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LilliiiSton« IN. ^ UnunMiny, June 22, 19S0
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Hemetl, IPs la THE NEWS^
In and
Out of
Lillington
CHUDK “A" TAXES
•For a while there some of the
offices in the Courthouse were real
ly in some kind of confusion while
the painting was going on. But now
it’s easy to see that some great Im-
provemsnts have heen made, now
that the smoke has cleared.
Tax Collector D. iP. Ray seemed
to be pretty proud of the way his
office came out on the paint and
furniture moving job. “Tell the
people," he said to Tlie News report
er, "that we have the most sanitary
tax office in the state: or at least In
Harnett County. We want peoiAe to
know Just what a sanitary office we
have now," he proudly asserted.
“When the people see It they will
enjoy coming here to pay their
taxes.”
* • •
MODEL IN BIDING
Speaking of our tax collector
Duncan Ray, it seems that Mabel
Austin had said something about
modeling a bathing suit for him. She
was in the back o! Ray’s Ladles*
Store the other afternoon trying on
a swim suit when In walked Duncan
through the front door.
•Tbe time seemed right for the
fashion show to begin, but Mabel
must have gotten a case of scage
fright and wouldn't come out of the
dressing room.
That came as a great disappoint
ment to Duncan. “Shucks", he said,
“if it was at the beach she wouldn’t
have minded walking around out
here at all."
• « •
COME OUT wmBRE
EVER YOU ARE
One thing that gets us a little
puzzled once in a wliile, about once
a week for that matter, is who owns
all the cars parked on th$ streets
on Wednesday afternoons.
With most of the stores closed
after 1 o’clock Wednesdays there
aren’t many people seen walking
around, particularly on the hotter
days. But every Wednesday after
noop thene are cars parked' all along
the street. We can’t figure out where
the people are who left their cars
there.
And speaking of the number of
cars in town, did you ever notice
how on Friday nights by 6:30 or
7:00'tbere are hardly any cars park'
ed along the streets at all? Most
nights there are a few here and
there, but on Friday nights is seems
like there has been s. mass 'migration
away from town.
Phone Rate Hike Not
Seen Justified Here
COUNCEMEN ARE
OPPOSED TO RATE
JUMP ON PHONES
Opinions Vary As
To Justification
Of Proposed Hike
Love Blooms In
The Courthouse
REAL GOOD NURSii
Mrs. Bill Salmon who was the
nurse at the. Girl Sicout Day Gamp
which meet out at White’s Pond
every day last week certainly 614
take her work seriously. And she did
a good job at It too. She kept cards
on all of the Girl Sconts In the camp,
and when the few minor things came
up that required her attention, she
did efficient work a it.
She man not be a registered nurse,
anymore, but she will sure do until
one comes along.
• * •
BIG OOARBTTE
If you see Patrolman Black
Leonard with a cigar in his 'mouth,
ask him about that, “big oigarette
he has there. Anyway that’s what
Johnny, bright and lovable young
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Spears,
called it back in May when he saw
.Leonard smoking a cigar at the Girl
Scout May Day Program.
Young Johnny caused such a stir
that Leonard had* io hide tils .cigar
for a minute. But we notice thpt
when we see Leonard, he is still
puffing on those “big cigarettes.’’
« * «
HONOR ROLL
Take this note for what it may be
worth to you. Making a sort of sur
vey to ascertain what purveyors of
commodities in this immediate re
gion should be entitled to a pluce
on the honor* roll for holding .the
line on prices, we found only two;
The Carolina Power A Light Com
pany and Harnett County News.
Neither of these concerns has
raised prices either during the war
or since.
* » «
“WHAT'S A SPXDilRT”
Harry Shnford of The News is to
be married June 24, to one of the
nicest girls you ever saw. The other
day he received a wedding presrnt
from Mr. and Mrs. Andriessen; it
was nifty, .hut how was a yotmX
bachelor to know about housbkeep-
ing utensils?
Observed Hsrry: “It’s pretty, but
what Is It?"
(Continued on page two)
The request by the Carolina Tele
phone & Telegraph Company for an
increase In rates for Harnett County
along with several other counties in
the southeastern part of the state is
meet with varied forms of opposi
tion f/om town councilmen in Ull-
ington. For the most part, however,
the general concensus seems to be
"If they raise the rates, what can
we do about it?"
About a year ago the company was
allowed an Increase in rates by the
State Hilities Commission, along
with aii increase granted the Bell
company. Now both telephone com
panies are again asking the com'mis-
sion for permkslon to hike their
rates.
