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VOLUME II
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NEW SWIMMING POOL SUPERVISOR Shown is Jeff Hocka
day, left, who will have charge of the Dunn. Swimming Pool this
summer, with Chambe- of Commerce Manager Norman Suttles.
Hockaday, who lives near Four Oaks and teaches in Benson, is a
qualified instructor and has completed the Red Cross Swimming
and Life Saving Course. (Daily Record photo by Bill Biggs).
Erwin Union Chief
Flay? Emil Rieve
J. Thorns* WfrC*
Local 250 of the Textile Worlds -Wnitfn of Amerfca (CIC3J,
4pho is now leading the ;disali filiation movement in Erwin,
reiterated the charges of k diothtorship against Emil Rieve,
TWUA President.
West admitted that the balloting
was fair, but scored what went on
behind the scenes before the bal
loting at the convention in Cleve-
Man Escapes
As Indictment
Is Returned
During the closing day of Har
tnett Superior Court defendant
Robert McNeill, Buie’s Creek
Negro, who was out on bond,
waited quietly out in the front
of the courtroom, pending trial
on a speeding charge.
Meantime, Judge W. C. Harris
ordered a brief recess. Robert
arose and walked unnoticed
—down the Jail passage from the
T courtroom to the Jail and out
through the kitchen door. Alert
Annie Ashley the jail cook said,
“Boy, where are you going?”
When she got sio reply she call
ed Jailer K. fC. Matthews and
Deputy Wade Stewart who hur
ried to their cars and took out
after McNellL
But McNeill who had driven
away in his own car was still at
large last night.
q It was not the speeding charge
K which prompted the speedy de
parture. A few minutes after
McNeill left the courtroom the
grand Jury popped in with a true
bill of larceny against him.
“Guess, he Just saw too many
witnesses going toward the grand
Jury room,” said Sheriff W. E.
Salmon.
And Riverside
Call Rev. Fishbeck
The Rev. Glenn H. Fishbeck, 27-year-old Miami, Fla.
minister, has accepted a call to become pastor of the Grove,
Riverside and Unity Presbyterian churches, all in the
Dunn area, it was announced here this morning.
'S On last Sunday, the Rev. Rich
ard Rhea Gammon, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church in Dunn,
resigned as pastor of Grove and
Riverside so that the two churches
could extend a call to a full-time
minister.
Members of the Grove Church
voted Sunday and members of the
Riverside Church win vote on Sun
day morning. A unanimous vote will
also be given at Union, which is
located on Dunn, Route 3.
gh PASTORATE TOO LARGE
Mr. Gammon has served as pas
tor at Grove for the past six and
a half years and organised the
Riverside Church three years ago.
The Dunn church bag sgrown t
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land at which Rieve was re-elect
ed International President.
HS accused Rieve of padding the
ballot and related one Incident in
which he claimed that Rieve had
divided a northern plant with 65
departments into department locals,
giving it 6S separate locals, each
with its delegates.
In order to get away with this
brazen attempt to steal the elec
tion, West declared, “the Rieve
forces controlled the credentials
committee on which there were
but four members of the Baldanzi
faction against sixteen of the Ri
eve group. Most of the Rieve dele
gates, were seate, he said, before
any action was taken by the cre
dentials committee.
He quoted Rieve as saying be
fore the 1968 delegates at the con
vention, “Lewis Conn has accused
me of being a dictator, but Lewis
Conn is a liar,” and when taken
to task for this by Charles Ser
eno, a TWUA leader, denying flat
ly that he had called anyone a
liar. Conn is North Carolina State
Director, fired by Rieve.
He accused Rieve of squandering
TWUA funds and refusing to ac
count for them. A special fund
authorized for the use of the Pres
ident, he said, was increased from
the authorized $5,000 to $25,000.
When the trustees asked what he
had done with the money, he re
plied, “None of your damn busi
ness, I’m the president,” according
to West.
