North Carolina Newspapers

Pof Mo^efTHSii THIIOT GIVE TO THE RED CROSS Your help is greatly needed. Give generously to die drive for funds in your community. HARNE 9«in^s SUfpn^^LE Net»8P^ wsr,vr^~ COUNTY NEWS CONSTRUCTIVE... fl^y Ccuatyeat Nw«pmp«r ... PROGRESSIVE Vol. xxxni—No. 12 $2.00 PER YEAR->-5c A COPY Lilluigton» N. C.f Thursclay, March 22, 1961 It Coacemt Harnett, Ii*a In THE NEWS’* In and Out of Lillington > ‘ i Negotiations Continuing On Preaching Here Erwin Mills Workers’ Demands J,1STIX« UAI* ’UEI)tTS Ii> VoluiiiO III, N>). 12. of ilte IfuUe- (iii of i)»c K«o«ny-Varln;i Chamber of ('ommerco, MaiiuBcr Jt'ssa Jones requests all members to send In their ''Slov.' I’ayinp: Credit Lists," n- iiioanin.q Ity which tlie keen-eyed tnereliants of the thrivliiK Twin-City keep a weather eye on those wlio fail to settle their acconnts promptly. 'rhat,' in oar eandid opinion, is one of the very bi'st things merrhants of any tt.wn can do—swap names oi debt-dodprers so tliat all may l)e pro tected from doad-bcats. Mueb lack to yoi>. Mr. .Jones! STRIKE DATE POSTPONED TILL NEXT SATURDAY March Slst Set f or Strike if Negotiations Fail in Meantime .1 •TAS-SEL" EOn A nOEEAU (;arl Kelly was showing a brand new deal iti hii. drug store the other day. ir was a three-piece .set of writ ing iitensll.s—'ball pen, pencil and fountain pen—all for a dollar. All though ot Inflation fled from the minds of tlie crowd and Carl sold 'em like hot cakes. Xo. good? Yeah, man. they write like fanc.v-prloe ones. « >9 OEl> HEMINDER .\s snowflakes began falling las i Wednesday morning', folks here abouts recalled the flr.st week in M.trch of 19J" when the fleecy stuff i-ame down to a depth of ahont a foot, .Soon .oflet, however, it farmer (ome into Tlio News oftieo. The sun was shining, and he said: "Pretty weather we'ie having now." You jnst ran’: tell wliat .March will do. THE.M Of,l> DAYS .\uold account hook brought .a The News office gives some prices of food items hack in 1809. Glancing through the book we found a charge of .">8 cents for 7 1-4 pounds of bacon. Would you call tltem good old days or bad? Anyway ,voti can put it down in yotir little notebook, "them days has gone forever." « rflEV llOEE RACK A group the oilier day was dis cussing the much-hoard-of but not much-scen-of roll back in prices. One fellow summed it up by say ing: "Yeah, prices tire rolling back all riglit. Just go buy something and the price lOlls hack at you like a ioi\ of bricks," » » 0 MIGHTY Ql’iKT All citizens of everywhere who may be yearning to live in a place where there’s no "iMiquioinese” at election time should move to Lllllng- lon. in tlie opinion of the oldest in habitant and the newest newcomer, the oncoming election hero is ap proaching without the slightest little sound of a noise. One fellow the other day tried to get up some sort of a discussion tibout the mnniclpal eelcUoii to take place here shortly, and the most lie could get out of the crowd came from one other felow who observed: “I think it’s a god thing to have tlie.se elections once in a while. They h(>lp to wake tis up.” j ' Workers In the Erwin Cotton Mills, along with other mills through out the nation, who were sehodnlod i to go on strike last .Friday upon failure of coaip.any and ompjoyoo negotl.aiions for seiiloment on wage and other silpulalod demands by the union (TWUA), decided to postpoi.c the strike date in order to allow time far fnrtiior conferences. The new strike dale was set for next Saturday, March 31, providing negotiations fall of a .settlement of the demands by the union. Operations in the meantime hiivc been going along smoothly at the Erwin '.Mills In Harnett county, al though there was a flaro-np at the eompany’.s mill in Coolcemcc when a group of the workers there walked ottt of the mills. .