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Vol. 53. No. 4
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ONE OF ROBESON COUNTY’S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPERS
RED SPRINGS, N.C. THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4,1949
5c A COPY
Bids Are Sought For Addition
To Robeson County Courthouse
Bids on construction of the pro
posed additions to the Robeson
County Courthouse were called for
Monday by the Board of Commis
sioners. Construction plans call
for two separate buildings to
house offices and fireproof stor
age space for the register of deeds
and the clerk of court.
Since construction costs are a
matter of doubt, optional bids will
be taken on August 16th for each
of the buildings with basement
and one-story, and with basement
and two-story structures. The
commissioners will then decide
upon which type of buildings to
approve, having to fit the addi
tions to the amount of money
available for the project.
Approximately $100,000
is
available for the additions to
the courthouse, a bond issues
for this amount having been
approved and sold in 1940.
Work was not scheduled at that
time however, due to shortage of
materials and labor then and dur
ing the following war years.
The courthouse was built in
1906 but during the succeeding
years the business of the county
offices has grown.to such an ex
tent that the present building of
fers inadequate office space.
The commissioners approved an
appropriation of $8,185.28, to cov
er the cost of reconstruction of the
. Negro school building at Red
Springs which was badly damaged
by fire two weeks ago. Insurance
coverage on the property was only
about 51 ; per cent of the present
replacement costs. Reconstruc
tion of the plant will be started
this week by the Southeastern
Construction Company and it is
expected that the
will be ready for
without delaying
entire building
use
the
this fall
regular
school opening.
SO RAISES
Applications for salary
increases
were presented to the commission
by employees of the county health,
welfare and agricultural agent's
office. A motion to approve these
raises was not seconded and the
board took no action.
TOBACCO TRAIL MEET
Coleman Crabtree of Lumberton
is one of the directors of the To
bacco Trail Association, which
will hold its fall meeting Aug. 11
at Jessup, Ga. The Tobacco Trail
is the official title of U. S. High-
way 301, which extends from Ban
gor, Me., to Tampa, Fla. The
route, already one of the 11 big
three,',’ is a leading contender
for, undisputed, ''Number
north-bound tourist highway.
New Police Officers
Named At Pembroke
PEMBROKE — Positions in the ! AUTO TROUBLE
Pembroke police department were
declared vacant at a Friday night' tlHIfTS PITCHER
meeting of the town council and ’T’ZA FTDCT D A
two new officers were elected to! 1 UIK5 1 DAoIL
the force. I — :
Harvey Bullard was appointed as | Twice this year Red Norijis
chief of police by the board butp’ - - -
resigned from the position Tuesday. 1
Delbert Ammons, who had been
appointed Friday as night watch
man, was named acting chief of
police.
The officers who had served for
the past two years were Bill Thomp-
son, chief, and C. O. Carter,
watchman.
Marks To Meet
With RS Rotary
Friday Night
RED SPRINGS — H.
Marks, district governor
Rotary, will meet with
Red Springs Club Friday
nlng
stated
Grant,
club.
Mr.
of this week, it
yesterday by A.
the Red Springs Red Robins
of
has
night
of
the
eve.
was
H.
president of the local
Marks, a Wilmington
machinery dealer, will meet
with the club assembly at 5
P. M„ at the college offices
for the annual conferences
with officers, directors
committee chairman, and
6:45 will be the speaker
regular dinner meeting
club which will be held
gion Hall.
at
of
at
and
at
the
the
ONE MAN KILLED
ANOTHER HELD
IN SHOOTING
HD Club To Charier Bus For Raleigh
Trip; Varied Program Is Planned
The Home Demonstration Coun
cil of Robeson County is sponsor
ing a chartered bus to the annual
Federation Day held in Raleigh on
August 11, according to announce
ment made by Miss Evelyn Cald
well, H. D. agent. The bus will
leave the Agricultural Building at
7:30 in the mining and all club
women wishing to go must make
ty Council presidents, among
v^om is Mrs. George Nye of Ren
nert, prsidnt of th Robeson Coun-
ty Council.
