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WEATHER* NORTH CAROLINA Fair and warm today and tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy and continued warm. With “Prestone" Anti-Freeze You’re set, you're safe, you’re sure. VOLUME II Dunn Police Officers Acquitted In Assault Case ' J OFFICIAL VISIT: Worthy Grand Matron Hel* n Rimmer of the North Carolina Chapter of the F.astern Star and the Worthy Grand Patron Hugh W. Prince paid their official visit to Dunn last Friday evening when the local chapter honn e d the distinguished officers at a banquet at the High School cafeteria. Those shown in the above picture are left to right Mrs. Hugh W. Prince, Worthy Grand Patron Hugh W. Prince, Mrs. Helen Rimmer, worthy grand matron, and Mrs. Elsie Rhodes Duncan of Smithl’ield. Back row, Mrs. Rodney Chestnut, Paul L. Strickland, Mrs. Paul L. Strickland and Mr. Otis Duncan of Smithfield. (Dailiy Record photo by Ed Welborn). .Mayor Says City Board Did Not • Promise To Add Retirement Plan Lynch Says Harnett *Can Get Industries Harnett County has all the necessary resources and requirements and is in a good position to attract new in dustries now moving South, according to an official of the Piedmont and Northern and Durham and Southern railroads. “Industry is going to seek you j out,” declared Thomas G. Lynch: of Charlotte, director of industrial development and public relations j 4| for the two railroads, in an ad-! dress to the Dunn Rotary Club, i Mr. Lynch’s job is attracting new industries and new businesses to the territo.y served by the rail roads and is in almost daily con tact with industries seeking ne\v locations. 1 • HIM-BTITCHED Wallace West, »5-year-old Dima restdeat, Is shown here wearing a face fall of stitches man than 1M of them as the result of cuts allegedly received et the hands of Lemon Lee, about 40, also of Dunn. Be claims they had ne words, that Lee pulled out a knife and started slashing. He test a considerable amount of blood. He said aides at Dunn Hospital told him he was the bloodiest patient they had ever had. (Daily Record Photo by T. M. Stewart). TELEPHONES: 3117 - 3118 - 3119 He was the speaker at a Farm j ers’ Night program of the Dunn . club. Rotarian Bill Cobb had chare j of the program and introduced Mr. Lynch. Vice President A.' B. John ! son presided over the meeting in the absence of Dr. Charlie Byrd, president, who is seriously ill. LEAVING BIG CITIES Lynch told the Rotarians and their farmer guests that industry ‘.‘lulmuea ou Page Two, 3ta? Llailu, liMuril Mayor Ralph E. Hanna to |day took issue with City ; Manager A. B. Uzzle and de ' nied emphatically that the j town board had to 'adopt a retirement plan if ! Uzzle would cpme here as ci | ty manager. The issue of the retirement plan ' is now being debated and considered ' by the city council and City Man ■ ager Uzzle has been quoted as say ing he was assured before coming here that a retirement plan would I be put into effect. Mr. Uzzle already has accumulate led 23 years service toward retire- I ment and will lose the benefits if he j I stays here and if the town does not adopt the plan. The retirement plan would cost I the town an estimated SB,OOO the I first year and several thousand ; dollars annually thereafter. The town would have to pay 8 per cent on all employees other than fire men and policemen and 14 per cent on them. ! PROMISED TO INVESTIGATE Mayor Hanna told reporters to iContinued on uwr two' Repeater Gets Only 6 Months ' One case often leads another in Dunn City Court and a case of ; embezzlement this morning ended' with conviction, not only of the alleged embezzler, but of a Negro woman bootlegger as well. Marie Massey, young Negress. | was charged with embezzling SIOO from Aa'thious McLean. Mclcan testified that he was in the “bot toms" hunting for some liquor, and that he purchased a pint for a dollar. He had no change, he told the court, and proferred a hundred dol tar bill in payment. The Massey girl took the bill, he said, and w-nt into the house for change and that was the last he saw of either her or the bill. I He said he enlisted the aid of i Negro policemen John Brocking ton and Thomas to find the girl, but when they could not locate her. he had sworn out the war rant. The next time he saw her he said, was when she appeared in court this morning. Taking her stand in her own defense, the girl said she had been left in the home of Blathine Wacter, common-law