\i otlior ntills, also, workers have wtilkod out. At the Wake,Forest mill there was a full-fledged strike and some disorder. .Manageinont of the Wake Fores: mill lias announced the ' i>laitt will i)e closed down Indefi- ! nitcly. j (Jaestlui)H tisktul various persons I usually ill iicsiiiou to know or to 1 predict what will itappen In such ' cireumsiances have brought invarla- , bly the answer: "Don’t know," I .Mthough liero and there can he ' fotind persons who state they do not believe the Erwin employees will go out on strike, .still that can bo put down as only a belief. No ono pro- fesse.s to know exactly what the un ion workers ’will or will not do. The Erwin Mills in Harnett county employ around 2400 people, and the weekly payroll is in excess of $100,- OOO. This payroll means mucli to tradespooplc, especially In Dunn, on ly a couple ot miles aw'ay. Much of Alie payroll money llnds Its way into trade channels in Dunn. Demands of the union are: (1) an annual "improvomeul factor" wage raise of 7 per cent: (2) cost of living Increases: (3) monthly $100 peuslotis for workers of 25 years service at age 06; (4) broader insurance proteciton; (6) eight paid holidays and maximum of three woek.s of paid vacation annually, and (il) severance pay. HKV. E. M. WOOIAVRAVEH REVIVAL STARTS AT ANTIOCH NEXT SUNDAY ANDERSON CREEK SCHOOL PROJECT NOW COMPLETED Work Willi Be Put To Faster Pace At LiHington School Jnrist Cites Youths Leaning To Crime on. A. J. HOURS Rev, Woolwcaver, Pastor, Will Preach in a Series Continuing Through April 1 Rev. L. M, Wool weaver, pastor of Antioch Raptist Church at Mamers, will begin a series of revival services at ItJ.s church next Sundn.v, March 25. with services each night at 7;,30, eonilnuittg through April 1, Rev. Wool weaver will preacli at all services ihroiighoul the scries of meet ing.s. Members of .\ntloch Church report an encouraging increase ot interest In the church and Us work since Rev. Woohvcftver bocumo pastor last November. Antioch is located in one of the best eommunltlcs In the roun- ly. Holding residence in the Mamers section are some of the leading fanii- lies in Haruott county. The public Is cordially invited to attend all the The building prograiu at Ander son Creek School has been complet ed. li was nnnounc^ last week by James .M. Cammv wilding superin tendent for 0. W. dipdwiu who was contraetor on the Job. With the Job at Anderson Creek' being finlsliod last week. Camm his company will now rush the l^ork at the Lil- lingtdn school to ct^plctlon, ■Contracts for all we building jobs at the county schools v;ere let last tmmmcr, but a numbler ot them wore held up at ono time or another due to material shorta^s or weatlier. The work at .AndciirBOn Creek, in cluded the addltioil of four new classrooms, .i library .and a science room. Meanwhile, work has been going on at the project for the Lillington school, although not at the stepped up pace which .Centractor Godwin plans now that ‘fh® Anderson Creek job Is done. Already the Lillington building i.s up to window level. The additions to the Lillington services. Olivia Community Reports Collections school include five new classrooms, a home economics room and a school clinic. Site of tois now building Is the west aide of the plot of gmimd between the grammar sfhonl and the high school. Rulldiug Dr. Hobbs, District Superintendeni of the Rocky Mount Dislriel, Is Ihe guest speaker at revival .services be ing held at the Lllliugion Mothodlsi Church this week. The services tire being held each night during the week at 7:30 o’clock and will end Sunday at (he regular 11 o'clock :nornlng service. Dr. Hobbs’ topics for ahe rest of the week are: Thursday, "Sharing Christ’s Passion For Lost Men”; Fri day. "If Thou Be The Son Of God"; Saturday, "On Smoothing The