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VOL "vry NO. 13 A.0WTB.IH7 KENANSV1LLE, H. C. ^ PMC.WPLWTAX J
CHARLES DEMPSEY, PROMINENT FARMER. NAMED IN COMPLAINT
Trial
& Error I
Hall Tls tme this has been
a week of trial and error.
Our little typist, AnnChesmore
Is on vacation this week ? I
and of all weeks, the Tobacco
Edition comes. Now Anne can
type toout ninety miles an hour.
I searched over Duplin to find
a typist to work for three days,
but could not And one. So
who turns out to be the typist,
Yours Truly.
My back right now feels like
the little quote we said when
we Wre children, "A biased
pain with a pecot ruffle,
right up and down my hemsti
tched misery." But backs will
heal after a good night's sleep,
and I shall appreciate Anne
better from now on. There's
no life like newspaper life!
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One thing I plan to do this
year Is go to a tobacco sale.
I haven't been In a long time,
and I really want to go. All
of the tobacco ads are pouring
In, and It makes you long to
hear the chant of the auctioneer
and see the farmers with th
eir loads of tobacco milling
around the warehouse. Another
wiiiif that I have never seen
is the sale of loose leaf to
bacco. Maybe soon I will write
my Impressions of the tobacco
sales.
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'Nuf said tor today.
Nalp;
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Alert Police Officer
Captures Escapee s
Loot Friday afternoon, as
a rood Oteiad of Sampson Cou
nty Convicts were working In
tho vadnlty of Turkey, throe
man escaped.
Tho news of the escape
was put on the police radio
and tho report was heard by<
Policeman Doug Townsend.
litter In the afternoon the
Warsaw police department re
ceived a call that three "stran
go men'" were near the old
Mary Stafford place below the
step light on Highway 117.
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ESEA Kindergarten program
will be In operation during the
1967-88 school year In the fol
lowing schools: Beulavllle,
Branch, Calypso, C.W. Dobbins, j
Chinquapin II, Douglass, E. E.
Nation ^an
SeLteJ
Scientidt
_s4stronaut
Dr. William E. Thornron, a
native of Falson, has been se
lected one of the eleven new
scientist-astornauts by the Na
tional Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
Dr. Thornton has been en
gaged In aerospace medical re
search for the U. S. Air Force
for several years. He received
an award last year while at j
Brooks Air Force Base In San
Antonio, Texas, for outstanding
research In the areoepace me
dical Held.
Presently In Los Angeles, Dr.
Thornton expects to bO trans
ferred Immediately to the Space
Center at Houston, Texas.
Dr. Thornton was born April
14, 1929 and attended* Falson
schools. After high school he
He did Intefn work In San An
tonla, Texas, and graduated
from UNC Chapel Hill In 1952.
It was at UNC that to met
his wife, the former Jennifer
Fowler of London, England, an
exchange student at UNC, study
ing to become a doctor. The
Thorntons have two sons, Simon
8, and James, 6.
Dr. Thornton's mother, Mrs.
W. E. (Rosa) resides In Falson.
His father passed away In 1940.
Two Cars Demolished
A Beulavllle man plead guilty
to falling to yield the right
of way In a wreck Friday noon
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Smith, Kenansvllle, Magnolia,
P. E. Williams, P. w. Moors,
Rose Hill I, Rose Hill H,
Teachey, and Warsaw.
AU children who will be five
(5) years old on or before.
October 16. 1967, will be eli
gible to attend the kindergarten
of their choice. Each child la
required to have a Birth'Cer
tificate and a record of all Im
munisations by the date school
opens; August SI, 1967, Kin
dergarten children will register
August SO, 1967 as all other Dup
lin County school children.
Teachers In the Kindergarten
Program will be assigned as
they were last year. Teacher
aides are being assigned across
racial lines. All Negro Teacher
Aide positions have been filled.
Some white teacher aides are
needed In. the following Negro
schools: Chinquapin n, Doug
lass, P. W. Moore, Rose Hill
n. Aides are required to be
High School graduates, but pre
ference will be given to those
with training beyond the High
School level.
Wallace
Mother '
Missing
A missing persons ISiKSiUi
Dm beep Issued by the Wallace
Police Department for a Wal
lace mother who is also an
epileptic.
Sheriff T. El wood Revelle
said that Frances Hughes Pit
tman left home on or about
July 13, 1967 and was last seen
In Jacksonville, Florida.
