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f.r.^ ‘?^.r?|‘.‘ vt.-?: ft; w 1^ L For More TKan THIRTY YEAJEtS Ham^|; Cou|i^'s Jf^^]gNDABLE Newsplper BUY IN LILLINGTON Be loyal to ycur home town merchants . . • Buy all your home needs at home. HARNETT COUNTY NEWS CONSTRUCTIVE... Haniett’t Only Countyfeat Neivsiiaper ... PROGRESSIVE Vol. XXXIII—No. 17 $2.00 PER YEARp-^ A COPY UHuifton, N. C*» Thursday, April 27, 1950 «I# It Harnett, IPs In THE NEWS'* In and Out of Lillington THE JOHNf«)XVILLE ROAD That improved road the folks in “West Harnett” have been wanting for a long time is now one of the smoothest in the whole state. It connects in a very convenient way those people who formerly felt they lived “too far away from their conntyseat.” People along the Johnsonville road now feel that they “belong." “Only hitch I see in it,” said one native, “is that as soon as out-of- state people find out about it they will come streaming through here on their way to and from Piaehurst and put too much traffic on our road." THANKS AGAIN Once a month there comes to The News office a bright little magsy-ine named “Ford Times.” It’s put out by the folks who revolutionized the automotive Industry — Henry Ford and his associates. or all the vacation-inducers we’ve seen or heard about, “Ford Times” is about the punchiest. You simply can’t read tlie short stories and look at the illnstrations without wanting to go somewhere. If you want to enjoy the “Ford Times." drop Ca'sey Fowler at the Northani Company a line and he’ll probably let you have one each month. It's a great little magazine. « * e PROST-BITrEN TPIRE County Field Day Schedule Is Fixed (XASSROOMS TO CLOSE AT NOON THURSDAY, MAY 4 Athletic Committee Arranges Schedule For All Events Heavy frosts a couple of .weeks ago did contide’-able damage to early gardens, so we are told. Talking with a grotp the other day, one man related that the frosts killed everything in his garden. "And I think it must have hit the wire fence around it too. I notice that the wire is sagging mighty bad." « « * TOOK HER DRESSES AWAY “That attractive ad I had in The News certainly took our dresses away,” said Mrs. Mary Ray a few days ago. “Ray’s, the Shopping Cen ter of Harnett County,” showed some fetchijig styles in ladies’ spring outfits — some of those irreslible kind that never fail to loosen roi- lady’s pursti-strlngs. Pleasing feature of the matter is, though, as soon as Ray's seems to be getting “fresh out” of attractive dresses, it gets more “fresh in." Some days ago we saw a really fat lady—she was almost as broad around as she .was tall. Mrs. Ray happened to be near, and after the fat lady had passed, we said: “Miss Mary, bet you haven’t got a dress to fit that one!” “Oh yes we have. We sold several today as big as that.” * • • HAPPY AS LARKS ■p. ith Countywide Field Day set for all white t.chools in the county next Thursday. May 4, the Athletic Cbmmittee of the Educo Club, spon sor of the event, has arranged the schedule and fixed rules and regula tions. Composing tlie Athletic Committee are Principals Knox Harrington of E.enhaven and Guy Daves of LaFay- ette. Coaches Joe Langley of Angler and J. L. Pecoia of Erwin. The games will start at 1:30 p. m. and Supt. €. -Eeid Ross has granted permission for all classroom work to cease at 12 o’clock noon so that all faculties and students may attend t le exercises. (Following are the officials for the Field Day games; Races and Dashes—Starter, Mr. Daves: Judges, Messrs. Aubrey, E.ank8 and Langley. Field Judge and Announcer—Mr. Hamilton. Tug-of-War—Messrs. Carr and Sanders. Soft Ball Throw (girls)—Me. Coon and Miss Jones. High Jump (boys)—Messrs. Phil lips and Denny. Hugh Jump (girls)—Mr. T. John son and Mrs. Buna Cameron. Running Broad Jump (boys)— Messrs. Blackmon and Spivey. Running Broad Jump (girls)— Mr. Yates and Miss Hazel Matthews. Chinning thtt Bar—Messrs. S^ntts (Continued on page ten) To Speak In Dunn LEGION POST 28 ELECTS OFFICERS FOR COMING YEAR New Legion Cabin In Final Sliage Of Completion WILLIS SMITH SMITH TO SPEAK IN DUNN FRIDAY NIGHT, APRIL 28 Candidate’s Wife and Two Children To Accompany Him SCHOOLS RAISE ,$1,000,70 IN DRIVE FOR CRIPPLED white Schools Collect. $863.35; Colored $137.35; Two Schools Unreported Came a couple of young lovers to Lillington one day last week. He was Harry Shuford, son of Forrest Shuford, state labor commissioner. She was Betty Everette, also of'Ra leigh. She was pretty and happy. He was handsome and ditto. They are to be married June 24, and Harry was taking Betty around to see everybody who’s kin to him. His brother, Forrest, Jr., married Grace, attractive daughter of Mrs. Hugh Ray and the late Mr. Ray of Upper Little River, in the Spring Hill community. The haj>py couple were guests of Mr. and Mis. Duncan P. Ray. * * * I^ACKERS ON PISH PONDS White schools of Harnett county raised ^863.3E and Negro schools l!137.35 in the drive for funds for the Crippled Children League, ac- (ording to a report Just issued by Supt. O. Reid Ross. The grand total raised by the Echools is $1,0(0.70. Two schools— Oak Dale, white, and Johnsonville, Negro, are yet to be heard’■from. Following is the amount raised by each sefaooL: White Schools: Anderson Creek, 1154.19; Dunn, $153,61; Mary Stew art, $20; Benhaven, $57.67; Angler. $57.61; Erwin, $127.47; Coats, $60.