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+WEATHER+ CAROLINA Partly cloudy and continued mild today and tonight with scattered showers today, oc curing mostly in the west. VOLUME II . Four-County Fair To Open Here Monday Night Taft Says He And Eisenhower In Agreement On Policy I GETTING READY FOR THE BIG SHOW Pictured are the exhibit tents set up at the new fair grounds in readiness for the opening of the big Four County Fair Monday. The big canvasses were put up early in order that all the exhibits might b e in place in time for the opening. The Fair, spon sored each year by the Dunn Post of the America "1 Legion will be bigger and better than ever this * year. Top prizes to be awarded include a Farmall tractor, a pony and a bicycle. This will be the first event held on the new fairground on the Jonesboro Road. (Daily Record photo by Louis Dearborn). Policemen Hall And Stone Are- Indicted For Assault- & Two Dunn police officers,' Corporal# Francis Hall and Policeman Garland L. Stone, were indicted today on fel ony charges for an alleged [ brutal assault on W. R. (Turk) Lewis, 38-year-old Dunn war veteran. The alleged crime occurred on | t Sunday night, August 17th when, Lewis claims, the two officers beat. him unmercifully and injured him seriously while arresting him on a simple charge of public drunken-1 ness. Lewit is reported to have re- ! Legislative Posts At Stake BY LYNN NISBET Record Correspondent RALEIGH—The top pre siding officer in :>oth branch es of the General Assembly seem fairly certain. Luther Hodges of Spray will be elect ed lieutenant governor and become ex-officio president a, of the senate, baring a pol itical miracle or some un toward circumstance. As of l£~;B AMATEUR DOOR-TO-DOOR SALESMEN Th.e group f salesmen shown here are strictly am ateurs. They are members of the Dunn Lions Club who hare forsaken the! rusuaai nocturnal activi ties in order to put that time to a good purpose by selling brooms and mats to aid the blind. Shown are, left to right; Curtis Ennis, Ed Gaalloway, J. N. Stephenson, Eugene Smith and Willie Moss. They, or another member of the Dunn service club map ring your doorbell tonight If they do, buy u broom. If your heme is missed, ypu may purchase one from the truck which will be perked In the business district tomorrow. (Dally Reeord photo bp Ed Mm), LgjK/ TELEPHONES: 3117 - 3118 - 3119 . • i “ ceivecl. serious permanent injuries as the result of the beating and -will have to keep his foot in a. cast for several months longer. ) Representing Lewis in his case against the police officers are three j prominent attorneys, State Senator i J. Robert Young and Duncan C. Wilson of Dunn and Archie Tay lor of Lillington. Attorneys Young and Wilson drew ! the warrant this morning charging Hall and Stone with “assault with | a deadly weapon with intent to | kill and inflicting serious bodily ; injuries, not resulting in death.” j Under the law the policemen could receive prison terms of from I four months to ten years, if con now it looks like Senator Edwin Fate of Laurinburg has the lead for president orotem of the senate and probably his will be the only name presented to the caucus. Or, the house side, Rep. Eugene Bost of Cabarrus is far out in front for speakership, claiming “about 100” commitments out of the pro spective total of HO Democratic votes. " • • (Ete Bailtj ... % ” victeup-' HEARING NOT SET A date for the hearing has nob been set.. Several prSninent Dunn citizens who ' ‘-cident are listed . ..gainst the officers. __ The a.torneys representing the prosecution said this morning that they felt Police Chief Alton Cobb should immediately suspend the j two officers from duty with such | serious charges hanging ovei them. The Sheriff was expected to serve the warrants on the two officers later today. Lewis; who received serious head ■ Continued On Page tMX) In addition to president protem and speaker the Senator and rep resentatives, respectively, must eleqt principal clerks, reading clerks and sergeant at arms. To date there has been on evidence of contest for the principal clerks pos itions. Judge Ray Byerly of San ford in the senate and Mrs. Annie E. Cooper of Raleigh in the house are veterans of many years succes sful experience. Both are expected to be retained in their posts, the duties of which are in some respects (Continued On Page Four) DUNN, N. C„ FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 12, 1952 Will Campaign Actively For The General j By JOHN L. CUTTER ! United Press Staff Corres- ] pondent NEW YORK (IP) Sen. I Robert A. Taft said tedav af ter a two-hour breakfast conference with Republican nominee Dwight D. Eisen hower that they agree “on domestic policy and to a large extent on foreign po licy.” He said he will camnaign for Eisenhower, will make at least one rational broadcast, and “do every thing can in the way of making speeches.” Taft told a press conference that j in his campaign for Eisenhower ! he would brine out their differences | on foreign policy. He saaid these i were “differences of degree.’’ Taft outlined these major points: | 1. Taft said he would be “glad Ihe believes in the basic principle I j of the Taft-Hartley law and was i ; opposed to its repeal. I 2. Taft said he would be “glad | to speak” in Eisenhower’s behalf. ' 3. He said both he and Eisen hower agreed on foreign policy to of the menace of communism and the extent they both were aware that “our success in any war de pends on a strong fiscal and e conomic system.” NO DISCRIMINATION ,4. The general JnutvMMUseci hjou TdYL itm , would ott no ilon against anyone in the party for having been a Taft supporter. 5. Eisenhower agreed with him on the need of substantial reduc tions in federal spending with a budget of $70,000,000,000 in fiscal 1954 and $00,000,000,000 in 1955. The senator, whom Eisenhower defeated for the nomination in July, recalled that he promised im mediately after the convention to work wholeheartedly for a Repub lican victory in the November -e --lection. “I have not changed my inten tions," Taft said. WON’T ABANDON PRINCIPALS Reading a seven page typewrit , ten statement, Taft said he was going to work for Ike but he did not intend to "abandon” the prin ciples for which he has fought in Congress for the past 14 years nor the friends who have supported him in his three unsuccessful bids for the presidential nomination. He said some of his friends were concerned at the urgings of co lumnists and commentators who (Continued On Page Four) Erwin Churches Will Combine For Revival At a meeting of the Erwin Ministerial Association, held at the First Baptist Church, last minute plans for the city-wide revival to run from September 14th to 28th were completed. All of the churches in Erwin are cooper ating in this religious emphasis effort. Rev. James Best To Preach Sunday The Rev. S. G. Dodson, Jr., pas tor of the Wesley Charge is con fined with a throat infection. He will be admitted to Pittman’s Hos pital In Fayetteville, September 13 for an operation. The Rev. James Best, Jr’., of Dunn and New York will fill Mr. Dodson’s appointments on Sunday, Septem ber 14th. Mr. Best will preach at Hopewell Methodist Church at 11:00 A. Iff. Sunday and at Wesley Methodist Church at 7:30 P M. Sunday. Mr. Best is a student at Union Theological Seminary in New York. , ItlillllVS NEW BRAUNFELS, Tex. (IT, A half dozen angry streams slowly receded today after churning flood waters spilled over their banks and killed five persons and did “millions” of do.'lars of damage in Central Texas. BUFFALO.* N. Y. OP) Jesse C. Briggs Jr., 29, of Leakesville, N. C., was held for grand jury action here to day on charges of impersonating an army officer, WASHINGTON (IP) The Defense Department today * (Contiaaad «a page twl Judge Strickland Under Fire; Explains His Stand On Juries I Attorney Duncan C. Wil- j ' son today accused City Jud ge H. Paul Strickland of tak j ing the law into his own l hands and with deliberate ly ignoring rulings of the higher court in “his refusal” to allow jury trials for de fendants in the Dunn court. { He charged that the judge is j attempting to play the duel role of judge-prosecutor and suggested that he ought to try following the law as written on the statute books. He reminded that Judge Strick- I land was the one who interpreted i the law and set up the jury pro- I cedure which has been used in the j past. I The scathing attack on Judge j Strickland's new jury policy came | today after Judge Strickland yes- I terday refused to allow Jury trials i for defendants in three cases in the (Continued on page two) Market Nears Three Million Volume and quality pick ed up on the Dunn Tobacco Market yesterday and the Market, is approaching its .Ujjrd million., Floors, are heavily loaded tSoTfr warehouses and