However much the town council
is opposed to the action, or however
much .it thinks that the townspeople
are opposed to it, the general feeling
among the councilmen is that there
is nothing that they can do about It,
One of the councilmen did not quite
give in that easily. It was his opinion
that It might help If the council met
and sent a representative to put in a
word for the town when the phone
companies meet with the commis
sion.
This councilman went on to say
that with what little he knows about
the matter that he is definitely op
posed to an increase of any kind on
the telephone rates. To the idea that
the companies are asking for the in
crease in order to finance an expan
sion of their services, he said that if
that was the reason for the request,
(Continued on page eight)
It doesn’t take a big chnr>r'h
wedding for two young people to
get married, and as pntot of that
statement: Saturday in the Rois
ter of Deeds office a young coaide
got married. And a pretty cei*e-
mony it was too.
The double ting ceremony, con
ducted by a local mtadatet, cook
place amidst many friends and
relatives who gathered in the of
fice. Tlie bride was attired In
navy blue sheer geoigette wJith
wltite accessories.
Following the wedding the hap
py bride and groom made a luuity
getaway with a shower of rice and
the traditional rattle of tin cons
til'd to the car.
All of which Just goes to prove
that, all that is really needed for a'
young couple to have a happy wed
ding is a marriage license, some
body to marry them and a lot of
love.
SCHOOLBOARD
considers BIDS
ON SiaiOOL WORK
Recofnnienda'dont
(
For Contracti
Nearly Complete
COUNTY BOARD
PREPARES FOR
BUDGET BATTLE
Holds Special Meet
Wednesday, June 14
For Discussion
LOCAL LAWYERS
ACTIVE IN BEHALF
OF WILLIS SMITH
One Makes Statement,
Three Deliver Ad»
dresses Over Radio
Four Harnett lawyers are active
in behalf of the candidacy of Attor
ney Wlllia Smith of Raleigh for the
United States Senate. One of them,
L. M. Chaffin, Clerk of Court, has
issued a statement advocating nomi
nation of Smith in the June 24 pri
mary.
Three other lawyers, Nelft McKay
Salmon of Lillington, J. R. (Bob)
Young and E. L. Doffermyre of
Dunn, were scheduled for radio ad
dresses urging Smith’s notminatlon.
Doffermyre delivered his address^
Tuesday night. Young will speak
over WCKB tonight (Thursday) for
Smith, and Sa'mon will speak over
the same network tomorrow (Fri
day) for Smith.
Young’s talk will come at 12:30
and Salmon’s at the same hour Fri
day.
The County Board of Commission'
ers held a special meeting last MTed
nesday afternoon, June 14, for the
purpose of discussing the various
budgets that have been presented to
them for the coming fiscal yea.'.
No official action was taken at
the meeting, and no minutes were
kept. During the afternoon the
Board of Education, which met dur
ing the morning, appeared before
the Board and presented its budget
for the coming year. No one budget
in particular was given a special
hearing, but all of the budgets were
considered and discussed.
As a result of this meeting, the
Board hopes that It will be more
prepared to dispense with all oiE the
budgets at its regular meeting for
that purpose on July 3.
As it stands now, there is no off!
clal word on whether th'e Boar’ will
allow increases to the County Ue
partments at its July meeting, or
whether it will, keep t^e budgets the
same as they were for the past year,
or whether it will make cuts in
them.
The commissioners face quite a
problem when they come together on
July 3 to deal with the budget prob
lem. Each department is faced with
a different problem, but practically
all of them are asking for some' sort
of an increase here or there, al
though none of them are asking for
Increases of any great proportions.
At the same time, it is generally
felt that It would not be wise for
there to be a great increase in taxes,
which increase would be necessary
to meet the added expense of In
creases in the budget.
(Continued on page eight]
Some Prominent Farmers Say
They Will Not Use Poison
Although the use of .poison this
year lor avoiding boll weevil dam
age to cotton is put down as a
“must" by agricultural experts, some
of Harnett county’s most prominent
farmers declare they will not poison.
One of them is Mr. W. H. (Billy)
Byrd, whose agricultural acreage
reaches the 800-mark. Mr. Byrd
tells The News that he will take
chances In the battle with the wee
vils by continuing his customary
program of using good fertilizer,
plenty of it, high cultivation, and
withal strict attention to every de
tail of his cotton-growing operations,
Mr. By«rd cited at least one other
large planter who told him that last
year he operated spraying machines
night and day during the weevil
period, running up an expense on his
total acreage of around |8,000. It
tailed to pay out^ he said, and would
never do it again.
The cost of the 'Poison is only one'
Hem,-say these planters. There la
the expense of tractor, sprayer, and
labor to operate them. ’The total
cost, they declare, is prohibitive.
