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PAPER contains ORANGE COUNTY than any IN THE the world THIE MORE Hillsboro, N. C., Thursday, May *3, 1946 (Published Weekly) Sheriff Race Flares; ary Is Saturday Simmering for several weeks but never quite breaking into the open with active politicing for either man, the tWoWn race for sheriff of Orange county between incumbent, Sam T. Latta, and former highway patrolman, R. R. (Bob) Thomas, flared up with a display of open interest early rnw nvv— the eve of the first peacetime oZSinc primary since 1M0. flinty politicians were busy this ScUnin* up their voters for the JS to the polls Saturday. —g^turns In the Democratic orimary will be reported to the court house as soon aa the votes are counted In the precincts. Un official tabulations will be main tained. Persona reporting the votes were urged by Chairman r O. Forrest to telephone either 33.B or 33-W as soon as pos sible after the votes are counted. County Board of Elections Chair man R. O. (Bob) Forrest, pointing out the necessity for a large turn out of voters Saturday, urged that evfery registered voter signify his choice for county and congressional representatives In the election. He estimated that with a clear day Saturday a total of 4,000 men and women in the county would vote. Three-Way Race One other important race—the congressional contest in the sixth district—faces the voters in the primary. Incumbent Carl T. Dur ham is facing competition from two Greensboro men, D. E. Scar borough and Earl Rives, for his seat in congress. Four counties in the district are Orange, Durham, Alamance and Guilford. In Hillsboro township George Hunt and Martin Terrell offer a third race for the constableship of the township. Politically minded folks in fhe county have done until this week a lot of silent work in the rice for sheriff, but renewed vigor in the contest brought the silent work into the open. Thomas, a Chapel Hill man who resigned his position with the State Highway Patrol, appears to have built up a con siderable following in the south ern end of the county, with Latta holding the edge In the norfthefcii section. Precincts and location of polls are as follows: Hillsboro—school gym; Chapel Hill (north)—town hall; Chapel Hill (south)—Grammar school building; Efland — Julian Brown store; u Cheeks Crossing — Curtis Pen der’s store; Rock Springs—Holmes store; White Cross—school build ing; Carr boro—school house; Cole Store — Midway Filling Station) Patterson—Brown’s store; University—University Sendee Station; St. Mary’s—school; Cald well — Flower’s Filling Station; Tolar’s—Ray’s store building; Ce dar Grove—Oliver store; and Carr —Compton’s store. Feed Supply In Orange More Acute By Don 8. Motheoon With 12 per cent lew oil meals Hnt less grain feed unmer as compared , poultry and dairy seriencing real dif ining enough feed ! their minimum re- : mills say that pro tein meals will become even tight er. Oi)e mill predicts that there will be available in July and Aug- : u*t only one-fifth as much meal as at Present; This raises the question, “What can poultry- and dairy pro ducers do about it?" I Suggestions to Poultrymon C.'F. Parrish, in charge of poul- 1 ir* extension work, suggests: (1) ' stress heavy culling in all laying •nd breeding flocks now; (3) , every method possible to save feed. 1 Us* green ranges more freely end < ibuit mash feedings if necessary t° four hours per day; (3) use the < feed you save to develop better 11 Pullets for future breeding and lay- | “W purposes. Suggestions to Dalrymon A; Arey, extension dairyman, "Attests (1) that every dairyman : Plant some soy beans to harvest for seed. In this way, they will be ; ^SUred of some protein to be mix- , 6(1 with home raised grains; (2) aow a patch of sudan grass or have • small patch of kudzu for tem Porary grazing during the sum ®er when pastures ere short; (3) 5™* 10 raise all the corn possible. ,,orn is going up in the price and -j* supply is very limited. Nitro- < g WF m tt^e form of nitrate o{ doda, ?°might take more acres of com « raise the desired amount if you "°*t succeed in getting some nitro gen for top dressing. Huge Property Transfer Made In Eno Section Deeds on a property transfer in Eno township—each totaling $12, 500—have been filed in the office of Register of Deeds J. E. Laws in "the Orange county court house in Hillsboro. , The first deed on the property was made from the Fidelity Bank, trustee of the will of P. A. Noell, to the Acme Realty Company for one-half undivided interest in three tracts of land in Eno town ship. ^ The second deed on the transfer of the tracts was for one-half un divided interest from R. P. Reade and wife to the Acme Realty Com pany for the same total, $12,500. Other deeds filed during the past week in the Register of Deeds office are: Frank Pratt to Edward Frank lin Byrd, $10, tract in Cheeks township; S. C. Forrest and wife and E. G. Forrest and wife to