CITES EXPENSES
Rieve’s expenses last year were
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such an extent, however, that it
now requires his full time and
made it necessary for- him to give
up the Grove and Riverside pas
toratea.
He said, however, that he was
doing so with much reluctance.
The Rev. Mr. Fishbeck, who is
coming to Dunn highly recommen
ded, is now studying at Columbia
Theological Seminary in Decatur,
Georgia, and will receive his de
gree on May 26th.
He is scheduled to come to Dunn
to take over the three pastorates
on June 1. _ „ .
Grove now has a membership of
116, Riverside has a membership
to (Continued aa page seven)
Wxt flaihj ttatb
Dunn Legion Buys Land For Fairgrounds
Civil Rights
Compromise
Being Sought
WASHINGTON (U>) A.
majority of the Democratic
Party platform - writers will
try to compromise the civil
rights issue despite Presi
dent Truman’s no-compro
mise declaration, a highly
placed Democrat predicted
today.
According to this leader, the 20-
man drafting committee named
last week was chosen with an eye
to avoid a rift like that caused by
the 1948 civil rights dispute.
Agreement on compromise in
the drafting group does not guar
antee party harmony, however.
The drafting subcommittee and
the full platform committee ad
opted a compromise civil rights
plank in 1948.
The convention itself overrode
the platform- committee and ap
proved a tougher civil rights plank,
provoking a walkout of some
southern delegates and formation
of the states’ rights party.
House Democratic Leader John j
W. McCormack, who is counted j
among the compromisers, was j
chosen to head the drafting com- j
mittee. A member is Burket |
Murphy, an Atlanta attorney and
friend of Sen. Richard B. Russell
D-Ga. It was understood that
Russell was Invited to nominate |
a member and that he chose
| Murphy.
| Russell, a Democratic presiden
tial hopeful whose basic strength
is in the South, has led Southern
senators in their perennial fights
to block Mr. Truman’s proposals
for civil rights legislation.
OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
In other political developments:
1. Sen. Robert A. Taft (R-O).
opened hte drive for South Dakota's
14 nattoniJypsVenttoi? votes will?
a speech NT which be said th&
GOP Will Hot win the presidency
unless It campaigns all-out against
the New Deal.
2. North Carolina Democrats
endorsed Russell at their state con
vention in Raleigh yesterday. Al
though the delegation has strong
pro - Russell leanings, it was not
“instructed” to cast its 32 votes
as a bloc for the Georgian.
3. Federal Security Administra
tor Oscar R. Ewing told newsmen
in Boston that “I think that the
President, at a certain time, will
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Crowds Attend
Lee's Opening
Crowds of visitors trooped
through the new salesrooms and
service plant of Lee Motors on the
opening day yesterday. Upon enter
ing the building, each person was
asked to register for a chance at
one of the valuable prizes which
were drawn last night at 8 o’clock.
The visitors lingered in the sales
room to admire the sleek new Cad
illac and Oldsmobile 98 displaved
there, chatted with Mr. or Mrs.
Lee or one of the office force, and
inspected the new building.
They were allowed the freedom
of the entire plant. In the shop,
which had been converted into
another display room, were several
more cars of different types on
display. Here, too, the guests were
supplied with refreshments.
Many of the winners of the val
uable (rifts which were presented
to visitors came at the opening
of Lee Motors were present for the
drawing, but a number of them
have not vet claimed ‘their prizes.
THE WINERS
A complete list of the winners
and the prizes awarded to them is
as follows:
Mrs. Harvey Strickland, a toast
er; R. W. Thacker, a toaster: El
ecta Maynard, a tire; Mrs. T. D.
Jernigan, a toaster; Mrs. Nathan
S. Cannady, a Cadet visor; Mrs.
James Bryant, ventilator shades;
Mrs. H. Lee, Dunn Route 2. .a tire:
Mrs. John M. Bischoff, radio: Earl
Davis Lee, electric iron: Henrv
Griffin, electric toaster; Mrs. C. C
Butler, toaster; Paul E. Tart, seat
covers; Bill Stanley, spot light;
Blanchie L. Goodman, radio; Cad
Upchurch, deep fryer; Mrs. L. J.
