*W EAT HER*
NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA
—Partly eloudy and continued
hot and humid today, tonight and
Friday. Widely scattered after
noon or evening thundershowers.
VOLUME 3
President Asks Congress To Raise Debt Limit
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CARLYLE HAS GUESTS Guests of Representative F. Ertel Carlyle, of Lumberton, for luncheon this week in the House Res
if taurant of the Capitol included (1. to r.) E. H. Williamson, Jr. of Fayetteville, Washington Representative of McLean Trucking Company;
[ Honorable Q. K. Nimocks. Jr., Superior Court Judge, of Fayetteville; Representative .Carlyle; Senator Alton A. Lennon, of Wilmington,
R *ud Major George D. Watson, of Parkton, now stationed at Fort McNair, Washington, D. .C. (Photo by Muse)
Liouor Dealer j
'Gets 6 Months
, Anna Jones Mullin. otherwise
known as “trap-door Anna” will be
mR of business for the next six
>g the “vacation” she;
'SB 1 , 'receive h«r mail at woman’s
gaftgson in Raleigh-
A ill iiIHHIWf -gnllty to possession ‘
of non-thxed liquor in Dunn Re
corders Court this morning and was
sentenced to six months in woman’s
prison.
Arrested for the first time in the
sS post twelve months on October 9.
1952, Anna could not resist contin
uing in business, and ten days later
die was arrested again on a second
charge of possession of nontaxed
liguor for sale.
She was trod in Recorders Court
Ji before Judge H. Paul Strickland
‘ for the two offenses and given a
road sentence Anna appealed to
Superior Court where she was found
guilty. This time she was fined.
When Anna appeared in court
today she was under a suspended
sentence. Asked If she had ever
sold any liquor, Anna said, “I’ve
sold some.”
i Each time A .nna has been ar
il rested, liquor has been found under
W trap doors In her home. Chief A. A.
: Cobb says the house must be made
of trap doors.
Anna had no statement to make, j
Judge Strickland sentenced her to ;
. woman’s prison for six months.
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Last Minute
f News Shorts
O’NEILL, Neb. W An Air
Force helicopter crashed and
burned Pear here today, killing
■ft six persons. Holt County anthori.
v,u™ r®porwi-
Kv , WASHINGTON (V) The Navy
L Mid today that the Marine Corps
B)’;. 00- pilot aboard the Flying Boxcar
Kfisritich crashed July IT near Pensa
eola, Fla- killing 37 ROTC stn-
W dents, had 186 hours’ firing time
K fat multi-engine planes. It 'denied
■ a report published bv the Waah
ft ington Dally News that the ce
\ pilot, Cant. Grady L. Yoder, 38.
ft had leas than 88 hours’ flviag time
■ hi mußi-engine planes and only
H MIUN (IB *— Tens of Ihous
f (Contteoed on oago two)
I Border Markets To
I Begin Sale Monday
■ Jp RALEIGH (IB The North-Caro-
I HRnm Border Belt will begin sell-
Kdbps Its 118,000,000 pounds of flue
■fi%wed tobacco Aug. 3. and a to-
ISHpico marketing specialist predicted
■K today that the leaf would
bring In average prices of from ssl
; 3117 • 3118 - 3119
I
County Tax Rate j
Is Set At $l3O
Harnett County’s budget for 1953-54, the financial
framework within which the county business operates,
ia now official.
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Vatiy-BornTd'
Young Mother ;
Facing Death ;
<
TULSA, Okla. (IB A prema- |
ture five-pound girl wag delivered '
by caesarian section today to a t
young Tulsa woman, fulfilling her
wish that the baby be born before
she dies of incurable cancer.
Doctors said after the operation ]
the mother, Mrs. Huey C. Alford, j
and baby were “doing well” al- j
though Mrs. Alford remained un. ]
conscious from the anaesthetic. ,
Mrs. Alford, who will be 38 years
old Sunday If she lives, said prior
to the operation, “I want to love
my baby all the tim* I can,” .
