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Escapees Get 1
Additional Time
tn County Court
Three inmates of the Harnett
prison eamp, Elwood Smith, Henry
Maze and Edgar B. Cobb, received
an additional 90 days in Harnett
Recorder’s Court for damaging a
window they broke out of the camp
in escaping.
Judge Robert Morgan ordered the
sentence to run concurrently with
the additional 90 days each of them
received in Harnett Superior Court
Monday.
James Wendell Moody, Winston
Salem, driving after license sus
pended, paid fine of $200 In lieu ol
a four months road sentence; Cur
tis B. Smith, Rt. 1, Erwin, assault
on a female, case found frivolous
and malicious and prosecuting wit.
ness, Lillie Ruth Smith, was taxed
With court cost;'
Elmer Vernon Lemon, Rt. 8, San
ford, driving left of center line, cost;
Wayne Frederick Coleman, Rt. 1
Bunnlevel, speeding, cost; Thomas
Wesley Clapps, Waterbury, Conn.,
no operator’s license, not guilty,
Had valid license'; Charles Edward
Byrd, Coats, improper passing,
cost;
Alexander McLean, Rt. 2, Angler,
no insurance, $10 fine and cost;
Harvey Howard Perdie, Rt- 2, Fay
etteville, no operator’s license, 30
days, suspended on condition he
not operate Tnotor vehicle until he
obtains license, $25 fine an# cost;
Dallas Eugene Autry. Rt ~’L Er
win. careless and reckless driving,
$10 fine and cost; I
William Ennemoser, Angler,
(speeding, cost; Robert Haire, Rt. 1,
Spring Lake, careless and reck
less driving, prayer for Judgment
continued for two years on condi
tion he remain out of the Twin
Lakes area, violate no traffic law
or any other law, no costs.
Dunn Senior
Citizens To
Attend Fair
Monday, October 11, will be ob
served as Senior Citizens Day at
the Raleigh State Fair and in con
nection with this observation sen
ior citizens of Dunn who would
like to attend the fair on this day
are asked to contact Charles Turn
age, recreation director for Dunn.
Turnage stressed today that if
the senior citizens go as a group,
no gate admission will be charged.
He asked interested persons to
contact him as soon as possible so
arrangements can be made. He also
added persons who can furnish
transportation to the fair on thi.;
day, to call him at 892-7580.
D. C. B. CODRINGTON ........ 49 Years of Service
Funeral For Dunn's Oldest Physician Set For Sjnda y
&S3
Dr. (C. B, Codrlngton. *JS, a
acticlng physician in Dunn 'for
yt-ar# and .foundWB
the Dunn ptfl&itc hejUtlf clinic,
died Wednesday fcltht about 11:30
o’clock In Betsy Johnson Memor
ial Hospital here.
widely-known N^gro tihy-'
slMan, educator and cburcli lead-'
er, a native of Barbados West
School Bus Wreck
Kills One, Hurts 40
MARSHALL (OH) — A teen
aged girl was killed and 40 other
students wer# injufed this morn
ing when a packed school bus
went out of coojbki: on a winding
mountain road ih#; toppled down
a 50-foot embankment into a
stream. r '
The 40 wfere taken to two
Asheville hospitals, „but none was
reported in serious condition. All
but one were treated and re
leased
The victim was identified as
Marsha Nilln# franklin, 13,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Franklin of the Alexander com
munity in Buncombe County. She
was a ninth gf*d* Student at
North Buncombe With school.
Authorities said her head was
crushed by A huge rock as the
bus toppled over on itis Side in
the stream. Ifiere were stu
dents in the bus at the time.
Another girl Shirley Fisher, was
trapped for about an hour, soaked
with gasoline tuld threatened by
rising water.
“we kept her calm” a rescue
worker reported. “Weykept telling
her we would get her out ”
The girl was taken from the
baa suffering from burns of the
shoulders and face. She was hos
pitalised In Asheville and reported
In satisfactory condition.
Spiro use town road, a graveled
road wide enough for only one
vehicle- The bus went down a
ravine just Inside the Madison
County line about eight miles
southeast of here.
Gets Divorce
Monday as a two-week civil
term of Johnston Superior Court
opened with Judge eo Carr of
Burlington (presiding. .
The divorcesi based on the one
year separation law, were allow
ed in the following actions: Anna
Mae P- Massengill, 44, of Smith
field vs Alex Massengill; and Ger
aldine Barefoot Williams of RFD,
Benson vs. Roland Eugene Wil
liams.
