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NORTH CAROLINA Fair and
mild today and Saturday. Cool
again tonight.
With “Prestone” Anti-Freeze
You’re set, you’re safe, you’re
sure.
VOLUME II
Saturday Last
Day To Get
Name On Books
If you are still unregister
ed. tomorrow will be vour
last chance, and the Dunn
Junior C> amber of Commer
ce members are going to
make an all-out effort to
make sure that no one eli
gible neglects this opportun
ity.
Cars will be available at the car
pool at the Chamber of Commerce
all day to carry registrants to their
registering places and return them
to their homes. Just phone 3350 if
you want a free ride.
A car will cruise Dunn with a
loud speaker exhorting those who
are eligible to be sure and register,
and pointing out that tomorrow
will be their last chance to do so
in time for their ballot to count in
the coming General Election.
Local registrars reminded Dunn
citizens today that if they have
moved from one precinct to an
other since the last election that
they’ll have to register in the new
precinct in which they now live.
FOUR PRECINCTS HERE
Averasboro is divided into four
precincts with Broad Street a>nd
ACL as the dividing lines, four pre
cints as follows :
Averasboro No. 1, all who reside
in that section north of Broad
Street and east of the ACL railroad.
Averasboro No. 11. all who reside
in that section south of Broad
Street and east of the ACL Rail
road.
Averasboro No. 111, all who re
side in that section south of Broad.
Street and west of the ACL Rail-*
road.
Averasboro No. IV, all who reside
in that section north of Broad
Street and west of the ACL Rail- i
road.
REGISTRATION PLACES
Registrars with their books will
be found at the following places in
the county tomorrow;
Anderson Creek-Hills’ Garage.
Averasboro No. l-W&S Motor Qo.
Averasboro No. 2-Dunn Municipal
Pudding. ’
Awewubori, No. 3-Auto Sales and
SPrvlce.
Averasboro No. 4-Dunn Armory. I
Barbecue-Mack Cameron’s Store. |
Black River - Angier Municipal
Building.
Buckhorn-Spence’s Store.
Duke No. 1-Peerless Theatre, Erwin.
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Scott Says He
Has No Plans
Governor W. Kerr Scott, an
avowed admirer and staunch sup
porter of President Harry S. Tru
man, says he’s positive Mr. Tru
man is helping—not hurting the
Democratic ticket of Stevenson and
Sparkman.
“That talk about Truman hutt
ing,” declared Governor Scott in
an interview while in Harnett at
tending a county-wide Democratic
rally, “Is coming from those people
who have been opposed to Truman
ajl along.”
Governor Scott made plain his
position.
“I am," he said, “a North Carolina
Southern Roosevelt, Truman, Ste
venson Democrat.” .
The Governor said he has no
patience with those who claim to
be Democrats but say they’ll vote
for Ike.
“NO SUCH THING”
“There’s no such thing as an'
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Hurricane Threatens Florida East Coast
Young Evangelist Attacks Crime Conditions In Dunn
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Renee To Be Ordained Tonight
Adlai Won t Relent
Position On Korea
WITH STEVENSON (IP) Adlai E. Stevenson said today
he would rather lose the election than abandon a stead
fast stand against aggression in Korea.
The Democratic presidential can
didate spoke briefly at Rochester,
N. Y., a# he campaigned for the
state’s 45 electoral votes, biggest
single prize of the November elec
tion.
He vigorously rejected a suges
tion of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower,
his Republican opponent, that Am
erican troops could be brought homfe
earlier if more South Koreans were
trained for frontline service. |
“If a steadfast stand for the
cause of the United Nations in
Korea would lose us the election,
it would be more worthy of our
soldiers to take the stand than to
win the election,” Stevenson said.
DEFENDS TRUMAN
“The war in KorCa,” he said, i
“is not Mr. Truman’s war. It is
mankind’s war. It Is the stand of
the free world against wanton ag
gression and cynical despotism.
