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congratulations orange COUNTY 4-H BOYS GIRLS ON THt GOOD A LIVESTOCK •Lr— Vol. 53* This is Joe ComPton, n^ear-oW^AycocH 4-H Clubber, shown with his prize winning steer. Joe's steer was purchased by the Hillsboro Merchants Association for the highest price paid for any of the Grange county prize winners at the recent fat stock show held in Durham. Orange County Boys And Girls Win Big Proportion Of Prizes From Durham Fat - Stock Show Ten Orange County 4-H Clut members exhibited and sold twelve baby beeves at the show and sale held in the Liberty Warehouse In Durham on April 24. This show was sponsored by the Durham Ki wanis Club and was participated in by members ahd Future Farm ers of America from Durham, Chatham, Alamance and Orange counties. Mr. Harry Hamilton oi the North Carolina Department oi Agriculture was the judge. Mr. L. I. Case and Mr. H. M. Stamey Beef Cattle Specialists, and Mr. H. L. Meachem, marketing special ist, from the North Carolina Ex tension Service also assisted with the show. All of these i officials stated that the quality of the ani mals shown exceeded that of any show held ir^ the state this year and that the average price of 55 1-2 cents per pound set a record for the whole south and possibly for the nation. • The Grand Champion Steer, weighing 800 lbs, was owned by John Wade Fuquay, 4-H Club' member of Alamance cdunty. It brought a record price Of $1.25 per pound and was sold to Mr. William Myirhea^. of the Muirhead Construction Company of Durham. There were 37 steers in the show. 21 of the 37 were graded as choice, which is an indication of the ex cellent work by the 4-H Club members and F.F.A. boys in feed ing out these steers. Orange coun ty should feel especially proud of the fact that 10 dUt of their 12 steers exhibited were placed in this choice, or blue ribbon group. Orange county club members who had steers ini this choice gorup were as follows: Bill Hogan, 2 steers, Jane Hogan, 2 steers, Rich ard Roberts, Polly Roberts, Rob Poe> J. E. Grasty, Jr., Joe ompton. Each steer in the above group won a blue ribon and $12.00 ln Prize money. In addition to the individual owing of the steers, each county ,, pr^sented in the show selected * tllree best sters and exhibited as a group. In this category, ange county won second place, >ng exceeded only by the 3 top b i *n *be entire show, exhibited iif ^.mance county. Second place si^A S contest paid the winner I*"00, which will be divided r\on|.Robert Poe, Polly Roberts, ■ . Richard Roberts, the three n members owning the steers. n the showmanship contest, the tuiwPi county dub members cap pv f a ^ three places in prize mon of ?k tJle even^- during the course to.Ule, show, a separate judge ante a,s^e<^ 1° select eight contest ant Ir°m tile entire group who it ; aifd to have outstanding abil otiu . sh°wing of his steer. Out six 6 eig^ selected by the judge, TVWer® from Orange county. brinSC "ight were requested to. ^ -6 their steers in the show ring halt»rCl»tbem’ then show them at ‘ft-1?’- AH of the contestants were finaii me contestants were con«*y elimInated except 3 Orange Prize = fRR* members with first and $5.00 going to Bi|l Hogan; Prize and $4.00 to Polly PoltC' ’ third prize and $3.00 to ys brother, Richard Roberts, tlso «Age c°unty won a total of ham ^ in Prize money with Dur <105 nn° A?ty being second with tgftnX;- Alamance county 3rd with Chatham cquhty fourth 12 steers j-j. from Orange county $489 mT ^*>232.85, which averaged Per animal. In addition, 4463.07 $159.00 in prize money was wor by the group, making a total ol $5,391.85 gross. On the evening preceding tht show and sale, the Durham Bank and Trust Company was host al a banquet given in honor of tht 4-H club members and F.F.A. boys and their fathers, at the Jefferson Cafeteria in Durham. Mr. F. H Jeter, News Editor of State Collegt Extension Service, was principal speaker. The event was enjoyed bj all present. Mr. Robert Nichols, manager oi the Farmers’ Exchange Livestock Market, did an excellent job ol auctioneering the sale. He was as sisted on the platform by Mr. W W. Fitzpatrick, manager Quail Roost Farm, and in the ring bj Messrs. Henry Hogan, H. C. Ken nett, L. I. Case, H. M. Stamey. A great deal of credit is to be given these men in helping to make the sale the most outstanding event of its kind in the south. Much credit should also be given