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ti,night. Light rain'in coaslnl ,m Infer. VOLUME I. REDS ABANDONING LAST SOUTH KOREAN BASE DR. CLARENCE L. CORBETT Dr. Corbett Is Named Physician Os Year Dr*,OlM|Kte L. Corbett, prom inent Dunn physician, businessj civic, social ana religious leader, W hnai been efeotod by the Harnett County Medical Society as “Har nett Comity's General Practitioner • of the Year” and will be the county society's nominee for the title, “North Carolina’s General Pract itioner of 1051.” Selection of Dr. Corbett for the high honor was announced thij morning by Df. W. B. Hunter, president of the county societ;*, and Dr. Charles W. Byrd, who is preparing Dr. Corbett's nomina f) tion for the State award. One of the outstanding physi cians in this section of the State and beyond, Dr. Corbett has been practicing in Dunn for the past 23 years and during this nearly quarter of a century has also play ed an important role in other affairs of the community. MANY HONORS For the past eight years he has served as chairman of the Dunn school board, has served as both T/ president and vice president of the Harnett County Medical Society, is a trustee of Dunn Hospital and the Dunn Free Will Baptist Or phanage, served last year as Chief of Staff of the Dunn Hospital and is. also president of the Touchdown Club, local athletic organization, (Continued on Page Two) (hound Capiiol Squwa V) By LYNN NISBET RALEIGH CORRESPONDENT NEWSPAPERS Newspapers published in North Carolina now have aggregate circulation of well above one and a quarter miljkm, ac cording to latest available authori tative information. This total cir culation is fairly evenly divided among three major groups—morn ing dailies, afternoon dailies and weekly or semi-weeklies. The fact that daily newspapers published in North Carolina have almost a mil lion subscribers, in a state with approximately four million people BREAKDOWN According to to* Editor &°PubS? Sna m TELEPHONES 3117 - 3118 - 3119 Big Easter Egg Hunt Scheduled Sunday 4 P. M. A big treat is in store for all children of the Dunn-Erwin section. Manager L. B. Richardson of the Center View-Drive-In The atre, located between Dunn and Erwin, announced today that the theatre will stage a big Easter Egg hunt Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock. It's all free, and parents are invited to bring their children and let them Join in the search for hundreds and hundreds of candy Easter eggs which will be hidden for the hnnt. section. No advance reservation This will be the biggest Eas ter Egg hnnt ever staged in this Is necessary, said Mr. Richard son today. He said he wanted ail children to attend. CONCERT TONIGHT The choir from the Fayetteville State Teachers College will give a concert tonight at the Harnett County Training School. The con cert will begin at 8 o’clock. CHURCH PLANS SALE Pies, cakes, fresh vegetables in season and eggs will be sold each Saturday by members of the wo men’s auxiliary of the Falcon Pentecostal Holiness Church. This curb market type of sale will be held ait Wellons Mercantile Co. in Dunn each Saturday morning at 10:00 o’clock. All of the produce will be donated by the ladles, and proceeds from the sales will be given to the building fund of the church. , „ BULLETINS NEW YORK, March 21—(W—The Senate Crime In vestigating Committee togay gently nudged Gov. Thomas E. Dewey toward its witness chair, heard former Mayor William O’Dwyer branded as the actual bon of Tammany Hall while it had dose connections with gangland, and then but reluctant witness, underworld WASHINGTON, March 21—TO—Secretary of State Dean Acheson said today Hie United States wants peace but its citisens wilfl not sell our souls for it KEY WEST, Fla., March 21—-HR—The United States has doubled the of its armed forces since the start of • ■ (Continued On’ Pt|9 Two) (Ete JBailtj jtaatni) Assembly Ends Money Raising Activities Today RALEIGH, March 21—(IP) —The money raising section of the. General Assembly’s work was complete today but the lawmakers still a waited a revised budget pro posal