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* WEATHER v Partly cloudy and quite warm through Saturday with scattered afternoon and evening thunder shower* VOLUME 5 DIXON-YATES ISSUE STILL HANGING FIRE ■ ■ ” BhL r ,r ; 7> j; _jv vM 1 r 11 4/ . * *> X‘ »jBK u u #e mV *Ji<>-*M?- . ..-; , f;V: f kJ. ’§* . t|. "" ••jjr.jj • rT^ ??PT^n » Tmiv 1 '*•; , *. Is, %.V>' 'jyig WHAT THE WELL-DRESSED HARNETT MAN WILL WEAR To be in keeping with the spirit of things, the well-dressed man in Harnett Coun ty will wear some sort of a beard and that be tween now and the end of Harnett’s Centennial Celebration in October. To illustrate the point, Albert Dockery, manager of Leder Brothers de partment tStore, invited three of Dunn's black.-- bearded Jaycees in to be photographed by Wal ler’s Studio representative, who will be at the store through Saturday. These three Jaycees are City Council Fixed Budget; Adopts Rate Dunn’s city council last night adopted a budget for 1955 -56 totaling $507,551 and set the tax rate at $1.60, the same as last yeaj, City Manager Archie Uzzle said the budget must lie open until July 28 to give local citizens an oppor tunity to protest, If anybody should desire to do so. Approximately 8200,000 valuation was' added In the town last year and officials had hoped to cut the rate five cents per hundred dollar valuation, but new items of ex pense regarding the new highway 301 alternate arm other unfexpect- Continned on Page Six) Indian Gets Year On Liquor Count Bill Maynor, well-known Dunn Indian, was given a y*«£r on the roads in Dung's city opurt Friday morning after a jury convicted him of operating a whiskey distillery. It took the jury only a few min utes to convict Maynor after City Solicitor J. Shepard Bryan put the two officers who made the redd on the witness stand, and appealed to the Jurors to help clean up the rpt ten liquor conditions around Dunn. Maynor was indicted in a war rant along with Kenny Groves, another Indian, but Groves’ case will not be tried until later. Both requested jury trials. They were arrested by Constable TELEPHONES 3117 ~3118 so handsome that Mr. Dockery is using their pro files in his window to entice others in to have their pictures made. In three striking poses are Corky Cretini, top, Tommy Godwin, center, and i .Hi., Stone, bottom. “You get the derbies down stairs,” Mr. Dockery was telling ’em this morn ing. Incidentally, if your wife won’t give you per mission to grow a beard, you can get a shaving permit for five bucks from Bsb Hadley. (Photo by Waller.) Beard Growing Fashionable Now From now until after Centennial Week, October 9-15, beard growing will be an old Harnett County custom. And take it from Robert Hadley, Centennial fund chairman, don’t worry if your neighbor has a few days growth jump on 'you. Prizes will recognize quality, not length. Awards will be offered for the most distinguished beard and the most unique beard. July 15 was the late tentatively fixed for the official start at the beard growing contest. Hadley said that was because by that time shaving permits and beard buttons will be on sale in every community in the county. Growing a beard is designed to call attention to the fact that Har. nett County is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. Beard growers call attention to the public to the Lonnie Jackson after Jacloson and Rurai Policeman B. E. Sturgill found them operating a 200-gallon whiskey still just off Highway 421 on May 29. Constable Jackson said he and Sturgill slipped up on Maynor and Groves while they had the still running full blast. They had al ready run off two oases of whiskey and had three barrels of beer. ANSWERED CALL Both Jackson and Sturgill testi fied they had known the men for many years. Jackson called to Maynor by name and he answered before realizing who Jackson was. (ContiniMd on Page five) <3to jHailtj ]R£*nrd approaching events. They ai«o will be given an opportunity to buy beard buttons for fifty cents, show ing they are members of “The Bearded Brotherhood.” Men choos ing to go clean shaven will be in vited to show their interest by buy ing five dollar shaving permits, good until after October 16. Its all voluntary. All fund 6 will go to the Centennial committee headed entirely by Harnett County people and designed to call atten tion to 100 years of progress in education, cultural arts, agricul ture, industry and communications. Official Admits Having Affair WASHINGTON (W George V. MoDavitt, security chief for the Small Business Administration, ad mitted today he the im migration of a German girl with whom he was accused of having a “liaison” in Germany. McDavttt conceded his part in the case during an angry clash (Continued On Page gtat) Otty e woman tarn mm mm • j DUNN, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 8, 1955 Angry Cops Vow To Gel Sex-Killer CHICAGO (IP) Angry po lice vowed today they would “get” the sex degenerate who kidnaped 8 - year -old Mary Manzo, subjected her to a, night of horror, and then killed her. More than 100 policemen conduc ted a house-to-house search for clues in the Southwest side slum district where the steelworker’s daughter lived her brief life and met death. Squad