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* ^b Springs ito ONE OF ROBESON COUNTY’S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPERS_ Vol. 52 No. 30 16 Pages Red Springs, N. C. Thursday, August 5, 1948 5c A Copy Dia I Phones For Lumberton Taking Students From Philadelphus Planned By Southern Bell Protested; Claim Facts Distorted Property Purchased For New Building To House Central Office LUMBERTON.—Plans to convert the telephone system at Lumber to ~ to dial operation were annour ced today by L. B. Eisenhart, manager of the Southern BeP Telephone and Telegraph Company This progressive step, giving Lumberton telephone users the most modern dial telephone system will be taken as soon as the equip ment can be obtained and install ed The company’s plans were reveal ed today at a luncheon given at the Lorraine Hotel in Lumberton for 35 citizens of the city. A new telephone building will be erected at the corner of Fifth’ and Cedar Streets on the property recently purchased from Mrs. W N. Smith and W. F. Smith and will house the new dial central office equipment, the business office and the long distance switch boards. As an additional part of the work of installing the dial system considerable outside plant equipment must be added in var ious parts of the city. In engineering the new equip ment for Lumberton provision is being made for the future needs of this rapidly expanding area. According to Mr. Eisenhart, the improvement and expansion of telephone service in Lumberton is another forward step in Southern Bell’s steady progress towards its goal of providing more and better telephone service for the citizens of North Carolina. “Since V-J Day, the Southern Bell Telephone Company has in stalled eight new positions of switchboard to meet the increas ed demand for telephone service in Lumberton,” Mr. Eisenhart ex plained. “Sipce y-J Day, 1250. new iele- phones have“b#en dristallffd aria*fts ■ of August 1 there were 2833 tele phones working in Lumberton. In spite of this tremendous gain, we still have 410 people waiting for telephone service, which is 193% more than on V-J Day. “As in the case of all installa tions of dial equipment by South ern Bell, no regular employee will lose a job when the Lumberton Exchange becomes dial* operated. A large number of employees will continue to be needed to operate the long-distance, information, and Especial operator” switchboard, all of which will be continued on . manually operated basis and for other jobs,” he concluded.. . Report Of Suit In Federal Court Not Confirmed Here The long-pending action to force “equal” educational facilities for negro school children against Lum berton and Robeson school officials was transferred Tuesdav to .he Federal courts by the institution of a new complaint, according to The Raleigh News and Observer virtually the same as the old but placed in the Federal jurisdiction by attorney Herman L. Taylor Taylor said that the Superior court action was dropped and the trans fer made because the case “became so hopelessly entangled” in the state court. The original action was begun in the Robe«on Superior Court on July 8, 1947, and was closed by Judge Q. K. Nimocks on July 12 1948, when he sustained a technical demurrer offered by the defendants No notice had been received chi- morning by the Lumberton schoo 1 beard nor by the County Superin tendent of Schools of the action. Officials of both groups denied any knowledge of the new action except th facts which appeared in the state papers. Presbyterians To Have Services At Home Church RED SPRINGS.—The congrega tion of the First Presbyterian Church will worship in its own church Sunday morning after five weeks in which it shared the St Stephens Episcopal Church with their congregation. The Presbyterian church has been repainted througout and a new carpet installed in the past five weeks. One additional change in the church, made with funds raised by members of the choir, in cluded extension of the front ban ister of the pulpit platform. The Rev. Thomas A. Fry, pastor of the church, will return from his vacation especially to preach the sermon Sunday. Guest ministers will supply the church through the rest of the month of August. Truck crop tonnage this sum- tier is expected to be 7 per cent igss than in 1947, but 5 per cent V eve average. t^^^^r;^^ ^ j ifroBACco* w*M«raivirjrir»irir^ Lumberion Sells 8^3,746 Lbs. Weed AI 67c TopPrice Second Highest Ever Seen On Market Is Recorded The Lumberton Tobacco Market, which has long ranked with the tops in this Belt, greeted the open ing of the new season with nex; to the highest average price ever, recorded here. The 