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BULLETINS
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (IP> Frank Tobey. the fighting
mayor who knocked the props from under the Dixon-
Yates power project, died of a heart ailment on the eve
of a still bigger battle for re-election.
PLAINSBORO, N. J. OP State police today held
three suspects in a Sunday gun-and-knife brawl in which
a North Carolina man was killed and five others injur
ed. State troopers said Lee J. Tate, 27, a Negro, of Hades
boro, N. C., was shot to death when he and his brother,
Ernest, visited the Alex Mason farm at Plainsboro.
MIAMI <IP Hurricane hunters kept close watch to
day on a tropical disturbance brewing for out in the At
lantic some 100 miles east of Puerto Rico.
LONDON op Britain will carry out new atomic
tests in the Monte Bello islands off Australia and in Aus
tralian desert next year, it was announced today.
ASBURY PARK, N. J. OP A green - eyed Southern
belle, recently recovered from facial plastic surgery, reign
ed today as the national college queen. Kathryn Rodgers,
19-year-old blone from Germantown, Tenn., won the title
Sunday as representative erf the University of Mississippi.
CAIRO (IP A heavy earthquake rocked the Nile Riv
er delta from Cairo to Alexandria today and four schools
were reported to have collapsed here.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (IP Soviet Russia’s first
group of tourists to the West planned a sight-seeing tour
today after a visit to a model American home at the St.
Eriks Fair here.
ASBURY PARK, N. J. (IP The fifth weather - radar
conference and the 139th national meeting of the Ameri
can Meteorological Society open in joint conference today.
LONDON (IP The Soviet Union, until recently in
the throes of a severe agricultural crisis, has begun to of
fer wheat for sale abroad.
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (IP King Paul and Queen
Frederika of Greece leave Brioni, President Tito’s sum
mer island residence, for home today ending an eight
day official visit to Yugoslavia.
KLAGENFURT, Austria OP Railroad officials today
blamed an open switch for the collision oi a passenger
train which killed eight persons and injured 35 others.
WASHINGTON (IP The Democratic National Com
mittee will hold the second in a series of Democratic wom
en’s regional conferences in Kansas City, Mo., September
27 and 28.
NICOSIA, Cyprus (IP Some 500 more British troops
were expected here today to boolster Britain's hold on her
crown colony and vital defense base.
PITTSBURGH (IP sWme 44,000 CIO International
Union of Electrical Workers>truck today at 29 Westing-
Electric Corporation plants.
TOKYO (IP Communist China said today the Ge
neva agreement on release of Americans held by the ftedg
“proves that possibilities do exist’’ for solving other dis
putes between the two countries.
GREENSBORO IP Burlington Industries, Inc., of
Greciisboro has disclosed it is negotiating to buy a St.
Louis whotssale soft good firm as a new outlet for its
products. The companyy has already completed negotia
tions to buy a large part of the stock of Ely and Walker
Dry Goods of St. Louis.
WASHINGTON (IP) The Army has dropped the cases
of 47 former prisoners of war suspected of collaboration
with their Communist captors in Korea and cleared six
others, it was learned today.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (IP Rescue workers search
ed today for five persons missing in a ferry boat explosion
which killed at least one person and injured 10 others.
WASHINGTON (IP The United States expects Red
China to ask for a United Nations seat, diplomatic rec
ognition, and the off-shore islands now that the prisoner
issue is out of the way at Geneva.
RICHMOND, Va. (IP/ Nine leading North Carolina
cities had big increases in bank debits during August, the
Federal Reserve Bank here reported.
GREENSBORO HP) Patriots of North Carolina, Inc.,
the recently chartered pro-school segregatioh group, has
elected directors and ah executive committee in a meet
ing closed to the press here. Directors include Joe A. Dunn
of Clinton.
WASHINGTON (IP Australia has offered $50,000 to
the United States to help in flood relief.
