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Partly cloudy and not quite so cold in the west portion today and not much temperature change tonight and Tuesdsv. With “Prestone” Anti-Freeze Toare set, you’re safe, you’re sure. VOLUMN 3 .-JMtL 4'*? ffWPMB iWIMWn % «WWBWI msEsmi? ’ M • M mWr MSL r. WmwmP ft t # *****: y ' DIMES DRIVE LEADERS MEET The 1953 March of Dimes will march to victory in Harnett County if plans made hy this grouo bear fruit. The Goal is $15,000. Volunteers who will help organize the campaign in their communities this month met Friday night in Liilington at the Community Building. Shown are. left to right, seated: Lois Byrd. Liilington; Mrs. John Harrington, Broadway Route 1; Harvey O’O.uinn, Mamers; Thomas Cameron, Erwin; Selwyn O'Quinn. Ul’ington; and Norman Suttles, Dunn. Standing, left to right; Roy Cam eron and Chairman W. R. Insko, Erwin; Mrs. Floyd Furr and Mr. Furr, Dunn; Z. E. Matthews, Erwin; Hubert Peay and Mrs. Ted Bur well, Dunn. (Record photo by T. M. Stewart). fewer Accidents; More Fatalities In '52 Dimes Leaders Hold Dinner; Plan Drive Ways and means of raising the $15,000 Harnett Coun -1 ty has been asked to contribute to the annual March of Dimes was discussed at a dinner meeting of campaign workers on Friday night at the Community Center in Lil lington. The Rev. W. R. Insko, of Erwin,, and provide a cushion of funds in county chairtnan of the 1953 March event a new epidemic strikes next of (laid that half of the .year. < aindunt'raised will be kept in the 1 "We nead to tell the public, 1 ”j In ooUiity, and-’-the other wilLbe sent kko told (his cc-wujk£r FouhffatßW;for IfiT" farWlargest oFefwy |iime,' fantile Paralysis. 69.7 percent, to be exact, goes for Last year Harnett County Was patient care.. Research and educa asked for $11,600. This year the qup- tion take 18.1 and administrative ta is larger but as the chairman expenses cost only 4.4 perejnt of noted, so is the need. each dime donated." Polio, with its crippling effects, CITE STATISTICS calls for long term t:eatment. In Statistics from the jfational addition to new cases reported this Foundation for Infantile Paralysis year, the National Foundation must show that an average of 30,000 continue large outlays of money people yearly beeom ~ ■worn* for cases already under treatment Continued On L_je two' " *Absent Defendants Forfeit Their Bond Three defendants failed to ap pear and forfeited a total of $275 in bonds in Dunn Recorder’s Court |Sy this morning. Three others engag ” ed in an affray in which one used a gun and all drew fines and sus pended sentences. Bonds ordered forfeited bv Judge H. Paul Strickland Included: Theo dore Cousins, Cleveland, Ohio, char ged with drunk driving, $200; L. H. Taylor, Rocky Mount, charged with drunkenness and possession, SSO; and L. W. Tyndall, Washing -1 ton. D. C„ $25. In a three-way affray in which all three Negroes were involved. Gregory To Sponsor Erwin Girl At Ball When Harnett County Representative Carson Gregory £ enters the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium on the evening of January Bth for the Ball’ honoring Governor and Mrs. William B. Umstead, he will be escorting a winsome, young, x blonde, college girl from Erwin. The young lady will be Iris - ; Williams, daughter oi Mr and Rfe*- Mrs. Morton S. Williams of Erwin. a student at East Carolina College at Greenville. The invitation came through the mail unexoectedlv while the young > “* t; ♦ lady was home for the Christmas *> , - * B holidays. Representative Gregory, ■ ’- who is the girl’s uncle, had told her parents that he was sponsoring r his neice for the dance, but the . plan had been kept from her. I v; '"•* * ‘•There isn’t anything else I’d ' be willing to miss two days of fv&H’ ■» ' school to attend, said “Miss Will- '• in ms. who is lntensly interested in . her work at East Carolina, where JjjlSmSP’ she is majoring in primary educa tion., |H V She contacted college authorities - r and they readily agreed to allow 1: .V ,c# her to take the time off necessary 1 jESgSrib,, to fill the engagement Now most mW 5 - of her waking moment* are spent - ” (CMrttMM* m me seven) ” J MIS wiUJWs . ’•’ : v •- v f\i r ' TELEPHONES: 3117 • 3118 - 3119 : Earl Massey was given 90 days, ! suspended 12 monts on payment of : SSO and costs for carrying concealed i weapons and Mack McMillan and I Junious 6mith 30 days, suspended on payment of $5 and costs each for affray. Prayer for judgment was contin ued on payment of costs in the case of Edward Lacey Tart, charged with stop sign violation. Charges of disposing of mortgaged property against J. B. Lucas were nol prossed. PROBABLE CAUSE Probable cause was found against (Continued on page two) (Ete |laihj f&tmrd Harnett County had fewer accidents but a 50 per cent increase in highway fatalities during 1952, according to a report released today by Corporal Rommie Williamson, head of the patrol forces in the county. Youthful Negro Kills Another Roger Massey. 28-year-old Negro of Dunn Route 4, died early this morning as the results of wounds from a shotgun In the hands of 17-year-old Bobby Lewis McNeill. Coroner Grover Henderson gaid the Negro youth told him that he .was at Chester -Pe try’s „ establish - ■ Went' i <ih e came at him with a knife. He said he warned Massey not to come any closer and that when he kept advancing toward him the “gun went off.”- :He said he Shot from the side and did tttot raise the gun and does not even remem ber pujling the trigger. - The shooting occurred at 10:30 j?. m. last night and voung McNeill lied to his grandmother, Mrs. Lola Ferguson's home. He was appre hended there by officers at 1:30 this morning. The charge struck Massey in the region of the naval and was scat tered over an area of about eight inches in circumference. Massey was rushed to the Dunn Hospital where he lived for about three hours. Coroner Henderson decided not to hold an inquest, since the Grand Jury is now in session, but turn ed the information he had received over to that body for action. Sheriff Salmon Critically 111 Sheriff W. E. (Bill) Salmon to day was reported critically ill at the University of North Carolina Hospital in Chapel Hill, Harnett's veteran law enforcement chief was taker, :■ smbulance to the hospital® on Saturday night, suf fering from what was thought to be a si vere sinus headache. How ever, re atives said the sheriff had had very high blood pressure for some time. Until he had a boot with influen za lari spring tile Sheriff had not missed a day from work in nearly 20 years. The sheriff today was reported as holding his own but the hos pital had not yet released anv diag nosis of his illness. Mrs. Salmon and his brother, Neil McKay Sal mon, spent Saturday night with him. They were Joined Sunday by his sister, Mrs. O. S. Atkins and other relatives. 1 Traffic Deaths I Set New Record Traffic deaths set a record for ■the New Year’s holiday, and com bined with th» Christmas holiday they topped 1.000 for the first time I in history. j l A United Press tabulation showed I that 423 persons were killed in traf | tic between 6 p. m. last Wednes day and midnight Sunday. Sixteen others were killed in plane crashed 55 in fires and 132 in miscellaneous accidents for an accidental death total of 626. Dunng the four-day Christinas j holiday, a record 588 persons were i killed in traffic, which would make ! the total for the two holidays 1,011. i The overall accidental death toll for tha holiday periods, each of DUNN, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 5,195 t As far as can be determined, the 23 killed in Harnett last year sets an all-time record for fatalities In the county. During 1952 there were 393 acci dents, 23 ‘ fatalities, 211 persons in jured and property damage totaling $392,370. In 1951. there were 449 accidents, 16 fatalities and 247 persons in jured. The total amount of prop erty damage during 1952 was ac counted for by an accident in which an airplane engine valued at thtat amount was destroyed Jn a