Way”; and Sunday morning, “The Hope Of .V Blessed Resurrection.” Rev. W. L. Loy, pastor of the church, and members of Iiia congre gation have issued a cordl.al invita tion 10 iho public In attend these services. JUDGE BURGWYN WARNS OF YOUTH CRIME INCREASE .lirtGH W. IE S, nt’RGWYX Court Opens Monday With Serious Charge To Grand Jurymen Fayetteville Presbyte- rial to Hold Officers Training Class ROTARY TO MEET ONE-HALF HOUR EARLIER TONIGHT Club Will Meet At 6:30 To Allow Members To Attend Methodist Revival Lillington Rotary Club will meet Superintendent Camm ijj hour earlier lonlght (Thurs- said that if all goes well that his company is hoping that the new ad ditions to the LiliiMton sciiool will be cfxnpleted aromra’Jnne l under the new speed-up program planned for the project. James Holder Training At Fort Jackson K.VOW VOUK ".lOGGrrY" Wiiai the average person doesn’t know about this great country of our.s would fill quite a volume. The other day a group of citizens w.iK dl.scussliig a news Item that ara.inatcd from the 'Virgin Islands. ’’Ey the way,” said one fellow, "vhcre are the Virgin Islands'?" "Don’t know." said another, “hut 1 think (hey are British p.'tssossions.” Imagine that! All good citizens ought to know Undo Sam bought tlie Vlr.gln Islaml.s from Denmark In 1915 for $25,000,000. after refusing them' a few years before at aboni half liiar figure. (See IN AND OUT. page 2> (Special to The News)' Ft. Jackson, S. C., March 22.— Evt. James A. Holder, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. .McA. Holder of Broadw.ay, N. (!.. is now undergoing liks twelfth week of basic training with Co. L, 28th Infantry Regiment of the famed 8lh Infantry Division, F.'U’t .Tackson. S, C. Evt. Holder was inducted into the service on November 30, 1950, at I Lillington. He is a graduate of Boone Trail high school. (!pon completion ot his H-week traluiiig cycle Pvt. Holder will have fired all the Infantry weapons, en gaged In squad and platoon problems and undergone Intensive physical I raining in preparation for duly ns a service or combat typo unit replaco- meut. A total of $400 w s raised by the Olivia ccmmutilty lit the recent March of Dimes. A small amount was eolleeied and paid to the Lee County cltaptor ot the polio drive, however, the major portioti wont into tlie Harnett chest. The Benhavon school contributed the largest lump .sum to the com- nutuity drive with $201.85. The Olivia Presbyterian Church, $55.54; Swann Station Baptist Church, $10.- 70, ($10.00 to the Leo chapter): Barbecito Presbyterian Church, 417.- 54; Morns Chapel Methodist Church, $18.00. t$ 14.00 paid to Lee County chapter): Benhaven Veteran's Class. ,$3(i.37: total. $400.00. No More Civilians For OC School The Air Force has stopped accept ing applioaflons for Air Forco Offi cer Candidate School from male civi lians “until further notice”, Captain Floyd E. Wilhelm, Air Force pro- euromont officer in this area, nn- iiouncod. The captain stated that the order making the change does not affect .applications from men in the Air Force nor to women applicants. "Neither”, be sold! does It affect the nppllentfona of,those male civl- li.nns who liave already applied, for they will he prccossed completely In accordunce with existing directives.” Fin In This Area Is Now At Epidemic PropoiRon May Decide Soon Ijatcst word from offlcials of the Riirlingtoik Mills Coriwration, tv- gardiiig the bogiiiniiig of ert'ctfon ot Its plan near Cai>o JhVar River a milt* north of EllUngton, is titat there Is }i'oi>e thia both materials for consiriiction of the plant and for niMchiner^' with whieh to equip it will be avnllnblc in the near future. John Harden, vice preshlcnt of the corporation, tohl The Nctv.s zhaf m soon as there is a decision in the matter, he wonid let this paper knoir