W* WW %m f FH Mm HFSV S •'• 'l- J f Part ly cloudy and warm today and tonight t. Saturday considerable cloudiness and continued warm, • wilh scattered thundershowers t V" . ! Ji H.l »». Ml ■>» V l I , VOLUMN 3 ■ , , ■ v , ~ J "* l "' V' " , \ ximßt ,t.7s , * -. " Sil jMiffii r wjj* if. . ‘l# ■ ■ ' ■ ■ Q OARDENERS '- The members of the Hoe-N’-Grow Cluttbecao* amateur landscape ta Mder to beautify tbejiark “ r *» J *«*» F*W»* «*» the profcct are, Mrs. Woodrow HIR , fcrtHlier by Mcf«mb Farm Machinery, discing fey Johnson Cation Comnanv and' alher Mninml! by Twite Equipment Go, (Dally eqn,p “ ent little River Baptists Meet a W ' Around 300 Baptiste from. IS of the 30 churches In the Little River Association gathered in Lillington on Tuesday for the second annual aasoclational spring meeting. This marked ‘he second year V the association, which customarily holds Its meetings to the fall, has had a spring meeting designed primarily for Inspirational purpos es. “Enriching Our Christian Vo , cation" was the conference theme. Morning, afternoon and night were held at the newly re modeled Lillington Church. Lun ehetm and supper were served vis itors as a courtesy from the women 'of the Lillington Church. Under the new arrangement, ne cessary business matters, elecUon of ofopeTs and annual reports win be rteumd.'ter the fall meeting. abaociational iplss- t '**rmtfSlenUre malting to be devoted tp worship and emphasis of a sod ference J? theme As applied to aU phases ’of the church program. r ,' v , :lMMdeAt ,Ladle Campbell of Campbell College, moderator of the Clttte River presided ■,**. at foe morning session. Discussion were centered about enrichment of the church program through .the Sunday, School. Dr. Perry Langston, religious creation teacher from ,» Campbell College. made the feature talk ©n “Using the Sunday School as a .foul Winning Agency." goal a MILLION Hbl'owav reminded Baptists of the Bo«the*h Bantlst Chnvention coal which is to win a million show Sunday. SihOot n»>Dl*i -In IM3. H« ’-orfed foat two ne'V # S'-n' i "* ’ ' * ' ■ § | ||Jp .-V.''. ifjplW \ **rraiy' 4 Mad Dog Is Sought Near Buies Creek ,A mad dog whjjch terrorised foe all dogs bitten. He strongly recom- Bute’s Creek neighborhood was stiU i mended that , for the public safety at large Thursday night after dll dogs bitten by the rabid animal biting a number -of dogs and es- I should be destroyed or placed in raping after Pursuers shot three proper quarantine. • times And missed. SERIOUS MENACE _®° Officer, Dr W. Dr. Hunter pointed out that’, the toiJ lU f! tCr ’i£!v J&? dogs bitten constitute a serious pub hhn was that the rabid animal, lie health menace. Rabies usually frothlngatttemouth, was a stray develops within six weeks, but In ss a white dog, many rase has been known to wait Mnl s** “'?r* T - " y ‘ Y I Recital Sunday At #W€Fnpcf IST I; v hutch ; On Bunday lijternitoh,: April K at three o’clock. Ml WlUlain W. Johnston of ML Itoily, N. C, and Davidson College Will present An organ recital at the Divine. Street reifreeented on the program, which will Inc[bde works by Bach, Handel. Pranrit, ktcAmlL Weagrir and Wiv <*or. . ■ V • Mr. Johnston Ja A haUve Os Mt. tb«'« he studied piano Under Frances K. Holland and HlkGe K'.euteer. flrst organ was dongfyder Robert l* ?n ♦ i ™ w Jgmf! m*/ BLJPk \ jadr C’ RodweU, organist In the First Bap tist Mphurch of Charlotte, North i Carolina.. Since oaterUW Dav- , tdson, College, he has conttouedhls study of the organ under Philip | Gehring %h,«* 1m- ■ml I B I B v I piy sow ooispse w l girniiriCl wsir fiamed ss the *v*ioci tii we oumrsc o«4iAjiig tommitiee s|iiu loosy lie ex* 'BBBjHfili. 181 " \'A 'JiMraL. • /. '.vß W%M 4 3 Slii wHirii bs H 11 7if;' i | M 1 m T l?' members of Troop 7K are shown at the meeting taring which they gave .“‘h* 3°*” Scoutmaster Furman Turuage are; Ray Brewer, senior rattol leader. Brace McLean, Barfield, Charles Allred, Bobby Parker, Donald Strickland, Bill T 4 V F, ? yd J,ni Jatksou ’ Aaron McLamb, Donald Gardner, Bert Alabaster, Jr, Philip Leslie, Eddie Coats Earl Cobb, Jimmy Tnraage, Charles Jernlgan, Wesley Fowler, James Lee Parker, Jr., and Eugene Hodges. (Daily Record Photo). Blocked Cleanup Hot Issue Vann Will Announce Decision On Monday I Earl G. Vann, prominent Dunn .churchman, business and civic lead er, said today foat fye win. an-. Hanna in the jMay 5 general Me* '%'%* disclosed yesterday that he Is considering entering the race at the ..request of many citi zens who have requested him to do “I greatly appreciate the fact that so many of my friends have asked me to run,” And Mr. Vann . this morning. “I have been very Driver Who Killed Child Bound Oyer Benny Mason/ 17-year-old 11th grade student in the Erwin school, was ordered held for the grand Jury under $3,000 bond In the death of Warren Lee, Hudson, 5-ysar-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Kle Hudson, at an Inquest held here this mor nln «- . ' A.