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* WEATHER + A Some cloudiness and continued hot today and Wednesday with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. High to da < &5-90 in mountains, 90-96 else wbor*. VOLUME 5 HOLIDAY DEATHS SHATTER RECORD • W sphi i #1 '-wJr* K3w xJ IS _xfM| L .1 I AS **J| SB W 9|HA» |,- RIBBON-CUTTING OPENS HENRIETTA’S Manager Ed Carroll of the Dunn Chamber of Com merce, right, is shown here cutting the ribbon Fri day night at the grand opening of Henrietta’s Gift Shop, located beside Johnson's Restaurant on Jh&M j tints JhinqA -Ml HOOVER ADAMS LITTLE NOTES ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS Over-indulgence in joy Juice causes different people to act and react in various ways. Some get happy, some get sad; others want to love everybody and then some wari| to fight everything and everybody in sight. Corporal Rommie Williamson brought in a drunken driver the other day whose reactions covered Just about the entire field of psy chology and human emotions. He was a good-natured little fel low and as soon as he was arrested ne broke into tears. He cried for at least 30 or 40 minutes: The teais flowed and his body shook violent ly from the sobs. When Rommie closed the cell door in the local housegow, the drunk turned to sprayer and long he prayed. Police officers said they never heard anybody offer a more eloq uent, more forceful or abler prayer. Somebody passing by would have thought that a top-flight evangel ist was holding revival services in the clink. An hour or so later, Corporal Wil liamson had business back at ths police station. "Is he still praying?” asked Rom mie. .. “I should say not,” replied Serg eant Corby Wood. “Go back there and listen to him now.” Rommie stuck his head just in side the Jail door—but that was enough. The fellow was doing as fancy a Job of cussing as any sailor (Continued on Page Five) They Could Hardly Believe It; Lemonade Instead Os A Ticket Motorists could hardly believe their eyes they were getting free lemonade to refresh them on their July 4 trip and a friendly safety greeting instead of a ticket. It was an unusual stunt devised by Brwin Woodmen of the World and Harnett’s state highway pa trolmen to make motorists safety conscious on the dangerous holi day weekend. - The patrol checking station was set up on the outskirts of Erwin on Highway one of the most popular routes from Piedmont Carolina to the beach. They figured It to be about the half-way point for many of the holiday vacationists and that they would need refreshments at that TELEPHONES 3117 - 3118 Highway 301. Looking on are Mra. Henrietta Barnes, left, proprietor, and Mrs. J. B. Rouse, manager of the beautiful new shop. (Daily Rec ord Photo.) 1 .»«* Two Trains Collide; 5 Dead , Three Hurt VSUGHN, N. M. (IP) Two Santa Fe freight trains collided headon today, killing five crew members and in juring tyiree others. A~tflttir‘car of Mghig Inflamma ble acetate tbit was behind one of 'the two locomotives covered the engftvk with Defy liquid? AU. of the dead were In the blazing litter of the two locomotives. The accident occurred at about 2 a. m. at a switch known as Car denas Junction about 21 miles east of here. A Santa Fe official said the col lision occurred when a westbound train pulled into a siding to allow an eastbound freight to pass through without making a halt. But for some reason, the west bound train apparently failed to stop and continued on through the siding and back onto the main line, where It met the oncoming freight headon. The engineers of both trains were among those killed. They were E. G. Abernathy and J. C. Canipe. both of Clovis, N. M. The other dead were identified by the railroad as fireman I. W. Bell and brakemen J. W. Fryar and V. F. Adair, also of Clovia. The three Injured were fireman W. B. Hester. Conductor C. C. Mc- Daniel and brakeman D. Moreland, all of Clovis. Twenty-five freight cars were scatterel along the right-of-way and stacked up in places as high as the telephone poles, a railroad official said. point. On Sunday afternoon. the Woodmen served over 2.000 cups of cold, delicious lemonade to the motorists. Each car was stopped by the patrol. While Corporal Rommle Wil liamson and hts patrolmen check ed the motorist’s driving license and safety features of his vehicle, Cohsul Commander Harvey Wil liams and his Woodman served oc ■ cupants of the our free lemonade, 1 gave them safety literature and . wished them a happy and safe jHailu JXemrd Girl, Age 7 B6nds~Her ' Brother Out HOUSTON. Tex. W—She was only seven, a mite of a girl with long, brown hair and big, serious eyes. But she had a mighty heart. The youngster, clad in a play suit, walked into the police station and told bond officer T. R. Rob bins she wanted to ball out her brother. Robbins checked. It would cost $5. The little girl started counting out pennies and nickels. T got it from my piggy bank,” (Continued On Page Eight) Three Jail Cases Tried Here Today Three jail cases were tried here this morning by City Judge H. Paul Strickland. Earl Ennis of High Point, charg ed with driving drunk, was given 90 days, suspended for 12 months on payment of SIOO fine and court costs, and his license was revoked. Eugene Satterfield of Raleigh and George Jones of Wilson each was fined $5 and costs and