) ; ;
Sanderson and Whaley have
been identified as the two men,
one masked and armed, who rob-
. bed the store, and Brown is charg-
td with aiding and abetting and
conspiracy to armed robbery. The
store was operated by Mrs. Marie
Wllletts, A reported $17,200 in cash
and bonds,' was stolen according
to the County Sheriffs Department
of, Brunswick County.
Whaley was arrested in Beula
yille on Friday afternoon after
a tip off from Sheriff Miller, Dup
lin County Sheriff, to the Bruns
wick County authorities. Whaley
had seen spending money so free
ly in Beulaville according to re
ports, that officers ha dbecome sus
ISeed For Sewing
. Mr. and Mrs. X have six children
3 years. Mr. X has asthma and is
unable to work part of the time.
He is a veteran and has the oppor
tunity of going to Veterans Hospi-
. Hal during very serious attacks.
: However , he cannot Qualify for
.Veteran's compensation.
Mrs. X suffers'-with atrophic
' lateral sclerosis '. which began in
i-- aucb an unusual way that fier case
it has been1' extremely Interesting to
, .' the doctors at Duke. The Duke do-
"ciora tnoognt tne case so, unusuax
they called ' in the North Carolina
? Memorial-Hospital doctors.:-'
Although the family , bad been
Department for school services
previously, the local doctor refer
red Mm: X to us because her cond
ition in January 1959. She was re-
" ferred to Vocational Rehabilitation
-'and was sent ,to Duke The Welfare
. Department provided' money lor
medicine which she could not have
secured otherwise. In March 1960
, when worker visited the home Mrs.
X was sitting with a tub of cloth
es on a chair in front of her waslv
: tng with no washboard. She had
"little strength in her hands. She
could not get the clothes too clean
- ,but she said she could get the
odors out of them and the children
would not be embarrassed at sch
ool. She had to wait until the chil
dren, came from .school to have
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picious of him -and had kept a
close watch on him. He is report
ed to have given $100.00 bills for
Christmas presents He had bought
a '53 Ford which he traded for a61
Ford, for which he paid cash and
in which car he was riding when
arrested by the Sherrif and SBI
Officer Frank Satterneld.
On Saturday Vingil Sanderson
was picked up at Beulaville and
held in the Sheriffs office until of
ficers from 'Brunswick County
came to pick him up.
Sanderson was identified as "the
masked Robber,' by Mrs. Alice Ben
ton, one of the two women in the
store. She also identified Whaley
as being the unmasked one. It is
alleged that the men bound Mrs.
Benton and Mrs. Mary Fisher in
the bedroom attached to the sta
tion Where they carried out the
robbery.
. Both men have admitted being
involved in the robbery, according
to the Brunswick County Sheriff. 1
All three men will be taken to
Southport where they will be given
a preliminary hearing in Bruns
wick' County Recorder's Court on
January- 9, acording to Solictor
Machine Is Great
them hung out because she could
no longer walk without falling.
1 When worker was back in the
home in December, 1960, Mrs. X
was able to do little besides sit. At
home with her were the two young
est who are of preschool age. She
said the knee baby will start to sen
ool next year and she does not
Know what she shall- do. That
child can hand her wood, and now
as she sits right by the heater, she
can slowly and with evident effort
open the stove door and put it
WT-Woes ihot't6r'what:slW
shall do when she is lef with enly
her-baby who will be four, years
old in August, 4961.
Msr, X would love to have a por
table electric sewing machine. Her
hands are so weak and unpredic
table she cannot handle a needle.
Some clothes have been given
for the children but, they need al
tering and many of the clothes
they have, need to be repaired.
' Mrs. X is one of the most cheer
ful persons imaginable, and " she
has a tremendous amount of de
termination She Just won't give
up.
Wouldn't you like to send a
small contribution to help provide
tiiis woman with an electric sew
ing machine?
If so, send your donations to the
Department of Public Welfare in
Kenansville, N. C.
