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PAGE TWO Horn*- DUNN, N C ■&>: Z Published hr _ RECORD PUBLISHING COMPANY NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE m .... ITIOMAS F. CLARK CO., INC. R*"-"’’ • 355-81 T E. 42nd St. New York 11. N. Y. Branch Offices In Ever; Major City. ITT r*. SUBSCRIPTION RATES *v (SrBILR So cents per week; £8 50 per year ho advance; U „ . for six months. S 3 far threo me-iV* - inTtowns carrier and on rural ROlTfcS INSIDE NORTH CAROLINA: R.N pc' year; 53.50 for six months; «t for three month. jg*"2fl>JT-or STATE: SS.SO per year in advance; $5 for six months, S 3 (or thrtf months. -Ms At 311 East Canary Street flHßlred as second-class matter in the Post Office in Dunn, under the i*ws of Congress, Act of March 3, 1879. L> —jslvery afternoon, Monday through Friday Laws Should Be Tightened i ‘ A iederal narcotics agent told Senate crime investi lge.to£»me other -day that he believes Charles (Lucky' Luc jiano, deported Italian vice king, directs a large ring which rships heroin and other dope into the Uhited States. I ~.„It was just a short while ago that Luciano, also a ’big"vice lord, was fined heavily by the Italian government : for illegally importing a new automobile and a sum of ‘mofley from the United States into that country, s ’"Both of these incidents raise the question: “Why tare our 1 import and immigration laws so lax that things [like this can occur?” Persons familiar with immigration laws know that i artfso lax and so weak in some instances that they <£(£ almost ineffective. This fact accounts for so many [undesirable and unwanted aliens being in this country j ny. .of them without permission. [ -'-If Vas surprise you to know that members of the ‘United Nations staffs from other countries —including ‘ not subject to inspection or search when they I enter the United States. They can bring in anything they ! desire.'' [ .•••••They get through on the grounds of diplomatic im ; munity. > While most of the foreign representatives (with the TexceptlOTi of Russia and those friendly to Russia, of course) nw Lomnrfthlp career diplomats, the United States is tahtog-an awful chance. J “"TBYen the members of our own diplomatic corps bear watching, as evidenced by the base of Alger Hiss—a man iso trusted that he was picked to serve as advisor to the ;late President Roosevelt but who turned out to be a trait ’cr to his country. It is unthinkable that these foreign agents should be allowed to migrate and commute back and forth without more rigid supervision. France made the same mistake once and soon found itself overrun by Germans Mid World War II followed. The phrase is old and trite, buMTk ortld happen here.” It seems to us that tight—esfrdmely tight—immigra tion laws should be a necessary and vital part o*' our na tional defense program. ■9l~ aaMA MeAs by Bob * Hop® Britain tries ’to solve the meat shortage. , To supplement their slim meat rations, Britishers are eating whale meat, beaver, reindeer, and camel meat. When a British housewife buys camel, her butcher probably asks. “Do you want one hump or two?” I have no idea what camel tastes like, but it must make awfully lumpy sandwiches. And when a family has whale for dinner, there’s probably a slight pause while dad gras down to the local sawmill to have it sliced. Beaver should nave its advantages. After you’re through with the meal, mother can have a coat made from the leftovers. Tm told they've revised British cookbooks to handle these new Items. Imagine a recipe reading: “Take one whale and simmer slowly in a blast furnace. Serves 800.” Horse meat is also found on British tables. It must be exciting to eat something you bet on the day before. * Yes, sir, these day? in England, when , a family visits the zoo, it’3 not only educational but also a preview of tomorrow’s menu. if FLOWERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A ■ deepest affection LEE'S FLORIST ■fairground Rd. Dunn WBJt.’ r. . ;■ i- -=— T 0 4 i 7 ° ln 2£* 244/ 8? Hour °* Need | w. BftOAP ST. DUNN, N. C. A la il' ft C I Ambulance service s fi" ' n ' I 00 77 1 Pial a u / / RinwnMMiH»niwi]»iw»wniiiiMwwwr QUINN'S FUNERAL HOME 24-HOUR SERVICE PHONE 3306 211 W. HARNETT ST. DUNN, N. C. lf ' These Days £ckcUktf LIFE IS FRAGILE l We are so sure, so positive, so C full of ourselves. Then something happens to bring us close to the knowledge of how fragile we are, how fragile life itself is. I recall | when Winston Churchill was knock- , ed down on Fifth Avenue, how ' Fritz Kreisler was knocked down • by a truck. Churchill lived to t lead his country through blood, j sweat and tears. Kreisler has been spared for a world that loves ; him - These thoughts came to me is far a moment it seemed as though all of us, nearly as entire family, in the best of cheer, off