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I , 'liinf 'ill ,1 ... ^ -k. I ^;' For More Than THmTY YIABIS gftJ^p^^a^ggft ifflE^^ Mews^ger BUY IN 1.1LL1NGTON Be loynl to yow home town merohahU . . . ^y all your home needs at home. HARNETT COUNTY NEWS CONSTRUCTIVE... IlanMtlV Only Conntirteat Nnwspapw ... PROGRESSIVE Vol. XXXII—No. 21 $2.00 PER YEAR—Se A COPY UllingtOB, N. Thursday, May 2$, 1980 f It Harnett, IPs In THE NEWS^ In and todidales Make Out of Lillington SCHOOL BUILDINGS Within the next week or so, work will be proceeding in all school die* tricts of Harnett county on the build ing program financed by ibis couu* ty’s share of the $50,000,000 State funds. In some districts new buildings will be erected, and at others addi tions and repairs will ibe underway. Supt. Ross tells The News he doesn't expect the new buildings to be ready for the fall term, but in most instances where there are addi tions and repairs the work will be completed in time for use at the opening .of the new session. Crowded conditions in nearly all of the schools has caused serious in convenience and the building pro gram will afford relief from that situation. Principal Guy Daves of the La- Fayette school with a delegation of his patrons, appeared before the Board of County Commissioners sometime ago seeking relief from the crowded condition at his school. Said Principal Daves; ‘We are ex pecting increases in attendance at our school, and the only place we have to put them is to hang them on nails on the walls.” * • « WHERE DRINKING'S GOING ON For several days a crew of men have been embellishing the fronts of some of Llllington’s Main street stores with coca-cola signs—that is. In places where there’s drinking’ go ing on. It’s beginning to make this look like a coca-cola town. And it bring to mind a story told by Carlyle Campbell when he was president of Coker College at Harts- , Vi lie, S. C. He said a prominent visi tor was in that town and the mayor, chamber of commerce officials and others were showing his around. “That's Coker College,” they pointed out the fine institution, “and this is the Coker Farms,” as they toured around, “and that’s another Coker project, and gnother, and an other,” and so on. As time approached the heat of the day. they stepped into a drug store for a drink. “What will you have?” the prominent visitor was asked. "Oh, I guess I might as well drink a Coker cola,” he said, “I see every thing around here is Coker.” « * . BIG GUEST NOT QUOTED Mike iDnnnagan, former news paperman now with the State Un employment Commission, was in The News office the other day and told this story about hard-fboiled Manag ing Editor Jenkins of the News and Observer some years ago. A new reporter had written a lengthy story on a meeting of some prominent religious leaders. He had mentioned this one and that one in a rather long quotation from each. And at the end of it he had merely stated that “the Holy Ghost was with them.” Jenkins blew up. “Here yoi} have lengthy quotations from everyone of those people but not a word from the Holy Ghost. What did He say to them?” Filial Vote Appeal TWO MORE DAYS TO GO BEFORE VOTING BEGINS Campaign gets Lively Among All Fiarnett Candidates for Office “It’s not as long off as it has been,” as the old saying goes, and candidates for political preference in Harnett County are realizing that more than anyone else right now. With only two more days to go before the actua.l voting begins, the candidates are literally “shaking the bushes” as they never have before— or at least since last election. FAMED WILDCAT DIVISION WILL MEET IN RALEIGH UNFAIR TO SHSiUFPS Chances are that Sheriff Bill Sal mon. if he had his way, would change the date for the May terra of criminal court in Harnett county. Here it is the last week before the primary and Bill must confine his activities to. the courtroom. Whoever is responsible for setting the date of the May criminal term should come out flatfootedly in de claiming any intention of hampering the Sheriff in his quest for support at the ballot boxes. There was no such intent, of courae, but nevertheless it’s