-, Mason eras the driver of a 1940 Oldsmobile which crashed into the yard where foe child was play-ig here Monday morning, killing him instantly... ” A Jury impaneled by Harnett Coroner Grover C. Henderson, who conducted the Inquest, recommend ed that Mason be held for action by the grand Jury in foe fatality. Seven witnesses and the young defendant were heard by foe Jur ors at foe inquest, held In foe of fice of Police Chief Alton Cobh. The tragedy occurred here Mon day morning about 11 o’clock on West Dftrine Street Extension. The child was playihg next door in the yard of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Boyette when the oar 'rounded the curve in the secluded residential area, went out of control and crushec him to death. .PoUocman BL M. Fall, the lhves tlgatfof officer, testified that the FIVE CENTS PER COPY iuisy with some other matters and have not had ?>i opportunity to stwlsf t'^ nnoUnCe hta ~Tt£u. Vann is a' Staunch Hfislonn 1 Democrat, but may have to an independent to get his name on the ticket. He served. ore the coun cil 1848-1951. City Clerk Charles R. Storey ex pressed the opinion that he would have to file as an independent. NON-PARTISAN ■ Supporters of Mr. Vann point (Continued mi Page S) car skidded 135 feet before stop ping in foe Boyette yard. He des cribed conditions as he found them. Mrs. Paul Walker, a neighbor, said she looked out the window of her home-and saw the she heaid the tires screeching. She (Continued On Pag- Four) Shawtown Plans Finals Program The program of commencement activities jd Shawtown School In Lillington Is completed, it was r$- ' prated today by Principal J, S. Spivey. The calender of foe re mainder of the program is as foll ■ Intermediate grades musical, April 24;’ one-act plays, -by foe seventh grade, April 27; one-act plays by foe eighth grade, April 28; Junior-Senior Prom, May 1; May Day exercises. May, t; County music festival, M ayß; Senior class play, May 7. The annual baccalaureate ser mon will be delivered by the Key. H. S. Davis, pastor of Timothy - Darling Presbyterian Church ip Oxford on Sunday afternoon, May 24, at 4:00 p. m. on^MAy^ 25 commencement The commencement speaker has not yet been announced. GETS RESULTS The hottest question in town to day was: “Who blocked the move last year to bring Federal officers Into Dunn to clean up bootlegging and other evils here?” It was such 1 a hot question that nobody seemed to want to com ment. 1 '■ Mayor Halph E. Hanna and oth er members of the city council gave a firm “No comment.” Some of them would discuss the metier pff the record—but not to be quotod. One fad. wag certain ebrt fj&’s city mraiK t.hs ago appropriated $90(1 to."be used by Federal officers to defray expanses of a clean-up camp&lifo Under their policy, Federal agents won’t come into a town unless the local governing body requests them to' do so and. puts up the expense money. The board appropriated the mon ey and Commissioner R. G. Tart was instructed to deliver foe cash to the local United States Commis sioner . * City Clerk Charles R. Storey saR the check was written and handed to Mr. Tart. Later, It was returned . rcwstlmrod mm page tw«) ifyil >' 4 ' -A'. .% W's% l mu «f Mr, ftai a%s* wk%mm Wmmm, " ■ NO. 98 Prisoners Tell More Stories Os 1 j Red Brutality FREEDOM VILLAGE, Ko rea Freed American war prisoners told bitterly today of the deaths of at least 743 more American • soldiers at the hands oi the Reds, and of a “Death Val ley” where dead Gl’s were carried out by “the Korean cartloads.” Their stories raised to nearly 3,000 the number of United Na- 4 tions prisoners which liberated POW’s have charged died of tor- • ture, starvation and neglect. It was the largest single totgl , of American victims yet reported. In Washington it was reported that congressional leaders were v tarying to delay, proposed investiga- J tions of Korean war atrocities fra ■;% fear it might endanger the lives . of prisoners stfll in Red hands.' Today’s stories came from * among. 40 Americans released In the fifth day of the exchang* of United Nations and Communist sick and wounded war prisoners. It brought to 119 the number of Americans released so far, and to - 500 the over-all total of U. N. pels- .;1 soners released by the Reds. The 1 Allies have returned 2,500 Rers. The Reds promised 17 more Americans Saturday. ' > At today’s meeting of liaison of- j fleers, the U. N. proposed that tho ;; exchange of sick and wounded be continued for the duration of Kor- : ean hostilities.. The U. N. propoial | would test Red claims they anr re patriatingi “all" U. N. sick and j wounded. 7A 'im “DEATH TALLEY” Hie story of a “Death. Valley on the route from the front, to the ’ ’; prison camp at Changeon was die- % closed by two Americans. “They were carrying dead GFa but of there tty foe Korean cart- 1 L (CqnttaMii «n page tmd/WM i ’k :■■ Dodge Is Winner ‘ Os Economy Run : Naylor-Dickey Motors of Dunn, local Dodge-Plymouth dealer, ‘to dav received a telegram from jDe» :4 troit advising that the new .MIR Dodge Red Ran X-8 won thfi IHl~| nual Mobilgas Economy Run -foflgjß the low-medium priced elate carit^’il The Dodge averaged 23.4 RMill per gallon, proving that the 1953 Dodge Red Ram V-E engine 5 is the most efficient engine m Am- ‘ i erica. I The Mobilgas Economy Run place in California. ; 9 * PAMELA WILLIFORD " -V I 3