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A.'i‘ •' f*' tu. K * Ci««' S'l;" m- Xwi' asjr FARM, HOME AGENTS EXPECT LARGE GROUP TO MAKE COUNTY TOUR VARIOUS TYPES HARNETT COUNTY NEWS DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF HARNETTl COUNTY PRIMARILY, AND OF THE STATE GENERALLY. $1.50 PER YEAR—Sc A COPY FJilIingtoMi, N. C., Thursday, August 11, 1.938 »lf It CoBCwms It's In THE NEWS'* DEMONSTRATIONS ARE SCHEDULED SFC'OXD AXNU.^Ii CIUrUlT OF HARNFrrr starts from agri- CULTURAL nt'lLDIXG THIS MORXIXG AT M O’CLOCJK A tour of Harnett designed to familiarize farmers of each townsnip with methods employed by fellow farmers in the other 12 townships will bo coitdiicted today (Thursday) hy the county's three extension workers and members of the soil conservation unit stationed at Camp Avery, Lllllngton'c CCC camp. The initial farm tour, staged last summer, was iluilted toanen but It was so successful that County Agent C. R. Ammons and his assistant, J. B. Qourlay, decided it would be self ishness to exclude the ladies. Miss •Xaoml Carr, home demonstration agent, was retiuesled to assist in mapping tlie day’s schedule and the Resurfacing 421 ladles were invited accompany their husbands on the second tour. On the basis of acceptances receiv ed from those to whom letters con taining information ahotu the tour had betn sent, spons'ors of llie farm tour believe lhati approximately lOt' men and ladies will be inclndod in the motorcade. There were more than 75 in last year's group. The swing around the county wllL get underway tills morning shortly after 8 o'clock, the lime set for the tourers to assemble at the Agricul tural Building in' Lillington. The trip is expected to be made in automu- blles but if more assemblo^'han ar rangements have been made for, CCC trucks will be quickly called into use for transportatlng the farmers who will 'be “out.” to see more of their home county. For the farm men and women, 17 demonstrations have been arranged at various point's of the Journey. When the motorcade loaves Lilling ton, it will proceed northward into Xelil's Creek township for three or more demon8tr.iiions. The liome water system, remodeling and elec tric fencing at the liome of Mr. and Mrs. Arch Johnson w'ill be Inspootod by the travelers; an Inspection will be made of Roger Sexton's work stock and dairy cows and a demon stration in reflnlshlng home fnrnl- turi will be viewed at the homo of .Mrs. Alton Johnson. From Nelli’s Creek section, the lour goes into the Kipling-Chalybeate Springs commun ity. Mr.s. John Co'tton and Mrs. M. E. Veasey will present canning bud gets for farm uses and a demonstra tion in iMine remodeling will be seen at tin home of Mrs. Pou Bradley. Swinging back toward the north eastern st-oilon of the county, the trvelers will see what a 4-H Club boy has accomplished wilti liis swine project at the home of Lamos Den ning, 4-H Cluh member. This demonstration was arranged by Mr (Continued on page six) START WORK ON DUNN BUILDING Board Of Education Orders .Sanford Contractor To Procml WItli Krec- tioii Of Trades Building A of hlgliway ‘mt>loyeo.s arc this w*'k surfacing \o. 421 bet ween doiiesboi'O and liilllngtua. While tills work is iM'litgi done, trul’fic hotween the two i«ilnts,ls I'oiitid ovei- highways 24, 2lt> and 15-A, via Maiieliesti-r, Sltiee “putting tlowii" tlie eoiii- po.sttioii surfaee has been develop* el to .siieli a fhi“ point, It! Is e.v- peeteil the •foiu'.sIsiro-Llllliigton roail will be closisl only I'a f«‘W da.v.s. ROAD OFFICIALS TO CONFER WITH HARNETT BOARD COMMISSIOXIOR M'RAK>' AND DIVISION KXGIXEKR WHITFIKLD MKKT KXKCU'J'IVKS HKRK TO- MORROW AFTERNOON Barring a last minute change in plans, ConunissloiKr D. U. McCrary of the State Highway and 'Public Works Commission and Division, En gineer L. E. Wliitfleld wllj, come from Ashehoro tomorrow (Friday/ afternoon to conl'er with I-!arnelL’s ( I Board of Commlssloaers relative to the roads lit this county, j The meeting will be a rou'iine ses sion between' tlie executlyi'S and their repreiientutlve on thti Stale Highway Commission. Rotvd ^'I'ohloms will be theigouerul topic of tho ,con ference with Commissioner ;,VIcCrar.