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(t)ioaiJwt Fair through Saturday. A little wanner daytime temperature*. Ba ther cool again tonight. Highs to day in the 80s Lows tonight 85 60 in mountains and in the 80s elsewhere. MANN Fill! LABORATORY 740 CHATHAM ROAD WINSTON SAIEM, N. C. DUNN STORES 0 ALL DAY WEDNES AH-IME 1< TELEPHONE 89t - 8111 — 898 - tlU DUNN, N. C. FRIDA If AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 4, 1964 FTVE CENTS PER COPT mm LAURA: "Say, Lto.” LEO: “Yeah, what’s up?” LAURA: “Do you think it’s right for us to snooze in front of the tourists?” LEO: “Well, why not? We need our little cat naps. Don’t you agree, Martha?” MARTHA: “Z-Z-t-t-z-T.” LEO: “How about you, Grace?” GRACE: “Zz-z-zz-z.” (This brief eoloquv between the Lion family might have been overheard at the San Francisco Zoo.) THESE LITTLE THINGS ly Hoover Adami-**** MOORE HONORS MORGAN; OTHER LITTLE NOTES lett Senator Robert^Morgan _/ed a nic^ji surprise $0Lg the rempcratic convention in'Atlantic City last week Democratic guoernatorial nomi nee Dan Moore learned that the popular Harnett official had miss ed celebrating his wedtMnr 'anntver sary with Mrs. Morgan in order to attend the convention. Quite unexpectedly, Sen. Mor gan received an urgent call to go to the Governor-nominee’s hotel suite immediately. Upon arrival, he found that Mr. and Mrs. Moore had invited a num. her of other Tar Heels for » dinner party in honor of his anniversary. “I was flabbergasted and also doeply grateful,” says the Senator. His only regret was that Katie had remained at home to look af ter the children and couldn’t be pre sent. LITTLE NOTES: Myres Tilghman, prominent local business man, has served on the board of Betsy John son Hospital for about 20 years, 15 of them as chairman — Yes terday, Mayor George Franklin Blalock said Tilghman ought to resign as the result of the contro versy over a hospital site... Ask ed for comment on the mayor’s blast today, Mr. Tilghman smiled and replied, “Woe unto me.” - He declined further comment — Democratic stalwart A. J. Step (Continued on Page Eight) Judge Clark To Preside Two Weeks Civil Term Opens On 14th Superior Court Judge Edward B. Clark of Elizabethtown will preside over a two-weeks civil session of Harrgtt Superior Court beginning Moiifay, Sept. 14. „ The calendar of cases was an nounced today by Clerk Elizabeth Matthews: Mon. Sept. 14 Electric Sales Se Service VS. Sampson County Memorial Hos pital; J- Newell Patterson et al vs. Ross A. Buchanan et al; Sam my Tew. BNF vs. Joseph Henry Holt;. Malcolm McLeod vs. R. Den nis Strickland, Gdn. Ad Litem et al; Mrs. Eloise Parker vs. John Alvis Ennis, Jr., et al; Flora C. Moore, Extrx. vs. New York life Insurance Company; Lexine Den ning Lucas vs. Magdalene Barbour Purvis et al; C. A. Uftderwood vs. Daniel Web ster Blue et al; Robert Chalmers et al vs. Lillian Gertrude Womack; Pauline Barefoot Jackson vs. Flet Tew Williford; Leon MoNeHl vs- C. B. Rosser et al; Howard Lee Tart vs. Leon Parrish et al; Delma A. Hudson vs. Charlotte Liberty Mutual Ins. Co.; Kathryn Johnson vs. Dunn Coca Cola Bottling Com pany; Tony Lee Thompson, BNF vs. James Gary Lee et al; Wayne (Continued on Page Eight) Sept 16 Scott Will Be Speaker Town And Country Event At Lillington Robert (Bob) Scott, Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, will be the guest speaker Sept. 12 at Lillington’s first annual Town and Country Day. Joe Norwood. Chamber of Com merce president, said that Scott will speak at 5 p. m. that Saturday in the big parking lot behind the courthouse. Announcement of Scott’s appear ance and participants in the 3:80 in Benson Sept. 7 7, Dunn Next Day Gavin To Appear Gubernatorial candidate Robert L. (Bob) Gavin of Sanford will make two appearances in the Dunn area on September XI and 12;. h. Plansf or his appearances were announced today by Harnett Re publican Chairman O. W. (Bill) Godwin who will have charge of arrangements for his Dunn visit. On Friday night, Sept. 12 at 6 p.m., Gavin and1 GOP congres sional candidate Jim Gardner of Rocky Mount will appear Jointly at what has been billed as “a mammoth Johnston County” rally at the Benson Armory. It will be a free feed and both candidates will speak. (Continued on Page Eight) p. m. parade highlighted prepara tions this week for the town’s gala three-day observance A 