iVol. 52—No. 27.12 Pages
st M Springs Citizen
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One Of Robeson County’s Hometown Newspapers
Red Springs, N. C.
Thursday, July 15, 1948
5c A Copy
TRUMAN NOMINATED OVER SOUTH’S PROTEST
Fairmont Negro Beats Wife To Death;
^Steals And Wrecks (ar Before (aught
Heads Honor Roll
4 D. C. Swann In
Local Jail After
Big Sunday Night
Power Clearance
FAIRMONT.—D. C. Swann, ne
gro, of this section was jailed in
Loris Monday morning, after hav
ing allegedly beaten his wife to
death with two chairs, to have
stolen a new Kaiser sedan to make
his getaway in, and to have wreck
ed the car in Loris, according to
Depu*y Bill Lewis and Lee Shepard
of the Sneriff's office today.
Acting coroner Chalmers Biggs',
stated that an inquest will be held
later this w’eek in Fairmont but
that a jury of men viewed the body
of Irene, the dead woman, shortly
after her arrival at the Stephens
and Prevatte Funeral Home.
RED SPRINGS.—Due to nec
essary maintenance changes in
power lines feednig Red Springs,
the Carolina Power and Light
Company has requested clearan
ces Sunday. The power will be
off from 7:30 to 7:45 a. m., and
from 2 to 2:30 p. in., it was
stated today.
Bodenheimer To
Succeed Watson
On RS Board
ANN HALE BROWN
Harrison Alford, also a negro
and a neighbor, found the woman’s
body in a bed at her home early
Monday morning when he arrived
at the house to help the Swans
? with some tobacco, the corbner
stated. The woman apparently had
been severely beaten and pieces of
RED SPRINGS — Edward
Bodenheimer was named to
Board of Commissioners of
Town of Red Springs today
succeed James E. Watson,
C.
the
the
to
who
has resigned because he plans to
two chairs were found in
around the house.
splinters
move
within
Mr.
raised
outside the town limits
Springs
a few days.
Bodenheimer, who
at Parkton, moved to
about ten years
Shortly after midnight
night, Swann went to the
Sunday
home of
just after graduating from
was
Red
ago,
the
Red Springs
Improvement
Summarized
University of North Carolina. He
J. O. McArthur, Jr., and told him
that his wife was seriously ill and
that his car would not start. He
offered McArthur two dollars to
take him to Rowland to secure a
doctor. He, McArthur, did so but
as they neared the town, Swann
pulled a razor and placing it at
McArthur’s throat demanded his
money, then told him to get out
of the car. As he did so, Swann
drove off and was heard of no
more until he wrecked the car
later in the morning in Ijoris, S.
C., as a result of which he was
jailed, according to Lee Sluoard
and G. W. Jackson who investigat
ed the ease.
has
Home
been connected with
the
Furniture company since
he came here, and is now man
ager of the business. A member
of the Methodist church, the
Lions club and the local Maso
nic lodge, he has been active in
civic and religious affairs of the
town. For two years he was in
the Navy and was discharged as
lieutenant. He is married and
the father of one child, Ann.
Mr. Watson was elected to the
commission last year. He is now
building a new home located on
South Main Street,, about a block
outside' the town limits and has
Water System
Reservoir Main
Item Of Expense
Arm Hale Brown
Heads Lisi In
Baby (onfest
Stephen Chason
Second; Ann Malloy
In Third Place
There was but little change in
the standing of the various candi-
i dates in the Popular Baby Contest
when the votes were tabulated
Tuesday evening. The only indica
tion of the strength in the compe
tition was a narrowing of the
margin of lead between the first
six contenders. Now, bunched to
gether, they are in the final stretch
; and the winner will not be apparent.
’ to anyone until the judges tally the
last vote and make their announ
cement sometime after 8:30 Satur
day night.
I From now until the close of the
- contest the ballot box in The Citi
zen office will be locked and will
not be opened until the judges take
over when the last ballot is cast.
In this manner, no one, not even
the contest manager, will have the
slightest idea of the voting strength
of the various contestants. Every
contestant will have the opportun
ity to check the votes cast for their
baby during the entire campaign.