on a summer holiday, faced the immedi i ate of sudden death. It does not take more than a split second to discover humility—and ' thankfulness to a gracious God. Our car was standing stark still ■ on an approach to the West Side , Highway, not more than five min utes from home. We were moving from the big city to a farm I have in Massachusetts. All win ter we look forhra"i to the day . when we shall make our annual return to the woods and a few weeks of closeness to nature.. We were waiting to get into the line of traffic. Then came, at a terrific rush, a policeman on a motorcycle. He ap i parently was after a speeder or something. Suddenly we felt the , impact of his machine into our ’ car. He fell over his machine. To us, it seemed as though he had • flown into the air and soon enough, . too soon, we heard his groans. We only suffered damage to our 1 car, but we suffered emotionally • with him. It might have been us. , For hours we waited. And it ; was impossible not to think of how < the courtesy of the road seems to have disappeared altogether. Few [ drivers put their hands out to sig nal changes of destination or slow ing up. Few ever think of wan ing the car behind them of sud - den stops. On country roads'at .! night, it is not rare to see bright lights undimed for passing cars even though a collision might re sult from such negligence. But the worst offenders seem to be gabDy folk who hold confer ences while driving and lovers who believe the closeness makes the road more safe. One becomes more conscious of these infractions after a first acci dent. If there had been no speed er, the motorcycle policeman would not so suddenly have taken to the ’ chase and none of this might have happened, imperilling his life and ■ almost ending ours. Perhaps alter the speeder reaches his destina -1 tion, there was nothing to get there for. Yet. there could have ' been half a dozen deaths because he did not follow the rules of the road. It is not only the rules of the ' road that we so often ignore; it ' is the rules of life itself, for there are rules which the whole expen > ence of the human race, at what ever level of culture, does accept. ; The Senate committee which is now . meeting to consider ethics in gov ernment faces the same problem that we did m our collision; it is not so much the law as it is de cency, which comes down to the simplicities of the Ten Command ments and the Golden Rule and such aphoristic statements of right. The simple rules of life suffice when all the complexities of laws and regulationse do not. Most men do not commit murder because they fear the law. Probably when a man shoots an adulterous wife, he never thinks of the law. His emo tions are vengeful; he does- not think at all and ali the laws on all the books from Hammurabi to | Fullbright will his hand, unless deeply ground into his char acter is the simple statement: Benstil Man Is Buried Final rites were held Sunday afternoon for Jesse J. Beasley, 62, of Benson. He deed at bis home early Saturday morning after a Jong illnew. The services were held at the ■ Randall Fnte Will Baptist Church. The Rev. O. W. Kirby officiate and burial was in the Beasley family cemetery. Mr. Beasley was a, veteran of ! World War I. He was a member i of thp Pj-gg ym Baptist Church. ; j Surviving are his wife, Mrs. THE DAILY RECORD, DUNN, N. C. “Here’s a funny cartoon of a man behind a pile of bills, hopelessly trying to keep a budget’” ■v BJ> Il LUTi, THE PASSING SHOW If you “are bags under y«ur eyes, they won’t disqualify you in color TV. The cameras, exaggerating the color of your eyes, focuses the viewer’s attention on your’ eyes, instead of the zniniaure satchels be neath them. In fact, color TV Is much kinder than black and white TV. the fears of performers to the contrary. People with dyed hair may be in trouble, if the Job has been done badly. Having participated in the first sponsored color broadcast over the CBS-TV network, your reporter feels like an expert. About the i only difference in his pioneer broadcast was length of rehearsals. The big hour shows on TV don’t need more than 6 to 10 camera rehearsal hours; this opening color show required 32 camera hours, due to the fact that 18 sponsors shared In it, each demanding the camera atten tion they’d bought. • # Now that c<3lQi» broadcasts are'on a daily schedule, and Individual sponsors will buy shows of their own, rehearsal times will be reduced to the black and white schedules. How does color affect you set owners? At the moment, It would , cost you about SIOO to get a converter, a color wheel, to qualify your set for color reception. This price undoubtedly will come down, as soon as manufacturers decide which way to jump in the network color war, and get into production. Color adds completely new areas of enchantment to TV. Costumes, sets, the color of performers’ eyes, the fabric of dresses and suits and even shorts acquire visual voltage. This first sponsored show originated at CBS-TV studio 57, on Fifth Ave. art 109th St. Having been born just five blocks north, on E. Hkth St., I/feX, quite at home. 