+WEATHER+ NORTH CAROLINA Partly cloudy, humid and not so hot with scattered thundershowers today and tonight, occurring mostly this af ternoon. Thursday, partly cloudy, hi t and humid with scattered af ternoon thundershowers. VOLUME II STATE CAPITAL HEARS STEVENSON WkUk sjSSßjgl , • hZhßmm f i f - > : ' g DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL standard bearer Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois is pictured as he addressed some 25,000 Springfield residents on his return from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Stevenson told the heat-wilted throng: “I am going to do my Job with all the heart and courage I can muster." (International Soundphoto) The Politicnl Front AdlaiToClearDesk; Dirksen To Back Ike SPRINGFIELD, 111., (IP) Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson’s aides said today they believ he must clear his desk of state business soon and choose a andpol iticai organization to Yafry 'on his presidential cam-' paicpr. The Illinois governor and Demo cratic presidential nominee plan ned to hold a news conference to day at which he could be expected to be asked about his campaign ideas, if he has any yet. The conference, to take place at an undetermined hour this after noon, was the first called by Stev enson since he was “drafted” by i Continued On Pare Three) Harnett Towns Share In Tax Harnett County will benefit by the sum of $16,735.42 by the distri bution of the intangible personal . property tax collections made in the state during the fiscal year ending June 30, it was revealed today. The money represents shares of the local governments in these tax collections. Checks will be put in the mail next yveek, according to Secretary. J. C. Bethune of the State Board of Assessment. The state keeps 20 Rercent of this money and the remaining 80 percent is returned to the counties, cities and towns. The tax is levied on bank deposits, stocks, bonds, notes, charge accounts .interest and similar items. In addition to the share for Harnett, individual towns will re ceive amounts as follows; Dunn! $4,037.70; Arfgier, $482.29; 1 Coats, $241.70; and Lillington. $841.50. Erwin, being unincorporated, its 1 Cousin Os Shop Bryan Beaten] And Tortured By Chinese Reds SAN FRANCISCO lff! An. American attorney, emaciated and | 111 after 16 months of torture andi lmprisonmen’ by the Chinese Com-| munists, tolu today how he was ’ given a spinal injection and forced, to sign “some sort of confession." , Robert T. Bryan, 59, former Shanghai law firm partner limped down the gangplank of the liner President Cleveland yesterday and was reunited with his wife, Ger trude, after a year and a half’s separation. ' Mr. Bryan is a cousin of Attor ney J. Shepard Bryan of Dana and has Tidied here on several occasions, the last time in IMS. 1 ..He and Mr. Bryan Attended the University of North Carolina at the same time and his son, K«dar Bryan, was a roommate of J., Shepard Bryan, Jr. at the Uni versity. /. The Dunn attorney said today TELEPHONES: 3117 • 3118 - 3119 DENVER, (UV-Dwight D. Eisenhower and other top level Republicans will hold a series of weekend meetings here to lay the groundwork a i^llitantai^j^^^hlt er’s* ed today. . One of the purposes of the meet ing was evidently to work for har mony among dissident factions of the GOP and extend a welcoming i hand to supporters of Sen. Robert | A. Taft of Ohio. One of the Republicans scheduled to attend the conference was Sen. Everett M. Dirksen (R-IU), who placed Taft’s name in nomination (Continued on Page Three) STATE NEWS BRIEFS LOUISBURG (W Fire offic ials today investigated a blaze which destroyed a lumber company and caused damage estimated by Fire Chief Herman Murphy at ritore than $200,000. The fire at the Pruitt Lumber Co. east of here was started when a heavy wind storm blew embers from a burning sawdust Diie directly into the lumber plant. SALISBURY IW The Salis bury Chamber of Commerce said today it will propose establishment of a North Carolina aviation com mission at the state Association of Chaoiber of' Commerce Executives meeting Thursday 'in . Elizabeth City. (Continued On Page Three) share goes to the county. Benson will receive the sum of $836.52 from these collections., (Continued on Page Three) torney to vWt him here after his conferences In Washington. On Feb. 11, 1961 three Chinese Communist policemen entered their j Shanghai home and dragged Bryan; away. He was charged with being t an American spy. T Bryan, the son of an American | missionary, was bom and reared in China and spent most of his life -there. 