North Carolina Newspapers

THE PRINTED WORD h) the only type of *d rertietng thetmey be referred to again end egein—et wBL ti,',.—-,., _ NO. 79 ESTABLISHED IN THE TEAR IMI NO. 62 meny farm opportunltiee. In yeettgete, then tnveet. TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1960 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Caroiinas Leaf Wot Doing Wot! On Georgia Mart No Indication that Quick Test for Presence ot MH 30 !s Being Used Disappointment was the end re suit of up-oountry producers who took their tobacco to Georgia mar kets iast week for saie on the open ing auctions. Prices paid for Georgia-grown Mat were approx imate^ equal to the 1959 opening level Georgia iaw requires that ware housemen identify out-of-state to bacco with a tag different from that used on native-state tobacco. Oxford tobacco men visiting the market reported that bids ottered on the out-state tobacco ware gen eraily considerably lower than Georgia-grown leaf. In many in stances. the bids were below the support levels. * Some producers turned their untied ieaf over to Stabilization Corporation; others hauled it back home in anticipation of a better dea) with their own warehouseman. In the first days of the auctions, there was no indication that the buying companies were using any quick test to determine whether MH-30, the sucker cohtrol chem ical. had been used. In some instances, warehouse men. particularly in upper market ing centers of Georgia, were so dis pleased with price performances on hauled-in tobacco from the Carolinas that they halted sales Warehousemen became heavy pur chases of tobacco from the Caro linas. It was explained that the purpose of the move to hait dumping of Carolinas grown tobacco on the Georgia market, where tobacco is sold by the sheet-full and untied, growers and also the export market as a means of protecting the Georgia —: * ' . Winner* Warned for Prize! from Texato Harris StatioH Here Has Good Business, Spiendid Turn out for Opening Robert T. Lloyd of Oxford, on Saturday became the winner of the top prize, a television receiver, awarded Saturday in connection with the grand opening of Harris Texaco Station at the comer of Wiiiiamsboro and Gilliam Streets The station is operated by A. D tTony) Harris, HI, of 410 Hancock Street, who has recently moved to the city with his wife and four children. Harris is a native of War renton, but unti! recently was a resident of Deiaware. Harris' oider daughter, Oienna, drew tickets for the top prize winners. Harris reported excellent patron age for his opening last Thursday. Friday and Saturday. There were free drinks for all comers, balloons, hats and other souvenirs for chii dren and other patrons. Miss Pat Leveque and Miss Eleanor Lewis assisted in distributing the gifts. Other winners were: two Good rich tires. R. M. Lewis, Jr., 305 Cherry Street; floor mat. Charles Roberts. Oxford; cool cushion. Cyn thia Straub. Springfield, Va.; 10 gallons Sky Chief gasoline, each for the following: Nelson T. Daniel. Mrs. Harry Watts, George Brown. Robert Thorp and Mrs. Lillie Par ham. all of Oxford. Also toy tank trucks. John Hunt of Norlina. M. F. Hill. Mrs Louis Hutchinson. Charlie Landis. Mrs Alfred McFarland. Mrs Joe Ct fers, Mrs Julia Taylor. Margaret T Cole, OaiSand Ellington. Mrs. Mary M. Harris; Jaek De Bause. all of Oxford, and Hazel Caryer of Henderadh; Wash Jobs, Raymond Murray. R T Jackson. Norwood Partin. Hen ry Hicks. Minnie Boyd, Bobby Jones, Carolyn D Wilson. Mrs^ John Watkins of Broad street. Nancy Finch, Mack Jones. Gordon Steagall, M H. Turner, all of Ox ford; Lubrication Jobs. Mrs. J W Watson. A. A Daniel, J. H Brummitt. William C Parham, Mrs C. H. Cheatham, Jr.. H. M Rothgeb. C D. Fort. Wayne Wil son Joe F. Moss. Tommy Robin son. Mary O. Latta, R L. Hamil ton. Frances Hughes. George Betts; Nelson O Blackwell and Mrs. Joe picks, all of Oxford Other prizes given included 10 quarts of Outboard motor oil, five quarts to Jimmy Pegram of Hen derson and five to Jack De Bause of Oxford Democratic Gubematoriai Nomi nee Terry Sanford, third from ieft. and Mrs. Sanford, had a busy afternoon Thursday at Butner where Sanford addressed a joint meeting of the Butner and the Capita] Area Deveiopment Asso ciations. Shown are some of the principal, i.