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liXECUTIVES ASKED TO
RECONSIDER SLICING
VALUATIONS IN DUNN
TOWN PROTESTS
ORDERS TO CUT
TAX ASSESSMENT
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I-0\VKRIX(ii VAEEi: OE SKVKUAE
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ITEMS OF HKAIi ESTATE
Faced wiili a Ions of rcvonuc If
reduced lax v.Uuutloii!^ as upi'i’ovtd
by Havneit'.s lUwrd 'of Commission-
ei's wcr, p’U into cffec:, Dunn’s town
council last week Dfotested seveitil
Dfotested
I (
adjiHtmem.s and will '.■oturn thorn to
the county ixeoutlvos with a rontiost
I
that moi\- careful iconsideration tie
«lven before the i reductions are
granted. . '
Opposition to tlic I red-uced valua
tion was voiced when the governing
body in Harnett’s largest town failed
to approve a Ixttcli 'Of adjustments
which were granted lat recent meo.t-
lugs ot the
and town
Commissioners. County
val'tations must be the
sanit but the Dunn 'hoard asked for
reconsideration bctjoie making any
changes which woul'J reduce ‘the
town’s annual income from taxes.
'Since Harnett completed its re
valuation program 'more 'than one
year ago, each scsslim of the Com-
nilsstoners has seen a long line of
taxpayers appearlni; before the
executives with a retjuest for 'adjust
ment. Where errors were discover
ed or where the board found' 'the
property had been' assessed at too
high a figure, the,relief asked for
was granted. Others, however, were
refused on ithe ground that thi? real
estate was not valuo'd out of line
with similar property in the samc-
townshlp. 1
More of thsso complaints have
come from the lownj of Dunn and
Averashoro townshiP| than from any
other section of the coun'ty. Officials
attribute this 'to thej fact that prop
erty in the community was not
valued high enough uhd that when
the revaluation raised the general
level litnd-owiurs fel; that they had
been discriminated',against.
’ Although the Commissioners will
bo asked to recon.shlor ihclr order
lowering vaUiailotis,] Mayor Herbert
Taylor of Dunn stated 'that the
town’s Commission' rs were not di
recting an athack at the county
executives but weroiinsrely working
to secure cooperation In preventing
asseasnient-s in the' '.own from be
coming lop-sided. I i
He stated that It 'Was the opinion
of 'the town authorities that when re
quests for adjustmciijts were preseivl-
ed the county boarjlja local commit
tee should be’called in and consulted
before final decision; Is rendered.
Mayor Taylor inslste.l that the
members of his council were -not
seeking to usurp \lny rights of the
Commlssiouevs but 'that the latest
batch of adjustm.ents weiv rejected
because the continV.al line of taxpay
ers who have appevred before the
town 'board with j orders slashing
their valuations had threatened to
substan'tially cut tlvel revenue.
While most o'- Hie adjustments
granted have been simll, added to
gether 'they aggregate an amount
that keenly affects .he total assess-
men't when subtracted Irom the city
and county valuatloils.
21 COUPLES GET
PERMITS TO WED
Dozen lih'cn.se.s l.s.sucd In Harnett’s
Register Of Deotlsl Office During
(hiristnias WeelC'^tnid
In the five and ^)n'c-halt-day period
which began last Tllursday morning
and ended. Tuesdaj^-at noon, 12 Har
nett county coupicit bad secured
marriage licenses'l'i'|am the Register
of Deed..s office. Most of these were
Isuta before Cbrliilmas,
Tlie dozen permits were divided
«vonly> to white couples and
six to Negroes. White couple secur
ing marriage llceniies were: William
M. Mocre and Noia Myrlck W'utson
of Brwln; Annie iMjldred ilJlanchard
of Fuquay Springs,.' route 1. and
William A, Cameron of Broadway,
route 1: Preutess, Sloan and Iva
Johnson of Lllllngton: Rogeri E.
puryear and Chrliitlne Rawds ot Fu-
quay Springs, route |l : "Albert Strick
land of Bunulevel -and' Thelma
Olover of Coats; Loyd Johnson and
ICabel 'Holmes of iBlsnson.
