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VOL. 76
ESTABLISHED IN
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 7, 1956
PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
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NO 97
CommhtMs For
Cotton Vote !n
County Pkked
JcnMn's Store in Brassfieid
Township and Court House
Are PoiHng Places
Members of community commit
tees who win be responsible for con
ducting the cotton inarkettng quota
referendum throughout the county
on Dec. it were announced today
by the Oranviiie County Agricul
tural Stabilization +nd Conserva
tion Committee.
AH farmers are eitgibie to vote in
the referendum Some of the refer
endum committeemen are also
elected community committeemen
Arrangements for the establish
ment of poiiing pieces in ail of
Oranviiie County's ! cotton grow
ing communities have been com
pleted Notices are now being mail
ed to each farmer who has a cot
ton acreage allotment, informing
him of ^he piece where he may vote
in the referendum Ali persons who.
as iandiord. tenant, or sharecrop
per. engaged in the production of
cotton In 1956. are eligible to vote
in the referendum. If ti$ere is any
question about eligibility, farmers
are asked to check with their
county ASC office.
Brassfieid township growers will
vote at Jenkins' store and the com
mittee consists of E. M. piackley.
G. T. Perry and W. B. Lone
Fishing Creeit township growers
and those from other townships wiii
vote at the courthouse with the foi
iowing committee: W 3 Critcher.
W. A Tippett and J H Renn. Jr
WMh Cezarits
HeMMt C nitty
Negro Eacepeo Given New
Term of 13 MonMv—Speed
hnCMeeMed
"^Wpiit Ceaaft. (sTbrnedmoor Ne
gro who testiHsd in court here on
Tuesday of hi! associations with
OeraMine Mow, was found not
guiity of * knife assault upon the
women's husband Otter she Admit
ted that she had whdded the knife.
The term %f court was the first
with Judds W Z. Mitchell. Jr., on
the bench end Boy H Royster
prosecuting. ^
The Moore women wss olso
Charged with assault with deadly
weapon, hut the prosecuting wit
ness was sliowed to withdraw the
warrant. Costa in the case were re
mitted
On a plea pf guilty. James Rob
ert paucctte. H. white, paid a fine
of (12 and costs for speeding 67
miles an hour.
James Oadsen Lane, 25. white,
paid a fine of 615 and costs for
speeding 55 miies an hour.
Wtiliam Ray Baueom. Jr . 27.
white, paid a fine of (25 and costa
for speeding 57 miies an hour with
truck.
Roy Cox. 22. white, paid a fine of
(10 and costs for careless and reck
iees driving
Wilbert Daniel, iS. Negro, plead
guilty and paid a fine of (25 and
costs for driving without sn opera
tor's license
Charged with escape. Waiter Ed
ward White. 36. Negro, plead guilty
and was given a term of 12 months
) or\ the toads to begin at the expi
\ ration of the term he now is serv
ing imposed in Vsnee County for
escape.
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Safety Prostata
Ba!ag Sparked By
Joytee* of Oxhtrd
An effort to taUat Meat support
far a state-wide protpam of driver
training tn the pubhc schoohs has
been iaunched by Junior Chamber
of Commerce.
Weison Daniei. chairman of the
aafaty committee, has asked the to
cai civic ciuba to take a stand fav
oring the propoaai and petitions
asking endorsement by the pubiic
are aiso beta# *W*d
tempt to intern Bsp, #e A. Wat
kins of wishes of Oranviiie citizens
on the safety program
Parwaod
Wtaaer of Award
Durweod ftobinson, student at
Oxford High, has keen deciared
winner of the Voice Of Democracy
Contest conducted icesiQy by Ox
ford Junior Chamber Of Commerce.
Jaycee President &tan Pbx said
RoWhson wiii be presented a $35
savings bond and certificate at the
jaycee meeting on Jan. M at which
Oxford High Beta Chib asesabem
Me to be guests __
REDS MOVE TROOPS ON SALUTES
KUSStAN TKOOP reinforcements, ted by 20 divisions sent into
Hungary, are reported moving into the rebellion-stirred Russian
sateiiites For the first time. Red troops were arriving in Bulgaria,
by way of the Black Sea. Armored units and MIG jet fighters are
reported pouring into Hungary A pact with Poland keeps Red
troops there to maintain a line into Fast Germany. The moves
established a possible pincer on independent Yugoslavia. (C. PJ
Critcher P!ans
For Awards Night
Junior Chamber to Revea!