Ed ward F. Byrd, $1, tract in Cheeks township; John F. Williams and wife to University Motors, Inc,, $100, tract in Eno township; Harold Shepherd and wife to Thomas George Hil drebrandt, $100, tract in Eno town ship; Carrie English Loftin and hus band to Sam English, $10, tract In Orange county; William Sher man Morrow and wife, to Junius G. Loftin and wife, ’$10, tract in Cheeks township; Frances Packingham, widow, to Rev. J. N. Rives, $10, tract in Or ange county; W. D. Dalehite and wife to Ora O. Whicker, $10, tract in Etto township; ' Alfred Barbee and wife and athers to Elizabeth Barbee, single, >10, tract in Chapel Hill town ship; Alfred Barbee and wife and athers to Sallis Barbee, $10, tract in Chapel Hill township; Willis Barbee and wife to Al lred Barbee* $10, tract in Chapel Hill township; Alfred Barbee and wife and others to Fred Barbee, single, $10, lot in Chapel Hill town ship; •' Alfred Barbee and wife and oth ers to Willis BaTbee, $10, tract in Chapel Hill township;, — Alfred Barbee aha” Wife and athers to Mary Green, $10, tract in Chapel Hill township; Alfred Barbee and wife and others to Ruth Hagan, $10, tract in Chapel Hill ;ownship; Alfred Barbee and wife and athers to Ethel Rivers, $10, tract n Chapel Hill township; Inter state Trustee Corporation and First Citizens Bank and Trust Company ;o H. M. Durham, $10, two tracts aordering on road from Efland to Carr; Clyde Thompson and wife to William H. Baldwin, $1,500, two tracts in Orange county; F. S. Cj-tes and wife to H. O. Coleman, rr., and wife, $10, lot in Hillsboro; M W. Anderson and wife to rune PurMdf, $10. lot in Chapel Hill; J. A. Warren to Fannie Brad shaw, $1, tract in Chapel Hill town ship; Nick Liasides and wife to Chapel Hill Post No. «, American Legion, flM. lot to Ch.p.1 Hill; s Employees Corporation to Mildred See (HUGS) an Page « Carrboro Legion Plans Exercises CariWo.—At a meeting of Carr WtH^egionnaires last Wednesday, i convnittee was appointed to ar ■ange for the visiting of Bolj^er* {raves on Memorial Day. Th®6® (elected were Frank Mann, chrir nan, Charles Campbell, James Perry, Ralph Cheek and Ernest and Sdward Mann. , . . . Delegates were also elected to ittend the state departmental con tention to be held in »n Salem June 15 through 17. These »rill be announced later. The Ca - >oro Legion meets at the^remg* ;abin at 8 pjn: on the first Wed lesday of every month. _ ASSIGNED TO FITCH Thomas Edward Durham. 18 teamon, second class, son of Leslie 3£££, Carrboro, was “ff*1 £& tr.i»Yog at the Naval Trait ng Station, Norfolk, Va. Liquor ‘Front9 Charged Of Henry Squashed By SBI Community Group Fights School Loss A delegation of nine citizens of the Orange Grove section of Or ange county appeared before the Board of Education at a called meeting Monday night in Hillsboro requesting the board to rescind its recent decision to close the Or ange Grove school at the end ol the present session because of the lack of .students to make it more than a two-teacher school. Representing the district were Otto King, Fred Lloyd, Jim Snipes, Brantley Wagner, Leon King, John Kirk, Banks Lloyd, Mrs. Brantley Wagner and Mrs. Jim Snipes. The school board consisting of C. W, Stanford of Rt. 1, Chapel Hill K. S. Cate of Chapel Hill and James S. Compton of Cedar Grove and Superintendent of Schools R A. Clay tor were present. G. A Brown, principal of the Hillsboro school district, was also present. Two-Hour Soooion After a two-hour session with the delegation, the board thanked them for the interest they had dis played in the school and for the spirit in which they had approach ed the board in their desire to keep the school open. “But we do not think it wise to continue the school under the present conditions,’ board members asserted. Average attendance so far thii year has totaled 44. Under thos< conditions the school would be en titled to only two teachers nex1 year, thereby putting a heavy load on the .teachenn if th? elementary school was continued. Indie ol proper facilities—hot lunches and sanitary water conditions — wen also named by the board as beinf reasons why the decision had beer reached to dose the school. Th< board further informed the dele gation that the State Board ol Education had felt ‘ the school should be dosed in favor of con solidation. Hits Young Children Otto King, one of the spokesmen for the group, pointed out that th« young children in the community would be forced to ride school busses for 10 or mere miles one way to get to school if the board dosed the Orange Grove school “The larger, older children can take care of themselves on a school bus ride, but the younger one* should not be forced to ride so fax to attend school,? he asserted. His beliefs were echoed by the other members of the delegation who said they were only think ing of the welfare of the young children in the community in ask ing for the continuation of the sdhool.. Orange Grove-White Cross Combine? • Also