This checking and attesting before
Saturday night will facilitate the
work of the judges and will enable
I them to announce the winners with
RED SPRINGS—Nearly $21,000
was spent by the town of Red
Springs during the past year on
improvements, repair, and ac
quisition of additional equipment
for the service units of the gov
ernment, according to Reece
Snyder, town clerk.
Major items in the work done
included $4,935 for repair of the
clear water' reservoir. The work
in a short time after the close
the contest.
THE HONOR ROLL
1. Ann Hale Brown
2. Stephen C. Chason
3. Ann Malloy
4. Susan Singleton
5. Betty Jean McNeill
6. James Malcolm Varnum
7. Barbara Jean Dudley
8. Carolina M. Bardell
9. Richard Watson.
11. Marsha Lee Spivey and
na Jean Beacham.
of
Deputies Bill Lewis and Shepard
went to Loris immediately upon
hearing that Swan was in custody
and returned him to Robeson
County.
The members of the coroner’s
jury who viewed the body are
Warren Wallace, Carl Pittman, Le-
Rqy Barden, W. C. Wolfe, A. M.
McCormick and A. E. Byrne.
resigned due
move within
will serve on
til the first
to his plans
a few weeks.
the commission
to
He
un-
Tuesday in August
when Mr. Bodenheimer will
inducted into the office.
be
ed reinforcing the present storage
the inside
vate and recovering
and outside
blown concrete.
with
i einforced
Estimates for
Man Farmers Day,
Chairmen Named
Polio Claims Ils
First Victim In
Red Springs Area
construction of a new reservoir,
plans for which had been drawn,
amounted to approximately $25,-
000. Repairing the roof of the
power plant, of the town hall and
covering the clear water reservoir
cost an additional $640. The new
storage garage and warehouse
cost $1250. Purchase and install
ation of 184 new light meters
cost $2730. Six new transformers
cost $1,000. A new dump truck
RED SPRINGS—Funeral serv
ices were held for Stacy Hubert
^GMC) and body cost $2052, and
repairs to the motor
street grad-
LUMBERTON--The Lumberton
Junior Chamber of Commerce
named James McCallum and Ce
cil Thompson co-chairman of
Farmers Day for 1948, Monday
night. The Jay-Cees promoted a
very successful day last year
Evers, Jr., aged
nesday afternoon
at the Westside
The Rev. J. C.
3 years, Wed-
at 4:30 o’clock
Baptist church.
McQueen, pastor
er cost
$1,000.
and it is
this year
one day,
definite.
possible that the event
may last for more than
but plans as yet are in ¬
This second
Day is expected
ger and better
which saw more
prizes given to
annual Farmers
to be even big-
than last year’s
than a hundred
Robeson county
conducted the rites. Burial was
in Alloway cemetery.
The Evers child died of infan
tile paralysis Tuesday afternoon
at Duke hospital, where he was
admitted as a patient early Mon
day morning, after being ill at
the home since Friday. He was
the first child of this section to
have developed polio and the
only case known in the Westside
Other
traffic
traffic
items list/’
signals—$459;
in.aide; 3
3 flashing
signals—-$152.88; automat ¬
ic switch for street light trans
former—$159. Six fireman’s coats
—$58; purchase and
1080 feet 8”
—$432;
$541.60;
broom
street
75
for
terra
signs
light
installation
cotta sewer
and posts—
poles—$737;
sweeper—$100; six
farmers in attendance. The Jun
ior Chamber was successful in
preventing any commercialization
of the event, and a tremendous
crowd attended to view the pa
rade and the display booths of
clubs and merchants.
community
Physicias
must have
on a trip
some other
Surviving
in a number of years,
feel that the disease
been
with
part
are
picked up while
his parents
of the state,
his parents,
to
a
a
of
waste receptacles for Main street
—$116; 250 feet fire hose—$340;
12 street- lights—$171; surveyor’s
level—$150; rebuilt aerating tower
—$100; grading and opening Col
lege street from old Fayetteville
road to Main street—$450; in
stallation of 16 feet of 48” storm
sewer — $138.56; 260 feet
storm sewer—$221; 460 feet
storm sewer—$248; sewer
cleaning equipment — $500;
15”
10”
pipe
in,-
brother, James Richard, and
sister, Joyce Ann Evers, all
Red Springs.
in
a year ago has had a large part
■■■
■ill
RED SPRINGS.—Work has be
gun on the Religious Education
Building at Antioch Presbyterian
church in Hoke county. The accom-
, panying cut is the artist’s drawing
-^showing the building now under
construction at the rear of the
M^church, and the proposed colonial
front and spire. Only the Educa
tion Building is to be built at
present. Arch McEachern is chair
man of the building committee and
Clyde Campbell is in charge of the
construction. This building will
have adequate space for all classes
0? the enlarging Sunday School.
