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(OsaihsA Keep posted latest advisories Hur ricane Dora. Some cloudiness along the coast otherwise generally fair this afternoon and tonight. Partly clcuoj and warm Wednesday. Site |1 ailii Btrord DUNN STORES OPEN ALL DAY WEDNESDAYS #DLUME 14 TELEPHONE 89* - 111* — 89* - 111* DUNN, N. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 8, 1964 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NO. 1*4 Erwin Negro Involved In Auto Accident A Naval ensign from McGuire Aii Force Base In New Jersey was killeu and a female companion was critically injured in a two-car col lision just north of Four Oaks Monday on Interstate Highway 95. Tiie dead man was identified as Joseph B. Herp. Sondra Renee Lie bwitz of New York City was taken to ltex Hospital in Raleigh where her condition was reported as cri tical. The woman was thrown 33 feet from the Herp automobile. Herp’s body was found near the wrecked car. The State Highway Patrol said the accident occurred when the Heip car apparently attempted to pass another vehlele driven by Dess:e McNeill McCants, Negro, of Erwin. The Herp auto struck the Mc Car.ts vehicle on the rear fender, went out of control and plunged down an embankment. The Mc Cants vehicle veered out of control and came to rest on the median strip. Mrs. McCants was not in jured. Sen. Dirksen Asks Showdown WASHINGTON (UPI) — Senate GOP Leader Everett M. Dirksen to day filed a cloture petition that will force a showdown vote Thursday on one of the roadblocks to ad journment. Dirksen’s petition carried the signatures of 17 senators. There wag general doubt that Dhksen's gag move would carry be cause of traditional Senate reluc tance to halt debate . t Congress returned today from a Labor Day recess with the reap portionment battle and several oth ers considered essential by Presi dent Johnson in the way of ad journment, and election year cam paigning. Double Trouble For Currie Upstairs & Downstairs Connie Currie of Lillington, Route, charged with murder and given 18 months for manslaughter, has something to look forward to when he finishes that prison term — an additional 30 days for public drunkenness. He was sentenced upstairs in Har nett Superior Court far the killing o' another man in a row. He was then brought downstairs to Har nett Recorder’s Court and Y'den the 30 days for drunkenness. Judge Robert B. Moorgan ordered that the 30 days shall began at the expiration of the 18 months. Marvin Gaston Mills, High Point, non-support, prayer for Judgment continued on condition he pay into court for use of his wife Lorena Mills, Lillington Rt. 2, and two minor children $80 per month and pay actual court cost. Jimmie Harold Atkins, Spring Lake, charged with speeding 80 pleaded guilty to speeding in ex cess of 60 in 00 zone, but not more than 75, plea accepted — PJC on fine of $10 and cost. Odis Roberts, Erwin, was com mitted to the roads for 30 days for public drunk and disorderly con duct. (Continued on Page 8) Dunn Market To Reopen; First Sale At Big-4 Leaf Arrives For Thursday Dunn’s Tobacco Market will re open on Thursday after the sales holiday with a first sale Thursday morning at the Big Four and the second at Planters. Both warehouses are receiving to bacco today for Thursday’s sales. Dunn Tobacco Board of Trade President Norman Hardee released figures today about the season so for which shows that Dunn’s mart Is almost a half million pounds and a quarter of a million dollars ahead of the first seven days sales in 1963. And the average Is about the fame. Last week Dunn Tobacco market sold 1,310,702 pounds for a total of $683393.47 for an average of *52.13 against a total of 1,063,823 pounds for a total of only $547, 34033 for an average of $51.84 In the same week in 1963. Through last Friday when sales ended for the tobicco sales holiday, Dunn bad sold a told of 1335,830 pounds for a total of $823,86035 for ar average of $60.36 against a total of 1383358 pounds for $686,006.41 for an average of *61.06 for the I season during the same comptarable period in 1963. Sale of untied tobacco is over and only tied tobacco will be sold from now on which caused tobacconists to predict a big upswing in