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' VOLUME I.
Young May Disapprove ABC
* Vote Bill For Greensboro
Senate To Vote
On Greensboro,
* Winston Bills
By Wade Lucas
Raleigh Correspondent
RALEIGH, March 14—In
dications point to the Senate
propositions and grievances
committee Thursday giving
favorable reports to the two
rather hotly contested bills
I allowing the voters of Wins
-9 ton-Salem and Greensboro
to vote on the question of
allowing ABC liquor stores
in the two cities.
Harnett’s Senator J. Robert
Young, a member of the Senate’s
Propositions and Grievances com
mittee, sat in yesterday afternoon
with the committee when it held
a public hearing on the Greens
boro ABC bill. The Winston-Salem
| bill has already passed the House
v and has been approved by the Sen
ate P. and G. oommittee.
VOTES COMES TOMORROW
But the committee, wnose chair
man is Senator Alton A. Lennon
of New Hanover County, which has
ABC stores, did not take a vote on
the Greensboro bill. Instead, it
deferred action until Thursday.
Newsmen covering the doings of
the Legislature speculated at length
as to how Senator Young will vote
f on the Greensboro bill in view of
his votes last week for favorable
reports on his and that of Senator
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By LYNN NISBET
RALEIGH CORRESPONDENT
TRAVEL lt is almost impos
sible to compute amount and value
of travel-tourist-vacation business.
I Any aggregate amount is bound to
be an estimate 1 based on a few
instances of provable data. Predic
tions for the future also must be
based on experience records. Comb
ination of these factors would seem
to Justify the forecast that more
people from outside the state will
Visit North Carolina this year than
ever before; that more North Caro
linians will have a look-see at parts
of the State away from their
homes; and that the travel dollar
will constitute a larger share of
Tar Heel Income. Many observers
expect “tourist business” this year
to cut loose more than three hun
dred million dollars, making it a
cash crop second only to tobacco as
a source of individual and general
State Income.
FACTS The forecasts are bas
ed on known facts, such as: The
State Advertising Division during
_ February replied to 6,744 inquiries
r about places to spend vacations in
North Carolina, compared with
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Only Two Days Left Until
Final Contest Gun Sounds
I By RIM, and DORIS G UPTON
' Contest ''Editors
With The Daily Record’s big
"Everybody Wins” prize subscrip
tion contest now In its final phases
—terminating at 13 o’clock noon
this Saturday, March 17th—the
eyes es dll of this area are focused
on the , ultimate outcome. The
question uppermost in their minds
is who, among the various strong
contender! for highest honors,
will emerge Winner of the grand
. capital pri^e.
’ Looking at the score beard
today, shewing the contestants
in their 'relative positions as
: afcht, and which to reprinted
here with inly a big qaestlon
■ark this to what to Indi
cated IP the- contest had end
ed with their last report to
Mrs. David Clifford would have
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William Latta / Jr.
Gets Eagle Award
At Court Os Honor
William Latta, Jr.
Bootlegger Gets
Fine And Loses
His Automobile
David Graham of Jonesboro,
caught on February 24th with five
and a half gallons of whiskey after
a two-mile chase with officers, was
fined SIOO and costs and lost pos
session of his 1041 Buick sedan in
the HRnett County Recorder’s
Court oh i -.-opt.'
t- Count# .bitty. Vp^or
found Graham, guilty on chanfii
of speeding. nMB and reckless
driving and transporting.
Corporal William O’Daniel of the
highway patrol and Sheriff W. E.
(Bill) Salmon testified that when
they tried to stop Graham near
Lilllngton he speeded his automo
bile and gave chase.
FLED FROM CAR
After a couple of miles with the
officers hot on his trail. Graham
stopped his car and took to the
field. But Corporal O’Daniel was
right after him.
While the highway patrol officer
was leading Graham back to the
police car, Sheriff Salmon fished*
the whiskey out of his automobile.
Judge Taylor ordered that Gra
ham’s automobile be sold at public
auction and that proceeds go to
the county school fund.
More Homes Are
Sold In Erwin
The sale of homes to workers by
Erwin Mills in Erwin, which be
gan Jan. 22, has brought in anoth
er pile of realty transfers for Mrs.
Inez Harrington, Harnett's register
of deeds, to record.
