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t f'-: L, ry r. A.‘ V. , '„ )l[ . " . ■ -. '■. CONSTRUCTIVE... Ham«tt*» Only Coon^j^ Wgw»p*pir ... PROGRESSIVE Vol. XXXI—No. 1 $2.00 PER YEAR-^ A COPY LillinirtOB, K* C^Thursdajr, Januaiy 6, 1949 *•!£ It Coi Hamott, IP» In THE NEWS” Sp»ecial Senatorial Election Puts Off Beer-Vote To Summer BEVERAGE VOTE WOULD CONFLICT OTHER ELECTIONS MVNIOIPAL BLECTIONS. COMING IX MAY WOUI.l) PliACE BEBR- IVINE VOTE TOO C1X)SE; 60 DAYS HEQUTRED Cold Christinas Advocates of a special election in Harnett county to decide the qi’es- tion whether legal sales of .beer and wine shall be continued find them selves stymied by a provision of law that requires 60 days interim be tween other elections and a beer- wine vote. A special election was held in ■Harnett county last Monday, Jan uary 3, along with Hoke, Moore and Randolph, to elect a successor to Ryan McBrydo of Hoke county, who had 'been elected last November 'but who became ill and resigned. Sixty days from that election would throw the date within 60 days of thq miiriicipnl elections which fall ill May. Following Is the action taken by the Harnett County Ministerial As sociation . which held its regular meeting at Buie’s Creek Monday: A tabulation of names requesting the Harnett County, to call an election on beef and wine was mhde .Ttnd it revealed that a^ery good margin over and ahovo the 15 per cent required number was ob tained. Many of the petitions have not as yet been returned for tabula tion. The Association took note of the fact that another election was being conducted in Harnett (and other counties) on January 3rd, to elect a Senator from this district, which means that an election on beer and wine could not be held in Harnett for another sixty days. Even if no election had been necessary to elect a Senator, the heer-wlne election Dreams tliat any local i)Oople may have IumI of a white Clurlstp ma.s went, flooey, but If they desir ed it coW, tliey Imd their wish. Toniperoture dropped stoadlly immediately preceding Christmas Day, and ' finally reached a low of 14 degrees. A little snow and sleet that fell earl}' in the Yuletldc season quickly. vanishol when It began to rqin heavily. So far as anyone interview- wl by The News could learn, tho annnal event |)os.sed off very qnltely. CITIZENS DON’T DESIRE SERVICE OFFICE STOPPED COMMISSIONERS HAVE TAKEN NO ACTION YET ON SUGGES TION FROM CERTAIN QUART ERS TO AROIXSH OFFICE could not be hold before at least sixty day.s, and probably longer, due to other regulations of the election laws. The Association also recognized the meeting of the State General ARsombly, which convenes this week. While some people feel that the .Vsserably is certain to grant a State-wide referendum on the entire liquor question, the ministerial, as sociation saw no guarantee of this. Even If a referendum is requested, the associjition feels that it will have a poor opportunity of becoming a law if the House of Representatives operates under the "gag” rule, as it has heretofore. The sentiment of the association was that "we do not desire to cause the county to have two unnecessary elections—one on beer and wine and (Contlnue(J on page eight) A storm of protest is arising a- gainst a suggestion from certain quarters that the office of Veterans Service in Harnett county be aboHsh- ed. ^ ‘^b'ommVsslbnef lioftotf' TSrt """ot Monthly, Quarterly Report of Register Dunn, the only member of the now board to 'hold over after last No vember election, first reported the suggestion. He mentioned it before the retirment of the old board, and it has been brought to the attention of the new board, but as yet no ac tion has been taken. The term of the Incumbent Service Officer, L. B. McLean, runs until next June, but he, like some other appointees, are serving at the pleas ure of the Commissioners.. That means that the office could be dis continued at any time. Service Officer McLean tells The Nows that through the efforts of his office there is now coming to for mer servicemen and their dependents 111 Harnett county the sum of $12,- 766.61 per month in pensions and subsistence allowances. The expense to the county for the two oflfces, one In Lilllngton and one in Dunn, is $4,600 per year. Commissioners Carson Gregory and Paul Tysingor told The News they will not under any circumstan ces vote for the discontinuance of