The baby wasn’t due until two ]
i months from now, but physicians 1
| decided to deliver it today. 'The
I husband is a Tulsa aircraft work
j x (
Mrs. Alford hss an Incurable- !
cancer of the lymph gland. Spec. ‘
ialists here and in Baltimore, New i '■
York City, Chicago, and Boston
all have said the remaining days
.of. her life will be limited.
Dunn Man Held
On Arson Count
John Hyatt of Dunn. Route 4.
is being held under 81.000 bond
in the Fayetteville Jail on charges
r of arson.
i He has been indicted for set
r ting fire to a bam on the fa-m
, of Oeorge F. Pope of Dunn. The
.. farm is located on Mr. Pone’s
i .farm, near Godwin, In Cumber
i land County.
(if * The' alleged crime occurred on
• IJUI# 28. The f're was extinguished
I. be* ore much damage was done,
f A warrant also charges Hyatt
1 with breaking' out several win
dows In the barn..
In anothe- cn£e tried at Fay
- ettevl’le, Hyatt was given 90 days
cn the roads for assaulting his
i- 'pounds of tobacco for more than
I- 8480,000,000.
i- Thp Border bett markets opening
<- Monday are Chidbourn, Clark ton
d Fair Bluff, Fairmont, Fayetteville,
d Lumberton, Tabor City, and White
ll vllle. South Carolina's 11 markets
(began sales today,
s-1 "Farm prices generally are de
a dining,” Hedrick said, •‘but tobac
rt oo during the evening week of sales
i- !in the Georgia Florida belt aver
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Wxt BttiUj
County commisisloners placed
formal approval Monday on tin
esOTW' WfffficiM Wlon of a Mid
get totaling $1,312 085 supported
by a tax rate of |1.30 on the SIOO
valuation of property. The rate is
the same as last year.
The special budget session, he’d
Monday morning in the sheriff’s
outer office, att: acted a 100 per
cent attendance from board mem
bers L. A. Tart B. P. Ingram,
Worth Lee Byrd, Dick Lasater
and Rufus Mangum,
County Auditor H. D. Carson,
Jr., said only minor revisions were
prompted by the Mondav morning
appropriation of $241799 from
surpluses in the general, poor and
health fund as the county’s share
in the new health center to be
built In Lillington In cooperation
with the State Medical Care Corn-
Other Items new to the budget
this year, will be around $22,000
to pay for the' salaries of ’ the five
new rural policemen and approx
imately $2,000 to finance county
participation in federal social se.
iurity for county employees.
SAVINGB NOTED
However. Carson noted that
savings effected by the conversion
of the county home to a boarding
home, will nearly offset these new
expenses. Previously, the county
home was .allocated $24,000 for
operating expenses. Under the
new arrangement, its cost to the
county is $4,000.
All county employees, elective
and appointive, received a general
ten percent salary increase, retro
active to July 1. Increase of tax
valuations of nearly one and a
half million dollars made raises
and new services possible without
a tax rate hike.
Most county functions fall with
in the scope of the general, poor
and health fund. Out of the $1.30
levy 55 cents will go to support
this general fund In 1953-54
Schools, always the biggest bud
'Continued On Page Five)
Western
Suffering
By LOTS BYRD
Record Staff Writer
1 Western Harnett Countv farmers
Way scanned the cloudless skies
.deeply concerned over the drounghl
which has inflicted heavy crop da
mages.
In the area around Barbeqtu
Church not a drop of rain has fal
len today to exactly six weeks
Kyle Harrington. PMA supervisoi
reported this morning.
“Even if it rained today," sale
, Harrington," onlv about 50 percen
of the tobacco crop could be saved
; Whatever leaf has been harvest*
weighs so light the crop will brim
little returns."