wife of Adam (Continued on page two) •MARKETS* HOGS I RALEIGH (W Hog markets: Rocky Mount, Fayetteville, Flor ence: Steady at 17.50 for good and choice 180-240 Ih barrows and gilts. I Tar boro, Siler City, Lumberton. Marion: Slightly weaker at 17.25 'Smithfield: Slightly weaker at 17.25 to 17.50. Wilson, Dunn, Mount Olive, New Bern, Goldsboro, Washington, Wil mington, Jacksonville, Kinston, Rch Square: Steady at 17.25. DUNN, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON. NOVEMBER 17, 1952 Florida GOP Is Rebating Role Os Future MIAMI UP) Jubilant Flo rida Republicans were hard at work today to strengthen their hold in the peninsula state, which gave its 10 e- I lectoral votes to the GOP for I the first time in 20 years. , But even the staunchest Republi cans admit Florida is still a long I way off from becoming a two-party j slate. Democrats, however, aren't ! taking any chances and are trying | to get those who were lukewarm to the national ticket back into the party fold. Vice President-elect Richard M. Nixon summed up the Republican prospects in the state when he told reporters during a Miami Beach vacation that “the job now is to win Democrats for Eisenhower over to Eisenhower’s party.” An indication of how many Democrats did hurdle party fences to vote for the general is seen in Democrat Dan McCarty’s three-to one margin over Republican Harry Swan in the race for governor. McCarty’s 624,000 votes were the most ever won by any candidate j in Florida history. And there are other signs that j Florida still isn’t ready for a two party system. In this month’s elec- j tion a thumping majority of Demo- j cratic office seekers won state and local posts, while the solidly Demo cratic congressional delegation kept | the GOP from sending the first Florida Republican to Congress j since Reconstruction days. SOME STRONG POINTS The Republicans can boast some . strong i points. In Pinellas and Sarasota counties I on the west coast GOP candidates won a variety of state and local ( offices ranging from the Fl»rid%, House to the county mosquito con trol board. Republicans bidding for local offices in many tourists cen ters around the state showed sur prising support, if not many vic tories. G. Harold Alexander, chairman of the GOP state executive com mittee, contends the party must consolidate its gains and “build a real two-party system.” Republi can National Committeeman C. C. Spades echoed Alexander, adding “we must get those registered Dem ocrats who are Republicans at heart” to re-register with the GOP. GOP leaders are moving fast to take advantage of widely-distribu ted Florida for Eisenhower and Democrats for Ike chapters in the state before the clubs disintegrate. At victory celebrations, party mem bers have been urged to start to work on a “precinct-by-precinct” basis to get more Democrats to join the party. J. Irvin Walden, who directed the state campaign for the Democrats, maintains the GOP presidential win offers “no serious threat to county and state offices.” He said the election was “an Eisenhower vic tory, not a Republican victory.” The state Democratic chairman, E. B. Donnell, claims Eisenhower used a “halo and glamor" to take the state by more than 99,000 votes. (Continued on page two) Father - Son FFA Event Is Scheduled R. S. Dunham, agricultural tea cher at the Cary High School, wi! be the guest speaker at the annua' Father and Son Banquet of th- Dunn Chapter of the Future Farm ers of America, it was announced to day .by Jeff Denny; Dunn agricul ture teacher. Plans for the event are complete Denny said, and Glenn Miller. Pre BULLETINS NEW DELHI, India (IP) A Swiss expidition failed to conquer 29-002-foot Mt. Everest, world’s highest moun tain, after climbing to within 150 feet of the top, reports reaching here said today. NEW YORK (IP) Top U. N. and diplomatic officials, headed by Secretary of State Dean Acheson and U. N. Secretary General Trygve Lie, attended funeral services Sunday for Abraham H. Feller, United Nations chief counsel who leaped to his death Hast Thursday. TOKYO (IP) Gen. Mark W. Clark will tell President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower when he visits the Far East that he must have more Allied divisions if a new United Nations offensive is to be launched, informed sources said today. (Continued On Page Two) mum SHHHt mi .mL, j 0 M B BNgp’ s r, r.i’V v - ‘ filial jmh I IBSi BP; L uftll JM B mmMm fl 5270,000 GOES UP IN SMOKE A