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’ ', ' I ^ - 1 ■? ■ ’' I ‘-W iC'ir' >•'■ rk' u,.i Ih. \t ll.i> le l'-' ■ h r Vol. XXXI—No. 4 $2.00 PER YEAR—Sc A COPY Lillingt^ N.-C^'Thursday,. January 27, IMO "^If It Concsma Harnett, It*t In THE NEWS'* Dunn Tobacco Market to Widen Out With 3 More Warehouses NEW PRESIDENT OF LOCAL BANK FARM BUREAU PLANS HOUSE, ALSO OTHERS S.4LES SUPERVISOR JOE McCUL- l.ERS EXPECTS DUNN MARKET TO H.4VE 400,000 FEET OF FI.OOR SPACE Leaders In Veterans’ Affairs Stirred Up About “Slashing” As was predicted by The News when tlie Dunn tobacco market opened last August, the .market is to 'be widened to afford more selling space. Sales Supervisor Joe McCul- ler.s, who is also manager of the Dunn Chamber of Commerce, now estimaios that the market will have ready lor the beginning of sales next August at least 400.000 feet of floor space. County Farm Agent C. R. Am mons states that the Farm Bureau, in vooperatlon with other farmers, will erect a warehouse in Dunn. The group IS now vrorking on the plans. Buck Currin, w'ho managed the hig double warehouse in Dunn last year, will also have charge of the Farm Bureau warehouse. Mr. Currin astonished the whole tobacco industry last season by his extraordinary success with the Dunn market. / Mr. Louis Baer, prominent Dunn Veterans of the wars and 'their leaders here and elsewhere through out the nation are considerably aroused over certain measures now in process of adoption or proposed for adoption at an early date. Resentment is boittg' expressed against recommendation of the Hoo ver Commission which, If adopted would place Veterans Administration hospitals, the Public Health Service, all Army and Navy hospitals and hospitals of the Bureau ' of Indian Affairs under one management— the icederal Security Agency. That step, veterans believe, would moan the end of specialized veteran hospitalization such as the Legion has fought for through the years. Another measure proposed would mean a slash in the provision for certain types of veteran assisthnee, such as specialized training and schooling. If this measure is adopt ed, the veterans believe, it will de prive many former servicemen of the opportunities they have sought and are now seeking to equip themselves to become self-supporting workers or businessmen. Still another step, taken by the Veterans Administration, is causing merchant and builder, is going ahead with his plans for building a large tobacco warehouse. So also are Messrs. Emmett C. Edgerton and Clarence Lee Tart, who state that their warehouse will be man aged by R. L. Dudley, an experi enced tobacconist of Clinton. Mr. Baer has not announced the managership of his warehouse. Fanners of Harnett and surround ing counties responded heartily to the bid of Mr. Currin when he -s- stired them last year, the first year of the Dunn market’s operation, that he would see that they got the "top dollar" for their crop. When he proved It. they began calMng him "Top Dollar” Currin. It is now predicted that Dunn will be known as the "Top Dollar Mar ket." Harnett Seaman Returns From Cruise quite a row just now. ■After spending much time and money, -the Veterans Administration •has announced the abandonment of two important projects—the build ing of hospitals at SMlsbury and Charlotte. Veterans bad been Instrumental in gaining grants of sites for the. hospitals. Other organizations and individuals had gone to .considerable expense and trouble aijranglng de tails for the actual construction of the buildings. Recently the announcement that the projects bad been abandoned sent a protest direct to Washington. Final decision in the matter has not boon made. In the meantlmo announcement comes from the Vetera.ns Adminis tration that it proposes to build a veterans hospital at some other point In North Carolina, probably at Durham or Winston-Salem. Reason assigned for the abandon ment of the Salisbury and 6hariotte projects was