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ARIiFICIAL BREEDING PROGRAM HEADS— Leaders' of the artificial breeding program in
Harnett County are shown together with the equipment contHbnted by banks in the area for use in
program. Pictured are, left to right; Charles Dudley, technician, Erwin Route 1; Edwin Bain,
director, Bunnlevel; John Sorrell. Jr., director Soring) Lake Route 1; A. B. Godwin, president, Dunn;
and John Aaron Holmes, ssecretary-treasurer, Erwin. Faimters interested in taking part in the pro
gram are urged to get in touch with any of these leaders or with their county agent. Literature
describing the program may be obtained. (Daily Record photo by T. JI, Stewart).
democrats To Meet Saturday
. Harnett County Democrats will
gather Saturday morning at 11 o'-
clock in the county courthouse in
Lillington for their biennial con
vention. ,
They’ll hear a prominent Demo
crat leader, will hear others ex
toll the glory of the party, will
reorganize the county committee,
Cme officers and elect delegates
the State convention which
meets next Thursday.
Harnett Democratic Chairman
W. A. (Bill) Johnson today sent
out a call urging all Democrats of
the county to be present for the
convention.
“I know that the Democratic
Party,'to 'going to roll up another
great \victory ip November?’ said
cha jr.a»» ' Johnson, iffi*-*.
idea to get’together once in
“ while anyway to renew our faith.
SANFORD TO SPEAK
The principal speaker at the con
vention will be Terry Sanford, pro
minent young Fayetteville attorney
and immediate past president of
North Carolina Young Democrats.
He is an outstanding orator and
has prepared an outstanding ad
dress for this occasion.
Mrs. George Arthur Jackson of
ffiDunn is vice chainnan, Veneable
of Lillington is treasurer
and Henderson Steele of Lillington
is secretary.
Local School
Boards Named
f County School Superintendent
Glenn T. Proffitt announced today
that the appointment of district
committees have been completed
ia the county’s ten districts.
(Following is the list of the* com
mitteemen :
.‘lAnderson Creek: Ei L. Hill, J. F.
McArtan, Ernest Darroch, J. W.
Bradford, J. E. Hayes Jr.
?Dunn: Dr. C. L. Corbett, Floyd
Ajtman. D. C. Wilson, Ralph'Wade,
Jferry Butler.
P Benhaven: T. N. Holmes, J. T.
McNeill; R. A. Cameron, E. Warren
McNeill, E. L. Currin.
Angler: Joe D. Currin,, H. D.
Honeycutt, D. W. Denning Jr., Thos.
if- Ward, J. Clyde Adams.
7Erwin: W. H. Miley, Dr. L. W.
Griffin, Chas. M. Crawford, B. G.
Thomas, Z. E. Matthews.
Goats: Herbert Johnson, W. T.
Sprrell, Haywood Roberts, Mrs.
G K. Keene, D. A. Langdon.
Lay Fayette: Hoke Smith. R. E.
■Austin, Mrs. Clara McWhirter, T.
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f tub's Stockholders
,Are Urged To Report
:. As workmen today speeded up
their efforts to finish the golf
eburse of the Chicora Country
lub, an urgent appeal went out
stock-purchasers and canvassers
turn in their money.
Purdie, Jr., secretary-treas
urer of the project, reminded those
who have purchased stock and
-•those who were selling stock that
|
■m Mr. Purdie said that only about
half of the approximately tJOiQOO
pledged has actually been turned
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Big Crowd Expected
For Hearing Monday
It appeared definite today that
the city council will not call a
special meeting this* week to give
a hearing to Former Police Chief ,
George Arthur Jackson, ousted last I
week without notice by the city
manager, but the matter is cer
tain to te presented at the regu
lar meeting! of the board on Mon-
son a hearing, said today that none j
of the members of the heard had,
given him any indication that they i
'desire to give the chief a hearing.
He said he saw no point in call
ing a special meeting because no
body can force the commissioners
to atfj— *
Whc...cr or not the commissioners
will attend the regular meeting on
Monday night remains to he seen.
Commissioner B. .A. Bracey. is jtbfe
only member who favors retafrting
Chief Jackson.
Meanwhile, the group of citizens
who are demanding the reJnitate
ment of Chief Jackson to were.
