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Vol. XXXI—No. 7
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"Most Bnital Muider"
Occuis in Wake Gounty
Lillincton, N, February 17, 1949
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*Tf I« Concams Harnett, It* In THE NEWS**
MAN IS JAILED
ON CHARGE OF
SHOOTING WIFE
“Most brutal” of all the “brutal”
murders reported In recent times,
]>erhaps hi all of North Carolina's
history, took place in Wake county,
location of the State’s Capital', a few
days ajto.
John Robert (Jack) Rridgers, 23-
year-old white man, has confessed,
according to Wake Sheriff Pleasants,
to beating Keston Norris Prlvette,
22-year-old white man in whose
home he had been a roomer, into
Insensibility, then ' rolling Norris'
body into a shallow grave which ho,
Bridgers, had dug for the purpose
uncouple of days before.
Bridgers then took Privette’s
wife, 20-year-old Dauphlne Con*
Prlvette. and her two children and
fled to Balnbridge, Ga., in an au-
toinoblle.
Mrs. Prlvette in the Georgia l;own
became frightened and let out a
hint that something was wrong. Of
ficers soon took the tip, arrested
Bridgers, and the Wake sheriff
brought him back an^ lodged, him
in State Prison for safe-keeping.
'rhe Wake officer says that Bridg-
ers has confessed to the whole story.
He is being held on a charge of
first degree murder.
Wake Coroner I. M. Cheek de
clares that evidence tends to show
that Prlvette was actually burled
alive by Bridgers who thought .his
victim was dead. The coroner says
considerable blood flowed from
Prlvette after ho was buried in the
shallow grave, and that he evidoptly
breathed for some time after being
placed in the hoie.
Mrs. Prlvette claims that she
fled with .Bridgers through fear. The
automobile in which they rode to
Georgia' belonged to Privette.
b’KED HALL OP CAMKRON B-l BK-
I.VO HRfiD WITHOUT BOND FOR
KIIAANG WIPE AT HOME
SATURDAY NIGHT
FLAGS FLY NOW
ON HOLIDAYS
INLILLINGTON
BUSINESS HOUSES, AT INSTANCE
OP AMERICAN LEGION, PUR
CHASE V. .S. PliAGS FOR DIS
PLAY ON HOLIDAYS
On anniversaries of such events as
are commemmorated by public holi
days, United States Flags will fly
to the breezes in Lilllngton.
At the instance of the local Am
erican Legion Post, heads of busi
ness firms here have purchased large
flags with poles to fasten into con
tainers embedded in the sidewalks.
First display of the flags was last
Saturday. February 12, A'braham
Llnooln’s birthday anniversary.
Flags were floating on the .'breez
es that day, which afforded Just
eticugh of the rather early spring
winds to make them behave in a
spemly fashion.
First to recall that the 12th was
Lincoln's birthday were Mr. and
Mrs. Karl Andriessen, owners and
operators of Hotel Litlington. Soon
after they had placed their flag In
front of the hotel, however, others
on both sides of the main streos of
the town followed suit.
The flags are to be displayed on
nil such commemorative events.
Credit for the flag display and ob
servance goes to Frank Lewis, com
mander of the Lillington Post of the
\merican Legion.
To Speak Here
REV. L. C. I/AUKIN
LARKIN SPEAKS
HERE SUNDAY
Girl Scouts Elect May
Queen, Maid of Honor
Li'ilington Girl Scouts have elected
their May Queen and Maid of Honor.
This election was held by the girls
in their individual troop meetings.
Seventy-seven Girl Scouts (Brownie
Scouts through Senior) elected Miss
Jackie McLeod as May Queen and
Mins V’eVe Caviness as iMald of
Honor. The Senior Troop will com
pose the May Court.
These selections are a distinct
nonor to Misses McLeod and' Cavi
ness in that no nominations were
made, they being chosen by popular
vote from the entire troop.
The May Day will be hold on the
iawn at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
O.sear Atkins. The pageant will be
produced by the Junior Girl Scout
Council which is composed of dele
gates from each troop. Miss Barbara
.\nn Howell, a Senior Service Scout,
is the Captain.
Methwllsts Of Tlie LUHnKtoii Charge
To Hear Orphanage Superintend
ent; Speaks Twice
Rev. L. C. Larkin, superintendent
of the Methodist Orphanage in Ral
eigh, will speak twice on the Lill
ington Charge Sund'ay, February 20.
