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-—ri SrjJwiEvrat r \\v.v*-vr«\v*'>n-* ^ . . > r , i- ■. * ^.jr. ‘t t' 4 ^ iTJ V * yj^j i / / t'iuV ■-'M‘' i-. KJ' ls IK I .1' fSr., g)'. 1, fer W.. ‘ S^' 5f PAGE TWO HARNETT COUNTY NEWS —Published at Lllllngton, N. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 14. 1947 Harnett County News Established Jan. 1, 1919 ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY HENDERSON STEELE FRANK STEELE Publishers SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year $2.0(1 Six months —^ $1.00 No subscription taken lor less than six months AdvertlsitiK rates upon application Entered as second class matter at the postofflco at .Lllllngton, N. C. CORRESPONDENCE This paper desires corrospondonco from all reliable sources interesting to the people ot this section. We ask that the name of the correspondent be signed for the purpose of attest ing reliability. *■ Wateii the date on the label on your paper. If >’Our subscription has expli'cd please send In your renewal at once. THURSDAY. AUGUST 14, 1947 the domnition bowwows altogether. What should bo heralded to the world are facts such as wo stated In the beginning of this editorial. The impression which we should seek to Implant in the minds of the outside j world is that Harnett county, re-. gardloss of the fact that some people of undesirable chiiractor coiitimie to find abode here, is fust making Its way to the lop as one of the most desirable places in the whole world. OBSERVATIONS BY A COUNTRY SCRIBE TOBACCO SALES TO BE INTERESTING THIS YEAR The News has not been privileged so far to attend the auction sales of tobacco at the various warehouses that have opened for the buying of the I'D47 crop. There is something so fascinating about those sales that, no matter how many times one has at tended, there is a strong and com pelling desire to witness them again and again. The jargon ot the auctioneer is not easily understood. Perhaps that is an understatement. Maybe wb should say that very few outside of the buy ers and the warehousemen, know even one word the auctioneer is say ing when lie doodles with his voice while standing over a pile of tobacco. .\11 wo of the uninformed can know is that wlion he suddenly closes his trap he has sold some farmer's to bacco. Then he advances a step or two along the line of hampers and begins It all over again. It’s wonder ful. Coming now to the change of ownership of the 1947 Cf.op, the auc tioning will bo oven more Interesting than ever. And why? Because our fanners have felt a wee bit "skittish” about this crop. They are always that way In tobacco growing, but more so this year. P'irst, with the lateness of the planting season, they were not shure they would be able to maintain their record of producing tobacco of the fine type that has been sought so eagerly by the buyers. Warehouse men have always been anxious to handle Harnett tobacco because it helps so tremendously In hoisting flieir floors’ average prices. Then there is something else that adds to the Interest of the auction sales this season. It is that farmers as well as practically everybody else have been anticipating a postwar weakness in buying. Very few farm ers would have guessed at planting time that prices would open the sea son so favorably as they have. By the way, you city and town dwellers, have you ever visited a tobacco warehouse at auction time? If not, take a day off and go hear the auctioneer do his chanting, note the expressions on the faces of the farmers who own the tobacco they are selling—watch all of it; and if you then .say yon haven’t enjoyed it, have a doctor to examine you, and quick, for surely there’s something seriously wrong with your livor. SOME SHOWING MUST SOON BE MADE The average citizen and taxpayer in Lllllngton may not be ready to say exactly what should be done in order to get started on a street pav ing project for the town; but it is safe to say that each and every one of them will readily declare that a showing of some sort must soon bo made, otherwise the town authorities cannot justify their act in retaining the high tax levy of $1.74. .Mayor Loving has told The News that "this town mint have paved streets,’’ and The Nows knows him to be H man who moans what he says. Being for more than twenty- eight years the public mouthpiece lor Lllllngton as well as tor Harnett minty, The Nows is in qualified posi tion to state that it has boon through the forthright convictions and deter mination of such mon as Charlie Loving that the countysoat as well as the county has boon able, to iiciilovG pi ogress on a solid and sub stantial scale. It is the sincere hope of The News that the Councilmen will go along wiiii Mayor Loving in liis desire to put I>illitigton ill the class of modern towns. No town can call itself mod ern until it has paved streets. Someone has bluntly declared that the best way to get things done is to go ahead and do them. That's saying a whole lot in a few words, but sometimes it requires only a few words to express a definite meaning. Words, however, will not put Lil- lington's streets In the shape they ought to be—the shape they