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- g Partly cloudy and warn&r f today. VOLUME L Bill Would Let Dunn Furnish Water To Erwin BY WADE LUCAS Record Correspondent RALEIGH,'March 6—A bill to enable the Town of Dunn to furnish water to the people of Erwin in event agreement can be reached with the Erwin Cotton Mills j as to acquisition of water distribution facilities today was being prepared by Har nett Senator J. Robert Young for early introduc-, tion in the State Senate. *! The measure comes on tH6 heels j of the appearance here late yester day afternoon of three Dunn city officials, who secured permission of the State Utilities Commission to fix the water rates for the rapidly growing list of homeowners in Er win provided the Town of Dunn can get together on contractual arrangements with the Erwin Mills. DUNN OFFICIALS HEARD Appearing before the Utilities Commission, which agreed to fix the Erwin water rates in event Dunn gets the right to sell water j to the Erwin residents, were: May- i or Ralph Hana, Mayor pro-tem Joe ‘ Wilkins, and City Attorney I. R. I Williams. The commission was told by Mayor Hanna and City Attorney Williams that .although the con tract Dunn has with the Erwin Mills whereby the latter could charge $1.50 a month for water, the mills have never levied such a charge upon residents of the un incorporated town. “We want to furnish water to the rapidly growing list of naturally proud homeowners in Erwin for j the reason that we have too. | much water," Williams said. “We; have enough water being filtered, through the city’s plant to supply | 50,000 people.” Mayor Hanna joined Williams in j telling the commission—four of I whose five members attended the I impromptu hearing—that in event I Dunn does acquire the right to furnish water to Erwin people “we plan and want to do at rates corn par a those we now charge the WOULD REDUCE DEBT \ Atkeg, by Commissioner. Joshua James U “you are planning-tar make some money for the town of Dunn,” Williams answered In the affirmative, but added that all Dunn wants is to help reduee the $6000,000 Indebtedness the town ac quired back In 1924 when it built Its water-plant near the Cape Fear River on property donated by the Erwin Cotton Mills Company. “We have already stretched our credit as a town just about as far as we can,” he added. “You are entitled to a fair re turn under the law on your invest (Centinned on Page 8) ” ’ * s*iK ff § .osSßHmMhvvHh ' ■ TELEPHONES 3117 - 3118 - 3119 Reid Ross Fayettevil £ A *^J , t ■ ! vP t 'iWmm HR C REID Commissioners Pick Jurymen Harnett’s county commissioners drew up a 36-man jury list, ap | pointed a constable for Buckhorn Township and heard reports from county officials before closing out the month’s work Monday. Leo McGhee of Holly Springs was appointed constable for Buck horn. He will serve until Decem ber, 1951. Bond on McGhee with the Maryland Casualty Company was approved. Reports approved and filed were submitted by Robert Morgan, clerk I of Superior Court; D. P. Ray, Jr., I county tax collector; Mrs. Inez I Harrington, register of deeds; and jL. B. McLean, county veterans j agent. FIELDS PRESIDES I Vice-Chairman C. G. Fields pre- I sided in the absence of Chairman L. A. Tart. Jurors drawn for the coming 1 term of Superior Court were: Averasboro: Wilbur Byrd, How ard Kirby. Barbecue: H. L. Holder, C. F. Cox. Buckhorn: Willard Smith, C. D. Hardee, Tyree-P. Sen ter. Black River: Jack T. Butts, C. H. Norrfan. Andersons Creak: J. H. CdiftßkF ~ * Dtflte; Thurman M. Allen, W. c. Ivey. Grove: Leo H. Stephenson, Jasper L. Stone, Carlton L. Stew art, John L. Holmes, D. Victor Lee, E. A. Betts, W. G. Lassiter, Chester I. Hayes. Hector’s Creek: W. E. Dean. Lil lington: Paul Phelps, Lee A. Wom ack. McNeill’s Creek: R. L. Man gum, T. H. McLeod. L. A. McLeod, Levle Jones, Cleve land Johnson. Upper Little River: A. H. Stewart, J. H. Thomas, Ru fus R. Stewart, Floyd Stewart, Perry Holder, Carlie Byrd, J. B. Buckhorn, W. S. Womack. Ste Baihj Will Head lie Schools ( C. Reid Ross, head of the Har | nett County school system for the j past 14 years, has tendered his | resignation to become superinten f dent of the Fayetteville