Mrs. Plttman Is described as
22 years old, brown hair, blue
eyes, dark complexion and scar
on left cheek.
Mrs. Plttman left her three
year old child with her father
Shellman Hughes of Wallace.
An epileptic, Mrs. Plttman
requires dally medication of
1-1/2 grain Dlalantln with 1/2
Phenobarbltal.
Duplin Announces
Kindergarten Program
v twiflhn Mmtor snarkri^has gon^ through a *?itor rhayge
as has many things connected with agriculture. No longer ; .*
the neatly handled "hands" of tobacco packed ea the smooth stick
and the golden weed expose, hat rather It Is placed in neat clr
v*
K. V '? ?*' ? ' ' .? ?- * l*Ni. .. .
rles, eac^ pt?c WW ppuiuH aj^ls tight*
wrapped is a farm sheet. The tobacco U placed (b the market
without necessity of transferelag from one container to the other,
Loading this tobacco is Bryce Williams of Kenaasville.
( Photo by Rath,Wells)
Eastern Belt Ready For Auction Sales
nrti._ ?- _ ?? - tn.11 ...... CabIa**** Doll ot*o A hnclrto PH n?
i IMS ciumrii mil inarms
embracing the bulk df the
world's largest tobacco pro
ducing area, Is preparing for
Its 1967 opening of auction sales
on August 24, 1967.
For the next three months
or more, virtually every faclt
of life In the area will bear
discussed the same questions:
How Is your tobacco selling?
what do you think about your
poundage? What do you think
of this variety compared to that
variety? What do you think
of the looping machine ? or
the primer? Did It solve ?
or save ? your labor problem?
The first 90 hours of selling
time will allow loose leaf sales.
Officials stress that this does
not necessarily mean the first
nineteen days, as sales time
may be cut at any time to
alleviate congestion.
Some officials, however,
predict that as much as 70%
of this year's crop may be sold
as loose leaf offerings.
An experiment with pre
sheetlng Is being tried by some
markets which may prove quite
advantageous for grower as well
as buyer.
9upport price for 1967 has
been set at 27?for NIGG ranging
to 89? on NIF with 162 grades
listed on the support schedule.
The support Is $59.9 per pound
for 1967 which Is $1.1 up from
1966 support of $58.8.
The seventeen markets In the
ton, Dunn, Farmville, Golds*
boro, Greenville," Klnston, Ro
blnscmville, Rocky Mount, Sml
thfleld, Tar boro , Wallace,
Wilson, Wllllamston, Washing
ton, Windell, and Windsor.
A complaint has been filed
In Wayne County Superior Court
In the amount of $206,000. ag
ainst a Duplin County man.
Richard H. Morton. Dlalntlff
of Mount Olive, through his At
torneys Braswell & Strickland
has filed charges against
Charles D. Dempsey, defendant,
of Wallace, as a result of In
juries allegedly Inflicted on
Morton by Dempsey at the Wal
lace Produce Market, June 12,
1967.
In the complaint the plaintiff
prays:
1. That he have and recover
of the defendant a Judgment
totaling $206,000.
2. That if execution on said
Judgment Is returned wholly or M
partly unsatisfied, execution a
gainst the person of the de
fendant be Issued by the court.
3. For the cost of this ac
tion and for such other and
further relief as the Court may
deem Just and proper.
The charges stemmed from a
fracas occurring at the peak
of a days sale of produce, when
Dempsey, allegedly appeared in
a drunken condition and protes
ted the last bid accepted by
Morton, the auctioneer, for a
load of green beans. Upon con
tinued lnteruptlons of the sale
by Dempsey, the auctioneer
suggested that the sale be con
tinued when Dempsey allegedly
attacked Morton, causing ser
ious and permanent Injuries.
