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Liilinirtoa, N. C*» TEnriMlfty, Juno 24« 1948
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Docket Clearance Criminal
Term Opens Next Monday
67 CASES LISTED,
OLDEST ONE WAS
STARTED IN 1945
JUDGE PAUL PRIZZXILLE OF SNOW
HILL TO PRESIDE OVER TERM
SCHEDULED TO CONTINUE
TWO WEEKS
Gubernatorial Contenders
Clerk of Court Howard Godwin
lias gone through his files and listed
everything he has to offer for his
special "Docket Clearance" term of
criminal court which convenes next
Monday morning. The Clerk found
67 cases, the oldest dating back to
September 1945, still “pending." He
listed all of them, new and old, in an
effort to clear the congested docket
if possible.
Judge Paul Friz^elle of Snow Hill
has been assigned for term, which
has been set for two weeks. It la
doubtful, however, that all of the
cases can be disposed of In that time.
Clerk Godwin actually discovered
old cases dating back to 1941, but
there are not “available" for trial
now 'because the defendants, or most
of them, are serving time for other
offenses elaewhoro, or have skipped
bail and cannot he found. Still others
rather old have drifted along till law
violations have abated — such as
abandonment, etc.
One of the old ’41 cases, by the
way, is that of Lewis Shelton, wanted
in Harnett for robbery. Shelton is
serving 20' years in Virginia for a
bank holdup.
Following are the.cases listed for
trial at the special term opening next
Monday morning;
Monday, .tune
Ben Chance. Jr., vagrancy; Cleo
Moore, A. D. W., (two cases); Lon
nie (Bill) Upchurch, rape; Sanford
E. Snead, murder; J. B. Lucas, reck
less driving; Worth Weaver et al,
murder: Roy Roberts, assault with
Intent to kill; Marvin Wade, Jr., em
bezzlement. (two cases): William
Sanford, nin-su,pport of illegitimate
child; Bernice Moore bt al, larceny
and receiving; Bruce Gregory, as
sault on female: Elton .Bryant, reck
less driving; R. B. Jackson et al,
gambling: Carl Edward .Barefoot,
careless and reckless driving; Willie
Martin Bates, abandonment: Allen
Plummer, secret assault; Jack H.
Brewster, manslaughter; Thomas P.
Mauldin, crime against nature; Jas
per Thomas, abandonment; Fred
Cash, larceny and receiving; Floyd
McPhail, abandonment; Everett C.
Rouse, abandonment and non-sup
port; R. H. Collier, assault: W. D.
(Code) Matthews, perjury.
Tuesday, June idP
James McLean et al, murder; J.
P. Gibson, A. D. W.; Daniel Darroch
et al, manslaughter; Mrs,^.Willie
Hayes, perjury; Mlnson McLamb, as
sault, profanity; Thurman Bryant et
al, assault and public drunkenness;
Thurman 'Bryant et al, attempt to
bribe state witness; David Anderson,
A. D. W., etc.; William McNeill,
C. C. W., D. & D., resisting arrest;
Buddy Pope, A, D. W., etc.; Judson
Hodges et al, larceny and receiving.
Wednesday, June 80
Dannie daggers, V. P. L.; A. E.
daggers, V. P. L.; Clete Plllson, sec
ret aesault; Lannle V. Davis, F. & A.;
Lola Mae Reaves, 'prostitution; Ed
Elliott, peeping; Mankle Hodges,
disorderly conduct, profanity'; Jodte
Howard, V. P. L.; James H. Driver,
operating auto while Intoxicated and
without 'brakes: Johnnie Marvin
Smith, operating auto while intoxi
cated; William H. Beard, Jr., operat
ing auto while intoxicated.
Thursday, .luly 1
Coy T. Lucas, burglary; George
Carlyle, store breaking and larceny;.
Lossie Morgan, operating auto while
intoxicated, (failure to comply with
judgment of court); Percy Guins, as
sault on a female; Sim Moses Wil
liams, operating auto while intoxi
cated; James Charles .Blup, speeding;
Ralph Johnson et al, store breaking'
and larceny; Marion Lee Ivey, as
sault; Billie McNeil;, larceny; Frank
A, Sanders, operating auto while in
toxicated and after license revoked:
B, B. Westbrook, operating auto
while intoxicated and without license.