given as “unnecessary,” "Insufficient funds,” etc. Protest Is following prote.st to Washington on all of these matters, the final outcome of either or all of which is now regarded as uncertain. .SUCCEEDS H. T. SPEARS WHO DIED RECBNTIiY; MR. SENTER AND MBR^ITH SENIHR elected DIRECTORS At a directors’ meeting of the - Bank of LilllQgton, John Aaron Sen- Chamber of Commerce Still Hunting For Capable Manager Collector Gives Ample Warn ing About Levying On Property DODGE-PLYMOUTH DEALERSHIP HERE MAKES CHANGE A. W. WOOD BUYS INTEREST OF ,1. A. SAAVYER; H. E. SMITH PLACED IN CHARGE OF REPAIR SHOP is It Special to The News) ^ Great Lakes, Ill.—Robert T. Mize, yeoman, third class, USN, of Angler, N. C.. Route 1, was scheduled to ar rive in Norfolk, Va,, January 24, after a six-months cruise in the Mediterranean Sea aboard the air craft carrier USS Franklin D. Roose velt. '-■Arriving with the Roosevelt will bo the destroyers USS Beatty, USS Hyman, USS Glonnon, USS Ernest G. Small. USS Goort'e K. MacKenzie .and USS Power. An Important announcement made in this issue of The Nows, is that Mr. A. W. Wood has pur chased the interest of Mr. J. A. Saw yer In the local Dodge-Ply mouth dealership agency and assumed con trol and ownership not only of the agency but of the entire business including the company’s well-equip ped repair shop. The partnership heretofore known as the S. & W. Motor Company is now to be operated under the name of Mr. Wood. Mr. Wood has the agency for Dodge and Plymouth cars and trucks and he also operates one of the best and most up-to-date garages in this section. It is fully equipped to work on all makes of cars and carries parts for all cars and trucks. Mr. H, E. SnUth, a master me chanic of long years of experience, has been placed 'by Mr. Wood in charge of tho shop and will be the shop foreman. Mr. Sawyer has not announced his future plans. RALEIGH MAN DIES SUDDENLY HERE MONDAY H. P. DURHAM, WESTERN UNION LINE CREWMAN, SUFFERS AT TACK WHILE WORKING ON I/OCAL LINES Draft Board. Seeking Registrant Addresses The Liliington Draft Board has mailed questionnaires to all regis trants born in the years 192'3 and through 1928 Inclusive. Many of these questionnaires have been re turned to the board unclaimed be cause the registrant is unknown or has moved and failed to notify the •board of their change of address. Any registrant born in the above mentioned years who has not re ceived a questionnaire should con tact tho local board without further delay. The following Is a list of regis trants whose questionnaires have 1 een returned to the local board of- t^ce because the addresses are incor- lect or they have moved and left no .iddress: Allle Barefoot. Star Route, Man chester; Jessie Blue, R-1, Box 52, Runnlevel; Jamej Melvin Byrd, R-3, Dunn; Clarence Po*' Cameron, R-I, Broadway: James Aubery Chance, •R-1, Dunn; James Robert Clark, Box 104, R-1, Erwin; William M. Clark, Box 108, Dunn; William Cecil Coats, Gen. Del., Erwin; Dexter Dan iels, R-2, Dunn; Henry L. Davis, R-1, Jonesboro. William Henry Elliott, N. Wash ington Ave., Dunn: Joe Junior Fer- 'rell, R-1, Fuquay Springs: Alfred Allen Gilbert, Box 276, Liliington; Delbert P. Hayes, R-3, Dunn; Lacy Hayes, Dunn; Latha Harris. Holland! 301 S. Magnolia St., Dunn; Jud'son .lackson, R-1, Liliington; John Jun ius Johnson, R-3, Box Idg, Dunn; Jack Leonard Lewis, Box 1991, Ral eigh; Charles Edward Lucas, R-3, Dunn; James Louis McBride, care Duncan Holder, Broadway: Arthur Andrew .McConnell, Box 213, Dunn; Leroy McCoy, R-i, Box 130’, Jones boro; Elbert McDonald, R-2, .Fu- quay: Thomas Wilson McGee, Gen. Del., Dunn; Prod Thomas McKoy, R-1, Box 228, Linden; Weldon Mc Koy, care James McKoy, R-4', Dunn; Charlie P. McLean, care George Mc Neill, R-1, Box 113, Liliington; Rus sell MoLeary, Star Route, Manches ter; Lewis McNeill, Gen. Del., Dunn; Coolidge Poindexter Maness,' R-1, Erwin;. Robert Manning Jr., R-1, Erwin; William N. Mason, 902 W. South