the office while conditions remain as at present. "Certainly not as long as our young men are still being drafted,” said Commissioner Greg ory. Learning of the move to abolish the office. District Service Officer Jack H. Daniel wrote to the Com missioners (It was addressed to For mer Chairman Angus A. Cameron) the following letter protesting dls- (Continued on page eight) 30,500 VEHICLES IN 1948, CHIEF LUCAS REPORTS CHIEF INSPECTOR OP LANE 87 SAYS ONLY 7 OR 8 VEHICIiES POSITIVELY REJECTED IN HARNETT COUNTY Chief Inspector Lucas of Inspec tion Lane 27 folded up his equip ment here last Friday after a week’s stay in Lillington, and moved to Clinton for a couple of week's stand there. Inspec.tion Lane 27 serves Harnett and Sampson counties. Chief Inspector Lucas told The News that his lane Inspected SO,BOO vehicles In 1'9'48, the initial yea? of the state-required inspections. ' and that of that large number, be had positively' rejected • only 7 or 8 vehi cles—that la, refused them the privi lege of using the highways. He said also that on initial in spections'urou:id 75 per cent of the vehicles were required to make so^ mechanical repairs. On second trips to the lane practically all of them passed and received approval stick ers. Ninety per cent of them actually passed on second Inspection. Inspector Lucas praised vehicle owners Tor cooperation daring the year i\ist passed, and he thlnics that now there will be no major dif ficulty in rounding—or rounding out—vehicles that are not road worthy. ■Laiio 27 will come to Lilllngton again on January 25th for another week’s stand. Incidentally, two in spections are required this year. The first is to be completed by June 30, the second by December 31. The lane did a rush business all lost week here. SIX MURDER trial! listed FOR NEXT CLERK HOWil^ltD CKMIWIN COM- TLBTB8 CAIilsIfDAR OF;CASES PENDING COURT iPENS mionday; -lil. Bbard Wants Law Relative To Salary Of Its County Attorney •■Si- ingthy calendar lor teij ta, Clerk ol l Superior irdi^iodwin listii for trial ome jmfore the iBvenes for ilta initial DUNN PRODUCTION CREDIT REPRESENTATIVE HERB A representative of the Dunn Pro duction Credit Association will be in the County’s Agent’s office 'here every day except Saturday from 9 to 4, beginning Thursday, January 6, to accept appHcatJous for agricul ture loans. With quite a one-week Court Howard six murder caalpvto court when it w,- term of the yeitif next Monl lay znorn- Ing. I' Clerk Qodwiii^ tells The jlews that, so far as he knows, j;Judge R. Hunt Parker iki; Roanoke i Rapids is to preside. Heijjltated, hovlever, that there may 'be jw exchange^ |of Judges and that -ResUk^t Judge C lawson L. Williams of Sjj^ord may j preside. The case of jticnth Howeji, charged with killing liw husband j will not come to trial.,iffhe is still | a patient at State Hospittnl. j; It will not jibe' possible I for all of the cases listlMl- on the clilendar to be tried in illlt' one-week| j term. All •X •- cases listed a!^ subject t > the call of the Solicltoir; There ai|> 19 cases to go before 'the Grand «!ui\y. Clef k Godirin expects I Solicitor OUTLOOK meets SLATED FOR FARIII MEN AND WOMEN BUSINESS ANB PRCWRSSIONAL MEN INTBRBSTED IN AORlCUlir TURK ALSO INVITED TO ATTEND Jack Hooks otyKeniy to Is I here, but ■h he doesnt kao|Kr whether j the Solici tor, who hns jibeen 111 fo|j the past several monthly/will 'be ab] s to prose cute the entlea-docket. .Attorney J. Robert Youa^vfof Dunn ated as So- ! term and docket of Ucitor at tbp;! Wvember succeeded inrifiiHing the u groat-numltl^ 'Of cases. Following »tn'4be easel'listed for ■trlnEnest-'iK^^’. - -i i;;. Mbudaif, Jiinnaryj tlO J. P. Gibson, assaalt vRh deadly weapon ;r Herman Barefoit, assault on . a fenmle;. George Gijflln, aban donment: Bernice Cartel t violation prohibition law; GilbertjiHalr, vio lating motor vehicle insurance law; Carl ‘Edward Barefoot, ciireless and reckless driving; Wlllie'j ^ker. ar son; Coy T. Lucas. buijilaiT; Stm Moses Williams, operatlilg auto in toxicated; B. E. Westbrook, operat ing auto intoxicated and||Without li cense; Mattie Bel! Blue, jssault with deadly weapon; Lewis. Wilburn, murder; James Grice, nwirder; Sam P. Sannady, murder; 'Emiaa McLeod, murder; Troy McNeill, n^rder. The following cases aij} to go be fore the Grand Jury an} are to be (Continued on page eight) Nine Stills (TonMiiinsloners Fields and