VOLUME XXVIII No. 28
KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY JULY 13, 1961
SUBSCRIPTION , RATES $3.M per year In Duplin and adjoining
Counties: $4.00 outside this area in N. C; tS.00 outside N. C.
PRICE TEN CENT
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DUPLIN COMMUNITY CLUBS GO VISITING The above picture
is of fanners who attended the tobacco nurseries at the Coker's Pedi-'
greed Seed Farms In Jiaftsville, S. C, recently from the Oak Ridge,
and Beautancus Community: Development Clubs. Russell Brock is'
Farm Leader And Businessman
Leroy Simons Announces Candidacy
For Stale Scncfa From Duplin County
Lefty1 Simmons, prominent " Dup
lin County farmer and -North Car
olina Farm Bureau yicev president,
announced today that be tea can
didate for the North Carolina State
Senate from Duplin County' in the
Nineth Senatorial District, v
ris Simmons said he. will be: seeking
the Democratic Party ; nomination
from Duplin and Sampson Counties
in the May, 1962 Primary.- " 1
The Nineth Senatorial District ia,
, composed- of ' DupUn. . Sampson,
; Pender and New JHanover ,Coua
s ties. There are two? senators from
the District, Sampson-' and Duplin
County alternate election of ' the
, senator under ah agreement,; The
I me is true with Pender had New
f ai 1 . - L -Ci', ,
.j: nanover uiunura. . -:
p ; Henry Stevens, .III, who was ap
ct - pointed to the State . Senate' when
f , ' senator ;vraeiy. Merger , resigned, p
MaiHnn mill, h.fiufh
v has announced he will not be 1 can-
"J Udate to succeed himself. c ?
It now -appears ; Duplin County
" will have at least two candidates
running for the Senate seat.. Melt
i; vih Wording, of Wallace, announced
two weeks ago that he is 'consider
tag? seeking me Senate1 see V
. " In announcing his official candi
dacy Simmons said, 'I am interest
ed in seeing North Carolina pro
gress. I think, also that We need
.more farmer representative in the
North Carkina General Assembly,
Rose Hill Lady '::"M ;
Mrs. Willi:..! 1$'
HomeWe
Mrs. David : Williams,' of Rose
Hill, is presiding this week .over the
State-wide annual .' Farm Home
Week being held this week at N. C.
: State College.. Raleigh. . - - i,
Mrs. Williams is one of the' most
active Home Demonstration ladies
In North Carolina and has served
for the 1960-61 year- as President
of the State-wide organization.
Several of Duplin County's Home
Demonstration ladies are attend
; ing the week-long event ." . .-
' GETS SOQOLOGY DEGREE
Alameda Police Officer James
Merritt of 1024 Begonia Drive. Ala
meda,' California, has earned a
bachelor's . degree in sociology
while serving An the police force.
Officer Merritt. who. majored In
criminal behavior, ' received his B.
A. degree at the recent commence
ment exercises of San Franclso
State Colleg. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. D. Merritt, Warsaw, R.
F. D. Merritt has been with the
Ahimp.la Police force since 1955.
We are having fewer and fewer
farmers representing farmers in
the General Assembly each year;
Intend giving everything I have
to the task at hand between now
and the Democratic Primary in
1962." . :X: .: '.''' . ' .
- Simmons is President of the Dup
lin County Farm Bureau, as well
as serving as a State Farm Bureau
Vice-President. .
He is a member of the State Ex
ecutive Committee of N, C. Farm
Bureau Insurance, and a member
of the 20-man Belt-wide Committee
on Tobacco, a position, he has held
since the State Committee was or
ganized about five years ago,. . v.
Simmons is Chairman of the State
Marketing Committee of the Farm
Bureau. He' is a member of - the
Farm Bureau Legislative Commnj
teeft..AV
Grove Community Club In Duplin
County and the Kenansville Mason
ic Loafce..'.:';. ', . ; .".' '-.
In 1958,' Simmons was. named
North Carolina Farmer of the Year
for his ' contribution to the advance
ment and improvement of agricul
ture in North Carolina.
In addition to being . an active
farmer, .Simmons .operates Sim
mons' Grain and Feed Mill, at Al
bertson in Northern Duplin.