Harrington estimated that 80 per
[ cent of the corn crop ia a iota
• Ices, only half of the tobacco cai
be rescued, but that probably tw;
'f r i A '* x .:*'--§££ -•-- -H
DUNN, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 30, 1953
! Senator Morse
To Vote GOP
WASHINGTON <IB Sen.
j Wayne Morse, Oregon independent,
said today he will vote to keep the
Republicans in control of the Senate
should'-illness force the retirement
of Sen. Robert A. Taft < .><:*■
Morse, who quit the OOP’ last
i fall during the presidential cam
paign, said he will work to defeat
: the Eisenhower administration to
the 1955 congressional campaigns.
But he said he will not take ad
vantage of a parlimentary "em-
I ergency" to defeat the will of the
people as expressed at the ballot
box last fall.
WOULD NAME DEMOCRiyy
i Should Taft’s Illness force him
1 from the Senate. Gov. Frank J.
! Lausche would be evpected to name
! a Democrat to succeed Taft, thus
) setting the Senate party alignment
at 48 Democrats, 47 Republicans
' and Morse.
I
. With Morse voting with the Re
publicans on the question of organ.
• j nizlng the Senate, OOP Vice Presi
. dent Richard M. Nixon could vote
' to break the resulting tie and keep
‘ the Senate under Republican Con
, trol.
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BULLETINS
HANOI, Indochina ID) French union troops finished
their job of destroying a big Communist base on the An
j nam coast today but about 2,000 rebels escaped from their
i trap in a rectangle of death.
The French command said several battalions of French
i and Viet Namese infantry and mortar pulled out of the
9 small rectangle and moved northward in an attempt to
* overtake the fleeing rebels.
WASHINGTON (IP) Chairman Clare E. Hoffman
r of the House Government Operations Committee said to
? day he plans an expose of nationwide racketeering which
t will) put “the Capone gangsters into the shade.” But the
i- 77-year-old Michigan Republican admitted he was in a
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Harnett
| thirds of the normal cotton crop rea stretches North of highway <2l
| will be saved. the vicinity of Kamo* Was to the
■s | Rolling, sandv hills of Western Lee Oauntv line and North to the
s,; Harnett, a section of small farm Cape Fear Rivsr, and a similar depth
it j owners, many new to the area. Is on the Southern sM« of the same
>- particularly vulnerable to dry wea- highway.
ther condition. For many farmers It a—,, farmers hm lismrtnii their
is maks the third consecutive year of cram and alraadT have ar-
I- less than usual rain. ranmments for dam emniovment
a. pROUGHT SERIOUS at Sanford Ft. imd ©thm
>r Practically all of Johnsonrlile and naar-by towns.
Barbeque township* three fourth Os I
d Upped Little River township and Sections of Anderson Creek'town
spotted, but deeply affected areas [ship am also heavily damaged by
1 to Anderson Creek township are ths dry waatfaer but fanners there
ig rtngton fror^| tne drougnt > Hwvy
al drought was "very very serious, jempa to hpmhME
m particularly to JohnsonvUle.” IHttie affected by the dry hot wea
to Roughly speaking the drought a- j tber.
Atomic Engine
To Drive Subs
Twice As Fast
WASHINGTON (IP) The Atom
ic Energy Commission disclosed to
day that it is blueprinting a new
atom engine which will drive sub
marines "significantly" faster than
the two sub engines already de
veloped.
At the same time the AEC re
ported that;
1. Production of atomic explo
sives hit an all-time record high
in the first six months of this year
and soon will go even higher.
2. The 11 experimental devices
exploded 16 In Nevada this year—
in the “longest and most complex
series yet conducted” foresha
dow “substantially greater atomic
weapons capability for the United
States.”
TO PRODUCE MORE
3. The first of two land-based
submarine engine prototypes has
produced “substantial amounts ,of
power” already and will produce
more when it is brought to full
operation.
4. New raw material sources and
new techniques of exploiting them
give promise that atomic forces
will be ‘‘a major source of energy
for many years."
These-disclosures were the high
lights of the Aec’s 14th semiannual
report covering the first six
months of 1953. It said the period
‘may be best remembered” for
developments in reactor “atomic
furnace” and power phases of the
rftomlc project.