\ and Engineer Whitfield offering ad vice and answering inerles'i put by the Commissioners. DELINQUENTS’ PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR TAXES ir Representative .' 1 TAX C()IiLE(;TOH DILI. HAHRIXG- ION ADVERTLSIXG REAL ES- TATE OF ATiL WHO HAVE . * i NOT .SETTLED FOR H»!t7 To coiled the .$81,00(1 .still due Harnett’s treasury from'' (he 1937 for the levy or to clear the path county to forv'closo'and' assume,own ership cf thi'.propo'riy involved, ,Tux Date for, the conference twas sot hy McCrary, who some tlmoj|ago in formed the Commissioners I'he and i • the engineer, would meet yilh the Board thisi'month. It will iiiark Uic second occasion the two t.ave sut with Harnett's executives ti thrash out perplejflng road probUms, al*- though on’several occasions^ dolega- tlons from! this county liav^i confer red with tlie officials at alv,',slon of fices in Ashehoro. Thes^, confer ences arc hold regularly as a means of bringing .the county's spokesman Oolloclor W. D. (Hill) Harrln.gton is tills week mivev.tlslng tlir list of real, estate wlilch he will sell on' .Monday, September 5th, unless taxes are p.'iid before the sale date. The original lists, iirepared two weeks ago aiid prc.sented lo^ the Board of Commlsalpners at their ineotlng on Monday of la.s|. week, contained more than 2';i00 nanus hut the total was reduced wlien several of i i ' those who postponed payment until threatened with udyortisemoni settl ed with the colhclor. While the lists publisliod in the Dunn Dispatch '(tnd The News «ac counts for the big majority in the unpaid column, ,these 'lists do net I'eiiresent the entire $8.1,000—or 25 per cent of lh( total levy— still due, The insolvent Hat, which contains tlie names of those who own no real estate, reprosen,ts several thousands of dollars yet unpaid. :| Collector Harrlhgion and other county officials, who have from year to ytar watc.lied tlui sale'of land for taxes, are still puzzled dyer why citi zens will periiilt Iholr p.roperty to he sold when sooner or l.i'ier they will have to rodeotn It to remove any de fects from the title, INol only has Interest accumulnlod at the rate of one per cent per mon.h —which' over a 12 nuinth’s period mounts to the 12 per, cent rate—hut additional 'cost.s for advertising and selling iho real estalo wtlll bo charg ed it the^lnmis are sold by ihe col- looitor, I,, lUreaking down the 0O|Unty’8 lol.il between townships reveuis that (llecr tor's Crook has the sniiillest numbtr of items advertised tor |'non-paym'.*nt of taxes. This fownshipl had .only 38 items listed in tlie ,original copy and nnrnoH might havCi'befcn taken out before the list wns!ai)proved'for publication. Next, wiijh 55, w.\s Bnckhorn, and Duki township was in third place with 70 names. Averasboro, the township which has the largest numhpr of taxpay ers, leads .the' list wllh,;6fM. Upper ADULT SCHOOLS cut INTO RANKS OF ILLITERATES WI»A SUPERVISORS CONDUCT CLASSES TPO REDUCE NUMBER OF HARNETT PERSOX.S UX- !iK to read OR WRITE Adnlt'" Classes' financetf* hy the Works Progress '.\dmtni8tratlon,have made hl,g .gaps lit' liarndii's group of person.^' who can neither'7 read , nor write and plans now being formulat ed at a'conference in 'Greenville" In- OF EDUCATION OFFERS THREE DATES FOR SCHOOLS TO OPEN 60 Per Cent FIRED S. THOMAS Occnpyiltg a. .seiu In the Hottse of HcpresCjUtaliVes for ilie fourth llint- .since hla eleetloii In 3935 ts Fred S, j dicale still further,reductions will be made within the'tntnro'|l2.months'., .