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* WFATHER * Mostly cloudy and a littie warm er today and Tuesday with widely scattered showers occurring mostly m the afternoons and evenings VOLUME 5 HIGHWAY DEATH TOLL HEAR 400-MARK w ... WEEKEND DEATH CAR Pictured here is the 1951 Plymouth in which Richard R. Caron of Salem, Mass, was killed late Friday afternoon be tween Dunn and Benson. Two other persons rid ing with him were injured, as well as two in the J/lcac Jjjbtts JhinqA By HOOVER ADAMS BENSON JUDGE PROVES AN OBLIGING FELLOW Judge Ed Johnson of the Ben son city court is a very obliging fellow even when it comes to providing free room and board for one of his constituents. ...!.»*? week $!»«£. William Allen of Four Oaks. Route 3 for assault,. Judge Johnson gave Allen 60 days on the roads. According to his own testmony, Allen was under the influence of whiskey at the time of the assault After Judge Johnson gave Allen four months, the defendant re plied: “I don’t think 60 days will be long enough for me to get so bered up.” “Well," quired Judge Johnson, *‘Do you think four months would be long enough?” “Yeah,” replied the defendant. I think that would be about right." SO Judge Johnson gave Allen his four-months. BIRTHDAYS:'Today is the birth day of Mrs. Charles Jackson, Mary Parker, Charles, Dußose, and How ard L. Lee. THINGAMAJIGS: Mayor Ralph E. Hanna will throw out the first ball at the Dunn High 'football game tonight . . . George Frank lin Blalock already has his tick ets for all of Duke’s home games and for most of those away (Continued On Page Eight) Defendants Freed Os Murder Charge Late Friday afternoon, “Uncle Frank” Williams and James Alston, both accused of second degree murder, heard the verdict of not guilty come from the jury. They ran down the aisle, they were so happy. ' The tial, which began Wednes day afternoonfl cleared two men bt changes arising out of the death of Isaac Jones. Jones was killed by a bullet fired by Alston bu the defense plea, which the Jury upheld, was that Williams, a 74- year-old, was in danger of a knife wielded by Jones when the shoot ing occurred. Tom Huffin, one of the five de fense attorneys, had a pan of fish covered with newspapers in oourt and the defense was planning a victory fish fry. The Jury was out two and a half hours before returning their ver TELEPHONES 3117 - 3118 other vehicle. Shown looking over the death ve hicle at Lee’s Track Terminal in Dunn are, left to right, Jerry Lee, Cad Upchurch and Toggle Tart. (Dally Record Photo by George Perry Lee.) OneDead,FourH urt In Auto Accident One person was killed and four others wer| injured, one of them ori tic ally. to * two-vehicle pileup late Friday afternoon, three miles north of Dunn on Highway 301. Richard R. Caron of 23 Roslvn St. Selma. Mass., stationed at the Charleston, S. C., air base, died late Friday night in a Fort Bragg Hospital as the result of injuries received in the crash. Airman 3rd Class Goodman Owens. Jr. was treated at the Dunn Hosql&l and then removed to the Bragi Hospital with severe cuts, lacreatlons and' interriai injhi.tS: Airman 3rd Class Alton L Bailey, 20, also of the air base and driver of the car, is in the Bragg hospital with minor internal injuries, an eye lacerations, cuts and bruises. BENSON COUPLE INJURED The two occupants of the other car, Noah Jackson, 53, of 202 N. Brooklyn St., Benson; and his wife Hermie, also 53, were seriously in jured in the wreck and Mrs. Jack son’s condition is very critical with little hope held for hej recovery. Both are in the Dunn Hospital. Coroner Grover C. Henderson and Highway Patrolman David Matthews and W. O. Grady in vestigated the accident. They said the accident occurred when the 1951 Plymouth covertible being driven by Bailey started to pass another vehicle and met the approaching Jackson car. Bailey applied the brakes, causing the Plymouth to skid and turn all the way around. The two cars then crashed and piled up beside the highway. Coroner Henderson said BJiley would be charged with manslaugh ter %fter his release from the hos pital. dict. Hannett Superior Court, where the trial took place, is now adjourned for Labor Day. Court wili resume tomorrow. RUSSIA SELF-SUFFICIENT MOSCOW (IP) Sea. George W. Malone (R-Nev) said today the So viet Union and its allies were “ab solutely self-sufficient” in all such fissionable materials as uranium and dismissed as “poppycddk” State Department reports Russia might be in an political cri- W&t JJaiifi jSXtt&tfr Labor Day Bi<g v Event For Him GRUNDY CENTER. lowa (IP) Labor Day Johnson closed his bar ber shop today and celebrated his birthday. Labor Day, and the an niversary of an incident which gave him his name. Labor Day’s father. Alfred John son, gave him the unusual name after being fined $2 in 1894 by his cigar maker’s union in Oma ha? Nebraska, itff to march in the great pa rad# celebrating the first national observance of Labor Day. Alfred was home awaiting the birth of his son, Labor Day. Record Roundup GODWIN BUYS AYSHIRE Felton Godwin, Dunn, recently made an initial purchase of one registered Ayrshire, according to the Ayrshire Breeders' Association Executive Secretary, Chester C. Putney, of Brandon, Vt. The transaction was recorded in the National Office of the Ayrshire