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• U« . * *^1—, r. U' PAGE TWO HARNETT COUNTY NEWS—PubHghed at LtUlngton, N. c. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, IMT PJ> Si,,S' lW.y n;i' r Harnett County News Established Jan. 1, 1919 ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY HENDERSON STEELE FRANK STEELE Publishers SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year $2.00 Six months $1.0i No subscription taken for less tha;, six months Entered as second class matter at the postofflcc at Llllington, N. C. Advertising rates upon application CORRESPONDENCE This paper desires correspondence from all reliable sources interesting to the people- of this section. We ask that the name of the correspondent be signed for the purpose of attest ing reliability. Watch tlie date on tlio label on your paper. If your subscription has expired please send in your renewal at once. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 11. 1947 LILLINGTON NEEDS A PRODUCE MARKET The News feels oortalr. that fann ers of Harnett county would gladly welcome a market at their county- .seat to absorb the produce they raise from year to year, and more ol which they would raise if tlioy oouhl only bo assured of a (autvenlent sale. It would seem that a market In Llllington could liandle all that our farmers would bring m, howevei' large the volume may he. .-Vnd the operator or operators of such a mar ket would find iheniselvos engaged in a lemnnorativo venture. We are told that oiierators of produce mar kets generally have sabstantial hank aceoums, ANOTHER HEADACHE FOR COMMISSIONERS If headache can be considered a;, one of the fears from the “big bad wolf," The Nows falls to see wherein a citizen may derive much pleasure ill serving on the Board of County Commissioners. For, not only is there one headache for the county's execu tives, but several. To be sure, a citizen does not ex pect to derive .tny great pleasure from lieliig a County Commissioner. Mostly, if not altogether, as Tlie .News has observed, it is simply a matter of public - spirited service which someone must give, and per sons serving slioiild be considered as doing just that. Our purpose in inontloiilng it here is tliat this thing called Inflation is hitting Harnett county a '-ather hard blow. OudgeLS fixed once a year, with what Is thought to be plenty of mar gin for Inci'casos, are now being found bombarded with higher prices to h'i paid for essentials in the oper ation of the county's business. And, what hits the county is also hitting those who give their time to the county's affairs. The re.siilt Is a de mand for increases in salaries. County officials and employees fall into the category of “white collar” workeis. Their Income is fixed, and they must live on it. Their expense is anything but fixed, and old Inflation is carrying costs to such a high pitch right now that it Is putting the “fixing” to the offi cials and employees in a very rude , manner. What can the Commissioners do about it? What would you do about It If you wore a inomber of the Board? If you know some solution, we feel sure tlie Executives would welcome your suggestion. Someone has suggested tenaming the Commissioners “The Board of Headaches," Present members have no doubt come to realize that’s what they really are. county are called upon to produce more milk and butter for human needs than is cowly possible. Conceding for the sake of cowklnd (or klne) that every single one of them is doing ali possible in the groat task expected of them, still It must bo admitted that their product must, If it Is spread out to supply nearly 50,000 people, be thinned to a distastefully and unnourlshlngly transparent state. Someone has said that tlie dog is man’s best friend. We can’t quite agree '.vlieii we think of the cow, And so, it occurs to us that one of Harnqtt ooiinty'.s grealosi needs is more cows. ANOTHER SLANT ON THE “WAVE” OF CRIME A good citizen nienlloned to The .Sews a few days ago that there might possibly bo an angle to the sO-oallcd “wave of crime'’ that has not yet boon presented to the public, probably because, ho said. It might "toucli the feelings" of some who had not tliought of it in the proper llglil. The idea (his good cillzoii advanc ed was that youngsters who become involved in wrongdoing bad not do- ■Ived from tlieir parents and others iho groat lesson that perfect honesty in all its finest moanlugs is most es sential In building cliuructer, “For liistunoo," lie explained, "there Is the matter of debt-dodging: no good citi zen will secure merchaiidiso, services or otlioi' tilings of 'Value and then lofiise (o pay. That in llsolf Is a contemptible form of stealing. Then tlio.e are other forms of practicing dishonesty, some in a smaller way, others in a bigger way; but small liractices of dislionesty lead to wrongdoing in a larger wa,v. Do you believe that all parents stop to think what sort of an examitle they are .setting for their youngsters?" The News feel.s prompted to pass this comment along for what it may be woitli to light-thinking parents— .uul others. NOW . . . WHAT DO YOU THINK? 