In Western Harnett Area
Law Enforcement Is Better
Rev. Sam O. Stevenson, leader of
a group of Western Harnett Coun
ty residents who have claimed law
lessness hi their part of the coun
ty, said Friday that “the situation
has improved" since the delegation
last appeared, before county com
missioners earlier this month.
"We feel there has been a lot
accomplished and we, in all fair
ness, are going to be patient and,
give the law enforcement people »,
chance to enforce the law,” he said, i
Rev. Stevenson, pastor of Holly
Storings Baptist Church, was one;
of 50 residents from the Cool
Springs area and crossroads com-|
mtinlty of Mamers who appeared,
before county commissioners Sept
4 complaining of lawlessness in
that section of Harnett. ,
in August, a smaller group from
Midiers came to the commissioners
with similar complaints and blamed
the death of three men In a Ma
iners house fire tklitee this sum
mer on conditioii agisting In the
The group. ennUtnerated ‘‘general
lawlessness” to include illicit deal
ings in whisky, making driving on
roads hazardous because of the pre
sence of drunks along the roads and
the breaking in ahd stealing from
stores and tobacco barns.
Her. Stevenson said his group
would “definitely not appear” at
next week’s commissioner’s meet
Ing, but are adopting an attitude
of “watchful waiting.”
Meanwhile, Willard Mixon, coun
ty commissioner who represents the
Averasboro township, reports in
creased surveillance of the area.
“We have Wen asking assistance
from the Akehol Tft& unit and
they, Judging ftom tbp reports we
do have, have khoettd over six to
eight stills since complaints first
came in,” he disclosed.
He said he thought law enforce
ment personnel are now “very much
in evidence” in the Cool Springs
area »nd that Sheriff’s deputies and
highway patrolmen are doing “a
commendable Job.”
“I think the area Is being policed
and that habitual moonshiners are
being watched,” Mixon said. “Sev
eral places dealing in Illicit selling
of liquor have been padlocked and
we have appealed to all law enforce
ment personnel ”
Mixon said that to his know
ledge, and surprise, there have
been no reprisals from “underworld
elements” against complaintants.
"Fear of reprisal is an unfortun
ate thing,” he said. “This makes It
tough to get people who are willing
to give names and sign complaints.
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Indies was .Harnett County’s old
.fest physician both $ge and
F|sears of service when he retired
afaoui a year ago because of ill
health.
His retirement was marked by
a city-wide observance participat
ed in by city and county officials
and prominent leaders from var
ious sections of the State.
Prominent in State medical or
ganizations, Dr. Codrington had
served as vice president of the
North State Medical Society and
as president of the Eastern Medi
cal Pharmaceutical and Dental
Society.
He was a member of the board
of trustes of Shaw University and
had been a trustee of that in
stitution for many years. Until
his retirement he was also treas
urer of the Shaw Aumni Associa
tion.
For more than 30 years, he serv
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Jury Returns
Verdict Of
%f Guilty
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HAYNEVILLE, Ala. (UPI) — An
all-white Lowndes County Jury to
day acquitted Thomas Coleman of
fhotgun slaying of white civil
> worker Joanathan Daniels.
? jurors, most of them fri
Hor neighbors of Coleman, deli- !
berfted a total of 1 hour and 43
ties before returning the ver
Cfcleman, member of a promin
ent! Lowndes County family, had
beefi charged with first degree man
slaughter in the slaying of Dan
iels, a 26-year-old Episcopal semi- j
narian from Keene, N. H., and as- j
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Williford Pays
$125 Fine
Qdorge Williford, 29 year old
3unin man, received a six months
suspended sentence today when
hargt'd with driving drunk and
leaving the scene of an accident
in Recordar’s Court. Judge Wood
row suspended the sentence on pay
ment of $125 fine and cost of court.
Eighteen year old Albert McLean
was, given prayer for judgement for
assault on condition that he not
violate any law for two years.
Bn£H Stewart, 50-year-old Dunn
man, was tried for three counts of
public drunkenness ami was order
ed to pay cost on all three counts
or admit himself to a rehabilitation
center and be on probation for 13
months.
Others tried were Doris Thigpen,
31, public drunkenness, cost; John
ny R. Williams, 49, Benson, pub
lic drunkenness, cost and $10 fine;
Pauline Hodges, Dunn, profane
language, prayer for judgement con
tinued; William Jones, Jr., 33, Er
win. public drunkenness, cost; J.
