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TUN PRINTED WORD only type of ad thatmay be to again and wlli. ESTABLISHED IN THI ^'SAR 1881 INVESTIGATE Oranvllie County has many business and farm opportunities. In vestigate, then Invest. VOL. 75 OXFORD. N C. FRIDAY. AUGUST 31. 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY NO. 69 Siren CaHtd terie Bytt^ycationa! Mo Chicken Cosustties Re ported After Test of New Atoms Devise Up ciose, tt was ear-spiitting and eerie: outside o( town, according to listeners, it was aerie. This Was the 12 noon Wednesday testing of the new red painted civil defense siren mounted on a piatform atop the Morgan-Crews buiiding At 12 sharp, City Commissioner Ed Coble threw the switch that set off the mournful wailing According to one unnerved iisten er, "tt was tike the sirens in the movies of London during the blitz.* ! Another. "Lordy, what in the world is that fuss?" "They're trying out a new horn, didn't you read it in the paper?" "Nome." Loud and misbehaving prisoners in the county Jaii quieted down at- ; ter the noise began But most peopie were aware of tt. having read and heard the pre-test notice and announcement. Steps had been taken to guard against the panic-smothering of smali, housed chickens Signais used in Wednesdays test. T. C Jordan. Jr . Civil Defense director for Oxford and Granvitie County, pointed out. were educa tional—were the actuai signais ! which w ould be used in case of rea! See SIREN. Page 5 Both Portal HeM !n Mont's Death Arthur and Hertie Mac Hunt ^ in GranviHe JaH fn De - fauit of Bonds - Two persons, the mother and the father of a seven-months old chiid { who died iast June 27 urider mys terious circumstances, each aocus-j ed the other of iethai Mowa during; a continuation hare Tuesday night j of the coropw* inquest into the death of Nannie Hunt. The six-member jury which ear iter had the mother. Nannie Mae Hunt, held for inurdef in death of the infant. Tueaday night found probabie cause against Arthur Hunt, her common-isw husband, and or dered that he be heid for the grand jury of OranvUie Superior Court. ) Members of the jury earlier im panelled by Coroner Grover Saun ders were J.'R. Adcock. Pat Camp bell. Hiitman Brummttt. L. L. Shoffner, Frank Speed and Tom Poe Hertie Mae. appearing as a wit ness against Hunt, told the jury, in response to a question by the cor oner. that, in her opinion, the death of the baby was caused by mistreat ment at the hands of Arthur Hunt on Monday night prior to the chiid's death white she was away from home. Hunt, who asked that he might testify, said in his opinion, the baby died of a Mow from a shoe in the hand of Hertie Mae. After the young mother eariier had implicated Hunt after she was ordered heid for murder, lyr bond was cut to H00 and she was re ieased. However, on information given by Hunt, site was again piaced under arrest and now is in jaii Roth are being heid in default of $9,000 bail, awaiting the November term of Granville Superior Court. Roytter* ^Y# To Home Attorney and Mrs Stephen Roy ster and famiiy have moved into thetr home on Coilege Street Exten sion. purchased from Lee Page Roy star and which was formerly occu pied by Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Thorpe Royster, who received his degree in iaw this past June at UNO. is associated with his father. Attorney B. S. Royster. Jr . and his uncie Attorney T. S. Royster Mrs. Royster is the former Lucy Brewer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs C H. Brewer. They have three children. Kim bail, age 4. Catherine, age g, and Beverly, seven months oid. Five Msn CwMed By LocQt Proft Boafd Five men were sent up Tuesday by draft for military service by or der of the Local Draft Board. Ten others went along for a pre induction physical examination Reporting for duty were James Thomgs Pruitt. Hillsboro Street. Oxford: Bobby Jean Martin, Route 5. Oxford; Crafty Lee Mangum. Route i. Oxford: David Kenneth Oement. Route b. Oxford, and Cor neiius Ldwards, Jr.. Franklin ton. Route i Counfy Schy^/s W7// Open on ** jpfem6er 72 Board of Education Apf ^ s Dcfay of Week to Fact!! tatc Harvest of ^ ops—Term to Continue Cntii May 31, 1957 The Granvilie County Board of Education, meeting in spe cial session here Tuesday morn ing. postponed the opening of a)] schools of the Granville unit untii Wednesday. Sept. t2. Schoois had been scheduied pre viously to open Sept. 5. The decfsion was prompted by the iateness of the harvest in the county, where farm work generally is about two weeks behind schedule. Sup't *D. N. —. Hix stated that many commit teemen and patrons had ex pressed to board members the opinion that the county gener aiiy wouid profit from the de iay. which wiii move the ciosing date of the term to May 31. 