unfair. * * « FOUR-DOLLAR CHIOKBN Dougald McRae tells the one about how a man got caught for stealing a chicken one time, and be claims this Is true. When they haul ed him into court, the man who owned the chteken asked for four dollars In payment. They arted him how much the chicken was worth, and he said one dollar. “Well, if the chicken was worth only one dollar," the chicken thief asked, “how come you want four dollars?” “Well,” the chicken owner said, “there was one dollar for the chick en, one dollar for the damage you did to the chicken cooi>, one dollar for my time repairing the chicken coop, and one dollar for the t>rinci- pie of the thing.” And (Dougald says he collected, too. ALL CONFIDENT, OP COURSE iBoy Reynolds, candidate for the U. 8. Senate, Is not the only one who is confident he will be elected— though his candidacy, so far as Har nett voters are concerned, is at the lowest of low ebbs. The Graham- Smith race i.s taking the spotlight in this county insofar as the State ticket goes. All candidates, for Harnett offices are confident, too. Everyone will agree they would be rather poor candidates if they wore not confi dent of winning. It’s, the way to wage a campaign. UPSETS OR ROLLOVJfiJRS? If you want to gel a complete cross-section of opinion as to how the election is “going” when the bal lot-count is taken. Just start out on ■) “census” taking and you’ll get it —so completely crossed as to leave you wondering whether anyone else knows any more about -the outcome than you did at the etart. If your first quizzee tells you So- and-fo is surely going to win, chances are ten to one the next one will give you a directly opposite slant. It all depends on who you talk to. That, summed up, proves conclusively that the candidates’ friends are on b3 alert. It wasn’t .thai; way a week or so ago. Rare was the time when you could get anyone to venture an opinion. Pact was — and almost everybody would tell you so — there were so few voters giving close at tention to the rimary election that the quizzer felt kind of lonesome- like—he was the only one, seeming ly, who was even Interested In the primary. POUTICKING 1»1CKS UP Today and tomorrow will be the shortest days, the candidates will tell you, of the whole year. There’ll not be enough lime for them to do all they want to do, or see all the people they want to see. And so, if every candidate in the primary does n’t see you before you go to the polls, don’t take it as a "slight”— he surely wanted to .^ee you. Question anyone this week, and tyou’ll hear,' “Politicking is picking up.” That confirms the statement made in the beginning' of this story that candidates and their friends are busy. (Continued on page two) Veteran Members of Both Wars and Their Ladies- To Hold Dinner Meeting ■Veterans of the 81st Wildcat Divi sion of both World Wars and their ladies will hold a dinner meeting in Raleigh on Monday, May 29. , The dinner will be held at the S. W. Cafeteria beginning at 7 p. m. Prominent speakers will be oi» the program. Veverans of the Slat Wildcat Divi sion of World War I, ISIT-I'SIS, and veterans of the 8 let Infantry Divi sion of 1942-1945, are urged to at tend. . There are many members of the Wildcat Division in Harnett county and it is expected that most of them will be present for the dinner meet ing. CAMPBELL FINALS TO BEGIN NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT Campbell College will begin her sl,\ty-fourth commencement May 28 when Dr. W. Perry Crouch, First Baptist .pastor In Asheville comes to preach the commencement sermon Sunday evening at o’clock in the college auditorium. John W. Harden, vice-president of Burlington Mills, Greensboro, will address the graduates,Friday morn ing, June 2. In the college depart ment there ar*- 93 to receive diplo mas, in the ibusiness department IS', and in the high school >30. Campbell provides for the last two years of high school along with the Junior college years. Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” will be presented Thursday evening, June 1, by the Dramateers coached by Earl N. 01m- stead, teacher of speech. Hershel Hawley of Lillington and Dwight Johnson of Pour Oaks are cast oppo site Louise Qrltfith of Danville, Va., and Trevah Garrett of Moyock. Campbell’s a cappella chorus of 32 mixed voices, directed by Allan Guy, will siag Sunday evening an^ Friday morning of commencement week. The chorus toured a week this SCHOOL, BOARD AD VERIISING FOR BUILDERS’ BIDS '.'r Work Will Soon Be In Proirrest At All Schooli. in County, County Schc>bL Superintendent C. Reid Ross’ ofilqp is now open for bids from contractors for workion a program this summer in a “face lift ing” of most of the Harnett schools. The recommendations that ! were adoptad by the-.Board of Flducation last November for improvement are now in the ccatnact-lettlng stage. Harnett county will receive $>589,- 84'3' Irom the State funds for this building, which will be supplement ed bj^ county fiinds, but even this amount Is not sufficient to cover the buildmg needs of all the schlools in the county. The varl-ms .projects 'in the schools are given priority raL IngB of A, B and ‘ tt(e Boai d, according to the*. aiijjy of-,need. The lunds that are available '-or the work this summer are only enough to cover those which fall Into the group having an “A” priority. MUCH COMPLETED THIS SUMMER Much of the work on the build ings will be completed this summer in time for the opening of school next fall, Bupt. Ross said. But the more extensive work of- the buildtag and repair pregram will take longer to complete, he said. Particularly whers the erection of an addition to a building, or a complete new build ing l3 concerned, more time will be required. OPEN BIDS 7RJBSDAY AND WEDNESDAY The dates for the closing of bids by contractors for some of the proj ects have already been announced and published On May 30 bids lor work on the Coats and LaPdyette schools will be closed, and on May 31 all bids mtist 'be in for the work on the Angier and Anderson Creek schools and for the Erwin colored school and the Hai^iett County Training 8choi^’-«i Bunn and the Sbativtowu sohfpol at Lillington. June 13 is the last day that bids will be accepited for work on the projects at the Liilfugton shcool and the Er. win ^vvhlte school. Supt. Ross said that the closing dates for bids on the other projects to be undertaken this summer -will be announced and published In the immediate future. The schools that • will receive at tention this sjmmer, and the work that is to be done on them (only the ones that are being flnanced with State aid) are listed by the 'Board of Education as follows: WHITE SCHC'OLS Anderson C^eek; 4 classrooms, li- BAPTISTS AND METHODISTS TO HOLD SCHOOLS Presbyterian Bible School Postponed For the Present L 'A tobacco barn ridge ventilator demonstration will b^ constructed on the farm of Mr. Wj H. Parrish of Lillington, on Friday, May 26, at 3:00 o'clock p. m. | Mr. R. M. Richie, I Jr., Agriculture Extension Engineer bf State* College of Mr. Roy BennetL Tobacco Spe cialist of State College will assist Children’s Bible Classes will be ;held next week in both the Baptist and Methodist' Churches. The Pres byterian Church has lecided to post pone its school until Rev. Guyton, pastor of the church, retur: i. Mr. Guiton is away for a needed rest. This Friday im^ning the Baptists will have a meeting from 8:30 to 10:30 for enrollment In classes and a check up between faculty and children. Beginning next Monday and run ning. through Friday there will be classes from 9 to 11 every .morning. During these sessions there will be periods for Bible study, character study, music and handiwork. Principal for the school, Mrs. W. A. Johnson, has announced- that Ad- dye Henry Baggett Is ^hool secre tary and Mrs. S. F. 