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liuc D !in
w Bonfonees
Five youths of fhe B( F.'Grady
Section ot Duplin County, charged
with raping a teenage -girl , of the
same area, pleaded guilty to lesser
.; cnarge in- uupun -superior court
' ..Tuesday and received identical
Morirs. ' .- v , r , f .
i ; . ; our oi me youtns, an under, is,
I X;r -. : pleaded guilty to having sexual re
I lations with Temple Deaver, de-
I I ,...;.. '. scribed .aS "a female over -12
t tt . years of age and under 16." They
" are Maynard Guinn. Danny Ray
I sS .H Barren,- piiver Herring e Jr, and
4 'Kenneth Jones. 1 ?
' S Billy Ray Garner, 19. pleaded
' ; guilty to assualt on a female. The
pleas were accepted by Solicitor
Walter Britt .
1 th eyouths to two- year jail terms,
i ? suspended, and placed -each on
probation for four years, with the
. : Special provision that none of them
drive an .automobile on the roads
for two years and not drive any
vehicle except a farm tractor. Each
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"& Error
V I am happy to: announce that the
Weekly Gaxette ; and The Duplin
Time are about to get back on Sche
dule after the installation of the
Wp hre about to get all of
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the ;bugs out and after we have
a sessiua wtui a tew. rollers for the
press, we feel that we will be on
the road to living a normal life
again. My boys In the office have
had- it tough, but they have done a
wonderful job and they lived thro-
Ugh it. We feel that the investment
the new press will help us give
our readers a better paper and our
advertisers, quicker service.
Kenansville has been as bus as
Tu, Grand Central' Station" , all
week. No place to. park, the cafes
k loaded. to capacity,' and mobs of
" people here to attend the 'rape-mur-;
der. trial which is not in session to
diiy due to the illness of the Judge.
Whea I first' Started working , in
i Kenansville, the crowds on court
i days fmrressed :me so very much,
where did the people come from?
After working in public offices for
several , years, you feel that you
A have seen most of the people in the
' .county, but the court crowds are
anotner ;:.roup oi people, put uoun
' room procedure is fascinating. .- '
Oply nlne.more days left for fil
ing ' income tax 5 reports-groan,
groan t Why do we" procrastinate
i each year, and then' resolve .never
. to do it V.Uit I don' .think any of
v us have er found a convenient
time to pay taxes, and ' probably
'never will..So I had. better c'ose
this column and get busy on tax
forms-never a dull moment :.t? '
RUTH. ;.r ' .
. .Contracts
For Jlursin 0 Heme
A project to corivert the' Nurses
Fome at Duplin General. Hospital
' into a Nursine Home has- been ap
proved and bids awarded. .
- ; The General Contract was" to
Godwin Building Company of War
saw for $29,450; The plumbing and
' heating Contract to Ideal Plumblnp
'. Company of Wilmington for $4,
897.00; and the Electrical Contract
to A. B. Blake in Wilmington for
i $4.85T.-t.:N .: i i
The protect has been approved by
J the Medical Care Commission and
by the U. S. Public Health Service
in the amount of $28,600 and for the
v State Aid in the amount of $11,648
. Work will begin at once on con
: verting the home into a Nursing
-Home. .'
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In Tempicr
of the five was 'ordered to pay $350
to Tempie Deaver as prosecuting
.yitness und lo pay court cosls.
A'dditional indictments stumming
from the same incident were brou
ght by the grand jury Tuesday.
' Oaltdn Grady, 17, is charged with
havini' sexual relations with a fe
male over 12 and under 16. Ronald 1
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Mayor Strickland
Ruftf Rdr Re-election! May 2
Ed Strickland, mayor of Warsaw
for three terms, will be seaking his
fourth term as a candidate for re
election in the Warsaw town elec
tion which is scheduled for Tues
day, 'May 2. 'Mr. Strickland, a wide
ly known civic leader has also ser
ved one terrrj as town commissioner
and under his leadership, many
improvement and achievements for
the town haye been brought about,
maiy of which have gone beyond
the icall.ofJflutyj ;,, :
' A : combaf: veteran of World War
llf. bwtogfiiomrr BB-n-jaatsiwc. pilot
"abroad'-thjp USS Hornet. StricWanii
participat'",11 in !4 rombaf jmistons
and holds two Distinguished Flyinsr
Crosses, five Air Medals and the
Presidential Unit Citation for his
bravery in action.