- ','3; LaFayette, $44.09; Buckhorn, !>(.80; Lillington, $70.40; Bunnlevel, .'>11.20: Bale’s Creek, $67.79; Boone 'rrall, $140.79. •Negro Schools: Harnett C. Train ing School. '$32; Smith Grove. $6; Ridgeway, $10'; Angler, $6.10; Er win, $4; Coatj, 10; Bethlehem, $9; Shawtown, $t30.71; Beaver Dam, i!3'.'8i2; McLean’s Chapel, $7.23; Nor- rington, $6.44; Mount Pisgah, $6.25; Cedar Grove, $7.80. Willis Smith, candidate for the United States Senate, will deliver an address in Dunn tomorrow (Friday) night at 7 o’clock. It will be an open meeting sponsored by three civic clu’os of Dunn, Rotary, Lions, and the Junior Chamber of Commerce. • Accompanying Mr. Smith to Dunn will be Mrs. Smith and their tw > children, Anna Lee and Willis Jr. The three organizations are spon soring a bananet and the address will be made following the feast. Committee in charge of arrange ments for the meeting are Lions President Locke Muse, Rotary Presi dent A1 Wullenwaber and Jaycees President Joe McCullers. Those who do not desire to attend the banquet may hear the address starting at 7 o'clock.,The event will be held in the high school gymna sium. The address will be broadcast over stations WCKB in Dunn, WPTF in Raleigh and other stations throughout the state. Also accompanying Mr. Smith to Dunn'Will be his state' campaign manager, Col. Charles P. Green of Loitlsburg, Mrs. Green, and J. C. B. Ehringhaus, Jr., son of the late Gov ernor Ehringhaus. Mr. Smith will come to Dunn from Scotland Neck where he speaks Thursday night. Prom Dunn he will go to Fayetteville to speak at 8:30 in the Cumberland county court house. (By Harry iShuford) The Lillington American Legion Post No. 28 held its meeting last Friday night, April Hi, in the nearly completed hut on Little River and elected officers for the coming year The new commander of the post is Casey S. Fowler, one of the five members of the Go-Getters in the Lillington organization. Fowler is well known Lillington business man being on the town board, and con nected with the Northam Motor Co. and is part owner of the N & P Tractor Co. Other officers elec ted Friday night include; Ralph Dsvi.s, 1st Vice- Commander; George Sanders, 2nd Vice-Commander; Prentess Sloan, Adjutant; Jim Faucette, Sgt. at Arms; Robert Coleman, Historian; Neill Ross, Service Officer; and Reid Ross, Chaplain. All of the new offi cers are veterans of World War II except Jim'Faucette who served in the First World‘War. The new Legion Hut is located on the old Murchisan Mill site on Up per Little River. Work was started on .the cabin on January 20 follow ing a meeting the night before when final plans were made for its erec tion. Mr. and Mrs. George Souders generously donated the land for the cabin to the Lilllngion Post and the building work has been done on a voluntary basis. The structure con sists of an assembly room with a large fireplace, and there are plans for a kitchen and snack room and a full length porch. The new hut is now completed except for sealing the inside walls. The Lillington Post has proven it self to be a progressive and rapid growing organization, and during the last two months alone has added .35 new meiubers, bringing the pre sent membership, to 146. The fact that it is Post No."28, the 2'8th to be organized in the state, shows that it has a history of some consequence and has an important bearing in community af:!airs. The post is mak ing the new cabin available to any orgnizatioii which is connected with the Legion, such as the Scouts and the Legion auxiliaries. Citizens of Anderson Creek Demand Removal of Principal CANCER DRIVE GETS COUNTY WIDE RESPONSE HARRY SHUFORD JOINS NEWS STAFF GET COUNTED YOU! C'cn.siis lakers are .rompletlng tlielr work in Harnett county, and it is 'highly Important that this work show an arcurate number of people residing in tlie county. If the census taker has not been able to find you, And the census taker and get your name listed. It’s important! Berles Johnson, Harnett’s tax su- niers