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THE RECORD
IS FIRST
VOLUME 8
TELEPHONE 3117—3118
DI'NN. N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, Jl l.A 29, 1938
FIVE CENTS |*ER COP>
NO 199
Terrific Year
($>, j
Forecast By
Tobacco Men
VALOOSTA. Ga (UPI)— Auc
tion sales opened at higher price
levels and heavy offerings of good
grade flu cured tobacco at mar
ket centers of the Georgia-Flor
ida Belt today, launching possibly
the most profitable season on rec
ord.
The U.S. Department of Agri
culture reported the general av
erage of sales at several markets
during the first hour of 1958 trad
ing ranged from $58 to $00 per
100 pounds, with the bulk moving
at from $54 to $65.
Extremes ranged from $10 per
100 pounds for sub - grade qual
ity to $69 paid for one basket of
fine lemon leaf, the USDA re
ported. Companies paid as high
as $68 for better baskets but the
best practical price was $66 in
the early sales.
“Demand was good by manu
facturers and dealers with only
an estimated 1 to 2 per cent of
the sales going into the stabiliza
tion Corp. under the government
price - support loans program."
the USDA said.
"Growers appeared well pleas
ed w'ith the prices,” the USD\
said. "The tobacco was in good
handling conation. The volume
was heavy and most sales were
full.”
Early marketing consisted prin
cipally of fair to good primings
and lugs and low leaf.
The 28 market towns were fes
tive as the season opened.
At Adel, Ga., where an esti -
mated 350.000 pounds was on the
floors .the first 10 baskets went
for an average of $64.40 with a
top price of $66 The grade there
was mostly lugs.
Jh&A&
Jtiitlc
JhinqA
By HOOVER ADAMS
LITTLE NOTES ABOUT
PEOPLE AND THINGS
A friend was asking Becky Lee
about plans for her forthcoming
wedding the other day.
"Will there be any celebrities
or other important people at the
wedding?" asked the friend.
“Oh, yes,” beamed Becky. “One
very important person will be
there.”
"Who?" asked the friend, eag
erly.
"Bill Edmunds," replied Becky.
"Who's he?" asked the friend
with a puzzled expression, and
without stopping to think.
“HE,” replied Becky, “is the
wonderful man I’m going to mar
ry."
WANDERING BUST—This fash
ion note is one for the birds. Any
way, reports United Press:
Latest underpinnings news in
the great chemise delemma is a
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For Lennon,
A Taste Of
Heaven Pure
Mitchell Thomas's prize-win -
nine watermelon will be present
ed in Washington. DC, to Con
gressman Alton Ijennon
WCKB manager Lincoln Faulk,
setting off on the first leg of a
vacation trip to San Francisco,
will stop in the national capital
with the watermelon
It will be presented to Lennon
at the airport
Farm leaders are stressing the
watermelon crop in Harnett this
year, emphasized their point by
throwing a Watermelon Day in
Lillington on Saturday Thomas’s
melon was judged top in the show
Weir Backed
For Solon's Seat
ASHEVILLE (UPI) — The
I chairman of the 12th District
Democratic party has confirmed
j a strong move is afoot to nomin
ate J. Weldon Weir to the district
I congressional seat.
Chairman Francis J. Heazel
I said he had talked with many in
fluential leaders in Buncombe
County, key to the 12th, and they
were solidly behind Weir.
Incumbent Rep. George A. Shu
ford has withdrawn as a candi
date because of illness. He suffer
ed a stroke at his home here
shortly before the May 31 prim
ary in which he defeated four
other candidates for the nomina
tion
Heazel presided at an ‘‘inform
al" meeting of the district party
committee last night. The com
mittee will meet Thursday at
Bryson City to select a new cand
idate to oppose Republican W.
Harold Sams of Asheville in No
vember.
Monday night, the committee
decided to have an open meeting
Thursday, then to retire in closed
executive session to pick its cand
idate.
GOOD MANAGER — Mrs. Robert Fulton. man
a*er of “The W hip" (in backyroimd) and other
carnival rides now at Tyler Hark, has a small
zoo at her family home — can manatee animals
iuM about as well as »hr manifn voimiiteri
»ho glamor for a ride iKerord I’hoto bt lea
I rail I
Self-Employed
To Get Relief
WASHINGTON (UPIV—A bill to
provide major tax relief for self
employed persons was expected
to sail through the House with
ease today despite administration
protests it would cost the treasury
360 million dollars in annual rev
enue.