Th, church bus purchased about
the improved attendance at Sun
day School and Church. During
the Daily Vacation Bible School
recently concluded the bus trans
ported about 50 children each
day. A total of 139 pupils and
workers were enrolled and certifi
cates for perfect attendance were
awarded to 77 boys and girls.
Last Sunday morning Antioch
Church ordained and installed two
elders and four deacons. The elders
are J. M. Andrews and W. L. Gib
son. The deacons are W. C. Hodgin,
David Currie, F. C. McPhaul, and
W. D. McLeod.—Photo courtesy the
News-Journal.
stallation 37
and 38 water
meters—$760;
sewer connections
connections and
additi'onal room
built to living quarters at power
plant—$135; police house—$175;
installation of public telephone
in old police house and mile of
power lines constructed from
stock piles with no expenditure
amount listed.
Mr. Snyder stated that S. P.
Douglas, public
Lumberton, now
the books of the
an advertisement
accountant of
was auditing
town and that
containing the
results of the audit would
published as soon
was completed.
DELINQUENT
Letters are being
week
town
perty
been
by James D.
as the
be
audit
TAXES
mailed
McLean,
attorney, to owners of
on which taxes have
paid .
tention to
states that
perty will
The letter calls
the unpaid taxes
advertisement of
this
Jr.,
pro-
not
at-
and
pro-
be made on property
where taxes are delinquent
August 1.
PRIVILEGE TAX
on
Privilege license taxes for the
year 1948-49 are now due .accord
ing to Mr. Snyder. There have
been no changes in the privilege
tax
will
last
schedule and all concerns
pay on the same schedule as
year.
Lieut, and Mrs. Charles Phil
lips left for their home at Green
ville, S. C., Sunday after spend
ing ten days with Mr. and Mrs.
Marsh Shook.
Barkley Nominated
Vice President
By Acclamation
alined to have
he could
in
that
W.
the
tion
than
Truman’s nomination came on
the first ballot and be was. op
posed only by the Solid South
which cast its vote for Georgia’s
Richard Russell after Laney dd-
Barkley was nominated for
vice presidency by acclama-
which was somewhat less ,
unanimous.
nomination because he said’
Civil Rights, States Rights Planks
May Cause Democratic Party Split
Truman Gets 947^2
Votes On 1st Ballot
Bama, Old Miss
Take A Walk
President Harry S. Truman
won the presidential nomination
of the Democratic party last
night at Philadelphia with 947%
vote s over Senator Richard Rus
sell’s 263. Paul V. McNutt re
ceived 1/2 vote. Senator Alben
his name placed
Doll-
Now, with a splendid list of mer-
ners, the race is on and the winner
will be the one who attains the
highest vote total when the judges
get through with their work of
tallying. Now, the wife contestant
will work as never before and will
keep their eye out for every sub
scription they can muster and will
work particularly for those long
term subscriptions that really count
when they are obtained.
Here are the prizes that
awarded the winners:
really -worth working for:
FIRST PRIZE—$259.50
HARRY S. TRUMAN
Nominee for President
ALBEN W. BARKLEY
Nominee for Vice President
not run on the
Education Group Offers Program
To Fill Teacher Needs Of Schools
Robins Sinking
Wncherslnlo
Second Place
An eight-point program has been
suggested by a State Education
will be
They’re
Ben-
dix DeLuxe Washer, donated
by Ried Springs Supply Com-
Pany;
Radio
Home
$35.00
Lamp,
$179,150 Crosley Console
and Player, donated by
Furniture Company.
