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NORTH CAROLINA General
ly fair through Wednesday, not so
hot today and little change In tem
perature Wednesday.
VOLUME 4
CROPS IN AREA DAMAGED BY HAIL
A BAD BIGHT Stewart Matthews of Lil-
Ungton. Route 1 stands in Ms tobacco field and
survey* the damage done by the hail storm which
■truck last night. Mr. Matthews reported that
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DUNN GET
A FRESH AIR (MARKET
Dan McCormick, who married the
former Miss Margaret Wilson of
Dunn, operates a grocery store at
St. Pauls and is one of the mast
successful small retailers in the
whole country.
For two consecutive years, he has
won nation-wide recognition from
the Brands Names Foundation as
a grocery “Retailer of the Year.”
Is one of the highest honors
■Sti can come to a merchant, one
the big merchants all over
the nation dream about and strive
for. It is almost unheard of for
•<A small-town merchant to win. But
pan is a smart fellow.
Each year, the winners are given
a free trip to New York, given a
suite in the swanky Waldorf-As
toria and royally dined, wined and
entertained for about a week.
Prominent celebrities of televis
ion, stage and screen help enter
tain them and they rub elbows
Cthe great merchant princes of
nation.
. “It's all too big and swanky for
i Us,” declared Dan and Margaret
'here last night.
Then, Dan told us of a funny ex
perience.
The owner of a trig grocery chain
out in California went up to Dan
bad declared:
. “You know, Dan, my business was
1 off $40,000 during the second week
In last month. Was yours off that
much?"
Dan smiled to himself and re
plied. very truthfully, "No, 81r,
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[Johnson Named To
ISucceed Mangum
ftl*, Qlenn Johnson of Kipling wn3
■sworn in Monday as the new mem-
Rbejr of the county board of commls- •
■ Johnson was named by Clerk of
■Court Robert B - Morgan to this
■amt to fill the unexplred term of
Pfilfus Mangum of LilUngton, Route
H who resigned last Wednesday due ]
Ko ill health.
■ jMsngnm, who has served a few ,
■tenths short of a one year term ■
■Mbs defeated in the May 29 Demo-
Kfatic primary by Johnson. Howefer, j
■he would have been a commissioner |
■until the first Monday in December
■iHMk Morgan said that it is cue- j
MfjF] lor the Clerk who has the .
■fgal tight to appoint any person |
M deems suitable to ask the advice j
Hi the County Democratic Execu- |
■§*• Committee about an interim ]
■appointment. However, Morgan |
Xptnted out that since the Demo- I
KraUc voters has spoken so recent- 1
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oot of seven acres of tobacco, he couldn't find a,
single good stalk left. Some of his neighbors also'
reported ball losses. (Dally Record Photo by T.
M. Stewart.)
Harnett Tax Rate
Is Cut Five Cents
Harnett County commissioners ignored the Fourth of
July holiday and met in usual session Monday morning
and handed citizens a holiday present —a tentative cut
of 5 cents on the hundred dollar valuation.
The county tax rate provisionally
was set at) $1.25 per hundred for
1 $64-53, five cents under the $1.30
rate which prevailed this year.
In Averasboro Township, this will
be augmented by a 15-cent special
levy for schools, and by levies for
township road bonds in several
townships.
For several years, Harnett's tax
rate has stood at $l3O. Prior to that
it was $134 for one year. Other
rates in progressive years backward,
have been $132, $137 and $135.
County Auditor Herbert Carson,
Jr., who has been working several
weeks on the proposed budget, in
an effort to effect a tax reduction,
told the commisaloners Monday he
though the cut was possible.
COLLECTIONS GOOD
Carson credited “unusually fine
tax collections” and the presence of
a surplus In several county funds
with making the cut possible.
For several years, Carson point
ed out, some county department have
failed to spend the amounts ap
propriated in the budget. During the
coming year, some of these sur
pluses will be spent.
Special resolutions adopted plac
ed the tenatlve budget for next year I
at a total of $1,410,428.
Money to operate the county is |
apportioned by various funds.
Many of these funds will be au- i
gmented by State and Federal funds.
They are: general poor and health |
fund, $355,668; old age assistance,
$270,780; aid to dependent child
ren, 212,808; school fund, $530350;
township road funds, $19,758; special
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The Daily Record
Woman Ends
8,000 Mile
Horse Trip
OTTAWA DP A gay female
gaucho from the pampas hoped to
trot from town today to complete a
record - shattering 8,000 miles on
horseback from her native stamp
ing-grounds In Argentina.
