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* WEATHER + Fair to partly cloudy this after noon with a few showers near the coast; highest temperatures 80 to 83 in mountains, 84 to 89 else where. Generally fair 'tonight and Thursday VOLUME 5 TOBACCO MARKET OPENS TOMORROW H vH Kja.i l j /j BB j ¥ tmtm' * jar |§ § * ‘ . MINISTERS WONT HAVE TIME FOR MUCH LUNCH Despite the evidence of ketchup in the foreground, these ministers of the Pentecostal Hol iness Church are not going to have much time for eating this weekend. A fall schedule as activi ties was slated as the conference at Falcon which has drawn ministers and laymen from throughout the area approached a climax. Shown in the pho to are (Back row, left to right), the Reverends Traffic Cases DispgdOf Hfemett Relfeter's Court, true t ■.» ittptyi Bfr| dodSpirWMt[chiSPlltt<rf ,vie>»«'-‘j Uon T retrufelbas. on the roads suspended si* months on condition he not violate any motor vehicle law and pay $25 fine and costs. Victor Carlyle Hayes, Fuquay . Springs, submitted to the charge of driving a car without an operat or’s license. He was taxed court costs. Ted Wayne Godwin, Apex, Route 3, entered a guilty plea to speeding 65 miles an hour. Ha was fined five dollar? and costs. Jack Randolph Ragland, Buie’s Creek, pied guilty to careless and reckless driving. Judgment was continued on payment of costs. John W. Buie, Sanford, Route 6. Negro, entered guilty plea to drving with insufficient brakes. (Continued on Page five) Judge Burney Dies As Age 59 WILMINGTON OP) Retired Superior Court Judge John J. Bur ney died in James Waiker Mem - orial Hospital here last night after a brief illness. He was 59 years old. Burney had retired from the bench about two years ago because of a heart condition. He was admit ted to the hospital here last Sunday. A native of Biaden County, Bur. ney had lived here since 191* and . was a veteran of World War I. Surviving are his wife, the form er Effie Male Barefoot of Hails boro, two sons, John J. Bur ney Jr., district solicitor, and Lewis A. Burney of the U. S. Army, sta tioned in Austria. Funeral arrangements are in - complete. Plans Are Complete For Fashion Show Everything was in readiness for the big Fall Fashion Show to be held here Thursday night at eighk o’clock in Lmdai' Brothers Department Store. ii pgf * •. ? ;r : i ’kv * 1 v The event is the talk of the town and a capacity crowd is expected. Albert Dockery, manager of the store, said that another new enter tainment feature has been added to the already-eiaborate program arranged for the occasion. A. E. Heafner, talented artist, has been added to the program and will do a skit known as “Chalk Talks," e» illustrated art feature TELEPHONES 3117 - 3118 Odell Howard of Raleigh; S. A. Farm, Falcon; Jerome Hodges, Rocky Moontt; Ralph R. John son, Whiteville; (Front row), Bishop J. A. Synan, Hopewell, Va.; W. Eddie Morris, Goldsboro; Lee Hargis of Checotah, Okla.; and H. Ray Stewart, Washington, D. C. Reverend Morris is superin tendent of the North Carolina conference and manager of the Camp Meet. (Daily Record Photo.) Falcon Camp Meet Draws Big Crowds Wk One gospel tent and fi [large enough for the Camp 1 jjfen more than a half - centu EiMfegflMiMpaver get by wit] housing about 600. take crea of many members of the Pentecostal Holiness Church who have come here for the meet ing. Others can be found with friends throughout this area. This is the 56th annual session of the Camp Meet and conference, founded around 1900 by the late J. A. Culbreth, whose other acti vities included the founding of Falcon Itself. BIG WEEKEND AHEAD Over 4000 are expepted this weekend as the Camp Meet and conference of ministers and offi cials In the church swings into its final phase. The Camp Meet itself, a 10-day assembly, began on Thursday, Aug ust 18. The conference, which is the professional part of the meet ing and ends with the appoint ment of ministers to their posts, will convene Friday, Saturday and Sunday. A report on the Holy Land, which Bishop J. A. Synan of Hopewell, Va., visited earlier this year, is looked forward to by those plan ning to attend the weekend acti vities. Bishop Synan returned from the Holy Land, where he visited Egypt and other eastern countries as well as Palestine, in April. The Pentecostal Holiness Church of eastern North Carolina (there is a western conference as welb has 185 ministers and about 6,000 msmbers. ON DAD’S ACCOUNT DES MOINES. la. Qar ason, 8. took a bottle to the gro. eery of Robert Hooper who was ac customed to small boys bringing in bottles to exchange for money with which to buy candy. But the boy refused the two cents, saying. “Please credit that to irty dad’s account.” which will be of particular interest to the ladies. Tonight, the more than a dozen beautlfu models Wiil hold a dress rehearsal for the event Arrange ments and preparations for the fashion extravaganza have been underway for several weeks MISS ROBBINS HERE Here directing the event is Mis* (C— Hn—l Oa rage Eight) Wxt jtoUij V-.