He is a graduate of B, F. Grady
high school ' ; c
Simmons is married to the form
er Edith Martin, of Randolph Cou
nty. They have three children, W.
G... 19; Lisa Kay, nine; and Mar
tin,' six. )
Recently Simmons was appointed
to the N. C. Trade Fair Committee
by Governor Terry, Sanford. The
Trade Fair will be held m Char
lotte October 12-21.
Is
Excessive speed is blamed as the
cause, of the automobile death of
Robert Jackson DaiL 17-year-old
white yputh from Mount Olive, rt.
1, Saturday night near Warsaw-
, Highway Patrolman Arthur S.
Butler, who investigated,! said Dail
was driving the 1960 . Chevrolet
when it left the road, and turned
over around U p. m. .' ; '
Occupants of the car who receiv
ed injuries in the accident 1 were
cnarles Qanial Anderson,. 14,; of
Warsaw; and Norris Ray Dunn; 4,
of Mount Olive. Nathan Garner,
15, of Mount Olive, was uninjured.
Funeral services for Dail were
held Monday 'from Long Ridce
Free Will BapUst Church with the
Rev. Herman Grubb officiating.
Burial was in the Dail family ceme
tery near the home. ; . ?
Surviving are his parents, ' Mr.
and Mrs., Marvin Dail; paternal
grandmother, Mrs. Delia K. Dail,
route 1, Mt. Olive; a brother, Ken
neth, - of the home; five sisters,
Mrs. Robert Hudson, route 1, Mt.
Olive; Lou rice, Diane Janet and
Wanda, all of the home.
conccone
- RALEIGH The Motor Vehicles
Department's summary of traffic
( - deaths through 10 A. M. Monday,
July 10:
Killed To Date .,is.. ......
Killed To Date Last Year
iiioo.i ;. '..,. Aji.iJ'IMOB mo aunmion mm vmae tater
1 Hrl a member MthePleasanU from 'the CMUaii "imiployees- fmd
Wis
president of the Beautancus Club and William G. Sullivan Is president
of the Oak Ridge Club. Highlighting the tour , was a trip through 34
new strains of tobaccos,. conducted by Jim Brown, Assistant Tobacco
Breeder. ; ;V'; Wv:-t' -; . '- . - ' v
Fund Campaign Report Best In Years
- With Attorney WUliamJE.. Craft
at Helm, The. Duplin County Chap
ter, American Red Cross has pas
sed another .successful year. A
humber of. increases in the differ
ent phases' of Red Cross Work were
noted at the annual . meeting which
was held In the Chapter House on
last Thrusday night at 8 O'clock,
After the Secretary had read the
minutes of the semi-annual meet
ing., the Treasurer, Paul Ingram
gave bit report. This was followed
by a retailed report of the spring
Fund Campaign by "Craft who was
the 1961 Fund Campaign Manager
His repar showed total of $2365.67
of which $503 40 was turned in by
the Negro Division headed by Mrs.
Irene Carr of Rose Hill, She gave
a report of this amount Dy com
munities. They both praised their
These above - amounts didtnot in
clude the donation, that came later
others at Camp Lejeune which to-J
taled $1400.00, bringing the combin
ed total this year up to .13763.67
which is the best year in' several
for Duplin County.
. Jr. Red Cross Worfk of which
Miss Annie Mae Brown is chairman
showed $199.00 sent into the Nation
al Headquarters.'' This amount in
cluded ' enrollment fees from 11
Elementary school and 8 high sch
ools.: That was an increase of one
more school $34.00 more was sent
off this . year. Fifty Educational
Gift Boxes were also filled and ship
ped for the overseas project. '
Mrs. Mattie . Sadler. First Aid
Chairman reported 8 First Aid
Classes taught during theN past
year, during which time 117 certi
ficates were issued. This was a
gain of 30 over last year.
