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VOL. XXXI NO. 22 KENANSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, MAY 28.1964 PRICE 10* PLUS TAX
Sample Democratic Primary Ballot for
State Officers and Congressmen
(THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT)
INSTRUCTIONS
1. To vote for a candidate on the ballot make a
cross El mark in the square at the left of his
name.
2. If you tear or deface or wrongly mark this bal
lot, return it to the registrar and get another.
FOR GOVERNOR
(Vote for One)
? KIDD BREWER
Q R. J. STANSBURY
Q BRUCE (BOZO) BURLESON
Q I. BEVERLY LAKE
? L RICHARDSON PREYER
y Q DAN K. MOORE
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
(Vote for One)
Q JOHN R. JORDAN, JR.
? H. CLIFTON BLUE
Q ROBERT W. (BOB) SCOTT
FOR COMMISSIONER OF LABOR
(Vote for One)
Q JOHN B. WARDELL, JR.
? FRANK CASTLEBURY
? FRANK CRANE
FOR COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE
(Vote lor One)
? JOHN N. FREDERICK
? JOHN B. WHITLEY
, ?* - ? EDWIN S. LANIER ? -
FOR MEMBER OF CONGRESS
* Third Congressional District
(Vote for One)
? S. A. CHALK, JR.
? DAVID N. HENDERSON
Primary election May 80, 1M4.
Chairman State Board of Election*.
Trial
& Error
Fred Waist on State Income
Tax man for Duplin, droppedl n
the office the other day and I
asked him about politics. Of
course no comment from Mr.
Waist on. But he did quote
Hambones which is pretty god
He said "Hambones said:
Political platforms are like the
platforms of a railroad car.
Something to get in on but not
to ride on'- -do you agree?
Carolina and Topsail Beaches
have gone all out in our paper
this week. Read the pay s and
see how many attractive things
to do, places to eat and what
nice ' Sun and Fun' the beaches
offer.
My friend Elery Guthrie aid
her mis band Just lovtt o g o to
Caswell County, especially if
their children and grandchild
ren are goingtobetnere. Char
Its and nls family visited with
their uncle and aunt Bennle and
Geneva enroute from Silver Sp
rings. Maryland to Decatur
Georgia to make their home.
Geneva and Bennle belnga*
mal lovers had 6 new kitten
The children had never senary
baby kittens so a good time
was had by all except me mama
cats. During the night, one
mama decideato move her baby,
taking it under the cabin. The
baby kitten wento nan exploring
trip and got itaelf In a place,
where even mama cat couldn't
get him. Disappointment re
igned on Sunday morning when
die children haa to leave withoit
getting die kitten out.
Elery aaya she then went
fishing and caught a big chub
played caiasta, the dog got iito
a fight and she and Geneva had
to bathe and drej|i the wounds.
Democratic
Women's Club
Meets Tuesday
The Duplin County Democratic
Women's Club will meet on Tues
day evening, June 2. at 8 P.M.
at the Duplin County Courthouse.
Mrs. John B. Chase, member
of the House of Representatives
from Wayne County will be the
speaker. Mr. Leroy Simmons,
senator from Duplin County, Al
bertson, will Introduce Mrs.
Chase.
The meeting will be presided
over by Mrs. C.B, Penney, pre
sident. The invocation will be
given by Mrs. Robert Blackmore,
Warsaw. Mrs. N. a Boney. ex
ecutive secretary of the Amer
ican Red Cross, will lead group
in Pledge to Flag. Mrs. Henry
L. Stevens, Jr., co-chairman Du
plin County ExecutlveCorainittee
will give a report on the State
Democratic Convention in
Raleigh.
A report from the nominating
committee will be given by Mrs.
Hazel Sharpe, chairman of War
saw. Other members of this
committee are: Mrs. Chris Blos
som, Wallace; Mrs. Jim Smith
Chinquapin' Mrs. J.a Stroud
Magnolia; and Mrs. Hess Davis'
Officers to assure office after the
annual meeting on the first Tues
day of October.
Prior to the 8 o'clock meet
ing at the court house members
are Invited to attend a Dutch
dinner at the Country Squire in
f^enansville, honoring Mrs.