-(Negroes who secured permits dur-
li^g-ithe holiday period were: Loan-
der’ Matthews and'lEthel Williams:
Alfrldes Brandon apd Predessa Mc-
CuHers; WoodroW 'jjmith' and Clara
Mm .McLeodi; Arch { Allen t and Katie
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BrewlDgton Matthews;
and Pauline Stockti.j
'Vess Layton
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Lands Post
FRANK HANCOCK
UtHi ring-Congress man Frank
Han
cock, wlio last summer vacated his
seat in the lower house t'o '.sUige an
I
unsuccessful iight for thC' seivato/ial
nomination won ))y Rober,, Reynolds,
Thursday wa.s appoiutedj; by Presi
dent, RooSi veil for a sixfjt'.ir term
on tlie, Ferteial Home ,Uoan Bank
'Board, a position which ipays the
same salaries as member} of Cong
ress are paid and is more attractlve
because there are no rtelection cam
paigns to finance,
STRICKLAND TO
RAISE FUNDS FOR
SPECIAL DINNER
DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN HEADS
HARNETT COMMITTEIB MAKING
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PliilNS FOR JAOK.SON DAY
DINNER JANVAKl^ 7TH
Tlio appointment ,ofi| Henry C,.
SirlckVand as Chairmun|j of the an
il i|
miat Jackson Day Dinner Commltie|
In Hainctt county was announced by
State Senator John D. Larkins, Jr.|,
of Jones county. State
lilt
Chairman of,
»** ' > ■* -IM
nckson Day Comnilt'cee planning'
Day Dinner,
the niight of
for tlu annual Jackson
to be held In Raleigh on
January 7lh at eight' o’li-lock at the
Sir Walter 'Hotel. )
"As the Democralic Chairmuu In
Harntii county, Mr. Strickland htis
been very helpful In the'pant and we
are counting on him and, other good
D. mocrats In the county, to help us
raise our pun to help vflpe out the
deficit incurrtd by tlje National
Democratic. Executive Committee In
tlie I'eceut compalgn’’, Isald Chalr-
mo/t Larkins.
Harnett county has bejen 'Usked to
raise $125.00 as its part Jin the State
wide campaign that will culminate
with tlie annu'il JaoksonI
in Ralelgli, where a j
speaker of National rcpi
deliver, an address that ,>
Day Dinner
Democratic
itutlou will
ill leave.no
doubt in the minds of these who hear
him that there is a Democratic Ad
ministration in Washlpgton-as well
(Continued on page two)
Calendars For First Term of
New Year Prepared By Clerk
ANGIER FARMER
IS FOUND DEAD
E. A. Mntthe\v.s DlNCOveml iMonday
Monilng In Vavd With TIu'oat
.Slashed; Inque.st Next Slonday
’'With his throat slashed 'And a
bloody knife in his pocket; the body
'I ‘
of'E. A. Mattliews was lilscovored
early Monday morning in tile yard of
his home on Angi.r, route',1.
Upon I'tceipt of the mot sage that
.Vlattliews had l)ccn found dead, Act
ing Coionor R. B. O'Quinn 'and
Doputyi Sheriff Ken MaUlKws inves
tigated'and einpancU.d a'coroner’s
jtiry to, dolvo into circumstaiicos sur
rounding the (lci.\th. AUheugh it was
the belief of tlie six-man 'jury that
Matthews died by a aslt-lnfllcted,
wound,: no verdict was ren'dered and
.» formal Inquosl will be' 'conducted
next .Monday night.
Matthews had bevn 1 ylng '.ilono
for several months and Hi ore wore
no signs that anyone had been in the
house about the time he is supposed
to have knifed himself, 'i'here 'was
a trail of blood which led! from his
bedroom, onto the porch said then
out' in the yard where hlslhody was
found. There were no ovldence.iu
. II I.
the house ot a skirmish orlpgument
of any klivd which miglit jivave pre
ceded the slaying.
' It was the belief ot iho.se who
viewed the premises and the spot
where .Vlatthews was fountlji that he
first cu' his throat while ll'ijo was In
ills litdroom. From therei he went
onto the porch 'and sat down on the
edge. A larger pool of blood was on
the porch, evidence tha' i, be sat
there for a'^few minutes orjoyen made
lilood would flow more freely, '
a bigger gash lu his throat so the
The jury which conduciIe|j a pre
liminary investigation Monc^ay morn
ing'and which will comple^ejlls work
next Monday night is cojVposed of
L. C. Gregory, T. H. Gardhlsr, R. C.
GardhJer,
Price, L. 0. Rambeau, Pre'ji;on Butts
and J. A. Hockaday, 'all o!f;!Angier.