-r., Roy Barham, president BDA. Ben Aiken. Cm stead Hospitai business manager, Sanford. Mrs. Sanford. Ciaude f Bowers of Warrenton. John in stead of Chapei Hit) and A. i Park, prt^ident of CADA. James Brooks Cote With City Poiice — ) Taylor Jackson Resigns to Begin Work with Imperial Tobacco Company A new police officer reported for duty here Monday. James Brooks Cole has joined the department, filling a vacancy cre ated by resignation of Taylor Jack son. who is entering the employ of Imperial Tobacco Company. Cole M. is a Granvtlie County native, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Elgar Cole of Route 4. He has been employed here as filling station attendant. Cqle's duty will be at the police station as desk sergeant He is married and has two children. ^ For the next two weeks. Jackson will be pinch-hitting for his father, supervising the street forces. The elder Mr. Jackson is on vacating I Taylor Jackspn joined the city's personnel four years and five months ago. He was a police officer for several months prior to his 2ist birthday. j Wm. Henry Hicks Sent to Prison . —-—' - Oxford Negro Convicted of Resisting, Assauit, Drunk Driving An Oxford man has gone to pris on for a term of 12 months to pon der his woes. Wiiliam Henry Hicks, 30, Negro esident of the 200 block of Linden Avenue, convicted in Mayor's Court on a charge of drunk driving, re sisting. assauit and damage to per sona] property, was given the 12 months term by Mayor T. C I terdan, Jr. Hicks was found not guiity on a harge of hit-run driving invoiving lamage to the parked automobile if Mrs. 3. T. Currin. Evidence was that HicMs stopped his car beyond an intersection and was walking back to the scene of the crash when officers arrived to begin an nvestigation. Brought to police headquarters by Officers O L. Harrison and H W. Grissom. Hicks refused to sub mit hts driving license for inspec i tioh and a scuffle ensued in which '0th Harrison and Grissom were put to task to subdue the prisoner, who snatched the police telephone from its moorings an<* used it in uhe scuffle. Officer Grissom sustained a frac tured finger before the prisoner was handcuffed and fully subdued. Chortie W. Eakes Hu.* in Fa!! Off Buiiding in County A carpenter of the Hr -vidence Community sustained severe in juries in a fall from the roof of a building on which he was at work iast Thursday Charlie W Eakes, 63. was at work on a structure on the Reuben Watkins farm at the time of the accident, lifter the drop of approx imately 17 feet. Mr Eakes walked some distance before collapsing. ) He was removed here by ambulance and transferred thereafter to VA Hospital. Durham. I Mr. Eakes is reported to have sustained three or four fractures of, !neck bones. San/or J Promises To (Jorifintie^Sfaftss Push A man who has ieft his imprint on Butner was made an honorary citizen of Granvilie County and another who is preparing to make his imprint in the progress of North Carolina shared honors at Butner Thursday evening m a joint meet ing of the Butner and the Capita! Area Deveiopment Association. The former was John Umstead of Chapei Hiii. iong-time nttmber of the North Carolina General As sembly and chairman of the North Carolina Hospitals Board of Con trol; the iatter was Terry Sanford. Democratic nominee. for Governor of North Carolina. Summer Program At OHS !$Mear Finish Work in EngMsh, Math, Sci ence and Driver Train ing Offered Fifty-two students. 30 of them from Oxford High, have compieted summer session work at the Oxford High Schooi. Miss Eugenia Boyd and Mrs. Waiter Nutt were the instructors. Miss Boyd in English and Mrs. Nutt in math and science. Schoois represented in addition to Oxford High were Creed moor High 14, Oak Hill High three; Stem one. Nichols one. Stovall one, WU tqtn one and Wendell High one. Other summer training at the school Includes driver education. The third session now underway will be completed Aug 23. Twenty four students have been ehrolled in each of the sessions with Coaches Ai Habit and John Parham as in structors. Funerai Wednesday For EHa V. Knott Miss EHa V. Knott. 83. a native of Granviiie County, died Sunday at the heme of her niece. Mrs. Aivin Sherertz. in Huntsviiie. Ala bama . The body is being returned here for buriai. There will be a grave side services Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the iamily cem etery near Stovall Rev. Curtis Knowles will officiate. The family will be at the home of Mrs. J. T Shotwell ih Stovall. Surviving are a number of nieces and nephews. Active Pallbearers will be Mar row Stovall. T. T. Cutts, Jr.. Carol O'Brien. Wiilard Stovall, Paul Stovali. and Paul Shot Weil. Red Cross Friends To Meet 8 Tonight John Baker yesterday renewed his appeal for attendance at 8 p m Tuesday at a meeting to be held at the Woman's Club at which time an attempt will be mde to de vise plans to save the local chapter of the American Red Cross Baker is chairman of the chapter. "It is tonight or never," Baker said in his appeal for interest and support of the chapter. "We are out of funds, and unless we can get volunteers to coptinue the work