C. McDonald, 40, Dunn, damage to
public property, cost; Tony Bur
ies, 18, Dunn, failure to display city
tags, cost; Charles BradshaW, 36,
Erwin, public drunkenness, cost;
Winniford Davis, 36, Dunn, no op
erator’s license, cost; Doris Thig
pen. trespass, malicious and frivo
lious, prosecuting witness paid cost.
News Roundup
MOSCOW — Communist party leader Leonid Brezhnev
bluntly admitted today that almost a year after he took power from
former Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev the Soviet Union still faces
serious problems both at home and abroad.
VATICAN CITY — Ecumenical Council cardinals today
urged Pope Paul VI to make a decision on the Roman Catholic
Church’s thorny question of artificial birth control. They said,
“We cannot go home without an answer.”
Morgan Addresses Gastonia Clubs
Reds Spoke At UNC
During 63 Legislatures
GASTONIA—State Senator Ro
bert Morgan of Lillington struck
back Wednesday at foes of the
Communist Speaker Ban Law
who have engaged in a massive
propaganda attack to assassinate
the character of patriotic sitizens
who support the law.
Pete Ivey, director of the^UNC
News Bureau, wrote a series of
articles in which he put those who
favor the law in the same cate
gory with the Nazi war criminals
The Charlotte Observer reprlnt_
ed the article and headlined it
“The Big Lie.”
Ivey’s attack has brought re
percussions from across the State
from citizens who object to his
attack on such prominent fend
as Sen. Morgan, ben. Tom White,
American Legion Commander Al
vlg Carter, Reps. Phil Godwin, Ike
O’Hanlon and the majority of
legislators who voted for the law.
"Proponents of the Communist
ban law are not using “the big
lie’’ technique-” declared Morgan.
Speaking to Gastonia Kiwanis
and Civitan Club members, the
president pro tempore of the N.
C. Senate said there would al
ways be “extremists on both sides
who •‘would -characterize those
who are against it as Communists
and those who are for It as pro
pagandists. That is not the case ”
He said opponents of the law
who accuse proponents of using
the “big lie” technique are guilty
of unfair criticism.
"I do not mind criticism,” Mor
gan said, “and any criticism does
n’t disturb me except unfair crit
icism. We are all interested in
what is best for our state and our
nation.”
The senator, sporting a crew
cut, outlined the history or the
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Islington Celebration Opens
SHAZAiH! WE KNEW EOOii fKICES WERE GOING OR-BUT
THIS IS RIDICULOUS — If eggs were really $40 a dozen, we
wouldn't blame the customer In this picture for blowing her stack.
But what we're trying to tell you is that Norh Carelina is offering
$40 for the best dozen eggs as a Sweepstakes premium in the Egg
Show this year. Anybody's eggs can win if they’re top quality.
So come to the Fair, bring along your eggs and see what you can
get for them. Maybe YOU’LL get $40 a dozen. Fair Dates — October
Il-ie.
Committee'To Meet Oct. 6
Harnett Democrats
To Pick Treasurer
Harnett Democratic Chairman
Neill McK. Rogs of Lilli it g ton to
day expressed regret at the death
of Lillington banker Roger Mann
longtime treasurer of the party in
Harnett, and called a meeting of
the county executive committee
for next Wednesday night, Oct. 6
for the purpose of electing a suc
cessor.
Chairman Ross paid high tri
bute to Mr. Mann for his years
of faithful and loyal service to the
party.
In a letter to members of the
committee, iChairman Ross also
disclosed that Harnett’s quota for
the Vance-Aycock Democratic
Dinner in Asheville is 14 tickets
at $25 each.
Following is the text o* Chair
man Ross’ letter to the committee
Deacons Elected
Newly elected deacons at the
First Baptist Church will be or
dained Sunday night with the
ancient Biblical ceremony of
prayer and laying on of hands.
Tlhe Rev. Thomas M. Freeman
and other deacons who have been
ordained will participate in
the ceremony.
Deacons who were elected Sun
day morning for three year terms
are as follows: Richard Carr.
Howard Bass, M. W. Kiel Hud
son, Mrs- Irene Dixon, Mrs. James
Farthing Jr., Mrs. SSarl Haweiy
Mrs. Charles Skinner, Mrs. Fur
man Turnage, J. P. Crumpler and
Eugene Driver
members:
I am sure that all of you mourn
with me the death of Roger
Mann. This creates a vacancy In
our Executive Committee that
must necessarily be filled.
You are hereby notified that
there will be a meeting of the
Executive Committee at 7:00 P. M.
on Wednesday night, October 0,
1965, for the purpose of electing
a Treasurer.
