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J - . Milfc. .jl.• J ^4Tf£?i^^>it^t->f^'’!'''*'A''\', y‘'''" ’’ '' 1 ' ' . I ' '|i ‘ •' ' ' ^ •’ ' "'■ ' •' ' ' ' • ■ ’ ' ■ . ' ■’ ■' ' i'; ■ ■ .. . , . ‘ _ ' , • ^ : i:-». p;- li V ri ?r ff*- t m yt s u HARNETT COUNTY NEWS CONSTRUCTIVE ... Harnett's Only Countyseat Newspaper .,. PROGRESSIVE Vol. XXIX—No. 22 $2.00 PER YEAR—5c A COPY Lillinston, N. C., Thursday, May 29, 1947 “If It Concerns Harnett, IPs In THE NEWS'* Graduate Exercises At Campbell Today CAMPBELL IS HEADING TOWARD FINALS WINDUP DURHA^I KniTOll TO MAKE AI>- DKEaS THIS MORNING AND GRADUATES WIDE GET THEIR D1PI.OMAS Tobacco Plants . In Ga. and Fla. “A sound mhid will Unit one’s Hie with God,” a'lvised Dr. Casper C. Warien, pastor o£ First Baptist rhurch Charlotte, as he addressed the graduating class at Campbell College Sunday evening. ‘‘Need for a sound mind is Impora- tive.” he hogan, ‘‘imperative because of the prevalence of fear in this atomic age when another world war Is not only possible but by some con sidered probable. ‘‘A sound mind is a reasonable mind, distinguishing man from the lower animals. It descrlmlnates be tween right and wrong, high and low. It follows the gleam of divine guidance and leads one to accept the rhallenge of humble Christian serv ice. Thereby, in a sound mind the spirit of God will find his earthly habitat.” Invocation w.'.s led by J. E. Ayscuo and Campbell’s a cappella choir, led by H. Caleb Cushing, sang a group ■ of numbers Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock the high school seniors hold their Class Day on the Paul Green theatre, and the college sophomores theirs at TolwKa-o grower-s in North Caro lina who are not able to get enough i>]iuit.s from local .stock this year may fill out their cn'op with plants from Georgia and I'Ioi'ila, aee>rling to an un- nounnmient this week from Roy R. Dennett, tobm'co specialist with the State College Extension Service. "1 am advi.sed b.v the Georgia and P'loiitla Extension Stirvlce.s," he suid, “tlmt there are large supplies of tobacco plants avail able ill those states for iinntetllate transplanting.” "Gi'ower.s wiio feel that they will b‘ unable to got sufficient plants locall.v for this .years crop, Jiiay contact. Pie or their county agents for information as to the projier persons to contact there.” JUDGE GRANTS CHARLIE PHILLIPS ANOTHER TRIAL SOLICITOR ROOKS SEEKING ' SPECIAL TERM TO HEAR CASE; BURGWYN PREFERRED JURY DECISION ON. MAN’S GUILT Sunday Speaker DIES IN FALL PROM WAGON •lohn.sic IjCC Patterson, 4-Yoar-Old Girl of Upper Little River, FaRs P’rom Wagon, Dies in Half Hour ' Wedtie.sday evening at 8 "Anno of Gieen Gables” will be presented with Rea Douglas of Sanford in the title roll. Mrs. G. T. Troffit is director. Thursday morning Dr. C. Sylves ter Green, editor of the Durham Herald, will deliver the addresit to tl'.c graduates. RECREATIONAL PROGRAM STARTS .-V tragic accident took the life of Johiisie Loo Patterson,' four-year- old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John nie Patterson of Upper Little River township last Wednesday afternoon. The child was riding in a wagon with other children when she toppled from the vehicle, her face striking the ground with such force that she died about 36 minutes later. She was taken to Dr. Patterson at Broadway, who pronounced her dead when she i cached his office. Dr. Patterson stated she probably sus tained some internal injuries. Coroner C. B. .Allred, after inves tigating the death,' found that no in- auest would he necessary. Funeral services were held at Holly Springs Baptist Church, with the pastor. Rev. Ruffin, officiating, at 3 p. m. Thursday, ITogram Provlilod For Young People of liillington Ih'gin.s >Iune 2; .S iiediile Given Surviving besides the paronts: One bi other and the paternal'"Ond maternal grandparents. The recreational program for the young people of Lilling- ton which h,is been provided by in terested patrons and churches will open on June 2 under the direction of Misses Vara Lee Thornton and jfatherine Creasman, There will be three groups partici pating in the recreational program tills summer. The age groups will In clude four through nine; ten through thirteen, and the teon-ago group. The playground at the school will be used as last year. Bible Schoo] activities will be the major inteiest for the first two weeks. An outline of the schedule will be as follows: 9-12 o’.clock. Monday tlirough Thursday: Ages four through nine will meet at the school. The activi ties will include, directed play, free piay, music, story-telling, ball, horse shoes, voUoy-ball. and other inter esting features. 