'By a Mere Thinker Buckhorn Citizens Continue Active OBSERVATIONS BY A COUNTRY SCRIBR TALKING ABOUT LILLINGTON’S STREETS Citizens of Llllington are contin ually requesting The News to “keep hammering on the town’s streets un til something is done about thorn." The News is quite willing to do as requested, although while doing so wo are fully aware of the fact that we are harping on something which just Isn't. Llllington has no streets worthy of the name, except that part of the state highways riauilng through town, and three blocks pav ed with private funds. Came an outstanding citizen and property owner to The Now.s office yesterday, suggesting that if the town’s $1.74 tax rate is not sufficient to allow for some street improve ment, then It Is coating Llllington quite a neat sum to keep its other municipal affairs going. The News agrees. Mayor Loving has told us that ho is very anxious to get street improvement work started, but plans for starting the work have not been made. The News would suggest that prop erty owners of the town give their suggestions to Mayor Loving and members of the Council. We are sure they would like to know to what ex tent they would be justified in fi nancing street improvenc.ent. HALF A COW! 'County Farm Agent C. R. Ammons makes the statement that farm fami-' lies in Harnett county each have only, half a cow. That means, If the rest i of us are Included, cows in this Mil.I.ION’S! —In these limes when high figures luivo come into such common usage, it would be supposed that typewriters and typesetting ma chines are thoroughly accustomed to sett lug down clphoi s to denote mil lions, But uoi so—not every time. When The News tried to point out that the Commodity Credit Corpora tion had been balked in its scheme to spend $25,000,000 buying tobacco tor Britain, what do you think hap- liened? .^uro. A measly $25,000 was the amount that went into .print, Keon-eyod iBill .lohnson was the fir.st to detoot the error. But Bill was kind enough to console us with; Nobody’ll ever notice It.” But shucks, how ni.iuy folks do you guess have kidded us for l)oiug short on ciphers? ♦ 1)11) WE MISS SOMRITHING?— Seeing as liow so many folks found gobs of delight in ruminating over tlio wedding of Princess Liz and Count Phil, this Scribe has an un- (llsmissuble idea that there must have been something more notable about the affair than mere passing notice revoalod. It often happens that way with Scribes, But what tightens up our curiosity now is the fact that Dorothy Thompson — no loss!—broke out in a i)oem —(an ode 1 believe tliey call it)- - in lionor of the Princess of the Empire that rooms to loan a little to the expiring side right now. .‘\nyway. this column is nothing if not congenial, especial ly on happy occasions such as united Liz and Phil, And so, to their royal happinesses wo .salute: may all their troubles he little ones! ♦ * ♦ LITERALLY SPEAKING,—Ono of Llllington’s fondest mothers relates that her young daughtor, on a trip downtovVn the other day, kept peep ing around every corner until she Inquired of the little lady the why of it. "Oil, I’m looking for Santa Claus," she explained. “But Santa Isn’t, due here yet," tlie mother said. "'But he must bo. Mother, 1 beard Daddy toll you that Christmas was Just around the corner, and I’m sure it’ll bo a poor Christmas witliout Old Santa Claus." ♦ ♦ ♦ ALLERGIC, — One of Harnett’s most esteemed matrons hands us this little .story which slie says she picked up; Three ladles wore having lea at the Waldorf. Ono of thorn said: "My husband bought mo some diamond bracelets. Then my skin broke out, and the doctor said I was allergic to diamonds. So we had to return them.” Another said that her husband had bought her some furs wlilcli liad to be reluCnod because the doctor said she was allergic to furs. The third lady fainted, was re vived, and explained; “I’m allergic to hot air." * I* WHY THURSDAY?