Well over 200 such transfers were
made through yesterday, Mrs. Har
rington said.
LARGE TRANSACTION
The multi-million dollar sale is
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exactly $2694.94, for occupying first
place in the entire field.
Mrs. Geo. R. Souders would have
won second grand price of $750.00
cash for holding second place posi
tion.
And by.the. saaw token, Mrs.
Pauline Tart, Mr. Chas. John
son and Miss Mamie Butler
would each have been entitled
to the cash bonus awards in
order named for finishing in
third, fourth; fifth and sixth
places respectively in addition
to their regular' weekly com
mission etfßinn.
But, with a capital “B*\ the con
test DID NOT end then and will
not close until this Saturday noon.
March 17th, and the lineup of po
potential winners could be turned
“topsy turvy" between now and
the time the sealed ballot box is
opened at 12 o’clock sharp by the
contest judges.
With that very important dif
ference of over $1600.00 In value
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A number of Harnett County Boy
Scouts received merit badges and
other awards, and one of them
received the coveted Eagle award,
at a county-wide Court of Honor
held last night in the Lillington
school.
Receiving the Eagle badge, high
est honor in Scouting, was William
Latta, Jr. of Erwin, son of the Rev.
and Mrs. William Latta. His father
is Scout Commissioner in Harnett.
This presentation was the highlight
of the evening.
D. A. Paul Bagby of Buie’s Creek,
county advancement chairman, was
in charge of the Court of Honor
and also made the welcome address.
The Invocation was given by the
Rev. Mr. Cash and Norman Suttles
of Fayetteville, Scout executive for
Harnett and Cumberland counties,
led group singing.
MOTHER PINS ON BADGE
Mrs. Latta, proud mother of the
honored Scout of the evening, pre
sented her son with the Eagle
badge, and he presented her an
orchid just before she pinned the
badge on him.
Commissioner Latta then mads
a short address on the significance
of the Eagle award. He said it was
a proud moment in his life to see
his son attain this honor. Mr. Latta
has been a leader in Scouting for
many years.
Eagle Latta, who had to earn 21
merit badges In order to attain the
rank, will serve as a counselor this
summer at Camp Durant, near
Durham. Eagle Latta also holds
the Ood and|6oqntry Award, pre
sented by the Protestant Church.
Jesse Morgan qf Erwin presented
the Flatjihsyuaward to Wttry
! PMHHJPPIf Dunn Treed No.
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Cash presented the
Mar Badge to: Jeff Jackson of
Dunn Troop 14; L. C. Draughon of
Dunn Troop 766 and Ernest Jordan.
MERIT BADGES AWARDED ‘
Roy Parker presented merit
badges to; Jeff Jackson, Frank
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McCarthy Bears Down.On
State Department Policy
, WASHINGTON, March 14.
(UP)—Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy,
said today that the State Depart
ment, either through “treachery or
incompetence,” is handing over the
Far East and Europe to Russia.
Opening a new attack on State
Department policies, McCarthy al
so made these observations in a
speech prepared for' Senate de
livery.
1. Gen. Dwight D. Elsenhower:
“If Ike isn't careful, he is going to#
be taken for an awful ride by
the same crowd that has tied the
hands of (Gen. Douglas) Mac-
Arthur in the East. He cannot
oope with unprincipled, crooked,
clever diplomats.”
» 2. Guided Missile Russia is
working on a “guided missile of the
air” Jor tracking down and de
stroying aircraft in flight. “It Is
only a matter of time,” he said,
before this missil Is perfected,- thus
wiping out any threat of an atom
bomb attack by long-range ÜB.
bombers.
3. Formosa—President Truman’s
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Who Will The Winner Be?
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DUNN, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1951
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Citizens Must
Vote On Sale
Os City Hall :
RALEIGH, March 14—(IP)
Harnett Representative
Carson Gregory said today
he expects “action soon” on.
Harnett Senator J. Robert
Young’s bill to empower th&
Dunn City Council to sell,
the Dunn municipal build
ing.