3 to .6 o'clock, Monday through Thursday: .-Vges ten through thir teen, the junior teen-agers. Activi ties for this group will include swim ming. bicycling, hiking, music, danc ing, base ball, volley-ball, Scout meetings. This group will meet at the school also. Last year there was a total of 1270 chiidren attending the play ground, repro.sentlng over 50 fami lies. With an enlarged program this summer it is honed to liavo a larger number attending. The Girl' Scout program will con tinue us usual. New Red Cross Executive Appointed Miss Elizabeth Chandler, a mem ber of the Lillington schoo) faculty, is the newly appointed Executive Secretary of the Harnett Chapter of the Red Cross. Miss Chandler takes the place of Mrs. Ed Moore who has resigned. Mrs. Moore has capably filled this position for the past sev eral years. Miss Chandler began her duties on Monday in the local Red Cro.ss office in the post office build ing. Harnett Students Heading Classes Meredith Miller of Raleigh has boon elected president of the incom ing .sophomore class at Campbell Col lege. Miller has headed the veterans club this year and is a member of the college a cappella chorus. Other officers are Jamie Lee .\ikon of Puquay, vice-president, Mil dred Harmon of Coats, secretary, and Gene Palmer of Andrews, trea surer. Student council members are Nell Downing of Fayetteville, Frances Webster of Pittsboro, Prances Grif fin of Monroe and William Hum phrey of New Born. Declaring that though he held definite personal opinion as to the guilt of Charlie Phillips, charged with the murder of his wife. Judge W, H, S. Burgwyn.in Harnett Super ior Court last Wednesday stated that he would prefer that a Jury be allowed to pass oti'it. He thereupon | ordered that a new trial be held. | Solicitor Jack Hooks said he would ' seek a special term of Harnett court to hear the case, and that ho wanted the term Just as soon as a conven ient week cun be set aside for that purpose. Hearing of the motion for a new trial and subsequent argument by the Solicitor and attorneys for the defense consumed about two hours last Wednesday afternoon. The hear ing started at 2:30. Phillips, a tenant farmer of near Angier was convicted at last Sept ember term of slaying his wife on Sunday, August IS, as they wore at the dinner table. Judge Burgwyn sentenced 'him to death and he was placed on Death Row at State Prison. Attorneys Neill McK. Salmon and Charles Ross, who had defended the condemned man, secured a,,stay of execution upon grounds that newly discovered evidence was sufficient to warrant a motion for a new trial. It was not, however, until the day before the scheduled execution of their client that the attorneys were able to have verified by the State ■Bureau of Investigation a handwrit ing .of Mrs. Etta Mae Phillips, the slain wife of Charlie Phillips. It was this letter that was placed before the court bore last Wednes day which caused Judge Burgwyn to order a new trial. Although the handwriting in the letter had been declared identical with othe.* hand writing of Mrs. Phillips by the SBI, Solicitor Hooks produced a state ment from the Federal 'Bureau of Investigation saying that the letter, was neither the handwriting of Mrs. Phillips or Charlie Phillips. This, however, while supporting the theory of the Solicitor that the let ter was a forgery, upset his conten tion that Phillips himself had done the forging. How Hooks will gear his contention regarding this in his next mo've to convict Charlie Phillips is his own problem. It Is thought the Solicitor in the next trial will put great emphasis on the charge that Phillips is an expert forger in bis own talent. At the hearing last Wednesday on the motion for a new trial, Phillips, at the suggestion of a photograph er’s assistant, posed with his eyes gazing at the pair of slacks in which the suicide note was found, while he hold the garment in both hands. The usual stubborn moroseness seemed for the time being to have left the man’s countenance—but the photo graph