Gardner, electric iron.
♦MARKETS*
COTTON
NEW YORK (ID Cotton futures
prices at 1 pun. EBT today: New
York July 38.28; Oct. 38-34; New
Orleans July 38.33; Oct 3844.
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DUNN, N. C. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 23, 1952
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L. M. CHAFFIN
flijee Sliriners
Receive Honor
Three members of the Dunn
Shrine Club were honored for long
and faithful service at the spring
reunion of Sudan Temple held this
week in Wilmington.
Louis Baer of Dunn, L. M. Chaf
fin of Lillington and J. Green
thal of Benson were presented cer
tificates for 25-years of member
ship in Sudan Temple.
The certificates were presented
by Superior Court Judge John J.
Burney, Illustrious Potentate, who
praised them for their outstand
ing service to the Shrine organiza
tion.
Among those from the Dunn
Shrine Club attending the reunion
were: Mr. Baer, N. M. Johnson,
Jr., C. R. Ammons, J. E. Williams,
Thad Pope, Willie Moss. Henry
West, George R. Ellis, Hiram Rose,
Lester Johnson, Ray D. Caldwell,
Lamar Simmons, T. D. O’Quinn,
Willie Glover. L. C. Pulley, Earl G.
Vann. W. I. Thornton. Preston
Parker. Dr. W. W. Stanfield. Jul
T. Mann, Arthur F. Pope, Bert
Alabaster, Curtis Ennis, John
Womble, L. M. Chaffin, Jacob
Greenthal and Waltef Strickland.
GLOVER GIVEN SI,OOO
During the reunion, the Shriners
also paid financial tribute to a
needy brother who has suffered
reverses.
The Shriners contributed a total
lof SI,OOO for Willie Glover of Er
win, popular Harnett pilot who has
been disabled since a crash several
years ago'.
BULLETINS
BRAINERD, Minn. OP) Automobiles slipped and
skidded, railroad locomotives stalled and residents wore
high boots as caterpillars three inches deep in places
crawled over a million-acre area east of here today.
PANMUNJOM, Korea OP) Deadlocked Korean arm
istice negotiators decided at a heated session today to
take a three-day recess.
WASHINGTON OP) The Western Union Telegraph
Co., and striking AFL Commercial Teßegraphers Union
reached agreement today on a new contract to end the
walkout now in its eighth week.
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College campus panty raids are still with us, and mi
litary measures are being taken to break them up. In ad
dition to gunfire, tear gas and percussion bombs, the
draft laws are being dusted off.
At Chapel Hill, 'N. C., “panty pirates” began a return
engagement last night. About 2,000. shouting University
of North Carolina male /students staged- a second assault
on four women’s college residences.
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Legion Planning
Erection Os
Fine Facilities
Dunn’s American Legion
Post has purchased a 30-
acre tract of land on the
Jonesboro Road to be used
as the permanent site of the
Legion’s annual Four-Coun-
Ity Fair.
1 Purchase of the old Hattie Hin
| son farm, located a mile out of
j town on the Jonesboro Road, was
1 announced this morning by Le
gion Commander Carl Fitchett, Jr.,
: Past Commander Paul White and
| J. O. West, chairmen of the fair
I committee.
Cost of the properly was $8,300.
Plans call for a long-range pro
gram for development of the Four-
County Fair as one of the largest
agricultural fairs in Eastern Car
olina.
Chairman West said that with
in the next 30 days work will be
started on grading the land and
fencing it in for this year’s expos
ition, to be held September 15-
| 20th.
LONG-RANGE PROGRAM j
As soon as possible, exhibit build- i
ings will be erected, a grandstand I
will be built, a race track will be j
built and all other facilities of a
modern fair will be provided.