At 11:00 o’clock he will speak in
the Lillington Church and at 3:00 in
the Pleasant Plains Church.
Rev. Mr. Larkin will brin^ a group
of children from the Orp'hanago and
they .will have a part in the worship
service. Rev. Mr. Larkin is one of
the leading ministers of the North
Carolina Conference, having served
as District Superintendent of the
Rocky Mount District. Prior to his
succeeding Rev. A. S. Barnes as Su
perintendent of the Orphanage, Mr.
Larkin was pastor of the Front
Street Methodist Church in Burling
ton.
•rhe Llllington-Pleasant' Plains
Methodists feel fortunate to get Mr.
Larkin visit their churches so short
ly after assuming duties at the Or
phanage. The public is most cordial
ly invited to come and hear him.
Fred L. Hall, 33-year-old white
man, is being held in jail here with
out bond on the charge that he kill
ed his wife, Mrs. Lena Johnson Hall,
32, with a .22 rifle at their home on
Cameron R-1 last Saturday night.
Sheriff Salmon and Deputy Ken
Matthews assisted Coroner Grover
Henderson in the killing, after which
the coroner’s jul'y ordered that Hall
be held for tii6 Grand Jury. •
According to the officers. Hall
claimed' that ho' had taken his rifle
and started from his homo when his
wife grabbed the gun and tried to
hold- onto it. In the tussle for the
gun, the officers said Hall told them,
the trigger was pulled and the bullet
bit his wife. '
Deputy Matthews, who is the
County Jailor, says Hall still sticks
to this version of the shooting. Hall,
said Deputy Matthews, is talkative
enough but hasn’t shown any sign
of changing his Story.
One of his young daughters, how
ever, told that her father "oponod
the door and fired the rifle at
Mama,”
- According to the records in the
office of Clerk Howard Godwin, Hall
has been arrested before: Once In
January 1945 on the charge of
breaking and entering, the warrant
being changed in Superior Court to
malicious damage to real property;
and again In January '1’946 on
charges of violating the prohibition
law. Ho was found not guilty at
both trials.
The Hail family lived near the
Harnott-Hoke county line in the ex
treme southwestern end of Harnett.
Their home is the last house on the
road leading into Hoke.
Mrs. Hall was a native of Hoke
county, the daughter of Mrs, Sally
Johnson and the late D. S. Johnson,
Funeral services wore held Monday
at 2 p. m. from Cypress Presbj'teriaii
Church, conducted by Rev. 'A. D.
Carswell. Burial was In the church
cemetery.
Surviving are besides her hus
band: three children, Wilma, Myrtle
Importu^ jMi
There wlUx » meetJng at
Pleasant UnJoi^JokDBrch on Thurs
day, PebruaTK-^, at TsSO p. in.,
to -diacttss pia^ for landscaping
and canvtakhig of the church
cemetery.
AH meipborsv'of the church and
those who h^ve relatives and
friei\ds huriedC In the cemetery
are urged to '^temt this impoi't'-
nnt meeting.
PARKER OFFERS
BILL RELATING TO
FORECLOSURES
\VOl.BiI) BAR ACTION TO RECOV
ER TAXES !#®K TEN YEARS
DUE IF NfKPORECLOSURE
SUIT ftS’nTUTBD
Lillington Is Host To Three-
Day Session Of Ministers
Howard and Bagby Up and Out Again
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A bill to anMad General Statutes
105-423,1, relati^ to tax liens and
foreclosure sulta^.to make applicable
to Harnett county this section which
creates a ten-y6^> statute of limita
tions as. to tax,, liens held by the
county, has hee^ introduced in' the
House of ReprcNiehtatlves 'by Har-
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nett's Represenfallve 'Howard. Par
ker.
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Ray and Gail, of the homo: one bro
ther, J. L. Johnson of Cameron R-1',
apd her mother.
Makes Average
At Military School
PREACHING AT CAPE P'EAB
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Regular 3rd Sunday services will
be held at Cape Pear Presbyterian
Church Sunday, February 20 at 11
A, M.
This church is growing in all de
partments. .Come out and enjoy this
hour of spiritual blessings and fel
lowship.
