North Carolina Newspapers

grt 4v ' i'*\ ** •. Vol. XXX—No. 34 $2.00 PER YEAR—«c A COPY CONSTRUCTIVE... Hamoktli Only Co»pyii>>fc^i;n>«iwir ... PROGRESSIVE 1 ' ■ n II I - - iiifi UUinctMi, Nf Cf Aitwwl IS, IMS “If It School Openings Likely To Be Postponed On Account Of Polio HEALTH AND SCHOOL BOARDS TO MEET FRIDAY HR. HVNTKR WILL RIBCOMMEND POSTPONEMENT OP OPENINGH IN ORDER TO ALLAY PEAR IN PUBLIC MIND Favors Postponement When the County Board ol Health and the County Board of Education meet in joint session Friday night of this week to consider the advisability of opening the county’s schools on Beptem‘ber 1st in face of the constant spread of poliomyelitis, Dr. W. B, Hiintei', County Health Officer, ■will recommend that the openings ibe postponed for a while in order to determine how prevalent the disease may be expected to become during the onset period which heretofore has ended about the middle of Nov- eint)er. Dr. Hunter told The News that while he didn’t credit public gather ings with spread of polio, he thinks it Vise to let the schools be a little late in opening in order to allay fear in the public mind, mostly for the benefit of parents of children of school age. Angler school is scheduled to open August 24. Other schools have set opening date as Septemiber 1st. Just how long the delayed open ings may be fixed. Dr. Hunter would not say. He thinks, however, that within a couple of weeks after Sept ember Ist it may be determined with leasonable safety what the polio situ ation may be expected to become for the remainder of the onset period. Dr. Hunter pointed out that it is now impossible to determine whether the spread of the disease is subsid ing, or even if it has reached its peak. •He pointed to a chart which he keeps up-to-date from day to day, and which shows the point fropa which each case of polio in Harnett county has been reported up to the present time. As of Monday of this week, the total number of cases reported' in in the county was lO*—'3' In the south east section, 3 in the north, 2 In the central, and 2 in the southwest. "By that,’’ said Dr. Hunter, “you can see that polio has been reported from the strictly rural sections as well as from the more thickly popu lated areas. The nature of the disease makes it impossible to predict where the next case is likely to be reported from.’’ Asked whether he credited public gatherings with spread of polio, Dr. Hunter gave an emphatic No. He ex plained by pointing out that cases have been reported from families who had observed every precaution that had been advised tor families where no case had developed. In his opinion, polio must be controlled by other means than ibannlng 'public g.athertngs, which are alright when tnken as one precautionary measure alone. If school openings are postponed as recommended by Dr. Hunter, all school personnel as well as parents will be advised immediately. The last case of polio reported in .Harnett last year occurred November 12. There were seven cases reported in 1947 in the county. Dlt. W, B. HUNTER Dr. Hunter tells The Nows that ho will recontiiiond postponement of tho opening of Harnett's school at the joint meeting of the Board of Health and the Board of Elducation Friday night. SS DECLARES HARNETT FOLKS LOSING MONEY ERWIN MILLS AGAIN FACING WAGE SNARL WORKERH REJECT PROFFERED 8 PER CENT INCREASE IN PAY; UNION AND COMPANY IMHUB STATEMENTS SAYS THAT IN APRIL, MAY AND JUNE THEY LOST THROUGH LATE APPLICATION PILING ALL-STAR GAME IN DUNN PARK Cape Fear I.ea|cuo Stages Big Event In Which Stars Are Drawn From Nine Towni)^ Interest of baseball fans, especially those concentrating on the Cape Fear 1 eague, was centered on a big event staged for the Dunh Ball Park on Wednesday night of this week. A team composed of players from i'ule’s Creek, LiUington, Coats, Lin- t en, and Cleveland, was scheduled to 1 attle a team coratposed of players from Pea Ridge, Boone Trail, God- ^win and Pleasant Grove^ Those “in tho know" were able to tell others that this was one of the season stellar games. Admission 65c and 36c. More than 33,600' In Social Secur ity insurance