given a 30-day suspended sentence for public drunkenness. holiday. THEY LIKED IT “Brother!” said one tourist from the North. ‘l've never been treat ed so royally in my life before. And we started to detour around North Carolina because they said the traffic cops were tough.” “Now I’ve seen everything,” de clared another visitor . from the Middle West. “What's the catch?” asked one fellow skeptically? ‘Nobody ain't ever give me nothing free before.” He was convinced. - . . One vehicle hit the Jackpot -. It was loaded with about 15 chil dren. The Woodmen got busy and (Conttnwad On Pape Eight) DUNN, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 5, 1955 Angier Han Convicted Os > Shooting Boy Kyle Hairing! ofn, new county recorder’s court clerk, served at his first ses sion of court in Lillington this morning. A light dock et was disposed of, with Vice Recorder L. M. Chaffin on the bench. Herbert Prince of Angier was convicted of assault with a deadly Weapon after pleading not guilty. He was accused of shooting a youth named Harold Hayes, as Hayes and five other young boys were picking blackberries on Prince’s farm. Haes, who is less than 12 years old. testified that a bullet grazed him behind his ear on June 29th. Larry Prince, a nephew of the defendant, was the State’s star witness. He swore he saw his uncle leave his house with his shotgun, and later return with it. * Other witnesses were Lewis Hayes. Benny Grimes, Wade Lee Gregory, R. T. Hayes and Carson Carter. They were picking black, berries along with Harold Hayes. Judge Chaffin ordered Prince to pay a fine of SIOO and costs. He apipealed to Superior Court and bond was set at S3OO. He was rep resented by Attorney ArtJhie Tay lor. Other cases tried were; Gene Sanderson, age 37. of Pope fid*, pleaded guilty tp pawing % vehicle on a curve and paid the costs. ADAMS FINED SIOO Marvin Adams of Angier pleaded guilty to driving drunk and was given six months.- suspended foe , two years on payment of SIOO fine (Centinued On Page Eight) - Hoover To Get Another Honor CHICAGO (® Former Presi dent Herbert Hoover will be among 12 distinguished Americans hon ored at the National Shrine Con gress here next week. The awards July 13 will make the first time the Shriners have paid public tribute at a national convention to men who have made outstanding 'contributions to "Americanism an<j the well-being of their fellow citizens.” a spokes man said. Already nominated for the honor are Rear Adm. Dainel V. Gallery, head of the Naval Air Reserve at Glenview. HI.; publisher William Randolph Hearst. Jr.: Arch Ward, sports editor of the Chicago Tri bune. and Don R. Grimes, a gro cery chain executive. 4- Record Roundup + TO ASHEVILLE State Senator Robert Morgan will be one of the featured stpeakere at the 37th an nual conference of the Associa tion of Superior Court Clerks of N. C. The convention will be held July 6,7, 8, and 9 at the George Vanderbilt Hotel in Asheville. Senator Morgan, a former clerk of the Harnett Superior Court, has SAYS SEX NO PROBLEM Actress To Play Tough Male Role EPIDAVROS, Greece (IP) Judith Anderson, Ameri ca’s queen of classical drama, announced today she is go ing to play Hamlet dressed as a-man. ‘Sex is no problem," she said. She will play Shakespeare s most difficult male role In a pair of slacks. “Hamlet is possessed by a de sire to revenge his father's death.” KJ»saa>- r * slm 'KiMMgwJyb' JR.' iHWiiPV w rv ~ If jHivlsu ■pyk j pr: . ■ 1 - ' Hts " / ERWIN BEAUTY Pictured here Is pretty Miss Julia Wil liams. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Williams of Erwin, who last night was crowned Queen at the climax of Erwin’s gala Fourth of July Celebration. The lovely little lady will reign as "Miss Erwin” for the coming jrear. She was crowned liv Miss Pat Warren, the re qncen. Erwin’s* holiday celebration wag well attended as a Wg success. (Daily Record Photo.) PRECEDENT - SHATTERING VISIT -r \ —- Red-Leader Warns Russia Not Weak MOSCOW (IP) Soviet “strong man” Nikita Khrush chev paid a precedent-shattering visit to the U. S. embassy yesterday to tell the Western powers that “something will come” of the Geneva Big Four conference, if the West ne gotiates with Russia “as an equal.” Singer Eartha Kitt In Robbery Victim NEW YORK OP Singer Eartha Kitt told police that thieves enter ed her 13th floor penthouse on Riverside Drive while she was at a movie and stole $32,000 in furs and jewels. Miss Kitt said she had left two windows open in the kitchen of the penthouse. Police said there were no signs of forced entry. been invited to Thursday on : “Legislative Observations.” HARNETT WOMAN HONORED ' A Harnett County woman, Mrs. I T. L. Cavlness of Chalybeate Springs is the new coordinating • treasurer of the N. C. Federation : of Home Demonstration Club t . (Continued On Page Eight) . Miss Anderson said. “His love ; scenes with Ophelia are primarily f ones of rejection.” Tears in Her Eyes Miss Anderson made her disclo (Con tinned On page Eight) Khrushchev, first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, and six others of Russia’s topmost leaders, paid their visit during the embassy’s Independence Day gar den party. The Soviet leader, in a lengthy, carefully prepared statement of Soviet policy, warned the West against believing that Ruseia would go to Geneva from