Young Man of the Year at {
Meeting Next Month
Royster Critcher of the Fubiic
Ledger has been appointed by
Stan Fox. president. to be chair
man of the annuai Dieting Utah ed
Service Award night of the Ox
ford Junior Ohamigg af^Cammaroa
to be h:id Jan- fl.
Critcher said that on that ocoa- ;
sion the city's Young Man of the
Year wiU be announced and pre-!
rented with a pin and a certificate !
Nomination biangs have been for
warded to ciubs and are avaiiabie
to the interested pubiic desiring to
offer a nomination, according to t
Fox.
Hie nominations shouid be sent t
to Critcher. A secret seiection com
mittee wiii canvass the nomina
tions to pick the winner.
Awards Night is stso to be iadies
night. Jaycees wiii on that occa
sion have as their guests their ia
dies and also heads of other civic
bodies in the city
Any resident of the community
under J6 years of age may be nomi
nated and the nomination shouid
be accompanied by supporting evi
dence of outstanding abtiity and
significant contribution to the com
munity in service
Previous winners of the award
have been T. H. Yancey. John D
Ma-kie and Ai King
Thursday. Dec. 20. is the deadiine
for submitting nominations for thp
current year. Critciie^ reminded
Ctaude C. Wheeier
Low Bidder On Job
in GranviHe County
Claude C. Wheeler, Inc . ol Ox
ford.snbmitted a tow bid of $90,513!
this week to the North Carolina
Highway Department for proposed
! improvements at Tar River on 90
south of Oxford.
The commission wiii meet in Ra
' ieigh today to canvass this and
other iow bids on various highway
I projects. The department fs pian
! ning to relocate the crossing of the
' river and to construct a two-way
bridge to replace the steei span now !
in use over the rtver ten miies
south of Oxford *
CreedmoorFFATeam
Winner at StovaH
Creedmoor. Stovaii. Wiiton and,
i Oxford finished in that order in
the pariiamentary procedure con
test heid far Future Farmers of
America chapters at the Sto
vall Schooi Tuesday for the Oran
viile-Person County Federation. I
Creedmoor took home the win
ning banner and the right to enter
the district contest next May.
The Creedmoor team consists of
Andy Curl. president; Ronald
Prince, vice president: Gene Rog
ers. sentinel; Mackie McCombs,
treasurer: Stanci! Roberts, secre
tarv. and Robert Sandling, reporter,
with F. L. Wilson as advisor.
The Oxford team inciuded Rus
seil Rarlowe. Jarvis Newton. David
Ford. Donald Oakes. Jerry Averett
and David Currin, with Robert Hill
ias advisor.
robacco Meei/ng
S/afeJ on Monday
Granviile's annua) tobacco
meeting" ts to be held at the
court house here Tuesday night.
Dec. il. at 1:30.
Roy Bennett. Extension to
bacco specialist at State Col
lege. will be on hand with the
facts and figures about varie
ties now in use and verities
proposed for the iM! crop, ac
cording, at Farm Agent C. V.
Bennett wii! be prepared to
give information on results ef
tests, as well as yields, spacing,
fertilisation, nematodes and re
lated information.
"Meetings of this type held
in the past have always attract
ed a large attendance." Mor
gan said. Because of the pealc
interest in tobacco and the ac
ceptable types for the domestic
and export trade. I'm confident
we will have a courtroom full
of people."
Drgon, Piano And
G!ee Ctub To Be
Heord on Sunday
William V. Collins, instructor In
ttiano for the department of music
it the C.xford Orphanage, wfll pre
tent a concert in the Recreation
renter Sunday evening. Dec. 9. at
1:30 o'clock
A concert model Hammond organ
s being installed through courtesy
jf Stephenson Music Company, of
Raleigh, to use in the recital. Col
lins will play both the concert
Hammond and the piano simulta
neously. the same combination
shich brought him high acclaim
A hen he appeared on the Arlene
Francis ABC Television Network
show. Talent Patrol. In 1954
He will be assisted by William
Ernest Crow, trumpet, of Warren
ton Also Included bn the program
ail) be the Oxford Orphanage Glee
Club under the direction of Mrs
Roy Crews. Jr.