Parjoaeui are being advised that
'With the emergence of .weevils this
year on such a trenmendous scale,
and with the appearance of the bugs
already in such large quantities that
they may well be calculated to de
troy moat If not all of the .sntlre
crop, it would be shortsighted 'policy
not to follow the poisoning program.
But Mr. ^yrd told The News he
was fully aware of the numerous
weevils in the fields, that he had al
ready found In some of his fields
enough weevils to do great damage,
nevertheless he couldn’t see how he
could win a .profit by using poison
when he felt sure the coat of the
spraying operating would eat up
what he might realize from the sale
of his lint.
“1 am not In the least attempting
to discourage others who want to
use poison,” Mr. By^rd said, “but
speaking for my own interests, I
simply cannot see enough profit
from my crop over and above the
cost of using 'Polson."
Those who do not use the poison
are depending on the formula used
by Mr. Byrd. In ad'ditlon, .th>y are
hoping-for hot, dry weather during
the maturing season. It is that kind
of weather that slows down the boll
weevils.
The Ccmnly Board of Education,
met Tuesday night and considered
the recommendations It will -make to
the State Board of Education on the
contracts th^t will bo let for the
building program on county schoos.
The finishing touches were not
put on the Recommendations Tues
day night, but they are so nearly
compIetel that they wlll be^In shape
tor the signatures of Chairman S. G.
Thomas and Buperintend'ent C. Reid
Ross very soon. The Board has met
on three different occasions during
the past twb weeks, and- at each
meeting has, pushpd the work on
recommendations a little further.
The meeting Tuesday night was for
the sole purpose of this work.
At a previous meeting, last Wed
nesday morning, much of the time
was spent in preparing the annual
budget to be presented to the County
Board of CoipmisBioaers. The Board
appeared before the Commissioners
who were meeting at a special aes-
sion last Wednesday afternoon and
presented: the budget that they had
worked out.
The first -meeting of the School
Board this month, originally sche
duled. for June 5, the first Monday
night in the. month, was held on
June 12 in order for the contractors
to have more time with which to
prepare their bids. That meeting was
mostly taken up with delegations
which appeared before the Board for
other purposes. The only work done
on the recommendations, at the June
12 meeting was on the heating and
plumbing contracts, and. the meeting
was continued until Wednesday,
June 14.
At the June 12 meeting the'heat
ing contracts received were consld.
ered satisfactory, but the plumbing
bids appeal;;^' to t% -Board, to -be-
for amounts excesslw of what they
bad expected. For that reason all of
the bids for plumbing contracts for
the schools inelnded in the first let
ting were rejected and architects
notified the contractors that new
bids would have- to be submitted.
At the meeting Tuesday night the
recommimdations on all the shcool
projects, except those included in the
last thrm advertisements, were con
sidered. All of these will be ready
for presentment to the State -Board
before its meeting in tbn first week
in July.
Superintendent of Schools C. Reid
Ross said that in most instances the
bids are satisfactory la view of the
present increased building costs.
■“However," he said, “the rising
costs of building in the last six
months will make it necessary) for
the County Board to ask the Com
missioners for additional funds if
the projects are to -be let as plan
ned."
Enlliiisiasfo Crowd Gieeb
Giahaai Here Monday
Opening Dates For Tobacco
Markets Will be Fixed June 30
•SENATOR SPEAKS
TO CROWD OF 300
IN COURTHOUSE
The Board of Governors of the
Bright Belt Tobacco Warehouse As
sociation will meet June 30 in Ral
eigh to set the dates for the opening
of the markets in the various belts.
First to open will be the Georgda-
F-lorida Belt, then following in order
will be the Border, Eastern, Middle
and Old Belts.
Some of the warehousemen pre
dict that the openings will be fixed
at a slightly earlier date this year,
though how many days will -be al
lowed ibetween Belt openings is a
matter to -be settled when the dates
are fixed.
Harnett growers, as well as others
in'this section of the Bright Leaf
Belt, were a little late this year in
getting a start on their tobacco crop,
due to unsuitable weather for setting
the plans in the fields. It is stated,
however, that this condition did not
prevail in the entire Bright Leaf
Belt, and that some siectlons are
clamoring for an earlier opening of
the markets.
Harnett farmers are not at all dis
couraged over their late start with
tobacco this year. Most of them who
have talked with The News state
that they feel justified in expecting
a good yield of fine gradies.
Harnett tobacco has always boostT
ed the price averages on warehouse
floors wherever it is sold, and it is
well known among warehousemen
that they never receive a "sorry
crop from Harnett."