wrick between Dunn and.Xfen ijcjoorßl Williamson s«i£ the only comfcrt' he could see in the report was 1W fact that there were fewer accidents. Traffic is constantly increasing on both the main highways through Di nn, 301 and £2l. Officials re port that there was more traffic on Highway 301 during the past weekend than at any time In their memory. Gilbert Porter, local restaurant ooerator who deals with tourists all the time, said he saw more tourists during the weekend than anv time during his 18 years in Dunn. During December, there were 46 accidents, 3 fatalities, 32 injuries and propetvv damages totaling $20,770 in Harnett. Fire Threatens At Water Plant Two fires, one of which threaten ed the Dunn Filtering Plant, gave the members of the Dunn Fire Department a busy Sunday, accor ding to t.ie report from Howard M. Lee, secretary-treasurer. At 9:18 a. m. yesterday they were called to the residence of David Noble at 307 East Harnett where a fire was raging in the walls of the front room. Prompt work kept the fire con fined to the room and its furnish ings but the damage was several hundred dollars. The cause was de fective wiring. Twenty men answer ed the alarm and were back at 9:30. At 2:50 p. m. the firemen were called to the Filtering Plant where a grass fire was out of control, They (Continued on page two) BULLETINS GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. 0B Lavem* Vincent, 23, was at her job as a grocery clerk when a young holdup man pointed a gun at her. Laveme slapped him across the face. He slapped her back, then took SSO and escaped. DETROIT (IP) Norbert Schroll tfidUght he could ap peal to the bitter instincts of a gunman whom he picked up as a hitch-hiker. “I’m on my way to church,” Scholl told the robber. The gunman, who had taken sss.lo from Schroll, tossed back sl.lO. ‘That ought to be enough for tiie collection pihte,” the gynman said. WASHINGTON (IP) Hie Federal Trade Commission today ordered Philip Morris k Co., to stop claiming that its cigarettes are less “irritating,” than other brands. The order also forbids the company to advertise that its ciga rets are “non-irritating," will not affect the smoker’s breath, and will protect the smoker against “smoker’s cough.” > CHICAGO OP) Three detectives became suspicious ' (Ccatiaasd «a safe two) Churchill Now In U. S. Wimin Is Killed In Fin! Fatal Harnett Accident Harnett County’s first highway fatality of 1953 oc curred Sunday afternoon when a tourist, Mrs. Curt Hauck, 50, cf Brooklyn, New York was killed between Lil lington and Fuquay Springs. Five other persons received minor injuries in the crash. Harnett Coroner Grover C. Hen derson of Dunn said the accident occurred about 2 o’clock when the automobile in which Mrs. Hauck was riding collided with an auto tobile driven by Mrs. Margaret Clifton of Kipling. The accident took place about 5 miles south of Fuquay Springs on Highway 15-A. Coroner Henderson said Mrs. Clifton’s car, a new Packard, ran off the right side of the road. She cut the ‘car back onto the high way but apparently lost control and ran to the left side of the highway and hit the Hauck car head-on. • .. Mrs. Hauck’s son, Norman Curt Hauck, 33, was driving the 1947 Chevrolet. Mrs. Hauck’s husband Les was also a passenger and both were Injured. They were taken to Rex Hospital in Raleigh. Mrs. Clifton received minor in juries as well as two passengers, Mrs. Betty Smith of Fuquay and Frances Smith, her 13-month-old baby. All three were treated by a Fuquay physician. Coroner Henderson swore In a Jury composed of P. B. Dean, J. A Sutton, J. F. Coggin, Robert L. McDonald, Robert S. Johnson and W. R. Sutton. He said the date for the inquest would be set after the Haucks are able to leave the hos pital. ... \ State Patrolman R. R. Usonarii and Herman: Ward assisted 'jmii the investigation. Harnett had 23 fatalities in 1952. Mrs. Mollie Cole Died Last Night Mrs. Mollie Cole. 79, died at her home in Fayetteville Sunday even ing about 9:30 p. m. Funeral (services wiJJ be held Tuesday morning In Dunn at the home of Mrs. William McKay Pear sall. The services will be conduct ed by the Rev. J. W. Lineberger, pastor of the Divine St. Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery. Mrs. Cole was a native of Du plin County, a daughter of the late George W. and Mary Moore Middleton. She was a member of (Continued on page two) Three Couples Given Divorce Superior Court Judge J. Paul Friz zelle of Snow Hill opened a one week criminal term of Harnett Su perior Court this morning. Seventy five cases, including three murder cases and two rape cases, are list ed on the week’s docket. District Solicitor Jack Hooks of Kenly is prosecuting the calen dar. Nick Joseph of Dunn is foreman of the grand Jury. Three couples were granted a di vorce at the opening of court this morning. They were: Hattie T. Gra (Continued en page two) Ikdk WINSTON CHURCHILL Planning Board To Be Formed In Dunn ; ‘7 -t to proposal for a plan ning board for the town of Dunn received the approval of the City Council at its meeting Friday night, and preliminary steps to set the board up were made by sa leeting seven of the leading citizens, familiar with the development of the town, whom City Manager A. B. Uzzle is to contact to deter mine whether or not they would be willing to serve. Those to be contacted by the City Manage:* are Earl McD. West brook, H. M. Tyler, E. B. Culbreth, Charles Hutaff. C. W. Bannerman Myres Tilghman, and Johnson. The board would be composed of five members selected by the board from among the seven and it would begin its work as soon as the ne cessary ordinance to Implement its activities. The board will map, plan and Officers Stills In j During December, Harnett j County law enforcement of-! fleers confiscated 31 illegel I stills or an average of one | every day of the month. Constable Preston Porter, with i a report of eight still captures, led I the list of constables and deputies | in the number of seizures. Porter found 3 stills in Stewart’s Creek. 3 in Duke and 2 in Averasboro townships. He also destroyed 509 gallons of beer. Constable Eli Manning located six | stills, two in Averasboro, two in i Stewart’s Creek, and two in Liiling ton township. He also poured out j 500 gallons of beer. I Constable Cyrus McNeill reported Attorney Tries To Save Rosenbergs NEW YORK (IP) Defense attorney Emanuel H. Bloch goes before the U. S. Court of Appeals today to seek a stay of execution for convicted atom spies Julius and Ethel Ro senberg, who are scheduled to die in Sing Sing’s electric chair at 11 p.m. on Jan. 14. Bloch also planned to confer. week, said he would grant them during the day with Federal Judge time to seek executive clemency Irving R. Kaufman, who sentenced from President Truman, the Rosenbergs and who, in deny- j Bloch said he failed to get ing an appeal for clemency last' (Continued an page twe) FIVE CENT’S PEK COPY V ■ - . chart a comprehensive plan for the > physical development of the muni ' eipality which will show its recom | mendations to the town board. 1 Their recommendations will ln [ elude the general location, charac . ter and extent of streets, bridges, boulevards, parkways, playgrounds: the general location and extent of ' utilities and terminals; and also the ( removal, relocation, widening, nar , rowing, vacating, abandonment or other change. The members cf the board should be as widely representative as pos ’ sible in order that all phases of the development of the community may be considered and should exer ! eise good judgment and sensitivity to the desires of the people of the • community. Commissioner L. L. Coats pointed out. that all large co-porations plan (| their growth far in advance and that such long rilnge planning is 1 1 of vital importance to a commun ■ ity as well, especially under mod -5 ern conditions. Although given broad powers in 1 ‘Continued On P*ge two) Take 31 December destriction of three stills and 1500 gallons of beer. His stills were lo cated one each in Upper Little