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Partly cloudy to cloudy and colder
today; high 44 to 50 in the west
and 50 to 58 in east portion. Tues
day mostly fair and a little warmer.
« VOLUME 5
HARNETT TO ERECT NEW LIBRARY
STORM LANDS POULTRY HOUSE ON AN-
F OTHER—A hard wind of tornadic-velocity struck
in the Lee’s Chapel of Sampson section on Dunn,
Route 5 Sunday afternoon. It swept a large poultry
building into the air and landed it upside down
on the top of another building, as shown in above
SLOW BOOTLEGGERS OUTWITTED
They Poured Out The Whiskey
But Police There To Catch It
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By HOOVES ADAMS
BECKY, A NEW STORE, HERO
WORSHIP, AND OTHER NOTES.
Dunn Presbyterians don’t know
it, but one of the largest churches
in Eastern Carolina is after their
pastor, Rev. Dick Gammon Mr.
, Gammon didni know it, either,"
4 but members of the pulpit com
mittee from that church were here
yesterday to hear him preach..,.
They heard a good sermon too
It was about the power of prayer
....The popular Dunn pastor has
already turned down several calls,
but may find it difficult" to turn
this one down—ls he wants to
stay in Dunn now would be a good
time so? to ask for a raise, would
, n’t it....Crafton Tart’s Open Air
Market now has fresh peaches for
sale... .Lofton Tart of Dunn miss
ed the district Rotary conference
• at Kinston... Says he Just didn’t
feel like making the long trip
The Golden Anniversary pageant
had been called off previously...,
Dunn’s Becky Lee was guest of
I honor at Central High School’s
£ Stunt Night program on Friday....
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30 More Violators
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Lose Their License
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f. Following is a list of citizens of l
this section who tyive lost their,
driving license for one year for
4 violation of motor vehicle laws
during the period between Febru
ary 5 and 12th.
\ Marvin Hodges of Dunn, con
■s/’Vteted on second charge of driv-
W ing drunk.
Edgar Johnson of Four Oaks,
|- convicted at Smlthfield third time
for driving drunk.
Maraus Lindburg Jackson of
j,. Godwin, convicted in Dunn court of
Lopthn Mclver of Dunn, convic-
A ted of driving drunk in Superior
jr Court at smtthfuw
Jesse. Floyd Reaves of Erwin,
TELEPHONES 3117 - 3118
photo, on the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tart.
A tobacco bam at the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Hor
ace Bagley, next door, was twisted off its founda
tion. Other minor damage was done but no In
juries were reported.
(Daily Record Photo by T. M. Stewart.)
Surprised bootleggers poured out their "joy juice” when
three county rural policemen raided them this weekend
but they weren’t smart enough or fast enough and both
of them ended up facing trial in county court.
The. officers simply outwitted
them.
Defendants taken in the two
raids were: William Billy Jordan,
30, of Erwin and Sandy Elliott, 35,
Negro f of near Lillington.
When the officers arrived at the
Jqrdab home, Jordan and hi? wife
refused to let them inside the door.
Jordan and his wife started pour
ing their whiskey down the drain—
but they didn’t know that Police
> man Stanley Byrd was sitting out
side the house at the end of the 1
l - drain pipe catching the stuff in a 1
r jar as evidence.
, HEARD THE POURING
When Policemen Clarence Moore,
Walker O’Quinn and Byrd arrived, 1
the Jordans kept them outside the 1
’ house while they tried to destroy J
| the evidence. !
Policeman Moore, who was stand
ing' at the kitchen door, said he j
, could hear them unscrewing the ■
jar lids and pouring out the whis
-1 key.
’ “Get an empty jar and catch (
; that whiskey coming out of the ,
1 drain,” Moore suggested to Byrd.
' It was an easy job. ,
Finally, the Jordans yielded to ,
the law and let them inside the ,
house. They found the empty Jars ,
• and the place reeked with the odor
1 of the foul-smelling moonshine.
In addition to the house In South !
Erwin, which was wily partly fur- 1
; nished, the Jordans also maintained 1
a house in which they live at 407
’ S. 15th Street.
i RAID OTHER HOUSE I
The officers raided that house, '
too. Policeman Moore said Jordan
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1 convicted In Dunn for driving
drunk. r
Andrew Duwvood Riley of Au
tryvllle, convicted second time of
driving drunk in Fayetteville court.
Marvin Plato Stamper of Erwin,
convicted for second time of driv
ing drunk at Clinton.
Eugene Alexander Bain of Bunn
level, failure to comply with in
surance liability law.