Funeral services tor | 'Matthews
were conducted Tuesday
.afternoon
at Bechol Church,. Eldi}f, Frank
Nordan officiated,
church ctmoiery.
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Burial hvas in the
H O W A U D GODWIN PREPARES
SCHEDULE FOR SESSION START-
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1X0 JANUARY OTH JUDGE
if '!
RONE WILL PRljlSIDE ,
Starting prepai'atlons jfor the' first
session of Superior Cour. to beljlield
in Harnett slnloe he was
office and which will ma
as an official in the
Clerk Howard' Godwin' h st wee
jinstalled In
'k his ilebiit
court! ooiii,
.cases
t ar-
tb be
beginning
ranged a schedule ofj
tried 'during 'the we,eli!
January 9th and prepaWjd copi-es for
dlst'i'lbutidn among def.o'ndants, at
torneys and other personas interested.
Not,only will the weeklqf criminal
court Imark the-first tli||je, Harnett’s
new clerk will assist In conducting a
term of Superior Cour^^.but
PI
'the beginning
period and ^flll
’ IP;
it Will
qf„iff new
bring to
also mark
six-months
Harneii a judge who'ii'ever before
has conducted'a term ofj'court in this
county, |!
Although Judge R. Hunt Parker
of Roanoke Rapids l.s the jurist
whose turn It is to co.me 'to the
CO,me
Fourth District for the sJprlng terms.
Eff^tive
The pre-hdUday wars staged on
bootleggers by county and Federal
officers wei‘i so'effective that few
II
signs of l^|tleg 'Jlquor were de
tected dtu^n die wek'eMend. The
success of these caiupiilgns Is be
lieved 'to be, largely
resirouslble
for .so few vilolatJons.
Accordlngl! to/* repo Hs coining
* li ' il ''
Into the cpuntyscut !i from th«'
southern aiitl southwestern .sec
tions, the aerial raids! conducted'
mas letl to the lis-
tnifi^ationjjor 23 stills
s. '. .Shei iiir Hill Sal-
before Cbrisj
covery and co
in Ihi'ee lii,
, |i
ninii and his ;d‘|i«tirs ajlso dcstroy-
id .sevei'ul Uiiuor-inaking outfits.
Fetleral .pfftrei's livlio uswl
swamps
MANY MATTERS AFFECTING THIS
COUNTY SLATED TO COME BEFORE
LEGISLATURE CONVENING JAN. 3
Harnett’s Members In 1939 Le^ris^ieture
iof fleers
1 l| > !i
planes c(»nib:lng i Harnett
and uiMids lor stills vi'er«‘ so' ef-
feetive that tjiiic faniiei'jils ix'imrtc-d
to have b'eii al^aJd tcil put donii
Ills vat to kill hogs h^s^
the smoke
arouse office's' .siisph'lon and lead
I ■ || *
to an liidictiiWnt.
Another title arisingj^from these
' ‘’- •it a distiller was
en 'offieerji Identlflctl
picture tahicn wlicn a
raids states that
convicted wl
, ;
him fi'om H
camera was isnapp^'d us the plane
was .swooping low over the spot
I 1}
when* the still was located.
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STOCKHOLDERS
DUNN HOTEL ARE
IN Legal tangle
OWNERS OF .PREFERRED .STOCK
•I i
ENDORSED 1|>Y POPES AND'TART
ASKING THlAT RECEIVER BE
APINMNTED FOR iCORP.
legal
v^i'angle among stock-
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hoidet'B of the! Cotton Dale Hotel lu
ij ij It
Dunn which may finally culminate
with the apptilntnient of a receiver
for the\Dunn jiHotel Corr|oratlon iwas
Instituted last!
perlor Court
week In
Hianielt' Su-
Twelve owijiera of 11,0 shares of
preferred stock personally endorsed
by G. F. Pope,j A.- F. Poite and L. A.
Tart have stljrteid proceedings to
11 , ji
force an accoiinllng of the corpora
tion’s financial sWtus ai'ld' to collect
the face value of their ! stock and
the 'dividends which, 'they allege, are
badly In arrealrs.
