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+WEATHER+ NORTH CAROLINA Partly cloudy and not so warm today. Fair and slightly cooler tonight. Thursday fair and a little warmer. VOLUME II State Democrats Ask Recognition Os South Nl 'ml L; : ft;:' f* ' fKMk- 3* *• ; >f shSI m, w ”» Ji , fflDk ' e&f' » I•' P 1 ■ • ' ftp * ft Wmm IBlhh ' v? * 2T®£* LtE MOTORS OFFICIALLY OPENED President Clarance E. McLamb of the Dunn Chamber of Conunev* is pictured here this morning as he cut the ribbon to formally open the beautiful new building of Lee Motors of Dunn, Inc. and Lee’s Truck Terminal. Many officials and representatives of the automotive industry and aillied fields were present for the ceremonies. Left to right ave: Jerry Ball of Charlotte, representative of Esso Standard Oil Co., Mr. McLamb; L. F. Liles of the. Oldsmoblle Division of General Motors; A. M. Beck, Jr. of GMAC; Manager Norman Suttles of the Chamber of Commerce; President Wilbert Lee; Charles N. Chest-iutt of GMAC; Mayor Ralph E. Haifia; T. A. Nisbet of the GMC truck division of General Motors; and George Perry Lee, vice president and general manager of the company who today also celebrated his 21st birthday. (Daily Record photo by T. M. Stewart). Lee Motors Has Gala Opening A large crowd was on hand this morning for tyie formal opening of the beautiful new modernistic building that nouses Lee Motors of Dunn and Lee’s TrtHflt Terminal. &All day long people have been treaming into the new motor em porium to admire the new build ing, its swanky interior and also the beautiful new automobiles on display. City and chamber of commerce officials joined visiting representa tives of. the various- manufactur ing concerns and local citizens, for the gala opening. ' McLAMB DOES HONQJtS President Clarence E. McLamb, *nf the Chamber of Commerce did honors. Wilbert Lee, president (,f the company, and Mayor Ralph Hanna held the ribbon while Mr. McLamb cut it. Other officials of Lee Motors pre sent included: Mrs. Wilbert Lee, secretary-treasurer and office man ager, and George Perrv Lee vice president and general manager, along with the big, complete staff of the company. Members of the office staff pre <Continued on Page 8) CAKE SALE SATURDAY The Woman’s Missionary Coun cil of the Glad Tidings Church will have a cake sale and will also have pies on sale at the Pure Food Store Saturday morning starting at eight thirty. A variety of delicious home made cakes and pies will be one hand. bearing Set For Charlie Stephens A hearing on the extradition proceedings for Charlie (Oeech) Stephens, wanted here for the Christmas eve shotgun slaying -of 16-year-old Carl McNem in 1850 will be held in Magistrate’s Court rNew York City Monday. McNeill, who has announced that he will fight extradition procee dings, is being held by New York (Continued on Page Two) Dunns City Council MaMSpeciaJ Meeting ' Dunn’s city council held a special, unannounced meeting Tuesday night in the Dunn fire station, it ipas learned today. Mayor Ralph Hanna presided and all menders of the board were pres it wash learned that the board discussed the firing of Police- Chief George Arthur Jackson and what action, if any, should be tak en regarding City Manager Oliver V MApflnpfb NOT ADVISED Mr. Manning was not advised about the meeting and was not pre- TELEPHONES: 3117 - 3118 - 3119 Cigarette Larceny (jets Man 30 Days -' ■ it >.=-• ' Dick Ray, Dunn Negro, fount} the price of cigarettes at the new Piggly Wiggly store here extreme ly high. The reason; he neglected to pay for them- at therefore and paid in City Court instead. * Judge. Strickland charged the Ne gro 30 days per carton and sent him to the roads for 30 days on larceny and . receiving charges for the theft of two cartons. One of the girl employes saw 1 the Negro pick up.the two cartons and told Manager W. C. Price. He called police and Chief A. .A. Cobb and Policeman K. M. Fail, who responded, identified Ray from his description and went after him. They brought the Negro plus the stolen cigarettes back to the store and he -was identified. He broke away when in the car, but was recaptured later. Ray, who live in the section known as “Little Ko- I Operetta Is Slated For Dunn Next Week At a special meeting of the Sac red Heart Rectory last evening -it was endorsed to bring an outstand ing musical performance to the town of Dunn next week. The mu sical will be in the way of an Op eretta to be given by U* Jfcint Mary’s Dramatic Club of Oolds boro, North Carolina. Itte perfor mance will take place next Thurs day evening at the Dunn High School Auditorium ..with the cur tain call at 8:16.. Father Francis A. McCarthy, pas tor of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dunn made the state When asked about the meeting this morning, Mr. Manning said; “What meeting? That’s the first I’ve-heard