WEATHER
WARMER TODAY WITH RAIN
ON COAST AND FREEZING
RAIN IN INTERIOR TONIGHT.
VOLUME I.
U. S. Army Troop# Now Retreating
10 Corporations
rormed In County
During Past Year
Ten new corporations with a total capitalization of over
$1,000,000 were formed in Harnett County during the past
according to records in the office of court clerk Robert
Morgan.
Eight of the new concerns are
located in Dunn, while Erwin and
Lillington boasted of one each.
Os the 10 corporations, all but one
—the Wellons Foundation—are stock
companies. The non-stock Wellons
Foundation was formed for religious,
charitable and educational purposes
by John H. Wellons, C. G. Wellons
and 1. R. Williams, all of Dunn.
STOCK GRANT
•The largest stock authorization
was granted for the O. W. Godwin,
Inc., real estate firm, capitalizes at
$250,000. The Dunn firm was formed
by O. W. Godwin, Mrs. E. S. Hinson
and V. A. Anderson.
VARIED BUSINESSES
The new firms include a retail
store, a newspaper, two automobile
agencies, an toe and fuel company,
a drug store and a water company,
most recent firm established
the Harnett Water Co., Inc., of
Erwin, formed Dec. 18 with a capital
stock of SIOO,OOO. Incorporators were
R. S. Kelly. B. B. Hudson and E. R.
Thomas, Jr., all of Erwin.
LILLINGTON FIRM
In Lillington, the newest concern
to be incorsorated is the Brock
Chevrolet Company, Inc. Founders
arc Earl Westbrook, T. B. Williams
and Clifton H. Brock, all Dunn men.
A thousand shares were authorized
afcsloo each.
firms formed in Dunn, in addition
to the two mentioned, are:
Godwin Building and Supply
Company, Inc., by O. W. Godwin,
O. W. Godwin, Jr., and D. H. God
win, unlimited.
The Quality Shop of Dunn, Inc.,
by I. Rosenfeld, H. L. Rulijick, S. D.
Mendelsohn and H. M. Rulnick, aU
of Fayetteville, unlimited.
The Dunn Ice and Fuel Company,
toe., by A. C. Burns, Earl Westbrook
tQH Elizabeth E. Burns, unlimited.
The Strickland Motor Company,
Inc., by Paul L. Strickland, R. Dennis
Btrickland and Dee M. Strickland,
100 years.
The Record Publishing Company,
Inc., by Hooter Adams, Mellicent S.
Adams and W. H. Twyford, un
limited.
Fltchett, Inc. (formerly Fitchett
Drug C 0.,), by Carl E. Fitchett,
Virginia T. Fitchett and Carl E.
Fitchett, Jr., unlimited.
£ach of the above six firms has
a total of SIOO,OO in authorized stock.
TO CALL RESERVES
CHARLOTTE, Dec. 29 (UP)—
Some 115 reserve Army officers
.from North Carolina will shake
out their uniforms and dust off
their equipment for a return to
active duty in the next tjiree
months.
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POLICE GET RADIO lnstallation of the Dunn Police Department’s new two
way radio systerfl was begun Friday morning when Deputy Sheriff B. E. Sturgill
wid^rectif recehrer
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Police Radio
is Installed
Santa Claus was a little bit late
getting here, but he finally showed
up Friday morning with a two-way
radip set for Dunn’s Police Depart
, ment.
Installation of some $1,500 worth
of broadcasting machinery was be
gun during the morning, when the
city’s patrol car got its receiver
transmitter hooked up. Deputy
Sheriff B. E. Sturgill, assisted by
Fireman Mann Norris, Jr., did the
honors at Wilson Motor Company’s
garage.
The main station transmitter and
receiver were slated for installation
at police headquarters Friday after
noon, according to City Manager R.
Thomas Hobbs.
After the radio system is set up,
the city hopes to connect with the
main State Highway Patrol broad
casting station in Raleigh, said
Hobbs. This will conect the Dunn
police radio with other police sta
tions throughout the State.
Policeman Francis Hall will be in
charge of upkeep and maintenance
of the apparatus, the city manager
stated recently. Eventually all mem
bers of the police force will be
licensed to operate the machinery,
he added.
Funds for the radio system were
earmarked in the 1950-51 city bud
get.
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Two Pile Up
On ky Road
roads caused two cars to pile
up on Highway 421 near the fire
tower, the State Highway Patro’
reported Friday.
. Thomas D. Ray, 20, Lillington Rt.
3, lost control of his 1947 Hudson
on an icy curve and plunged into a
ditch on the left side of the road
about 10:46 a. m. Friday.
A Marine, 22-year-old Charles L.