Friday, July 2
Nathan Layton, public drunken
ness; Jasper Bryant, operating auto
wliile Intoxicated; James McArtan,
operating auto while intoxicated; Al
berta McLean, V. P. 'L.; Paul Thomas
et al, secret assault: .Leon L, Lam-
(Contlnued on page ten)
BIG VOTE IS
EXPECTED ON
SATURDAY
JOHNSON - SOOTT CONTEST XVttL
ATTRACT MANYJ ipHOUgANDg
TO THE PG9tl« ON
JUNE sinrH
CTHARLES M. JOHNSON
W. KERR SOOTT
State Treasurer Johnson and former Agricultural Commissioner
Scott are seeking a docision from the voters as to which will occupy
the Governor’s office for the next four years. Mr. Johnson was. the
loader in the 'primary May 29, but there were around 100,•000 votes
cast for the other four candidates.
School Building Is
Near Million Mark
VFW DANCE AND
BEAUTY CONTEST
FRIDAY, JULY 2
MAIN STREET IN LILLINGTON TO
»fi SCENE OF THIRD ANNUAIi.,
AFFAIR; MUSIC BY BRIAR-
HOPPER AND DIXIE DUDES
Promising to 'be a 'bigger event
than over staged before, the Veter
ans of Foreign Wars In Lil\ington
are making plans for their Third An
nual Street Dance on Friday night,
July. 2nd,
Commander Billy Sexton of the
local V. F. iV. Post states that the
fun will 'begin at 8:00 o’clock and
continue right through until mid
night. Main Street is to be the floor
for round dancing, jitterbugging,
square dancing, cake walking, and
beauty contests. "There will not bo
an idle moment in the whole four
hours", promises Commander Sexton.
Harnett county folks will witness
the crowning of 'Miss VFW of 1948.
The public is to vote lor the girl
whom they think ought to be queen.
The cutest baby is to be selected by
vote also.
Music for’the big celebration is to
be furnished (by one of the state’s
most popular square dance bands,
Homer A. Briarhoppor and His Dixie
Dudes. Mr. Briarhopper .broadcasts
over WPTP each morning at 6:'30
o’clock, end has played in hundreds
of public performances throughout
the state.
The vets have been given some
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COUNTY SCHOOL
HEADQUARTERS
IN MODEL BLDG.
BUIE’S CREEK AND 8HAWTOWN
SCHOOLS BIGGEST ITEMS T*
8750,000 BOND ISSUE FOR
NEW PliANTS
Harnett, county's school 'building
program soared near the mllllon-
dollar mark last week when approxi
mately seventy thousand dollars In
new building was contracted for In
the Dunn elementary school. Not all
of this, however, came ■ from the
$760,00'0 bond issue voted by the
county; some of it had accumulated
during the war years when practical
ly all types of building ceased except
defense work.
All of the county's units have
benefited by t'he bond vote: most of
them have received new buildings, or
additions to ■usable structures. The
improvements in each unit had. been
.approved by local trustee boards as
the most pressing need in their, local
school sittjatlon.
The largest expenditures ,in the
building program came through the
erection of the new Buie's Creek
school, a handsome structure costing
$215,'000, and almost completed for
the fall term. Shawtown school had
|11'8',890 spent for additional build
ings, and througli such secured a
splendid school auditorium.
Oddly enough over ono-tblrd of
the total outlay, of 8909,i9'9e.i3'3'was
spent on new gymnasiums and teach-
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Saturday, June UlIJi, will decide
the political fate, at' least for a time,
of six men ruauinf 'itor high state
and national offices', The deep Inter
est manifest in the^ election bgr the
voters of North' GsroUna has been
.intensified by numerous press etate-
monts, advertisements, and radio an
nouncements as the day draws
nearer.
In the first primary 428,126 regis
tered voters cast their ballots in the
governor’s race, which was, Incident
ally, high vote for the offices sought.
Charles M. Johnson came out on' top
With W. Kerr Scott trailing In second
place. These .men. iire' counting on
their original supporters to stand by
them, and are working ardously for
the votes that the other four gub
ernatorial aspiradts received. The
Mayne Albright vote is the biggest
object sought; the young contender
in the trailer tallied over seventy-
five thousand Tar Heel votes.
