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VoL XXX—No. 45
Demoaats
Democratic
Still .President Of The Unitedl Stfttes
Sweep
Comi-lcttly up.4eUlii|e iummUcUouh
by pollHtent, nioHt of the leading
newitpiiiMrt-H an«l jiraetlcally all of the
radio news ronimcntatoiti, President
Hany 8. Truman In what ha« been
roifjjnonly temie^l “a single-hayided
ramiialgn'’ for reeleetion has defeat
ed Governor Thoinas K. Dewey of
Xew Yorit.
Conceding tlte election of Truman,
Governor Dewey at 11:16 Wednes-
dity iiiuniiiiie extended^ eongratiila-
tions to the President and urged all
IM-ople to unite behind him to keep
America strong aiicl free.
IteiMfrts timt started coming in
soon after the iwlls closed Tuesday
nigiit Indh'ated early leads for
D«*wey, Those leads continued till
Wdlnesday morning when the tr^nd
definitely changed to a Tr'iman lead.
Tt union led, however, in the popu
lar vote from the very first reports.
Credit for the Truman victory was
generally accorded the labor, fanner,
housewife and “white collar” vote
throughout the nation.
Even the S8 electoral votes gained
by tiovemor Htrom Thurmond of
South Carolina on the Dixlecrat tic
ket haa failed to prevent the election
of l*resldent Truman.
CVamfortable working minorities
in both House and Senate were also
won by the Democrats, reversing Die
GOP imvioHity of the past two years.
Thus Is registered the greatest up
set in a natioiMl election since tiie
election of WooArow Wilson in l»ie,
defeating HughM, Republican can
didate, who had gone to sleep on
election night thli^ing he was vic
torious.
1948 CHRISTMAS
SEALS ARRIVE
IN HARNETT
A small blond
boy in red pa-
lamas, sitting on
the floor * and
gating Into a
lighted fire
place, Is pictur
ed on the 1948
Christmas Seals
which were
HARRY S. TRUMAN
Vice-President
fftNFIi
jjjfciy ^OhvftrtHMN S^pbIs
received this week at
headquarters of the Harnett County
Tuliereulosis AsBoelation. according
to an announcement by Hiss Irene
Lassiter, the association's chairman.
1’he child is in front of the bias
ing fire, hands clasped about his
knees, waiting patiently for the ar
rival of Santa Claus.
Barry Bart of South Kent, Conn,,
well-known American artist and Il
lustrator, designed the. 1948 ChTlst-
mas Seal. Mr. Bart’s inspiration was
hla young nephew who had slipped,
qultely downstairs on a Christmas
'Eve to set up his vigil near the
three empty stockings hanging over
the fireplace.
The Seal Sale In Harnett County
will be part of the nationwide 42nd
anauat Christmas Seal Sale. . The
Harnett Tuberculosis Association has
set its quota at IlStXI and the pro-
cetMls will be used for the continua-
tien.and expansion' of the associa
tion’s services. Miss Lassiter said.
The seals wilt be mailed in Har
nett county on November 20'. The
Harnett County Tuberculosis Asso-
cbition embraces all of the county
eiiCept Dqnn. Srwin and Angler. The
Aasoclatlon In theee towns is operat
ed independently of the Harnett As
sociation.
“The purchase of these Seals 'ia
one way in Which we can all partici
pate in the battle against tubereu-
loals. a disease which kills nearly
SO.OOO AmerJiians each year,”' she
eoatinued. “Everyone who buys them
in making a sound health Invest-
nimt”
AX>BEN BARXI£]Y
TO ESTABLISH
HOME CEMETERY
County Commissioners AutliorD,e
Purchase Of Aero Of liSnd Ad-
Jt^nlng County Home For $800
The Board of County Commis
sioners at their session here Mon
day authorized the purchase of ah
acre of land adjoining the County
Home tract to he used as a cemetery
for the Home.
The price stipulated’Is |800. The
land is owned by Mr. A. B. iShorman.