today’s fig ures may put the Market over the three million pound mark. Yesterday the Market sold a total of 204,014 pounds of tobacco for $102,118.36 with the average for the market $50.05. Since the season opened, includ ing yesterday’s sales, the total poundage has amounted to 2,718,324 pounds and the amount of money paid for this leaf to $1,321,797.92, giving Dunn a million dollar mar ket. Buck Currin’s Big Four Ware house sold a total or 152,756 pounds yesterday for $77,626.27, an average of $50.82. At Dick Owen’s Farmer’s and Grower’s warehouse, the total sales yesterday amounted to 51,258 pounds for $24,492.09, an average at this warehouse of $47.78. Quality of the leaf offered yes terday and today has been better than the first of the week and all sales are bringing well above the graders figures. Rev. D. E. Earnhardt will con duct the services which will be held each night at 7:30. Churches which have services scheduled for these Sunday nights will discontinue them for the duration of the revival. The guest preacher was for a number of years President of Louis burg College and has served several of the largest Methodist churches in the state. He is pastor of the Methodist Church at Washington, N. C. During the late war he saw service with the Army as a Chap lain. He is an outstanding speaker and evangelist. Music for the meetings will be presented by the combined choirs of the participating churches, under the direction of A. F. Lynch of '••■■utlimcd On Par" Two* ■■L ' :<fv 'll # Mi* JUDGE STRICKLAND Stevenson Attacks Galloping Reaction By MERRIMAN SMITH LOS ANGELES (IP) Gov Adlai E. Stevenson moves into the Southwest today after a vigorous attack here against the “galloping reaction” of the Republican party, which he called a “a party of the past. . . the party of fear.” Union Vote Set For October Ist. Election at the mills of the Erwin chain at Erwin, Durham and Cooleemee will be held on October 1, it was announced today. Simultan eous elections will be held at all three mills. Employes will have an op portunity to elect either the UTW-AFL or the TWUA CIO as their bargaining a gent with the Erwin Mills, or they can vote for no un ion representation of any kind. The present contract, which the company has no tified the union that it win cancel, runs until October 11. The election on the first will give the winning union about 19 days in which to seek a renewal of this con tract or negotiate a new con tract. Baldanzi Speech To Be Broadcast Aii address by George Baldanzi, organizational director for the UTW-AFL, will be broadcast Sat- j urday night at 6:30 o'clock over Radio Station WCKB in Dunn, it was announced today. AU employees of Erwin Mills, par ticularly AFL members, are urged to tune in on the address by Mr. Baldanzi. ♦MARKETS* DOGS RALEIGH —rt Pt— Hog markets: Hillsboro: Steady at 20.50. Tarboro, Hamilton, Kenly, Beula ville and Kinston: Steady at 19.75. Washington, Jacksonville, Wil mington, Windsor and Rich Square: Slightly weaker at 19.50, Mount Olive, Warsaw, DUhh, Wil son, Scotland Neck, New Bern, Goldsboro, Burgaw, Clarkton, Siler City, Benaon, Elizabethtown, White ville, Rocky Mount, Smithfteld, Lumberton, Marion, Fayetteville, Florence, Clinton and Woodland: Steady at 19.50. (Continued on Page 2) FIVE CENTS PER COPY Judge H. Paul Strickland revealed today that his main purpose in sending the case of Theodore Williford, char j ged with drunken driving, ! was by no means because ne } was against jury trials in ; the Dunn Recorder’s Court, but that he was against the abuse of the jury trial sys tem. “The law as set up by the legis lature which provides for these jury | trials, maxes no provision for the manner in which they shall be j carried out,” he said, “and there is | no method outlined for drawing a jury.” Judge Strickland feels that the I law should be clarified, and the j only way this can be done is through the courts. Until a case I has been through the courts, even I the Attorney General cannot make (Continued On Page two) The Democratic presidential nom inee, who made two speeches here, leaves for a thpee-stop tour of Phoenix and Tuscon, Ariz., and Albuquerque, N. M. Stevenson’s managers were el ated about their candidate's ad dress here—one to a group of bank ers and businessmen, and the other last night to a capacity crowd of about 8,000 persons at Shrine Aud itorium. He asserted last night