discussed was the possibil ity of consolidating the Orange Grove and White Cross school with the construction of a new build ing. While the board members agreed that such a consolidation would bat for the betterment ol both schools, no action could be token because- of the scarcity ol building materials and the lack ol necessary funds at this time to con struct such a building. Next school year elementary stu dents from the Orange Grove school will be routed to either Hillsboro or White Cross school. K committee was appointed to work out the school bus routes and make a report at the board- meeting 75 Percent Map Plans A recent summary made of 1946 (arm plans -filed with the Orange county AAA committee, as request (or assistance through the 1946 agricultural conservation program, reveals that 75 per cent of the county's 1600 farm operators have napped out their plans fqr thecur rent year. “* According to J. S. Compton, chairman, Orange county AAA committee, approximately 3,000 tons of limestone and 300 tons of phosphate are expected to be «isvd to. improve , the quahty of crops and to promote the growth of rover crops that will aid in re :arding erosion. The final date for filing 1946 Farm plans is June 1. All farmers in the county who have not yet Sled their farm plans with local committeemen are urged to do so immediately. WELL KNOWN TENOR SINGS HERE SUNDAY Bill Kirkpatrick, a tenor in the choir of the First Presbyterian church of Burlington, will sing in he. Presbyterian church in Hills ijorO jsjuncB^r. ,«*■' - — singer, he will probably sing two lumbers during the service. Piedmont-Electric Membership Gets $92,000 For Extension Of Rural Lines In Section ■ ' ; ' ..' — ... MfWfyrfit Scarcity Slurtfi Cwh - Out to tho increasing oearolty of newsprint, only throo psnsls instead of tho ouotomary six of Tho NEWS' popular comic, “Ti c Lone Ranger,'* will appear this week and In tho Weeks to eomo. Use of tho six pahols per week will bo resumed when the news print scarcity tb alleviated. Registration Still Required Of Teen-Agers Although legislation has been ap proved by congress against the drafting of teen-aged boys, they still must continue to register with the draft board when they be come 18 years of age, it was pointed out this week by Miss Fay Jones, secretary in die Orange county draft board office. She said that the board had re ceived no orders for shipments ol men next ihonth and that one or wer was cancelled: this month after the teen-age regulation, providing for drafting 18-19-year-old boys, was killed §y Congress. Every man on the order' was iii 1E-I9 year-old group , and could not be 1 processed for Army service fol ! lowing the action |if the Congress, Ne Men Available Orange county has practically , no men who are eligible for the Army under die revised regula tions, she continued. "I doubt tha1 the board can find four or five Negro men and even fewer white men for Army service,” she added, “at long as the new regulations are maintained**,^ ^ ^ Official word' had «et been re ceived earlier this week on the change in the regulations author izing the draft board to call men between 26 and 30 years old, bu1 the official information was being expected at any time. Until the official notice is received, the board will continue to call only men be tween 20 and 25 years old. Miss Jones also pointed out thal no fathers could now be drafted. School Closing Dates Are Set In This County Closing dates for white schools in Orange county were announced Tuesday by Superintendent ol Schools R. A. Claytor as follows: June 1—Hillsboro, Aycock, Mur phy and Orange Grove; June 4—Efland End West Hills boro; June 7 — Carr boro and White Cross; June 8—Caldwell. Because of the addition of the state-supported 12th grade, none o( the schools will have graduat ing classes this year. One student is finishing his high school work in Hillsboro, but no exercises win be hdd. Other schools hi the county, likewise, ere not planning any for mal exercises for dosing the Schools. An additional appropriation ot $92,000 has been received by the Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation whose office is located in Hillsboro for short member ex tensions along present lines and for application to funds received in February. F. E. Joyner, supervisor of the lines, in making the announce ment of the additional appropria tion said' that the funds would add About 17S subscribers to the corporation's lines in the rural sec tions of Orange county. : "': & 200 In Area *\ A total of $50,000 of the $92,000 appropriation was earmarked for short member extensions along the present lines. Short member exten sions are made for distances not exceeding 1,000 feet. The extra funds will provide for 200 addi tional members in Orange, Per son, Alamance, Durham and Cas well counties with approximately one-third being made fat Orange county. The remaining $42,000 ot the total grant is to be applied to the appropriation of $185,000 received in February tor further extension of lines in Person, Granville and Orange counties. Five hundred new members will be added with these lines with approximately 100 being in Orange county. Posthumous MedalGoes To Mother Pope Field, Fort Bragg.