Loechler of Camp Lejune, who was
approaching Ray from the opposite
direction, ran into a ditch to his
left and overturned to keep from
colliding with the other driver.
No one was hurt in the accident',
but Loechler’s 1941 Buick suffered
considerable damage.
Ray was headed south on the
highway when he lost control of
his vehicle.
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SCOUTS HONORED—These smiles of accomplish
ment belong to Dan Gilbert, Alonzo Parrish ard
Charles Holmes of Benson’s Boy Scout Troop 19. These
are the first Boy Scouts to receive their Second Class
awards since Benson received its new Scout Charter
in September. Sponsoring the Troop is the Benson-
Meadow Kiwanis Club. Not shown is Wallace Parker,
also awarded his Second Class Badge. The awards
were presented by Bruce M. Boyers, Scout Executive
for the Tuscarora Council. Presentation took place at
a formal ceremony held in Smithfield recently. (Photo
by Lewis H. Lawrence,)
A not her Sold ier May
Lose Arms And Legs
BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Dec. 29
(UP)—A wounded 19-year-old
soldier who gave his gloves to bud
dies so they could continue to fight
the Chinese Communists in Korea
faced multiple amputation today
from deep frost bite of his hands
and feet.
Dfllcers at Percy Jones. ,Arn»r
General Hospital said that Pvt.
Hubert Reeves of Joliet, 111., is
threatened with loss of portions of
al four limbs, but denied he is a
“potential quadruple amputee.”
Earlier, a public relations officer
at the hospital said it was too early
to tell how much amputation would
be necessary, although Reeves stood,
only a “good chance” to save
portions of his arms and legs.
WOUNDED BY SHRAPNEL
Reeves was wounded in the legs
from shrapnel near the Chang Jin
Reservoir when the Communists
attacked across the Yalu River in
North Korea. His truck, carrying
other wounded, was captured by the
enemy.
He escaped by crawling into the
snow in temperatures from 20 to
30 degrees below zero. The others,
who didn’t escape, were shot as they
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DUNN, N. C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1950
STATE NEWS
BRIEFS
lELfc'rb, Dec. 29—(UP)—Fire in
terrupted a prayer meeting here last
night, driving some 35 persons out
side into freezing temperatures
while flames destroyed most of the
inside of the West Elkin Baptist
Church.
The Rev. J. L. Powers estimated
damages at between SIO,OOO and
$12,000. Insurance covered about
$4,000, he said. /,
MURPHY, Dec. 29 (UP)— A 55-
year-old ex-convict who had spent
almost half his life behind prison
bars admitted that he strangled his
12-year-old nephew to conceal per
verted sex acts, Sheriff Frank C.
Crawford said today. The sheriff
said the confession signeed by Will
Henson ended the four-months-old
mystery of the death of young Leroy
Henson, an elementry school stu
dent and son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Henson of Murphy.
Henson admitted that he strangl
ed the boy with a rawhide thong
after 20 hours of questioning and a
trip to the scene of the crime, the
sheriff said. He was held without
bond on a first-degree murder war
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BULLETINS
WASHINGTON, Dec, 29 (UP) Chairman John E.
Rankin of the House Veterans Coittmittee said today he
will introduce a bill in the next Congress to give war vet
erans all GI benefits except unemployment insurance. *
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—(UP)*—About 35,000 Americans
will have died in traffic deaths in the past year by New
Year’s Eve, a safety association said today.
MEMPHIS, Twin., Dec. 29. (UP) Brown-haired
Jeanine Holland came out of the west to win selection as
1951’s “Maid of Cotton” mid show , the Southland’s staple
crop to the World 6n A tall Texas frame. Jeanine, 21 and a
senior at Texas State College for Women, was chosen here
last night from a fieM of 19 girls from nine cotton-ralsipg
statdj* a Her brown hMr and eyes, five feet, six and three
quarte inched of height, and ■ 124 pounds of modeled figure
were shown At their beet in a (cotton) organdy gown she
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TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 29. —(UP)—The Senate Crime
vestigating Committee began public hearings today in this
melting pot seaport whose criminal element appears to
have nationwide connections through the “Mafia” under
world organitaton.Sen. Lester C. Hunt, D., Wyo., came here
to conduct the hearings in an effort to pursue what a com
mittee spokesman has called definite marks of Mafia con
nections with' Sew Orleans, Chicago, Kansas City, Cleve
land, Los Angeles and other cities. , * .
Prices
Vfill Rise
During 1951
GOVERNMENT SSEKS
TO COMBAT INFLATION;
1 HOARDERS. ARE WARNED |
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29
(UP) —The government dug
in all along the economic
front today to halt advanc
ing inflation, but officials
predeted still higher food
prices next year.
