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Colonial Store, CP&L Office Destroyed By Fire - WtATHEK s NORTH CAROLINA Fair and cool today. Fair and slightly colder tonight, with low tempratures 22 to 26 west and 26 to 30 east portion. With “Prestone” Anti-Freeze You're set, you’re safe, you’re sure. VOLUME II EISENHOWER WINS •!& tJt ☆ "??☆ ☆☆☆☆☆☆ . > Strickland Elected By Tiny Majority; Under Two Per Cent jj) City Judge H. Paul Strickland yesterday survived one of the tighest political races in the history of Harnett to win another term on the bench but his margin of vic tory was so small that the contest was hailed “a moral victory” for his opponent. Harnett Ticket j Ls Led Bv Lofton A. Tart By LOIS BYRD Record Staff Writer A landslide for Eisenhow er swept the five-star Gener- - ]' al to the presidency of the United State®, but Harnett County ran counter to the nation and safely returned | all Democrats to county and township offices and gave a resounding majority cf vote's to Bill Umstead, the Demo cratic candidate for gover nor. Complete official tabulation in all precincts gave Adlai Stevenson 7.589 to the 4,301 cast for Gen. Eisenhower. The Republican nominee oarried three precincts In Averaaboro and Duke No. 3. making a total of four out of the county’s 21. Only a 34- vote margin in favor of Stevenson seperated the two candidates in Upper Little River No. 11: However, personal popularity of the ' general in traditionally-Demo cratic Harnett was not enough to; On f*a«e I wui Harnett's Vote Here’s how Harnett County citi izens voted In yesterday's general election: FOR PRESIDENT Adail Stevenson (D) 7589 Dwight Eisenhower (R) 4301 FOR GOVERNOR William B. Umstead (D) 8412 | Herbert F. Sea well (R) 3014 i continued On Page two' IT TOOK LOTS OF COURAGE lt took plenty of nerve to close in on the flames and man a mnzie as these Dunn firemen age doing. Their (aces lighted by the nearby flames the group shown are, left to right; Skinny Ennis, Vaughn Hutaff, Jack Jackson, C. D. Hetaff and Cecil Jemigan. This kind of work kept the IlHMbfrtfta spreading 4a 4ka oALmonina l>nll4l nM TELEPHONES: 3117 • 3118 - 3119 j Out of a total vote of 2866 cast ' in the township, Strickland's ma jority was only 42 votes, less than two per cent of the total cast. Judge Strickland received 1454 j votes and his Republican opponent, J. O. West, received 1412 votes in an exciting race that was nip and ! tuck until the last handful of bal lots were counted. HISTORICAL RACE Averasboro Democrats crossed party lines by the hundreds to sup port West in opposition to Judge I Strickland. Seldom in the history of local l politics,,Sf ever, has a race been so close e#en in a Democratic Print armyrAnd for a Democrat -to suf- I fer such a close call in a race with a Republican is practically un -1 heard of here. Judge Strickland himself con ceded that West had won a moral victory. - West, who has been a leading at torney and an active leader in the American Legion here for years, was leading Strickland by a 24-vote margin when counting had been completed 'in three of the town ship’s four precincts. But when he reached Averasboro No. 4, largest precinct in the town ship, Strickland pulled ahead. Election officials said that never before in ■ history had so many Democrats here been known to split their tickets. Most of the opposition to Judge Strickland and his policies came not from Republicans but from i Democrats. From the very begin ning, West had said he was ex-1 peering his Dempcratlc friends to j elect him. Mr. West, who took his slight de feat good-naturedly, promptly con gratulated Strickland at the close of the counting, said he had enjoy ed the campaign and expressed thanks to his workers and all those who voted for him. Some of West’s more ardent supporters had suggested that since so much opposition developed to > Judge Strickland that he ought to i resign the office, but there was no indication that Judge Strickland ~<mtiuaed On P&k* two Wxv aihj + ' j Bf j jM . II 11 I mmSStm'WSaP Nf ?11 "l" iiH HBGpf ' - 3 el SB =.;<* $ *.4bP’ |R Shb mmbnErßkhfwb Hr ",]&£. 1 ml. Mb, TjH - |w if - ■ , Mpr t J t pr JK f ; -1 <, .. sv&i|pßj . ' m JP. iSpIPFP . l^hh Eisenhower Appeals For Unity By MERRIMAN SMITH White House Writer NEW YORK (i?) Presi dent-elect Dwight D. Eisen hower called on all Republi cans and Democrats today ;to forget the immediate po Viem SI • XHH ■ ■«! aa •< f ji '. -O'-l? W - “A** YOU’LL STILL GET THOSE BILLS BiU Biggs U shown exam ining some of the mserd books at the offices of the Caralino Fewer and Light Bjweiij hm. After prying off the door of the record cabinet, he Anted the hHkb iH intact. In spite or the terrific heat to WfeMb they had been wbjected. Bo you’ll get theee MBs on time In spite of the Are. DUNN, N. C., WEDNESPAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 5, 1952 jlitical past and work for a 1 : “better future.” Eisenhower made his plea for : national unity in accepting his I election as 34th president of the I United States. | With Itis beaming wife at > his [side, he made his victory state ment to more than 2,000 scream ing supporters who jammed the grand ballroom of the Hotel Com- j modore to see him appear for the ! first time in his new role. The man who Will become presi dent on Jan. 20 accepted humbly ] his new responsibility, with a grace- | > oDunueti On Page two) .5 luTEaHifl 1 », . 