s U-4U*. WW P?T*? wmmmmm ?mw. VOL XXXV NO. 33 KENANSVILLE. N.C. JUNE 6. 1968 PRICE 10* PLUS TAX "? ? .fii.ni ? ________ Plans Being Made To Help Tobacco Farmer In Sellinn Active work and planning to alleviate some of the evils and Inequities that have faced the tobacco growers and the Industry In the past few years have recently been undertaken .. i''f '111i '* Comm. Notes Duplin County Commiss ioners continued budget-hear ings at their regular first Mon day meeting. No action was taken. The resignation of Russell J. Lanier as special tax attor ney was accepted at of June 1. No replacement was named. The tax collector reported collections of 112.992.46 for the month of May. Veteran Service Officer re ported assistance to 75 veter ans, and the doe warden re ported 127 dogs impounded, 15 complaints Investigated, 8 dogs sold, 28 destroyed, and 6 rat ings Investigated. $16.00 was collected for dogs sold and 1761 miles traveled. by a group of Coastal Plains warehousemen. Organized in March of this year as the Coastal Plains Au ction Warehouse Association, inc., the Association Is made of warehousemen In Dunn, Kln ston, Rocky Mount, and Wilson. The Association has studied and compiled a mass of mean ingful tobacco marketing stat istics which point to the causes and possible cures for ills which have beset both the growers and Community Bible School Bible School will be held at the Kenansville Methodist Chu rch from 8:30 to 11:00 O'clock each morning, June 10th thro ugh 14th. Registration will be Sat. June 8th. from 9:30 to 10:30 A. M. All youth from age 4 yrs. are invited to attend this Bible School. .-i companies in recent years. These statistics will be part of a presentation the ware housemen made to a sub-com mittee of the Governor's Thirty-Six Man Committee which is now trying to find solutions to problems now plaguing the tobacco economy. Careful analysis by the warehousemen of marketingst Contiaaed to Pace I 4-Hers Activity Day By: Marlon C. Griffin Associate Agricultural Extens ion Agent. School in Duplin County is over for the year, and all young sters are looking forward to a long summer's vacation. Many 4-H'ers in the county are be ginning their vacation by par ticipating in the County 4-H Activity Day, June 12, at the Kenansvllle Elementary School. The County 4-H Activity Day will officially begin at 1:30 p.m. with participants beginning the Poultry Barbecue Contest. At 2 p.m. all other contests begin ranging from Beekeeping and Horse Demonstrations to aTra ctor Driving Contest. A total of 31 different contests are set up which 4-H Club members can enter. At the conclusion of the con test (4 p.m.) ?n awards program will De held in the school audi torium and winners wllltrt* nouriced. Winners* wOI engraved trophies Sur will represent the coiirtty in the 17 County District Contest, June 19, at East Duplin School, Beu laville, North Carolina. Electrical Service Disrupted If the old saying holds true, "What happens twice will hap pen three times." utility poles in Kenans ville are in for another bad weekend. James Nelson McGowan,33, negro male of Rt. 1, Kenans ville was hospitalized at duplln Gen eral Hospital following a col t Us ion with a Carolina Power v*?d Light Company pate, early ? paid he was calledw the scene at 2:15 a.m. Saturday. McGowan was operating a1964 Olds owned by Helen Mcuowan also of Rt. 1 Kenansville. Mc Gow an was tra vel lnc east on highway 24 and said ne was blinded by lights from an oncoming car. ran off the road on the right hand side and hit the utility pole. Damages to the car were estlmaed at 1800, and dama tes to the utility pole at 1160. JectMcal seryloe was disrup ted for about fotf hours. M&owan sustained facial and head injuries. Chief Bostic charged Mc Gowan with earless and reck less driving. Students Receives Med. Degree The highlight of the 174th commencement exercises of the University of North Carolina In Chapel Hill was on Monday, June 3 when the University a warded over 3,500 degrees in the Kenan Stadium. Among those receiving de grees was William SwalnTea chey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam R. Teachey, of Rose Hill, who was awarded the Degree of Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)from the University School of Med icine. Dr. Teachey had completed his pre-medical studies at the University of North Carolina and received a B. S. Degree In Medicine In 1965. He was a member of Phi Eta Sigma Ho nor Society and Alpha Epsilon Delta, an international Medical F raternity. During the past three sum mers he served externshlps at North Carolina Memorial Hos pital at Chapel Hill; at Saint