about it" City Clerk Chutes Storey was called to the meeting at the dose of the session, hut the discussion was over when he arrived. ' It was understood Mat the of ficials discussed plans tty- a meet ing with Erwin Mills officials con cerning the water rata for Irwin in addition to dltrU Bring the other matter. . . *■ NO ANNOUNCEMENT No public nnn mines Went was (fsnHimd an Sage A ? -V if* fjfr'r-‘Jfr Aj ■’*> (Ete JJailij |ltmrfr rea,” police record, and ss*s!? cSSriiWerTr ffi? ment continued on charges of speed ing 60 in a 35 mile zone. Walter McCray drew 30 days, suspended 12 months on payment of $lO and costs for disorderly con duct and assault with a deadly wea pon. Charges of assault against Ho mer Choston Were termed malicious and frivolous and the prosecuting witness, Mary Gainey, taxed costs. Winnie Malloy Jr., drew 60 days, suspended on payment of S2O and costs for careless and reckless driv ing and improper registration. John McLean was sentenced to 6 months, suspended 12 months on I (Continued On Page two) ment that he invited the musical performance to Dunn for several reasons. "Tlse first reason" Father McCarthy stated “is to give the citizens of Dunn the opportunity for a fine evening of wholesome entertainment by a talented group. The citizens' of Dunn deserve the best and it is our endeavor to bring in at times outside talent. The local pastor also stated that the time has arrived when the Catholic . people of town are able to sponsor various projects for the good of the Community «nd to create a between love between people of all creeps. WILL HELP CHURCH' NEEDS The evening’s - entertainment will . help the local Church in meeting a heating bill payment .on tire newly installed heating system for (Continued On Page ml - ♦MARKETS? -v ' HOGS RAUttOR ttl Hog markets; Tarboro, Hamilton, Rocky Mount, Fayetteville, Florence: Steady at 20.75 for good and choice 180-240 lb. barrows and gilts. - Mount Olive, Dunn, Warsaw, Jacksonville:- Slightly weaker at 20.50. WbttetfUe, Elizabethtown,. Siler Clty.VWilson, Goldsboro, Wilming ton, Washington, Kinston, Smith field, Lumber-ton, Marlon,' Clinton: j - (Continued oriface Twa) .... j, -a—* ■'-« >v :T* m. DUNN, N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 22, 1952 Ballentine Keynoter ! At Convention ! RALEIGH IIP! Key-1 note speaker L. Y. Ballentine \ today praised the “glorious | achievements” of the Demo- \ cratic Party and told the I Democratic state convention j the time has come for “high- j est recognition” of party i leadership in North Carolina | and the South. Ballentine said the record of the v Democratic Party in North Caro lina for more than half a century serves to disprove on both state and national levels claims that a change in party administration 1 makes for better government. Such claims by leaders of the opposition, he said, only “confuse the issues.” PRAISES LEADERS In a bid for greater recognition of North Carolina and Southern Democrats in national party circles, the state agriculture commissioner praised the “potent roles of our leaders on the national stage.” .Since the turn of the century, he said, “whenever the Democratic Party was in power North Caro linians have ranked high among its leaders and their contributions to good government have been no table." Praising Furnifold Simmons, Claude Kitchin and the “finan cial wizardry” of retiring Rep. R. L. Doughton among others, Ballen tine said: “The great capacity for” construc tive leadership demonstrated by North Carolinians, and other Sou therners, has earned for them the right to the highest recognition that the national party dan bestow. Time and again the South has brought forward leaders equal to the heaviest responsibilities and deserving of the highest honors. It if ti4>e for ■ Democ-ys of all stte ’ notiJTfo ♦Cilvd ttwm their Just deserts." Ballentine dld-not mention either Sen. Richard" B. Russell of Georgia or Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tenhcs see In his remarks on “highest rec ognition” for Southern Democrats. Supporters of both candidates were in evidence, hut observers believed the convention would vote to fol- I (Continued on Page 8) Ridgway Says Reds Better Not Use Gas WASHINGTON (IP) Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway said today that false Com munist charges against the United Nations add up to “a monumental warning” that the Reds themselves may be plotting germ and gas warfare. But the former supreme U. N. commander in the Far East told the House and *Benate in joint meeting that the Bth Army in Ko rea is ready for whatever happens. Ridgway said the U. N. army stands “proud, defiant and confi dent of its capability for accomp lishing any mission it might be assigned.” His Remarks echoed somewhat those made last week by Defense BULLETINS BIRMINGHAM, Alla. (IP) Walter