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NORTH CAROLINA Mostly
cloudy and i-jol today, tonight and
Thursday. Occasional rains tonight
and Thursday and probabaly over
south portion today.
VOLUME II
Death Toll In Train Wreck May Reach 100
Johnston Leaders Oppose Relocation Os Highway 301
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SNIPES BROTHERS OPEN AGENCY James Snipes, left, and John Snipes, rijht, have opened
the Snipes Insurance Agency in Dunn, offering to the public insurance for every need. The Snipes
brothers operated the M 'System here for nearly 21 years and are leaders in various affairs of the
town. Shown with them is their secretary, Mrs. Elizabeth Godwin. (Daily Record Photo by T. M.
Stewart). t _ y
Inipes Insurance Agency Opens
Jury Lists Drawn
»For November Term
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FRESH ROASTING EARS
ON 'CHRISTMAS EVE
Regardless of who wins the
presidential election, C. T. Latimer
of Dunn will still be in a sweat.
And Harry Truman is the man
who did it to him.
Several months ago, the prom
inent Dunn real estate man bet
Mince McLamb, another promin
ent Dulin business man, one dozen
roasting ears—fresh off the stalk
—that Mr. Truman would seek re
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w Stevenson Attacks
McCarthy Methods
MADISON, Wis. (IP) Adlai E. Stevenson carried his
camnaien into the home state.of Sen. Joseph R. McCar
thy today with a slashing attack on the tactice used by
the Communist-hunting Wisconsin lawmaker.
The Democratic presidentil can
didate did not mention McCarthy
by name in a speech here but he
voiced many of the arguments which
have been raised 'against McCarthy.
Promising that if he is elected
he would use “all the powers of
the federal government” to combat
the Red menace, Stevenson said he
also would fight "those who, in the
name of anti-communism, would
assault the community of freedom
itself.”
The protests which have been
leveled at McCarthy were echoed
when he said:
HITS FALSE CHARGES
‘“Disturbing things have taken
place in our own land. -The pillory
ing of the innocent has caused the
wise to stammer and the timid to
retreat. I would shudder for this
country if I thought that we too
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Superior Court Judge Henry I*.
Stevens of Warsaw will preside over
a criminal session of Harnett Sup
erior Court which will convene on
Monday morning, November 10.
Jury lists for the two weeks of
court were drawn by the county
board of commissioners. Following
is the list, as released by Mrs. Inez
Harrington, secretary to the
board:
Jurors drawn for the criminal
term of superior court beginning
Nov. 10, 1952, were:
M. J. Jackson, Erwin, Route 1,
Grove; Williard Cummings, Lill
ington. Route 3, Upper Little River;
Charlie Cotton, Lillington, Route
2, Lillington; Billy Ray Matthews,
Lillington, Lillington; John M.
Swann, Jonesboro Heights, Route
6, Lillington; E. H. Colville, Lill
ington, Lillington; Mabel Alston,
Lillington, Lillington; Charles
Hodges, Dunn, Averasboro; Mar
garet Shaw, Lillington, Lillington;
David Avery, Erwin, Route 1,
Stewart’s Creek; D. W. • Parker,
Dunn, Averasboro; Ralph S. Har
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must surrender to the sinister fig
ure of the inquisition, of the great
accuser.
“I hope that the time will never
come in America when charges are
taken as the equivalent of facts,
when suspicions are confused with
certainties, and when the. voice of
the accuser stills every other voice
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Mrs. Claude Britt
Dies At Home Here
Mm. Claude Britt, age 56, Dunn,
Route 3 died suddenly this morn
ing her home on the Erwin High
way around l:N am.
Funeral services are incomplete
and will be announced at a later
date.
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Opening of the Snipes In
surance Agency, Dunn’s
newest insurance firm, was
announced here this morn
ing by James and John
Snipes, owners of the com
pany.
The new agency offers “Insurance
For Every Need,” including auto,
fire, theft, casualty, burglary, life,
hospital, bonds, etc.
There is no insurance need that
cannot be filled by the Snipes bro
thers, two of Dunn's best known
and most popular young business
leaders.
The Snipes Insurance Agency is
located in the building formerly
occupied by the M. and M.. Cradle
Shop on East Broad Street, right
beside the building where they op
erated the M'System Grocery Store
for nearly 21 years.
WELL-KNOWN COMPANIES
Among the companies represen
ted by the new agency are: Pilot
Life, CentrEtl Mutual, Employers
Mutual Casualty, Lumberman’s Mu
tual, Resolute Insurance Co., Mill
ers Mutual Utica Mutual and Pio
neer Cooperative Fire Insurance
Co.
