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THURSDAY. JANUARY 13. 1949
HARNETT COUNTY NEWS-PuMtab.d «t uma«u». N. C.
PAQU wvrm
Washington News Letter
EJrwln Notts Service
Washington,- D. C.
The North Carolina Democratic
Club of WaahlnRtou will hold an Ih'
:iuK>ir;il .Meeting and reception' the
night of January 25 at the Willard
Hote,. as part of Inauguration Week
festivities in Washington. The main
speaker will be Rep. Monroe M. Red
den. of Hendersonviilo. former State"
Deinocratl.'' Chairman.
.lohii A. I.nng. of Carthage, ipresi-
dciit of the club, announced plans
for the meeting and reception and-
also disclo.sed $1500 has been raised
from Tar Heel farming and indus
trial interests to finance North Car
olina's float in the inaugural parade
.Iannary 20.
The float will advertise the indus
trial and agricultural glories of the
.stiite. probably with this wording
"Tlie South’s Most Progressive State
.North Carolina — Industrial and
Agrii-nltural Growth.”
Mrs. .Marguerite Brookbank, of
Kaison. is a member of the National
Inaugural Committee in Washington
and is working closely with the club
in arranging the meeting -and recep
tion and getting the float registered
in the inaugural program.
Because of its date, the Democra
tic Club party will attract scores If
not hundreds, of Tar Heel Demo
crats hero not only to attend the In
auguration of President Truman but
other events immediately before and
a few days after the inauguration.'
C. R. (Tony) Tolar. Raleigh au
tomobile dealer and formerly of
Lumberton. enjoyed a brief reign as
'‘Senator Tolar” on Capitol Hill. '
Mr. Tolar was a member of the
great delegation from Raleigh, and
elsewhere - in Tar Heelia, that mi
grated to Washington to see J. Mel
ville Broughton sworn In as United
States Senator.
Mr. Broughton, following a lunch
eon he and his wife gave for thoir
army of friends, had a little confer
ring to do elsew'hore. so the friends
moved Into the Broughton office en
POULTRY
WANTiX>
My truck will be in Lillington, N. C., behind John
Womble’s Store, Saturday morning, January IS, 1949,
paying the following prices:
Heavy Hens 33c lb.
Roosters 17c lb.
1 will buy there every Saturday all of this winter.
1 also buy in Angier every day.
Avery Stephens
, it as loarued.
I iPresldent Truman renominated
Ferguson, the senior menvber of the
commission, last for another term,
HISS ... FBI Identiaoation
photo of Alger Hiss, former state
department ofilcial, after he had
been arraigned on two counts of,
perjury as an outgrowth of testi
mony In oonneotlon with Commu
nist spy inquiries.
masso and look over.
When 'Broughton roturnod, he
found his friend Tolar sorvlng.as In
terim Senator. Mr, Tolar was swivel-
Sens. Clyde R. Hoey and J. Mel
ville Broughton are Joining with
other Southern Senators in sponsor
ing a resolution proposing a Con
stitutional amendment to abolish
Jioll ta.xe8.
The Tar Heel Senators and Sen
ator Spessard L'. Holland (D., Pla.)
are preparing a joint resolution
which will .prohibit the required
payment of a poll tux or property
tax as a requirement for voting in
national elections. The resolution,
if passed by both the House and
Senate, would- he the beglnnlcg of
getting the required approval for
a -Constitutional Amendment. The
amendment would have to >be-ratifi
ed by three quarters of the State
before it would become effective.
ing contentedly in the Broughton
chair, answering to the name of
"Senator Tolar” and otherwise
throwing his weight around.
Senator Broughton stood at atten
tion and saluted as he was ini reduc
ed to "Senator Tolar.”
Broughton had no trouble getting
his swivel chair, however, as Mr. To
lar and other friends had a photo
grapher ready to shoot a fow pic
tures of those present,
Rop..-olect and Mrs. Ertel Carlyle
of Dumbortoa, and their daughter,
Lois,' were among the visitors who'
signed the register in the Broughton
office.
When J. Melville Broughton be
came North Carolina’s Junior Sena
tor in' Washington he brought to
work at the Caipltol a staff of six
assistants.
The Brougliton staff is headed by
John D. McConnell, Southern Pines
attorney, as administrative assistant,
and J^. Richard Queen of Waynesvllle
as secretary.
Miss Kate Humphreys of Raleigh,
for many years Broughton’s personal
secretary at the State Capitol when
ho was Governor, and also in his
law office, is here in her usual role.