The concert is open to the pub
lic at no charge, and a cordial Invi
tation Is extended ail persons who
desire to attend.
Coroner's Jury ^
Finds ProbnMe
Cause in Death
Sixteen Witnesses Heard
During Four-Hour Session
Here Tuesday Night
A coroner s Jury of four white and
two Negro citizens Tuesday night
found probable cause in a hearing
into the death of James Hawiey.
53-year-old Negro who was found
dead near town on Oct .15.
The Jury, tmpaneied by Coroner
(trover Saunders, Jr., heard id
witnesses in a four-hour session
which adjourned shortly before
midnight, but failed to order any
; one heid in the death.
Members of the Jury were Jimmy
Adcock. Roy T. Breediove. James
Dean. L J. Yancey. C. A. Atkins
and Drank Lewis.
Hawleys body was found on a
small stream approximate^ a mile
irorn his residence on the afternoon
of Oct. i5 after he had been miss
ing from home since the previous
night.
The several witnesses who were
heard at the inquest toid of having
seen Hawley at various times and
pieces.
Shearin Funera!
Conducted Here
Mrs. J A. Shearin. 87. Form
er Resident, Dies in New
port News Hospital
Mrs J A Shearin. 87. a former
resident of this city and in recent
years a resident of Warwick, Va..
died Monday night in a Newport
Mews. Va . hospitai. Death was at
tributed to the infirmities of age.
The funera) was conducted at !
p. m. Wednesday at Perkinson-Cur
rin Funerai Chapei by the Rev. T.
T. Traynham of the Presbyteriagr^
Church. Burtgi was in Zhnwot^
Cemetery. '
Survivors inciude a son. Luther
D Shearin of Woodbury, M. J . a
brother. George Brogden of Hiiis
boro. a sister. Mrs Bcttie Massey
of Newport News. Va . : four grand
sons. Gordon I.. Biiiy, Ravon and
James Steagaii. aii of Oxford, and
two granddaughters. Mrs. N. S
Watkins of Durham and Mrs J. D.
Winn of Warwick. Va.
ACP Proctices Must
Be Compteted Soon
Compietion and reporting of some
ACP practices have been extended
to Dec. 3i. according to Gariand
Catiett. GranviHe ASC cierk.
This is being done so that any
of these practices commenced may
be compieted within the 1958 pro
gram year. Catiett expiained.
Compietion dates have been ex
tended ott sod waterways, terracing,
forest improvement, irrigation and
itvestock ponds.
Ail these practices must be com
pieted and reported by Dec. 31.
Re/eased on Bond
Cash bond of MOO was posted
here Tuesday afternoon for the re
lease of Woodrow Wheeiers. charg
ed in the shooting Sunday after
noon of his wife. Inez, at their
home in Grissom community.
Hearing for Wheeiers has been
set in C-ranviHe Recorder's CoutS
for Tuesday. Jan 8 1957
Mrs Wheeiers is reported im
proving satisfactory at Granviiie
Hospitai where she was brought
with a rifie buiiet puncture through
her shoutder. just above the heart
Robert 7i$do/e Mobbed
Assistant Chief N. E. White Winner in Exhausting Foot
Race With Escapee
One of North Carolina's most
wanted escaped convicts was appre
hended here Monday night to cii
max a determined foot-race with a
biue-coated poiice officer
Robert 'Hsdaie. 33,-year-oid for
mer Oxford Negro who has a iong
record cf escapes and an accumu
iating totai of charges awaiting his
answer lt\ court, was apprehended
bacit of Eiiiott Motor Company af
ter he had been out-winded by As
sistant Chief N. E. White.
Driving a stoien car on Oranviiie
Street. Tisdaie dashed away when
White stopped the car for a routine
check. White pursued Tisdaie on
foot south on Oranviiie. east on
Herndon and aiong Linden and
across private premises and back
iota to Oranviiie and through Man
gum Aiiey to Orange and aiong
Buttock and into back tots before
seizing Tisdate back of the garage.
