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AFTERNOON, OCTOBER Jj, 1905 _
DUNN, N. C. THURSDAY
mr CENTS FEB CUE*
NO. 217
DUNN VS. LUMBERTON [HOME
MANN Fill! LABORATORY
740 CHATHAM ROAD
WINSTON SAIEM, n. C.
COMING] FRIDAY NIGHT
AT 8 p.m
GREENWAVES AND SWEETHEARTS — The Dunn High School football squad will p
holds the number three position in the state 3-A football standings while Lumberto
the stronger team. Members of the varsity team are: Wayne Adams, Clifton Alphin, L
Eugene Chance, Eddie Crabtree Warren Culbreth, Bill Cunningham, Gary Ennis, V
ley, Ronnie Heath, Perry Lewis, Pat Lynch, A1 Norris, David Roberson, Taylor S
Wilson, and Eddie Youngblood. The varsity sweethearts, one of which will be crown
bekah Pope, Paulette Bryant, Theresa Langdon, LaRue Draughon, Joyce Weeks, Bet
Green, and Cathy Matthews. (Photo by Russell Bassford)
lay host to Lumberton at the homecoming game here Friday nigh The local team
n is rated as number one. Both teams have a 6-0 record but Ltmuerton is rated as
ackey Belote, Fletcher Blalock, Robie Butler, Jack Byrd, PhU Bvrd Carl Capps,
an Fitchett Brent Godwin, Mike Godwin, Johnny Hull, Joe Hamilton. Charles Hav
tephens, John Strickland, Johnny Tew, John Thornton, Cha^s Whittenton. Don
ed Homecoming Queen during the half time, are: Ann Varsho, Carolyn Hildreth, Re
ty Jo Welborn, Donna Langdon, Linda Jackson, Jennifer Beasley. D.nlye Peay, Linda
Kiwanis Club
Fish Fry
Friday Night
The Kiwanis Club fish fry, an
annual fund raising project for the
civic group, is scheduled for Friday
night and everything is in read
iness for the big feed.
The club has received high praise
on its fish fry, which has proved
highly successful in years past.
It will be held at Tyler Park and
serving will be from 5:00 ’til 8:30.
Heading arrangements are Wesley
Coates, Bill Barfield and Bill Wood
all.
The proceeds will go for con
tinued work with Dunn Girl Scouts
and t° help underprivileged child
ren here.
On the menu at the feed will be
hush puppies, slaw, cold drinks and
“plenty of fish.”
Dr. Don Keyser
Interim Pastor
Dr. Donald Keyser is serving as
interium pastor at the Second Bap
tist Church until the church secures
another pastor to replace Rev. Oli
ver Murphy, who resigned to accept
a position with a church in South
Carolina.
Dr. Keyser, a Buies Creek pro
fessor, is head of the religious de
partment at Campbell College.
The church, which has been in a
building program during the last
year, is now in the process of mov
ing into their new building. A
cordial invitation is extended to
all to come and worship.
Dunn Leaf Market Closes
Dunn’s Tobacco Market wound
up its 1965 season yesterday with
its highest average in its. lp-JSft?1.
-old history, *32.73 a hundred
pounds.
Despite the ctlt in tobacco ac
reage, the bad weather in the
past spring and summer, disease
and a series of tobacco holidays
on sales, one after another, the
total pounds sold this year totaled
furth largest for the market in
nine years.
Norman Hardee, president of
thg Dunn Tobacco Board of Trade
who was re-elected for another
year earlier this week, today pre
dicted a much larger year nezt
year poundagewise.
He pointed out that many far
mers didn’t make their poundage
allotments this year because of
the weather and disease and that I
under the new poundage-acreage
To ' Improve'' Juries
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Atty.
Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach announce
Thursday that the Justice Depart
ment will take steps to improve
the jury system in the South.
He said federal action would ge
taken under a little-used law a
gain?t unfair selection of juries.