outlining State spend ing for the next two years. The Joint Finance Committee, responsible for drawing the bud get revenue bill, completed its work yesterday and was ready to recommend passage of a revenue bill giving the state a general fund income of $292,753,000 during the next two years. NO TAX CUTS, INCREASES The bill recommended by the group represented the attitude of the predominant hold-the-line group which consistently killed any attempts to increase taxes by any appreciable amount and at the same time refused any sizeable cut in taxes. Revenue Department officials estimated that the new revenue bill would be only about $40,000 less than the original estimate for the biennium. The original esti mate of income was $146,001,514 for the first fiscal year of the next biennium and $146,752,014 for the second fiscal year. Most of the amendments ad opted by the committee during the session raised or lowered State in come only a few thousand dollars and for the most part cancelled out. Samples were the final actions of the group yesterday in rejecting an amendment to remove the wholesale tax on food and approval of one to allow a wife to claim a $2,000 exemption on State income tax if she earns more than hqM of the family’s support apd her ihus "brfnd earns less than SSOO per year. The Revenue Department estimat ed this would lose $19,000 in State lncomo. A rejected amendment would have cut state income by $140,00# a year. It had been proposed by Rep. James Vogler of Mecklenburg. In its final sessions the com mittee also killed an amendment to cut SSO from the State tax on theaters seating not more than 400 people. That amendment to the revenue bill had been pro posed by Rep. Sam O. Worthington of Pitt Choir To Give Easter Cantata The Choir of Divine Street Methodist Church will present an Easter Cantata “The Greatest Love by H. W. Petrie on Easter Sunday at five o'clock in the afternoon. This will be the first cantata this choir has given in several years and should be an outstand ing Easter event. Mrs. Paul Hood is director of the Methodist Choir. SOLOISTS NAMED Soloists for the performance will include Mrs. Jack Gates, Mrs. Thad Pope and Miss Patsy Cro martie, sopranos; Mrs. David Nel son, contralto; Mr. Willard Bur rage, tenor; Mr. John Snipes and Mr. Joe McCullers, baritones; Mr. Hugh Prince, bass. Other members of the choir in clude the following:. Mrs. James Yates, Mrs. Blanche Barefoot, Mrs. Paid Hood, Mrs. Preston Parker and Miss Peggy Ezzell, sopranos; Mrs. Ed Hood, Mrs. John Snipes, Miss Polly Pope and Miss Jean (Continued On Pago Six) DUNN,. N. C„ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1951 ’ .yy — — f Prof fit To Succeed Reid Ross As Head Os County! Schools Glenn T. Profitt; who served from 1944-46 as Harnett County’s: wartime school head now superin tendent of the Orange County- Schools, will return to Harnett’ ors July 1 to become superintendents of the Harnett County schools. V‘! He was unanimously elected lass night by the Harnett County’ Board of Education to succeed C. Reid Ross, who has resigned after' 14 years to become superintendent of the Fayetteville city schools. Chairman Sidney G. Thomas' presided over the meeting, which: was attended by all the other , members, Bob Baggett, W. M,", Pearson, Charles Skinner and W?' E. Nichols. Voting was by secret ballot and; ■ was unanimous on the first ballotj > In announcing the selection to- , day. Chairman Thomas said the.i board felt fortunate in securing’ the services of Mr. Proffit, who r has made an outstanding record, in local and State school circles. KNOWS HARNETT SCHOOLS Mr. Proffit will return to Har nett as no stranger. He spent a total of 12 years in Harnett, first as superintendent at LaFayette' then as principal at Dunn and served as acting superintendent Judge Is Angered Over Jury Decision Twelve good men and true re ceived a sharp rap across thp knuckles when they returned a vdrdkt which jdepleased PresidM* Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn in nett Superior Court Tuesday. After putting tneir heads to gether in the