Olive Fires New
Blast At Umstead
RALEIGH OF) Hubert B. Olive,
candidate for governor in the ap
proaching Democratic primary, has
fired another blast at the State
Utilities Commission, while his op
ponent, William B. Umstead. pick
ed up the support of a former State
Farm Bureau head.
Shortly after the commission an
nounced approval of a rate increase
for the Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph Co., OUVe issued a state
ment here saying that the'“heav
ier burden on customers” came
“Just as I predicted.”
“I am very gratified, however,
that the increase is only about half
of what it might have beth," Olive
added.
“The commission certainly has
toned down since I predicted ac
curately, two weeks before the or
der came through, that' it would
give Duke Power about all It asked
far. Now Carolina Is getting half
WORK IS SPEEDED
“The work Is tmderttily,” polic
ed out Mr. Purdie, “and R Uob
vious that we must have the mos
ey in hand to continue this pro-’
Ject”
He said many of the, business
men working on the project have
been busy and Just haven't had
time to take care of the matter.
Construction work is being push
ed in order to complete the pro-
(Ete Jlaihj Jitmrd
going about their plans for mass
ing a huge crowd for Monday
night's session.
I PLANNING FOR MONDAY
"We're going ahead and make
our plans for Monday night re
gardless of what the board does
now.” said a spokesman today. He
said many citizens are “pretty sqre
' and burned up over the fact that
jlhg a hearing to grrempioyee of 38
j years of faithful sendee.” He said
i that even if the board calls tor a
meeting this week' “as this late
'date we’re going to ignore it and
be present Monday night ”'
“The least they couU -e
said, “would be to show O v ,«*•
son, along with citizens of the
town, the simple courtesy to hear
what we have to say.”
Former Mayor Earl . Westbrook
has beep designated as chief spokes
man at the meeting Monday night
and '.other . .leaders today were re
ported to be preparing their speech
. es.
of its request. I am glad to have
had a part in paving something for
the Carolina telephone customers.”
EDWARDS FOR UMSTEAD
Meanwhile, A. C. (Lon) Edwards
of Hookerton, a former president
of the State Farm Bureau, added
hto active support to Umstead's
campaign in a statewide radio
broadcast.
Edwards said he is supporting
Umstead partly because of the
work the former senator did to
make the national farm program a
success.
“Hto (Umstead’s) record In be
half, of the farmer proves that he
knows the farmer’s problems and
works hard to Increase farm in
come, which In turn means more
prosperity for all.”
♦MARKETS*
COTTON
NEW YORK (IF) Cotton fu
ture* prices at l p.m. EBT today:
New York July 38.99; Oct. 36.15;
New Orleans July 38.87; Oct. 36.12.
HOGS
RALEIGH OF), Hog markets:
Hillsboro—Stronger at 21.00 for
goqg and choice 160-240 lb. bar
rows and gilts.
Keiily, Kinston, Beulaville—
Stronger at. 20.75.
WhltevfUe, Elisabethtown, Siler
City. Benson. Tarboro, Hamilton,
Mount Olive,' Dunn, Warsaw, Rocky
yfouht. Lumberton, Marion, Fay
etteville, Florence, CUntan: Strong
er- at T5c56- •/ ■ •
Wil- i, Burgaw, Goldsboro, Jack
wnv Clarkton, Smfthfield,
We d: Slightly stronger at
•wwval
DUNN, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 15, 1952
Byrnes Stands Up For
Douglas Eyed
By Democrats
As Candidate
WASHINGTON IIP) Sen.
PaulH. Douglas of Illinois
is again being eyed by some
Democratic leaders as a oos
sbl presidential candidate.
The Illinois senator disavows any
desire for the nresidency. He said
today he is still for Sen. Estes Ke
fai’ver (D-Tenn) “all the way.”
But Douelas did not slam the
doer completely on accepting the
presidential nomination.
“The less said about it the better
—l’m for Kefauver,” he insisted.
And that’s as far as he would go.
Despite Douglas' repeated state
ments that he is not interested,
it was learned that the lawmaker
has been approached frequently by
key party figures to “feel him out.”
The Douglas interest centers
mainly on the same forces who
hope that Illinois Oov. Adlai E.
Stevenson may change his mind at
the last minute and accept a
“draft” for the Democratic nom
ination. But sources close to Stev
enson think that is likely only if
the Republicans nominate Sen. Rob
ert A. Taft.