Eugene Edward Brown of Fort
Bragg, ionvirted in Dunn rourt
of driving after license revoked.
Charles Williams Collins of Ben
son, dnvie ted in Gamer court of
speeding 80 miles an hour. ’
Malcolm Tennysol Foster. Jr. of
(Cwanisl On Pag, Two)
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Haircuts To
Aid State's
Crippled
You can help the crippled chil
dren of North Carolina by getting
a haircut Tuesday at Jack Spell’s
Barber Shop, beside Johnson Res
taurant.
Mr. Spell announced today that
alb money taken in Tuesday from
haircuts—every penny . of It—will
be given to the Crippled Children’s
Society of North Carolina.
Mr. Spell and his barbers are do
nating their day’s work to this
worthy cause Tuesday in coopera
tion with the North Carolina Bar
bers Association. Barbers of the
State are helping the crippled
children’s campaign.
None of the price charged for
haircuts at Jack’s Barber Shop
will be kept by the barbers. All of
it trill go to the State campaign
fund.
"This Is a good opportunity,’*
said Mr. Spell, “to get a haircut
and help a worthy cause at the
same time."
Erwin Man, 26,
Burned To Death
John Richards Stephens, 26, for
merlyof Erwin was burned to death
in Wilmington, Mass, during the
weekend. Details of the tragedy
were not known here.
He was the son of Andrew James
and Alice Peart Tgrt Stephens of
Erwin.
The' body is being returned to
Cromartie Funeral Home in Dunn
for burial.
Funeral arrangements will be an
nounced later. ' ~
Maybe freedom fran—anHng
should coincide a little more close
ly with freedom from wont.
Or. V-l! - ' ,’orov 7 ’
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DUNN, N.C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 7, 1955
GOT SMALL FINE IN DUNN COURT
Hooks Says Murphy
Must Serve Time
District Solicitor Jack Hooks said today that he will
ask the presiding judge at the March criminal session
of Harnett Superior Court to send Robert Murphy, well
known Dunn bootlegger, to prison for violation of his
suspended sentence.
Murphy, described by police as
one of Dunn’s hardened bootleg
gers, was convicted of bootlegging
in the Dunn court on February 23
but City Judge H. Paul Strickland
turned down a plea by Solicitor
J. Shepard Bryan that Murphy be
sent to the roads.
Solicitor Bryan pointed out Mur
phy’s long court record, his repu
tation as a notorious bootlegger
and the fact that he was under a
5-year-old suspended sentence for
bootlegging in Superior Court.
GETS LENIENCY
But Judge Strickland turned a
deaf ear on the solicitor’s plea and
let Murphy go free under a small
fine of S2OO and costs. The judge
gave no reason for his leniency
toward the old liquor offender.
New Optimist Club
To Name Officer‘s
k temporary organization for Dunn’s new Optimist
will .be set up at an organizational meeting to be held
Tuesday night at 7:30 o’clock at Johnson’s Restaurant
in Dunn.
Plans for the meeting were an
nounced today by Bob Price, chair
• man of the committee of Dunn
business and professional men who
are organizing the local unit of
Optimist International.
Chairman Price said today that
representatives of the Ralieigh Op
timist Club, which is sponsorng the
local organization, will be present
to assist.
Among those who will be here
from Raleigh are Mooris Todd, Bob
Goodwin and L. A. Haney, who
have also attended several other
1 pre- organizational meetings here.
At the meeting Tuesday night,
Chairman Price said.today, a slate
of temporary officers will be elec
ted to serve until the club is char
tered and permanent officers are
named.
Lillington To Get
High School Band
Plans to have a band at Lilllng- sor a special fund raising event,
ton High School before the end of such as a womanless wedding, to
the present school term were an- help defray cost of renting large
nounced Thursday night at the instruments. It was also suggested
meeting of the Parent-Teacher As- that a day be set shortly for re
sociation. presentatives of instrument com-
A special band committee named Ponies to meet at the scholol with
by President J. A. Senter recom- parents of children who plan to
mended that steps be taken immed- Play in the band. Parents could
lately to secure instruments > and l°°k at the instruments and malm
expressed the hope that band In- arrangements at that time to rent
structiorv will be started within the or bu y them. ,
next two weeks. Harold Grant of Principal Roger Johnson served
Dunn has agreed to offer the in- as chairman of the band committee
struction provided other conditions and made the report. Others on
are met. the committee are Jack Temple,
The committee coupled with the Roger Mann, Mrs. Robert Winston
recommendation the suggestion and Mrs. W. A. Johnson. After
that the school or P. T. A. spon- (Continued Ob Page Two)
+ Record Roundup +
ON DEAN'S LtS’Hr-The Dean’s j
List for the past semester has been
announced at Womans College in
Greensboro. Students from this
area, receiving the honor are Janet
Ennis of Erwin, Sammy Fenny of
Chalybeate Springs, and Dorothy
Howard of Buies Creek. To re
ceive this honor, a junior or senior
studenf must make an average of
B or better for the semester.