1937 The preitminary faculty con ferences have been re-sched uied for Tuesday. Sept. il. when aii teachers wiii assemble for the 1956-57 term. Facuhy Meetings For Oxford To Be KeM on Tuesday Short Dav Schedule to Be !n Effect for First Six Days Of Term A further concession was announ ced yesterday by Sup't C W Dug gins of the Oxford schools, along with a statement that the 1956-57 session wiil open next Wednesday as scheduied. The concession is that classes will be closed at noon through the first six days of the term to release stu dent labor for harvest chores. Ear lier. the noon closing had been planned for the first three days. School cafeterias will not open. Duggins explained, until Thursday. Sept. 19. The school day Is to begin at 6:30 a. m. Bus drivers for Oxford schools are to meet at the court house here at S p. m. Tuesday. Faculty members from Credle. Mtchols and Oxford High Schools will meet In the Credle School M aeary at 10 a -tn. Sept. 4. Faculty members from Orange Street. An gler B Dulte and Mary Potter Schools will meet at Orange Street Bchool cafeteria at 9 p. m. Sept 4. 1 A. Watkins Heard By Kiwanians T uesday Kiwanlans. In their last meeting of the month Tuesday night at Ox ford Motor Inn. heard Joe A. Wat tlns spealt on the Pearsall Plan and the approaching September 8 refer endum. Watkins explained the workings of the plan and how it may be appiied to different situa tions. Frank Bullock, vice president, presided In the absence of John A Myers, president. Ed Taylor was in charge of the program Tom Speed attended the meeting as guest of Dermont Hedrick. Beginning with next Tuesday, the ciub will meet -at its regular place, the Womans Club. During the month of August, all meetings have been heid at the Oxford Motor Inn BANKS TO BE CLOSED Oxford banks will be closed Monday. Sept. 3. in observance of I a her Day. After the closing at 1! noon Saturday, banking will be resumed Tuesday morn ing. Sept. 4. AS( CM Cerk Gtenn Montague Dies in Hospita! Funera! to Be Conducted at 4 P. M Friday at Ta!!y Ho Baptist Church Thomas Gtenn Montague. 4ft. Ox ford man who was chief cierk for the Agricutturai Stabiiization and Conservation Committee, died at 7:30 a m. Thursday. Death came to the popuiar young , administrator at Duke Hospita) where he had been taken Wednes day afternoon for treatment of a heart condition. The funerai wiit be conducted at Tatty Ho Baptist Church at 4 p m. Friday by Rev. Etdridge Vinson, pastor. Buriat wiit take ptace in Granvtiie Memortat Park The body wit! be taken to the church one hour prior to the service. Montague was a student of the Montague of near Oxford, and the late Mrs. Etdte Hunt Montague. He attended Creedmoor High Schooi snd b*A .worked in the U. A De- ; partmenP gf Agrtettitures adjust ment program for ten years. He formeriy worked as a spot checker, assigned from the state office oi the agency tu Raieigh. and became chief cierk in the Granvtiie County ASC office in 1953. Montgue was a student of the program and was abie to handie many of the difficuities that arose in administering the many-angied ABC projects He was a member of Taiiy Ho Baptist Church and at tended the Young Aduit Sunday See MANTACUE. Page 3 Posta! Rceipts Up Twent^y-One Per Cent For Jutyand Angus! Locai posta] receipts for two M-day accounting periods. July 1 through Aug. 24. show a 21% increase over this corresponding < period last year. Postmaster John D. Mackie dlsciosed yes terday. tor the 1955 period, receipts were (7,122. while for the same r"-rtod th's year they were 34 431—a 31509 gain. Mackie at tnouted the rise to an increas ed use of parcel post and of ad vertising in general. He aiso felt postal receipts to be a fairly accurate guage of business conditions in generai. Although the post office has been operating since July 1 un der the department's new 13 month year, divided Into four periods of 13 weeks, for simpii fied accounting purposes, cotn ' parisons of periods from last year and this year were made for an equal number of days. Mackie said. Curb and Gutter Are Being Poured Progress Reported as State Continues Work on Wid ening HiHsboro St. Highway forces yesterday began pouring the curb and gutter for widening of Hiiisboro Street be ween Lewis and the Southern Rail way. The project has been underway for some time while utilities, includ ing power and telephone poles and water meters and lines were cleared Extensive work has been found necessary on a cuivert beneath the street and highway forces have sought to make these repairs while an the Job Stores to Be Open !n Oxford Monday Monday. Labor Day. r adit-a quasi-holiday in the city \ K , Ali rdtati stores and establish ments will be open for business, ac cord iny to George Curtin, chairman of the Merchants Committee. < Curtin said that the approach of the faii season and the desire of many parents to get ciothing and other suppiies for chiidren enter ing schooi prompted the decision to keep stores open Monday. Postal and other U. S govern ment workers, together with em ployees of the state, wiii be off duty Monday as a hoiiday. MARKff 70 OPfN SFP7. 