“This half-year,” the Aec said,
produced “a greater number of
significant events to reactor de
velopment than any previous six
months in the commission’s (his
tory.” , - \
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Compromise On
Cotton Reached
WASHINGTON Iff) The House
Agriculture Committee agreed to
day on a compromise cotton acre
age bill, but the chairman of the
Senate Agriculture Committee said
Its chances there are “very slight.”
After two days of negotiations'
between Western and Southern
cotton interests, the House com
mittee approved a bill setting 1954
national- cotton plantings at 22,-
500,000 acres and limiting any
state’s acreage cut to 29 1-2 per
cent.
Chairman Clifford R. Hope R-
Kan said committee members will
attempt to get the House to pass
the bill tomorrow.
But Chairman Oeorge D. Aiken
R_Vt of the Senate committee
said he doesn’t think the plan will
be acceptable. He doesn’t intend
now to call a meeting to consldei
It.
fit » ■ a
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Ml
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A VASSILY ATTAIK Having tne Moacoo crop Is a rasa this
hat weather that calls for aH hands to work. Here Carl Fleming
Johnson, nine year old hay ui Lillington, Route 1 is shown at the
wMat at the cub tmeter an which he hauls the leaf from the field
to tie barn. He was helping big brother Reid Johnson. At this
tottwn Ms-saMeo is typieai of the famHy and ■aighlinljr waewsanttsdo—
which is making it passmie far Harnett farmers te harvest their' va
luable golden weed. (Photo by T. M. Stewart)
Tobacco Harvesting
Season Is On Hand
r
By MRS. LLOYD JOHNSON
Lillington, Haute 1 Correspondent
Throughout Harnett County the tobacco harvesting
season is in full swing.
Everywhere to the rural areas k
are found men, women, and child- I
ren, at work at the task of tak(pg i
care of the tobacco crop that is I
now at the peak of harvest. .
From the fields where the meh are
busy cropping the leaves can be (
heard the snip-snap of the leaves !
as they are broken to the early
morning while the dew is still on i
them.
Along with this is the sound of
voices as they call a “whoa or a <
gidda'p” to the faithful old mules
as they pull the sleds of tobacco
up and down the rows, some on to
the looping sheds, while some use
the tractor to make the work a
little easier for “ole Jim”. In this
capacity the little boys are quite
often used. As the little fellows
Fort, -two Harriott men hart al.
t readv signed up for membership
> to the Loyal Order of the Moose
| ( lodge now being organtoed here,
it was announced today by Harold
Wilson, leader to the movement.
An enthusiastic group of nearly 30
met Wednesday night to the city
courtroom to make plans for the
organisation. Jimmy Norman of Fa
yetteville, a regional organiser, ad.
dressed the group.
Mr. Norman said he was well
pleased to And so much interest
and enthusiasm to the organisation
l ANOTHER MEETING
e Another meeting win be held
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i» Schniidir
a Schneider, mail carrier ca
ftwin rutlrufl today
t* iMy SI ym Main Wi alii
>Y *ary nrrtoc, mhm U
mm
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
keep jogging the mules to keep
them' going, 1 or as they take the
tractor to, they are contributing
their part to the farm work.
Under the bam shed we usually
find more women and children
than men. They, too, feel the res- I
ponslblllty of helping with the work.,
Usually, they are a happy group;
at times neighbors are swamping
work to order to save the leaf.
At this time a lot of visiting is
done that couldn’t possibly be done
any other way at this season of the
year.
THEY SING SPIRITUALS
Often near a bam where there
to a number of colored women at
work, a visitor, no doubt will hear
them as they get started to work to
the time of some good old spirit
uals. This seems to make the work
easier for all.
Then when the last stick ham been
looped, and the tobacco to to the
bam readv for the heat, workers get
a big slice of ’thoee “July Hams”
that have been brought to early to
{the morning, pay day. and off to
home they go ready for the next
da vs work.