The bill would allow self-em
ployed persons to defer payment
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Atlanta Hearings Opened
Communism Seen
As Greater Menace
ATLANTA, (UPI) — The chairman of the House un-American Activ
ities Committee warned today that Communism iri the United States
is "a greater menace than ever before."
Rep. Francis E. Walter (D-Pa.)
said at the outset of an investiga
tion of communism in the South
that “the strategy and tactics of
the Communist Par*v aconst
antly changing ‘
The first witness called before
! a subcommittee of the House
group was Armando Penha of
New Bedford. Mass. Penha was
an undercover agent for the FBI
for eight years and worked him
! self into a high position with the
j party, a committee spokesman
' said.
Walter said that the sole purpose
of the Atlanta hearing was to in
vestigate "techniques of the com
munist conspiracy in the United
States.”
Walter said a preliminary in
vestigation by the committee indi
cated that the main communist
activity in the South was "direct
ed and manipulated” by agents in
communist "nests" in the north
Penha was sent South by the
communist - operated National
Textile Commission in 19r«6, a
committee spokesman said.
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Court Sentences TB Victim
To Two Years Of Treatment
The judge of Dunn Recorder’!
Court has taken steps to force
treatment on a tuberculosis vic’im
40-year-old George E. Warren oi
601 Averasboro Road.
Dr. W. B. Hunter, county medi
cal chief, testified that repeatec
attempts had been made to gei
Warren to take treatment. Warrer
himself did not take the stand.
Last night Sheriff Claude Moos*
delivered him to the criminal ware
of the state sanatorium Judge H
Paul Strickland ruled that he mus
spend two years there unless medi
cal authorities decide to release
him earlier.
John Zelmon Jackson, convicted
once before of driving while
drunk, was back in court yes'er
. day on a fresh count. Judge Strick
land hit the 45-vear-old Route 5
man with the mandatory $200 fine,
suspending a four month jail term.
Two persons were scheduled for
trial on charges of abandoning
I their families. William Daniel Lee,
I 23, of 510 S. Magnolia Avenue and
Anna Shaw, 33-year-old colored
woman, were released a/ter eom
: plain ants failed to prosecute
A high volume of accused speed
s ers passed through court yester
day. most of them dropping some
fine money as they made their
exit. Tile roll call:
Gene Roland Best. 16, of Route
3. Dunn, speeding and reckless
and careless driving, pled guilty
to speeding only, a plea accepted
by the court on recommendation
of the solicitor; $5 fine and costs.
George Lane Butler, 48. Route
3, Dunn, pled guilty to speeding
45 in a 35 mile zone; costs,
Lee Colon McRae. 20-vear-o!d
colored resident of Brooklyn, V
Y., speeding 70 miles per hour,
pled guilty,, costs.
Julius Ferguson, 21, of Wa»hing
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-Recreation Gets Split—
Miniature Midway Sets Up
A midway in miniature has
been set up near the skating rink
and swim mins pool at Tyler Park
Power-line problems delayed
the opening yesterday but when
the voltage came, so did the kids
Skinny Erfnis. chairman of the
Dunn Recreation Commission,
said there was "a better crowd
than we expected” last night
Four rides—swings, the whip, a
boat whirl and a train—have been
established on the park grounds
The American Legion has ab
andoned its yearly fair and carni
val so this may be the closest
Dunn comes to having a midway
this year.
\ DARK-HAIRED, dark-eyed San
ford lady. Mrs. Hubert Fulton, is
iterating the rides
Her principal regret is that she
wouldn't bring along her monkeys.
Der leopard and the fox she raised
an a bottle
Mrs. Fulton and her husband
tave been operating rides a long
time, as well as running a res
PREACHER — Paralyzed ror
more than twenty year*. Rev.
James Poe Jackson ol lllxson,
Tenn., Is currently conducting
a revival at Benson s Church of
God, He preaches from an am
bulance stretcher. Rev. C. II.
Iteans, pastor of tiv Benson
church, ha* Invited the public
to the services which begin at
7:45 nightly.
taurant busiti''** in Sanford.
