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Vol. XXXII—No. 39
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Lillinston, N. C.» Thursday, October 5, 1950
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'*If It Concerns Harnett, IPs In THE NEWS**
In and
Out of
Lillington
COULDN’T BREAK EVEN
At tho Ruritan^ banquet at Boone
Trail on Tuesday evening of last
week. Harvey O'Quinn was kept busy
helping with the serving, consequent
ly he got off to a late start with
his eating.
While he was trying hard to make
up for lost time, someone asked
him how he was "making out.”
“My bread, fish aud coffee just
won’t break even.” he answered, “I
keep going back for more of some
thing all the time.”
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RURITAXS? PURITANS?
Some town folks who don’t know
much about such things are slightly
contused over the name Ruritans
They’ve heard of the Puritans—
probably heard or read something
about them while in school.
But—Rurtans? What are they
anyhow? Of such is mass ignorance
made!
Reminds us of the Catholic story.
Mrs.- Murphy and Mrs. Moriarty went
to confession and when entering the
church, saw the Father was busy
with an early arrival—a man. They
conld see but didn’t bear;
"And what is your occupation?”
inquired the priest.
"Acrobat.” answered the man.
“Acrobat? What is that?”
The man turned a couple of "cart
wheels.” his feet flying over his
head.
Whispered Mrs. Moriarty to Mrs.
Murphy; “Let’s go back home; 'the
Father i.s giving severe penance this
morning."
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WANTED—WPA
Leaves are beginning to fall, and
there’s much raking to be done. One
civic-minded citizen of Lillington,
who extremely dislikes to see streets
littered with leaves, was heard to
remark:
“If we only had the WPA with
us now!”
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“SUDS” IN DUNN
It'll not be celebrated but will
likely be considerably observed. This
is “Suds Day" in Dunn.
This morning for the first time
since last fall, beer can he legally
sold in Dunn.
In addition to state regulations,
W’bicb are very strict and, we hear,
are being strictly enforced, the town
officials have set up a set of rules
all their own.
Dry Forces may not be willing to
admit it. but if the regulating proves
effective, it’ll be a very hard matter
to vote a ban on beer again.
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THE BIG SECRET
“What about that—?”
No. not yet. It’s a big deep, dark
secret. Just as soon as The News
hears something definite and official,
all available facts will be given.
In the meantime, we’re anxiously
but patiently waiting. Everybody else
will have to do the same, we suppose.
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STRAW HATS HERB YET
Regardless of whether there’s an
official date for discarding straw
hats, some Lillingtonians are atiil
wearing the summer lids, late cool
snaps to the contrary notwithstand
ing.
Picking out a citizen who has a
mind of his own about such matters.
The Newsman approached Mr. John
Conistruction Continues Here
Despite Material, Wage Hikes
NO SLOWING OF
BUILDING BOOM
IN LILLINGTON
Apartment House
Under Construction;
Many New Homes
Sutton with;
“Tm keeping my eye on you and
when you quit wearing your straw
hat (’ll take mine off too.”
Yep. Mr. Sutton still is wearing
his alfalfa top-piece.
‘IN HI.S NAME"
Realizing full we l that great good
comes from .social community meet
ings. Rev. H. H. Cash, Methodist
minister of Mamers, was inspired by
this happy thought when he prayed
for a continuance of the community
s.'iirit in his invocation at the Ruri-
tan supper a Boone Trail school gym
nasium last Tuesday night.
Preachers of Rev. Cash’s type^ are
indeed an- asset to any community.
HAIL, THE OANG’.S Ath HEBE!
Francis Church. Sanford Herald’s
subscription agent and countryside-
correspondent, had an unusual treat
to come his way the other day when
he met up with The News’ agent,
Mrs. Blanche Johnson.
“A good time was had by all” U
the substance of Mr. Church’s re-,
port of the chat in The Herald, in
which he says:
“I had the pleasure Monday of
meeting Mrs. W.' B. Johnson, w;ho is
sttbsciiption solicitor for the newsy
(See IN AND OUT page 2)
There may be a growing shortage
of building materials of many kinds,
and the cost of building may be ris
ing like a hot air balloon, but you
wouldn’t know it from the looks of
things in Lillington. Not only is con
struction work proceeding as usual
here, but it is actually on the verge
of what could be called a building
boom.
