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COUNTY NEWS
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Vol. xxxni—Mo. 15
$2.00 PER YEAR-~Sc A COPY
UUiatton, N. ^ Thursday, ApHI 12, 19B1
*if It Concerns Harnett, It’s In THE NEWS”
In and
Out of
Lillington
VINK TRIBUTK
The school (oiks who f?ol togothor
Jii5(l preaejuea Mr. and Mrs. Reid
Ro.ss with a silver .service were ex-
pre.sslng more than mere (rlondshlp.
They wore telling the Rosses that
iliey have constituted a valuable
part o( the personnel that has been
making Harnett county great.
Great not only in advancement of
public education, but also as part of
the public-spirited citizenry that has
brought Harnett county into the po-
.sitlon of one of the foremost of the
jir.igresslve counties of the State.
Here’s joining with the school
folks in recognizing that Harnett
c.'imty is losing one of ils very
finest families.
-Vnd success and liappinoss to
them.
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OH FROST, KKKl* dWAYl
Flower gardeners of I.,iIlington arc
not expressing any great fear that
.lack Frost will conie at this late day
to piny havoc with their plants and
shrubs, many of which arc “show
ing their best" right now.
"Bu! If frost should happen to
romo on us now, ii would simply
ruin our yards." said one Indy the
other day.
Remembering that fro.st has killed
blossoms here as late as April 2(1,
mo.st gardeners are keeping their
fingers crossed.
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NO “.SUATE" AT Aid.
People ill Lillington were rather
amnsed one day Inst week when they
lyad in the daily papers that "a
slate of new candidates had been
cliosoi: at a muss meeting to run
against the incumbent town iboard."
Folitlca! slates are .something un
known in Lillington’s munlcipol elec
tions. When the citizens meet to
uoininute candidates for mayor and
councilmeu, that does it. The general
election a month lat^r is merely a
formality.
5 Paid Depaties
Proposed In BUI
GREGORY OFFERS ’
AID TO HARNETT
SHERIFF’S OFFICE
In Korea
But Voters Must o.k.
5 Cents Levy To
Pay Their Salaries
Harnett's Representative Carson
Gregory has introduced In the House
a bill to provide for tho appoint-
nicni of five paid deputies sheriff in
Harnett County, the appointments to
be made by the .sheriff.
Tiic bill provides, however, that
not more than $2.'i0 per month and
7 cents per mile travel allowance
shall be paid to tho deputies; and
further, that the voters must ap
prove n levy of not exceeding 5
cents luldiilonal tax for the pu.'-
pose..
Tlie CominlsHionei's arc to call a
special election to decide whether
the voters will approve of the pro
cedure. The Commissioners arc to
fix the dal? of tho special elcclloii,
determine whether a new registra
tion .shall be bold, and hold the
election under tho provisions of tho
Municipal Pinnnee .‘Vet,
The bill has been reported favor
ably in the House,
TAX COLLECTOR
BEGINS LAND SALE
ADVERTISEMENTS
I .VDl’.STUIAli STDRLA NT
.■Vnnouncement of the coming of a
plant of the Burlington Mills Cor
poration to Lillington has stimulated
much Uitorcst In ether pro.spectlve
business enterprises.
Since The Nows last week pub
lished a story to the effect that a
tobacco market is in .prospect for
l.llllngton, many liuiuirles have
come 111 for locations for tiusiiiess
bouses.
Watch for the old town to pick
ut» and tviden out.
List Contains Large
Number of Names;
Sale on May 7th
Pvt. Leo A. Patterson, 20, young
est son of Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Pat
terson. Broadway R-1. .sailed fu‘
Japan aboard tho U.S.S. Gen iral
A. E. Anderson March 13. He enlist
ed in the Army October 17 and re
ceived bis basic I raining at Camp
Polk, Louisiana. Following a 10 day
furlough he reported nt Camp Stone-
man, Californis to receive his ship
ping orders. He arrived at Camp
Drake. Yokohama, Japan, March 26.
and loft for Korea March 29.
Pvt. Patterson received his educa-
ti.-5ii at Boone Trail high school
where he completed his twelve year
course without a single absence.