Other members of the staff are
Mrs. Eloise Denson of Rocky Mount,
Miss Virginia Perry of Greensibord,
and Miss Evelyn Covington of Ral
eigh. Mrs. Denson is "a familiar fig
ure in the Senate Office Building,
having served until recently with
Senator W, Loo O’Daniel, former
governor of Texas.
Mr. Queen comes from a family
widely' known in mountain politics
and public affairs. He was a mem
ber of the staff of the State Senate
in'1'939.
wimiys/
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ers and have safety records to prove it. J>ar- ■swiuSrr
ing the hazardous winter months ahead, or
any time, you’ll be safer, you'll also save
money, by taking TRAILWAYS.
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SAVINGS, WITH THESE CONVENIENT DAILY
DEPARTURES
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RALEIGH - 8 -
NORFOLK 7
WASHINGTON, D. C. 7
DLNN 6
KINSTON ■_ 2
LILLINGTON ESSO AND BUS
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Phone 2751 .
Speaking of Broughton, he started'
the first day of the new '81st Con
gress l)y answering that day every
letter the mailman brought In.
Broughton personally signed more
than 200' letters he had dictated,
plus a lot of routine business mall
handled by members of his staff.
The staff was handicapped by
working in only one room outside
the Senator's private office. This is
because a third room in the suite,
normally occupied hy the stenogra-
'Phlc force, is being painted. In ad
dition to a staff of six' in one room,
there was a small army of visitors
invading the suite at various times
during the day.
The Senator soon will 'bring in
and put up the scores of pictures he
has collected, pictures of friends and
colleagues of public and private life,
and pictures from 'various chapters
In the history of the .Broughton
family.
Both Senators Hoey and .Brough
ton have recommended to President
Truman the reappointment of Qar-
' land R. Ferguson of Greensboro to
the Federal Trade' Commission, but
opposition to the veteran comniis
sionor's re-appointment is looming
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ACCESSORIES—Douglas batteries, U. S. Royal tires and tubes, seat covers, front and
wiar floor mats, fog lights, clearance lights. Champion spark plugs, A. C. & Fram oil
flitters, new and reconditioned carburetor & fuel pumps, Gates fan belts, brake lin
ings for cars and trucks, and ignition parts for any car.
GENl^RAL REPAIR—Front end aligning & wheel balancing, engines rebored, brake
dirums turned, hone & fit piston pins & spindles.
Electric and Acetylene Welding
Washing & Greasing
HAPf^lN&TON'^ 6ARA6I ^ AUTO PARTS
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: REPAIRS ON ;ALL.MA+E« OP CARS ./
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CUSTOiyv WORK SOt'lCi.TEP-f^.DiSCOVN'’' TO'O/SRA&’ES. ‘ ’
DAY B*256,*«;NIGWT. BROADWAY,
but
Ate,
the RepubUcan-dominated 'Sen-
anticipating a Republican pres
idential victory, refused to take ac
tion
on the appointment,
Ferguson since has baon serving
under an interim appointment.
Sen. J. Melville Broughton con
ferred with James E. Thigpen, direc
tor of the Toacco Branch of the Pro
duction and -Marketing Administra
tion ill the Agriculture Department,
regarding foreign markets for a
flue-cured tobacco. j|
Su'bsequently, Thigpen left Wash
ington for a visit to Ijseveral Euro
pean countries to talk! with govern
ment leaders there about markets
for Amerlcan-grown\l| tobacco. He
talked with Broughtoii . In order to
get the views of' a ^North Carolina
Senator before leaving; o^hls trip.
State Commissioner of Agriculture
David S. Coltrane, of 'Raleigh, is be
ing boomed in Washington for the
post of Assistant Agriculture Sec
retary.
followed the
Coltrane, who has 1
Administration on most agricul
tural polices, has heenijendorsed for
the high post by Senator Clyde R.
Hoey, Senator Hoey diaslosed he had
endorsed Coltrane several weeks
ago In a letter to Agriculture Secre
tary Charles B. Brannan.
Other Southern senators are also
understood to be backing Coltrane
for the agricultural pest. However,
Sen. J. Melville Broughton said be
had not been approacheil on the mat
ter. 1!
Livestock slaughter on Carolina
ii
farms was on the Increase from
January to October in ’,1948 in com
parison with the year 'before except
for sheep and lamb,Agriculture
Department 'has reported.
