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Tomorrow and in the south at Kehhnsvilie r.ri . ? II., ?,i __ . .. . , ,k 7 ? "in - Motel tn> of an old Henry Flayer dream, for only $30, Betwa^the^two^J&?c are 60 miles and Maui about lam heralded dreamers who found hard-knuckled practicality ha the ' r Florida fabric Heartbreak Hotel a red-brick, two*toiy building with a porch and overhang balcony, atande empty, locked, the front door barri ? caded by old ftimiture, a sign posted^ saying the hotel end the story of James Webb's life * ? Hang On, Mr. Webb ? ere for sale. You H can buy the aeif-publiahed book, a note says, by giving throe dollars to O. R. Bam who lives in the trailer next dqor. James Webb, probably is Kenaneville'e moat widaiy knowa. citizen He has been a goar and a doer^ travelling Baptist preach er, a storekeeper. hotel owner, e poet, a songwriter and an author. "I very likely know mom Scripture than anybody," be ?aid. "I can quote 10,000 verses. I make po ; f etry and songs, too. That kind of thing, it if gets in tba center pf your mind and atayt until you write it" Kenaneville history goes back a century, but it did not get the name until 1912 whan Henry Flagler made the vilkge a stop on his n railroad extension to Okeechobee. Flagler christened it in honor of his third wife, Mary % LOy Kenan. Kenansville rode the Florida Boom for a doaen years. The hotel, the First State Bank of Kenansville across the street and a num ber of other buildings went up in 1916. | ^10 f" -y ? thfj houses as tike flspraswion began to hit ' 1 Florida Kenansville has not yet folly recov , , r Despite all that, the Webbs canteen 1940 j bom in 1919 oar Saunrood Mountain at Tsges, Kentucky. Crippling arthritis struck James at lfi; at It he decided to become a J , Baptist minister, at 20 an Indian doctor ad uadtteWebhs to move him to Florida for The Webbs borrowed a neighbor's truck, 1put James and two other children in the bath, and headed south. They stopped in Georgia for two months while Dad Roecoe went back home and worked for money to 11 make it the rest of the way. He finally got r. y ha< a milk o?. ? m ilia d sot look at buaineaa moch. The old highway (U.S. 441) IwafUisd. but it waa a mighty bad rami." said James. "We moved into one of the abandoned houeee, paid the taxes on it and James travelled some, to sample varuttl J cures for hie arthritis < to evnngelise, spent most of the next 40 years year* ago. Business dwindled and he closed the pike. Then he had a htart attack, and t^rooent months in Orltt^o either nansvilfe 'Lordy Mercy, myself, I wouldn't have left for anting but to travel for the ?tore on UA 441 where SR 523 crosses Jennings still ram the general store, which eeQs everything from crackers to gum. **We came right out of the mountains into the flatiands," Jennings said. "You could get land for taxes, or buy it for 25 cents an acre That's how a lot of these cattlemen around i here got rich." low- ?-?. ' James was lured from the stoi? into thl hotel business while the Florida Turnpike was being constructed from Orlando down the stale to Fort Pierce. When the turnpike readied toward Yeehaw Junction in 1963, James recognized opportunity. He bought the hotel, then called tlw Piney Woods Inn. ffawd it up and had a virtual monopoly on business from the turnpike workers 1 had a young city out there while that a I, 1M ..a tf I ^ ^ ^ aaIJ MY ? 4 J turnpike was going, James sew i couto put up 200 workers. The hotel had only 14 rooms, but I had eight trailers and two calf imfcnd we used the Old bank buildir* ' "? ; ^r'"v- ? ? ? ' I ?rprt$i&f Ttsc ~IW Lord', in the nutter now," he Mid. "He een bring me up and put me out again if He want, to." Kenanavsik too, dreams on. It got a new |f dents around Lake Marian have raised the number of patron, to nearly 600. Recently, plan, for thejxmiarortioo of aJtt.75jnaHon id two fish camps. It lamanta the Cad that two buriMd. of it children mud ride the 34 ? .mile, to St- Cloud eieh day for md thd the^peareat doctor. Me there and in up problem. Kenan.