OFFICIOS ARE
DKAPPiWNTED IN
RED GI^SS DRIVE
Return^ Show Less
Than 6ne»Fourth Of
Goal Iir Reached
VACCINATION OF
DOGS CONtiNUl S
BY INSPECTORS
D. r. Ray, Haraett comiiy tax col
lector, is this week starting his ad
vertisements for the sale of real
estate for unpaid 1950 taxes. The
advertisements will run ihrouglt
.\prn and the sale will bo held on
the lirst Monday in May.
Darden and Kiitreil Say
They WHl Make House
To House Canvas
The list contains niorc iiam^,s than
last year. Tills is due in part to tho
NOT AN HO.NOIl ROLL
Lust year when the lax collector’s
(loliiieuciU list was published, a local
wag snatched a bit of humor out of
it by referring lo the list as "the
honor roll."
Inasmuch as those taxes have been
due siuec last October Isl. there is
small ground. If any, for anyone to
regard It as an honor to be Included
in the list of dellnauents.
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INFORMATION FOR .MERCHANTS
The Office of ‘Price Stabilization
in Raleigh has announced that a
“clinic" will bo held In Sanford on
.Vprll 25. and that, any merchants
who may wish to know how to sta
bilize their prlce.s may get valuable
information there.
la view of the fact that much
misunderstanding seems to be the
chief difficulty in putting on “stick
ing prices" (prices that will stay
where they're put and not “stick”
the customer), it might prove bonc-
flclal for all merchants to attend the
Clinic In Sanford.
$ * P
TEJITTINO .SOENKS
It’s the time of year for the vaca
tion resorts lo begin putting out
their literature, and as usual this
season they arc ninnlng true lo
form. Already seme of the most
tempting scones have arrived in this
sanctum, and oh how our feet do
itch!
Those folks certainly know their
business. They don’t miss a thing.
They actually send us some views
places we’ve seen time and again,
but somehow they manage to make
things look more enticing each year.
Oh well,-here’s hoping.
fact that more names appeared on
the tax books this year, and also
tliat there was a slump in taxpaying
diii'itig tlie past two or throe months.
Names of dollnquenlB In the up
per p.arl of the county appear in The
-News and those in tlio lower purt
are printed In .the Dunn paper.
t’olieeior Ray has boon putting
presnre on delinquents to settle be
fore the deadline, and has repeat
edly given wtirning of the added
penalties and Interest charged
ng.tiii.-u unpaid accounts. He expects
many of those whose nnmes appear
in the list to pay up before the day
of the land sale, thus avoiding tliem
further expense.
The 1950 taxes became due last
October Ist.
REVIVAL WILL
BE HELD NEXT
WEEK IN ANGIER
••HTI1.1ANG" CaSTLY IN HARN'ETT
If one is ■to Judge by the number
of liquor stills captured from month
to month by the Harnett deputies
.and constables, the conclusion is that
operating a liquor still hCrc is quite
costly
• For one thing, the. materials and
labor that go into the- making of a
(See IN AND OUT. page 2)
Revival services tit Angler Metho
dist Church will begin Sunday, April
15, at 7:.30 p.m., it has been an
nounced by the pastor, Rev. P, R.
D.vil. Guest minister nt the week-
long services, which will end Friday
night cf next week, will -be Rev. J,
Bernard Hurley, associate minister
ol the First Mothodlsf Church of
Charlotte.
Rev. Bail .said of Rev, Hurley that
. c la “one of the outstanding minls-
ters of the Western N. C. Confer
ence of Motliodlflt Churches." He
further recommends him to the
people of this area with the state
ment that "He Is quite well known
for his preaching ability.”
Special youth services will be held
at Angior Methodist Church at 7: Ob
each evening Monday through Fri
day before the revival services begin.
The public l3 cordially invited to
attend the" services, and Rev, Dail is
stressing that it will be well worth
anyone's time to hear Rev, Hurley,
Harnett County’s Rabies Inspector
Dr. T. E. Darden and .Vsslstunt Coun
ty Rabies Inspector Dr. Belmont
Kiliroll, both of Dunn, are continu
ing tholr intensive rabies clinic for
1951, This .year the veterinarians ure
urging nmre than ever that everyone
have their dogs vaccinated daring
l,hc allotted lime in April.