Mary's Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee; and at New Han over Memorial Hospital at Wil mington. Beginning July 1, Dr. Teachey will serve a year of lnternsnip In surgery at Uni versity Hospital. The Uni versity of Florida at Gaines ville. Illegal Stills Destroyed Illegal whiskey stills in Dup lin County have come under the long destructive arm of the law with several stills destroyed recently. Deputies Irvin Outlaw, Glenn Jernigan and Rodney Thigpenin connection with Sampson County officers, ABC Officers and Fed eral officers destroyed a big still in western Duplin County, Magnolia Township about one mile Eastof Waycross, Tuesday afternoon of last week. The 750 gallon capacity still' and about 500 gallons of mash was destroyed. Seven or eight gallons of non tax paid whiskey ,.?ad rcg.;?tly be#**jonuaf? w as , confiscated. Thursday night deputies ob tained a search war rent and found two illicit stills in a stake house at the residence of Wesley Clement Sullivan, Rt. 2, Mount Olive. Destroyed were a 50 gallon copper still; a 35 gallon copper Still; a copper condenser; a cop per work, and two copper caps. One hundred gallons of fer mented mash was found about 200 vards back of the Sullivan residence. Sullivan Is charged with pos session of material for purpose of manufactury of non tax paid ; ^whiskey. ** Two other stills were des troyed jn Magnoliatownship re cently. 106 gallons of mash was ..J&rmred it etch stilL Deputy Irvln Outlaw said the still were about one mile apart and were located just off the Minnie Branch Road past the Magnolia Elementary School #2. Brinson - Kellv Win Coveted Kenan Awards Amid the luxury of Air conditioning aid comfortable seating in Kenan Memorial Au ditorium, a near capacity crowd saw eighty Ave seniors receive diplomas from James Kenan - 4i&h School at their final grad uation exercises Thursday night May 30. Gene Crowder was chosen by his classmates as Senior Class Speaker. Rev. Lauren Sharpe, pastor Kenans ville Baptist Church gave the invocation and benediction. A solo "To Dream The Im rwslble" was sung by Miss aren DeLuka. The valedictorian award to m Joyce Hamilton, and the Salu tatorian award to Becky Phil lips was presented by Mr. J. W. Newidrk of the James Kenan Faculty. Mr. O. P. Johnson, superin tendent of Duplin County Schools introduced Mr. Tom Kenan, III. He expressed appreciation to Mr. Kenah for his, and his fami lies genorosity to Duplin County and especially James Kenan High School, which was named for an ancestor of Mr. Kenan. Always complimentary of ambitious young people, Mr. Kenan, for the second consecu tive year presented a 14,000 scholarship to "a leader in sc hool, as well as your home community". Earl Kelly of Ma gnolia. Earl has maintained an averse of above 92 for the f our years spent at J ames Ken an School. Mr. Kenan reminded Earl that big things would be expected from him ui the future. The William Rand Kenan, Jr. athletic Award was present ed by Mr. Kenan to Amos Quinn "Doc" Brinson, Jr. of Kenans ville. This award is presented to the best athlete who also excels in character, and leader ship as well as sportsmanship at James Kenan High School. Doc, an outstanding athlete placed 5th scholastically in a class of 86. Other scholarships andfin lanclal aid to the graduate were: Jane Blackmore, St. Mary's Junior College, Musical Schol arship (Honor) Linda Fields. UNC at Gre ensboro, Scholarship package $200. plus. Kay Goodman, Mount Olive Junior College, Belk Scholar ship $500, Teachers scholar ship $600 and Bryan Scholar ship $200 Joyce Hamilton UNC at Greensboro, Alumnae Scholar ship $750 per year $3000 total. Mel Herring, N. C. State, grant and loan, $200. plus. Earl Kelly, Wake Forest University, scholarship pack age $900 per year for four years, loan of $500. Jenny Vernon, UNC at Gre ens boo teacher scholarship and Pace $600total$2,400total. Beth West, Greensboro Col lege Teachers Scholarship, $600 total $2,400 Riddlck Wllkins, N.C.A.&T. President ail scholarship $3,700. Larry Futrell, Pace. Others In line for scholar ship are Brenda B1 an chard and David Byrd. Mr. J. P. Harmon, principal of James Kenan High School presented the diplomas. Others assisting in presenting awards were Mr. J. W. Newkirk, Mrs. Jo Jones, Mrs. Grace Carlton, all faculty members at James Kenan, and Mr. J. F. Strick land, member of Duplin County Board of Education. Mr. Harmon presented med als to 15 seniors who have maintained an average of above 92 for four years. They are: Joyce Hamilton, Becky Phillips, Jane Blackmore, Mel Herring, Doc Brinson, Kay Goodman, Riddick Wilkins, Janice Clark, Earl Kelly, Linda Fields, Brenda Blanch ard, Ann Holt