Dunn Market Outstripped
Sanford And Fayetteville
The Dunn tobacco market, operat
ing for its first time in the 1948 sell
ing season, outstripped two of the
older markets near Harnett county
—.Sanford and Fayetteville.
It went ahead' of Sanford, which
has been operating for years, both
in amount of tobacco sold and in
average price paid.
Fiiquay-Varina led all three of
these markets. Reason for this lead
can be placed directly to the larger
number of warehouses and effective
advertising, together with the fact
that Fuquay-Varlna is an older mar
ket and has continually throughout
its existence pursued a policy of
pooling the interest of its progress
ive businessmen with that of the
tobacco farmers.
Following are the figures on sales
and .price averages released by the
Federal-State Market Nows Service
fur the 1948 selling season on the
Dunn market and the other three
markets nearest Harnett:
Fuquay-Varina: 19,827,1>6'2 pounds
for an average price of $49,19.
Dunn; 8,122,198 .pounds for an
average price of $48.80.
Fayetteville: 7,637,438 pounds for
an average price of $49.32.
Sanford: 6,922,1'92 pounds for an
average price of $48.12.
The success of the Dunn market
can be rated as nothing short of
phenomenal when it is considered
that it pushed its way Into the pic
ture through many obstacles. These
obstacles were overcome in a mas
terful manner, which can also be
said of the management of all do-
.tails connected with its selling.
The State Department of Agricul
ture puts the total iprlce of all North
Carolina tobacco in .1'948 at $'3'72,-
226,18.02, with an average of $60.53.
This average was $7.90 higher
than the |4'2.43 price in 1947.
Money received by North Carolina
farmers for their tobacco in 1948
was only one per cent less than In
1947, despite the fact.that there was
a cut of 28 per cent in acreage In
1948.
. Prediction has been made that to
bacco In the 1'9'49 selling season will
hold well to the average paid in
1948.
Cadet Sammy Stephenson, student
at Porter Military Academy, Charles
ton, S. C., made an “A” average on
all of his subjects for the first se
mester, ending January 1949. His
total average was 96.
Cadet Stephenson is in the tenth
grade. He Is the son of Mr. and' Mrs.
F. G. Stephenson of Angler.
Sunday Speaker
Speaker on the Presbyterian Sun
day Hour next Sunday, February 20,
will be Rev. Robert W. Miles, pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church,
Lexington, Ky, His subject will bo
“Time for Decision—for the Gospel
Ministry.” The broadcast can be
heard of WPTF at 5.: 30 a. m.
The law would become effective
July 2, 1950, to give time lor Insti-
tuing suits for foreclosure on tax
lions 'Which' the county now holds.
The bill was referred to Judiciary
Committee No, ^,
Representative Parker has also in
troduced a bill to.limit the operation
of loud speakers, aiuiplifying sys
tems and public address systems in
Harnett county. It makes operation
of loud speaker, amplifying system
or public address system for the pur
pose of making the sound audible
outside the structure or vehicle
where it originates unlawful between
the hours of 8 p. m. and 8 a. m. Not
applicable where sound devices ope
rated; (1) wholly within a structure
or vehicle for'better hearing of pa
trons; (2) for better hearing of pa
trons for 'Whom' the accomodations
of the structure are not sufficient;
('3) for purpop^ Of celebration of
holidays; (4) 4^4ikive-ln theatres:
and (’6) * for’’'Wrpoae" of preventing
loss of - life or Injury to persons or
property. It was referred to commit
tee' on Counties, Cities and Towns.
Harnett’s Representative has also
introduced a 'bill relating to the li
censing of carnivals in Harnett coun
ty. It gives the County Commission
ers power to refuse such license.
This bill has passed the House and
is now pending In the Senate. ^
Two other bills offered by Repre
sentative Parker have been enacted
into law. They relate to fire and
traffic regulations in Erwin.
REV. CHARLES B. HOWARD
Friends throughout Harnett coun
ty will rejoice to know that Rev.
I
Charles B. Howard’s condition has
improved so much that he expects to
be able to return soon to his class
room for Bible lectures at Campbell
College.
Mr. Howard has been confined to
his home since the last of October,
after suffering from a heart ailment.
Mrs. Howard has carried on his class
work during his illness.