Beautiful Plastic Table
donated by Kennedy’s
Jewelry and Gift Shop; $40.00
Silver Pitcher, baby’s name en
graved, donated by Lenoir’s
Jewel Shop; $10.00 in Merchan
dise, donated by Belk-Hensdale
Company; $5.00 in Baby’s Clo
thing, donated by B. C. Moore
& Sons.
SECOND
ternational
donated by
AWARD—$211 In-
Deep Freeze Unit,
Singleton & Mc-
Millan; $79.50 Stewart-Warner
Radio, donated by Blackwoods;
$5 in Baby Clothing, donated
by B. C. Moore & Sons.
FOURTH AWARD — $89.50
Monitor Washer, donated
Allen & McLean; $70 Set
16 Atlas Tires, donated by
Service Center.
THRD AWARD—$59.50
Leaf Table, donated by
hy
6:00x
Auto
Drop
Sara-
mac Furniture Co.; $25.00 Do ¬
ris Dodson Dress, donated by
Moore's Department
$18.50 Year's Freezer
Rental, donated by
Frozen Foods.
FIFTH AWARD—$29
Store;
Colonial
50 Hot-
water Auto Heater, donated by
B. & H. Garage; 4 Dozen As
sorted Baby Foods, donated by
Western Auto Associate Store;
$55.45 Kerogas Stove ,donated
by McNeill & Bostic.
Vets Insurance
Veterans carrying National
Service term insurance may now
renew their policies, for an addi
tional five years when their pres
ent term expires, the Veterans
Administration has announced.
Premiums will be
age of the veteran
renewal.
World War II
based on the
at the time of
veterans thus
are given an extension of time
before being required to convert
to permanent insurance. How
ever, those who have lapsed their
policies have until July 31 to
reinstate under the present easy
plan. ’In most cases, they may
reinstate now by paying two
months premiums and signing a
statement that their health is as
good as at the time of lapse. On
and after August 1, a physical
examination will be required
where a policy has been lapsed
more than 90 days.
J Polio Cases,
1 Death In July
platform adopted by the Denio-
cratic party. North Carolina was
the only southern state which
split its vote, casting J.3 of its 32
votes for Truman. Russell’s
name was placed in nomination
for the vice presidency by tke
Alabama delegation, but his home
state of Georgia passed saying
that he was “presidential timber”
and
not a second place candi-
Commission to combat what ;t : O^M^^^Sl
calls an urgent need for improved ws K'SWHa
teacher education in North Caro-1
date. Only Arkansas and Florida
followed Alabama in seconding
the Georgia
senator’s second
RED SPRINGS.—The Red Rob
ins climbed more securely into the
second place position in the To
bacco State standings this week
by winning four of their five games
while Sanford dropped three in a
row to tie with Warsaw for the
3rd place. Sanford’s percentage is
now a .530, while the Red Springs
team has pushed theirs to .554 with
46 wins to 37 losses. Wilmington is
still out front with 48 wins and 32
loss’es for a .614 rating.
Smithfield-Selma has climbed
from 7th to Sth .place, with Clin
ton, Lumberton and Dunn-Erwin
in th? lower ranks.
The ' program" 'was proposed/^^ -
the -teacher education committee, !
headed by W. M. Jenkins of the i
Durham county schools'. 1
- “Strong attacks” should be laun
ched to do these eight things, the
committee said:
1. Professionalize teacher educa-
...^ate.,!^^^ For
Eventuality Of
Repetition Of
1944 Epidemic
nomination.
Alabama and Mississippi dele-
^atioas - s^ft the flo.qj .in ..protest
of the ‘Iruman nomination and a
indicated that their “walk” would
Harold Wood, local
himself at Smithfield
and held the Leafs to 3
lad, found
last night
hits, to lead
the Robins to a 9 to 0 victory. Arm
bruster with a 3 base hit touched
off a seven-run rally in the sixth,
and the rest of the team batted
around before the splurge
stemmed. Johnnie Wieniewski
3 for 4 and Wood 2 for 3.
Funeral Sunday
At St. Anna For
Pvt. V. Locklear
was
got
PEMBROKE.—Funeral services
with full military honors will be
conducted for Private Violet Lock
lear, who was killed in action in
France on July 10, 1944 at the St.
Anna, church rear here Sunday
afternoon at 2 o’clock.