Jordan, Beth West, Faye Sum merlin and Jimmie Hlnes. Also recognized as Wearers of the Golden Chain were: Jane Blackmore, Brenda Blanchard, Doc Brinson, Faye Blanchara, Tonya Carlton, Janice Clark, Linda Fields, Larry Futrell, Kay Goodman, Joyce Hamilton, Melvin Herring, Jimmy Hines, Ann Holt Jordan, Earl Kelly, Beverly Kilpatrick, Cathy Pate, Becky Phillips, Carol Pope, F aye Summerlln, Sandra Thom as, Jenny Vernon, Beth West, G-U Whitfield. Riddick Wilkins, Nancy Wilson, and Linda Wray. ' Mr. Tom Kenan, in of Durban, center, with the winner* of the Kenan Awardf at graduation exercises Thursday night May i James .m. Sunday, June 9 when the 3oy Scouts in Troops 20 and 14 will march to the Presby erlan Church for a short send >ff ceremony prior to their eaving for Seymore Johnson or their jplJgnma^e to Bath. County School Board Sued MOZELL NEWBERNE and 147 other person have Instituted suit In the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Wilmington Division, against the Duplin County Board of Education, North Carolina State Board of Education and Dr. Charles F. Carroll, North Carolina State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and It is alleged that: Negro and white students and teachers are being assign ed to various schools on the basis of race and color, and that Negro pupils have been threatened with bodily harm and economic reprisals, and further that Negro pupils re ceive Inferior education to that offered white students. Permanent injunction is sought to require a reorgan ization of the schools and re assignment of pupils, teachers and principals, and to restrain defendants from intimidating plaintiffs. A complete list of plain tiffs are: Moselle Newberne and La rry D. Newberne, minors by their mother and next friena, Grace Newberne. Charlie Moor, a minor by his father and next friend, Cha rlie Moor. Hazel Lou Herring, Dennise Ray Herring, Ralph Lee Her ring, Mary Herring, Charlie Herring, Thomas Herring and Johnny Lewis Herring, minors bv their mother and next friend, Hazel Herring. Harry DeVone Sutton, Hattie Estella Sutton, Danny Mltchel Continued to Page t Wells Home Burned The home of Mr. and Mrs. James Wells, about three miles east of Mount Olive was badly damaged by fire of an unde termined origin early Sunday morning. Wedding gifts displayed on the dining room table were burned and an estimated $5,000. damages was done to the re cently constructed brick home. The Mount Olive Fire De partment answered the alarm about 3 a.m. Sunday morning. The wedding gifts belonged to a daughter ol trie couple who was married on Saturday pre ceding the fire. Suicide Attempts Pails A suicide attempt for a Ce dar Fork Community man failed Monday morning. Deputy Irvin Outlaw from the local sheriffs department said they received a call about 11 o'clock Monday morning that Harvey Brinson, about47. white male of Rt. 2, Beulavllle, was in Duplin General Hospital with a bullet wound in his head. Brinson and his brother, Waddel Brinson, live with a third brother in the Cedar Fork Community. Waddel told in vestigating officers that he was in the house and heard a shot. He went into Harvey's room and found he had slashed both wrist and both ankles prior to aiming a 22 rifle at his head and ffring. The bullet entered his forehead. "I aimed at my brain and missed so I am going to try again," Harvey told his bro ther. Waddel took the weapon and called for help. Missionary To Speak At Woodland Buy ^.Validce, who hae been a Missionary in Columbia " South American for sometime will deliver the Sunday morn ing message at 11:30 O'clock at Woodland Methodist Church. Rev. Wallace is the son of Mrs. Garland Wallace of the Wood land Community Everyone is invited Juvenile Sentenced A Duplin County teenager was returnedtoSwannanoaTra ining School after violating his parol, and his companions were placed on parol following a hearing in Juvenile Court in Kenansville Friday morning. The four boys, ages 14 to 16 were involved in three char ges .of destruction- of property, one irjc|4ent included federal property. Ornamental trees on the post office lawn estimated at 10 feet tall, were broken and mulited until only two short branches were remaining. A laundrymat, open for use on a 24 hour basis, sustained considerable damages when the vouthful offenders used a metal Dar described as "about the size of your thumb, and two and one half feet long" to pry open the coin boxes attached to the laundry machines. The box was not removed from the ma chine but opened to the extent "coins could be raked out". Testimony revealed at the hearing that two boys entered the laundrymat between 1 o'clock and 1:30 