. To the DUPLIN. TIMES Subscribers, Ad
v 'vertisers. Correspondents, Subscription Solid
(tora, to Postal Workers, .to Public Agencies,
"to Community Organizations, to all who have
helped make Ihe Duplin Times an instrument
of Public Service, to everybody everywhere:
v the Happiest New Year ever.
DUPLIN TIMES ; STAFF
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A. H. Gainey, Jr.
of Brunswick
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The 300-pound safe .which was
taken from the building during the
robbery was found and removed
from North East river on Tuesdsy
morning about 10:30 o'clock. Sher
iff Miller of Duplin County said
that the safe was in about 10 ft. of
water in -Northeast River which
crosses Hwy. 24 a few miles S. of
Beulaville. The door had been
blown off and a hole cut in the
bottom.
Leonard said $700 of the missing
money has been recovered from
Whaley. The investigation is not
yet complete
James Shepard
Awarded Degree
An outstanding accomplishment
is being hailed by friends and re
latives of James B. Shepard, 23, of
Box 32, Beulaville, North Carolina.
The local man has been awarded
an Associate Degree in Applied
Science for successfully completing
a 96 week training program 1 n
Electronic Technology and De
sign at the Chicago laboratories of
DeVry -Technical Institute - one of
the nation's largest and best-equipped
Electronics training centers.
J. J. Gershon, Director of DeVry
Tech's laboratory training , in
making ' the award, said:
"Today's specialist, particularly
the person (trained in Electronics,
is in a position to work is some of
the most challenging and "profi
table opportunities I fiave been
privileged to see. I , congratulate
yea enhoostm eareer to Mcb-a
-projmising.fteld M.'ttltv!
Continuing, Gershon stated. Ele
ctronics is helping to work near
wonders in many different fields.
For example, the launching and
precise control of satellites and
missiles would not be possible with
out the use of Electronic devices.
Communication -between the grou
nd and the missile also is Elec
tronics even helps to : sort and
analyze the -valuable information
relayed back to earth from space
vehicles. Thus, trained technicians
are vital keys to the success of the
Free World's space program.
In conclusion, Gershon told the
local man, 'Your DeVry Tech train
ing can thus be a "passport to a
challenging, interesting and profi
table; future. Again, my congratula
tions on reaching this important
milestone in your career.
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Mr. Canta Claus, I wish to thank
you for the wonderful Christmas
that you gave to me and my fam
ily. We are all so busy before Chris
tmas asking you for things -but do
we ever take time after Christmas
to thank you for tihe many gifts
that you gave to us?
Thank you for our friends and
family that' we fail to see but once
a year, and that is during the
Christmas season.
Thank you for the little notes we
receive on Chirstmas Cards that
knit together the gaps of neglected
correspondence and bring us clos
er to our friends throughout the
country.
Thank you for the closeness of
feeling which families have on
Christmas morning when they are
opening gifts that show time and
thought and sacrifice to give our
loved ones the gifts that we know
they have been wanting.
Thank you for our health and
safety. When we look, at the pap
ers from all over the state and see
the many tragedies -that happen
and realize but by the grace of
God .these tragedies could have
happened to us it makes us all
more thankful for the blessins
which we have.
Thank you for small' towns dur
ing the Christmas season when
people are neighborly and friendly
taking out time in the rush to drop
into a friends home to exchange
gifts, recipes, ideas and good will.
SantajQthere are so many things
that we would like to thank you
for, that it seems impossible to
name oil of them. But most of all
for your fine Spirit of -giving, and
forgetting self, that you instill in
us even if it is for such -a short
season I&ia &feeiin?olJtyUiJbmentJ
and enjpyment whicht we would not
experience if you did not-- come
once a year with your sleigh full
of hope, peace, faith and charity.
The New Year is here upon us,
and- have you made your New
Year's resolutions yet? Even if we
keep our resolutions but for a day
or two, it is a good idea to take
stock of ourselves and make a few
resolutions. It at least shows we
realize that we need to improve in
many categories.
