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* WEATHER * Fair and somewhat warmer to day. Fair and not so cold tonigiw Thursday increasing cloudiness and mild . — FIVE CENTS PER COPY VOLUME « TELEPHONES til?-Sill DUNN, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 21, 1956 NO. 75 MRS. JULIUS M. LEE PIONEER DUNN RESIDENT Mrs. Julius M. Lee, 74, pioneer Dunn resident, died Wednesday morning at 11:45 o'clock in the Dunn Hospi tal. She suffered a heart attack at her home at 306 North King Avenup and died soon after reaching the hospital. Pappy Again Candidate For TexasGovernoi FORT WORTH, Tex, Ml* — W Lee (Pappy* ODaniel came out ol political retirement today to enter the race for governor of Texas. O Dank*l, a onetime flour .sales man who once ceived .is Texas governor and later aa V. S. Sena tor, announced his candidacy in a radio talk last night. Be said he was entering the race “prayerfully,’’ and on a piaftorm of the Ten Commandants. H» entry, be said, was like David with a sling • shot, fighting the mighty hordes of Ooilath with their bulg ing bags of money.’’ Three other candidates already are In the race for the Democrat® nominatioon, which Governor Allan 6thivers will not seek this year, and ODaniel's entry posed a problem of possible ballot oonfusion. (Continued On Pago Two) Mrs. Lee was * native of Johns ton County, daughter of the MU Thomas and Sara Lloyd at a wide ly-known Johnston County family She and Mr. Lee, tor many yean a leading merchant of Dunn, were married In 1899. Mr. Lee died in April of 1938. Mrs. Lee had resided in Dune for the past 86 yean. She was one of the oldest members of the Oos pel Tabernacle here and had beer active in the church throughout the years. She also took part in other affaln of the town and community. AT SAME ADDRESS M TEAR ' She had resided at the present address for nearly a half century She was regarded as an authority on the early history of the Dunx section. Funeral services will be held at the Gospel Tabernacle at a dab and hour to be announced later The Rev. Bane T. Underwood, pas tor, will officiate and burial will tx m Greenwood Cemetery. The body n at Quinn Funeral Borne. Surviving are seven sons. How ard M., Sexton, and Walton Lei of Dunn; Thomas and Luther Da vis Lee of Washington, D. C.; J i Can tinned On Page TWw) FEUD OYER BAWDY HOUSES CONTINUES Mayor Admits Town Has Girls For Hire DANVILLE, IU.(IP> — Feuding Mayor Girt N. Hicki today admitted Air Force charges that there ar* bawdj houses in Danville, hut-insisted his city is in "nice shape.’ He ran head-on Into opposition from a group of ministers who think differently The mayor said "you know as well as I do" that there Is prosti tution in Danville, but that didn’t mean the Air Force »hould get high and mighty about it. He said about 300 people have telephoned to congratulate him for "telling ofT Brig. Oen. A. M. Min ton, commander of the nearby Chanute Air Force Base. Minton charred that eight of hi men contacted venereal disease at Danville bawdy houses in Fefb ruary alone. He demanded tha “something must be done” an found ready allies In the Dahvtll Ministerial Assn. MINISTERS TO SOUND OFT The Rev. Gerald Bias said tfc I mayor “<S>viou»ly has been talkln I (CeaMnasd On rage Tw.) Brother's Slayer Goes To Pen1 By LOIS BYRD Record Staff Writer Edward Bailey, 30 - year old LUllngton Negro, heard the jury pronounce him guil ty of murder in the second degree when it came in this morning with the verdict af ter only 15 minutes deliber ation. BULLETIN Judge JUfcfceM this pn Bailey It to 15 years is State's prison sad ordered that he be confined In an isolated ward for tnbercalar prisoners. De I fense attorneys, who asked mer ry because of his physical con dition. filed notice of appeal to Supreme Court. They said Bail ey would be unable to raise the There appeited mkhm doubt as to whether lhe appeal will be perfected. Judge William Y. Bickett was expected to pass sentence late this afternoon. In charging the Jur7. Judge Bickett stated two passible re edicts—murder in the second de gree or acquittal. KILLED WITH MALICE The Jury found that Bailey had kilted his brother OhrfMd “with malice." by pumping three pistol shots Into him st close range on November n in thd presence of his sgdd, blind mother and other witnesses. • Julia hfeQoy, glr)-friend of the murdered brother,: was the princi pal witness for the state. She claim ed ou bid Stand she had keen the window before Edward finished.!