to the Durham Kiwanis Club, to the Far mers’ Mutual Exchage, and to the Agricultural workers of Durham. Chatham, Alamance and Orange counties, yet the outstanding suc cess ot the show and sale could not have been achieved without- the enthusiastic cooperation of a large number of local individuals and concerns who purchased these steers. Among the Orange County purchasers were: Hillsboro Mer See STOCK SHOW on page 8 Three Attend Democrat Meet At Twin City Orange county representatives at the “Young Democrats’’ meet ing this past weekend in Winston Salem were Carl C. Davis, J. D. Eskridge and F. E. Joyner. The youthful Democrats, heard Joseph D. Nunan, Jr., commissioner of internal revenue, speak on the “Do nothing” policy of the Repub lican regime that preceded Roose velt and would follow Truman of they were to be allowed to. The convention went on record strongly in favor of a continuation of price control policy. They also voted in favor of the move now afoot in the South to bring the freight rates of the country to a more equitable level. Those in attendance from Orange tell the NEWS that they are going to get the Orange county chapter of the Young Democrats back into the political swim. They hope to have Jthe outfit on its feet and gding strong in time for the nat ional convention in the late sum mer. 11S3 VAUGHN WINS ISAY PRIZE Miss Sarah Vaughn was winner first prize, in a “Stewardship ;ay contest sponsored by the esbyterian Church. Miss Vaughn 11 represent Eno Presbyterian lurch against Fairfield and Little ver churches. The winner in this _ __4. • iUo nharffp will go Lions Club Of Carrboro Hear Col. Bennett Carrboro—Colonel J. S. Ben nett, superintendent of University Utilities, was the principal speak er at a regular meeting of the Carrboro Lion’s Club last Thurs day night at the Methodist church hut. Following the Jneeting, an auc tion was cortducted for the benefit of the Carrboro soft ball team. Articles were donated by merch ants of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and collected by president J. R. Evans and K. B. Cole. Mr. Cole, as chairman of the auction planning committee, was assisted by Jessie West, R. G. Cheek and R. H. Mills. From 25 to 30 articles were offered at auction, including a pound of of butter, a pair of nylon hose and a white,' man’s shirt. v ' ~,r - ■ ■ - Merchants Of Hill--Carrboro Hosts To Law Carrboro. — Members of the Chapel Hill-Carrbcfro Merchants Association • entertained* local law enforcement officers and certain members of the Durham police force at a barbecue supper at Brady’s last Tuesday night. Judge Whitfield gave a short talk in which he expressed appreciation for the cooperation of towp merchants with law enforcement officers in the current safety drive. Heavy Docket Before Judge Of Hill Court Chapel Hill, April 30. —Judge Henry A. Whitfield disposed of 16 cases this jpoming in what was one of the heaviest dockets of receipt months for the Recorder’s court here. Ralph Jackson and Thomas Brit* tain, Chapel Hill Negro, were both found guilty of assault with deadly weapon in an affray earlier this month at Scott’s Service station. Walter Edward, who was also charged with assault in the same fracas, was found not guilty. Jackson was ordered to pay $25 and one-half the costs. Brittain, who is alleged to have started the fight by making a remark to Jack son, was fined $50 and the other half of the costs. Percy Vickers, W. L. Brewer and H. F. Setzer were all found guilty of drunken driving and fined $50 and the costs. ' George Parker was ordered to pay $75 and the costs,for speed ing and assault upon Robert Var ley. He was also given a two months jail sentence suspended upon his good behavior for two years. Edwin Stephens, running through red light, costs; John Gants, speed nng, $15 and costs; Clifton John son, no driving license, costs; Wil liam Gattis, called and falter to appear, capias issued; Louise Cald well, public drunkenness, one month in jail; Douglass Meadows, public drunkenness, costs; O. A. Beckwith, speeding and reckless driving, $10 and costs; and Eugene Neville, drunk and disorderly, $10 and costs. Corn Growing Contest Draws Much Interest The com growing contest in Or ange county, Which is being spon sored by the Bank of Chapel Hill and offering $100 as first prize, is creating much interest among the farmers of county. As com planting time ap proaches, numerous, farmers