must bo. It is time for action, and it is squaiely np to the citizens to furnish all the backing, moral and other wise, that the town authorities need in venturing into this past-due pro ject. If u bond issue is required, let’s have the bond issue. People In this good and prosperous.community are certainly not afraid of a little bond issue when such a sorely needed im provement Is at stake. This town has just finished paying off a bonded debt of over $75,000. And, with the recently added values, It will be much easier to pay oft another bond Issue because there is such a larger list of values to help pay it. Let’s get started with the streets. HARNETT CAN ILL AFFORD SUCH PUBLICITY When Harnett county embarked upon the building of a modern school system and the construction of a fine network of roads (in the days when the State hadn’t oven dreamed of lending Its help), it started on its way to becoming, one of the out standing counties in the State. It can be said now that Harnett Is far above the average county In North Carolina. The News bellevcF this can be established as a fact if material growth and advancement in modern improvements are taken into account. We further believe that people In Harnett have a perfect right to feel proud of their county, for they point to the progress It has made and stand ready to invite comparison with any other of the one hundred counties in the State, So much for that. Now what wo are driving at, following this pre face of compJlmonts, is that Harnett county can ill afford the undesirable publicity it has lately been receiving. We refer to such matters as the Phillips murder case, and other in stances of crime that unfortunately occur In our good county. While the Phillips case, and others of like nature, will be .rega,rded as “sensatlonar’ by outsiders who read and hear about them, as a matter of truth there is nothing sensational either connected with or surround ing or even remotely joinod with such incidents. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of criminal acts are being committed throughout this nation with equally as revolting circumstances surround ing them, many of them wlflch should be of far greater concern to thoughtful people in pondering the query whether the world Is growing better or worse, or perhaps going to THE RIGHT LESSON AT THE RIGHT TIME (Editorial for National Highway Safety Program) More deaths and injuries in traffic accldent.s are caused by drivers from 16 to 21 years of ago than any other age group. Only half as many accidents are caused by students who have had driving instruction as are caused by those without training. One million new leen-ago drivers take to the highway every year. The conclusion to be drawn here Is startlingly clear If we are to re duce the tragic plague of traffic ac cidents which in one year can snuff out over 33,500 lives, we must train the new generations of drivers be fore and as they get behind the wheel. During the high school years, wlieii our youths become eligible for driving on a point of age. Is the right time for the right lesson. Figures show that at least throe out of five high school students will be either driving an automobile at graduation or within three years tiioreafter. This fact alone should be sufficient to make pve-drlver educa tion mandatory in all high schools. At present, a little over 5,000 high scliools throughout the nation have .some form of driver education pro gram. But this is only one fourth of those that should have one. Public opinion strongly urges.driver train ing in the schools. A recent survey made by the National Committee for Traffic Safety showed that 78 per cent of the people endorse such a program. A majority of these want the training carried to actual be hind the-wheel instruction. Then let our educators heed the facts. Let them answer to the public demand, with, of course, public sup port Posterity will most certainly condemn this generation if wo fall to piopare the youth of today to safely live in the motorized world we have created. ATTBINTION, HOUSEWIVES. — Remember that hush puppy editorial you read in The News a week or so ago? Well, that fellow who -runs the Hushpuppy Corporation of America down at Swansboro read it too. So he sent the editor a can of his mix ture. The Missus cooked them and promptly declared she could beat them. So she tried, and she did! If you like hushpuppies and want to know her recipe. Just get in touch with this depaitnient and we’ll see that you get It. Local FFA Chapter . Attending Camp The Lllllngton Chapter of F.F.A. is attending the Tom iBrown Camp near Asheville this week. Seven raem- bers with their teacher, Mr. J .H. Blackmon left Monday and will re turn Saturday. A laiger number of members planned to attend, but due to pressing farm work, were unable to be away. Those attending are Lewis Holder, Rob Moore, Dallas Pope, Swanson Suggs, Leo Kelly, Jr., Poster Mason, and T. L. Dean, guest member. SAFE DRIVER IS PRACTICAL SAY THE SAFETY OFFICIALS when .both aie pro- a turning car ceeding with a green light. Use of dim lights when driving at night cannot be stressed too highly. Avoid looking directly Into the lights of cars you are meeting. Watch the The driver, hut It * ♦ ♦ School Thankn Canning Helpers The Lllllngton Hiph School wishes to thank tlio public spirited citizens of the Lllllngton community who as sisted In the preparation tor canning of 1000 quarts of string beans These heaps are for the school lunch room. Mr. J., H. Blackmon, agriculture teacher of the local school, supervis ed the canning. What Is meant by redeeming time? It is to fill the hours full of tiio lightest freight, to fill them with the life of thought, feeling, ac tion, as they pass.