payments were lost by residents of Harnett, Hoke, iRobeson, Sampson and Cumberland counties during April, May and June of this year, accord'ing to a survey made by the Fayetteville field office of tho Social Security Administration. Wi dows and children lost a total of 179 monthly payments, and retired work ers lost a. total of 70* monthly bene fits. These old-age and survivors insur ance monthly payments were lost be cause insured workers or the sur vivors of insured workers were late in filing applications for bepotlts. Miss Margaret 'H. Lowder, field representative of the Fayetteville Social Security offi-ce, pointed out that claims should be filed ‘when an Insured worker retires at 65 or older, or upon the death of a wage-earner' who has worked under Social Secur ity. If applications are filed late, back payments can .be made for not more than three months. Miss I/ywder stated that a repre sentative of the Social Security Ad ministration office in 'Fayetteville is in Dunn at th,e post office at 11:00 o’clock ^he first and third Tuesdays of each month. Retired workers who have v/orked in positions covered by the Social Security Act, or the sur vivors of insured workers should see the Social Security representative as promptly as 'possible after they are eligible for payments, or should write or ivlsit the Social Security Adminis tration field office at Fayetteville. Only In this way can loss of benefit payments be avoided. Major Stewart Atkins left Satur day for Camp Lee, Va., where he will be stationed. Major Atkins -has been 'visiting relatives and friends here for a month. Rejecting an offer of an 6 per cent increase in pay because, they i^ay, “it has strings attached to it," .the textile workers of the Erwin Cotton Mills Company, through their man ager, Howard E. Parker, are conduct ing negotiations with Erwin Company officials at tho headquarters in Dur ham. The Erwin Company has two large mills at the Harnett county town, and others at Durham, Cqoleemee, Neuse, and other lately acquired plants. The union claims that when the Erwin Qompany offered the 8 per cent pay boost on August 4, It stipu lated that an arbitration case pend ing must toe dropped. In its statement the union says: 'This proposal 'was brought to tho membership of the three local unions at, Erwin, Durham and Cooleemee. Each local turned the proposal down. Tho workers wanted the increase, tout they didn't want the strings at tached." 'Union Manager Parker said: "We are willing to 'bargain; we are ‘willing to arbitrate; we only ask for our contract guarantees. The workers want their wage increaoe." William H. Ruffin, president of the Era'ln Company, has written to Manager Parker stating that his com pany is 'Willing to pay the 8 per cent increase in pay, but cannot afford to obide by the -union’s interpretation of the arbitration award. Mr. Ruffin says tho union's interpretation Is 62^ imlnate8 -out of every 8 hours work must toe provided as “sit-down'' time and that the company must pro- •vlde extra workers to carry on while the regular -workers are thus idle. “No other company is making such provision," he says, expressing the belief that such practice would bring bankruptcy. Mr. Ruffin further declares that he does not believe his compnny’s em ployees desire to thus jeopardize the Interests of the company and Its em ployees as well. Stating further that the Erwin Company Is paying; as 'high wages as any other textile company and pro viding equally m good working and living conditions, Mr. Ruffin calls on Union 'Manner Parker to “give this matter your serious consideration.". So. far as can be learned, there Is no immediate ithreat of a strike -at the Erwin Mills. Union Manager Parker is the Democratic nominee for member of the House of -Representatives from Harnett county in the 1'9'49 General Assembly. It*a In THB NXWS“ To F-rotidie n ^ if f For Market In County Is At Last Realized JUDGE W. M* S. BURGTWYN Judge Burgwyh will preside at tbe one week of criminal ternTof Harnett Superior Court beginning September 4. He will replace' Judge Clawson Williams who will be presiding in his home town of-Sanford. PUBLIC SHOULD BE AROUSED ON HEALTH GUARDS CHERRY ISSUES CALL TO YOUTHS TO REGISTER ALL MEN BETWEEN AGES 18-M MUST REGISTER FOR MILITARY SERVICE; REGISinRATIONS .START AUGUST 80 RETURN TO INDUNA Mrs. Frank H. Zahrt and son, Frankie, have returned to 'Blooming ton, Indiana where Mr. Zahrt in is medical school.