“The Korean conflict is too grave
to be left to partisan politics. “The
general should realize we did not
go to Korea to fight Aslans, but
to fight aggressors.”
The Democratic presidential can
didate winds up tonight with a
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Death Claims
Susan Peters
VISALLA, Cal. (IP) Susan Pe
ters, the pug-nosed little actress
who captured the heart of the na
[ tion with her courageous struggle
against the handicap of paralysis,
died yesterday.
Her doctor said she had “lost
the will to live.”
The 31-year-old actress died at
5:45 p. m. at Municipal Hospital.
I She had entered the hospital less
I than 24 hours earlier.
“The primary cause” of her
death was kidney failure, Dr. Karl
F. Weiss, the attending physician
said.
But the pert brown-haired Miss
1 Peters had been “going down hill”
for several months, Weiss said.
Dr. Ray Manchester, Exeter, Cal.
her regular physician who was ill
himself at the tune of her death,
said Miss Peters’ deatn could be
Ciniuniii’il or. I’nur Yhr*r>
DUNN, N. C„ FRIDAY AFTERNOON. OCTOBER 24, 1952
The sign on the Gospel
Tabernacle could have read
Racked out’ as folks sat
in the vestibule giving
visible proof that the popu
larity of the charming girl
evangelist was not dying out.
The meeting started with gusto
ed singing, lusty Amen’s with a
not of amusement thrown in when
a large gentlemen from Greensboro
tossed a wad of paper to the plat
form that proved to be a twenty
dollar bill to help pay off the
trailer’
It was a twin bill with Russel
Ridgeway speaking first for about
25 minutes then, with the grace
of a Queen a 5 foot 1 inch brown
wavy haired 102 pound of spiritual
dynamite departed from her usual
easy Bible quoting to a scathing at
tack on our city. With spell binding
eloquence she ripped into local
corruption. She rivaled Truman at
his worst at any whistle stop.
AUDIENCE QUIETLY AGHAST
It may have seemed impertinent
for a child from Florida to tell the
truth about the citizens denouncing
everyone who are sinners from the
iMayor and Police Chief to the j
lowest drunkard. The crowded hall;
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Lillington Man , 94,
Will Vote For Adlai
Mr. J. Frank Byrd of Lilling
ton today is celebrating his 94th
birthday.
“Mr. Frank,” as he is popularly
known was born near Buie’s
Creek, Oct. 24, 1858, the son of
Andrew Jackson and Caroline
Shaw Byrd. A carpenter by trade
he has worked in many places
throughout North and South Car
olina.
A bachelor, he resides at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Troy Byrd,
who. happen not to be related to
him. Despite a recent illness with
influenza he J« able to walk liter
ally miles every day, and goes to
restaurants far three meals a day.
A great fisherman and trapner
he is looklnr forward to the win
ter season when “mnskrat catch
es” are good along the Cape Fear.
He Is awe R-known fisherman
and h»s many a fish to prove
that the best ones “do not” get
away from him.
BniETIWS
TOKYO (IP) Shigeru Yoshida. 74-year-oW Japanese
statesman who >ed Jinan through most of the Allied oc
cupation, was tonighf re-elected prime minister by the
first “free” Japanese Parliament since the war.
PANMUNJOM, Korea (IP) The United N*tioi*f ad
mitted today that shell fragments from one of its guns
fell inside the Panmunjom neutral are* Bast Monday.'
MANILA, P. I. (If) The typhoon ‘Trix” the most de
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Mayor Declines
Comment About
Dope, Liquor
Renee Martz, famed 12-
year-old evangelist, told a
oacked house at the Gospel
Tabernacle here last night
that she’s found Dunn to be
a sinful city.
“This is another Sodom and Go
morrah," the young preacher told
the congregation.
Little Renee opened her remarks
by offering praise for the town.
“Today.” she related, “we were
taken for a ride around this city.
