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Lillii^oa, N. C., Thursday, August 24, 1950
*Tf It ConcoMs Harnett, IPs In THE NEWS*
In and
Out of
Lillington
. RRARIN* TO OO
We were in deep conversation
with Gary Turlington the othe- day.
Gary is the good looking son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. M. Turlington and is
at that grand old age of Just enter
ing the first grs.de in school.
Gar> has all the necessaries for
his entrance into school life, a book
sack, rayons, 'pencils, ruler, and a
notebook. The other thing needed
for a youngster to begin school is the
frame of mind, and Gary has that
too. Ha’s all ready to go, he says.
He poiated to hi» vaccination on the
left arm. “and I’ve already been
vaccinsted." he continued.
W’e can see right now that Gary
is one first grader who is going to
wade right in and tear his lessons
apart.
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BOUND FOR SCHOOL
Speaking of the opening of school
and the first grade, Lillington is go
ing to have some kind of a ibig be-
ginner« class in its school this year.
We beard the other day that there
were about a hundred children who
attended the pre-school clinic last
spring wh'o will he entering the Lil
lington school this fall.
Of coursf a great many of that
number come from the routes around
Lining on as well as from in town
itself. But that just goes to show
you that the number of pupils at
tending public school is still on the
increase.
The pre.sent building program un
derway in the county schools is de
signed to take care of this ever in
creasing enrollment of students. If
the increase in 1951 is as great as
it is this year tliose building addi
tions will really come into hard-
needed use.
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Sheriff Has Male
ROGER MANN GETS'
POSITION; BEGAN
WORK ON MONDAY
Fund Shifting By
Comminsioners Gets
Results This Week
PAY HERB
Maybe it’s Just to let people know
where to pay the.r money, or maybe
It’s Jus: to brighr.en up the office a
bit. But there is now a neat red
sign in Tax Collector D. P. Ray’s
tax office that says “Harnett
County Tax Collector.’’
It’s a right neat looking sign with
red letters against a white back
ground, with a red .border framing
the letierlng. Could be that it puts
the people who come in in a better
frame 3f mind to pay their taxes.
We i nderstand that Tax Collector
Ray used to carry the sign in the
car with him when he went to Dunn,
and th£t recently he decided Just to
move the sign out of the car into
the off ce.
DOG TIIRED
The local dog situation seems to
be somewhat better in recent weeks
over what it has been in the past. But
there iii still a lot of room for im-
iprovement.
Not long ago Mayor Charlie Lov
ing and some of the town's citizens
made siome remarks to the effect
that stimething would have to be
done if the dogs continued to run
around in great numbers and rafse
a fuss day and night. The News car
ried some stories and editorials
about the situation. Since that time
things have gotten a little quieter on
the mar.fer.
•But f.tili, people around Lillington
don’t hive to look very hard to see
the night prowlers still roaming
around most any night. And some
days right in the middle of the day
the canines can bo heard carrying on
their serenade.
It seems that it might not be
quite ail bad as it was before, and
not as many threats are heard as
before, but It’s rot nearly so good
as it could be or ought to be.
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NEW PIANO TEACHER
Lillington will have a new piano
teacher this fall. Betty Shuford, wife
of Harry Shuford of The News staff,
is going to begin giving iprivate les
sons on the piano in their apartment
in a feiv weeks.
Mrs. Shuford was a piano and
music ('ducation major at the Wo
man’s College at Greensboro, and Is
the daughter of ore of the best piano
teachers in iRalelgh.
As soon as it *is possible Mrs. Shu
ford will begin to get her class to
gether. Anyone who wisbea. to have
a son cr daughter take piano from
Mrs. Shuford may get in touch with
her at the garage apartment across
froip the Baptist Church, or with
Harry iihufora at The News office.
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IN THf; DARK
A m«n brought •us a letter he re
ceived recently from an out of town
concern and wanted to know what
(Continued on page 2)
The sheriff'll office now has a
male clerb to keep the office, some
thing that has long been sought
after by Sheriff W. E. Salmon. The
new clerk, Roger Mann of Lillington,
began his duties on Monday of this
week.
The Sheriff said he is pleased that
he now has a man working in his
office as there are some duties that
a clerk in the office should tend to
that a female clerk would be unable
to do, such as releasing prisoners
from the Jail and serving papers.
■For some time now the Sheriff has
tried to impress upon the County
Board of Commissioners the fact
that the office needs a male clerk,
who could even be sworn in as a
deputy if the need arose. It has been
evident that if such a person were
to be employed that a larger salary
than the $1200 formerly paid to the
clerks would be needed for the Job.