ALL MEMBERS AND ALL
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN ARE UR
GED TO ATTEND THIS MEET
ING. ALL DEMOCRATS IT IS
HOPED WILL REMEMBER TO
VOTE IN THE PRIMARY ON
MAY 30.
All members that have not
renewed their 1964 dues are
urged to bring dues to the meet
ing or mail to Mrs. David Ressle
Smith, Treasurer, in Kenans
vllle. AllDemocratic women who
are not members are urged to
attend the meeting and Join the
Heavy Vote Expected Saturday
FAIREST OF THE FAIR ? Resplendent in their dress blue uniforms. Marines of the
3d Marine Division Band pause for a pose beneath the Unisphere at the New York World's
Fair. The oocassion was a special salute to Armed Forces Day at the Fair May 17, at
which the band played three concerts. The 70-man band, based at Camp Lejeune. N. C.,
is led by their Drum Major, Gunnery Sergeant J. E. Rippard of Baltimore, Md.
( Photographed by S-Sgt. C. Chance, USMC *
Editorial
Correction
? ' ? ? I, ' '
The 1963 General Assembly
passed an Act authorizing ad
justments in farm valuations
for ad valorem tax purposes
when changes are made in
commodity acreage allotments.
We regret that our editorial
on May 14, was in error. The
records in the Duplin County
Tax Supervisor's office dis
close that pursuant to the di
rection of the Board of County
Commissioners, the value plac
ed on tobacco allotments in
1962, has been reduced 10%
for 1964 taxes in accordance
with the law enacted by the
1963 General Assembly.
Menial Program For
Duplin Discussed
Many Interested citizens of
Duplin met on Tuesday evening
to hear Dr. Charle Vernonfrom
the State Department of Mental
Health. The purpose of tie
meeting was to discus with Dr.
Vernon the possibility mdplau -
ibility of formulating plats to aid
in the treatment of mental and
emotional disorders in the
county.
A previous meeting had fee n
held at which time Garland p.
King, secretary of Duplin Cre
King secretary of Duplin Pro
duction Credit Association, was
named chairman. King presided
at the Tuesday evening meeting
which was helo in the Agriculture
Building. Also at the previous
meeting a county-wide committee
had bran named which was made
up of school principals doctors,
ministers and other civic
work rs. This committee attend
ed the meeting and discussed with
Dr. Vernon methods of establish
ing a worthwhile organization.
Dr. Vernon gave tne history
of the Mental Health progranti
North Carolina which began inthe
year 1826 at which time people
became concerned abou mental
cases of the worst stages. In
1849 Dorothea Dix came toNorth
Carolina and persuaded the Gen
eral Assembly to establish Doro
thea Dix Hospital. Since that
time three other state hospitals
have been established.
At about 1911- 4 funds were
established for Caswell Center
and since then other centers.
Along about 1908 when a men
tal patient recovered anew pro
gram of mental care was started.
Since that time many Mental Hea
lth Clinics have been established,
and about 34 counties in the
state have some type of service
for the persons with mental pro
blems. The newprograrrfollows
three fields, catch things before
they happen, catch the problem,
quickly and promote rehabilitat
ion.
Dr. Vernon pointed out that
all mental problems did not have
to be treated by psychiatrists
Duplin already has aworkhg
program for retarded children
and another program for school
drop outs.
(Co*tuned Ob Bank)
Man Held For Murder
K. C. Whitfield, 22-year-old
Negro of Faisnn. ytras charged
by Duplin officers Satfci v
with first degree murder in
the death of Julius Roosevelt
Faiaon.
According to Deputies Glenn
Jernigan and Rodney Thigpen,
who investigated, Whitfield and
Faison had an argument at the
home of Bob Kelly, one mile
south of Faison on US 17. Whit
field went to his home, ap
proximately 100 yards away,
and returned with a 12 guage
shotgun.
Witnesses told Jernigan that
Whitfield shot Faison in the
chest as the dead man stood
on Kelly's porch. He died in
stantly from the blast when the
load of No. 4 shot struck him
directly in the chest.