‘Vn ld\a of tho 'henetlts derived froth those classes caii'-'be gained from reports Iss^uod by Mr8.„NoveHiy Summerlin. Harnetb supervl'sdi". who is at'.endlng ,the conference 'of ;State and dlsirlct ofriclaW,. According Vto Mi.s. SU|mmorlin,. ail' of, the, veferans enrolled at Camp Avery in LllUitgidn now sign ilielr pay, roll vouchers, a coiulltlon that did not' oxlsf^'before cla.sses for vereraus were InstUuted nearly one year ago. Mrs.''Summer lin says that since la3t..dotO'ber 14 enrulles have been taught doi sign Thoiiius of Lrwlu. who will movv names,' oomplelely, erasing the Inu) Ihe'upper chamher In the 1939 sosslon'jtialesH the a'epubiicaris spring an uiisel and defeai, him. SPECIAL SESSION ROLLS SMOOTHLY TO END ITS WORK PA.SSAGE^DF “G.AG" RULE IXSUR- ANn: LEGISL.ATIOX WILL HE ' CO.NFIN'ED ro niLli.S RKLAT- , i I. ED TO I’WA SIMCXDTNG In closer contact with the road prob lems of thij section he rej/reaents on the State iDommission. Among the proposals '-'ted to come up,..for discussion i ■ row Is completion of the Cduu.lbnson road. At, their recent meeting, the Executives! were presented a l‘tter from a Benson citizen who stated tho Commissioner of tho Fourth Di vision, in which Johnston county is located, had indicated the; section from Benson to the- Johmston- Harnett line would bo etnnpletod when work was strted on tho section from Coats to the county border. If this road is constructed, citizens in that section of the connly,' would have an improved road' leading from Benson to peacock’s Crossroads and Little Rivei’” nnother'l’of the covl'li- ly’s big/townshlpsjL was-second with 25.8 and^Grove,, .w'lljh 243., wa.Si third. Others ranged from l')4 in Neill’s Crook to 2il2 in Ullinglon. FATHER OF LILLlXGTpN SCHOOL TKAibHER DIRS (Continued on page six) Persons tlirougliout the Lillington .school district will’ h^j grloved.-io learn of tbo passing,.iail'Hod Springs lust. Thursday of Uoherl Chapman, father of Miss Lida La',y Chapman, a meml)or,j,of tho local I’facnlty. Mr. Chapnmn', a, prominent!,‘to.\tUo exe cutive, 'succtinrDod ■ from ■ an Uluess that cx'tended over , acyeral' weeks. In addition to Miss bhapman, he Is survived by his-wldovii:* one daugh ter, Caroline Banks 'Cliapman, and one son, 'Robert W.’ Chapman, Jr. Drainage Supervisor Panama Canal Approves Local Project ■ with' passage cf tho “gag’’ rule Insnrinc legislation will he llihlted to ’onaejmout of bills enabling North lu the, PWa. Carolina to punlolpalu. spending .program,'"iho Gonorul 'As- and wj;lt^ 'soml)ty''|s apodal aos,|(ion, ordered'last week I • rolls ,ljy Governor Hoey, . , ' i' smooililv toward adjournment. '[ ''I ' 'Fred' S. Thomas} of Krwln, Har- ll 1} nett’s (itemher of the lower body for the past four yoar^. again occupies hl.s sea'i. in tho House of Representa- Ivies. jiThe enrrent session will, lem- po'rar.lli’ at least, end his career as a member of thali' group since he la slated .to boconiv' Senator Thomas-In' list of llhoso jWhO' formerly were forc ed to use tho'’‘X" and witnesses when endorsing their vouchers. ‘ At p)'eaent, there arei'twojwhite and thiee Negro teachors' conductlng classes for adults in various se'etlons of the county. Mrs, tSummerliti, who tuugh.t ut the CCC cam]>, holds simi lar classes In'Erwin'and!; DunnJ' .Mrs, G. C, Cameron of Olivia "w.orks in'! CuuntyiHomo to enable many of the the November election' Ihe unless the Democrat U' Republicans upset aiiple (jurt. Mceilng Monday'at' noon, the two houses 1 considered fh'o. measures simultanc; usly to expedite final pas sage, which will require at least six days, ICaoh moastiri' must pass three. roadlng.s on' three ' sepavau- dnyif In .licit House, I Thejl“g'ag’’ rule,limits legislation to iho'ipurposes for. which Use session was oij(lled, U was Invoked .Monday. Assured by State school