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f VOLUME 7
TELEPHONE 3117 — 3118
DUNN, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 5, 1957
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
NO. 43
THEY’RE PLANNING BARBECUE FOR 2,500 PEOPLE — The
New Wayne Avenue School in Dunn needs money to pay for its
cafeteria equipment so citizens of the town are staging a mam
month barbecue on Thursday of this week to raise the needed
finances. Citizens of the school district have donated the pigs and
all the other accessories for the affair and enough barbecue is
being prepared to serve 2,500 people. More than 1200 tickets were
sold the first two days of the drive. Pictured here at a planning
meeting are, left to right, seated: Mrs. Eunice Tart, Principal
Robert Cannady; Mrs. J. C. Andrews, General Chairman! George
Franklin Blalock and Wallace Warren; standing, Jesse Alphlne,
Ticket Chairman James Snipes, Robert (Bob) Hadley, Paul White,
Pete Peterson and R. Dennis Strickland, president of the Rotary
Club, which is sponsoring the project. (Daily Reronl Photo.)
U-y Expected
To Recapture
Cotton Market
WASHINCJ^m — The
Agrictiiture-&epartment pre
dicted today the United
States will recapture the
major share of the world
cotton market during "the
1956-57 marketing season.
The U. S. share cf the market
slumped from 47 per cent in 1951
to 18 per cent in 1955. During the
1956-57 season U.S. cotton exports
are expected to be almort three
times greater than in 1955-56.
The department said in its pub
lication, “The. Cotton Situation,”
that U. S. exports for the 1956-57
season probably will total 6,500,000
bales, or about 45 per cent of the
world market. This compares with
2.200,000 bales exported in the
preceding season.
Shipments of cotton abroad
from August through November
this season were about 2,100,000
bales, 1,600,000 more than a year
earlier. They included about 23,
000 bales of American - Egyptian
cotton “ compared with 3,000 bales
a year earlier and the 1955-56 to
tal of about 20,000 bales.
MRS. DENNING DIES
Mrs. Florence Denning of Ben
son, Route 1, died Monday night
at 9:45 o'clock after a long ill
ness. She was a sister of Mrs.
Jesse Jernigan of Dunn. Funeral
services will be held Wednesday
at 2;30 o'clock at the Tabernacle’
Free Will Church in Benson.
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Ike Names Crawford
For Postmastership
Mike Crawford of Erwin was one
of 36 North Carolinans nominated
to fill postmaster vacancies in
this state.
Acting postmaster for several
months, he took over from retire
tag P. E. Lynch just as postal de
livery in the little mill city was
due for drastit; changes.
Since he became acting postmas
ter, three more employes have been
put on and Erwin, for the first
time in its history, has had regu
lar city deliveries for all who de
sired that service. Parcel post de
liveries have also been added.
Nomination by Eisenhower for
the permanent postmastership,
though subject tp Senate confir
mation. is tantamount to appoint
ment. Crawford was one of 514 men
from all over^the U. 8. — a record
number—nominated by the presi- j
Legislators Begin
Rush On Raleigh
RALEIGH (IP) — The rush of legislators to the capital
was under way in earnest today with the opening of the
d22nd General Assembly onl.v a day away.
Many of the legislators, especial
ly those from Eastern counties,
arrived in Raleigh Monday and the
rest of the 120 representatives and
50 senators will be here before to
night’s party caucuses.
Democratic members of the
House and Senate will meet tonight
in their respective chambers to
select officers of the two bodies
for the coming session.
The 16 Republicans — ’3 repre
sentatives and three sei, tors —
will caucus in a downtown res -
taurant two hours before tt i Dem
ocratic meeting, but their l eeting
will be largely social.
It is a foregone conclusion that
officers seleoted by the Democrats
will be confirmed on the floor when
ihe session officially begins Wed
aesday at 11 a. m. for the Senate,
ind an hour later for the House.
Posts Sewed Up
i The' identity of the officers and
lerks of the two chambers al!s&
vas pretty much a foregone con
tusion.
Kep. J. K. Doughton of Alle -
;hany County was without opposi
ion for the speakership of the
House and Annie Cooper was ex
pected to be rt-named principal
clerk of the House. .
Sen. Claude Currie of Durham
was the most likely choice for the
post of Senate president pro-tem
and for a 24-hour stint as Senate
president pending the swearing-in
of Luther E. Barnhardt as lieuten
ant governor. .. .