We were real proud of Duplin
County for their lack of highway
accidents during the holidays. No
fatalities, and no serious accidents
with property damaoe were repor
ted. However we had enough dur
ing the Thanksgiving Holidays to
last for a long, long time. We also
had enough other tragedies to
make up for the lack of highway
accidents. ,
This has certainly been a quite
week after the turmoil of the last
several weeks. People walk at a
more leisurely gait, the drug store
'coffee" group seem to ze in on
huny, and conversation is drift
ing around to such items as the.
Governor's Inaugural which will
be held next week, the Dixie Class
ics which start this afternoon, and
the basket ball season in the coun
ty which, will get in full swing
when schools open on Tuesday,
January 3 Life moves on again in
to the New Year with new dreams
and plans for the future.
Here's wishing each arid every
one a Happy and Prosperous New
Year. .
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Farm Census To Be
Taken In January
Census of 1960 crops will be taken
by the Tax List Takers during Jan
uary 1961,' when 1981 taxes are lis
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"The purpose of -the Farm Cen
sus i to' obtain reliable Informa
tion on land use, crop acreage and
selected livestock numbers. Infor
mation of this type is needed
currently in order to plan and car
ry out the most practical Agricul
tural Programs for North Caro
lina.' Changes in the production of
crops must be based on . current
and reliable informaion In order
to use our farm resources efficient
ly and to protect the welfare of
Tar Heel farmers. Farmers, Indivi
dually or colecticely, cannot wise
ly plan for the future without us
ing and studying all avialable facts
pertaining to agriculture in - the
same way as efficient business
men analyze their operations '
Farmers k urged to be prepar
ed to give Farm Census informa
tion when they list 1961 taxes dur
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The Town of Rose Hill was sad
dened and enraged on Christmas
Eve a tithe brutal rape-slaying of
one of their residents, a widow,
Mrs. Lena Barnes.
A 31 year old, negro laborer,
Theodore Boykin of Teachey has
confessed .to the slaying, according
to Sheriff Ralph Miller.
Mrs. Lena Barnes, 58, who lived
alone in a two story home about
two miles South of Rose Hill was
found dead in the basement of her
home after officers had been cal
led when she failed to attend a
dinner party on Christmas Eve to
which she had been invited. Depu
ty Snyder Dempsey and Rose Hill
Chief of Police, Bill Quinn, found
the body
Boykin 'is being held without
bond in an undisclosed jail, as
feeling is "runnig high" in the
county. Boykin broke down and
confessed on Monday after being
questioned by the Sheriff, two of
his deputies and an agent of the
State Bureau of Investigation,
Hoyle T. Hartley.
Yesterday ( Wednesday), the pis
tol with which Boykin shot Mrs.
Barnes was obtained. Boykin told
deputies where to find the pistol
and it was brought to Kenansville
by officers. The pistol allegedly
used in the crime was obtained
from a friend of Boykm. Miller
quoted Boykin as saying ihe gave
the pistol to a man after the mur
der, for a Christmas present.
Sheriff Miller said Boykin con
fessed that "robbery was the mo
tive" but that he "raped her one
time and then killed her to cover
up the rape.' According to the Sher
Tobacco Discount Program To Continue
Prices 'for flue-cured tobacco
from discount varieties will be one-
nail uie eupporx rates ior compar
able grades of other varieties in
1961.
This is a continuation of the
variety discount program that was
operated this year by ASC accord
ing to Rufus Elks, Jr., Office Mgr.
for the Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Committee. Ac
cording to Elks, discount varieties
have been -classified by State and
Federal scientists located in this
area as 'low to lacking in flavor
and aroma, generally of light body
and - or currently with poor ac
ceptance in the trade.'
In order to avoid the possibility
of a farmer unknowingly planting
a discounted variety, farmers shou
ld procure their seed only from
reliable sources. Only in this man
ner will the farmer be able to cer
tify that he is not planting one of
the discounted varieties.
According to Elks, the quota of
1,212 million pounds, converted to
acres, results in 715,817 acres a
vailable for allotment in 1961. Ac
reage available for allotment in
1960 totaled 715,110 acres, The in
crease in North Carolina amounts
Beulaville National Guard To Participate
In Governors Inaugural Parade
Battery D 2nd AW Bn. ( SP 252
Artillery) Beulaville will partici
pate in the Governor's Parade on
Thursday, January 5, 1961 in Ral
eigh. Captain Richard S. Bostic, com
manding officer, announced that
the unit would leave the Armory
at 7:15 A. M. on Thursday and ar
rive in Raleigh in time for the Bat
tery to form in front of the Gover
nor a Mansion at 10:15 A. M.
