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NORTH CAROLINA Fair and
mild today. Tartly cloudy ami mild
-tonight. Tape day, dandy and pool
er with some tala.
VOLPMB I
Harnett Approves Bond By Overwhelming Vote
Umstead Wins
Big Victory
On Bond Issue
RALEIGH (UP) Gov.
William B. Umstead could
claim a personal victory to
day in the passage of his
strongly - sought multi-mil
lion dollar bond issues for
schools and mental hospi
tals.
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Umstead said, after it became
apparent that the bond issues had
passed by a wide margin in Satur
day's referendum, that he was "very
much pleased’’ by the results.
There was little doubt after the
returns started coming in that the
50-mill km dollar bond issue for
public schools and 33 million dollar
issue for mental hospitals would be
passed, and by a lop-sided margin.
BIG MAJORITY
The United Press unofficial tab
ulation halted when 1,956 of the
stats's 3,010 precincts were counted
and it became obvious that the two
bond issues had passed by an over
whelming margin. The vote at that
time stood 154.93? for the mental
hospital issue, 10,545 against.
Umstead had called approval of
the bonds “vitally essential to the
future welfare of the 'state,” and
voters who went to the polls cast
their approval.
Another state official, Treasurer
Edwin Gill, said ”1 am pleased it
was decisive in every section of
the state.”
Umstead had urged approval of
the mental hospital bonds because
"our mental hospitals are sorely
lacking* in both space for patients
and in specialised facilities."
As for school bonds, the gover
nor sstt-Mtr state's counties face
a tiemendoua." burden as catch
ing up with the rapidly growing
Two Arrested
< During Raids
Two men were enacted and a
sizeable quantity of bootleg whiskey
it,was confiscated in two raids con
ducted during the weekend in the
1 Erwin section by county rural po
licemen.
Arrested in the raids were Felix
Chestnut and John Lockamy.
• Officers conducting the raids were
C. E. Moore of Coats, Stanley Byrd
of Bunnlevel and A. W. O'Quinn
of Mamers, all members of Har
nett's new rural police force.
FIND BEER. WHISKEY
In addition to the 'two men,
they captured 33 half-gallon jars
of whiskey, 11 pints of bootleg whis
key and 73 cans of illicit beer.
Policeman Moore said they ar-
JL rested Chestnut at his home after
” finding 23 half-gallon Jars of whis
key and 11 pint containers of whis
key.
Lockamy was arrested at a poo*
iCwntlnaed On fMt Three I
Warren Takes Oath
As Chief Justice
By CharlottwGL Moulton
eluding en historic test of racial
r segregation in public schools.
WASHINGTON (UP)
Fonxrr Gov. Earl Warren of
* California was sworn in as
* 14th Chief Justice of the
United States today in a
colorful Supreme Court cer
emony attended by Presi
dent Eisenhower.
f Warren was installed in the na-
L tion’s highest judicial pose prompt
ly at noon, as the high tribunal
assembled for its fall term. The
court faces * heavy docket of Un-
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ARRESTS Two parsons wore ar
||P rested In Dunn Thuroday and Tti
fr Wilmington tor assault
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AT QUINICS BIG QIVtN-AWAY Mr, and If not the biggest, la the history of Dunn and the
Mrs. Grover C. Headsmen are shown here, In M crowd at the drawing was ae large it jammed traf
ter. daring the drawing for more than a thousand He for blocks In every direction. (Dally Record,
dollars worth of prise* at Quinn’s pew building Sat- Photo.)
mrday night. The epeatog was one of the biggest.
Quinns Opening Is Hailed As
Biggest In History O f this Area
Farmers Advised To
Guard Their Weed
Farmers with graded tobacco
stored m outhouses were given a
pointed reminder today from Depu
ty Sherriff Ken Matthews to keep a
close eye on their "golden" weed.
