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VOLUME 10 TELEPHONE 3117 — 3118
DUNN, N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 21, 1960
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
NO. 76
SHOT DOWN BY
WE’LL SWALLOW ANYTHING — Two young clowns greeted
Rupert G. (Ruby) Tart, candidate for judge, as he paid for the
dinners of a whole orphanage during big barbecue here Saturday.
Art Rouse, Jr. <lefl) and decorated companion told Ruby Wiey
“can swallow anything you politicians have to say.” (Record Photo.)
7 Hurt In
Explosion
Boyd Cockman, 40 a construction
worker, lay near death today and
two other persons, including his
wife, Catherine, were given only
a fifty-fifty chance to survive af
ter an explosion burned and in
jured seven.
The Cockman’s 16-year-old son,
Michael, an Anderson Creek stu
dent, might live or die the doc
tors said and passed the same {
judgment on his mother. The fa
ther is not expected to pull
through.
Present when a .stove exploded
in the Cockman home, they were
trapped in smoke and flame by
a door that refused to open.
Katherine Anne Cockman, 23,
was still in the emergency room
at a Fort Bragg hospital but had
improved 'slightly and a family
spokesman said, “We think she’s
going to pull through”. She was
saved by her husband, Bobby, 25,
who had gone back into the house
Bobby’s hands and the back of
his head were burned but he was
not in critical condition.
Johnny G. Bolin, 25. and Archie
Johnson were also present.
* Said Marshall Bolin, father of
one of the victims:
“Boyd! had been to Dunn and
Archie had gone down to get some
gas to pour into his car. When
Boyd and his wife came from
Dunn, the wood was wet and they
couldn’t get a fire started.
“They sent Archie for kerosene.
He took the same can the gas had
been in earlier.
“Then when that kerosene was
poured out to start the fire, it ex
ploded all over everywhere. They
were all in the living room. The
front door has two locks on it and
they couldn’t get it open. My boy
went through the window
“Bobby rolled his wife in the
dirt in front of the door to put
out the flames on her. Then they I
went to get Boyd's wife out. Her
leg was bnrken in it somehow.
Stanfield, Dean, Roberts
To Manage Terry's Campaign
Tarry santora irus wees an
nounced the appointments of Dr
W. W. Stanfield, Charlie Dean Jr
and King Roberts as co-managers
for his gubernatorial campaign ir
Harnett County.
“I’m very glad that three friends
and experienced hands in politics
have joined to help us becomt
governor of North Carolina,” San
ford said. “They’re old fellow
orancn nwu uuyo ouu witm in
terest 'in letting the people oi
Harnett County know where 1
stand in this campaign is apprec
iated. Their guidance and vigot
are needed to help us keep North
Carolina growing.’*
Dr. Stanfield, known throughl
that part of the state as “Doctoi
Willie," said of Sanford: “I just
like the fellow. I’m going to vote
iur mru oecwise nc s one ox me
nicest guys I’ve ever known.”
STANFIELD HEADS GROUP
Dr. Stanfield, a physician and
surgeon, is on the staffs of Mem
orial Hospital at Dunn and Good
Hope Hospital at Erwin. He is a
former president of the Harnett
County Medical Society and a
graduate of Duke University. He
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New Development in Court Situation
Att'y. Howard Godwin Expected
To Run For Dunn Solicitor
As Ma Beat Him With A Broom
Officer Pulls Boy
From Under Bed
Curvey Carole
Wants To
Lose Weight
LOS ANGELES (UPI) — Diet
ing and rest is the program for
red-haired Carole Tregoff during
her days of freedom awaiting her
second murder trial May 23 with
Dr. R. Bernard Finch.
Carole weighing 20 pounds
more when she left jail on $25,
000 bail Friday after 162 days in
carceration, is getting help from
her stepmother in her campaign
against the added poundage.
“We’ll be buying no new cloth
es,” said Mrs. Gladys Tregoff.
“We’re going to make the girl
fit the clothes not visa versa.
“We are going on a diet — and
that means me too.”
Mrs. Tregoff said Carole was
spending most of her time resting
up from the ordeal of her three
month, four-day first murder trial
which ended March 12 in a mis
trial. She and Finch, 42, are ac
cused of plotting and carrying out
the gunshot slaying of the sur
geon’s wiflt Barbara Jean l.^st
July 18. Finch was denied bail
and remains in jail.
Harnett county recorder’s court
had a variety of cases Thursday
causing one to say “it was a mess”
of cases. In the absence of Jake
Lamm, who is busy assisting Soli
citor Archie Taylor in the Leroy
Jones murder case, W. A. Johnson
and W. A. (Billy) Johnson alternat
ed as solicitors.
Billy Ray Ennis of Coats who
answered in an arrogant manner
recently when charged with the
theft of a quart of motor oil was
back in court as predicted by of
ficers.
