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THE RECORD
IS FIRST
VOLUME 6
TELEPHONES 3117-3118
DUNN, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 9, 1956
FIVE CENTS PER COPY NO. 4*
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BIG CROWD AT JOHN DEERE DAY PRO
GRAM - Pictured tuMrr leaving the Dunn Thea
tre la part of the large crowd that packed the
movie house yesterday for the annual John Deere
Day program, sponsored for the farmers of this
SINGING "LOVE LIFTED ME"
area by Johnson Cotton Company, local John Deere
dealer. Bob Bam mana*er of the John Deere de
partment here, termed the event a bir snceoa.
(Daily Record Photo.)
Kicked Out Members Found
Own Church With Supporters
Jhsi&s
Milo
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LITTLE NOTES ABOUT
rF-OPLE AND THINGS
Historv will be made when the
Dunn Notary Club meet* here Fri
day nieht.
Attorney J. FPwmard Rrvan. who
serve* often In th» eaoacHv of of
f»e'«l tnd*Wnr of new members.
wtn have th» privilege of Inducting
Info the ehth hi* «on. Attor
ney Robert, C (Rehl Sevan.
Tt will be the first time in the
hs«t«rv of the Dunn dub that a
father has inducted b's own son
into the world-wide rhde organ lan
tion. It la something that doesn't
ha on* n often in anv dub.
The eitv solicitor is a oast-master
when it comes to inducting mem
bers. He does it elomientiv so when
the ceremony is oyer Friday night.
Bobbv will know that he ha* betn |
wed Inducted.
Pa Da Bryan is a past nreside.it!
and past secretary of the Dunn club
and was also district governor when
the district included Die whole
State.
The speaker for the night will be
Dr. Roy Norton. State health offi
cer. Dr. Glenn Hooper is in charge
of the program.
BIRTHDAYS: Celebrating birth
days on Tuesday were David Lee,
Ed Bringardner, Mrs. Nathan M.
Johnson. Sr. and Mrs. Annie Mae
Rowland . . Yesterday was the
birthday of J. Perry Jones and Mr*.
(Cantinned an Page Twel
rive memoers ox uunns
Second Baptist Church,
thrown from the church
several months ago for “sub
versive activities,” can go to
meeting again.
Last night, together with friend*
and -importers who had taken
their Dart since the ousting, they
formed a new church.
Those who attended last night’s
meeting led off with a sin ring of
‘’America.” and later sang two
hvmna—“Love Lifted Me” and
“When the Roll is Called Vp
Yonder" (mil he there 1
Thev adopted the name “Coom
munitv Baptist Church.” and im
mediately prepared to hold Sunday
School and -regular church service*
this coming Sunday.
For the present, meeting* will be
held In a building just outside the
city limits on Soring Branch Road.
The building formerly housed Ace
Sign Co.
DISMISSED MEMBER PRESIDES
All six of the “subversives”
were on hand last night with five
becoming charter members of the
new organization. One of them—29
vear-old Morris Knox—presided at
the meeting. Another, Joe Eam
Hardt. was elected Sunday School
Superintendent.
Benny Slaughter, whom the op
posing faction in the 2nd BaoGst
Church had termed the leader of
thoee who were ousted, led the
singing last night.
"Tt brought back oM memories to
have Slaughter leading the congre
gation,” said Knox. “That’s some
thing that hasn't happened in
about five years.”
Although Slaughter was in at
tendance last night, he did not join
the new, group. Slaughter could not
be reached for comment today.
MRS. GODWIN JOINS
Other “subservives” who attended
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Stephenson Under
Mental Observation
The life of David Stephenson, which has done a num
ber of flin-flops in recent weeks, took another strange turn
last week.
f list A Uinhlti
A prison veteran who has spent
15 of his 37 years in jail, Stephen
son last week was committed to
the state mental hospital at Ral
eigh for 30 days mental observation
His attorney. Charles L. Ouy ar
gued before Judge McKeitlun In
civil court at Lllilngton that Step
henson's recent conduct, which el
ful break-tn at Pope and Mixon a
In Dunn in broad daylight, makes
mentality suspect.