-/ ifty small army tents were Meet when it started at Fal n°ut Negroes Try To Enter White School OLD FORT, N. C (W!—A crowd of 500 white citizens gathered in the eiementary school yard heTe today as five Negro children led by a Negro man applied for en trance at the opening day’s classes. The Negroes waited on the steps as Melvin H. Taylor, MdDoweli County school superintendent, told them they would not be admitted. Highway patrolmen, members of the sheriff’s department and depu tized voluntary firemen stood ready. The crowd gathered as word of ‘the Negroes’ appearance spread. No Negroes were reported in the crowd. Albert Joyner, spokesman for the five elementary colored stud ents, came to the school asking at the entrance where he might find the office of registration. The consolidated school for white is the only one In Old Fort. • Surprise lService ROCKVILLE Conn. (IP Re turning to his car after doing a few •rr«nd«. Clarence A. Chapman found it ran better than ever. It seems that another car almost identical to his was parked behind him. The other motorist called a garage and ordered a grease lob, oil change and othe- work. The garagemen serviced Chapman’s car by mistake. YES AND NO JOHNSON, Vt. (W—Voters en thusiastically endorsed construc tion of a new school here, then turned down the bond issue pro posed by aldermen to pay for the project. FIRST OF THREE The DaHv Record todav is oublishine the first of three soecial sections de voted to the ooenin? of the Dunn Tobacco Mar ket and the harvesting of other crops. 1 Another soecial section will be published on , Thursday and another on Friday. In these issues, business firms are extend , ing greetings to their farmer friends. DUNN, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AUGUST 24, 1955 Ammons Cites Gain In Value Os Our Crops By C. R. AMMONS Harnett Farm Agent Harnett County is fortunate in having that quality of human and natural resources that go to make a great agricultural county. The agriculture activities of farmers in Harnett County are broken down into the following interprises: Tobacco 20,000 acres, cotton lB,OOO acres, corn 44,- 000 acres, small grain 12.000 acres, soybeans and hay crops 2,000 acres, truck crops 2,000 acres, and improved pastures 5,000 acres. The tobacco yields in Harnett County have practically doubled in the past 20 years. The cotton yields have increased by 75%. The com yield has more than douhted along with small grain having in creased by 30%. Soybean and hay crops have materially increased In acres and some improved pastures have been utilized to the extent of 5,000 acres during the past few years to a good advantage, partic ularly to the livestock program. TRUCK (CROPS INCREASE Truck crops have increased In the county, being led principally by sweet potatoes, peppers, cucum bers, snap beans and some lima beans. The livestock industry In the county for the past 15 years has grown by leaps and bounds. As an illustration's* years ago there were jps. the county , Today ire Wfcoti* : • 9,966 beeook of Hereford and Aberdeen - Angus breeds. The production of hogs have grown tremendously with the availability of three daily hog mar (Continued on Page Two) Bela Lugosi, 73, Will Wed Tonight HOLLYWOOD API Actor Beta Lugosi, 73, tonight will marry a motion picture studio cutting room clerk who wrote him daily letteis during his recent 90-day confine ment at a state hospital where he was treated for narcotics addict ion. *—*»<■» The actor, famed for his horror portrayals on the screen will mar ry Hope Lininger, 40. at the home of writer-publisher Manley P. Hall to a private ceremony Lugosi surrendered to authorities and asked that he be committed to the metropolitan state hospital after admitting he had used barbi turares for 20 years. He was re leased this month after announcing he had-won his fight. SON OF FAMED SCOTLAND YARD EXPERT Man Kills Wife,Baby Goes To Nude Show BROMLEY, England UP» A “depressed” schoolmas ter beat his wife and baby to death with a hammer and then went off to watch a nude show at London’s risque Windmill Theater, police charged today at his arraign ment. The schoolmaster is Frederick James Chapman, 32, son of the late William Chapman, former chief of Scotland Yard’s famed murder squad. Chapman pleaded innocent and was ordered to stand trial in No vember. Less than two weeks after his + Record Roundup + FOURTH SUNDAY SING The regular Fourth Sunday Sing will be held Sunday at 2:00 p. m. at Barbour’s Chapel Advent Christian Church of Four