St., Raleigh. Rochelle Murchison Matthews, R- 3, Dunn; Earnest U. Mayzek, Box 244, Summerville: Jessie Shepherd' Moore, R-1, Erwin; John Junius Moore,. R-3, Dunn; Ernstus Alius Norris. Gen, Del., Dunn; Cary Solo mon Odomes, R-6, Dunn; Calvin Coo- Itdgo Parker, 'R-2, Lilington; Aaron Phillips, R-1, Box 283, Dunn; Ray mond D. Reaves, care L. B. Bare foot, R-1, Liliington; Lester Wil burn Ryals, Linden; Charley Thur man Smith, ^re Rufus Smith, R-B, Dunn; Emanial Smith, R-1, Box 341- B, Linden; 'Ralph Elliott Smith, care Samuel A. Smith, R-3, Dunn; Ron ald Coleman Smith, R-2, Box IGiS-A, Liliington; Marvin Preston Strick land, Clinton 'Ave., Carolina Inn,' Dunn; William Bryant Strickland, R-3. Liliington; James Tart, R-5, Dunn; Julius Rupert Wade, R-1, ' (Continued on page eight) H. P. Durham, 6G-ycar-old white man of Raleigh R-2, died suddenly here Monday afternoon, of a heart attack. He was being carried to his home in Wake county when death came. Durham was one of a crew of linesmen working on Western Union lines between Liliington and Fay etteville, He complained of feeling ill when the crew went to-work Mon day morning, and laid down on the body of a truck. A member of the crew later in the day started with him to •see a 'doctor but Durham expressed a wish to be taken home, stating he liad had such spells 'before, and felt he would bo alright if taken home. The truck was pyocefding toward •Raleigh ana had gone beyond Lili ington when it was noticed that Dur ham had slumped to a crouching position. He,was 'hroUiTht back to Liliington and Dr. Williford 'Was summoned. He hod expired, how ever, 'before the physician could ren der aid. Funeral services for Durham, a veteran of World War I, were held at 2 p. m, Wednesday from Myatt’s Presbyterian Church with the Rev. William C. Robinson, Jr,, pastor, and the Rev. M. O. Sommers of Raleigh, officiating. Interment as in the church cemetery. Surviving are his widow, the former Viola Retzer of Lancaster, Pa.; a brother, W. P. Durham, Norfolk, Va.; and two sis ters, Mrs. L. Y. Parker and "Mrs. R. N. Moore, both of Raleigh. ter, county comtnisaioner and stock holder'in the \bank, / was elected president to succeed the late H. T. Spears, one of ^he bank’s founders. Mr. Sen ter ah'd 'Meredith Sen ter were also plac^ on the board of directors. Directors who were elect ed to remain are; W. M. Pearson of Chalybeate Springs, Charles Ross, C. Reid Ross, fl. T. Atkins and John W. •Spears of Liilington. John W. Spears has been caSbier of the 'bank since his father assumed the presidency. Mr. Atkins was nam ed as vice-prosldent and Grady Johnson as assistant cashier. The bank was organized In 1903. Until the failure of the Harnett County Trust Company in 1923, the Bank of Liliington did business in Its own building next to the McKay building on Main street. Upon faih ure of the trust company, it moved’ into the quarters formerly occupied by that bank in the Warwick Hotel building facing courthouse square where It has been operating since. , Both of the principal figures in the organization of the 'hank are now dead, H, T. Spears and David Henry Senter of Chalybeate Springs, the latter ns president and the form er as cashier, guided tho Institution on Its career till the death of Mr. Senter a few years ago when Mr. Spears took over the presidency and his son, John, became cashier. Capital stock of tho bank is $25,- 000. Deposits, according to the last statement December 31, 1948, were over two million dollars. The newly elected president of the bank was elected a memib’er of the board of courty commlsslonorB at the last November election. He is also operator of the Senter Brick Company with a plant a couple of miles south of Liliington on the Fay etteville road. 