At the first Monday meeting of
the Commissioners in August the
Commissibners finally arrived at
wliat appeared to be a solution to
the problem by transferring ^flOiBO'
in the Sheriff’s budget set aside for
a sipecial deputy to the clerk’s sal
ary. This combhaallon gave the office
ihe amount of $2250 for a salary
for the male clerk.
Mann, well known in this section,
worked with the Northam Motor
Company before he took the position
in the Sheriff’s office Monday.
Sheriff Salmon said Monday that'
he is of the opinion that he wi.l find
it of real advantage to' have the
male clerk in the office. As yet, he
said, he has no plans for making
Mann a deputy.
DISTRICT OFFICER
VISITS LILLINGTON
LEGION MEETING
Commander T. L. Smith
Makes Short Talk At
Fish Fry At Hut
Mr. T. L. Smith of Slier City,
Commander of the 16th District of
the American Legion made an offi
cial visit to the Liliington >Post num
ber 28 to attend a fish fry last Fri
day night.' The local members had
been looking forward to ^having the
commander as their visitor for some
LOCAL SCHOOL
WILL HAVE TWO
EIGHTH GRADES
Many Improvements Made
At Lillington School
Since Last Session Ended
Principal H. H. Hamilton has an
nounced that the Lillington school
will open Tuesday morning, August
29', at 8:30 and will run for the re
mainder of the week on short sche
dule.
There have been some improve
ments made in the cafeteria since
school closed Iii the Spring. Plastic
vlishes have been secured, the walls
have been painted and the floor cov
ered with tile.. The room where the
agriculture classes used to be held
has been painted and equipped with
new desks and blackboards for one
section of the sixth grade. More than
200 volumes have been added to tue
high school library. The work on the
new Home Economics department
and classrooms is progressing nicely.
There will >be two teachers in the
eighth grade this year which elimi
nates the combination grade that
has been held for a few years in the
past.
time and had made extensive prepa
rations for the meeting at which he
was present.
Commander of the local post,
Casey Fowler, 'presided at the meet
ing which was a dutch supper affair
at the new Legion Hut on Little
River. All veterans, whether mem
bers of the local post or not, were
Invited to attend. There were mem
bers of some of the other posts In
this district of the Legion present,
as well as a very good attendance
from members of the local post.
Commander Smith made a short
talk during the meeting. He did not
try to explain policies of the Legion
or its present goals, but rather went
into the organization of the Legion.
His talk was heard with great in
terest by those present and the visit
by the commander and the fish fry
were all termed a big success.
LOCAL DRAFT
BOARD WARNS
DELINQUENTS
All Men Who Don’t
Repoirt or Follow
Rules Taken First
ALL IS READY
FOR VISIT BY
GRAND MASTER
Location of Mason
Supper Changed To
Local Baptist Church
The Lillington Lodge 302 of the
Order of the Masons has laid out
final plans for the forthcoming visit
next Tuesday night, August 29, by
Wallace Caldwell of Chapel Hill,
Grand Master of the Masonic Temple
in North Carolina. The location of
the dutch supper%nd following meet
ing has been changed, however, and
now plans are for the activities to
be held in the Baptist Church instead
of at the Lillington school.
Caldwell announced in July that
he had chosen the Lillington Lodge
as the site of his official visit to this
district of the Masonic Organization.
This is considered to be quite an
honor for the local organization and
plans have been underway for the
event since the announcement was
made.
Work is being done on "the cafe
teria of the Lillington school and so
the dutch supper has been moved to
the basement of the Baptist Church.
After the supper Is over the regular
•meeting will be held upstairs in the
auditorium of the church.
The dutch supper ,and meeting
will be open to Masons only, and
all Masons from the 14th Masonic
District are urged to attend. Tickets
for the supper are on sale at $1.25
each and can be obtained from Carl
Kelly.
Dunri Market Opening
Indicates Good Season
From the opening day sales at
Harnett.County's only tobacco mar
ket there are signs that this year will
see one of the best seasons In years
for tobacco farmers. The first day
of sales, Monday of this week, went
very w^ill, with 475,666 pounds of
tobacco being sold on the floor of
the warehouses.
Joe McCullers, sales supervisor of
the Dunn market, reported that the
475,666 pounds of tobacco brought
a return of $218(3,590.22. This figures
to be an average price for tobacco
on the Dunn market of 58.'8c. This
is a high figure for the average
price, and Dunn warehousemen say
they are looking for prices to con
tinue good.