city schools, effective July 1. j Ross, past president of the div ; ision of superintendents of the | North Carolina Education Associa | tion and a leader in State school ! affairs for the past decade, sub- I mitted his resignation last night to \ the Harnett County Board of Edu i cation. ACCEPT RELUCTANTLY j Chairman Sidney G. Thomas and | other members accepted it reluct- I antly, and W. M. Pearson was ap j pointed to draw up suitable resolu tions of appreciation for Ross’ ser vices. Members of the school board said his resignation came as a “real blow” to them, and that “he’ll be hard to replace.” His appointment to head the Fayetteville schools is a promotion for Ross and also carries a sub stantial increase in pay. During the past few years Ross has turn ed down at least three other very attractive offers. He will succeed Horace Sisk, who is retiring after more than 20 years at Fayette ville. WILL APPOINT SUCCESSOR The naming of a successor to Ross was discussed only briefly, and Chairman Thomas said anoth er meeting would be held in about a week. Other members of the board present were: Charles Skin ner of Dunn, W. M. Pearson of Chalybeate Springs, Bob Baggett (Continued On Page Three) Town Cleared Os Blame In Cemetery Fire Dunn’s city officials want it known that they were not respon sible for the grass fire which swept through Greenwood Ceme tery and did considerable damage in destroying shrubbery and other flowers planted there. During the past several days a storm of protest has been voiced, particularly by ladies of the town and other flower lovers who have taken great pride in the beafrty of the local burial grounds. \ Estimates of the damage' Agecl from several htofftfrea" aOHSnno several thousand. Borne of. those who protested were plenty sore, too, and made it known that: “I’ll never again vote for a crowd that’ll allow a thing like that to be done.” . NO CONNECTION Mayor Ralph E. Hanna straight ened the repord this morning. The town board, he said, had absolut ely nothing to do with that fire. Mayor Hanna reported that Hen ry Pope, an amployee, was burn ing grass on the farm of. L. Bus (Continued On Page Three) DUNN, TUESBftY, MARCH 6, 1951 Seek Showdown L ON ABC Liquor Referendum ? RALEIGH, March 6—(W A showdown on the State wide liquor referendum was scheduled in t h e State House of Representatives td* day as Rep. Walter E. Crissr man renewed his motion tS revive the Committee-killed measure. The author of the triple-action measure affecting beer and wine as well as liquor, originally made his motion to take the bill from the unfavorable calendar last Fri day. But he finally consented to withdraw the motion until today. WANTS RECORDED VOTE Although chances were slim of his mustering the two-thirds ne cessary to over-rule the committee action, Chissman planned at least to get a recorded vote. His bill, bearing the signatures of 28 other House members, pro posed the statewide vote Nov. 6 that would either dry up the en tire State or place ABC stores in every county with exclusive rights to sell all three alcoholic beverages. Three other liquor bills were to be considered today by the House Committee on Propositions and , Grievances which turned thumbs down on the Statewide referendum. One would provide an ABC elec tion in Winston-Salem. Another would cut from one gallon to one quart the amount of whiskey which can be transported into a dry county. The third would regulate the sale of bay rum. In contrast to the sound and fury ! expected today, last night’s session was serene in both houses. WOULD CONTROL SPEEDERS Among the measures introduced . in the House was one by Rep. Burl Hardison of Craven to prohibit any person convicted of driving more than 65 miles per hour from driv ing a car unless it is equipped with a governor limiting its speed to 55. Hardison also introduced a bill to permit game and fish protect ors to make an arrest in commer cial fishing waters where they have no jurisdiction at present. Rep. Harry Greene of Hoke in- ■ troduced a bill to require all em ployes of the State and members of > State Boards and Commissions ■‘Who engage it) influencing public 11 TOlfthe Secretary of