Whitfield, held without bond,
will be tried in<, the <\?yist
term of court. He is a native
of Georgia, but has been work
ing with a pulpwood crew and
living near Faison for the past
several months. He told offi
cers that Faison, a 23-yearold
Negro; had been picking on
him and that he just could not
put up with it longer. It seems
the argument began some time
ago and grew in intensity until
Whitfield settled it with the
gun.
Unive realists
To Hold "Fifth
Sunday Service"
At Woodington
Hie Universalist Church at
?Woodington will be host to the
traditional Fifth Sunday Ser
vice of Universalist congrega
tions in eastern North Carolina.
May 31, at 11:00 A. M. The
speaker will be Gustav M. Ul
rich, of Greensboro. Mr. Ul
rich is the son of the Reverend
Gustav Ulrich who served the
Outlaw's Bridge Universalist
Church with distinction for sev
eral years through the World
War. Soon after the cessation
c? the conflict in Europe, Dr.
Ulrich went to Germany to
superintend a home for Ger
man orphans which was a pro
ject of the Universalist Chu
rch of America. Mr. Ulrich, the
speaker at the Sunday service,
spent the part of his childhood
at Outlaw's Bridge; so the
coming of Mr. Ulrich to Wood
ington will be a renewal of old
' ties of affection with Univer
salists in this area.
The service of worship will
be conducted by the Reverend
Donald B. F. Hoyt, D. D., Min
ister of the Clinton-Red Hill
circuit, Secretary of the Thom
as Jefferson Unitarian Univer
salist District, and Horace
Ward, member of the Fifth
Sunday Committee.
As the final countdown be
gins before Saturday's pri
mary voting, many astute po
litical observers thing there
are strong indications that a
runoff battle will be necessary
to pick the party's nominee in
many Duplin and State con
tests.
If any one candidate should
receive more than half the to
tal vote cast a runoff would
not be necessary. Necessary
runoffs would be on Saturday.
June 27.
J. M. Smith of Chinquapin,
chairman of the Duplin County
Board of Elections, says that
over 600 new voters have reg
istered in the county for the
primary on Saturday. 250 new
names have been added in
Warsaw, 92 in Rose Hill and
125 in Wallace. Two years ago,
Warsaw voted 1,079 and Wal
lace 1,180. Warsaw is expected
to take the No. 1 spot this year
from Wallace because of the in
terest there in the commission
er race. The county is expected
to vote more than 8,000.
Politics is really bustling in
the commissioner's race in
Dist, l. Voters in Warsaw, Fai
son. Bowden and Calypso are
expected to go to the polls in
large numbers to cast their
ballots in the hotly contested
county commissioner race in
that district. Six men are
seeking the post, Joe Q. Sutton,
J. Ed Strickland. Davis Y. Hol
lingsworth and Richard Hus
sey Blackburn, all of Warsaw;
Nick Kalmer of Route 2, Fai
son, and W. A. "Bill" Bartlett
of Bowden. It would be diffi
cult for any one of the six to
garner more than half of the
vote cast to ward off a second
primary in this district. Lott
Kornegay, who had represent
ed this district, did not offer
for re-election.
Things are fever hot in Rose
Hill in another commissioner
race. Rose Hill has not had a
seat on the county board in a
hundred years, and this time
has two candidates, J. A. "Al
bert" Pope and W. H. "Bill"
Fussell. The incumbent J. B.
Stroud of Route 1, Magnolia is
also opposed by Paul Ed Dail
of Route 1, Kenansville. There
is a spirited contest in this
Dist. 1, composed of Rose Hill,
Kenans ville and Magnolia, be
tween the four contestants.
Two years ago. Rose Hill voted
611; Magnolia 294 and Kenans
ville 580. It is expected that the
vote will be heavied than the
1,485 cast in the district two
years ago.
While the commissioner rac
es are creating the most inter
est in these districts, there is
interest countywide as three
seek position on the Board of
Education where only two va
cancies exist. These are D. D.
Blanchard of Wallace, James
Albertson of Beulaville and Dr.