Judge McKeithan signed the pa*
pere committing Stephenson lor
observation. Among the strange
conduct Ouy mentioned was Step
henson’s entry into the home oi a
(Gemmed Ob Page Six)
I
Court Brings
In Big Sum
Costs and fins levied in Harneti
Recorder's Court last month tat
into big money and, incidentally
reflect a heavy work load each week
Clerk Kyle Harrington reported
this week to county commissioner;
that a total of *5,018.99 was hand
led by the court in its nine da]
sessions during January.
This represented *2J»595 h
coats and *2,0000 in fines, Har
rington said.
The clerk’s office, now located
on the second floor of the Lllling
ton Town Had, Harrington said
is a “busy place "Frequently," hi
added. "I have not had the time t :
talk with the many visitors tr
our office due to the pressure of thi
work load." He pointed out tha
since the county court was separ
ated from the clerk of superioi
court that he and his deputy Mrs
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MUSICAL VARITCES — Mrs
Reta Whittenton announce tfc
schedule for her "Musical Varieties
radio program for next week: Mor
day-Olive Gray Herring win reiuh
piano selections; Tuesday- Has
Jones will' play the piano; Wee
nesday - Edith Gray Jeraiga
. will stag; Thursday - A boy’s band
e under the direction of Charles
“Holmes of Benson will play: Frt- i
-day - A boy's chair of Erwin under ;
rthe direction of Miss Betty Niehel
:1 son win sing. The program is heard
-each afternoon at 3:00.
n (Continued On Page Eight)
KUUcK MANN Orr ELECTION BOARD
County Demos Nam e Hill, McRae
The Democratic Party ex
ecutive committee for Har
nett County last night met
in the cour thouse at Lilling
ton and recommended Dou
in the court house at Lilling
and Woodrow Hill of Dunn
for the county board of
elections.
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Their names are to be forwarded
to the State Democratic Executive
Committee, which makes the act
ual selection. Ordinarily county
committees are asked to recom
mend three names, which leaves
the state board some discretion.
Only the two were recommended
last night.
Hill was simply being renamed to
a post he currently holds, but this
will be a reappearance on the
board, if his name la confirmed,
(Centime* Oa Page Fear)
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I
High Official
Hasp All
Figured Ouf !
WASHINGTON IIP! — A
credible witness holding high
office in the Eisenhower ad
ministration reports that he
was offered a bet of 10 - to
one that none of the three
most widely discussed Dem
ocrats would be nominated
for president this year.
The three are Adlai E. Stevenson,
Sen. Estes Kefauver and Gov. Av
ereli Harriman. He too* the bet,
putting up one dollar to collect $10
it all three strike out.
The other bettor argued It this
way: Kefauver Is likely to wound
Stevenson’s chances faca'Jy in one
or more of the presidential prim
ary contests m which they will
oppose each other. They will me t
in New Hampshire March 13, Min
nesota March 202, Florida May $
and California June 5 .
Having disposed of Stevenson in
the primaries, the better contin
ued, Kefauver would be knocked
off. in turn, by the combined op
position of the Stevenson element,
southern conservatives vnd the old
guard. The Democratic old guard
Is mostly Harry S. Truman, Inde
pendence, Mo.
HAKRIMAN IN LINE
The form chart at that point
up, would gallop around the con
vention track for an easy win. That
ip the strategy of the Harriman or
ganization a* chartered by De Sap
io. the new look boss of modern
Tammany Hail.
On the record. Tammany ap
pears to have changed just about i
everything except its name. The j
last Tammany boss of any conse->
quence prior to De Sapio was
Charles F. Murphy who's been I
dead some 30 years. Most of them
were lean and hungry years for ;
the Tammany Tiger.
Tammany is eating high off the j
payroll again with a solid Demo- j
‘ crat as mayor of New York. He I
is Robert F. Wagner Jr., son of
the late senator who was for many
years a sachem of Tammany Hall j
And Tammany has a nutritious
; Joint interest in the state govern- I
, ment through close association with |
Harriman's election as governor in !