State. The Powell bill for State aid to city streets was scheduled to get its fourth public hearing late to day, this time before the House Appropriations Committee. Already approved by the Senate and the House Finance Commit tee, the measure to divert about $5,000,000 a year from highway funds to city streets still is opposed by the State Highway Commission. State News Briefs BTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS, Korea, March 6 —(IP)—Sgt. Roy R. Honeycutt packed his duffel bag today and waited for a plane that will take him to Kannapolis, N. C., where his six-year-old son is dying of leukemia. Army brass cut all red tape to get the Signal Corps sergeant to the bedside of his son, Michael, who probably won’t live more than two months. The brown - haired youngster came home from school two weeks ago and complained to his mother that he didn’t feel well. Doctors examined him at a hospital and agreed that he had the fatal luek emia—cancer of the blood. ROCKINGHAM, March 6—Oh- Three youths who wore no masks but taped their fingers to avoid leaving prints faced long terms in a federal reformatory today for the bold daylight holdup of the Bank of Granite Quarry on Feb. 12. The brother of one bandit also faced a term but a Charlotte cab" (Continued On Page Six) BULLETINS WASHINGTON, March 6—OR— I The Army today ask ed for 60,000 draftees during May. This number would bring to total inducted by the Army since last Sept. 1 to 590,000. The May cal-up is 20,000 less than the 80,000 men asked far during each of the four previous months. PARIS, March 6—<lP>—Russia would like the Western powers to sign a German peace treaty this year and with draw all occupation forces from Germany by the end of 1052, informed sources said today. WASHINGTON, March 6—<W—The Army will call up duu rnomy reserve omcer pnysici&xis unci luu cten- Priority 1 medical reserve officers were educated at 11 iiim iiil jTi ii7i txTj ii il iujlT ji ild TFx i nuidwrwdlMs than 90 daysTthe arm«l forces. ' Reds Move 100,000 New ■ Reserves Into Position Southern Soions ■ant Hearing In Lint Prices •VkABHINGTON, March 6. UP I Southern Congressmen pre pared today to question top gov ernment officials who overrode tpeir pleas and slapped price ceil ings on raw cit ton. (Chairman Burnet R. Maybank, Dfi S.C., scheduled a hearing of the piint Congressional economic Wqtchdog committee Thursday to giie the Southerners a chance to question: r 1, Price Administrator Michael V. D&alle, who proposed the new frieze order and issued it Saturday. I. Agriculture Secretary Charles F.ißrannan, who refused to fight thi order although many South erners believed he was on their Economic Stabilizer Eric A. Johnston, DiSalle’s superior, who ptpsumably approved the order. F SEES NO CHANGE Rep. John L. McMillan, D., S.C., admitted he has little hope that the control order will be changed despite Southern protests. McMill an predicted, however, that- the controls will have to be abandoned. Chairman Allen J. Ellender of the Senate Agriculture Committee told a reported he will urge Di- Salle to modify the order now. If that isnt done, the Louisiana Democrat said, he will try to get a provision - written into the wage <Continued On Page Four) Hobbs Stays Quiet Over Recall ToNavy .Dunn’s city council, at as exe cjttta meeting which followed its Tommy HobS* /to state his plan concerning his recall to active Navy duty, but the of ficials didn’t get a very satisfactory answer. Hobbs has received orders to re port to San Diego, Calif., for as signment to sea duty by March 26, and city officials had expected last night to be let in on his plans. Mayor Hanna popped the ques tion to him at the executive ses sion. “He didn’t say. He seemed to think it was just his own affair," reported Mayor Ralph E. Hanna this morning. Mayor Pro Tern Joe A. Wilkins, outspoken opponent of the city manager system of government, had this comment this morning: “TRYING TO HOLD ON” “I think he’s just trying to hold on until the election, and then we’ll get rid of him and the whole system good-fashioned.” :i .Wilkins was referring to the elec tion scheduled to be held here on April 14 to determ..