70 New Warehouse and Additiona) Buying Company to Strengthen Leaf Sates in Oxford Monday. Sept. 10. Is opening day for tobacco sales In Oxford. Fred Royster, president of the Bright Belt Warehouse Associa tion. has confirmed the date in a letter to Sales Supervisor John N. Watkins. Jr. Earlier the as sociation had set Sept. 4 as ten tative opening date. Watkins said the pianting season, delayed in early spring by excessive rain and later by lack of moisture, had delayed maturity of the crop in many sections of the county. "There is stiH a tot of tobac co tn the ftetd, and some wit! not finish the harvest before mid-September." Watkins said Another warehouse ftrm and an additionai buying company wtii give new strength and in terest to the market this year, i Watkins predicted yesterday, recaiiing that Oranviiie Ware house wiii be opened next month airing with the other ten hous es. Banner and Mitcheii. John son and Pianters. Fleming No 1 and !. Owen No i and No 2. Mangum and Farmers. BRINGER OF GIFTS—A Fort Bragg business man, R Q. Creech, president of Creech Cleaners, Inc., visited Oxford Orphanage at noon Wednesday, bringing a truck load of clothing, suckers and cup cakes for the children. Baby Cottage children were first in Une when Creech opened his candy package. Creech said customers and friends do nated the used clothing, which he repaired and cleaned for the Orphanage. ^ORPHANAGE ] arw<.s" OFF FOR THE C!RCUS—The student body of the Oxford Orphanage were guests Wed nesday afternoon of the Henderson Sh'ine Cfub for Christiani Bros. Circus in Henderson. The "Red Devii" bus toads nearty 50 students as Assistant Sup't E. T. Regah, in door way, and Miss Litiie Parrigh, on ground, check the ioad Other student, at right, await thpir turn for transportation in automobiies. Mrs. W. H. Watters ^ DiesinHospita! Funeral Conducted Wednes day Afternoon at Oxford Methodist Church Mrs. W H. Waiters died at 11 p. m. Monday at Granville Hospital in her 80th year. She was one of East i Carolina s best known boarding j house-dining room operators, hav ing operated her estabiishment. the Walters House, here for 47 years I The funeral was conducted at 13 p. rr Wednesday at the Oxford Methodist Church by the Rev. Russell Harrison, pastor, followed by burial In Himwood Cemetery. Mrs Walters, the former Viola Jones, was one of It chHdrm bom to her late parents. Edna Moire and Thomas Hill Jones Boon after ner marriage, with her iate husband, she established a boarding house opposite the post office. Her ] enterprise became widely known ; and generously patronized by per sons from far and wide who learn ed of her family style dining room. Mrs. Walters, a woman of great energy, remained active until a few i weeks ago She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, the {Eastern Star and United Daughters f the Confederacy. She is survived by three sons. {Sidney J Walters of Winston-Sa iem. Dr. William H. Walters of Dade City. Fla . and John D. Wal ! ters of the home: two sisters. Mrs E. V. Hoffler and Mrs. D. T. Luns ford, both of Durham, and a btoth 'er. E. T Jones. Route 3. Oxford. Mrs. Ernest Crews Passes At Age 8! Funera) Conducted Wednes ^ day for Wife of Retired Mai) Carrier Mrs. Ernest L. Crews, 81. died at 7:15 p. m Monday at her home at Hester Station. Route 2. Creedmoor. Death followed an illness of severai months The funeral was conducted at 5 p. m. Wednesday at Bullocks Meth odist Church, of which she was a member. Rev W E. Knight, pastor, officiated, assisted by a former pastor. Rev. Vernon Tyson of Goid ston. Buriai was in the church cemeterv. Mrs. Crews was the former Saiiie Buiiock. a daughter of the late Benjamin W. and Liza Parrdtt Bul lock. She had resided all her life in this county and most of her years in the community where she resided at the time of her death. She had been active in church and community affairs so long as her heaith permitted Surviving in addition to her hus band. a retired mail carrier, are several nieces and nephews. Active paiibearers were Dr Hal K. Plttard. Clifton A. Pittard. Reid