TAFT PICKS UP
Meantime, Taft backers claimed
that his West Virginia primary tri
umph “puts him within striking
distance of a first ballot victory"'
for the GOP nomination.
With 15 out of 16 West Virginia
delegates tucked away. Taft’s cam
paign manager. David S. Ingalls,
claimed that the result gave Taft
448 assured convention delegates to
“about 280” for Oen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower.
Supporters of Oen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower were fighting for a
comeback in the Oregon OOP pri
mary tomorrow.
balloting offers. Abe
fpoTfSect between Elsenhower end
Oov. Eat! Warren of California,
who presently holds only seven con
vention delegates. Also entered ere
Harold E. Stassen, who has been
beaten everywhere except in his
home stage of Minnesota, and Sen.
Wayne Li Morse, (R-Ore), an Eis
enhower backer.
OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
In other political developments:
1. Politics of both parties await
ed President Truman’s scheduled
Saturday night speech to the Amer
icans for Democratic Action for
possible clues to his choice as his
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BULLETINS
810 DE JANEIRO (IB A team of Brazilian pa
rachutists today gathered up the remains of 50 persons
killed when a Pan American Airways Stratocruiser crash
ed in the jungle April 29.
WASHINGTON (IB The population of the United
States was 156,405,000 on April 1, the Census Bureau es
timated today. The figure was up 2,706,000 over April 1,
1951.
WASHINGTON (IB President Truman had words of
praise today for 140 Agriculture Department employes
who received awards for outstanding service. Mr. Truman
was the first chief executive to take part in the depart
ments’ annual awards ceremony, hqld.in the outdoor Syl
van Theater ft the foot of the Washington Monument.
Clark Repudiates
Koje Concessions
TOKYO, (IB Gen. Mark W. Clark repudiated today
concessions made to Communist prisoners of war to ran
som Brig.' Gen. Francis T. Dodd, indicating a tougher po
licy toward the Reds held on Koje Island.
Clark, supreme United Nations I
commander lh the Far East, said
promises made by Brig. Oen.
Charles Cotoon had “no validity
whatsoever,” because they were!
made under threat to the life of a j
U, N. officer.”
The new U. N. commander said j
Cotoon exceeded hto authority when |
he accepted the “vicious and false" i
charges ui U. |f. brutality upon
which the agreement for Dodd’s
release was based.
Clark said the leisure of Dodd j
was plotted by the Communists fbr
propaganda and “for thg purpose of
beclouding the whole prisoner of
was Issue at the Panmuhjom ne-
Nam H. head of. the
Communist truce teem, charged in
edmlttM”that Comipuntots on Ko
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SEARS’ MODEL HOME Pictured here is the Sears Model Home, which will be opened to the
public Friday morning in the new Latimer Development on the Erwin Highway. The home is one
of many built by C. T. Latimer, Inc., local contractor, and it has been completely furnished hy Sears
Order Office m Dunn. There’ll be free refreshments and also prizes and gifts to those who visit the
Model Home during the showing. (Daily Record photo by J. W. Temple, Jr.)
Sears Model Home To Open
Friday In Latimer Project
Baptists Report
Steady Increases
MIAMI OF) The rolls of
churches in the Southern Baptist
Convention increased steadily dur
ing, the past year to reach a record
here today.' ■>
Holcomb reported to 16,000 dele
gates attending the annual South
ern Baptist Convention that there
were “significant statistical gains”
in every phase of activity in the
28,289 churches.
Baptist Sunday School Board re
ceipts last year amounted to $lO,-
693333. Sunday school enrollment
advanced, to 5,253,695.
Dr Walter R. Alexander of Dal
las reported similar good financial
conditions In’activities of the re
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jJe were subjected to hrutal treat
ment in violation of the Geneva
convention. '
TOUGHER POLICY
! Clark's statement rejecting Col-
I son’s promises was taken here as
] a sign be had been authorized to
i treat the Reds as prisoners of war,
I not as guests of the U. N.
| American officers assigned to Ko
!Je admitted to newspapermen that
the Communists controlled the
j barbed wire enclosures on the Is
| land. They said the guards enter
the compounds only “If we feel
brave.”
