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* WEATHER* Partly cloudy and turning colder Friday preceded by occasional rain is the east in the forenoon! Snow Lurries likely in the mountains. Sa Tirday fair and quite cold. VOLUME 6 11. S. ASKS WORLD DISARMAMENT IIBJH ' . ft &*&' y ' h - <i • /"A -' * • - s'£’’’}. ’ ]i.} v> 21 • ‘ «*•. w Mfli' Hf -. ..if .«ll IBIK JBP*. a.l^Wvn kLlfr a. >r MANY Attended There was almost a foil met. Over turkey and the fixings, they looked back nouse In .the Krwln High School gymnasium on reflectively on many years of service at Erwin Saturday as Erwin Mills "Twenty-Five Year Club” Mills. * I Jh&M Jjjtifa JhinqA By HOOVE* ADAMS -—. . ' i SUSAN IS A BIG GIRL; OTHER LITTLE NOTES Attorney Bobby Bryan, one of the most handsome guys in town, is also a very talented fellow . He once sang for President Harry S. Truman at the White House. . .It was while he was a member of the Annapolis glee club . . Bobby also appeared in Little Theatre pre sentations at Campbell College and may Join the Dunn group . A let of Dunn people were In Fayette ville for the Christmas parade Sat urday. . James (Gardner’s Dairy) Surles says some Christmas music In local stores would provide a little more Christmas spirit here 's; . . .‘‘And there no doubt about it.” says James, “that Christmas spirit makes people spend money." A good recording of "White Christ mas” or "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" will open a man's pock et book a hundred times quicker than the fast talking of any sales man In other words, you gotta put people in the mood . A local couple that has been “courting heavy" for a couple of years called It quits Saturday night after a fuss in a local store . . . “OK,” he told her, taking the words from a current song hit, ‘‘lf you don't want my love I know who m give It, to.” and he walked off leaving the lovely little thing bawling . Right in front of about a down people, too Thatta’ boy!. . . The new office building of Dr. Ralph Johnson and Dr. Marvin | Poole is real swanky. . . Three 1 , other local doctors, Dr. Randolph Doffermyre. Dr. Charlie Byrd and Dr / Bi}l Lilly, will soon have new offices, too. ~ ,j Derwood Godwin is/building |a modernistic ,nev (Continued On Page lira) Harnett Slaying Is Who murdered Willie Stokes? This question has remained un answered since the young Angler Negro, believed to be in his 20’s was found dead of a head wound on the morning of November 6. His body was under the porch of Rowena James’ house at Angler. Rowena, 29, and Hubert Cofleld, 31, a brother-in-law of Stakes’ were drat held In connection with the death, but' later were freed for lack of evidence. Rowena testi fied at a preliminary hearing In recorder’s court Tuesday that she pushed Btokes off her porch after he had come to her house drunk, but she dented striking him County Coroner Grover C. Henderson SC Dunn asked for an TELEPHONES 3117-3118 Mills' Longtimers Gather For Banquet More than 260 persons were pre sent Saturday afternoon for the annual banquet of the Erwin Mill s "Twenty-Five Year Club,” an or- ton of t employes who have served the cofnpany for a quarter at a -century.. "Most of us are like Jack Benny, we'd prefer to stop the clock,’ said vice-president Carl R. Harris, who came down from Durham to attend the banquet. Hi-< hearers, 6ome of whom have worked at the mill almoet since the turn of »the century, laughed appreciatively. New members Inducted at the banquet, and given 25-year pins. Included Jessie R. Wa/tefs, Morton S. Williams, Herbert Q. Beard, Hir am D. Morgan. Mrs. Anna W. Nor ris. Hubert P. Seseoms, Thomas B. Stevens. Roger S. Stewart and A. J. Tavlor. W. H Mlley, JV„ mana ger of the mills at Erwin, present ed the pins. The president of Lander College, Dr. B. M. Grier, gave an inspira tional address and said the com bined service of those listening to him totaled more years than is rep. resented in the history of civiliza tion. “To me,’ he said, “that is a sob ering thought.” Mrs. Joe Taylor ahd her four daughters from Denton, North Carolina, played and sang during the banquet Among the guests in attendance were Erwin minister^. There was a moment of silence for deceased members of the club— George W. Conrad. Grady F. Farm, Jessie A. Giles. John L. McKee, James M. Morgan, Fred H. Steph ens, Aulie L. Tyndall, and Avery Warren. •( When winners were called for door-prizes, the first winner, Mil ton J. Bteveiwon, wss told by Vice- Presidenlt Harris. “Milton, there are two of the finest sheets made in the United States.” Other winners were