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VOLUME 10 TELEPHONE 3117 — 3118
DUNN, N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. APRIL 21, 1960
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
NO. 99
HOUSE APPROVES CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
MONUMENT TO A LOSS — Smoke and small shafts of flame
were still visible in the ruins of the Pure Food Store on U.S.
421 east of Dunn at eleven o’clock this morning, thirteen hours
after fire started. Gravestones unhurt by the blaze seemed to
pass sad commentary on the death of a popular country store.
At rear of photo, fallen sign says, “Please Serve Yourself.”
Talking with a sympathetic neighbor is Mrs. Larry Baird, wake
ned by passing truck drivers last night and told that the store was
aflame. (Record Photos by Ted Crail.)
Four-Year-Old
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Badly Hurt
In Accident
Four-ypar-old William Terry
McLamb has remained in Betsy
Johnson Hospital here since Tues
day afternoon after he was struck
by an automobile.
He suffered1 a broken hip and ot
her serious injuries after running
into the path of a car driven by
Tilmer Odell Starling, 57, of Rt.
1, Godwin.
Highway Patrolman Dan Wil -
Hams of Sampson County said no
charges would be preferred ag
ainst Starling.
The four-year-old is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Elton McLamb. He
was hit on a rural paved road five
miles south of Dunn.
He was x-rayed for possible in
ternal injuries. The driver of the
automobile told the patrolman he
was going about 50 miles an hour
when the youngster was struck.
CONSOLIDATION OK
The Buie’s Creek school board
has gone on record approving the
consolidation of its high schools
with other high schools in the
county.
PENN YANN, N. Y. (UPI) —
Fred S. Hollowed, 77, a Republi
can state legislator for 20 years,
died Tuesday of a heart attack at
his home.
Welfare Budget 'Astounding' Says Bryan
Psychologist Shortage Delays
Sterilization of Unfit Moms
Dunn attorney Robert C. Bryan,
a Welfare board) member, has
charged that a shortage of psycho
logists is contributing to the delin
quency of some of North Caro
lina’s unwed mothers.
“We have sterilization proced
ures already set up for the feeble
minded,” said! Bryan, “but it re
quires a, psychologist to determine
who is feeble-minded. And there
are not enough psychologists to go
around.
"In this county, we have a wait
ing list for those tests and mean
while the girls can still have ba
bies.”
Budget Over Million
Bryan termed “absolutely as
tounding” the fact that the esti
mated Welfare budget for the
coming year in Harnett County
runs to well more than a million
dollars. The estimate for 1960-61
is $1,207,069.78.
Bryan said about $202,000 of that
amount is in county tax money
and the balance of more than a
million comes from state and fed^
j era! sources,
The problem of unwed mothers
Is all-important, he stated, be -
cause such a large percentage of
Welfare funds is directed at the
care of children who lack ade
quate support.
“I certainly feel that the situa
tion is being used by some of
these women,” he said. "It’s na
tural that the public disfavor to
ward Welfare should be basically
in the field of dependent children.
"We know it can be an invitat
ion to a certain type of person
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Loss Estimated at $3Q,000
Only T ombstones Stand As Fire
Destroys Big Country Store
By TED CRAIL
Managing: Editor
A thirty-thousand dollar blaze
ravaged thp Pure Food Store last
night, a few miles from Dunn,
leaving nothing but a trio of tomb
stones standing unharmed at the
edge of the fire.
The country store, which had
sold nearly everything, sold tomb
stones, too.
Owner Larry Baird had gone to
Charlotte yesterday to buy a new
meat case and still didn’t knew
about the fire late this morning.
His wife—who was sleeping in the
family home next-door to the
store when the fire broke out—
sent word ahead of him so the
news could be broken.
“I cried last night,” she said.
'I couldn’t help myself."
Mrs. Baird numbly overlooked
the scene this morning as neigh
bors continued to drop to com
ment grimly on the ruined store.
A child’s burned scooter was
among the ruins. Firemen had ar
rived when the roof of the build
ing , was already collapsing. They
sprayed a ]housp on the far side
and examined the roof of the
Bairds’ home to make sure it was
safe from the high-shooting flam
es. The store they couldn’t save.
“The boys and I were in the
store until ten o'clock last night,”
said Mrs. Baird. “Putting away a
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Hot Solicitors
Fight Predicted
Trucker Saw
Flames In
Floorboards
Two trucks, a kind of short con
voy, were traveling through Dunn
last night when the driver of one
of them saw flames coming up
through the floor-boards.
<|;’uck-driver Aubrey Stephens
pulled to a halt in the 400 block
of West Cumberland Street and
the driver of the other truck put
in a fire alarm.
Howard M. Lee, secretary-trea
surer of the Dunn fire department,
said the 1956 model two-and-a-half
ton truck was badly damaged be
fore firemen succeeded in putting
out the blaze.