now own fine fish ponds. They built these ponds at great ek,pense and stocked them with fish so that they and their families could have plenty of fresh fish and at the same time enjoy recreation at the ponds. Yon may not be able to imagine anyone witti such crude manners as to come to a person’s private fish pond and start fishing without even asking permission, now could you? W®!!. that’s exactly what’s taking place. Many farmers have told Tue News they are bothered by such poachers. Last week Mr. J. D. Weathers of Holly Springs R-1 was in The News office to got some land posters. “The people are bad-about com ing to my pond and fishing without asking me anything about it,” he said. « • * KVERYBODY SATISFIED? •Berles Johnson, Tarnett’s tax su pervisor, n-88 highly gratified when only about half a dozen property owners came in on the last day of (Continued on page two) Blackmon Talks to Buie’s / * Creek Club on “Resources” Mr. John H. Blackmon, teacher of agriculture at Lillington high school, •(vas the speaker at the regular sup per meeting of the Buie’s Greek Civic Club on Tuesday of last week. He bused his address on “Road to Survival” by William Vogt. Blackmon iuoted a number of shocking statistics from the Vogt book. The author is chief of the conservation se.ction of the Pan- .Vmerican Unicu and an expert in the ;.ieid. “For the piist. i3M)' years,” quoted Blackmon, “man has behaved as though the earth’s resources were limitless. It has been living on prom issory notes. Now, all over the world, the notes are falling due. We cannot postpone payment much longer.” The speaker went on to point out •tome of the signs of the spendthrift policy of the human race, the fam ines, the droughts, the dust bowls, the lowering water supplies in such cities as New York. ' ► Blackmon earnestly recommended to his hearers that they read care fully Mr. Vogt’s book and think and act upon the ideas expressed in it. It is a world problem, not one con fined to backward countries. There is not enough land in the world to support the increasing populations of its countries, including the United States and Russia. Only concerted action to serve resources and. con trol population increase can save the world from destruction. In conversation with members of the club after the address Blackmon suggested that ’ modern invention may stave off the 'disaster which threatens. Water may come from the sea, for Instance. But the threat is no less great. Before adjourning the club voted unalnimouBly to postpone the meet ing time to 7 p. m. for the spring months. Supper was prepared by Mrs. Worth Lanier, Mrs. A. R. Burkot, and Mrs. A. M. Oldham. Graduate of U. N. C. Plans To Make Home In Lillington Now Mr. Harry B. Shuford, a resident of Raleigh, became the newest mem ber of the staff of the Harnett County News when he started to w'ork for the paper this week. A son of State Labor Commissioner Forrest H. Shuford, he graduated from the University of North Carolina the past spring. He is also a graduate of the School of Journalism at the University where he studied under Dean Oscar J. Coffin. Mr. Shuford has lived in Raleigh since 1'935 and attended both grade and high school there. In 1945 he went into the Na'vy for 13' months and served at Bainbridge, Md. and San Diego, Calif. In 1946 he enter ed the University, and during the summer months of last year he w'orked as a reporter tor the Raleigh Times. Living at Hotel Lillington at the present time, Mr. Shuford plans to make his home here and to be mar ried to a Raleigh girl in June itlter which time they will both come to live here. SPORTSMEN! County Commander Feels $1400 Quota Will Be Reached (By Harry Sliuford) Present indications are that Har- nelt County I.? giving full backing to the Cancer Fund drive during the month of April. Commander for the i drive in this county, Mrs. Grady Johnson, reports that she is very optimistic that the quota will be met by the deadline on April '30. The quota set for Harnett County is $1400, and it appears that the resi dents are giving their support in helping to reach the goal. The drive is not over yet, Mrs. Johnson said, and she made a plea that the people in Harnett County continue to give to the fund. She also requested that the chairmen of the various townships turn over the receipts they have collected to the treasurer, Mrs. W. A. Johnson, as soon as possible. The full list of officers for the drive in Harnett County are as fol lows: Mrs. Crady Johnson, Comman der; Mrs. Joel Layton, Jr. and Mrs. Wilbur Adams, Co-Chairmen; Mrs. W. A. Johnson, Treasurer; Dr. A, W. Peede, Chairman of the Executive Committee; and C. Reid Ross, Chair