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and tonight. Wednesday consider
able cloudiness and mild with oc
casional light rains.
VOLUME II
Town Os Dunn To Add Two Negro Policemen To Force
COUNTY BOARD APPROVES HEALTH CENTER
TEL I ■SMBs A|
GROUND BROKEN FOR NEW .CHURCH 6. ML. (Joe) Leslie, local Methodist leader, is shown
here this morning as he shoveled the first dirt to break the ground for the new Stewart's Chapel
Methodist Church, to be erected in the Mary Stewart community. Looking on is the Rev. Joyce V.
Early, pastor of Divine Street Methodist Church, who originated the idea for the mission which led
to the new church arid Jesse Jernlgan, who was assisting with laying off the ground. The new structure
will cost about $10,000.* Duke Foundation has given $2,500 for the project. The building is located
on land given by W. C. Kanov, near the Mary Stewart School. Mr. Leslie has been serving as Sunday
School superintendent and conducting the services there. (Dally Record photo by Bill Biggs).
# Slayers Attorney Qlakns
Harnett Jury Bars Negroes
’ By LOIS BYRD
‘ (Record Staff Writer)
Attorneys for James Taylor, Lill
tngton Negro charged with the
.first degee shooting of his sweet
heart, Mary Elizabeth Ouyton
Purcell, today made a motion to
4) quash the murder indictment and
dismiss the 'jurors on grounds that
the whole framework of the selec
tion of grand and petit Juries in
Harnett County corruptlv, unlaw
fully and avowedly exclude and
deny proportionate representation
STATE NEWS
* BRIEFS
THOMASVILLE (W Two per
sons were killed here early today
when a Southern Railway train
truck their car at a crossing. Har
ry Thomason. Negro Janitor, and
his wife Essie, died instantly, pol
- Ice said. Wreckage of the car was
V knocked about 1.500 feet.
CHARLOTTE (W The City
Party and Recreation Commission
will go to dourt to find out whe
ther it can allow Negroes to use
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Blackmon To Open
Buies Creek Offices
Dr. Bruce B. Blackmon, son ~ot
Rev. add and Mrs. J. F. Black
mon of Buie’s Creek, will return
next summer to' his home com
munity to set up medical practice,
it was announced today by Leslie
H. Campbell, president of Camp
bell College.
Dr. Blackmon was born In 1931
In Charlotte, ■ Shortly after his
birth the family moved to Buie's
Creek. where Blackmon, senior,
has had long service as Baptist
minister, former treasurer of
Campbell College, banker, farmer,
and civic leader.
The future physician earned his
education at the local school, at
Campbell College, and at N. C.
State College. From the latter, he
received both a BJB. and MB. to
agriculture. ‘After .working -a year
aa state produce inspector, he en
tered Wbfce FCteat College tor a
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TELEPHONES: Sill - 3118 - 3118 DUNN, N. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 8, 1952
to negroes."
The motion read by Attorney A.
R. Taylor before Judge W. C. Har
ris was due to be considered today
when court assembles st 10 a. m.
Subpoenas were served late yes
terday on County commissioner, L
A. Tate. Sheriff W E. Salmon.
county board of commissioners
Mrs. Inez Harrington clerk to,-,the
board. Clerk of Court Elizabeth
Matthews calling on them to bring'
records pertaining to the drawing
and summoning of Juors for this
term. • “ •"
Taylor, the Junior member of
the firm of Young and Taylor, and
court-appointed attorney for the
Negro defendants, threw the leghl
bombshell at the court to the first
degree murder charges on which
conviction would carry the manda
tory death sentence. “If there was
ever a case of cold blooded premed
itated murder this is it,” Hooka
declared.
The Negro defendant allegedly
angered at attentions his sweet
heart was receiving from .Negro
troops in the vicinity on Army
maneuvers, went to her. home at
midnight, broke down the door
and shot Mary Elizabeth Purcell
as she lay sleeping on the bed
beside her small clld. Later the
same day Taylor was arrested
along the highway between LUI
- and Raleigh. Officers
Taylor .readily admitted the shoot
DR. BRUCE V. BLACKMON
(Ike jtlaihj
tog.
Arguments on the motion are ex
pected to delay the trial until
Thursday.