However, no less than 9 29,17 9
registered voters In both parties did
not vote at all during the first pri
mary, and Johnson and' Scott have
in that number over five hundred
thousand Democrats to coax to the
polls. In that huge block of previous
ly uninterested 'VOter6 lies the key
to the title of Governor that could
be applied to either man.
Wf Kerr Scott carried Harnett
county by a big majority. The Al
bright vote which almost equaled
Johnson’s will be the plum both will
endeavor to pfttqk.
An un'usuai a^mount of name-call
ing and^.mud-stipgliMK‘has developed
in the Ittsti? days; -a practice to be
regretted but hard to .curb. Most of
this has come from supporters of
both men, but the contenders have
not checked or rebuffed it, and the
public feels that the tactics are gen
erally approved by Scott and John
son.
The race for the house of repre
sentatives has 'been about che aver
age in regular elections; both A, L.
Overby an'd Howard !A. Parker are
appealing to the Harnett voters on
the bhsls of their ability, and
promises. Overby was second man in
the first primary, and bbsitated to
call for another election. However,
since deciding to try once more for
the majority vote, he has not ceased
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Farmers Asked To Register
Approval At Saturday’s Polls
Fighting It Out For Congress
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BRTEL CARLYLE
HARGROVE BELLAMY
Mr. Carlyle, of Lumberton, and Mr. Bellamy, of Wilmington, are
seeking the favor of over 10,000 voters who cast ballots for Bob Young
of Dunn in the May 29 primary, for the Seventh District Congressman.
Mr. Carlyle was leader In the first primary, but there are plenty of
Young votes, if they favor Bellamy, to make him a winner.
Get ’er Ready
The State motor vehicle inspec
tion lane is .wt up In Lillington,
and the Imqiectors are anxtoiisly
looking for your special model to
visit them before Thursday, July
1st. It has to be done, ladles and
gentlemen, and the ordeal is not
as gruesome as some have describ
ed it.. In fact the inspectors are
courteous, pleasant, helpful, and
constd«rate. If your car can chug
throngh tlie lane, bettor bring *er
in, and get it over with. If the
boys are extra busy, yon can look
over the new Ford wtiile awaiting
your turn. Oh yes, the iane is on
J Street, near the Northam Motor
Company.
MODERN BOOK
MOBILE GIVEN
HARNETT CO
NEW IHIRTABLE LIBRARY NEED
ED TO MEET THE READING
. INTERESTS AT SIXTY OUT-
STATIONS
Thursday’s Storm De
stroys Valuable Stock
Thirty Teachers
Needed in County
Four Amendments Ready
For North Carolina Voters
When the 1947 General Assembly
closed the books and wont home
ward, they left behind them four of
the nicest amendments ever proposed
for the state constitution. The voters
of North Carolina will .have to say
“yes" or “no" to them next Novem
ber when they are placed before them
to be voted .upon.
The value of the amendments are
doubtful; all are debateable. Voters
can take either the positive or nega
tive positions, but for Mr. John Q.
Public as a whole the negative side
may be weighty. There may be sqmo
virtue in the amendment calling for
a rise in tax levy for general county
purposes.
The amendments, briefly, arc: (1)
provides for a majority of votes cast
instead of requiring a ■majority of
the registered voters to carry a bond
issue and a special tax election. In
that amendment, the stay-at-bomers
on elections of the sort defined in
the amendment would not be consid
ered negative votes. (2) raise the
limit tor levies for gene7:,al county
purposes from the present 16-ceat
level to 26 cents on each H60 fvalu-
A
atlon. This seems like a necessity
with the rising costs of county gov
ernment operation. (3) repeal entire
ly the section limiting bond issues
or other debts to two'-thlrds of the
ambunt of public debt retired during
tho' .previous fiscal year. The Idea
in that amendment for keeping debt
down may be .good, hut tho law
would prohibit any debt if no pre
vious debt existed. It isn’t Worded
right, or at least It doetjn’t. sound
right. (4) raise the pay for memlbers
of the general assembly from |60d.
to $1200 regular'sesslon, and to |2B0
for special soKsions. Off leers ■'Would
receive $300 and $100 respectively
above the regular 'members.' This
amendment is the sorry one.^'!Mem
bers of tho assembly will watch wbat
tho 'Voters think of this proposal.