—Clarke. BUSY TIME?—The Scribe was la boring under the impression that this is a busy time—for everybody. With so much to do and with so Ut- ti'G help to do it. It seemed that time was not hanging heavy in anybody's hands. At least that’s the way he had. it figured out. But luy goodness, how a fellow can be altogether wrong ill Ills conclusions! At the -Phillips, trial, lately held in Harnett county's courthouse, the auditorium was packed and Jammed from start to finish—-days and days of specta- torliig. Whattn world! * 4 « INALIENABLE RIGHT—-But every free person In this grand old Home of the Brave has a perfect right' to do as ho pleases vvitli his time, doesn’t he? That’s one of the privi leges guaranteed In our good old Constitution, you k'now. And if a fellow wants to go pud see and hear for himself, why not? • * • JUST GOT TO SEE.—It reminds iv.o of the story about the great mi gration to the West In the days of the rush to that section. A wagon load of colored people weie making their way to the Land of Promise when they were met by a wagon load of white folks coming back, disap pointed. "No need to go out there," they told the new migrants, "it alnt as good as where you come from.’’ "But aint you been and seed It for yourself and had your speeunce?" asked the colored folks.' "Yes." an- .swored the whites. "Then we wants to go and see for ourselves and have our speeunce too,” And on they went. *44 SNAKE STORIES.—A. W. Wood was reading In a newspaper about some big snake yarn and he cited it to the Scribe. Reminded that "all flslionnen have a right to tell tholr own lies ill their own way, including snake atcries,” Mr. Wood came back witli a yarn that should end all snake yarns, and, what’s more, he swore It to be true. "iBut, I’ll listen to your yarn when you’re ready to tell it,” he promised. 4 4 4 HOOPLAH,—Now it’s time for the band to come marching down the street playing “Who’d a-Thunk It.” For, according to press reports which bear every semblance of ac curacy, we are to have at least one candidate for Governor In the 1948 race who’s going to whoop it up with a trailer and so forth. Mayne Al bright. the reports say, is going to make the rounds in “covered wa gon” style, and before the campaign Is over we may expect to see some great goings-on. Get a load of us Tarheels’ carrying-on, you Sand- lappors and Crackers! * 4 4 4 FINE PROGRAM—General Dwight, Elsenhower, Dorothy Thompson and Secretary Kenneth Royall are on the program for appearance and talks at Home a'itd Farm Week at State Col lege. The occasion Is especially de signed for farmers and farm fami lies, but with the big drawing cards It is reasonable to suppose that hun dreds of others will elbow tboir way tlvrougli the crowds. 4 4 4 FARM INTEREST. — That brings to mind the very noticeable fact that more people are now interested In farming than possibly at any other time in the history of the nation. Not that- everybody is keen on going into the'laborious task of tilling the soil—oh no! But It appears that more people have at last come to the loalizatlon that their own bread and butter depends on how well the dirt farmers get along. It’s a good sign, to bo sure. 4 4 4 IN THE NIGHT.—Dogs A baby crying . . . Dogs A man coughing terribly A man snoring . Dogs Imi'klng SOUNDS barking . . barking f. . . . . Dogs barking . something terrific . . . A truck engine roaring . . , Dogs barking . . . Take It from here! Topping’s Sausage Now on Sale Here Thanks to H. T. Latham, Jr., resi dents of Lllllngton and surrounding communities can now enjoy Topp ing’s sausage made by Scott Topping at Pantego. Mr. Latham, who taught school at Boone Trail for a number of years and Is now principal of the school at Bath, Is distributor for the Topping concern and Is furnishing stores In Lillingtoi/and Dunn. Announcement to this effect made In this Issue, of The News. is By wisdom wealth is won; But riches purchased Wisdom yet for none.