FOUR POINTS
In a carefully prepared state
ment read to the court, attorney
Taylor listed four contentions; 1.
That the list of jurors, drawn by
the commissioners of Harnett Coun
ty and summoned by the Sheriff,
from which the Grand Jurv mem
bers were drawn and which re
turned a true bill against James
Taylor, was improperly compiled
and prepared. His motion also
contends that In violation of GS
48. the lists were drawn so as “to
discriminate unjustly and purpose
fully against competent persons of
the Negro race, to which this de
fendant belongs, solely on account
of such person’s race or color, con
tinuing a practice and custom of
systematically excluding Negroes
from and denying proportionate
representation to Negroes on Har
nett County Grand Juries.”
3. That because officers, whose
duty it was to prepare the jury
lists and draws the panels, from
which the petit jurors were drawn,
have selected and summoned jurors
for this and every other term, “with
the unlawful, avowed purpose, of
discriminating against persons of
the 'Negro race of which this de
fendant Is a member and that such
practice constitutes prejudice to
the defendant.”
3. That the unjust, unlawful
discrimination and systematic ex
clusion of Negros from the juries
of Harnett County, deprives the
defendant of the fair and impartial
trial, guaranteed to him under the
Constitution, the state laws and ttye
14th amendment to the Constitu
tion.
4. That because of the syste
matic exclusion or Negroes from
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•MARKETS*
HOGS
RALEGH «ll Hog markets:
Washington, Wilmington. Golds
boro. Wilson. Dunn. Kinston. Lum
berton, Rocky Mount, Bmithfleld,
Fayetteville. Florence, Marlon and
Clinton: Market steady with top
14.00 for good and choice 180-340
lb. barrows and gilts.
EGGS AND rOULTRY
RALEGH (W Today's egg
and peitißry markets:
Central North Carolina live poul
try: Fryers and broilers steady,
supplies short, demand ' generally
good; heavy bens steady to 1 cent
Issue Debated
At Length By
City Council
By LOUIS DEABORN
Record Staff Writer
Two Negro policemen to work
in the colored sections of D' ; nn
were authorized at the meeting
last night of the Dunn City Coun
cil. One is to be John Brockmg
ton, who operates a radio shop on
Jonesboro Road and the other is
to be selected by City Manageiv
O. O. Manning with the approval
of Chief of Police G. A. Jack
son.
The matter came before the
board when a delegation of color
ed citizens appeared and asked
for the appointment of Brocking
ton. The group felt that one of
their own race could do a lot t<g
ward preserving order in these
sections.
Principal L. H. Ledbetter of the
Harnett County Training School,
told the board that what they
were primarily interested in was
more police protection. He out
lined problems in traffic, especial
ly during school hours and rough
groups of young men who prowl
ed the section at night.
COULD BE AVOIDED
Dr. C. B. Codrington told the
group that he was quite often in
the hospital treating all kinds of
injuries, many of which could be
avoided. “We don't mean that
the officers are not doing a good
job,” he said, “but they are un
able to continually cover all the
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Qfflgress Begins
Second Session;
WASHINGTON (IP) The 82nd
Congress returned for its second
session today with hot fights al
ready brewing over universal mili
tary training and foreign aid.
The formalities of convening the
election-year session were set for
noon and were expected to be per
functory.
But even before Speaker Sam
Rayburn and Vice President Alben
W. Barkley gaveled the House and
Senate to order, the verbal firing
began over UMT, government
spending -and other major issues.
Chairman Carl Vinson (D-Ga.)
of the House Armed Services Com
mittee a vigorous UMT advocate,
called leaders of his committee to
a closed-door session at 2 p.m. to
lay plans for the battle.
UMT PROGRAM
Under a law passed last vear
Congress committed itself to TTMT
in principle onlv. and agreed to
act on specific nlans for the uro
gram early in this session. Many
members doubted that Congress
will actually put UMT into oper
ation as long as the present draft
law is In effect.
No real legislative business can
be. transacted until President Tro-'
man outlines h(s program In his
State of the Union message before
a Joint meeting tomorrow. The
President's economic message will
follow next wook nnH his budgPt
expected to *BO noo noo.oon will be
Submitted around Jan. 21.
Informed source* reported that
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BULLETINS
PARIS (W President Vincent Auriol met today with
French political leaders to try to form a new government
for France and so»*e a political crisis which might serious
ly delay Western European defense.