—A few years ago, at the insistence of some group or groups, the day set apart as Thanksgiving Day was changed from the last Thursday in November to the third Thursday. The change last ed only a little while and didn’t prove popular even while it lasted. Some States wore so much opposed to the change that their Governors .Any government, whether la be national, state, county or municipal, 111 list of necessity be a government 1 f, for and by the people. That is the basil' principle upon which tills great couniry was founded. Otherwise, It would not have lasted. Otherwise it .aimot endure. To he a government of the people, the peoiile must be a part of it. lu fact constitute it. To be a goverii- II.'‘Ill I’o" tlie people. Its affairs must be administered wltli an eye singled Lo ilieir benefit. To bo a government b\ the people, the people mu.st gov- ei'ii themselves. People in this country are not con trary. They elect officials to govern I hem, and these officials are given wide authority. But all the while the peo.de place linplicil trust and faith In their officials; they have groat confidence in the integrity of the of ficials they select to administer their affairs. They do this, bo it said, be cause they full realize that they, the people, have tlie power to recall any official who fulls to measure up. .All this is preliminary to the thought I want (o express in today’s column. 11 It is this; The people have a per fect right to know how their gove.ii- ment is being managed. They have a riglil to know, when their officials act ill their behalf, why any and all actions are taken, When given sound loasons. they are satisfied. The peo ple must he given leasons. because It is their government. The people have a right to know liow their money is spent. It Is their inonoy, being spent in the manage ment of their affairs, and they .'■diuultl be told, fully and frankly, of everything that is done with their money, and the reasons why it Is necessary to spend it in the manner it is spent. The people have a right to know of all the official acts of their public serv.iiits, because they, the people, 0111 ploy them. Ill short, the people have a right to know everything that goes on in tlieir government, and, for that rea son, all available publicity should lie given, freely given, to any ami all of ficial acts by public servants. There siiould 'he no undercover do ings, dealings or transactions of any sort in the management of the peo ple’s government. Past history will reveal that no public official should attempt to keep secret any information to which tho people are entitled. History also re vest Is that when public officials at tempt any such thing, they are soon ousted. I have never asked the people to give’mo any public office; but If I should ever do so, It would bo my full Intention to deal fairly and squarely, open and aboveboard, in everything in which the ipoople who elected mo were concerned either di rectly or indirectly. I think that Is the way every pub lic official should act. Even though everything done In secret behind closed doors may 'be for the best welfare of the people, never- thelo.ss tho very fact that it Is done in secret is sufficient to arouse sus picion. And all public officials and tlieir acts should he above suspicion. It may be said that 1 am on the outside looking In, and therefore cannot be In position to pass upon tho wisdom of holding secret certain matters of public concern. The reverse is true. Any 'bona fide citizen who is a taxpayer and -has the best Interest of his government at heart can more readily see the evil of pub lic dealings in private when his in terest Is at stake. Many good people in Harnett county have talked to me about this. They have nald tliey would like to have me express my opinion in thls- column. I liave assured them, as I want to assure everyone now, that so long us I place myself in position as a public .spokesman I will speak plainly and to the point. I think tliat Is what everyone In public position should do. What do YOU think? refused to observe the moved-up date, and in some Instances there were two Thanksgiving Days—the third and fourth Thursdays. Now it someone will start a movement to change Thanksgiving from Thursday to some other day In the week. The News will join in heartily. The rea son: Thursday is The New’s publica tion day and Thanksgiving being a national holiday the mail carriers don’t work. * * * DEER NEST.—A now recruit to momber&hl,p in the Wildlife Club was listening to discussions on various subjects related to hunting. He took it all in, whether undorstandlngly or not no one could say, until the suib- ject of "lay days” came up. The rookie, who had never , hunted enough to do any harm to wild ani mals, perked up his ears when ho heard one oldtime hunter voice his disapproval of “lay days’’ for deer, j Gently nudging President Sid Howell of tho Harnett Club on the elbow,' the new recruit meealy inquired: i "Please tell me, have you ever found a deer’s nest?’’ ' j W. E, Medlln, chairman of the j Steering Committee of the Buckhorn I delegation seeking action in improv ing roads in that township, has for warded to Chairman Angus Cameron of the County Commisslonera the following letter: Dear Mr, Cameron: At a meeting of the citizens lu Buckhoru township, held on Satur day ulglil, Dec. G, a resolution was unanimously adopted requesting that 1 contact you Immediately and re quest that you arrange a hearing with the Highway Commissiouer, Dr. .Iordan, and his Engineer, Mr. Whli;- lleld, to be held at Llllington at the earliest possible date. We aio anxious to have this meet ing and gel .some questions settled in our minds, therefore will you kindly contact Dr. .Iordan and Mr. Whltfleld and advise us at le.asl ten day.s in advance of this meeting in Llllington? Very truly yours, W. E. Medlln, Chairman of Steering Committee of ■ Buclilioi’u Delegation. V oiunteer for Escort of War Dead Received Members of the.U, S. .Aimy En listed Reserve Corps may volunteer lo serve a period of 6 to 12 months active duty for the purpose of acting as escorts In conjunction with tho re turn of World War II Dead, accoid- ing to a recent statement by Capt. fv. R. Robinson, commanding officer of the Fayetteville station of the Army & Air Force Recruiting Ser vice, •Men recalled to active duty fur this purpose will be placed on tem porary duty with an escort detach ment of their choice and will receive the pay of their grade while on this duty. The detachments are located In Memphis, Tenu., Atlanta, Georgia, and Charlotte, North Carolina, .Applicants must have the follow ing qualifications in order to be eli gible for recall to active duty: Moot . urrent requirements for enlistment In the Reghlar Army, have an AGCT scoi'e of 85 or higher, hold a grade of Technician Fifth Grade or higher, liuvo an “Excellent’' character rating, have no disciplinary record, he of pi'epo.ssessing appearance, ami he a veteran of World War II. Applications may be submitted thiough the Headquarters of the .North Carolina Military District at Raleigh. N. C, Further lu formation is available at any IJ. S. .Army & U, S. .Air Force Reciuiting Station or Sub-Station. had 7 for Anderson Creek. The Anderson Creek boys took the second game 29-22. Elmore made 9 points for the winners and Stephen son got 10’ foT Angler. Re:il knowledge, in its progress. Is tlie forerunner of liberality and enlightened toleration.—Lord Bron- g! urn. SHORT SKIRTS OR LONG BEARDS 1 . . Male students at University of Kansas object to the longer skirtS' njow in vogue with their feminine schoolmates and are voicing their idishpproval by allowing their beards to grow. Four bewbiskered members'of the anti-long dress club are (left to right) Joe Francis, one of the originators of the idea; Carl Steeby, Bill Mabry and David Butler.'it’s the new look for men. The Bible is the learned man’s masterpiece, the Ignorant man’s dic tionary, the wise man’s directory,-— .Mary Baker Eddy. CHATTEL MORTGAGES, 2 for 5 cent.s at The New.s office. Grain Saving Stressed In New Feeding Plan .\nlmal Husl>andry spociullsls of the State Oollogo Extension Service have come up with a plan to save more than five tons of grain per car load of beef cattle. Hero’s tlie way to do it—Limit the amount of grain feed to good year ling steers to two-tlilrds of full feeding. 'I'he result — si/tisfactory beef carcasses and a saving of more than 500 pounds of grain per animal! q'lte experiments that showed the possibilities of such savings provided data on feed requirements of cattle of various ages and their subsequent fattening for market. Normally there are wide differences In needs for con centrate feeds in the fattening of beef cattle. As an animal develops frotn a calf into a two-year old it requires increasing amounts of con centrates for equal gains. This is partly because of the greater' effi ciency of a young animal in using feed partly because of tlie greater m.'ihuenance requirements of the lieavicr animal’, and partly because of higher proportion of the gain lu- cremeiit is in the form of fat. [.imitation of grain in the ration slows down somewhat the rate of fat fonnalioii and permits the building tip of more lean tissue in immature .inimals. In this process the grade of carcass while not so high, weight for weigbl, as in heavy feeding is still very .salisl’actory to most