have made inquiry aboutrme contest and up until this publication 22 farm ers have entered the contest. It is expected that many others will enter the contest before it closes June 1. The contest is open to all farmers both white and pol lored. Those entered so far are W. C. Cole and Frederick B. Conner, Rt. 3, Chapel Hill; Zane Edwards,, Rt. 3, Mebane; J. L. Scotton, Rt. 1, 'Eftand; Sam Nelson and Joe Wil son, Rt. 2, Mebane; John W. Um stead, Chapel Hill; Raymond Weav er, Rt. 1, Hillsboro; Glenn-Caruth ers, Rt. 2, Hillsboro; T. H. Jack son and Reid Roberts, Rt, 1, Hills boro; Mitch Lloyd *Jr., Rt. 3, Hills boro; Cllyde Roberts, Rt. 1, Hills boro; J. R. Whitfield, Rt. 2„ Chapel Hill; John Hawkins, Cedar Grove; Fred Reitzel, Rt. 2, Hillsboro; Don ald Stanford, Rt. 2, Chapel Hill; Bill Stanford, Rt. 1, Chapel Hill; S. J. Parker, Rt. 1,/ Hurdle Mills; Hugh WilSOn, Rt. 3, Hillsboro; John H. Gates, R$.-2, Chapel Hill; and Thomas' Teer, Rt. 1, Chapel Hill DR. H. C. SMITH TO PREACH AT UNION GROVE 8UNDAY Dr. H. C. Smith, superintendent of the Durham district, will preach at Union Grove Sunday, May 5, at 3 p.m. and hold quarterly meet ing for Orange circuit. Board Still j Set Jn Denial Beer License \ . The county commissioiners met in special session Monday morn ing to hear witnesses in the case of J. A. Thompson, who was ap pearing before the board in pro test against the ruling of the' board at a previous meeting denied Thompson a renewal of his beer license. Several witnesses testified to the commissioner's to the nature of the complaint^that have been filed against the establishment run by Thompson. Among them were Sheriff Latta, Highway Patrolmen Hotter, W. E. Berry, B. G. Horton and W. O. Farrington. One minor, Carl Wicker, testi fied that he had bought beer from the Thptnpson place of business but stated that he had told them that he was over 18. After hearing the witnesses pres ent the commissioners still de nied the renewal « of the license, in so far as their jurisdiction is Thompson gave notice that he would appeal the case to Superior court. University Asks SBI ^ To Check Charges Of Ex-Prosecutor Henry - . . . I II . Thomas A. Henry,, who made the charges which the University has asked to be investigated by the State Bureau of Investigation. Democrats Of County Hold Convention And Pick State Delegates Hillsboro' Man Held On First Degree Charge Earl Warren Wright, teen age Negro.of Hillsboro is being held without bond in an undisclosed jail pending the June term of Sup erior court, when he wiU -be tried cn a charge of first degree burglary, Wright was arrested by High way Patrolman Hofler April 19 in the bedroom of Miss Allene Howard, local millworker. He was found asleep across the foot of the bed by Miss Howard, who slipped out to have police called. ■ When Hofler arrived on the scene the culprit was still aspeep ■and had to''be awakened. There were no charges of anything other than burglary. The Negro is al leged to have been, in a dazed condition and asked * the police “where he was?”. He was carried to an out of town jail as a precaution against any feeling that might have been arous ed by his crime. EIGHTH GRADE PROGRAM The eighth grade, under the di rection of their horge room teacher, Mrs. -Curtis Pender,- presented a series of recitations at the chapel exercises at the Aycdck high school on Tuesday morning. Recitations were presented as follows: “Ma’s Sabbath Mom,” Lil lie Mae Haith; “Jimminy Cricket,” Linda Tilley; “Horatio’s Defense,” Colon Monk; “Talkative Tilly,” Alton Munn. A Year’s Work In Carrboro You have do go over to Carrboro and take a look at the Can-boro Woolen Mills plant—inside and out—to get the lowdown on what has hap'pened in one year’s time to that five-acre plot of land and the 53,000 square feet of building floor space formerly utilized by the Durham Hosiery Mill as a storehouse. You can’t get it from Dave Arthur, resident manager, or Charlie Smith, the office manage^. Plenty has happened, and what has been done is all to the good. But, you wouldn’t ever know about it if you were to try getting the information in the usual reporter-interview fashion. Messrs Arthur and Smith don’t deal in bombastics nor are they given to atomic outbursts of con versation about the .accomplish ments of the company. THE NEWS has been seeking a success story from the Carr boro Woolen Mills pver since the juice was turned on for