Breeders' Association in Brandon where complete records on all re gistered Ayrshires in the United States have been maintained since 1875. REUNION SCHEDULED The twenty-third annual reun ion of the descendants of Isaiah Warren. Sr. will be held Sunday. September 11, at the Mt. Elam Baptist Church, which is located three miles west of Spivey’s Cor ner. The program will begin at noon and a picnic lunch will be served at 1:00 P. M. Honorable John D. Larkins Jr., of Trenton, will be the guest speak er. . Honorable Larkins is a former state senator of the Seventh Di strict. He was the Governor’s leg islative assistant during the past session of the North Carolina Ocn- eral Assembly, and he is now chair man of the State Democratic Ex ecutive Committee. fP LOTTUB 1-IXI If woman dress to please them selves, some of them must be sat . JcfisgJ with very Brtle. mm DUNN, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON* SEPTEMBER 5, 1955 Truman Raps Republican Labor Policy WASHINGTON OP) With former President Harry S. Truman in the van, Demo crats and union leaders to day raked the Eisenhower administration with a bar rage of critical Labor Day oratory. Mr. Truman in a speech prepared for delivery at noon, speaking be fore 50,000 AFL and CIO members at Detroit, accused the administra tion of ‘opposition or indifference” to the welfare of organized labor. He characterized President Eisen hower as “the kind of man who gives you a big smile and some rice promises in the political campaign, and then turns you over to your enemies *or the next four years.” The former President said he doesn’t know yet who will be rhe Democratic presidential candidate in 1956, "but I can assure you of this: He will be ... a friend of labor.” Republicans in their Labor Day speeches and statements called at tention to the record employment levels which have been reached under the Eisenhower administra tion. Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell said 65,500,000 Americans held jobs during August—an all timghigh increase some Appeals To Employers President Eisenhower used the occasion to appeal to employers to eliminate “arbitrary” rules against hiring men over 45 years of age. Asserting that many such men “have nearly two decades of pro ductive work ahea*l of them" the 64-year-old President said: t (Continued on Page Two) " )F', " —————y— —— Court Probe Has Backing Os Board Chairman Lofton A. Tart of the Harnett County Board of Commissioners said today that the grand jury has the full support and blessings of the county commis sioners in its investigation of Harnett Recorder’s Court Mr Tart, prominent Dunn bank er, disclosed that he and other members of the board had been summoned before the grand jury earlier this week but said he was not at liberty to disclose details of that conference. “I will say,” declared Mr Tart, "that the county board is happy that an investigation is being male so that the true facts, whatever they might be, will come out In the open.” Evangelist To Tell Os Coming War Eight years an evangelist but only twenty-five, Mayne A. Sear foss, Missionary Baptist, will de liver a sermon tomorrow (Tues.) night at the James Cole Revival tent on North Clinton Avenue. He will predict where the next war will be fought who will fight it—and who will win. Other ans wers provided by scripture he says, include the length of time It will take to bury the dead how many will be killed, and what will happen as a consequence of the war. ABROAD THIS SUMMER Searfoss was recently in Scot land when the Billy Graham crus ade was going on there. He return ed from Palestine in June. A native of Findlay, Ohio, he travels with his wife and three children—Olevia, 5, Stevie, 3, and Timmie, I—and has been in every state in the union. He attended school at Kanakakee, 111., and at Tennessee Polytechnic Institute. Searfoss is one of the youngest evangelists now practicing. Revivals at the Cole tent are wMmm Vli$ING EVANGELIST Hie Rev.fT. B. Henry of Wilmington. N. A will begin revival services tonight at the Gospel Tabernacle of Dinu| Revival services will con tinue ,eaeh evening at 7:45 through September 18 S s - Flock Leads Awarlington DAKINGTON. 8. C. HP) TUn Flock Atlanta took over the lead at thopOO-miie mark of the gruel ing Sdßfeem 900-mile "world scries of stoft'par racing" today., Floe* driving a Chrysler, 300, : zoomeftO# front 'with Buck Baker, j CharlijpigN. C„ In second positton i in,; ajpfek. y# CjyUs Nothing but non - souped stock , cars were allowed in the race, i Rusbell CJrahaim, Pittsburgn, : spun his Chevrolet into the north rail of the Darlington race course i on the 31st lap but continued in . the race. • Pole position winner Fireball Roberts, Daytona Beach Fla., lost (Continned On rage Eight) Chairman Tart said he and other members of the board had been receiving complaints for years con cerning the court "and we think it well that a fair and impartial in . vestigation is being conducted by the SBI and the grand jury ’ He said he had very littie per sonal knowledge of the county court “since I don’t hang around 1 courts,” but added, “From what we ‘ have been told from time to time (Continued on Page Two) expected to continue at least through Wednesday. MAYNE SEARFOSS Holiday May Set Record For Nation *3y UNITED PRESS The Labor