Senator Young has turned over,
to Representative Gregory an am
ehdment requiring that before the
Dunn city council can sell the
municipal building it must call an.
election in Dunn and let the voters,
decide whether or not the building;
should be sold for whatever bona;
fid* bid is accepted. |
The bill, which passed the Sen-,
ate sometime ago and which Sen-!
ator Young said he introduced at
the request of the Dunn city coun*..
cil, is now in the House committee- 1
on counties, cities and towns. Rep*’’
resentative Carl Venters of Onsloto
is chairman of the committee. w
State News ’
Briefs
RALEIGH, March 14—OP)—North
Carolina ABC stores sold more than
$3,900,000 worth of liquor last
month with Mecklenburg County
acounting for the largest- share of
the total, ABC Chairman Robert
W. Winston said today.
February sales were $315,000 above
the total for the same month last
year, Winston’s report said.
MARION, March 14— Fay
etteville truck driver was instaqtly
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GINNERS MEET TONIGHT
E. Y. Floyd of Raleigh, head at
the Plant Food Institute, will ad*
dress cotton tinners of tfcaee
man announced this morning.
Floyd win discuss the present
cotton production situation. There
is now a campaign underway to
Increase cotton production
throughout the nation.
dinners of Harnett, Sampson
and Cumberland will be present.
Dunn School Bus
Struck By Truck
Roscoe Galbreatt, 39-year-old
Negro truck driver, was facing trial
today for driving without improper
brakes after the oil truck he was
driving crashed Into the rear of
a Harnett school bus loaded with
children.
None of the children were injured
and damages to the truck and bus
were minor.
Corporal William O’Daniel of the
highway patrol said the accident
occurred about 3:45 yesterday a
half mile west of thte Dunn city
limits on Highway 421.
CHILDREN UNLOADING
He said school bus No. 71, a 1948
Chevrolet operated by Boyt Lee,
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Retreating Reds Sought
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IT DIDN’T HURT MUCH—OR— DID IT!—The Harnett County Health Department is now con
ducting vaccination clinics throughout the county and this picture was made this morning at Erwin
as students began filing by to receive their typhoid shots. Peggy Langdon, left, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Dallic E. Langdon, looks on bravely as Mrs. Rnby Hood applied the ‘needle, and at the right
Bobby McCaskill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thermon Me Cask HI, grits his teeth and closes his eyes as the
negdle is plunged into his arm. Assisting Mrs. Hood was Mrs. Sara Moffett, the Erwin school nurse,
Principal D. T. StOtts and Miss Daphlne Matthews. (Daily Record Photo byT. M. Stewart.)
linden Man Is
Bound Over On
Auder Charge
■ man will face radrdar
charges growing out of the death
of a Harnett Negro struck down
on a rural highway almost two
months ago.
Judge Floyd Taylor of Lillington
Recorder’s Court found probable
cause against Lonnie Depning
Tuesday and bound him ovef for
trial during the next criminal term
of Superior Court, which begins
Monday.
The charge was Ijirgsught by Mrs.
Flora Ferguson of Erwin Rt. 1,
widow of 32-year-old David Fer-
I guson. A coroner’s jury sitting in
Dunn exonerated Denning of guilt
on Feb. 19, three days after Fer
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Third Cor Stolen
From Same Block;
All Recovered
The theft of a third automobile
in three days from the same block
was reported here this morning by
Police Chief G. A. Jackson, who
also reported the recovery of all
three vehicles and arrest of one
person.
A 1951 (Mercury automobile own
ed by Robert D. Lee of Dunn, Route
3 was stolen yesterday afternoon
beside Butler and Carroll’s Drug
Store on North Wilson Avenue.
Last night, Lee and some com
panions located the automobile and
identified the driver as it was be
ing operated a short distance from
Benson.
They caught one of the boys, but
the other managed to escape’ from
the scene.
Dunn police today were withhold
ing -the name of the young boy ar
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Mr*, PattUae Tart
Large Crowd Seen
For Cooking School
There’s going to be a ’ cooking
big time on Thursday and Friday .
afternoons of this week when the
John .on (. • ( .iupwn w" “ ' " J - * y
.. ,1 fiU; O- sii- . ( 'uykr - .’ J - . S
* the elefTical a
j capacity crowd is expected both
3 afternoons. > IShHk
Plans for the cooking school were BBl|lp ~ 1
1 announced this morning by B C. ‘it
, Pridgen and Marvin Godwin, head
r of the furniture and appliance b W ' f MIBIS
r departments, who are in charge of :
1 the arrangements. -,
s Thursday afternoon's school will ■
begin at 2 o'clock and Friday’s
; school will begin at 3p. m. The ■ ' V’H
public is invited.