The rites will be conducted by
the Revs. Tommay Swett, Isaiah
Locklear, and Z. R. Chavis, with a
guard of honor composed of mem-
bers of the Pembroke past of
American Legion.
Pvt. Locklear, the son of
and Mrs. Willie B. Locklear of
the
Mr.
the
Prospect community, was inducted
into the Army on October 20, 1942.
He was stationed and trained at
Fort Bragg, Camp Breckenridge
and Camp Atterburv, and went over
seas to France in March, 1944.
Surviving are his parents, two
brothers, Garner and Hodgen Lock-
lea.r of Pembroke, and four
ters: Mrs. Mary Belle Jones
Lumberton, Mrs. Florida
Revels, Mrs. Maudie
Mrs. Carlona Jacobs,
broke.
Tomorrow (Friday)
Jacobs,
ris-
of
Mae
and
all of Rem-
the
Pvt. Locklear will lie in
the chapel of the Red
Funeral Home.
body of
state in
Springs
Mr. and Mrs. Warren
had the following house
at their Holden’s Beach
McNeil]
guests
cottage
for the weekend of the Fourth;
Mr. and Mrs. Al Grant,
Isabelle Buie Joes, Mr. and
Grady McNeill and son,
neth, of Lumberton, and Mr
Mrs. Gordon Gibson.
Mrs.
Mrs
Ken-
-and
Miss Flobell Currie returned
home Sunday from a ten-day visit
with her sister, Mrs. Robert Moore
of Madison.
tion. , case figure
2. Select and secure good candi
dates.
3. Equip colleges to do profess- j
ional preparation of beginners.
4. Provide
tion.
5. Develop
6. Improve
ministration.
7. Improve
8. Prow’de
ning.
continuation educa-
qualified leadership. 1
organization and ad-I
certification.
Robecan county’s reported
remains at
polia
n as
end in Birmingham, with
possibility that a southerti
vention there would split
Democratic party by making
own nominations.
the
con*
the
its
pl^ns are ma.de by state health
officers to provide beds in war
time military establishments -n
case the number of victims in the
state mounts beyond present facili-
ties. The present total
since January 1 if 544,
medical director of the
Foundation for Infantile
i said that the Tar Heel
reported
and the
National
Paralysis
outbreak
may climb to 900. Dr. Hart E. Van
for statewide plant
! EIGHTH POLIO CASE
The repor. to The State Educa-1 The eighth pcl i o case for Rob-
tion Commission says that the tea-- escn conntv was reported this
cher shortage is so serious that
some 3,000 qualified white elernen- ■
tary teachers must be,secured this
fall from places other, than teach
er training schools in the State.
It continues: “It is necessary to
emphasize the fact that the day
has passed when, any college grad
uate can teach. A great deal is
known today about how to teach.
As much is known about the tech
nique of teaching reading as about
the technique of removing the
appendix . . . Changing teacher
education into professional educa
tion cannot be done overnight, but
a strong beginning in that direction
should be immediate.”
To professionalize teacher edu
cation, the committee found, three
things must be. done: more rigid
criteria for accrediting' colleges
must be established and enforced;
responsibility for operating teach
er education must be concentrated
within each college; and the ap
proved colleges must evolve really
professional curricula.
The report says that there is a
real need for younger, more vigor-
our teachers and increased person
nel in teacher training institutions.
It adds that the problem of recruit-
ing good personnel for teachei’
cation institutions is difficult
“will remain so until salaries
teaching conditions for these
fessional workers
proved.” ■
The committee
criteria set up by
have been
endorsed
morning by
The victim
McCormick,
Dr. E. R. Hardin
is Sara Elizabeth
18 months
daughter o Mr. and Mrs.
old
Carl
McCormick,. Rowland. Route 1.
The case was sent to Dr.
Frank Ward. Lumberton., bv
Dr
sent
this
ease
Kinlaw.
and
the child to Duke
morning. Onset of
was on July 12
Ward
hospital
the dis ¬
edu-
and
and
pro-
im-
the
the North Caro-
lina College conference, which have
been adopted by the State Board
of Education for use beginning in
1949, and said “firm and determin
ed adherence to these standard;,
will make a long and desirable step
toward the professionalization of
teacher education in North Caro
lina.”