• Judge Claw|8on Williams of San
ford has appointed L. M. Chaffin of
Lllliugton as epmmisslouer and an
examination of the,, company’s rec
ords will stai'i tomorrow. (Friday)
morning In t
This hearing
e Dunn courtroom.j
.Neill McK. Ross (above) of LID-
Ington and Fred S. f’homas (right)
of Erwin will look aft?r Harnett’s
Interests . the 1939 General As
sembly which convenes next Wednes
day In the State capital. In addiiloii
to manifesting Interest In local.bills,
r.
Harnett citizens are keenly Interest
ed in several 'State-wide measures
w'hich are certain to be discussed,'If
not enacted into legislation, at the
coining sessioit. .'^inong these are
bills„relaled to! schools, the abseii'tee
ballot law, ihej county-option liquor
,control law mi'd' Ute sales tax.
THOMAS AND ROSS
ARE MEMBERS OF
LAW MAKING BODY
PROPOSAL TO CHANGE .METHOD
OF ICIiEUTI.VG U0.MMISK10NKRS
ONE OF LOCAL HILLS WHICH
MAY BE INTRODUCED
North Carolina’s law-making ma-
obtnery! will swing into action again
next Wednesday w’hcn the 120 auc-
40 Harnett Firms Pay Tax
To Unemployment Fund
ONE INJURED IN
AUTO ACCIDENT
I’re.ston Butts ()f Xeur Bult*’s th’cek
Received Head ,,OiHs lu Collision
One Mile North Of Llllington
Preston Butts, young white man
of neat' Buie’s Creek, sustained head
cuts and minor, injuries. Sunday at
noon when 'the car in which he
riding with (Haymer Woodley
Bunnlevel 'was smashed Into by!
was
of
one
vill probably Influence
whatever action will follow.
' Judge
signed a
Wiliiams last
"show cause
week also
order’’ in.
which the defendants were ordered
to appear Tuesday, January '10th, be
fore Judge Walter J. Bone and .'show
should not he ap-'
why a receiver
pointed for the corporation.
II
In their jiult
preferred sto'ck
the 12 holders of
allege; that *300
shares of preferred stock -were Issued
Hiunei'a’s first session onflicts with
uj.term in another countyj of ithe dis
trict and Judge WaltelUJ. Bone of
Nashville will substltHtej
Parker. ’ ' j
Judge 'Bone, successt
for Judge
il candidate
in the November eK-ctiob 'after serv
ing for several montlis
judge by virtue of his
by Governor Hoey, has
tnculav career as'a lawy
figured prominently In '
Jlna political circles.., Hi
law.partner to'Harold W
fore Mr. Cooley^ won,"-his
seat in Congress. j
Because of the rapld'i
whtchj Judge Clawson W
'Solicitor Claude Canivj
‘cases from tthe docket al^
hs a special
'appoimmeniti
had a spec-
er and^ has
North Caro-
served as
Cooley be-
present
ber session—rcourt
■wa
4
rafe with
llliams and
ay clipped
jthe, Novem-
i ' held oh
Thanksgiving .Day In otjder to clear
the calendar-r—the '‘work-sheet” .for
that
the January court' ls so j I light
chances are the full ..wef’SK will not be
needed unless ,an, unexp^e jfed- barrage
of crimes break out in]!
10 davs.
wl'thln the next
Including the nine ea,'a
the county
is which are
'(Continued on pag;3 two)
1 il
County Aiidifor Asked To
Csish Voucher Issued In 1928
.\n unoancelied $l-(iounty
voucher issued more thanilO yiars
ago to an Er.wln, route on}, farmer
who liad dellvi-re'.l one liushcl of
green peas to Harnett’Sij iCoivvlct
111
Camp was last tieek harded over
to Auditor St«dmau McLean with
a roquost that it bo paid'.j
Since the chock was drawn, the
• county has changed dc’.ppsllories.
Although the voucher hiid' never
been prenented
which it was
to the bank on
drawn, j payment
'would have been rofusofl I unless
the payee had alterapije'd 'to ex
change It for cash before this
change was made. ' ;
A 'thorough investigation of the
cheek 'and a study ot the' informa
tion it' ooutainc shed a sr&at defil
of light on the Harnoti; coun'ty of
a decade ago, before the dajrs of
about the
,w;ere pre-
the county.
