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(Ooaih&h Mostly cloudy and rafcher cool through Wednesday, with occas ional rain developing over most of the state today and continuing through Wednesday. <3h» jPaiit) ftecnrd The Record Gets Results jSktJME 14 TELEPHONE 89* - Silt 89* • *118 DUNN, N. C. TUESDW AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 24, 1964 fTVE CENTS FEB COPT NO. 249 These Little Things >By Hoovar LAWYERS’ FEE; DUNN PASTOR ; MAKES TIME; OTHER NOTES Senator Robert Morgan’s law firm is one of the busiest in the | county and is also one of the most lucrative. He and his associates appear in big cases involving big money. But they didn’t get rich last week by saving accused slayer Richard Smith from the gas chamber. Sen. Morgan and Attorneys Ed McCormick and Ben DeBarry had worked on Smith’s defense, off and on, for over two months, some times until late at night. All three of them were tied up practically all week with the trial. On the day before the “not guil ty’’ verdict came in, they worked until 4 in the morning personally traveling the route Smith said he took in proving his alibi. For all that work, Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn allowed the three court appointed lawyers a fee totaling $500 - - or $166.66 apiece. But the state-wide publicity they received for winning a case most people thought couldn’t be won no doubt made up for it. And should bring in some fat fees from other clients able to pay. For pleading Peter Williams guil ty — a proceeding that took less than an hour — Judge Burgwyn awarded former Judge M. O. Lee and James Penny $100 each. Attorney McCormick might pos sibly consider the big courtroom victory as sort of a wedding pre sent. He got married Saturday. LITTLE NOTES: Sneaking of the exonnerated defendant Smith, he has been all smiles since the trial . . .Dropping bv The Daily Record office for a visit. Richard met Char lotte Lucas in the Hallway. "You didn’t recognize rne. did you?” smiled Smith, and then Charlotte, who stands onlv 5 ft, 2 inches, looked up at the tall man saw who he was.. Erwin merchants received Heeds for the buildings thev nurchased from Erwin Mills yesterday_The Rev. Tom Free man. pastor of Dunn’s First Bap tist church, made Time magazine this week.. The national publica tion with a circulation of millions quoted the nooular Dunn minister on the trustee row at the Baptist convention... .One of the new build ings to b» added bv Erwin Mills at F’-win will cover an entire citv block.. Dunn Chamber Manager Charlie MoCullers is due home to morrow after a speaking tour thu-o'ieh moxss. Transas and a cou ple of other miHwestern states.. A1 Hawlev reports that Furniture Fvoheiw’s exoapskm celebration was a whopoine success ..And Darvl Garris. Abe Elmore and Wes ley Coates promise Dunn’s Christ mas parade Dec. 4 will be the best ever_Dr. E. Norfleet Gardner. former nastor of Dunn’s First Bap tist Church, is the author of an other hook. “Changing Patterns in Ch-istian Programs ” released lust yesterday bv the m-ir'stopher Pub lishing House in Boston.... County Commissioner .Tank Bro-k of Frwin. only survivor on the present board. Js still thanking friends for “the wonderful vote x got in Averasboro (Continued on Page 81» m DUNN HIGH GRID PLAYERS HONORED — Five members of the Dunn High School squad received honors in the All-Southeastern 3-A Team selections announce! today. Bruce Bates, end, and Terry Keith, center, made the All-Conference First Team, Raefell Hill, guard, made the second team; and Jonathan Hill and Jack Tew of Dunn both received honorable mention. The Greenwaves had one of ,1s best seasons and Coach Whitney Bradham said today he was delighted that five of his players received these honors. Pictured here are top row, Coacn Bradham Bates and Keith, bottom row Rae fell Hill, Jonathan Hill and Tew. (Dally Record Photo,) Three Missing, At Least 15 Hurt Apt. Bldg. Halved By Blast KANSAS CITY, Mo. UPI—An explosion cleaved a three-story apartment building in half early today near the downtown hub, in juring at least 15 persons. Three others were missing and feared dead. The three—two children and an elderly man—were in first floor apartments 'that were buried in wreckage. A fire broke out in the rubble and for a time hampered search parties but was soon controlled. For Heart Funds Mrs. Katie Morgan Heads Drive Again As Harnett County’s Heart asso ciation began to lay plans this week for its annual February drive for funds, it was announced that Mrs. Robert B. Morgan of Lillington, wife of State Senator Morgan, had again been elected to head the Harnett Heart Association, the lo cal division of the North Carolina and American Heart Associations. Active in the civic life of Lilling ton and the county, Mrs. Morgan lead the Heart group successfully last year. Speaking of the work of the group today, Mrs. Morgan said that the purpose of the Harnett Heart as sociation is to inform the pub lice of the facts about heart dis ease, to provide local physicians nurses and other professional peo ple who deal with heart patients with the latest research discover ies in treat heart disease and to conduct community programs for the benefit of patients and their families. The local group also spearheads the annual Heart Fund drive. Mon Les from this drive support local, state and national association pro grams. Mrs. Morgan said today that the American Heart Association has spent more than $100 million on heart research since 1948, with more than two