highlight of the annual meeting of the South River Electric Membership Corporation, REA, at the armory was the burning of the note for $270,000, representing the first loan made to the local cooperative. Dark spot in the center of the note shows where the electric ark has ignited the paper. Holding the note is Emmet Byrd, Adviser for the cooperative and looking on is Roy V. Tew, Godwin Route 1. member of the Board of Directors. (Daily Record photo by T. M. Stewart). Southern Governors Seeking To Lead Pally, Back To The Right NEW ORLEANS Ilf) A proposed new coalition for conservative Dem ocrats of the politically divided South drew attention of some 16 Southern governors gathering here for an annual regional conference today. Gov. John S. Battle of Virginia may have keynoted the general re action by saying that a coalition with the Midwest would be a “fine thing—if it can be worked out.” Gov. Allan Shivers of Texas had i touched off the election post mor- I terns by proposing such a coalition j as a new rallying point for Demo- j crats in a region divided in the re cent presidential election. Battle said he personally saw no indication that Midwest Democrats are becoming rebellious against the party’s national leadership but add ed: “Shivers probably knows more about that than I do.” Battle then commented that he is “quite confident” that strayine Democrats will return to the party fold. He said that although a two party system might be theoretically desirable for the South, he does not believe the region is ready for it. SHIVERS PRESIDES Shivers was presiding officer of a first business session of the Sou thern Governors Conference today. (Continued on page two) sident of the Dunn Chapter will be in charge. Rufus Warren and Ly man Martin, practice teachers from State College, who are here for the Fall quarter, are aiding in th < planning. ,s a feature of the prograr , Billy Johnson, one of the members of the Chapter will speak on the to (Continued On Page Five) FIVE CENTS PEK COPY Ike To End His Vacation Today AUGUSTA, Ga. (IP) Dwight D. Eisenhower winds up today the last real vacation he probably will enjoy before he becomes President of the United States in January. The President-elect leaves here by plane Tuesday morning for Washington for a conference with, President Truman. Later in the day he will continue to New York where he has scheduled a heavy round of appointments. His Wednesday schedule in New York was announced Sunday by Truman Considers Farewell Message WASHINGTON (IP) President Truman is toying with the idea of appearing in person before the Republi can-controlled 83rd Congress early in January to deliver a “farewell address.” Administration officials empha- I sized that “nothing has been de cided yet" and said Mr. Truman j “may or may not” go through with | the unprecendented speech. They said the speech would not j be the usual State of the Union message recommending a legisla tive program. Instead it would be ; a review of Mr. Truman’s seven years in the presidency, or, as J one informant put it, an "account- 1 ing to the Congress and the people j of his stewardship in office.” A Congressional appearance by : an outgoing President before a new Congress not controlled by his par ty would be without historical pre cedent. This is the first change in administration since approval of the Twentieth Amendment which abolished the “Lame Duck” Con gress. Presidents Grover Cleveland. William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, and Herbert Hoover were among the outgoing chief execu- Eisenhower Boosts Church Attendance AUGUSTA, Ga. (If) Most Protestant churches in Augusta were Jammed ’Sunday, presumably by persons hoping to get a glimpse of Dwight ,D.: .Eisenhower, who had announced he’d attend chureh but didn’t say which one. One pastor told his unexpectedly large congregation: “If any of yon are here to see the Eisenhower’s yon ought to be schemed.” | James A. Hagerty, his press sec ! cetary. First on the list was a i joint conference with Sen. Robert : j A. Taft and Rep. Joseph W. Mar . | tin. OTHER MEETINGS SET Then will follow meetings with I other Republican Congressional (Cominueo on Page Twoi tives sending State of the Union messages after their administra tions had been voted out of power However, they sent them to “Lame Duck” Congress. At that time, the chief executive did not leave office until March 4. Franklin D. Roosevelt—after the three times he was re-elected sent State of the Union messages to the new Congress. But each time both the executive and legis lative branches were continuing in Democratic hands. 