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PORTRAIT PRESENTED The children of
HBm late Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Pridcen are iknm
■above with the other principals at the unveiling
HtdtM of the portrait presented the First Pres
■feyterian Church, of the church’s former pastor,
■Dr. Andos R. McQueen, yesterday morning. The
■portrait was painted by Connelly Pridgen, brother
■•( B. C. and Horace Pridgen of Dunn. Those above
Bare, left to right: Guyton Smith, who received
Mrs. Jernigan To Be Given
Examination Saturday At 10
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§1 »F HOOTER ADAMS
WONG CITES DIFFERENCE
■ MAKING MONET, LIVING
■ group of old-timers the other
■ were discussing the late Dr.
■L. Denning, father of Mrs. Na
irn M. Johnson and one of Dunn’s
■Bfeer doctors.
K was » remarkable man. Many,
Kv years before penicillin was
Kprered and placed on the mar-
E Dr. Denning was using It.
■Rrs. Johnson was ill Tar about
■year He kept her alive with
■Wed bread and three-day-old
When Ed Purvis was hanged—
■ only hanging in Harnett’s his
■y— Dr. Denning bought his body
■ tU-sected It. He was a brilliant
■tor, far ahead of his times. One
■those days, we’re going to do
■suture on him.
HtFLE NOTES: Mrs. Kenneth
■hiy, who has returned to Dunn
■ Mve after an absence of sev
■l years, says the people have
■need more than the town . . .
■ot of familiar faces have passed
on page two)
mlo Record Is Set
In Sheriffs Race
■fee current race for the Demo
■tic nomination for* sheriff of
■nett County Is a near record,
■ not an all time high Dougald
■Flee,, chairman ot the county
Km board said today.
Peapfand cfe^f*
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tki ell painting for the church; A. W, Pridgen,
the Rev. Richard R. Gammed, Mrs. E. M. Beet, L.
S. PrMgen, B. C. Pridgen. Dr. D. L. Pridgen of
Fayettevtne, Who presented the painting; Mrs.
Afifcur James, Miss Mary Bheiten Pridgen, and T.
Connelly Pridgen, Gene Pridgen, eon of the artist,
front, see story on inside. (Dally
Mrs. Alberta Jernigan of Dunn will face a battery of
lawyers for the first time Saturday morning when she
will undergo an adverse examination in her efforts to col
lect insurance totaling more than $280,000 on the life of
her husband, Houston Jernigan, prpihinerit Dunn mer
chant. ‘ s ■ ... •. -
Jernigan was reported to hgv*
been drowned during a, hurricane
last August 13th at WrightsVlUe
Beach but his body has never been
found and insurance companies
have refused to pay qff claims
contending fee Is still aUftr. . - v
The adverse examination, an ini
usual legal proceeding, was reques
ted by attorneys for Jefferson
Standard Life insurance Company,
who claim tbit Jernigan, hR wul
and other members of the family
engaged In a "well-laid and Tell
conceiVed plan" for JbTnlgan’a dIs
aPP*UNDBCAL PROCEDURE
Harnett lawVers said it h the
first time in their knowledge that
the plaintiff In a law suit lb Har
nett has bean given an adverse ex
amination.
The action was requested by At
torneys Julius C. Smith and Harrall
Pope of Greensboro and John Allen
McLeod and Max McLeod of the
law firm of MoLeod and McLeod
of Dunn.
In addition to these lawyers, ap
proximately 30 other attorneys re
presenting various other Insurance
companies will be present to hear
Mrs. Jemlgan’s sworn testimony.
More, than a dozen suits again*
as many different Companies have
been filed by Ifn, Jernigan to col
lect the insurance money.
A number of suits ham alio feeen
filed against Mr. and X» Je«d
(Cantteaed Oa Pate Two) t
in MM there was a three-way
race ter sheriff. Candidates ware
Bill McArtan, John Oreen pad W.-
H. Turlington, the letter the ta
to 1934. four yearn later
there were row men see King to no
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News Shorts
' PORTSMOUTH, Va. *)' - Rufus
WSUam Chestnut, W, of Sampeon
Cennty, JJ. C- was killed yesterday
when ha was struck by a car half
a mile oast e/t- here. The body was
•ent te Mount Ottve, N. C.. for
fuheml services, -s.
ENID, Okla. M First Lt. Rugb
ie W. Maples of Wadssboro, N. C„
wae she of four Air Farce me*
killed Friday night when a B3t
bomber crashed and exploded in a
swamp near Amelia, Va., Vance AFB
ben said.
ASHHBORO Ml Funeral ser
vices were held here today for Dr.
&k’SSr£EX£!Z
day after a two-month Illness.
