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(Jt)QjaiJwt Considerable cloudiness In east portion; generally fair In west portion with little change In tem peratures today, tonight and Thursday. VOLUME IX TELEPHONE 89Z-3117 - M-SUS DUNN, N. C. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 18, 1963 FIVE CENTS FEE COPT NO. 198 OUT OF THE CORN—Buddy Ebsen, right, sheds his corny hillbilly image to play the role of an ex-lawman in a new film, “Mail Order Bride.” He is shown here with Keir Dul lea as the pair teams up for a shoot-out with cattle thieves. f Speaks To Educo Club Merger Is Needed State Senator Robert Morgan of Lilllngton, speaking Monday night to the Harnett County ttduco Club, characterized the proposed consolidation of Harnett high schools as necessary "if our stu dents are to enter college on a par with pupils from other areas and complete successfully with others in a state displaying in creasing Industrial growth and ur banization.” The popular Harnett Senator stressed, however, that It Is a mat ter for the people to decide for themselves after weighing all the facts. ' ' He expressed the hope that aa many citizens as possible will turn out for the Oct. 19 bond referen dum to let their wishes be known. Senator Morgan, who was in troduced by Robert Cannaday, principal of Wayne Avenue school in Dunn, talked to the Harnett schoolmasters as they held their first meeting of the fall term at Benhaven High School in Olivia. Bruce Whitley served as secre tary and new men teachers in the county schools were Introduced. Talley Dupree, Coats, presided. Coats Organizing Civic Group The second organisational meet ing of the Coats Jaycee will be held Thursday night at 7:30 at Luke's Barbecue. Officers will be elected at the dutch supper. All young men in the community (age 31-36) interested in Joining the organization, have been urged to be at the meeting. City Council to Meet On Thursday Nite Dune’s city council Thursday night will discuss a wide variety of matters, ranging from ordin ances to audit and including a re quest from Dunn Postmaster Thad Pope that local policemen lode the doors of the post office lobby each night at midnight. The meeting will begin at 7 p m. Following Is the agenda as re leased by City Manager Archie uzsle: Prayer. Action on Minutes of regular meeting of September 4, IMS. Request by residents of Best Street from Spring Branch Road eastward to end, that their pro perty be annexed. Mr. Charles S. Gardiner of Park O-Meter Co. on parking meters. Report of Mr. John Ingraham on audit of Town books. Decision on purchase of leaf loader. Instructions on gravity sanitary sewer Installation In Westhaven No. a: on Rowan Street, Wellons Avenue, and Merry Street, which ts already under construction. Recommended that meter de posit for Laundries, Launderettes, Laundromats, be raised from 118 to $25 the same as filling stations iod all future deposit*.* — RepoVt by City Attorney on Ord iance on demolition of unoccu pied and delapidated houses also on junk yards. Report by City Attorney on Bill presented recently by Mr. Howggd Godwin. Clarify previous vote on Instruc tions to City Manager on digging Col, Best’s ditch — to Include re commendations by City Attorney. Possibly reclnd previous Instruc tions. Complaints received about the fence along north side of Gran ville Street between Orange Ave nue & General Lee Avenue. This fence la in street right-of-way and is obstruction to view of moto rists. Resolution by Board to secure court order to allow surveyors on land needed for sewage plant ex pansion. Mr. Thad Pope wants Police to check Post Office 9 p.m. to 12 p. m. aiyl lock the Post Offioe at 12 p.m. Items to be presented by the Mayor and Board of Commission ers. One of Oldest Existing Bluff To Mark205fh Birthday Bluff Church, one of the oldest Presbyterian Churches In this part of North Carolina will celebrate the 205th. anniversary of its foundlnr with homecoming festivities on this Sunday, September 22. Reverend David F. Blue, Jr., Pastor of the West Avenue Pres byterian Church, Gastonia, N. C will be the guest speaker at thf 11:00 o'clock morning worship serv ice. Mr. Blue grew up In the Olr Bluff Church and served as Its Pas tor from 1941 to 1948. Hundreds of Presbyterians