When a dog la not vaccinated dur
ing the specified period during
April then an extra charge of GOc la
added to the fee when a dog Is found
not to have been vaccinated. This
penalty will begin on May 1.
Dr. Darden lias stated that this
year the law regarding tho vaccln.a-
tlons for rabies will be strictly en
forced. After ihe-cllnlc is completed
he stated that a house lo house can
vas will bo made to onsnro that the
law has been complied with. •
In order that the whale county
can bo thoroughly rovored Dr. Dar
den and Dr. Kltlroll are making
Koporato rounds of the county to en
able" them to got to every commun
ity during April. When they vacci
nate a dog the owner is furnlahed
with a cei’lltlcnte and a dog tag.
The latest schedule of Dr. Darden's
rounds in the rnbie.s clinic may be
found in this week’s News.
When officlalti and leaders of Har
nett Chapter' met with Mrs. Ruth
Searl. district Trepresentative from
ihe Atlanta off^o, to sum up the re
turns from their drive Cor Red Cross
funds at the Commitniiy Building
Monday night, they expressed dis-
appolntment, 1
Three of the communities had not
been heard from at all, and the re-
mnining eight had reporte'’. a total
of 31,104.35, which Is far ahort of
the upset goal of 14,935 tor the lo
cal chapter to raise in the siatlon-
wide fund drive;
Chapter Chairman S. G. Howell
declared ho couldn't see wjiy tho
various coinmiiulties had fallen so
short of their quotas. He .said the
time had keen extended to April 30,
and ho hoped bj? that tiiiio to have
conglderably increased returrs.
Mrs. Searles stated thn; “some
thing Is needed to rcvltaU"” the
chapter’s nclivltren In the fur cam
paign. and she thought that'com
munity leadens should be culled to
gether and impressed with the im
portance of raising more funds now
that the demands arc growing so
much lieavier. ;
“And they will grow even heavier
as lime goes on,” she dcchired, "be
cause there .are going to be added
calls for nssisl.ince In the present
emergency,"
Present at the meetln.g Monday
night were: Mrs. Scaris, .Mr. Howell,
.Mrs. Joe Gourlay, local Red Cross
secretary Mrs. D. R. Smith of Kip
ling. Dr J. W. Angell of Buie's
Creek, BiiJy Sexton, fund chairman,
.md Henderson Steele.
Following is the report of fund:!
raised by the, various communities,
with the Ronl set for each:
Goal Contributed
Lillington *1000.00 3 373.2h
Black River I— ‘900,00 98.06
Nelli’s Creek __ 500.00 144.60
Grove 450,00
Sbawtown 350.00' 30.00
Upper L. River 1 325.00 10.16
UDper L. River 2 , 200.00
Stewart's Creek 275.00 102.31
Hector’s Creek _ 275,00 150.82
Buokhorn 200.00 53.43
■Vnderson Creek 20-0.00 3.7i>
Biirbccno 200.00 99,00
Johnsonvllle 60,00 19.00
LOCAL BUSINESS
WOMEN MEET FOR
ORGANIZATION
State Federation To
Have Lillington As
New Club Member
Weed Saks Made
PlabaUe Bare
The State Federation of Business
and Professional Women’s Clubs
took a step, toward organizing a
chapter of the club in Lillington last
Thursday night. A local club has not
been organized ns yet but plans are
well underway for the project.
A fair sized crowd of Interested
women attended a meeting at the
Town Hall last Thursday night called
for the purpose of discussing the
proposed business women's club, i
Mrs. Lucy Rhodes Duncan, state
membership chairman, was present
and site explained the purpo.sc of the
federation.
Mrs. Duncan told the ladles that
the club aelii as a spokesman for the
interests and need.s of .'ill bii.sincss
and profetislonal women. “The Fed
eration provides a medium for indi
vidual growth and group understand
ing through which members prepare
Ihemsolvea '(or and take leadership
locally and natlounlly." she eon-
llnued.