The rise in the nuniber of live
stock slaughtered wasi substantial
on every front. Cnttiej and calf
slaughter led the field 'fvith iucreas-
bs reported in the i thousands. Cattle
killing on Carolina farms rose from
93,100 to 102,500' head in, North
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UNDAUNTED . . . Dr. Lleyd
Smith, 2fi-yeaiw>Id physicist and
one of Qve atomic solentlsts tae-
Ing bllndnen from radiation, has
expressed hope that the news of
their Injories will not hamper
the nation’s atomic program.
Carolina and -from 70,100' to 74,200
head in South Carolina.
Although sheep and lamib slaught
er slumped some 1,200 'head in the
Tar Heel .State, South Carolina’s
slaughter production of sheep and
lam'b rose 300 head.
-Both states reported increases in
the slaughter of hogs, one thousand
more in N. C, and 77,000 more In S.
C. Gains numbei'ed some 20',0d0
'head in calf slaughter in N. C. and
m^e than 5,000 registered in S. C.
ard Queen, of Waynesville. Adminis-
tra.tive Assistant and Ebtecntire Sch^-
retary respectively, to J. Melrille
Broughton.
Their ‘boss was in Raleigh to at
tend the inauguration of Goventor
Kerr Scott so Queen and McCoanell
spent most of the day “meeting a lot
of mighty nice people.”
I3en. Hoey is on record as favor
ing a Cottstitutionat amendment
abolishing the electoral college and
splitting the electoral votes in each
state in exact proportion to the popu
lar vote.
The North Carolina legislator
Joined with Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge
(R., Mass.) and several other sena
tors In introducing a Joint resolu
tion proposing the amendment. Un
der the proposal, the present ar
rangement whereby each state has a
number of electorial votes equal to
the number of its representatives
and senators is retained. but these
votes would be divided between the
candidates according to the propor
tion of the popular vote each receiv
es. '
FLEES. . . Vrnmt
Elnsiedel, great i
von Blsmatk, has
editor of the
TagUsche Bunditchau and
the western weetar. He lei
arrested In ttie' U. 3. aua
era! times btrfiwe-
PLBASB SAY “I SAW IT IN THE
NEWS.” THi\NK YOU.
Peanut yiolds ini the State ie IMS
averaged 1.225 iraunds per acre—
195 pounds more tlian average yields-
in 11947.
When Rep. Harold D. Cooley, of
Nashville, takes over the House
Agriculture Committee as chairman,
he will take with him his secretary
and assistant of 21- years, Mrs. Mabe]
Downey, also of Nashville.
It was learned here that Mrs.
Downey will occupy one of the two
top ranking positions on the staff
of the 'House Agriculture Committee
which Cooley by seniority will head
in the 81st Congress.
Sen. Hoey has been appointed to
the Senate Finance Committee, one
of the more important of the com
mittees of this body.
At tho same time, the Democratic
Steering Committee also announced
assignment of Senator 'Broughton to
the Senate -Post Office and Civil
Service Committee and the Senate
Judiciary Committee. 'His predeces
sor, former Senator. William -B. Um-
stead, was a member of the 'Post of
fice group.
Sen. Hoey will remain on the Ag
riculture Committee and the Senate
Committee on Expenditures in the
Executive Departments.
While the cat's away, the mice
will play, two Tar Heels said re
cently as they scampered about the
House Office Buildings.
'But their "playing” was actually
the friendly business of getting ac-
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qualnted with Capitol Hill colleag
ues, Tho pair were John D. McCon
nell, of Southern Pines, and J. Rich-
LYRIC
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'with ■
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with
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SUNDAY-MONDAY
WHEN MY BABY SMILES AT ME”
with
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COMING—
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“BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES”
“JUNE BRIDE”
III
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Notice To AU
Ddinqnent Taxpayen
Of
Hamett Connty
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONEIRS, AT ITS MEETING JANUARY 3,
1949, ORDERED ME TO LEVY ON AUTOMOBILES AND ALL OTHER PERSON
AL PROPERTY TO SATISFY UNPAID TAXES DUE THE COUNTY OF HAR
NETT.
IF YOU ARE DELINQUENT IN YOUR TAXES, YOU CAN SAVE THE COST OF
THIS LEVY AND EMBARRASSMENT TO YOU BY HAVING A LEVY PLACED
UPON YOUR PROPERTY.
A PENALTY GOES ON TAXES UNPAID BY FEBRUARY 1. SEE ME NOW AND
SAVE MONEY.
W. D. HARRINGTON
TAX COLLECTOR HARNETT COUNTY
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