I saw spots of loveliness, new areas
developed, trees with their falling
leaves and restful character . . .”
RIPS OFF THE LID
And then came the bombshell as
she ripped off the lid and laid
the bare fgcts open for the crowd.
"But under the carefully-laid sur
face, I am told you can dial a
number and get a bottle of whiskey
... a shot of dope ... a hand
ful of smeary corruption.
“I’d expect this in Chicago where
I was born,” she said, “or Port
Said. Egypt where they told me to
Stay in the lighted streets ifor
fear of knifings ... or Genoa.
Italy, where the elevator man told
Daddy to garage his car or it
would be stripped on the corner
under the street lights . . . But here
In Dunn. This is another Sodom
and Gomorrah!"
A hush fell over the congrega
tion. Things were so quiet you
could hear a pin drop as little
crusader continued her war op the.
devil.
UP TO THE CHURCH
“If the men elected to office
here can’t or won’t correct this,”
suggested Renee, “the church had
better. I would hate to live here
... It is your duty as a Christ
ian to run sin out and bring Christ
in.”
“If the local pastors,” she con
tinued. “would have a heart that
palpitates as one . . . chuck out
their petty grievances and make
a crusade for God . . . this would
be a real town to live in.”
Mayor Ralph E. Hanna, when
advised of the charges this mom
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AT STATE MEDICAL MEET
Harnett county physicians at
tending the meeting of the North
Carolina Chapter of General Prac
titioneers in Winston-Salem on
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday were:
Dr. Charles W. Byrd of Dunn, Dr.
W. E. Adair of Erwin, and Dr. W.
K. Williford of Lillington. Mrs.
| Adair also attended. General ses-
I sions were held at the Bowman
! Gray School of Medicine.
HE KEEPS ALERT
Alert to every thing in the com
munity he is a firm believer in
fresh air and sunshine as the best
medicine. He listens to the radio
daily, and' reads not only a daily
paper, but current fiction, maga
zines and articles.
Right now the presidential cam
paign is of great interest, and
despite being a Spanish-Ameri
can War veteran and liking Gene
ral Ike. he is sporting a Steven
son button.
He thinks he Is Apt to be the
oldest voter in Lillington. Cer
tainly none, his age will climb the
steps on election day with his
agile step or quick movements.
If Stevenson wins he is apt to
Jnmn several feet In the air and
click his beets together, a trick
he often nerforms on the sidewalk
and in the drug store to the
amazement of younger on-look
ers.
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A. J. FLETCHER IN “DON PASQUALE’’
Campbell Concerts
OpertMondof Night
The 1952-53 Campbell College concert series will open [
Monday night when the Grass Roots Opera Company of
the North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs will present
Donizetti’s comic opera, Don Pasquale, in English at 8 p.
m. in the college auditorium.
Advance sale of season tickets
has been good and a capacity crowd
is expected. Tickets will also be ,
available at the door.
The company was erganized In
1949 by A. J. Fletcher, Raleigh at
torney and businessman, who saw
the great need for opportunities for
talented North Carolina singers to
gain experience in public perform
ance. A singer himself, Mr. Fletcher
realized that opera in English can
be excellent entertainment, but had
never been accepted as such by the
American public as a whole. The
average American shudders slightly
at the thought of going to an opera.
He associated the word “opera” with
some very unreal performance In
a language he can’t understand.
Mr. Fletcher and his Grass Roots
Opera Company set out to prove
that the public generally can be
brought to enjoy and attend op
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Monroe Plans New Store Here
L. A. Monroe, prominent
local business man and jew
eler, announced today that
he would open and operate
Monroe Jewelers, Dunn’s
newest and most modern j
jewelry establishment, next
Thursday.
Located at the same spot where
the old M-System store was, Mon
roe Jewelers will be one of the
finest up to date stores in the area
and will have everything that the
discerning customer wishes in the
way of jewelry, silver, china and
crystal ware.