16-unit parade Saturday, Sept 12, is being organized by Billy Sex ton, chairman of the chamber’s parade committee. More units are expected to be added later this week, he said. Bill Randall, chairman of the 'even, said that plans are progress ing well and that the three-day event should be a major attraction in central Harnett. The Town and County event will begin on Wednesday, Sept. 9. when agriculture exhibits will be enter ed and judged. Lillington stores will follow with three days of special values. The agriculture exhibits will be the big day of the events, windows through the weekend. Saturday, when Scott will speak, will be the bid day of the events Vance Hamilton, chairman of the exhibits commitilee, said that a large number of entries are expect ed from Harnett schools, 4-H clubs, (Continued on Page Eight) For Narcotics Violation Jones Gets Suspended Term Mack Weldon Jones, Dunn white man, came before the bench charg ed with having narcotics in his possession, the kind that keep one awake, usually sold at bus stops arid service stations. He had purchased two dozen cap sules for $2, he told the court. There was no evidence that Jones had ever sold any. Hobgood com mented before passing sentence thrt "I..am inclined to be lenient. But if there was evidence that you were selling drugs, you’d be long gene.” Jones was given 12 months, sus pended and placed on probation three years on condition he not pos sess any prescription-type medicine except authorized by a medical doctor, plus pay a IKK) fine and court costs. Bobby McDuffie of Dunn, charged with auto larceny, plead ed nolo contendere and wa6 given six months in jail. But the judge stayed the commitment order be cause the defendant had already been in jail 34 days And the sentence was suspended on condition McDuffie violate no criminal law for two years and not drive a motor vehicle for two years Grand Jury Action True bills were returned against the following: Pauline Byrd John son for murder of Willie Maynor, Curley Range for murder of Roger ElUott, and Rlichard Smith for murder of Archie McLean. The Grand Jury gave a clean bill of health to Jails in Dunn, Angler, the prison camp and the county jail. Dunn, Erwin Plan Labor Day Dances Two Labro Day dances are plan ned lor the area over the week end. On Saturday night In Dunn, the Jaycees have secured the Ambassa dors from Shelby to play for a dance at the Dunn Armory. The event will get underway at 8 p.m. The $1 tickets will entitle the holder at achaoce to win » Gene ral Electric color television to be given as the door prize. Tickets are on sale from any JC or can be purchased at the door that night. ERWIN DANCE In Erwin on Monday night, Bill Joe Austin and the Tar Heels will play for their annual street dance. Grand prize for this year’s event will be the winner’s choice of a 23” Motorola TV, a 15 ft. deep freezer, console stereo, an automatic wash er or an electric or gas range. In addition, 35 other door prizes will be given. The dance will being at 8:00. Proceeds from the dance (the tickets are $1) will go to furnish one of the rooms in the new wing at Good Hope Hospital. Student Group Is Arrogant At Hearings WASHINGTON (UPI) — A sec ond day of hearings into an un authorized trip to Cuba this sum mer by 84 young Americans got off to a gavel-pounding, acrimonious atari today. A 24-year-old Antioch College graduate, said to be a leader of the student travelers, challenged the legality of the investigation by the House Committee on Un-American Activities and its right to question him. Edward Lemansky, New York City, got into a shouting match with Rep. Richard Ichord, D-M.o, chairman of the hearing. Lemansky said the committee was unconstitutional in its preation and operation; that some of its members were illegally elected; and the: it attacked communism as alien while considering nazism ‘'home grown.” Have Shouting Exchange Ichord overruled the objections and repeatedly sought to gavel Le mansky to order. The gavel pound ing was interspersed with shouted exchanges between the witness and members or counsel of the commit tee Bitter opening remarks added to tension already prevalent in the (Contmued or Pape Eight) Spence To Be Ordained Sun. Thomas K. Spence, Jr., former student minister of the First Pres byterian Church, will be ordained -ja}£qsoJd sin J° Anstupu am <n