revealed exactly nothing. Practically everybody in Harnett county has either read about the Phillips case or heard it discussed, and the task of securing a jury to pass upon it on a second- trial will be difficult. The Juno term of civil court Sturts on the 9th. It is a two v/eeks term but does not usually last for the full scheduled, time. A special term could be scheduled after June 20. SUNDAY VISITORS Mr. and Mrs. R. W. McGowan, of Raleigh spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. R. Souders. Dorothy Thompson Farm-Home Speaker An invitation to speak at the. J947 Fai m and Home Week to bo held on the State College Campus August 25-29, has boon accepted by Doro thy Thompson, noted journalist and world-wide traveler, according to a Joint announcement this week from Mrs. Gienn Duncan, president of the N. C. Federation of Home Demon stration Clubs, and John W. Good man. assistant director of the State College Extension Service and sec retary of the event. The nationally knoun writer is scheduled to speak before a special meeting of the women at the Raleigh City Auditorium the morning of .\ugu8t 28 at 11 o’clock. .Vfls.s Thompson, whose column ap pears in dally newspapers through out the country, has recently re turned from a trip through Poland and other European countries. Proposed Slash by Congress Causes Tie-up in AAA Plans All farm plan work, by AAA com mitteemen in the State has been suspended pending outcome of pro posals by the House Agricultural Committee to slash practically one- third, or $136,106,710, from the funds for the agricultural program, according to G. Tom Scott, State Di rector of the Production and Market ing Administration. At the Harnett AAA office in Llll- ington, information was furnished The News that-plans sent out to farmers were made subject to ac tion Congress might take in regard to appropriations to cover payments and allowances. Future work of the AAA is thus held up for the time being. S(f far this year farmers In the State have received conscrvatioii materials amounting to $1,355,000, which includes 150',000 tons of Umo, 16,000 tons of phosphate, construc tion of 2,600,000 linear feet of ter racing and 300,000 cubic yards of drainage. Under the program, farmers ore- ceived these materials for following certain soil conservation methods. Final enactment of the agricultur al committee’s proposal would mean that a i3'2 per cent cut would be made in the appropriations as com pared with last year’s payments fpr conservation 'practices. This .turn of events as affecting the soil, conservation .program is what Senator Clyde Hoey has declar ed he will be prepa'red to fight. The Senator stated that he would "bat tle the Republicans, to a standstill” if they should undertake to impair the soil conservation program. Oth er Democrats have stated virtually the same thing. If the Republican majority in Congress is able to enact the law, it Is thought that It will be vetoed by President Truman. It Is predicted that the GOP will not be able to muster a two-thirds majority vote to override the President's veto. Meanwhile, the AAA is virtually at the end of its row till final ac- i^tion is taken on the slash proposal. Tree Slaughter is Mystery Town Sleuths Cannot Solve HARRY JORDAN GOES TO PEN FOR MANSLAUGHTER With the Reverend ' Bruce H. Pi ice as speaker, the Baptist Hour will feature The Christian Home in the broadcast ne.xt Sunday, June 1. The Baptist Hour may be heard over WWNC, WSOC, WGNC, WPTF and WSJS. TOWN IS AGAIN ON TAG MAP After Going Without Auto License Tags for S*veral Years, Auto Own- er.s Hert‘ to .4gain Display Them Things are coming back—as well as up. .■\fter going without auto li cense tags on their cars for the past several years, Lillington motorists can again proudly display the tags denoting not only ownership but the place where they are "from” when they venture beyond the city limits. But the little tags are not only back—they’re up. Whereas formerly they cost only one‘ simoleon, now they are two bucks. Not that pride- fsl Lillingtonians mind the small up- page, but showing that “we-uns”, Is also up-to-date in inflational circles. The tags were turned over to members of the Fire Department, each member being assigned the sale of a bunch of the plates. Mr. John Womble, who visited The News office with a handful 'of