'i When Bryan arrived here from Hong Kong yesterday he was a changed man, LOST 47 POUNDS He limped on ankles swijllen from beriberi. He had lost 47, pounds. And snow white hair was beginning to grow on his shaven head. But his adfawembraced him and exclaimed In me." occasional j (Eitv Bailg Jteoird Klan Chief Given Four Years In Prison Truman Ticket Is Defeated In Louisiana NEW ORLEANS, IIP)—-Four Democratic congressmen, in cluding outspoken Fair Deal opponent Rep. F. Edward Hebert, won-re - nomination bids today but a fifth was locked in a photo finish with a colorful battle - scarred campaigner. Only six of the state’s eight rep representatives sought re - election in the rain-dampened congression al primary yesterday, and one of them, Rep. James H. Morrison of the Sixth District, had no opposi- Uon. The other two did not run. Nearly all the candidates were anti-Truman. Rep. Edwin Willis of the third District was the only one of the five to run into trouble. He was locked in an eyelash finish with stocky Dudley J. Leßlanc, the 57- year-old Southwest Louisiana Poli tician who made a fortune with Hadacol. TIGHT RRACE HELD The race between Willis, 47, who is seeking his third term, and Le- Blanc, who has tried three times to become governor of Louisiana, probably won’t be decided until-the last vote is counted. ■ Returns from 246 out of 258 pre cincts in the district gave Willis 23,622 to Leßlanc’s 22,698, a differ ence'of 924 votes. Herbert, a fiery critic of Truman administration spending, unofficial but nearly complete returns as sured victories to Rep. Overton Brooks in the Fourth District; Rep. Otto E. Passman, Fifth District and Rep. Hale Boggs, Second Dis- Truman Appoints Wage Panel Today KANSAS CITY, Mo. (HI w President Truman today named a three-man arbitration panel In the wage dispute Between North Ameri can AViation, Inc., and the United (Continued On Pare Three) Charlie 6. Suggs Dies At Erwin Charlie B. Suggs, 40, died sud denly at his home in Erwin early Wednesday morning. He died of a heart attack at 1:25 o'clock. He had lust some home off the midnight shift at Erwin Mills. The attack came suddenly and he was ill for onlV a few Vnlmites. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock at. the Church of God In Erwin The Rev. J. B. Easom, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be In the Er win Chanel Church Cemetery, neat Erwin. The body will He fn state at the church for one hour prior to thp sendees. Mr. Suirgs was a native and life long resident of Harnett County, son of the late Jim and Ebbie Ann Blackmon Sugcrs. He had been em nloyed by Erwin Mills as a welder for many years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ruby Byrd Suggs; one son. Harold Lavon Suggs of Erwin: six brothers. Ben, Frank, Jeff, Willis, Harvev Suggs, all of Erwin; and Sam Suggs of Fayetteville: one sister, Mrs. Louis Faison of Erwin. “I was shaving when they came to arrest me. They showed me a warrant and told me I was an I American spy. Then they took me to the Warde Road jail, put me In i like ‘death cell'- and said I would be Slot." After he was in prison for four days he was questioned In an at tempt to make him admit that some j of his actions as municipal advocate in Shanghai were “illegal.” He was again questioned on July 7 and then left alone until March 25. BEAT WITH RUBBER HOSE “From then until April 15 I was , questioned from eight to 10 hgjurs a day. My hands were handcuffed i behind my back and they beat me with a rubber hose. I fainted four or five times - mostly from my j general weakness and not from DUNN, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 30, 1952 MINK FOR THE BEACH -1 , Pit Conway routes at tha beach ' in her all-mink bathing suit. Pat it a model on NBC-TV'a “Big Payoff,” tha quiz show which of fera mink coata, trip* to anywhara in tha