11 warehouses and 6 firms,! all of which sold opening day (and; every day), handled a total of 890,-j 746 pounds for a total of $502,986 I or an all-time record average of! $56.47. ! The high rate of exchange be-] tween gold and golden weed| brought joy to the hearts of grow ers, warehousemen, and merchants alike, and every face was wreathed in smiles with not a dissatisfied customer in sight. “They ought to be pleased,” war the comment of one veteran tobac conist. “I’ve been in the business for 25 years, and today's sale in Lumberton was one of the highest I’ve ever seen.” The warehouse floors were filled to capacity for the opening but due to Lumberton’s system of allo cating or “booking” floor space ahead, the marketing was orderly and by late afternoon every sales floor Was cleared and another- ca pacity sale was being laid cut for the next day. The quality of tut offerings on the first day's sale-* were “very good,” in th? opinion of the ma jority of the veteran tobacconists of this Border Belt center. “The crop in this section looks like it is going to be much better than that in the other Belts,” one predicted, “The folks who sell in Lumberton should really hit the jackpot this time.” The opening-day sale of 890,746; pounds at an average of $56.47 was : next to the hignest in history. The record was in 1946—719,992 pounds at 56.71 cents. The figure for last year was 458,736 pounds at $48.08. The price range at the opening sale ran all the way from 10 cents for nondescript to 67 cents for choice leaf with a few selects hit ting as high as 69 cents. The biggest volume of offerings fell in the range between 60 and 67 cents, and the auctioneer’s golde.- chant, up pne row. and down nil- other, was sweet music to the ears of the thousands of growers assem bled here for the gala opening— sweet as “Happy Days Are Here Again.” Scoll Gives Mrs. McCormick Slate Dem^PosI Mrs. D. A. McCormick of Mc Donald was nominated by W. Kerr Scott, governor-nominate, to fill the post of vice-chairman of the state democratic executive committee CCampus Waynick was nom inated at the same time for the chairmanship of the commit tee. The nomination will have to be confirmed by the committee, but such approved is customary. Mr. Scott named Mrs. McCor mick as a gesture of appreciation for the support he received from eastern farmers and farm women. , Mrs. McCormick has served as vice-chairman of the Robeson County democratic executive com mittee and as president of the Federaation of Home Demon stration Clubs. She is active in the Grange and is a trustee of Flora Macdonald College. Mrs. Mc Cormick manages a large farm at McDonald. Miss Wilkinson Is Polio Volunteer MAXTON.—The request made by the Red Cross for nurses for polio cases throughout North and South Carolina has been answered by Miss Julia Rose Wilkinson of Max- ton. Miss Wilkinson left Friday morning for Greensboro where she will be on duty in the polio unit of the Wesley Long Hospital. MisS WilkiAsen, Whs received her Fairmont Sales Tops All Records, No TagsTurned See Possibility Of Million Dollar Day During Season FAIRMONT.--The 1948 Fairmont Tobacco Market was really off to a flying start on Tuesday with the opening sales topping every record in the history of the forty eight years that this market has been in operation. A total of 1,150,- 188 pounds of tobacco was sold at an average price of $57.42 which was much above the average ex pected in view of the fact that most of the tobacco sold was classed as lugs and primers. Of course there was a large percentage of good tobacco on the floor, but there was also quite a bit that in previous years would have been thrown away. In spite of this fact, not a tag was turned during the eight sales and farmers The second day of the Fairmont Tobacco Market saw sales almost on a par with those of opening day. A total of 815,920 lbs. of tobacco were sold at an average of $57.19 and still there was not a tag turned j. and apparently every person selling on flip mar ket was completely happy. Sales ? ^pr the third morning were still on the same high level, according to C. B. Stafford, but .if th“ latest report no average for the morn ing had been figured. expressed themselves as being high ly pleased with the prices and the way in which an sales were con ducted. Prices on open,..g day of the market last year reached an aver age of $50 with a total of 650,000 pounds sold, according to C. B. Stafford, sales supervisor, but all signs point to a much higher aver age throughout the entire season and the goal for the season is a total of 50,000,000 pounds. It is also hoped that the sales for one day will reach a