and Tar Heels will assemble on the sitf I of Old Bluff, which is located near Wade on a high bluff that forms the east side of Cape Fear River ft* name was derived from the fact that it was established on a high bluff overlooking the river. The annual homecoming services Will be at 11:00 o’clock. Communr ion service will follow the ser mon with elders of the three sis ter churches in charge. Two stiver cup*, handmade In Scotland more thpn 200 years ago, and carried by £)• pastor of early days in their sgddlebags, will be on display. Tra dition is that these cups Were giver to Rev. John McLeod by his Royal Highness, George THI King of Eng land, for presentation by Rer. Mc Leod. A traditional picnic dinner will be held on the grounds beneath the old oaks surrounding the church. A Memorial service will be held at 2:00 p. m. Old Bluff today is a Presbyter ian Shrine, used only for annual homecomings and occasional fun erals. Regular church, services were discontinued in 1906 upon comple tion of a modem brick church in Wade more conveniently located for the congregation. The first records of services Ip the Bluff section is contained in the diary of the Rev. Hugh McAyd en, who made an extensive tour of the state in 1766. He reported that on Sunday, January 25, 1756, he rode to Hector McNeill’s (of the Bluff) and preached to "a number of Highlanders, some of them scar cely knew one word I said, the poorest singers I ever heard In uiv life.” In 1775, the Rev. James Campbell migrated to North Carolia from Lancaster County In Penngylwapto and settled on the left side of Cano Pear nearly opposite the Bluff Church. He was a native of Scot land and the first pastor who could preach to the Highlanders In Gae lic. After Campbell's death. Bluff Church moved to the east side of the river and the building now standing is the third that has been erected on the site. The present building had been completed When Presbytery met at Bluff in 1858 and commemorated the 100th. anniver sary of the founding of the three churches, Bluff, Barbecue and Longstreet. Bluffs congregation numbered se veral hundred people in the period 1840 to 1803. Hi 1893, however, some members left to form the McMil lan Church and in 1904 others left to form the Godwin Church. A third off-Shoot was formed in 1913 when Westminister Church was or ganised. Recently an Old Bluff Presbyter ian Church Trust Fund has been begun for the perpetual care of the buildings, grounds and cemetery. In the churchyard, many of the early settlers of this area are bur led. and there is a massive gran ite boulder In memory of Col. Alex ander McAllister, hop of the Re volutionary Wsr. Ex- Insurance Agent Is Facing Indictments District Solicitor Archie Taylqr of Lillington said today that he will send a bill of Indictment to the Harnett County Grand Jury at the Nov. 11 term charging Eu gene C. Hinson, former Dunn in surance man, with filing a frau dulent Insurance claim and possi bly on two different charges of forgery. Hinson, popular Dunn man of about 30 and a widely-known sportsman and auto racer, had his license to write insurance revok ed by State Insurance Commis sioner Ed Lanier on August Mth. DIDN'T REQUEST HEARING' At that time, Hinson was given an opportunity to appeal from the suspension and request a hear ing, but did not do so, Commis sioner Lanier said in response to questions from newsmen. Since then Hinson reportedly has sold out his insurance business. Solicitor Taylor said today that investigation by insurance offl c^s (talent showed Hinson filed a frau claim for a broken wind shield in an accident that never happened, forged a bill for re 's on a garage that no longer its, then received and cashed insurance check and coverted the funds to his own use, Taylor Hinson allegedly forged the of tne false claimant to cash the insurance check. Indictment on the fraud charge, Taylor said, carries a penalty of •Up Ho ten years imprisonment. He said he has not definitely decided '■Whether or not to prosecute Hin >n on the forgery charges. Commissiofner Lanier said his department was tipped off about the allegedly false claim by a hone caller. DIES TUESDAY William Robert Ellis, 7«, of Benson, died Tuesday afternoon. Fireworks Display Included Mule Day Slated - . ... For