- They -have been spending the' summer. with ' Mrs. Zahrt’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. -L. L. U'pchurci. on -Lilltngton R-L Sale Of Edwards Plant Holds Interest For Harnett People Watch The Water! For the next few weeks while the streets are belng'paved in Lll- lington. It may be neceSaary, to shut off your water supply from time to time. You see- they can't go over those pipes without jax- ling them a little. ^.Ohlef 'Frank Hodcaday suggests that you be on the alert, fill up a few backets evarir day, and be patient at all thaas nntil the iwvenimt is down for good. Sale of Sanford’s largest industrial plant, the EM-wards Company, an nounced last week, holds -more than casual Interest for Harnett people, It Is, in fact, entwined with the de velopment of a great portion of Upper Harnett. It was the Eklwards Company's product, the motorized cars on the Atlantic A Western Railroad running from Sanford to Llllington, that real ly put that railway oh tho “go." For Indeed Harry- P. BMwards, head of the Edwards Company, was interested in making traffic on the A A W move faster and In larger volume. He manufactured the motor cars and demonstrated that a “short line" could bo as effectively efficient as the great trunk linos. -His efforts made it possible for -both shippers and .passengers, to ' secure quicker service not only between Sanford and LiUington on a local basis,' but in connection with outgoing and incom ing traffic fi^cilitles with the bigger railroads. ^The sale of the Edwards plant was made to the Saco-Lowell Btfops, Inc., of Blddleford, Maine. The.same -pjersoitobl: will -bo .retei^-^ ed. During'World 'War, 11 the signi ficant manufacturing Deration In North Carolina, of high precision air plane. parts -won for the Edwards Company the'coveted Army and Navy “B" Award five times. The co-mpany employed 'S-OU at the -peak of its ac tivities and since the war has had about 200 employees. The acquiring of the Sknford plant by the Saco-Lowell Company. will give North Carolina its first large textile machinery, manufacturing, plant. The pertonnel. ,at , the Bid wards Company is Smythie, manager; R. J-. Hang, comptroller; ' W. H.* Klnard, purchasing;, agent; J. E. Morgan; chief Inspector; and C.' V, Jones, shop superintendent.' A number of Sanford people are employed In cleri cal positions.' ' During the war, Edwards Company manufactured 'hydraulic mechanisms for aircraft 'wing and wheel awem- bliw, bomb doors, ticket tubes, air compressor and other military equipment, most of a .se'eret notdte. According to the report of Nor. 39, X947, the JBaco-Lowell Company had assets of 38t,8Hv441,M. the The peacetime call for military service h'as gone forth, and Monday Governor Gregg iCherry, In response to a call ihy President 'Harry Truman, issued a proclamation calling 'upon all-men between the agea of 18 and 26 years to report to their respective draft boards tor regtetratlon. Following are the dates npon which young men of various age groups must register: 1. Persons born in the year 1922 after August 30, 1922, shall toe regis tered- on Monday, August SO. 2'. -Persons born in the year lOlS shall be registered on Tuesday, Aug ust 31, or Wednesday. September 1. 8. Persons- born in the year 19-24 shall toe registered on Ttoursday, September 2, or Friday, September 8. 4-.' Persons bom in the year 19-88 shall be registered on' Saturday. Sept ember 4. or-Tuesday. Beptemtoer 7. 8. 'Peraoms .borh '.ln the year 1928 Shall be' registered on Wedneeday, September 8 or Thursday. Si^temtoer 9. 6. Persons born in the year 1927 shc.ll 'be registered on Friday, Sep tember 10 or Saturday, Soptember 11. 7. Persona born in the year Id^S shall be registered on Monday, Sep tember 12, or Tuesday^ September 14. 