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PAGE 2 Wat Bailtj DUNN, C. Published by RECORD PUBLISHING COMPANY At 311 Bast Canary Street Etery afternoon, Monday through Friday Application for entry as second class matter fa jfaiiding. NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTAItVE THOMAS F. CLARK CO.. INC. 205-21 T E. 42nd St, New York 17, N. Y. Branch Offices In Every Major City. SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY CARRIER: 20 cents per week; S&SO per year in advance; $5 for six months, S 3 for three months. IN TOWNS NOT SERVED BY CARRIER AND ON RURAL ROUTES INSIDE NORTH CAROLINA: SB.OO per year; $3.50 for six months; $2 for three months OUT-OF-STATE: $8.50 per year in advance; $5 for six months, $3 for three months. A Card With Meaning One of the fine things about the Christmas season is to receive cards from friends. They always bring pleasant reminders of old and new friendships. Like most other people, we’re usually so busy at the height of the Christmas season that upon receiving these cards we quickly glance to see who they’re from and wait until a few leisure hours after Christmas to really read and appreciate them. vVe appreciate, first of all, the fact that people think enough of us to send a card; we appreciate the beauty of these cards and the expressions they contain. Sometimes, a particular message will stand out above all the others. Such was the case with a card we received this morning .from E. N. (Red) Pope, advertising manager of the Caro lina Power and Light Company. It’s an unusually attractive card but close scrutiny brings out more than its clever make-up. On the front are pictured Santa Claus, Reddy Killowatt, and Uncle Sam, hailed as “symbols of the American spirit.” And so they are. The thing that impressed us was this message on the inside of the card, printed beneath another picture of Reddy Killowatt holding a Christmas wreath: “Our sincere wishes at this Yuletide season for a better world, unshackled in the opportunity for ‘life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” What an impressive message that is. Neither Red Pope nor anybody else could wish for any body at this Christmas season anything finer than “a better world unshackled in the opportunity for life, lib er tjrand the pursuit of happiness.” Every person with normal intelligence realizes today thaj liberty is the most precious thing in this great Ameri ca of ours. May all of us rededicate ourselves to help make' this a better world, and to keep it a world unshackled in the opportunity for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Spirit Os Christmas Bilan, if he so will, gan put his mind and heart in tune with the spirit of Christmas soon to come again to remind him of the birth of the Christ and bring A revival of the hojjs for good will among ail mankind. ' It will not come through undue generosity of giving, or those outward displays which too often discredit the real meaning of the day. These Are only symbols which man ha.<f attached to the anniversary of the most important event in human history. v Tto be genuine, the spirit of Christmas must be enthroned in the heart of man, a personal realization Which he alone carrknow and enjoy. A centain humbleness which brings witft it the hope that through his humbleness man takgn the true attitude for his own spiritual salvation. With tips meekness must come love for his fellpwman. a determination to live helpfully to search for and elimi pate the dross in his life, and place love and kindness in its fetead. , , ... ,_ . ......, TX> whatever extent man can live by the spirit of Christ mas* will his life be a benediction and a thing of beauty. k : || REALITY TRANSFERS Tlje following realty transfers werereoorded today by Mrs. Inez IR|ri|ngton, Harnett register of ! £ D. Adams and wife to J. R. Adams, 18.8 acres; Eugene Brown and Wife to George McDermott, 15 *Se£ Lilia H. "Byrd to D«rß B. Bsw, 32.7 acres; Willie D. Frapk -Itm> tkif wife tb R. C. Reaves and wlfe£ttva tracts; -Maude C.-Layton r.