DR. A. PAUL BAGBY
.\fter spending several months in
a hospital. Dr. A. Paul Bagby, pastor
of Buie’s Creek Baptist Church, has
returned homo. >He is able to attend
his church services, but sits in the
pew Instead of standing 'behind the
pulpit.
“We're happy to have Dr. Bagby
back v/lth 'US,” greeted' Dr. Ralph
McLain, supply pastor. “We’ll let
him do what seldom he has been
privileged' to do—sit beside his wife
at church.”
•
RESOLUTION FOR
MR. HARRINGTON
County Board Adopts Resolution in
Respect to Dcatli of Tax
Collector
Local Legion Post
To Have Barbecue
The Lillington Post No. 28 of the
American Legion will hold a barbe
cue Tuesday night, Februany 22 at
7:00 o’clock In the Lillington Town
Hall.
All members of the Post and all
exservicemen are invited and' urged
to attend. $1.00' per. plate will be
charged.
Commander Frank Lewis, states
that the Post is especially anxious to
have a large attendance. Casey Fow
ler is adjutant of the Post.
At their meeting February 7 the
County Commissioners adopted the
following resolution In resppet to the
death of W. D. Harrington, who was
tax collector for Ifi' years:
Whereas, death has entered the
ranks of the officials of Harnett
county in the passing of Mr. William
Dalrymple Harrington, tax collector;
And whereas during the. years Mr.^
Harrington served as tax collector he
was a faithful and conscientious pub
lic official, discharging the duties of
his office in the manner acceptable
to his 'fellow-citizens of the county;
And' whereas the death of Mr.
Harrington is a distinct loss to all
the people of Harnett .county and to
his family;
■Now therefore, be it resolved by
the Board of County Commissioners
In regular meeting assembled Feb
ruary 7th, 1949, that the county has
suffered a distinct loss in the death
of Mr, 'Harrington; who was'ever a
faithful servant to the people of his
day and generation; and the family
of Mr. Harrington has suffered great
bereavement In his death.
'Be it further resolved that this
resolution be spread upon the min
utes of the Board of Commissioners,
a copy given to the press, and a
copy be .sent to the family of the
deceased.
Unanimously adopted by the 'Board
of County Commissioners this 7tb
day of February, l'9i4'9.
L, A, Tart,
Attest: Chairman.
Inez Harrington,
Clerk to the Board.
Anderson Creek
Loses 1) Wins 1
> Anderson Creek basketball team
won one and lost, one—the boys
overcoming the Erwin team, and the
girls losing to Coats.
'Boys -game; Anderson Creek 31;
Coats 2ir.
Girls' game: Anderson Greek 36;
Coats 40.
'Billy Spence, 'Reporter.
HOME-COMING
PROGRAM IS
ARRANGED
SHAWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL TIG
ERS TO SPONSOR ANNUAL AF
FAIR ON FEB. 25; PARADE
AT 2 P. M.
The Shawtown High ^hool Tigers
will sponsor the annual Home-Com
ing Day, February 25.
The main events of the program
will begin with a spectacular parade
at 2:00 p. m. The .parade will in
clude the float of Miss Shawtown
High, representatives from all
classes. Girl Scouts,’ Boy Scouts,
High School Band and other organt-
xations.
The Home-Coming game will be
played .at 7:30 p. m. between the
Bears of Rockingham. N. C. and the
Tigers.
Crowning ceremony begins at
fi'rSO p. m., followed by the Home-
Coming Social at 5:30.
The Home-Coming committee has
put 'forth all efforts to assure a gala
affair, and says: “You can’t afford
to miss ft.”
MINISTERS IN
MID -WINTER
ASSEMBLY HERE
AX.NUAL A.SSEMBl.Y OF t'HItlS-
TIAX MINISTER A.SSOCIATION
NOW IN SESSION at HOTEL
LILLINGTON
The Annual Mid-winter Assembly
of North Carolina Christian Minis
ter’s Association is being held at
Hotel Lillington, February 15-17.
The Association is composed of
ministers of the Christian Church,
Disciples of Christ. Beginning Tues
day at 3:00 p. m. and closing
Thursday of this week at noon, the
sessions are presided over by officers
of the Association, -Rev. E. 'B. Quick.
Lumberton, president; Rev. Lamar
Hocker, Charlotte vice president;
Rev. z. B. T. Cox, Farmvllle, secre
tary-treasurer.