^ liti' yesterdijr iftMiotti the grand JtSyhKLedirSni Si against a white man, Harvey Ros ser, allegedly present at Uw time ot the shooting. Me la charged with being an accessory after the fact . During the murder trial tegti mony. Julia McCoy and LaRue Bailey, a neighbor, both stated Rosser had helped BdVrard Bailey leave the scene of the crime Solicitor Jack Hooks announced he win seek a verdict of second decree murder or manslaughter against the disabled defendant,, a tuberculosis patient who was sent from the stat# sanatorium at Mc Cain to stand trial Julia MeOoy. self-confessed girl friend of the dead, brother. Oar field. was Uie chief witness for the rtbsttow* As Pip TV»I rlvrle T. Conner Dies Suddenly Clvrie T. Conner, about 80. of Ta^bpro. former Dunn reeklenl died suddenly of a heart attack there Shortly before noon today. Mr Conner resided In Dona most of hi* life, mortar to Tartwro se yoral yean sea He eereed ss cotton neither at the Dunn Cotton Yard |ar yean. . He also held various other posi tions here. Mr*. Conner is the tamer Ruth Taylor of Dunn, sister of Herbert B. Tavlor. Other mro+rori include a daugh ter, Mrs. Harold Jerniean of Dunn, the former Rowenna Conner. HE LIKES EGGS RUCHE, Portural *) — Antonio Granjots, SS. wen a bet Tueeday by umaials* M efcs In 13 min atee at a cafe. He took seven of them soft boded and the other 43 aaoooked. washing thorn dawn with brandy. WASRINOTW — Seam Dan*. > teats are telktaf of the need Am ’ a “sew toes'* in view of Steven 1 sen’s Mtnneasta defeat WASHINGTON — President say t' WASHINGTON — President »p i peak for mediation In Middle Roe e ^ rrials to avoid War. | WASHINGTON — Air seeretar e d Hr tones Ah’ Pert* to usrltta* « Masons Convene> Hear Grand Master Charles K. Pugh of Gastonia, the Most Worshipful Grand Master of North Carolina Masons, will speak to night before a district meeting of 75 to 100 Masons flrtifti lodges in this area. The district conference began tbit afternoon with the local lodge welcoming Masonic representative* tram Erwin, UlMngtoo, Hope Mills, Fayetteville and Fort Bragg. , Masonic activities were discuss ed. beginning at 3 pm. today by the representatives. At six o’clock, the group will attend a supper at Master is scheduled to deliver Ids address at 7:30 p.m. Another distinguished visitor la the District Deputy Grand Master Willie J. Hall at Fayetteville, who presides over the dfcdrict meeting. Nathan Johnson. Jr, is master at the host lodge in Dunn. (Gantinned On hp Tv» + Record Roundup + REVIVAL MEETING — Revival Services Win be held at Black's Chapel Methodist Church on High way Ml ip Godwin, March 26 - April 1 at 7:30 each week night, and 11:00 on Bsster Sunday morn tag. Rev. Walter Feltman, pastor of the Erwin Methodist Church, will be the speaker at these ser vices. The public is cordially in vited. The pastor is Rev. S. E. Lan ders. "• s • 18-YEAR-OLD TRIES FOR "MISS DUNN" First Contestant For Pageant Named A five-root-tnree-mcn Angler giri wno ups tne scsues at 112 pounds today became the first approved entrant in the Miss Dunn Pageant which the Junior Chamber of Commerce will sponsor on April 19 and 20. Peggie Faye Smith, a recent gra- , | duate of Angler high achool. ia cur. I rently attending East Carolina Tea. 1 chers College a« a freshman, but I win be (Ml hand to compete in the . a beauty and talent contest. The Miss Dunn pageant is a local preliminary to the Miss North Carolina contest which, in turn, can lead to the famous Miss Am erica contest at Atlantic City. Though Dunn's entrants haven'tj i won their way to Atlantic City i in former years, last year a Ra leigh girl. Faye'Arnold, came very close to the national throne. She • was one of the finalists. I Faye Arnold is expected to be ■ present this year when Dunn holds § Its pageant. So will two former . r winners of the county crown — 3 i Peggy Ruth Barfield, and Becky 1 Tww) senator Hands Front-Runner Terrific Blow MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. OP) — Sen. Estes Kefauver won a stunning Minnesota presir dential primary election vic tory Tuesday and claimed to day the tide had turned in the race for the Democratic nomination. Kefauver upset Adlai E. Steven son in a state where analysts bad ■aid the 1962 nominee needed a decisive victory to remain the front-runner for the nomination. Stevenson congratulated Kefauv er on the victory early today but said the •setback would not stop his campaign to head the Demo cratic ticket again this year. The defeat for Stevenson was unexpect ed, since he had the support s the Democratic - Farmer - Labor Par ty organisation of Sen. Hubert Humphrey and Gov. Orville Free man. SEES TTONING POINT “I believe this primary marks the turning point in the campaign for the Democratic nomination," [ Kefauver told cheering supporters at a victory celebration here early this morning He led in the statewide balloting and in seven of the state's nine congressional districts. The state wide victory gave him 21 of the staff's 30 Democratic National Convention votes, while one vote rode oa the individual result* In each 4 the'di-smcw. *> «s». . ™. Earlier figure* shewed a Mai of *••• presto Ots to the stole, bat a fe-dbecfc showed there are UK President . Elsenhower was an overwhelming victor in a nominal Republican content with Sen. Wil liam Know-land of California. Knowland did not campaign and said he would have withdrawn tf permitted under Minnesota law af ter the president’s decision to seek reflection. _ BATS “REVOLT" INDICATED Kefauver said he was “confident the large vote indicates revolt in the Midwest against President Eisenhower's farm program.” “The size of the vote indicates that many independents and Re publicans have realized that only through the Democratic program can a justifiable and equitable farm program he obtained," he said. *T am sure the Democrats will win in November.’