Also, he said, additional legislation
fight be sought in this field.
The attorney general made the
statements in answer to questions
following a speech at the Nation
! al Press Club.
He outlined no specific actions j
being planned. But he said federal
action could make reforms in the
jury system, and added, “We intend
to do so.”
He pointed out that Section 243
of the Federal Code outlaws unfair
selection of juries to hear criminal
offenses. ‘‘We haven’t used that
section very extensively,” he said.
“We probably should t se it more
ahd we hope to in the future,”
Morrissey Fails
To Win Approval
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The
Senate today sent the controver
sial federal Judgeship nomination
of Francie X. Morrissey back to
the Judiciary Committee - at the
request of Sen- Edward M. Ken
nedy, D—Mass.
Kennedy has been the leading
Senate supporter of the nomina
tion and Morrissey is a long-time
friend of his family.
The senator, his voice break
ing at one point in what sound
ed like a sob, told the Senate he
felt the Boston City Judge’s qu
alifications would be upheld by
the committee once questions ab
out the nomination were fully
aired.
“Let me say simply that when
a man has been unfairly attacked
and unjustly accused, I cannot in
good conscience desert him,” Ken
nedy told his colleagues.’*
Death Called "Possible Suicide" __
Marie McDonald Found Dead
HTDDEN HILLS, Calif. (UPD —
Actress Marie (The Body) McDon
ald, 42 was found dead today by
her husband in their home and the
coroner's office said her death was
a “possible suicide.”
Detectives said the Malibu
Sheriffs substation received a
telephone call at 5:30 a. m. PDT
from film producer Donald Tay
lor that his wife, Marie, was dead.
Ho further details were lmme
datriy available.
There was no immediate tndlca
tion as to the cause of death.
The actress’ career In recent years
has been plagued with troubles, a-,
mong- them treatment in Las Vegas
in 1958 for reportedly accidental j
overdose of sleeping pills; treat-,
ment at Sydney, Australia, in 1963
in a psychiatric clinic and convic
tion later in the same year on
charges of forging two prescriptions
to obtain the pain-killing drug per
codan.
The blonde Miss McDonald, one
time vocalist with the orchestra of
the Tommy Dorsey, has been In
volved in legal controversy during
her years in Hollywood.
She once claimed she was kid
naped and raped by two men in
1957 and released in the desert
more than 100 miles from Holly
wood. Law authorities investigated
the case but her alleged kidnapers
were never apprehended.
program what poundage they lost
this year* could be added to their
allotment next year. »
Hardee, Jack Calhoun and Tom
Smothers’ at the Big Pour, and
Leiand Lee and J- M. Smothers
at the Planters Warehouse, said
today they wished to express
their appreciation to all the far
mers who helped to make the
year here as good as it was.
At the season’s end yesterday
after sales the market sold for
1965 a total of 7.819,613 pounds for
a total of -4,905 30j for the -62.83
average.
Dunn Man
Shoots Self
A Dunn man is in serious condi
tion in Duke Hospital after having
allegedly attempted suicide near
the home of his brother, Dallas
Hudson, on Route 2, Dunn Tuesday
night.
Leon (Tommy) Hudson was rush
ed from the local hospital to Duke.
The bullet from a .22 pistol was
said to have entered the left side
of his chest causing a collapsed
lung.
Eric Hinson
To Receive
Scoot Award
Eric Hinson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. H Hinson will receive the God
and Country award ip specia'
ceremonies Sunday morning at
Westfield Baptist Church. Rev.
Roger Patterson, the pastor, will
persent the ward, Dallas Coy,
scoutmaster for Troop 763, will
present the candidate and W. H
iPop Twyford will explain the
award.