They then will march as an es
cort to the Governor and Governor-
elect to Memorial Auditorium
and arrive there at 11:50 A. M
The parade will start at 1:00 P. M.
After the 19 gun salute they will
WARSAW TAX LISTERS
Township Tax Listers tor War
saw will be at the Fire House be
hind the Town Hall in Warsaw
beginning January 2, I960, to list
1961 Taxes. .
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TO GO TO WASHINGTON
; Miss- Catherine Bowen has been
notified that she has been selected
to work in Congressman Hender
son's office in Washington. Miss
Bowen will report for work around
the middle of January.' Miss Bow
en has been employed by the Clerk
of Courts ', office in Kenansville
for the past several ' years, and
lives in Warsaw. v.;v;wy;;;'v
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Jimmy Sauls of Warsaw has been
selected as Agriculture Teacher at
James Kenans ITifh School to re
place the late C. H. Pope. S-mls is
a i:.J traduate of SUe CUl-;e.
.WidoiuOfi CEirisf mcaslv
iff Boykin shot Mrs Barnes twice
in 'the chest with a .32 caliber pis
tol after hitting her over the head
with a poker. A medical examnia
tion by Dr. C. F. Hawes of Rose
Hill disclosed that Mrs. Barnes
had been raped, Sheriff Miller said
From Boykins signed confession
after being questioned the follow
ing series of events were reconstru
cted by the Sheriff.
Mrs. Boykin, who was employed
by the Rural Electrification Office
in Rose Hill, worked until noon on
Saturday. She went to her home
and left her groceries on the back
porch. When she entered the kit
chen, Boykin who had been hiding
behind the door, hit her over the
head twice with a poker, according
to the confession, and dragged her
into another room where he raped
her .
Then, the confession aleges, he
carried her down to the basement
and with his eyes tightly closed,
shot her twice.
Boykin says he got into her
home by ripping a bathroom
screen and unlocking the window.
Boykin said he then tried to mop
up the blood in the rooms using
the bathroom to rinse out his mop,
and there he lost his hat which
was one the clues which led to his
arrest.
The body was discovered about
10:00 Saturday .night by Deputy
Dempsey and Police Chief Bill
Quinn. The two officers immedi
etly started questioning neighbors
who said they had seen a stran.-je
colored man loitering around in
the neighborhood. Dempsey and
iiui!n worked until 6:00 Christmas
to one .tenth of one percent. This
one tenth of one percent is requir
edT"RTie"used for adjusting allot
ments, thit is, - for correcting er
rors, and for adjusting inequities.
Thus, for most farms, 1961 allot
ments will be the same as in 1960.
In referendum December 15, 1958,
a total of 96 percent of the State's
flue-cured tobacco growers voted
in favor of quotas through 1961.
Marketing quotas have been in ef
fect for flue-cured tobacco every
year since enactment of the Agri
cultural Act of 1938 except for 19
39, when they were disapproved by
growers.
Tobacco imports by the U. S.
amounted to 157 million pounds,
valued at $115 milion, in fiscal
1959-60. They consisted mainly of
oriental types for blending, cigar
filler and scrap
The U. S. Imported $507 million
in sugar during fiscal 1959-60, main
ly from Cuba and the Philippines,
Sugar is the nation's second big
gest agricultural import, next to
coffee .
i march from the Memorial Auditor
ium to the Capital, arriving there
around 2:00 P. M., this being the
end of the parade.
Robert B. Price
Named Principal
Faison School
Robert B. Price, a native of Sam
pson County, has been named prin
cipal of the Faison Elementary
School. He replaces the late J A.
Batson of Mt. Olive. ' " -
Price has taught school in Samp
son and Pender counties. He gave
up teaching to serve as Tax Collec
tor in Sampson County for several
years and until recently has been
connected with the Sampson Motor
Lines.