Seat 27 - 29th Plans for the 14th annual Mule Day celebration at Benson are “moving right along.” Co-chair men H. V. Byrd Jr. and W. O. Lee Jr. said the event, which Is sponsored by the Benson Cham ber of Commerce, is scheduled for September 27, 28, and 29. Walter Johnson and Ernie Mc Lamb, chairmen of the fireworks committee, report that the fire works have arrived. A display of the pyrotechnics Is planned for Saturday night, September 28, at 10:30. Ernest, Gerald, Earl, and Willis McLamb reported that their rodeo committee plans are working out smoothly for two performances. Rodeo* will be held at 8 o’clock Saturday night and at 2:30 Sun day afternoon on Mule Day week end. K. K. Klllebrew and J. W. Par rish Jr., who are heading the band committee, said that Bill Joe Aus tin and his band have been hired for the street dance Friday night, September 37. The dance will be gin at 8 o’clock following the Ben son-Fuquay football game on the Benson field at 8 o’clock. A. W. Johnson and Robert A. Tart are in charge of the street dance. J. Don Johnson, floats chairman for the Mule Day parade Friday afternoon, reports a good re sponse. Lawyers Say IVs Not Enough, Aooeaf A Dunn woman who was suing her husband for $25,000 damages as the result of injuries received in an automobile accident here on June S, 1962 was awarded only $1,000 lqr a Jury which deliberated only about a half hour in Harnett Superior Court. Dunn attorneys Duncan O. Wil son and Wiley Bowen, counsel for Mrs. EUa D. Williams, gave notice of appeal to the State Su preme Court from the verdict in their favor, arguing that $1,000 was not sufflcent compensation for the woman’s injury. It was learned that the attor neys had turned down an offer of $1800 as a compromise settle ment prior to trial of the case. State Senator Robert B. Mor gan and District Solicitor Archie of Lillington, representing the husband, Walter Williams, of fered no evidence but relied on the weakness of the plaintiff's case. Presiding Judge Joseph Parker of Windsor overruled a motion for non-sutt Mrs. Williams claimed serious and permanent injuries she said occurred when her husband be came negligent while she was a passenger in his car and ran lnto\ (Continued on Page 8) First Sale At Big 4 Thursday Market Over 5 Million Dunn Tobacco Market was only 42,000 pounds abort through last night of reaching the 5,000,000 pound mark in sales this season which indicated that the market will probably reach the six million pound mark by Friday night of this week. Dunn Market dropped a few cents in average yesterday with a lot of poor quality tobacco on the market suddenly after a good day, qualitywise on Monday. Yesterday the market sold a total of 284,538 pounds for a to tal of $145,422.00 for an average of 957.13 per hundred pound. Through yesterday the mart ■old over 4^900,000 pounds for the season. This week’s two sales days, how ever, have boosted the season’s average around 93.00 per hundred pounds to over the *55.00 a hund red pound mark. TotOorrow’s first sale will be at the Big Four Warehouse. The sec ond, of oourse, will be at the Plan ters, WOOTaken From Shopping Center Branch RALEIGH (tJPT) — A tal], hea vy - set gunman threatened two women alone in a branch bank In a snoppmg center today, and fled with an estimated $8,000. The man, clad in a blege rain coat, threatened the branch man ager of First Citizens Bank and Trust Co. and a woman teller with a chrome - plated pistol, and demanded money. The women ,Mrs. Loyce 'White and Faye Bowden, were alone In the bank at the time of the rob bery before noon. Mrs. White, the branch manag er, estimated the loss at between $8,000 and $9,000. Police said the gunman escaped In a late model, white convertible Oldsmoblle after leaving the bank through a side door. Lt. C. 3. Atkins had his men begin taking fingerprints In the bank shortly after they arrived at about 11:35 a.m. Mrs. White said the man. about 6-feet-2, was "very nervous.” She said he waived the pistol in her face and the teller’s face but she could tell he was "extremely ner vous.” The bank Is located In Ridge wood shopping center located on Raleigh’s northwest side, Just be hind Meredith College. The shop ping center Is In the canter «f homes In the $20,000 class and some of Raleigh’s