total of $1,000,000. There has been some discussion among the warehouse men concerning the small baskets of tobacco on the floor in view of the fact that only so many baskets can be sold during the day. If these small piles can be handled in such a way that they can be combined then the poundage for the day will be increased and subsequently the one million dollar goal might be reached. According to Mr. Stafford, there was more foreign tobacco on the floor for opening day than at any sale since he has been connected with the tobacco market. The town was completely overrun and to those who are accustomed to seeing the familiar faces of farm ers on the market, many have made the same statement concern ing the large number of strangers here. It is hoped that this condi tion will continue throughout the entire season and that each farm ers will be just as pleased as those who were here Tuesday. Rolary Officers Installed Tuesday At Meeting FAIRMONT. — At the regular meeting of the Rotary Club on Tuesday last week at the Hotel Fairmont, the officers for the coming year were installed at a most impressive ceremony. The new officers are: presi dent, Daniel Lane; vice-president, Harold Herring; secretary, P. C. Purvis; treasurer, Glenn Bowers; and sergeant at arms, Charlie Stafford. Talmage Teague delivered the installation address and adminis tered the oath of office to the new officers. He ended his re marks with the following, “Good, better, best; Never let it rest ‘Til your good becomes better, And your better becomes best.” Daniel Lane, as his first act as president of the club, presented a past-president’s pin to Pate lit- tlefieid, retiring president. He then announced the new com mittees for the coming year. After a very enjoyable dinner consisting of roasted Long Is land duck, the elub was adjurn- ed. ♦ Interviews with three of the plaintiffs in the recent ly instigated action against the county commissioners, school boards and various officials confirms a belief, by no means peculiar to us, that the plaintiffs stand as figureheads and not as plaintiffs in the true sense of the word. At the time they were interviewed they professed little knowledge of facts and figures and points of law in the case. They stated plainly that they had merely consented to the use of their names by others whom they expected to pursue the suit for them. They were unani mous in a feeling that something was wrong because “where there is so much smoke there must be fire.” But none would specify wrong-doing further than to wonder why the schools had no money for repairs when “a teach er fell through a rotten floor,” but suddenly turned up with almost $300,000 to spend in new construction and repairs in three communities. The citizens who subscribed to the complaint are Maxton National Guard Unit Proposed Legion Post Sponsors Meeting Tonight reputable and are solid citizens in their communities. It seems almost impossible that they should have brought the charges that they have brought against their county ) officials without a more careful study of the situation! than they appear to have made. It is entirely possibles that they “just weren’t talking.” We believe that, as' one expressed it, they “just don’t understand what all: the shouting is about” and are convinced that a lawsuits is the proper way to find out whether charges which haves been made have any foundation. I It has been indicated that attorneys have agreed to’ pursue the case for a fee of $1000, provided the case does not go to a higher court, in- which case additional money would be necessary. Presuming this to be a reasonable fee, it is only reasonable to suppose that the defense of the commissioners and the boards of educa tion will cost the county a like sum.- Admittedly know ing little of the cost of the services of a Certified Public Accountant, it does not seem possible that the employ ment of such a person to thoroughly examine the books and to issue a detailed report to the public could cost this much. A ruling from the State’s Attorney General is free for the asking, although an opinion from him does not have quite the status of a Supreme Court ruling. | Whatever the plaintiffs may elect to do in case of! an adverse judgment, it is so improbable as to be impos sible to assume that the defendant officials would let the matter rest should a lower court ruling impugn their! honor. The costs then to both parties (in both cases the taxpayers) would mount, and mount. The solution? Demand an audit. Then ask for a ruling from the Attorney General on whether the audit indicates wrong - doing. If the Attorney Generals ruling does not satisfy, then sue. Perhaps one part of the suit could be avoided, perhaps both parts. If the financial records will have to be considered in a lawsuit to determine the issue, why not consider them first. Then if further legal interpretation is necessary, take the mat ter to the courts. MAXTON.