All of these are strong, nation
ally-known companies.
Mrs. Elizabeth Godwin is secre
tary of the new insurance firm.
The Snipes brothers have been
active in the business, civic, social,
fraternal and religious life of Dunn
for more than two decades and are
widely known throughout Eastern
Carolina.
Both are Methodists, Masons,
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Lions To Meet
Thursday Nite
A special program that will be
of interest to all members has been
slated for the meeting tomorrow
night of the Dunn Lions Club, It
was announced today by program
chairman J. N. Stephenson, and
he urges all members to make every
effort to be present. The program,
he said, will be a surprise.
As an additional reason for at
tendance, Secretary Edgar Black
pointed out that -the club has
achieved perfect attendance for the
last three meetings in a row, and he
hopes to continue this record.
At the board of directors meet
ing, erection of swings in the park
was approved as a project. Another
project approved was the supply
ing of refreshments for a program
put on by the Dunn-Erwin Chapter
of the Red Cross at the Veterans
Hospital in Fayetteville.
Two new members, Mack And
rews and Junius Morgan are to be
admitted at the meeting tomorrow
night. President Stephenson said.
DUNN, N. C„ WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 8, 1952
Heavy Attacks
Are Made On
Dr. Roy Earp
SMITHFIELD Loud,
vigorous protests over the
proposal to relocate High
way 401 around Smithfield,
Dunn and other towns on
the present route were heard
at a stormy mass meeting of
citizens held in the Johnston
County Courthouse here
Monday.
Prominent Johnston County lead
ers and a crosssection of other cit
izens stood on their feet and voic
ed bitter protests.
They also loudlv condemned Dr.
Roy Earp, Fourth Division High
way Commissioner for his efforts
to have Highway 301 re-routed.
Several Dunn leaders were pre
sent for the meeting.
After the three-hour hearing of
the pros and cons, the Johnston
County Board of Commissioners
tabled the matter without taking
any action—which was regarded as
signifying their opposition to mov
ing the hiehwav and as a strong
rebuff to Dr. Earp and his aides.
Failure of the board to act is
considered a victory for the op
ponents of the relocation proposal
as the State Highway
is endeavoring to get the com
missioners of the counties along
301 to give their approval of the
relocation plan.
TJ e commissioners did not ex
pre?:* any opinion relative to the
relocation, proposal during the
hearing. and the matter was not
brought up for discussion during
the remainder of the regular mon
thly session.
NO OFFICIAL REQUEST
Board Chairman R. P, Holding,
when questioned by a Herald rep
resentative after the board had ad
journed its meeting, stated that
the board had received no official
request from the State Highway
Commission to approve the reloca
tion proposal.
The argument against relocation
was presented by eight citizens who
spoke on behalf of a delegation of
approximately 100 persons who over
flowed the commissioners’ room
and caused the hearing to be moved
into the courtroom.
This group stood in a body when
a motion was passed for all present
who opposed relocation of the high
way to stand.
Only person to speak in favor
of the relocation was Dr. R. E.
Earp, Fourth Division highway
commissioner who near the end of
the hearing showed maps of the
proposed relocation, explained dlf
' Continued On Pare two'
Quarterly Meeting
Set By Methodists
Members of Divine Street;
Methodist Church are all set
for their church social to be
held at the church Thursday
night of this week.
The meeting will get underway
at 6:30 with a picnic dinner. John
K. Snipes, Chairman of the Board
of Stewards will be master of cere
monies for the evening. Following
the meal an entertainment film
will be shown by Mr. A. B. John
son, to be followed with one on
family life.
The chief feature of the event
BULLETINS
CINCINNATI (IP) The United Mine Workers lash
ed out today at President Truman’s labor, foreign and
domestic policies, but left the door open for Democratic
presidential nominee Adlai E. Stevenson to step in.
MOSCOW (IP) War Minister Marshal A. M. Vassil
evsky assured the 19th Soviet Communist party congress
last night that the Soviet Army “will fulfill with honor
the tasks imposed upon it.”
TEHRAN, Iran (IP) Premier Mohammed Mossadegh
has left the $137,200,000 price tag on his offier to re
sume negotiations with Britain for settlement of their
oil dispute, it was disclosed today.