jury room, the jurors decided that Tyson Stewart of near Coats was _not guilty of drunken driving. “Gentlemen,” snaped Judge Burgwyn, “I don’t »ee how you expect to enforce the law in your county when you bring in a verdict like that.” Defending Stewart, Who did not take the stand, was Attorney Duncan Wilson of Dunn. W. J. Sauls, former Coats con stable, testified that he arrested Stewart last June 17 after follow ing him home from Coats. PAYS FOR INJURIES A young Negro who drove into two pedestrians and maimed them missed a jail term when he vol unteered to pay S7OO to compen sate them for their injuries. Charlie Bass was booked for hit and run driving, driving drunk and driving without a license. He pleaded no defense to hit and run "You Can t Do This To Me/' Prisoner Writes In Utter Maggie Hughes thought Justice was Mind. So she decided Tues day to take things in her own hands. Sentenced to Central Prison In Raleigh for larceny after passing through Judge Floyd Taylor’s Lil lington Recorder’s Court some time back, Maggie felt that she was dealt with unjustly. Taking pencil in hand, she wrote the following note to “the judge.” It fell into the hands of Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn, how presiding over Harnett Superior Court. Said the note: ‘ “Dear Sir: “Will you please change that (the sentence) and send me to the Kind er home. I have a child,and look ed a other one any time. I don’t want to stey tile I gets 20 years old if I gets out of this. “I am going to get my child and get marry and going back to Lumberton. "Yon MI kent do this to me be cause I am two months gonea.” JUDGE QUIZZES SHERIFF At this point Judge Burgwyn turned to Sheriff William E. Sal mon and asked if'a physical check bad been given Maggie to deter mine if she were pregnant. Salmon admitted that he did not know, at which point his brother, Lawyer Neill McK. Salmon, re- over U' ■ GLENN T. PROFFIT from 1944-46 while Mr. Ross was on active Navy duty. Ml. Proffit is a native of Wilkes Gouiity and after attending the University of North Carolina, whefe he received his master's ! (Continued on Page 7) ■ and ‘the drunken driving charge 5 «H nol prossed. ‘ ‘AtnrfHng to Patfolman R, B. aJ.- 1 _ : TBMBBHr 810 HiVCSHiaIW * TW acidint, Bass ran off the road . and hit a Harnett County farmer ; and his daughter. Bass said he “went to sleep” while driving and ; left the road. The man’s left arm, leg and ! shoulder were broken, while the i daughter suffered a broken leg. ■ Both came to court on crutches. LICENSE SUSPENDED On Solicitor Jack Hooks rec ; ommendatkm of , mercy. Judge ' Burgwyn gave Bass two years on the roads, then suspended the sentence for five years. Bass was put on probation, instructed to pay the S7OO settlement to the clerk of court, and told not to drive a car in North Carolina for i five years. He was also taxed costs of court. Mrs. Eva Tart of Dunn, booked for careless and reckless driving and driving without a license was taxed costs when she pled guilty to:.the latter charge. The careless and reckless driving charge was nol prossed with leave.. Church Names New Deacons Four new deacons have been elected by the First Presbyterian Churoh. in Dunn, it was anounced this morning by the Rev. Richard Rhea Gammon, pastor. The new deacons are: W. M. Bryan, Carl Fltchett, J. W. Purdie, and Ottis Warren. Warren ana Purdie Were noth re elected ami Bryan and Fltchett succeed Adrian Williams and A. W. Blanchard, whose terms had expired. MUSE IS CHAIRMAN Locke Muse Is chairman of the board of deacons and other mem bers are; Waite Howard, Ed Purdie Grover C. Henderson, J. Norwood Stephenson, Johnnie Wllbourne, Lewis West and Paul Walker. No elders were elected this year. J. E. Blade Is clerk of session and has held that post for a number of On the first Sunday in April, the deacons will meet to elect a chair- Chinese Are Pulling Out Os Chunchon TOKYO, March 21—(IB- United Nations forces ram med in strength within BV 2 miles of Korea’s 38th Par allel today and already may have sent patrols across that controversial line. Front reports said