authori ties the requested loans would he available, the Board of Education Monday ordered W. L. Jewel of San ford to proceed with construction of the Agriculture and- Industrial Edu cation Building for Dunn high school. Work was started the following dy, Tuesday, and It is expected tho building will be ready for occupancy within GO days, as pi'ovlded In the contract. The Dunn schools will open on September 16th and it may be the building will be completed by that lime. Upon subinttlng an offer to con struct tho building for $5,497, Jewel was 'declared successful bidder but actual awarding of the contract was deferred until financial ucgotlotlons were completed. Fear was express ed that construction could not be started until September, Ist. The building Jewel is constructing will' house the Dunn’s school voca tional departments as well as pro vide quarters for the new trades course which this year becomes a feature of the curriculum. It Is the- firet department of Us kind. In -Har nett ocunty. Consisting of lining tho ditch with cement slabs, a drainage pro ject to control malaria by elimin ating ideal sites for mosquitoes to breed Is under construcUori! In tho i stream and low area just joast of Harnett’s Agricultural BulVdlng. It is financed by the Works Progress Administration. Members of the county’s! health doparlment, 'W'PA engineers and others Interested in the control work have expressed favorable comment on the project and .re cently the expert who originated tho idea Inspected tho work and stamped thereto his seal, of ap proval. He was Colonel LoPrlnco, senior sB.nUary engineer fojr U. S. Public Health Service,, whoi passed ithrough 'Harnett with several mem bers of the State Board of, Health stall and stopped over long enough.' to look at the experiment jproject, the second of Us type Ini' North Carolina. Behind Colonel LoPrlnee Is a colorful career in the field !of sani tary engineering. It was j he who laid out and planned the drainage work which made possilSile ■' the ■ obnieltruction of the Panama (Danal., Yellow fever and malaria Iwere iso destructive In the. Caan! Zone it Is donhiful If the white men could have have survived without an ef- ficloni drainage progiiam. Before the United States star,led to con struct a canal across the Isthmus, the French Governmeiil was forc- to abandon the project!.because so many of tho men dleid .from the to diseases caused by mosquito bites. During tho World War he head ed malaria control work in many of the training camps' in this country. So effective was his work that less than 30 soldiers suc cumbed to this'disease. Busing estimates on proviousl statistics. Army offlcora estimated ' these deaths would number approxi mately 5,000. H. C. Yolvorton, supervising en gineer, -has also been !prblsed for his work with the local project and many civic minded dllzena are looking forv/ard to converting the area Into a munclpal |. park , and pl'Uyground. It would muko' an ideal ohe. . ! Members of the State Board of Health who have also approved the work ard^'G. M. Whitt-, malaria control, engineer, and boii Ashton, entomologist. but, by. ununlinons oonaent, members (if ihi'jjLegislnturo In'.iy tire.-tent,.other meaanij’qs. '.It'la iinllkely, howovor, that tills Avlll ho done -as Govi'mer Hex'}' 'jand , adnitnlslratlon , load&r.'t have- eptpreased th'tU desire for legiS'} liitors ,to quickly dl.shaml and those who hold the la.-di over both Houses are also said to hold identical yeiwa. Despite the "gag” rulo.,.