W. W. King. William M Houston, H. D. Cranshaw, and W. ’ H. Miley Jr. Cfub members laughed and then ciapped when the latter’s name was autopsy after he was called to view the body. Dr. W. W. Stan field dr Dunn found that Stokes died of a brain iwiiewh* In flicted by a blew on the head. The physician reported h» did aot believe Stokes could have suffered the injury la a fait Henderson said that a jury he lmpanneled found that fitofces died from a blow inflicted by * weapon in the hands of "persons unknown " The Jury recommended that Row ena James and Oofield lib held for grand Jury action, the eerbner said. Henderson said testtmeny at the Inquest Indicated that Poftold was visiting at the house tract door to Rowena’s and that he left to re- She Bailtj ikciml read for a prize, Mlley himself locked slightly embarrassed. Big Banquet Tomorrow For Firemen Chief Ralph E. Hanna will pre side tomorrow night at the annual Christmas banque. of the fire de partment. Firemen will receive, besides gifts and a hearty meal, their paychecks for all the times they have leapt out of bed or away from their bus iness and gone racing to the fire. The five officers and 19 volunteer firemen are paid once a year. Their banquet is to be held in che high sdhool cafeteria. It will begi nat 7:30 p. m. Beside the firemen and their wives several guests trill be in at tendance. These inci'ude Rev. and Mrs. B. T. Underwood, Mr. and Mrs. 3. C. Andrews and Mr. and Mrs. Joe T. Johnson. Rev. Underwood is the fire de partment chaplain. Mr. Andrews is secretary-treasurer of the Fire man’s Relief Fund locaUy, and Mrs. Johnson is secretary to Sec retary-Treasurer Hoyard M Lee. In charge of the program for the banquet is Reta Whittenton. Among the performers will be Becky Itiil of Buie’s Creek, a boys’ band from Benson and some girls from Dunn who will sing. Little Theatre Tryouts Continue The second round of tryouts for “Bom Yesterday,” movie and stage hit by G&raon Kanin, win take place ©morrow night at the heme of Mrs. Lee Crail. MrS" Crafl is director -manager of (C— Unmet On Tap Eight) Mystery turn to his house on the cl her side of town at 9:45 p.m. The autopsy showed a strong possibility that Oofield was killed at about that hour, be said. However, the coro ner admitted that it was difficult to establish the time of the fleath within closer than “about two hours." The Harnett grand Jury heard state’s evidence at the November term of superior court, but de - 1 dined to return an indictment. . Evidence has been scanty hi the case. Judge M. O Lee found no probable cause Tuesday in the charge against Rowena Jaunes. Sheriff C. R. Mcnre was the only state’s witness to testify. The only (Cent!—ed e* Rage Tww) DUNN, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON. DECEMBER 12. 1955 Favre Facing Manslaughter Allegations Corporal Clyde A. Favre, 26, of the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg will face a Harnett grand jury in the death of Corporal John R. Jenkins, 22. Favre was bound over to the grand jury by Judge M. O. Lee who found “probable cause” in a charge of manslaughter brought against Favre. It was alleged that he was drunk and driving recklessly when the care he was operating crashed into a telephone pole, killing Jenkins. Two Wacs Kamelia L. Smith, 19, and Faye L. Justice, 21, said everyone in the party had been drinking heavily before the acci dent. The Justice girl said on cross examination that she had so much to drink she became sick but, she said, she wasn’t drunk. The accident occurred early on the evening of November 26 on a country road between Olivia and Johnsonville. Patrolman R. B. Le onard testified for the state at the hearing. Favre will go before the grand jury at the January 9 term of superior court. *T 11 Dear Santa! Dear Santa, I am eight years old and in the third grade. Mrs. Johnson is my teacher. I like her very much. I have been good part of the time I would like for you to bring me a pair of skates, some guns, a ser vice station and a dress suit. With love, Freddy Watson 800 East Pearsall St. Dunn, N. C. Dear Santa, We are two little boys of two and three years old. We’ve been very good little boys this year and we watch all of your programs on tele vision. For Christmas we want you to bring us a big tricycle and a sidewalk bicycle. We’d love to have some guns and holsters, too. Also I On timed On Png* six) Coats Not Guilty Os Selling 111 Hogs A. M. Coats of Rt. 3, Dunn, was found not guilty of a charge of selling sick hogs, in a jury trial held at Benson court. Coats was accused as seilisg the