the com munists were abandoning Chun chon. their last major base in South Korea. Their retreating rear guards held only a narrow, steadily-shrinking strip of territory south of the parallel. Eighth Army headquarters re ported allied holding forces within 8-',4 to 13 miles of the 38th Par allel at four points along the 140- mile front. Reconnaissance patrols roved out far to the north in search of retreating Red armies and well may have crossed the Parallel old border between South' and Communist North Korea. AUTHORIZES CROSSING President Truman has authoriz ed Gen. Douglas MacArthur to cross the Parallel if he sees fit to .do so. There was intense speculation in Tokyo that a turn in the war is imminent either militarily, poli tically, or both. But official sources declined comment. Eighth Army headquarters dis closed the four-pronged advance within artillery range of the 38th Parallel in lifting its 14-hour cen sorship band on the progress of allied forces toward the old fron tier. Communiques reported com munist rear-guard resistance still negligible. South Korean units on the east coast made the closest announced approach to the Parallel. They drovi eight miles north of Kang nuijg to within 8% miles of the did border and sent patrols probing farther north. On the central front, one tank led U. S. task force punched two miles northwest of Hangye to with in U'A miles of the Parallel. An other drove within five miles south of Chunchon, only 7% miles below the Parallel. U. S. forces pushing up the Seoul-Chunchon road on the west central front were 13 miles south of the dividing line. FIGHT TO DEATH The Reds put up their stiffest rear-guard resistance in the moun tainous center of the Korean pen insula, where three task forces were advancing relentlessly north ward. Chinese fought to the death from crags overlooking deep moun (Contmued On Page Two) Jesse S. Byrd Taken By Death Jesse S. Byrd, 73, of Linden, re tired merchant and farmer and prominent leader of that section, died early this morning in Good Hope Hospital at Erwin. Mr. Byrd retired several years ago because of poor health. He had been ser iously ill since last Thursday. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 3:30 at the home of his daughter and son-in law, Mr. and Mrs. Pryor Crumpler, in Linden. The Rev. D. A. Petty, pastor of the Erwin Methodist , Church, the Rev. O. K. Ingram, former pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in the Parker’s Grove ! Church Cemetery. Mr. Byrd, a native of Harnett ' County and member of a pioneer Harnett family, was the son of the late Richard E. and Frances Pen ny Byrd. He owned large farming interests and also operated a large business establishment at Linden. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Bet ty Byrd of Linden; one daughter, Mrs. Pryor Crumpler of Linden; one son, Jesse H. Byrd of Linden; one sister. Miss Rachel Byrd of Buhnlevel; one brother, B. F. Byrd of Smlthfield RFD; and four grandchildren, Jesse H. Byrd, Jr., and Catherine Byrd and Frances Crumpler, all of Linden. He was an uncle of Dr. Charles Byrd, prom inent Dunn physician. MM. ' ' J Buck Currin To Serve OnßoardT oPromote Production Os Yams BUCK CURRIN Baptists Will Launch Evangelistic Crusade Church Choirs Plan Program Kipling and Angler Methodist Church choirs will combined); pre sent Jointly in each churcha spec ial program of Easter niuSjc next Sunday morning, it is annoirttood bp the pastor. Rev. E. Roderick Dai]. The Easter cantata, entitled, “The Ctom of Redemption,” will be giv en at the Kipling Methodist Church at 9:30 a.m., and at the Angler Methodist Church at 11 a.m. The two choirs, bringing to gether thirty -two mixed voices from the two churches, will be dir ected by Mrs. Blanche Ogburn Du- Pree, of Angier, and Miss Doris Bradley, of Kipling, will play the Hammond organ in each service. Rev. F. Roderick sail, pastor, will bring a special Easter mes sage at both churches. Outdoor Theatre Available For Sunrise Service A beautiful location and all the facilities are available for a sunrise Easter service if any group