Day weekend traffic death toll today edg ed toward the 400 mark pre dicted by the National Safe ty Council, and a new rec ord for highway fatalities seemed possible. With the most dangerous period still to come, when weary motor ists speed homeward from holiday trips, the Council feared that tne prediction of 400 highway deaths tonight would be surpassed Tire Labor Day weekend last year took a toll of 368 lives on the nation's highways, compared to the record of 453 in 1951. A United Press check since 6 p.m. Friday showed 323 traffic deaths. There were 50 drownings, eight deaths in plane crashes, and 42 fatal miscellaneous accidents for a hoMay death count of 423. Last year’/' total for the entire weekend was 543. California counted 37 traffic deaths for the worst record in the nation. Other high totals were 22 in Michigan. 21 in Texas and Ohio, 18 to Pennsylvania, and 16 in Wis consin. j PjjfiqAL FEARS I WORST looks like the worst Labor Day weekend in history.” He pleaded with motorists to “slam on the brakes" before it is too late. The weather took a hand in (Continued On Page Seven) Three Americans ’ Freed By {Reds BERLIN (IP) Soviet authori ties today released three Ameri cans two of them soldiers who nsd spent more than seven years in Soviet prison camps. A U. S. spokesman said the three men were handed ever to Ameri can authorities at the Soviet head quarters at Karlshorst this morn ing. The three man were identified as Pvt Wilfred C Kumis, 39. of Amesbury, Mass., Pvt. Michael Feingersch, 36, of Brooklyn N. Y.. and Frederick Charles Hopkins. Feingersch also was known un der the name of Fields. Ryals Cleared On Larceny Charge A larceny charge against Ernie F. Ryals. 63. Coats farmer, didn’t stand up in Harnett Superior Court. Accused of stealing three pack ages of headache powder and five candy bars from the Piggly Wiggly store in Dunn, Ryals said he nad simply forgotten to pay for them. He was acquitted. Beauties Registering Today For Miss America Pageant ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. (IP) I can spot a pretty girl at 300 paces, but tv’ l it to picking the winners, I have to lean on my old pal, Mall. Mall Dodson, boy and 6 feet 7 inches of man. has been focusing his orbs on the comings and go ings of the Miss America "pageant, which opened with registration to day, for more years than he’U ad mit. The big,guy has rhore than con siderable to do with the shew, but claims he’s never seen one He’s so fed up with looking at pretty pictures a good part of the year that he’d rather sit in his hovel next door to Convention Hall, The Record Is First 4 FIVE CENTS PER COPY DEEP-SEATED PAIR-Twenty-month-old Harold Carte# of Memphis, Term bolding him. Market To Return To Old Schedule Starting Wednesday, the Dunn Market, like others on the Eastern Belt, will be back on a hour daily schedule. « >.t« A. Oil* f rtf n 1 The nipped schedule for tobacco sales went into effect iast week when heavy buying by the govern ment sabilization board forced a slow-up. Local tobacco men state that the market finished last week strong er than it started. Buck Currin. of Planters' Warehouse, said more to bacco was selling at 63 to 69 dol lars per hundred pounds. Hurricane Flora Reported On Way MIAMI (IP) Hurricane Flora, the year’s fifth tropi cal storm to come of age, plowed through the Atlantic far at sea with winds up to 90 miles an hour. A late weather bureau advisory said that Air Force reconnaissance planes had found Flora cavorting in the ocean 1,075 miles northeast of San Juan, P. R. The storm was moving toward the northwest at 17 miles an hour. The position was 1.640 miles east of Melbourne Fla. chaw on a wad of Mail Pouch to bacco and read a good book. ATLANTIC CITY N. J. IIP) North Carolina's Faye Arnold was here today representing the Tar Heel state at the annual Miss America pageant. Statisticians report the odds are against the pretty 18-year-old blonde from Raleigh. The lineup of contestants shows 35 brunettes and only 14 blondes. / IN CIRCULATION ... NEWS PHOTOS... ADVERTISING COMICS AND FEATURES On Friday, the Big Four’s total i sales were 171,520 pounds at an ; average of $5037 per hundred for a total of $86,396.60. Planter’s Warehouse reported 144,470 pounds sold at an average of $50.21. The total sales were $72,- 534.06. That gave a mean market average of $5030. Matt Cunningham reported that farmers are making every effort to keep their tcbacco dry. Flora’s power probably Will in crease further, the Miami weather bureau said. The storm had an eye 40 miles wide, surrounded by a wall of clouds. Hurricane force winds swirled outward 75 miles from the calm (Combined On Page Eight) It’s not that he has disrespect for the flower of American wom anhood. But ,as the big man puts it, pretty girls are something like dinosaur tracks —a lot of them look alike. But that doesn’t keep Mall from giving me his so-called “winter book” selections each au tumn His average across the yearg is way up there too. Many Beauties Entered This year the run for the rose* has attracted 49 beauties from the states, Canada and Hawaii. Misa Puerto Rico had to beg off because of illness. Today will be taken up in get-togethers and registration (Continued On Fags Seven) M NO. 19$
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