Farmers who sold th the Dunn
warehouses on ilie opening.day came
away well pleaS'Sd with the returns
their lo(baeco was bringing. There
was some very good tobacco grown
In this section this year and' thp
fsimers were expecting tbAt tk^ir
leaf would get ti high price. Indica
tions that have 'been obtained by
watching the markets further to the
south as they have opened were
that this is a good year on the mar
ket, and the 58.8 average on the
Dunn mart showed fhat the good
season is not limited to parts to the
south.
McCullers, in looking ahead to the
rest of the season which has Jusl
started for the Eastern Belt of
which Dunn is one of the markets,
says that he is confident" of a lai;ge
volume of tobacco being sold id Dubn.
McCullers estimates that his market
will sell 10,0'0'0i,00>0i pounds of the
golden leaf this season.
County Agent C. R. Ammons was
on the warehouse floors in 'Dunn
Monday to observe the opening day
activity and to get a slant on what
to expect for the farmers in this
area this season. Ammons said this
looks like a very good season to
him. After he observed the Dunn
market on opening day be said that
tobacco is “selling better than I
have seen it in a number of years.*"
The local draft board for Harnett
County issued another warning this
week aimed at mien who do not fol
low the directions of the board.
“These men will 'be the first taken
when a call for inductees comes in,’'
said Miss Helen 'Hofmann, clerk to
the local board. \
These persons Who will 'feel Uncle
Sam breathing down their necks be
fore any of the others are termed
“delinquentst'' by the draft board.
They get into that status in a
number of ways, all of which have
to do with fall'UP^ to comply with
the regulations of the draft laws.
The two most common ways that
young men become delinquent in the
eyes of the draft are in failing to
report their changes of address and
•by fai]in|[ to report when called 'to
pre-induction exatklnations. All de
linquents, whethq;p they were pre
viously in that vlftssification or not.
are classified as 1-A.
1
A man can also' become a delin
quent by falling to observe any other
regulation, such as failing .to appear
before the board when he is sum
moned, failing to re.port when be is
called for induction, failing to re
turn his questiobjiaire in the speci-
fl^ed period of time, or by violating
au.v other rule laid down.
What happens to a delinquent?
No matter what classification he has
been - In he Is Immediately placed in
1-A. Then, when the draft board re
ceives a call for draftees the delin
quent is among the first group to be
.sent after he has been declared to
be a delinquent. He is not sent for
a pfe-inductlon examination, nor is
he given the usual 21 day period of
grace before he is inducted. He Is
taken immediately when the draft
board gets a call for 'men.
What happens If a delinquent does
not show up when he is called for
induction? It then passes out of the
hands of the local draft board. If a
person is classified as delinquent and
then does not report when be is call
ed for induction, the local draft
board turns his name over to the
F.B.I., and they take It from there.
'Harnett County did not have a
very high number of delinquents
when the first call for pre-induction
exams was made.- As a matter of fact
the local board reports that nearly
all of the men who were called on
August 14 showed up for their
exams. Tliose who didn’t, of course,
were placed on the rolls of the de
linquent. This high irate of com
pliance compares very favorably with
some counties in the state In which
not more than about half of those
called reported.
All men will receive equal treat
ment at the hands of the local board,
but Miss Hofmann wants all those
who are registered for the d>raft to
know that those who become delin
quent by their failure to observe the
draft regulations will be the first
ones to be called up when a call for
draftees Is received.
Cement Sheilane Slews
Schoel Bmldiiw Weik
TEACHER LISTS
FOR THREE MORE
SCHOOLS GIVEN
Benhaven, Buie’s
Creek, Boone, Trail
Chose Aug, 29 Date
Three more schools In the county
have released their faculty lists ‘for
the 1950-61 school year and their
opening dates for the first semester.
All three of them, Benhaven, Buie’s
Creek and Boone Trail, have chosen
the opening date, August 29, as the
day to open their doors. All three
have also scheduled teachers’ meet
ings for August 28, the day before
school opening.
The lists of faculty 'members,
opening dates and teachers meetings
are given as follows:
BOONE TRAIL
The Boone Trail school, which
opens Tuesday August 29th,* will
hold its first teacher’s meeting Mon
day, August 28, at 2:30 p.'m.
The following will serve as the
faculty:
Mr. R. G. Banks, Principal, Mrs.
Mariana P. Cameron, 'Miss Elsie S.
Stewart, Mr. Green Titus Rogers,
Mrs. Ruby L. Parker, Mr. W.- E. Aw-
brey, Miss Alice E. Lee, Mr. Jack A.
Cashlon, Mrs. Louvella iB. Thomas,
Mr. Marvin Slaughter, Mrs. Ly,jL^ 0.
Powell, Mrs. Rachel iSteele, iMli^ula
E. Rogers. ' .
Mrs. Mary P. Ray, Mrs. Allegra H.