Much thought and inte est
gone toward the planning of
evening p. ogram, which will
has
the
be-
registration with
before 4:30 P. M.
5.
Federation day
Miss Caldwell
on Friday, Aug.
is the climax of
Red Springs Plans
For Cotton Festival
Barrack Burns Down
4 -I'D MEET COMMISSIONER
’ ’ District representatives of the N.
C. Department of Revenue will
gather in Lumberton Thursday
morning to meet their new Com
missioner, Ernest Shaw of Greens
boro.
Bark Bullard, 40, was killed
early Wednesday morning
near Pembroke and Layton
Ransom, about 23, is being
held without bond pending an
inquest in Bullard’s death,
Sheriff Willis Britt said.
Both men are Indians.
Sheriff Britt was called to
the scene at 2 A. M. Wednes
day and reported that Bullard
was shot twice with a shotgun
after.he and Ransom had been
engaged in an argument.
Ransom was arrested an “
brought to the Robeson Coun
ty jail by Deputies D. J. Jones
and R. L. Purcell.
Xn inquest into the death
will be held at Maxton Thurs
day night at 7:30.
pitched for his team, but Tuesday
night it was necessary for hhn to
play first base. This is how the
story goes as it was told to your
reporter.
The Robins had traded off first
baseman Bauder to Tarboro of the
Coastal Plain League in return
for first baseman Wasfield of
Tarboro. Business Manager Tom
Cope started out Tuesday for Tar
boro with first baseman Bauder
as his passenger. He was going
to deliver Bauder to the Tarboro
team and then bring Wasfield
back to Red Springs. Cope got
as far as Smithfield and then his
go-buggy, -called, an automobile,
broke down.
Cope had very little money with
him so he wired Red Norris to
send someone with his car and to
send along some money. Cope in
the meantime hired a taxi to take
him and Bauder on to Tarboro.
When Cope and the new first
baseman arrived at Smithfield j
Norris’ car was not in sight. The
taxi driver turned around in his
seat and gave Tom Cone a very
irritable smile. Finally Norris
car arrived and Cope was off to
Red Springs with his first base
man.
Upon arrival at Red Springs,
the Robins were playing a double-
header with the Sanford Spinners
and the -first game was in the
sixth inning. Manager Red Nor
ris took himself out of the game
and put in Wasfield. Incidentally
neither player got a hit during
the first game. This is what;
managers turn grey when they are
young. ■
a combined meeting of two groups,
the North Carolina Farmers Con
vention and the North Carolina
Federation of Home Demonstra
tion clubs, which is held annually
at State College. The meeting-
will begin on August 8 and con
tinue through August 11. The
purpose of the program is educa
tional, with many interesting dem
onstrations and lectures planned
throughout its duration.
The’ morning program on Fed
eration day will be at Memorial
Auditorium. Mrs. Raymond Sayre
of Ackworth, Iowa, who is presi
dent of Associated Country Wo
men of the. World, will be the chief
speaker. Following the morning
session, there will be tours of in
teresting points around- Raleigh
and in the afternoon at 4 o’clock,
club women will be entertained at
a tea on the State College campus.
Assisting at the tea will be coun-
gin at 6:30 in Riddick Stadium.
The first part of. the evening will
be given, over to the N. C. Farm
Bureau Federation. Following
this, Norman Gordon, former
Metropolitan opera star and now
director of the N. C. Music Pro-
grant at Chapel Hill, will sing.
Climaxing the day’s festivities at
8 o’clock will be the Grand
with Bob Hawk, nationally
quiz-master as master- of
monies. Many wonderful
Finale
known
'cere-
prizes,
donated by business and commer
cial companies all over the state,
will be awarded by Mr. Hawk to
the holder of the lucky numbers.