that the Truman administration had driven Communists “out of any places or responsibility they may have gained in our society.” WILL FIGHT REDS "We will expose and identify them at every step along the way,” he said. As his speech was delivered, how ever. he dropped this particular sentence as he did a number of other sentences to conform with radio and television time. He charged that the Republican party time after time had under (Continued On Page two) Father McCarthy On G reensboro Program It was learned today that Father Francis A. McCarthy, Pastor cf the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Clerical Advisor to the North Carolina Catholic Laymen’s Associat ion has been given a special assignment for this weekend i by his Bishop, The Most Reverend Vincent S. Waters, D. D., ■ Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Raleigh. The special assignment will take ■ * Father McCarthy to Greensboro, North Carolina where he will s3Bi broadcast a special Mass over the local CBS affiliate in conjunction ' ■ ‘ . w th the solemn dedication ol the new Our Lady of Grace Catholic '*-» » Chrr. h there The Mass will come ' ’V*. i/'-ijVf the airwaves at 10 30 a m Sun- dav morning, September 14 The Mass is to be offered by His §• -flfj’r-rn:,* Excellency. The Most Reverend S "7V,f Amleto O Cieognani D D Apos- BKg ’* ' ' ’ ”/ ‘-'lie Delegate to the United States |S»' ,* ,* * * 4- and personal representative of .fV*:,*,, jil-‘ Pope Pius XII to the Catholic B ' 'V' ‘) Church in this country ' jV,? Mi- v other distinguished Bishops ■ *,*,;*- ‘ and lergymen will be present for B the Solemn Mass there and the j B s "•‘ ser.non will be delivered by the H 7 j 1 ’ V Mo Rover Old Charles H Helm- J sing, D D,, Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri. PRICE GAVE BIG SUM . ■ r . * , The new church was made poe- I Continued on I’m Seven) »M)AETT - Dunn Stores Open All Day Wednesdays No. 199 Large Crowd Expected For Annual Event The big Four County Fair, sponsored by the Dunn Post of the American Legion, which attracts visitors from Harnett. Sampson, Cumber land and Johnston counties, is rapidly taking shape, and will be ready to open at "the new fairgrounds on the Jonesboro Road Monday. I .** c The four big exhibit tents are now in place and some of the 20 rides will be installed Saturday. Oother i portions of the Mighty Page Shows, which wil] handle the entertainment portion of the fair, will arrive Sun* day afternoon and early Monday i morning. -4 ij Chairman J. O. West and Mane ager C. M. Rumlev, in charge of , arrangements, have assured thM the fair will be the best fair hel4 here since the project was first be* j gun. Registrations have been pour* i ing in, and there will be many mot* i exhibits this year than any tin* ! before, DEDICATION CEREMONY ! The dedication ceremony for the I new fairgrounds is scheduled fer 7:00 Monday night. The 30 acre - ■ site was recently purchased by the 1 Legion, to be used not only for tits annual fair, but for any other rW4 outdoor event in the community. “Our principal reason for wishing to make this year's event a big success,” Chairman West declared, “is..so that we will be ahi? t 6 im prove this'"property. By’ the time ' ■ 1 the 1953 fair rolls around^we hope to have permanent exhibition build ings on the site. Our plans are long range, and eventuallv we hope V to have an exhibition site comper* ft able to any in the state.” *’ j(j Each day has been set aside for some particular group or groups. Tuesday will be set aside as FFA, YMW, 4-H and Boy and Girl Scout Day. The gates will open at noon after the completion of the judging on the home, educational, poultry, bees, commercial, field crops and handicrafts exhibits. 1 The judging swine show will be >r*ntimir4 «** Pace Two) Liquor Dealer Pays 525 Fine | Two speeders paid a fine of S9O and costs in City Court yesterday. ; but a Negro woman, Beulah Leach, charged with possession for sale of illegal liquor, was released with a fine of $25 and costs, with a 60 day suspended sentence. The Leach woman was another of the suspected bootleggers round |edup in the recent series of raids ,i I on suspected liquor dealers by Chief ; of Police A. A. Cobb. | The officers found less than a\ « ; half pint of the illegal intoxicant on her premises and she contended j. • .mnnii-H On Pare Two l f.
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