8'. Persons born.,!n the year 1929 shall be registered on Wednesday, September 15, or Thursday, Septem ber 16. 9. Persons born in the year -l-OS-O before Septem-ber 19. 1980, shall be registered on Friday, September 17, or Saturday, September 18. 10. Persons who were born on or -before September'19, 19-80-, shall be register^ on the day they tbecome 18 or within five days thereafter. While all veterans of World War 11 in the peacetime draft age must register, none of them 'with service records of as much as three months ■beforb "Y-J Day will be called Into service again. , Those young men already In the armed service wlU not be required £0 register. Draft 'boards set up in all of the 100 counties in the State will again handle the registrations and calls for service as was done in the late war. It has not yet been definitely an nounced when the first draft call will be Issued. Reports from recruit ing stations state that young men arc enlisting In armed branches at a more rapid rate than ever. If it should so happen that the -required quotas for tooth army and navy are filled toy volnnteen, It may be some months before draft boards begin calling up young men In tho -peace time service. Tobacco Selling Good was not made publlo. Mr. Hubert Bell of LUUnjitoit R-8, fat The News office MomSnr morning, smiled broadly ma he told of a .sale of- hi|pi> lae," be said, '*11 didn't much; wad a nickel-a pw have'sonnded good. But It Uroliidiit gee a hwndred.’^- ' The fact that logs one bHngliig better prices Hum hli^her isn’t worrylnt' Hsatoietl They feel snro that when they get their giwkl^ieiMr 'on'tlto floors It will respond aa It hen al ways done—with top prleee. Reperts'to The-MsMie say-tbat Kaniett tobacoe Is,quite «p to its iitmid stimdnrd of enpsllewoe Oils yoar* DR. HUNTER, HEALTH OFFICBR, THINK8 PEOPLE SHOULD EX- HCmn' MORE INTEREST IN DEADLY DISBABIH • While keeping close watch on the polio situation, and doing everything possible to hold It in check, Dr. W. Hunter, County -Health Officer, still thinks it rather -peculiar that the public becomes aroused over the occurrence'* of a comparative few polio cgRea each summer, when death is stalking the homee, the hiaihways and practleally everywhere, taking lives eaeh year nunvberlng into tho thousands. ■For instance, Or. -Hunter pointed out to The News from records In hla office, that in 1948, latest year .from whkh records have been compiled, there were in North Carolina— 1,1'04 deaths from tuberculosis; -48 from diphtheria; suicides 286; homi cides by firearms SdO-; motor vehicles accidents 1,008, -mostly children; bums 190^ mostly children;^ drowning 1-18; accidents by firearms 108. All of .these deaths, and others, could have been prevented, too, Dr, Hunter emphaelied, stating that im munisation measures In the com of contagious diseases are free, Biwn In TB, treatment Is free to all who can not afford to and others are traeted In public hospitols at the low fee of 11.50 per day. “It would be fine if thp public S|R.le« Svp^rvitdr gOE McCULLBRS Mr. McCullers is Supervisor of Sales of tbe Dunn Tobaoco Market which'; opens today. Mr. McOullers is also the Secretary of the Dunn. Cham'ber of Commerce promoters of Harnett county’s only tobacco mar ket. would become aroused over .the.num ber of .deathe occurring, each yeo^ from preventable causes," said- 'Orl Hunter^ who. at the same time giwe his commendation to the people of 'Harnett county tor their cooperation in aiding to combat polio. . AtsbUjit Home Agent AsEumet Pott Mi« Lela 'Flax Huntley of Morven R-1, who was r^ntly elected by the l^ard of County Commissioners as assistant home demonstration. agent in Harnett county, has arrived and assumed her duties. She is making her home with Mr. and Mrs. 