Cars Ream Streets A man was to be given a He test in the case today. Meanwhile, squad cars filled with friends and relatives of the dead girj roamed the hot streets, searching for more suspects. Mary, a smiling, light-hearted little girl, was kidnapped Monday evening. Sne was on her way back from a drug store, where her mother had sent her with 15 cents tc buy a rubber nipple for her 9- month-old- baby brother. The child's ravished body was found yesterday by three street cleaners. It was lying in a dank, dark viaduct that runs a half block under the Pennsylvania railroad tracks. Old newspapers and broken beer bottles lay In a welter beside her. An examination showed that Mary haa probably been killed by a blow on the side of her head about 48 hours earlier. She had been |he victim of a bestial sexual meant the killer had kept Mary alive during Monday night, subjected her to vile abuses. The viaduct had been searched and found empty Wednesday, so police theorized Mary’s body had been brought from somewhere nearby during the night and thrown In the rubble. MOTHER FAINTS Police Lt. James McMahon, chief of homcide, turned away with a shudder when asked what Mary had endured before her death. The child’s mother and aunt both faint ed when they saw what the killer had done to the child. Mary’s father, Dominic, 45, re peated over and over “he was a beast. The man was a beast who did that to my little girl.’’ Veteran police officers said Mary’s murder was easily tbe most brutal crime against a child in Chicago since the , kidnaping, strangling, and dismemberment of 6-year-old Suzanne Degnan in (Ctfntfcraed am Pag* Two) Carroll To Attend Chamber Meeting Edward F. Carroll manager of the Dunn Chamber of Commerce Will leave Sunday to attend the Annual Meeting of the North Car olina Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives in Morehead City. The three day event will feature discussions, speeches and seminal s conducted by some of the most pro minent men in the Chamber field. Among these are; Harry J. Krusz, Manager of Internal Affairs of the Chamber of Commerce of the Unit ed States; Bill Sharpe. State Mag azine; J. D. Holt, Director of the Morehead City Port Terminal; Roy Mundee, manager, Bureau of For eign and Domestic Commerce. U. S Department of Commerce, Rich + Record Roundup + MUSICAL VARU7HES -- Mrs. Reta Whittenton announces the schedule for her "Musical Varie ties” radio program for next week: Monday - Mrs. Whittenton will give an organ program; Tuesday - Ann Wood of Benson will sing; Wednesday - Mrs. Garris Yarborough of Benson will be the vocalist; Thursday - A vocal trio, known as the "Harmonettes" of Four Oaks; Friday • A vocal duet JUMP ALMOST IN THE FRONT DOOR This is what happened when a Philadelphia tourist went tv sleep and lost control of her automobile Friday ?- morning in Dunn. The car crossed the highway, THREE INJURED IN FREAK ACCIDENT Tourists Have Close Call Three people were injur -01, two of them seriously', -in a narrow escape from death in a freak accident qp N§| th Ellis Avenue. in Dunn : 4£riday morning. \ A car driven by Mrs Lillian‘to. per, 50, of Philadelphia, Pa., went out of control, crossed the high way, knocked down a large tree and turned on Its side In the yard at the home of Mrs. E. L. Best at 700 North Elils Avenue. City Policemen E. C. Johnson and E J. Whaley, the investigating officers, said it was only a miracle that all four occupants of the 1954 Oldsmobile were not killed Immed iately. , IN HOSPITAL Admitted to the Dunn Hospital were: Mrs. Roper, the driver: her hu4»nd, Alonzo Roper, 53. and her mother, Mrs. Katie Williams, 73, all of 3954 N. Smedley St. Phila delphia. The Roper s young daugh ter escarped Injury. Dr. C. B. Codrlngton, the attend ing physician, said the driver re f Continued on Page Two) mond, Va.; and Dr. J. D. Messick, President of Blast Carolina College. Presiding over some of the sessions will include Pat Treadaway, Vive- President of NCACCE. and former Manager of the Dunn Chamber of Commerce. This annual event is the work shop of the Chamber executive, where Managers from all parts of the State gather to exchange ideas and operational methods. On the lighter side the group will enjoy the hospitality of many friends and organizations in the Morehead City area. The kick-off will be the buf fet supper through the courtesy of the Atlantic Beach Hotel headquar ters for the meet; a moonlight (Continued on Page Five) featuring Mrs. Arthur Capps, so prano, and Mrs. Graham Best, contralto. The program is heard each afternoon at 3 p. m. BIBLE STUDY -- “Love in the New Testament”, the special 1956 Bible Study for the Women of the ChurCh in the Presbyterian church U. 8. will be taught hi the Dunn Presbyterian Church by the sup (Continued on Page Five) knocked down a big tree and turned on its side in the yard of Mrs. E. L. Best at 700 North Ellis Avenue. Three persons were hurt and luckily es caped death in the crash. (Daily Record Photo.) Hadley Directing -Centennial Drive A smoothly planned fund raising campaign to sup port the Harnett County Centennial celebration went in to action yesterday throughout the county under the gen eral direction of Robert N. Hadley