'.Miss Mabel Alston was named as
temporary chairman of tho local
group, and she announced that the
next meeting will he hold Monday
night, April J 23. The hour and place
of meeting will be annooncod at a
later dale. ,
Althongh the club is not ofileially
organized yot. Miss Alston Is urging
all business and professional women
lo attend this next meeting as their
presence is'necessary to Ihe success
of the new .chapter.
Mrs. Earle T. Ward, contact chair
man, was also present at the meet
ing and participated in tho discus
sion, Members of the Dunn club
were also present. The charter mem-
At Smitbfield, Erwin
Iht.', are preparing to put tlio club
' on an operating basis at the next
$4935.00 31104.36
In Concert at Campbell
Pvt. James Spence
Completing Training
('Special to The Nows)
Private James F. Spence, son of
Mr, and 'Mrs. Frank P. Spence,
Buie’s Creek, N. C.. is completing
his' 14 weeks of basic training with
.Medical Company, Gist Infantry of
ihe famed 8lh Infantry Division at
Port Jackson, S. C.
Private Spence attended Buie’s
Creek high school before enlisting
for throe years last December.
During his training he will fire
all of the Infantry’s light weapons,
study squad and platoon tactics In
the field, and lake intensive physi
cal training.
meeting anil are urging that all bus
Iness and professional women ViUo
poaaibly cnii to bo at the next meet
ing.
40 & 8 Convention
GROUP DISCUSSES
CONSTRUCTION OF
TWO WAREHOUSES
Rev. W. L. Loy. pastor of the
LllJinglon Methodist Church, will
conduct devotion at tho Smlihflled
Vacation Church ftchool Institute
Monday, April 16.
Rev. Loy wiil be with Rev. D, A.
Potty at Erwin Methodist Church in
a person;:! evangelistic campaign
April They will visit the
lioiiie.s from 7:00 to ft;00 p, tn.
OPS TO HOLD
PRICE CLINIC
IN SANFORD
Merchants in This
Area Expected To
Attend April 25
Meets in Sanford
Tlte 40 S', 8 members of the .Vmeri-
can Legion, will liold their annual
promenade of tho Mid-Atlantic Asso
ciation in Baiitord this vreek-ond be
ginning Friday afternoon. Vlce-Pre-
.sident Albon Barkley will be there
Saturday to make the principal ad
dress of t'lie 3-day convention.
A schedule of acllvilles has been'
planned that will keep tho expected
500 delegates from the eastern sea
board statos busy during tho entire
week-end. The “Wreck” will bo held
nt the Santord Armory Saturday aft
ernoon at 1 o’clock. Later Saturday
a motorcade will travel to the Plane
tarium in Chapel Hill.
Several ' Lillington loglounalres
plan to attend the event and to join
the 10 &. '6.
The Office of Price Stabilization
in Raleigh has announced that they
will hold a Clinic in Sanford, April
25th In Hie Wllrik Hotel Ballroom
nt 2 until 4 p.m. and again at 8 p.m.
Merchants from Lillington, San
ford. Cai'lhage, Cameron, West End.
Southern Plne.s. Plnohurst. Slier
City, Pltlsboro and .Monciire are ex
pected lO attend.
If this meeting follows the pattern
of meetings lield In other towns, the
2 p.m. meeting will be for softgoods
and furnlshlng.s while tho 8 p.m.
meeting will be for restaurant ope
rators and others handling food.
Watch your. Joc.al paper for ■fur
ther details.
To Take Power
From Commissioners
Archibald Taylor
Passes Bar Exams
Harnett’s 1950 Cotton
Crop 6,515 Bales
The Census report shows that
6.515 bales of cotton of the USSO'
crop in Harnett Ocun'ty were ginned
prior to March as compared' with
10,959 bales at tho same dfite the
year befor^
Archibald R. TayUor of Lillington,
son of Judge Floyd Taylor, recently
passed the examination given by the
State Board of Law Examiners and
has been, admitted to the bar. He
completed his course of studies at
the Wake Forest Law School In Jan
uary.
At the present time Taylor is
serving as, Sergeant-at-arms In the
State Senate, but when the Legisla
ture adJournB he plans to eome to
Lillington to practice iaw. He al
ready, has an office here.
Mr, and Mrs. Taylor are living
now in an apartment In the home of
Mrs. J. "W. 'Womble of Lilliogton.