The Stricklanrls with their chill
ren. ' Janrie, 13, and Johnny 6, at
tond and, are active members of
the First BaptisfThurch in Warsaw,
where Mr. Strickland has he'd sev
eral places of ofiice, including dea
conship. 'Taking an active interest in 'the
civic affairs of his commui'y, as
well as those of the religious nature
Mayor Strickland is past command-1
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: i : S NEW PRESS - The Duplin' Tifes ; quality of printing will be improved ;,
i is now, being ; printed off a ; Duplex considerably and that the subscribers
press, eiffhfc page capacity, at the print-" to the Duplin Times will appreciate the
ving plant in kenansville. Here Fore- v new press. Investments have been
man Amos Quinn, left, and Moses made annually by Mrs. Ruth Grady,
' Cooper, in background, are busy run- ' , publiisher of the Weekly Gazette and
ning off an issue of the Duplin Times .: Duplin Times, in an effort to give our
L , The new press represents
investment for the Duplin. Times and y
. Weekly Gazelle. It is hoperi that f the ' ' ' V J; "
KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY APRIL 6, 196L
S u spe M M
leaver Case
nous'm, '2', is charged with assualt
on a female. Both are also from the
B. F. Kra.ly section. It , is alleged
.hat the youths had relations with
hi! leaver girl in a wooded area
in northern Duplin County,
Grady and Houston were freed
no $1,500 bond each.
Of Warsaw To
cr of Charles R. Gavin Post No. 127
of the American Legion, a member
of the Warsaw Masonic Lod,'e and
a 32rd degree Mason, and is a
- 4 Shrinner. He has recently been ele
cted by the Warsaw .Rotary Club as
president for the coining year.
.TFLAS'H
Superior Criminal Court con
vened this morning at 10:00 A.
M. But - due to the .illness oV (
Judge Chester JYtortie it iifwtr,
'. hed until Friday4 Inornlng at'
10:00 A. M., at Which tloie It
will reconvene, and will then
adjourn until Monday morning.
April 10. At that time it will re
convene and resume the hear
ing of the Slate against Theo
dore Boy kin.
County Court which had been
previously scheduled for April 11
and 12 will have to be changed
to April 18 and 19th, according
to a statement by County Court
Judge, Russell Lanier.
v.furor for county court will
not need to report for duty until
' Wednesday morning, April 19.
a sizeable ; ; readers and
Azoaos Blooming
For Festival
April 6-9th
Southeastern North Carolina's
famed azaleas are in full bloom.
Tlie jive-mile drive alon" the
shores of Greenfield Lake in Wil
mington, offers an endless array of
color from the bemni'ul flowers.
And at nearby Orion Plantation t.r
azaleas are described as "magni
ficent." "This is one of the most beauti
ful displnvs of azaleas we've ever
had," said Alex Bogie, manager of
Orton Plantation.
A gradual warming trend this
spring produced an even maturing I
of the azaleas. "We have a small
azalea (Kurumc) which usually
b'oomS before the tnll variety iin
dica)," Bogie explained. "But both
varieties are in full bloom together
this year.
He expects the beautiful show of
azaleas to continue for several
weeks. "The azaleas have just rea
ched a peak," he said. "And they
will remain in full color well into
April."
A best of other flfiwep i'tvc j
sd the azaleas Ai Tloo;n, i&mi
jt."n-
-ed the azaleas Ai Tloo:n, i&mui
Southeastern North Carolina into a
virtual "fairy land'' of blazing
color. ,
Flower lovers in the area are ple
asantly surprised with the blooming
of the pansies. They have been in
bloom for nearly two weeks, and
it looks as if they will continue lo
hold their color for at least two
weeks.
Thusands of visitors from many
parts of the nation have come to
see the beautiful display of flowers
"For the next several weeks the
azaleas will be in full bloom," Bo
gie concluded.
advertisers better service.
'(noto by Jfaul tsarwicKj
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By Paul Berwick
Superior Court Judge Chester R.
Morris suffered an appranent heart
attack Wed. afternoon while siting
as judge in the rape-murder trial of
Theodore Boykins, of Teacheys, in
Duplin County.
Dr. J. W. Strauglion, of Warsaw,
who examined' Judge Morris in the
Judges Quarters in the Kenansville
Court House around 5:4.r p. m. de
clined to call it a heart atiack but
did say it as "an attack."