Turning toward the problem of
recruiting new teachers, the com
mittee said that better salaries,
better working conditions, and a
change in the attitude on the col
lege campus are immediately need
ed. “With only one or two excep
tions,” it says, “there is not found
on college campuses a ‘tone’ or
atmosphere which conveys the im-
pression that teaching is a
sion, that preparation for
respected, honored pursuit,
in marked contrast to the
profes-
it is a
This is
atmos-
phere which surrounds preparation
The southern revolt grew from
the refusal of the platform com
mittee of the convention to in
clude the states’ rights plank de
manded by southern delegates
and the subsequent Inclusion of
Truman’s Civil Rights Program
in the party platform. These
party declarations brought about
the withdrawal of Laney of Tex
as who ,had been boomed , as the
South’s choice and resulted:.in the
nomination of Senator Russell.
Truman’s name was placed .m
nomination by Governor Phil
Donnelly of Missouri.
Bloch, vice chairman
Charles
of the
Georgia delegation, named Rus
sell as the south’s choice for th;
presidency. _
Albe Barkley was nominated
for Truman’s running mate by
Wilson Wyatt, chairman of the
Kentucky delegation, aid most
of the south followed a.ong with
only a small protest vote being
legistered by three southern stat-
Riper said in New York that the
N. C. epidemic is definitely the
worst polio outbreak in the nation
since the Minneapolis epidemic of
1946 when there were 3,138 cases.
He added that it is in a particul
arly virulent form with the number
of casts affecting the brain stem
running above average.
Three of Robeson's seven cases
have been reported in July and
one death has resulted, that of
F. H. Evers, Jr., of Red Springs.
County health officer Dr. E. R.
Hardin says that the county has
been relatively lightly hit as to
number of cases and that in ad
joining counties Cumberland has
reported 19, Bladen 1, Columbus
2. Scotland 5, and Hoke 1 through
July 10. Hardest hit of nearby
counties is Moore with 41 cases.
According to Dr. Roy Norton,
state health officer, 360 emergency
beds are being lined up at Camr
Sutton, Monroe, and about 700 at
Camp Butner; other facilities in
cluding Camp Mackall will also be
available. Steps are being taken
to have 1000 beds available in
case the situation grows worse and
surpasses the 1944 epidemic when
there were 878 cases in the state.
In 1935 there were 675 victims.
SCHOOL BUS SAFEST VEHICLE
Vehicles’ involved in last year’s
North Carolina traffic death case"
included 639 passenger cars; two
passenger cars with trailers; 155
trucks; 16 trucks with trailers; 23
truck tractors and semi-trailers: 1
military vehicles; 5 oil transports:
14 taxicabs: 15 buses; 2 school
buses; and 31 motorcycles.
for medicine at Duke University,
preparation for engineering ai
North Carolina State, or prepara
tion for law at the University rd
Chapel Hill.”
es.
1:35
and
the
Barkley was nominated at
(DST) without a roll call,
some protest was heard to
voice vote on tun motion
which wag overwhelming carried.
The
atiyely
tired Democrats were rel-
quiet
during the latter
stages of the long session and
awaited only
the acceptance
speech of Barkley and then of
Truman, who was on hand for
the acceptance some tour hours
before
tion.
In
Noith
states
'jure ,to close the conven-
the presidential Vu.ing
Carolina’s neighboring
of Virginia, South Carolina
and Tennessee
were solidly for
Russell; West Virginia split its
vote and gave Truma a major
ity; North Carolina gave Tru
man 13 votes and Russell 19.
ity;
Ed Womble Back
With Revenue Dept
LUMBERTON — Edgar A.
Womble, who resigned his posi
tion with the NC Department of
Revenue here July 1 to accept a
position with Thomas and How
ard in Salisbury, is reported /to
have rejoined the Revenue de
partment and to be working out
of the Raleigh office on special
assignments.
Mr. Womble was the very ac
tive chairman of the Lumberton
Recreation Commission and was
personally responsible for much
of ’the enlargement of the pro
gram.
Lawrence Parmele has replaced
Mr. Womble in the Lumberton
office of the State Revenue De*
partment.