BOARD MEETING The plan
ning board of the Dunn City Coun
cil will meet tonight at 7:30 at
City Hall. Mr. J. M. Lambeth, en
gineer In Raleigh, will be the
CHAPEL 'PROGRAMS Miss
When informed of Judge Strick
land’s action in the Murphy case
today, Solicitor Hooks made it
plain that he will remedy the situ
ation by having Murphy’s suspend
ed sentence put into effect just as
soon as court convenes.
Highly displeased by Judge
Strickland’s action, Solicitor Bryan
declared: ‘lt’s hard enough to get
the bootleggers caught; it’s harder
still to get a jury to find them
guilty, and then it looks almost im
possible to ever get one sent to the
roads.”
The solicitor observed that there’s
probably more bootleg whiskey in
the Dunn area then anywhere else
in the state. Bryan said there seems
little point in officers catching
bootleggers.
EXCELLENT RESPONSE
A minimum of 20 members are
needed the club to be chartered
and chairman Price said 1 today he
is confident that the club will have
far more members than that be
fore it applies for its charter. He
said response has been very en
thusiastic.
Three teams of local leaders are
now btisy calling on prospective
members and telling them of the
outstanding work of Optimist, In
ternational. Members of the three
teams are: Chairman Price, Char
les Lee Guy and D. E. Brewer in
Team No. I; Paul Tart, Lofton
Tart and Luke Byrd in Team No.
2; and Robert Smith, Earl Taylor
and A. W. Nordan in Team No. 3.
All interested men are invited
and urged to attend Tuesday’s
night’s meeting..
i Thomas’ seventh grade of Meadow
School gave two chapel programs,
March 3. They were “Susie’s De
but” and “When Mother Went
Away”. Those who took part, in
the plajra are Shelby Beasley, Ray
Johnson, Evelyn Lee, Doris Black
man,-Hilda Wheeler, Frances Pea
cock, Linda Wilts, Jerry Adams,
Jackie Parker, Bertha Parker, Tho
mas Jernigan Glenda McLamb and
RonAld Lee.
FOR HEALTH LEADERS
Health leaders from the various
home demonstration clubs In the ,
coiirity were to meet at 2 pm. Mon-1
day In the office at the home agent
in Lillington. Hisses Lela Huntley
(Csatlnasd On Page Tws)
County Board
Buys Lot And
Votes Money
The Harnett County Board
of Commissioners today vo
ted to buy a lot in Lilling
ton t the corner of 9th and
Front Street and erect a
new county library.
Action of the board came after
Mrs. S. R. McKay county librarian,
reported that it was necessary to
either close up the present library
or build a home for $20,000 worth
of books, or $30,000 worth of equip
ment.
The lot, 110 x 87 feet in size, will
be purchased for $2,500 from La
mar Simmons, prominent Lilling
ton business man. Money to erect
the 2000-square foot building need
ed will be taken from the county’s
operating surplus. Cost is expected
to run between SIOOOO and SISOOO.
A committee was named to dis
cuss the type of building and met
hod of construction.
James Spence library board
chairman was named chairman.
Other members include G.'T. Prof
fit, L. A. Tart, J. E. Womble, Mrs.
Alton Johnson, Mrs. McKay, and
Mrs. Walter Grey, area supervisor
for the N. C. Library Commission.
Dr. Cuthrell
Will Preach
Dr. George Cuthrell, retired dean
of Dunn's ministers, has been se
lected to conduct Dunn’s city-wide
Pre-Easter services, it was announ
ced today by the Rev. Richard
Rhea Gammon, chairman of the
committee.
The services will begin on Sun
day night April 3 and continue
through Friday night April 8 at
the Divine Street Methodist Church
Dr. Cuthrell will speak each eve
ning at 7:30 o’clock.
Morning services will be held at
the various churches and will be
in charge of the various pastors.
RETIRED LAST YEAR
Dr. Cuthrell retired here last
year as pastor of Hood Memorial
Christian Church and as president
of The Dunn Ministerial Associa
tion after more than 50 years ser
vice in the ministry. He is an out
standing pulpit speaker.
He is a former State president
of North Carolina Disciples of
Christ.