man. of the Education Committee. The chairmen for the >.3 town ships in the county, and the organi zations sponse^ring are: Averasboro, Mrs. William Newsome, Senior Wo man’s Club; Duke,. Mrs. W. L. Ho well, Book Club; Black 'River, Mrs. A. C. Barefoot, Senior Woman’s Club; Grove, Mrs, M. O. Phillips, Junior Woman’s Club; Neill's Creek, Mrs. F. M. Caudell, Book Club; Buckhornr Mrs. Claire S. Harrlng- (Continued on page ten) jMAKE THREAT TO jOUIT SCHOOL IF NO ACTION TAKEN GIRLS’ CHOIR OF BUIE’S CREEK TO SING FOR PTA Miss Enzor’s Home Ec. Class To Put On Fashion Show at Meeting May 4 Miss' Mae Marshbanks, director of the Buie’s Creek Community Girls* Choir will bring her girls to Lilling ton on Thursday night, May 4, to sing for the meeting of Lillington PTA wbfeh will hold its regular meeting on that night. About 20 girls are in the choir and it holds the reputation of being one of the best in this section of the state. Also, on the entertainment pro gram, Mrs. John Womble, chairman, has announced that Miss Berlyne Enzor’s home economics class in the local school will stage a fashion show, exhibiting models fashioned by the girls in the department. Reports from committees will also be made at the meeting. VICE PRESIDENT BARKLEY BARKLEY WILL SPEAK TO YDC AT GREENVILLE Guest First Annual Young Democratic Roosevelt Dinner The principal meeting of the year for Young Democrats of North Car olina will be held m Greenville on F»‘iday, .\pril 22, according to 'Terry Sanford, state YDC president. Vice-President Alben W. Barkley will make the principal address, and Mrs. Barkley has been invited to ac company him to North Carolina. The occasion will be the first annual Young Democratic Roosevelt Dinner and over 1,500 young and old Dem ocrats are expected to fill the Wright Auditorium at East Carolina Teach ers College where the festivities will be staged. Sanford said that the dinner is for the purpose of creating additional interest in the affairs of the Demo cratic party, as well as for raising the funds necessary for the activi ties of the YDC. Tickets will be available for $S.‘00 and are now in the hands of county YDC presidents. Sanford said that their chief prob- (Continned on page ten) Fifth Sunday Singing At Mamers Church An all day service will be held at the Mamers Methodist Church April 30’. A charge-wide Sunday School will begin at 10:00 a. m. At the 11:00 o'clock hour the following talks will be heard; The Lay Leader. His Duty, by W. B. Slaughter; Stewardship, by B. P. Ingram; Wo men's Work, by Mrs. Margaret Pitt man; The Youth Fellowship, by Miss Mary Lou Stewart. The pastpr, Mr. Cash, will speak on the subject of Charge Spirit. Then dinner will be served on the grounds. In the afternoon around 1:30 the singing will begin. All churches of the Mamers charge are expected to be tliere to sing. Outside singers are invited to attend. All are invited to come, bring your dinner and he pre pared to spend a wondf>rful day. Want New Lineup In Locral Board Of Committeemen Dissatisfaction in the Anderson Creek school community has devel oped a tempo of more than passing moment. It has. in fact, reached the l>oint wher* hundreds of citizens there are demanding the replace ment of Principal L. M. Yates. Yates was reelected at a recent meeting of the local trusbees, but this action didn’t meet with the ap proval of a considerable number of the natrons who held a meeting of their own and invited the county school officials and trustees to be present and hear what was said. Of the group invited, according to the dissatisfied citizens only two of the local trustees (or Committee men) attended. Not only are the citizeD.s dissatis- tied with the principal, but '.hey dis approve of some of the appoinments made by the Board of Education as committeemen. According to the minutes of the meeting of the citizens, held April 13. they want Roy Butts and Troy Darden retained as committeemen, but they want in place of E. L. Hill. J. E. Hayes, Jr. and Ernest Darroch, the following named as committee men; Charlie Johnson, to represent the Spring Lake community. R. T. Butler, tc represent the Darroch community, and James F. McArtan. to represent the Blaylock commun ity. Butts represents the Flat. Branch community and Darden the Overhills community. The dissatisfied citizens state that they presented a petition to Chair man S. G. Thomas of the .Board of Education outlining their desires, on April 17, and that ,he chairman promised them “action within 48 hours.” However, they declare, no action has been taken. A spokesman for the dissatisfied citizens stated that at their meeting there were four hundred present and when it was