'Dewey Johnson. Bl^ Huntley attended Brevard College and received her degree la home economics at Flora 'MacDonald CoUego. HARNETTS GOP ' TO GET ACTIVE SEPTEMBER 1 CHAIRMAN S. O. WEST OF DUNN TO SET UP^ HEADQUARTERS THERE; “WE MEAN BUSI NESS," HE SAYS More Elbow Room Breetton of the Boevd oi Hdsm> tion boRdtng and the rnovtng Into that quarter by Si^ Rbes ami his office force afforded reUef to an other ^ the ootmQr* Stmt. Ross aM Ms Oss Adelaide 8^ and Mrs. Beulah IMla, -pMked'np Ewtr records, etc., and moved into the new bnUdlag, Dr. W. H. and his health thH^artment tetde qvisr the vnieeti^qoarteve end reHeved'^ the ceagestlbn In tikelr oraMpedv offtoe spnee noross the lull in the Agvienltnre BnUdlng. Now, both' deportmesEts Imve more elbow room:, and the records can be ' more' oonveidently ' kept. That the recotds'have tooma aeon- mtely Kept- heretofore in nech crowded' 4bdrtei»' esn be credited- to the efiloleaey of tiie personal of both departments. Doclarlng that “this is a Republi can year-for victory," Chairman,J. O. West of the Harnett County Reputo- .Itoan Committee announces that his ci^nty organisation will 'be perfected and'headquarters set up in Dunn on September ^ 1 in tbe First Citizens Bank bulling. “We mean business this year," Chairman West declares, “and we’re going after every office for which we gave offered candidates. We’re not worried abont the Presidential elec tion—it's lost a matter of counting the votes in the nation; but we want Harnett county to be on the winning side." He added: “We have better than an even chance of carrying North CarollM this fall." A few dissatisfied Democrats will vote -with the Dixieorats, thinks Chairman West, but most of them win vote for Tom Dewey “because they know he’s ns good aa elected." Taking on inch renewed activity in this eloetlon year, it Is apparent that tbe GOP hopes and expects to repeat their 1928 performance when they went over the top with the na tion In electing Herbert Hoover as Pi-Mldent, carried all offices In Har nett except Ckrh of Court -which wns not elective in that year, toot failed to carry North Carolina as Chairman West declaros “we have better than an even chance" to do this -year. Chairman West promts^ to make further announcements as soon as hie organisation is formed and his headquarters In Dunn is set in going' order. SECRETARY JOE M’CULLERS LOOKS FOR GOOD SEASON BUCK CURRIN, SEASONED 'TOBAO- CXINIST TO BE IN CHARGE OF MARKET, 'WHICH - OPENS WITH EASTERN BELT ON TRIP TO ILLINfHS Hr. I and Mrs. L. B, Chenault of Buie’s' Creek expect to leave today for a visit to Hr. Cbenault's old home, Benton, Illinois. ’Fpey will make the trip toy automobile add will be away tor a weak, comtolning both touslnesa and pleaanre. Dunn's great hope for a tobacco market—a hope *»»■ extended over a long period of years—Is to be reaUied today (Thursday) when the chant of the auctioneer-is heard as he goes from pile to pile of good Harnett-grown leaf seeking the high est dollar for the -best bright lekf tobacco throughout the -world. ' Along with Dunn, the farmers throughout Harnett county will celq- brate the achlovement of the goal which they have also looked forward to and hoped tor—a tobaoco market within the toorders of their own county. Our farmers. have already mani fested their interest in tbe Dunn market. When they were asked to go to the polls on June 26, the date of the second political primary, and reg ister their approval of the Dunn mar ket, they responded to that appeal with enthusiasm that - stamped tbe movement as one In which they had direct Interest. To go back to the start of the activity that has resulted In estab lishing a tobacco market in Harnett couny. It should again toe recorded that the Dunn Chamber of Commerce, with Us capable secretary, Joe He- Cullers, took the Job in hand as something that not only should but must be accomplished and without delay. Last spring the Dunn Chamber got busy on tbe project. And HcOnllers never turned loose or let up in the least till enterprising cttlMns had grouped, their interest end mean* In the building of two lerge war^oosee to' 'be rea^y for tobaoco lalea 'come the 1948' selling season. Buck Currtn of Angler, tobaoeott- I Ist of long oxperlence, -who took ble primary course in the tobaoco fields, was contacted' and hecemo the man ager of Dunn’s tobacco market. Buck is a veteran at the business. He has never for even a little while relln- QUtshed his interest and activity in. the tobacco. business. He