“Completion of the program will
cost a lot of money and naturally
will take several years or longer,”
pointed out Mr. West today. “We
believe that procurement of our
own fairgrounds will mean much
toward the growth and progress
of a permanent fair here.” The
Legion has operated the fair here
for the past five years.
C. M. Rumley of Durham, who
manages the Four-County Fail
for the Legion, was here today con
ferring with the j Legion offices
relative to ytaging a-oify-wide Far
mer*’ Day celebration qp one day
of tlfk lair. Much interest has been
shofriu and me Chamber of Com
merce will be. invited to parti
i cipate in this event.
; | On June 3, a meeting of agn
; cultural officials of the four coun
j ties will be held at Johnson’s Rest
-1 aurant in Dunn to further plans
for the exposition.
Brown Says
! County Should
Seek Industry
Fred Brown of Erwin, candidate
for the county board of commis
sioners in District 11, said today
that if he is elected he will in
augurate a program of industrial
development for Harnett.
“I believe that Harnett County
is far behind and has sadly ne
glected efforts to bring new in
dustries into the county and more
smokestacks and more payrolls is
what we need most of all,” he
said.
FAVORS FREE TAXES
Mr. Brown said he favored free
taxes for any corporation, manu
facturing coneern or enterprise
which would guarantee employment
to as many as 100 people for a min
imum of four years.
“We’ve got one of the finest in
dustries to be found anywhere in
the Erwin Mills," said Mr. Brown,
“but we need more. I shudder to
think what would happen if we
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OLDSMOBILE OFFICIALS HERE Top officials of the Oldsmobile Division of General Motors for
the two Carolinas were in Dunn yesterday for the grand opening of the new building of Lee Motors
of Dunn, Inc. and Lee’s Truck Terminal. Heading the visit -lgi officials was E. D. Ruth, second from
right, zone manager of the .Charlotte office. Left to right are: R. E. Gifford, assistant zone manager;
Wilbert Lee, president of the local concern; Mr. Ruth, and Lowell Liles, district sales manager for
Oldsmobile. Thousands attended the oig opening here and Mr. Ruth offered high praises for Lee
Motor). “I don’t know of another agency anywhere in a city the size of Dunn that can Compare with
this one,” he said. (Daily Record photo by Bill Biggs).
State Democrats Endorse Russell
” RALEIGH (IP) North I
Carolina Democrats appear
ed certain today to give at
least a ‘majority 1 of their 32
presidential nomination vot
es to Sen. Richard B. Rus
sell of Georgia on the first
ballot at the national con
vention in Chicago.
More than 3,000 Tar Heel party j.
members attending the state con
vention here yesterday shouted ap
proval of a resolution strongly
endorsing the Georgia candidate,
although they refused to pledge
their votes to Russell.
Speeches by Sens. Clyde R. Hoey,
of Shelby and Willis Smith of Ra
leigh, and by former Sen. and Gov.
Cameron Morrison of Charlotte,
drew cheers and applause for
Russell.
But scattered cries of “boo” and
“ho” were the response to an un- ;
favorable remark about Sen. Estes
Kefauver of Tennessee and a mo
tion to “instruct" the state’s 44-
member delegation for Russell.
Both the keynote speaker and the
platform adopted by the convention
urged national party recognition
of the leadership qualities of
Southern Democrats.
Agriculture Commissioner L. Y.
; Ballentine, in the convention’s
opening address, said the South
repeatedly has produced leaders
“equal to the heaviest responsibi
lities and deserving of the highest
honors" and urged “Democrats of
all sections to accord them their
just deserts.”
APPLAUSE AND CHEERS
Morrison introduced the first re
solution favoring Russell. Applause
and cheers interrupted him after
the words “do hearby endorse can
didate R. B. Russell.”
But repeated shouts of “no”
mingled with further applause
when he said “and instruct the
delegation to vote for Russell as
long as a majority of the delega
tion favors that action.”