Tho voting pu'bllc should give the
amendments careful consideration be
fore voting, and even though .much
may be said aibout the amendments
clear thinking needs to be exercised
by those who proposed them^ some
by all. They do go into the constitu
tion, ,lf adopted, and usually .hove a
hard time getting out of It onCe' they
are placed there by the voters.
The annual teacher vacancy In
Harnett county is not as pronounced
this year as It was last year, but at
least 30 teachers are needed’to fill
the existing agencies. This num
ber is about fifty per cent the num
ber of vacancies reported at this date
last year.
No vacancies are listed in the
colored schools; they are all in the
white institutions. In fact, a long
list of teachers are on hand awaiting
openings among the colored.
Harnett county gained eight new
teachers under the now schoolroom
allotment, and this adds more to the
shortage of teachers than it did for
1947-48,
Superintendent of Schools C. Reid
Ross hopes to have the required num
ber of instructors on hand (before the
opening date of the next term.
The severe rain and wind storm of
June 17 brought a beanry loss to the
farm of Mrs. Cora 'Collins, R-3, Llll-
Ington, when a bolt of lightning kill
ed two mules, and Injured a horse.
The stock was la the harn at the
time; the horse being In the center
stall. About an hour after the storm
had subsided, the occupants,.of the
farm went out to the barn and found
the animals. Both mules were dead,
but the horse was alive. The animal
lest the sense of hearing, and appear
ed-to be'Injured about the neck.
At least thirty neighbors gave the
Collins a hand in disposing of the
dead bodies.
Not A Break!
Lillington Schedules
Games For Week-end
.Over In the tiome of L, B. Mc-
JLiean, the whole bloomin' family
starts In September to get set for
five straight months of birthdays.
There are only five McLeans al
together, .but their birtlidays run
like this; Ethel E.—-October 10,
Dal~November 30, Mother—Dec
ember 80, Willie Grace—Jannory
8, and Nell A.—Febrvary 81. “The
next one surely would have plckeil
March," chuckled the county ser
vice officer.
This year the state' purchased S'il'
new bookmobiles for the libraries In
the one-hundred counties and Har
nett was fortunate enough to get
one. Perhaps the wide circulation of
books, and the large number of
people who avail themselves of the
varied sources of entertainment, edu
cation, or relaxation found in books,
helped to decide on Harnett county
as onq of the state library units
needing the bookmobile, but the old
bookmobile was outmoded, and cum
bersome to operate according to
Librarian Mrs. S. R. MoKhy.
The new travelling 'book stall has
sides that open to reveal heat rows
of'books, an'd a backdoor table for
too busy sessions whdn crowds ga
ther about th6,41brBry on wheels. No
less than SO'O. books can be carried
to rural sections with this bookmo
bile.
The services of a portable library'
are far reaching; there are sixty
stops in the county, some at schools,
homes, and gas stations. Between
3000 to 4000' books are distributed
a month. Three days a week are de
voted to transporting the volumes
throughout the county.
On the rural trips. Librarian Mc
Kay is accompanied bY her daughter,
Jean McKa^c, clerk In the county
library. Mrs. James Shaw Is Assist
ant Librarian, and is In charge when
the bookmobile is on tbe road.
WAREHOUSE FOR
SEASON FINISHED
npD d
Ua DUILLIILKiJ
MANY ADVANTAGMH OP NBW
HARNETT MARKBT IN DUNN IN
CLUDE A SHORTER ROUTE,
BETTER PACILITIBS
RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL
Mrs. A. H. Phelps, who has been
a patient In Mary Elizabeth Hospital
for the past several weeks, returned
to her hc^me last Thursday',
of Tomorrow”
This-Saturday the Lillington base
ball team, sponsored by the VFW,
plays Linden at Linden at 3:30
o’clock. On Sunday Godwin plays
Lillington on the local diamond at
3:CO o'clock. Commander Billy Sex
ton of the local' VPW post Is urging
local fans , to attend the‘games and
BUpport tho home team.
The Lillington nine won one game
over the week-end, and lost one. The
Pea Ridge ball club Journeyed to the
countyseat on Saturday and were
soundly swamped by the “Lillington
team, 8-0. However, on Sunday they
came back to win over the victors at
Pea Ridge by the tune of 8-3.'