about it. AH preUminary work Incident to tbe,eslabIlSlluuea^ of the' plaat haa been completed. Lillington people, as woll as other residents of Harnett County and this section in general, are ex periencing a selge of influenza which has by now practically reached the epidemic stage. The attack of tlic virus disease I'.iid become no widespread and gen- j eral )>y the middle of February that Is had become a common topic of 1 coiivorsnlion. Since that time the ! number of cases has grown steadily, rather than decreasing. V/hole fami lies are coming down with It an'\ many social activities are being slackened or postponed because of the spread of the flih There Is probably not a single pe'.- son in Harnett county who ■does not know at least one other person 'Who is in the grips of the fkt, and in most cases more than one. Local doctors and druggist say that they are unusually busy in dealing with the treatment tor flu attd .are of the opinion that this Is the sevoront out breaks in several years. One local' doctor reported that ho treated over 80 patients in ono day recently, most of them with flu. In general, the cases that are re ported are not loo serious. The aver age case, experiences the regular flu symptoms'plus a fever that Is higher (ban usual for colds, stomach upsets, etc., often going up to il03 or 104 degrees. The county health .office says that nothirtg important has been released by health authorities on the matter, nor la (here likely to be since fin is no longer considered to be danger ous. However, from ■ reports that have come into the health office it would seem that a real epidemic of the nu Is sweeping this area. ADCOCK STORE BURNED LAST SATURDAY P. M. Fire of Unknown Origin Guts Building And Entire Stock The Lillington Auto Supply Co., wh'ich recently moved to a new loen- llon on the south side of town, was almost complbtely destroyed by fire last .Saturday night. Cause of the fire remained A mystery this week, but most guesses wore ihat defec- livo wiring In the attic touched off (ho blaze. Owner of the storC' S. 3. Adcock wan in South Carolina' when he re ceived word that his hustnos-s estab lishment was burning and ho return ed to Lillington. Neither the time nor the cause of the fire have been (.See ADCOCK, page 2) day) in order that members may at tend the revival service at the local .Motliodiat Chureh. The usual hour Is 7:00. The tiub will meet at C;30. President Malcolm Fowler was ill jttiul in his absence Howard Watkins 1 presided at the meeting insi Thura- !day night when the club had as vlsit- 'ors three nu/mbers of the Dunn club j—J. Shop Bryan. Earl We.stibrook I .and Dr. Belmont Kittrell. I Lincoln Faulk, manager of the Danu radio .sLalion, was guest speak er. Ho was introduced .by Billy Sex ton, who had charge of the program. Mr. Faulk cited some of the “Ins” to leave out of life In order to enjoy a fuller and freer Christian living. Members of the club will attend the Inter-City meeting at Dunn the first week in April, cancelling its own meeting for that week. Ross’ Successor 6. T. Pioffit NamedSnpL To Take Up Duties In Harnett After School Term Ends Senior Play at Boone Trail Postponed The Senior play at Boone Trail .school, ‘‘Atml Tilllo GOO.S To Town,” scheduled for Thursday, March ,22, has been postponed. The postpone ment was necessary hecansc of the fact that one of the ,maln players has a broken collar bone. Notice of when 'the play will be given will be published in The Newa ul a lator date. The Annual Training Class for of- llcer.s of the Women of the Church of F.ayciicviile Proshyterinl will bo hold ill Galatia I’Uurch, between Rae- I’ord and Fayelievillo, on Wednesday, March 28. This class Ls held for all officer.^ of local organlzatJons .and ill! other women Intereslod in loarn- iiift the set-up and the workings ol Ihe Women of the Church. This Is a .