Morrison defended the adminis
tration of President Truman on
I dojnestic and international issues
“It’s true we’ve been doing a
little stealing here lately,” he said
as the convention laughed, “but we
are the only party who ever prose
cuted our own thieves and put
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Umstead's Forces
Claim Vandalism
Supporters of Williams B. Um
stead today charged that the
Olive forties have torn down
Umstefed posters in tkt Dunn
section and in some Instances
have hidden them by tacking
Olive posters over them.
Duncan P. Ray of Lillington,
county campaign manager for
Mr. Umstead, said he had re
ceived these reports from Urn
: stead supporters her* and came
- to Dunn this morning to per
. sonaOy investigate the charges.
He said he found the reports
■ yBUr jfßkW'-MST tamed the
P Act as "most unfortunate and de
plorabSe.”
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
Young To Support
Averill Harriman
State Senator J. Robert Young of Dunn, who yesterday
was elected as a delegate to the National Democratic Con
vention in Chicago, said today that he will support W.
Averill Harriman for the Democratic nomination for
President.
“My first choice, of course.” said
Senator Young, “is Senator Dick
Russell of Georgia, but since it is
apparent that he doesn’t have a
chance to be elected, I am going
to cast my vote for Mr. Harriman."
Senator Young termed Senator
Russell as “one of the greatest
Democrats living and a man who
would make a wonderful Presi
dent,” but added, “Unfortunately,
it seems that a man from the I
Court Is Adjourned ;
Light Session Held
The May criminal term of Har
nett County Superior Court ad-1
journed Wednesday after clearing!
the light docket of a number of
cases including one murder case
that has been on the calendar for
two years.
Judge W. C. Harris, who presid
ed, omitted the usual charge of!
the Grand Jury on the opening
day, stating that since half the |
jurors had already served and were I
familiar with the duties the usual
charge was unnecessary.
Four divorce cases, first to be
Grand Jury Urges
Deputies For Sheriff
The Harnett County
Grand Jury strongly recom-i
mended to the Board of
Commissioners that it pro
vide paid deputies in order
to assure its citizens of full
protection 24 hours a day,
and, if they are without au
thority, to recommend that
Harnett representatives in
the next General Assembly
be directed to have such le
gislation passed, as would
enable them to do so.
They ask passage of legislation
that would enable the board to set
up a tax levy sufficient to provide
an adequate number of law en
forcement officers.
They recommended that a plan
The Record
Gets Results
South simply doesn’t have a
chance."
He said he regarded Mr. Harri
man as the next best bet.
DOESN’T LIKE COON-SKINNER
Senator Young was emphatic in
expressing his opposition to Sen
ator Kefauver and dpclanedi, “I
just can’t see him for the job.”
Senator Kefauver is an extreme
and rabid liberal who favors FEPC,
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heard, were quickly cleared, with
j three being granted and one dis
: missed. They were: Rita Barbour
Jordan from Joseph B. Jordan; E.
W. Turner from Mary S. Turner,
Rex Dean from Christine Gregory
Dean. James W. Bryan was denied
a divorce from Emma M. Bryan,
! because both were citizens of Tex
as.
| Richard Jones, charged with
I murder, was found guilty of man
-1 slaughter and given a sentence of
j from one to five years in prison.
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ning committee, consisting of two
members of the Grand Jury, tbro
members from the Board of Com
missioners and the County At-gS
torney, make a study of at ' JJjZt
three counties which 1 have paid
deputies and make a return on Its
findings at the September ‘fflfcgj
Members of the Grand JMw|§
selected for this duty were;
Joseph, Dunn; alternate, A.
Byrd, Lillington Route 2; RaqgHTi;
Norris, Erwin; alternate, Betsy
Ross, Lillington. J*
They were Instructed to -HO
with the Board of Commissioners
at their next meeting,
Monday in June, and determine
counties to be visited and
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