Price will begin his duties in the
Faison School on Janudry 3.
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RALEIGH - The Motor Vehicles
Department's summary of traffic
deaths through 10 A. M. Tuesday
December 27,. 1960: k 2 ;
Killed To Date . J.. 11
Killed To Date Last Year ... . 1176
Death for the Christmas Holiday
week end beginning on Friday 6:00
P. M. December 23, ending mid-
cijit Monday December 25-17.
Birutal Rape-SI3yioig
morning picking up suspects.
In Sheriff Miller's office this
afternoon he highly praised Dep
uty Dempsey for the fine work he
had done in this case.
Dempsey states 'that he got about
an hour's sleep and went out look
ing again with "Boykin on his
mind." He went to Boykin's home
and Boykin wasn't there but was
riding around with a friend. Dem
psey found him, arrested him, and
brought him to an undisclosed jail,
Boykin has a long record of pre
vious convictions and was re leas
ed in November of 1960 from a
road sentence after being convict
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HONORED FOR SERVICE - E. C. Thompson senior
vice-president, and Mrs. Mabel B. Wadkins, head
bookkeeper, both of the Branch Banking & Trust
Company, Warsaw, were honored for their loyal ser
vice at the Testimonial Party in Wilson, given in
honor of all of Branch Banks' officers and employees
with 25 years or more services. Mr. Thompson was
honored for 32 years of service with Branch Bank,
while Mrs. Wadkins was honored for 31 yrs. service.
This dinner was held on Thursday evening, Decem
ber 15, at the Carolina Country Club in Wilson, at
which time in recognition of loyal service, each hon
oree was presented with a hand some gift.
ASC Offers Premeasurement Service
Any farmer in this State may
have the acreage laid off for him
on which he will plant his allot
ment crop for this year. This ser
vice which is offered to producers
of all allotment crops by ASC was
termed "premeasurement' today
by 0. L. Holland, Chairman of the
Agricultural Stabilization and Con
servation County Commi'tee.
Every year there are some farm
ers who, through inadequate mea
surement on their own part or be
cause of incorrect information on
the acreage in permanent fields,
plant either more or less than they
are actually permitted by their al
lotment. In the case of overplant
ing, this causes the farmer unnec
essary expense in the way of un
used fertilizer, unused plants or
seed, or treating of land that can't
be used. In the case of underplan
ting, this could cause the farmer
to lose some of his 'planting his
tory', and of course it would cause
him to lose some of his income.
This premeasurement service
may be requested through the lo
cal ASC county office beginning
January 3, 1961, for all spring -planted
crops except burley tobac
co. ASC has already trained and
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ed of a breaking and entering;
charge.
Acting on a tip, Dempsey went
to the home of Mary Elizabetlft
Kenon's of Teachey and recovered
many items which Boykin baoT
stolen from Mrs. Barnes home snA
had given to Mary for presents. K
is reported that Boykin had given
away many of the items which bet
had stolen from the widow's home.
Mrs. Barnes, a prominent Rose
Hill woman, was buried in Rosa
Hill cemetery on Monday, She isr
survived by a daughter of Jackson
ville Florida and a sister of Reset
Hill.
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Mr. Thompson
equipped the reporters who wQI k
this premeasurement work. The far
mer will be required to pay only
the actual cost of the visit to In'
farm and the determination f'
acreage on his farm. The deposit
to cover the actual cost of the
work is made by the farmer at
the time he makes application for
premeasurement.
The premeasured acreage will be
accepted by ASC reporters as the
'official' measured acreage pro
vided the farmer plants the entir
premeasured area and no monu
and provided there was no obvious
error made in the premeasona
ment. A later trip will be made to
the farm to determine that these:
requirements have been met; bsdt
in most cases additional measure
ments will not be necessary.
According to Holland, only a
limited amount of this premeasure
ment work can be done in the
short time available, so applica
tions should be made early. AH
farmers desiring premeaseurement
should visit their local county ASC
office as soon as possible after the
opening date on Tuesday January
3, 1961, he said.