1!
the Hoovercart and
llmei the ' Rcpubllcanji !
parlng/io w.ln co’ntr'oliof
and tijl 'keep it'’Hntii| ;the DemoJ
ciats won It back lnli'1930. ^
The voucher was Issii'ed on Novi;
ember 6th,, 1928. jlJust about a
mouth before the j| Itepublicans
'Were to take over offiicei to Iloscoe
Sox. James A, Bucbati'an, .iprbm-,.
Inent business man oji'tipper Little,
River, was chairman Jplj the Demo
cratic iBoard of Comm'issioners a;!
the time 'the vouchieir .was iaeued.
Mrs. Mamie Sexton B,|rr;d. who now
lives near Bunnlevel,'iwas Register
of Deeds and J. P. Bradley .;of KIp^.
ling was county auA'ite'r,: ''
by the-,Compia
owned or con
'ants. Hoid'lnj
total I'lO shaf
held Indepeii'd
uy, 152 of which are
rolled by the defend-
e of the 1'2 plaintiffs
es and 38 units are
3ntly. Common stock,
the total amoi lit of which the stock
holders do nop.know, has also been
Issued. They {stated their belief ap
proximately 7 )0 shares of this type,
valued at '$10i) per share, have been
4amiL. '!
It Is the conjtentlou of these stock
holders that ibey have had no In-
fornvatioii abojat internal affairs
the j|corporatiqn since Us organiza
tion cearly In ijlsy, 1926, They fur
ther' allege thitt only two of the 12
stockhld'ers ha've'' collected dividends,
of
it
which are peiisonally guaranteed by
'It
the three defeidants.
who have colle-cted'are J
N . .J _ 'I,
The;,only two
H. Ballance
and W. M. Pei'ry.
'!' The plaintiffs ' say that certain
mortgages have!-,been issued! against
the corporatloii’s^' property, and that)
has'some Interest In a
the hotel also
laundry' and beauty shop which have
n connection with the
been operated,
hostelry.
The county’il taxes have been paid'
but the complaint sets out that
taxes due the ilowji ef Dunn are still
unpaid 'and ithat unless ■the>corpora-
.. .. . 1: " . ..
tion’svaffairs are settled the property
stands in danger of being foreclosed.
In their petftton, the 12 plaintiffs
ask the court to protect their Invest
ment by throw Ing' the corporatiqn
si
into the handsi
have the autht
accounting.
They also t^sli Judgment for divi
dends on stock accrued and unpaid..
of a receiver who will
rlty 'to demand a full
Stockholderi bringing tbe suit are
Ballance,'Perry, Dunn'Co'ca-Cola Co'.','
Mrs. L.-'b. Lee H. M. Tyler, L. B.
Pope, C. p. Hutaff, Q; L. Cannaday,
Mrs,'Sadie Baur, Mrs. J.'W. .Thorn
ton, Mrs. Jessie A
j. P. Byrne.
Attorneys «t'
and Dupree.j>f
Warren and Mi's.
je Dupree, Strickland
|Dttnt> and Angler and
Varser, Hclntyire- and Henry' ot Lum-
berton.
VISIT !lIf,£UBOIU3IA
Mr. and . ]iH]t. lH, B. Smith and
children ilett. earW OhrlaipMa mqrn-
Ing'-.tQ'VUit relaUvasJn
operated by Thornton Mattli'^ws,
'.Negro janitor ot Harnett’s court
house and jail.
The accident occurred on tho Lll-
llnglon-Angler highway, at the
point near.M'i', Wilder’s home where
the dii;t road''leading ithrough 'Ithe
Neill’s Ciieek „ commimlty to Coats
branches off tiie Angler road. Butts
and Woodley were headed uortlr; en
route to the home of Mr. C. B. Mat-
the
buit
thews, their father-in-law, when
car driven by the Negro drove
of the side-road. 