^lhoae cain-j paig'-iiiig for laws to repeol absentee Itallottiing are .said to ho contemplat ing having this ban lifted .so they can Inirodtice thi'ir pet ))lll.s. Some local acts have been proposed but it is doubtful if unanimous consent will scverali We.storn Harnett communi lies, c()Ud«ctln'g' general adult work.' q’he .three NeRi'o teachers live iu or nrotjnd LUlta'gton and work in .surround 1 ngj cointnunities. Althiiugh'iplana for , the coming year are Incomplete, the chances are, that tlijC work .will be considerably,, oxpnndied and wlllrplace lemphasls' .om not onjy-wiping out illiteracy antong! adults jl)Hl|0n battering ihe^coudltlom of those who-are barely able‘’to read and wt;it^ .h ' more Important pro jects n'aw under consideration is the estnbiiijbm'ent I of classes In the HMi'iieR's conslsU'iki ixh'oihI of | prodiietiiK cut tun yleUls by .stagtlUK bi'illlant eoiue bnck.s .after poor'.' stiiiitls iiiid unfnvorable I .wentlier tliirlnK the ^rly iiiiaturliig .sea.*H>iif' apiM'ars ibis .veiir tit bt' . dooiiUHl! I jj .. . Due .to rains tind' coo) weather •. wlilelt biunkeled lUte' entire Soiitli- Vn.st'qrn eblton kisIwIiik bell during; ^ .tiuneliHud .)ul,v,’'biH-w/wil' infesta-.^.:! .t ion'is tu'a.vler llmivii) many yeN'rs;..! 1 VI i ’ • *, % , * -U.f ■ Sonie |tr>wer.s.have expressed' the-i . opinion theiiV ju'C, iiiOri* weevils Jin , thiii’,'e,opnt,v now,.,lhun'at'!any time' . since;! tlie>!! flr.st iiivtuled Harnett ■ fields}’ll.sotiie LI .Years.aKO. .Since dnniatjie caused by wtH'vlls Is so iti'eat «uid' i>oor stands'- are . pre,valent,ithrbutthoiil the county, pi'edlctloii has been; made In the LAFAYETTE AND ANGIER PLAN TO START AUGUST 31 LILLINGTON, DUNN AND MOST OF OTHERS WILL COKIMK.NOE FALL TERMS ON SEPT. 14; SR1‘T. ai THIRD DATE Conveulag la a session postponed ;from the preceding Monday, mem bers'of the Board of Eduoatibn Mon- I day offered' principals three dates I 5 from which -to select their opening for farail agC'nt.*H crop. wlliv aorin'al. ' be office this year's only tto law (‘ent. COUNITY WARDEN REPORTS ON FIRE FIGHTING WORK .lEFF TU;it1ANGTON’.S fiUMMAKV OF‘l4(VnVITIKS: IS 10»7-a8 RK. VEALS IW50 APPROPRIATION ' IS Gt)OD INVESTMENT inmates to, while away hours enjoy Ing papers a'mT, magazlue.s. which magazines they aije now barely able to read'. An Incomplete census, conducted; by W'PA, estimates'. In/Hurnf'tt coun ty thet'e are 1,'000'illilerator>ad«U8, While 'this figure’ appears to-'be ex- eesRlve.j for ilhe number who,.' sire! totally! llllteratc~tliol la, unable lb' sign tlulv names—it does not over estimate the nuiivbeV of■lHarnett^cHlf! zeaa who! caiij'be materially ibenefll'edi by nttending;iihe clas'ses, ' BROOKS (7IiAN REUNION TODAY frhe!;48ih annual reunion of the Brooks' clan ds being held today at 'Pino Knott! farm, home of W. 1. Brooks', two miles west -of . Jones*! boro. !!The.occasion will marl^ the' 7Gqh 'birthday'of .Mr; Broks and! will mark! ihe' 2!03’r(i' anniversary of - the' 'Bi'oolM' ramlly]‘''l'n Amiirlcd.; Speeches,, special music-and'a pic nic supper 'will HU' the day’s pro gram! >, K. A. MEETING The!; Junior 'Royal Ambassadors will m.'Bet' at ,th'e Lillington Baptist • Churcij; Thursday night at 8 o’clock. In ihts report covering fire control activities on 264,d'31 acres of timber- .land iduring the- fiscal year from pulyMsi, ,1937 through June 30lh, !l9S8!,^Cou,aty Warden’ Tl Jeft Tur}- ‘Ungton.' ieceutl^y 'gave ,the Board of' [Commlssibnefs. dofinite proof that, 'the $850 annu'ai!' appropriation for !conservatlon and; development is a good investment.' The' county’s appropriation for lire control work -is supplemented' by an ,'equal amount front' StatO' and 'Federal funds,."'increasing to $1760 the1’totar.;avaUa'b|0( for .foresty actl* vities.Ji Warden " 'Turliugtbn’f ] »'«PorV .sh'^s.'ithaC only ,$1623.80 of^this sum was needed.j;' Expendl,litres, included salary, for. Turliugtott and for iowerman'. during” February .'March and .April,;tool8 and .'equipment'^ Are fighting and' miscel- lati^us Items. 