Workmen were putUng the fin
ishing touches to the renovation of
the building on Broad street today
and Mr. Monroe said that he would
hold the formal opening definitely
nevt Thursday.
A number of valuable awards will
be given away at the opening next
week.
The store will feature silver, china
and glass ware for brides of the
area, Mr. Monroe said today, as he
disclosed that he will carry all the
nationally advertised liens of
jewelry at the new shop.
GREAT ASSET TO TOWN
The store will add much to the
looks of Dunn’s Broad street when
it is Anally completed next week
with its beautiful blade glass front
and its Indented entrance that gives
it $ spacious look from the street.
Inside, the walls will be painted
in soft pastel shades with asphalt
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♦MARKETS*
HOGS
RALEIGH —HP)— Hog markets:
Mt. Olive. Wilson, New Bern,
Dunn, Goldsboro, Washington, Wil- j
mington, Jacksonville, Kinston, l
Lumberton, Marion, Fayetteville, l
Florence, Rich Square: Slightly j
weaker at 18.50.
Tarboro: Steady at 18.50.
Rocky Mount: Slightly weaker:
at 18.25.
Smithfield: Slightly weaker at j
18.50-18.75.
EGGS AND POULTRY
RALEIGH (IP) Central North I
broilers steady, supplies adequate, |
Carolina live poultry: Fryers or i
demand fair; heavy hens steady, !
supplies plentiful, demand gener
-1 IContinuer! On Parc Thrrr)
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L. A. MONROE
Don't Forget To
Register
On Saturday
NO. 229
Small Island
South Os Cuba
Struck Today
MIAMI HP) A hurricane
packing winds of 165 milfes
per hour, a drastic jumD d
ver previous reports, hit jA
small island south of Cuba
today, heading northward
and posing a dangerous
threat to the Florida east
coast.
The storm was described as ?a
stinker" by Grady Norton, dHef J
forecaster in the Miami •'.eaiiier
bureau, who was keeping abrefet
of details via radio and plane;'
There was a strong chance that
the main fury of the tropical blow
would pass northward off the Flo
rida coast, but bring gale wlijils
to the land.
165-MILE WIND
Norton said a weather Post'S* J
Guano Key. 30 miles south of the
Cuban coast, radioed Miami'.Ert
noon that it recorded maxinfrfih
winds of 165 miles an hour shortly
after 11 a. m. EST. This weatter
observer said “the seas are cojso~
sal."
At 11:15 a. m., the observer Oh
Guano said the winds had dropped
to 35 miles an hour. Norton sold
at that time the center of the ;rte
ious hurricane was passing ovet,j3he
island enroute to the Cuba matt
land.
At 12:30 p. m„ Norton said, the
hurricane should have been slam-
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ShfesftDumv
Over 8 Million
Thursday’s sales pushed the
Dunn Tobacco Market well over tES
eight million pound mark. The ta
tal for the season, through Thur»-
dav. was 8.034,304 pounds. f- ~
On Wednesday sales totalled
142 pounds for $25,659.48, an aver
age for the market of $47.39. Thurs
day a total of 52,986 pounds was
sold for $26,172.95, an average Os
$49.39.
On Wednesday, 'the Big Four
Warehouse, operated by Buck Cqr
rin. sold a total of 39,272 pounds
for $18,864.06. an average of $48103.
Wednesday at the Growers Ware
house, operated by Dick Owen, sales
I amounted to 14.870 pounds
| $6,795.42. an average of $45.68..„ r
Thursday at the Big Four, the j
sales totalled 35,770 pounds Imt
$17,81720, an average of $49,817“
At the Growers Warehouse Sn
’ Thursday a total of 17,216 pound*
was sold for $8,355.75, an avenge j
of $48.53.
Total for the market Thursday ;
was 52,986 pounds for $26,
:an average of $49.39,