Woodley’s car, a coupe, was 'Over
turned and 'Butts received' a .heajd
several
cut "that uetiessl^ated
j^stlt-
ches. Mlracuroiwly, W^ood'ley .waitjtuu-
Injured? SoverarNegroes rldlng|!wlth
Matthews aCso emerged with hurts
no serlo'us illiam minqr bruises.' 'j
.Tlie Negro,’*s car w'as )>adly smasiiied
ill front but It was not damagetk'ss
badly as the automobile whielr over
turned. One of the wheeUs ,,;Wa8
knocked off.the top and fender v;ere
badly bent and" mashed aiid- an tixle
was 'twisted. 1,
'No charges were preferred against
_the Negro driver, who admitted jtlle
'acctdeii't was his,^fault and inade||ar-
rangemeuts to have 'Woodley’s. |car
repaired and/to^fpay expenses for the
T. '
first aid treatmemt 'adminlstmtedi lo
Butts. , j
Several other jmlnor accld'euto'bc-
curred Saturday|j,nlgh>l, 'Sunday'and
Monday but damages were slight!
Lrs
941,018.43 Dlt^TKIRUTED IN HAK-
{NETT COUNTY TO UNEMPLOY-
ED WHO HAD BEEN WORK
ING IN COVERED INDUSTRY
Slatistioi's released , last week by
the 'North CuioHiia Unemployment
Compensation Commission show Har
nett county had 3,148 employees
covered by lhq''Sta4.e Unemployment
Coinpeiisaliun Aot who received $3,-
292,441 in wages' in the IS mouths
prior to, June 30th.
These workers were employed by
.40 concerns which contributed $67.-
616.90 lo tile unemployment fund'
which is used jio reimburse workers
if they are thrown out of employ
ment. Durlug’ihe first 'H months of
1'93$,'$41,618.43 was paid from this
fuml|j'to. worktjrs who at some time
during the year had been employed
In an industry j covered by, the AcI.^
Industries coming under the un
employment insurance act are tbosi}
■w,'hlch employ!-at least eight work-'
ers. The tax is puid by, the employ
er, w’ho pays! a percentage O, his
payroll' Into the fund. Of the 40
concerns In Harnew v’hlch come un
der the ,act, the Erwin Cotton Mills
Is by, far the largest and' Its payroll
Is. taxed for a, larger sum ihan any
of the other 39 concerns.
Of North Curolliva’s 100 counties.
Guilford -had the largest number of
employed, workers', Meckl'enhurg had
the largest payroll and the largest
numher of em^iloyln.g. units, Gullforfj'
paid the*'most' in contrihutions and;
the highest ptv ceiM of con'trlbutlons,',
while .Gaston, received the largest
amount and tlie largest per cent of
beu.ll'is paid Jto unemployed work
ers. The slump in the textile indtis-
try, ,which resulted in iliousauds be
ing itlirown out of work, is respon
sible for Gaston’s leading in bene
fits paid. '
The numlier of workers is based
on tile avi'tyge for the last 40
(.Coniinued on page two)
cessful candidates for membership in
the House of Representatives and
the 30 m.mbers of the more, sedato
and dignified' Sennto meet to be
sworn In and to launch nitoUier ses
sion of ibo General Assembly.
Unlike tlie Session two years ago
and at other alternating sessions
.when Harnq^tt's representative in tbe
Senate'came from another county in
rite 12th District, this county this
y«ar will have direct representatives
in bothj houses of the Legislature.
Fred S.jThomas of Erwin, who paved
his way to the upper body by serving
four' years in the lower house, will
be the Senator and Neill McK. Rosa
of Ltliington will take the seal la
the House of Representatives which
was left vacant when Representative
Thomas raised his political aspira
tions.
'With the promotion have come
added resonsibilities and Harnett’s
Si'iiator will this year also look after
interests of Hoke county, which al
ternates with Harnett In solectlng
one of the two Senators'elected each
two years from the 12ih District.
these ..two
from fMke,
The 1941 Senator from
counties will be selected
which last session picked D. R. He-
Brdye of Raeford.
But the local, bills—and "the inter
est of Harnett citisens is centered
more in these than in State-wide
meusu res'—will originate in the
lower house and Representative Ross
has already felt out public sentiment
'on a proposal to change^ the method
of selecting the five members ot
Harnett’s Board, of Commissioiners.