-e whether or not.. the city manager form of government is to be retained or abolished. “I’ve about decided,” added Wil kins, “to quit worrying about it and let the people decide when the vote comes up.” AWAITING WORD The city manager this morning reiterated that he was not yet ready to advise the board of his plans. He said he was waiting fur ther information from Washington. Hobbs declined comment when asked if he were seeking or plan ned to seek a deferment from the Navy. “I just want all the information and all the facts before I make a statement,” said the city manager. “I don’t go off half-cocked.” Mayor Pro Tern Wilkins said he (OmUnned on Page Eight) '* . t MM 'I SB \ •;; - ßw * ® o REVIVAL LEADERS—The Rev. Arthur D. Wenger, shown at left with Dr. George Cuthrell, pastor, is conducting evangelistic services this week at the Hood Memorial Christian Church in Dunn. Mr. Wenger, assistant to the president of Atlantic Christian College, is a forceful speaker and large crowds attended the services the first two days. Tonight, he will use as his subject, ‘The Sin of Mediocrity.” (Daily Record Photo by T. M. Stewart.) Lynch Funeral Services Set Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock in the Erwin Presbyterian Church for Mrs. Mary Lucy Dupree Lynch, 57, prominent resident of Erwin and wife of Postmaster John F. Lynch. Mrs. Lynch died Monday morn ing about 2 o’clock in Good Hope Hospital in Erwin. She had been ill for several months. Officiating at the services will be the Rev. R. M. Phillips, pastor, and the Rev. C. M. Gibbs of Fay etteville, a former pastor. Burial will be in Montlawn Cemetery in Raleigh. Mrs. Lynch, a native of Green ville, was the daughter of the late Joseph and Deanie Boone Dupree of a prominent Pitt County fami ly. She moved to Erwin in 1913 as a teacher in the Erwin public schools. POPULAR CITIZEN One of the most popular resi dents of Erwin, she was a member of the Erwin Presbyterian Church, was active in the various organiza tions of the church and also took part in the various civic, social and religious activities of the com munity. She was a member of the Erwin Chapter, No. 230 order of the Eastern Star. Surwing are her husband, who is known throughout the State in Masonic circles; three sons. Dr. John F. Lynch, Jr., of High Point; Dr. Joseph A. Lynch of Los Vegas, New Mexico, and William R. Lynch a student at Emory University in Atlanta; and one brother, Tom Dupree of Miami, Florida. Council Plans Parking Probe Hearings on private and public grievances kept the City Council tied up until past midnight Mon day, holding the councilmen busy in a five-hour meeting which wound up with an executive sess ion. After laboring for a while over a particularly knotty question, the council farmed a committee to in vestigate “privilege” parking ,in town, especially in loading zones. The move followed a request by Sam and Bob Baer, local mer chants, Who asked that an auto mobile used in their business be allowed to stay in their loading Plant Mora COTTON For Your Country’s Defense, For Your Own Profit, Security. Cooley Pays Speeding Fine NASHVILLE, March * — OP) — A disappointed crowd of o>O persons packed the SSO-seat courtroom here yesterday to hear Rep. Harold p. Cooley, plead guilty to speeding and "bay a $25 fine. The dapper Congressman and Spring Hope Police Chief Clyde Moody had exchanged sharp words and warrants when Cooley was stopped in Spring Hope Feb. 10 Oratory and barbecue helped save the show, but it wasn’t what the crowd expected. Moody charged the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee with driving 55 miles per hour in a 20 mile speed zone and 60 in a 35 mile one. He also charged that Cooley ignored his siren and cursed him. BROUGHT COUNTER CHARGE Cooley brought a counter charge of assault with a deadly weapon— an automobile. He said he did not hear the siren and that Moody ran him off the road after following too closely for safety. At the request of Cooley’s at torney yesterday the charge against Moody was nol prossed. Cooley, veteran orator, was al lowed to read a 10 minute pre pared statement which led to a brief but tart exchange between Cooley, Solicitor John