‘‘The God and Country Award.”
sain Joe Duff, scout executive for
the Chicora District, “is a pro
gram that aims to help a boy ful
fill -the first part of the scout
promise—‘On my honor I will do
my best t do my duty to God . ”
As the boy grows in this program
he added, he will become active
in five areas of study, experience
and service — Christian faith,
Christian witness. Christan world
outreach Christian citizenship
and Christian fellowship;
Scouts and their parents are
extended a cordial invitation to
attend the service.
LBJ Gets Setback
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Con
gressional negotiators today hand
ed President Johnson a major de
feat when they refused to grant
funds to start the administration’s
program for rent subsidies for the
needyi
The action, by a House-Senate
Conference Committee working on
a supplementary appropriations bill,
directed the administration to seek
the money at the beginning of the
next congressional session in Janu
ary.
The House-passed version of the
bill provided no money for the
rent supplement program, but the
Senate approved $360,000 for rent
payments This would have cover
ed abou* 20,000 units in the first
year.
Coleman Presides At District Meet
Wives Of Veterans
For Commie Ban
Members of auxiliaries to Veter
ans of Foreign Wars posts in the
Seventh District unanimously a
dopted a resolution at the district
meeting in Selma Sunday that ac
tion be taken opposing the repeal
of the Speaker Ban Law.
The six auxiliary members pres
ent approved a proposal by Mrs.
Marvin Johnson of Smithfieid, dis
trict legislative chairman, was in
structed to write letters to State
senators and representatives and to '•
Governor Moore opposing repeal of I
the controversial law.
Earlier in a joint session, past I
Department Commander Jim Black,,
now serving as national American
ism chairman, had urged that both '
post anti auxiliary groups adopt
such a measure. Discussion was
held by the-post members but no
action was taken.
Mrs. Joseph Batten of Smithfield,
who is di-trict auxiliary president
presided during the separate busi
ness meeting for the ladies. She i
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Report Shows
His Success
Raisin?* Money
WASHINGTON (UPI) — House
investigators said today that- a
Iiu Klux Klan leader sought to
soHc’t funds from his members
with a plea that “money was
toni ng in slow’ even though the
group had banked more than
J5.CC0 within a month and a half.
Janies Robirtson Jones, Grand
D agon of the North Carolina Br
anch of tile United Klans of Am
erica, Inc-, invoked the fifth {
amendment when asked about the
f”nds at a heating bifore the
House Ccrrur.-ittee on Un-American
A tivities.
Jones returning t° the wtness
chair for the third day of the
Klan, hearings, declined to answer
any questions. He based his re
| fusal on his constitutional rights,
| including the p'ea against possible
i self-incrimination.
Chief Committee Investigator I
Donald Appell Introduced a me
morandum Jones had sent to
N"rth Carolina Klansmen in JulV,
1 r65 It quoted Jones as sayinS
“money was eoingin slow” from
cllectins taken at rallies.
According to the memo, Jones
told his followers that there was
a payroll of $300 a week that
had to be met to keep “people
i'dli the road.”
I Anp'dl then asked Jones about
I a Klan bank account opened on
j M 'V 13, 1965. Appell said between
j Mav 13 and June 23, a ttal of
: $5,045 was deposited while only
| $760 was withdrawn in clicks.
“And yet you were telling your
i members that money was coming
! in slow,” Appell commented.
Jones refused to reply.
Testimony today also revealed
1 that:
! —The North Carolina Klan in
! the soring of 1965 sent out “top
secret” appeals for donations to
businessmen and others who might
find it difficult to join the Klan
or publicly contribute to it.
— The North Carolina Klan
maintains a “widows benevolent,
j fund” under whch widws
Ktansmen, receive $995 95 upon the
| death of thetr, husbands if they
I were still members in good stand
ing when they died.
Agents Arrest
Benson Man
A Route 2, Benson, man was ar
rested Wednesday afternoon and
a distillery on his property destroy
ed by local ATU agents and ABC
officers.
The illegal outfit - a 50 gallon
copper pot distillery - was found
in a wash house on the property
of Lee Junior Wood.