wishes to avail them selves of the opportunity. L. B. Richardson, manager of the Center View Drive-In Theatre between Dunn and Er win, said today that he would be happy to turn the theatre over to any church group wish ing to use it on Easter. The theatre is equipped with a stage and public address sys tem and has receivers for each automobile. It would be parti - - (Continued On Page Six) ERWIN GIRL CHOSEN Miss June Ruth Tew of Erwin has been selected as a Junior At tendant to tile May Queen for annual May Day exercises to be held at Louisburg College on Satur day afternoon. May 5 at 4 p.m. Hallman Is On Trial For Slaying Negro Sam Hallman, 25-year-old Har nett fanner, went on trial in Har nett Superior Court this morning for the slaying of John Clifford March U aftima row at anlSffi bootleg establishment operated by Hattie Hides, near Mamers, in Western Harnett. Plant Mora COTTON For Your Country’s Defense, For Your Own Profit, Security. RALEIGH, March 21—(W—Mar keting Specialist Joe B. Oourlay of the State Department of Agri culture said today a State organi zation of sweet potato growers is being planned to promote increas ed production of North Carolina yams. North Carolina’s annual sweet potato crop is currently valued at approximately $15,000,000 Gourlay said. This could easily be developed into a $50,000,000 to $75,000,000 in dustry by increasing the acreage devoted to the production of high quality yams. W. B. Buskin of Whiteville is heading a seven-member com mittee to form the growers organi zation, Gourlay said. Other mem bers of the committee include A. B. Currin of Dunn, Charles C. Brown of Fayetteville, J. J. Ed wards of Ayden, G. H. Becton of Goldsboro, T. B. Weldon of Nor (Continued On Page Six) One of the greatest evangelistic efforts of all time will begin Easter Sunday. This will continue for two weeks, until April Bth. All Baptist Churches east of the Mississippi River are asked to take part in this great evangelistic movement. There are some 19,000 of these churches; 584 associations, and approximat ely four and a half millions of; members. More than half of these me part time churches, however, afrd some wdi-aot continue the aer- ' ■ -vices for the entire two weeks. Wherever possible, the pastors saw asked to do their own preaching. Much preparation has been made in all this vast territory for this great crusade. Books on the sub ject of evangelism, and other re lated subjects have been taught ■ in the churches. The crusade has been publicized from pulpit in the press, and over the air. Much at tractive advertising matter is be ing used to call the attention of the people to this very important program of soul-winning. Prayer meetings are being held in homes, in churches, and other places. Or ganizations have been perfected In associations, and in local churches for the successful conduct, of these meetings. Evangelistic singers are very much in demand, and many preachers are being invited” from the churches west of the Mississippi In the twenty-eight chwahes of the Little River Association, with * I some 8500 members, much interest 1 has been manifested. Undo- the capable leadership of Rev. G. Scott , (Continued on Page T#mY REVIVAL SLATED A revival meeting will begteg] Sunday night at the w-ill Baptist Church near- Erwin, ill There will be preachlttg" each v| night during the week at 7:30. The Rev. P. O. Jackson and the .?. Rev. J. M. Gregory wlß~be Jn &J charge of the sendees. Hig jjubMoJij is cordially invited to attend. VFW MEETS TONIGHT -^H Veterans of Foreign Wars will ißßfflM tonight at 7:30 o’clock at the ou hsf|| Blalock reminded this morning. He 1 said important business matters will be discussed. Harry 1- Thoin|»fcy| are Attorneys Neill McK. SaltAdtV^l Duncan C. Wilson and W. A. son. Four witnesses teqtifle(OMft».v-!i& The most damaging testi mony was offered hy IMert . ~J| de^rnkn^He^ J door of the Hicks heme rifle in his hand. He said tike leave so Hallman went hack htShM to the road. mm A moment later, he testifiedjj Cr W»». ’) NO. 74
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