«. mMlb, T*' n. c rdf Free citmiatds vh Building, )ee Mr• rope to Wachovia Bank and Trust Co mpany, lot; James McLean and Zora McLean to Leila H. Byrd, 70 acres; di. F. Parrish and wife to W. E. Nichols, lot; Chapin Petty to W. W. Horton, 13.2 acres; Neil McK ROB to L. K. Boston WBd wife, 7.96 acres; Louis L. Webb and wife to H. M. Webb and wafe„ 34.5 lucres; John Tutor and wife to 3. C. Horton and wife, two tracts. These Days •totn l'micuM £ckcUklj WHAT MEANS UNITY? The Republicans have petitioned the President to redress a great grievance against the United States by dismissing ' Dean Acheson as Secretary of State. The petition will, for the moment, be ignored. Democrats and other suggest that this is no time to complain about Dean Acheson. They proposed that we shall have unity. If by unity, they mean that no public official is to be critized even if the blood of our sons is spilled because of his stiff-necked obstinacy and his lack of good sense, Then they ask not for unity but for abject acceptance of stupidity as a rule of life. It would ssem that logic would require, if unity is to be achieved, that one who has become so un palatable to the American people as Dean Achenson is, be retired. Who is this man, that unity must depend upon his continuance in office? Sunppose by the laws of nature Dean Acheson were io drop dead, as my friend, Jim McGuinness. did a fortnight ago—would the United States cease to exist? If it is unity that is required and this man is an impediment to unity, does Mr Truman mean to tell us that even among deserving Democrats there is not one man who is capable of being Secretary of State, of inspir ing confidence and of 'achieving i unity? I can name some: Chief Justice James Farley, Robert Patterson James Byrnes, Senator Walter F. George and dozens of others. If the President were to accept i national rather tha a partisan criterion, the number is very large. This nation is not so bankrupt in personalities that it is limited to one man, to any one man. Therefore, the plea that opositioi; to Dean Acheson imperils unity 1 nonsense. It Is Dead Achesofl WttO' imperils unity. His policy in China has proved to be a failure for which we are pay ing with the lives of our children. Hih policy in Europe has brought us only associates but no allies. His policy in South Ameircan ha' weakened cur ties with our mos' important neighbors. He has ap peased Soviet Russia until that country has become the mightiest on earth, lessening our influence by war In which we have been de feated. He has only enriched Great Britain at our expense. Surely, it is not Dean Acheson, but The United States of America that is important. In 1943, the "United States was a tremendous force in the world, courted by all nations. We were feeding a large part of the world; we were supplying warring nations. We were giving away about $50,000,- 000,000. We were giving to Russia $11,000,000,000. We were fighting on a dozen fronts. In Asia, we were fighting nearly alone with Nation alist China as our principal ally. In Europe, our troops were carrying the burden into Germany. In November, two conferences i were held, one at Car to add one at Teheran, and from December 1, 1643 until today our power ii> the world has been receding. At Teheran, Dumbarton Oaks, Yalta. San Francisco, London and Paris the United States was talked out of influence, power and authority. And all. the time the Ameircan tax-payer was paying for his own destruction. THE DAftV XECORDDCKN, N. C. Mister Breger if?* vj I/a} “ ... Black coffee. The boss is gonna give tis one of hi* long-winded pep talks today!” Frederick L. OTHMAN WASHINGTON. Some ladies ia Pittsburgh wouldn’t listen to me via telephone. They insisted they wanted to hear me in person. Poor dears. I tried to tell them when they first asked me to make a speech that this was an indoor sport at which I do not excel. They said i was being modest. For their in formation because there still is time to call the whole thing off — I want to report on my last effort as an orator. About a hundred Pennsylvania publishers were gathered with their wives and daughters in Har risburg at dinner. They seemed to enjoy this meal, because they knew not what was in store. When they’d put away the last dish of .ice cream with the frozen doodad on top, the prevaricating toastmaster told them he had a treat. Namely, me. A great sigh rose through the hall, as though from a suppressed jjroan. '} I got to my feet. At first my "knees were then they seemed to lock and I couldn’t move. I could feel sweat on my legs. My collar was too tight. There was something seriously wrong with my tonsils. I opened my mouth; nothing came out. The headwaiter rushed up to see what was wrong with the microphone. The toastmaster (his name was And It culminated in the retreat from Korea and the miserable monkeys insulting our country in daily speeches on our own soil at the United Nations, and they are entitled to do It by Teraty. We nave come to that. Now, I do not ray that Dean Achenson is responsibel lor all that. Such an assumption is wkjj£ly false. He is not a big enough nia.