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(xtsiriJwi Fartly cloudy with scattered sho wers or thundershowers in moun tains today and mainly east of mountains tonight. Continued warm but turning cooler portion tonight. She ± TELEPHONE tSS-UM - Sbt-SMB DUNN, , N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOOl*. SEPTEMBER 11, 19«3 FIVE CENTS PER COPY —r -- <■ --- What Theif Think! By Russell Bassford Record Photographer Today*s Question Wou’d you rather study at Khool or at hme? Why? fih VICKIE COBB Daughter of Police Chief and Mrs. Cobb. “I'd rfther *tudy in school because f like to play when I ^et home.1* NANCY JACKSON A visitor from Raleigh “I had rather do it in school and get it over with. There ■are other things I like to do when I get out.“ JACKIE BRADSHAW “I'd rather do it at night. I like to put it off as long as I can." #j LINDA WILLIAMS Dunn High Student “I like to do my math and Eng'ish at school and do the #ubjects that require reading j at home. It works better that r _ COUNTERFEITERS — Pictured here Wednesday night in Dunn police headquarters shortly after their arrest by Secret Service agents are three alleged members of a widespread counterfeit ring. Left to right are: Billy Ray Johnson, 2t. Dunn, Route 3 carpenter; Jacob McKinley, Stewaft, 33, 904 S,, McKay Ave., Dunn, a painter, and Robert Wilson, 36, of Wilson, a printer anil an ex-convict who served term i man at Fayetteville. Johnson also has a criminal record, said he graduated from Jackson Training School for truancy, nting trade while serving the prison term. Johnson and Stewart posted bonds of $1,000 each before U. S. Commissioner wag1 Jailed In default of $10,0i0 bond. They we re indicted Monday by Federal grand Jury In Raleigh. (Daily Record Ph<*o.l M. I HI 1 Dunn Men Arrested As A Wilson printer who once served time for murder and two Dunn men who allegedly flooded Eastern Carolina with thousands of dollars worth of counterfeit $20 bills were taken into custody late Wednesday night on charges of conspiracy to posses and pass ptiytttt ww1 w $ ~fkeAe little 7blhfJ j By HOOVER ADAMS RAYMOND, ABE, GIRLIE SHOW DOLLS FIRED, ETC Raymond Cromartie, a man who has more friends than most any body we know of, is doing fine now up at Betsy Johnson Memo rial Hospital, recuperating nice ly. A very sick fellow for several weeks, Raymond should be able to go home in a few weeks, possibly earlier. One of the busiest, most active men to be found anywhere, the secretary of Home Savings and Loan Association and Cromartie Funeral Home finds it mighty tough to have to stay in bed. But the wise Cromartie philo sophy has paid off, as usual. Ray mond reconciled himself to his confinement with a little rhyme that goes like this: “When you’re sick, don’t com plain. “You’ll have more friends mid less pain.” Come to think of it, Raymond is a fellow who rarely ever com plains about anything, which is one reason a lot of people come teo regard him many years ago as Dunn’s permanent “Man of The Year.” -J . THE DOLL 18 GONE Some of the fellows are com plaining. They say one of the prettiest — and shapeliest — of all the girls at the fair’s girlie shows has been missing since her performances Monday night .... A representative of the carnival reported that she and one of the girls who appeared with her had (Continued on Page Six) counterfeit money. U. S. Commissioner Abe El more listed the three defendants as: Billy Ray Johnson, 37, a Dunn, Route 3 carpenter who admitted graduating1 from the Jackson Training School where he served time for truancy and other char ges. Jacob McKinley Stewart of 904 S. McKay Ave, Dunn, 33, a paint er who has a long criminal re cord dating back to 1949 and in cluding charges of breaking and entering, several counts of as sault with a deadly weapon and various other offenses. Secret Service agents said he also uses the alias “Tenie Boy.” Robert Wilson, 30# Wilson prin ter who served a prison term for killing a husband at Fayetteville who caught him with his wife. He was a cab operator then. Wilson got 30 years in prison, served six and a half years and was then re leased. PRISON PRINTER It was in prison, Wilson said, that he learned the printing trade. Johnson and Stewart posted bonds of (1,000 each and Wilson remained in the Dunn Jail unable to raise $10,000 bond. Vernon D. Spicer of Charlotte, .chief of the Secret Service In the two Carolines, told Dunn news men several other arrests are ex pected In the case, two of them In other states. He said the three men spread the bogus twenty-dollar bill all across the State — In Dunn, Ben son, Wilson, Yanceyville, Golds