County Home Superintendent
Prentiss Parker 'told the Commis
sioners the acre tract Is suitably
situated for the purpose of 'a'Ceme-.
tery, and that Mr. Sherma.n had
agreed to sell It to the county .'for
$800.
This is the first attempt to estab
lish a cemetery for '.i Homo i since
it was moved to tti"' present site
from the old location . ear the pre
sent Prison Camp,
ULLINGTON
LADY’S BROTHER
KILLED SUNDAY
W. I. WEIGH!' JTjR. OF INGOLD,
R11CI!|B|0R of MRB. HHOT W.. -'
NPFAIIB. HKOT TO DHATH
IN WOOD8 NEAR HOME
W. I. lYright Jr., Sampson county
game, warden and large land owner,
was shot to death early Sunday
morning In the woods near his home
at Ingold. His ho*dy was found Mon
day by a searching party. Mr.
Wright was 41 years old and a 'bro
ther of Mrs,' John W. Bpears of Lll-
lington.
Mr,-Wright, who had served as a
game protector since June, 16, 1844,
had heard complaints of Sunday
hunting and Mirs. Wright stated he
had gone into the woods on an In
vestigation,
iHer husband falling to return,
Mrs. Wright notified Bherltt Perry B,
Lookermaii, who started a search.
The sheriff .said Mr. Wright appar
ently had been' dead- about 24 hours
when his body was discovered a
short distance iq the .woods from tfce
road where he had parked his car,
The sheriff said the; body had been
dragged. 25 or 80 feet.
The, seaichtog party of 65 ‘ men
found that Mr. Wright had been shqt
with a ,22 >;ifloi. the ibuUet passing
through his chest. , Near the.hody
was found a dead squirrel which lhad
been killed , with, a .22 bullet.
Mr. Wright's, hat, shoes, wallet
and car keys were missing,*
A nephew of Dr.'John Wright of
Raleigh, Mr. Wrighjt attended Duke
(Continued on page eight)
FIVE APPL^I
FOR wv:
Roll Up Mipre Than Usual
rities For Ail Candidates
LICENSE
' HEXiD VP
oomniHiRA-
TlON, MBANinlQ NEW ROARD
MV8T. 'PAiiii ON TROWIf
Ni^rth CaroUfm^s Next Governor
-Five dlspeoiSM. of beer in 'Har
nett county fall'll to ti&vo their ap
plications ’ for Ilinnae ^proved by
the Board of ^enuniaaloners Mon
day. They are: Allea, at Er
win; B. J. How^-at.Spiing Lake,
Mabel J. HanMn''‘'at Dunn. Dlok Mc-
Lam-li on Dunn R-S, and O. H. Lewis
at Spring Lake. -
Refusal to. iM^ilsrove the applica
tions was basod.^w various reasons.
One of the aguf^ttaKtions tailed to
have the cash ;|«M|iHirem«nt attach
ed, but paymeaA' ,w«s considered
good if the Bcnei ahould wtm fit to
grant the Iteenfi^ On « couple of
others there vraaSiMm* qneeliitA.raie-
ed as to charaolifir 0 t)n|~pla«M or
the operators, dig galaad the atamp
of approval touCIt iwaa withdrawn
when the »Miii||ctga!ly deel4e4 to
hold up the-.whim bunok till a fu
ture date. ,
Commented ‘ Ewainiaaioner Byrd:
“Lei's leave allthem ..for Mr,
Tart's Board tc^ionalder.'' iCeaunls-
akiooi- Tart le' .iM :only held-ovar
usEnher nf the who wdE serve
with the new haibeci eeming in
newt 'tnontli. ‘-
There hae MMii talk, of a eoai^
wld«_ refenjiftduih^' te pads an' ^e'
gran^ng .el, Udaniw.dp-ael} beer and
wine.. It ta’ nfaaf^ that a requeet
Witt .bw fMMie, faw^aech an eleetlon
soon aftf^ithe 'En^ lof tiie year.