As in the past. S. Ray Byerly
of Sanford probably will be princi
pal clerk of the Senate, a post
he alternates with his usual role
as judge of the Lee County Record
er’s Court.
(Contlnne>* On Page Seven)
Thurmond Chatham
Dies At Age 60
DURHAM, N. C. (IP) — Former Rep. Thurmond Chatham,
who was defeated for renomination in the Democratic
orimary last year, died7at Duke Hospital here today, a
hospital spokesman said.
of the board of the Chatham Man.
unatimm was a member of a
wealthy textile family and bad
erved as .president and chairman
ufacturing Co. He was 60 years
old.
He was elected to Congress in
194? and served as representative
from North Caroling Jth Distriot
until his defeat Itfst summer by
Ralph J. Scott^Jr., who went on
to win the election.
He was one of the few south
ern members of Congress who did
not sign the “manifesto” opposing
the Supreme Court’s desegrega -
tion rulings.
His defeat came in a campaign
in which the racial issue played
a prominent part. Because of his
stand on the manifesto he was
opposed by the pro-segregationist
Patriots of North Carolina, toe.
Chatham served in the Navy in
World War II, from 1942 to 1945
and won commendations for val
or. He had served as a seaman
in World War I.
He was bom in Elkin, N.. C., on
Aug. 16, 1896, and was educated
in the public schools in -Elkin and
attended the University of North
Carolina and Yale University.
Chatham had worked his way
through various positions to be -
come president and chairman of
the board of the huge Chatham
firm, one of the nation’s leading
hianket manufacturers.
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Jilted Lover
Shoots One,
Kills Self
WINSTON-SALEM OH — A 21
year-old unemployed tobacco fac
tory Vorker, Apparently broken -
hearted over'4 a love affair, shot
himself to death Monday night
lei’Woundlng a companion at a.lo
cal drive-in.
City police identified the dead
man as Raeford lane. Authorities
said his companion, 21-year - old
Richard Rogers, was taken to a
hospital with a rifle wound in his
hip. Rogers’ condition was repor
ted as not serious.
Police said Rogers and Lane
were dating two girls who had
gone inside the drive-in restaurant
while the men remained in the car.
While the girls were gone, Lane
picked up a rifle and aimed it at
his alleged girl friend as she re
turned to the car, officers said.
Police identified the girl as 18
(Continued On Page Seven)
In All Stark, Detailed Reality
Birth Of A BabyTelevised
LONDON (IP) — The Brit
ish Broadcasting Cofp. tele
vised the birth of a baby
Monday night.
Most' viewers, agreed it was done
with remarkable tact, but the dis
senting tabloid Daily Sketch Quot
ed a “father of two” today as say-'
m
ing BBC was turning television
“Into, an ultra-sensational horror
comic.’’
' The BBC said early today it had
only six telephone calls fWn the
millions who watched the pSqgram
ground their firesides after most
children were asleep. Four calls
disapproved, two approved.
Doctors Voice Protests
The birth of the baby came as
part of a program in whioh^'nat
ural birth" expert Grantly Dick
Read defended his system where
by the mother helps guide the
baby into the world—a system op
posed toy London doctors.
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will sponsor the fledgling chapter. Frank S. Clark,
president of the Fayetteville Club (startling) was
among the speakers, kse Story On Editorial Page
1
Says It Would
Tear Down Law
I
Enforcement
WASHINGTON (IP) _ A
North1 Carolina state official
charged today that pending
civil rights legislation “thr
eatens to shake the very
foundation of law enforce
ment in the United States.”
Edward Scheldt, the state's
commissioner of motor vehicles,
called It “a frontal attack upon
the police powers and responsibil
ities of all local and state govern
ments.”
He made the charges at a
House Judiciary subcommittee hea
ring on civil rights legislation.
Rep. Kenneth B. Keating (R
N. Y.) rapped Scheidt for making
“extravagent statements.” Keat -
ing said one paragraph in
Scheldt's prepared statement “bor
ders on the insulting.”
National Police
| Scheidt was particularly critical
j of 'a civil rights bill introduced by
| Rep. Emanuel Celler tD-NY.) He
said its effect "would be to cre
ate a national police force to su
persede and sit in judgement upon
the actions of locai and state law
enforcement officers in almost'
any kind of case they might han
dle.”