Riv er, Johnsonviile and Barbecue. Deputy Sheriff C. H. Avery found two stills, one each in Averasboro and Duke and also 100 gallons of beer. Deputy B. E. Sturgill reoorted the capture of two stills and 700 gal lons of beer in Averasboro town ship. Constable W. B. Castleberry had five stills and 2.450 gallons of beer scored to his credit, finding three whiskey outfits in Johnsonviile, one in Barbecue and one in Upper Little River. Constable C. E. Moore captured five stills and 550 gallons of beer. (Continued on page two) THE RECORD GETS RESULTS NO. 19 Lints k 8L Y. To 08Siis Ilth Ike And tfisir.an By PETER WEBB United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK OP) Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain arrived here today, proclaimed that the danger cf world war had “re ceded,” and prepared for im portant talks with President elect Eisenhower. Eisenhower’s Headquar ters issued an announce ment saying that he would “stop by” the home of Ber nard Baruch, whom Church ill is visiting, this afternoon “and will also dine with the prime minister and Baruch this evening.” Churchill arrived on the liner Queen Mary for informal tallcs with his “old friend" President - elect Eisenhower and with Presi dent Truman. He said Mr. Truman had guided the United . States “through a memorable time and made great and valient decisions which make us all feel better." in high good humor, with Mrs. Churchill on his left hand and Bernard Baruch, his friend of 40 years on his right, Churchill met the press in the ornate veranda grill of the Queen Mary. PEACE PROSPECTS Churchill was reminded that on his last i rrival in New York Harbor he had said the prospects for peace in 1952 were “quite good." He was asked whether he would repeat that prediction for 1953. "They are certainly not less en« couraging than they were in 1962,” I lie replied. t j Asked if he had not been quotod ' "♦•Hly as saying the danger at - world var has ‘receded*, he replied: Churchill said he believed the fact that “the Soviet was valiantly and resolutely confronted” by the i United States and United Nations I in Korea “was the greatest event i of the last five years.” He said that the stand-up against aggression "has done more to im prove the chances of world peace than anything." The British prime minister said thr.t at the beginning of the Korean (Continued on page two) Masonic Rites Tuesday Night Fred M. Byerly, newly-elected | master of the Dunn Masonic Lodge, ; will be formally inducted into office ! along with other new officers of the lodge Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock. Refging Master Bert Alabaster announced today trmr everything is in readiness for uie „ .spallation, Mr. Byerly. the ; master. Is a prominent Durr. .is ur once man and is also active in the various j civic, social and religious affairs I of the town. j PRINCE TO OFFICIATE ( Hugh W. Prince of Dunn, the lodge's onlv 33rd degree Mason and Grand Patron of the Eastern Star ; of North Carolina, will induct the (Continued on page two. New Corporation Is Formed Here Incorporation papers are sched- j uled to be filed in Raleigh tomor- ] row by the Dunn Industrial De- ■ velopment Corporation, a local or- . ganization formed for the purpose * of promoting and seeking new in- t dustries for the Town of Dunn. j Norman Suttles, manager of the Dunn Chamber of Coijunerce, said that Attorney I. R. Williams hs#J campleted the papers and they will be filed with Secretary of State ' Thnd Eure, Tr"cto—tort are- Earl McD. (Continued cn page two) ♦MARKETS* BOGS i J RALEIGH HP) Hog markets: I Smithfiefld: Slightly streamer on J good s-d cho’ee 180-940 lb. barrows 1 and gUts at 1&S0-18.7B, I Tarboro Dunn, Mount Olive, Wfl-JB son, Goldsboro, Washington, WU-3 mington, New Bern, JacksoHvaißfiß K 1 nst.cn. Rocky Mo-*nt PayettovfßfeS Florence: Slightly stronger at It4MH Siler City, L’tmberton, ItarmSM Stronger at 18JO. ,i '3 J (Continued on fgo hr.) J
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