The Home Nursing report sub
mitted by Mrs. L. Southerland re
vealed three classes in Home Nur
sing taught in the Duplin County
Schools during the past 12. months,
with 55 certificates issued. (36 more
than last year) s ; ;
, The Community " Services report
recalled the wonderful cooperation
of the various organizations f that
helped bring Christmas Cheer to
the Marines at Cherry Point and
Camp LeJeune by their donations
of hard candy, nuts, chewing gum,
cigarettes, pencils, comic books,
pocket edition books, games, puz
zles, playing cards and other mis
cellaneous gifts, ; ' . A
' Mrs. Norwood Boneys' Home Ser
vice report showed 255 cases ser
viced this year which was an aver-
Thigpen
Completes
Insurance Seminar
O, S. Thigpen of Beulaville has
successfully completed the 10th an?,
nual seminar on life insurance un
derwriting held at the University
of North Carolina in Chapel Hill,
June 26-291 according to an annou
ncement by John E. Jones, Sales
Manager of the North Carolina
Farm Bureau ' Mutual Insurance
Company. . '.' ' - '
During the seminar, Mr. Thigpen
attended classes on estate plan
ning to broaden his knowledge of
Insurance taxation. He studied sub
jects ranging from estate, taxes to
wills and trusts. . v t .
The entire progranT was care
fully designed to explain the latest
developments '. in Ufe insurance
structure and improve the service
in North Carolina. The agents who
attended are now Drenared to offer
an Improved service to persons in )
their community . .
Mr.' Thigpen. attended the school
...It U M M tk. XT.
WIUI 04 BgCUM VL WW ,1IM Ul
. 573 Carolina. Farm Bureau Mutual Jn
. 1 538 J surance Company.
74
urs.
age Pfjtyer 21 per month. She gave
several examples of services ren
dered in new .cases handled this
week, after which' the meeting ad
journed. Fund Campaign Report For t961
Division Raised
Beulaville 50.00
Bowden 6.00
B. F. Grady end
Outlaw Bridge
.... 36.54
.... 20.00
7.10
95.50
.... 54.75
5.75
.... 40.00
... 20S.91
... 104.40
.... 78.38
... 248.95
.... 38.97
... 754.52
.., 112.50
W.,503,4P
.. 1400.00
Chinquapin
Calypso
Faison ,
Fountain-Lyman
Hallsvllle
Kenansville . . .
Magnolia .
Potter's Hill
Rose Hill .9
Teachey
Wallace
Warsaw
Negro. Group; ..........
Camp Lejeune. ........
Civilian Employees etc.
Total
V Negro Division
Teachey
Chinquapin
Chinquapin
Wallace
Magnolia .,
Kenansville
Branch Commuinty
Faison
Warsaw
Charity
$3765.6;
25.00
60.0'
10.00
57.5.
31.50
24.5T
10A
28.00
105.0T
33.0C
Rose Hill H6.r
Miscellaneous 3.0P
.. TOTAL 503.50
Gail Newton
Graduates With
Honors At
Meredith
Gall Newton, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. E. A. Newton, of Kenans
ville, was graduated at the Meredi
th Co'lege June commencement,
receiving the degree of bachelor of
arts.
Miss Newton is a 1957 graduate
of the KenansvftletHigh School A
Meredith, she carried a ma for lr
piano. She had three unusual hon
ors In her years at Meredith, hav
ing been chosen as alternate solo
ist with the North Carolina Symph
ony Orchestra in 1960-61. as "Misf
Raleigh,' in 1961.- and as soloist
with the Raleigh Piano Ensemble.
She served on the executi vi
board of the college chapter of thr
national music fraternity. SigmV
Alpha Iota, on the executive board
of the annual fall homecoming
plays and the German Dub. She
was chosen as a member of thr
Meredith College Chorus, and of
the smaller select, vocal group, tin
Meredith Ensemble, which tan;
tot churches end civic . organize
tions over the State. She held mem
berships in the college chapter o
the American Guild of Organist
and the . Phllaretian Society. Shf
maintained "Dean's List' honor
scholastic rating. : . t
" At the commencement "Awards"
program. Miss Newton-, receiver
three awards, all from the Nation
al Piano Guild: first place for he
national auditions this year, first
place in the collegiate senior audi
tions and first in the biennial pia
no recording competition. She was
the winner of two gold medals and
forty dollars in awards. She also
was the S. A. I. winner of the Pat-
roness scholarship for 196041
She will attend Meredith anlr
next year, taking courses for the
degree of bachelor of music; and
wilL also serve for, the year as
"Miss Raleigh." ;
Trial
& Error
, Well, this has been such hectic
week that we .are all beginning to
wonder if vacation was really wor
th it It seems that every thing that
happened last week is supposed to
go in the paper this Veek too, and
to cap the climax the current went
off in the middle of the work day
on Wednesday and was off for a
bout three hours. What slaves we
are to electricity! I t seems that
some man ran off of the road and
knocked a power post down be
tween Warsaw and Kenansville, so
no power.