I 1964.
The bettor who put up $10-to-l
against any of the three front run
ners making it this year is con
vinced that Harriman also will be
IQ—Uaum Ob Page Six)
that Hew York’s Oov.
in, with Carmine De Sapio
LANGUAGE TEACHER FACES GRILLING — John Myers
headed toward campus yesterday afternoon after revealing In an
exclusive interview with the Daily Record, that he has been sub
poenaed by the House Un-American Activities committee. Myers
tenches language.
Truman, Mac Arthur
Versions Different
NEW YORK <® — Former President Truman and
Gen. Douglas MacArthur gave sharply conflicting ver
sions of Truman’s world - shaking firing of MacArthur
as Far East commander.
*nie statement said, The . . .
lTiunan saia ne uisin extra
Arthur because “I could no longer
tolerate his insubordination.” Mac*
Arthur denied tha t he was insubor
dinate and said his dismissal “may
well have been triggered" by his
recommendation that a treason
trial be initiated to break up a spy
ring that was staling tils top se
cret reports to Washington.
Mac Arthur said he published his
version of the famous firing be
cause “Mr. Truman's narration
does such violence to the truth
that to remain silent would be a
disservice to the nation,” the gen
eral referred to the Truman ver
sion of his dismissal ns “a laby
rinth of fancy” and fiction, dis
tortion and misrepresentation.”
The two versions appeared in
separate articles published today
by Life Magazine.
Truman said “I could no longer
tol. rate his insubordination” when
MacArthur released a public state
ment March 34, 1951 the effect of
which was "to threaten the enemy
with an ultimatum.”
cciiruiy xuuai* uj wc h*****“"J
aware that a decision of the United
Nations to depart from its tolerant
effect to contain the war to the
area of Korea, through an expan
sion of our military operations to
its coastal areas and interior bases
would doom Red China to the risk
of imminent military collapse.”
Mac Arthur charged that his dis
missal “was no mere change of
command. It was a vengeful re
prisal.”
-The obstinacy which, dictated
the failure of President Truman to
recognise the damage that could
be done by Red infiltrators and his
red herring’ ... are among the
astounding features of an astound
ing epoch,’ Mac Arthur said.
Lennon Makes
If Official h
WILMINGTON OP — Former t
S. Sen. Alton A. Lennon has mad
it official — he Is a candidate fo
Congress.
Lennon announced last night tha
he will seek the Democratic nom
ination for the 7th Congresaiona
District seat now held by Rep. F
Ertel Carlyle (D-NC) of Lumber
ton.
Carlyle, who has had opposition
in the Democratic or tinary fo
each two - year term since 1941
filed formally Tuesday with th
State Board of Elections.
Lennon’s announcement wa
'•leaked' Tuesday in letters to ro
ters in which he attacked Carlyl
aa, a “part-time congre**msn.” Th
letters said Carl} a "tiliJ to tto
recent congressional hearings 01
farm problems and disaster insur
a nee in Raleigh.
Carlyle snapped back yesterda
with the statement that Lennon 1
“just trying to give me advice,
prefer to get advice from som
one who has been moro succes
ful.”
I Lennon was appointed to th
Senate in 1953 to fill the vacanc
created by the death of den. Willi
Smith but waa defeated by Set
I W. Kerr Scott in Ms bid for a fu
I term.
Myers Will Refuse
To Tell Committee
If He's A Commie
By TED CRAIL
Record Staff Writer
The House Un - American Activities Committee will
have to look further than himself to find a cooperative
witness, John V. Myers, Campbell College teacher, declar
ed yesterday afternoon.
■
Breaking the news that he has .
been summoned to appear before a
March 12 hearing of the committee
in Charlotte, the rangy, aix-foot
three language teacher and golf
coach said:
“I intend to be an uncooperative
witness. I realize this may make
it tougher few me, but 1 believe I ]
have to make a stand,”
Two witnesses of the government:
have thrown the lataei “Communist"
at him. Myers said. He has been
depicted in newspaper accounts as!
having a connection with Junius
Scales, who was convicted as nj
Communist leader and la now on i
appeal to the Supreme Court.