* Freeman, who went to congratu late KdBauver personally on the fOewttouad <mb Pag* TnI Brewer Drops Out Of Race RALEIOH W — Raleigh busi nessman Kidd Brewer withdrew to day from the Democratic primary campaign for lieutenant governor for health reasons. Brewer's withdrawal left loui candidates in the May M race for the state’s No. a office nomination Brewer was the last of five cannl dates to file for the nice, but hat been the first of the five to an nounce. Grand Jury Finishes Job j A Harnett grand Jury quicklj met and quickly adjourned thii week, following inspection of thi Jail, school and »*♦»— -* • * tions due for a che.X and indict ment of a number of prisoners. Following submission of their re port to Judge William Y. Bicket i of Raleigh, who is presiding fa Harnett Superior Court, the gram Jury was dismissed until May t when nine Jurors will go otftf am nine mrw ones will be chosen li their place. • We . visited O. T. Proffitt county superintendent of schools, said their report in part. “He sail the schools otf Harnett County we re in fine condition, some school SENATOR ESTES KEFAUVER Big Freeze Pinched WEST E N D, N. C. (IP) — Carolinas peach growers surveyed their bloom-filled orchards today and said last night’s freeze “brought us to the brink of economic dis aster.” 1“A couple of degree* colder weather would have ruined us, M said T. C. Auman, West End peach grower, Auman, after in flecting his 100-acre orchard, said there appeared to be only scattered cold damage. ‘It looks as though we came through all right,’' Auman said "We had a pretty close call. It brought us to the brink of economic disaster. Again.” Auman and other Sandhills peach growers said the blossoms did not fall and the petals protected the tiny buds, about the size of a pin head. They said some further damage may show up in two or three days when killed bloows fall, especially on younger trees that are fuat own ing into production. But prelimin ary surveys showed it would not be extensive. Horticulturist A. J. Neilson of WUkesboro. orchard specialist for a three-county apple growing area, said he expects “only very very little damage ” Tenjperatures in the WilkeSboro area dropped to the mid-20s. Low est temperatures in the Sandhills were about zs degrees. ;jj* light damage also was report ed in tiie Henderson County apple area where the temperature* dropped below 20. Gay Parade Advertising Azalea Event The Azalea Motorcade, staMen decorated cars ensconcing beauty queens and the Mayor at Wilming ton, will be in Dunn tomorroir. Their purpose is to advertise Wil mington's forthcoming Aaalea fes tival. For half an hour, the Motor cade will stop In front of the Dunn city hall while festival promoter* give a prevue of the festival. Miss Faye Arnold, Raleigh'S "Miss North Carolina" who was a finalist in last year’s Mis* Ameri ca Contest, will be just one at the beautiful girls in the caravan. (Continued aa Page Twv) Borgnine, Magna ni Favorites To Win HOLLYWOOD ilPt — Ernest Borgnine and Anna Mag nani who soared to screen stardom on single movies be came popular favorites today to win Hollywood’s 28th »m.ual Oscar awards. Advance predictions indicate the top acting honors of 1965 would go ' to Italy’s fiery Magnani for her 1 performance as a grieving widow •- "The Hose Tattoo." Borgnlne, an.American of Italian parentage, was favored to win the beet ae | tor’s statuette for playing a lonely, ‘ homely butcher in “Marty." I In the supporting actress eate , gory, Joe Van Fleet appeared a l cinch winner for playing Jimmy i Dean's prostitute mother In ‘East of Eden" Predictions were evenly , divided between Jack Lemmon of ■ “Mister Roberts" and Arthur I o-OonnaU of “Picnic" for the kert ., supporting actor honors. II "Marty" was conceded the favor* ' Ite to nose out “The Rose Tattoo" and ‘•Picnic” as the best film of 1955. More than 2,000 celebrities hi black tie. mink and diamonds mere* scheduled to arrive in limousines at the Pantages Theater on Holly wood Blvd. for the presentation cf the Academy Awards, the'worlds most famous film event. Other best actress nomine ■■■* were Katherine Hepburn, Jennii r Jones and Eleanor Parker. Borgaine’s heaviest competitor appeared to be James Cagney. Other nominees for best actor were' the late James Dean, Prank Si natra and Spencer Tracy. The academy wws expected to vote e special award for Dean, killed last summer in an automobile accident.
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