—Mrs Bessie G. Clark, 115 Battle fame, Chapel Hill, mother of Lt. Gilbert W. Clark, who made the supreme saertflee for his country while par ticipating in a bombing mission over Germany, has received from Lt. Col. Richard L. Walker, com manding officer of Pope Ffeldtptiii Air Medal with one oak leaf- clus ter awarded posthumously to her son. . \ In the office of the base com mander in the presence of Mrs. Sedalia Gold, 109 Hillsboro St., Chapel Hill, a Sister-in-law of Mrs. Clark, and Mrs. Louise Miller ol Kenbridge, Va., a friend, Col. Wal ker read the following citation: “For meritorious achievement while participating far sustained bomber combat operations over Germany and German occupied countries. The courage, coolness and skill displayed by this officer upon these occasions reflects great credit upon himself and the armed forces of the United States." While visiting Pope Field, the ladies were guests of Col. Walker at dinner. Following the presenta tion ceremony they inspected troop carrier’s latest cargo carrying air? craft, the C-82 “Flying Boxcar," and gained a first-hand knowledge of flying operations during a tour of the field. • -—A AYCOCK F.+.A. .-,.,4. ELECTS OFFICERS The Parent-Teacher association of Ay cock high school elected Mrs. J. B as comb Hurley president and Mrs. James E. Winslow secretary Thursday. — The Rev. and Mrs. Hurley moved to Ay cock in November Where Mr. Hurley is pastor of the Meth odist Church. Mrs. Winslow is teacher of voca tional home economics at the high school. Hillsboro Wins First Game In Class C Elimination Tilt Hillsboro d*feat«$ -Angler in a tfell-played baseballgame Thurs day afternoon 3 to 1 in the first round of the eastern Class C elim ination series. Hillsboro, led by Frederick with two singles, Johnson with two singles and King with two doubles and one single, garnered nine hits off' the slants of Price, Angler hurler, while Johnson was hold ing the visitors to three well spaced bingles. Hillsboro scored two runs in the first inning when Frederick walk ed, was sacrificed^ tp second by Parker's bunt and scored when King doubled down the left field foul line. King scored when John son soit a smashing drive over second for a clean single. The Yellow Jackets’ final score came in the fifth inning when Fred erick beat out an infield hit, stole second and scored on Johnson's seccmdA(dnale.of tneaftefpoon. t Angier.’s only score, an uneamea run, came after two were out- in ~ "" >~'i the 6th. Denning** ground ball 'wax thrown wide at first base bj Gates allowing him to advance tc second from where he scored os Howard’s double. ' From then on Angler was held hitless by John* son. The game was played on thi Aycock high school diamond be cause of wet grounds in Hillsboro By defeating Angier Hillsborc earned the right to meet Bethesda in the second round of conference play in a game played on a neutral diamond In Durham Wednesday afternoon. The NEWS went to press too early to carry the results of the .game. Hillsboro’s second game of the week, with Methodist Orphanage in Raleigh, was rained out in . the second inning with the Orphanage leading by the score of 3-), A game with Oxford Tuesday auemodu, mi/ mfr ■., - because of wet grounds. > r. i BUT A POPPY American Legion auxiliaries In Orange county will sponsor the ante of peppiss—the little red ftowera made by disabled vet erans—on Saturday, May 25, when they will be distributed by unpaid volunteers on the streets. Mrs. 4. 4. Keller, treasurer of the Chapel Hill unit of the Am erlean Legion Auxiliary, pointed out that poppy funda have al ways been an Important aource of support for Legion and Auxil iary work for disabled veterans and for families of veterans In need of aid. "Funds secured from the sale of popples have brought new hope Into the homes on the verge of despair and have given a new chance to men struggling against the handicap of war disabilities.” Orange county eltizene are ur ged not to pass up the opportun ity to contribute to the cause of | the disabled service man when approaohed by a poppy salesman ; Saturday. > District Meet | Demonstration i Clubs May 28 ■ The annual district meeting of ' Wake, Durham, Chatham, Person and Orange county home demstra tion schools, will be held next Tuesday, May 28, in Roxboro at the Roxboro high school, Mrs. Kathryn Hamrick, home agent, an nounced Wednesday. Person is the hostess county and has extended an invitation to all home demon stration women. Registration will be held from 9:30 to 10:15 on Tuesday morning. Mrs. E. W. Lambeth from Durham county is district chairman and will preside at the meeting. Miss Martha Lloyd, Orange county, Is Vice-chairman, and