Still vacation was lots of fun. I,
for one, crowded every thing I
could possibly get into one short
five days, from an art exhit, to
fishing and even saw the first
Wrestling match that I have ever
seen. Saw the heavy weight Buddy
Rogers wrestle Alex Jacobs. It was
exciting and lots of fun to watch
the ring, but Oh Boy! the scenes on
the side line were much more inter
esting than what went on in the
rings. During a tag bout between
Von Braunners vs L. Garcia and
Chief Bigheart-now thai was a time
on Hhe sidelines. It took severtl'
police officers to keep the crowd in
order.
Buddy Rogers threw Alex Jacobs
right out of the ring almost into my
sister's lap: He groaned and car
ried on and looked to me as if he
might, die, but no one seemed to, be
particularly interested, so he final
ly left Ute Arena. Some experience.
A. most effective job was done on
he highways of North Carolina for
the week of July 4th. All up and
5n the highways on . the should
ers were placed wrecked cars with
lorrible reminders to be careful. If
your foot got the least bit heavy on
.he road, and you would immediat
lit too 'sure of yourself, ' one of
these cars would be on the side of
.h eroad, and you would immediat
ely become conscious and careful
in your driving. One of the most
iffective reminders was in Warsaw
an danother Just outsid of Rich
iquare.
My young friend, Brad Minshew
of Warsaw, thinks he has had a
rough summer, and he has. .Around
the first of July he had acute ap
;iendicitis and had to have an ap
pendectomy. Well that was not too
bad except for the fact that Brad
had counted the days and the min
ues until July 4th which was his
blrthday-his sixteenth one at that
and he was to get his driver's lic
ense. Now to all young boys and
girls that is a most important
.vent! Brad got out of the hospital
in short order and got his driver's
license on the sixth, got in the
:ar. and drove himself back to
Duplin General Hospital and was
operated on for hernia on the sev
anth of July. That is really a tough
reak. but he got along just tine
an dis back home now. Brad asked
me the last time I went to see him
it the hospital to send him a little
latience and though he would get
along better. So Brad I am send
ng you the words of Shakespeare,
"How poor are they who have not
patience! What wound did ever
heal but by degrees."
Ruth ;
DR. W. BURKETTE RAPER
Dr. W. Burkette Raper, president
of Mount Olive College, will preach
Sunday corning, July 16, at Sa rec
ta Free Will Baptist Church qear
Beulaville. The Reverend M. ' E.
Godwin, pastof, announced the -a-bove
visit today. , .' ,
Three Jegroes Seriously Hounded
Dy Jooro T.on Sun. Hear Albertson
Jesse "Peter!"; Exum, Negro, 27,
is in Duplin .County jail without pri
vilege ef bond, for the Sunday night
shooting of four Negroes at Kath
leen Davis, Cafe near Robert
Grady's Store in the Albertson sec
tion of Duplin County,
Exum, from Seven Springs, rt.
1, went on a shooting spree with a
.32 caliber pistol and seriously
wounded . Maxine . Baines, Louis
Ford and J. R. Thompson, and an
unidentified man who ran from
the scee Of the crime and has not
been heard from since. '
Baines, 19-year-old Negro wo
man, from Dillion, S. C, is in Car
olina Memorial Hospital with a pie
rced right chest and lodged in her
back. Her condition is said to
be "grave," according to Sheriff
Ralph Mi)ler ..
Louis Ford, Negro, 20, and J.
Waller Lee Pettis IrCharged With
Breaking And Entering Duplin Home
Walter Lee Pettis; 41-year-old Ne
gro man, is still in Duplin County
jail in Kenansville in lieu of $1,500
bond.