Rep. Byron G. Rogers fD-Colo)
challenged Scheidt to point out
any part of the bill that would
create a national police force.
Scheidt admitted the bill made
no reference to a national force,,.
But he said it would allow the
federal government to Jake over j
prosecutions of assault if they in
volved civil rights.
Scheidt, a tfbrmer FTBI agent,
contended this would put every lo
cal police officer “under a sword
of Damocles, knowing that his ev- t
ery act might be criminally' ex- c
amined by the federal government*’ s
at the instigation of criminals, f
psychopaths, pressure groups or t
anyone who wanted to make trou- 1
ble for him, no matter how cor- e
nect the officer might have been
In his actions.” c
Scheidt said any violations, of t
civil rights should be considered v
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JUDGE SEAWELL ADDRESSES DUNN CHURCH
GROUP — Men of the Grove Presbyterian Church
in Dunn Monday night heard an address by
Superior Court Judge Malcolm Seawell of Lum
bertfn. D was a big occasion and a capacity crowd
attended. Pictured here are, left to right, seated:
Corporal Rommie Williamson of the highway
patrol, who is president of the club, and Judge
Seawell; standing, Rev. George Hunter, pastor of
the church; and Attorney Glen !*♦ Hooper, as
sistant Superior Q»urt solicitor for Harnett, who
introduced Judge Seawell. (Daily Reconi Photo.)
Area uroup
To Convene
Harnett County commissioners,
eager to settle the question of a
county rabies inspector, have on
suggestion cf the county health of
ficer asked for a joint meeting with
the county board of health on
Thursday night to resolve dlffer
snces between the two boards.
In regular first Monday session,
commissioners discussed at length
:he anti-rabies' program with dog
wardens Earl Wells and Hay Tho
(Con tinned On Page Six)
i Dulles Is Hopeful
Israel Will Comply
WASHINGTON (IP) — Sec-,
retary of State John Foster
Dulles said today he has
good groundS/ to hope Israel
will comply with a United
Nations resolution calling
for speedy withdrawal from
the Gaza Strip and the Gulf
of Aqaba.
.
At his first news conference since
Dec. 18. Dulles said the United ,
States is not thinking of support- ,
Infe stations against Israel. He ,
said this government now is think
ing only tihat Israel will comply .
with the U.N. resolution. 1
Dulles was asked by u reporter '
whether the United States would 1
“go to the protection of Israel”
in the event of aggression even if
this meant risking war with .the '
Soviet Union. Without mentioning
Israel directly, Dulles replied that -
the overall American policy is not i
to be deterred by fear of what the ]
Soviet Union might do in any par- ■
ticular case. ' ]
Dulles said the United States .
has repeatedly faced up to situa- j
tions involving Soviet threats. He
I Continued On Page Two)
Wife Drowns
3 Children,
Tries Suicide
CHICAGO IIP! — A tether re
urned home from -work Monday
light to find his trree children
Irowned in the bathtub and his
rife unconscious in an apparent
luicide attempt.
Richard Puetz, 32, of surburban
’ark Ridge, told the^ coroner’s of
ice his house was filled with gas,
vhen he arrived. He said his wife
vas lying unconscious by a stove
rith her head resting on the oven
ioor.
Mrs. Beverly Puertz, 26, was re
ived and reported in. good condi
ion at Psycqpathic Hospital. Her
lusband, an official of an Evan
ton department store, said she
lad been suffering from a ner
ous condition but was not under
, doctor’s care.
Authorities estimated the ehil
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Chaffin Is Again
Enrolling Clerk
L. M. Chaffin of Lillington, long
time Harnett political leader and
attorney, is again serving as En
rolling Clerk for the North Caro
lina General Assembly.
His appointment was annocnced
by Secretary of State Thad Eure.
Chaffin is a former State Sena
tor and for about a quarter of a
century served as Superior Court
Clerk in Harnett. He is also vice
recorder of the Harnett Recorder’s
Court.
His Job in the assembly will be
to see that all acts and resolutions
of the 1957 Legislature are pro
perly enrolled for ratification.
He held the same job in the last
;wo sessions of the General Ass
embly and the special session
vhich enacted the Pearsall plan
ast summer.
By tradition, the SecreUrjrj of I
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