—Flans are under way for the establishment of a Maxton National Guard unit, and a meet ing is being held tonight, Thursday, at the Community Club to organ ize an automatic weapons battery of the 67" AAA Battalion composed of veterans and eligible men be etween the ages of 17 and 35 in the Maxton-Laurinburg area. An announcement from the Ad jutant General of the N. 0. Na tional Guard, J. Van B. Metts, stated that his department would be represented at the meeting by Capt. David W. Donovan, Raleigh. Capt. Donovan’s purpose is to ex plain the work and purpose of the unit and to answer questions per taining to National Guard organ ization. Sponsored by American Legion Liberty Post No. 117, full strength of the battery would be: one cap tain, three 1st lieutenants, two 2nd lieutenants, and 131 enlisted men. Legion Commander Percy Phillips stated that the unit would be auth orized to form with only three officers and 20 enlisted men. The meeting tonight is for the discussion of recruit eligibility, pos sible armory site, regulations and organization procedure. training at Rex Hospital in Ral eigh, served for some time with the Red Cross overseas; she has more recently been with the Scot land County Memorial Hospital here. Farm wage rates reached a new high on July 1. College Trustees Discuss Advancement MAXTON.-A meeting of the Trustees on Program of Advance was held at Presbyterian Junior College Cafeteria on Thursday. July 29. It was decided to seek gifts for a fund of $50,000 to be used for needed alterations on the dormitory and for completing rhe chemistry laboratory building, the college library building, and the cafeteria. Sub-committees reported on various phases of the college program. This was the first meet ing of the Committees set up by the Trustees last November. The presiding officer was Edwin Pate, chairman of the trustees Others in attendance included C E. Beman, G. P.- Henderson, Jame;* L. McNair, Jr., Dr. S. H. Fulton Rev. R. II. Stone, Mrs. Margaret McGuire, A. B. Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. McBryde Austin, Mr. and rMs Marshall James, Murphy McGirt Rev. J. Cecil Lawrence, Mrs. Lacy Williams, James R. Dalyrmple, J H. Muse, Miss S. Margueriete Town send, Neill D. Hughes, Rev. W. I. Howell, Dr. I. M. Ellis, Mrs. Ina McNair Avenger, Rev. J. I. Knight, O. W. Ferrene, L. D. Martin, Jr., and Ft .Louis C. Lamotte. MAXTON. — Rev. Forest L. Young will conduct the morning servict ’ at the Laurinburg Baptist Church this Sunday. Mr. Young’s pulpit Will be filled by Benjamin Zavalata, a foreign student at the college. Fairmont Dairies Plant To Be Built; Ready For Operation In September Smith And Nye Carlyle To Crown To Operate Festival Queen FAIRMONT. — Announcement was made today by S. J. Smith and J. B. Nye of the opening of a new plant, Fairmont Daries, dur ing the first part of September. The plant will pasturize milk, make house to house deliveries, and will supply stores cafes, and the school with all the milk they may desire. The plant a cinder block white building, will be built completely in acordance with state health department specifications and all milk used by the daries will be Grade A milk. The new building will be erected on a lot recently purchased from O. M. Huggins and located on Walnut street just above Russells Barbeque Pit. Mr. Smith at the same time h starting a dairy consisting of from 15 to 20 cows and run on state specifications. Milk will also be furnished from the Nye dairy. If any farmers have an extra amount of Grade A milk they are asked to contact either of the two men with regard to selling to the plant. Heretofore, Grade A milk was all that was necessary before put ting this item on the market, but according to state health offic ials, the time is rapidly approach- ig when all milk must be pastor- ized before it can be sold. There fore the plant is being erected in order to take care of this need. Fairmont has never had a reg ular dairy and milk delivery, un til Mr. Nye started, wa s made either from Lumberton or Dillon. Approve Paving Hilly Branch Rd. LUMBERTON. — The Robeson County commissioners received and approved Monday a request that the road from Small’s Cross Road, on NC Highway 41 between Lum berton and Fairmont, to Hilly Branch Church on U. S. 301 be hardsurfaced. This road would connect Fairmont, via the crossing at Club 41, and the