Mrs. Kenneth Cuyler of Durham county is sec tary. Guest speaker for the day Mrs. Virginia S. Swain, exten >n life specialist, A summary el the work done in 1945 will be given by each county and reports from the various committees heard. , “Everyone is asked to bring a . picnic lunch, but do not include t silver or plates that need to be • carried back home. The hostess county is supplementing our lunch t with a drink and a salad," Mrs. I Hamrick said. Pacific Mills Buys Plant In Carrboro “A permanent benefit to the tire community without any obli gation to the town" was the obser vation of Winslow Williams, Carr boro town manager, in announc ing the purchase of the National Munitions Company prpperty by the Pacific Mills of Lawrence, Mass. Although preliminary announce ment of the purchase of the prop erty has been made, negotiations are still to be completed, pending approval of the Government. The property—the purchase price of which was not announced —is the former Durham Hosiery Mitt No. 7 and will be renovated la the same manner as the former Durham Hosiery Mill No. 4 pur chased in January, 1945, by the Pacific Mills. The plant is now know as .the Carrboro Woolen Mills. The 38,000 square feet of manu facturing area to be added to the present plant is anticipated to double the output of the plant, Williams said, in commenting on the addition of the "highly valu able new industry** to the town. Williams added further: * "Employment of the Carrboro and Orange county citizens in this enterprise and a continous payroll will be a stimulus to the economic welfare of the community. "Carrboro is Indeed proud It will again welcome this nationally famous textile concern as a part ner in the civic, business, profess ional, and economic life of the com munity, and is grateful to the cor poration for the confidence it has placed in Carrboro.” The Pacific Mills is a Massa chusetts corporation, chartered a century ago, with annual sales now of approximately $80,000,000. It has other woolen and worsted plants in Lawrende, Mass., while elsewhere in the South the firm manufactures cotton, rayon and print cloth. *»•**»• ation in Carrboro. No Evidence Of Illicit Booze Traffic Found No substantiation of charg es hurled by former prosecut ing attorney, Thomas A. Hen- ^ ry of the Chapel Hill Record- • er’s Court, that the University of North Carolina was being used as a “front” for liquor traffic in Orange county was found in a probe conducted by the State Bureau of Investi gation, THE NEWS learned from an unimpeachable source Wednesday morning. Report of the investigation made by the SBI was in the hands of Governor R. Gregg I-—-—-— Concluding paragraph of the report made by Howard L. Pierce, special :SBI investigat or, is: ,} “In conclusion of this rath er lengthy report, agent would like to state he has never in any assignment received more wholehearted cooperation in every respect than he did from University officials, the Chap el Hill Police Department, Sheriff Latta; State Highway Patfolmen and citizens of Or ange county in general in the investigation of these most un wholesome accusations. “And in agent’s opinion, based in his investigation, the investigation did not disclose one iota of evidence to sub stantiate a single accusation Mr. Henry has made, as agent was totally unable to disclose any evidence even remotely pointing to the veracity of his charges?’ Chmjt’tyOd University Chan cellor R. B. House Wednes day with an official release be ing expected from the Gov ernor’s office early Thursday morning, THE NEWS learn ed. Henry had charged in a re cent letter to Cherry that the University has been used as point of operations of illicit liquor traffic by Chapel Hill policemen and State Highway . •patrolmen in the area. The University officials, af ter making an investigation; which failed to support any of the charges made fjy Henry, requested the SBI to look into accusations. -,___ ChestnutRidge Church Plans Homecoming The annual homecoming and memorial day of Chestnut Ridge Church, four mil— southwest of Mend, will be observed Sunday. May 20. The homecoming address will be given at the 11 o’clock service. A lunch will follow on 0m church grounds. Speaker tor the occasion was not known when The NXWS went to press. A memorial service in honor of those members of the church who died during the past year will be held in the 'afternoon session. A * *< song festival win precede the me morial service. Dairy Plant Open Home Is Slated ’ hfl i ■ To demonstrate to the. public the various methods used in processing milk, the Farmers Dairy Coopera tive plant in Chapel Hid will hold an open house next week in its plant on Franklin street Although the plant has not yet secured all of its equipment, the open house is being scheduled. George B. Cline, manager, stated. Refreshasants will be served aqd door prises given to those attend ing- . .■ Farther announcement on exact date and time for “