weakness. “The Soviet Union." he said, has never been in a more solid position.” EQUAL TO EQUAL His lengthy remarks, addressed to U. S. Charge D Affaires Walter N. Walmsley, were obviously di rected to the governments of the United States! Britain and France. (Continued On Page Eight) STILL HAS HOPES OF VINDICATION A Year Os Undoing For Dr. Sam EDITORS: One year has passed since the strange and brutal murder of Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard's young wife, Marilyn, at the couple’s comfortable lakeside home at Bay Village, Ohio. During that year Dr. Sheppard has been arrested, tried, and convicted. His family, his career and his way of life have disintegrated. The story of the events of that year are told in the following dispatch by Richard Fales of the Cleveland bureau of United Press who has cov ered the case since its beginning. By RICHARD FALES United Press Staff Correspondent CLEVELAND, Ohio (IP) lt was the evening before July 4. A midwestern family gathered, in the living room of their comfortable lakeside home. They had planned an outing for the coming holiday. This night the young couple en tertained visitors neighbors from a few doors away. Upstairs their young son slept. There was a bounteous meal, casual conver sation, mention of future plans . . a baby due in a few months. Then the visitors left Within a few hours the liveß of The Record Is First 4 IN CIRCULATION . . . NEWS PHOTOS ... ADVERTISING COMICS AND FEATURES FIVE CENTS PER COPY 391 Killed On Highways Os Nation By UNITED PRESS The nation “celebrated” Independence Day by set ting a new record for traf fic deaths during a three day Fourth of July week end. $ Motorists ignored the pleas cf Safety officials and broke the reo ■ord of 356 deaths set in 1952. The H itional Safety Council feared the 'final count might pass 400. A United Press tally irom 6 p m. Friday through midnight Monday showed 391 persons killed in trar fic. The heat wave sent arownings zooming to a total of 2«1. Fire works killed only one, but-13 died in plane crashes and 137 in mis c“llaneous accidents for a total of 783. Ned H. Dearborn, pres’dent of the .National Safety Council, said 420 Americans were killed and wounded in the Battle of Bunker Hill, fighting for the freedom of America. “Over this last weexenu lBO years from Bunker Hill almost 400 Americans were killed in the battle of the highways” ha said. "Those who fell at Bunker Hill died for a cause. Can we say the same for the casualties in the bat tle of the highways?” California had the worst record with 41 traffic deaths. Michigan had 20, Pennsylvania 18, and lowa, 'where, a single smashup killed 8 persons. 16. Only North Dakota, Vermont, and the District of Co lumbia had deathless traffic rec ords. One American died on the high ways very IS minutes during the (Continued On Page Eight) Harnett GirL Takes Durham Church Post A Harnett County girl, Miss Jean Dula of Kipling, has accepted a po sition as minister of education at the Watts Street Baptist Church in Durham. Her appointment to the post was announced today by Dr. Warren Carr, pastor. Miss Dula succeeds Mrs. Tom Harris who resigned recently foL lowing her marriage. The netf* church official is a na tive of Kipling. She graduated from Meredith College In Raleigh, where she served for three years on the Baptist Student Union Council. Miss Dula graduated this spring from, the School of Religious Edu. cation at the Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville. She is the daughter of Mrs. Beu lah Dula. assistant to Harnett (Continued On Page Eight) the family were shattered. The i date was July 3, 1954. The oouple ; was Dr. and Mrs. Samuel. H. Shep i paid. „ The wife, Mrs, Marilyn Shep pard, was beaten to death in her bedroom. The case became one of the most notorious in the history of crime. b|» I > jiill % MjTv > -V SLEEK «cc(sso,v - K^ too many guests lined up to kiss the bride, and no wonder. Joan Hall, who charms snakes for a living, draped a real, live py thon around her shoulders as part of her wedding attire in London, England. The snake, a gift from the groom, behaved, so the wedding ties didn’t in clude a stranglehold. Ike's Record Given Praise WASHINGTON IW Rep. Peter felinghuysen (R-NJI said today Americans, regardless of their litlcal beliefs. shtWfe’take pride Mr. Eisenhower’s record as Presi dent. Frelinghuysen prestnted a round up of the President’s accomplish ments to mark the third anniver (Continued On Page Eight) MISS JEAN DULA Many events followed: Dr. Shep pard, a promising young brain surgeon, was arrested. He was tried and convictf-ciV'of second degree murder. * The son. Sam Jr., Chip was se parated from his father and sent tc* live with an uncle. MOTHER AND FATHER DIE Sheppard’s mother, Mrs. Ethel Sheppard, committed suicide short ly after her son’s conviction. She left a note saying she “couldn’t go on.” The young surgeon’s father. Dr. Richard A Sheppard, died. He had “lost the will to live." Today, a year later, Sheppard to a prisoner at Cuyahoga County jail still hoping for freedom on an appeal that is part of a SIOO,OOO legal fight to prove him innocent. “It wan a hard year for Dr. Ham,* said William J. Corrigan, his chief legal counsel. (Continued On hft Eight) “J NO. 151
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