asked' that all who fa vored retaining Principal Yates in the school please stand up, only one stood—a girl in high school. That is why. he said, it was de clared a 99 per cent unfavorable (Continued on page ten) Johnson Making Final Windup Of Foreclosures On Tax Liens Plans are underway to organize two Wildlife Clubs in Bhumett County—-one for the western sec tion of the county and one for the eastern section—to replace the present eounty-wlde Wildlife Clnb. Mr. Sidney HowoU. j^resldent of the Harnett County Wildlife Olnb has announced that. simnltanetHis-* meetings of interrated sportsawn will be held in Lillington and In Dunn on Friday night, May IS^ at 8:00 o’dodc, for the imrpose of perfecting the organizattons. Mr. Howell stated that spewtsmen in the county may take their choice m to which meeting to attend and which club they would like to affiliate with. Primary purpose dT the Wildltfe Clubs is for the propi^atios of fish and game tbronghoitt the county. AU interested land ownera, far* mrirs and sportsmen are oordlally invited to attend the meetings. Meeting places both in LUUngton win be County Attorney W. A. Johnson, after filing 'four more suits Monday morning in his foreclosures on tax Hens held by Harnett County, told The News he did not believe he would need to Institute very many more suits. The reason, he said, is that many of the delinquents had settled either as soon as he notified them of his intention to sue, or since that time, and that most of the balance of the delinquent cases he has in hand will be settled otherwise, there (being too many of them complicated so that the (bringing of suit now is imprac ticable. The Attorney finds that many of the delinquencies listed are cases in which the property on which taxes are due has changed hands time and again since the past-due tax began to run into heavy penalties. Attorney Johnson has fUed around 100 suits for foreclosure of tax liens, and, he estimates that $60,000 or maybe more has been realized by the county in payments. Delinquents are still coming in to settle with the tax collector, he says. He still has in hand about >180 delinquencies, but he says he will not need to file that many suits. He has until July 1st to complete the suits, since the special act by the 1949 General Assembly provided that all of the suits must be started by that time. The County Attorney has issued letters to owners of property with past-due taxes, and he states that this method of urging delinquents to avoid foreclosures has met with splendid results Commenting on delinquents and past-due taxes. Attorney Johnson told The News: “The tax sitnation in Harnett county is in better shape now than it has been in many years. This pro cedure we are now putting through has cleared up practically all the past-due taxes that are immediately collectible. Of course there is some tax money due the county for juany years (back, but where the property involved has changed hands-so many times since the unpaid tax fell dae it Is altogether Impracticable to pat the county to the expense of a salt that will bring in less than the coat. In many cases it is only a tew dol lars.” BIG LAND SALE AT COURTHOUSE NEXT MONDAY Tax Collector Ray Will ‘‘Cry Off” Nearly 1000 Tracts Biggest land sale of the year will be staged at the courthouse door in Lillington next Monday- Listed for sale at public auction are around 1,000 tracts of land upon v’hich the taxes for 1949 have not been paid. At least that is the outlook now. Tax Collector Duncan P. 'Ray hopes that numbers of delinquents will settle up before the sale )iour—12 o’clock noon. For the past four weeks, including this week, the list of delinquents has been published, and during that pe riod a great many who t(ad been owing the county since last October 1st paid up. Taxes fall due on Octo ber let of each year. Harnett county has around $70,- 000 tied up In the sale. It vrilt even tually receive all of this money, but in a good many instances it will not come in right away. Over a period of years the delin- qu(cnt taxes in Harnett county have been collected rather evenly, since there are numerous incidents, any one of which may occur at any time, to cause backward taxpayers to set tle. For instance, no owner of land can sell it until taxes are paid b(e- causa. no purchaser will accept a deed to property upon which hangs a Hen—and taxes are a first lien on all property. Then, too, the county can ‘be sure of its tax money. After a given time allowed for delinquents tc> redeem property sold for tans, the county can sue for title to the property. When this action is taken, the delinquents usually come in for a zetttement.