If the owners don't guard their
property closely, it maybe that oth
ers. instead of the hard worked own
er. will prosper. Matthews said that
within the past two week the sher
iffs office in UUington has re
ceived reports that around 4,000
pounds of graded tobacco have, been
stolen In various parts of Harnett
County. -
However. Matthews went on to say
this is not “eh unusual” amount
for the season iof the year. It is
also difficult, hie said, for owners
to estimate the .poundage accurate
ly. * . •
Report of latest tosses, totaling
portent constitutional cases, in-
The eight associate Justices of
tbs Supreme Court were waiting for
their new chief when he arrived,
shortly before noon, at the white
marble court building on Capitol
Hill. Warren took his first oath—
to defend and uphold the Consti
tution—in the privacy of the court's
conference room adjoining the chief
justice’s chambers.
BLACK GIVES OATH
This oath, taken-by all federal
officials, was admin Uttered by Hugo
L. Black, the senior associate jus
tice. Only members of the court
wttl present.
At the stroke of noon, court
'Crethme* mi Wage «
The servtocs will * conducted at
of to* wauflrte jSff Tte next
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DUNN, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 5, 1953
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around XJKM pounds, came from two
owners within a mile of UUington.
Thefts oecured several days apart
and led .officers to believe if was
possible for some of the thievery to
have been done by the same group.
“One man even hired a map to
sleep in his packhousesaid the
officer, “and the guard awoke to
.find, the tobacco missing. But the
offioer added, ’lt developed the'
guard had gone to the store for!
a few-minutes the night before.”
So far, only one bale of cotton!
has been reported stolen, ©officers
are busy working on the cases.
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Ladies Os Grove
To Serve Annual
Feast Thursday
Clttsene es this section asp In
for a real treat Thursday- the
biggest meal they’ve had since
the Grove Presbyterian Church
held He tfn—f and rapper
% year era- \ v '
'■“Mb*. Wilbert Lee, prominent
lender es the Grove Church, an
■ nouneed today that the annual
: “feed” will he held agate this
year Thursday from 11 a. m. to
! Sp.m. at the Dunn Armory,
i 80i... barbecue pork and chicken
. stew win be served, prepared and
aimed as only the Indies es Oroon
Church know how to do it. They’ll
They’ll earn the deheieus meals
ai only 11 pgr plate,
Last year, mere than SUM was
, raised a* the affair and was tod.
for the Churth's bwHdtng program.
Urn proceeds this year will go
far the saaae cause
Tickets may aT*tho
* door. ;■’> •.'
Euro To Speak 1
I to Dunn Lions ;' ,
t Secretary of State Thad Ewe
P lUfUttTMlt M -.
’ I PraMtttte , : • ■
, Thousnnds of people and
automobiles jameo traffic
for blocks in every direction
Saturday night to attend
the drawing for more than
SI,OOO worth of prises At the
I new home of Quinn’s df
Dunn on the Dunn - Erwin
Highway. .- ';•
The drawing ht-ought to a.dot,
; the big three-day celebration for*,
i malty opening the handsome new
i building.
“This la the most teauttftl eight,
i I’ve ever seen in my 50 years.” da
! Glared Grover C. Henderson, owner
i of Quinn'S, as he looked out over
! the huge crowd. He expressed ap-
i 1 predation to them fog. attending
- and extended to them h cordial in-
I vitatlon to come beck often,
i SIMMONS OFFICIATES
i j Lamar Simmons, prominent Lil
lington business man and represen
tative of Richmond Hardware Com
pany, served at master of ceremon
ies at the drawing.
Mr. Simmon*, who travels the
two States, pointed out it was'the
• Continued an IW »' .
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Scott Is Seeking
Financial Support
Former Governor W. Kerr Scott has started sending
out letters over the State requesting funds to help him
“explore the field" to determine whether or not to run
for the United States Senate. - v . ,v V
Some of the letters sunt out by
Scott and personally signed Qy
him have been received in Har
nett by his supporters and also
by non-supporters, indicating gen
eral distribution.
Harnett supporters of Soott
pointed out that theee letters offer
the stronger indication yet that
Scott definitely is a candidate.