Each person attending and reg
istering is eligible for these prizes,
which include electric refrigera
tors, stoves, mixmasters, irons,
waffle irons, a model B. tractor,
home freezer, heating pads, radios
and electric water heater.
Miss Caldwell says the bus leav
ing Lumberton will reach Raleigh
in time for club, members to reg
ister for these prizes.
W. D. Kiser, L. B. Martin, Sr.,
A. L. Patterson, and Alex Rascoe
spent last Wednesday at Shallotte.
Legion To Help Wife NSL! Refunds
American Legion Posts of Robeson county will assist all Deal
veterans of World War II in applying for their National Service
Life Insurance dividends, it was announced this week by officials
of the various Legion Posts in the county.
Also aiding veterans in making application for the dividends
will be District Service Officer Martin M. McKinnon and County
Service Officer A. E.
Legionaires who
towns of the county
Maxton: District
(Cy) Watson.
will be glad to aid veterans in the various
include:'
Commander Fairley Morris.
At Maxton Air Base
MAXTON
The Maxton Fire ;
Department was called to the .sir
Base on Wednesday afternoon of
last weke to extinguish a fire"
which had completely destroyed a
barracks building and had caught
another one in the area formerly
known as the Sub Depot area
across from the hangars.
The second barracks was saved
but the, first one had practically
burned to the ground in the large
fire with flames above the tree
tops, before the fire was reported
Red Springs Will
No Longer Build
Septic Tanks
RED SPRINGS—-Areas not
served by the town’s sewage
posal system will no longer
now
dis-
be
and
the fire engine arrived. It
was thought that some one burn
ing trash or a stray cigarette
thrown from a car, was the cause
of the fire, which spread rapidly
due to the extreme dryness of
surrounding area.
McManus Is New
Cut Rate Manager
RED SPRINGS
John
Manus, for the past several
the
Mc-
years
manager of the livestock depart
ment of the Red Springs Supply
Company, became manager of the
Cut-Rate Furniture Company here
Monday.
Mr. McManus has had a num
ber of years experience with re-
I tail concerns, having been at one
time with the old
er Company and
a retail business
some years.
Angus Currie,
John J. Throw-
late.; operated
for himself fo:
who has had
I charge of the store since its open-
ring about a year ago, is being 1
transferred to the Home Furni- j
lure Company, owners of the Cut-:
Rate concern.
Better Guard On Pembroke Bank
William H. Reid
Joins FHA Force
LUMBRRTON
William
H.
Reid of Pender County, has joined
the local staff of the Farmers
Home Administration as farm su
pervisor.
He, Mrs. Reid and their daugh
ter, Amy, have recently moved in
to Miss Eva Musselwhite’s apart-
ment
Mr.
State
took
on East 7th Street
Reid was graduated
from
College the past June and
graduate work at the Uni-
versify of North Carolina during
the summer.
A veteran of four and a half
years in the Air Force
during
World War II, Mr. Reid served
18 months
tre.
The new
cancy left
Pembroke
in the European then-
Montgomery County.
supervisor fills the va-
when H. C. Green of
resigned and moved to
Miss Hill Heads RS
Elementary School
RED SPRINGS—Miss Beatrice
Hill of Spindale, has been named
principal (>£ the elementary school
for the F.wd Springs schools, it
was announced today by Supt.
Walter R. Dudley.
Miss Hill is a graduate of Ashe
ville Normal, and holds a masters
degree from Duke University, and
is at the present doing special
study at Duke.
She succeeds Mrs. Lillian Nance
Huyssoon, who resigned t h
spring, effective at the close
the spring semester.
THIS
Due
which
AND THAT
By FRED BROWN
to circumstances
I have no control,
ing a death in my family, I
been able to produce my
I regret it very much, but
The Rowland High School can-
nerv will be open two days each
week during the month of Au
gust, on Tuesdays and Thurs
days, according to C. E. Morrison,
teacher of agriculture.
