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VOLUME 15 (Oswdthah Showers and scattered thunder showers spreading across the state tonight, mostly’ ending by early Thursday. Considerable cloudiness and mild temperatures tonight with partial clearing over the state and turning colder west por tion Thursday. TELEPHONE HUill — *92-*118 The Gets Record J Results FIVE CENTS PER COPT NO. 72 Agents Nab Three In Tuesday Raids Marshal: David Tart of Route 6, santord, and Donald Ray Strick land, 20, of Route 1, Dunn, arrest ed by ATT7 officers in a raid yes terday morning, were released un. der mondi for trial in Clinton Recorder’s Court. The men were arested while op erating a 480 gallon submarine type distillery in Mingo Town ship of Sampson County about 8:05 Tuesday morning. Tart, 19, has a prior conviction in Federal Court. Miscallenous distilling equip and materials were seized by the agents and 450 gallons of ferment, ed mash destroyed. Assisting agents Ray Harrison and William Terrell were Garland Barbour, Clinton ABC office, and Constable Reuben Parker of Min go Township. Mrs. Allen Arrested Mrs. Bessie Allen was arrested Tuesday afternoon when federal officers, executing a federal search warrant on her premises on Route 2, Dunn, found a 90 gallon copper pot still and a 120 submarine type outfit in an outbuilding near her home. Mrs. Allen was released under her own cognizance pending her appearance at the local ATfU of fice Thursday morning. * Although Investigation is Incom plete at this tittle, Aft Bryant^ agent in charge of the local post said, one additional arrest is ex pected in the case. Discovered in the raid, too, were two gallons of bootleg. ABC Officers Barbour, Red Pope and Woodrow Herring along with Leonard Bevis and Art Bryant made the arrest. Man Accused of Deadly Assault Shelton Bryant, 27-yearold la borer of Route 1, Angier, in John ston County, has been changed r4n a warrant with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill Willie Lee Rogers, 25-year-old Negro laborer of Route 1, Benson. Deputy Sheriff Fulton Moore, wiho obtained the warrant, said Bryant is charged with stricking Rogers in the head with an ax Saturdav night around 10 o'clock at the home of Latham Morgan, Negro of Elevation Township. Deputy Moore said Rogers was taken to Betsv Johnson Memor ial Hostftai and transferred to North Carolina Memorial Hospi tal in Chanel Hill, where his con dition was reported as “serious.” Working with Deputy Mooore on the case is Deputy Dailey Ste wart. The warrant had not been serv ed on the defendant Tuesday morn ing, the officers said. pancake supper The Godwins Lions Club Is spon soring a pancake sapper on Satur day of this week from 5 to 8:30 p. m. H. W. Heath, member of the club, said today that ail proceeds will go to the Boys Home at Lake 1 Waccamaw. All citizens are invited to enjoy pancakes for this worthy ’ cause. FIFTH GRADERS VIEW CIVIL WAR RELICS — Mrs. Margaret M. Petrie and her filth grade students of Wayne Avenue School are shown here at a statute of Colonel Thomas J. Purdie, a Civil War hero and great uncle * of Mrs. Guy Hardee and John Wesley Purdie. The statute is part of an impressive fnay of Civil W«weliCs on display the rest ofc th^ week at the Dun Woman’s Club, assembled by Mrs. Nathan M. Johnson, Sr. (Dally Record Photo t>y Russell BadSford.) As Punn Prepares To Welcome Visitors m Confederate If lags Fly Again The “thin grey line” will fight once again this coming Saturday afternoon on the field of Averas boro ana, in *U probability., the war will be over forever. When the Yankees and the Con federates reenact the Battle of Averasboro Saturday afternoon on the Gene Smith plantation at 3:30 It will be the final battle re enactment of Jjhts five year cavil War centennial, it seems doubt ful whether there will ever again be such an reenactment. In Harlem Slaying Teenager Surrenders NEW YORK (UPI) — A Negro teen-ager, the suspected killer of a white youth who apparently died defending’ three Negro girls from attackers on a subway train, sur rendered to police early today at a Harlem stationhouse. The suspect, Christopher'liynch, 1’k walked ,t Into the precinct hdlise about 4:30 a. m. with his brother Roger. Police said Roger approached the desk sergeant