Patterson, Mrs. Esther Johnson, iMiss
Bessie McNeill, Mrs. Gertrude Biggs,
Mrs. Ossie P. Pattersosu Miss Vera.
McLeod, Mrs. Willo Sitterson Banks,^
Miss Valeria Womack, Mrs, E. J,
'Pipkin.
(Continued on page 8)
SCHOOL BUS
DRIVERS GET
FINAL O.K.’s
John Spears Is
Commended By
Highway Association
John Spears of Lillington last
week received a commendation for
outstanding service by the Lafayette
Highway Association at Its annual
meeting held the ili6th of August In
Su-mpter, S. C. Spears, who has
warked with representatives of the
association was named as one of the
individuals who have made import
ant contrlbtlons of service.
The Lafayette Highway Associa
tion has as Its principal interest the
encouraging of more traffic on the
“short cut’’ route ' through the
South. Highway 16-A as It goes
through Lillington Is a part of this
route.
Mr. Spears has been a member of
the association for three years now.
Broadway Legion
To Give Fish Fry
White Drivers Get
Certificates Here
From State Man
A school for school bus drivers
was held here Monday at the County
School Oarage, with seven white
drivers applying for their certifi
cates. Mr. O. D. Griffin, a represen
tative of the State Highway Safety
Division, the School Bus Certifica
tion Division, was on hand to con
duct the tests for drivers.
The school held on Monday was
for white drivers only, and a simi
lar class for Negro bus drivers will
be held here on Thursday, August 31.
There are 88 school bus drivers
for the county this year, 66 of them
being white, '2'1 Negro, and one In
dian. The regular school for the
drivers was held last spring, and at
that time the tests were given for
most of the drivers. Since that time,
however, some of those applying have
reached the age at which they can
receive certificates or have become
eligible for some other reason. These
are the ones for which the school
was held Monday, and for which it
will be held the 31st of this month.
Saleft Supervisor
FOUR PROJECTS
ARE HALTED AS
SUPPLIES STOP
Jesse Jones, popular business man
and civic leader of Fuquay Springs,
will again serve as Sales Supervisor
for the Fuquay - Varina Tobacco
Market this season. The Fuquay-
Varina market will begin sales on
Monday, August 28.
Jones predicts another good sea
son tor his market and issued a cor
dial invitation to farmers to sell
their crop on “The Friendly Market’’.
Nearly All Other
Building Jobs Are
Still Going Ahead
FIRE BREAKS
OUT AT COUNTY
HOME FRroAY
2 Rog^s Damaged
Before Volunteers
Extinguish Blaze
The Lillingtoq Volunteer Fire 'De
partment rushed out to the 'Harnett
County Home Friday evening and
quickly put out a small fire that
could have turned Into a major dis
aster. There were no Injuries re
sulting from the blaze, and the fire
itself was confined to two rooms In
the Negro section in the left wing.
The cause of the fire is still un
known and it was found that the
wiring in that >part of the building
is in good condition, / eliminating
that as a possible cause. Speculation
is that It was started by a careless
smoker, or by the careless use of
matches in one way or another.
(Superintendent of the County
Home Prentiss' Parker said that it Is
fortunate that the 'blaze was diS'
covered in Its early stages. Other
wise, he said, there probably would
have been a very bad fire. As it was,
the fire had made such headway
when it was found that 'Parker deem
ed it advisable to put in a call to
the Dunn Fire 'Department. When
the engine from the Dunn Depart
ment arrived, however, the local
volunteers already had the fire ex
tinguished. Prompt action on the
part of both Parker and the local
volunteers Is given credit with being
the' big factor in heading off the fire
before U could reach the proportions
where it would have been necessary
for more fire apparatus to be on
hand.
The fire was discovered and the
call put into the fire departments at
^ibout 5:30 Friday afternoon. When
the Lillington truck arrived on the
^Continued on page 8)'
A fish fry will be sponsored by
the 'Broadway American 'Legion >Po8t
at the Legion iButlding on Friday
night, August 26, from 6:'30 to 9:i0fl. ■
“Drlve-ln service” will be offered to j
thosh who wish to take plates home. |
'Proceeds are 'for 'the Legion Build'
Ing Fund.
SUNDAY VISITORS
• 'Raleigh, N. C., August 23.—North
Carolina p'robably will lose one seat
In Congress, despite early reports to
the contrary.
The latest check on 'population
gains and losses shows that the Tar
Heel state is below the national
average in gains^
Although the state picked up from
3,64)10,000 to more than four million
noses-counted this year, the percent
age gain is a flat 13%. The national
^'average gain is 14.3%.