Sentenced to prison from Oxford
nearty two years ago oh a charge
of tarceny and peeping. Tisdate es
caped and was apprehended after
theft of a quantity of apparei and
other items from automobiles park
ed in the Durham warehouse dis
trict He went back to prison and
ted prison camp guards and poitce
on a wiid chase in backtots between
Broad and College.
' Transferred to Caledonia Prison
farm, he got away and was appre
hended in Henderson and was be
ing hetd on a first degree burglary
charge when he dashed from the
jail on Nov. 21 when the Vance
)atier's wife was reteasing another
prisoner A subsequent break-in of
la fiiiing station on the Henderson
Bee TISDALE. Page !
WRONG CAR
Stanley Cousin. 52. Negro,
made two mistakes in the city
Tuesday
Thg first was when he got
drunk: the second was when he
crawled into the car with a
cop
For Officer C. B Woodiief.
the experience was funny: for
Cousin, embarrassing He wiil
iegm this morning about the
cost. '
Woodiief. driving his patrol,
stopped the police car at the
comer of Church and Lewis
streets when he drew up to a
red tight. As the car roiied to a
stop, the Negro matt went
around, opened the right front
door and took his seat
"1 wanna go to Betitown." he
told the driver.
Woodiief turned toward the
police station.
As Woodiief drove along Hilis
boro, Cousin remarked. Don't
be scared. I ain t going hurt
you."
"Im not afraid of you at all.
I'm a police officer Woodiief
told his passenger
"Woa. there.'" he caiied. T
done got ih the wrong auter
mobile
A short time iater. Cousin
was "sleeping it off " in the
county jail. He is to appear in
court here this morning on a
charge of public drunkenness
Fanera) Today For
Mrs. H. W. Dov!s
Service te Be Conducted at
BuUoch Baptist Church
at 3 P M
Mrs. Hassle Thomas Davis, 32. a
resident of the Buliock section oi
the county, died at Granvttie Hos
pttai vtt 3:i3 Thursday morning
She had been tit for several weeks
and hospitalised here and in Dur
e oondu
iuctad at
$ Rev Ftoyd Hai
_,_it charge Buriai wiii
be in the Rnsster Cemetery The
Cody wiii be taken to the church 30
minutes prior to the service.
Mrs. Davis was a member of But
tock Baptist Church. She was the
widow of Harry W. Davis and a
daughtei of the iate Maurice and
Fannie Rittard Thomas
Surviving are three sons. Maurice.
Diiver and Francis Davis of the
Come: a sister. Afrs. WiUie T Wai
ker of Buiiock and a brother. L
M. Thomas of Skipwith. Va
Active paiibearers wiii be Hetuy
riiiey, Robert Walker. Herbert
Morton. Richard Newton. Harris
Woltz and B. T. Royster.
W. Bryan Garner !$
Being Eiected SCS
Supervisor in Area
W. Bryan Garner of Creedmoor.
has been nominated a soti conserva
tion supervisor for Granvtiie Coun
ty in the Tar River Soii Conserva
tion District.
Voting for the election of Garner
began Monday and wiii continue
through Dec. 8 Baiiots may be cast
at any of 20 community stores
across the county
W. W. Muiien Heard
At^ Kiwanis Meeting
Administrative services and mis
cellaneous responstbiUties of the
Oranviii: Weifare Department were
outlined and captained at the week
iy meeting of the Kiwanis Ciub
here Tuesday night.
Speaker for the occasion was W
W. Mullen, superintendent of the
GranviH? department, who was
presented by John S. Watkins, Jr .
of the program committee.
Muiien toid of the departments
administration of the program of
aid to dependent children, oid age
assistance and to the permanently
and totaiiy dtsabied.