At tbe present time the Turlington
Construction Company along is build
ing seven new homes inside the
tow'n limits, and during the past year
the same company has erected eleven
homes in town and two in Shawtown.
Besides that, the Turlington Com
pany is now working on two build
ing jobs, and completed two more
building jobs within the year.
Mr. Joel Layton, Jr. will soon be
the owner of a new apartment house
In Lillington. The foundations and
footings are already in place and
work is progressing on a modern
four-family apartment building at
the corner of 10th and M streets, a
block from the water tower. Mr.
H^ayton’s new apartment house will
be the first of its kind in Lillington.
Other than the houses mentioned
as being built by the Turlington Con
struction Conipany, there are several
homes that have been constructed by
contractors from out of town. The
new, modernistic home of Dr. and
Mrs. J. K. Williford was constructed
by a Raleigh contractor. Work on
four new classrooms and a new home
economics department at tbe Lillfng-
ton school is being done by O. W.
Godwin of Dunn.
As an example of how much build
ing Is going on in Lillington right
now. a list oi.’ houses that are being
built by the Turlington Construction
Company has been secured. New
homes being put up by them are for
James Davis, Leon Kelly, Meredith
Senter, W. T: Simmons, Jr., Jack
Temple, Richard Bell, and Worth
Byrd. In addition to that they are
also now working on, at one stage
or another, the offices of -the build
ing which houses the Turlington
Company itself, and an addition to
the AAA Building.
During thei past year, to further
show what a large volume of build
ing is going on here, the Turlington
Company atone also erected houses
for James Morgan, Willie Dean, Ade
laide and Margaret Shaw, Rupert
Bradley, Lamar Simmons, -Fred Hol
loway, Leonard Allred, Joe (Moss, and
Carol Vaughn. Two more houses
were built, one of which has been
bqught by Robert Womble and the
other by Marvin Edwards.
Turlington has also built two
houses in Shawtown during the past
.vear, one for J. S. Spivey and the
other for Robert Perkins,
Other work done by the company
during the past year include the
Community iBuilding and Friendly
Flower Shop.
Not only can the near boom in
building be judged by tbe new homes
(See CONSTRUCTION page 8)
District President
MrS. C. \V. Twiford of Goldsboro
Is president of the North Central Dis
trict of the North Carolina Educa
tion Association which will meet at
Goldsboro on October 10. The dis
trict includes 17 counties, of which
•Harnett is one. District NCE.\ de-
pai'timent heads from the county
who will preside at meetings of the
departments are M. O. Phillips of
the Coats School, Agriculture: and
D. T. Stutts of the Erwin School,
District Principals.
TAX PAYMENTS
RUNNING AHEAD
OF LAST YEAR
39.20 Per Cent Paid
As Asrainst 37.78
Per Cent in 1949
-Harnett County Tax Collector Dun
can P. Ray’s report to the Board of
County Commissioners Monday show
ed that taxpayers in the county are
making a better record than last
year at the same date.
The collector’s report gave collec
tions through September as $255,-
221.84, or 39.20 per cent of the total
levy for 1950 of $(F51,05S.92.
Showing this htguer percentage of
the current levy collected means,
too, that the coilsetor is chalking up
somewhat of a record, inasmuch as
the levy last year was around $5,-
OO-O less than that for this year.
Collections reported for Septem
ber were: Prom current taxes $251,-
554.30; from delinquents $7,689.34
—making a total of $25'9',243.'64.
Collections from delinquents do not
usually run that high in September;
neither have taxpayers shown such
promptness as to turn in over a
quarter of a million dollars during
the month immediately preceding
October 1, the date when current
taxes legally fall due.
It means, also, that many taxpay
ers gained a discount by paying up
promptly.
Other revenues were: General
county fund $2,992.72; aid to de
pendent children $9,218.75; old age
assistance $14.750.75; county school
fund $1,870,10: veterans farmer
training program $13,384.50—a to
tal of $42,216.82.
Total receipts of Collector Ray
for September amounted to $301,-
460.46.
THIRTY MORE
HARNETT BOYS
ARE CALLED UP
Second Call For
Induction Follows
Close on Last One
The local draft board has an
nounced its second call for inductees
from Harnett county. This time 30
men are to report to Raleigh for in
duction on Octber 25. These 30 will
come from the 86 who reported to
llaleigh on September 22 for their
pre-induction examination.