It promises to be the most in
! teresting, most informative and .
t most enjoyable cooking school ever V
. held in the city and will be con- • V-I*' 1 *' ’ *
ducted by Mrs. Catherine Simo- ■ jgjflßr l < f ?
nette, home service representative BHB p v‘* &
for the Carolina Power and Light I
Company here. ■
Mrs. Simonette has an outstand- 1 ■ ■ • ••••■•««
ing program of demonstrations ar- Mrs. Catherine Simonette
ranged ahd she’ll do' everything v*»rin ponmni
from cooking complete meals In the varied PROGRAM
oven, skillet and deep well to bak- Included on the program each
ing a cake on top of the range. afternoon will be preparation of a
At this school, Mrs. Simonetti complete oven meal, a complete
; will also introduce some new and skillet meal, a complete deep well
i novel recipes which are expected meal, baking of cakes on top of
1 to prove big favorites for a long range, a complete broiler meal, and
) time to come. (Continued on Page 7)
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BULLETINS
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TOKYO, Thursday, March 15—(IP)—South Korean
i troops reoccupied the capital city of Seoul without firing
■ a shot Wednesday and hoisted their flag above the Cap
-1 itol Building.
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» LONDON, March 14—(IP)—A rare but minor earth
quake shook the northwest comer of the European Con-
I tinent today, sending frightened citizens of the four na
tions into the street.
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Plant More
COTTON
For Your Country’s
Defense, For Your Own
Profit, Security.
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Blackout Put
On Details Os
Allied Gains
TOKYO, March 14^— (IP)—
TJN tanks and infantry jstgjf
bed less than 20 miJgS from
Korea’s 38th Parallel today
in search of fleeing RejJ
armies. -*■*
The UN command clamped a se*
curity blackout on details oT Allied
gains all across the 140-mile Kor
ean peninsula. It probably will re
main in force until the Allies catch
up with the retreating Chinese and
North Koreans.
Front dispatches describing the
advance were held by censors.
Front-line 0.1.’s called the sur
prise enemy withdrawal “the Big
Bugout.” Both they and their off
icers were mystified by the com
munists sudden abandonment of
almost impregnable mountain de
fenses that could have held up the
Bth Army indefinitely.
Officers at Bth Army headquart
ers refused even to speculate how
far the enemy would retreat. How
ever, some thought the Reds might
fall back behind the 38th Parallel
—old border between North and
South KOrea.
_ Lt Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway,
commander of the Bth Army, sug
gested Monday that it would be a
great victory for the UN if the war
should end at the 38th Parallel.
MAY STRIKE BACK
However, other officers recalled
vividly the mysterious lull ir\ tjQ&, ,
fighting prior to the Chinese entry
; -into the war and the ill-fated UN
i "Home by Christmas” offensive
that ended In a 130-mlle retreat .j
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Harnett Man Is
Wounded In Action
WASHINGTON, March 14—Wl—
The Defense Department today an
nounced the following casualties in |
the Korean area:
NORTH CAROLINA
KILLED IN ACTION
ARMY:
Pfc. Horace M. Dove, Rt. 2,
and Mrs. Theodore Dove, Rt. 2,
Bladenboro.
Sgt. 1C Chester H. Moore, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt T. Moore, Rt.
WOUNDED
Pfc. Larry E. Alston, son of Mrs.
Patria B. Alston, 414 1?. TJSugeeo
St . Greensboro.
Cpl. Charles L. Autry, son of,
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This Epidemic ,
Is No Epidemic
An epidemic that is‘hit an epl- IS
demic is making its way around a
Harnett County.
At least., that’s the impresskm
of Dr. W. B. Hunter, county
health officer, has left.
A mild form of influenza" charac
terized as “not worse thas a bod
cola” is floating around -the coun
ty, Dr. Hunter said yesterday. jga
But he said that “epidemic” IgjJ
too strong a word for the affUc- 'ilg
tion. no matter how wide-spread It v
is. He added that it was not -cm*
sidered a reportable majadjggwljl
“If the doctors took time to re- , '
port on every case of Influenza,*’
Dr. Hunter stated, “they'd be t(Mk j
busy to treat their patients.”
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