and said, "I’d like to surrender my brother Christopher.” Chirstopher Lynch was the ob ject of a 17-state alarm and an intensive local investigation since another youtl>> identified him as the killer of Andrew Mormile, 17. MormWe was fatally stabbed on a subway train in Brooklyn Friday night. jMIice say the three girls he tried to shield and 10 or 12 other passengers witnessed the stabbing but none has yet come (Continued on Page Eight) Church of God Sessions Underway Benson Church Host For District Meet The Benson Church of God is playing host for the 10 Churches of God in the Erwin District, this week, in a “Revival of Holi ness Meeting.” Plans for the event were an nounced by the Rev. Joe Whitten ton of Erwin, pastor of the Pair haven Church of God, near Ben son. In charge of the meetings and acting as speaker is the> state overseer of the Churches of God in North Carolina, the Rev. H. D. Williams. He came from Char lotte where he has offices at the state headquarters of tlye de nomination. The Rev. W. C. Crowder, pas tor of the local church, extended an invitation to all to attend the meetings which will be held each evening starting at 7:30 o’clock He stated that the preaching will be of the gospel of God’s love and mercy in redemming grace to the sinner, and for. Christian living. It will be the first services to be held at the local church by the state overseer, who is widely known as an evangelist and church administrator. Teenagers Say Adult Drove Them To Crime At Moose Lodge Four Held In Larceny Cases Harold Brown, 21-year-old linden married man, and three teenagers were arrested Tuesday night and charged with a series of petty larceny of small items from auto mobiles parked at the Dunn Moose Lodge. Deputy Sheriff Carson Hall said 16-year-old Stephenson Raeford Hea*h of Bunnlevel, Route 1, was caught in an automobile at the clubhouse by Melvin (Doc) Bry ant and turned over to police. Upon questioning by Deputy Hall, Heath admitted the thievery (i and implicated Brown, Charles Hairr and his brother, Willie Hairr, both of Bunnievel, Route 1. Hall said the Heath boy con fronted Brown face-to-face In the sheriff’s office and told him, “You dropped me off and told me to get anything I could of any value.” The officer said Brown admitted taking Heath to the scene but denied receiving any of the stolen merchandise. Joe Earnhardt, of Dunn, Joe Giles and Donnie Lucas of &win had reported theft of items from , their automobiles, all parked at the club, on the night of March 11. The stolen articles included floor mats, gott shoes, fishing tackle, cigarettes and other small articles valued at a total of about $190. Hall said he recovered all of the merchandise from homes of the boys. All four were released under bonds of $500 each for a hearing in Harnett Recorder's Court This week there is plenty of do ing'"to do In the area, Dunn’s streets, for the first time In _j)erhnjk a half century are again flying the Stars and Bars of the Confederacy in observance of the 100th anniversary of Averas boro. Once again, too, on Saturday morning at 10:30 streets will re sound here with the boots of Con federates and Yankees and the “clop clop” of Confederate cav alry. For Saturday’s big day will be opened with a parade and will wind up with a dance at the Armory that night where dancers, dressed both blue and gray, will dance to the tunes of, of all names, the Cavaliers, a good playing Dunn orchestra. The parade at 10:30 will start at Orange and Broad, come down Broad and turn north on Mag nolia to Edgerton and back down Edgerton to the armory where the bands and troops will be given a luncheon. There will be fifty units of Con federates and Yankees in the pa rade from some 18 states of the Union from Texas to Massa chusettes. There will also be a troop of some 80 men from Edwards Mili- I tary Institute at Salemburg and j their Drum and Bugle Corps. Dunn Bands, will also play for the parade as well the Confederate Band of the 26th reactivated North Carolina regiment from Winston Salem. The Persian Rifles from North Carolina State College in Raleigh Continued on Page Eight) I lidwest Lashed Heavy Snow, Irong Winds S rash of tornadoes injured more tllan 20 persons in the South to day. A late winter storm lashed