Oaks. This is com. blned with the Church’s Home Coming Day with a dinner on the grounds. Ai] gingers are cordially invited to attend. y fr mtff E M FTI B-^vvMMsT ih Ss, • * • t / • JNSSfIBk Vfeik. ■t? ft • /'•/ laMMR Jr IV *’*&’;* • ’ ■ -AfM- flni. . Jam f f rnufYHr lUMIf E&K. » Jv y- 1 } -;V. ■ JjR fc-. kj TN M m vt.’ v s SBPBf 1 j Bfe I H j y iWfWmt te rn i ™ . hHK' t IT WON’T BE LONG NOW Everything is in readlnes for the opening of Dunn’s Tobacco Market. First sale win take place Thursday morn ing at the Big-4 Warehouse on the Benson High warehonse, and Tom Smothers, standing across r k ! Deranged Airman Kills 3 5 \ r BROADSTAIRS, England , t*r— A deranged Negro aiA | man ran amok at a U. S. air , base today and shot to death ' two Americans and a British flier. He wounded nine oth er persons and finally was hunted down and died in a wild shooting spree across a crowded beach resort. It was not clear immediately whether he was shot by his pur suer.' or turned a gun on himself. British police reported he shot himself fatally after being wound ed by American Air Police. British police said the wounded were four American service per. sorrnel and three British women , employed at the Manston air base. One of the dean was identified as Nelson Gresham. 20, of Philadel phia, an employe of the American Express Co. One was an American master sergeant. The killer was identified by Brit ■ ish police as Napoleon Green, (Continued On Page Two) father’s death. Chapman alleded ly walked in from puttering in the garden of his Brighton bungalow and beat his wife and 13-month-old baby to death “I baby because I did not want her to know what I had done to her mother,” Chapman (Continued on Page Two) MIDGET FOOTBALL TO BEGIN PRACTICE—AII bojfc who are in terested in playing Midget Foot ball this tali’ are asked to meet at the Armory, Friday morning at 10 o’clock. The age limit for midget players is from 0-13, and weigffit limit ia 110 pounds. Die announce ment was made today by City re creation manager, Gene Driver. way. E. L. Dudley, left, general manager of the the pile from him, are shown here with some of their farmer friends looking over some choice leaf. (Daily Record Photo.) Gloria Spells Her WinningsT osl 6,000 NEW YORK (IP) Little Glorida Lockerman ,the 12- year-old Negro spelling champ who ran her winnings to $16,000 on a TV giveaway show, rides back home to Balti more today for some boning up with the dictionary and family conferences about her TV future. Mrs. Ennis Will Head Curb Market Sellers on the Dunn Curb Market conferred Tuesday afternoon with Miss Lola Pritchard, food conser vation and marketing specialist from the State Extension Service, and Murphy Cannady, county san itarian. (Continued on Page Two) - wk HsfL-./ * H Wf 4g Pf T V Ml wfl BEARDED BROTHERS OF THE GOSPEL The Rev. James Cole, center, one of the South’s best known evangelists, and Rev. James Milligan, right, one of his associates, officially became “Bearded Brothers" yesterday afternoon when President Bob Leak of the Dunn Junior Cham ber of Commerce sold them a bearded - brother The Record Is First 4 IN CIRCULATION .. . NEWS PHOTOS... ADVERTISING COMICS AND FEATURES FIVE CENTS PER COPY Gloria, smiling and pert in a new navy blue organdy dress, con fidently speiled her way through a nonsense sentence on OBS-TV’s “The $64,000 Question" to earn a possible shot next Tuesday at $32,- 000. Indications were that Gloria would go for bigger money. Her divorced parents, James Locker, man and Vivian Singleton, both of Philadelphia, seemed to favor a go ahead. “The important thing is Gloria’s future,” said her father. “We don’t want the publicity to affect her life in any way. (Continued on Page Two) button In connection with Harnett’s Centennial Celebration. The Rev. Mr. Cole la holding evan gelistic services in a huge tent on North Clinton Avenue. The revival is attracting increasingly-large crowds each night and the evangelist’* sermon* are popular with the people. (Dally Record Photo.) NO. 187 Biggest Year \ In History Expected Here Happy days are herei again! Dunn's Tobacco Market ! will swing open Thursday morning at 9 o’clock and Dunn warehousemen are ready to give out those big fat checks in exchange for the golden leaf. Warehouses here were filled al most to the point of over-flowing today and the town has taken on a carnival-like spirit as excitement mounts for the grand opening to morrow morning. All indications point to the big gest and most successful season to the market’s six-year history. Both the Btg.4 Warehouse and the Planters Warehouse are filled for Thursday, Friday and Monday sales. ' j E. L. Dudley, manager of the (Continued On Page Eight) BUCK CURRIN E. L. DUDLEY
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