WI.VS PRI5BB OF fEB
IN RADIO CONTEST
Miss Mae Nordan oC XAllington R-S
recently won $26 In a radio contest in
which she was to answer trne or ,fal^
question. The conteM was'sponsored
by a soap powder concern.
The city of Dunn has been plan
ning a tobacco market for the thoii-
saitds of farmers in Harnett conuty,
and adjacent areas near Duns', for
sometime. It began to take form this
spring when Emmett C. Bdgerton
and Clarence Lee Tart, both prom
inent businessmen, staked the eree-
tlon of two big warehossee to eo.’
commodate the anticipated merket.
The warehouses are •paelOBS
enough, containing about 100,Odd
square feet of floor space, to liandle
over one million pbunds of the golden
leaf each sales, day. The bnlldlnge
are considered the largest of their
kind in the county.
Mr. Buck Gurrin of Angler Iwi
leased the property, and Is getting
the neCessay equipment, and help
ready for the Eastern Belt's opening
date. Mr. Currln Is a veteran tobaoco
man; the enterprise should be a de
cided success under his capable di
rection.
While the warehouse end of the
market la aubstanttally settled, the
farmers, in surrounding Harnett who
have been going elsewhere to sell,
are being asked this coming Satur
day if they think that the Dunn Mar
ket will fulfil! their wtebes for a
selling place'In Ithe county.'
The advantages of Dunn as a ware
house area are easily noticed. The
city lies closer to nine hundred
square miles of farmlands, mostly In
Harnett county, than any of the eom-
petittve markets nearby. This la the
first and. foremost reason for Har
nett county, farmers to drive to Dunn
with their crop this season.
In that thirty mile square cloeer.
to Dunn lies some of Carolina’s best
tobacco land. Millions .of pounds are
raised yearly in life Angier-'Maioers-
IJIllngton-Bunnlevel section. All *ot
these farms are on the Dunn border.
To provoke an .Influx of nearby
farmers to try the Dunn market this
year, and find satisfaction in the
methods and,^ prices there, may maan
a return with many new sellers be
yond those sections next year.
Good roads lead Into the town of
Dnnn, which are vital to the farmer
seeking a market. Highways 411, MMt
and 66 transverse the business area.
Beyond these many hard-snrfooed
roads connect the county’s smaller
villages to the main roads.
Another outstanding advantage to
the tobacco market Is the vigorous
'business district of the clty.^ Ihe
business area is filled with some of
the finest establishments In the
state. Outstanding department, fur
niture, hardware, feed, automotive,
grocery and drug stores serve the
public. Twovstroug banks are in the
city. Practically every- need a thop-
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MONUMENT HAS
OVER 50 NAMES
July 1 Is Deadline For Nnnes On
Memorial For Court House
Lawn
Top Row: Ernest, age.6% month, son of Mr, and Mrs. 'Lamar Sim
mons, Lilllneton: David, age 4 months, son. of Mr. and Mrs. J, L. Har
rington,‘Lillington; Ginger Sue, age 6% months, daughter of Mr. and
(Mrs. E..M. Currln, Lillington, Route 3. Bottom Row: Diana, age 16
months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Brown, Lillington;' Debra, age
7 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Porter, Lillington,
Route 3; Lynda, age 2 years, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Norman Gos
sett, Lillington.
The local veteran’s office for Har
nett county has compiled a list of
over fifty names of heroes who died
in action during the Spanlsh-Amerl-
cau. World War I, and World War
n conflicts, and preparations are, be
ing made to'lnstall them permanently
on the Memorial Monument to (be
erected on the court house lawn.
Of the fifty names listed so far,
only seiven are from World War' I,
and there are none from the war
with Spain. One colored hero is in
cluded in the list.
All Harnett county men or women-
wtao died in action in those won,
whether white or colored, are being
sought, and efforts have been made
to get every name either by direct
contact, mail, or 'Other Information.
July 1st Is the final date; the flvdOO '
memorial is jn the making, and the
names will be given over ns of that
Thursday.
Special effort should' be exordeed
by friends or relatives of men wbcp
ought to be honored^'^by' thh’ bfhai#' '
plaque to have their names In the
veteran’s office as soon as posetbler
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