Virginia and Florida are the only
two Bo-uthern states that are even up
to the national average.
Seats In Congress (referring to
the House, of course) are assigned
on the basis of population. But any
reshuffling is done on the percent
age of gain and loss. '
Thus, the folk on Capitol Hill here
tional average.
This would result in a knock
down dragout 'battle in the legisla
ture over redistricting, and likely
would send the General Assembly
into one of its longest sesstohs.
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest H.-Shuford
II, of Arlington, Va., visited with .
Ml'S. Sh'Uford’s mother, 'Mrs. 'Hugh are hearing that North Carolina will
MeD. Ray of .iLlUlngton R-3, last
Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Shuford is
the former Miss Orace Ray.
lose one Seat because—although we
picked up nearly a haU! million popdir
tation—OUT gain' Is below the na-
Folks in the Eastern Tobacco ‘Belt
are mighty 'peeved about the delay
In opening of their markets. It was
the second year in a row that the
Belt opening was delayed, and frenn
editorial and personal comment, the
boys in Wilson, Goldsboro, Rocky
Mount, Greenville and other markets
seem to think there’s something
more than meets the eye in the
move.
They point out that Fred Royster
of Henderson, president of the
Bright Belt Association, knew more
time was needed for Georgla-Florida
growers when the dates were ftrat
announced. They seem to think ho
could have done something about the
(Continued on page 2)
Work on some of the school build
ing projects that have been contract
ed has been slowed or halted as a re
sult ,of a shortage of cement. Con
tractor R. M. Turlington, who has
seven of the contracts let to date,
says that four of these projects are
now standing idle for the lack of
this imiportant building material.
When asked what progress was
being made in connection with the
building program Turlington said
that right now no headway at all
is being made in some eases. “We
can’t -get the cement to pour the
foundations,” he said. However, he
stated that in two of the projects,
Shawtown and Mary Stewart, the
foundations have been poured with
cement that was on hand and the
brick work has-begun.
In the Erwin school project the
foundations have not been complete
ly dug in readiness for pouring the
cement. But the other four, Angler,
Coats (two projects), and LaFay-
ette, have gotten as far along as hav
ing the foundations dug and have
stopped there.
Turlington said that be-thinks the
shortage of cement is only a temp
orary thing, although he admitted
that he doesn’t know when he will
be able to get any more with which
to continue work on the four 'build
ings where work has now come to a
standstill. The usual thing is for a
contractor to get his cement as a
project progresses, but lately they
have been ordering it for complete
projects or even contemplated pro
jects so they will have it available.
This is the cause of the shortage of
ready cement.
When contacted regarding the
matter of work stoppage. Superin
tendent of ■Schools C. Reid Ross said
that Turlington had spoken to him
on the subject and that he (Ross)
did not believe that the building pro
jects would be seriously hampered by
the cement shortage. What it all
(Continued on page 8)
13-YEAR-OLD
ELECTROCUTED
AT SPRING LAKE
Albert Hilton Falls
On Charged Fence;
Termed Accidental
A 13-year-old boy. Albert Carnegla
Hilton, son of Sgt. and Mrs. George
-A. Hilton of Spring Lake R-l, was
electrocuted last Saturday when he
fell across a home-made electrically
charged fence. A coroner’s Jury,
headed by Coroner Grover Hender
son, termed the death as accidental
electrocution.
The accident ocoured when young
Hilton, who was wading in a creek,
fell across the fence, according to a
companion, Larry Matthews, -S-. Mat
thews said that Hilton had Jumped
on an old automobile tire and bad
lost his balance and fell against the
fence.
The fence was charged by a regu
lar electric outlei. from the bouse,
with a lighthul'b acting as a circuit
breaker to reduce the charge. How
ever, Hilton was standing in water
at the time he came into contact with
the fence and served as a conductor
for the electricity.
Matthews ran for help and the
current to the fence was cut off.
Efforts to survive Hilton failed, how
ever, and coroner Henderson was
called into the case.
The coroners Jury brought in a
recommendation that the use of
home-made electrical fences, such as
Hilton was electrocuted on. not be
'Used in Harnett County unless they
receive the approval of an electrical
inspector.
Funeral services for Hilton were
held Monday from the Clayton’s
Chapel Baptisf Church in the Spring
Lake section. Rev. O. W. Pulley of
ficiated. Burial was in Harnett
Memorial Cemetery.
Surviving are the parents, Sgt.
and Mrs. George A. Hilton; four
sisters. Hazel Louise# Catherine May.
Rath .Lee and Stella Victoria;
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George
W. HUton, Smlthfield, Pa., and Mrs.
Mandy May Meadows, Smlthfield, Pa.
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