the first run April 19, 1945. Last week the repotter crashed the inner offices. Before getting inside — even before that day last week—the newsman had an inkling of what , to expect The green grass that . on the recently sodded mill yard, the freshly POtiredriajtfcrefe walk that led to the Arthur '* v Smith office and the concrete steps that led to the office, the series of earth holes that fore cast erection of some sort of cut off between lawn and the three to-four-lane drive, from street to the new and still-unroofed warehouse—these things spoke loudly and convincingly. Things had happened all right — and they were all to the good. From the outside* the place doesn’t look like it did when it was a storage house and before Messrs. Arthur and Smith took hold of things ior the Carrboro Woolen Mills. The place cost the present owners about $60,000 ‘ when they bought it the forepart of 1945. The ‘something new* that has been added on the out side ought to make it worth half The rest of this story is not concerned with money values. I Try buying any of those human fingered machines inside the building, or order yourself just one carload of sheep’s wool from Australia—or from the scatter ing of sheep flocks in Orange county, if you could get that much around here—and pur chase all the other m|terial and equipment housed in "the 85,000 square feet of floor space now available at the plant, add up the costs and you begin to get some idea of what Carrboro and Or ange county Acquired when Carrboro Woolen Mills came to town and county. .,. In a personally conducted tour of the plant the newsman saw how the wool is taken from bales and put through the vari ous processes that make it ready for the redryer. The redryer is one of the installations which hasn’t been installed yet, and the baled woolen material has to be shipped to other plants owned by the parent company before it can be put into shape for the finishing process. The re See WORK on Page 8 f In assembly at the courthouse Saturday the Democrats of Orange county met in convention for the selection of delegates to the May 2 state convention and election of officers of the county executive committee. The meeting opened with W. E. Thompson acting as temporary chairman and E. M. Lynch as sec retary. The executive committee, which is composed of chairman of each of the precincts in the county, nomi nated Lynch for chairman of the county committe, Mrs. C. W. Stan ford for vice-chairman and G. W. Ray for secretary. The nominees were approved by the convention. Then the election of delegates and alternate dele gates to the Raleigh convention was taken up. Thompson, J. W. Umstead and Carl Durham spoke briefly in ap preciation of the fine,work done by’A. H. Graham for his 26 years service as chairman of the county executive committee. They also appealed ifor party solidarity. ' Graham responded with thanks for the many generous statements and urged the nomination and re election of Durham to Congress. O. J. Coffin submitted a resolu tion, which was adopted by the convention, favoring the reelection of Durham as representative of the sixth district. Following is, a list of the dele gates chosen: Rk 0. Forrest, Mrs. C. C. Davis, G. W. Ray, E M Lynch, A H Gra ham, O S. Robertson, John Clay ton, James Webb, J. W. Umstead, T. B. Creel, R. P. McClamroch, J. B. Woosley, P. H Robertson, Col lier Cobb, Jr., R. W. Madry, L. J. Phipps, W. E. Thompson, R W.' Linker, H. A. Whitfield, R. C. An-1 drews, D M. Ray, W. E. Williams, Melvin Lloyd, Mrs. C. W. Stanford, Otto King, W. M. Snipes, A. K. McAdams, B. F. Wilson, J. L. Scot ten, Rudy Ward, R. E Hughes, James Compton, Neal Sumner, H. G. Laws, A. E. Wilson, Geo. McKee G. P. Walker, E. L. Lockhart, J. H. Micol, G. C. Truesdale, L. A. Hogan, J. R. Whitfield, S. C. For rest, Jr., Frank Pratt, Mrs. H. M. Lloyd, Luther Sharpe. The following alternates were chosen: Brodie Carr, J. D. Eskridge, Mrs. S. T. Latta, Scott Cates, H. Broad well, Allen Walker, G. G. Bivins, S. Strudwick, O. J. Coffin, C. P. Hinshaw, W. W. Pierson, E. S. Lanier, Bob Smith, J C. Lyons, Jr., Y. Z. Cannon, O. V. Cook, Mrs. R. H. Marks, E. G. Merritt, R. L. Bol aon, Mrs. J. J. Keller, L. R. Cheek, Mrs Nora Bailey, T. J. Whitfield, Floy Ward, Thomas Lloyd, Fred Lloyd, J. H. Gill, W. E. Berry, E. C. Compton, C. J. Dunn, T. L. Oliv er, Zab Burton, Chas. E. Berry, T. J. Wilkerson, John H. Brown, Lewis Blalock, Mrs. Clyde Lloyd, Cl W. Merritt, John Link, T. W. Andrews, C. O. Hogan, Walter Ev erett, J. JL Hanner, Walter Rich mond, Gary Blackwood, Mrs. Win ston Strayhom. SHOPPING REMINDER Folks shopping in Hillsboro are reminded that the stores will be closed on Wednesday afternoon af ter 1 o’clock beginning May 1 and lasting until th^ opening of the tooacno ■ market;1- *: Sjgs ~r',—rfagA By Cldye M. Stallings Chapel Hill.