'a Most enthusiastic attendants at this pioneer broadcast were Die • youngsters of the neighborhood. During the evenings of rehearsals, the litt’c Puerto Ricarj children iwould line up along Fifth Avenue and stare with fascination at the goings-on revealed through the open studio doors. j First time they saw Bill afd Cora Baird perched on a catwalk, manipulating their puppets, the kids let out a squeal of excitement that brought a patrol car hurrang to the scene. Out hopped a young cop. “What gives?” he asked tge tallest of the youngsters. The boy pointed to the puppets. “Say. that’s okay,” said the policeman. “I used to operate puppets,in our high Ichool plays.” The kids looked at the cop'With new interest, through new eyes. “Os course, I wasn’t that good,” he explained, a trifle awkwardly. Brought into the studio in small groups, the youngsters eyed the color monitor set with tremendous interest. Most of their comments were in Spanish, but they startled the technicians with their specific ■ questions. “Will we need a new color tube for our TV set?” one little boy asked director Fred Rickey. “No,” said Rickey, “all you’ll need Is a converter." Another youngster brought us up sharply by indicating ■ cobalt in one commercial display: “You can’t use that any more,” he : said. “The Government needs that for the war emergency.” When the youngsters exited, the cameramen shook their heads: “Kids today- are ten times smarter,” said one. Moving into his 71st year, Pit Rooney is still a featured performer ill “Guys and Dolls," singing, not dancing, oddly enough in his role of a Salvation Army Worker. Pat Rooney, son of a famous stage dad,was born in 1880, at 50 W. 10th St. The building now is occupied by a famous institution. Sig Klein, clothier and haberdasher to fat men. Four blocks north, at Tony Pastor’s, Rooney got his first big break, in 1895, in a song-and-dance 1 act with his sister, Mattie. For years Pat worked with Station Brent, his first wife. His wooing 1 and winning of her was a truly a romance of the stage. They had met. wnen he was directing the dances and appearing in the Rogers Brothers 1 musicals,, produced by Klaw and Erlangcr, and she was in the chorus ■ of a show called “Peggy from Paris.” Later, when both were members of ! the cast of “Mother Goose” in 1904, they were spliced at the Hotel ; Lenox in Boston. In addition to their danclnto they were delightfully effective in i comedy sketches like “The Busy; pell Boy" and “At the Newsstand.” , s An Indianapolis Sun notice of‘an engagement at the Grand Theater • there, shortly after their marriage, called attention to the fact that ; “Pat Rooney has probably the most musical pair of feet upon the stage, i Young and active, full of vim and vigor, he goes about his work as if i he enjoyed it and his steps are so gracefully executed and with such , marked precision that his dances are probably the most interesting now ■ being performed on the American stage. Indeed it is doubtful whether ; he has a superior in his style of work upon any stage of any country” Rooney’s trademark is bis famous waltz clog to the tune of “The Daughter of Rosie O’Grady,” written by Walter Donaldson. His preferences in dancers tends toward those with original styles. High on the list is George M. Cohan, whom Pat considered a great eccentric dancer: “His walking, dance was great.” Fred Astaire is another of his favorites because ‘lie creates things and is wonderful at both tap and ballet—a perfectionist.” Harriet Hoctor was “a Joy to see almost matchless at toe dancing 1 and ballet.” Bessie Clayton “could do the most intricate steps on her , toe* ” “ een * Kelly is smother Rooney favorite because “he has a per s sofflaUty that goes hand in hand with dancing. He’s very much at i ease and is expert In all types of dancing from ballet to eccentric.” It’s hard for Pat to restrict his list of great dancers to Just these. t He Barney Fagan, the master of the soft shoe and such tap - artists as Milt Wood, Ida May Chadwick and Johnny Gleason. He [ “Thou shalt not kill.” | r men. Analyzing the various criticisms of the American government and even American life of our day, it mould seem that most of oar so cial Alnesses, attributable to what is so lightly called “modem,” ,iuP tq-date,” "progress," really are bad manners and. degraded morals. dvim enough -v, BOSTON, (UP) the lint time, new timetables of the times. Frederick OTHMAN mmmmmmmmmmmmmsm WASHINGTON Austin An son, the tactless Texan, wondered if I’d had a plate of big, red. juicy sliced tomatoes lately. I hadn't. He wasn’t surprised. Scientific pro gress, said he, has ruined this na tion’s tomato appetite. As manager of the Texas Citrus and Vegetable Growers and Ship pers Association at Har ling ton, Tex,, Anson has tor sole at the moment 4,000 freight-car loads of the finest fattest tomatoes ever to soak up the Texas sunshine. 