ian Church U. S and installed as a pastor of the Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church in Lawrence ville, Va., Sunday evening at 7:30. Rev. Leslie C. Tucker, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Dunn, will serve on the commission of New Hanover Presbytery to ordain and install him. Other members of the commis sion include Dr. John Evans of the (Continued on Page Eight) News Roundup WHITE PLAINS. N. Y. (UPI) — Dr. James Slater Murphy took the witness stand today to testify why his ex-wife, Mrs. Nelson A. Rockefeller, should be denied custody of their four minor children. MIAMI (UPI) — The season’s first and second hurri canes whipped up the Atlantic Ocean hundreds of miles apart today, a threat only to ships that might cross their paths. PHOENIX. Ariz. — Republican presidential nominee Barry M. Goldwater today was pleased with the initial reaction to his opening campaign attack against administration domestic and foreign policies Judge Refuses To Let Them Pay Out Two Demonstrators Serve Jail Terms Two Dunn Negroes were serving jail sentence today as the result of an incident that occurred while they were engaged in racial de monstrations here earlier this year Thompson and Brown were tried in Harnett Superior Court for use of vulgar language in the pres ence of two or more persons and cursing and assaulting Mrs. Doris Whittington of Rt. 3. Dunn dur ing a racial demonstration in Dunn April 11 . The two youths were allegedly carrying signs on the sidewalk in front of the Muse Supermarket in Dunn when Mrs. Whittington drove up, got out of the car and started into the store- ‘‘They began cur sing me to everything and wouldn’t move out or my way,” she testi fied. Thompson took the stand and denied he started the row. He claimed Mrs. Whittington said, “you look like a - baby tot ing that sign!’’ He said he, told her: "If you had a little more manners I would let you help me tote it." He denied the allegation that the told Mrs. Whittington to meet him in the alley that night to ‘fix’ her as she had testified The judge directed a verdict of not guilty as to simple assault. The defend ants pleaded guilty to the use of vuglar language. Judge Hamilton Hobgood sent Jerry Thompson to Jail for 20 days and Larry Brown was led from the courtroom to serve ten days Sympathizers were on hand with money to try to pay them out bu* Judge Hamilton sternly rejected any idea of a fine or suspended sentence. (Gontinueo on Page Eight) In Highway Accidents This Weekend 490-590 Expected To Die Millions of Americans take to the nation’s highways today for the start of the 78-hour Labor Day weekend, the last holiday of sum mer. The National Safety Council estimates between 490 /and 590 per sons will die in traffic accidents, i The weekend officially begins at 6 pm. today and ends at midnight Monday. The North Carolina Patrol has FISH TALE — Maying his first campnign tour as the Democratic candidate for the U. S. Senate from New York, Robert F. Kennedy handles a fish on a visit to New York’s colorful Fulton Fish Market area. He was virtually mobbed by fish peddlers eager to shake his hand. (NEA Telephoto) Accused of Filing Folse Reports Angier Residents Five U. S. Charges The president and secretary of an Angler wholesale company were arrested and placed under bonds of $1,000 apiece today on U. S. Dis trict Court grand jury indictment charging the firm with making fraudulent reports to the govern ment concerning sale of half-gal lon fruit jars allegedly designed for the bootleg liquor traffic. Indicated on a felony warrant by the grand jury in Raleigh were L. H. Altman. Jr., president of the L. h. Altman Wholesale Co.. Inc and his wife, Nancy A. Altman. A deputy U. S. Marshal also served a court summons on the corpora tion. Art Bryant, head of the Dunn ATU office, said they are charged in several different counts involv here for weekend Mr. and Mrs. Faison Adams and two sons Alex and Richard of Mur freesboro, Tenn- arrived today to spend the weekend with his par ents. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Adams. announce marriage Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Lockhart an nounce the marriage of Miss Elaine Lockhart to Mr. Alec Adams on Sept. 1, 1964. ing hundreds of cases of fruit jars. He disclosed that the company’s operations had been under surveil lance for sometime and had pre [ viously been served with a manda tory order requiring them to re port the sale of all fruit jars and the names of purchasers Bryant said agents from the Ra leigh and Charlotte ATTJ offices had assisted with the long Investi gation which resulted in the in dictment on August 24. Trial is set for the next term of U. S. District Court in Raleigh. launched a ‘‘lights-on” campaign to make motorists more conscious of highway safety over the Labor Day holiday. Prom 6 pan. today, when the weekend starts, until it ends at mid night on Monday, drivers were urged by the Patrol to burn their headlights as a reminder to others to follow the rules of the road and cut the annual Labor Day death toil. A similar campaign was carried out by the patrol two years ago. last year there were 20 traffic fati litics out of a total of 774 acci dents in North Carolina during La bor Day weekend. And though 650 iroopers will be on duty through out the weekend, the patrol office still estimates that 22 persons will die in wrecks. Speeders Beware Tlie grim Labor Day tally sheet shows that 167 people have died in traffic accidents on the holiday weekend in the past 10 years. The worst year was 1961, with 23 fatali ties. , j'; Last year, speeding 65 to 75 miles hour was a major reason for traffic fatalities, along with driving $e*t of the center lane. The troopers on duty this week end have been ordered to keep a particularly keen eye out for speedsters and drinkers. It’s ex pected that some two million va cation-bound vehicles will be tra veling the State’s highways. Lees Grove Has Full Time Pastor On Tuesday, Lees Grove Pente costal Free Will Baptist Church began the new church conference year with a full-time pastor, the RCy C. W. Kirby of Dunn. He has served the church for 17 years on * part-time basis along with the Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church in Selma, a pastorate he has held for 16 years. Kev. Kirby resigned the Selma church to become the full time pas. tor of Lees Grove. Leer Grove has made much pro gress during the years of Rev. Kir by’s pastorate. By having a full time pastor, though, the church is ex pected to make even greater strides. Rev. Kirby and his wife work to gether with the musical part of the service doing special singing. The church is locaed about 1% miles from Dunn on the Old Fair ground Road. Today, the pastor and the church jointly extended an Invitation to the public to attend any of the church services. Two Million Pounds Sold Here Leaf Holiday Begins Dunn’s Tobacco Market, alpng with the 16 other markets in the giant Eastern flue cured belt, closed today until Thursday for a sales holiday to allow redrying plants to catch up with their work. At the close of today’s sales the local market had sold 2.000,000 pounds this season. Today was also the final day of untied tobacco sales. Starting next Thursday morning at 8:30 only tied tobacco will be sold | Yesterday the market continued 'record daily sales from a pound age standpoint as the Dunn mart sold 315,852 pounds for $162,067 75 and an average for the day of $51.31. Orade by grade the tobacco sold well, Poor grades of untied to bacco ranged from 14 to 20 cents a pound while the top grades of (Continued on F*|« Sanford Residents Killed At Laurmburq 17 Die In "Four Wrecks LAURINBTOO (TIPI) — Three members of a Sanford family were killed and another injured here early this morning when the car in which they were riding struck a train at a fog-shrouded crossing on U S. 401 Bypass. The dead were Bradley Wayne Shaw, 21; Mona Stafford Shaw, 26, and Randy Stafford, 9; all of 813 Lynn St. Sanford. Rhonda Stafford, 5, suffered a broken leg. GREENEVTLLE, Term. (UPI) — Five young men were killed early today when their speeding car ran off U.S. Highway UE near here, hit a culvert and catapulted about 78 feet through the air. ALFORD, Mass. (UPI) — Five teen-agers were killed and another was injured critically late Thursday right when their car flipped onr broke in iialf and was hurled a gainst a pole and a tree. KANSAS CITY, Kan. (UPD -r A speeding oar crashed into a uti lity poJ.» today, burning four per sons to death and injumig one. A 23.000-volt power line snapped and fell on the vehicle. Two of the dead were men; two were women.
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