Buie’s Creek, April 11.—-Warren
Leo Terry, who last summer played
the role of Old Tom in .Paul Green’s
“The Lost Colony”, will appear in
concert nt Campbell College April
17, In tho last of the Cape Fear Fes
tival series this season. Mrs. Bessie
Campbell Lynch will accompany him
at tho piano.
"Gilbert and Sullivan in Song and
Story” will feature Mr. Terry, come
dian and tenor soloist, In a versatile
entertainment. With a repertory of
52 roles in light opera, he was tho
leading comedian with tho original
Opera Comlque In Ne.w York, and
for fourteon years has been leading
comedian of the Chautauqua Dpera^,
Association, serving also as soloist
with many sccietles and churches.
For ten years he was tenor soloist
in Si. George' Chnrch. New York
City.
Legion Po*t To
Hold Elections
The l,llli:igton Post No, 28 of the
American Legion will elect now offi
cers • for the coming jtoar at tho
regular mooting of tho post thto
month. Tho April meeting la sche
duled •for tho ulght of'April M* at
thd Legion Hnt' on Little RlTOr.
Cshey Fowler Is Coniinsnder of the
loosJ post.
3 Men Volunteer
For Air Force
Seualor Bob Young has introduc
ed a bill to provide that tho HarntU
County Commissioners cannot Uire:l
the .sheriff or tax coHertov lo refuse
to issue lleense.s to amuscmoiit en
terprises operated la connect ion'with
agricultural falr.s approved by the
Conunissloner of AgrieuHure.
The bill has passed the Senate.
Sgt. Winfield Pickett, local re
cruiting Sergeant for Harnett Coun
ty, states (he can now accept enlist
ments for the U. S. Air Force, Young
men Intmesied In a technical field
should contact Sgt. Pickett .at the
Dun 11 post of ice.
Three men from the Dunn area
volunteered for the Air Force dur
ing the wek ending April Y: Frank
lin Delano Rose and Johnnie Carroll
Gautier of Erwin and William 'D.
Colville of Bunnlevel.
Boost Salaries of
Recorder and Solicitor
Senator Boh Young has introduc
ed a bill (0 fix the salaries of the
Judge and Solicitor of the Recorder’s
Court of Harnett County,
Tho proposed law, 'to become ef
fective July 1, 1951, would -fix an
nua! snhtry of the Judge at $3,606
aud of the Solicitor at 32,800-.
The bill has passed the Senate.
WMU of Little River Associa
tion To Meet in Erwin Friday
The annual meeting of the Wo
man’s. Missionary Union of Little
River Baptist Association will be
held at the First Baptist Church in
Erwin on Friday, April 13, begin
ning at 4, p.m. The theme is “Pound
Falthlul.I’ Following is the program:
AfUTnooit Besslon--4:00 O'clock
.Prelude. Le4 us worship. Hymn,
“O, 'Worship the King,” Meditation
Thoughts^ Mrs. Charles B. Howard.
Duet, "Dear Lord, and Father of
Mankind”, Mrs. Carl Byrd, Miss
Mary Lea Austin, Period of Prayer.
Words of Welcome, Mrs. Milton
Stephens,' Response. Business. Oppor
tunities that Call for Faithfulness.
Enlistment, Mrs. D. B. Andrews,
Mrs. Betitab B. Dula, Missionary
Education of Youth, Mrs. B, E.
Moore, Mr. Julius Holl-oway.
In 'Rending and Study, Mrs. D. C.
Woodall;' 'Mrs. L. Jtaokaon. Faithful
to the Task, Mis^ Marie Bpbley.
Prayer l!or the Work of the Year.
"Jeaus Oalta Us.” Announce
ments. Mrs. Milton Stephens. Special
Music. Miss Je.in Dupree, Miss Cece
lia Young. Found Faithful, Miss
Irene Chambers, Prayer. Mr. F9rest
C. Maxw'cll.
Supper 6:30 lo 7:3(».
Evening Session—^7:80
Instrumental Music, Mrs. .f. W.
Angell. . Hymn, "The Woman’s
Hymn.” Scripture, Mrs. G. Van Ste
vens. Solo, Mrs. Fred Fleming. Pray
er, 'Mr. R. E. Moore.