million heart fund dollars already allocated to heart research centers in the state. About forty research projects, Mrs. Mor gan said, are now going on at ETNC, Duke and Bowman Gray Medical schools among others. MCEAMB TRIAL BEGINS Solicitor Archie Taylor started putting on evidence this after noon in the case of James Vernon McLamb, who appealed to Super ior Court from a one-year sen tence given him in Dunn for as sault on District school principal A. B. Johnson. Mr. Johnson was expected to be the first witness. The jury was completed early this afternoon. Donnie Eason was cleared on a speeding charge. Optimistic, But Working Hard, Running beared Morgan Seeks HighSenatePost State Senator Robert Morgan of Llllington, headed to the State Senate for his fourth term, today was “working hard and running scared” in his campaign to become president uro-tem of the Senate in the 1965 General Assembly. Senatcf Morgan is one of the two senators who will represent the near 18th district which includes tee, Harnett, Hoke, Moore and Randolph counties. Voit Gilmore of Southern Pines is the second senator from the new district. Morgan’s opponent in the race for president pro tem of the Sen ate is Dallas Alford of Rocky Mount, state senator-elect from Nash County. Alford, too, was optimistic a bout his chances. Both men were in Raleigh Friday to attend the dedication of tthe State hands and seeking support. They were also in Charlotte for Sen. Irvin Belk’s extuauganst Fri day night. Morgan said today that he has “a promise of 25 votes”, which is more than enough to win. The young IiUington attorney stressed that his bid for the post (Continued on Page Six) Of the 15 injured, only one was hospitalized. He was identified as Lawrence Pecard. The others were treated a't hospitals and released. Police first said 40 persons lived in the building and only 24 had been accounted for, but it ap peared that about 30 were in the structure and only the 'three were missing. The blast reduced half of the old building to rubble. Police said a gas leak apparently was Ignited when a tenant lit a cigarette. CHURCH BAZAAR The W. H. & P. M. Society of Banner’s Chapel Advent Chris tian Church near Benson will sponsor a bazaar Wednesday from 8 a m. until 1:00 ait R. G. Adams Grocery in Benson. Home dressed hens, pies, cakes, country pro duce, aprons and crafts will be on sale. U. S. Missonary Among Those Executed Today LEOPOLDVILLE. The Como UPl—In a frenzy of gunfire, Con go rebels massacred an estimated 50 white hostages in Stunleyville today as Belgian paratroops and Ame! ican planes carried out a spectacular rescue mission Dr Paul Carlson, an American medical missionary from Culver City, Calif., was reported among the dead. He had been condemned earlier by the Corc-munist-backed rebels as an American spy. Also killed vras Miss Phyllis Rine, of Mount Vernon, Ohio, a teacher- in Stanleyville. President Johnson takes “full responsibility" for U. S. partici pation in the Belgian-American air drop designed to rescue white hostages from Congo rebel forces, tlie White House said today from Johnson City, Tenn. The bloodshed in Stanleyville was centered at two points—a hotel where whites were held cap tive and in Lumumba Square in the heart of the city. In the hotel killings, the rebels hauled about 200 white persons out of the building into the street whgre they sprayed them with machine gun fire. A number were killed; other wounded. Herde<| Into Square Another 250 hostages were herd. (Continued On Page Six) Dunn PTA Meets Tonite At 7:45 Featuring a film strip, special record and a panel discussion on reading instruction, the Dunn PTA program for November will be pre sented on Tuesday night at 7:45 in the high school auditorium. Magnolia Avenue School prin cipal Robert Cannady will serve as moderator for the panel com posed of two middle grade and two primary teachers, Mrs. Fan nie Sue Jackson, Mrs. Iredell Pope, Mrs. Janie Pope, and Mrs. Ruth Britt. The program is designed to show how children learn to read and how the school program in structs and aids them.. A special film strip prepared bv the National Education Assoc iation and an accompanying rec ord will be featured on the pro gram. All parents are urged to attend this special program. Jim Cromartie Dies At Age of 54 Cromartie Funeral Wedns. Afternoon James M. (Jim) Cromartie, 54, popular Dunn business man and member of one of Dunn’s oldest and most prominent families, died last night about 11:30 o’clock at his some at 203 North FayeKe ■/ille Avenue. Mr. Cromartie had been in ill health for sometime and death resulted from a self-inflicted pistol wound. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock aft Cromartie Funeral Home, which was established here by his father, the late Raymond L. Cromartie, Sr. and is now operated by his brother, Raymond L. Cromartie, Jr. The Rev. Wallace Kirby, pastor cf Divine Street Methodist Church, will officiate and burial will be In Greenwood Cemetery. Mr. Cromartie was-a native and lifelong resident of Dunn, son of Mrs. R. L. Cromartie, Sr. and the late Mr. Cromartie. He was i graduate of Dunn High School. Air Force Veteran A veteran of World War H, Mr. Cromartie served as a laboratory technician in the Army Air Force and upon his return to Dunn serve,j as laboratory technician at the Dunn Hospital. Since that time, he had been associated with other members of his family in the op eration of Cromarbie Hardware (Continued On Fage Six) JAMES M. CROMARTIC Erwin Methodists Face Weighty