intersection of the relocated US 74 with US 301. The re-location of US 74 from West of Pembroke to 301 at the Earl Thompson farm was reported by Hometown papers some 30 days ago. The proposed surfacing woudd also facilitate traffic bewteen Fair mont and the Lumberton Municipal Airport vicinity. A request was also received and approved for the surfacing of the extension of north Third Street in St. Pauls for a distance of appro ximately one-half mile north and 300 yards west'to US 301. Both requests were forwarded to the State Highway Department. Frank Milchell Rifes Friday FAIRMONT. — Funeral ser vices will be held Friday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock at the Stephens and Prevatte Funeral Home for Franklin Troy Mitchell, aged 45, who died at Thompson Memorial Hospital Wednesday night at 1:00 A. M. after a brief illness. Services will be announced by the Rev. C. P. Herring. Mr. Mitchell, the son of the late Wilmer Fulton Mitchell and Har riet Pittman Mitchell, had been in business in Fairmont for the past 25 years and for the past few years had been pharmicist at Mit chell and Caudell Drug Co. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Myrtle Surles Mitchell; one son, Franklin Byron “Barney”; one daughter, Ann Troy, daughter of his first wife, the late Catherine Pleasants of Louisburg who died in 1935; one brother, Lester of Fairmont; and two sisters, Mrs. Teda Prevatte of Carolina Beach and Mrs. Geddie Boone of Wal lace, N. C. Lum’ton Golf Course Not Club Property Lumberton, — The $60,00.0 Pine Crest Country Club which has re cently been completed will open formally Tuesday ight. The spac ious building is located on the edge of the Lumberton Golf Course and is a private building for use of members only. The club has no conection with the public golf course other than proximity and the course will re main tpen for tht use of all. Philadelphus School Board Hints At Legal Action Against Petitioners Pembroke. — The County Board of Education has recommended to the State Board of Education that the white children of Pembroke’ attending grades 7 through 12 be sent to the Red Springs High School rather to the Phiadelphus school. The action came after a petition was presented from Pem broke parents and after the Red Springs school had indicated its willingness to accept the addit ional pupils. The petition was presented to the county board at its regular session Monday and listed as reasons for the change the fact that the Philadelphus school is not accredited for college enter- ance, the fact that the Red Springs road is paved and that the railroad crossings have warn ing devices. Schooling through the sixth grade provided for white students. Claims Of Petition Denied John Pat Buie, Chairman of the board of trustees of the Phila- delphus school, and H .E. Rogers principal, state that the petition of the Pembroke citizens is based on misinformation and a .distor tion of facts. ! They went to Raleigh Wednes*. ! day immediately upon hearing of j the action of the county board i for a conference with Dr. J. Hen- ! ry Highsmith, director of Instruc tional Services of the State Board ' of Education. They have secured ia letter from Dr. Highsmith stat- ! ing that the Philadelphus High. ! School if accrdited and has been j accredited since 1928, one year prior to the time the high school at Red Springs was given this rating. They also state that it is nec. essary for the school bus to cross the same grade crossings to corns ; to Philadelphus, as It would have ! to cross in going to Red Springs, EXCEPT that the bus crosses one more railroad crossing in Red ; Springs that is not traversed in : traveling to Philadelphus. I Mr. Buie and Mr. Rogers state I that their school has been hurt j by the publicity given these false ! statements about it. and while they would like very much to cohr tinue having the Pembroke child ren as students of their school, i if the parents wish to have them : transferred to another school, ; such transfer should be made upon the basis of justifiable claims, and i not upon misleading statements. The Hometown Newspapers were informed by Mr. Buie and Mr. Rogers that the matter had been placed in the hands of attor neys, and that if legal action : could be taken against petitioners, ; a case would be developed for the difficulties. Robeson Dairies Sold Tuesday F. Ertle Carlyle, congressional j nominee, has accepted an invita tion to officiate at the crowning of the queen of the 6th annual tri county Tobacco Festival to be held in Whiteville August 19. The tri-county event will include the Brunswick-Bladen-Coluknbu’j area. Mr. Carlyle has been