Pettis, a migrant laborer who
has been working on the Arthur
Hardison farm,; near Tin CKy, is
charged with breaking and enter
ing the home of Clinton Savage
around 4 p. m, Saturday evening.
.The Savage live near Tin City. 1
mm
to pig Litter '
Gray Counted, a Yorkshire brood
sow belonging to Lehman Williams;
gave birth to a litter of 20 so pigs on
Thursday night of the past veik.
However, by Sunday, seven of the
pigs had died. (
JAVCEE . VALLEY
The Jaycee Valley Miniature Golf
Course is open on each night. Thu
rsday night all ladies, may play
golf free and 'Sunday night free
pop corn for all players. The golf
course opens around 7:30 P. M. un
til? Meet your friends on the golf
course sponsored by the Kenans
ville Jaycees and have a lot of fun
Mrs. Christine Williams, Duplin
In Raleigh And Cbaprl Hill
County Register ; of Deeds, met
with a committee at the office of
the State Bureau of Vital Statistics
in Raleigh on Monday, to work out
a new unitied system of issuing
marriage licenses which will be
used by all Register of Deeds in the
state, beginning in January. On
Tuesday) Mrs... Williams' was in
Chapel Hill to Confer with Dr. Al
bert Coates at the Institute of Gov
ernment on plans for the publish
ing of guide books for. Registers of
Deeds. ; ' '
AT CONVENTION
Sheriff Ralph Miller and Mrs.
Miller, and Deputy Sheriff Elwood
Revelle and Mrs.. Revelle attended
the Sheriff's Convention which was
held at The Biltraore Hotel at More
'lead City from Tuesday through
Thursday. ; y'.y..,"-.
NEW PAINT JOB
The old part of the Duplin County
Court House is to get a new paint
Vb. Plans call iqr painting the In
terior, including the basement.' 'ine
courtroom will not be included.
The walls will be scraped, cleaned
and cracks repaired before the
paint is put on. The job is schedu
led to be completed on or before
August 25.
INJURES HAND
Mr. George Smith, assistant Main
tenance Supervisor at Duplin Gen
eral Hospital, Injured his hand on
Monday while working on the ele
vator at the hospital. Smith had
several bones broken in his hand.
DAIL REUNION -SUNDAY
!
The Thomas andt Crian .Tml
tan Dail reunion win be held oqr
July 15 at Goldspsrk Lake wo um
program starting at 11:30. . .
Members are. asked to. carry a.
picnic lunch and tea. ' .. -
President of the group is Bin
Daughtry of (Mount Olive. Mrs.
Cyrus Rhodes of Summer! ins Cross
roads Is secretary-treasurer; - .
iRw Thompson, Negro, 22, are also
In Carolina Memorial Hospital in
serious condition. Ford has a pier
ced right lung and Thompson was
shot in the abdomen, the bullet lod
ging in his spine.
All three of the above Negroes
wounded were taken to Duplin
General Hospital for treatment be
fore being transferred to Carolina
Memorial Hospital, according to
Sheriff Miller.
Exum is in jail charged on three
dlffenent counts of assault with a
deadly weapon with intent to kill
The Ford Negro is from Lenoir
County and the Thompson Negro
lists his address as Dillion, S. C.
In connection with the shooting,
John Lee Whitfield, 19-year-old Ne
gro from Seven Springs, route 1,
was charged with larceny. Sherif-
i a irmrere aaiu wiiuiieiLi is alleg
Mrs. Savage discovered Pettis
standing on the stairs in her home
after.' her husband left to go to Wal
laceSaturday afternoon. She was
nome witn tneir young son ai tne
time .
After Mrs. Savage discovered the
Neero man standing on the stairs
as she walked from the kitchen to
the living room, she picked up her j
son and ran from the house to a
neighbor's, Alton Carter, where she
called the Wallace Police Depart
ment. hland- Creek Constable BUI Sho-laj-went
Immediately to (the Sav
age-homa, but could not locate Pet
tis. ' Pettis was picked up for question
ing, around 11 p. m. Saturday by
Deputy Snyder Dempsey and Sho
lar. Onder questioning, Pettis ad
mitted he had entered the house
but that he was "drunk and did not
know" what he was doing, or where
he was.