*hr enjoy* talking ilxtut her
perieoce*
"We've been with 'how* at
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and
ex
tt
But Booby Trap Killt Five Others
Plot To Kill Sohl Fails
nriHTT Lebanon i t'I'I' I r
bar»e*e rebels tried today to as
sassinate Bremler Sami Soih in a
near - ml** tmbuih th»t shatl-rrd
• hr unrasv cairn before Thursday's
crucial presidential flection*
Wve person* died when another
car art off a huge booby-trap
rigged to kill .belli a* |>. »pe*| over
a mountain road from hia sum
mer residence to a cabinet meet
ing here
Soih him** If Mripnl unhurt In
the b!a*t and in a fusillade of
gunfire from the hidden rebels
A conditioned last • minute de
cision bv Gen Bu.u! t'hchah, the
Lebanese army'* chief of *taff to
run for the presidency brought
Soih and other political leader*
to Beirut for the derision which
may end thr 12 week old revolt,
Mrel In Beirut
Government and opposition lead
ers met In a Beirut to decide
whether to give Chenah the full
hacking he requested and thu* end
the criai* and set the *tngc for
t i m* withdrawal of I’ S for red In
Lebanon
The assassination attempt
missed only through a quirk of
fate
The rebels loaded an abandoned
ear by the road*ide with explo
sive* and stretched a tripwire a
i*m*s (he road
But second* before Soih sped
down the mountain road with a
motorcycle arid Jeep escort anoth
er privately owned automobile hit
the tripwire
The force of th< explosion hurl
ed the car 2fX) feel down the em
bankment killed the motorcycle
trooper In front of Soih'* Cadillac
ami shattered window- in the es
cort Jeep
The hidden rebels opetn d fir* a*
soon as Soih'* ear strung Into view
on the road from the mountain
resort of Broumana It) miles
from Beirut
Soih crumbed In the hack while
hi* escort fired back N'one of the
bullets came near his vehicle,
which took cover around a bend
until troops drove off the at
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Two Bound Over
By Benson Judge
George Cnwrh of Sel'tui and
Graville Tart of Route 2. Bunion
have been bound over to Johnston
Superior Court under a SI 'HKI
bond on charge* of breaking an I
entering and larceny of meat.
Judge J. Ed Johnson found prob
able rauae when tile two deft nd
ants were given a preliminary
hearing In Benson Heoorder's
Court Monday
Millard Norris of Norfolk Va .
was freed of the same charges
when Judge Johnson found no
probable cause
Arland Wood of Benson was
judged guilty of two charge* of
issuing a worthless check and re
ceived a .to day road term on each
count.
John Willi* Thornton of Route
3. Benson, was convicted of assault
with a deadly weapon, while .lilly
Ray Thornton was found guilty of
assault. Each defendant drew a
(our - mouth road sentence sus
pended on condition tli.it hr piv
the could not violate arty <iltnlnil
law for two years and not go into
the Sugar Howl {'afe In ll> >i*on for
a period of two years
Howland Eugene Williams of
Route 2 Newton drove, was eon
vlcted of careless and reeltleas
driving He wa» handed » 00-day
road sentence, suspended on eon
dltion that he pay a $2't flru- anti
costs Williams gaVe notice of ajt
P*al to Johnston Superior Court,
and bond was set at SI Of).
Henry I>wlght Austin of Raleigh
paid the court costa for < series
and recklisa driving
Taxed with the costs for speed
Inti were Jess*- J (Irani Jr of Wal
terboro. S C . and Jack Amir—v
Collins of Ia-esburx, Kla
Raying the cr»*t» for p u b 1 1 1
drunkenness were Carl Wood of
Benson and Mack Byrd of Krv In
Man, 36, Marries
Girl 12 - Gets Jail
OKANGh Va ' l?PI t Culpeper farmer. James O Payne, :i»j.