Faithfulness—In the Work of Our
Association, Mr. R. E. Moore; In the
Stewardship, Miss LtUlan Draughon,
Mrs. J. Ben Elior; In Training Our
Youth, Mrs, Forest C. Maxwell, Mrs.
L. B. Sriiltli; In Caring lor Our Sick.
Mrs. A. C. Barefoot; In Witnessing,
Mrs. J. F.‘ Cannon, Mrs, D. H. Gra
ver.
■Hymn -3-27, "Take My Life and Lot
It Be," Report of committees. Elec
tion of ofllcers. Dedicatory prayer,
Mrs. Dopnld Moore. Cloting medita
tion, Mrs. L, M. Woolweaver. prayer.
To Complete Flans
At Meeting Here
Next Tuesdaj' Night
.\ group cf local citizens met In
courthouse auditorium Monday night
with King Ro'berts, Everett Clayton
and Hunter S:niih, Puquay-Varina
warehcuHemen, to dlscuiis plans For
construction of two or more tobacco
warehouses at Lillington.
Flr.st purpose oi the meeting was
lo hoar Mr. Robert.s, who has suc
cessfully operated warehouses for
the 'p.'ist several years, submit a
proposition giving details of his co
operation in tho warehouse plan.
Mr, Roberts has expressed his dc-
.sire to locate .sales houses at Lilling
ton, wliicli would be In the Border
Bell. lie stated at the -mooting-^ that
he l.s going -to build some ware
houses, and if (he people of Lllliug-
loii are not tnt«re.sted in' having him
locate Jiere, ho v.’OHld begin con-
.striictlon at other Border points.
He insisted, however, that if steps
are taken to locate tobacco selling
bouses here, it is positively neces-
.sary to begin constrne;loii without
any delay.
.Mr, Roberts stated ho is not in
terested in who may own controlling
interest in the proposed warehouses
here. What he wanted, he said, was
to get the house? built and ready for
opening when other Border markets
start.
Ho said he would construct a
warehouse, with local citizens con
structing at least one other house,
■the two h.avlng a combined capacity
of not less than 50,600 square feet.
He would lease he locally-owned
warehouse for five yearst with 32.-
000 rent for the first two years, the
romalniug time to bo adjusted be
tween lilm and tho owners.
Dr, local Interest could excel both
warehouses, and he would rent each
at the same rale.
Or, he would join w;tl» local per
sons in building two warehouses,
taking any amount of stock, allow
ing local interests to own controll
ing Interest if they wished.
He had built a nninbor of ware
houses, he said, and would contract
to build the local houses at 31-00
per square foot. If anyone will build
them cheaper than that; so much the
better, be said. All he wanted, he
said, was l.i “get in 'aero and get
going before sometmdy -'l.se gets
aliead of iia."
Five .acres of land near town of
suitable location can bo bought at a
very reasonable price, jI was reveal
ed by Mr. Clayton.
After detailed discussion of the
various plans, and after definite
commitments by Mr. Roberts, Chair
man W. A. Johnson, secronry ot the
Lillington Chamber of Commerce,
announced that another meeting will
bo held at tlie courthouse auditor
ium next Tuesday night to make
final plans for the venture..
It was insisted that all tobaceo
farmers In this area -be cordially In
vited lo tho meeting next Tuesday
nlghf and that they be urged to at
tend.
To Increase Pay For
Partition of Lamls
Representative Carson Gregory has
introduced in fJifl House a hill to In
crease the pay of conimlosoners for
partition of lands, the pay to be $10
per day in Harnett County.
The ‘lilll has been reported favor-
n-bly in the House.
Gives Authority To
Boost Officials’ Salaries
A bill introduced in the House
by Representative Carson Oregory
would give the Harnett County ■Oom-
mtsHfoners authority to iucraese, the
salaries of elective and appointive
county officials not in excess of 24
per cent of the salaries now being
paid.
The bill has passed the House,
Square Dance At
Anderson Creek
There will he a 'square dance, also
a cake and pie sale, »t the Anderson
Creek Gommnalty Honee, April l-St,
8 IMD. until II iMB.
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