However, the Work isn’t finished
then. The curing is the most impor
tant part of the work: .without
careful watohKig, and the use of
the right temperatures, no farmer
can get tire full value fm- his tob
acco. Then there to the constant
danger of losing a bam by fire.
Bo from the very beginning of the
tobacco harvest to the last step
of it, there to work and responsi
bility for an entire family.
+ Record Roundup +
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CIRCULATING - Tax Supervi
sor Striae Johnson told commis
sioners Monday that he and hi? 1
staff have finished, the Mg task I
j^ajTWM
turned over to the tax^oHAoctor
THE RECORD
GETS RESULTS
Proposal May
Delay Close
Os This Term
WASHINGTON (IP) Pre
sident Eisenhower asked
congressional leaders today
to raise the national debt,
lirr’tt but the question of
when, and how much, was
left wide open.
Cnnpressional leaders said th“v
>lO “oron'l('n«« !>( a break
fast huddl» with Mr. Eisenhower,
on th'’ subierf dii-ing the dav.
bo’ t.h“ro wools further fa'Vs
who lorrol r*s,t’orrol rtoht. limit : S
*‘>”s non non debt Is now
vovs non om.ooo
Who qfMreior) ot the
White Wpnse whi-h ine l ”Hori row®
nrmoorats a s ”’"'l oo r>F.-)i’hl(o'io
loader*! war he’d w’th the know
ledrro thot. pr) attempt to hnost the
debt limit now could destroy con
e-essionni hopes for adjournment
this week.
LONG CONFERENCE
The Conference lasted two hours
and 15 minutes.
Chairman Eugene D. Millikin (R.
Co’o) of the Senate Finance Com
mi’tee summed it up this way:
“The President, th° secretary of
treasury and th® hud«r®t, director
think it. is necessary. They put It
up to Congress to canvass ooinion
end see what the situation is.
There will be further consultation
before there is anv decision as to
amount or t.h® time.”
Acting Senate Renublican leader
William F. Rncwl«nd said the
leaders discussed, but left open, the
possibility of adiourning this week
ib scheduled and returning to the
(full to take »p the debt limit
matter.
House Republican leader Charles
A. Halleck said the administration
decision was based on the possibili
ty that new government borrowing
would send the debt above present
$275,000,000,000 ceiling by Jan. I.
He said they expressed fears that
otherwise the government’s cash ba
lance would run dangerously low.
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WASHINGTON (IB The Fed
eral Communications Commission
today granted permits for new tele
visions stations, including: WMFD
TV, Inc., Channel 8, Wllmlngtonjf.
C.
Senator Taft
Holds His Own
NEW YORK an Sen.
Robert A. Taft’s ambassador
! son arrived here by plane to
dav from Ireland to visit at
thp bedside of the ailing Re
publican leader who was a
ble to sit up for breakfast.
“T think h»’s better than he
: was” said William Howau* Taft
m, U. S. ambassador to Ireland, as
kp left the airport for Ne# York
! Hospital where hto father will to
a serious condition from an undis-
I closed illness.
1 j A morning bulletin Issued bv the
! j hospital said the condition Os the
Ohio senator “remained relatively
' unchanged.” It was learned that
1 Taft swung hto legs over the tide
5 of hto bed and sat on the edge
- to take breakfast for a bedstand
table.
I SPED TO HOSPFLTAL
Young Taft. 37, tim eldest of the
1 senator’s four sons, appeared hag
s igard and nervous. He was cleared
r qulcklv bv Immigration authorities
- and sped to the hospital.
t “T have Just come back from Ire»
- land. I hooe onlv for afrw dav*
! to visit my father.” he sMsL *Tm
> looking forward to mv father jet.
- ting better and I’m hoping to go
A GOOD UCOH Commission*
ers, first startled on Monday to
the story of no meter in tike Dunn
Health Center, had a good laugh
over the oversight."then quipped
turn*!* 1 bat*!*? the
as I am I found there'* no light
there, not even a »i*oe to strew
a light bulb.”
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