Ty- singcr, named as "Tltc Still Com mittee” of the boanl at the Dec- eiiilMT meeting, had their first fling at the contraptions Monday. Nino stills had been reported captured daring the past month, and the committee proceeded to m^e Junk of them. Afterwanls, the board went into a discussion of the lack of men captured with the stills. A motion was passed to call in Sheriff Sal mon at the February meeting and talk to him about it. In her report for December, sub mitted to the Board of Commission ers Monday, Mrs. Inez Harrington, Register of Deeds, showed receipts In her ofAce during December as being $783.66, for recording. There were 1>9 army discharges recorded for which there was no fee. In her quarterly report of marri age licenses issued, Mrs. Harrington reported; For October, 16 licenses at $4— $64.00; for Novem'ber. 21 licenses— $84.00; for December, 19 licenses— $78.00, The total was $204.00. Clerk^s Collections $2606.12 in December. Clerk of Court Howard Godwin, In his report for December, submit ted to the Commissioners Monday, showed collections for the month of $2606.12, from the following sources —Prom probates $274.70'; from civil and criminal actions and special pro ceedings in Superior Court $211.96; from Ones in Superior Court ‘-$647.- 00; from trust commissions $73.92; from c^vl! and criminal actions in Recorder's Court $S13.5B; from fines in Recerder’e Court ■Sl’OSS.OO. Inspection Lane's Schedule For First Quarter In Harnett Given The Motor Vehicle Department has announced inspection .period for various model vehicles for the first half of 1949. The Inspection Law, passed by the 1947 Legislature, provided .that all vehicles registered in Noibh Carolina be inspected once during 1048 and twice a year thereafter. According to .a new Inspection Manual, recently released by the De partment of Motor Vehicles, the ■first semiannual Inspection period for each year will begin oo January/ 1 and end on .Juno 30'. The second semi-annual inspection period will begin -ou July 1 and end on Decem- bei; 31. The Inspection Lav^e schedule for Harnett County for the ^iist quarter (January, February and' March)' is as follows: In' /Dunn—January 16 through 22; February; 15' through 22;' March 17 through 24.'^' Iq LtlHn^.ott—January 25 tbro'ugh 29; February'24 through -March ~T; Slarch 26 'through The l$Iauual sets forth the inspec tion dOHdlines for all ivehicles for the first inspection period as follows: All vehicAs of the year model up to and inciting the year 1936 must be Inspected by January 31, 1949. All vehicles of 1937 and 1938 models must be inspected by- Feb ruary 28. Models 193'9 and 1'940 must be inspected by March 31. All vehicles of the year models 1941 and 1942 must be inspected by April 80. Models 1942 tbrougli 1947 must be inspected by May 31. AH year models 1948 and 1949 must be insp^ted by June 30. Arthur jr. Moore, Director of the Mechanical Inspection Division, said the same type of seals, stickers, and tabs will be used in 1949 as have bMn used' In -’,48. .These Include tlm blue Mai of .approval in the shape of the State of North Carolina; the red- diamond seal for- rejection of a (Vehicle; and the large yellow stloker for "co^inaed” vehicles.;. A series of outlook meetings -will be held in Harnett county with both the farm men and farm women, starting during the week of January 17, stated C. R. Ammons here today. These outlook meetings are de signed to aid farm people in plan ning and carrying out- their faring and business operations during 1949. Indications show that 1949 will bi> a good agricultural year as tar as 'Har nett county farmers are concermsd. Farm people will be advised to wanch their operating cost during 1949'| in order to realize a larjnr net return from their endeavors along.ngrlcul- tural lines. Farmers will be-MUtlon- ed to analyze thoroughly the pur chase of additional farms before go- iug too heavily in this direction, as the price of real estate of North Carolina is relatively high as com pared to former years. A schedule of these outlook meetings will ibe made available |-at M early .date, and no)t only fan^{ Rt^ason To Crow A. yoiuK (rooster that really had HOMWtliliBK to crow aboiBt was killed and dressed reoenftlly by Miss Ziiln Matthews. Upon clean ing the. SH ponnd rooster it was fouad 'that he had aa eaoinnons Uver tluU. measured eight (Incites across and weighed oxactl;r