The cannery will be open at 9
o’clock in the morning, and
products should be in the cans
3 o’clock in the afternoon,
requested that products
brought early.
Products brought in late
be processed after closing
It
all
by
is
be
must
time
St. Pauls: Lacy Carroll
Pembroke: R. B. Britt. and R. II. Littlejohn.
Rowland: B. O. Burns and A. E. Watson.
Fairmont: J. H. McCollum.
Lumberton: Pete Sundy.
Former Mayor Opens
Insurance Agency
The Legion Posts of the county will have the necessary appli
cations which veterans will have to make to the Veterans Ad-
ministration in order to get their dividends. 1 hese
will be available on or about August 29.
The VA estimates that some 16 million veterans
to the NSLI refunds but today the. VA' has the home
only 6 million eligible veterans. The other 10 million
located by the Legion, Post officials said.
applications
are entitled
addresses of
will have to
orovided with septic tanks by the
town, it was dediced at the meet
ing of the Board of Commission
ers Tuesday night.
The deadline for starting homes
and expecting the town govern
ment to provide the septic tank
has been set for the last day of
August, it was stated in the
board’s order. After that date,
septic tanks must be built by the
house owner subject to approval
under the building
code.
The board approved
tion of Galen Harris
PEMBROKE — The Pembroke
Town board voted in a recent called
meeting to station a full-time po
lice officer in the vicinity of the
Scottish Bank from the hours of
9 A. M,, until 9 P. M., and tor give
the bank fullest possible protec
tion during the hours it is open
and until employees depart in the
afternoon.
The action came soon after
some $20,000 was taken in the
fourth robbery which had been at-
and increases the expense of op
eration. Two hundred and twen
ty-six farm families have used the
cannery for conserving food dur
ing the months of June and July.
Products canned include toma
toes, tomato juice, soup mixture,
corn, butter beans, snap beans,
peas, peaches, okra, squash, chick
en, and Burnsick stew. Persons
who have canned goods at the
cannery are requested to get them
as soon as possible as the cannery
needs the storage room.
ED
BOXSCORE
is
of
over
includ.
haven’t
column,
if I am
able, I will try to be with our
large family of readers again next
week. So goodbye, and fare-thee
will until then.
ten/ted at the
Pembroke office
two years.
The board also
Scottish Bank’s
during the past
accepted the pro-
posal of the Pate Supply Company
to pay the salary of a full-time
night policeman.
The action came after sugges
tions by R. H. Livermore and the
motion was put by Commissioner
N. H. Biddell and seconded by
Commissioner Ted R. Tyner.
OH ?’
HIGHWAYS
KILLED:
Killed July 30 thru Aug. 1.. 3
Injured July 30 thru Aug. 1 95
Killed thru Aug. 1 this year. ...446
INJURED:
Killed thru Aug. 1, 1948
376
! RED SPRINGS—The 1949 Maid
of Cotton, ’‘Miss Lions Interna
tional and & bevy of other
'‘Queens’’ are being invited to
Red Springs to participate in the
Cotton Festival planned for early
October by the Red Springs Mer
chants Association.
George T. Ashford, a member of
the National Cotton Council, has
been named chairman of the pro
gram committee and Postmaster
^William T. McGoogan and A. H,
"Grant, manager of Robbins. Cloth
Mills here will serve on the com
mittee, it was announced yester
day? by Waverly S. Barham, chair
man of the association.
me group plans ,ne affair as a
super-duper farmers day, harvest
festival and farm machinery ex
hibition, with parades, bands,
queens, hill-billy . music, public
speakings and it is expected that
some $1,500 worth of prizes of' va
rious sorts Will be given to those
attending the event. The awards
committee is composed of Warren
McNeill, chairman, A. C. Stephen
son, Reid Gi»itham and Charles
A. Gardner.
inspector’s
the elee-
as chief
of the volunteer fire depart
ment. and attended to a num
ber of routine matters. Dur-
han Ratley, clerk, was in.
structed to investigate the pos
sibility of a rat-killing cam
paign. and bring a plan for
such a community-wide drive
before the board at its Sep.
tember meeting.