Dodd Was In command of the is
land HOW camps when. he was
seised by a group of Commupist
prisoners eight days ago. He was
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
Using the newest of the houses
in the Latimer addition as a show
case in which to display the latest
in Sears-Roebuck products for
modem living, is a novel idea of
Mrs. Beulah Lamm, manager of
the Sears order office here. Open
ing is set for 9:30 a. m. Friday.
The houses In this addition on
the western edge of Bunn are
ideally suited for such a display.
C. T. Latimer, head of tha build
ing, corporation, offered Mrs.'Lamm
the cljbice among, the five newest
•addlUme Apythe section, arid'every
thing inside the walls Is straight
out of the Sear* catalogue.
This includes even the paints on
the walls. All of the furnishings
and household items, floor furnish
ings and linoleum, light fixtures
and furniture are available
through the order office here.
One enters the house over door
mats,- catalogue items, into a
living-dining room combination
tastefully furnished with “Harmony
House” furniture in limed oak. A
Silvertone radio and record player
plays softly at the right, anJ the
sun glare to softened by Venetian
’blinds.
ELECTRIC KITCHEN
Directly ahead is a compact,
modern kitchen, with a Kenmore
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STATE NEWS
BRIEFS
GREENSBORO (IF) The ranks
of the Textile Workers Union of
America (CIO) were split wide op
en today following the firing of
12 Southern union officials, the
hiring of a former top TWUA lead
er by a rival labor group and a
public charge that the union’s lead
ership has adopted a policy of "rule
or ruin.”
RALEIGH (IF) WPTF Radio
station of Raleieh filed an amend
ment to its pending application be
fore the FCC yesterday for permis
sion to construct a 100,000 watt tele
vision station in Raleigh to oper
ate on Channel 5.
RALEIGH (IF) A five-dav in
dustrial personnel testing institute
will begin in the school of educa
tion at North Carolina State Col
lege here June 9, college officials
said today.
RALEIGH (IFI Some 90,000 tele
phone users in 41 Eastern North
Carolina counties are going to be
paying more for telephone service,
the Statl Utilities Commission said
today. < f
RALEIGH (IB The 1 Southern
.Conference opens its annual base
ball championship here tonight
with a doubleheader, in which the
four top teams will aee action.
MRS. BLALOCK MISQUOTED
Mrs. George Blalock in a state
ment to the Daily Record wishes
the citizens of Dunn to know that I
the Youth Day Cify Council er~.
roneously stated that she had cgll- 1
ed the city office stating that the ,
city employees should soread rat
poison Ip Dunn. Mr*. Blalock re-j
ported that she called the acting |
city manager on Youth Day. Tom
my Waggoner, and asked “If there I
favor of the city employees spread
ing the poison. • ’ I
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Church Plans
Special Event
The annual May procession cere
monies will be held this coming
Sunday, May 18 at the Sacred
Heart Catholic Church. The Sacred
rites will commence at four o’clock
in the afternoon. The procession
will take place along Cumberland
Street and will lead into the Church
at which time the May Crowning
of the Blessed Virgin Mary will
take place.
The May Crowning is an annual
event in all of the Catholic Church
es throughout the world which
gives evidence of the love and es
teem the. Catholics wish to show
toward the Mother of Jesus. A
wreath of flowers is placed on the
head of the statue of the Blessed
Virgin Mary to commemorate the
Catholic belief of Mary’s Coronation
in Heaven which took place in Hea
ven following her death on earth.
MISS WILLIAMS QUEEN
Miss Mattie Williams will be the
May Queen for the event of next
Sunday and will have as her at
tendants, Misses Mary Elizabeth
Dizar and Ann Tart. Miss Mary
Frances Hyman will be the bearer
of floral wreath and Miss Cathie
Bahen will be Train-bearer to Miss
Williams.
Benediction of the Most Blessed
Sacrement will follow the special
May Crowning Sermon which will
be given by Chaplain Edward Co
whig of the 82nd Airbom Division.
’ A cordial invitation was extend
ed by Father Francis A. McCarthy,
Pastor of Sacred Heart Church and
the parishioners for the non-Cath
olics of Dunn and vicinity to at
tend the May Crowning.
Democratic Precinct
Officials Announced
Harnett Democratic Chairman W.
A. Johnson today released a com
plete list of Harnett’s Democratic
precinct officials, elected Saturday
in the various precinct meetings:
Following is the list:
Anderson Creek: Marvin West,
chairman; Mrs. J. E. Mayes, vice
chairman; E. L. Hill, Ernest Dar
roch, George West.
