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day afternoon.
VOLUME 5
BULGANIN SAYS RUSSIA WANTS PEACE
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CABLE MARRIES NO. 5-He -man actor Clark Gable and
beautiful blonde Kay Williams Spreckles, former wife of sugar
heir Adolph Spreckles, were married at Minden, Nev. It was the
fifth marriage for Gable, whose name has been linked romanti
cally with the beautiful blonde for several years. Above, they
are shown at the premiere of “A Star Is Born” in Hollywood
last January.
Peggy Ruth Looks
"Good At Pageant
A wseable crowd from Dunn was on hand for the
opening of the ’’Miss North Carolina” beauty pageant in
Wilmington last night and reported that Peggy Ruth Bar
field, Dunn’s entry, made “an junusually good showing.”
Miss Doris Starling of Salisbury,
whose measurements are *B*33-33,
won out in the bathing suit con
test and Miss Jean Brown of Cha
pel Hill was winner In the evening
gown competition.
However, pointed out
Bob Leak today, the th*g %hat
counts is total points, not neces
sarily top winners in any one di
vision.
Mrs Barfield, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Barfield, reported
that she’s having “the time of my
life" as she entered into the spirit
of the gay occasion.
She and the other beauties are
being widely and lavishly honored
and entertained on. every hand.
Semi-finals in the competition
will take place tonight and the
finals will be Saturday night.
Atnong t those irom here attend
ing last nght were: Mr. and Mrs.
SMKjNak, Mr. and Mrs. Red Seal-
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Peay, Mr
Mid Mrs. Ear Murphy, Corky Cre
tin!, Derwood Godwin, Woody. M
yers, Mr. and Mrs. Baitted, Reuben
W. Pope. Mrs. Henry Ryas. Mrs.
Louise Tart, and Mrs. Carey Tay
or. ,
Still more will attend from here
Judge At Benson
Hears 38 Cases
A total of 38 cases were htkril in
Benson city court, m6et of them
Involving traffic violations.
The following cases were tried:
Ravon Shelton Stephenson,
Coats, speeding, ooste.
John L. Nelson, Clark Mills, N.
Y., speeding, costs.
Apps Messer, Benson, publicly
drunk, costs.
John Promise Lanier, Rose Hill,
careless and reckless driving, $lO
and costs.
James Elton McLamb, Benson, no
operator's licensa, and carefess and
and reckless driving, costs.
John Willis (Thornton, Rt. 3.
Benson, publicly drunk, costs.
Richard Henry Culley, Willow
Springs, speeding, costs and sen
tenced not to operate a motor ve
hicle in North Carolina for 30 days.
Joseph Allen Morris, Rt. i, Gar
ner, careless an<j reckless driving.
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tonight and tomorrow.
He Finds Out
13 Years Late
His Wife Lied
NEW YORK TO A Supreme
Court justice ruled today that a
man who didn’t “discover” until
13 years later that his bride had
lied 11 years off ner age was not
entitled to an annulment for that
1 reason.
Justice Lewis W. Olliffe denied
i the petition of Walter F. McLean,
: a postal clerk. McLean said he was
34 and his wife told him she was
39 when they were married in 1946
after a five-year courtship. He said
last year an old classmate of his
wife turned up and admitted to
being “59 pushing 60”. So, McLean
said, was his wife, Hilda.
“The fraud alleged here is a fig
ment of the imagination.” said
Justice Olliffe, “spun out beyond
all reason to supply a legal excuse
■ for relief” from the marriage.
$25 and costs. He was found not
guilty in a charge of drunk driving.
Robert Earl Dupree, Willow
Springs, speeding, costs.
Jeffrey McLamb, Benson, posses
sion of liquor for sale, S3B and
costs and not to violate prohibi
tion laws for 12. months.
'( Julian Bass Winfree, Raleigh,
speeding, costs.
Felton McLamb, Dunn, publicly
I drunk, costa.
William Henry Bryant, Fort Dix,
i N. J., speeding, costs.
I Jesse Ryais, Rt. 3, Benson, not
guilty og public drunkenness.
, William Kent Lee, Four Oaks,
drunk driving, 3100 and costs.
f Mary Taylor Ricker, of St. Pet
- erSburg, Fla., not guilty of falling
■ to yield right of way.
Ernest Alton Pope, Rt. 2, Ben
■ son, careless and reckieas driving,
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Ridgway Says -
U. S. Defense
Not Adequate
WASHINGTON (IP) Geo. |
Matthew B. Ridgeway seri- "
ously criticized U. S. mili- ,j
tary forces as “inadequate s
in strength and improperly Jj
proportioned” a few days be-1
fore he retired on June 301]
as Army chief of staff. |
Ridgway made the criticism and '
questioned the soundness of U. 3.
military policies in a letter to De
fense Secretary Charles E. Wilson.