On September 25, 29 men were
inducted from Harnett. They report
ed to B’ayettevllle. At the same time
the local board received a notice
that it was to furnish 83 more men
for pi-e-ind-uctian examination in
Fayetteville on October 18-.
At the present time the local draft
office is running short on its staff.
.Miss Helen Hofmann, who is the
clerk to the board, has been called
away to her home on an emergency.
.Miss Louise McLauchlin is in charge
of the office in Miss Hofmann’s ab
sence.
The age groups that are receiving
notices from the board is now down
to the 21-year-olds, but as yet actual
induction has not yet gone that far.
Both 22-year-olds and 21-year-olds
will receive the call during October,
however.
Revival Services at
Chalybeate Baptist
Revival services will begin at
Chalybeate Springs Baptist Church
on Sunday, October 8, and eputinue
through Sunday, October (15. Evange
list Rev. J. Ben Eller of Goats will
preach and the music director will
be Bennie Slaughter of Duan.
Hours of service: Sundays 11 and
7:30; week days 4 and 7:30.
Rev. G. Scott Turner is pastor of
the church.
Boone Trail FFA
Elects Its Officers
The following officers have bean
elected by Boone Trail FFA;
President, Harrington iMorrison,
vice president, James Withers; sec
retary, Bobble Hales; treasurer,
Charles Stewart; reporter, James
Hawley; advisor W. E. Awbrey.
The Boone Trail chapter has 56
members.
M. A. McLean Reunion
Sunday, October 15
The M. A. McLean reunion will be
held at the home of M. A. Taylor in
Johnsonville on Sunday. October 15.
All members of the clan are cor
dially Invited to attend.
Harrington Postoffice Named for Harringtons
The. Harrington, North Carolina,
pnsloffice (Ifi'ived its name from the
people who lived in the community
and managed the postal station from
tho time it was established untU it
was 'dlscor;iriued.
Harrington is located a short dis
tance from Mt. -Pisgah Presbyterian
Church in Upper Little River town-
!ship. In early days in that commu
nity a name other than Harrington
I was rarely h>3ard. It was Harrington
here, Harrington there, and Har
rington almost everywhere insofar
as Harringloo, N. C., was concerned.
The definite date when the post-
office was established is hard to de
termine at this late day. But tbe
famous newspapefmaii, John MeL.
Harringon, vrh'o managed tbe offi^e-
and at the same time pul^lished- a
paper written altogether with pen
and ink, was preceded as .postmasAr
by William D. Harrington, father of
the late William D., who was for
years tax collector of Harnett coun
ty, and Mrs. Blanche Harrington
Johnson.
William Br. was a tax collector
too. But not for'Hamett county. It
Honkytonk Shows Aren't
Allowed Here Any More
BOONE TRAIL IS
PREPARING FOR
ITS ANNUAL FAIR
Attractive Prizes
Offered on Exhibits
In All Departments
To Conduct Services
The annual agricultural fair at
Boone Trail School is definitely onf
the way. Scheduled for next Thurs
day. October 12. the fair’s premium
list has already been prepared.
Attractive prizes are held forth
as inducement for exhibitors in all
departments, which include products
from farm and home ventures, ani
mals and machinery.
PREMIUM LIST
Swine: Chalmers Stewart: Mature
boar $3—-J., yearling $3—1, mature
sow $3—1, pig boar $3—1, pig sow
$3—1.
Beef Cattle: .Sammie Brown: (All
breeds; Bull $5—3, cow $5—3, hei
fer $5—3.
Poultry: Clarence Stewart: Pen
old $2—1 (1 male, 2 females), roas
ter $1—50, hen $1—50, pullet $1—
50, pen ducks $1—50, pen geese
$1—50, turkeys $1—50.
Farm Machinery: Sidney Thomas
and Lloyd Stewart: $20 to exhibit.
Household Ehebibits: Mrs. Parker:
$20 to exhibit.
Community Exhibits: R. G. Banks
and J. H. Withers: Community $5—
S, educational, all grammar school.
Corn: B. P. Ingram: hybrid $il—
50, hybrid white $1—50, any other
$1—60.
Oats; B. P. Ingram: Any variety
$1—60.
Soy Beans (stalk $1—50, yellow
$1—50, any $1—50.