Averasboro No. 1: Robert A.
Draughon, chairman; Mrs. L. L.
COats, vice chairman; Mrs. Har
vey Tyner. L. L. Coate, Harvey
Tyner.
Averaaboro No. 2; Jessie Capps,
chairman; Mrs. O. A. Jackson, vice
chairman; Mrs. Pat Lynch, George
W. Williams, A. N. Hudson.
Averasboro No. 3: Myres Ttlgh-
Imah, chairman; Mrs. John Snipe*,
(vice chainnan; D. C. Wilson, O. M.
Leslie. Mrs. H. a Turlington.
| Averasboro No. 4; I. R. WtlHams,
chairman; Mrs. John G. Thomas,
The Record
Gets Results
South
Advises Third
i
Party Unless
Treated Fairly .
CLEVELAND, Miss. (ID Gov.
James F. Byrnes of South Carolina
former secretary of state and out-,
spoken critic of the Truman ad.
ministration, said today the' South
should turn to a third party unlekk
it can get “sympathetic consider
ation” from the national Demo
crats or Republicans.
In a speech before the Delta
Council here in one of the five
Southern states that gave the
state’s rights movement 39 elec
toral votes in 1948, Byrnes bluntly
warned party regulars not to count
out the South at this year’s pres
idential conventions.
Alabama, Louisiana. Mississippi, .
and South Carolina bolted the
Democratic Party in the 1948 elec
tion, giving Gov. J. Strom.Thur
mond of South Carolina all of their
electoral votes for president. Ten
nessee provided one.
Byrnes said that although that
movement was defeated at the
time, “the courageous action” of
the voters in these states “served
notice on the country that the
states of the South could no long
er be considered ’in the bag’ for
any party.”
There are some, Byrnes said, who
say the South has no alternative
but to stay with the national Dem
acratic Party because the Republi
cans “favor many of the objection
able proposals” advocated by those
now in control of the Democrats.
NOT FORCED TO AFFILIATE
“We are not forced to affiliate
with either of those national par
ties,” he said.
“If we do not receive sympath
etic consideration from the nation
al Democratic Paryt which we have
supported loyally through the years
-ror from the Republican party—
ywe can support a third party.”
J*mes has supported Sen. Rich-
I S. Russell of Georgia tor teie*
mocratic nomination this year
and repeated his endorsement to-?
day.
“My hope is we can find it poa
sible to affiliate with the national
Democratic Party. This is the house
of our fathers,” he said.
Before the South commits iteelf
on any presidential candidate, he
j said, “we should know who to nom
inated by the Republicans and
what he stands for. We should
know who is nominated by the
Democrats and what he stands for.
And we should know who these
candidates are obligated to for their
nomination.”
Byrnes said that the largest min
ority in the United States today
to composed of the white people
of the South.
ABHORS DIVISION.? .
“I abhor the division of the
people into classes,” he saW. “But
we have witnessed the success of
the efforts of the organized' min
orities in the national conventions.
Their efforts are directed against
us.
“It to necessary that the min
ority to which we belong,: In de
fense of ourselves should act in
concert.” He said the voters of Miss
issippi or any other Southern
state—are free to vote for the Dem
ocratic, Republican or third party
candidate.
“I hope the Democratic Party
of this and every other Southern
state will refrain from committing
iteelf to any course of action in
| the general election until after the
i adjournment of the convention of
I the national Democratic and repub
lican parties," he said. .••>«:
Barbecue: D. B. Holer, chairman;
Mrs. Hoyle Kelly, vice chairman;
Jim Cameron, Lawrence Cameron,
Refus Harrington.
Duke No. 1: Denver Bethune.-
chalrman. James Glover, cpTCtowOj
man
Duke No. 2; George Stephens,
chairman: Annie Melvin, vice chair
man: Zola West, Felix Cheetnttit.
Waymon Melvin. Shell Melvin, Jes
sie McDonald. cKsM
Duke No. 3: Henry Tttmage,
chainnan; Pauline Ryals, .vtojfc/-
chairman; Vernon Stancfl. CTSSf
ence Colville, Harvey Williams,
Frank ttyals.
Grove No. 1: Everett
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