J. Bo Lewis said today he had given away the last of 600,000 packs v* paper matches his brother bought for $2,550 from a fast-talking salesman seven, years ago. WASHINGTON (IP) Farmer John BragAtt was burned up-today because neighbors let his house burn down. He said they would not get off a party line and let him call the fire department. -Jg NEW YORK r— (IP) A gentle bandit, posing as an Office of Price Stabalization agent, stole a $6,000 diamond ring from a Brooklyn housewife yesterday but fed her baby before leaving. * « 'r HOLLYWOOD (IP) Veronica Lake, 39, who rose to screen stardom by draping her long Monde hair over one eye, sought to end today ner eight-year marriage to fihn director Andre Detoth, 37. NEW YORK (IP) Patricia Wisotsky, 18, who uses the professional name as Bat Ward as a protege of actress Martha Raye, took an overdose of sleeping pills early to day in Miss Raye’s apartment, police said. (CteMiw* m *•»• - Banner Farm Youth Has Risen To High Position With Railroad ! When Herman T. Den j ning was a little boy on his i I father’s farm three miles j southwest of Benson in | Johnston County’s Banner | Township, he was always j thinking about fishing I but he never thought he i would someday build himself ! an interesting local - boy - j makes-good story by becom ! ing one of the top passenger i officials for the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. Anybody else in this necx of the woods could have told him better, especially anybody who knows the calibre and quality of the out standing Denning family here abouts. Most of the Dennings do something, and do it* well. Herman Denning did it too. From a freckle-faced farm boy with a string of freshwater perch on the line, he has progressed in this busr world until today he is gen eral passenger agent for the Sea board Air Line Railroad in New York City, with the important responsibility of seeing that the celebrities, the business tycoons, the Government officials and the everyday travelers get the ac commondations they want on the line’s smart and swift streamliners from New York to Florida and in termediate points. HE LIKES THE FARM Today this Johnston County farm boy with his quick grin and everready manner sits in his of (Continued On Page Six) Carlyle I* On Committee WASHINGTON OPI Chairman Robert Crosser (D-O) of the Hause Commerce Committee nwped committee that will investigate moral" radio and television pro nams. The House recently passed a res olution by Rep. E. C. Gathings (D-Ark) directing the committee to make the investigation. The subcommittee will be head ed by Rep. Oren Harris (D-Ark.) I Other members are Reps. Arthur (Continued on page seven) Secretary Robert A. Lovett. Lovett told newsmen that germ warfare charges hurled hf the Reds against the V. N. may be, as Communist propaganda has been in the past, a tipoff to the enemy’s own inten tions. * | THEY’LL REGRET IT If the Reds ever do launch gas | and germ warfare against the U. i N., Lovett said, they will “wish they had never been born.” Ridg way, too, appeared to be hinting at prompt retaliation when he said the Bth army is confident it can carry out “any mission.” Ridgway declared that the U. N. has given the Communists a form ula for “a logical, reasonable, and honorable settlement” In Korea. But their response has been “vic ious falsehoods.’’ Concerning the (ContinMd on Pago Eigit) FIVE CENTS PER COPY ’’ <.2i ffti* •' - aKIIL. .■ FARM BOY TO RAILROAD EXECUTIVE Pictured here is Herman T. Denning, who grew up on a farm in Banner Town ship of Johnston County and rose to one of the nation’s top rail road jobs. He is now general passenger agent for the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in New York City. But the thing he enjoys most is hopping on one of those streamliners and coming back to his farm in Johnston 8$ a visit. He has many relatives in the Dunn- Benson section. <T&My Says Cartfle Abusing Free Mail ELIZABETHTOWN, Flagrant abuse of the con gressional frankin privilege at the expense of thousands of dollars to the taxpayers was charged to Rep. F. Ertel Carlyle in his current campaign for Congress today by his principal opponent, J. O. Tally, Jr., of Fayetteville. Tally said Carlyle has sent out "letter after letter during this cam paign marked ‘Official Business- Free.’ "But,” ■ continued the Fayette ville mayor who is making a de termined bid for-Congress from the Seventh District, “each letter is wholly political in purpose. Each series of letters costs the taxpay ers more than $2,000 in free post age alone in printing material and labor cost and free postage, I es | timate the present congressman has spent approximately $20,000 of the public’s money to get out his cam paign letters.” j Tally said the present congress man is in favor of economy in gov ernment. But the people of the Sev enth District, in effect are forced to help pay for the congressman’s campaign through his abuse of the franking privilege, know better than that. “The people know the difference between right and wrong. They know the present congressman’s use of taxpayers money to further his political campaign is ethically wrong.” Tally recalled that last winter Rep. Carlyle sent letters, under the (Continned On Pure Two) Harnett Fanner Ends His Life James Melvin Wilburn, 38, of Lil llngton, Route 1 shot himself to death yesterday afternoon at 12:45 at his home. Coroner G. C. Henderson, Deputy Sheriff k. C. Matthews and High way Patrolman Hetman Ward whe investigated said Wilburn was shot through the hegrt with a 12-guage shotgun. • ' No suicide note was left and mem bers of the family could give no reason for the tragedy. Funeral arrangements are in complete. Surviving are his father, Mack Thomas Wilburn of LilUngton, Rt. 1; his wife,' she former Lovie Pol lard gnd one daughter, Eleanor Reid. Wilburn; three brothers, Gra ham Wilburn of Salisbury, Lewis Wilburn of Fayetteville, and Rufus Wilburn of LilUngton, Route 1; and three sisters, Mrs. Frances John (Contained on Page 8) , '/'-J -S Meeting Slated On Erwin Water A meeting has been set for to morrow between <tl-|R committee composed of Commissioners R. G. Tart and B. A. Brdcey and City Attorney I. R. Williams in regard to the increase in the rate charg ed to Erwin Mills for water, and company officials. The meeting is to be held in the office of Mr. E. H. Bost, Man ager of the Erwin Mill at 2:30, and N. A. Gregory of Durham, assist ant secretary of Erwin Mills, is (Continued On Page Two) Oldest Employee O f Erwin Mills Dies ' ' idb Robert Lee Stamper, 79, the oldest employe of the en tire Erwin Mills chain, died Thursday morning at 12:30 a. m. at Good Hope Hospital in Erwin. He had been in iH health for some time and his conditionhas been serious fox the past four weeks. He was a native of Iredell Coun ty and moved to Din-ham In 1897 and starter working with the Er wii. Mills there. He moved to Erwin in 1926 and has been with the Erwin Mills for 54 years. Four years ago he was presented with a watch at a 25 Year Club Banquet, for 50 year service. FUNERAL FRIDAY Funeral services will be held Fri day afternoon from the Erwin Ad vent Christian Church at 4 o’- clock. The body will lie in state at the church for an hour prior to the services. Officiating. wIU be the pastor, the Rev. I. Clyde Shep ard and the Rev. R. M. Phillips, j Surviving are six sons, Carl, Ed die, Elwood, and Marvin of Erwin, Roy of Durham and Charlie of Wilmington, seven grandchildren. The body will remain at the home of his son, Elwood Stamper, I until it Is taken to the church for the services. • ■ j -j : y.,' ' The Record Gets Results , Young Elected i Delegate To National Meeting RALEIGH (IP) The state Democratic convention adopted a platform today I urging the national party to recognize “that the men i of the South are as capable of giving leadership to the nation as the men of any other section of these United j States. j The platform did not enlarge up on the point but most sources con sidered it an obvious proposal that the national convention nominate a Southerner for president. In a preliminary statement, the platform commended the record of the North Carolina congressional delegation and noted that South erners have served capably as cab inet officers, ambassadors, generals of the Army, members of the Su preme Court and in other equally important posts. The state platform touched only briefly on intentional affairs, Com mending the present administration for it’s efforts to defend our price less freedoms against out enemies from without and within” and Urg ing that the nation “continue to maintain strong defenses and. co operate fully with the united na tions . . .” HIT KLAN ACTIVITIES Apparently slapping at the Ku Klux Klan for floggings of a dozen Columbus County residents, the del egates said “we condemn, without reservation every effort of men, singly or in organized groups, to set themselves above the law/’ State and federal courts have j returned 21 convistions in two flog ■ King trials, and the party praised the state’s judicial system. Touching on taxes, the party stressed the need for minimum nates in the state "consistent? with tile essential ntads of our people” ind urged the 'next Oewr#l As sembly t(S fflminate tiny existing inequities in the revenue act. For the public schools the party (Continued on Page Eight) STATE SENATOR J. ROBERT YOUNG of Dunn, who this morn ing was elected as a delegate to I the National Democratic Conven tion in Chicago. W. Avery ; Thompson of Halls boro was the other delegate elected from the Seventh District. |v, ■ S 3 I H J NO. 119
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