Judge Morris was removed from
''i Court House in Kenansville by
'ambulance and admitted to Dup
lin General -Hospital, in Kenans
villa
. Dr. Straughan said Judge Morris
would not be physically able to
hold court on Thursday. An elec
tric cardiogram will likely be run
tonight at Duplin General Hospi
tal to. determine the extent of "the
attack."
Judge Morris has a previous med
ical record of a heart condtion
according, lo F. W. 'McGowen, Dup
lin County Auditor, a friend.
Superior Court Clerk It. V. Wells
said tonight that Judge Morris has
instructed him io keep the jury to
gether on Thursday.
Johnson Reelected
Pk!iard& Strickland On Board
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u. f. Jonnson was reeJevR.ee! - as
County Superintendent of Schools
at a meeting of the Board of Ed-
i'-iiion whifh was held on Monday
afternoon. Johnson has served the
-.mows of Duplin County for the
past twenty-six years.
In a recent act of the Legislature,
the Cpunty Board of Education
" "ihersh'n was charged from
three members to five members A!
the Monday meeting two members
were named. They are J. F. Strick
land of Warsaw and D. D. 'Blanch
ard of Wallace. It is felt that with
!he added membership on the Boa
rd, the county will be represented
belter.
Russell Brock of Calypso was in
stalled as a new member of the
board, succeeding A. P. C;:tes of
Faison. Old members on the board
are J. O. Smith of Albertson and
V. F. Dail of Beulaville, J. O.
Smith was named chairman, of the
Board .
Sites for the location of the East
Duplin Group ASC
Rufus Elks. Jr.. County Adminis
trative Office for ASC. Stacy
Evans. Faye Batts, Ann Hanchey
and Nancy Williams, office person
nel of the ASC office in Duplir
County are attending the Confer
ence of ASC County Committeemen
and County Office Managers in
Asheville on April 4, 5 and 6.
i Three North Carolinians - David
S Weaver, Director of A"ricultural
Extension Service, Dr. H. B. Jamrs.
Dean of the Schol of A'Tciu'ture
and Horace D. Godfrey, Administra
tor of the Commodity Stabilisation
Service-will be featured speakers
at the conference. The conference
onened at 1:00 p. m., April 4 in the
City Auditorium in Asheville. David
S. Weaver, Director of the North
Carolina Extension Service, and
Dr. James were on the program the
first day of the conference along
with Charles M. Cox of Washington,
D. C. The second day of the confer
ence, April 5, the ASC committee
men and office managers will divi
de up in four committee work ses
sions. These sessions will include
one on administrate problems, one
on the agricultural conservation
program and the conservation re
Revival At
Alum Springs
The Rev. Ernest Howell, pastor of
the Baptist Church at Lake Lure,
will conduct revival services at the
Alum Springs Baptist Church begin
ning Monday night, April 10,- at
7:34 P. M. Services will continue
each night and conclude with the
eleven o'clock services on Sunday
Morning, April 16.
The Rev. "Mr. Howell Is the son of
Mrs. Joe Howell of Mt. Olive. Rt.
2. He graduated from B. F. Grady
High School in 1938. L
The public Is cordially invited to
attend. . . . .
"IHIM RIPTION KATES S3.M P
Oeaatlee; H-M aWde thto area la N.
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The jury is being kept together at
a motel in Wallac;;.
No one was aware that Judge
Morris has sulfered the attack when
he adjourned court at 5 p. m. it had
been expected throughout the day
that he would continue the trial un
til late Wednesday night. There
was some surprise that he suddenly
adjourned court.
He went to his quarters where he
remained until Dr. Straughan ar
rived. Hubert Phillips, one of the attor
neys representing I he State in the
rape-murder trial of Boykins, said
Judge Morris had been complain
ing all day about not felling well.
He had stated he ate something
that did not agree with him.
Judre Morris is from Coin jock.
near Elizabeth City.
On Tuesday the entire day was
spent In selecting a jury from a
100-member special venire. Eighty
one of. the special venire had been
exhausted from the 13th juror was
selected. The final juror was seat
ed at 7 p. m .
Boykins, 31, a Ne'.;ro from the I
Teacheys section, is charged with
the December 24, 1960 rape-murder
of Mrs. Lena T. Barnes, a promient
Sch. Superintendent
Duplin Consolidate-School were
aiscussea ana visuea.