Pettis told officers that he haJ
stood behind a shed at the Sava-f
home until he saw Savage drive
away and then entered the house, j
Pettis has been arrested seven
times in the past for various crim- j
ese, but none as serious as this one.
Other arrests have been for driv-1
ing drun, operating a motor ve-,
hKip without license and assault, i
He is from Suffolk, Virginia. '
At State College
G. F. Grady Boys Attend FFA Convention
Aaron Smith and Phillip Grady
were official delegates accompan
ied by Larry Davis and Donald
Grady, applicants for State Farm
er degrees who attended the North
Carolina FFA Convention at State
College in Raleigh June 28-30. This
group of young Fature Farmers
was one of 426 similar groups a'
tending who represent their local
FFA chapter and fellow chapter
members.
During their three-day stay in
Raleigh, these boys participated in
organized tours of State College, at
tended a leadership training school
for FFA officers, observed partici
pants in the state FFA contests,
attended and participated in the
general sessions of the convention,
made .careful studies of the better
scrap , books on display, took notes
on ' , outstanding accomplishments
r fe " V
P onald Grady and Larry Davis taking written test at N. C. Slate
,; College for State Farmer award. They are from B,- G.'Grjtfy Schoot
( community and the only FFA members In Duplin Count to receive the
high FFA degree that the State Association can confer,, . '?
ed to have picked up Maxine Bain
e's pocket book after she fell when
hit by the bullet. The pocket book
allegedly had over $100 in it which
she had made from barning tobac
co. When it was turned over to of
ficers, it contained and no
identification, Sheriff Miller said.
Investigating the shooting and
larceny were: Sheriflns Chief De
puty T. E. Revelle, and Deputies
Snyder, Dempsey, Graham Chest
nutt and Sylvester Tew.
Lightning Hits
Eiaht Killed
Tragedy hU two miles South
east of Clinlcn on We In -sri ay
afternoon when A boll of liplitn
ing killed eight persons and in
jured one.
The tragedy orotun d on the
farm of Itufus 1'iynnl on Route
2, Clinton in the Knv, a:i church,
section, when t'ih;iiro workers
were occupying : tnhacco bam
during a henvy r.ihts'ci m
Killed were three white per
sons ail five No- rot s. They
were Oscar Lee Cottle, aged 28
his wife, Annette, aged 21; and
a 13 year old buy. William
Keels, who lived ne:ir (he Cut
tles, all while. Co'cred were
Samuel Vrv'tiih, V.' I Bell.
Mary Morrisey. Joyce Ann
Mall'iis and I.u'fJie Matthis all
of Clinton. A n'iilh person was
in lurid and hospitalized atf
8ji:iioi Mvir rffil HnsH.-l. He
wa ill. milled as Kuerne Dau
ghtry, oj;ed lf. Negro of Clin
ton. Alllhoiilies who i'rimediate'y
wen( to (he scene ded iced (hut
the victims were leaning
against parls of l!ie rarer sys
tem and (hat the lightni'ig bolt '
entere 1 the barn 1 .;iiu.h a
ventilation rent and followed
metal parts of the raring sys
tem. Very little damage was
done to the (tibarro barn.
Workers who were on the out
side of the barn were not in
jured. The victims ha l entered
the barn only a short lime be
fore (he bolt struck to get outr
of a heavy rainstorm which was-'
accompanied by thunder an.
lightning.
I and performance of o'hers to be
'used, as a truirle to help p!:i:i a move
effective FFA pra -rain ;it B. F.
Grarly for next ye.ir.
The top FFA nu n c i i be i ienti-
fied with a quick glance says X. L.
Ward, FFA Chapter Ahi-jr at B.
P. Grady. The belter ho s seem lo
take pride in the:i:s.'! and what
they do. DinaU an i I. any certain
ly have done a i;ond job durinu: the
past three years in all t!i" activities
included and associated .villi Voca
tional Agriculture. They v. ill each
be seniors at N. F. Cia'y next
year, and are very promising con
tenders to receive Ibe American
Farmer Degree, uhi'b is IV high
est FFA degree in America. This
should be the goal f every FFA
boy who has a real nicies' ii him
self, his future, and in apiculture.
A.
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