Joint^ Meeting To
Be HeM December
10 at Court House
A joint meeting of members
of the Board of County Com
missioners. the Board of Edu
cation and the Oxford Board of
Graded Bchooi Trustees is to
be heid at 3 p. m. Monday at
the court house
The meeting had been set ori
ginaiiy for Monday of this
week, but was postponed for
one week and is to be heid An
Dec M
The purpose of the get-to
gether of beard members * to
consider a bond eiectton to pro
vide funds to meet schooi con
struction demands in the city
and county
COUNTY BOARD DEN!ES USE OF
ALLOCATED FUNDS ON OLD 75
SET FOR B!G GLOW—A group of Oxford High Juniors load
;he back of an automobile in preparation for their fund
*aising campaign, "Big Glow," which begins Monday night
md continues through the week. Launching the big glow
yith salesmanship smiles are Martha Taylor, William Wat
clns, Hope Harrison, Ann White and Durwood Robinson,
to r.
Oxford High School
Juniors to Conduct
Sale of Light Bulbs
Members of the Junior Ciass of
OfoRf-Msh^Behoei wUi iaunch
their fund raising efforts with the
"Big Glow" here Monday night.
Big Glow is a door-to-door light
bulb sale which students are to
make. The effort will continue for a
week or until the entire city has
been covered.
Anne White is the sales chief and
the captains are Hope Ha#ison,
Martha Taylor. Durwood Robinson
and Russell Barlowe. .
Sponsoring the sale are faculty
members. Miss Lorena Averett. Miss
Barbara Sanderford and Miss Bon
nie Bunn Students will make then
sales calls from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.,
the school announcement said.
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Lnnie Mnngum,40,
Dies in Hospitn!
Funera) for Creedmoor Rest
dent Condttcted Wednesday
Afternoon at Church
Miss Lame Lee Mangum of
Creedmoor died at 1 a. in Tues
day at Watts Hospitai. Durham.
She was 40 and had been iii for a
wet-k aithough in deeiining heaith
for a year.
The funerai was conducted at 2
p. m Wednesday at Creedmoor
Methodist Church by the Rev Mor
ris Byers, pastor. Buriai was in
Creedmoor Cemetery.
Miss Mangum was a native of
Granviiie County, educated in the
pubiic schoois here. She was a
daughter of Wiiiam R Mangum
and the iate Leona Hunt Mangum.
Surviving in addition to her fa
ther are three brothers. James of
Durham. J. J of Austin. Tex., and
L. D. Mangum of Hickory.
Stcb!es Burned On
CuHom Hester Farm
A stable buiiding. with feed stor
ed in the upper portion, was de
stroyed Tuesday on the Cuiiom
Hester farm west of Oxford.
The fire was said to have origi
nated from ieaves. which were be
ing burned on the yard, when the
Maze got out of controt
Volunteer firemen came from
Stovall and used their equipment
to prevent spread of the flames to
other property Neighbors aiso came
in and worked in the bucket bri
gade
$20 For Relief
A gift of HO for the Hungarian
relief fund has been forwarded by
Oxford Junior Chamber of Com
merce. according to 3tan Fox. pres
ident. The fund is being paid into
the U 8. Junior Chamber collec
tion to provide food, ciothing and
medicine for distressed persons.
Leaf Market /s
Cfosaig; 7racfc
WM Be ^wardecf
The Oxford tobacco market
will wind up the 1956 auction
season today with the heaviest
volume in five years.
Todays auctions wiil push
the market total to 27.750.000
pounds. Supervisor John N.
Watkins. Jr., announced yes
terday
Watkins reminded that a
ton Chevrolet pick-up truck
will be awarded to some market
patron in a drawing to be held
in froht of the court house at
I p m There will be other priz
es given at thS same time.
As growers have marketed
their tobacco here during the
season, a ticket was issued in
the name of each person whose
name 'appeared on the ware
house check. The result has
beet) the distribution of 50.000
tickets, one of which will win
the award. Watkins explained.
Through Wednesday, the
market had paid out $14,294.
271.19. the best record since
1951 when the season saw the
sale of 28.581.374 pounds for
$15,666,808 75.
Watkins termed the season
one of the best in history for
the Oxford market. There has
been splendid cooperation in
promoting the market and the
business interests of Oxford. A
new high it) serving the tobac
co grower has been attained,
and we are .already planning
more improvements for anoth
er year." Watkins observed.
Roy Aiken Joins
Penney Personne!