has been invited to participate in the va rious activities of the festival. Dave Neilson will act as master of ceremonies. Single 5-Man Drall Board For County All Races To Be Represented; Registration Begins August 30 Robeson County will have only j one draft board to begin the reg- ■ istration under the selective service act on August 30. Gen. J. Van B. t Metts, who has accepted appoint ment as state director of the act, has asked county nominating com mittees to submit their recommen dations for appointment this week and has suggested that minority groups be included on the board. He has also directed that members i of the Reserve Boards existent in ; the counties be requested to accept service on the new Boards. The Robeson’‘‘hoard will be com posed of five men, plus appeal ! agents and a medical advisor. The reserve board which has been or- - ganized on a stand-by basis is com posed of Ingram Hedgpeth, Avery M. Powers, H. Bascom Ashley, and ; W. G. Marley. Mr. Ashley and Mr. Marley have, indicated that they would prefer not to serve at this time if they can be replaced, and three new members will probably be appoint- : ed to make up the five man board. Nominations are being submitted ; to Gen. Metts who will approve them and pass them on to Gov- I ernor Cherry; the names will then 1 go to Washington for approval by ! the National director of the Jelec- i tive service act. Local boards in all North Caro- ! lina Counties are composed of the | Clerk of Superior Court, the chair- i man of the Board of Elections, and the Superintendent of Schools. Registration of men 18 through i 25 will begin at the end of August and those 19 through 25 will be j liable to draft for 21 months ser- i vice. Men 22 through 25 will be : called first, but their number is not expected to be large as most of them who are not veterans (and thus exempt) were not qualified for the war-time draft and will not be accepted in this one. 18- year olds may enlist. Work Begun On New Methodist Parsonage FAIRMONT. — Work was be gun this week on the new par sonage which is being built for the Trinity Methodist church. The building is contracted by C. C. Fennell. The new home, an eight room brick structure, is beingbuilt on the lot joining the church on Iona Street. Originally the build ing committee planned to build just behind the church and . to erect a smaller parsonage which would later be converted to an educational building when the and con, they rejected this plan larger parsonage was built. How ever, after much discussion pro and decided to build a permanent home for the pastor at this time. It is hoped that the new house will be completed before winter begins and Rev. and Mrs. Lane are looking forward to enjoying their new home and having an attractive place in which to re ceive visitors. This personage, has been plan ned for several years, but due to building conditions has been postponnid until now it ban nc longer be done. At the beginning of the sum mer the entire church auditor ium wae redeucorated under the direction of A. L. McDaniel and members of the congregation have expressed themselves as be ing well pleased with the results. LUMBERTON.—The incorpora tors of Lumberton Dairies, Inc., have announced the purchase of the assets of the Robeson Dairies, Inc. The transaction was completed Tuesday. . Purchase of the business was not by the corporation and the pur chasers will salvage the equipment of the Robeson firm for the use of their company or for sale to others, according to W. C. Watts. Lumberton Dairies, Inc., will continue service to the delivery routes of Robeson Dairies, but will move the entire operation to the former’s plant on the Fayetteville Road. A. Rupert Collins was owner of I the purchased firm. Reasons for 'the sale and consolidation were J primarily those of economy; Lum berton Dairies with a new plant and the most modern equipment can handle the business of both with little enlargement of facili ties. Lumberton Tax Valuation Is Over $10 Million Lumberton. —* The city of Lum berton now has a tax valuation in excess of $10 million and the 1948- 49 budget is based on this figure The tax levy of $1.00 per $100 of valuation will yield on this val uation approximately $100,000. The additional'$300,000 required by the city budget will come from pri- vilige tax, schedude B licenses, and from the light and water in come. The purchase of power by the city will cost in the neighborhood of $80,000 and this amount is in cluded in the budget; without the profit from the light and water systems the tax rate would prob ably exceed $3.00 per $100.
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