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+ WEATHER + . Sunny today,, high temperatures 85 to 91, fair tonight, Jew tern* *"**"**• ** Tueeday generally fair and warm. 1 ,«n MORGAN, GREGORY, MAnHEWS WIN Senate Runoff Still Possible As Scott Majority Drops . AT* ERWIN CHURCH CONVENTION Pictured ■Om* .*•*• •» IN principal* at the Extern Advent Christian Church Sunday School CdhvehtlMi held Sunday at Erwin and attended , -Ifat dsNMse tnm aU sections of Feeteru Caro* frvrin Church Bod At Meet Arptind «00 laymen and Sunday Bchoo* offieiAb of the Advent Ohmwh Churches in Eastern North OCtplai a Sunday School the Erwin Church 3p»t«Ow. The Bev I. Clyde Shep qatf .i* factor of the host church. jßx&Uir , the-- ntorning, * Sunday *t the church for tß'fVee. These glasses were attend «*% UMRnDera of (around 33 church* the Eartern part of North 'JWfehJfi the .Sunday School ser- J«BThe »BV. Thd W r Pritchard of ff)>ia(i >t»oUght the morning ser .ijttfclock.* Dinner was J »otsS st 4h*ftnhlng at I o’clock, visiting conven tion;presided over the sessions in n in Four Oaks Fust. Advent Christian church. ttepß^es-in,the convention in ■ rijjpdb worfrs from as. tar .weft - as Opt Mun, and .East to-the coast. SfWW.' bunderd visitors attended meetings besides the Id- aembers of the church ItMdes Tew. ptteldent of the oon- VtpWOO; other officers include Mon- Wwi iSenr eeek*tary-dreasu|ar of I Miles Pope Named I Route 5 Carrier ■ -f- *’ • ' ■ && .%£ - * 18®; TELEPHONES 3117 - 3118 llna. Lelt to right are Monroe Allen of Dunn, sec retary-treasurer; Rev. I Clyde Shepard, pastor of the host church; Rev. Ted W. Pritchard of Ben son, the speaker; and W. B. Tew of Erwin, presi dent of the association. (Daily Record Photo.) Four Os Jernigan Cases Are Settled Pour of more tjl&n a score of lawsuits brought by Mrs. Alberta Jernigan of Dunn against several insurance com panies to collect insurance totaling $280,000 on the life of her husband have been "satisfactorily settled,” it was dis closed today by Attorney Duncan C. Wilson. Haywood* Houston Jernigan. prominent Dunn merchant, was re ported to have been drowned dur ing a hurricane last August 13th at Wrlghtsvllle Beach but his body has never .been found and Mrs. Jernigan brought suits when insur ance companies refused to pay off claims, contending he is still alive. Nearly a dozen suits are still pending against the different com- : panlee. Suite against the Jefferson Standard and Metropolitan life In- ' surance companies are set for trial in Harnett on June 10th. Attorney Wilson said today that he had taken a non-suit In four cases against the State Capitol Life Insurance Company of Baletgh after reaching a satisfactory set tlement. v POLICIES TOTALED $35,000 A total of $38400 Insurance was . Involved In these four eases. Wilson declined to say how much was re ceived in settlement but said K was "mutually satisfactory.” The attorney said, "We settled these suits to get funds for a desti tute widow and her three children.” He indicated that they would not have accepted a compromise set- ' “•"JSLSS 4 £ « hL - (Continued Oh Piic Tw#) j Miles T. Pope tit Dunn, Route 1, City mail carrier for the past sis years, has been appointed as rural mad carrier for Dunn Route No. I, it was announced today by Post master Ralph Wade. Mr. Pope win succeed Ben Sch neider, who retired several months ago. Roy Weeks has been sapring as substitute carrier on that roijte PW» win be suemeded as City Route 3 carrier hy Theodore Jertii- Transler of Pope to Dunn. Route 5 wffl be effective as of June Tth. '■ - - SAMPSON NATIVE Mr. Pop* la a native of Sampson ®t£ Iteihj Jlrarrd DUNN, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 31, 1954 Pool To Open Here Tuesday The City pool will open for the first time this year tomorrow morn ing at 10 o’clock with free swim ming for everyone, according to Re creation Director Henry Hutaff. Hutaff stated this morning that the pool will close for lunch at 13 o'clock and open again at 3 and re main open until 8 o’clock. Coach Paul Waggoner of Dunn High School will again serve as the pool’s director this year, Hutaff, announced. Assisting in the opera tion of the pool as life guards will be Tommy Waggoner and Ro bert Pope. The pool comes under the Dunn Recreation Commission for the first time this year. In previous years, the pool has been operated by a Chamber of Commerce committee. Swimming will continue to be free to chldren until the 15th of June on Mondays and Thursdays, it was stated today. After the 15th, swimming will be available to child ren through the play ground activi ties. In connection with the recreation program, classes in swimming will be held between now’and the end of the summer, Hutaff said today. Registration