—Bayard Taylor. NOW . . . WHAT DO ' YOU THINK? By a Mere Thinker Day by day, iii almost every way, llie alarmists and the whoopists are j attempting to lead us to believe that war with Russia is Inevitable. Not mingled with that group, however, are those who are In position to know, and doubtless do know, the exact situation as regards relations between this nation and the Soviet. Secretary Marshall, for instance, views the situation as Immediately discouraging, but neither he nor oth- safe driver Is the practical Driving skill can be acquired takes a practical person to combine the sound Judgment that makes for safe driving with essen tial knowledge of road rules and reg ulations. The skillful driver must drive not only his own car but must be ever alert to the movements of vehicles near him. He must drive for himself and for the person in the other car. “Common courtesies on the road,” says Coleman W. Roberts, President of the Carolina Motor Club," "often spell the difference between safety and SOI row. The lack of courtesy to pedestrians crossing at intersections, the failure to use proper hand sig nals, can lead only to traffic fatali ties or personal injuries which in many cases are totally disabling.” It you are Involved In an accident, a written report must be made to the City Police Department or to the Highway Safety Division within 24 houis. On your report tell exactly wlutt happened and where the accL dent occurred. If anybody is hurt In an accident in which you are involv ed or are a witness, render all pos sible aid. If you damage another per son's car while he is not present, the proper method is to leave your name and address in his car or stick a note under his windshield wiper giv ing details and your address so that e:n like him who are well informed wish to lend color to the harplngs of' you may be reached, certain commentators and writers! if you live in North Carolina and wlio, judging from their spells, can own a motor vehicle it must .be reg- almost hear the gnus firing alieady. I isie-ed and any officer of the law is I am not at all perturbed about | entitled to examine the registration certificate which should bo carried at all times when the car is in use. ^ St plirht side of the pavement and this .1 your c.r br«.k. down. m.v. it ott, ! Ing yon. Be especially careful in re- the highw’ay by towing or pushing. Be careful when parking on an up- • pedestralns at night. Give hill slope to turn your front wheels consideration, away from the curt> and back up un*. valuable miscellaneous rules til they touch the curb, on a down- follow are: put on brakes grad- hill.'slope turn your front wheels a flat tire or toward the curb. It is also good f,|o^vout. if you run off the pavement policy to leave your car in gear. Do slowing down, not -park on the paved or traveled when back- part of a highway and never on a watch out for bicycle riders and kill or curve. children at play, keep the frontpseat Driving too fast for conditions is parcels and make sure a sec- a dangerous practice. On an icy road. coming If you have extieme caution must be shown at all fo pagg. the possibility of war with Russia. I cannot bring, myself to thinking,that Russia wants war with us any more than we want war with her. We cer tainly do NOT want war. To be sure wo would like very much for the Soviet to quit doodling and dodging and hedging when mo mentous issues come up for decision In the Council. It would be fine in deed if they could see eye to eye with us so that everything might move along satisfactorily toward a solution of the world peace problems. It Is perfectly natural for us to won der why the Russians, fail to see that we are the most peace-loving nation in the world and that we would walk an extra mile to main tain friendship with a good neighbor. But in wishing all these things we should bear in mind that we have always managed to maintain our standing in the world of nations; that our borders have never been seriously threatened, and that fol lowing every war in which we have been engaged we have risen to great er heights of superiority in every way that counts in the matter of prestige. It Is so now. But what about Russia? That un happy nation has been manhandled —and how! After the downfall of the czarlst regime, Russia went into what we might call, if speaking of individuals, convulsions. In sucl^ circumstances can it be any wonder that the rulers took unto themselves authority which they should not have, and butchered many of their own people? Can it be any strange thing that they misireated their own people not only in an economic way but circumscrib ed them In their religious thought and action? There is much about Russia that is distasteful to us. There is much, too much, that we cannot fathom. To state that she is now acting peculiar is putting it mildly. Nevertheless, if we should In our imagination shift positions with Rus sia, putting' ourselves in he*r boots and keeping in mind the many times and the many ways In which she has been double-crossed, would we, even our own enlightened solves, be a bit squeemish about accepting every thing proposed by other nations? And wouldn’t we find ourselves say ing "NO" equally as often as the Soviet is saying it now when new and untried proposals are presented? I think we would be hedging with a vengeance. I think we would hem and haw and squirm and twist till we were entirely confident that each and every proposal was on the up- and-up, 1 think we would be even more ■ suspicious of everything and feverybody than the Soviets now are. About the possibility of war with Russia: Anyone who would be so bold as to declare^ that war between the Unled States and Russia, or for that matter,, between the United States and any other nation, is alto gether beyond the realm of possibi