prices statrting Thursday. Hardee predicted that if the mart coulo hold the poundage increase after the holiday that it started out with that the season may reach the 15,000,000 pound season sought by warehousemen here. Daily averages didn’t go under $60.73 last week. SOUTHERN FIRST — For the first time, former all-white schools in Columbia, S. C., were de segregated, the historic move going through without untoward incident. Photo shows colored pupils entering Rosewood School, as white students look on. Twenty-two Negro students were enrolled in six formerly white schools. (NEA Telephoto) All Harmonious; Record Senior Class Smooth Intergration In Dunn Three schools in the Dunn dis trict were integrated today for the first time in history. District principal A. B. Johnson reported the opening was very smooth and harmonious, and there were no incidents of any type. Three Negro children entered Dunn High School, another began classes at Wayne Avenue elemen , iary school and-a fifth-at the Mag nolia Ave. elementary school They went almost unnoticed as students went about their classes as usual. “The biggest news here today,” said Miss Ophelia. Matthews, build ing principal at Dunn High, “is that we have a record senior class of 135 members.” A Negro girl, For Air Conditioning, Repairs, Etc. $72,000 For P.O. Congressman David Henderson advised Hie Daily Record today that the General Services Adminis tration. will on Sept 10 issue invi tations to contractors to bid on installation of Air o conditioning equipment, lighting and repairs at the Dunn Post Office. -_ Rep. Henderson, who is a ranking member of the House Post Office Committee, said cost of the pro ject is estimated at $72,000. Bide will be opened on October 13. Postmaster Thad Pope said to day the project will include some major repairs and denovations but he was not sure just what is to be included. He said he expected actual work to begin after the first of the year. The Dunn Post Office was built in 1938. McLamb Receives Minor Injuries Clyde McLamb received minor in juries when struck by a Virginian tourist. Waylon Bishop yesterday on Highway 401 North. McLamb was admitted to Betsy Johnson Hospi tal for treatment. Patrolman E. W. Horton report ed that the driver of the car al leged had fallen asleep and ran off the road crashed into a fence and struck the boy. Margaret Ridgell, is among the seniors. No trouble had been expected today, in sharp contrast to the unsuccessful attempt of several In dian children to enter the school four years ago. They were later admitted Approximately 30 additional In dian students were admitted to the four Dunn district schools to day, made nectssary by the clos ing of Maple Grove, the only In dian school in the county, at the end of the last school year. This (Continued on Page Six) Areas Prepare For Disaster ' J Along Coast MIAMI (UPI) — Hurricane Dora threw a massive shadow over 550 miles of the Atlantic Coast today with the center of its 125 mile an hour winds aimed on an unswerv ing course at Cape Kennedy’s mis sile towers. Civil defense and military autho rities sprang into action with orders to prepare for a natural disaster— a “condition three” alert. Battening down operations were expected to go into high gear from Palm Beach, Fla., north to Myrtle Beach, S. C., this afternoon. Civil defense ordered prepara tions for a natural disaster in 16 Florida communities. Besides carrying a wide front of hurricane force winds, Dora push ed mounting tides and huge ocean swells toward the beaches. Fore casters predicted highest tides would reach 10 feet above normal high water marks. T|ie nation’s space center at Cape Kennedy, included in a 225 mile stretch of coastline where hurricane warnings were flying, be gan battening down for the second time in less than a month. Five roc. krts were ordered removed from their launch pads. Forecasters strongly1 urged resi dents In low-lying areas to make plans to move to higher ground. A long the coast, from Myrtle Beach, S. C. to Stuart, Fla. prepjarations were rushed for the full force of the storm late tonight or Wed nesday. Dora was described as three times as large as Hurricane Cleo which swept up the Florida coastline