'Rudeon is .pian ist. Following are leaders for the T T'R TP T'O four departments in the school; Be- * *1/IIVIT 1 v/ spring, appearing in concerts in prarj and scUmce laboratory. Vlr- North and South Carolina and ginia. Campbell’s home games ended May 23 with a game between Coach Earl Smltli’s Camels and Cherry Point Marines played on Taylor Field. An earlier game was played witli the Marines at Campbell under the lights Monday night. Lights were formally dedicated May 6, making Campbell the only junior college in North Carolina with a college-owned lighted playing field. It is named for Herbert Taylor of iDunn. Campbell’s summer school will be gin June 13, announces Dean Bur bot. Angler: 4 classrooms and com mercial r’oom. ■ Benhaven; 1 classrooms. (Continued on page two) Ruiritan Club To Be Organized In Mamers Coats Students Mark Up Records EMILY irURlilrNGTON JOAN JOHNSON Here are two students of Goats school who have mark.ed up a record of which all students, all teachers, all principals, all 8:hool officials and indeed all citizens can be proad. Needless to say. Principal 'R. Hal Smith, his loca;i cpmraitteemen and all other citizens of the Goats com munity are proud of the record of these .two girls. They are: Joan Johnson, davigrhter of Mr. and Mrs. Jonah C. Johnson of Go^s R-1, Is 6 feet ii inches tall, weighs 124 pounds, hen brovtn eyes, brown hair, and has attended Goats school for 12 years without missing a day. Joan plans to enter Strayer Col lege, Washington, D. C. Emily Turlington, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Turlington of Coats R-1, is 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighs 102 pounds, hse brown eyes, brown hair, and has attended the Coats school for 12 years without missing a day. If there are any students any where with a better iHttendsnce rec ord than these two girls, or even an equal record. The News will be glad to have thb facts for jrabllcation. Several of the citizens'of Mamers and the surrounding community met Tuesday night. May 16th for the pur pose of organising a local association of the National Rurltan Club. T 'ey will. meet again next Tuesday and will at that time try to have addi tional interested people present and to get organiied and elect officers. The last meeting stayed mostly in the discussion stage, and those push ing the club lope to actually get It started next v^eek^ Dr. Stoelzle Now Lociated iln Erwin Dr J. .4.. Stoelzle, Optometrist, announces that he has opened - an office in the Community House in Erwin, Tuesday and Friday of each week, beginning May 26. Dr. Stoelzl'S, formerly of Fay etteville, practiced in Illinois ,.17 years and moved to 'Fayetteville in January, 1950. While in Illinois he was a member of the State Board of Examiners. Gaime Tournament At Community Building The American Legion Auxiliary is making plans for a game tourna ment to be hold Friday night, June 2, in the new Community Building. Mrs. J. T. Northam is in charge of the 'tickets fer the tbumament ginners, Mrs. Black Leonard; pri mary, Mrs. Hal Bradley; junior, Mrs. Joe Gourlay; and intermediate, Mrs. Robert Winston. The Methodist school will begin Sunday, May 28, and will run through Sunday, June 4. Classes will be held every day from 9 to 11 in the mdyniug. The two-hour sessions -will be divided into four periods for handicraft, Bible study, music and recreation. The Bible study will be divided into four groups, with the kindergarten studying “Stories A- bout Jesus”, the primaries, “Jesus The Priendv^ the Juniors, “We Would Follow-^JesHs”, and the inter mediates, “Exploring The Bible.” Mrs. Joel Layton, Jr., general su perintendent for the school has an nounced that officers for the school are Bobby Sessoms, recreation; Mrs. Reta Bradley, refreshments; Laura Mae Edwards, secretary,, and Mrs. J. K. Long and Mary George Kelly in charge of music. The pastor. Rev. W. L. Loy, will be in charge of the opening devotional. Mrs. Layton said that leaders for the departments will be: Mrs. Ho ward Watkins, intermediate; Mrs. Leon Kelly and Mrs. Robert Sessoms, Juniors; Mrs. Billy Byrd and Mrs. J. D. Myrick, primaries; Mrs. J. C. Hobbs and Mrs. Ralph Davis, kinder garten. BfoOiei-KiUer h Give$26-30Yeais Tobacco Farmers In vited ^o Demonstration JUDGE MORRIS MAKES BRIEF TALK TO JURY C. will! this demonstration, stated R. Ammons, County Agent. Ail tobacco growers throughout the county are cordially invited to attend this demonstration as this is the latest recommendation available from State College with the ventilation tobacco barns. in connection system