Committeemen whose terms ex
pired for the various schools were
named as follows:
Kenansville - W. A. Jones
Warsaw Eu,;ene Blanchard
vson Emmett Jackson
Calypso David Brock
E l Wi'liamson to succeed Rus
sell Brock who is now a membci
'if the County Board of Edueation
R. F. Grady John Goodson
Beulaville I. J. Sandlin
Chinquapin Albro James
Wallace B. F. Jessup
Rose Hill E. W. Johnson
Magnolia David Chestnutt
lames-Kenan J. E. Blanchard
A successor for J. F. Strickland
will be named at a later date
North-Dunlin Jim Grady
Wallace-Rose Hill Wm. W. Wells
Potters Hill Lawther Bostic
Freely Hall
E. L. Quinn.
Meet In Asheville
serve program, one covering aero
age allotment and marketing quo
tas, and one on price supports.
The final session of the confer
ence was held in the Asheville City
Auditorium beginning at 9 00
o'clock on April 6. The final day ol
the conference featured the talk
by Godfrey, as well as a talk by
ohn B. Vance, Southeast Area Dir
ector of CSS. According to Elks,
this conference is being he'd for
the purpose of preparing ASC com
mitteemen and office employees for
tter services to North Carolina
farmers through the new feed
;rains program and other new pro
grams which are expected to be
made available by the Congress,
the Administration, and the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
HDC Council
Plans Dist Meet
Eighty-two ladies attended the
Duplin County Quarterly Home De
monstration Council held on March
30. The. meeting was held in the
Agricultural Building in Kenan?
vi'i". Mrs. Zollie Kornegay, President
presided at the meeting at which 21
clubs were represented Reports
were heard from the various com
mittees.
It was announced at this meeting
that District 27 meeting would bo
held in the Kenan Auditorium on
April 13 at 10:00 A. M. An April H
a Furniture Refinishlng Workshop
for House Furnishing Leaders will
be held. The Count Council and
Dress Revue will be on June 1
Farm and Home Week. 11-14 and
National Home Demonstration Week
from May 1-6, were announced. -
The meeting adjourned and a
social hour was enjoyed at which
time the Chinquapin Club served
refreshments.
Tu Duplin mm
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widow of Rose Hill .
In testimony offered by the State
Walter Britt as Solicitor, underway
Wednesday, John Boyd, balistics ex
pert with the SBI, in Raleigh, testi
fied that the two bullets found at
the scene of the crime, one of them
being taken from Mrs. Barnes'
body, were fired from a .32 caliber
pistol. The pistol was introduced as
evidence by the state while Deputy
Snyder Dempsey was on the stand.
Dempscy said the gun was brou
ght to him by Henry Wiggins, a
Negro with whom Boykins was rid
ing when arrested on December 25,
Dempsey said when he showed Boy
kins the gun, while he was in Dup
;in County Jail, on Wednesday,
December 28, he was asked by
i)em)sey. "Is this your gun?"
Dempsey said Boykins reply was,
"No. You've got me. I got it out
of Mrs. Barnes' house."
The confession which was alleg
ed to have been made in writing
by Boykins on Monday, December
e nnt allowed to be presented
as evidence.
judge Morris, after hearing argu
ments from the State and defense,
ruled that he "would not permit
'he written confession to be intro
duced as evidence because it does
lot contain the actual language
of the defendant."
However, Judge Morris said he
would permit SBI Agent Hoyle T.
Hartley to testily as to what Boy
kins state j4o him m the presence
of four other officers oh December
26.
In testifying what Boykins told
him, SBI Agent Hartley reconstruc
ted the crime as follows.
Boykns said, according to Hartley
that he entered the house from the
rear, cutting the screen wire over
a window with his knife, breaking a
"Kss. aid entering. About 30 min
utes after entering the house, he
heard Mrs Barnes drive up as she
returned from a Christmas Shop
ping trip.
He waiting behind the kitchen
dorr after getting a fire poker from
the "heater room." When Mrs Bar
nes came into the house, he struck
two or three time over the head
with the instrument.
Hartley said Boykin said the next
thin-; he remembers is that he was
raping Mrs. Barnes on the floor in
the "heater room." He said he then
carried her to the basement of the
house where he placed her on the
floor. After walking back up the
basement stairs, he turned around,
closed his eyes, and fired at the
body. Two of the bullets entered
her body around the chest area
Hartley said Boykins then left the
house by the rear, and through a
wooded area.
Several witnesses, all Negroes
from the Teacheys section, testified
that Boykins gave them Christmas
gifts, which have been introduced
Small Business Administration To Make
Loans To Local Development Companies
The Small Business Administra
tion will cooperate in a "grass
roots" drive in the North Carolina
area to spur economic activity and
employment through loans to local
development companies Mr. Robert
B. Horning, Branch Manager of the
Small Business Administration,
said today.