Crews Charlie Tunstall, William j Green. Leonard Clay, Hazel Wheel r and John Godch. Totone EHiott C!an To Gather on Sunday Friends and reiatives of the iate Teiene U, and Rosa Franklin EHiott are invited to join a family reunion to be heid Sunday. Sept. g. at the home of Edd EiUott. The Edd Ei iiotts reside near Moriah in Person County. Participants are reminded to bring a picnic ianch. < ' ' f DouB/e-ChecA Beg/ns /n Hun/ /or /Issa/Zonf With perseverence. Sheriff Roy D. Jones and his corns of deputies have continued since Sunday night their efforts to ioeate a man who is aiieged to have assauited Miss Mar garet Cameron of Burner on the Oxford-Stem road eight miies front Oxford. Officers have combed the area in efforts to ioeate a pick-up truck in which the aiieged assatiant was traveiing. and as the search pro duced no "hot" ieads. the hunt is being broadened to cover a larger area. .' , When the anaif was reported on Sunday night to officers at Buiner Fire Station, and iater in her taik with Sheriff Roy D Jones. Miss Cameron, an etnpioyee of the State Hospitals Board, said she was trav eiing atone toward Stem when a foiiowing vehicie bumped her own The first contact, she said, occurred near Providence. Others continued untii a severe Siam against her back bumper prompted her to stop. Miss Cameron related that a Ne gro came forward from the truck, parked just back of her own sedan, opened the door on the right side and toid her '! want to see you." The man got into the car. Miss Cameron reiated, and began slap ping her about the face and nose. Bruises and sweihng resuited. She declared her screams and auto horn faded to get attention of occupants of a farm home just off the road on the L. A. Bullock farm, and that when she escaped from the car. she ran to the house and asked aid. Her assailant, she said, drove away toward Stem in his truck. Miss Cameron said she had left town just ahead of another car. with which she was to travel to mtmer. The other vehicle, occupied by two acquaintances, employed at Butner. was detained briefly by traffic lights and became separted from the Cameron car on Hillsboro Street. When the second car came up. Miss Cameron's car was in the road, lights burning and door open, and Miss Cameron was returning from the house to which she had gone for assistance. It was then she told her acquain tances she had been attacked They took her to Butner. leaving her car on the road side, where it was later retrieved by Butner officers. The incident occurred around 9 p. m. T-Shirt League !n Row; Fina) Game Last Night Cards and PhiHies Each With Victory, !n Third Game at Park Thursday Official T-Shirt League piayoffs were halted Friday. Aug 24, over a protest by the Yankees to the al leged ineitgibtiity of a Phiily pitch er. and the agreement was reached to count none of the playoff games, but to revert to the standings held prior to playoffs. League Commis sioner W. T. Watkins, said yester day Team standings before the play offs began were Cardinals. Yan kees. Phi'tes. Pirates. Indians and Braves. "No trophy or anything like that was awarded. Watkins explained "We ran out of money ", In (h - semi-finals, the Cardinals bested the Pirates two out of two payed, and the Phillies lost to the Yanks. 10-3. their second game be mg the protested one. However, the two Orphanage teams oil Monday evening at the park, began their own private fi nals. The score was in favor of the Phils. On Wednesday. Aug 29, the Cards triumphed 10-6. but accord ing to Bob Reece and James Smith, no spectators showed up. League officials Were not present, accord ing to Reece and Smith, and park lights switch had to be forced open to get tight for the game. Watkins said it had been his un derstanding that this inter-school team rivalry would be played at the Orphanage field. ) Smith and Reece expressed shame that little league fans, players and officials had let the teams down, and said they pian to stage a picnic or weiner roast for the Orphanage boys, doing it alone if they cannot get help around town. : A final game was set for last 'night at the Oxford park Loca! Guard Unit To Resume Regular Monday Night Drill The regular drill schedule for Company A. local National Guard unit, will be resumed at the regu lar hour. 7:30, on Monday evening. Warrant Officer Thomas P. Wilson said yesterday. Although Monday is Labor Day. we must hold this drill period any way." Wilson said. During the month of August, all drill was cancelled to allow men to work in the various phases of to bacco. Safety Feature Is Offered in Ledger A connc strip with a safety theme wiii appear in the Pubitc Ledger for the next few