Edward L. Boyette of Chinqua
pin. Bill Dail of Chinquapin,
whose term expired this year
on the board did not run to
succeed himself, but Mr. Blan
chard is seeking reelection.
Only one Republican filed in
Duplin, Samuel E. Godwin of
Warsaw filed as a candidate
for the Legislature.. Hugh S.
Johnson, Jr., of Rose Hill, the
incumbent, is opposed in the
Democratic primary Saturday
by Butler M. Cavenaugh of
Route 2, Wallace.
14 To Die
The first holiday weekend of the
long, hot summer ?"-Memorial
Day?will bring sudden death to
at least 14 persons In traffic
accidents on North Carolina's
st eets and highways; the North
Carolina State Motor Club pre
dicts.
Adding to the usual traffic
hazards will be voters flocking
to the polls to ballot in the state's
primary elections while thou
sands of other motorists are
heading for the mountains and the
beaches.
North Carolina will count its
highway fatalities from 6p.m.
Friday May 29. through mid
night May 31, a period of 64
hours. The state's Memorial
Day holiday toil last year added
up to 18 deaths, the exact num
ber predicted by the motor club
for the 102-hour period. Another
646 were injured in862 accidents.
Duplin has no Candidaet for
the State Senate and will be
without representation there
for two years because we bar
gained our seat away in an
agreement signed back in 1922,
whereby the Senator from the
10th Senatorial District will be
selected from New Hanover
and Duplin for one session
and Sampson and Pender for
the next.
Mrs. Christine Whaley Wil
liams, Route 2, Pink Hill, is
unopposed in her bid for re
election as Register of Deeds
as is William E. Craft of Ken
ansville for reelection as So
licitor of the General County
Court.
Incumbent Russell J. Lanier,
Judge of the County General
Court is opposed by David N.
Fountain of Route 2, Beulaville.
Each township is entitled to
three Justices of the Peace.
Six candidates have filed in Is
land Creek, one of whom is a
Negro, and this is the only
township in which a race has
developed for this office, as
three or fewer filed in the
other 12 townships.
Justices offering in the May
primary are:
JUSTICE OF PEACE:
Albertson, M. B. Holt.
Cypress Creek, Gib Batche
lor and Gurman Norris.
Faison, C. D. McCullen, Paul
Grice and James G. Dickson.
Island Creek. R. F. (Bob)
Powell, Gene Kelly, Garland
Kennedy, Seba F. Dempsey,
Coy Farrior <Negro) and Len
in <|r rurell. j -
Keb'Uisville, W. J. Alter son.
Mm. stone, Gordon Muldrow
and Silas Whaley.
Magnolia. R. G. Tucker.
Rose Hill, Hix Bradshaw,
Ellis G. Baker and Robert
<Bob) Fields.
Warsaw, W. J. Mid die ton and
Perry Smith.
Each of the 13 townships is
allowed one constable. Eight of
the townships have constable
races. There are five candi
dates in Island Creek Township
and five in Rose Hill Township,
four in Cypress Creek, and
three in Faison and Limestone
Townships. Magnolia, Kenans
ville and Wolfscrape each have
two candidates for constable.
Constables offering in Satur
day's primary are:
CONSTABLE:
Albertson, Bursell Holland.
Cypress Creek. Bruce Mob
ley, Theodore R o o s e v el t
Brown, Johnny Hatcher and
James Doris Brinson.
Faison, George H. Davis. N.
L. Tadlock and Jimmy Kelly.
Glisson, E. E. Proctor.
Island Creek. W. E. (Bill"
Sholar, Robert Frank Maready,
N. F. Dixon, Jerry B. Martin
and Joe Blanton.
Kenansville. A. J. Summer
lin and Stacey Ray Smith.
Limestone, Herbert Penny,
E. Hampton Kennedy and Tom
Lanier.
Magnolia. J. E. Chestnutt and
Ray Williams.
Rockfish. Luther B. Thomas.
Jr.
Rose Hill, Lonnie E. Casteen,
Bennie Rich, Edward Chest
nut t, Delaney Evans and Guy
Maready.
Smith, .lohnson Smith.
Warsaw, Joshua Creech.