boro, Southern Pines, Rocking ham, Danville, Va. and several other states. Agents said the three men are connected with the same case in which a number of others were or rested recently in the Wilson area and are now awaiting trial. They disclosed that one of the men in that case, Ralph C. Win stead, already out under $10,000 bond, was re-arrested earlier Wed nesday and charged with passing counterfeit money in Tennessee. They said the Dunn men bought the bogus currency from Wilson. Complete details of the secret in dictment were not disclosed. The arrests were made after investigation which started lest November when the first fake bills were found in circulation. Secret Service agents had high praise for local cooperation given them by staffs of Police Chief Al ton Cobb and Harnett Sheriff Flim - Flammer Gets Hearing Two Bound Over In Dunn Break-In Probable cause was found a gainst two Dunn men Thursday In Dunn Recorder’s Court for breaking and entering a local busi ness concern. Mack Weldon Jones, 26, and Charles Ray Hodges, 20, were charged with breaking and enter ing the offices of the Four Coun ty Tractors Inc. on the night of July 29. They were arrested shortly af ter the crime in th e Baersville community by Rural Policeman Carson Hall and Policeman B. J. Whaley who said each had a con siderable amount of change on them. They allegedly gained entrance by going over a fence enclosure end removing the glass from a rear window of the office. A cig arette machine and Pepsi Cola vending machine were broken in to and toe money removed. A hole was drilled into a Coke mach ine but toe attempt to remove toe money was unsuccessful. The desk drawers in toe office of man ager George Glover were ransack ed and toe contents scattered a bout the floor. Both were bound over to the Harnett Superior Court under $300 bond each. Jones was also tried at toe same session for assaulting his wife (Continued on Page Sin) Wade Stewart and the SBr. All the defendants are married except Stewart. Agent:, said some of them had admitted their part In the coun terfeit ring but declined to say which ones pending the other ar rests. Benson Chevy Dealer Dies W. Baggett Herring, well-known Benson Chevrolet dealer, business and civic leader, died* suddenly this morning at his home on West Parrish Drive at the age of 51. The prominent Sampson native was formerly associated with the late Earl Med .Westbrook of Dunn. He was a past president of the Benson Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Rod & Gun Club. He also owned extensive farming interests. Funeral services will be con ducted Friday at 2 p.m. from the Benson Baptist Church with the pastor, Rev. Oaylord Lehman, of ficiating. Burial will be in Rose lawn Cemetery there. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Rutajr Tew Herring and a son, Lar ry, of the home; four brothers, Autry and Moffitt, Route 1, Clin ton, J. T. of Dunn and Nicholas of Fhyetteville; a sister, Mrs. Ho ward Royals and his mother, Mrs. W. E. Herring, both of Route 1, Clinton. $15,000 Sought For Injuries Harry Clayton Jackson and Bon nie B Jackson of Harmnett Coun ty have been named co-defendants in a $15,000 suit that arises from a May 10 accident three miles ea*t of Dunn Plaintiff in the action in Shir ley Hyatt Carter wfio claims her vehicle was struck in the side as she attempted to turn left from the Lone Branch Rd into a pri vate driveway. But Rebels Still Hold Barracks And Airport BRASILIA, Brazil (UPI) —Army tanks and paratroops quickly broke the hack of a pocket revolt of erf listed men of three military serv ices today but rebels still held a barracks and the airport 10 hours after the uprising flared. . One rebel marine was killed, two were wounded and moi'e than 200 captured in early fighting. Presi dent Joao Goulart, vacationing at Porto Alegre, in the south. Was re ported rushing back to Brasilia. Navy, air force and army ser geants led by a man Identified on ly as Sgt. Preston sparked the up rising before dawn after a Supreme Court ruled that enlisted men can not hold legislative seats. Loyal troops recaptured the Navy Ministry and mopped up scattered resistance at Brasilia’s only airport. Then they moved against the last rebel stronghold at the marine corps barracks. The rebels held 30 air force offi ciers as prisoners at the airport. They also held a Supreme Court justice who tried to get them to lay down their arms. The presi dent pro tern of the chamber ol deputies, 6lovls Who a}sr sought to mediate, 9m release? by the rebels after an hour and a half of captivity. Motta said an estimated 650 