'In addition, he oper ates several farms and is a dealer in coal, hay, and other commodities. Majority of the stock in the bank is held by the Spears and Senter family connections. Ontside of these connections, only small amounts are held by other stockholders and df- rectorp. The Bank of Liliington is the only financial institution Liliington has had since the failure of the Harnett County Trust Company in 1'923'. No other changes In the bank’s operating personnel has been an nounced. No otto upon whose ' personal property Tax Collector W. D. Har rington may place' a levy will be able to complain that the 'Board of County Commissioners took snap judgment on them in ordering the levy. Nor can they complain that Col lector Harrington acted too hastily in carrying out the order of the county’s Executives. The Collector is not only notify ing all delinquents by 'mail, he Is giving ample warning in the news papers. Delinquents who may decide to ignore the warning should remem ber that the county is not going to boar the expense of these notices aud warnings. The ex,pense of every notice of levy is charged up against the dellaquent, and added to the tax bllf which he will eventually be forced to pay. All tuxes and charges on account thereof are entered on the books and stand charged against tho delin quent. Tltese extra charges add consider ably to the individual tax bill. Si»6aking to The News about his levying. Collector Harrington said: is one of those things which I have never been able to understand. Why would a property owner allow taxes to run against his nroperty till the cost and penalties sometimes doU'ble the amount he would have to pay if he paid promptly? Can you figure it out?’’ The county now has on its books over $350,000 in uncollected taxes, and it Is the evident intention of the Board of County Commissioners to reduce that amount by tho sum of what may be collected by the levy process; and, in all events, to make sure tha^t luncollected taxes in future do not run 'Up so high. The job of the tax collector to carry, out the mandate of the Com missioners is a hugh one. If he levies in every .township, and on all who owe taxes to the county, he will need extra: help. It will be utterly impossible for one man to do the Job before the next, levy falls due. DIRECTORS IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH PROSPECTS PRESIDENT Md.LCOI,M FOWl^R AND VICE'PREISIDENTS WHITE AND NORWillOD BELIEVE THEY’LIi SUCCEED SOON Undaunted 'by disappointments en countered at the first of the year, the Board of Directors of the Lili ington Cham'berj of Commerce is still hunting and shopping around COUNCIL WILL DIRECT EYE ON HIGH SPEEDING lifEMBERS OF HARNETT CAFKTY COUNCIL BELIEVE SPEEDING IS CAUSE OP TOO MANY VEHICLE CRASHES HARNETT MAN MAKES GOOD IN ATLANTA NEILL E. MrKAY, SO YEARS MAN AGER OF INSURANCE GROUP, IS PROMOTEU' TO SUPERIN- ’TENDENT OP AGENCIES Mrs. Gillespie and Children Return Parker Introduces Anti>Carni.vaI Bill Harnett’s Representative Howard Parker introduced in the House, Monday a bill ' giving authority to the Board of County Commissioners to refuse license to carnival shows and other such amusem'ent organiza tions' when they deem it against the Interest of the public welfare. Parker Introduced tliq bill at thel, ; request and with the endorsement, of the Commissioners. He conferred with the board about it, before the General Assem-bly met. Mrs. Arthur Glllosple and children have returned from China, being forced to leave because of tho civil strife in the ancient country. Mrs. Gillespie, the former Miss Pauline Pittard, is a sister of Mrs.' B. P. Gentry and Mrs. 0. R. Rudisill of Liliington. Mr. Gillespie, a missionary in China and a former pastor of Lili ington Baptist Church, is staying in China or the present pending the outcome of hostilities. He is hoping that his work will not 'be too badly disturbed and that he may resume after peace Is declared. Members of the Harnett County Safety Council, In meeting In court house auditoriu-m last Friday night, after hearing Corporal William O’- •Daniel of the -Highway Tatrol state that Harnett crashes killed .I'S' and maimed a hundred more in 1'948, centered their aim at onrtailing high speeding on the 'highways. C. G. Fields of Angler, president of the Council, cited that too many lives are ibeing sacrificed on. the highways and asserted that the Council must use its utmost in'ftu- ence to reduce the death and acci dent rate. Corporal O’Daniel said that about half of the total crashes were caused by out-of-state motorists. Sentiment of the members was that tourists, although welcomed, must 'be shown that violation of highway rules and safe driving practices are to bo ob served here. The Council will continue to cen ter its aim on eliminating high speed driving, while at the same time •placing emphasis on safe driving. Suggestion by Ralph Hanna of Dunn that little could he done here to inifiuence tourists to drive safely brought out some discussion of ways and means to effectively enforce laws against reckless driving^ and. at the same time seek more effective laws if that be necessary. • Those discussing these issues were in earnest about the matter of re ducing recklessness on tie highways in Harnett county, and the better- than-average attendance at the meet ing proved that the Council is mak ing some headway with its program. Neill E. McKay, brother of Mrs. Carlos McLeod of Olivia, and rela tive of many other Harnett county people, who has been manager of the ‘Travelers Insurance Company’s Atlanta office of accident and group lines, has been .promoted to super intendent of agencies in the compa ny's home office, Hartford, Conn. He took up his new duties at Hartford on January Ist. Mr. McKay has many relatives in Harnett county. Just before leaving for his new post, Mr. iMcKay was honored at a farewell dinner at the Ausley Park Golf Club in Atlanta.' He was pre sented a-seven-piece silver service by his co-workers. Tho representative to the Georgia legislature from 'Ful ton county made the presentation. Mr. McKay has been manager of the company’s Atlanta branch office for life, accident aud group lines for the past. 20 years. During his tenure there, he brough't that office to the standing of third in life production among the Travelers branch offices, and to leading positions in accident and group production. He began his insurance career as an agent for a southern life insur ance company which he later served as' assistant district manager. He for a capable and suitable man for directing manager. President Malcolm Fowler and 'Vico Presidents^ Alec White and Mack Norwood believe they will meet with success very soon. Presi dent Fowler tells The News that the board has on file several applica tions for the poi.itiou, and intensive investigation will be made before any choice Is arrived at. “W'hat wo want is a man who will .make the iirogress of Liliing ton and this community his imme diate business^ ^ i:o the exclusion of any and all other matters whatso ever. That is to say, a man who can and will devote, intelligent energy to the aim of making our town the ‘Town of Goodwill’, and In order to secure such a man we are aiming to take reasonable time before reac’jing a decision,’’ said a •mem ber of the board' of directors to The News. Members of the board tell The New's they feel slire they will be able to make an announcement in regard to a managing director in tho near future. During the .p.tst year, the initial period of the organization’s life, the Chamber operated with 93' member- sliips, as follows; Atkins Brothers,'Allred Tin Shop, .\ & W Railroa(l Co., >^ank of Lili ington, J. B. Burnes, Bullock’s Gro cery, Byrd’s Garage, Byrd Electric Co., W. H. B3Td, Duncan Cameron, E. T. Camiady, Central Service Sta tion, L. M. Chaffin. City Market, J. P. Coggins & Son, J. C. Croom. E. R. Davis, I>. 'B. Dean, Dunn Dis patch, Farmers Cotton Oil Co., R. K. Footman, C. S. Fowler, Fowler Ra dio Co.. Friendly Flower Shop, Frock Shop, Richard! Fuquay, Glennie’s Jewelry, H. 