The Defense Department made it
public today.
The four-star general, a combat
soldier in Korea and World War 11.
told Wilson that he would be neg
lecting his duty if he did not re
affirm his convictions in regard to
military defense of th!e United
States before leaving his post.
He said the United States has
established itself as the leader of
western resistance to communism.
As a result of American commit
ments, he said, our forces may be
involved in action in many differ
ent types of climate and terrain.
To meet these commitments, he
said, the nation must be prepared
tc meet force with force whether 1
in large or small conflicts and 1
whether or not atomic weapons are
used.
In his view, the general said, U.
S. military forces "are inadequate
in strength and improperly propor
tioned for this job.
“It is my view that the com
mitments which the United States
has pledged create a positive re
quirement for an immediately av
ailable mobile joint military force
of hard-hitting character in which
the versatility of the whole is em
phasized and the preponderance of
any orife part is de-emphasized,”
Ridgeway said.
Ridgeway said he had been pic
tured in “some quarters as oppos
ing emphasis on air power.” But
he said, "the exact contrary is
true.”
Scales Dies
For Slaying
RALEIGH TO—Richard Scales,
Bible-reading Negro murderer,
died calmly today in the state’s
lethal gas chamber fort he savage
slaying of a white housewife and
her daughter last January.
It took 13 minutes for the 26-
year-old Greensboro Negro to die
as he breathed deadly cyanide gas
filling the ( green-walled death
chandler.
It was this state’s 337th legal
execution and the first in more
than 18 months. He was the 188th
to die in the gas chamber.
A prison chaplain said Scaes
was calm as h& awaited death. He
spent his last hours reading the
Bible.
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Law Concern
Is Dissolved
The law frm of Taylor, Spence
and Taylor which has been main
taining offices in Lillington and
Dunn for the past year is dissolved
effective today. *
A. R. Taylor, senior member of
the firm, said that the lawyers in
an entirely friendly agreement had
decided to dissolve the three way
partnership and each practice his
profession cm his own.
A. R. (Archie) Taylor will con
tinue to occupy the office on the
ground floor of the Warwick Hotel,
opposite the courthouse.
His brother. William A. Taylor
will maintain offices at 101 East
Cumberland Street In Dunn. Both
Taylor men are sons of the late
Judge Floyd Taylor of Buie’s Creek.
Both are graduates of the Wake
Forest College School of Law.
James R. Spence of Lillington
who Joined the firm last summer
when A. R. Taylor dissolved his
; jfcrtnership with Robert Young
of Dunn will maintain offices on
the second floor of the Warwick
Hotel. He is a graduate of the Uni
versity of North Carolina Law
School. ,
DUNN, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON. JULY 15, 1955
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DUNN, ERWIN CHAIRMEN Howard M. Lee of Dunn and
Mrs. E. H. Boat of Erwin, shown here, have been appointed local
fund-raising chairmen for the, Harnett County Centennial celebra
tion. Both are prominent in the Dunn-Erwin area, and they have
already started preliminary work on the campaign.
Churches To Mark
Centennial Event
Dr. David Huffines, Jr., of Lillington, chairman of the
religious activities committee of the Harnett County Cen
tennial celebration has sttinotmced the members of the
committee which will assist him in planning appropriate
observances in the county churches marking the county’s
100th birthday.
They include State Senator Rob
ert Morgan of Lillington, member
of Neill's Creek Baptist Church
and clerk to the Little Riyer Bap
tist Association; the Raw. J, W.
luneb&v er pastor *f 4je Divlnfe
Street Methodist Courch of Dunn;
arid Dr. George Cuthrell, pastor
emeritus of Hood Memorial Christ
ian Church, Dunn.
LETTERS GOING OUT
Dr. Huffines said today that let
ters will go this week to all minis
ters in the county asking that
special services will be held in
every church the morning of Oct
ober 9, and if practical, homecom
ing events. The night of October
9, all churches are asked to meet
collectively for a mass religious
service at Buie’s Greek.
I The religious activities chairman
said the comminttee has yet to
decide if the service will be given
in the Paul Green amphitheatre or
inside the D. Rich auditorium of
Campbell College. Dr. Huffines
said that probably the service will
be held out of doors if possible in
order to accommodate a larger
crowd.
Name of the visiting speaker and
plans for an outstanding choral
will be announced at an early date,
early date.
Told Dog To Bite ,
Man Is Given Year
A Lillington Negro who allegedly
ordered his .fierce dog to bite an
elderly woman was convicted yes
terday in Harnett Recorder's Court
of assault and sentenced by Vice
Recorder L. M. Chaffin to 12
months on the roads.
