Rose HHI Negro Charged
With Capital Felony
Deputies Basden &
Thigpen Make
Henry Lee Carr, 22 year
old colored male, of Rose Hill,
RFD, la In Kenansvllle Jail
without privilege of bond as a
result of a charge of burglary
in the first degree by allegedly
breaking Into and entering the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Murphy, prominent Duplin cit
izens residing near Charity with
the Intent to commit a felony.
therein.
Carr allegedly entered the
bedroom in which the Murphy's
13 year old daughter was a
sleep with her three year old
brother, and after making im
proper advances was frightened
away by the girl's screams.
Carr was charged with
"Breaking and entering the
home of Earl Murphy during the
night time while the home was
then and there occupied, to wit;
Harry Lee Carr did break into
the bedroom of one, a female
person 13 years of age, with
the intent to then ana there
commit rape, while the said
bed room .was then and there
occupied by the girl and her
three year old brother."
He was charged by Deputy
Alfred Basden Saturday after
noon rfter being arrested by
Depwy Basden and Deputy Rod
ney Tnigpen.
Because of the gravity of the
charges, Judge W. J.Buiidywho
is currently presiding over a
criminal term of court in Dup
llng County, examined the de
fendant as to his financial con
dition and upon determining that
he was an Indigent person, ap
pointed council to protect
Carr's constitutional rights.
TABLOID
FOR SALE
The Duplin Times-Progress 1
Sentinel has prepared for its j
readers a tabloid section on
Liberty Hall, the Kenyi Family, 1
and a history of Kenaisvllle.
We were most fortunate in
securing J. Graves to compile
this brief hlstroy and highlights
of our old and (we think) lovely
town?die ancestral home of the
Kenans. *
We sincerely hope that you
will enjoy reading this section
as much as we nave enjoyed
preparing it for you.
Feeling that many people
will be Interested In extra
copies to send to friends and
relativau we have had extra
copies prepared* If you are
Interested in obtaining one or
more V jhese copies s*nd .
your order in at once. We are
charging JkflO per copy for
expense incurred.
Beulaville Presbyterian Church
to hold Evanielistic Services
REV. MR. JESSE PARK?
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Evangelistic Services will be
arch y* will continue each
J ' V ~ ?' K
night that week at eight
o'clock through Friday. May
17th.
Guest minister will be The
Reverend Mr. Jeaae Parks,
pastor of Cape Fear Presbyter
ian Church, Wilmington. Mr.
Parks was born in Wayne Co.
and raieed in New Bern. He is
a graduate of Presbyterian Col
lege, Cttnton, S. C? and Union
Theological Seminary. Rich
mond, Va. He has served chur
ches in Granville, Albemarle
and Wilmington Presbyteries.
Mr. Parks is married to the
farmer Miss Jean Spencer ai
Swan Quarter, and they have
two children.
The Reverend Mr. G. Frank
Sawyer, pastor of the Beula
ville Presbyterian Church, an
nounces that a Breakfast Bible $
Study wilt be held each morn
ing at six o'clock during this
You?arTcw|ially invited to
attend.
Rose HHI Volunteer Fire Department
biven
Truck
Dennis W. Ramsey, General Manager of
Ramsey Feed Company presents the title of a
F TOO Ford truck to Clayton Herring, Chief of
Rose Hill Volunteer Fire Department. Pictur
ed above are <lpft to right) Joe Casteen, dis
patcher for Ramsey Feed Co. and member of
Fire Department; Melvin Dixon, Superintend
ent of Transportation and Secretary of the Fire
Department: Mr. Ramsey; Mr. Herring; Billy
Brown, Assistant Fire Chief; and Robert Bow
en, Jr., Superintendent of the Feed Mill and
member of the Fire Department.
Ramsey Feed Company gave
the Rose Oil Volunteer Fin
Department a 1963 model F 700
Ford Truck on May 1. A 1500
gallon water tank wfll be mou
nted on the truck which had
been reconditioned. It will be
used to replace a tanker that
has become obsolete.