the Midwest with heavy snow and pow erful winds. JOne tornado struck a four-city metropolitan area in Alabama. At lfest 22 persons were injured. At Sheffield, Ala., a rescue squad sift ed th owreckage of a home for a family of nine reported missing. * Tile Midwest storm was reaching iizztrd proportions in some areas, ilwaukee schools were closed and orning- rush hour traffic in Chi go was crippled. The twisters destroyed at least homes at Sheffield, Tuscumbia | I nd Muscle Shoals. Dozens more j imaged. The twister struck first t Tuscumbia. then cut through heffield and Muscle Shoals. • Sixteen persons were taken to a hospital at Sheffield. Power lines were down throughout the area and at least three fires were re ported. Emergency Power | The Sheffield Hospital operated on emergency power and all avail able doctors were summoned. Nur. •Sjes were taken from duty in less Critical wards for emergency room duty. || The tornado littered a mile-wide Ipea and streets wore blocked with webris. Another funnel cloud lifted the room from an elementary school at Lawrenreburg. Tenn. The 1,000 students escaped injury. More tornadoes strafed Tyler, Tex., at midnight and damaged a garage and demolished tress near Aberdeen, Miss., today. Two homes were damaged by high winds at Altamont, 111. While We Fraht Thw Protest SAIGON (T7PT) — Seventeen hundred persona demonstrated in favor of the Communist Viet Cone Tuesday in Binh Minh Province 300 miles north of Saigon. it was dis closed todav. Government troons broke it up by shooting and killing one agitator and arrestng 100 In Saigon todav. police broke up a news conference called bv the Cao Dai reltginu* sect to an nounce still another plan to mnk° peace with th» Viet Cong. It was the fourth attempt, in less than a month in Snicon to organize a peace movement. The Binh Minh demonstration occurred in the villa sre of Phu Mv 25 miles northwest of the provin cial capital of Qui Nhon. It was here a military spokesman said B57 Jet bomber strikes had broken the back of a Viet Cone offensive. (Continued on Page Eight) POPE PAYS FILING FEE — W. O. (Billy) Pope, right, prominent Dunn merchant and civic leader, is shown here filing with City Cleric Tommy P. Harrall for the office of Commissioner-at-Large in Dunn’s municipal election. It is the first venture into politics for the popular Dunn man. Latest to file was Commissioner Bill Godwin of Ward One who paid his fee to seek re-election just before noon today. (Daily Record Photo by Russell Bassford.) ShouldGoAheo d v/ith Pr°iecf ___ I lt,n mp ^arshburn ta\ Views On Hosp By JOHN G. THOMAS William C. Marshburn, Dunn in dustralist and candidate for May or in the coming elections this spring, said today that the felt that the town should proceed with its plans for a Dunn hospital i#ste£|d of a proposed county one and gave his reasons for so feel ing. It was the first such statement by a candidate since filing period started last Saturday. “Logically, with the facts,” he said today, "I personally feel we should proceed with the new pro J. MELVILLE BROUGHTON, JR. At Legion Birthday Event Broughton T o Speak Here Thursday Nite £■ Members of Dunn Post 59 of the American Legion and the Auxiliary will celebrate the 49th anniversary of the patriotic organization Thursday night with a covered dish super and an address by State Democratic Chairman J. Melville Broughton Jr., of Raleigh, a Marine veteran of World War II. The prominent Raleigh political leader is regarded as the front running candidate for Governor in 1968 and one supporter here said the address, though patriotic in nature, might easily signify the unofficial opening of Broughton’s campaign. He will be introduced by Legion, naire George W. (Jo Jo) Williams, local Democratic leader and vice chairman of the Harnett County .Board of Elections. Post Commander James Hall will preside. Other members of the arrangements committee are Kie Hudson, chairman, and C. T. McGugan. Harnett Senator Robert Morgan hopes to accompany Broughton to the meeting. Mr. Broughton, a state-wide leader in his own right, is the son or the late Governor and U. S. Senator J. Melville Broughton. Among other dgnitaries who will be present are Alvis Carver, local candidate for State Legion Com mander, John Satterfield, Dis trict Legion Commander, and Bel vin Strickland, State Sergeant-at Arms. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, March 24, 1922. Education: Raleigh Public Schools; Wake Forest College, B. A. Degree; University of North Carolina, LL.B. Degree. Military Service: Served in U. S. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) posed town sponsored hospital.” Some time ago the city council, by a vote of 3-1, voted to ap prove the location for a city spon sored hospital. So far this action has not been rescinded. Marshburn also said today that “my honest desire is to coordinate progress and harmony to build a greater and better Dunn com munity through its citizens and the enlarged city council member ship.” Under a legislative bill passed several years ago, the town 'coun cil will be increased from four to six in the upcoming election with two of the council at large. Cites Commitment Marshbum's statement regard ing his reasons for feeling the plan should be continued for a Dunn hospital, is as follows: “Several Dunn citizens have ask ed me about my views concerning the Dunn hospital ‘Controversy,’ and I have decided to make a statement which I trust will re flect logic and common sense to each reader of this statement. “As I understand it, the Dunn i Betsy Johnson Hospital Board has 1 a moral commitment, by will and 1 trust, to have a hospital in Dunn 1 to serve Dunn and the city’s trad ing area which comprise a part of four counties, Cumberland, Harnett, Sampson and Johnston. Hospital Local Industry “This being a fact, Betsy John son Memorial hospital will not give their approximately million dollar assets to the county to be moved out of Dunn — notwith standing the fact that many Dunn citizens feel that the hospital is an , industry within itself in this community. “Just suppose the town board rescinded their action and voted for a county operated hospital. If this happened, Betsy Johnson Hospital would spend its $300,000 on hand for renovating its cur rent facilities (At a loss of Beds) in order to continue its service to this community. At this point Dunn would continue to have a hospital. Also it is assumed that Erwin would want to keep its present hospital. “After deducting the total beds at Dunn and Erwin, which amounts to 34, you could erect only a small county hospital. "The Medical Care Commission in Raleigh regulates its number of beds according to population in a given county. “Let me point out that in my opinion, the Harnett County Com missioners by good thinking, would not locate the new and small county hospital near the Dunn Erwin area hospitals, but would place it, in all likelihood in the Lillington-Buie’s Creek area. “I personally do not think that the county would approve such a bond vote that should be needed (CONTINUED ON PAGE News Roundups WASHINGTON — Administration officials believe that the continuing U. S. and South Vietnamese air raids have destroyed about 10 per cent of the weapons and ammunition potential of Com munist North Viet Nam. Pleads Guilty To Involuntary Manslaughter Smith Gets 2-5 Years In Pen Richard Smdth, 46-vear-old Dunn Negro, was given 2-5 years in prison today in Harnett Super ior Court after pleading guilty to charges of Involuntary manslaugh ter in the December 12 slaying of Waymon Spence, another Dunn Negro. The killing of Spence took place a few days after Smith was acquit ted in the double robbery-slaying of a Dunn businessman and a re tired minister that occurred here last summer. Selection of a jury had been completed and District Solicitor Archie Taylor and his aide, Jake Lamm, were preparing to start putting on witnesses when defense attorneys Duncan C. Wilson and Wiley Bowen of Dunn changed the “not guilty” plea to one of involuntary manslaughter. No witnesses were heard Judge Albert Cowper of Kinston immediately sentenced Smith to the prison term. Smith admitted killing: Spence at the home of Anna Jones with the blast from a .12 gauge shot gun but claimed self-defense. Eye-witnesses testified at the inquest that Smith shot 8pence at close-range and that Spence was not armeir at the time. Smith claimed be thought Spence was reaching for a knife or some other weapon.
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