'H.' Hamilton, Harnett County News, J. Claiborne Hobbs, Hotel Liliington, Holloway Plumb ing Co., Dr. V/. B. Hunter,. Ideal Weathfer Strip Co., Johnson Bryan Pood Store, Robert A. Johnson, W. A. Johnson, Kelly’s Drug Store. Lafayette Drug Store, Lafayette Grocery, Mrs. Maude C. Layton, Lay- ton Supply Co., J. ‘B. Lee, M. O. Lee, W. H. Lee, Lewis Super Service Sta tion, Liliington! Barber Shop, Lili ington Furniture Co., Liliington Ra dio and Auto Co.. Liliington Roller Mills, Inc., Lyric Theatre, Mary Lee Beauty Shop, 'll. T. Matthews, Mat thews Oil Co., jC, T. Moore, W. G. Murchison, Dr; 's. R. McKay. North- (Continued >n page, eight) joined the Travelers In March, 1924, as a field assistant at Charlotte. N C. He 'Was moved to Atlanta in a similar' capacity in 1926 and the following year was promoted and named assistant manager there. He was again promoted and named man ager at Atlanta' in li928. Former Liliington Physician Operates Hospital In West School Collects $87.68 For Mfirch of Dimes Oyster Supper For Church Benefit On Friday, January 28th, at 6:30 o’clock, an oyster supper will be held at the homo of Mr. D. C. Hold er. In addition to oysters, chicken salad, coffee, and cold drinks will be sold. Cakes and pies will ibe auction ed off to tho highest bidders. This supper is sponsored by the Youth' Fellowship of Ephesus -Preebyterian Churoh with the cooperation of tho wombn of the church. The proceeds of the supper will go on tho church’s bvildihg fund. Come and have an evening of fun. Dr. N. C. Riddle, whose home was near Sanford- until he wont, to Darrington in 1929, relaxes fn his homqy office at the lumber company hospital. He and' his staff handle over,'6,d00 cases each year in the well-equipped unit.' (Photos by'Boh' Brooks,'Chapel Hill;)' • (By Bob Brooks) Darrington, Wash. — "Say, you must, be from North Carolina,” drawled the middle-aged man at the gas station in this little northwest ern town as he filled 'my tank and glanced down at the gold and black iUiense plates. "I sure am,” I answered. “Do you know anybody from there?” “Do I! There’s over 600 Tarheels right here in Darrington; I’m one myself.” My good old curiosity began work ing overtime. When had these Old North Staters come to this ever green valley nestled In snow-capped Cascade mountains? What part of the State had they traveled from? Why bad- they chosen this place for their new home? ^ I Tarheels have 'been in Darrington for a long time. 'It all started back in- 1902 when Dave Mallonee, Sam Bates and three other men iron: Ma con county followed the westward trail to the forests of W-aahington near 11,^.00-foot Mount Baker, about (Continued on page eight) Students of Liliington school col lected a total of $87.68 for. the March of Dimes. Outstanding col lectors of the group were the stu dents in the Fourth Grade Class taught by Miss Eloise Hendricks. Her students took in $23.62. Miss Hendricks’ students were really inspired in their work of tak ing in money for the March of Dimes. Said one of them: "Why, we may be collecting this money for ourselves, how can we tell?” This keen observation by the young students Is passed along to others, oven older persons, who may not have regai'ded the Dimes fund as something that might not affect them or their loved- ones. Trui.y Poweli and Julius Holloway are doing the collecting in Liliing ton. WMU Conference Hatdl 115 Present The \y. M. 1,1. Leadership confer ence was heldj Thursday, January 20th. with the 'Antioch W. M. S. as hostess. Mrs, 1). ©..Andrews, Asso- clational W. M. U. President, presid ed. Reports on all phases of the work were made and plans laid for the new year. Mrs.'R. A. Duncan, Dunn, was named as new Mission Study chairman to siicceed Mrs. Harry D. Wood. Jr., resigned. There were 17 churches repriisented and approxi mately 115 present. The Annual' W. M. U.. meeting will be ’held vrlth the Pinay Grove Baptist Church April 2 Ist.
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