1 They should retail in any gro cery in America for 15 cents a pound, but Anson fears most peo ple will have to pay at least twice that—and still not get the top grade. de luxe quality. The cello ' phane tube is the villain, i You’ve seen this tube at the gro- j cer’s with four small tomatoes lin ed up inside it. A few years ago ' Anson and his tomato growers fig ' ured the tube would be the salva tion of their business. It would put tomatoes in front of the house wife in such attractive fashion that she couldn’t resist 'em. So thought the vegetable growers. “But that damaged cellophane widget beomeranged on us," Anson said. ‘We thought it up back in 1948. Up until then the average woman would buy around two pounds of tomatoes which she’d pick out, herself, from the bin. “Then came this blasted tube. Sure, t M tomatoes looked pretty in it. But usually at least one of the four wouktnf be fit to eat. This package weighed only 14 ounces and the average grocer insisted on charging about 30 cents for it. That’s just plain gouging. So the people aren't eating tomatoes much any more because of this profiteer ing. Especially they're not eating our Texas tomatoes. “Ours are too fine and big this year to squeeze into those little tubes.” Every town in the Rio Grande Valley is jammed with tomatoes looking for a market. In some j places they're piled along the curbs. , The demand seems to have vanish ed. A little simple artihmetic, ac cording to Anson, explains that. ‘Our growers get three cents a pound for their tomatoes,” he said. “The crates tissue paper hand la bor and shippers’ margin amounts to 6.4 cents a pound and the rail- V. i (mm's m 'J S } AUTO SALES & SERVICE m* — fo«i sms 4Sg| Sg. CHEVROLET Track. 5556 P0811At.... .. . SHS F«» 5«95 sag r». CHEVROLET $1695 FORD PICK-UP s9s* Model Coach iLYPHOwTH SBSO Tudar I Wnft vv 51145 » VMM* • Enjoy The Fourth More With A - . I HR Gaoii llearl \ p r ft K Br Jb Sr# Q CEDi/liL I ■■Sr “ ’ I YfttiD KDicumvmon.Mfrt'ueYdialed « 4' ‘ pjJoifß'Kti’ < * >rn * r Fayetteville MR W. Luneberawa HUNK I roads charge around three cents a pound for a long haul. “I mean our tomatoes can be 1 delivered anywhere in the country for 10 cents a pound. So one of . our shippers was on the phone try ing to push some of his cheap to- 1 matoes in Salk Lake City. “The wholesaler there admitted ’ his cut was 10 cents a pound, while the retailer took another 10-cent gouge. This is what they call \ taking care of their fellow man. charging 30 cents for tomatoes that i ought to sell for 15 cents. Every- 1 body could make a perfectly decent, normal profit at 15 cents a pound. But, no. These babies have got to , double it “This same situation is being du plicated in every “market in the United States today and all I’ve got to say is heaven help places like. New York, Boston and Chicago. In those cities they probably weigh our three-cent tomatoes on jewel ers’ scales." I told Anson I doubted if the wholesalers and retailers would ap preciate his remarks. He blew up. He said (leaving out the sputter ing) that if any of ’em wanted to | argue, he personally would /ub them with tomato paste and pack them in cellophane tubes. He was sore. And I can say only that if any vegetable dealer has facts and figures wnich he believes will refute Anson’s charges 111 be pleased to continue the great to mato controversy in this column. (Copyright, 1951, by United Fea ture Syndicate, Inc.) Golnq Places? J Iff VS YOU I Whittenton Transfer Phone 2990 DUNN, N. C. I LOCAL OR LONG DISTANCE | 1 Loans-Financing > Make Loans On New and Used Automobiles INSTALLMENT LOAN DEPT.. . FIRST-CITIZEN BANK & TRUST CO. Stewart Theatre Bldg. Ph<—- ioo < Dunn, N, C. TUiBSDAY, JULY 3, 19S1 Partin Funaral Services Held Funeral services were held Monday afternoon for T. Everett Partin, 76, of Willow Springs, Rt. 1. He died at bis home Saturday after an extended illnesß. Mr. Partin was) a native of Harnett County, son of Mark A. and Edith Adams Partin. He had been a member of the Mt. Plea sant Presbyterian Church tor sev eral yean. • Officiating at the federal was the Rev. J. Robert Phipps of Fu quay Springs. Burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving are one brother. Early Partin of Willow Springs, Rt. 1, and two sisters. Let tie and Lema Partin, both of the home; also several nieces and nephews mmmmmmmmmmsmrnmiemm ■(s i WfIB OFFICE - EQUIPMENT & SUPPLY CO. j Phohe 2078 Dunn, N. C.