most exclusive sections are within one-half mile. Police said they had been un able to determine what the man used to carry the money, which he swept up from the teller’s coun ter as he fled. The FBI was called into the case to help locate the bandit. An FBI agent quoted Mrs. White as saying the bandit told them to “hand ever the money or Til blow your heads off.” There were no customers In the bank at the time of the holdup. ,« Citizens Ask To Give Tickets All Dunn Shriners or local cit izens who have purchased tickets for the Shrine Football game be tween the freshman teams of Carolina and State in Raleigh Saturday night but do not plan to attend the game are urged to do nate their tickets to the Dunn midget teams so that the youths may see the game. Anyone wishing to donate their ticket is asked to contact Skinny Ennis. PROUD PARENTS — Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Fischer are shown in St. Luke’s hospital in Aberdeen, S. t>., following the birth of quin tuplets. (NEA Telephoto.) \ - t i In County Court A number of traffic cases were disposed of to Harnett Recorder’s Court at Llllington. Roy Allen Wallace, Erwin, care less and reckless driving, cost. James McLean, Rt. 1, Lilli ngton pal] $10 and cost for careless and reckless driving. Samuel Darroch, Rt. 1, Bunnlevel was found not guilty of being drunk, disorderly conduct and us ing profanity. Vernon Ryals, Rt. 1, Erwin, non support, nol pros with leave. Roy Morrison paid costs for pub lic drunkenness. Lloyd A. Morrison, Lillington, Rt. 3, was given 30 days on roads, sus pended 12 months for public drunk enness on condition he remain sob er, and'of good behavior and pay court costs. Otis Junior Christenburg, Raleigh, speeding 87 in 55 zone, cost. John Wesley Elliott, Rt. 1, Linden, no registration, no insurance, $10 and cost. Beatrice Avery Bradshaw, Burl ington, speeding 70 in 60 zone, $5 and cost. William Claude Winstead, San ford, disobey stop sign, $10 and cost. Joseph Kirkwood Adams, Angler, speeding M In 55 zone, cost. Avery Ralph Ghant, Camp Le jeune, speeding 65 in 55 zone, $5 and oost David Ward1 Jones, Raleigh, speeding 65 in 55 zone, cost. Elisha Lester, Jr., Fort Bragg, speeding 65 in 55 zone, $5 and cost. •* John Cleveland Collins, Durham paid costs for vublic drunk. David Collins, Rt. 2, Fuqruay Springs, had his case for assault on George Marin found frivolous and malicious and prosecuting wit ness was taxed with the court cost. Court found that Quinton Kom mett Cameron, Rt 1, Erwin, had valid license and his case lor op erating without license was nol prossed. (Continued on Page 6) Popular Dunn Coed, Hospitalized: Man Hurt Judy Stewart Hurt In Wreck Miss Judy Stewart ,20, popular daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Stewart of 1008 N. Orange Ave., was badly injured in an automobile ac cident Tuesday afternoon at 5:40 o’clock at the intersection of Oran ge Ave. and Cole Street. A Junior at the Woman’s College of the University of North Caro lina, Miss Stewart had been down town doing some last minute shop ping preparatory to leaving today to begin the new semester at the college. Dunn policeman Sherrill Allen said the Valiant driven by Miss Stewart was stuck by a 1955 Dodge driven by John Smith, 54, of 507 W. Johnson St., a carpenter for Caro lina Development Company. Smith was thrown out of his car onto the pavement and whs badly hurt. He remained seml-consciour for several hours. Miss Stewart received an Injury In her left side, a severe laceration under her chin and a possible con cussion of the head, Dr. Clarence I* Corbett said. Both are in Betsy Johnson Me morial Hospital. JUDY STEWART Allen said he was charging Smith with failing to yield right of way at the Intersection. JFK Promises To Cut Spending Washington (UPD — Presi dent Kennedy, seeking to head off Republican opposition to his pro posed $31 billion tax cut* pledged himself today to forego extra anti recession spending by the govern ment. Kennedy made his commitment in a tetter to Chairman Wilbur D. Mills, D-Ark., of the House Waye & Means Committee, which has recommended the out. Kennedy praised Mills’ call tor rejection at the spending route and saM flat ly, “I subscribe to it,"
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