of the Granville Chapter, we must close it up. " Roy Crews, Ji-., is confined to his home in Thomdale on account of illness. , s In a citation read by T G. Stem. Jr.. Mr. Umstead was praised tor the work in behaif of pubhc edu cation and mentai heaith in North Caroiina. "Butner is my baby." Umstead said gratefuiiy. applying a iegtalative term, "and I intend to take care of it." A gathering of the two organi zations in the Butner Sports Arena followed a tour of the Hospitai Farm. Umstead Hospitai. Murdoch Schooi. Butner industries and other facilities of the community tn^df in the later afternoon Abound 259 persons attended the dirtkg-r which preceded the address by Mr Ban ford. Maj -Gen. Claude T. Bowers ot Warrenton. who may be the state s j nest Adjutant General, presented Sanford Sanford, reporting on his tour dunng the week of hospital facil ities at Morganton. Goldsboro. Ral eigh and Butner. said he was happy to find that many North Carolin ians were finding at the end of the long corridors in mentai hospitals the "sunlight of good mental health, thanks to the eltorts and the interest of men like John Um stead. the late Or. Janies Mur doch and others." Passing quickly irom Mis menuoa of achievements in North Caroiina. Mr. Sanford said it is the tradi tion in North Caroiina that the strong must heip the weak." and that the major goais of the Capitai Area Development Association and of the Butner Deveiopment associa tion are paraiieis to those he has envisioned for North Caroiina. Deveiopment, he said, is putting to the best use ai) the potential we have." inciuding agricuiture. in dustry. education. "The chiidren of North Caroiina are in richest natural resource." he said. Property educated, they be come our best product . North Caro iina has the resources. We have a program Now we need to get along with the job." He said with vigor: We must give teachers, principal and super intendents the toois they need to educate your chiidren and mine." The best investment North Caro iina ever made, he insisted, was the start of the public school program in the administration of Governor Charles B. Aycock. "That invest ment has paid better dividends than any North Carolina has ever made," he asserted, As proof of the claim, he pointed to deveiopment of agricuiture and industry in the state. Promising to continue North Carolina's progressive program in industrial deveiopment. Hanford said "the government shouid not be called on to meet ail problems. Your orgtmzattons are exceiient exampies of oid-fashione<) initiative which opened frontiers and created a new day." Roy Barham, president of the Butner Deveiopment Association and a director of CADA presided and conducted the business of his organization Bill Lathah made a glowing re port for the education committee and Leon Perkinson presented a siate of officers, which was eiected by acciimation. Included were par ham, president. Marshall V Patter son. vice president: Arthur E. Fer reii. treasurer; Mrs Gladys Gray, secretary. W F. Lathan and Mrs. James Wiliiams. directors. Court Term (onduded Bank Awarded Judgment from T. W. Poe, Jr.; Proba , * turn Judgment Revoked Superior Court was adjourned Thursday by Judge Leo Carr after a jury returned a verdict favoring Union National Bank in an action against Thomas W. Poe. Jr., form erty operator of a service station here the jury found that Poe had given the bank a note in the amount of $1.055 70. that jet wash ers which he had turped over to the batik were of no value and did not settte the obiigatton. The jury held that the bank shouid recover from the Durham man $1,055.70 with interest at 6 per cent from Aug. 28. 1959. and costs of the action In the case of Thomas Winston Dickerson. 21. white who at the January term of court had plead nolo contendere to charges of whiskey making, was given a term of three years in prison, suspended upon the condition that he accept the terms of probation and pay a fine of $300. The court also revoked the pro bation sentence of William Hut son. young white man involved two years ago in a series of break ins here He was ordered to prison to serve a two year term after his record in Durham showed that he had been up for Worthless checks, traffic violations and violation of the financial responsibility act Board Education To Convene Wednesday To Hear De!egation For the purpose of hearing a dele gation from committees of South ern Granville. the Board of Edu cation of GranviHe County will convene at the court house at 2:30 pm. Wednesday. Superintendent D. N Hix said requests had come hi from spokes men from the Hawley Schooi re questing opportunity to appear be fore the board Hix said he under stood the