lity, would not simply be climbing out on a limb but would be so utter ly reckless In prophecy that no ^>ub- lic coufidence would be merited. The pages of history record such goings on in this old world since its foundation that we cannot be Justi fied in even hoping for "eternal peace.” Probably that much-to-be- desired state will never come till iGabriol picks up his horn and starts blowing. lYhat, I titink, is the best course tor all Americans to pursue in the piesent crisis Is to draw heavily, upon all the^ patience they have in stock, blend It* with the Injunction of Holy Writ, "Love they neighbor as thy self,” and go about the business of making peace by harboring that pre cious thing in our own hearts and souls. Now what do YOU think? License certificate should also be curried when you are driving a motor vehicle. The equipment on your car is vi tally important to your safety. Re quired equipment, which must be in spected legulnrly, includes: brakes, lights, horn, muffler, mirror, wind shield wiper, safely glass and good tires. “All accidents,” according to the Driver Manual issued by the High- svay Safety Division of the Norih Carolina Department of Motor Ve hicles, "do not happen while vehicles are being driven. A parked vehicle may also cause an accident, kill someone or destroy property. There fore. before leaving your vehicles, set the brakes and stop the motor. times, also In heavy traffic or a crowded pedestrian area such as a school zone. if you want to live and stay heal thy do not take your half of the' open road In the middle and don’t strad dle lanes on a wide (thoroughfare. Caution when passing is necessary at all times. Do not pass on hills, curves, at intersections, at railroad crossings, within 100 feet of a bridge or when another car Is approaching. When you are being passed slow down a little and do not regain speed until the other car is well forward. Several rules should be followed when turning: get into the correct lane before turning and turn Into the correct lane, give the right hand signal at least' 60 feet before the turn, look about to see that nothing Is in the way, and, slow down to safe speed before turning. Do not make a "turn-about” or. "U” turn to go 111 the opposite direction on any curve or near the top of a hill where you cannot be seen from 500 feet away. The use of hand signals, of course. Is u must when making a turn, slowing or stopping. Right of Way has been the basis oi' numerous arguments. There are important rules to remember: first car into an intersection has the right of way. with no traffic’signals of any kind,, the car on our right has the right of way; a car, already in an Intel section, should be allowed to make a left turn if he has signaled his intention, emergency vehicles al ways have the right of way, give ped estrians in crosswalks the right of way unless there are traffic signals or a police officer directing traffic at that point, give a pedestrian the right of way if he is crossing and the light* changes while he Is in the Ctosswalk and remember that a ped estrian always has right of way over The practical driving suggestions, preiiaied by the Carolina Motor Club using the Driver Manual as a re ference guide, conclude- the series titled "What You Must Know to Ob tain .4 Driver’s License in North Carolina. ' The information present ed is vitally important to drivers and pedestrians. Use your car wise ly, observe traffic rules whether walking or riding—piotect yourself and others. Broadway Legion To Erect Home •Broadway Post No. 347, the .4mer- Icau Legion. launch a member ship campaign at a barbecue supper on Friday night, August 22, at' Mor ris Pond near Swann Station. The serving of barbecue with all the trimmings will begin at -6 p. m. A charge of $1 per plate will be made. However, no charge Is made to new members or old' members who pay their Legion dues for the coming Le gion year, which begins next month. Work will begin soon on a modern brick Legion Post Home in Broad way, to be located In the downtown business district on the center of Main street and Forest avenue. Bioadway Post has been recogniz ed by Dopartineiit of North Carolina Legion officials as one of the most active posts in the State. All white honorably discharged -veterans are invited to Join the post. UIKTII ANNOVNOKMKNT Mr. and Mrs. Howell McKiiinie ot Fuquuy Springs announce the birth of a (laughter, Sandra Kaye, Monday. July 28, at Good Hope Hospital in Erwin. Mrs. McKlnnie Is the former Jean Mc.4uley of Lillington. DON'T Let Your Harnett County News Stop Coining! If your Harnett County News subscription is almost expired, why not use the convenient method outlined below for sending in your renewal before the date of expiration and thereby make sure that you do not miss a single copy. CLIP THE COUPON BELOW COUPON . The Harnett County New*, lillincton. Dear Sirs; N. C Please extend my subscription to The News for a period of. months. I am enclosing proper payment. NAME - P. 0. R. P. D. NO PLBASH PRINT NAME AND ADDRESS In making payment, use check, money order or cash. DO NC^T SEND STAMPS. 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