9H9 •' * L ■3 ? ■ JhHB jh IVi 111 • 81 - IT TOOK LOTS OF WATER Firemen are shown pouring water Into the blaring Colonial Stores an® the office* of the Carolina Fewer and Light Company in the early morning fire that threatened the entire beofnrw section this morning. It took tons of water to conquer the stubborn blase that gutted the buildings. FT V t ÜBIv 1> Cr.K um Ike Crocks South, Rolls Up Great Popular Vote By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON (IP) Dwight David Eisenhower was elected president of the Uni ted States today in a Republican landslide victory that cracked the Democratic “So lid South.” ——-t! —-—v ■ - ." . —— ■ In defeating Adlai E. Stevenson Firemen Battle For Hours To | Control Blaze J By LOVIS DEARBORN Record Staff Writer j A spectacular blaze which threatened the entire down town business section in Dunn gutted the Colonial I Food rTtVres and the offices iof the Carolina Power and Light Company early this mofning and did jdawage totaling several hundred thousand dollars. I The fire was discovered at 12:55 :by restaurant operator Wesley Coats. Mr. Coats had just return ed from the circus in Raleigh with his family, and after checking on his restaurant, had gone to the police station to check on the elec tion returns. When he left the police station, he saw the smoke boiling out of ths | door of the Colonial Sto-e. “The glass was beginning to bulee out ” he said, “and I lost no time in turning in the alarm." Coats, a member of the Dunn Fire Department, then rushed back t" the fire house and was pulling on his boots as the rest of the men began to arrive. Most of the men | in the department had been un late listening to the election returns and the alarm got a prompt res ponse. In spite of the speed in answer ing the alarm, however, the flames had burst through the roof of the building by the time the hose had been connected and a call was sent ito the Fayetteville and Benson I Fire Departments asking for their I aid. When these two departments ar rived. however, the local firemen had the flames pretty well under i control and they remained on a j I stand-by basis until the fire was Ino longer dangerous. DUNN FIREMEN PRAISED I Secretary-treasurer Howard M. Lee this morning reported that the ‘ Chief of the Fayetteville Fire De (Continued nn Pare 81 Averasboro Went For Ike , Pope Averasboro Township, which includes Dunn, gave Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower a 16-majority in yesterday’s voting. The Republican candidate car ried three out of four precincts in Averasboro. losing only Aver asboro No. 111. Following is the vote by pre cincts: Averasboro I, Eisenhow er, 274, Stevenson,, 2Ht No. 11, Eisenhower, 406. Si: vengon 378; No. HI, Eisenhower 278, Steven son 354; and Averasboro IV, Eis enhower, 500. Stevenson 499. The total vote was: Eisenhower 1458, Stsvc..-s?on 1442. Four years ago. Truman car ried all four of Dunn's precincts. Yesterday was the first time since 1928 that Averasboro had gone Republican. In other races—with the ex ception of city judge which was close and House of Represen tatives Averasboro gave the Democrats big majorities. Governor Umstead received a majority of more than two to one in Averasboro. Thad H. Pope, Republican can didate for House of Representa tives, also carried Averasboro. Mr. Pope received 1396 votes to 1381 to~. Representative Carson Gregory, who carried the county by a big majority. Following is the vote bv pre cincts in Averasboro: Averasboro I, Gregory 210, Pope 256; Averas boro 11, Gregory 342. PoDe.' 402: No. 111, Gregory 322. Pope 283; and No. IV, Gregory, 507, Pope 455. HST Gets Vote - - For Constable MICANOPY, Fla. HP! An Al aChua County voter gave Pres ident Truman one write-in vote— for constable. -tfjg THEY WON’T WORK HERE TO'DAY Shown surveying the offices of the Carolina Power and Ugbt Company after the fire are, left to right; Effie Lou McLean. Melrose Tart and Mr. Henry ’ M. Tyler. The charred wreckage was all that was left es the offleee * which they usually occupy daring the day. The entire interier waa - a mass of crumpled wreckage. ' The Daily Record Gets Results NO 237 and ending 20 years of Democratic rule, the general ran ahead of his ticket. He appeared to have car ried his party to slim control of the House. But the Senate story continued in doubt. The presidential popular vote at 12 noon EST, as tabulated by the United Press: Eisenhower, 28,434,963; Steven - son 22,871.179. Eisenhower had won or was lead ing in 33 states having 431 electoral votes; Stevenson in 10 states having 100 electoral votes. Necessary to elect: 266. Twenty Republicans and 10 Dem ocrats had been elected to the Senate at that hour. Three Repub licans and two. Democrats were leading in undecided contests. Tak ing holdovers into consideration, ithe Republicans had an indicated , :iSenate strength, of 48, ong short Ji>f a majorit”. the OwnoctatS 47. ' Sen. of Oregati, whq bolted the Republican party to support Stevenson, calls himself an Independent. GOP WINS 193 Republicans had won 193 House seats and were leading in 28 other contests for an indicated strength of 221. only three more than a majority. Democrats had won 190 seats and were leading for 23 others, making their projected strength 213. In one contest an independent was elected. Eisenhower cracked the “Solid South.” Stevenson won the electoral votes of five Southern states and , was leading in five other southern or border states—Arkansas, Louisi ana. Kentucky. Tennessee and West Virginia. But he conceded soon after midnight. 17 GOP GOVERNORS Seventeen Republican governors were elected, unseating three Dem ocrats, and GOP candidates were leading in three other contests. The Democrats elected nine gov ernors and were leading in the contest for one more. Eisenhower's election was a shqt in the arm for U. S. business and a kick in the pants for American labor union leaders. Wall Street reflected the gratifi cation with which business leaders received the election results. Stocks advanced at today’s opening in what "the street" called a cele bration of the GOP victory. Chiefs of all of the country's biggest labor groups—the AFL, CIO i Continued On Page Six)
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