o'clock. One boy said he was sleepy and laid down on a bench inside the shop. When he awoke some time later his friend was drink ing a bottle drink purchased from a vending machine with money taken from the coin box. A total of $7.00 was reported ly removed from the machine. A third charge stemmed from the youths ascending tc the top of a building and des troying the chimney projecting above the building. Mr. R. V. Wells, juvinille judge said the 15 year old boy sent to the training school had been in court three times pre viously and had been paroled only a few months earlier. A product of a broken home, his father reportedly deserted his family when the boy was three years old. Two of the boys were placed on probation for one year each. The fourth youngester was placed on probation and ordered to report to the superintendent of Welfare the first day of each yrianth for the next ivglve months. The parents of one of the boys said they both were em ployed at a nearby industrial plant and were working the "graveyard shift" from 12 mid night to 8 a.m. Their son was at home, they thought asleep when they left to go to work on the night in question. Jimmy Whaley Recaptured An honor grade prisoner, who would have been eligible for parol on June 9, was recap tured Saturday afternoon, just five days after he escaped from a road gang at Harrels, inSamp son County. John C. alias Jimmy Whaley, 29, white male of Beulaville was originally serving a 5 to 7 year sentence for safe robbery in Brunswick County. Time had built up from previous es capes. Chief H.J. Brown of the Beu laville Police Department received a report about 9 o'clock Saturday morning that Whaley was seen riding in a car with nis mother on what is known as the "dog yard" raod. Brown persued tne car which was finally stopped at Norwood Millers store. Mrs. Whaley said that Jimmy had jumped out of the car. Brown called the sheriffs department, who with the aid of bloodhounds combed the area but failed to find any evidence ot the escapee. A second report reached Chief Brown while he was eat ing lunch that Whaley had been seen on foot on the dirt road which runs beside the theater and connects highway 24 and highway 111, just outside the city limits of Beulaville. Brown circled the area and spotted Whaley in a corn field from the Turkey Branch Road. Brown entered the corn field on foot and found Whaley laying down between the corn rows. Whaley offered no resistance to arrest. Officials at the Clinton Sub siderary of the North Carolina Department of Correction were reported to have said that Whal ey was "one of the very best honor grade prisoners they ever had. He was allowed to attend the funeral of his grand mother in Beulaville about three weeks ago unguarded. Chief Brown said he could not resist asking Jimmy "Why", to which Jimmy re plied. "I honestly don't know." Wreck Claims One Life Near Faison One person was killed and three Injured In two-car head on collision just south of Falson Sunday night, reords of the Mount Olive RescueSquad show. Mrs. Mary Wright Smith of Calypso was killed Instantly in the wreck, which occurred on Highway 117 two miles south of Faison, about 10 o'clock Sun day night. Willie P. Smith of Calypso, husband of the dead woman and driver of the first car, Billy Ray Mangum of route 1, Dud ley, driver of the second car and his passenger, Bernlce MlUer of Kelly street, Mount Olive, were all taken to Wayne Memorial hospital by the Res cue wuad. All four persons were Negroes. Mangum, who was treated and left leg; Miss Miller, lacera tions on her left arm and a possible back injury; andSmith, head injuries. Patrolman Jim Mayo of War saw said Smith was going south and Mangum north at the time of the accident. Smith crossed the m m _ m center line and the right front of his car hit the front of the Mangum vehicle almost head on, he reported. The two cars were total losses. No charges have been made pending further investi gation. Fugitive neturns A fugitive has voluntarily returned and surrendered to the local sheriffs department to face charges in Duplin County on forgery. William Raymond Tabor, 27, Rt. 1, Chinquapin, surrendered to Sheriff T. Elwood Revelle Thursday afternoon. Tabor is accused of cashing checks totaling more than 91,000 on anon existing logging com p?y. .. a. Appearing as payroll checks for W. R. Tabor and Sons Log ging Company, the amounts of tne checks ranged from $100 to $200., and were cashed * branches of Waccamaw Bank and Trust Company. Tabor left home April 8 after leaving a note described as "farewell" to his wife and children. He also faces FBI charges on ^jjnljarful flight to avoid ,iiLsiu,