has been connected with some of the biggest markets, and he knows tobaoco from the seed'bed to the hamper. Farmers need have no canee to feel dntolous about Currin's ability to "know to bacco best." Secretary McOullers tells The News that company buyers and government graders have been assured, and that ample floor space will be available. Also, it is stated, other wareboueee will be built to egpand the Dunn ptarket!8 tacllittes. The warehouBM ready for receiv ing tobacco now were built by G. L. Tart and Emmett C. BMIgerton, Dnnn business men. They have over KM,- 000 square feet of floor space. Harnett county farmers produced' over 80,000,000 pounds of tobaoco last yoar. Important, too, is the fact that Harnett tobacco ranks highest* grades and brings higher prices , wherever it Is sold. ■ The chant of the auctioneer at Dunn will be sweet music to the ears of more than the farmers who pro duce tobacco. It will be e- glortoua melody to every oltisen In the county. Harnett Farmers Think 5 Per Cent Increase Net Enough BURGWYN HERE FOR SEPT. TERM at BKOREVlilH) ClIrY Mr, and Mrs. Carlton Stewart. Mr. and M-rs. Damon Stewart of LilUng- ton R-l', and Mr. and M[rs. John Ltnd^ few days at Momtoeed city. Annonneemeni 'toy Secrebiry of Agriculture Charles F^ -Brannan that 5 per cent incroMe In national mar keting quota for flue-cured tobacco 1949 wll! toe granted, hes tailed to torlcr'any enthusiasm to'Harnett (armers. ' The ' propmed' tacimuM Is aot eaougb. In view of the‘2T.9a pev cent' cut taken in "the- l-94'8 crop, along with the tremendous itMioane-in con^ mlmptlba and constahtHy growing de mand tot ntNMmred tohaoeo, Mraeni here are of the bplnlonl that the law od supply and ddmand' wIlT UMwa- 4miupllttoly'"hamoiilM it the 87151 per cent cut is- restored' ln full. - But, failing In that, thsp feel that a-much -larger itteronse should he al- leirod for next year’s^orop... There Is another phene of It. tee. mrtog-the pMnWag, growieg^ end. Bisejn,- the •ll'4«-bwp’'W4'' -htombetetf^esirlethrtr^’ gshllwr '’‘Eoub ‘siimittsgt fsmitrt _ toM The News-6liehiaMr toi^ eo thle year.hae,h«en eut In half compared with l*il. Storms with hall did great damage, and adverse-weather caused sertons loss to many farmers, than reducing the -poundage that -wonld have been produced without such handicaps. Althongb tbe announcement of the 6 per cent cut is not final. It has found reaeatment here because of its almost inobnsequential effect on the general welfare of tiitoaceo farmers. : It -hhS'been stated that tbe Agri culture Secretary’s proclamation of tbe B per'cent Inereaae is piremeture In tbet'li Is too early now to deter mine''jUai'how mueb more tobacco canftoe protltotoiy produced In 1949. Tbe email i lnereeee Would raise the ^odueubh- toi.ese.eeo.-fMe pounds.. . Heri^ farners are hoping that the proclamatiott will be revised and an upward' aflobntice .be'made be- ferhViheu^bsglatttng-.ot Ae 1949 ssa- wton, whfcli; top' the way^* arrives im- medlateljr after tbe^eelUv-season, in thq tUtte-'wben’ tobacco' gariSNMb MmEzEteFerlng tor the toL- lowigg yeap'e erop. Judge'ClawRon WIIUMns To Be For Remainder Of FMl Tursast New Oases Added To Calendar -Bocauss of the tact that tbs Sept ember terms of -Harnett -end Lee counties fall on ths aame date. Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn will preeMe over the one wp^ of criminal term here beginning September 6, Tbe opening data of conrt telle mi a national holiday—Laimr Dey-—and it la not known now whether eourc will convene on that day. or poetpone the opening till Tuceday. tbe 7lh. Judge Clawaon Wlllianm of Hen- ford, resident judge, Ic to proelde over the fall Urms of Harnett wMiri, and be will be hero tor tbe ronududer of tbe terms—a civil term falling In ' October. Clerk of Court Howard Godwin hes not made up tbe calendar of crimin al caeee to be beard during the Hint week' in September, but it la ratber doubtful tf the docket can he elearad .because some cases were left owar after the'ppeclal term reoentiy heMi' and smne new cases-have bsen added since that time. ‘4 ¥ ■I '' -V. ’.I,'-;', 'ft,--- , >■-*« "***'?* "