Instead of having the members
choseu'i from line county-at-large, he
proposes to divide the county into
five distiricts and have one commis
sioner jfrom each. These district
lines will be followed in the primary
and no-minatiiig process but in the
November general election the divid
ing lin'?s will be discarded and' tbe
county tickets will contain the
names Jof each' party’s five candi
dates.' ; “
Other iegislailon is being consid
ered blit, so far, no announcement^
has been made as to what ithese bills
will contain.
As for State-wide measures, the
;flght f'3'r 'the addition of a ■12th,
.grade to the State school system
and ' for an Increase in teacher-
salaries is one of the - head-liners.
Stiff fights'are also in store tor ad
vocates and opponemts of the absentee
bn Hots,.'.optional liquor bill, •the sales
tax undj tli} gas chamber. The sales
tax,and! the lethal' gas death Instead''
of electrocution for 'first-degree
‘criminals are fairly? certain to
wiather all opposition'. The drys
are gunning for the liquor bill,, al-
'though it too Is expected to remain
virtually unchanged.. Some revision,
is expected in the absentee ballot law
but it is unlikely that 'the Leglslk-
ture will abolish it altogether. .
The Democratic legislators are
scheduled for a stiff fight next ■Tues'^
Harnett’s Christmas Is Not
Spoiled. By Disturbances
Taking its place beside the 19.17
. I ■
other Christmases wUlch have
been observed by Christian na
tions, 1938’s Christmas slipped in-
,1'
to hl^l^-during the week-end as
quietly,and unpresumptuously as
elder Harnett residenis can'reoiili
theipassing of a iYuletlde season.]]
,v In the rush, caused, by honijs-'-
ward-bound holiday vacattonlsts
and last minute preparations for ’the
occasion,! Harnett’s season Is -
'Usually marred by cjusualtles. But.
.•this year was dlfferen't. Save for'
a few minor accMents and laja'
violations alm^t. too ..qegligent ]| to’
be accorded " more' than {passing,
mention, nothing unusua'l occur-!,^
red and the celebration yas cajr-j *;
Tied out in accordance with tlie
theme laid down two' hundred
centuries ago, "Peace on] earih
and good will >to men."'
Bhren Nature favored Christmas
Day/ which 'Was- sandwich!^, be
tween two unpleimnt. rainy daya.
Saturday and Monday" were oloudy'
and raw, hut Sunday was marked
' with spring-like warmness while
the sun' smiled benevolently as if
the diay before had been forgotten
and without giving any.hin.t as to
whet type of weather would pre
vail Monday.'
Saturday afternoon and night,
Christmas' Eve, was no more
boisterous' than a Saturday in
spring of mid-summer when iHar-
nett’s. industrious farmers are
sticking close to 'their 'homes and
nursing their|crops to'maturity in
stead'. of going to' the nearest sbop-
..,plng center and purchasing gifts
[and supplies, for the home and for
members of the family;,,
!| Although'it was quiet,' 'HametUs
Christmas vras merry ‘.and, the
absence of m>lso and dlsordier can
not mean the holiday was not en
joyed.' On the other hand, it;
might signify ihat happy people
can observe Christmas without ’
having.H marred jpy damages-and ,
loss of lives in accidents whlcli,.8o'
easily, could have been avoided'.
day niglit when they caucus to deter
mine who shall be the winner of the
three-way contest for speakership.
W. L. “Libby” Ward, Victor Bryant
‘and Blll| Fenner are announced can
didates.
HARNE'n AIDED
BY ESC AGENCY
558 Members Of 181 Families Re
ceived Articles in November, says
Director For North Carolina
According io a report Issued re
cently by .A. E. Langston, State di
rector ot distribution of the Federal
Surplus.,I Commodities Corporation,
558 membera ot 131 iHarnett'families -
were,'certified as eligible to receive'
surplus,.'commodity products in (Nov
ember.'
The i|SC was established iio keep;,
prices ,of "farm producte^ stable-, by^
rushing in and purchasing 'qukntltieir'
ot the articles when the markets'
were ghitted to such an extent that -
prices stantedi downward.
' During November, 17'4,710' per
sons'comprising "38,105 oaae«..were
certlfiel|% welfare workers" and
superln'tsudents os elli^lble to receive
products! distributed by the F8C.
Lee, tmunty bad 1,‘lSI on tbe
eligible list;. SampBon ^bad 1,907;
Hoke, 003; Cumbertond, 3,10t,
V. 'A'/
tV,
I “rie.