Senorita Ana beker, 63 inches
high in cowboy boots and 36 years
old, started her record ride Just
three years, nine months and five
days ago. She did it to “prove wom
en can do anything men can do.“
An Argentine male set a long
distance mark for horsemen 25
years ago when he jounced from
Buenos Aires to New York. Seno
rita Beker, daughter of a South
American rancher, decided that
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Police Report
Many Arrests
Dunn police and highway pa- .
trolmen made a number of arrests
during the weekend.
Most of the arrests were for
speeding, public drunkenness and
other traffic vljlatloiis. However,
there were cases of assault, lar
ceny and other offenses.
Tourists arrested for traffic vio
lations gave addresses from Cana
da to Cuba.
Following is the list: .
Dallas Coleman Stewart, Dunn,
Route 4, speeding; Louis Jopek
Falizi, Rochester, N. Y„ speeding;
Abraham Lipman, Hollywood, Fla.,
speeding; Jack Poster, Miami, spee- i
ding; Vincent J. Delardo, Newark, I
N. J., speeding; Alex Washington, i
Dunn. Route 3, drunk.
Louis P. Amazi, Lake Hiawatha, ;
N. J., passing on curve; Kevey
Koskey, Hamilton, Ontario, Cana
da, speeding; Durwood Hall, Bfen
son, Route 2, larceny of auto from
C. O. Parker; Harvey Cross, Tim
monsville, S. C., speeding; Thomas
Contrasuo, Pennsauken, N. J., '
speeding; William Weldon Beasley
of Anglo-, Route 2, driving drunk;
Thomas B. Vollper, W. Reading, Pa,
speeding.
Raymond F. Hall. N. Wilson.
A vs., Dunn, assault on female; Wil
liam Montgomery, 1479 sth Ave,
New York, driving without liosnss;
Sandy James Ray. Benson, assault
with deadly weapon; Woodrow lie-
Hay, Dunn, public drunkenness:
Carlos V. Rodrigues, Mswaim^Cuba,
DUNN, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 6, 1954
Knowland Says
Congress In
Good Condition
By UNITED PRESS
Senate Republican Leader
William F. Knowland said
today Congress is in “good
shape” to make its July 31
adjournment target date.
Knowland made the statement as
Congress swung Into what could be
its final month. He said “Barring
unforeseen developments, I think
it should be easy to make it by
July SI.”
He also Insisted that when Con
gress does adjourn It will be able
to claim “a good batting average"
on President Eisenhower’s pro
gram. The President has Insisted
his program will be a major Issue
in the fall election campaign.
The House is further along with
its work than the Senate and is
more impatient to adjourn since ail
435 members must stand for reelec
tion this fall. The foreign aid ap
propriation bill Is the only major
business still facing the House .
Knowland said the Senate will
probably take up farm price sup
port legislation or the bill to re
vamp the atomic energy law by
Friday. He said he does not think
either will cause much delay.
He predicted the Senate will fol
low the lead of the House and vote
some form of the President’s flex
ible price support plan. Under the
House bill, the government support
level on basic crops could be ad
justed between 82 1-2 per cent and
90 per cent of “fair price" parity.
OTHER CONGRESSIONAL NEWS
Communists: The Senate Inter
nal Security subcommittee opened
a new Investigation today to try
to sh£w that Communists infiltrat
ed the Army’s Information and
Education Service during World
War H.
Far East: Sen. Mike Mansfield
D-Mont', a member of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee,
charged that Vice President Rich
ard M. Nixon and other Republi
can leaders are attacking past
Democratic foreign policy to cover
up the administration's own “lack
of an effective foreign policy.”
Statehood: Sen. George A. Sma
thers D-Fla plans to introduce a
constitutional amendment to stiffen
requirements governing admission
of new states into the Union.
Inference: A House Judiciary
subcommittee reported a “strong
inference” that Supreme Court Jus
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TWO FIRES MONDAY How
ard M. Lee, secretary of the Dunn
Fire Department stated the fire
men were called out for two fires
on the July sth holiday but veiy
little, damage was'reported at ei
ther place. At 4:00 pjn. 16 men
answered a call in the 600 block
of N. Wilson Ave. where a vacant
lot owned by Max McLeod was on
fire. This was caused from burning
trash and no damage was done.