Study of a new contract with
the Carolina Power and Light
Company was assigned to the
Utilities committee. The contract
comes up for renewal on the 15th
of December of this year. The
i present contract has been in force
I for 10 years since the town dis-
I poised of its Beisel generating
RED SPRINGS—E. H. Alexan-
der, cotton buyer and former
mayor, announces today that he
j equipment. It was e .imated that
the growth of the ’ wn and the
. increased loud wcu. : bring Jown
the cost per kwh soihe what oh
renewal of the contract.
Petitions were, heard, for sev
eral extensions of light and water
has been appointed the
J for a number of old
j panics . for a genera.
business, and that he
the E. H. Alexander
Agency.
Mrs. Clyde Stanton
I office manager for
local agent
line coin-
insurance
is opening
Insurance
will be the
the concern,
the offices for which are located
at 110 West Fourth Avenue.
Contracts Approved For Erection
Of Two County School Buildings
Contracts for the
two school buildings
proved
Board
funds
centiy
Monday by
erection of
were ap-
the county
of Education, drawing first
for this purpose voted re-
when a $3,000,000 bond is-
Long Branch elementary school.
It calls for eight classrooms,. li
brary, auditorium-physical educa
tion room, cafeteria, water system,
by a delegation from the Midway
Presbyterian Church. A 1 t o n
.Thompson, spokesman for the
lines.
Routine matters carried
sue was approved by the voters
of the county.
The first contract is for the
Proctorville - Barnesville Negro
Consolidated School to be located
near Barnesville and to serve a
large area now being served by a
number of small schools. The
contract was for $98,989 and was
awarded to O. W. Godwin on
Dunn. Plans call for a 14 class-
room building, gymnasium,audi
torium, luncheon and training
shop. The school is. being design
ed to care for approximately 300
children in the elementary grades
Injured thru Aug. 1 this year. .5,0141
I Injured thru Aug. 1, 1948.... 4,079
and about 100 high school stu
dents.
heat,
Some
added
erty.
lights and new furniture,
additional land is also being
to the present school prop-
group, asked the board to
price upon the four room,
block building, and the
would endeavor to raise the
put a
cinder
church
money 1
A number of appeals were
heard from citizens and
school folks. A delegation
from Parkton asked that the
plans for their new gym
nasium include also plans for
a lunch room, instead of us
ing the old auditorium for this
purpose,
that the
ders and
ville, be
The board ordered
architect, Col. Saitn-
associates of Fayette.
instructed to
plans according to the
quest.
The abandoned scnool
prepare
new re-
property-
at Midway, which featured one of
The second contract was to the the county’s most sensational 1
Godwin concern in the amount of trials some years ago, was sought
necessary to purchase it and the!
several acres of land. Mr. Thpmp.
son stated that the church would
use it for Sunday School class
rooms ancf that it would also be
available for other community
purposes.
OTHER BUILDINGS
Plans for a number of
other
4-H Club boys will probably
come in for several of the choice
prizes, as the association plans to
purchase several blooded beef type
calves which will go to the 4-H’e:s
who catches them, under rules
which govern similar calf-catching
contests in the West.
Details of the festival will ba
annquned as soon as dates can be
. confirmed with, the special attrac
tions wanted for the program, Mr.
Ashford stated, explaining that
■ the day should be one of g.eat in
terest to everyone and of special
j appeal to the farmers and their
I families of this section.
Southeastern Is
Awarded Negro
School Contract
RED SPRINGS —Southeaste.ui
Construction Company was award
ed ttvi general contract tor i »eon.
struction and repair to the Neg ■.