used in CLUB MEMBERS CONFERENCE weekly supper a truly inspira- Wildlife Barliecue Tlie newly formed Wildlife Club for the western flection of the county will sponsor a barbecue supper on Friday night, June 8, at the new Legion Hut on Little River near LiUington. Each ticket, at one dollar, will entitle the purchaser to ^ the barbecue, slaw, hush puppies and ice tea that they can eat. , Persons Interested in the ad vancement of uildllfe in Harnett County are especially urged to at tend. Tickets will be available within a few days, They may be secured from Worth Byrd, F. A. Bradsher, .Ray Johnson, Frame Steele, M. O. Lee, Joe P. tenith, Andrew JacdcSon, S. G. Howell, A. C. Barefoot and Carl At the regular meeting of Lillingtltn Rotary Club last Thursday night at the school cafeteria, members^ who attended the District Conference at Wrights vllle gave some bracing experiences and declared it was not only infor mative for them but ttonal gathering. Relating the excjellence of the Conference were Rotarians Daniel Dean, Johnnie Blackmon, Malcolm Fowler and Jim Davis. Rather a striking coincidence was related by Johnnie Blackmon. He told of the four g|lft8 donated by Harry Schafran being placed in the “drawing,” and that one of them was drawn by no other than a Lil- lingtott Rotary Annj Mrs. Blackmon. Dean, Fowler ami Davis said the meeting and mingliiig, with the Ro tarians from other iilubs in the dis trict, and the inspiring talks made during the meeting,| caused them to feel they were ’ gla|i they attended and felt well repaid for the trip. Mack Norwood reported on the Community Building, stating that it will be ready for usii within the next week or two. Contractor Turlington is now put ting on the finisbihg touches and Mr. Norwood said and invitation will be given to nil local civic organiza tions to hold meetings and dinner conferences there, > An invitation is given to all local people as well as those in nearby communities to visit the new build- ing and inspect it. ' Campbell Yearbook Dedicated td Ayscue Campbell Collegej 1950 Yearbook is dedicated to Prbfessor John E. Ayscue, teacher of history there since 192'6, the yejar Buie’s Creek .Academy became Campbell College. Katharine Makl jof Ashiburnham, Ma.8s., and Billy Justice of Pikeville are co-editors of this year’s “Pine Burr”. Louise Gril^fith of Danville, Va. Is associate editor and James Dixon of Clinton, Business manager. B. W. Jenkins is faculty adviser. Handling Election Balloits Like Moving ‘Valuable Cargo’ Memorial Service At Baptist Church A memoria.1 service -will be held Sunday morning at Lillington Bap tist Church i'or veterans of both World Wars. Rev. S. F. Hudson will preaiih. The public is invited. The past 'week has been a' very busy as well as a strenuous tithe for Miss Louise McLauchlin, Clei^ to the Harnett County 'Board of Elec tions. Somewhere near 40,6d0 pri mary election ballots (including State ballots) poured into her office, and it has been her duty to package them for each of .the 21 voting pre cincts In the county, together with' the blanks for reporting results of the voting Saturday. Chairman H. C. Strickland of the Elections Board in order to be sure there will be ample ballots, even al lowing for the contingency that some may be spoiled while the balloting is going on, ordered somewhere near 20,000 to be printeil. Reason for the Iqrge number may be ascribed mainly to the fact that four of the townshliw had local con tests, for constable, though, as al ways, more ballots are provided than there are registered voters because there would , be too great a risk if only exactly enough were supplied to furnish each voter Just one ticket. Chairman Strickland has taken no chances on the ballots not reaching the registrars and Judges of election. He always undertakes the Job of placing the .tldcets in the 'hands of Court Gets Down To Business; Dent Made In Heavy Docket Harnett Superior Court has made a sizeable dent in its heavy criminal docket, after getting off to a good start Monday morning following a brief address to the Grand Jury by Judge Chester Morris of Currituck. A true