'Towers at Campron iHlllaitd Maitt- ers' were maitite.d by combination lookout lowermoh and smoke .cha sers... Exceptionally- good results in detection and suppression of forest fires Y^ere O'btaineU, Salary for the toworiiian at Mamers, came from county funds while the observer in thei ^Cameron Hill • lower was paid front,! Overhiils Protective Associa' tlou,-'’funds. - iDvirlitg.lhe year, 74 fires burned- a total ofil0,'7'92 acres, with dama ges estimated at, $9,863. . Ones, hundred |,aiid three cltlaeiis of "Harnett volunteered., services in lighliitg Ares'.- Ohtside'otvthe ward en's organization, $592.28!was paid to 642 men for assistance'^in stamp ing out fires. , Three proseculioiis. with as many (Continued; on page six) the 19'38-39 term and approved a list of teachers who had ,been appoltited' by local comnitttees. Dates offered by the school au thorities were August 31,' Sspiembcr 14 and September'21. 'Each' of .theae- dates falls on. Wednesday, i 'Despite the fact tbat'Uie first date is rather early, for Harnett schools .to open,.,' Principals Q. T. Proffit of L'aFayetfe ' iiad John 0. Wood; of Angler' ha\;«'' indicated' their schools will start tne" fall terms the last day oMhts tttbhlb. ! Mid-Septenthor Is the ittC'St popu*. l«r lime to commence new school years and it is quite probable ' the elgltt remaining white high schools and the associated elementary, schools will open September 14tb;-; two weeks later thair LaFayette and Angler. Principals !J. A, V/alker'of Lllliiigloit and E, Q. Bourne of Dunn have stated. this date will be selected by them. As a general rule, Negro schools are the last to begin, the fall senies- ter and It Is expected that these will 'this year opeii oiv Septemb’er'21st or a special date tor them to commence may be seuby the'Board. '; With the opening dates- 'Jeterpiln* ed, the Iscbool heads- turned' to the. selection of the teachers and approv- .bd' lists Isubmit'tedi by prlncipalH and local coramlttees. For most of the schobls.ithe list is complete but la jseveral jhe appointments !|had not !beenVotrrclally made by alie [principal Two are ontlt- aiid commiueemen. ted .in the Angler-jllst and two were lettifronv. the Coals list'.! The Lllltng- ton,: listu'which'!.! contains ! names, is compl'Cte'. •Following , Monday'; two itevr is the list, approved Anderson Creek Bchool ' Elementary; Mesdames [.Margaret ‘R, Kendali'and ' iNelle H'. Shaw, Miss'es Elisabeth McCormick, Mary •Emily 'Smith, and Lillian ik. Black;' high school: iH.'l. Kendall, princi pal,' Miss Joaiietie McLaucltlln. Dunn School S « » t High school: E. Q. Oduriiio, princi pal, Oliver, 0. Manning, B. Mc Arthur, iWiit! 'H. Averelte,, M,. M. Johnson', J. is. Bivens, C. a.;l.ampley. Misses Josephine Grant, Edith Car penter, !BIanclie Grantham,^ Rachel M. Clifford,'Frances Gray, Mrs. Irene Q, Dixon; . elementary^ school: J.' Yates; Bailey. Misses .Beasts Masseit- glll, Jane Williams, Rosalyn Adcock.. Lillian M. Bixell, Merle Owen, Luclle (Continued on page six) be obtained. Thejl revt'iiue bond bill the solona re uaa,iilng will authorize an issue of $4,C20iOOO. This is sufficieivt, if suppl^inontfd ..with 45 per cent; gruiUs'l front tlie PWA, to make pos sible Cjf permanent Improvemenls in' Slate jnstltutlonp costing about $8,- TBD.OCip. Miinibor.^of tlie budget commission hast week received ve- questai*froin heads of the various In st it utl([na for needs ers’ling nearly $.50,000,000. Foremost of these items .