Markets this year are eq^ted to
operate five days a week, five and
one-half hours a day at a maxknam
rate of 400 baskets per hour in sales.
Bach basket will weigh not more
than 600 pounds. These are the same
figures as were in effeet last year:
Grakam Receives
Warm Welcome In
Harnett County
WANTED MAN
RETURNED TO
STAND TRIAL
Sheriff Goes To
Atlanta To Get
Erwin Fugitive
Robert Marks Works
With Raleigh Caps
-Robert Marks, who attended the
Boone Trail high school this past
year, is now working out with the
-Raleigh Caps baseball team. M&vks
is a pitcher and will play with Ca
thedral Latin high school next year
where he will -be a s^phomore.
Marka‘ home is in -Eitlelgh, but be
has been living in Harnett county
for about a year.
Man Goes to Movie»
Has Car Stolen
John Allen Shaw, oi near Kipling,
came out from seeing a movie at the
Lyric Theater last -Friday night and
found that his car was missing.
Shaw went to the late show, and
when ha came out shortly after 11
o’clock his 1950 dark cream colored
Ford' was gone and he reported the
theft to the authorities.
It ia believed that, the car was
stolen- soon after Shaw went idto
the theater.
Ruritan Club To
Meet at Boone Tra!il
The newly organised 'P.urltan Club
that is -being formed at Boone Trail
will meet again on Tuesday night,
June 27. At this meeting a charter
for the local club of the national
group will be presented.
There have been two previous
meetin,gs of the group interested in
forming a club at Boone Trail, and
on both .previous occasions there
was enthusiastic support given by
those .living in the community.
The meeting next Tuesday night
win be held in th(^ luneh room of
the Boone Trail School.
A man who has been sought since
November of 19-48 to stand trial for
abandonment and non-eupport has
finally, been found and returned to
Harnett County. William Albert
Hobbs, of Erwin, has been missing
for over a year and a half since his
case -was called in the November
term of Superior Court in 1H8, and
now he is -back in Harnett, awaiting
trial all over again.
When Hobbs failed to appear in
Superior Court back in 1948 a capias
was Issued for him, but that capias
was never served as officers were
unable to locate him. A true bill bad
already been found against him by
the 1)948 term Grand Jury.
This .past week authorities in At
lanta, Ga. notified the sheriff’s office
In Lillington that Hobbs -had been
located there and that he was -being
held. Sheriff W. E. Salmon obtained
a caitias for him and last Saturday
and turned him ovor to the County
Jail.
At the 1948 term of Superior
Court Ho'bbs was not placed under
any bond, as the case came as the
result of a Grand Jury indictment.
This time, however when he was
brought back to Lillington Sunday,
he was .placed in jail under |500
bond.
WIND STORM HITS
UPPER HARNETT;
ALSO IN LEE
Falling Trees Cnisk
Auto; Winds Blow
Down New House
In the Mamera-Sprtng Hill section
Tuesday a strong wind storm struck
the new building being erected on
the Carlton Moore farm and blew it
down. One tree was blown down.
There was some hail and together
with the strong wind some crHP
damage resulted, though none of it
is reported as serious.
On tbe Clawson Williams farm
near Jonesboro big trees were blown
down, one of them filing across an
auto belonging to Mr. Elm Holder.
Large trees were blown across the
highway at Mr. Curt Rosser's place
near the same community.
Senator Frank P. Graham again
emphasized his stand against the
Brannan Farm Plan, against FEPC,
for federal aid to schools, and for
the Roosevelt system of a parity
price support program for farm pro
ducts in an address to a crowd of
about 300 who listened attentively
in the Harnett County Courthouse
in Lfllingtou Monday evening. Sena
tor Graham arrived in Lillington at
6 p. m. Monday after leaving Dur
ham earlier in the day. From Lill-
ington he continued on to Fayette
ville.
Before going Into the courthouse.
Senator Graham shook bands with
most of the large crowd that was on
hand to greet him. County campaign
manager Attorney W. A. TBill) John
son introduced the Senator to the
crowd individually, and then later in
the courthdhse he introduced him
before the address.
It had been planned that the
junior senator should make bis ad
dress on the courthouse lawn, but
the weather was threatening and so
the meeting went into the court
room, upstairs in the courthouse.
DRESS REVUE TO
^BE HELD HERE
TOMORROW
Revival at Macedonia
Free Will Church
will begin at
Church, one
June 25 and
A Revival -meeting
Macedonia -Free Will
mile south of Olivia,
last about two weeks.
Rev. Boykin of Asheboro will ibe
the speaker.