The truck is owned, he said, by
Sanford Brick and Tile Company.
Origin of the fire was apparently
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It may be a hot fight down
here in Harnett county for the job
of solictior.
Jake Lamm, young, dynamic
incumbent for solicitor of Harnett
recorders court, is “letting no grass
glow under his feet,” in his bid
for his present job, against M
O, Lee former judge of recorders
court, who filed against Lamm
at the last minute.
Lamm is carrying his case to
the people — there's no evidence
yet that he is doing any ‘kissing
the babies’ — but who knows,
Jake might do just that! He has
three fine youngsters of his own!
Until the last minute no one
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He's Sick—Soldiers Can't Return
Dupree Trial Effort Dropped
A warmish Spring brought a
hot succession of cases to Dunn
Recorder’s Court today and it also
put a bit of sunshine into the life
of Jet Drive-In Operator Thomas
Dupree.
Dupree has escaped trial on
charges brought against him by
chree soldiers, who claimed he had
struck him across the head with
a pistol.
The soldiers decided not to pro
secute the alleged slugging after
trial of the case reach*! a new
hitch this morning. They had
come to court expecting the case
to be tried but Dupree’s attorney,
D. K. Stewart, had a doctor’s
certificate.
Dupree, he said, was home sick
in bed and couldn’t stand trial.
When the prosecution proposed
to go ahead, anyway, Stewart an
nounced that he would have to
Long Branch Plans
Big Youth Program
Long Branch Church will obser
ve its annual Youth Sunday on
April 25. Benny Beasley, a Dunn
High senior, will speak at the 11
o’clock worship service.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
O. Beasley. Long Branch Church
is located on Dunn, Route 4.
Ann Alphin, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse Alphin, will have
charge of the devotions.
Willie Hobson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Mack Hobson, will act as
superintendent ft' the Sunday
School. Eire" Haines will direct
the choir rnJ Vicky Williams, da
ughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton
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ask for a jury trial.
William O. Boyd, III, Loren W
Zovrosky and Charles A- Carri
co, soldiers who have charged Du
pree, then decided they did not
want to press charges. They are
slated to leave the U. S. at the
end of the month and related !
that they were already in trou
ble with their commanding offi
cer over the court doings down
here.
Judge H- Paul Strickland quest
ioned each soldier independently
to make certain they were all will
ing to let the charges drop. They
said they were, providing Dupree
does not come back at them with
charges. Dupree has said that he
became involved with the youths
when they -showed up at his dri
ve-in after being forbidden the
premises.
All the soldiers are in their ear
ly twenties or late teens.
Two felony hearings were con
ducted in the Dunn court today ]
and both defendants were bound :
over to the Harnett Superior
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Bill Contains
New Negro
Vote Guarantee
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The
House gave final and overwhelm
ing congressional approval today
to a civil rights bill containing
new Negro voting guarantees.
The measure — second major
civil rights bill produced by Con
era following the Civil War—now
goes to President Eisenhower who
is expected to sign it into law.
The House action ended a strug
gle over civil rights legislation
that has dominated this election
year Congress since its opening
day, Jan. 6.
The House completed congres
sional action by accepting with
out change 16 amendments which
the Senate wrote into the original
House bill.
The final House vote-never in
doubt-was an anti-climax to one
heated civil rights debate in both
houses earlier this year. At orn;
stage the dispute kept the Sen
ate in a record - breaking round
the clock session for 12’ hours.
Debate Limited
The legislation was called up in
the House under a procedure
which limited debate to one hour.
A few* minutes after the House
convened at noon Speaker Sam
Bayburn brushed aside other bus
iness, announcing, ‘'We're going
to adopt this first thing.”
Leading off debate, Chairman
Emanuel Celler (D—N.Y.) of the
House Judiciary Committee term
ed the legislation a ‘challenge to
the attorney general to proceed
forcefully in guaranteeing voting
lights in any election.” Celler said
that ‘‘if for any reason” the new
law fails to achieve its, objective,,
he would lead another congress
ional fight for “strong and effect
ive legislation.”
Warns of Discord
But Rep. William M. Colmer
D—Miss.), a leader of the south
?rn bloc, said the measure would
result in more discord and be a
Setback to better relations be
tween the races.
“You will rue the day that you
played any part in this infamous
thing,” Colmer told the House.
The new bill bolsters the 1957’
civil rights law* by providing for
court-appointed federal referees t0
help Negroes in the South vote.
It satisfied neither liberal north
erners nor southerners, but was
less obnoxious to the South than
the original House bill.