Decision Church Must Move Its Plant Or Erect All New Building Members of the Erwin Metho dist Church have an unusual and momentous decision to make, one that’s also weighty in actual ton nage as well as in importance to the church and to the community. They must decide whether to, I move the big two-story (plus base- ; nientl brick and wood church se- j veral blocks across town to a new \ site beside the Erwin teacher age or whether to raze' the present struc- j ASK THE COMPUTER — Pursue University freshmen Robert Young and Allyson Carr watch as Purdue’s big computer matches students for the junior dance. Ticket buyers were promised that if they answered 18 questions honestly the computer would select the “per fect dates’’ for them. (NEA Telephoto) Confederate Battle Date Changed Averasboro Event Set For April 17 Meeting for its first session held in Dunn, the Harnett County Con federate Centennial Commission set the date of the observance of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Averasboro ahead to April 17 last night. Tht observance had originally been scheduled for March 20 but the committee members felt it was too short notice to have the event. The actual battle was fought on March 15 to 16. Malcolm Fowler, chairman of the Harnett commission, presided over the session last night which was attended by the largest group that has been held so far at the meet ings. Among tnose attending last night were Mayor George Franklin Bla lock, Mrs. Arthur Pope, president of the Chicora Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confed eracy, Mrs. I. F. Hicks, and a num ber of others including representa tives from the western part of the county and. from Erwin. The group set up a tentative bud get of $6,000 for the observance. This amount was allocated to t Continues on Page SOP ure and erect an entirely new luilding. The wooden sanctuary and origin il building was erected about 60 ('ears ago and the brick education il building was added later. The Rev. Carl Calloway, pastor, iaid today the entire church plant nust be moved away from its pre lent location to make way for ex Dansion of the Erwin Mills plant. Total cost of the mills’ expansion md building program has not been innounced but has been estimated it over two million dollars. Supt. 3. W. Howell said one new build ng will cover the entire city block vhere the church now stands. Erwin Mills has paid the Metho lists $50,000 for the site with the privilege of salvaging and moving iway everything it can and the church has bought a new $10,000 site beside the teacherage, which s all the way across town — in iluding a railroad crossing and a main highway as well. The decision now is whether to try to move the big plant (the wooden building is 60x65 feet in size and the brick addition about 45x70 feet) or to build a new church plant. Rev. Calloway and members of the building committee met yester day with a house-moving contrac tor and builder. They said the two buildings can be moved and put back into good condition for ap proximately $47,000. Eight thousand of that is for the moving alone. Erwin Mills wanted the site to be ready to start building two weeks from now but kindly agreed to wait until after Christmas. Church lead ers said Mr. Howell and other mill officials are being extremely help (Continued on page Six) Sherwood West Is New Deputy Sheriff Wade Stewart today an nounced the appointment of Sher wood West as the new Deputy Sheriff at Erwin. He will take office *the first of ihe month succeeding veteran deputy Clarence E. Moore, who will end his duties tomorrow. Mr. West has been employed for a number of years at the prison camp at Lillington. Sheriff Stewart said West, about 30 years old will join his force with the highest recommendations. Sharon Finch To Appear At Midway Pageant Plans are shaping up nicely for one of the most gala occasions to be held at Midway School this year, the selection of one of ten contest ants for the title of "Miss Midway 1964-65” Already many active com mittees are at work developing the details for the program, to be held Tuesday, Dec. 1., according to James E. Vann, Carroll Jackson. Andy Lee, and Stanley Carroll, members of the steering committee for the pageant. The director is Lamar Stone who has had considerable experience (Continued on Page Six) Final Meeting For Four Of Five Present Members Harnett Board Meets Tonight Harnett County commissioners will meet in special session 'to night, Tuesday, at 7:30 p. m. at the commissioners’ room in the courthouse. Alex M. Cameron of Rt. 6 San ford, chairman, said the meeting will be the final one for 'the pres, ent commission before the 6Witch in membership which is upcom ing in December. The board will review some com plaints from tax payers about property valuations which the board earlier had promised to re view. Chairman Cameron and Com missions^ Worth Lee Byrd, A. C. Barefoot and Fred M. Byerly are retiring after this meeting. However, they will meet long enough on the first Monday in December to turn their offices over to their successors, commission er Jack Brock of Erwin, the only present commissioner remaining o« the board, is being mentioned for the post of chairmen. Cameron is retiring after - eight years service, Mr. Byrd has ten years service, and Mr. Barefoot, two years. New commissioners who will take office are Willard Mixon of Dunn, J. E. Womble of LilUngton, W. J. Cotton of Kipling and Har vey O’Quinn of Mamer*..
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