School, which was
weeks ago by fire.
the
is the date set
the work.
Bids for the
for
damaged two
September 10
completion of
work, not includ-
meeting to such a late hour that
no action was taken about pos
sible successors of L. E. Baldwin
and Ed Bodenheimer as members
of the commission. :
Legion Post
Begins Drive
For Members
RED SPRINGS—Charles
post of the American Legion
ed its annual membership
buildings to be erected under the
improvement program were order
ed prepared and the beard in-1
structed County Superintendent 11.1
E. Littlefield to assign projects
to architects as follows: (White)
Parkton: gymnasium and lunch
room, plus sanitary facilities for
present plant to Col. Saunders and
(Continued on Page Five)
Robeson Citizens Protest ACL Proposal To
Discontinue Fairmont - Chadbourn Line
A request of the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad that it be
allowed to discontinue service
between Fairmont and Chad
bourn was heard Friday in the
Robeson County Courthouse
by Hearing Examiner Nye of
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
The application of the rail
road was vigorously opposed
by delegations from communi
ties that would be affected by
the change.
The railroad representatives
presented testimony showing
several years in order to have
a better argument before the
ICC.
The examiner indicated that
it Would be a month or two
before a final decision could
be given in the matter.
The railroad also presented
testimony to the effect that
trackage between Fairmont
and Chadbourn is in poor
shape and requires an imme
diate permanent improvement
program if it is . to be con
tinued. Such an improvement
that operation of the
mont-Chadbourn line
costing the. company
Fair-
w a s
some
program would cost in
neighborhood of $280,000,
timony showed.
G. F. Potter presented
the
tes-
data
HaK
start,
drive
Monday night, when Morrison Pe
terson, chairman, and R. D. Mc
Millan, Jr., Sam Thomas and A.
c Stephenson took over the ac-
ing refinishing damaged equip
ment and replacement of damaged
fixtures and equipment destroyed,
were as follows: Schell Brothers,
$11,890; C. L. and W. R. Collins,
$11,700, and Southeastern, $11,500.
About half of the damage was
■covered by insurance and the oth
er funds necessaiy for recondi
tioning the building were appro
priated this week by the county
school board and the board of
commissioners.
NEW BUILDINGS
Contracts for construction of
new buildings of the whole school
here will be let on August 16th. it
was stated by Mr. Dudley. Plans
for a building for the lunchroom,
to be located between the present
buildings, and for a gymnasium
building to be
$20,000 annually.
Opponents of the proposal
charged that the railroad has
been contemplating discon
tinuance of the line for sev-
eral years and has
diverted traffic for
purposely
the past
showing the amount of freight
and passengers now going
over the route in question and
declared that figures prove
average passenger revenue
during the first three months
of 1949 was only 39 cents per
tivities of the
mitt.ee.
Mr. Peterson
the membership
creased from $3
membership com-
pointed out that
dues may be in
to $3.50 at the na-
tional convention to be held this
month„‘but that dues paid before
the convention would be accepted
a tthe present rate by all those
imrne-
renewing
diately.
Members
Members
steps to no
membership
of the rtustees of Le-
of the trustees of Le
ake Legion Hall pay
more of its operating expenses, _ as
the present method of operation
- on the post
is a heavy
treasury'.
CARNIVAL
drain
■will be
sponsored by
A carnival
the post to be held one week start
ing September Sth.
N. S. L. I.
Veterans requesting refunds on
payments for their National Ser
vice Life Insurance will be aided
in filling out their applications
by officers of the post, or at the
veterans offee next to the post
office.
and classroom
erected west
of the. grammar
have been
com-
schoo building
n oted and accepted by the board
of trustees.
The contract letting will be
on
to
be
six
be
a conditional basis, in regard
the number of classrooms to
built. The plans call for
rooms, with one or more to
eliminated if the funds available
are not sufficient for the entire
project.