consumers. Usually the lliuilalioii of concenlrato is made up by feeding more hay and silage. In tho production of cuttle on two-ihinls the ful! level of grain feed, the investigators used barley as the giMin and medium-grade legume hay ius the roughage, together with .1 piotolu concentrate. This diet yielded top Good or low Choice car- c.isse.s froth steers weighing from 9011 lo 1000 pounds at time of slaughter. Our Subscribers— New and Renewed Bu nil level; Flodle Marshburii. Broadway R-1: L. T. Holder. Erwin R-l; H. .A. Johnson. Fuquiiy ar.d Routes; R. Wells, Cicero Thomas. G. .A. Dewar, A. B. Gliappell Jonesboro R-l; V. H. Perkins. Kipling: .Arthur Ray. Mrs. Katie Matthews. '|LUllnglon and Routes; Claude Bdlley, John H. Morgan. H. L. Misou, J, M. Wallace. -Manchester: Mrs. James .A. Shaw. Raleigh R-3: Mrs. .Alonzo Johnson. .AXDKK.SOX ('REEK DIVIDES PAIR WITH AXvGlKR 'I'KA.MS 'Phe .\iiderson Creek and Angler baskelbull teams divided two games last week. The Angler girls won the first 25-18, N’ordon accounted for 111 points for the winners, while Holder ASKS CROP DICTATOR . . . Carl C. Farrington, agriculture depart ment ofheiaL asked congress for emergency power to buy up en tire farm crop.s when iwor yields threaten the domestic economy or the export program. We understand be.st fsiit which be gins til ourselves and by education urightens into birth.—Mary Baker i-'ddy. NOTICE OK S.ALE OK PUHIJC PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that pur suant to authority contained In Chap ter 136, Public Laws of 1923 as amended lu 1941 by an act entitled “Act proscribing the manner of ad vertisement and sale of school pr->- pert.v" (See Section 2). and pursuant to a iresolution . duly adopted at a regular'meeting of the Board of Ed ucation held November 3rd, at wldch meeting all members were present, the Board of Education of Harnett County will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder at thC' time and place indicated the real estate listed below: Kllllngsroni School 'Beginning on the North side of the said Duke , and iBunnlevel road and in the line dividing the lands of Purdie & Smith and 1. W. Smith and runs as said Purdie and Smith’s line dividing line North 20 E 10 ohs. to a stake in the open field, a corner of tho Purdie vife Smith tract and in the line of the L W. Smith tract: thence South 70 Eil.77 chs. to a stake lu the old line: thence South 20, West 10 ch.-?. to a stake on the North edge of tho Duke A Bunnlevel road; thence ns said road N. 70 W. 1.77 chs. to (he beginning, containing 1.77 acres. Beginning, u't a stake on the North side of the Bunnlevel and Duke road, and in the dividing line between Smith and Purdie and (he J. J^. Smith lands, and runs ns said line N. 20 E. 5 chains to a stake and corner; thence N. 70 W. 1,40 chain.s to a sGtke; thence S. 20 W. 5 chains to a stake and corner at the North edge of said road; thence as the road 1.40 chains to the beginning, containing 7-10 of an acre. The Board reserves the right to re ject any and ali bids. Time of Salo’ Thursday, January 8th, 1948 at 11 o’clock A. M. Place of Sale: On tho premises. Termij of Sale: Cash. Murchison School Beginning at the Southwest corner of the Murchison Chapel Church lot, and runs thence as a lino of the Mur chison 40 acre tract South 5 degree's W 290 feet to a stake in said lino: thence S 85 degrees E 300 feet to a stake in the field; thence N .5 de- gree.s E 290 feet to a stake in tho head of a branch; thence N 8'6 de grees West passing the corner of the Church Lot. '300 feet to the begin ning, containing two acres, more or less. This being a part of a tract of forty acres conveyed to the parties of the first part by L. C. Seawell and wife, and conveyed to L. C. Seawell and H. C. Cameron. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. ITme of Sale: Thursday, January Sth. 1948 at 3 o’clock P. M. Place of Sale: On the premises. Terms of Sale: Cash. By order of the iBoard—of Educa tion this Sth day of December. 1947. BO.ARD OF EDUCATION OF HAUNE'rr COUNTY By C, Reid Ross, Secretary. U-4c SANFORD TOBACCO MARKET Where You Are Assured A Guaranteed Sale Every Day OPERATING 5 HOURS DAILY ........ SELLING 2,000 BASKETS A DAY Season’s Sales to Date - - - $43.16 MANY GRADES BRINGING AS MUCH AS $63.00 PER HUNDRED . . , . . . ALL GRADES IMPROVING WITH A DECIDED ADVANCE IN PRICES REMEMBER —THE SANFORD TOBACCO MARKET IS YOUR NEAREST— YOUR MARKET —FOR BEST IN SERVICE AND HIGHEST PRICES— WITH AN EXCELLENT RE-DRYING PLANT IN OPERATION SELLING 2,000 BASKETS DAILY SANFORD TOBACCO MARKET
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