of Dunn. The finance chairman is district manager of the Carolina Power and Light Company. /M Former Police Chief Facing Varied Counts JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (W A former police chief of Columbia, Ala., was held on bogus check charges in three states today af ter being striped of his badge and gun. The suspect, identified as Arthur B. Greer, 34, said he walked off this $l6O -a - month police job on June 21 because he “got tired" of it and “that isn't very much mon ey.” SPORTS BADGE Greer was arrested yesterday, still wearing his badge, and held on suspicion of writing bogus checks in Jacksonville Beach and Daytona Beach. Fla., and in Co lumbus, Georgia. He had previously been arrested and stripped of his gun in Daytona Beach after allegedly writing bogus checks in Jacksonville Beach, and then was released on bond, allowed (Continued on Page Five) "STOMPED" AND SHOT HER TO DEATH Teen-ager Admits Slaying Housewife Who Teased Him ATLANTA IIP) A teenaged boy admitted he “stomp ed” and shot to death a housewife who was a “good friend'’ of his family because she was always teasing me,” police said. The 16-year-old suspect was held in temporary custody of juvenile authorities following his admis sion last night to detectives whv arrested him on a movie date with his girl friend shortly after the slaying. *■ The Record Is first* IN CIRCULATION . . . NEWS ' PHOTOS ... ADVERTISING COMICS AND FEATURES FIVE CENTS PER COPY Hadley said he was confident thef response was going to surprise ev en the most optimistic promoters of the Centennial. “I haven’t the slightest doubt,” he said, “that we will have sufficient funds, and some to spare, to stage a celebra tion of which we will all be proud.” First of the series of fund rais ing devices to be sponsored by the Centennial will 1 the sale of beard button and shaving and cosmetic permits. Men wishing to forego the growing a beard wilt be invited to (Continued On Page Twe) Pud din McMillen Is Found Guilty One defendant drew an 18 month road sentence in the Thurs ■ day session of uamett Recorder’s Court but immediately entered an appeal to Superior Court. Puddin McMillan, Lillington, Route 2 Negro, was found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon i and of carrying a concealed wea. ! pon. Vice Recorder L. M Chaf fin sentenced McMillan to nine months on the roads on each BATTERED BODY Police said Mrs. Sarah White, 46, her face battered and right side showing a bullet wound, was found lying dead in a puddle of blood in her front bedroom. Detectives said disarray of her clothing indicated the slayer had NO. 154 ! Memphis Asked To Assume Sole Power WASHINGTON (IP) The White House suggested to day the mayor and city council of Memphis, Tenn. vote to assume sole respon sibility for providing the city’s own power. President Eisenhower said Wed nesday he would cancel the con troversial Dixon-Yates contract if there are proper assurances that the city of Memphis will build its own power plant and thus elimi nate the need for the disputed 1 Dixon-Yates power project. The mayor of Memphis has said that the city will be ready to go ahead with plans for its own plant within 90 days. White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said today “an, , example of such assurance would be a vote by the mayor and city council of Memphis that tbe city assumes the sole responsibility lor providing its own power.’* The White House' put forth the suggestion as investment banker Adolphe H. Wenzell went before Senate Investigators to explain hla dual rale In the Dixon-Yates con tract negatiations. Hagerty said Budget Director Rowland R. Hughes is continuing his review of the Dixon-Yates plan with A tty. Gen Heifeert Brownell ( jr., the Atomic Energy Commis sion and the Tennessee Valley Authority. . i* $ “AH are : <*- epurw Ml there be proper a-France of responsibility for supplying of the power needs of the Memphis area,” Hagerty said. Hagerty said his remarks were prompted by newspaper stories and inquiries. «—* * Safety Stores Under Indictment WASHINGTON (W A federal grand jury at Fort Worth, Tex., has indicted the big grocery chain of Safeway Stores, Inc., and two officers on charges of anti-trust law violations. A three-count indictment, an. nounced by the Justice Department here, charges that Safeway at tempted to monopolize the retail grocery business in various cities Continued on Page Six) charge, with the second nine months to start at the expiration of the first. McMillan was was accused of a vaulting Silas Moore and threat ening the Moore family in a loud boisterious manner while having a pistol in his possession. A plea of nono contendere had been en tered by the defendant. Charlie Cates. Lillington, Route (Continued on Page Five) attempted sexual molestation. A large black and white teddy bear and a brown monkey, both fitted with bow ties, lay beside the body and sheet music open te re ligious songs was on the piano, ready for playing, police said. Mrs. White also had begun pre paring her evening meal, police said. Det. Sgt. R. E. Little Jr., said the boy had previously reported (Ceattoaed on rags Two)
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