HANOI. Indochina dh - The
Milwaukee Braves obtained short
stop Roy SnwOey from the Chicago
Cnbs for, pitcher Dave Oslo and
an mb Her laced amount of cash to
day. and some observer* regarded
the trade a* a lMoelbla first step
In a Milwaukee-Phtladclplila Phil
«e deal. ■
Hancock, ml m - supreme
Cenrt Juetlee WUMem ft Dsugtee
and hie hardy band of nature Inv
ert set ent today for a tt-mfie hike
and their Mat night to the open
after a taela of otvWMOen at Ha
eifteet. '
NEW TORK HI - A waterfront
hsek-jUetrefk meet predteted by
eity tflUti- faOed ip melisllsliii
jfeffigs&e
who laid peMce he wa# shtgged and
beatetiby two heodWme of agang
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DUNN, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 22, 1954
Dunn Group Off
To Capitol To '
Confer On Bill
Rep. F. Ertel Carlyle will
introduce a bill in Congress
this week providing for es
tablishment in Dunn of a
suitable memorial to honor
the memory of the late Maj
or General William C. Lee
of Dunn, the State’s out
standing hero of World War
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Congressman Carl vie t telephoned
Hoover Adams, member of a soecial
Rotarv Club committee which is
seeking a memorial, that he will
introduce the bill on either Tuesday
or Wednesday.
General Lee. who is recognbed
throughout the nation as the
“father” of America’s airborne
army, orvanired and trained the
first-, paratroopers and glider in
fantrymen in the nation and then
wrote tvie airborne doctrine used in
the D-Drv invasion of Normandy.
A delegation comno«ed of Rotary
President John Strickland. Adams.
Dr. Charlie Bvrd. George F. Blalock
and Ed Wade left foe Washlnvton
this afternoon to confer with Con
gressman Carlyle on the memorial
bill.
Congressman Carlyle declared to
day: *T laeree with members of the
Dunn Ifeotarv Club that it is past
t'me that both the .Federal awl.
tkXte governments paV honor to
this distinguished soldier and
statesman and Tm going to do
everything In my power to see that
it Is done.”
Congressman Carlvle said he had
already discussed the matter with
members of the Armed Forces Com
mittee and had received favorable
reaction. He said he wanted ’.o
confer with members of the Dunn
committee to find out Just' what
tvoe memorial Is desired before
completing t.he drafting of his bill.
SEVERAL IDEAS
Several types of memorials are
feeing considered, Including the es
tablishment of an Airborne Mu
seum. which would attract many
tourists to Dunn, a public library
building to be named in his honor
and various other types of
memorials. >
Members of the committee have
expressed the desire for a “living
memorial,” although this may be
difficult, depending upon the size
of the government appropriate a
available.
“We mav have to settle for a
statue or even a marker, but we’re
lOwilsmS sm Mur* Ivtl
Perry Funeral
To Be Tuesday
William M. (BUD Perry, 52. well
known Dunn business man, died
Bunday morning at .3 o’clock at his
home on Newton Grove, Route 2.
He died suddenly of a heart at
tack although he had been ill for
several days.
Funeral services,wifi be held Tues
day afternoon ate 3 o’clock at the
Hickory Grove Baptikt Church. The
Rev. Sam F. Hudson of Dunn, pas
tor, and the Rev. Gradv McKelthan.
former pastor, will officiate. Burial
will be In Oreenwood Cemetery In
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t Record Roundup +
FOR SCHOOL PUPILS Har
nett County’s Committee Tor His
torical Research this week sent
letters to all county schools invit
ing students to write a sketch of
u place, event or person in their
community suitable for use on a
series of broadcasts over the Dunn
station entitled. “Harnett History
Begins at Home.” Entries must be
sent to Mrs. N. S. Atkins
Judged feast will fee Uoadcast with
full credit to the writers.
Ctmxzed were,
soft to drtve nts ctr; o&narfc Turner.
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FOUR GENERATIONS Four generations
are represented in the picture above. The Rev.
J.' A. Blalock, left, celebrated his birthday yester
day with a host of friends, children, grand chil
dren, and his great grand children. Others besides
Rev. Blalock are, (L to r.) Alfred Blalock, son of
Records Prove That Roads
Help Make Scott Richer
SANFORD Sen. Alton
Lennon declared here to
night that former Gov. W.
Kerr Scott “personally ben
efited materially from the
state’s road building pro
gram in Alamance County
and I think the people of
North Carolina should know
this.”
He made the statement prior to
addressing 125 members of the N.
C. Federation of Poet Office Clerks
and its Woman’s Auxiliary at the ‘
organizations spring meeting here.
Lennon said about 14 miles of
secondary roads on Scott’s Ala
mance farms had been paved and
the V. & 70 bypass had been lo
cated through them while Scott
was governor.
“Os course, he was governor and
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Life Os Carbine
On Lux Theatre
Program Tonight
FRONT—LIFE OF CARBINE Sue
Marshall (Carbine) Williams, the
famous Godwin gun inventor, will
be the subject of the Lux Radio
Theatre program Monday night
from 9 to 10 o’clock over the en
tire network of the Columbia
Broadcasting System.