In Ids race for the go*sntaMhs,
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LOS ANGELES. Calif. (DF) offi-
CaUf obiectioba to Alabama’s impSt toiffi
mission to file a comptatatT - \
,| mishi i Oct S (UJ») 4. A former Havana Htwsrwpf
Nixon Prepares
To Leave On
Far East Tour
WASHINGTON (UP)
Vice' President Richard M.
Nixon completed prepara
tions for his nine-week good
will tour of the Far East jto
day with last minute brief
ings from President Eisen
hower and other top offi
cials.
Mr. Eisenhower called his youth
ful “teammate” to the White House
at 3 p. m. es.t to say bon voyage.
He also was expected to give Nix
on personal messages to the heads
of state of all countries which the
vice-president will visit on the 37,-
000-mile trip.
Nixon also arranged conferences
today with Gen. Matthew B. Ridg
way. Army chief of staff and for
mer Far East commander; Gen.
James A. Van Fleet, former tth
Army commander to Korea; For
eign Operations Administrator Har
old Eb Stessen; and Adm. Arthur
W. Radford, chairman as the Joint
Chiefs of Staff.
PATGODraTOO
The vice-president, accompanied
by his attractive wife, Pat, will
take off Immediately after mid
night for an overnight flight to San
Francisco. He will speak there Tues
day and leave early Wednesday for
Hawaii on the first overseas leg
of the extended journey that will
take him completely around the
world before he returns here Deo.
a.
Nixon disclosed Saturday that he
alao will carry messages of greet
ings from Oen. Douglas MacArthur
to several key persons in the Far
Eastern nations tae will visit.' The
vice-president said he confw-rMst
the* former Far Eastern command.
Senate Republican Leader Wil
liam K. Knowland, who returned
last week from a world tour of his
own, will fly to California With
Nixon Nixon sain thera wa*. no po
litical significance in tbe-. jplnt
Right, but idmit&ad it- would give
the two QOR flguiwa' a. gdod chance
for extended cußfertocea^
Dunn firemgnt!
Get Two Calls
Duito’s Fire. tMperteMtot was cal
led te two firee .Over the, weekend,
one of which destroyed a home at
907 M, Cumberland, according to
Howard M. Lee, secretary - treasur
er of the Fire Department. i
Big Dunn Negroes, asleep in the
home that wgs destroyed Sunday
might have burned with Uie house
had it not been for the quick
thinking of a pagitog truck driver—
and two Dunn potlounla.
. The truck driver iMioee name
was not known, wps going horn*
-i'whsws tr> epee *«•'
Harriett gave him the largest ma
jority any county fia toe State ex
cept Ua own County of Alaaahce.
AS us ,tt» Mift# TteCdlveid to
cUtod otMter t and mail
ed at Haw River, addraaaed the
"Things look -vbff 'encouraging to
toy wfttog tote toe, Senate
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HERMAN NEIGHBORS
Neighbors , Bass
Head Church Board
Herman Neighbors, prominent Dunn businessman
and church leader, was reelected chairman of the board
of Hood Memorial Christian Church at the annual organi
zational meeting held Sunday night at the church.
City Commissioner J. Vernon
Bass was renamed vice chairman
of the church board. Both have
alfeady served one term. Their re
election was unanimous.
Mias Bertha Westbrook was elec
ted secretary to the board succeed
ing Tommy P. Harralt, whose term
had expired, and Wallace Dixon
Was ejected treasurer succeeding
James Britt, whose term had also
ttoed.
Elected as new elders were Her
man Neighbors and Herman God-
WRL succeeding Loroman C. Du-
PreefJr., and Tommy Harrell.
J. NSW DEACONS
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George Arthur Jackson, Harry Fhjl-
and Bertha Westbrook. .
Christian Church
Honors L A. Tart
4 > Tbfi new $40,000 educations) building of Hood Memo
rial Christian Church will be n&med the L. A. Tart Edu
cational Billlding in honor of Lofton A. Tart, pioneer lead
er of the church and one of Harnett’s outstanding citizens.