three weeks ago, doing millions in dam age after killing 138 persons in the Caribbean. Xews Roundup CAMP PICKETT, Va (UPI) — A UH-34D Marine heli copter crashed into a cluster of tents serving as headquarters for Marine war games here today. One Marine sleeping in a pup tent was killed and four other Marines injured. SECAUCCJS. N. J. (UPI) — Henry Krajewski. presidential candidate on the Poor Man’s party ticket, announced Tuesday his running mate will be a woman. SALEM, Ore. (UPI) — Mrs. Mark Hatfield, wife of Ore gon’s governor, gave birth to a 9 pound 9 ounce baby girl at Salem General Hospital early Tuesday. Dunn Postmaster Honored Thad Pope Elected Kiwanis President Thad H. Pope, Dunn postmaster and prominent civic, fraternal and church leader, today was electetd as the new president of the Dunn Kiwanis Club for 1965. He was unanimously elected at the luncheon business session of the local civic club. Mr Pope, a charter member and one oi the organizers of the Dunn club, has held pnaactically every of fice in the organization. He was elected from the post of president elect. The Dunn postmaster is also ac tive in the Methodist Church, the Masonic Lodge, the Dunn Shrine Club and various other local organi zations. He will succeed President Tommy Aman, who presided over the meeting. The club has had an out standing year of growth and com munity service under the leader ship of Mr. Aman. Other officers elected today were: Wesley Coates, president elect; Paul White, vice president; Clarence McUunb, Jr., secretary; Sam Pennington, treasurer, and William T. Smith, Dr. C. D. Bain, Ermon Godwin, Garland James, Dr. Clarence Roberts, J. I. Thomas and Raymond Pope, all directors. President Pope and the other new officers will be inducted in January. THAD H. POPE "No Apologies For Law/' Wants It Enforced Humphrey Plugs Civil Rights WASHINGTON (UPI) — Sen. Hubert Humphrey, on his first road trip of the campaign, charged Monday that the election of GOP presidential nominee Barry M. Goldwater would make civil rights problems harder to solve. The Democratic vice president ial nominee acknowledged that Goldwater as president would be obliged to enforce the new law. But. Humphrey said that “he isn’t for it” . m Humphrey told reporters at ? SEN. HUBERT HUMPHREY »| Plans Made At Lillington Meet Averasboro Baffle Will Be Reenacted Plana for the reenactment of the Battle of Averastaoro, fought March 16, 1865 five miles south of the present community of Er win, were formulated at Lilling ton Sunday. The project has the official blessing of the N. C Civil War Centennial Commission headed by Norman Larsen, It is expected to cost $10,000 and involve 600 troops in the reactment of the battle scene, said Malcolm Fowler, Har nett historian. Fowler said the purpose of the meeting yesterday was to bring the Harnett Civil War Centennial Committee up to date on plans and to discuss financing the event. The meeting was held in the slave cabin on the Chicora Cemetery grounds near1 Dunn. Fowler said that John West has granted permission to use over 300 acres of land for the mock battle. Plans also call for appro priate historical markers to be erected at the scene in memory of the small group of Harnett County soldiers who died in the battle. Largest number of men involved in the battle were South Carolin ians, and a marker to their me mory is planned South Carolina Representatives John May and Julian Metz from the area of South Carolina which furnished most Confederate sold iers in this battle have been invited to Dunn for a special dinner meet ing on September 24 to discuss par ticipation of South Carolina in the battle reenactment. Fowler said the exact date for the battle relenactment has not yet been fixed. First plans were to stage it on the 100th anniver sary of the battle, but he said it is highly probable a date later in the spring when more favorable weather can be expected will be selected to benefit spectators. Present yesterday from Western Harnett were Edward Cameron of via, Miss Gloria Harrington, Ed Olivia, Miss Gloria Harrington, Ed ward McCormick, Mr. and Mrs. of Broadway, Rt. 1, Mrs. Nathan Johnson, Mrs. Louise Hicks of Dunn, Glenn Wade of Erwin and historian