Firemen were back in at 4:25 only
to be called again at 5:40 pm. to
the apartment of Mrs. Malissle
Eugene W. Huguelet
Dies At Home Here
Eugene W. Huguelet, 84, retired
Dunn accountant died Tuesday
morning at his home km. He had
been in ill health for several yean
and seriously ill for a taw days.
Funeral arrangements are tncoih
plete.
Mr. Huguelet was a native ot
Charleston, S. C„ son -of the late
Jules Gilbert and Theresa Hadre
Huguelet.
He came to Dunn yean ago and
had been connected with a number
of the town’s larger business firms.
WORLD WAR YET
Mr. Huguelet was a veteran of
World War L having enlisted In I
the Army in September of 1917. He
was discharged in June of Isl 9. He I
was a master sergeant la rati- f
mantel supply of the 316th Field
Artillery of the famed slat Diri-f
sion. Ha served in both France end
Germany.
He was a member of the Dunn
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Dunn Clinic Is Formed Here
By Four Prominent Doctors
Dunn now has a modern
medical clinic, providing
complete out-patient serv
ice.
Formation of the Dana Clinic
was announced here today by Dr.
Charles Byrd, Dr. Randolph Doffer
myre, Dr. Gale Johnson, and Dr.
William Lilly.
Offices are located in the hand
some professional building located
behind the Dunn Post Office, e
rected here several years ago by
Dr. Johnson and used for the past
few years by Dr. Byrd and Dr. Dof
fermyre.
BUILDING ENLARGED
The building has been greatly en
larged and much new equipment has
been added to provide adequate
quarters for the four physicians and
for the examination and treatment
of their patients.
The clinic provides every type of
medical service from examination
and treatment to surgery. It has
a completely-equipped laboratory
and X-ray facilities.
FILLS VITAL NEED
The clinic has been provided at
a cost of many thousands of dol
lars. No estimate as to the cost
was made public.
All of the doctors except Dr.
Lilly, who came to Dunn recently
from Charlottesville, Va. have prac
ticed here for years.
Dr. Johnson, Dr. Byrd ynd Dr.
Doffermyre revealed that they have
been planning the clinic for several
years.
"Long ago," they said, “we felt the
need- for such a clinic in this
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Truman To Leave
Hospital Soon
KANSAS CITY, Mo. API A
cheerful Harry S. Truman looked
forward today to leaving Research
Hospital in about nfne days.
Doctors attending the former
President said he is recovering
steadily from the effects of a dou
ble operation and is definitely out
of danger.
The chief attending doctor, Wal
lace Graham, said his patient has
“been resting well and his appetite
Is good.” Barring complications, he
should be able to go home in nine
days.
Butler at 327 E. Cumberland St.
where a fire had started in the
wall. The cause was unknown and
little damage reported. Nineteen
men answered the call and returned
to the station at 6:00.
MEETING SET Al} Harnett wo
men between the ages of 18 and
40 in the vicinity of LilUngton inter
ested in a job at the new LUling
toq Garment Co. are asked to re
gister in a labor survey which wiU
be held Friday, July 9 from 9 a.m.
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Billy Graham Back
From Big Crusade
NEW YORK (IP> Billy Graham, the American evan
gelist who preached to 2V 2 million persons on a five-month
European tour, said on his return today that he felt “the
golden hour of the church” is at hand.
“I can’t express the feeling of
hunger for God that I found,” he
said. "I feel that a spiritual a
wakening might save us from a
third world war.’’
It was Graham's eighth European
visit. This time, he said, there was
an optimistic note in Western Eu
rope that he never had felt before.
“I think part of it is the spiritual
awakening and the feeling that
peace is here for a while, any
way,” he said.
‘The closer we got to the Iron
Curtain, the less fear we found
of the people for Russia, and the
greater hunger for religion. In Fin
land, they were just Uke sponges,
drinking up anything about God.
SECRET SESSIONS
“We heard wonderful stories of
secret religious meetings in Rus
sia, and we were told in Sweden.
Finland, and Oermany tHat if there
was freedom in Russia today there
would be the greatest spiritual re
vival in history in that country.”
Graham said he believed he and
| his group helped offset the impres
sion held by some Europeans that
I the United States is a country of
cowboys, sexy movies, and gang
sters.