Deputy Clarence Moore said he
had to run Ennis down and finally
pulled him out from under the
bed, while the boy’s mother beat
him with the broom.
Ennis had violated the first ord
er of the court and was brought
in on a capias.
Joe McCorquodale, Dunn, was
charged with larceny of a mus
ical drum from Larry Ray Whit
man. He pleaded guilty, and re
ceived four months, suspended
two years on good behavior and
payment of costs of court. He
must pay eight dollars to Whit
man and five dollars to Dunn Sal
vage Company.
A charge of being drunk and
disorderly, filed against Johnny
Jackson, was found frivolous and
malicious and the prosecuting wit
ness, Jasper Tyson, was taxed with
the costs.
Assault Cases
Leroy Smith, Behjamin Smith
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By TED CRAIL
Managing Editor
The potential political candidat
es .around Dunn are still acting
pretty much like Br’er Rabbit—
talking noisily but not admitting
anything.
Here, however, is a hot one that
comes from way inside. And it’s
rather a surprise.
Former Superior Court Judgfe
Howard Godwin will probably an
nounce this week that he will run
for solicitor of Dunn Recorder’s
Court.
He will do it because it appears
that other lawyers competent to
fill the post may ignore it.
Incumbent Solicitor Charles Lee
Guy, Jr., has already made a de
cisive statement that he will not
stand for re-election.
Many Urged Him
Judge Godwin, widely-knowm in
legal circles in this part of the
state, has been urged on many
sides to run for the position of
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Erwin Man Seriously 1
Pedestriai
In Watts
Trying to cross the road in driv
ing rain, a 68-year-old Erwin man,
Ernest Surles, failed to see an
oncoming car and was seriously
injured early Saturday evening.
“The driver said he never saw
Surles until he was about eight
feet from him.” said Highway Pa
trolman Wj. O. Grady.
"He put on the brakes and came
to a stop just as the old man fell.
He went down right in front of
the car.”
Treated at Good Hope Hospital
in Erwin, Surles was later trans
ferred to Watts Hospital in Dur
Harnett ASC In
New Headquarters
The Harnett county office oi
the ASC, which recently movec
into new quarters in the new ad
dition to the courthouse, held open
house last night for the public tc
view the new facilities.
Prior to the reception, approxi
mately 100 guests attended a coun
try ham and egg supper at the
Lillington school cafeteria. Char
les Ray, Lil'i’'"ion, Rt. 3, chair
man of thr ^unty ASC commit
tee, presided. Guests included of
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4-Car Wreck
Injures One,
Lad Arrested
One wreck begat another near
Zola’s Barbecue on Saturday night
and the very last driver to in
volve himself was the only one ar
rested.
Robert Lawrence Dew, Jr., of
301 S. 18th Street in Erwin, a 17
year-old schoolboy, was charged
with reckless driving.
Two other drivers were afflict
ed mainly with damages to their
cars but Ruby Stephens Moore
svf' Dmitn 1 XT' *•». .I ^ 1 i f * „
to Dunn’s Betsy Johnson Memorial
Hospital with back injuries.
Highway Patrolman W. O. Grady
said he did not believe her injur
ies were serious.
After investigation, Grady said
the wreck had come about in
this order:
Two cars had a bumping acci
dent, one going in to a ditch.
They flagged Mrs. Moore to a halt.
She was hit from behind by the
17-year-old.
Grady said he was unable to de
termine exactly why the first two
cars had wrecked. William Char
les Johnson of Route 1, Erwin, 31
years old, was going west on U. S.
421 and so was Eddie Gene Bard
en of Lillington. Johnson was dri
ving a ‘53 Pontiac and Barden
was driving a 1950 Ford. The Ford
hit the Pontiac from the rear for
cing Johnson into a ditch.
Helen Keller's
Assistant Dies
BRIDGEPORT. Conn. (UP1) —
Miss Polly Thompson, for nearly
25 years “the eyes end ears” ot
Helen Keller, died late Sunday
night at Bridgeport Hospital. She
was 75.
Miss Thompson was admitted to
the hospital Dec. 1 as a medical
patient.
Since 1936 she had been the in
Keller, who has been blind and
p i n O inf % It l mt. «
son served as Miss Keller's link
with the world, communicating
with rapid finger movement in
the palm of her hand.
Miss Thompson joined Miss Kel
ler, who will become 80 this June,
after the death of Anne Sullivan,
Miss Keller’s first teacher. They
lived in nearby Easton.
WEDDING CLOSE HOSPITAL
SOUTHWOLD. England (UPI) —
A cottage hospital closed tem
porarily Wednesday because its
two nurses went on honeymoons.
iurt
i Struck,
Hospital
ham. The patrolman said he was
badly hurt but is not believed to
be in critical condition.
Possible internal injuries, a
broken right leg and severe head
bruises were reported by the ex
amining doctors.