The Rev. J. W. Lineberger, pas
tor of Divine Street Methodist
Church, is now president of the
Dunn Ministerial Association,
which is sponsoring this annual
series of services.
HAS MUMPS AT 82
HUTTO, Tex. (01 Mrs. Peter
Martin, 82, was released from
the hospital Sunday. She caughtt
the mumps' from a great-grand
child.
A LITTLE OFF
CHICAGO (V) A Mg alumi
na ted temperature sign regis
tered 136 degrees here Sunday
while Windy City Inhabitants
shivered in 15 degree cold.
Lillington Chamber Picks f
Directors For New Year
New members of the board of directors of the Lilling- 210.
f?" Ql f Commerce were elected at a meetin g in merchants belted
tne Town Hall. President Sexton pointed out I
President W. K. Sexton presided .
and announced that th; 1
of a new president to succeed him
will be made by the directors at
a later date. In the Interim, Sex
ton will continue in this office.
Five directors chosen for three
years terms include: & H. Wilbom,
C. a Fowler, Robert Womble, Neil
Kelly, and John Womble. These
men succeed the five whose terms
have expired. They were C. a Lov
ing, W. K. Sexton, W. M. Bryan,
Neill Ray Johnson and Hubert
IPesy,
Other directors with two years
longer to serve are: Clifton Brock,
D. P. Ray, Jr., Johnny Wilbourne,
railroad at junction Os 15-A and
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MINOT (MICKEY) JELKE
Jelke Vice Trial I
Is Opened Today |
By JACK WOLISTON
United Press Staff Writer
NEW YORK (IP) The curtain goes up today on an un- 3
expurgated version of the jelke vice tfial,
Minot Mikey Frazier Jelke, 25, - I
heir to a multi-million' dollar eleo
margarlne fortune, appears in
priminal Court ’o face for the sec
ond time charges of compulsory
prostitution.
This time the public will get the
complete story of the vice ring
which allegedly provided Case So
ciety with -play-for-pay lovelies
whose fees sometimes were report
ed to have run as high as SSOO
an evening.
At the formel playboy’s first
trial. Judge Francis L. Valente,
“In the interest of good morals,"
barred the press and public while
the prosecution presented its case.
It was on thbse grounds, that the
oleo heir appealed his conviction
and three-to-six year sentence and
won a new trial.
“CAST” THE SAME
The Court of Appeals, toy a 4-2
vote, that “the demands of
public morality do not justify Ju
dicial nullification of the right of
public trial, even In cases of ob
scene or indecent nature." The
majority opinion held that Jelke
should not have been depriced of
“the possible benefits of attend
ance by the press.”
(Continued On Page Two)
• M. P. Crews, and Melvin Turling
-1 ten.
Directors with one year to sei4e
are E. R. Gregory, Jack McCarty,
Carl Kelly, W. A. Johnson and Sel
wyn O’Quinn.. O’Quinn served this
year as secretary. /
This year marks the end of a
year of intensive work in which
the chamber has cooperated freely
with the Lillington Industrial De
velopment Corporation is securing
a new manufacturing plant and
raising the money for the erection
of a modern Industrial h»HMir. fr
The Lillington Garment 'Company
maker of sport shirts is now in
NO. 65
Harnett Woman i
Is Badly Hurt I
Condition of Miss Clyde Parrish
Matthews, 45 of Angier, Route 2
who was seriously injured In an
automobile accident on Friday was
reported today as critical at Rex
Hospital, Raleigh.
The two car collision in which
Miss Matthews was injured occur
red around 6:30 p. m. one mile
South of Angier, In front of Alt
man’s store on highway 210, si
Patrolman Herman Ward, who
investigated, said that Miss Mat
thews who war driving a 1941 Ply- J
mouth coupe pulled out horn a
drive In front of the store Into the
highway, headed In the direction
of Angler. A 1951 Ford driven by
Coyte Avon Johnson of Angler,
Route 2, travelling in the same di
rebtion, hit the Plymouth and tore
off the left side. Mis Matthews,
alone in the car, was thrown out i
the left window. She received a
(Continued On Page Tm)
that the cooperation of local mer- 1
chants and contractors has resulted dj I
in a much larger and better build- Hf
ing than could be obtained wftti
the same amount of private espi- ;
tal. The Lillington industrial build- |
ing contains 40,000 square feet, dnjt'ig 1
is air conditioned and of the most. -. --in
modern design available; yet wtlK f* |
contractors dong the work at cost 4 {
and suppliers providing the mateh* -J '
ials without any profit to
selves, the building cost only a Rttitt'-Jj 1
over four dollars per square feat,:. J
“The truth U” said Saxton. "We