world, and many othar val uable prizes each Sunday evening every weekday afternoon. Officials For Whiskey Stores Semi -serious consideration was to the opening at liquor stews in Dunn, ‘in order to secure funds to meet the high budget and at the fame time lower the tax rates, at Sie meeting Monday night of the unn city council. City Attorney I. R. Williams re marked that he thought it might be a good idea to put it to a vote. "If they were voted in,” he declared, “it would be better than bootlegging. “Os course ’’ He added, “I can’t drink, but I would not take it away from someone else who can". Commissioner R. G. Tart thought it might be a good idea, too, if it would allow the tax rate to be low ered and get rid of some of the boot-legging in the area. “Turning to Commissioner B. A. Bracey, one of the group remarked, “Youd better not come out in favor of it, or you’d probably have to leave home." Bracey grinned, but did not reply. * “Speaking of bootlegging,” re (Continued On Page Three) Weed Export Loss IW&Y Be Prevented WASHINGTON, (IB—Southern to bacco growers and the Agricul ture Department have agreed on | a method to “cushion” the U. S. | effects of an expected 55,000,000 | pound cut In British tobacco buying ' this year, a department spokesman | revealed today. I;,'The spokesman said the arrange- I ment is set up within existing price t support operatioins. He described it j.as "strictly a matter of price sup port’’ and not aid to United King dom tobacco buyers. ' Under the arrangement, part of ' the funds set aside for price sup port loans on flue-cured tobacco will be loaned to British buyers to purchase tobacco at auctions in the usual manner. The British buy ers must pay any difference be tween the support loan and the go ing market price. BULLETINS BUENOS AIRES OR—Police reported today that anoth er 802 persons were Injured hi. the crush of the crowds seeking to view the body of Eva Peron which lay in state in the Ministry of Labor building. NICOSIA, Cyprus (IF)—Radio announcers broke in on musical programs last night to iform vacationing British troops to proceed immediately, to the Sues Canal Zone. Names of the officers and men were announced over the British “forces radio”. NEW YORK, (V)—A 42-year old merchandt seaman killed his seven-year-old nephew, seriously wounded his niece and the n committed suicide test night because his sister told him to “go to sea.” Police said Manuel Viego, who lived with hh sfater’s famfiy, tato *» «a*wwmt Others Given Lesser Terms By Williams WHITEVILLE, N. C., (IP)— Imperial Wizard Thomas L. Hamilton of the Carolinas Ku Klux Klan was sentenced to four years in prison today for his part in a series of floggings. Hamilton, pudgy, 44-year-old for mer Leesville, S. C., grocer, heard sentence pronounced without emotion. At least one other defendant, Dis trict Grand Kleagle Joe Hardee; also received a four year prison l sentence. I OTHERS SENTENCED Other of 62 defendants received I jail terms and some were given sus pended sentences and fines ranging' up to SSOO. Judge Clawson L. Williams be gan passing sentence on the parade of defendants shortly after 1 p. m. EST. The sentencing was expected to take an hour. There was no immediate indica tion of whether he would appeal. Sentences were passed on pleas of guilty or no defense to charges that the defendants took part in at least 10 Ku Klux Klan floggings in a year-long reign of terrorism in this area. The sentencing session had been scheduled to start at 9:30 a. m., but was delayed 90 minutes. After Judge Williams took the bench technicalities and con ferences with attorneys caused further delays. NO DEMONSTRATION There was no demonstration in the courtroom. Hamilton pleaded guilty to charged of assault and conspiracy to assault in the (tagging gfleen Flowers,, a ChSlixXirn, k C.. Negro Woman. The wife of a tenant farmer, she was seized by a band of robed and hooded men on the night of Jan. 18. 1951, after the Klansmen had chased her husband. Will Flowers, into a woods, firing more than 100 shots at him. Testimony showed that the Klan planned to flog Flowers, but when they were unable to catch him seized his wife. TIED HER LEGS They tied her legs with plowline an