Charlie Frederick, 26. of Li!ling
ton Route 3 was indicted by Sher
man Ray, for ordering his dog to
bite Louella Ray, elderly Negro
woman who told the court she was
bitten on the leg.
Attorney J. T. Lamm was re
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TO MARS Super
intendent O. T. Profflt plans to at
tend the annual conference of
county superintendents called by
the State Department of Public
Instruction which Hill convene
Aug. 9-12 at Mars Hill College. The
conference meets annually at the
college which Is located in the
heart of the Western North Caro
lina mountain resort section.
NEW CHAMBER AlD—Mr*. Pete
Skinner of Dunn, the former Miss
Glenda Bass, has begun new duties
as secretary to Manager Ed Car-
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After Today,
its Beard L
Or A Permit
Today's the day of decision for
Harnett County males.
They can no longer stand before
the mirror and wander how they
would look with a fine crop of old
fashioned whiskers. This Is the day
when they are asked to cut those
strokes with a razor or reach in
their pockets and buy a shaving
permit for five dollars.
The shaving permit will be good
until after October 16, the end of
the Harnett County Centennial cel
ebration. And if they yield to the
desire to see how they will look
with whiskers they will help draw
attention of the public to the many
events of the birthday celebration.
Beard growers also will be invited
to contribute financially by pur
chase of a beard button for fifty
cents.
Bob Hadley, county finance
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tained as the private prosecution
and Frederick was defended by
D. C. Wilson. Notice of appeal to
Superior Court was given and Fred
erick pasted bond o* SSOO.
Testimony was teat, the elderly
woman was unable to work except
with a stick and that the dog .it
his master's bidding attacked the
woman. The defense, in turn, ham
mered away at the idea that Ray
was a “conjur” doctor and that
ill will had existed between the two
families for some time.
roll of the Dunn Chamber of Com
merce. She , succeeds Mrs. Marie
Craven, who is returning to the
’ role of housewife since her husband
■ i« returning home from oversea*.
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OUTDOOR SERVipES Mr.
, and Mrs. Paul L. Strickland of
Dunn, who own a summer home
at White Lake, have organized an
outdoor Sunday School that con
tinues to grow. The Sunday School
i services are held each Sunday
i morning in front of the Strickland
> cottage for all who care to attend.
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Asserts War
Won't Solve
Differences
MOSCOW (IP) Soviet
Premier Nikolai Bulganin to
day told the foreign and So
viet press that Russia “nev
er had and does not now
have the intention of attack
ing anybody.”
He pledged the Soviet Union to
go to the summit conference at
Geneva to seek, with the West, “a
common language” to end the cold
war.
War Bulganin said, could not
settle the struggle between the
East and West,
Bulganin was flankjed, as he
spoke to the press in the ministers’
loom of the Kremlin, by the other
principal members of the Soviet
delegation to Geneva These in
clude Communist Party secretary
Nikita Khrushchev. Foreign Min
ister V. M. Molotov. Deputy De
fence Minister Marshal Georat
Zhukov, and Deputy Foreign Min
ister Andrei Gromyko.
READS STATEMENT
Buganin outlined Russia's pre
conference attitude in a formal
statement read to the newsmen.
The Soviets had billed the Bul
ganin appearance as a press con
ference—the first ever given by a
Soviet premier.
Bulganin said Russia’s arms
buildup was necessitated by the
war preparations of other states.”
“Ws have an army, and in our
opinioij a very good army,'’ he
said. > *
-*mmmrrr. we have Hot wanted
and we do not want war and re
gard it as our sacred duty to exert
all efforts so that the present day
international tension is superceded
by an atmosphere of confidence,
mutual understanding and business
like cooperation.”
Speaking of the outlook for
ieneva, the Soviet premier said,,.
"There is no doubt that great"’
fforts will be required to attain
he lofty aims of the conference.
The Soviet delegation declare that.
rheir party they will exert such*
'fforts. f
"We hope that this also will be
ne by the other participants in
the conference.”
Christmas Rites
Here In July
VICKSBURG, Mich. TO— The
Rev. George Stannard, pastor of
the First Methodist Church, said
today he would conduct Christmas
services in the church Sunday In
an attempt to allow his congrega
tion to really enjoy Christa as.
Stannard said modern Christmas
sendees had all the real joy taken
out of them by the headlong rush
to stores, the last minutes scrable
for gifts for overlooked relatives,
the tedius writing of Christmas
cards, and the worry over Christ
mas bills.
“Let’s celebrate Christmas when
we can enjoy it,” Stannard said.