\ to have done so much damage. But he is also not a big enough man to have arrested the decay of policy, to have strengthened our moral position or to have inspired confidence In the people. Achenson has become a symbo( of decay. The Ameircan people responded to the symbol that Acheson has become when he spoke on television and radio and chilled his countrymen. It was not the words, nor his Immaculate dress, nor his lack of oratory. It was an atmosphere. The terrifying fact that faces this country is that in this war we are led by many of the same person-: allties who since November, 1943 have been th authors of our failures. What unity can there be In.that? Ross Downing and he was wor. ried) said a big, strong fellow like me needed no amplification. Weak ly I nodded agreenfent. And all of a sudden a bellow came from my lips. The ladies were shocked. With tremohng hands their husbands lit cigars. 1 was started, in a loud, and what 1 later learhed to have been a-bel ligerent voice, I toid my victims all i knew about practically every thing. . _ ~ I eouldn’t Stop. Something iqsidfe my head had gone click and as soon as I finished my speech, with out even taking another breath, 1 began a new one. The publishers heard about my travels for years gone back; I even remember dwell ing at some length on a Mexican revolution in 1929. My knees still wouldn’t work. It was impossible to sit down. I told those heipless people down front about the years I’d spent in Hol lywood and—as if they oared j what I thought about pdliticjagf. j This went on for more 'ha* sap I hour; the gold chairs with the spindly legs were getting awfully hard on the heroes before me. Some of them could stand it no longer. One by one they began to sneak out from the rear of the room, bending low. in the mistaken belief that I couldn’t see ’em. I was too helpless even to gulp. I seemed to be in the midst of a description of the love call of the chimpanzee, a subject about which I had written a recent piece. More people got up and left on tiptoe. Downing was really nervous now. He yanked on my coattail. This was like pulling the rip cord on a balloon. My knees crumbled. There was a polite spatter of ap plause from the stalwarts who stayed to the last and I had a stiff' drink. For medicinal purposes only. You still want me to make a speech in Pittsburgh, ladies? ' (Copyright, 1960, United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Tom Faircloth TakenßyDeath Thomas F. Faircloth, 76, died in a Fayetteville hospital Monday. He Was a well-tnown resident of Cum berland County, having nved in the Cedar Creek community all his life. Funeral services were held at 3 pm. Wednesday at the Cedar Creek Baptist Church, with rites conduct ed by the Rev. Thomas L. Rich, uastor, and the Rev, T. J. Fulk. i jMSgUgaHSI Now's the time to get your plans »$| VAPO -ROOST Miami, FM.. R is a rare occurrence *b»n this area of the South shakes itself out of a municipal lethargy long enoubh to act a? a city. This inertia in the mfctter of civic spirit probably is due to ,thie Climate and also to the fact that Florida is, fundamentally, a tourist center. Pretty nearly everybody down here is a visitor, from Ohio, Massachusetts, New York , TiHnnln, etc. This Winter, there has been a renaissance, built around a football. When University of Miami defeated Purdue, one Saturday, after Purdue had beaten Notre Dame, 100,000 people met the victorious Miami team when it landed at the local airport. Such a surge of civic feeling seldom 6tlrs Miami , The guy responsible for this change is theU. of Miami coach. Andy jQutafson, brought here a few years ago from West Point, where he was assistant to head coach Bari blaik. . Gustafson gave up a nice home at West Point, and an ’assured future, because the prexy of the University of Miami, B. F. Ashe, Was dean of meh at the university of Pittsburgh. Gustafson played football there. Ashe sold Gustafson on Florida, a sale based on Ashe’s dreams of what the University of Miami would become. “You never heard anyone half so persuasive,” grinned Gustafson. “So I came along and I’ve been Gustafson had some dreams of his own, too, and a great back ground of football. This year, those dreams materialized when Miami came up With otte of the top teams ofthcountry. ✓ ■ * j)t~ Mete , by * fefcb ■ Hope Paging Clifton Webb. Clro’s is arranging a baby sitter service for parents who want to visit the famed Hollywood night club. If this plan doesn’t work, they may try night clubs exclusively for babies with such names as "The Crib” “The Teething Ring” and “The Colic Room.” The cover charge would Include a bottle of any formula in the house and one complete diaper change. 