■011001 of inslruitlon and each per son is asked lo bring her luuidbook, noiehci k iind iiencll, Bo sure to bring your lunch tnid ilu- hosiess church will furnish :i drink. This year the class will have Mr.s. Julian n. Hntalf. presiUcni of the Womon Ol the Church, Synod of .N. C. .\lso as .speakcr.s will be Mrs. D-a- vld G. .Worth, Raleigh, chairman of Spiritual Growth in the Synod of S. C., and Mrs. W. D. Eoavee, Raleigh, who has served on the planning com mittee tuid as registrar of Synodical Tialniiig School In Raleigh over since It started. Mro. Charles Rosa of Lit- lingtoit, Eurlinmentarian, will also be pre.sont, The meotlng elart.H with rcglslrn- tlon at 9:30 In the morning and the program .starls .nt 10 a. m. The fol lowing program will be given: Worship, Mrs. J. M. Andrews; general information, Mr.s. H. C. Mc- Lauchlln; parliamentary law, Mrs. Charles Ross: Classes for: general officers, Mrs. H. 0. McLauchlln; com mittee chairmen, Mrs. Julian R, Hu- taff; circle chairmen, Mrs. W. D. Pearce: question period, challenge and dodlcatlon. Mrs. David C. Worth. 2 Men Volunteer For Air Force Sgt. Winfield Elcketi announces that Whitfield Lee Morgan of_Angler and Edward Easom Barbour of An gler R-2 have volunteered for the Air Force. Mr. Troy Byrd, who has been ill at his homo here for the past two weeks, ia able to be out again. Churches in Little River to Par ticipate in Evangelistic Crusade G. T. Pi'oltlt, f.u|>crlntend«‘nt of sciiooLs til Orange county, wn.s Tuesday night elecceil as snpertn- tendent of Harnett school.s at u special meeting of the Hoard' of Education. He will siicccu'd rtupt. C. Rflrt R09.S when Mr. Ro.hh leaves July 1st to becrtino saperlntendent of city schools in Fayetteville. Mr. Profflt lias hwl considera ble e.vpericnre «.s a connt,v .vitiior- tendent. He came here from Dunn, ’niicrc In- was itrlncipnl of tito higli school, when Mr. Ktiss entered the Navy in World War H, to serve ns superintendent In Mr. Row** ab sence. For tire past .several years lie iuis been nnpcrlntendont of the Ormige schools. Mr. Promt nude an enviable record while he wau head oC the Uwniett school ayalem. Bo receiv ed ronimendatlon from all qnar- rem for his maiuigerlai ability, and pet^e here regretted to me him leave thin county. They wfll eonlifdty wclcoBke him hack. The Board of Hdncatikm chooe Mr, FroHtt fMm a groufi of five apfiHcants tor tho )KMtUou, sqiue of tRdMtn aro One of the greatest evangelistic efforts of all time wMll begin Sun day, March 25Ih (Easter). This will eonllnuo for two wouks, until April 8th, All Baptist churches east of the Mississippi River are asked to take part in ibis great evangelistic move ment. There .ire some 19,000 of those churches: 584 associations, and' np- proxlmalely four and a half millions of members. More than half of these are part time churches, however,,and some will not continue the services for the entire two weeks. Whereever ptissiblo, the pastors are asked to do their own preaching. 'Much preparation has been ntade ill all this vast territory for this great crusade. Books on ihe subject of evangelism, and other related sub jects have been taught in the churches. The crusade has been pub licized from pulpit, in ihe >pres8, and over the air. Much attractive adver tising matter is being used to call the attention of the people to this very Imporant program ot soul-wln- iting. Prayer meetings are being held in homes, in churches, and oth er places. Organizations have been perfected in associations, and In lo cal churches for the successful con duct of these meetings. Evangelis tic singers are very much in demand, and many preachers are being invit ed from the churches west of the Mississippi River. In the IS charches of the Little