Mr. Horning explained that un
der SBA's lending program to -local
development companies, com
munities can step up economic ero-
with and boost job opportunities
and income by helping new small
firms pet started or by helping
small business expand, modernize
or diversify. The program can play
a particularly important part in
stimulating business and jobs in
labor surplus areas.
Mr. Horning is contacting cham
bers of commerce,, planning organ
izations, and other groups concern
ed with economic development in
North Caroina to take the lead in
establishing local development com
panies eligible for SBA loans. In
the two years that the program has
been in operation, he pointed out,
only six (6) development compan
ies in the North Carolina area have
taken advantage of the program
and obtained SBA loans. There is
large untapped source of assistan
ce available to local communities
interested in promoting economic
PRICK TEN GENT
by the State as being gifts and pro
perty belonging to Mrs. Barnes.
Mary Elizabeth Kenan, a Negro
woman, testified .that Boykins came
to her house around S p. m. and
asked her to wrap, as Christmas
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a pair of ladies' panties. She said
Boykins said he had to pick up
some dry cleaning. He returned a
round 7 p. m. on Christmas Eve!
Boykins gave the Kenan woman
one of the sweaters and a wallett.
Sara Freeman said she received,
a sweater and a comb and brush
set from Boykins.
Fannie Mae Brown said she re
ceived a pair of ladles' panties
from Boykins.
Lillie Mae Petterson said she re
ceived a box of candy and. a wrist
watch from Boykins. -
Mrs. Mary Falrcloth, sister of
Mrs. Barnes, testified that She saw ,
her sister almost every day and sht
identified the wrist watch a belong
ing to Mrs. Barnes. A lapel watelt
also taken from Mrs. Barnes, was
found on Boykins, along with four
32 caliber bullets when he- was ar
rested and searched at his home, '
in Teachey. '
Mrs. IFaircloth also testified that
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belonged to Mrs. Barnes., ,'
Harvey Brady, a REA employee; -
for whom 'Mrs. Barnes worked -a '
an eleotricaU.orii tfuflectof, iestt- '
tied that the wallet which had been
.TiveiLrt 4 , Patterson woman was
Y,d Eanls, .1 had been gilen t f
her at a Christmas Office partyf fi -had
Mrs. Barnes' name engraved
in it.
Court began at 9:30 Wednesday
morning and before court was ad
journed by Judge Morris at S p. m.,' ?
a total of 13 witnesses had been
placed on the witness stand by the
State.
It was brought out under cross
examination of SBI Agent Hartley
bv Defense Attornev Tommv Gresh-
am on1 Pivors .Tnhnwin .TV thflt
although Boykins was told in mak
ing a statement that what he said
could be held against him, he was
not told of the penalty In a rape-
Iliurucl louviiiiuii aiiu mat uc
not told that he had the privilege
of council by attorneys before mak
ing any statement.
It was also brought out by the
defense, that when Boykins was ar
rested, according to Deputy Demp
sey. that there was no evidence a
gainst Boykins.
The jury sitting on the case is
composed. of the following Duplin
County nun. all white. Mack D.
Hunter, Edward T. Johnson, Leslie
Nonis, Amos Lanier, Odell Lee
Brock, John Nick Kalmar, Gerald
Harper, George Brown, Russell
Cray, Harvey Myers, Fernle M.
Harper. James Hadley and Roscoe
Whitman, alternate.
growth, be said. u.
Under the SBA program, a local
community, working through a pub
licly owned and controlled develop
ment company, can provide the in
itiative and Initial investment to
help established small business ex
pand and modernize an dnew
small businesses get started. The
SBA, in turn, can lend the develop
ment company the major part of
the funds it needs to help small en
terprises. To be eligible for assistance thro
ugh SBA loans to a development
company a business must qualify
as small under SBA size standards.
In the case of labor surplus areas,
SBA has modified these standards
to permit a 25 per cent differential
Mr. Horning emphasized - that
SBAs' role is limited to lending
and that the local development
CONTINUED CM .
SPECIAL MEETING
AT BEULAVILLE
Special meeting Friday .night,
April 7, 1961 at the School Auditor
ium, at 7.M P. M., the purpose of
the meeting is to nominate candi
dates for Mayor and Commission
era, also to dlacuss putting the May
or and Commissioners on a Salary
H. J. Brown, town clerk urges
everyone to attend this meeting.