the tags, reported sales good. ERWIN MAN SUBMITS TO CHARGE OF MANSTiAUGHTER WHILE ON TRIAL FOR SliAYING HIS WIFE liAST MARCH 25 State Recreation Centers To Open The formal opening of Morrow Mountain State Park Hanging Rock State Park, and Jones Lake Recrea tional Area has been set for June first, according to an announcement made today by Tom Mo.rse, Super intendent of Parks in the Division of Forestry and Parks. On this date, Mr. Morse pointed out, the facilities *of these three public playgrounds will be made available to all who want to use them. Morrow Mountain and Hang ing Rock State Parks have excel lent modern bath houses, swimming areas, picnic tables and fireplaces. Jones Lake is reserved for Negro use and also has facilities for swim ming, boating and fishing. Because' of the crowded conditions in these Parks during the week-end, Mr. Morse urges the public to make use of their facilities throughout I the entire week. Harry Jordan, white man of Er win, was sentenced by Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn last Wednesday In Har nett Superior Court to serve a sen tence of 8-18 years for killing his wife, Mrs. Pearl Jordan, at their home last March 25. Solicitor Jack Hooks started the case seeking a verdict of first de gree murder, but his chief witness, Jordan’s 12-yeaT-old son refused to repeat on the witness stand his former declaration that his father had slain his mother. Duncan C. Wilson, attorney for Jordan, had put in a plea of not guilty, but later changed this to a submission to a charge of man slaughter. The plea was accepted by the Solicitor and the hearing came to an end. Judge Burgwyn then pro nounced the sentence. Jordan's young son was said to have run to the house and cried, "Daddy, why did you kill Mom?" when he heard the shot that took his mother’s life. When Solicitor Hooks tried to get the boy to tell it to the jury, he glanced at his father, then hung ' his head and through sobs murmured ”I don’t know” to all questions. Several hours was taken up in drawing the Jury from the lOO special veniremen Sheriff Bill Sal mon had brought into court. As is customary in such trials, the 13th man was added to the Jury. It was expected that the case would run for a couple of days, maybe longer. Court adjourned sine die imme diately following completion of the Jordan case. Investigating^ Mayor Charlie Loving told The News yesterday thaL although he luwl not as yet found any defin ite clue a.'i to the Identity of the l>enion or persons who bored holes In the shade trees in Idlling- toii, he intends to exert efery ef fort to determine the guilty party. The Mayor .said Couneiluuui Wellie .Sutton, street conuvUssloii- er, gave It as his opinion that soiiiebMl,v got mad because he (Sutton) was re-elected to the boartl and bored the trees with . the idea that he would be blamed for it. Commissioner Sutton said he knew nothing about the van dalism till it was called to Ids at tention b)’ Deputy Ken Matthews. Mayor Ijoviiig declined to re veal his plans for solving the inysterj’, but slated to Tlie News emphatically that If it is possible to do so, he will find out who dealt the stealthy blow to the valuable shade and ornamental trees of the town. LOVELY SHADE TREES DYING BY SUPPOSED POISON BUT WHO BORED HOLES AND DOPED BIG TRERS IS THE QUES TION; MAYO^I AND STREET ('OMMIRSIO.NER DON’T KNOW FOUR HARNETT PUPH^S IN PLAY Graduating Exercises at Campbell College Today with Dr. Green II.S Speaker Sees No Need For Special Court Term Clerk Howard Godwin of Harnett Superior Court t61d The News that he has had no word regarding a pro posed special term of the court, and that he sees no need for such a term. The clerk pointed out that there is nothing urgent on the criminal docket and that the Phillips case can wait till the first fall term which convenes the first week in September. He also pointed out that farmers, from whose ranks a majority of Jurors are drawn, are mighty busy during the summer months, and that the regular civit term of two weeks beginning June 9 will cause them to lose about as much time .as they can spare from their crops. Four Harnett county graduates appeared in the commencement play at Campbell College Wednesday evening. May 28 at 8 o’clock. The popular “Anne of Green Gables" was the play, coached by Mrs. Edna Proffit. Bea Douglas