bill of indictment was re turned against Pressley Mitchell in the slaying of his brother. Mitchell entered a plea of guilty of murder In the second degree, and Judge Mor ris gave him 26 to 30 years at hard labor in State Prison. Two other offenders, Carl and Al bert Wilson, were sent to Morrison Training cbool upon a suspended sentence of 12 months on the roads. They were found guilty of house breaking and larceny. One divorce was granted. Geral dine Faye Holland was granted separation from W. P. Holland, Jr. Continued to next term were: Geo. Norris Johnson and Annie McLean, hobsebreaklng and larceny; Warren McNeill, uonsupport; Jimmie Rus sell. robbery; Wni. McDougald and Herman Spearman, larceny; Lonnie Gregory, larceny; David L. Suggs, forgery: Emma McLeod, murder. Nol pros was taken in the follow ing- cases: John Duncan Shaw, pro fanity: C. H. Carr bad check; Felton Jackson, abandonment. Billy Mlmms plead guilty to lar ceny and was given 18 to 24 months on the roads. Rayford Stancii, for forcible tres pass, was taxed with costs. Cases in which defendants ap peared for Judgment were: Wm. An derson Stewart, driving drunk, to serve original road sentence; John Kellum and Elton Bullard, assault with deadly weapon, road sentence; James R. Coats, larceny of auto, road sentence; Aaron Williams, vio lating liquor law, road sentence. Prayer for Judgment was continued indefinitely in the case of George Moore, charged with violating liquor law. John Duncan Shaw charged with drunken driving, assault and tres pass, was given a 90 days suspended sentence. New Grand Jurors sworn in were: S. G. Howei:, J. E. Brown, J. I, Wil liams, John M. Whittington, E. B. Cameron. Gralg Holloway, W. D. .4bernathy, Max Womble and Boyd BrafCord. Tlie new Jurors take the place of Earl Westbrook, foreman. L. Flet cher Gales, Lonnie Matthews, J. P. Jones. Charlie Matthews, Edward Gregory, P. G. Altman, C. L. An drews and J. E. Womble. The Grand Jury as now cqmposed is. including the new mem'bers: B. H. Ivosater, foreman. Leonard Clark, O. S. Brown. J. B. Stout. E. W. Mc Leod, Eugene Strickland, J. Tillman Butts, Calvin M. Smith, Jr.,- and J. (Continued on page two) Playing American Legion Baseball Billy Joe Johnson and Douglas those responsible for them in each Brown, both of Lillington, are play- precinct. j ing basebali with the Selma Ameri- Something rather unusual has can Legion team this summer. There taken place this year. The Republi-1 is ,no Harnett County team in the cans are going to vote in the prl- i American Legion circuit this year as mdry—not the Democratic ticket of there has been in past years, and so course. They have a contest for State Senator, and Chairman Strickland has prepared 4,006 ballots for them to cast to decide iheir man for the Legicil Auxiliary the switcli to an out-of-the-county team by local players. November electioni There cannot possibly arise any confusion about .the two ballots. however. The 'Republican tickets are ■printed on .pink )|mper« while the Democratic ballots are printed on whita paper. ! Chairman Strickland has delivered the ballots to the pollholders, and they in turn will | keep them under lock and key till Saturday morning when the voting starts. Predictions as to the sice the total vote vary q^ite a good deal. Ask one observer about it and he will say the vote iwill 'be light; ask another and he will say heavy; others say “U will depend upon the weather.” | So far as the l^oard of Elections is concerned, the stage is adl eet for the primary. And^ Miss McLouchlJn has already heaved her great sigh of relief. t Makes Donation Mrs. Joel Layton, Jr. has an nounced that the American Legion. Auxiliary has made a ‘donation of' $100 to the building fund for the new Community Building. New Serial Begin* At Cniise-In Theatre A first-run serial “Tex Granger,” will begin at the Cruise-ln Theatre, 1 mile north of Lillington, on Tues day and Wednesday, May SO and 31. announces Mr. 'A. J. Collins, man ager of the theatre. Mr. Collins states that children especially will enjoy this new serial. A full program of the Cruise-In wiL be found in The News each week.