DANCE HALL CLOSED
TJhe Harnett county Sheriff’s
Department raided thp premises of
Wilbur Truelove and Sherrill Coats,
both of Dunn. Rt. 3, over the
weekend, confiscated some beer
and whiskey and closed down a
dance hall operated by Coats
VIGOROUS SELLER — J. B. Hatfield, general
manager of the Greensboro district for Sears,
presented a plaque for outstanding salesmanship
to A1 Hawley of Dunn. A Sears employe for the
past two years, Haw-ley made the “$100,000
Club,” reserved for salesmen whose orders reach
that volume. On hand at the presentation cere
monies was t*le manager of the Dunn catalog
office, Fred Watts.
Routine Court
At Lillingtcn
Harnett County Recorders court
had its usual traffic cases to be
heard on Tuesday. The following
cases were disposed of: Tom Sim
mons, failure to stop for red light,
costs; William B. Babb, improper
turn and wrong side road not in
passing, costs. Carole Conlik
Guld, speeding 65, costs. Robert
Matthews paid court costs for
speeding 65 mph on hill. Stewart
E. Cockerman, fail to stop for
stop sign, actual cost.
Kenneth Edward Powell, im
proper passing, costs; Eugene W.
White, operating without opera
tor's license, $25 and cost; Jo
seph Jones, speeding 70 miles
per hour, costs. Erbie McNeill,
improper passing, costs, Arnold
B. Holder, operating with expir
ed license and failure to stop for
stop sign, costs; John Haywood
Goodman, speeding 65, actual
costs.
Mary H. Coats, failure to stop
for stop sign, actual costs; Wil
liam E. Reeves, failure to stop
for stop sign, costs; Raymond C.
Synder, speeding 85 miles per
hour, improper use of red light,
$35 and costs;
James Conley Page paid actual
costs for speeding Joseph F.
Jones, speeding 70 miles per hour,
nol pros; Louis E. Jones, improp
er passing on hill, not guilty, John
A Williams, operating without op
erator's license, and insufficient
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Where Will $41,000 Come From?
No Tax Cut Likely,
Town Has Trouble
Carl Lucas
Too Busy
For Politics
Carl Lucas, prominent Erwi
business man, is just about tli
busiest fellow in this whole sei
tion these days.
Carl’s Grocery has been con
bined with Erwin Super Markt
and Lucag is busy supervising th
erection of a huge new moder
store, which will be one of th
largest in the area.
And he has no time to take pa:
in politics, except a normal i
mount of interest and voting.
Mr. Lucas said today that he
absolutely neutral in the eurrei
governor’s race, despite report
to the contrary, and actually ha
n’t definitely made up his min
which of the four candidates he'
vote for.
Wihen word got out that he ha
joined the forces of one cand
date, his phone started ringing.
“Goodness sakes,’’ lie moane
today. “I hardly have time to tal
about business, much less sonu
bodys campaign.”
"As far as I’m concerned,” h
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(_uy uiiLtiais arcii i expecuns
any tax-cut this year. The squee
ze, if anything, is growing tight
er.
This is the basic paradox: al
though Dunn already has hiked its
tax levy to the maximum permitt
ed under state law, the budget
has not had room for several years
for any “extras.”
a This year the estimated budget
e is $41,000 out of joint with the
- estimated revenue. And officials
are frankly puzzled as to where
they are going to make up the
t difference.
o City Manager A. 3. Uzzle, Jr.,
n said the town of Dunn is simply
e confronted with a situation which
is thp headache of city and county
t governments iti all areas of the
U.S.
“The state and federal govern
s ment have taken practically all thp
t sources of revenue,” he said, “so
s that the local community doesn’t
know where to go to get tax mon
el ey to run its business.’’
H Of the half-million dollar esti
mated budget for the coming fis
d cal year (it starts July 1), only
$187,000 will actually be raised
by thB city tax levy. The rest
d comes from inch sources as wat
k er hilts, parking meters, court
’- costs, franchise taxes, intangible
taxes, Powell Bill money refunded
by the state to the town.
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e
Jordan Is Working
To Aid State Parks
WASHINGTON <UPI> — Th'
Senate Interior Committee has
been asked to investigate com
plaints by North Carolina charg
ng that “'projects in the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park
lave been unduly delayed."
Sen. B. Everett Jordan (D—NCI
isked committee chairman Jam
ts E. Murray (D—Monti Wednes
i day to find out if the Tennessee
1 side of the park was being deve
loped at the expense of project
in North Carolina.
Jordan also asked the commit
tee to inquire why a proposed
highway between Bryson City,
N. C., and Fontana Dam has
not been started.
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Dr. J. W. Seahrook
To Speak At Rally
Dr. J. VV. Seabrook to speak at
'Lick-Off Rally, sponsored by Dunn
Jnited Civic Association for a pro
>osed Recreation Center including
swimming Pool.
Dr. Seabrook, retired President
>f Fayetteville State Teachers .
College, Fayetteville, North Caro
lina will be the principal speaker
when the Kick-Off Rally is held
at Harnett High School Oymn
torium, Thursday evening, April
28 at 8:00 p. m. Mayor George
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