Bnt. tltle.wea no(jKiid*eB ae the rea
son toi: retwtiag id|e>«Mra|;to the fkve
aqtpUcanti for ilcngpi Xfaneley. The
Board- ii!ti|i||r' mmt' id .fua
whkrti met dppfw^ amh weiw osdar*
ed torwarified'''4w ttia Htgliway Omn-
mlsston: They' -wera;
In Aweyaehoro: Leadliic from- a
point on- Mae 'Old Emltlklfeld road
two-mileo nofth of Erwin. "IHirthar
deeorlptfoa was lacking. .
in 'Black- River; 'Leedlng from
highway 21-0' at a point east at Dr.
Young's, ipond, thence .no^, tkemee
eeat into the old fitege^road. ttmMgh
the Jake Partin land, a .dlatnaee at
1.-5 mjles.
In NelR's Creek: Begfnntng at tr
point on highwtw 42t at Enle'w
Creek at Edyartou’s filling etatlany
running soiathefaet hr- tha home of
L. Reardon. Jr,., H, A. Brown,
Wade Stewart and others, , a distanee
of 1 1-10 mllaa.
The Oomralstlonera, who were
holding their la*t ’eesslon, found H
rather easy day. They' were aftde
to clear the btiaineea, before them
and adjourn sine die at aeontlsne.
They will meet Monday 'moraing.
Decedvber 6, at 't o’clock, -nuirely for
the purpose of.seeing the new mem-
bori irworn into offke.'tlMn, turn the
reins of government over to them.
It was' one*^of those rare anonths
In the year when no Jury waa. to he
drawn. It was also a day on wWeh
there were no long;dr»wn-opt argu
ments. ..
The Board adjourned with a smile,
of relief 'beaming from the eonntnn-
ances of each waaOier, even Oammto-
sloner Tart who .will string along
with tha new Board tor anoEier two
years.
t ‘jail i|n»»y*'ikwMi ■-»
1948 EHection, Now History,
Was Most Unpredictable One
IX W. Denning^ Jr.
Kiwanit PretidenJ
Now that the 1'9'4'8 election has
passed into history, it can he classi-
fiod as -the nation’s most unpredict
able—the outcome, that is.
To be sure, there were those who!
protended to see "the sure thing,”!
and no doubt thousands, maybe mil-;
tions, of dollars changed hands on
bets as to the election results.
Nevertheless, there were few, very
few, sober-minded observers who'
Which Is to say—-and there can
be few who can dispute, it—that It
was "anyibody'a election’.! so far aa
the outcome was concerned.
The Democrats, werehandliCapped,
;but ao;were the RepubUeana; 'but the
latter had the .theUer "'biwak” H it
can he called that. The GOB labored
under the-most favorable eonditlena,
’for' one reason,"'because they were
blessed by adhesion In theh* ranks.
would dare gb out .on a limb with an
opinion. • ' '
Bure, the Republl^ns were sure
.That i8,,,.theri had.
ijiMi' per
At its regular meeting laat Thurs-
Uy night the Angler Kiwanla Clubjthafthe Dev/ey-Warren ticket would}
nleeied D. W. Denning, Jr., prest
dent: WinfleM Talton, vice presl-
dient: Clyde Adame, treasurer,' and
Earl Johnson, seeretary.
Dtrsetors named wars; ;G. P. Cfair,
Jay Carl Yonng, O. dl. lieadows, A.
C. -Barefoot, Leonard f^gburtt ' and
Bsrv. Barry D. Wood, Jr.
On tbo progriun, Mr. penning dls-
CMsed the propeeed edmtmMiMurh
“sweep" the country.
And sure, too, were the true-blue.