The Vance-Aycock dinner Is
scheduled for the 30th day of
October in Asheville. Our quota Is
fourteen tickets at $25 00. We will
discuss plans for that drive at the
same meeting, and any other mat
ters that any member feels needs
tbjfe (Attention of the Executive
Committee.
wli'Hgton s second annual Town
and- Coliunly Days gets underway
tonight for three days. Mayor W.
H. Randall, Jr., is general chair
man.
The tillUngton Chamber of
Commerce is the gereral sponsor
of the event designed to express
appreciation of merchants fro sup
port from the witde agricultural
trading area around the county
seat.
A free fashion show, utilling
local models and clothes ftpm
Lillimton shops, will be present
ed at pm. Thursday at the schoo
auditorium. Exhibits in 39 different
categories, ranging from fruits of
fields and gardens to handicrafts
of many kinds, will be taken to
the county agriculture build
ing Wednesday for judging on
Thursday morning. The prize-win
ning displays will go on view in
shop windows fcr the remainder
of the week.
IillUngton High football team
will meet Ramseur at the high
school athletic field Friday night,
A tractor rodeo will be staged
Snturday at 9 a.m. at the coun
ty school garage grounds. High
lighting Saturday will be a gala
parade at 3 p.m. with non-com
ir|;rical floats entered by clubs
and organizations. Among groups
expected to participate are the
B and P.W. Club, the *-H, the
FFA the school cheer leaders, Jay
I cees and other grouups. Antique cart
| and prize horses and rides from
I saddle cubs will also take part.
1 Any entries interested in entering
I the parade are askd to get in
! touch wpth Bitty Sexton, chalr
I man.
Stores will remain open Satur
I day night ond there will be a
“Battle of the Combos," a con
test emong various bands. All
programs are free to the public.
Jaycees will staff barbecue booth
throughout the day and night
Saturday. Commercial exhibits
will be set up in front of the court
house.
Husband Hade
Her Prostitute
GASTONIA (UPI) — Rossie
Boyster, 28, was sentenced to 3
months in jail Wednesday after
being convicted of child neglect
and assaulting his wife after she
testified she was forced by her
husband intoacts of prostitution.
Boyster’s 22-year-old wife, San
“walked the streets betwen 12
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Legal Stores In Increase
ABC Score 11 to 8
RALEIGH (UPI)—The score is
11-8 s° far this year in favor of
the “wets” in legal whisky refer
endums.
Thfa Estate Alcoholic BevefSge
Control board reported Wednes
day that “wet" forces had won 11
victories in 19 whiskey feferend
ums in the state in 1965 with at
least five more to go.
ReidsviUe will hold a referen
dum Oct. 23, Kennansvillei War
saw and Faison will have elec
tions Nov. 9 and Statesville will
set a referendum sometime this
year.
Carthage was the latest to Join
approval tor ABC stores on Tues
day. Others which have accepted
state-controlled stores this year
are Oates, Hertford, and North
ampton counties and the towns of
Mooresville, Rockingham Randle
man Wilkesboro, North Wilkes
boro Tayorsville, Blowing Rock
ABC stores have been rejected
In Asheboro. Norwood Albermarle
Lexington, Elkin and High Point
A total of 41 Tar Heel counties
and 33 cities now have liquor
stores
Bryan Is Harnett Chairman
Morehead Scholars Interviewed
Eleven promising candidates
from seven high schools in Har
nett County appeared In the of
fice of the Superintendent of the
County Schools in Lillington, on
Wednesday morning of last week
to take qualifying tests to be add
ed to their qualifications as qua
lifying eligible^ for the coveted
John M. Morehead Award for
1965.
The seven schools who nominat
ed candidates for the Morehead
Award lor 1965 included the Dunn
High School, The Erwin High
School, the Boone Trail High
School, LaFayette High School,
The Coats High School, the Buies
Creek High School, and the Lil
ington High School.
The other unnamed high schools
of the county reported that they
did not have in their senior class
es a single person whom they
thought could qualify as a More*,
head Scholar and that for aiid'
reason the other high schools did
not certify a nominee
Morehead Award- V
Acording to J. Shepard Bryan,
Chairman of the Harnett County
Morehead Award Committee, the
eleven candidates reporting o»
last Wednesday t0 take the quail*
tying test for entry a* a
head Award applicant were <
lows:
John Thornte,, and Ctilf
ftfom the Dunn-*
Ralph Lucas and
mas from the
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