group would present a strong endorsement of the admini stration of the school's principal for the past 25 years. Danny Lane Boyd Danny Lane. 18-months old son of Mr. and Mrs Paul C. Boyd. Routed Oxford, died at 6:30 a ni Saturday at the home of the par ents. The tuners] was conducted at 3 p. m. Sunday at G T Bakes Funeral Chapel by the Rev Foster D. Smith. Burial was in the Hester Baptist Church Cemetery. In addition to the parents, a sis ter. Patricia Annette, of the home and the grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford Boyd of Route 4. and Mr. and Mrs Otho Hicks of Route 5. Oxford, survive. Active pallbearers were Waliace Bowling. Alvis Williams. Frank and John Btfyd SALEM WOM AN S SOCIETY TO MEET FRIDAY The Woman's Society of Christ iaif Service of Saiem Methodist Church wili meet at 8 p m. Fri day with Mrs. Fanny Critcher. LATE NEWS POLICY I)IS( I'SStON Adlai E. Stevenson, after tatkswtthSen. John F. Ken nedy. the Democratic presi dent^) nominee, said Sunday the Kepubiicans evidently are going to try to [ink criticism of the Eisenhower administration and Vice President Nixon with communism. The two-time Democratic presidential candi date told a news conference on the lawn of Kennedy's summer home that the GOP national convention gave "unmistakable evidence that the Republicans were g-ing to treat any criti cism of the Eisenhower adnt'ni stration or Nixon as defeatist, opportunist and in some mys terious way related to commu nism " MURDERER TAUGHT The sharp eye of a small town merchant led Sunday to the arrest of an escaped mur derer who had been on the FBI's list of 10 most wanted criminals for nearly a year Smith Gerald Hudson, convict ed Pennsylvania killer, was ar rested by five FBI agents who surrounded his $mall farm at Cozad. Neb., at daybreak. Hud son did not offer resistance. GlendoneMaline. operator of a cha^n store, had done business with the fugitive. The other day he received FBI circulars and noted resemblance of Ben nett to the wanted man. .Con tact with the FBI followed and the arrest resulted. Improvements A!ong Fence Being Made Contract tor improvements along the cemetery fence from Hotei Ox ford to the comer of Linden Ave nue has been awarded by the City of Oxford to Contractor W. W Munn. The work was commenced Mon day A cement biock retainer wai! is being put down aiong the fence and the utility area between the sidewalk and the curb are to be surfaced with concrete. Munn's bid on the job was $850 Write-!n Campaign For Lake initiated Supporters cf 1. Beverly Lake for Governor have launched a last ditch etfort in his behalf b^ start ing a write-in campaign. Dr Lake himself has denied any role in the movement and said he is pledged to cast his ballot in the November general election for Terry Sanford, the candidate who defeated him in a run-off election in June WorkUnderwoy ohFox DweHing, Green Acres Construction is underway in Green Acres on a new brick veneer home for Mr and Mrs. Irvin Fox. The contractor is W. W. Munn. The dwelling, with iarge base ment. wili include living room, kitchen, dining room, dinette, and baths, in addition to terrace, and carport. Lee Mewfon 7o Leave County Home /3os/f/t)r) Virginians Paying Tax On Cigarettes North Carolina Retailers May Boost Sales By Supplying j Over-Line Customers Virginia's new tobacco tax went into effect at midnight Sunday. By act cf the Virginia Oenerai Assembiy. there is a three cent tax on each package of cigarettes or 30 cents on the carton. Smokers are paying about a penny extra for cigars. - It is the first time that Virginia, where tobacco growing and man ufacturing is big business, has levied a tax :<n cigarettes. Virginia's Tax Commissioner C. H. Morrisett estimated that the state wili derive about $12 million in new revenue annualiy from the tax. North Carctina has. at this time, no comparable tax. Retailers aiong the Virginia border are expecting to boost their saies to Virginians, who in the state on business, plso buy themselves supplies of untax ed cigarettes. Virginia outlets reported heavy stock-up" sales of cigarettes just prior to the effective date of the new tax. Oxford Brothers Are Advanced in U S A. Two Oxford brothers have just received advancement in the mil itary services. James W. Matthews of the Army assigned to duty in Okinawa, has been advanced to sergeant. He is 22 and his wife and two children reside in this city. He has been in the army four years. An oider brother. Ralph A. Mat thews. Jr.. 27, with the 24th Avica tion Company, in the army since 1952. has been advanced to captain. He is in Oermany and his wife is there with him. Both are sons of Mr. and Mrs R. A. Matthews of Oxford. Gun-Pocking Gir! Pays Pine of $50 A gun-carrying 16-year.oid giri was convtCted in Mayor's Court the past week and sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and costs. Shirley Cozart. Negro, was ar rested on the charge by city poiice at the time of an affray on the street. She was packing a . 