Democrats that the Tru’man-Barklejr
.offering would be. accepted and eUi-l
btesed by a majority of voters,;,
^li^;-^>.faet;t}jat 'Hhs splinters”.^
.wore -flying’here and there. ' ;
Now that,(he results of Tuesday's
vottjsg 4>y the mtUluns of citlsens
w5d -wkni tp the polls Is known,
aUdtlng this,week, Manngsv Enek
Omrrln of the Dunn tobsooo matkef;
w(Hl fEPt ahowt the eetatEMunent nf
cent loyalty , of ‘ ,ih,^r!, inein
With'the -D^obirate* lit wah-differ-
,ent, entirely dmerent,“.in that re
spect; Their oi-gaititsd groups ;trted
'their dead level' heat to defeat'khetr
snatiotial ticket. ^Between .the Dtela-’
crats and tl>'«'-WAna;belteS‘4t-wat'ttip
;and.tuck'to aee>lvhfch could do thelf
very darnedest-fbr tihe most'harsh to
the' Tbnmah-iBarkley tldttet;
The .^outcome' of the' X%4I kleetton
was 'the nation’s 'wogt uuprddletglilo,
'ropeeed edttstEmt^'l: !-wftd"a%ntthe polls Is known,^Pot now-.-that'It's(«!«)"'gnd-tto «f
At tlm''Ihnii|ddiy'«l|(bi! io«d claiming of ,”l";era'''dectobh ia reoovdi4d;.fhw’’*I MUt lMAOWaS#'1l
told you,so!” and a whale of a. lot;
st jit- will borne from persons who}
nerrer' told anyihlngr ^heoausa they^
you ■ so’s”
o«n oMtge us by' Is
us know whai effeet K ^11
.1-Jrdh' (he -gftdlMi 'di (tide nitlfttfH
forotgn and .ddnestlA
NATIONAL TICKET
RAN AHEAD OF
COUNTY BALLOT
GOP FAUiB Dom-N MIMKHAHLT IX
ITH QinSHT FOR FOngll TO OVET
t'OUXTV AND MTATS
fMmCIALR
W. ItEim SCOTT
TAX PAYMENTS
WERE StEPliDitlP
MiaiEiMnNHiw BEPowi;
OVER KAfiF OP IfiM XJUTY
hAb rubn paid
Harnett eounty taxpayers were
very antlve In Oetober, aettling their
obti^atlona to the amount of Idi;-
iMl.ld during the' month,-wedrdlng
to the report of W, D. Harrington
submitted . to the ConMnlaeionere
Monday.
The report showed collections on
current taxes amounted to $8$,-
6dd.78. and from delinquent tax^
|4,IM.74. "
Other rovenue: 4>eneral oounty
school fund .|4,SI4.fi«;
old age fund |«v81d.78; aid to de
pendent 'Children fl.dtt.fd; child
feeding program ff.filfvtt:' veteran
farmer training' |tP,S88.f4'l veterati
education I87I.I8-—making a totaP
of IlMSi.ll; ^ '
Total reeeipts for the niontli were
tm,186.88.
ISie report idibws that '41,11' pef
cent of the l8*8 levy;^ |56i810.67
'WM eolleoted to Oetbher '1,' 'u eom-'
gared'to dk.fil'to the same date last
year;
There .ramalns to be collected of
(he 1848 levy
Iti
'$68S*i5 In Ocldber
Mrs, Xnas Harrington, ReglsttHr ot
Deeds, reported to the .Conuaisslon-
era. Monday that receipts of her ofj-
flea tor .pkatt^T ,«mp«ated to ,a , t07
ial of 1681.15, whkir Inokided.^ II
marriage Hceneea at.44 eaoh., gale
k Hceneea la reported qnaxterty.
i-rr-r
-" i^turclay'4RM.-- ^ofiMbkir
. -Rev. 'Ralston iBBtte' and ,wlle, tlM
former 'Rmr.'''Wlmde-. iMewm, .iWtll
sonduet FMRVfce*: qi).' 'Mi.''-> (namapdiOreek, and iButi' 11' PatW-'et littke.