WASHINGTON (IP) The 82nd Congress began its
seoMd session today with seven new members, a new Sen
■fo Republican leader, and new fights brewing over a cou
ple of old issues—UMT and foreign aid.
BISHOPVILLE, S. C. (IP Seven Negro children burn
ed to death yesterday in a Mane that destroyed a four-room
sharecropper’s home near Elliott, S.C., eight miles from
ncn.
. L ? S T** fir®* Partial inventory of
the late publisher William Randolph Hearst was on flte
today In court, listing assets valued at $16,070,255.76.
poii BIRSUNGHAM, JUT (81 for Birmingham
oecretary?* ~l,,Ctt- * ** hotel*
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STATE JAYCEE OFFICIALS HERE A group o f Dunn’s young business men, considering the re
organization of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, last night heard speeches by State President
Harry Stewart and State Secretary Jerry Stock ard, both of Raleigh. The State officials gave tips
on reorganizing and Acting Chairman Charles D. H utaff, Jr. called a meeting for January 21st for the
purpose of completing the organibation. Pictured, I est to right, are; Mack Andrews of Dunn, former
Raleigh Jaycee, President Stewart; Chairman H utaff, Secretary Stockard and Dunn Chamber Man
ager Norman Suttles. (Dally Record Photo by Bi 11 Biggs).
Boy ChaimM,.Tortured lb TMsf
SALT LAKE CITY (W A
14-year-old hoy was found chained
to a bed today where he had been
held prisoner and tortured for 10
weeks by an acused bank robber.
Ricky Hendricksen was released
from the four-foot chain and pad
locks which held him to the bed by
police who rushed to the address
supplied by John D. Billett. 24,
after hours of intensive question
ing.
Rlckv was In “surprisingly good
health.” but he told ofifcers that
Billett had beaten him about the
face and head with his fists and
shoes during the e»r'v davs of the
boy’s cnptivitv. Ricky was kid
nen«*d Oct. 20.
The b°v was rn«hed to the home
of his narents, Mr. and Mrs. F R.
Hendricksen where his mother
bust Into tears and swept him into
her arms.
ADMITTED IMMORALITY
Billett. charged with taking
*2O 015 from a downtown hank ves
terdav and alreadv held under
*2O 000 bail on that charge, admit
ted to noliee that he kidnaped
Rick and subi“oted the boy to
freonont Immoral treatment.
“This is our Chirstmas this Is
our New Year's this is our holl
das’” h*s mother cried.
An electric train was waiting for
JRi'Jr alone with hts net, dog.
\ HJrVv said that Billett grabbed
ntm at, the used car lot where both
worked.
“He said he was a special coo
end wanted to nuestlon me about
car theft.” young Hendricksen
said. “He took me to a motel next
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Prison Terms Meted
OutOnOpeningDay
Mann Fann. Erwin, was acquitted
on charges of assault. He was ac
cused of assaulting Jasper Bryant
on November 4 with a gun follow
ing an argument.
Paul Griffin pleaded guilty to
charges of temporary larceny ot
an automobile from J. L. Baker,
and was given six months in jail,
suspended upon payment of SSO
fine and costs.
Lowell McDougald, young Negro,
pleaded guilty to charges of larceny
of a Ford car from John Gilmore.
He was given 12 months on the
roads.
H. County
Gets Added
Road Mileage
Harnett County Commissioners
presented unexpectedly with a
bonus of 6.68 miles of road from
the State Highway Commission,
wrestled until nearly night Mon
day with the problem of the best
place to put the new roads.
At the beginning of the fiscal
yegr, the commissioners received
the sad news that Harnett’s" road
allocations would be only nine
miles, just half what it was to
1950. Notiiir.g was ever given the
board to indicate that this ruling
would ever be changed. Chairman
L. A. Tart said.
However, following the Decem
ber meeting that fixed District
Highway' Commissioner Geocgje.
Coble’s mileage a total of 1142
miles of new road had been ap
proved for Harnett, the commis
sioner was in a position to grant
the county 0.68 more bringing the
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FOUND DEAD IN BED
R. P. Thornton of Dunn Route
I, was found dead to Ms bed this
morning. Funeral arrangemesks
are aa yet incomplete.