1 can see on important baby slipping the headwaiter a tip and say ing, “I’d like a high chair right next to the stage.” 'And imagine a baby’s embarrassment when his nurse burbs him right in the middle of the floor show. We’d see items like this in the columns: “Baby Bobby Murgatroyd, that popular baby-about-town, was seen with a new doll at ‘The Crib” last night. It looks serious. They both were drooling.” News Briefs (Continued irom Page 1) next Wednesday. The payments of $6,000,000 will go to 6,000 holders of the first bonds sold, among them Gov. Kerr Scott who purchased the first SI,OOO bond issued in the road program. RALEIGH, Dec. 22 —(UP)— The State Ports Authority voted yester day to enter into an agreement with the United States Navy to transfer a floating dry dock from the Pana ma Canal zone to the port at Wil mington. RALEIGH. Dec. 22 —(UP)— The Motor Vehicles Department predict ed totiay that 18 persons will die in North Carolina traffic accidents during the Christmas holiday. The department said traffic fatalities this year are 15 per cent above last year, when 16 persons were killed at Christmas. ERWIN SOCIAL TO SPEND HOLIDAYS HERE Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Kretch and daughter Cynthia and Mrs. L. W Baggett of Whiteville will arrive Saturday to spend the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Baggett at ths Erwin teacherage. CHRISTMAS PERMITS Marriage licenses were issued yesterday by Mrs. Inez Harrington, Harnett register of deeds, to: Bernice Franklin Wood, 60.L111- ington, Rt. 3, and Ella Sorrell Reaves, 55, Dunn, Rt. 3; Charles Ravon Ennis, Coats, Rt. 1, and AUce Rachel Stephenson, Coats. Funeral Directory Mrs. Rossie Irene West', 56, died Thursday morning at her home. Duhn Rt. 3. FUneral services were held this afternoon at 2:30 at Taylor’s Chapel Church Os God. Burial was in the Peters family cemetery. ’• Thomas F. Faircloth, 76, died in a Fayetteville hospital Monday. Funeral rites were held at 3 p. m. Wednesday at the Cedar Creek 3aptlst Church. Walter M. Brock, 48, died at his home In Four Oaks Thursday morning. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday $t 3. P- ’m. at the Four Oaks Methodist Church. Burial %ill toe in the Four Oaks Cemetery. i . . - _ 1 Programs Announced The WCKB Studios Invite the public to listen each week day at 2:30 p. m. when they sponsor Mrs. Henry Whittcnton, pianist and local talent which Mrs. Whittenton ar ranges for. On Monday at 2:30 Mrs. Whitten ton will give a recorded fvogram featuring Misses Patsy Temple, Ida Sue Neighbors, sopranos, and Misses Reta McLean and Judy Wood, con traltos. Tuesday Carroll Barbour, vocalist ! who is ’ studying at Wake Forest, I will be featured at the Musical Varieties hour. Miss Barbara Pope, talented pianist. wiU appear on the Wednes day afternoon program. On Thursday Mrs. Whittenton will present an orfean program from her residence. Miss Jeanlne Ennis, vocalist, will be featured on Friday with Abie Maxwell, baritone vocalist of Erwin concluding the week’s schedule of Musical Varieties for your listening pleasure. THE COMMERCIAL BANK Rent A Box Today Only $3 A Year In Our Big Vault Offers You Absolute Protection fIBSOOKfIPK COMMERCIAL BANK DUNN, N. C. HATCHER & SKINNER !Si! ‘■’‘aaSr* JS, W. BROAD ST. DUNN, IT, C. ANBffIANCE YOUR time of SORROW WE STAND READY AT ANY HOUR DUNN .... •-■fate*:',; ,-Vv —-• n pays to Make plans in advance of need ~ —MONUMENTS —COPING ( ffe \ A _ EMSTW NBNMU I I >Bra. I'HJTJJK _ .tn. . ’ n FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1856] William F. Godwin, shown above, recently qualified as a sharpshooV)r with the carbine at Otsu, Japan. He is assigned to the 35th Infantry, part of the 25th Infantry Division. A radio operator, Godwin enlisted in the army Nov. 22, 1948, and re ceived his basic training at Fort Jackson. He is the son of Mrs. Thelma Godwin, 294 N. Layton Ave., Dunni COUNCEL’S REWARD DETROIT (UP) Assistant cor poration counsel Nate Goldstick, assigned to defend five police women charked with false arrest Jn federal court, won a verdict 6f acquittal. The first thing tire girls did was petition the judge for permission to kiss their counsel. Permission granted,” the judge ruled. Ggj3 AUTOMOBILES * AND « TRUCKS ON EASY TERMS —BOUGHT —SOLD —TRADED P —FINANCED jg NAYLOR - DICKEY MOTORS SALES SERVICE dodge JOB RATED TifiifrT trucks DIAL 2127 g Fayetteville Hwv. Dunn
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