for the class will be open for both children arid adults from June 1 through the 15. Hu taff pointed out that the classes will be arranged according to the need of the participants. A fulltime recreation program will be instituted here this summer for the first time in the history of the town. Besides the pool and other jflay ground activities, the pro gram will inclride soft ball. Indoor games, dramatics and music. News Shorts LONDON (W—The Moscow Com munist Party newspaper Pravda said today the Geneva eonfatwnoe ha* "passed its first milestone on the road to restoring peace In In dochina^ *t£s **£* W £ut (Cintlanai on papa taw> Lennon Makes Amazing Race For Unknown RALEIGH, N, C. (IP) For mer Gov. W. Kerr Scott, who denounced Democratic pri mary campaign attacks on his liberal record as “McCar thy ism,” today apparently had won the U. S. Senate seat of conservative Alton Lennon. Scott, a one - time “Fair Deal” Democrat, put himstelf on record against non - segregation in public school. Tabulations of 1,927 of the state’s 2,026 precincts gavp Scott 295,302 votes to 274,761 for Aennon—a lead of 21,541 votes. Combined totals for five other candidates were 15,- 607, giving Scott a majority so far of 5,934 votes. The vote for other Senate can didates was: Alvin Wingfield, Jr., 8,665; A. E. Turner, 2,104; H. L. Sprinkle, 2,354; W. M. Bostick, 1,- 209; Olla Ray Boyd, 1,339. LENNON MAKES GREAT RACE Senator Lennon, who nine months ago was unknown to the people of the State, made one of the most remarkable races In the history of State politics. He was opposing a professional politician for 35 years in the public life of the State and who had S3OO million toad jppdfunda to aid hi™ In his campaign, and still ‘ dame within less than one per cent of a second primary. RUNOFF STILL POSSIBLE Some of Scott’s leaders had made bold predictions he would defeat Lennon by a vote of two or three to one. Lennon refused to concede de (Continued On Page Two) KERR SCOTT ——^—- ■ 1 1 BULLETINS HANOI, IhAochlna (V) French Union troops, planes, tanks and artiuery attacked Communist Viet Mnh ad vance forces in jthe strategic Yen Phu area today in a bid to stall a rebel drive against the Red River Delta’s south ern approaches; The French high command said the thrusts against' the Red rebel vanguards were designed to break up the Communist move before it can get started. GENEVA (V) East-West peace negotiators began work today on the problem of enforcing a brace in Indo china once a cease-fire is called. The decision to start mil itary talks was made Saturday at a dosed meeting of the nine nations taking part in the negotiations. A date for lOmMami m psss + Record Roundup + ARRESTED—Listed on the ar rest report at the local Police Sta tion today were, Gerald Cock, 15- year-old Negro girt of Dunn, for tresspassing, assault with a deadly weapon, and disorderly conduct; and Margie Winston, W. Cleveland, trespassing. ON BROADCAST.—OIad Tidings Assembly of God Church, comer of A Magnolia and Canary, will sponsor a weekly broadcast begin- I TOP CANDIDATES FOB SHERIFF Claude E. Moore of Dunn, left, and D. E. Lasater, Jr. of Erwin, Route 1 are facing a runoff in Harnett’s race for Sheriff. Lasater, member of the county board, led Moore by 14 votes in Saturday’s six-way race. Lasater received 1957 votes and Moore received IMS votes. Johnstons Sheriff Wins By 51 Votes Sheriff Bamie Henry of Johnston County was renom inated in, Saturday’s Demociatic Primary by a slim ma jority of 51 votes. He defeated l&fL. Denning by a vote of ; 6,085 t<? 6,034. . * C Fj ■ u *r . '..A.•— 1 ——t- > Johnston County Democrats bad ! renominated County Judge Bill Godwin, renamed Narvtn Creech as treasurer, Bill Britt as auditin', and R. P, Holding, R. G. Gurley and Floyd C. Price as county commis sioners, Roy C. Coats and Blake Thomas, incumbents, led in the race for the county’s two seats in the State House of Representatives, but M. A. Morgum is entitled to a second pri mary if he Wishes. The vote for House was: Roy C. Coats, 5,803; Blake Thomas, 4,713; M. A. Morgan, 4,504; Joe Overby, 3,597, and Wiley Narron, 1,854. GODWIN WINS AGAIN Judge Bill Godwin defeated Pope Lyons by a vote of 7,180 to 4,573. Narvln Creech defeated Ed Wood all for treasurer by a vote of 6,013 to 5,333. Bill Britt was nominated for au ditor. He received 8,338 votes; John W. Mayo received 3,137 votes and Lewis Raynor got 1,941 votes. For county commissioner, R. P. Holding received 6,728 votes; R. G. Gurley, 6,315 votes; Floyd C. Price. 