ANOTHER TEACHER
The schools here gain rd a teach-
er for the hig^ school, Mr* Dud
ley- stated, and Miss Fay MeMil-
lan, of Four Oaks, granddaughter
of the late Paisley McMillan of
near Red Springs, has been elect
ed to the post. She will teach
chemistry and physics and be su
pervisor of physical education tor
girls and oach girls basketball
and softball,Un" which sports she
excelled at college and high schOul.
Miss Elizabeth Murray, 3rd
grade teacher, resigned yesterday,
to enter the University at Chape.
Hill for special study.
passenger.
Freight traffic originating
or ending at points on the line
consisted of only 116 cars dur
ing the same period, he testi
fied
When questioned by Attor
ney David Britt, representing
the Town of Fairmont, the
Town of Proctorville and the
Fairmont Chamber of Com
merce, Potter admitted that
the railroad had considered
discontinuance of the line for
two or three years; but he de
nied Britt’s suggestion that
traffic might have been pur-
Fairmont citizens that trains
would be operated between
Elrod and Fairmont daily
the line is discontinued.
if -
coming school building
gram at Proctorville and
rum and declared that
pro
Dr
at
Robeson Municioal Association
Has Picnic Meeting At White Lake
posely diverted in order
make a better showing at
hearing.
Assistant ChieFT3Kgineer
to
the
M.
W. Clark testified that the line
needed immediate repair if
continued and gave estimated
cost of the repairs..
Railroad witnesses assured
Asked why he testified
against discontinuance if
Fairmont would not be direct
ly affected, Chamber of Com
merce Secretary Charles C.
Stafford declared: ‘‘Because
it’s a step backward. If we
let you get away with this,
it won’t be long before you’ll
be back, wanting to take up
the rest of the track between
Fairmont and Elrod.’’
R. A. McQueen, president of
the Proctorville Trading Co.,
testified to the growth of
Proctorville and the increased
freight traffic there.
I. P. Graham, lifelong reel
dent of Proctorville and mem
ber of the County Board of
Education, told of the forth-
least 25 cars of heavy build
ing material were slated to be
hauled to that section within
the next 12 months.
Frank S. Love, Evergreen
lumberman, told of the growth
of business In his section and
of a necessity for rail service.
Attorney Wayland Floyd of
Fairmont appeared on behalf
of himself and other interested
citizens.
The Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen also had a represen
tative at the hearing, to pro
test the line discontinuance
on the grounds that it would
mean less work for employees.
Towns that would loose rail
service if the line is discon
tinued include Proctorville,
Ortum, Boardman, Evergreen.
Residents of urban portions, of
North Carolina are going to have
to organize if they expect to ob
tain their share of say-so in state
government, former m. a. y o r
Charles G. Rose of Fayetteville
declared last Wednesday at n
meeting of the Robeson County
Municipal Association at
Lake.
White
Members of the group and
special guests enjoyed the hos-
Vitality
Evans
of Maxton Ma vor T. O.
at his White Lake
home Wednesday afternoon
and night and were entertain,
ed at a picnic style supper of
fried chicken and fish.
Mr. Rose pointed to inequality
of gasoline tax distribution to
towns as compared to proportion
of tax paid by urban residents.
Residents of cities and towns
pay half the tax and one-tenth of
the highway system is in. cities
and towns while municipalities re-
l ceive only one-fortieth of the gas
i tax, Mr. Rose said.
Guests of the association who
, were recognized included' State
Senator Henry A. McKinnon or
Lumberton, who introduced The
speaker, Representatives F. Way-
land Floyd of Fairmont and John
B. Reran of St. Pauls, Chairman
C. A. Hasty of the Robeson Board
of Commissioners, and E. H. Alex
ander, former chairman of the
municipal association.
Special guests at the meetihge
were Mayor John Hemingway and
Commissioner Alfred Smith and
former Mayor C. R- Jordan, Jr.,
i of Elizabethtown.