Rev. Clinton P. Campbell of In
dianapolis, Indiana will 'bo guest
spoakor and will conduct conferences
in connection with the “Crusade For
a Christian World" which will be
the central theme of the assembly.
The “Crusade" is a forward move
ment of the Disciples of Christ em
phasizing evangelism, Christian edu
cation and 8tewa*'d8hlp. The achiev
ing of final goals by the close of the
campaign next year will be discussed
by the ministers.
Twenty-six ministers have been
assigned places on the assembly pro
gram. Rev. Chas. C. Ware, Wilson.
State Secretary: Rev. Thomas P.
Inablnett, Wilson, Area Director of
Religious Education and Rev. Chas.
W. Riggs, LeGrange, State Evange
list, will present Items of the pro
gram in their fields of service. At
lantic Christian College, Wilson, Is
being represented'by Dr. H. S. Hil-
ley, president, and Professors J. M.
Waters and, G. A. Hamlin.
'Becausb”'of the importance of the
“Crusade” movement the Assembly
is largely attended.
SAFETY COUNCIL
MEETS FRIDAY
County Organixatioii To Meet lu
Courthouse Auditorium; Mmnbers
Ami Others Uriced To Attend
Fuquay Freezer Locker Plant Receives
Mr, J. £. Smith’s llOO-Pound Porker
President C. G. Fields of Angler
and Secretary C. H. Hood of Bunn-
level have announced the regular
meeting of the Harnett County Safe
ty Council to be held in courthouse
auditorium here on Friday night,
Febmary 18. at 7:30 o’clock.
Stressing safety rules on the higb-
*'•?» and all other thoroughfares
'both by motorists and pedestrians,
officials of the Council urge every
one interested In these measures to
attend the meeting.
Corporal William O’Daniel of
Dunn, head of the highway patrol
unit in Harnett county, reports that
during January the county had 20
highway accidents resBlting fa three
fatalities, 16 injuries and property
damage estimated at $8,960.
The corporal says there were 207
arrests; 17 for driving drnak. 15
for reckless driving, 38 for speeding,
the rest being for violation of other
motor vehicle laws.
Ladino Pastures Are
Showing Up Good
J. E. Smith, a leading farmer In the progressivo community of
Fiiguay-'Yarlna, recently slaughtered and carried into the Com
munity Frozen Food Locker Plant at Fuquay for processing, the
largest hog that has been received since the plant opened.
The four year old boar weighed 1,248 pounds on- foot and dress
ed 1100 pounds, including head and liver. Mr. Smith, who believes
in a well-rounded farm program, says he fed the hog on whole and
ground corn and barley grown on his farm.
To date Mr. Smith has killed approximately 10,500 pounds of
meat as offspring of this Aog since Dec. Ist, 1947. He now has 29
shoats weighing 160 to 200 'pounds ’to slaughter and sell, that are
offspring of the same hog.
This makes a total of 3'9 head of swine that the Fuquay Locker
Plant has processed for Mr. Smith since February let of last year.
He also keeps a. good supply of home grown beef going through
his locker. * ^
The unusually large carcaes attracted quite a bit of.attention
while Is. was being chilled 'before cutting.
(Photos courtesy of Fuquay Independent)
T. D. O’Qaiaa. assietaat county
agent, reporte;
“Pastures seeded to Ladiao clover
aad orchard grass daring the fall
are showing up very favorably at
the present tiate. Roy and Edward
Byrd of Banalevel have an excellent
stand on 19 to 12 acres. An older
psstare belonging to J. B. Collins.
Lillington R-3. has made excellent
growth during the warm weather of
the past few weeks. Collins says be
is highly pleased with Ladino clover
for pasture, particularly when rec
ommended liming and fertilising
practices are followed."
Correction
When you road the story The
Nows publlsiiod entitled "Valne of
State’s Crops Continues Wgh in
’4S,” you wondered why In the
world the State’s farm rvops for
the first 11 months in that yenr
were valued at only SSS1,B1B, and
that the value of the crops mar-
ket'Cd to date vros only
Weil, instead of thousands It
should have been mllUoas. So,
Just put three ciphers at the end
of each group of figures and you'll
have It right.
Sorry. Almost everybody should
have known better.
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