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mercial Bank, chairman of the
Harnett County Board of Commis
sioner*. a trustee of Atlantic Christ
ian Collage and holds scow* of
dther honors and positions here.
He has Men a member of the
Dunn church for more than 45
years and has held practically all
of the church offices- He joined the
church April‘36, I9gß. He is at pre
sent a member of the beard.
Dr. George F. CuthreU, pastor
of the church, said today that the
church board voted unanimously
last night to bestow this honor
upon Mr. Tart. In recognition of
his many year* of faithful and out
standing service to his church and
renuminatior.
AU the members of his family are
also prominent to the local church.
The new 140.000 educational build -
tog is rapidly nearing completion
and it is hoped that the opening
Police Report
Arrest Os I?
Dunn Police had a busy weekend
with 17 persons arrested, according
to Chief Os Police Alton A. Cobb.
Police chargsd u of tome arrested
with drlnkng,
Ahwstod were;
JLercy -Joyner, Florence, 8. c.,
drunk; Befert Brewpess, Dunn,
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fIWDKi AiirOu K. BRIcIOOI, TvOiivc
m ' svwJ t lulri ■ lit nwilr - —■—
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drimk. and hit and n>": OutosY
V ~'fC
The Record
Gets Results
‘ 7 <'«• JM
J. V. BASS
Retiring deacons are: Paul Hare
foot, Doug Butts, and Bessie Mas
senglU.
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Mr. 'Buries was elected to a
three-year term to replace Mr.
Neighbors, who was elected as eld
er. Mr. Phipps succeeded Houston
Jemigan, who was drowned recent
ly. ‘s'"
All the others were elected to
four-year terms.
T: Lester Jones was re-elected su
perintendent of the Sunday School
and Tommy Jackson was re-elect
ed secretary of the Sunday School.
The' Church has shown much
gpQKth- and. progress du&X Whe
past year. At present, a handsome
S46JNO Sunday School addition Is
being completed.
and dedicatory ceremonies can be
held early in Novemter.-
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'*iTqf*nntrt^~?rr'is*se^T'
NO. 212
County Share
Os Funds To
Be WOO
Harnett County voters
went to the polls in small
numbers Saturday, but
gave both schools and men
tal institutions a shot in the
arm by approving the $72
million State bond issues.
Schools will reap SSO million to
be divided among North Carolina’s
100 counties according to need. Men
tal hospitals will receive $22 million
for improvements.
While the vote cast on the school
bond issue was four higher than
that on the mental institutions,
schools drew more opposing votes.
With 19 out of 22 precincts in
this morning, the school bonds were
approved by a vote of 1.821 to 305.
In a year in which local and na
tion issues are before the voters,
the county - votes around $6,000..
Votes gave the school bonds a
majority of nearly six to one and
mental institutions a majority bet
ter than seven to one. *> v
The bonds received
throughout the State in spite of
the light vote. However since no
other issues were off the ballot, a
light vote was expected.
Harnett County Schools will re
ceive approximately $650,000 which
G. T. Proffit says will be used
first for the improvement of Ne
gro schools. In an announcement
regarding the condition of schools
in Harnett County, Proffit recently
stated that the needs of the Negro
schools are of Immediate concern.
AVERASBORO VOTE
In four precincts in Averasboro
(Continued re Pam t)
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Mclver To Speak
To DUfTn Masons
Wilbur L. MclVer of Raleigh,
Right Worshipful Grand Secretary
of the Masonic Lodge of North
Carolina, will address Dunn MA
sons Tuesday n'ght At 7:30 at toe
lodge hall.
Plans for his visit were announc
ed today by Fred M. Byerly, mas
ter of the lodge, and Curtis B.
Ennis, secretary.
Secretary Mclver will apeak on
“The North Carolina Code.”
In a letter sent to all members
of the lodge. Ennis said: ‘Those
of you who have never heard him
speak on the code will have it pre
sented by a person who is superior
to many and eoual to any."/
At this meeting of the lodge. *
final report on the drive for the
Oxford Orphanage will be made.