Dennis W. Ramsey, General
Manager of the company,
states that the company appre
ciates the service rendered by
the department and is happy to
make this contribution toward
increasing its efficiency.
Clayton Herring, Fire Chief,
who received the truck for the
department, expressed the gra
titude of the department for
the truck.
The addition of this truck will
give the department a total of
five vehicles. These include a
new American-La France truck
to used within the city limits,
a 780 gallon pumper for rural
fires, a 1000 gallon standby
Jumper and a panel truck in
which emergency equipment is
ramea.
LIBERTY HALL - the ancestral home of the Kenan family in Kenansville. will
observe it's formal opening on Saturday, May 11, with Mrs. Dan Moore cutting the
ribbons. The Rt. Rev. Thomas Wright, bishop of the Diocese of East Carolina, will
dedicate the site. The restored plantation home will be dedicated to members of the
Kenan family who died in the past few years-William Rand Kenan, Jr., Sarah Grah
am Kenan, Jessie Kenan Wise, Thomas S. Kenan, Jr., Owen Hill Kenan, Emily
Howard Kenan, Graham Kenan and Mary Kenan Flagler. The Saturday ceremon
ies will be by invitation only. Hie house will open to the public on Sunday, May 12.
Above is shown the reproduction of an original 18tb century gate, copied exactly
from the old one. A fence in the same pattern will replace the present rail fence.
(Photo by Ruth Grady)
Liberty Hall Open To Public on May 12
The Town of Kenansville will
* hosts on Saturday to the Ke
nan Family, and their Invited
guests to a family day for the
official opening of Liberty
Hall - the Kenan ancestral
horn.-.
This is a small token of
appreciation to the family for
what they are doing for the
com amity.
A luncheon honoring the
Kenan family and their guests
will be served at Kenai Mem
orial auditorium, after which
the family will go to Liberty
Hall where the ribbon cutting
ceremj-iies will be held. The
Saturday ceremonies will be
by invitation only.
Liberty Hall will not be open
to the public until Sunday, May
12 from two until 5 p.m. burins
the month of Ma/ the home will
be open each Sa'urday, begin
ning May 18 from 10 a.m. until
4:30 p.m. and each Sunday be
ginning May 12 from 2 until
5 p.m. Sumner dates will be
announced later.
The beautiful home is fully
described in the tabloid sec
tion of this issue of the paper.
Fatality
t urnie McKenneth Simmons
is alleged to have been operat
ing an auto in which Ralph Poi
ndexter, age 55, was killed on
Sunday night, May 5.
The wreck occurred on rur
al paved road 1108 and near in
tersecting paved road 1009. The
car turned over and other pas
sengers were in the car. Some
were injured, but the. paper
was unable to find out hoW"5er
iouslv.""
Simmons was charged with
i-aicicss aiiu reciuess uriving
while under the influence. Pa
trolman W. T. Evans investi
gated.
Funeral services were con
ducted for Poindexter at Mag
nolia Methodist Church, by Rev.
Carroll Beale, Pastor. Inter
ment was in the Magnolia Ce
metery.
He is survived by three sons,
Durwood of Raleigh, Ray of Dob
son, George, stationed at Fort
Jackson, S. C.. two brothers,
Raymond, of Rose Hill, Gilbert
with the U. S. Air Force, sta
tioned in Germany, one sister
Mrs. David Barnett, of Mag
nolia, and his mother, Mrs.
W. A. Poindexter, of Magnolia.
Represented At Regional Conference For Retarded Children
The 1968 South E ast Region
al Conference of the N
Association for Retarded child*
ren was recently held in At
lanta, Georgia, and was attend
ed by Mrs. Inez Jernigan of
Kenansville and Mrs. W. B.
Wilson of Rose Hill, both of
whom are among the interested
and active croup who compose
the Duplin CounqiChapter of the
North Carolina iyrganlz*iet?>
The Conference in ?tlaff^Z
was preceeded by ai InservtceA.
T raining Institute For state aid
local Executive Directors which
was of two-days duration.