^’as a request from the High way C'3Jninlsslon for nearly. $39,0,00,- OOO fc'r road Improvements, The commission applied the paring’knife and brought the rotal more in line with ,;,vhat the Stale can afford at the present time. Thoj session will disband this week-tincl. ' i EKV. ADAMS PREACHES Rcv. Cary''Adams, former prosl-. dent (if i^resbyterl'anl-Junior College at Mpion, .filled,,the pulpit of ..the local iiPres'bytorlan'i Church Sunday. He wits accompanied here , by Mrs. Ad'ams. In 'i,the' absence .of .Mrs! Cavlness Brown, Mr.. Normiin Matthews, tal- €ute'd,V'!niu8iclan' oi^! Lillington; acted as plfi!nist "for Suaday'i'tiorvlce. Shut Off From Power, Town f^esembles Its Early Period Reminding us of the short space of time required for luxuries to, develop into necessities, calendars In Lillington Jumped back Friday I I , ‘ . uigbt! to the period of inferior street!'ligltts’ and few tlectrlcal. ap-.' pliaitces. w^hen power lines went on ' a lliVee-hour'^blluk, from 6 to' 9. o’clock,, j'While an emergency crew;i-“ti^uble’ shooters”, worked- ■'truntljcally to 'Correct .the defects .so juice'cpuld'!ag'aln be sent ham- , utingl'thrpugh [the wires, the town ,wu.s lit total darkness. • . . A fe,w years ago, before electric^;.! Ity superseded all,- niethodS'!-,of;,' llghtltig Mand , before applIanbeB;..;. ■^powfi'-ed' liy electricity gained'suclif^.. tixienalveiluae, .‘.the three-hour . pensiitn '^ould'haye passed'^.almpst unnoticed'.,-; [House-wiveb and own;"^ c{I bbsiitesseB -which had-, litf, , ers stallejtl electric' light's' would haye'' delveii liitb closets , for recently. di3oai|dedi kerosene lamps. and., life., would liaVe! continued' at its nor- mal tempp. Butlelectrlclty.haS'been turned 40 so mipy’.'other-'uaQs ;than, lighting that anTentirely,different situation' resull.od Friday' night. Lamps and candies fitted in as emergency -lights but not'hiiig was available'to substitute tor the power. In. many 'homes, the summer supper whs lighter than usual;, be;, cause electric ..stoves were only meaus of cooking and sandwiches" 'formed tlie nialii item' on the menu. Most oL the .filling station . operators who were accustomed ..to, electric pumps closed bill others remained open,, relying upon old style, mechanical pumps to force, gasoline from tanks in the event' motorists drove Into the station .for fuel. .> Down at the Lyric theatre, •‘[Ow.net’! A. G. Rogers w.as waiting for'tbe current'SO'*he could- Imme-, dlately 'run his show,' despite the- late! start. The Warwick Hotel- Coffee Shoppe . remained open to. feed the bus .loail of passengers, who stop nightly tor their suppers, aitd] Bammie Rastotn'kept his Lil- lin'gtoit'Gafe open to accommodate his; boarders'. ' , 9tree48 were dark -but groups of men, who nightly-'assenible some where up town, congregated along the streets, laughing and enjoying the'unusual picture of darkness. PARKER RETURNS TO THIS COUNTY Former Coats Poltceniaa,' Wanted For Murder In Texas, Freed On $10,000 Bond; Brings Kjelters Bringing- letters from Texas au thorities who expressed j belief In (Parker’s self-defense pleas, ' Lester Parker returned this week [from San Augustine where he was Wanted in connectipn wtth a murder eotnmlt-tud' six. years ago. Released under $10,- 600' bond, Parker will return Iti Jan uary'-to face trial-unless t^he indict- meut' against him is squashed'. AH along, Parker! has maintained the charges were brought!' before a Grand' J,ury and he was acquitted of' the killing, which,lie claims was com mitted' to save his.life. A- letter from the clerk of court substantiates this statement,, although the slterlff’who came after Parkerdenled.lt. At .the time of his ' arre-jit,’F'arker was policeman in' Coats! Mayor J. B. Williams has jntimatedt the position will; again be offered , the formr’ bl- tlcer’ if-.! he is freed of the charges lodged- against him., - | Pa-rker has' expre/Med the^' opinion the case wss resurracted tor politi cal' purposes and he is reported to have brought ‘back statements from ranking officers to corroborate him. Parker is confident the.ijcase will never be tried and that latter the election he will again ba absolvad. b k. J.1. t) i'll
Harnett County News (Lillington, N.C.)
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Aug. 11, 1938, edition 1
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