Harnett County 4>H
Girls in Contest
For Week’s Trip
Harnett County 4-H Club girls
will hold their annual county dress
revue on Friday, June 23, at 4:00
p. m.. in Gie Baptist Chnreh In Lil-
.Ungton. Around 2S girls are expected
to enter. These girls, who will rep
resent all sections of the county,
were blue ribbon winners In the local
school dress revues held during
April.
In the county contest, there will
be two divisions — one for Senior
members and one for Junior mem
bers. The winner in the Senior group
will be given a trip to State 4..H
Club Week in Raleigh and wUI take
part in the State Dress Revue.
-Neighborhood leaders, 4-H mem
bers. and friends are invited to at
tend this county event.
Farm Bureau Urging Farmer,
To Battle Weevil This Year
In a letter addressed to alt mmn-
bers of the Harnett County Farm
Bureau, President W.-R. Rogers is
urging that they make a determined
fight on the boll weevils that are
reported to be Infesting the fields
this year in an enormous number.
President -Rogers points out that
the loss to be expected If the fight
is not made, and cites the gain to
those who battle the weevils.
This is the letter:
To all Harnett County Farm Bureau
Members:
The -Harnett CoUnty Farm Bureau
is making a special effort to bring to
the attention of its membership
throughout the county the Impor
tance of following the seven steps to
efdcient production as cntlinod ^
our own State Collie.
l want to particularly call to yiour
attention the fact that the boll wee
vil has hetmmo a major prohlem la
cotton production and ualoM con-
trolled will do damage in Harnett
county into thousands and thous
ands of dollars daring this season.
Results of . experiments condneted
throughout the state last yesr indi
cate that we can expect from one-
half to three-quarters of a -bale of
cotton per acre increase where cot
ton is dusted or sprayed, and may be
done at a cost of f lfi to |15 per
acre a season. I don’t believe we can
afford to share crop with the boll
weevil this yesr.
Enclosed yon will find recommen
dation for control of all cotton in
sects. I sincerely hope that this will
be of service to you. Hay I also sug
gest that you pass this information
on to yonr neighbors.
For further Information along this
line, you may contact the Coonty
Agent's office.
Reepeetfully yb’irs,
W. H. Rogers.
President Harnett County 'fnm Bu-
renu.
RECEIVES GREAT OVATION
Johnson introduced Senator Gra
ham and as the former president of
the University rose to -begin his ad
dress. the entire assembled crowd in
the courtroom stood with him and
gave him a great oration of ap
plause.
Graham -began by saying that he
felt at home in Harnett County. He
thanked the people of the county for
their faith, loyalty, understanding!
and support. “Not for your support
of me," he said, “but for your sup
port of the causes for which 1
stand."
He took up first the world situa
tion, which he said should receive
first consideration. He told a story
about a hurricane, which caused a
flood tide of three feet of water to
back up outside a beach cottage. He
said that it wasn't the three feet of
water that the occupants feared, but
the 3000 miles of water leaning
against it. That is the way he com
pared it to the world situation at
present: Im said that the difference
is that we aren’t afraid of the situa
tion at our own doors now, but that
we have 25,000 miles leaning against
it, not just 3000.
“The United States of America is
the chief hope of freedom and peace
on this earth," he continued. He re
lated that right now in the world
there are more slaves in concentra
tion camps than there were eve*-
slaveh In the world before. One-third
of the people in the world are free.
Senator Graham continued. And an
other third are in a state of impri
sonment, and the other third haven’t
decided where they want to stand.
It is important that the onc^-third
who haven’t decided should come
over on our side, and in that event
Senator Graham declared, no dicta
tor would ever dare to start a third
world war. “It’s up to us," he said.
“America must be strong."
“America must be strong in its
system of free enterprise,’’ tbe Sena
tor continued. He .pointed out that
some people say that he is an enemy
of free enterprise, but he denied
that. He said that he is against
privTtege and monopoly for the few;
but rather he ia for the farmers and
workers and small business man and
for everyone, not just the -few. The
The best answer to Communism and
Fascism and any of the rest of those
is Americanism, he said.
FOR BALANCED BUDGET
Senator Graham made it plata
that he wants the nation to have a
balanced budget. “We must be
strong in our -budget,’’ be said, and
“we must start paying oft out na
tional debt."
FAVORS FARM PRICE SUPPORT
In speaking of his stand on an
agricultural program, the Senator
stood firmly behind the system of a
parity price support program as it
was worked out by former President
Franklin O. -Roosevelt. He declared
that in order for the farmer to have
a fair inctHne he must receive a fair
retun to what he puts on the market.
(Continued on page eight)
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