Thq major action was to require
the nation’s banks to withhold about
$2,000)000,009 more ol their deposits
as togn securities. The Federal
Reserve board said the ruling would
actuary take $12,000,000,000 out of
circulation. That means fewer
loans Tfor autos; TV sets, refrige
rators, ar.d other household goods.
The government also siezed con
trol dl all rubber to make certain
that •the vital material is allocated
fairly, j From. now on, the general
services administration wilt ration
rubber! to manufactures on priori
ties =dt by the National Pro
duction Authority. Military needs
will gat first call but the order has
no effect on the sale of auto tires
by manufaqtures.
BOARDERS WARNED
The !NPA issued a stem warning
to hoarders: They will be jailed
for onfe year and fined SIO,OOO if
they hoard or stockpile more than
they nped or if tney sell on the
black toarket.
In spite of these Increased con
trols, Agriculture Department ex
perts Warned that food prices will
continue to rise. They figured
housewives next year will pay sl.lO
for what they bought for a do'’qr
in 1960.
Economic stabilization official
felt t&Sy could do litt’.e-beyontf
possible Voluntary agreements—un
less Congress grants them more
authority to control iood orices.
President Truman refused at his
press conference yesterday to dis
cuss what could be done. :3ut he
said government experts are work
ing hard to find a solution.
Most foods now are selling at
prices which give farmers less than
parity—the formula designed to
give farmers’ dollar the same pur
chasing power it had in 19M-14. The
government is forbidden to freeze
prices below the parity level.
BIRTH AND DEATH
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest M. Barefoot
of Erwin announce the' birth and
death of an infant son in Good
Hope Hospital, Erwin, early Friday
morning. Burial was In the Beth
sada Church cemetery near Benson
Friday afternoon.
The child is survived by his par
ents; one sister, Peggy Louise Bare
foot; and his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. O. Barefoot of Dunn
Rt. 2 and Mr. and Mrs. Chester
Martin of Erwin.
GORDON GRAY, shown here, president of the
Greater University of North Carolina and former
Secretary of the Army, will be the principal speaker
at the annual banquet of the Dunn Chamber of Com
merce on Thursday night, January 25th. Dunn civic
clubs will join the chamber for this meeting and an
attendance of more than 500 is expected.
Godwin Is Renamed
Market President
E. E. Godwin, potato grower of
near Benson, was renamed presi
dent of the corporation. Other of
ficers were named as follows; Joseph
L. King, Fasion, first vice-president;
Ralph Sechler, Newton, second vice
president; G. H.Altman, Dunn, third
iWsq-president; H. D. Andrews, Mt.
Olive, secretary; Buck Curry, Dunn,
treasurer.
SUCCESSFUL YEAR
The auditor’s report showed a
highly successful first year of oper
ation. The market here was ranked
second in the state by the U. S. and
North Carolina Departments o 5
Agriculture. <
The Federal-State Inspection
Service reported that 98,752 bushels
of sweet potatoes were inspected
here, placing the market among the
leading ones df the state and point
ing up the fast development of the
local mart during its first year.
Tabor City ranked first in the
state, with other leading mslrkets
as folows: Dunn, second; Bethel,
third; and Benson, fourth.
Gilbert Funeral
To Be Sunday
Mrs. Emma H. Gilbert, 77, wife of
the late Albert R. Gilbert, died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. A.
J. Brockman, in Salisbury Thursday
afternoon at 3 o'clock.
She had been in declining health
for the past four years and seriously
ill for four weeks.
Funeral services will be held Sun
day afternoon at 2 o’clock from
Hannah’s Creek Primitive Baptist
Church near Benson. She was a
member of the church. Officiating
will be Elder T. Floyd Adams of
Willow Springs and Elder King of
Greensboro. Interment will be in
the Benson city cemetery. The body
will remain at Rose Funeral Home
in Benson until one hour prior to
the service, at which time it will
be taken to the church.
Surviving are two sons, Chief
Petty Officer William H. Gilbert
of Key West, Fla., and First Engi
neer Ovid B. Gilbert of the Ifarttime
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Dunn Firemen
Hold Election
The Dunn Fire Department’s top
five men will automaticalhr succeed
themselves to office Jan. ).
Howard M. Lee, secretary-treas
urer, said Friday that the officers,
all reelected during the' Nov. 14
meeting of the Tire Department
will start a new yt*r eC Service
Monday. *•
The officials are Mayor Ralph E.
Hanna, fire chief; Charles Henry
Wv instau&cion services iot tne
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Dunn Stores
L
Open Monday
Dunn will become a quiet- tton j
again Monday when city offices,
the post office and banks ” dloss
down for the New Year’s Holiday.