one ponnd,. ’Kbe liver from the chicken was displayed In The News oftAicse by Mr. E. M. BSantimril, who stated that the rooster was g(rowu by his son-in-law, Mr. J. E. WeatbeTS ot Faqnay Springs R-& EXECUTIVES REPORT SHOWS TAX PAYMENTS STILL INCREASE but ' bnliiheM' and "pkofbdsldnal’' 'fiiceh' interested in agriculture are cordi ally invited to attend. Can’t 'Get To Ckurclt. The recent wet we(nther has had a bad effec^t cm all dirt roads, bat one of tiie womt to be reported is in a colored ccMumanlty in Upper IJttle River township. A delegation appenred before the Commissioners Monday and stated that their road was so bad ”the folks couldn't ^get to church.” Ther; was no petition to for- ward to toe Highway Cdnunissicm, but the bcMird told the coinptalla.- ants that if they would get iqp a petition the board wouM apprO'Ve it. H.4RRtNGTON*8 REPORT J'OR DE CEMBER SHOW8 RBCEIFTS OF f48,4l»7.8t; 70.80 PER CENT OF LEVY PAH) TAKE FULL DAY MONDAY SESSION COMMISSIONER 8ENTEB AP- FOINTBD PURCHASDfO AGENT AT SALARY ASS PER MONTH; ORINER FORECLOSURES Taxpaying in Harnett county is much better than last year, at the same date, ^according, to the report for December, sabmitted by - Collec tor W. D. Harrington to the Board of Cc^mmissioneim Monday. ‘ Harrington’s receipts for Decem ber amoHBtsid-to $4g.6:97.«‘i i;ritm..ta;e sources; and oth’er revenue came to $79,057.39, making toUI receipts of $127,755.23 for the month. The 1948 levy is now 70.99 per cent pald.'--Of’ the $566,810.67 levy there remains $li61,532.95 to bd col lected. The report shows: Current tares $46,492.78; delin quent taxes $2,206.96. Other revenue: General county fund $S4,>381.30; school fund $16,- 552.97; aid to dependent children $5,271.75; old age fund $9,669.00; child feeding fund $1,369.74; vet eran farmers training $ri,763'.68; veteran education $1,149.05. Total of all receipts $127,755.23. Tax payments at the same period last year were 67.67 per cent of the levy. li Tax Liisters Start On Annual Job of Listing Property, Polls Many matters other than rontine were considered, by the Board of County Commissioners Monday, and it was late in the afternoon when final adjournment ended the session. It appearing that few of the con stables had -furnished bond. _tha clerk was authorized to notify all of them to secure bond before perform ing any further duties in that capa city. Commissioner Senter was appoint ed as the county’s purchasing agent at a salary of $35 per month includ ing travel expenses, subject to an alysis ot travel, in addition to his regular pay as a member of the hoard. The salary of W. A. Johnson as county attorney was fixed at $200 per mouth. Commissioner Senter went on record as opposing that salary. The board agreed to confer with Representative Howard Parker in regard tO' a law fixing the attor ney's salary. - . L. M. Chaffin was appointed,-vice recorder at a salary of $25 per day. He Is to serve at the pleasure of the board, not to exceed one year. The board ordered that list takers be paid at the same rate as last year. H. S. Holloway and C. H. Thorn ton .were named as county wide tax appraisers. An offer was made to rent the .to bacco acreage at the County Home at $75 per acre, and Commissioner Senter was named to negotiate tho deal. Herberj Matthews and Woodroiu Norris were employed as Janitors itt the courthouse and - agricultural building. Matthews is to receive 845 per week and Norris $30. The board agreed to call Sheriff Salmon Into the February meeting to discuss with the board ways and means of capturing men operating liquor stills. The resignation of C. B. Allred as COUNTY STAipS TO GET BIciiuGK- BACK m FEES CLERK HOWARD GOLWIN PUB- , li LTSHBS FTfifANCTAL S1A,TEMBNT SHOWING LARGE f UNCLAIMED FI UBS AMOUNT Harnett county’s treast yy stands to get a sizeable kickback | from its ap propriation for witness i'ses, if those to whom checks were mUde.for such services do npt put in cl^ ilms soon. In puibliobing his finjlucial state ment, .Clerk of Court ijowaird God win shows a long lisi! of checks made out to witnesses, | noth'-in Su perior Court and Recorder’s Court, who have not claimed tlteir fees. Clerk Godwin told TIib News that if .claim is not mads if. or the fees sum he is dver'to the soon he 'wlill turn tbe| holding for 'bhat purpost county. . j The Clerk reports aiisets In the Superior Co'srt fund of j $29,517.86; In Recorder's Conrt ful d $6,942.02, and in the trust accoun}!. $22,874.67. All of the ijunds are dji'deposit In the Bank ot Lillington j wlto the ex ception of the ,tra8t -fui id,, whkh is divided: $1(L474.67 in jthe Bank of Lillington;. ,$4,900.00 in the ,First i i Citizens Baiik A TrnsC Co.. Dunn; the 11'Commercial and $2,«i00.i)0 in Sank, Dunn,, !