22 caii Ore pistol. poiice said. Mrs. Crews injured Mrs J. Y. Crews sustained a frac ture of her right wrist in a fai! on the porch of her home the past Saturday She is getting along sat isfactory at her home on Spring Street. Grange to Meet A reguiar meeting of Oxford Grange is to be heid at the organi zation's home at the Test Farm at 8 o'clock tonight. Tuesday. Alvis Clement, head of the organization, urged a full attendance. OELEOATE8 MAKE KEAMY — Mu. MM Sotterwhttc at 'eft of fero Wno) tmtructtom to Mtoo Sophronta tofper and deteoates from Oxford H'th to the annua) nation*! nteeting of the Juntor t ianicat !.e*aur to be heid Au* 1-!! in Aibuqoerque. X. M. ihe party wiH entrain Friday. Seated front are Howard Harreii, Jr., Catherine Duffy, Mud* Day, June Hat!; hack, Chariea t^ed. Daisy HaH. Mias Cooper and Mare Huggins. Absent waa Dorfa tMota Watkins. Vernon Freeman To Take Post Jan'ry! Committee Named to Study Space Needs at Court House and Make Recom mendations to Board Granvtiie County Commissioners yesterday accepted the resigna tion of County Home Superinten dent Lee B. Newton, designated Vernon Freeman to be his succes sor. named a committee to matte a study of space needs at the court house and disposed of sfsverai oth er matters before the board in a haif-day session. Newton, superintendent of the home for aged and infirm for 23 years asked to be reiieved of his duties on Dec. 3i. approximately a month after his term expires on the first Monday in December. Freeman appeared before the board to fiie his appiication even before Newton had formally resign- - ed Some of the commissioners said they had [earned of Newton's in tended resignation Freeman said he had been en gaged in farming aii his iife. His wife is the former Mabe! Harris. They reside in the Gray Rock com munity. the Freemans have two daughters. Annette, who is employ ed at Butner, and Mrs. James Bray of Oxford. County Attorney W. M. Hicks was asked to serve with Commis sioners G D Morton. W. W. Yeargin and W. D. Gooch in mak ng a survey of space needs at the court house. The committee is to report at the September meeting of the Board of Commissioners. Commissioners Daniel, Morton and Gooch were asked to study the use of space at the Aa building with a view to developing recommenda i tions on problems existing there. Party of Ten From Oxford High Ready For JCL Convention Mrs. Mac Satterwhite, Misg Sophronia Cooper and S Students to Trave! Eight students from Oxford High and two sponsors, shoving off at 1:30 a m. Friday on the first ieg of them journey to Albuquerque, N. M . and the annual meeting of the Junior Ciassicai League, were fill ed with excitement and expecta tion as they assembied here Sat urday night to review travel and other pians for the tong trip. Accompanying the group wiii be Mrs Mac Satterwhite. state spon sor. and Miss Sophronia Cooper, ioca! sponsor. The League wiii be in session Aug. 7-ii. Others from this area attending are three from Henderson, six from Lumberton. five from Jamestown, three from Kinston two from Greensboro and two from Chariotte. The Oxford studets inciude Doris Pooie Watkins, Daisy and June Halt. Catherine Duffy. Linda Day, Marc Duggtns. Charles Peed and Howard Harreii. Jr. Miss Watkins is secretary of the North Carolina Junior Ciassicai League. Leaving at 4:30 a m., the Oxford party wiii travel via auto to Greensboro to board a train that wiii take them to the southwest via Cincinnati and Chicago during a three-day trip They wiii return Aug. 15. At the Saturday night meeting. Mrs. Satterwhite explained that the convention program provides for a day of sight-seeing and three days of "Latin emphasis" high lighted by workshops in the area of jet. business, a Roman ban quet and "Oiyympic" games. After the convention, the Oxford group wiii remain over for a day and night to visit Four Hiils Ranch for horseback riding and a chuck wagon supper, included wiii ha a visit to Santa Fe and the Banda tier, National Monument. Lou Ross Kesier of Henderson. NC JCL vice president, wiii be co chairman of the publications work shop which the North Carolina delegation wiii sponsor. Another group of Tar Heela from Morganton and Lexington High Schools wii! conciude a chartered bus trip and sight-seeing to Cali fornia. arriving at Albuquerque for the convention. A year ago, Oxford High sent a delegation to the JCL eonvsn&oh in Northfieid, Minn. 3!**