5,935; Darius Wilder, 5,695, and Charles Britton, 3,763. V. J. Underwood led in the race for cornore but did not receive a majority. Underwood got 4,453; James E. Pittman received 4,135, mid Poss Overby got 3,766. Jimmy Bryan Leads 500-Mils Ram indianapolis, ms. m mmiL a m FIVE CENTS PER COPY Graham Writes About Crusade EDITOR’S NOTE: When evan gelist Billy Graham went ta Eng land newspapers* suggested that he would 5s well to improve the morals of American servicemen stationed there. He also read al legations. that Gls were largely responsible for: the Increase in i illegitimate births. The Evange list ha, bow toured many of the American sir bases and now ho top* what he Uriahs of the Mor als of U. 8. servicemen in Brit ain.. By BILLY GRAHAM Written for United Press LONDON (UP) — I have come to the conclusion that, by and large, trie American servicemen are good ambassadors of the United States. Right below the small hotel in which we stayed in London is a < club. It Is frequented by some American personnel. Many nights ; we have been awakened by the loud < voices of drunken brawlers. We would get out of bed and ] look down on the street and see i dninken American servicemen. This made our hearts ache. However, this is the 5 per cent : you read about. You seldom hear ' of the good works of the 95 per ( cent. During the past few weeks It has ] been my privilege to tour several i of the American air base*. I have i (Continued on Page Eight) minis I. Mel Carlyle es 1 amterten, shea u him, wen a ettuna. Al prsilnUa.hays nat jet itiLUUi'fHt Cuwft vnti HI pn—it ii4Lm ifil—t tMII (SL IvWLiiiiTii II ii 1 1 Vem’ii hi VvT . - V # The Record Is First 'IN CIRCULATION ... NEWS PHOTOS . . . ADVERTISING COMICS AND FEATURES Runoff Necessary In Sheriff Race; Record Vote Cast Harnett County Democrats Saturday gave a whop ping majority of more than three to one to Senator-nomi nee W. Kerr Scott, renominated State Representative Car son Gregory, nominated Robert Morgan as the new State Senator, gave a 1276-majority to Congressman F. Ertel farlyle and nominated Mrs. Elizabeth Matthews as Clerk of Court. ; «»-*-—! A heated six-way race for Sher iff resulted ,in a second primary between D. E. Lasater, Jr. of Erwin Route 1 and Claude Moore of Dunn. Lasater led Moore by only 14 votes. The vote was 1957 for Lasater and 1943 for Moore. The vote Saturday was the larg est in the history of. Harnett. A total of 7,946 votes were cast, as compared with only 6937 in the 1950 Senatorial campaign, the pre vious record. The heated sheriff’s race and the popularity of Scott in Harnett were credited with the large turn out of voters. CARRY EVERY PRECINCT • Scott carried every precinct In the county by a sizeable majority and in some precincts his majority was 10 to 1. Superior Court Clerk Robert Mor gan, who was nominated for the Senates led the ticket, hSwever. He defeated Senator J.. Robert Young of Dunn by a vote of 6.285 to 1,576, carrying every precinct In the county. Representative Carson Gregory of Angler. Route 2. nominated for a third tmn, was third high on the ticket and also carried each of the county’s 21 precincts. Gregory re ceived 6,037 votes and his opponent Mayor W. B. (Red) Williams of Angler, received 1,605 votes. In his race for governor. Scott had received the largest majority in Harnett of any county in the State, outside his home county of Alamance. Scott had a strong organization in Harnett, headed by Ex-Judge Howard Godwin of Dunn while the Lennon forces were not organized and did not even have a county manager HOT SHERIFF’S RACE A second primary had been ex pected in the six-week race for Sheriff, which developed after Sher iff W. E. (Bill) Salmon announced that he was retiring after 23 years service. Those eliminated for sheriff and their votes were: Staley A. Spence of Lilllngton, Route 3, 1577; Ken C. Matthews of Ltihngton, 1401; O. R. Pearce of Dunn, 662; and Andy Collins of Lilllngton, 631. Mrs. Elizabeth Matthews of Lil lington, assistant court clerk, was nominated as clerk, defeating Billy Taylor of Dunn by a vote of 4716 to 3107. iHarnett gave Congressman T. Ertel Carlyle a vote of 4348 to 3073 tor Seavy Carroll. Carlyle carried ah but five of Harnett’s precincts. State Treasurer Edwin GUI car ried all but one of the county’s 31 precincts, defeating Josh Janies by a vote of 4560 to 3367. One new county commissioner was elected in District m and a runoff will be needed to determine the win ner in District n. The runoff in District n, com- j prised of Duke and Grove town ships, will be between R. L. (Bob) Pate, who received 654 votes and (O—a—sd o» fM tw) 1 + Harnett Results + For (J. S. Senator W. M. BOSTIC R OLLA RAY BOYD 6 ALTON A. LENNON 1736 W. KERR SCOTT 6316 HENRY L SPRINKLE 13 A. E. TURNER IS ALVIN WINGFIELD 66 For Congress NO. 127 SENATOR MORGAN aQL Jj A GREGORY For State Sonate U robektb! }2p W. B. WILLIAMS For Shoriff Kg ~ vH ! ■
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