Fowler of Lillington. the latter chairman of the Harnett Civil War Centennial committee also attended. ANOTHER BARN BURNS A group of tobacco barns was threatened this morning when fire broke out-' in one of them on the A. R- Dorman farm on Route 4, Dunn. Howard M. Lee, secretary of the Dunn fire dept., said when the seven men arrived at the scene, the barn was enveloped in flames and was listed as a total loss. Three other barns were nearby. Loss was placed at $1750. MR. HALL DIES Roland P. Hall of Burgaw, for merly of Erwin, died this morn ing. He is the son of Mrs. Anne Hall of Dunn. Funeral arrange ments are incomplete. Youngstown, Ohio, news conference held before the candidate return ed to Washington late Monday night that Goldwater “not only voted against it, but he also de nounced the law as a police state action which it isn't” Asked if the Arizona senator’s election would cause more prob lems in civil rights, Humphrey said “yes.” During hid long trip through the industrial centers in north eastern Ohio, Humphrey, repeated by defended the new civil rights re gulations and said the Democratic party had “no apologies for the law.” He admitted the law might harm Democratic candidates this fall, but he said he had found no evi dence in Ohio )of iwhite voters turning against the party for its civil rights stand to vote for Re publicans. He appealed to organized labor to work narcr for the Democratic ticket in November. 24 Killed In North Carolina The long Labor Day weekend ended with at least 24 accidental deaths in North Carolina during the holiday period — 17 of them traffic victims. T!*e weekend death*-4»eided tho state’s road toll for the year to 1,032 but was still five leas than the 22 fatalities predicted for the 78-hour period by the N. C. State Motor Club. In addition to the traffic victims, seven persons lost their lives in a variety of other accidents during the holiday period. Pedestrain accidents claimed two lives Monday. ATTEND RACE Among those who attended the Southern 500 In Darlington, S. C. from Dunn were J. N. Stephenson, Tom Royal, Charlie Hildreth, Leo nard Barefoot, H. W. Heath, Webb Turner, James Lee, Lance Blake, Charles Butler, Percy Barefoot, Buddy Jemigan, Oscar Hairr, and Jesse B. Allen. Record Demo Vote For Barry Seen WASHINGTON (UPI) — Repub lican National Chairman Dean Burch predicted Tuesday that GOP presidential nominee Barry M. Goldwater will draw the biggest Democratic vote of any Republican candidate in history. Burch issued a statement charg ing that the formation of a Busi ness-for-Johnson group was a White House move to cover up the defection of Democrats to Gold water. He commented: “The business men who are being lured into sup porting the Johnson-ADA ticket had better be prepared to say ‘Hello Lyndon, goodbye freedom’. ’ Two Caught At Still, One In Raid Federal Agents Nab Three Two Dunn, Route 2, men waived preliminary hearing this morning before U S. Commissioner Abe El more and were released under $500 bonds each pending the next session of U. S. District Court In Raleigh. The arrest occurred this morning about 7:05 at a distillery they were operating in Averasboro Township. Arrested were Thurman Ran dolph Register, alis Buck Register. 21, and Valton Young, 45. Both men have been convicted previously for violation of the pro hibition law. The distillery, an 876 gallon sub marine type outfit, was destroyed along with 2550 gallons of ferment ed mash and a quarter of a gallon of whiskey. Included with miscel laneous materials and equipment used in the manufacture of the il legal whiskey found at the scene were 1200 pounds of sugar. TART ARRESTED Executing a federal search war rant, the AT0 agents found 144 gallons of whiskey in a storage room attached to the carport at the home of Willie Estes Tart (Ali as Snag Tart) about 11:00 this mom Ing. Tart lives on Route 1, Dunn, in the Meadow Township section of neighboring Johnston County. Tart, 29. was arrested and was scheduled to appear before Com missioner Elmore later today He also has a previous convic tion. Assisting local agents were ABC officers Red Pope of Dunn and Garland Barbour of Sampaon County.
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