issues through cooperation of the safety committee of the Junior Chamber of commerce. The strip has espcciai appeai for the boys and giris who are this year beginning sehooi for the first time, according to Nelson Daniel, chairman of the safety comm'ttee of the Jaycee organization. Other committee members are Buster WM ford. E. S. Poweli. Brent Currtn. and Dick Paynter. Per Capita income Up North Carolina's per capita income in 1953 increased $63 or five per cent over that of 1955. the State Department of Con servation and Development was notified this week However, the state continues to rank 44th among the states in per capita income under revised estimates made by the Department* of Commerce In Washington, D. C. North Carolina's per capita Income gain last year was the same per cent as the national average. In 19M. per capita In come in this state waa $1^M compared with tUH in 1964. GrtmviHe Towns Get $33,545.79 FromPoweM BiM Oxford's Share, $26,386.92 of State AHocation for City Street improvements Four Granviiie towns. Oxford. Creedmoor. Stovali and Stem. wiii share M3.M5.79 of the $6.2M,336.82 which wiii be disbursed in mid September to 400 incorporated, ac tive. eiigibie and quaiified munici palities for improvements on non highway system streets. Of the amount coming to Gran viiie under the provisions of the Poweii Act. passed in i95i Oxford wiii receive $26,386.92: Creedmoor, $3,949.75; Stovali. gi.904.96; and Stem. $i.322.i6. Haif of the totai aiiocation for the state, or 83.)09.688 0] wiii be divided among aii quaiified munici paiities on the basis of popuiation. The per capita rate is $2.04 this year. Last year it was $!.88. The other haif of the total aiio cation is divided among aii the quaiified municipalities on the ba sts of relative mileage of non-state road system or iocai streets which compiy with the Poweii Act. Ac cording to the reporting of the X. C. State Highway and Pubiic Works Commission's figures Ox ford's non-state mileage is 25 61; Creedmoor's 4.45; Stovaii's. 2.13; and Stem's, i.77. Since the enactment of me Fow eii Act to iegisiation tn 1951, the number of eligtMe mutticipaiities and the total amount of money ai iocated has steadily increased. In 1951. 386 towns shared In $4,543, 096.20. * The increasing annual totai dis bursements are due to the ever growing volumes of gasoitne being used in motor vehicles, and the fund comes from a one-half cent per gallon of a total or gross of six cents per gaiion on gasoiine. As of Juiy 1. 1956. the 400 parti cipating; towns had 6^61.11 miies of non-state roadway. Allocations may be made only to iegaiiy incorporat ed cities and towns which are ac tive and eligible, and whose offi cials have qualified It by submitting certified statements and maps pri or to the iimiting date. Many iegaiiy incorporated towns are inactive and do not perform those function necessary to qualify under the law. The many populous communities hi the state which have never chosen to incorporate and function as municipalities are not eligible, the allocation report pointed out. Payments wiil range this year from low of $389.10 to Faikland in Pitt County to the high of $453, 091.21 for Chariotte. -a Coca-Co!a Sates Produce Resutts Jaycees SeM 400 Cases of King-Size Drinks During Effort Tuesday Night Jaycees. ringing doorbells across and around the town. Tuesday night succeeded in seiiing coupons for 400 crates of king-size Coca-Coia tn their campaign to obtain a score board for the Oxford High footbaii fieid. Project Chairman R Kennon Taytor. Jr . said yesterday that many additional crates had been soid by Jaycees in their work about the city during the day Wednesday and Thursday. "It iooks pow as if we have about 400 more cases to go to bring us to our goa! of 900, ' Tayior said. Coupons, redeemabie at tocai Co- < ca-Coia dealers untii Dec 3i, are aiso stubbed to permit purchasers to participate in the distribution of a high-priced electric ciock and alao about 15 serving trays. "We are highly pleased with the acceptnce the public has given our project here. " Tayior said remind ing that each purchase aiso gets a ticket vaiued at $1 for the opening high school footbaii game Sept. 7. Scow* Workers Meet To P!on Fund Drive Boy Scout workers of the county wiU meet tonight. Friday, at 8 in the* Baraca ciaas room of the Ox ford Baptist Church for the pur pose of planning the annuai Scout financial drive. O T. g^akes. fund drive chair man for Oranvtiie County Scouts, said this meeting had originally been planned for a week ago. but was postponed until Aug 31. Bakes .urged every person working with !the Boy Scodts of the county to at tend the muethtg.