Williams’ life will be dramatized
on the program.
The program will tell the color
ful stonr of how Williams invented
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session of non toxed liquor: Ed
die Jackson Davis. 29. Goldsboro,
driving drunk; Earl H. Long, 30.
Dunn. Route 4, drunk: Sylvester
Thompson, Dunn, public drunken
ness: and Bud Paul Naylor. Rose
boro, Route 5. public drunkenness.
SOFTBALL PRACTICE The
Jayoees* softball practice will be
gin tomorrow afternoon at 8:48 with
Bob Leak, Manager, in charge. Any
one interested in playing is asked
to report to the Dunn Athletic Field
tomorrow.
BoenTof 1 eLumw” turda?*named
local elections hoard te the 198
bTw&dw
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
Rev. Blalock; George Franklin Blalock, grandson;
and George Alfred Blalock, great grandson. The
party and dinner was held at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Hubert Peay, North Ellis. Mrs. Peay is
a grand daughter of Rev. Blalock. (Daily Record
Photo)
Negro Soldier Dies
In Harnett Wreck
Hamett County’s traffic fatality
score board registered five today
following an accident Just 15 feet
from the Llllington City limits yes
terday morning in which one per
son (was killed and two others in
jured.
Dead on arrival at Ft. Bragg
hospital was George Washington
Powell, 28 year old Negro soldier
of the Army Base, who was driv
ing a late model Bulck’ which over
turned twice. Others in the car
were John H. Montgomery and
Charles P. Cotton, Ft. Brkgg, both
of whom were charged with poss
ession of non tax-paid liquor.
Highway Patrolman Paul C. Lu
cas of Angler stated that the Pow
ell ear left tire skid marks for 445
fret, skidded 400 feet, over-turned
twice, and then uprighted itself
when it hit a telephone guy wire.
Cotton and Montgomery told the
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*! '*&jg*# , sigife; i.tSMgy ■■ ■ |j
eutvSmdavmernhictest sstridr tee TntlnrUm
f THE RECORD '
GETS RESULTS
Murder Case
In Mistrial
Superior Court Judge George M.
Fountain Friday night ordered • a
mistrial in the case of Mack Vin
ston, 46, Bunnlevel Negro cnarged
with the murder of Theodore Wil
liams, another Negro of the Mc-
Lean’s Chapel vicinity.
Jurors deliberated until 6:30 o’clock
and were tied up 6 to 6 when Judge
Fountain called them out of the
Jury room. They said they were
hopelessly deadlocked.
It was understood that six favored
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wen tejwred. T*» nr, b*n*fet fey I*mU <miy *
week ar>. was eMnpteieiv aevetahetf. At bn
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NO. 77
Knowland Says
He Expects
No Difficulty
WASHINGTON (IP) re
publican congressional le 1-
ers indicated today th -t
President Eisenhower i 11
make no strenuous effc /;
to reduce in the Senate t’:e
extent of the billion - dollar
excise tax cuts.
Senate GOP Leader Willian: T
Knowland said after the we c.y
White House legislative mee" v>
that the bill would pass the fc> i
ate substantially the same as
ported by the Finance Commit
The excise sales tax bill as p
ed by the House would cost . i •
Treasury about 912 million dol' r.
in revenue. The Senate bill w<
make a further cut or about-i 3
million.
The President earlier had r
the House bill went too far, : 1
there had been reports administ
tion efforts would be made in i
senate to lesson the extent of t
cuts.
When the GOP leaders were a
ed whether the President had in'
cated steps by which the admin
tration might reduce the big sla
House Speaker Joseph W. Marti ■
Jr., said, "No.’’
WANTS BIGGER CUTS
aim. Paul H, Douglas <J>-r
-wants to make even bigger cuv
He is sponsoring a drive to cm
excise taxes on new cars by 3 p
cent and to wipe out all foderal e:'
else taxes on household appliance
Knowland said he did not belie)
Democrats in the Senate would at
tempt to add their proposal for ai
increase in personal incline tar
exemptions to the excise tax bii 1
He figured they would wait to pual
that proposal in connection wifi:
the basic overall tax' revision bid.
Liquor Case
Is Continued
Rupert Jackson Lee, Dunn, Route
5, white man, entered a plea of
guilty to possession of non-taxed
liquor for ‘sale today in Dunn Re
corder’s Court, but asked that the
case be continued to allow him
to raise the fine money. The case
was continued on agreement of the
court and Solicitor.
Lee is a partner in a business
operating just inside the Harnett
County Line on Highway 55, East,
Associated with him is his brother,
Cortez Lee.
According to officers, Lee had sev
eral pints of non-taxed white liq
uor and other n on-taxed liquors
for sale. B. E. Sturgill who made
the arrest, assisted by Wade Stew
art, said that the liquor was setting
on the counter. Sturgill stated that
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