-Freei wiu .iBgiilst Ghproh, onridmiit'
ton next 'flUMrapdav aA
7:80,-Sunday mdralni if lb'aad
Sunday night M .ltddf! ;
Ths^puiblSe le eeidln|Uh!4R(4|iid^. .,
ystqiissaijl t I -T7
- : ■ (EpMnWMiMir!
.Me#d«naHi^ -•
i«»eway«'1isaBi
jilit’ aad^' rtaif H
‘PACK-A-TOWEL’
mnm
GtmKtmtim 'TO sat made vp at
XdlLXiHIIEhOII MBTRODIRT
jqit^M EliniAY EVENING,
' iMFVBnawiE a
'Members of the -LllHngton charch-
ea are-naked to “paohf a towol” and
bring It aa an offering to the World
domanuntty Day Service to tie hpld
at the 'Methodist Oburoh on Friday,
.(Noveiaber «th at 6:i80 p. m.
”Brtnf a covered dish and enjoy
a rich .fellowship together, '^e want
the youth (T4-I1) to pley a special
part In this service,” said the Com
mittee.'
The “(Pack a towel” gifts are be-,
int collected by the local unit of the
United Ocfuncll of Churejh Women.
Th^ paekngee wilt go to teen-age
■boys and girls In Europe. No group
lies suffered more physically or
splrttu^Iy .Gian.'t’heae young people.
Stablllalns tnHuenoee of home, com
munity, Churoh and school have
beetii~deiitedJib*ui>
; IMiere wl^l he an ojKerlnf taken.
.Far. jturllier InftMnnatton contact
Mrs. Joel .ligytM,. Jr.
WFAJUI
FoUovtag are the toCala on the
Harastt eematy tMtet:
aruMr mmsms^w ■gasEi^HEESEEia
(Pint fee are Damoerata) •
Eyas XcBsyde :. ^4114
Bal Hammar Walker 6668
Edward L. Hedrick, Jr. 1778
E. T. Walton 1761
For Heeae of Rspv«MM«tiittves:
Howard B. Parker 6824
B. F. McLeod : 1868
Fw Register of Deeds:
('First - named la Democrat)
Ipes Harrington 6888
Herbert T. Dupree ...1802
For Judge of Recorder'a Conrl:
(Demoorai—^no opposition)
P. H. Taylor «I8I
Fwr jpounty Survigor;
('First namsil Is Democrat)
Walter lae Johnson 6701
O. 8. (Young - 1858
For County COmmlmloiiert
(First five are Demoorats)
L. A. Tart - 1 6788
Carson Gregory 6760
C. G; Fields 6*57
J. A. Senter .... ......Odtl
Paul ;B. Tyalnger .—...^...-.0847
C» Ei^ Pope....w...l7g8
■M,.A. TurHafton iM w* w ^ MkWiiOi up’Wk O' ltdg'.
K’T. 8le|ib8isiwi' x.:.^.!i7Si
R. J, Gurganlous '1751
A. N, MeArthur .i..a..l765
Demodrata of Harnett county went
to the poUs Tuesday end for the
tenth consecutive; time rolled up n
heavy majority.; for all of tbelr
county and state bnttdldatea—elmoet
6 to l.>
As was to be pmdioted, the vutlas.
was heavier this year beoiuae of the
unusual Intarest wroubeti In the hot
ly contested preeidentlnl race.
Ballot scratching, predicted in
some quettem as sure to he on a
large eoale. this -year, tailed to
materialise;: The “apliuter” tickets
got vary few endorsers. The vote for
the Repuhllenn national ticket ran
very little' ahead of the usual num-
■ber.
I '
.vuqnraiis euem
Mr., and Mrs. Gaorge Rives spent
the Wjmk-end-with Era Rfvee' par
ents, .Mr. and Mrit, Sion Wilhora.