LAKE CITY, S. C. (IP A Negro minister who lives
here but was a leader in organization of the Clarendon
County school segregation suit six years ago. said today
his parsonage has been bombarded three times in 16 days
by bottles, rocks and oranges.
WASHINGTON dp Air Secretary Donald A. Quarles
has spurned charges by some Democrats that Treasury
Secretary George M. Humphrey rides herd on the Defense
Department in an effort to balance the budget.
tip Five U. S. senators, fresh from a visit
v7. ia S atomic power station, interview Soviet Pre
mier Nikolai Bulganin and Communist Party chief Nikita
Khnischchev today.
The visiting American lawmakers are Estes Kefauver
, V J il le iL£ ea r l?-®* 1 )* Geor »e W. Malone <4-
ItND) nr y CM > Dworshak (R-Ida) and Milton R. Young
a [ L~J remi * r Edgar Faure’s self - imposedd
deadline for restoring peace to Morocco expires today and
n was touch-and-go whether he would succeed.
Judge, Solicitor
(Continued from Pace One)
TAYLOR INVOLVED
The jury report also charged
that Attorney Archie Taylor of
LlUington, former Sergeant at
Arm* of the Stale Senate and son
of the late Judge Floyd Taylor,
who was succeeded by Lee. is able
to get rases thrown out 'at will."
"There has been evidence dis
covered.” said the official written
report, "that lawyer A R. Taylor
is able at will in obtaining a dis
missal and non-suit of ca*es In
which he appears as counsel and in
most of these cases there is no ap
parent reason why a conviction of
the defendent —client of Mr Tay
lor couid not be convicted.
“There is evidence,’’
the report, "that this attorney con
ducts a general practice of charg
ing his clients who are indicted
for appearance in Recorder’s Court
a fee of 150 for his representation
and that he is able to have these
cases postponed until the defen
dant is financially able to pay such
fee and costs of court and fines
when they are deemed inevitable.'’
JUDGE WON’T EXPUNGE
Taylor was in the courtroom at
the time and immediately appoint
ed Attorney Neiil McK. Salmon, a
former State Senator to represent
him.
Salmon stood immediately and
asked that the reference to Taylor
be expunged from the grand jury
report on grounds that no Indict
ment was returned against him.
Judge Seawell denied the motion
and replied to Salmon: “I feel this
way. If they brought in a report
bearing my name or the solicitor’s
name, I would not expunge it. The
grand jury in our sta'e is a great
body and it is w’ith utmost reluc
tance that I woui'd change any
thing a grand jury had written."
Judge Seawell also told Salmon
his objection would hold true If
Taylor were a public official. “It
has never been ruled on in this
state whether a private citizen can
have a reference to himseif ex
punged." he added.
TAYLOR THREATENS SUIT
Taylor, apparently angered by
the report, walked over to the
press table and told two reporters
of The Dunn Daily Record, Lois
Byrd and Ted Crail, "If your pa
per prints anything about me, I
will sue you."
Later, Taylor and his law part
ner, State Senator Robert Mor
gan, approached the two reporters
and Taylor repeated the :hr eat. A
few minutes later. Taylor told the
reporters he had not Intended
threatening them, that he* was
merely serving notie#.
In its opening remarks, the grand
jury report stated: "Our investi
gation was begun after derogatory
reports from private citizens and
public officials in reference to
gross misconduct of some of the
officials of the court ”
MANY WITNESSES
"We found evidence of excessive
and frequent use of intoxicating
beverages by some of the officials
of the- court, which contributed
largely to the inefficiency ifi the
conduct of the court, the proper
adminis’ration of justice. We ex
amined between 40 and 50 witness
es on the matter of the conduct of
;he court dating back to January
1, 1964.”
Ail of the indictments against
the judge and solicitor specified
that the offenses took place on or
subsequent to January 1, 1954.