of Sanford was cast in the title roll. Others in the cast were Carolyn Smith of Jackson Springs, Lawrence Ricks of Conway, Clyde Elliott of Chadbourn, Mary Lee Brown of Fu- quay Springs; Peggy Butler of Coats, Mary Lois Kiniaw of Lum- bertou J. P. Blanton of Wallace, Ina Mae Benner of Raeford, Joyce Gray of Trenton, Shirley Robinson of Wilmington, Mamie Lou Fulk of Dunn, and Stacy Ousley and Betsy Sue Stafford, local students. Dr. C. Sylvester Green, editor of Durham Herald, will address Camp bell’s graduates Thursday morniug ! at 11 o’clock. Dr. Casper C. Warren, I pastor of the First Baptist Church ' in Charlotte preached the sermon j Sunday evening. Tnple-A Closed Memorial Day The Harnett County Trlple-A of fice in the Agricultural Building will be closed all day Friday, May 39, til observance of Memorial Day. This is a Federal holiday and the postoffice. also will be closed. Notice W. D. Harrington In Lee Hospital “Small Potatoes” Not Bad At All Reading of the destruction by the Federal Production and Marketing .4,s8oclatlon of 20,000,000 bushels of Irish potatoes, a couple of Harnett farmers remarked.to The News this week that, even though they were In hearty accord with the policy of sup port for farm prices, they could not condone such wanton destruction of food that is perfectly good. "Just because those potatoes were small,” they said, “Is.no good reason for destroying them. Ou^ our way we eat small potatoes and consider them as good and wholesome as large po tatoes." Irish potatoes are selling -in Lil lington for 8 1-3 cents 'a pound for new crop and 7 1-2 cents for old. Revival Service# At Harmony Church A, scries of revival services will begin at Harmony Baptist Church Sunday night, June Ist with services each evening at g:(M> o’clock. The Revel end William T. Smith of Dur ham will be the visiting speaker. The public is cordially Invited to attend these services. Also each morning over Station WCKB, Dunn, Rev. Aaron C. Phipps and .Rev. Smith will conduct the morning devotional. So don’t forget to tune in at 18:30. The Daily Vacation 'Bible School will also begin at Harmony on June Ist commencing at 3 :00' o’clock each afternoon. All children in this vicin ity are urged to attend the very first day. W. D. Harrington, Harnett’s tax collector, is in Lee County Hospital. Sanford, where he underwent an operation for appendicitis last Fri day night. T^ast •'sports from hts bedside were to the effect that Mr. Harrington is resting comfortably. To all 4-H Club members: If you want to go to Camp STune 9- 18, please send your #3.00 deposit to the Home Demonstration fHflce in liillington inunediately. . Racbrl Herring, Home Dem. Agent- VlSmNG HERE Mrs. W. W. Scott of Lexington, Kentucky arrived Tuesday to spend several weeks visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Fowler at their home. New Drivers’ Licenses to be Issued in Alphabetical Order If your last name begins with A or B and you expect to retain your right to drive a motor vehicle in North Carolina, you had better be gin right BOW to brash up on your auto-driving I. Q. Beginning July 1, the State De partment of Motor Vehicles will start its exaniinations of drivers to determine whether thejr are quali fied to drive a motor vehicle, end if they are, a brand n.lw license will be issued. The law enacted by the 1947 legislature requires it. The Department will start off its job—big job, that is—on July t, taking the A and B folks ender test till Dec. 31. Then go with the C and D. and so on. It is estimated that four years will be required to finish it. The new licenses will last four yean, the holder taking another ex am on the birthday following. The cost, by the way. of the new permits will be $2 instead of $1 as now. The motor vehicles bead coupled the announcement with a warning that applicants tor reissuauce of driving licenses must pass a driving test. The examination will Include an eye test, with the poorest visual reading permitted, with glasses, to be 20-50; a highway sign test, in which the applicant wit! be shown pictures of highway signs and re quired to tell what he should do when approaching each; a rules test, consisting of 25 questions on safe driving; and a road test in which he will be required to drive 12 to 15 blocks. The ability to read is not a requisite. “In the past,” said