Myers is 39 years old. a 8unday
School teacher, and the son of a
Baptist minister. He is an ex-ser
geant who served in the Pacific
Theater during the war. Three times
wounded, he received the Bronze
Star for helping protect wounded
soldiers during a Japanese attack.
HE'S NOT WAITING
Speaking slowly, and sitting in
an old-fashioned armchair In his
bare and student — like apartment
at the college; Myers said, ‘'Maybe
1 should have kepi still about this
thing, but I don’t intend to wait
until March 12 when ad the ad
vantage will be on the side of the
committee." j
BAPS TACTUS
Myers then produced a letter,
copies of which, he said, will be
mailed to natany newspapers in1
North Carolina.
It read, in part, ‘ Wherever these
committees have held hearings, the
attempt has been made to terrorize
the people into giving up their
Oonstitutional rights, to become ]
suspicious of their friends and
neighbors, to lapse into a safe
silence, and to refrain from any
activity which might displease the
investigators;”
He said he had no Intention of
telling the committee whether or
not be has been a Communist.
SHIFTS BURDEN OF PROOF
“I am not going to beat my
breast,” he said. “I am going to
put some of the burden on the
people If they choose to believe
what these people (the government
witnesses! say instead of what I
have actually done, that is up to
them.
“I do not feel toe burden of
proof is on me. It is rather on toe
accusers.”
Myers said he first came in con
| flict with attempts to discover his
political relationships when he was
at the University of North Caro
lina, as a teacher and graduate
student. In 1940 when toe univer
sity circulated a questionnaire re
quiring a list of organizations be
| longed to by faculty members, and
. asking about Communist Party
memberships, he refused to sign.
He returned toe questionnaire
1 with a written statement, saying
' that the questions “can only result
1 In a timorous, orthodox, and poliUc
• ally Inactive faculty." At the next
• term of the University, his teaching
contract was not renewed but he
(OmfliewS On Par* Ktrbt)
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Last Minute
News Shorts
BIRMINGHAM — Suspended ne
gro coed seeks 12.960 and contempt
order against university.
MADRID — Pre-Franco and
anti-Franco students open fire In
third day of riots.
WASHINGTON Semite Agri
cultnre Committee voles to return
to rigid price supports.
MOSCOW — Russia charges V. S.
balloons used for spying and could
wage germ warfare; captured bal
loons demonstrated for western
ENUGU. Nigeria — Queen Elisa
beth walks unprotected fimtaig
fcOOt lepers.
WASHINGTON — Summer field
sees Seasonably good chance” Con
gress will vote to raise postal rates
by 499 million duHara.
ROME — C. S. Joins Italy and
thousands of Italians caught in
worsening freexe; death toll rises
to 62.
WASHINGTON — AEC agrees to
consider new atomic power plant
which Senator predicts would re
vitalise New England industry.
Methodists Plan
For Youth Week
Divine Street Methodist Church
will observe Youth Week February
12-18. During this week the youth t
of the church will learn how the,'
church work ig carried on by ac- S
tually serving In the places of
leadership. 'f , ,
' The Sunday'services on February
12 will be conducted by young peo
ple who will serve as ushers, mem
bers of tie choir and speakers. j
“But” Fowler will speak at the
morning worship on the topic,;
"Young Persons’ Loyalty to Christ.*!
At the evening worship, a playlet.
"As tor Me and My House” will bo
given.
On Wednesday night, February
15. the youth of the church will
participate in Church Night. They
will meet with the various Commis
sions at 7:30 and with the Official
Board at 8:30. The young people
will have charge of the prayer ser
vice at 8:00 o’clock, at which time
they win present a panel discussion
concerning the spiritual problems
of youth.
Young people and the offices in
which they will serve are as fol
/O_A. 0.M Venal
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Myers On Golf Course
a