Judge W. H. S. Biirgwyn opened ;lu- litic week criminal term of Su- pcrlur Gourt .Mondti) in Lillington with a w:irnlng to the grand jury th.u Ihe crimes and other activities of a dubious nature have reached an alarming rale. Although he denied knowledge of -the carse rf this con dition, Judge Biirgw’jn pointed that the evidence is all : round us. As recent example of what he was talking about the .I'adge eoJted to .sttention the six Wake County boys wh» were killed in an aiifo wreck because ot speodln?: six Selma youths killed In plane crashes be- caufio of stunting: aud the shooting of a high school student and the school superinienden, by a studeni in a western county.' Judge Rttrgwyn a so marked up as a cllneher the lacf^that the court /lockets are crowded with- casos against our youth these days. Much of the cause may come from ear'y training, the .Tiidge suggested. As example of that ho mentioned the cowboy suit, along with toy gun and holster worn by n he; cot’boy movie Laiis vvheii they are little, the movies themselves, and the dime novels which .seem to have virtually taken the place of the cltisslcs with our youth today. In dealing with the situation from his position a.s ti Judge In ccurt. Judge Burgwyn said that he follow.s the policy of hard punishment for the seasoned crlmlnrls, 'but that he is a believer in giving the first of fender another chauite. (See SUPERIOR COURT, page 2) Wreck On 410 Sunday Even'iing A wreck at the .junction of the Gravel Pitt Road with Highway 410', about 10 miles v>'es: ot Lillington. was investigated Sunday evening by Patrolman George Carroll Jr. The accident occurred about 6 o’clock In the afternoon. According to Carroll's report, a 1949 Ford sedan driven by Julius M. McDaniel of Oreonsboro was hit by a 1937 Chevrolet sedan driven by Alteon Holiday of Erwin R-1 w'hon the brakes on the Holiday car failed to hold sutfciCDtly. Holiday was inak- Ing a left turn from the Gravel Pit Road out onto 410 t.ud did not stop in time before entering the highway to avoid the ■collision. As a result of Ihe .neetdeni..Holi day was charged with operating an auto with Improper brakes. Air Force Quota Has Been Rsiised This is to annouace that my Air Forco quota has ibeu.'i raised and all men Interested should contact me at once. I am in the Dunn postofflee. every morning, Monday through Fri day. unlll 12:30. I will be in Lillington on Wednes day jifternoon, in Angler on Thurs day afternoon aboi.t 1 o’clock, and in Coats on Thursday aflernoon at about 2:30 o’clock Sgt W.nfleld Pickeii. Office Closed Monday The News office wilt bo closed Easter .Monday, March 26. The office will reopen Tuesday morning. ■Contributors of aews articles and adveriisers are urg.jiitly requested to to have ihelr copy;at The News of fice not l.nter than Tuesday luorning. Dr. Hobbs Speaker RRIL O. .lCOTT 'TURNER River Assuelatiou, with some 8,500 members, much Interest has been manifested. Under the capable lead ership ^ of Rev. O., Scott Turner, chairman of the Steering Committee, in cooperotion with Rev, R, E. Moore, Associational Missionary, splandid preparation has been made for the Crusade. The efforts put forth In this great Evangelistic Crusade should ■mean much to the religious life of America, and especially to 'the South. l>r. A. J. Hobbit, Superintendent of the Rock)' Mount District of the Methodist Churcli, wUl he Hie guest speaker at the Xdlllngtoii tary Club meetjnf* tootght (' da}’) at 4t:8(> o'cHock In the cafe- teria ot the local, school. Meettaff hour was mored up 80 mtnntea to allow metahen to attend ehnrcli services. Xhr. Hobbs Is preadiinff each evening at the LOifagtoa Metlwd. ist- Church, assintlng the pastor. Rev. W. I/. laqr, in revival servkiea wdiich will oomHuie thioagh 4t» week. Rev. Loy wRl Dr. Hobbo to Rotary J