Warrens Rexall Drug Store
Sued Fcr Selling Too Cheap
A Dunn drug state, barren’s
Cut-Rate Rexall Drug Store, has
been sued in Federal Court for—
of Ell thing* „ merchandise
too cheap.
Sterling Drug, Inc. of New York
City, a huge wholesale drug con
cern, has filed suit for 636300 de
mages in Federal Court at Raleigh
against C. Ottts Warren, operator i
of the local store.
R Is believed to be the first suit
of its kind ever filed In the State
The Record Is Firs 1
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PHOTOS . . . ADVERTISING
COMICS AND FEATURES
, The Baptist evangelist took ' his
“crusade for Christ” to Britain,
I Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Hol
land, Germany and France. The
i enthusiasm and attendance, he
said, “far exceeded anything I had
ever dreamed of.”
After he preached to 80,000 per
sons at a Berlin meeting, he sslid.
between 20,000 and 25,000 responded
to his call to join the church. He
estimated that one-third of that au
dience had come from East Berlin.
Graham, who is 35, has been in.
He had five attacks of a kidney
ailment during the trip. Although
he lost 20 pounds, he said he now
feels fine. He said his father-in
law, Or. L. Nelson'Bell, of Ashe
vifl, N. C. will examine him in
consultation with other physicians
to decide whether an operation is
necessary.
His wife, Ruth, and three of his
four children met him at the pier
when he arrived on the liner Queen
Mary.
Graham plans to go to Washing
ton Thursday for a private address
before 120 congressmen.
and possibly In the nation.
The New York firm claims that!
Warren’s Drug Store .advertised and
acid Bayer aspirin and Phillips milk
of magnesia” at prices tar too low
to phase the manufacturer* of the
two commodities.
anrg WHITHEAIMO
The N«w York firm is also ask
ing the court to restrain the Dunn
firm from advertising any of the
NO. 153
Extensive Loss
Reported By
Some Farmers
Hail, wind and rain swept
parched Harnett* County
fields late Monday leaving
widespread crop and prop*
erty damages in some areas.
County Agent C. R. Ammons said,
however, that damage was not
county-wide and seemed to bt
limited to streaks.
In some sections of the county,
there was no rain.
Some farmers, however, were hit
hard. Several said they lost their
entire tobacco crop; others report
ed heavy damage to cotton, com
and other crops.
Rain started falling here just
before 6 o’clock and continued for
about an hour. Hail was mixed with
the rain.
IN SAMPSON TOO
Heavy damage was reported by
seevral fanners in the Spivey’s Cor
ner section. The hail also cut a
severe path through the Lillington-
Angier section.
Insurance firms said today they
had many claims today and from
every direction around Dunn.
"The hail seemed to be general
in every direction,’’ said one in
surance firm.
On LilUngton, Route 1, Stewart
Matthews said he had seven acres
of tobacco a complete loss. He said
he couldn't find a good stalk any
where. He said it was insured for
only S3OO an acre. His neighbor,
Talton Butts, reported 12 acres of
tobacco destroyed.
News Shorts
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WASHINGTON (UP) The Ag
riculture Department reported to- *
day it had $0,109395,000 tied up in
farm support operations on May
31, a decline of $79,443,000 from- a
month earUer.
It was the third consecutive
monthly drop, and was chiefly due
to farmers’ repayment of $64,400,*
000 in loans on 1953-crop cotton.
WASHINGTON (07 Ships and
aircraft of six North Atlantic Treaty
nations will participate this month
in major NATO air-sea maneuvers
in the English channel, the De
fense Department announced to
day.
AUGUSTA, Ga. im —An or
ganization to be known as the Na
tional Association for the Preser
vation of the White Race has ap
pUed for a charter in Superior
Court here, court records showed
today. „
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Son Os Radio
Star Is Dead
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Bl -*
An autopsy today was to seek tbs
cause of the “peculiar death” of 7-
year-old John J. Correll, son of
Andy in the radio comedy team of
“Amos ’n Andy.”
The bqy died at St. John’s Hos
pital yesterday, apparently from a
mysterious kidney ailment
Freeman Gooden, comedy part
ner of the child’s father, Charles
Correll, said the boy was stricken
Thursday. A physician termed the
case “peculiar" and said consult
ing specialists called into the case
did not agree on its nature.
Hie physician said the boy may
have been poisoned by paint or in
sect spray. He noted that the fam
ily home was painted recently and
its lawns were sprayed.
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