Apples (plate 5): Jim Pipkiiy
Winesap $1—50, Delicious $1—50,
Golden Delicious $1—50, any $1—
50.
Beaches: Jim Pipkin: $1—50,
grapes $1—50'. '
Nuts; Jim Pipkin: Stuart pecans
$1—60, walnut $1—50.
Potatoes (sweet): Levie Cameron:
(1 peck); Porta Rico $il—50, Nancy
Hall $1—50, any variety $1—50.
Irish Potatoes: L. Cameron: cob
bler $1—50, Red Bliss $1—50.
Cow Peas: Herman Stewart; any
variety $1—60.
Peanuts: Herman Stevrart: large
$1—50, small $1—50.
Cured Hay: J. K. Stewart: soy
bean $1—50, cow pea $1—50, alfalfa
$1—50 lespedeza $1—50', any va-
(See BOONE TRAIL page 8)
•CARNIVAL BAN
ENACTED BY
IRATE BOARD
Dr. A. Paul Bagby of Buie’s Creek
will conduct an evangelistic meeting
at IJllingion Baptist Church Octo
ber S-15. The first service will be
next Sunday morning at the 11:00
o’clock hour, and thereafter at 7:30
o’clock each evening. Dr. Bagby Is
an outstanding preacher and haa
served some of the Strongest church
es in the South. Mrs. Ruth Brown
I will be in charge of the music. The
' public is invited.
PAUL GREEN TO
MAKE ROUND-THE-
WORLD TOUR
Noted Playwright To
Set Out January
To Make Talks
Dr, Cbas. W. Byrd
Elected to Board
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PETE LONG IMPROVING
Mr. Pete Long of Lillington, who
suffered a strained muscle in his j
leg recently, has been confined to
bis home here for the past vreek.
Mr. Long is steadily improving, he
expects to be confined to his home
for another week or ten days.
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Paul Green, Harnett county na
tive. noted playwright and author,
will start next January on a world
lour under the auspices of the Rocke
feller Foundation to make talks to
foreign peoples on such topics as
education, literature and the theater.
Under grant of the Rockefeller
Foundation, the project is supple
mentary to, and an extension of, the
government’s Voice of America. Mrs.
Green will accompany him.
He will have interviews with gov
ernment officials and with leaders in
education, literature and the theater.
He also plans to talk to as many
people in the ordinary walks of life
as possible.
Of his world trip, Mr. Green says:
schedule for my trip is being
worked out by the Rockefeller Foun
dation. It is not complete yet, but I
know in a general way what it will
be. We will go all the way by air
plane. We will go to Hawaii, Japan,
Indonesia and India, and maybe to
.Australia. Arrangements have been
jiiado for me to talk to groups in all
the countries. I will probably make
so:ue talks in Europe, too, but the
main emphasis is upon making Ame
rica. the true America, known to
people in Asia.”
Money Promised If
Needed For Wells
At .Three Schools
A resolution denouncing carnivals
as dangerous to the public welfare
and banning them from the county
was passed unanimously by the
Board of Commissioners at their
first Monday meeting at the court
house. Although there was soms
doubt from one or two oi the Com
missioners as to how effective the
ban would be. it was generally
agreed that some action would be
taken to test the new ordinance the
next time a carnival came to the
county.
'This is the second time that such
a ban has been enacted by the Com
missioners in as many years. In 1949
the Board passed a resolution bar
ring -carnivals from the county, but
shortly thereafter this ban was res
cinded in order that a fair could
carry out its scheduled run in Dunn,
as the contracts had already been
signed. The ordinance was not re
enacted.
RESULT OP AFFRAY
The resultion that was passed
Monday, as the result of a recent
shooting affray in Angler at a carni
val there, reads as follows:
“Whereas, it is the opinion of the
Board of Commissioners that the
licensing of any carnival company
will endanger the public welfare.
Now, therefore he it resolved that
the Tax Collector of Harnett County
be and he is hereby directed to re
fuse to issue any license to any such
carnival company pursuant to the
provisions of Section 153-10 of lue
General Statutes of North Carolina”
It was feared by some of the Com
missioners tbat carnivals may keep
right on coming to the county, avoid
ing the ordinance pa.ssed by them by
merely changing their designation
from a carnival to a fair or bazaar
or some similar name. However, Mr.