Carl Allen Matthews of 311 East
Street in Erw'in was described as
the driver of the 1954 Buick which
hit Surles.
The patrolman said the circum
stances of t?he accident indicates
that Matthews was going at a re
latively slow speed—25 to 30 miles
Continued On Page Four
JUDITH ANN STEPHENS
Juditfi Tries for Janet's Shoes
First Contestant
Named For Pageant j
Girl Told
Sweaters
Too Tight
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) — A
nursery rhyme character named
Mary and a 21-year-old San Fran
cisco coed named Sandy Cherniss
have a similar problem — in a
sense.
Mary had a little lamb whose
fleece was white as snow, and it’s
the fleece of a lamb — neatly
woven into a sweater — that
brought attention to Sandy's prob
lem.
Sandy’s trouble at San Franeis
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For Robbery-Slaying of Angier Woman
Jones Sentenced To Die;
With Leroy Jones, the alleged
“trigger man' sentenced to death
in the robbery-slaying of Mrs. Mild
red Dupree of Angier, his three
accomplices will go on trial in
Harnett Superior Court Monday
morning for their roles in the cri
me.
A Harnett jury Saturday night
convicted Jones of first degree
murder without recommendation
of mercy after two hours delibera
tion ending a week-long trial and
Judge W. Jack Hooks immediate
ly sentenced him to die in the
State’s gas chamber on May 28th.
Goes “All To Pieces”
Jones took the death sentence
with the same calm with which
he sat through the trial but after
being returned to his cell broke
down and “went all to pieces,”
according to Defense Attorney Ro
bert C- Bryan and J Shepard Bry
an of Dunn, who talked with him
later.
Bryan quoted Jones as insist
ing, "I didn’t do it, I didn't do it;
I was framed.”
Attorney Robert Bryan and his
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LEROY JONES
Sudden Switch
They won't be trying Jones
illeged confederates in Lillington
this week, after all.
It was announced today that the
;hree men who turned state’s evi
ience against the gas chamber
sound killer have been turned over
to Scotland County authorities.
I'hey will be tried there before the
week is out, local officials were
informed.
All four had been charged there
with first degree murder in con
nection with the murder of a one
irmed peddler.
The peddler was killed only
tiours after Mrs. Mildred Dupree
was found dead in her bedroom
near ,\«gier.
This sudden switch raised a
luestion as to whether thd state
will seek death penalties for James
Vlbert Bailey, 21, Charles Thom
is, 22. and William Gibson, 17.
[t is not expected that the solici
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A slender senior at Erwin High j
was named today as the first
contestant in the Dunn Beauty ,
Pageant which wjll be staged here
on April 28 and 29.
Chairman Jimmy Suggs said
that Judith Ann Stephens, a trim
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Nervous, f
Jasper McRae was reportedly
so anxious to escape the attention!
of a policeman who had arrested
him before that he got excited—
and ran into him.
Off-duty this morning, colored
policeman Raymond Thomas was
stopped on North Sampson Ave
nue when he was hit by McRae,
who made a left turn and hit the
back end of Thomas's 195(> Pon
Pilot Wounded;
He And Co-Pilot
Are Captured
HAVANA (UPI) —A light plane
with U. S. markings was shot down
today by Cuban revolutionary
troops near Matanzas and its A
merican pilot and co-pilot captured.
A Cuban army officer said the
plane came from Florida.
The pilot was identified as Leon
ard Howard, of Miami. He was
wounded in the leg. His co-pilot
refused to identify himself, telling
his captors; “First I want to talk
to Fidel Castro.”
The plane w'as shot down around
7 a- m. while apparently on a
mission to smuggle out Cubans
classified by the revolutionary
government as “war criminals.”
Four Cubans including a former
police official and an army officer
were captured near where the
plane came down.
Operators of Aero country Club,
a private flying field at Miami,
said the red and white Piper Co
manche was rented Sunday to
Howard L. Rundquist, who said
he was flying to Fort Lauderdale,
Fla., then on to Sebring, Fla., this
morning.
Acquaintances, who called Rund
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Negro Rest
Home Slated
For Harnett
Harnett county will soon gain
the first Negro rest home in North
Carolina licensed by the State
Welfare Department to care for
ambulatory and non-ambulatory
patients.
Miss Lela Moore Hall. Harnett
county welfare superintendent,
said that the home to be erected
by private capital will be privately
operated by Sallie Marshall, licen
sed practical nurse in Dunn.
The building, which will meet
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lams Cop
tiac. Damage was minor.
McRae, was jailed for not having
a license and for careless and
reckless driving. The accident was
investigated by_ Jack Black.
Thomas said it looked to him
like McRae was planning to run
so he took hold of him. “He said
that when h? saw me. ne gat ex
cited." said Thomas, “because he
knew I had arrested him before.”