“For all we know Christ may have
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Dunn, Lillington
Schools Painted
Teachers and students at Dunn
and Lillington returning to school
on September 2 will be greeted by
freshly painted walls.
, dburrty Sujferinfcendent G. T.
Proffit said yesterday that paint
ers from the school maintenance
staff have completed a complete
interior paint job at. Dunn. They'
are now busy at Lillington where
the first floor halls and classrooms
are finished in two tones of green
The auditorium and second floor
class room will be second on th*>
list.
Before the summer is over the
Interior of the Erwin teacherage
also will be painted. These jobs are
part of a three year school im
provement program now nearing
completion.
School lunch rooms and school
baths remain to be painted and
a special type of paint will be
used for these areas.
At Lillington the white trim on
both the brick high school and
elementary buildings also has been
painted.
This Is the first interior paint
job that the Lillington high sahool
has had In more than 20 years.
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10 Dead , 40 Hurt
In Morocco Riots
CASABLANCA, Morocco (F Angry mobs of Euro
peans stormed through the streets of this troubled city
today following a night of violence which killed 10 per
sons and injured 40.
Gilbert Grandval. Fr&nceV gov
ernor general to Morocco, fcanisW
here from Rabat and went immed
iately into conference with top
military and civilian authorities.
The violence was set off by the
explosion of a bomb hurled on to
the terrace of a case in a fashion
able part of the city where a crowd
was celebrating France’s Bastille
Day. The explosion killed six Euro
peans and injured 26.
; Rioting resumed midtporning.
/(Europeans sWouting ■"faeath to
(Grandval” marched through tire
tearing down Moroccan
: flags and manhandling natives.
'They looted newsstands and de
stroyed newspapers which support
Moroccan nationalism. Stores were
forced to close.
ATTACK TROLLEY
One band attacked a trolley filled
with Moroccan* in the European
Baby Black Market
Revealed In Senate
CHICAGO (IP) An investigator told a Senate sub
committee today of a Texas old peoples’ home operator
wko did an estimated $360,000 business in placing babies
for adoption.
Earnest A Mitler, speoial coun
sel for the Kefauver sirbceminlU.ee
on juvenile delinquency, said he
contacted Mrs. Ruby Heightower in
Texarkana, Tex., fast year by pos
ing as a man seeking a child for
adoption.
Mitler said his investigation
shower that Mrs. Heightower had
placed 889 babies for adoption, us.
ing her old peoples’ home as a
headquarters, and charging *oo# to
SBOO apiece
Mitler said she bragged of ‘ poli
tical support” in Bowie County,
Man Is Fined SIOO
On Breaking Count
David Harmn, Dunn Negro, was
fined SIOO and costs and given a
six-months suspended sentence for
breaking and entering the home of
Joseph in Dunn’s city court
Thursday.
He was charged with entering the
home with intent to commit lar
ceny, but was convicted es break
ing and entering without in'efit.
Leroy Council, North Clinton
Avenue. Dunn, was given a 90-day
suspended sentence and fined $25
and costs for assaulting Lillie Mae
Davis witth a deadly weapon. He
allegedly hit her over the head.
NO. 158
pa>t Os
! Jifn, * police said.
Soldiers in full battle dress sur
rounded the old Medina, the native
quarter, to prevent clashes between
Europeans and Moroccans. Police
and troops were stationed at all
main streets.
Police this morning arrested at
torney Jean Charles le Grand, who
had been defending,, native ter
ror its ts in courts He attacked
in {iome last, night by a mob of
Europeans waving Frenih' flag.;.
He fired into the mob, killing one
person and wounding two.
French Premier Edgar Faure an
nounced last month a government
policy whereby Moroccan affaira
would gradually be placed in na
tive hands. Tlie program would
lead to a home rule status such as
wa« achieved by neighboring Tun
isia.
■ Tex., and warned that “anyone who
s opposed her would have trouble.”
; He quoted the woman as saying,
i “my children have been pfaced out
in 48 states and I have received
mothers from 48 states."
Mitler said Mrs. Heightower told
i him one method she used was to
I have the unwed pregnant girl re
gister in the hospital in the name
i of the prospective parents. Then
i the birth certificate would be made
out in the same name.
Mitler showed a film to the sub
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Johnnie Blue of Dunn. Route 5,
was given 30 days for public drunk
enness.
James Mallard was charged wlUl
assaulting Christine Faison, bul
was freed when the Statto took a
nol pros.
THEFT CHARGE DROPPED
Catherine Ray of 706 North Wil
son Avenue, Dunn, was charged
with stealing three one-hundred
dollar bills from J. Edridge Lee at
Lee’s Azalea Tourist Court. Bhd
was (reed when the State took •
nol pros.
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