Charlotte News
Is Chit For Ike j
CHARLOTTE (VI Tty* Char
lotte Newt annaaaeed today It
weald support Gen. DwtgM D.
Elsenhower tor the BepabHean
toB badinthwtoiH. oaMMWt to
the effort to wta” the GOP
nomination for the tmm*
Necie Williams, Dunn Negro
woman, found guilty of snatching
a purse containing SBO from Will
iam Henry McDonald, during a
drinking party was given 15 months
in woman’s prison.
Her defense witness, Alfred Coun
cil, was found in contempt of court
for being intoxicated and was given
10 days in jail.
THEFT GETS 18 MONTHS
Hughie McLamb of Erwin, found
guilty of stealing an automobile
from James Gregory, Erwin taxi
owner, was given 18 months on the
roads.
True bills returned by the Grand
Jury Included:
David Fisher and James Mallard,
Violation of prohibition laws;
The grand Jury failed to indict
Allie Wilkins, charged with com
mitting rape on his divorced wife.
Wilkins was tried for non-sup
port of his wife, however, and the
father of nine refused to contest
the charges. Judge W. C. Harris
gave him 18 months on the roads,
suspended until March on payment
of $lO a week to his family, begin
ing January 14.
A number of prison sentences
were handed out yesterday during
the first day’s session of Harnett
Superior Court.
Beddingfield Joins j
Dunn Pharmacy
Charles Beddingfield of Clayton,
well-known young pharmacist, has
joined the perscription department
of Dunn Pharmacy, it was -an
nounced this morning by C. O.
Waren, owner of the local drag
store.
The new druggist is m native of
Clayton, attended the Clayton pub
lice schools and the University of
North Oetoßna. ;
He graduated at the University to
1944 and was registered as* phar
macist the same year. Store that!
time, he-has served es s pharmacist]
with Beddingfield Brothers, a drug]
store owmd operated toy htij
Mr Beddingfield today exprewedj
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Aired Before
Commissioners
Dunn, which had envisioned a
new modern county health center
of 4,000 square feet today was as
sured of a health center, but with
diminished dimensions of .1400
square feet.
The health center, which Will be
a branch office of the county
health department in Lißington,
will be erected on a town-qwned
lot at a cost of around $194x10 or
approximately $1 a square foot.
Site of present public health act
ivities in a frame building oppos
ite the telephone exchange ha 4
been condemned by county grand
juries as “absolutely inadffluate.”
Major share of the costa-will be
born by the N. C. Medical Care
Commission which in due propor
tion had the final say-so about the
type of building to be built-Coun
ty commissioners yesterday reiter
ated to a Dunn delegation led by
Mayor Ralph Hanna an earlier
promise made inDecember-thmtttle
county will bear 25.6 percent -of
the costs.
MAYOR SEES BOARD ’
Hanna, accompanied by City
Manager O. O. Manning and tows
commissioner R. G. Tart appeared
before the county commissioners to
preclude any possibility the county
might abandon the idea of a newt
health center in Dunn after receive
ing new information from tbi
Medical Care Commission. dl
In a plainly worded but court*
eous letter, Dr. John E. Ferrell,
I<director of the Medical Care Com
mission, notified the county com-,
missioners that it was a violation
of a general Commission policy to'
approve financial aid for any
health center not fentraljy JocMt
'‘Aid. ,in "building a health dis£!
ter at Dunn in the eastern portion
of the county far removed from
the center would involve,” wrqto
Dr. Ferrell, “a change in the ctig
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JhirutA
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If there’s anybody who Utyjpr to
get disappointed, It 1 *
Davis, who operates Davty* Flower
Shop here.
She hasn’t yet quite recovered
from a disappointment anfftwf
during the weekend at thgMjgttn
of her sister, Mrs. OfatoSUrtS®
She figures, however, that even?
ually she’ll forgive the local Rw
Cross secretary. ■ -A
Saturday morning, Mrs.” &W 1
phoned Mrs. Davis that she’d
a card from her sister, FhmflMy
advising that she, Tom and ICj|gp
would arrive in Dunn frOto Dqp
Florida about noontime
Mrs. Davis got busy and SUrflH
rushing around; cleaned up the
florist shop, cleaned up h#r*house
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CHARIE
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