Colonel Ros ser. "some applicants for driving li censes have begun road tests with the understanding that the examiner would tell him to pass red lights, exceed speed limits and otherwise drive improperly. This, however, has not been the policy in North Caro lina, nor will it be during this re- issuance.” The retsuance is the first in the history of the State, and it will take four years to complete the task. jVfterwards, permits will be reis sued in four-year periods, with each permit expiring on the birthday of tha holder in the fourth year after its reissuauce. The Legislature also raised the cost, of the driving permits from |1 to 12. Who bored the holes in the great elm tree on Lillington’s Main street ami did the same thing to elms on Front street and possibly to many others of the town’s fine shade trees? That’s what Mayor Charles Loving and indignant residents want to know. Monday, when questioned about it. Mayor Loving was completely ignorant as to what bad been going on. He immediately got in touch with Street Commissioner WelUe Sutton, who told the Mayor he didn't know anything about It. Councilman Sutton, having charge of the streets, removed a large oak tree from ^ a sidewalk on Eighth street a couple-ot^weeks ago, atatiug that the tree if allowed to stand might cause injury to some person or damage to property it it were al lowed to stand in the middle of a paved sidewalk where Us huge body and roots had already pushed up the paving. He hired a crew of workmen and removed the oak. Commissioner' Sutton also stated that the elm trees would do damage to the sewor mains in the streets by reason of the roots weaving their way into the pipes and stopping up the drains. .'Mready it had been noticed that some trouble had been caused by the elms to the sewer mains. The Street Commissioner was un aware. however, of an attempt to destroy trees along the town’s streets. ■ Information thus gained by The News on a round of inquiry served to. deepen the mystery of the tree slaughter in Lillington. Who bored the holes in the trees? is still the big question. The great elm on Main street, whiclt has been standing, according to old inhabitants, at least a hun dred years, shades a wide area in' the heart of the business district and has been the subject of much ad miration by visitors. The old tree, which had never exhibited any sign of age Ollier than by broadening the area each year with its wide-spread ing limbs, has been dying for the past several days. It was not until a day or so ago that the hole was found in its trunk about two feet from the ground. The hole was bored with an auger and bit about one inch in diameter and sinks into the tree’s vitals about four inches. Inasmuch as a mere hole would not produce death for so hardy a tree as an elm, it is thought that be yond doubt a deadly poison was In serted after the auger work was finished. The magnificient old elm will be dead within a few days now. judging by the rate at which It has been dying. A couple of elms in front of the -Mired Furniture Store on Front street has been given the same “treatment." and they are dying too. Mr. Murph Byran stated to The News that five large elms on J street running by his home had holes bored in them about two feet from the ground and ,that the trees are begin ning to wither. Mayor Loving is conducting a searching inquiry to learn the Iden tity of the tree borer or borers, and poisoners too, if any. It is known for a fact that the holes were bored into the trees; whether poison was inserted la the holes is not altogether established as a fact, but no other: destroying agency has .so far been>aggeBted. NO USE BRAGGING- But They Do Say: The News is relieved of the necessity of brngfflBX ubout what it.'i ads do. The folks who |mt Qis ad.s in the paper, (sensible folks that they are!) tell the stoo’ for' us. Read uhat these two say: Froin Rev. Chas. B. Howaofd of Bale’s Creek: “You ueed not my ad s|caln. The first issue enouKh to ' sell the propMNy st once. Thaaln.” FVom Mrs. Troy Byrd, efftefeat msBSijer of Pope’s 5c to #5 Store: “I WHS veiy pleaasatly Surprised at the Urge volunte of husiaess we had from our Mother’s Day ad. Of course we expected good bosi- •ness, but it ran far above what we expected.” And that’s the way It goect
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