L. A. Tart. Chairman of tbe Board,
stated that the next time any such
show comes to the county he intends
to give the ordinance a test.
MAY CLOSE SCHOOLS
During the fast moving meeting,
which lasted until nearly 4 o’clock
Monday afternoon. Superintendent of
Schools C. Reid Ross and the mem
bers of the County School Board
appeared before the Commissioners
and requested aid in meeting a water
shortage crisis at three of the county
schools.
According to the School Board
three county schools. Shawtown, La-
Fayette and Coats, are facing the pos
sibility of being closed down beceuse
of lack of facilities for water. There
are deep wells at these schools, but
in r2ceni nouihs the water table has
dropped to such an extent tbat these
wells do not furnish a water supply
in quautitv enough to serve tbe
(See CARNIVAL page 2)
State Democratic Forces Are
Rallying for November 7 Votes
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This is (he buildiqg, sGll standing, used for Harrington Postoffice
was in the days when all of Harnett
was a part of Cumberland county.
Mrs. Blanche Harrington Johnson,
efficient agent of The News in Upper
Harnett, says "this.-goes ’way back.”
It was indeed “(before her day.”
John McL. Harrington followed
William D. as Harrington’s post-
ntoster. Then followed Thomas Bragg
McLeod (Ned McLeod’s father),'who
probably gained the right to hold the
office by virtue of his marriage to
Nannie L. Harrington.
Nannie was the mother of Mrs.
Luke Harrington, who has custody
of the few remaining copies of John
MoL.’s handwritten newspaper.
The picture above shows the (Har
rington postoffice.. It is still stand
ing, but is being used as a sort of
storehouse.
DR. CH.A8. W. BYRD
At a meeting of the ex-officio
members oi the Harnett .County
Board of Health, held in Lillington
Monday, Dr. Charles W. 'Byrd of
Drfhn was elected to the Board to
succeed Dr. iPaul G. Parker of Er
win, who c(ied September 18 of a
heart attack. Dr. Byrd will serve on
the Board with Dr. D. C. Bain and
Mr. William Carroll of Dunn and Mr.
W. B. Bruce of Overhills. ^
' Ex-officio members of the Board
are Mayor C. S. Loving of Lillington,
Chairman of the Board of County
Comiiiissioners Lofton Tart of Dunn,
end Superintendent of Schools C.
Reid Ross of Lillington.
Dr. Byrd’s term will expire In
January, '1954.
1 Democratic forces of North Caro-
iin:' are steaming info high gear
•.\ :1( rallies being staged Jn each of
'lie roiigressional Districts. The ral-
I Ik.s began last week, and attendance
;.>• ;lie gatherings is reported as lar-
*ger than ever in “off years.”
I The "off years” are so termed,be-
' 'ause there is no national and state
'election — these coming every four
jvears. when presidential and guber-
‘ UiUorial choices are to be made
Of more immediate concern to
H.arnett Democrats is the rally in
the Seventh Congressional District,
of which this county is a part. This
gathering is scheduled for Friday,
October 13, at 2:30 p. m. at Whlte-
ville.
Hon. F. Eptel Carlyle, Congress
man from the Seventh, is urging all
Harnett Democrats to be at White-
ville on the 18tb to participate in
the rally. A large attendance la ex
pected.
So far as local candidates are con
cerned—and this includes Represen
tative Carlyle who repreaMita Har
nett in the national lawmaking
body, there is nothing i^pearing on
the surface to indicate that the Nov
ember voting will not be safely
Democratic, perhaps with bigger ma
jorities than ever before provided
the voters take the time and trouble
to go to the polls.
There has been heard some
grumbling stemming from the June
primary in which Willis Smith won
over Frank Greham. Although Demo
cratic leaders in the county are dis
counting it as “light talk,” the ru
mor continues tbat some Democrats
are so fretted that they will not
wholeheartedlj' support the ticket.
This number, however, is regarded
as negligible.
£. L. Gavin, Sanford Republican
who is running against Smith, is
said to be banking heavily on dis-
aCeotion among Democrats so that
he may gash Into Smith’s vote.
Democratic loaders also discount
that thd^.
CoBsmisns of opinion is that when
the votes are counted on the night
of November 7, the Democratic roll
will show no dent. What the leaders
are campaigning new for. howevei.
Is a high tally when the ballots are
counted.