Stores, however, will remain open.
Earlier in the month the Retail
Merchants’ Committee of the Cham
ber of Commerce voted to take off
a single day for both the Christmas
and New Year’s holiday. That
vacation was observed right after
Christmas.
Likewise, The Daily Record will
continue to turn out its daily offer
ing, rather than closing as it did
Christmas Day.
The City Council will meet a day
later for its first get together of
1951. The councilmen voted in
early December to hold their bi- |
monthly meeting Jan. 2, instead of
on the Jan. 1 holiday.
A reminder lor celebrants who
are tempted to toast the New Year
too often: the Police Department
will also remain open for business
Jan. 1.
College May
Change Terms
Final exams will face Campbell
College’s students when they return
Jan. 2 from the Christmas holiday.
President Leslie H. Campbell said
Friday that final exams for the fall
semester will be held during the
week of Jan. 22-27. The junior
college’s 420 students will have somq
three weeks in which to bone up
before exams begin.
President Campbell also said Fri
day that the school is tentatively
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Gregory Sells Dairy
Firm To Ballentme
V -V V-
The labor shortage has |bt-the
milk businest in Harnett County.
You can take the word of Carton
Gregory, it’s almost impossible to
hire men to get up at 3 a. m. and
■milk cows. _ •
For that Mason, the prominent
Harnett dairyman, farmer, business-]
man and State representative an- (
nounced today that he haa-MM
dairy—known as Carson’s Dairy. i
Mr. Gregory announced rale'.Of ]
of Agriculture, and owner of Ballen-T
Une'sDairy_ ]
NO OTHER CHANGES 1
NO., 18
Four-Prong
Offensive
is Awaited
CHINESE ARE REPORTED
MASSING FOR FURTHER
ASSAULT IN KOREA
TOKYO, Dec. 29 (UP)—
The U. S. Bth Army pulled
back the eastern flank of its
defense line above Seoul at
least 7 1-2 miles today ur\der
steadily-mounting Commun
ist attacks.
Chinese and North Korean Reds
also skirmished sporadically with
Bth Army patrols along most of the
rest of the 100-mile United Nations
defense line across the Korean pen
insula.
It appeared the all-out commun
ist asault against Seoul would not
be long delayed. A front dispatch
predicted a four-pronged offensive
by upwards of 250,000 Chinese and
North Koreans within 10 days.
Field dispatches and communiques
from Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s
headquarters told of increasing
pressure against South Korean
forces holding the eastern flank of
the Bth Army line. The Reds
seemed to be building up for an
attempt 1 6 outflank Seoul and cut
the Bth Army in two.
OTHER RETREATS MADE
Two South Korean withdrawals
on the eastern flank—one of at
least 7-'i miles and the other of
nearly two miles —were reported by
an Bth army spokesman. One and
possibly two more retreats were dis
closed in headquarters communique.
The biggest withdrawal of 14,000
yards was made by South Korean
units under "heavy enemy pressure”
from enemy forces believed north
Korean in unknown strength, the
Bth Army spokesman said.
Another Bth Army group nearby
• fell back 6,000 yards in a skirmish
* with 2,600 enemy troops, also be
lieved North Korean, he said.
THs , spokesman placed both ac
tion! 10 miles south 'rfaSTllßi' ’
parallel and 25 to 35 miles inland
east- coast—presumably in
the area south of Yongpo, 75 miles
northeast of Seoul, and below Oron,
63 miles northeast of Seoul,
MacArthur’s headquarters comm
unique said pressure from two
enemy regiments—about 2,500 troops
—forced Bth Army forces to yield
ground northwest of Oron. Other
Bth Army units fell back under
attack by a Communist regiment
southeast of Yongpo, the communi
que said.
United Press War Correspondent
William Burson said ip a dispatch
from the front that upwards of
250,000 Chinese and North Koreans
arrayed northwest, north and north
-1 eas’t of Seoul are expected to launch
a four-pronged offensive within the
next 10 days.
Police Still.
Seek Slayer
Police were still searching for
Buster Byrd Friday, as a coroner’s
jury decided that Julia Adams died
as a result of gunshot wourv&'he
Inflicted Tuesday evening. If hp id
1 caught, Byrd will be held without
bond for action of the grand jury.
Witnesses in the case, all residents
of the area with the exception of K.
M. Pail, of the Dunn Police Depart
ment, told essentially the same
story: that Butter Byrd argued with
the victim of the shooting on two
occasions during the afternoon* and ,•
evening, and that he shot her Id
she attempted to leave the house.
According to the testimony Os,
Janie Blue, occupant of the house
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the dairy and its service®.
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to thank you for your patronage IMS
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