Four C(Miiiii|8iioDer8
Tegildg oF UlMlid Service
'With ‘ adjournment'd! the Monday
aaasloa of the Board ^Of County Com-
mlss4«oirs,.fdttr of Itf members, cum*
pletMd » long term of usmui ’service
io the county- R wnS a long term'la
tgah It oinhnided’ seferift rWldoitoui
* for ewdi' of thiiBi, ’
-ttetlrlii'- fl^-, th'd- -Buiurd,, -epme-
the 'ftmt .'M'oiiidny ihomhot, gill
ho Cft«!iE»ir'AnSlls''.K^CiAhertr;^
Sijghedtte, .Ford o: JaclMidn' ot'Ndm'h
Creek,' Lonnie R. Byrd of StownWr
ton.
]^o .Intlgtatlon Is* given gs to who
wfll-, he f|e .'neg chairman of dhe
Epghl. Mt ventUreemne obneFrers of
bOQni^,,',a|(itra. have .-hasarded the,
gueee.l^t tke mantle will fall upon.
OoQimiNwiuir Fields.
.,1^n^\thflf term, (g office; the
,'QtHEnMeloners .havge passed^
a ttem of tre^iiendooa impprt
Ungidreci^ of eounty.
^ not turning, over' their,
to', pii^w memkerg'who, under.
m^,(wV(^,.«an''''anti(d|M(te "eiisy go-.
torn B,
niiiu
IVa
.thins* fhere’s the matter
' iM'44taii4 fwids.
eT^j^Tinweijtius ificenat
CMwral.^-
it# portlBn Of
'red*'
K :f'i
-* i:.
Manigif figraoik''
gvflWimikwuuere
ImSset Will
hefopf the end e(
in-’fin,
i'-’ ''luilii
JMNliildlA'' iM 'W.‘-mnirin'
p , ow wr ng « Ter
5,,
‘ ' -
Mn. Harrington Loads tlcfcet
Mrs. Inea 'Harrington, seeking re-
election aa iRegliter of Oeode; led
the county ticket with 6988 votes to
Itfid tor her Republican opponent,
Herbert T, Dupree.
Democrata, in the. main, "voted It
straight” when ihey received their
ballots at ths voting hootha.
•Retuma ‘/on the Slate eleetlon.
though incomplete; show dearly that
the entire State ticket went over
with an overwhelming majority,
practically I to 1.
ludicntlve of the keen InterMt In
the prealdentlel contest, Raraott
voters cast 8,411 votes In that rnco
as compared to 8,814 tor the State
eandldatee and a high of 8,785 lor
county candidates.
Reports from throughout the State
ihow that «U Democratle cundldatea
for stata otflcna, U. S. Senator dud
Repreeentattves received snhstantlel
majorltlae.
Dlxltcrat and Progreasiva candi
date* received only comparattvejly
few votes, anywhere in the State.
The county vote with 11 preclaete
out of 81-heard from gave only two
of tke .eonetltuaonal umendments a
majorj^i .to ralao Fsp, of leglilatoni,
for f8t8,'h|ainat JdS7; to ratsa 15
lAnt levy for oounty general- fund,
8914 .for. 'l84t agatnet. Ratums from
Slate.hulloUng 4how that only.tha
lofliriatlve pay fNuendment was lav-
«red. Md oon^ldle returns may de
feat that sropbeal, •
/ OmAyle MeoMl
In'tha seventh Onasreesloeal ltte>
trttl,.iWhieh .InoMee Marnatt.' Ii4»l>
Carlflt gie. glvan a .gnoi majerltr.
'Hanetl^ Nie tote wen 9847 *or
Oarina lo .iliMl. ilor J. O. Wdet of
^IMiStt, the IMsmhlloea eandtdhta.
''•sgUdiegi' Winn-
dll $99 thof lif VtilteA •tatea^Mim-
lor»'. I;‘ Bigaghiou. ©emo'-
OC4RM'''9iMdli«ie,’ ‘defeated JetuT ai
Hepuhlleiuii mmil-
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