6 Killed , 3 Hurt Enroute From Game OPELIKA. Ala. (W A high speed collision of two cars, one car rying homeward bound football fans, last night killed six teen agers and injured three other youths, authorities reported today. Sgt. E. L. Coxwell of the Ala bama Highway Patrol said both ve hicles were destroyed by fire af ter the head-on smashup on a se cluded “short-cut” near here. Four of the dead and two of the injured were students of the Ala bama Polytechnic Institute at Au burn and were returning from the Auburn-Georgia game at Columbus Ga., Coxwell said. TWINS KILLED 1 The dead were twine Bob and The Daily Record Gets Results NO. 244 Judge Says Law Dives Right To Exercise Force Superior Court Judse Hen ry L. Stevens of Warsaw this afternoon acquitted Cor poral Francis Hall and Po liceman Garland L. Stone of the Dunn police department on charges of assaulting a prisoner. The judge announced his ver dict at 2:30 and the two officers -a Iked out of the courtroom free man. To many, the verdict came as a surprise. Hall and Stone had been indict ed lor an alleged brutal assault on W. R (Turki Lewis, young Dunn war veteran, who charged that they beat him unmercifully. The two officers received the ver dict with little emotion as other law enforcement officers in the courtroom rushed up to shake hands with them, offering congratulat ions There was no demonstration. OFFICIALS ALSO HAPPY Dunn Citv official also beamed Vroadly. openly elated that the two police officers had been ac quitted. Judge Stevens said he had made a studv of Supreme Court decis ions during the weekend in order that the public might know the rights and duties of police officers. He quoted the late Chief Jus tice Hall in an opinion that says a police officer may use such force as necessary, irrespective of whe ther it’s a felony or misdemeanor, and that the law makes the officer himself a Judge of what force is necessary. Judge Stevens observed, however, that North Carolina “is one of the few states in which an officer is allowed to use force." “In this case,” pointed out Judge Stevens, “it seems that these of- Scers were arresting a person they jnsidered drunk and once having sv ■ -»ted the VWrest tlgr *had the right to use whatever'Tores neces sary to complete It. (Judge Stevens explained that the reason for the position of the court is that the officer represents the ma iestv of the law’ end ’hat their authority to arrest should not be i questioned by citizens. “It would be a sad state of af fairs.’ the iudge said, “if every time a law enforcement effioer started to arrest a man he'd have to get permission from a Jury. It would be like a father having to ask permission to whip his own child.” Judee Stevens did not say so 1 specifically, but Implied by his re marks that the prisoner should have gone with the officers and (Continued on page two) GOP To Restore Postal Delivery BOSTON OP The incoming Republican administration will restore two-a-dav hom* postal deliveries and lengthen the hours of business at Post Offices, ac cording to President William Oo hertv of the National Association of Letter Carriers. Johnston Farmer Takes Own Life James Flovd McLamb. Four Oaks Route 2. died yest»rdav at 2:15 p m. in the Dunn Hosnital ns the. result of self-inflicted shotgun wounds. McLamb. who had been in 111 health for the past six to eight months had berome despondent and ■I took his own life with a shotgun. Funeral services will be held from ; the Stone Creek Advent Christian Church on Fenson Route 2 bv the I Rev. Ted Pritcha-d of i Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 with in i i terment in the Barefoot Cemetery on Route 2 Benson. William W. Hargett, 19 and Mau rice Minter, all of Columbus and Mrs. Donald Hood, about 16, Mack ' Brown and Frank Abercrombie, 18, all of Phenix City, Ala. , The injured were listed as Julian.. Mobley, of Birmingham, John | Harper of Elba. Ala., and Donald Hood, husband of the dead gM. | Young Abercrombie died at the Lee County Hospital several hours after the accident. :■■;% Coxwell said the Auburn-bound car ran off the shoulder of- the road while traveling between 80 and 90 miles per hour and as 18 swerved back onto the wad oame into the path of the other car.
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