The complaint further states
"That as a direct and pro
ximate result of the unprovoked
wilful, wanton, malicious and
violent act of the defendant, the
plaintiff sustained painful, ser
ious and permanent Injuries
consisting of crushed bones In
badly comminuted fracture of
the head of the left humerus
and deep abrasions and con
tusions of the left cheek; that
said Injuries caused the plain
tiff great suffering which con
tinues to the present day; that / 4
the plaintiff has Incurred long *
and expensive medical care,
was unable to engage In any sort ' x'
of work for more than six weeks
after said injuries occurred
and'has been greatly damaged
thereby; that the plaintiff is In
formed, and believes and avers
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$ot> 'dppicationi ^Jo (J3*
deactivated *3n ^bupfin
Wally Cameron, representing
the North Carolina Employment
Security Commission in Duplin
County, stated today that all
employable ]ob-seekers will
have the opportunity to bring
their applications for work up to
date. This can be accomplished
Croom Reunion
The thirty-seventh annual
Croom Family reunion will be
held Sunday, August 20th, at
the Croom meeting house at
Sandy Bottom. The meeting
House Is located about eight
miles southwest of Klnston on
Highway 55.
A short formal program be
gins at 11 a. m., followed by
a picnic lunch. Each family
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Grady Outlaw
Reunion
The Grady-Outlaw Literary
and Historical Association will
hold their annual reunion, Aug
ust 27 at B. F. Grady School.
Miss Mary Anna Grady, pre
sident of the clan, has Issued
a special Invitation to all mem
bers and friends to attend this
year. Of special interest will
be the address presented by Mr.
M. C. Benton, Jr., Mayor of
Winston-Salem, and a native of
Duplin County.
The committee to receive the
historical remembrances on
display at the reunion U Annls
M. Outlaw, Malcolm Grady,
Least* Horton, Myra Maxwell,
Mattie Simmons and Susie Smith
iii - . ? Vv'Vja K.
at either of the two local of
fices In Duplin County. The of
fice In Warsaw located In the
town hall will be open to appli
cants on each Wednesday from
8:00 a.m till 1:00 p.m.; and the
office In Wallace operating In
the munlclple building, will be
open to applicants each Thurs
day from 8:00 a.m. till 1:00 pan.
The Employment representa
tive further Informs us that It
Is Commission policy to go
through their files every thirty
days for the purpose of with
drawing any applications on
which the applicant has not
checked for employment In the
thirty day period; However, all
that Is needed to put the ap
plication back In force, Is a visit
to the local office by the per
son concerned.
Mr. Cameron at this time,
wishes whole-heartedly to com
mit his services and the many
varied opportunities for assist
ance offered by the State Em
ployment service not only to the
unemployed of Duplin County,
but also to any employers who
wish to avail themselves of
these advantages.
JBauiden
iuorce
(Continued
Divorce proceedings Institu
ted by Mrs. Ksthryn Humphrey
Baysden, against William Earl
Baysden, paroled counterfeiter,
has been continued until the Sept
ember term of Onslow Superior
Court, A lengthy calendar was
LT. GOV. BOB SCOTT
Lt. Gov. Scott To Deliver
Graduation Address JSI
Lieutenant Governor Robert
Scott will deliver the gradua
tion address at James Sprunt
Institute on Friday evening, Au
gust 25, 1967 at 7 p. m. This
is the fifth annual graduation
exercise for James Sprunt In
stitute and the first In the new
academic building.
Sixty-eight (68) graduates
will be conferred associate de
grees end diplomas In the
ceremony betijt held on the
r Lieutenant Governor Scott, a
Democrat, make his home near
Haw River, North Carolina, In
Alamance County. He Is the
son of Mrs. W. Kerr Scott and
the late Governor Scott. He at
tended Duke University and
North Carolina State Univer
sity and Is a member of Alpha
Zeta, Phi Kappa, Phi, and the
Blue Key.
He holds membership in the
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Mm Prance* Seteer, Field Secretary for State Parent Teaeb
?n AaMciattoa of Raleigh, is epealdag to a group of PTA official
at the oae dap leaderohlp conference conducted at Jame* Spraat
Institute, la Keaansrtlle. Mrs. Frances Monds of Hertford. Presi
dent of the North Carolina PTA Is shown oa extreme left.
(Photo by Rath Wells)
State PTA Leadership Conference At JSI
TIM N. C. COOgrtM Crfgy
MU lid teacbara conducted a
o --dev iderlhlr conference
?Hamas Sprunt Instituta for
praetnt and prospective PTA
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10 Eastern N. C. counties ware
present for the one day event.
James Sprant was me of 10
sites selected In N. C. to host
the training institute. Alfred
Walls, Dean of Instruction at
James Sprunt, gave the welcome
address and explained the lm
portance and success of James
Sprunt Institute ard the N. C.
Community College System to