-' ville keep, looking ahead. Cnmu. projection, any Oteeola's population may doable over the next 20 years. Maybe Disney hm long marten., . maybe Fame Webb has influ '** "a Hi im ftS minUteftansif e? \ [)>. id jr* s nde :h< c Pui 3 ' t Si tei ' 1 dm %a a r mwb> pa ;nta itid get 10 C! progrtui has . t 3 years wit!; rlts: pproxi Wnc V-D was initiated, it was felt that moat runaway parents be to ?) ?r not be or the a ? are either within Duplin ounty or within the state of North Carolina. However, some are found as far away as California. Upon location >f an absent *. parent by the local IV-D office, a voluntary support agreement is joined into. Tnis is accomplished in the privacy of the local office, and approved by one of the District Court Judges. Monies collected for child support are done so by the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court for Duplin County For those parents who refoae to acknowledge paternity and to join into a voluntary support agree ment. the IV-D office is pre pared to go to court with the assistance of the county at . t* Russell J. Lanier, Jt Where there is an order for child support and the sup porting parent defaults in payment, the IV-D office attempts to get the respon sible atch tip arrearages and continue to make his her support pay ments. If the supporting parent fails or is erratic in complying with the court order, the IV-D office , ini tiates civil or criminal con tempt proceedings through the office of the Clerk of Superior Court Duplin has had approximately "*5 persons jailed due to default ir child support payments under the program. There has been approxi mately $150,00 collected as of January 31, 1979, in Duplin County for the sup J ,*j : ? in tn of n two D ie \ I ncsai utlaw. | i Hah-1 ?t b; program ii e count jeer v.i the /tail ? ru: assistance of she SsMB I S. rivcea staff. John A. I Johnson and staff, Clerk of I Superic Court the offlct the diatrkt attorney j of the Fourth Judicial Dijs rid. a thi local law e for cement officers of twice as many caloriesf!) Calorics/grain) as do protein and carbohydrates <4 rnlArine/ornm^ ^HlVt V?1 UVIIJf drates and fat are the feast 4x pensive sources of energy M should be consumed for m purpose. Many nutritioni ts suggest that one-third of fit daily calories be obtained from fat, but no more than t is amount. Current intakes rai re from 40% to 45% in t it United States. For more ntflP tion information send fori* free copy of Guidelines jr< Good Health from the "Car sumer's Right lb Know" Pro gram, Kraft, Inc., Dept. FS. Box 4611, Chicago.lllin^ Variety is a major factor in meal planning. No ordinary food provides 100% of essen tial nutrients. Foods vary in the amounts and kinds of nu tnents they provide. For mem: planning tips, nutrient m nutrition labeling information, send for a free copy of Guidelines to Good Health from the "Consumer's Right To Know" Program. Kraft, Inc., Dept. FS, Box 4?U, Chicago, Illinois 60677. dk Ekhnri Ptekett'g *ONl CNT TAJ ? mmaaaHa. N. c. wmmet Ma, M w $Li r ~:& ARE YOU IN AGRICULTURE? The Census of Agriculture has. been underway since January 1st and the Bureau of the census is asking agricultural operators: -WILL YOU BE COUNTED?" If you engaged in agriculture operations IB 1978, then you should have already received a 1978 Census of Agriculture report form. Agriculture Census report forms have been mailed to all known agriculture operations, yet some will be missed. ft is important to you that the 1978 Census Of Agriculture be complete and accurate. Farm organizations; |lpcai. State, and Federal policymakers; ???iii suppliers. ana many oiners use this information to make decisions. Complete and accurate data lead to better decisionmaking that affects you l td your teighbon. - %? ; BP' y-rX ' ?-**>' ~r'i ? ? . - ?'i-.'i.tf' >ff yoo can answer "Yes" to any one of the following questions, you should have received a Census of Agriculture report form. If you did not, please complete the coup- n below and a census form will be mailed to you. . Name of operator - Fir?t, middle, last ? - 6 ' r Street ir route C'ty Stale ZIP code ~r""l ^ ^ NOTE; If all of your land is rented to others, or you have only a garden, it is not necessary to file an Agricultural Census form. - ' v":' i!". ->? ? . -vJB Did you have day-to-day control I in 1878 of an individual agricultural ??Operation from which agricultural I products were sold? Did you have any crops or livestock I for other than home use? I ?1 Did you own or rant land and : operate this land youraetf for agricultural purpoaas? Mail thia coupon to j ^ ^M?'cultu?s 0 vision to irSid1inT|JJ3a jj fill! J If, ilplr Y, I. I: N 8:15 P.| KENAN MEM. AtHHTORRIM 1 Sf BOM n KHKVUE ?KEB -VERSUS {
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