Wolscrape, Carol (Dump)
Herring and Carl L. Hargrove.
Congressman David Hender
son of Wallace is opposed by
Morehead City businessman S.
A. Chalk, Jr. Henderson is now
serving his second term and
has served the Third District
in Congress since 1960. The
district includes Harnett, Jon
es, Onslow, Pamlico, Wayne,
Pender, Sampson, Carteret,
Craven and Duplin Counties.
Republican Sherman T. Rock,
Morehead City attorney, has
also filed for the seat in Con
gress.
Four of the six Democratic
candidates for governor have
campaigned in Duplin, but it
is difficult to determine clear
ly which one leads at this
time. Dr. I Beverly Lake, L.
Richardson Pryer and Dan K.
Moore all have ardent boosters
in Duplin. Raymond J. Stans
bury drew a large crowd when
he spoke in the county, but
Bruce (Bozo) Burleson and
Kidd Brewer have done little
in Duplin to garner votes. A
second primary is practically
assured in the race for gover
nor.
This is the first year in mod
era times that more than one
Republican is seeking the nom
ination for governor. The cand
idates are Robert L. Gavin,
who ran in 1960, Charles W.
> Sui'-tg and IX. ?' 1 Bagley *
(t ntmued O.t back j
Stale Democratic
Convention
Names Several
From Duplin
State Democratic Convention
Dr John D. Robinson, Jr., of
Wallace, was named a presi
dential elector from the Third
Congressinaal District, at the
State Democratic Convention
meeting in Raleigh ]?$t Wed
nesday.
James M. Smith of-Chinqa
pin was named by the conven
tion as an alternate delegate
at large to represent the party
at the national convention in
Atlantic City this fall.
The Third District Demo
crats met in a district conven
tion an delected Mrs. Kathleen
Barfield as a delegate to the
national convention: Mrs. Win
ifred T. Wells of Wallace was
elected secretary of the dis
trict group. Claude Hefler of
Wallace and Mrs. R. D. John
son, Sr. of Warsaw, were elect
ed to the State Executive Com
mittee by the district group.
Dr. J. S. Blair of Wallace and
Jim Smith of Chinquapin were
elected by the district group on
the District Executive Com
mittee.
About thirty Democrats from
Duplin attended the conven
tion.
No Word On Missing Man
Harry Hill, father of Dalton
Hill who has been missing sin
ce May 16, said Tuesday that
they have no inkling of the
whereabouts of the 31-year-old
white man.
Young Hill was last seen a
bout 12:15 p. m. on Saturday.
May 16, in the vacinity of Wal
lace Hardware and Machinery
Co.. Wallace, walking and at
the time wearing dark blue
work clothes with Johnson Cot
ton Co. insignia. He had work
ed with a fellow employee or
a farm in Pender County Sat
urday morning. The two retur
ned to 'Wallace around noon
and Dalton got out downtown
to attend to some business. He
has not been seen or heard
from since.
His father says that they can
not believe that he just walked
off as he loved his family and
was very proud of his three
children. It is inconceivable.
Hill says, that his own son
would just leave his family,
and they fear something must
have happened to him. His
wife, the former Elizabeth Ann
Pierce of Watha. was expecting
him Itome Saturday evening
early as he told her her expect
ed to "stick" beans in the gar
den and do some work on his
car. She notified tbe police
Sunday morning when he did
not come in Saturday night.
Until about fire years ago,
the Hill lived in Rose Hill,
moved to Florida, and now
young Hill had been living in
Wallace for about a year,
where he was shop foreman
for the Implement Dvisioa of
Johnson Cotton Co.
His father says that young
Hill weighs about 14S pounds,
has blond hair and fair com
plexion, wears glasses and is
about 5' ?" tall. If any know
where this man could be. his
family should be contacted
IN FLANDERS* FIELDS
By CuLm* John McCrm
In Flanders' fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our placet and in the sky
The larks still bravely slngingflv,
Scarce heard amidst the runs below.
W# tit the dud
Short days ago we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved and now we lie
In Flanders'fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe,
T^^toon^lin^Md^thrw
W^S^kLy^o^wro&s grow