Roy Aiken, recently released from
the U S Army, in which he served
seven years, has moved here from
Henderson to work with the J. C
Penney Company
With his wife and 10-months old
son. Stephen. Aiken is residing in
the O'Brien apartment at 507 Cog
geshail Street. The Aikens are
members of the Baptist Church and
Aiken aiso is a National Guards
man He was transferred to the lo
cai unit Monday night.
Penney Manager George Childers
said Aiken would succeed Elton L
Linder m the men's wear depart
ment Linder has been transferred
to Raleigh. ,
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Bake So!e Saturday
At bake sale, commencing at 10
a. m. Saturday in front of Wil
liams-Breedlove store, is to be con
ducted by members of Circle 3 of
the Woman's Auxiliary of St. Ste
phens Episcopal Church. Mrs C
H. Easton Announced yesterday.
Mrs Easton stated that a variety
of baked products, including cakes,
cookies and pies would be offered.
State Highway
Officiats Act
Ahead of Board
Action Taken at Catted Meet
ing Yesterday — Commis
sion to Meet in Rateigh To
day
ON SPUT VOTE
The Board of Commissioners of
Granviiie County, in cailed meet
ing here Thursday, asked the State
Highway Commission to put first
things first from the county stand
point .
The board declined to sanction
expenditure of Granville County
highway fund allocations at this
time for improvements on old High
way 75 near the Durham County
line and on state-owned property.
Although the North Carolina
Highway Department has accepted
bids and is prepared to award con
tracts today for the project, the
Granville board, headed by George
D Morton as chairman, approved
the project only with the reserva
tion that the work be paid for with
funds other than any that might
now or in the future be allocated
for improvements to roads in Gran
viiie.
Three to Two Vote
The action came on a three-two
vote after a motion by Commis
sioner W W. Yeargin that the
board accept the endorsing resolu
tion sent by the district highway
office in Durham. Commissioners
Yeargin and T. Morgan Daniel vot
ed against the resolution prohibit
ing use of county funds and Com
missioners W. D. Gooch and Hubert
L; Cox voted for it, with Chairman
Morton breaking the tie. thus ask
mg the highway department to put
county roads on which there are
long-standing petitions ahead of
one never sought by petition by
Granville residents.
In a resolution prepared for for
warding by a waiting messenger to
the division highway office in Dur
ham. the board set out that a num
ber of petitions have been filed for
road construction and improve
ments in Granville which are of
vastly more use to Granville citi
zens in reaching markets, schools
and churches and in mail delivery,
and called upon the Highway Com
mission to give these petitions prior
consideration over that just east Of
the Durham County line.
See FUNDS. Page 8
County Board Defays
Action on Petitions
To Name A! Jenkins
A stalemate developed here Mon
day and the Board of County Com
missioners delayed action on peti
tions presented by Al Jenkins ask
ing appointment as constable in
Brassfield township.
Commissioners Hubert L Cox and
W D. Gooch gave their approval
of appointment, but two other com
missioners. W W. Yeargin and T.
Morgan Daniel, refrained from
voting and the motion died.
Meanwhile, the county has paid
$10 for a bond for Jenkins, a former
county officer who did not file as a
Democratic candidate in the pri
mary last May
Jenkins presented to the board
Monday sheets on which he said
there were over 200 names of resi
dents of his township who favored
his appointment for law enforce
ment duties.
Benefit ShowTo Be
Given at Orpheum;
Toys to Be Tickets
A usable toy, carton, can or box
of usable food or clothing will be
the price of admission for the Jay
cee benefit show at the Orpheum
on Tuesday afternoon. Dec 11.
Manager George Duffy has an
nounced that any child bringing
food or gift suitable for the Christ
mas boxes which Jaycees will dis
tribute this month will be admitted
to see Away Ali Boats "
Duffy is making facilities of the
theatre available for Jaycees to
pack their big Christmas gift stock
ing so the organization can better
provide for needy In the territory.
VFW SUFFER MEETING
There is to be a supper meeting
of the VFW at the club house to
night at 7:30 o'clock. Veterans will
at that time discuss plans for dis
tributing Christmas cheer.