BOSTON (IP) Tommy Holmes, fired earlier this
year as manager of the Boston Braves, was rehired today
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State Tries To Dictate To
County On Welfare Budget
R. Eugene Brown, secre
tary of the State Board ofj
Allotments and Appeals in |
the Public Assistance Divi
sion ol' the State Department
of Public Welfare, was sche- i
duled to confer with Har-|
nett County Commissioners j
today at 2:30 p.m. about the j
county welfare budget.
In a letter this week to Chair
man L. A. Tart, Brown has labelled
the budget “Entirely inadequate”.
The state welfare official said Har
nett County’s budget was SIO,OOO
short of the amount necessary to
maintain adequate service.
No state money for administra
tive purposes in the welfare depart
ment has been received in Har
nett County since July and county
funds will be exhausted soon. ]
County auditor H. D. Carson told j
commissioners.
“It looks like the state depart- |
ment is trying to ram a new bud- ;
get down our throats," commented
H. S. Holloway at the board meet
ing on Monday. "Call him up
Holloway said," And ask him to
AFL Approves Election Plans
Local 254, UTW-AFL, meeting
yesterday approved plana fpr an
election df ail officers immediately
following the N. L. R. B. conducted
election on October 17th.
Business Agent J. Thomas West
announced today that a committee
composed of Thomas C. Lloyd,
Laudis Phillips, Reuben Stewart,
John T. Colville, Nathan Hall and
Preston King had been selected to
complete plans for this election. The
committee is expected to meet over
the weekend and report back to
the local’s membership at the next
regular meeting.
West stated that all officers
would become vacant and that the
election would include the office
of Business Agent, which he pre
sently holds. It is expected that
the committee will, recommend
nominations for all offices at the
meeting of the Local on October
21st and a secret ballot vote later
that same week. Mr. West said, “A
number of offices are now vacant
and as a result of the confusion
of the past few months the people
may wish to" make some changes
in other offices. I have talked with
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, will be an address by the Rev. R.
E. Brown, district superintendent
of the Raleigh District. Group sing
ing will be led by members of the
choir.
In charge of arrangements will
be Mrs. George F. Blalock, and her
committee.
The fourth quarterly conference
will be held by Rev. Mr. Brown
immediately after the social at
which time reports will be given
for the year by the various or
ganizations of the church. £ sum
mary of activities will be includ
ed in the pastor’s report. Officials
for ’ the new years will be elected.
come talk with us about the matter.
Brown notified by telephone, prom
ptly promised to come confer with
the commissioners.
BUDGET IN LINE
When the county budget was set
up and approved last July, the
county welfare department was all
ocated $31,200 for the year 1952-53.
Last year Auditor Carson said the
welfare department operated on
$31,150. The new allocation, he
said, was in line with the amount
spent last year.
Miss Wilma Williams, county
welfare superintendent, failed to!
sign the budget' which the cou
commissioners approved bes
forwarding it to Raleigh to tht
state office which contributes lib
erally to welfare activities.
Drawing up a new budget Miss
Williams on Monday asked com- j
missioners to consider a total of
$40,300. Out of this sum, Harnett
County would contribute $20,486 and
I the state and federal agencies
! $19,8144.
SALARY CONTROVERSY
| Before the county budget was
first made, Miss Williams appeared
Ike Reminds That
Truman Likes Joe
EN ROUTE WITH EISENHOWER (IP) Dwight D.
Eisenhower, who recently said that President Truman was
shooting “harmless blanks” in his direction, was ready
today to “fire some real heavy salvoes” at the chief ex
ecutive.
As the Eisenhower special
steamed into California, the form
er general's aides predicted that
he would “let loose with both bar
rels” in a major campaign ad
dress at San Francisco’s Cow Pal
ace tonight.
ATTACKED UNFAIRLY
Campaign organizes for the Re-'
publican presidential nominee said
he was “smarting under the bitter,
and unfair attacks made upon
him” by the President during the
past week.
“It’s now the general’s turn to
fire some heavy salvoes at Mr.
Truman—some real heavy ones, ’
one aide said.
Tuesday night he warmed up
with a defensive barrage designed
to counteract the President’s re
cent accusation that Eisenhower
misled the nation, with “grave”
results, in 194 b when he reported
that Russian policy was guided by
a desire for friendship with Ameri
ca.
TRUMAN LIKES STALIN
He reminded a trackside au-
Boy Scout Fund
Nears $2,000
As of this morning contributions
turned In for the annual Boy Scout
fund drive In Dunn total $1,197,
it was reported by Chairman Waite
Howard. Some of this represents
collections on advance gifts pledges,
however, and the total so far is
around $2,000. This does not include
SISOO in advance gifts pledges.