an attempt Tuesday to have a 90day jail term set aside and to re
ceive a legal Messing on hia marriage to a 12-year-old girl
Payne's attorney Del Harold
H. Purcell, asked circuit Judge
C. Champion Bowie* to ton* out
Payne’s conviction on charges of
"illegal seizure of a child ”
Basing hit plea on a little-used
law wliich makes marriage a bar
to conviction on the charge, Pur
cell cited a pardon given to 21
year - old Norfolk shoe talesman
Winfred Kaufman after he was
COBVlctfd in connection with hit
marriage to a 15-year-old girl
But Bowles ruled Monday that
the situation of Bayne, who elop
ed with an married 12-year-old
Barbara Ann I.loyd of Gordon s
viile last February, did not fit
thait law and said be could not
Interpret the case on the bast* of
Kaufman's pardon He upheld the
JastI sentence and $500 fine given
Payne on his original conviction
Goldfine Contempt
Citation Is Voted
i t'l Dh- Hint i Ini,mm. I n w*s* i itin^ i *>ni
mlttpr lotlav unan(mou«l> rvronimrmlrri Hi it Mi ruarrl (ioittfint t>*
fhanerit with rfintpnip’ of t'yntrrr'-i
Thr *uhrntnmilfr v otrd H to 0
to reniflimritd a contempt rlta
tton atfatnat tlw Ihoton million
alfr frlrnd of prttldfnllftl a a a t ^ f
ant Shrrman \djm»
Hull for I hr citation «*« Gold
flnr'n rrpralrrf rrfu d to anawrr
33 qwr«tton» a hoo I hn rnmplri
financial drallnm
Thrrr ntrmhrra o( thr 11 man
duhcommltlrr «rir ahirnt Thr
| abanntrr* «rrr Hcp« Morgan M
Moulder i|l \ln Charlr* \ We»l
i vrrton II S J and John W lira
i rllon H Mai*
Subcommlltrr Chairman Orcn
i MarrH I) Ark announced thr
i vote after a half hour rlcopd
til rr tin If
Harr!» «ald thr full Com merer
I Com miller va ill art on thr con
) Irmpt rrrommrndatton »* mon «<
nrrr««a ry paprtwork ran hr nun
I plrted If thr full romdtitlre «p
i prove thi- citation will then be
i xulimltlrd to the Home
Ilf tried and cixivteted Coldftnc
would fare a pox* Ible maximum
. xentenee of a v'i»r In (alt and
11 taxi fine oxt each rount
Harris said hr exported th1- full
committee to art awlftlv on the
recommendation in order to tend
It to the House floor liefnre ad
journment of Cnncrexx expected
tieforr mill \intu-t
llarrlx x aid the subcommittee
made |tx recommendation after
earefnt eonxlderatton ’ lie did not
explain wh\ the subcommittee
had waited nearli two weeks aft
er Ooldfine x laxt appearance lw*
fore it to recommend the citation
Tile lowex' official temperature
ever recorded wa« 102 degree* be
tow *crn at the South Pole tn
Sept 17 I fit?
On Family-Size Farms
Jordon Calls For’
Research Program
WASHINGTON I F'T S«m |t Kvitp’i Ionian l> N( |,,
fur iMttiihllithm. nl ..f .1 f.-arl. .n .nut f,.i i. n hln, itrlrul urr
r.Murrh program to ..hi muni of family i/<■ f irm
In * S< H*|n «p<;reh Mumlty.
Jordan • upportrd a jarm>o»cd pro*
gram to e«*iihl|jih Sjm-cI.iI »|frn
r> within ttix I S( Department of
Agriculture t«> carry on r* earrh
Oil IW\* ( ro|>a .111*1 011 I in* v* u •
for prment crop*
II* told th*> Senate that .in cf
fecttve i rcli proiti.oo could
' become the 111uf;4• most, lm
IHirtimt event In the growth .ind
progri a* of ugiliaiitun In the 2(Mh
century "
Il« mill (hi need fni advanced
I rcMursll hiii grown time World
VV.ir II her him- agriculture "ha*
been forced In jump from one
irtil' *n mother Tlii'ri' haii been
no Hiirh thing .in normalcy or wiit
l.ili*v "
Jordan, sold thi' |niiilhlli*i*'i for
iir» ii !•} of agricultural mnimnd
llli'. ire il.unnt unlimited" anti
that research U the key to solv
ing tin- problem.. of family -size
farms
THK GAI/I.KKY — Rfcord New* Editor Tt*d t rail, a Montanan
by birth. likes to roam around with a camera, find his own "Gal
lery of Tarheel*.” I his is Mrs. Joe Pearl Herring of Salenburg
a member of the Guy elan. Pure-eyed and purty hatted, she made
a becoming picture at the family reunion. Coyly refusing to give
her age, »he said she was in her static*. < Record Photo.)