navy and air force enlisted men were in the revolt. Some army men also were reported Involved. PRIMITIVE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION The Rev Lester Lee announced today that the Seven Mile Prim itive Baptist Association will be held with the Black River church in Dunn Friday, Saturday and Sun day. Services will begin Friday morning at eleven o’clock; Satur day morning at 9:30; and Sunday at ten o’clock. These are all day meetings. Dinner will be served on the grounds each day. The public is invited to attend. JAIL OR CLASSROOM RALEIGH (UP!) — Superior Court Judge William Y. Bickett gave a 17 - year - old Ralei?’1 youth a choice between a jail cell or the classroom. Bickett ordered Calvin Williams to remain in high school until h* graduates or serve a two - year ac tive sentence. The boy pleaded guilty to shoot ing another boy with a .22 rifle last May 11. A REAL JWMiS TUBS. — The big anfltx&CSstfy Dunn’s Pjggly Wiggly store will come to a grand clin&x Saturday at 6 p. m. when some lucky customer wins a real honest'Ho-goodness “money tree.” Ottis Jackson, owner Of Figgly - Wiggly, is shewn here 'with the tree, all loaded down with money. How much mpney? The winner can have fur. counting it. (Daily Record photo toy Russel] Bassford.) -1 Another Appeal Filed To Supreme Court Judge Throws Out Ennis Damage Suit Judge Joseph Parker of Wind sor today in Harnett Superior Court granted a non-suit in the $50,000 lawsuit filed in the death of eight-year-old Cecil Mack En nis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grady Ennis. The boy was killed Peb. 16, 1959 while riding his bike when hit by a car driven by Mrs. Tally Du pree of Angier, teacher in the Coats school, as she was diving from sahool to her home. This was the second time the trial judge refused to allow the case to go to the Jury although the State Supreme Court reversed the first trial judge and ordered Watermelons Came From Dunn Stage Set For Spitoff RALEIGH (UPI) — The stage was apparently set today for the first International Water melton seed spitoff. Local officials announced that Wally Ausley, 1963 world champion, will spit Friday against soldiers of the U. S. 3rd Armored Division stationed in Gelnausen, Germany, Ausley, irate over the reports that some of the GI‘s claim ed to have betteredi his mark of 35 feet, 6 inches, spat during the watermelon festival here, said earlier that he would welcome the competition. Local official said! that they had been promised by Army authorities in Germany that the spitting competition there would be properly supervised by competent officers to a. void cheating. To put thugs on an equal basis, a 113-pound North Carolina watermelon wtas shipped to the soldiers from Dunn, N. C., by Crafton S. Tart. That was to protect Auslev from being the victim of seed spatters using missiles with more favorable balistics. Paul Hoover chairman of the watermelon Festival Com mittee, told Aus’ey and other local watermelon spitters here that he realized that there had been a number of things that had speerated local competitors, but that “I‘m sure that these petty differences will be forgotten as we unite to prove to the world that we are the biggest blow hards." the case tried over. Judge Parker, Who delayed rul ing on the motion yesterday until this morning, said in doing so that there was some difference J ntest imony heard this time. Attorney Everetfce Doffermyre of Dunn and gtate Senator Ro bert Morgan of Lillington, rep resenting the Ennises, again filed notice of appeal to Supreme Court. Mrs. Dupree, called as an'ad verse witness Wednesday, ewoffe the child rode across the highway so fast he appeared "like some thing that fell from Heaven.” She acknowledged that she failed to apply her brakes before or af ter hitting the youth. Two Held On Rape Charge Two men have been bound over to Cumberland Court without privi lege of bond to face charges of raping a 13 - year - old Indian girl. The girl’s father. Walter Scott, a 47-year-old Falcon Indian is al so charged with incest. The other defendant, a Negro, was identified as Jim Geddie, 43, of Fayetteville, Rt. 1. Neither of the defendants testi fied at the preliminary hearing in County Recorders Court Tuesday. Both men entered pleas of not guilty. The girl said she was picking grapes at her uncle’s home Sept. 4 when Geddie and her father drove up in the yard. She said the two men took her off in the car and that Geddie. the driver of the vehicle, stopped the vehicle ‘‘on a dirt road across the river.” (Continued on Page Six)
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