“We find,” continued the report,
‘‘that the criticism which has been
heard by our body is largely jus
tified . . . That the county has
lost considerable money in the
careless, indifferent and unlawful
manner in which cases had been
disposed of ... It is evident that
the county has been forced to pay
costs to witnesses in cases where
conviction could have and should
have been easily obtained had-the
State's case been properly handled
. . . That there has been a com
mon practice in the handling of
these criminal cases of allowing
witnesses who were present and
willing to testify to be dismissed
without sufficient reason and
thereafter the case be nol-prossed
by the solicitor.
‘There is an abundance of evi
dence that nol presses have been
entered without any of the State’s
winesses being called or permited
to testify, even after special re
quests had been made by the wit
nesses that their cases be called
and, on occasion, these cases had
been nol-prossed in large numbers
without any apparent reason or
explanation. ,
"MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE"
“This grand jury, after consid
ering all evidence received, felt
that there had been a .gross mis
carriage of justice to the people of
Harnett County in the recorder’s
court of Harnett County and by
some officials affiliated with this
court.”
Judge Seawell, in accepting the
report, thanked the grand Jurors
for their services.
JUDGE’S REMARKS
"I will make no comment at this
time,” said Judge Seawell. "I have
kudwn personally both Judge Lee
THE DAILY RECORD, DUNN, N. C.
TALENTED —Sandra Wirth, left photo, is shown demonstrating her skill at baton-twirling to the
Miss America contest judges at Atlantic City. Sandra. Miss Florida, reached the finals by winning
the talent contest. In right photo, Audrey Vivian Figlar, Miss Connecticut, does a vigorous Charles
ton dance- - - - the talent contest. Miss Figlar finished second to Miss Wirth.
Lee, Ross
(Continned from Page One)
JUDGE IS SHOCKED
Today, he voluntarily phoned
newsmen to say that, “I was shock
ed by the grand jury report. I
know an investigation was under
way. In view of the criticisms voiced
throughout the year, I felt the In
vestigation w f as needed and should
have been conducted, but I had
no idea I w ould be accused of any
wrong doing. I am shocked beyond
words.”
"I have never been in court in
my life while under the influence of
whiskey or any other intoxicant,''
he said ‘‘ln fact, I have neve- even
taken a drink before gou.g to
court”
“I am not at all worried about
the trial because I am coniirient
that a jury will find the charges
completely unfounded.” sa d Judge
Lee
ROSS EMPLOYS COUNSEL
Solicitor Ross said today that he
had employed Attorneys Jim Nance
and Carl Barrington of Fayetteville
to defend him Judge Lea has r.ot
yet named his counsel
Solicitor Ross is the son of the
late Charles Ross, for many years
ahief counsel for the State High
way Commission, and is a nephew
of George Ross, former head of the
State Conservation Department.
lYie family has been prominent in
State politics for many years.
Like Judge Lee, Solicitor Ross
said today that he has “nothing
to be ashamed of and nothing to
hidi”
He pointed out that' the grand
jury report was of such general
terms that it was difficult to de
termine the exact charges aga-nst
him, or the dates on which they
and Solicitor Ross for a great
number of years* If these officers
are guilty of these charges, then
something shouid be done about it
If this condition exists, it should
be remedied. I would like to rec
ommend a speedy trial so that if
they ate not guilty their names
will be cleared."'
Judge Seawell pointed out that
"Peopie everywhere get the im
pression of justice from their re
corder's court because it is the
court closest to them and it Is ab
solutely necessaiy that there shall
be competence in the court.”
Judge Seawell' recognized both
Judge Lee and Solicitor Ross to
appear ior uial at the next crim
inal term of Harnett Superior
Couit without bond.
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allegedly took place
”1 don’t think any of r. is true,”
said Ros. "and I don't think they’ll i
be able to offer proof"
Solicitor Ross said that every ;
case lie had nol-prossed had been
done m open court and With good (
reason "It seemed to be the right
thing to do at the time”
On the other hand, Solicitor
Hooks told newsmen to:' • that he
had a "strong ce.se" against both
of the court cfficia! s. He said some
of the evider. will prove actually
surprising to most citizens of ihe
cour.tv
“LET THE CHIPS FALL”
"We're going to try that case
out and let the chips fall not only
on those two court officials, 'out
on lawyers, private citizens or any
body else involved," .said Hooks.