King and Moody’s attorney. In the speech he said he had not “claimed immunity because of ex alted position or rank” and apolo gized for the “ill-considered use of the language which I employed when I was suddenly run off the highway. . . . ’* Moody’s lawyer objected to the Intimation that the police chief ran Cooley off the highway and King said he did not like to accept a plea of guilty “when the pleader does not feel he is guilty.” Outside on the courthouse lawn the Methodist church women set (Continued On Page Four) Only Four Big Vote ■; Days Are Left Nmm By BILL and DORIS GUPTON Contest Editors Driving forward with a flour ish that indicates an exciting fin ish, participants n The Daily Records big Everybody Wins sub scription contest are taking full advantage this week of the present schedule of votes before the cur rent period comes to an end this Saturday night The enthusiasm of contestants is spreading to their friends and WiUi the race entering its final I No. 88 Counferdrive Against Allies | Is Imminent 1 TOKYO, March 6 Nine to 12 fresh Commun- ! ist divisions— loo,ooo men —from Red China’s long- . missing 3rd Field Army i moved into position behind - the 1 snow-covered centfM • Korean front today for whac 3 may be an imminent coun- ; ter-offensive. ',s9 The new arrivals, out of action since the northeast Korean fight- ,* Ing last December, boosted Com munist forces facing the TJN across Korea to possibly 250,000 men. UN TROOPS READY But Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridg way commander of Allied ground j forces in Korea, said his troops were ready for any sharp Commun- $ ist offensive. “We can turn it back —at the moment,” he told newsmen at the 1 Bth Army headquarters in Korea. Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur said the Chinese 3rd Field Army units brought Communist strength In line south of the 38th Parallel to 40 to 43 divisions. On the UN side of the line are seven American divisions with at- - tached Turkish, Greek, Dutch and French brigades and battalions, two British Commonwealth brig ades and five South Korean Divi sions—at normal strength about 200,000 men. MacArthur and Ridgway warned ■, of the probable new Communist 3 offensive as UN troops jabbed cautiously forward through three to six inches of snow against Red forces screening the Communist J buildup. The biggest battle this morning a was an inconclusive 30-mtnute ••■<l rifle fight in a snowstorm on the | rugged Taemi Plateau 10 miles -c northwest of Pangnim. Both sides- -asd held their positions'. Franco-American tank and to- d frantry teams drove some 6,000 ■ North Korean Reds back to a new . j defense line along a jagged ridge <! just north of Taemi yesterday, and ';j it was there the enemy made his j stand today. CONTROL CHANGPYONG To the northeast, the U. S. 7th Division won control of empty, ( bomb-flattened Changpyong. Ridg- .s way told a press conference that Changypong was in Allied hands, but his briefing officer said there a had been no news from the front | since combat engineers went to and out of che city yesterday. m | The South Korean 7th Division. ! still farther east, battled- *OOO jj North Koreans near Hajinbu, 25 1 miles south of the 38th Parallel. •« At least 6,500 more Red troops m were reported just north of Hajln- /a bu. . * ‘ m MacArthur said the arrival of A 3rd Field Army units north or < Hoengsong “represents a potential a for an enemy counter-offensive on ,| the central front.” This is the first offid&l report 4 of Red Gen. Chen Yi’s ,3rd Field:* Army since it was badly last December in its futile attempfcSl to prevent the encircled‘,dhd out-jffl numbered U. S. Ist Marine Dlvl«% slon’s escape from north(jjp|al Korea. 26 Stills Taken ■ Jj During February | Harnett deputies and constables 0§ put 26 blockaders out of bustaodigS during February, according' to '•#§■ report made by Sheriff W.- E. pal-lS mon. -I Seven law officers collected fMHfI (Continued On Page Four) are beginning to think Jsbre Wf*3l iousiy of the rich prizes to awarded by The Record obJSH afternoon of Saturday. March VHm In addition to the beautiful fl«*j
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