{ The South East Conference
emphasized the importance of a
wider involvement in behalf of
retarded children. The theme
for the meeting was "The Com
munity?where the Action Is"
and the general Study was for
ways to oe found to extend in
terest into larger areas and to
find more ways to help child
ren who need assistance.
Film showings, touring
mental retardation facilities,
training in recreation for the
retarded, studies of the Volun
teers Role and the Federal Role
in Community Action were all
informative and helpful. Work
shopes were held on Vocational
Rehabilitation, Alternatives to
Institutional Care, Prevention
of Mental Retardation, and Soc
ial Security Benefits were held.
At the banquet on Friday even
ing, ibe^raSure of the even
ing was, th(r,. address of Mrs.
>? irtthrop Rotkerfeller of Lfitle
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Calendar Of Superior Court
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of the SupWtof Go?: civil to
Jbe held xhe week of Mi' 13, -
GR?. with Jtoge James C.
Bowman, presiding.
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anuSarah A. basden vs Morris
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Attends Arts
Conference
Mrs. Wxxlrow Blackburn of
Warsaw attended the Confer
ence Community Arts Council
held In Durham at the Allied
Arts Building. The Oonference
convened Thursday night and
Friday.
There were three divisions
of the program: Fund Raising
for Community Arts Councils;
Federal and state Government
support for Council; Programs
for Community Art Council.
Attendance was from South
Carolina. Georgia. Virginia
and North Carolina from Cher
okee to Manteo.
Registration Necessary For
Kindergarten Children
The ESEA Kindergarten Pro- 1
gram for 1968-1989 will be held 1
in the following schools: 1
Branch Elementary School I
Beulaville Elementary School 1
Chinquapin Elementary School c
II I
C. W. Dobbins Elementary V
School f 1
Calypso Elementary School
Douglass High School
E. E. Smith High School
(enansville Elementary School
Magnolia Elementary School
lose Hill Elementary School I
lose Hill Elementary School II
E. Williams Elementary Sch
K>1
\ W. Moore Elementary School
Varsaw Elementary School
reachey Elementary School.
It is important that parents
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Russell Lanier Leads County Ticket
Ervin and Henderson Run Close Second
Voting In Duplin was fairly
light on Saturday with a long
slate of officers for State po
sitions and a light slate for
county offices.'* '
There are 13,257 registered
white Democrats In Duplin Cou
nty, with about 40 percent of
them voting in Saturday's pri
mary. Of the 3,026 Negro
Democrats, 39 percent voted. '
Republicans have 1,607 voters
registered In th county, and 59
percent of them voted Saturday.
Scott, candidate for the
Democratic nomination for go
vernor, polled 53.3 percent of
the ballots cast, while Broush
ton received 28.1 percent. Ha
wikins, the Negro candidate,
polled 18.6 percent more of the
votes.
Only one township was in a
township race in Duplin. This
was for the constable's office
In Rose Hill, Chestnutt polled
153 votes to 90 for his oppon
ent, Dortnan.
Encumbent Senator Ervin
tarried Duplin for U. S. Senate
Blanton Reunion
The Blanton Family reunion
will be held Sunday, May 19, at
Mr. and Mrs. HerDsrt Smith's
Pond in Magnolia. All friends
and relatives are cordially In
vited to attend.
by a large majority as did Dave
Henderson for Congressman of
the Third Congressional Dis
trict.
In the race for Governor.
Bob Scott led Duplin in every
M MM #?.
precinct except two which were
carried by Hawkins. They were
Magnolia and Charity.
In the District Judgeship
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t - n strawoerry sale
to be held Thursday
George S. Wellons, Assistant
Agricultural Extension Agent
The Duplin County 4-H
Strawberry Chain Sale will be
held Thursday afternoon at 4:30
P. M. in front of the Agricul
tural Building in Kenansville.
Strawberries from the club
members' project will be auc
tloned off to the highest bid
der.
A4-H Strawberry Chain was
started last spring. Each par
ticipating 4-H club members
was given 550 certified plants.
This year the club members
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