Three barrels of fermented mash
totaling: 150 gallons were buried
in a chicken yard
A $300 bond was posted for Wood
pending trial in Benson Recorder’s
Court.
Assisting Agents Art Bryant and
Rav Harrison were Johnston County
ABC officers James W. Barefoot
and Jim B. Britt and H. O. Bass,
snecial deputy from Sampson Coun
ty.
KI AN HEARING — Early witnesses as tire House Un-American
Afini's Activities Committee hearings on the Kti Klux Klan opened
in Washington were Robert Shelton and his wife. Shelton, of
Tuscaloosa, Ala., is Imperial Wizard of the United Klans of
America. (TEA -Telephoto! __
Varied Cases iff
Dunn Court Today
A 56 year old Dunn man was,
tried today in Dunn Recorder’s
Court on charges of no operator’s
license, failure to yield right of
way, improper registration, ■ leav
ing the scene of an accident, and
no insurance. <•
Judge Woodrow Hill told Ge
orge Oscar Williams to either go
to jail for 30 days on each count
or pay $25 fine and cost of court
on each of the five charges.
Appearing together in court to
day were Mr. and Mrs. James
Wall, who were tried for public
drunkenness and ordered to pay
cost.
A 44 year old Bunnlevel man,
Eugene Byrd, was given a 90 day
suspended sentence on payment
of $100 and cost of court for
driving drunk
Tried for traveling at a great
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Anaier Girls
..v
Gcing-To Rome
Two Angrier girls will leave Sat
urday for a weed's trip to Rome.
Miss Phyllis Coats, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Coats, and
Miss Joy Denning, daughter of Mr.
and Mis. D. W. Denning, are both
students at Campbell College.
Mr. Coats wori the two trips to
Rome recently as a salesmanship
bonus
The two young women were pre
sented the gift trips when other
people in the company were un
able to go. They will leave by jet
flight from the Rnleigli-Durham
Airport Saturday afternoon and re
turn home Oct. 31.
Pearson Indicted
For Hiding Jewel
MIAMI (UPI) — A federal grand
jury Thursday Indicted Richard
Duncan (Dickie Boy) Pearson on
charges of hiding the priceless De
Long ruby, taken in a $400,000 bur
glary of the New York Museum of
Natural History last year.
The ruby was recently ransomed
by millionaire John D. MacArthur
for $25,000 as “a public service’ and
returned to the museum.
Pearson is a pal of three local
ber.chboys serving time in New
York for the museum theft — “the
gem theft of the century.” The in
dictments did not say who Pear
son got the ruby from but he was
known to have associated closely
with the three men.
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Wright Says Probe "Terrible Mistake" __
Klan Firmly Behind Jones
A spokesman for the Dunn Klav*
»m of the KKK said today that
nembership of the organization
ind Klansmen across the State
lave complete confidence in State
Urand Dragon Robert Jones, Ini
tial Wizard' Robert Shelton and
>ther leaders.
“The Klan is a secret organiza
;ion,” he pointed out, “and natural
y Shelton, Jones or no other Klans
nan is going to violate his sacred
,ath. Klansmen are men of honor
ind they aren’t going to violate an
oath taken before God for a Con
gressional committee or anybody
else.”
He said he was sure that any
action taken by the leaders had
beer> proper in every respect.
"Members Happy”
"Members of the Klan are per
fectly happy with the way their
leaders have handled their money
and other matters as well, so i
don’t see why anybody else should
be concerned,” he added.
Asked If he thought the current
Congressional Investigation had
hurt the Klan, he replied,
“Of course not. It hasn’t even
hurt our feelings. It’s helping1.
We’re still adding 25 or 50 mem
bers every week. And we don’t hare
to go out looking for members
now they come in voluntarily.*
"Everytime Lyndon Johnson open*
his mouth. It brings in new mem
bars for us,’ he added.
DURHAM (UPR — A professor
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