Twenty of the canvassers had
not yet reported, however, and
Chairman Howard expressed confi
dence that Dunn would raise its
proportionate share of the Occonee
chee Council budget.
The drive got underway yesterday
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♦MARKETS*
HOGS
RALEIGH (if) Hog markets:.
Whltevllle, Lumberton, Marion:
Slightly weaker on good and choice
180-240 lb. barrows and gilts at
19.50.
Siler City Tarboro, Mount Olive,
Wilson, New Bern. Dunn. Golds
boro, Washington, Wilmington, Kin
ston, Jacksonville. Smithfield, Rocky
Mount, Fayetteville, Florence, Clin
ton: Steady at 19.50.
(Onttmi an pate twa)
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
several time before the board and
asked that money allocated for
three positions, never filled due
to scarcity of skilled personnel,
be divided among her present staff
as pay raises. Commissioners re
fused on grounds that if one county
employee received a raise, all should
share in a pay hike.
Raises Miss Williams aked for
her staff members would amount
to around S2O per month or two
step raises under the state merit
system.
The welfare superintendent con
tends low salaries now set up will
make it impossible to keep to*
trained workers.
She pointed out Monday that
case workers must drive their own
cars. They get six cents mileage and
$25 per month for depreciation of
the car. However, she noted the
salaries which range from $220
to $270 per month still do not com
pare favorably with those of school
teachers.
Meanwhile, two of the three va
cant welfare positions have been
filled. The third, that of a case
i work supervisor, is vacant.
dience estimated at 12,000 at Eu
gene, Ore., that it was at Eugene
in 1948 that Mr. Truman had said
“I like old uncle Joe” in referring
to Soviet Premier Josef Stalin.
Eisenhower said:
“That charge came from the
very same man who in 1948 came
to this town and said ‘I like old
Uncle Joe. Joe is a decent fellow,
but the people that run the Soviet
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Mrs. O.R. Pearce Dies
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MRS. MINNIE PEARCWiI
Mrs. Minnie Hill Pearce, 60, wid
ely-known Dunn nurse, died this
morning at 10 o'clock in the Dunn
Hospital after a week’s illness. Mrs.
Pearce suffered a stroke last week
and had been critically ill since
that time.
She was the wile of O. R. Pearce,
Dunn Stores
Open All Day
Wednesdays
NO. 217
Express Trains
Ram Commuter
ia English Town
O. D. GALLAGHER
UP Staff Correspondent
HARROW, England UP)
Two speeding express trains
ripped into a crowded com
muter local at Harrow stat
ion today in Britain’s worst
train wreck in 37 years and
the second worst in its his
tory.
Rescue workers by mid-aftemoon
had dragged 41 bodies from the
'angled. 30-foot-high heap of de
bris in which the dead and injured
were tramped. They estimated the
death toll may exceed 190. An of
ficial estimate placed the number
of dead at 75.
Three hundred persons were In
jured. Hospital treatment was re
quired by 111 and cnlv 41 of that
number could be discharged after
emergency dressing of their wounds.
TOLL MOUNTING
| The toll was mounting hourly as
volunteer rescue teams assisted by
50 American medical corpsmen from
nearby air bases, pulled apart the
crumpled and twisted remains of
wrecked passenger coaches.
Shortly after the 41st body had
been removed from the wreckage a
huge crane lifted the tangled hulk
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Bums Firemen
Gef two Galls '
Howard M. Lee, secretary of the
Dunn Fire Department reported j
today that two fire calls were afls
wered by the Dunn Fire Depart
ment in the past five days.
Saturday. October 4th an ala-m
was answered at 5:10 pm. at the
residence of J. Alvin Tart, Route
1, whose home is owned by Barney
Smith of the same address. «**
The fire occurred in an oil heat
er which was filled with too much
oil and blazed up. No dairtagw
done. Nineteen men answered the
call and were back at 5:30.
Yesterday the department ans
.wered a call to the General Util
ity Co. on W. Harnett St. at 10:00
a.m. An elevated metal storage bln
holding cotton seed and trash was
in flames. Damage was confined
to the trash side of the bin. Twenty
three men answered the alarm and
were back in at 10:55 pm. a
local constable and deputf .MB
and veteran Dunn law enjMH
ment officer. ?
Mrs. Pearce was a native offlfc'.-
coin County, daughter of thiM «
Jacob Daniel Hill and
heart Hill.
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