He declined to release a copy of
the SBI report on its findings, in
dicating he was saving th it lor
evidence at the trial. Hooks said
both the SBI and the Grand Jury
‘‘did an unusually fine job and de
serve the thanks of ail the citizens
of Harnett.”
Solicitor Ross today pointed to
the enormous amount ol work done
kv the county court. He said that
in 37 days of sitting, < the court
had disposed of a total of 2500
cases and said 450 new cases were
added between July 5 and Septem
ber 6.
Both Judge Lee and Solicitor
Ross said scores of friends and
ether citizens had voluntarily rorne
to their defense and offered as
sistance since the grand jury re
port was made public.
Maynor
(Continued from Page «*ie)
SERVED SO DAYS
Maynor also served 60 days on
the roads for the offense. He was
arrested last November 1 after a
chase by Rural Policeman B, E.
Sturgill. Sturgill testified that he
say him go by and gave chasp.
Maynor turned over his automo
bile and fled and - Sturgill caught
him about 200 yards from the
scene O. R. Pearce was with Stur
gill at the time and corroborated
his testimony.
Maynor took the stand at the last
court term and swore that he was
not driving, that he had loaned his
car to a white man whose name
he did not know.
After Maynor’s testimony. Judge
Chester Morris stopped court pro
ceedings to issue a bench warrant
for Maynor for perjury and also
gave him 60 days on the other
charge. He served that term al-
Moore Is
(Continued From Page One)
outside of Moore’s general store on
Highway 301, a mile from Wade. It
followed an argument inside the
store which defense witnesses said
was qver money Goins claimed
Moore owed him.
Moore admitted the shooting and
took the burden of self-defense.
He said that Goins had brandished
a broken bottle at him inside the
store and threatened his life with
the ice t ngs outside the building.
Mrs. Moore, J. T. Taylor and two
women curb service customers cor
roborated much of Moore's testi
mony. Two Negroes, however, said
that Goins ran after the first shot
ready.
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gun blast and was out down by
the second 'shot A cour i-y police
man, Rcland Horne, said Goins’
body bore a wound on the right
side of its back
Evidence also was in sharp con
flict as to Moore's contention that
he had quit the bootleg racket se
veral years ago while others said
he stih bo.c .; bad reputation so
whiskey.
David McNeill, veteran county
law enforcement officer, was one
of several witnesses who said Moore
possessed a bootlegging reputation.
SHERIFF TESTIFIES
Cumberland Sheriff L. L. Guy.
appearing a state’s witness, said
Moore's reputation was "good and
bad.” The sheriff, who said he re
sided about five miles from Moore,
declared:
“At one- tune- Ire * Moore > had n
reputation for liquor. I worked for
five years to catch him and never
was able to catch him and I search
ed his place time and time again,
and never found any liquor in view
of the place. In the community he
had a bad reputation for dealing
in liquor. Also, he has a reputation
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as a big-hearted man who helps
people when they re down and out
and in desperate need.
Miore has served seve-a! terms in
federal prison for liquor law viola
tions. Goins had served a term in
State prison on a break-in charge,
a Lumberton policeman testified.
The officer added that Goins bore
a reputation as a dangerous, violent
man.
Sharp conflicts also concerned the
question of whether J. T. Taylor
tried to wrest the shotgun from
Moore after the first blast. Taylor
denied this and Mr. and Mrs. Moon
corroborated him. But three Ne
groes. James Purdie. Silas Spears
and another man, said that Tay
lor and Moore had tussled over the
gun after the first shot.
CEMETERY CLEANING
There will be a cemetery clean
ing at the Beulah Baptist Church
Friday. Sept 16, beginning at 8:00
AM All people having relatives
burled there are asked to be pre
set't.