| All oFt^j depof^ts ato. socured by collmtoral A|L‘ndditiam.ti | tjbe FeUMral ly'lli'tn Lev3nngf To Start Tnx Collector W. D. Hantegion is (wadlng out XeCtovs to all (le- Ihsqnent taxpayers In Harnett county notifying thmn that he vrill start iiomedJately to levy on anto- moMles and penonal property to satisfy nnpald taxes. On Monday the Cozmissioinm ordered Mr. Ranlagton to go after mvold taxes throogb 'ibe levy ynethod. UnpoKI taxes for all yean bude are reported by Ooemty Andltor Carson to be'dver f800,000. Service Officer’s Report For Decemlier Letters received 01, jLetters mail ed 74, Long dtetaaee tolephonet, 23. Field trips 26, Interviews, 118, ISdu- cation 34. On the Job tralnlngi 50, Certified Copy Dis. .60, Fensloiii 6,' J. P. -A N. P. work 04, Insurantje 8, HosptUlisatlon 9, Burial benetiin 1. Legal A business ad'(rke I'OS,. Com mitments 14, Out paUent Treatment 31. Mlscellaneons 165, Total 70$. L. B. McLean, Service Officer. RKTORN rttbM FA. ■ii- .J '» - » . f *•'* */ii . -4 ^ 1 i twin#'’ . . Ur. woA Mrs. Irn :F6rter ot LOh Ungtou R-3 have jiut returned ihlom a visit to Red Lion, Pa., where jtlwy visited Mrs. Porter's sister rand brother-in-lav, Mr. and Hra. -BsMon Axe. ''ij ' While there Mmy w;ere enteytslaed by -Mrs. Gladys ^RRtenfcduM and^ Mr. and Mrs. Chairlcie; JtldOT. Mr.'a^ lirs. Axe ahci^$^le4. thwm lipiM for a oeeifa tdMf. WORK STARTED THIS WEEK IN ALL TOWNSHIPS SUPBRVlBfMt JOHNSON URGING ALL PERSONS SUBJECT TO WtOPMMWV TAX Ht POLL TO LIST PROMPTLY Tax llstors In each of the thirteen townships of Harnett county started out this ,week on their big task of recording'all property and the name of every person subject to poll tax. The listing wilt continue through this month. Supervisor Berles Johnson is urg ing cooperation with the listers. He points out that waiting till the last days of the listing period will cause n -msh. Too, he mid, there is always a chance that the listing may be forgotten If ft is pnt off. ‘Another risk that property owners take lit ithey don't list early is that U they do happen to overlook the matter till after January 31, they wUl be compelled to come to the tax supervlaor’s office in UlUngton to list. Still another riA is iRat,* it a property owner should .fail to list .during the stlpnlated period, a pen alty tf .ton per «esd will be added,, tktii niaaing up tha tax MU. 8ape;iwlsor Johnsiw asks The Nsura to Inform all tonaei-s that.no> futm oenm^i;la ruqnirod this year. ; . ' CGoalhnei'W iMgo flight) ; county coroner was received, to take effc-ct January O'. ' 'Bond was received in amount of $1,900- for Walter Lee Johnson as county surveyor. Mrs. Fred Camertm was appointed registrar of vital statistics for Jobn- sonville township in place of T. W. Cameron who resigned. It was ordered that the tax listing period be extended to February 15. County Attorney Johnson was. or dered to proceed with tax forecloe- ures and secure such assistance as be may deem necessary. Tax Collector Harrington was or dered to levy on personal property for the collection of all hmk taxes. The tax collector was ordered to furnish to the Solicitors of the Coun ty and Dunn^ Recorder's Courts a list of all persons heretofore and bere- (Contlnued on page eight) FIRE DESTROYS BARNES HOME Fire Early ^totnrday Morning Hinne of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Near UlUngton . Fire early last Saturday morning completely destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Bennett IMirnee, about a mile and a half north of Lillington at the crossroads. It was one of the finest homes in the oora- muntiy. Mr. Barnes stat^ that the flames sprang up when the floor furnace was lighted. The LlUIngton fire de partment responded, but waa a(>able to do more than pour enough water on the burning structure to allow some ot^the household furattnre and ^raonal belongings to be removed. ' The borne was oeenp^ by Mr. and Mrs. Barnes.. Mr. -Barm.. ^ conducting a store-near, his Harmstt oonnty'u • “I ■
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