hogs at the Benson Livestock Mar ket. Results sos other jury trails were as follows: Phillip Shenman Hart of Angler, Rit. 2, speeding, SSO fine and costs. Thurman Lockamy and Mrs Thurman Lockamy, Benson, pos session of non-taxed liquor for purpose of sale, Thurman Lock «ny, not guilty; Mrs. Lockamy + Record Roundup + CLERK REPORTS—The month ly report of Clerk Elizabeth F. Matthews, made this week, on No vember activities in her office re flected the heavy work-ioad otf a term, of Superior Court. Out of the total of $2,508.00 of receipts in the office, fines in Superior Count ac counted for $1338.00. Other collec tions came from the following sounres, from probates $46430; from civil and criminal actions and special proceedings in the Superior Court $732.66; from trust commis sions $63.13. RUXMSTERS WORK HEAVY— Paper work was heavy during the month of November in the office of the oounty register of deed*. Mrs. Inez Harrington, register, reported this week to the county ooinmis » »mmrnyy ” % m ? mm - ■■' n nr - —• '• • - READYING FOR A DRESS REHEARSAL are: Marvin Godwin, Click Smith and Mrs. Ed Member* of the costume and make -up commit- Eberlin; standing, Mrs. Bob Bass, Donnie John tees are helping a king and two shepherds get son, Mrs. L. B. Hagwood, Mrs. William Jackson ready for a full dress rehearsal. Left to right ||, Pageant Is Smash Hit l|st as expected, the Chjlstmas pageant at the Fiat Christian Church here lasp night scored a smash htffeand a crowd that pack ewind jammed the church wtit away singing itd Raise* of tjaniprirmutmltMl, And, just as in previous years, the church auditorium wasn’t large enough to accommodate the huge crowd and hundreds oi people were turned away. However, the pageant is being repeated tonight at 7:30 o’clock and another capacity crowd is expect ed. The pageant of the Dunn Pres byterians may not be, the largest /presented in the State, by any means, but those familiar with such will tell you that it is one of the best-produced, best-staged and best-presented pageants to be seen anywhere among the thousands of churchs each year. In the leading roles are Janet Jackson Signor and Marvin God win. Others in the cast include: Donnie Johnson, L. E. (Click) (Continued On Pago Six) guilty, $25 fine and costs and not to violate prohibition laws for a year. Bradgston McLamb, Benson, Rt. 2, driving drunk, SIOO fine and costs and license suspended for a year. James Dewey Carr. Raleigh, dri ving drunk, second offense, S2OO fine and costs, license suspended for two years. Nathan William Barefoot, Dunn, Rt. 2, driving drunk, jury oou:d not agree and Judge Ed Johnson declared a mistrial. A charge of no (Continued On Page Two' stoners that fees for recording pa pers of many kinds totaled $1089.65. In addition, 14 marriage license were issued, but reports on these lees are made on a quarterly basis. No charges were made far placing on reeprd discharges of 12 service men. COURT RECEPTS—Receipts in the office of the clerk of Jie Har nett County Recorder’s Court were past the three thousand dollar mark in November. Clerk Kyle Harrington is his report, oonqjiled this week, lists total receipts of $3,79130. Fines In recorder's oourt xocouxv ed for taw bulk of the mo ney, $2450 to be exact. The sum of $1,94130 came from civil and criminal proceedings in the same court. Postal Facilities To Be Modernized■ WASHINGTON UP) Postmaster Gen. Arthur E. Sum merfield says that within the next few days he will pre sent President Eisenhower with a long-range program to modernize and rebuiloqjostal facilities. Present facilities, he said, "are both inadequate and obsolete.” He added, "We are operating in many post offices built 50 or even more years ago.’’ “In some major cities, facilities are so inadequate that mail is act ually being sorted on sidewalks, rain or shine,” he said. Thousands of postal employees “are working under conditions that are really deplorable inadequate space, poor ventilation, and obsolete light ing.’’ Summerfield did not say what the new program would include. Summerfield made his remarks in a filmed weekend television in terview with Rep. Kenneth B. Keat ing (R-NY). Throwing Debris At Roadside Causes Wreck Corbet) Elmore was going east on 421 Saturday afternoon anu taking care of a little chore. He was throwing off debris into the woods. Elmore made one mistake. He turned around to see where the debris was landing. Before he had turned around again to look at the road he hit /.he abutment of a bridge. Damage to car: SSOO. To Elmore: he was sent to Fort Bragg hospital with face cuts. QUOTE: "THERE HAS BEEN SIN SINCE THERE HAS BEEN MAN" Army Denies Charge That Soldiers Lack 'Proper Fun TOKYO (IP) The U. S. Array denied allegations by an American congressman that soldiers have been driv en into illicit sex relations with Japanese girls because there was a shortage of prop er recreation. A spokesman for the Army rat ified off statistics to prove the Army had set up recreation cen ters, provided entertainment and encouraged sports and that Ameri can Gls were participating by the <■ The Record Is First 4 IN CIRCULATION ... NEWS PHOTOS... ADVERTISING COMICS AND FEATURES FIVE CENTS PER COPY FAVORS HIGHER RATE Summerfield put in another plug for a boost in postal rates to put the department on a pay-as-you go basis. Congress has refused to pass such legislation so far. He said he believes a postal rate increase bill may be passed by the next session of Congress because "The Congress now, I believe, un derstands the reasons for the huge postal deficits.” He said a private post office survey showed two of three taxpayers want to put the department on a pay-as-you-go basis. CHEATS DEATH FOR FIVE MINUTES "Society Bandit" Dies In Fla. Chair RAIFORD, Fla. (IP) Samuel J. Hornbeck, former “so ciety bandit” accused of murder and bank robberies in six states, cheated death for five extra minutes today and then died in the electric chair. Hornbeck was due to die at the Raiford state prison at 8:30 a. m. a slight delay in moving him from his death row cell to the dingy execution chambers timed his "strapping in" five minutes late. He was, strapped to the oaken death chair and 2300 volts passed through his body. The 36-year-old man, bespecta thousands. But he said, “There has been sin since there has been man on earth” and “all countries don’t have American morals we're not here to change the mores of a country.” The sin charges were made by Rep. Clement J. Zablockl (D-Wis). chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Far East who is now touring Japan. Zablockl said a large number of American soldiers are living Illicit* ly with Japanese girls and that ha could not see "how the Army can Lodge Presents U. S. Plan As Meeting Os UN UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (IP) The United States to day called on the world’s military powers to “take ev ery action now feasible” as a first step toward world dis armament. U. S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. speaking In the United Nations main political committee debate on disarmament proposed that world powers make arms “re ductions which can be adequately controlled without waiting for agreement on a comprehensive plan” of disarmament. Lodge was speaking on a revised resolution submitted to the com mittee by the United States and five other nations. The resolution calls for “priority - ’ for President Eisenhower’s “open sky” plan and Soviet Premier Nik olai Bulganin's proposal tor con trol points at “strategic centers”. Lodge explaining the U. S. posi tion on disarmament again, said: “The United States wants both the Eisenhower plan and a begin ning on disarmament together, If (Continued On Page Eight) Car Overturns *Driver Hurt, Rider Safe An auto accident Saturday night put Bobby Moore, 20, of Smith field in Dunn hospital with five fractured ribs. Over 100 stitches were required for cuts in his scaJp and face. „ Moore on leave from the army, was driving eastward toward Dunn In front of the Open Air Market when an unknown vehicle entered the highway from the market. In an effort to miss him, Moore lost control. His 1952 Studebaker overturned one and a half times. Damage to the car was estimated at SIOOO. A passenger, James Overlby, 24, of Smithfield, was unhurt. The ac cident occurred at 11 p. m. cled and always jittery, spent his last hours In the prison’s death row “very calm," according to L. E Dugger, an official at the prison. Two Catholic priests and the pri son chaplain walked with Horn beck to the death chamber. WIFE IN PRISON Hombeck's wife did not see her (Continued on Page Two) do a good job with their men no# in the barracks at night.” “We have bed checks for Army personnel at midnight normally, - the Army spokesman said. "This .does not apply to officers, how* ever.” STREET WALKERS PROBLEM As for advene comments about Japanese street walkers who clus ter outside Aratf Installations ,n Tokyo, the public information offi cers seaid. “We cant go up to Mias Jones and say “You don’t look nice. Got off the street.' * (O—tfuil m rage tw) NO. 4
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