—Responding to re cent charges by Thomas A. Henry, former prosecuting attorney of Chapel Hill Recorder’s Court, al leging in a letter to Gov. R. Gregg Cherry that the University of North Carolina has been used as a “front” for illicit liquor operations by Chapel Hill police and state high way patrolmen of the area, the University of North Carolina’s of ficials have asked the State Bureau of Investigation to investigate these accusations, evidence of which is entirely lacking, they say. Although,- according to Chancel lor Robert .Br House and Business Manager Claude £. Teague of the university, charges against the university by Henry have been looked into to And “no facts to substantiate them,” it was revealed Monday 'that certain employees of the college mentioned in the let ter to Gov. Cherry, were being summoned before officials for in terrogation. Officers of the Chapel Hill government and Sgt. R. S. Harris of the Durham state high way offices and district chief of the patrolmen in the Chapel Hill area, have flatly denied Henry’s charges. Mayor R. W. Madry has stated that he and the Board of Aldermen Of the city have read Henry’s let ter to Gov. Cherry, a copy of' which was sent to the administra tive offices of the University of North Carolina, but that they have not found any evidence whatso ever to support Henry’s assertions. Mayor Madry continued, saying, “The board of aldermen of Chapel Hill gladly joins the University in its request for investigation by the state bureau of investigation.” He added that “the town’s machin ery of government is an open book to all citizens who care to ques tion jt, and all records are avail able for inspection at any time.” Regarding an allegation about the university being a “front,” such a thing “seems ridiculous” said Mayor Madry. “Under an agree ment in existence for 25 years to my knowledge, and probably much longer than that, the university has made a small contribution an nually to the town government for police and fire protection.” Gov. Cherry, at a Masonic din ner in Durham last Friday night, declined to comment on the charges made to him in Henry’s letter. When asked if he considered the problem of state concern in case state highway patrolmen were actually , implicatd, the Governor stated that the problem was one to be faced by the University. Henry, who gave up the position of local prosecutor in Chapel Hill while under pressure after being convicted of reckless driving last year in’ Durham Recorder’s Court, and who even now faces charges of drunken driving filed against him in the Orange county Superior court, is at present undergoing treatment while confined to Duke hospital. Charges against Henry ha~ve.been verifflsd by both Chapel Hill police and Sgt. R. S. Harris of the state highway patrol. Sgt. Harris has further stated to the press recently that the charges by Henry indicated that he was possibly “seeking revenge” for the two arrests of him by patrolmen. Jones Handles Several Cases ■ During Week Magistrate Cicero Jones had the usual number of drunks and traffic violators before him during the past week. Cases disposed of in cluded the following: Nick Tsiam tsiouis of Raleigh, reckless driv ing, $100 bond* Ernest E. Poole of Charlotte, failure to put out flares around parked vehicle, $3 and costs; A. H. Nordan and John Nor dan of West Hillsboro, assault with deadly weapon, $300 bond; Sam Dollar of West Hillsboro, public drunkenness, $3 and costs; Cor nelius Johnson of Hurdle Mills, same; Charlie G. Wrenn of Alex andria, Va., abandonment and non support, $200 bond; and Earl War ren Wright who was ordered to be held without bond on the charge of first degree burglary. p Those placed under bond will be tried in the June term of Superior court. THOMAS RESIGNS Chapel Hill.—Bob Thomas, who is running against Sam Latta for sheriff of Orange county, is bade in .civilian dre* after resigning from the State Highway Patrol last
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